Archive for the 'FAIL' Category

usability testing

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

I have been putting the finishing touches on Color Dog.  It was coming along pretty well until I did some usability testing.  I put the game in front of a couple kids to see how they liked it.  There are several interactive elements to the game that are triggered by completing tasks.  These elements are [...]

blu_ray: into the wild

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0758758/ My reaction:  I liked it, but I couldn’t believe it was a true story. Worth mentioning:  I was kind of trying to avoid spoiling movies here, but let’s face it, nobody is reading this anyway.  I like the idea of a young kid going out on his own to live in the wilderness to live off the land. [...]

instant queue: man on wire

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/ My reaction:  It sucked! Worth mentioning:  It’s been awhile since I talked about a movie, not because I haven’t seen any movies, just because I haven’t had the inclination.  Man on Wired sucked enough to move me to write something.  The movie didn’t suck so much as the subject of the story, Phillipe Petit. [...]

garbage disposal operator FAIL

Saturday, December 26th, 2009

On Christmas Eve, I turned on the garbage disposal with my hand it.  It was stupid, I know.  It was late, it had been a long day, and I just wanted to get everything ready for Christmas Day and go to bed. I was trying to clear something from the disposal while the water was [...]