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Byron Atkinson-Jones's Blog   Expert Blogs

Byron is a producer for Introversion working on Darwinia+ for XBox Live Arcade

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The Great Irony  Featured Blogs
Posted by Byron Atkinson-Jones on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:32:00 EDT in
Isn't ironic that we work in the games industry to make games that entertain people and yet doing this can be one the most stressful things you can do?
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Keeping Sane
Posted by Byron Atkinson-Jones on Thu, 21 May 2009 06:50:00 EDT in
How I keep my sanity while working on other peoples games or the importance of hobbies.
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Darwinia+ - Deep And Dirty: Part 2  Featured Blogs
Posted by Byron Atkinson-Jones on Wed, 20 May 2009 05:38:00 EDT in Programming
Part 2 of getting deep into the code of Darwinia+ for XBLA in order to speed it up in time for release.
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Darwinia+ - Deep And Dirty: Part 1  Featured Blogs
Posted by Byron Atkinson-Jones on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:58:00 EDT in Programming
The one about Mother-in-laws, Donald Knuth, the sewers of London and optimizing Darwinia+.
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Growing Up At Last?
Posted by Byron Atkinson-Jones on Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:05:00 EDT in Production
An employee of Lionhead Studios taking Microsoft to court, is this a sign that the games industry finally needs to mature?
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Byron Atkinson-Jones's Comments

Comment In: The Great Irony [Blog - 06/06/2009 - 06:32]

One employer I worked for ...

One employer I worked for used the you should be thankful line to justify really low below the rate of inflation pay rises.

Comment In: Multiplayer Can Hurt You [Blog - 06/09/2009 - 12:16]

I used to like playing ...

I used to like playing multiplayer games. I played Gears of War and COD4 to death on multiplayer until a trend started to emerge - kicking. As it turned out some people were just not mature enough to deal with the fact that somebody is going to kill them online ...

Comment In: Welcome Back, E3! [Blog - 06/04/2009 - 02:27]

Seeing some of the full ...

Seeing some of the full motion body detection made my wish for the first time that the old VR headset thing would re-surface. If you coupled a small lightweight headset that was no bigger than a pair of shades and linked it with their motion sensors then it could be ...

Comment In: Growing Up At Last? [Blog - 04/11/2009 - 05:05]

The maturity I refer to ...

The maturity I refer to is based on how long the industry has been around rather than individuals being immature. As for homophobia, I can't speculate upon that but I do hear phrases such as 'gayers' or 'thats so gay' being thrown around without regard for the potential insult they ...