What is happening to my summer?
The weather has finally arrived but who has time to enjoy?? Work has be running my butt off. So much that I had to... vent at a management meeting this morning. It wasn't too bad but I had a small meltdown. This is by far the busiest time of the year. Well, actually, we're busy all year now but the summers are especially crazy. I've got 3 project all on the go and trying to final within the same month. Then 8 weeks later, they will all be going live in the marketplace and with today's online gameplay, we no longer develop, package and ship. Now we develop, package, ship, monitor online service, create downloadable content, post online updates, update rosters, etc... It never stops now. But I digress.
Today at the managers meeting we were discussing yet another new 'initiative' which would require further time and energy. While the idea makes sense, it also made sense that I was the best person suited for the job. Hey, I'm all for new initiatives and maybe working on initiatives is part of my job but i've also GOT A JOB TO DO! I can't keep up. It just gets piled on more and more. I fully acknowledged that maybe I need to go to time management school or something but I had a bit of a conniption when I realized I was being burdened with yet another assignment.
Fortunately my peers found my freak out both entertaining and well founded. For some reason it always seems to be me arguing back at these meetings. I'm not sure why. Maybe because I'm the least able to control my emotions. Normally I have my little spaz attack and halfway through I realize I've gone too far. So I need to only let the genie out of the bottle a little bit. I think I have valid points but sometimes I think I sacrifice what dignity I have left when I let lose.
Regardless. I still have this new assignment to tackle...
For those interested readers, you'll notice that I used the word 'spaz' up above. Apparently, this is a really bad word in some parts of the world (mostly those heavily influenced by Great Britain). I innocently used the word 'spastic' in an email I sent by father in law in Australia. I think he found it both funny and disturbing that I would use such a word. Meanwhile, I was confused by what the fuss was about. So naturally, I googled it. In England, this is almost a swear word. I think we all kind of know what spaz references but in the UK it's 100 times worse than using the 'R' word. You know the 'R' word. It's followed by 'etard'.
Anyway, I cut and paste from Wikipedia.
In American slang, the term "spaz" is largely inoffensive, and is generally understood as a casual word for clumsiness, sometimes associated with over excitement, excessive energy, or hyperactivity.
Ok. So how about the UK?
The current understanding of the word is well-illustrated by a BBC survey in 2003, which found that "spastic" was the second most offensive term in the UK relating to disability (retard was deemed most offensive). In 2007, Lynne Murphy, a linguist at the University of Sussex, described the term as being "one of the most taboo insults to a British ear".
Whoops. I guess the R word followed by "etard" is actually more offensive. I apologize to everyone for using it so very, very often. It's just so fun to say.
Ok, this post is almost over.
I'm going to finish with a couple of game videos.
The first one is called "Limbo". It's an 'arcade' title on the 360 and looks so out of the ordinary and original, I simply must get it. There are thousands of games made every year but when something truly original comes out, it's so refreshing. Actually, it's still a side scrolling adventure game at heart (like Mario) but illustrated so... spooky.
But then again, sometimes originality is overrated. 
My friend at work who has friends at Dice Studios in Sweden just got me in on their closed beta program for the new Medal Of Honor. Grimoire, I know you're jealous.