Author Archives: larsvonroots

It’s been a while.

  It reminds me of old livejournals and deviantart blogs, the whole “I haven’t been here in a while but I promise I’ll post more!” thing. I don’t mind though, I don’t know if I’ll post here much, I’m considering … Continue reading

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Status

  I’m not going to get into how many things we have lined up, it’s too overwhelming for how late it is right now. Next Wednesday we pack the van. Exactly one week from now. Seven fucking days. I may … Continue reading

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Setups

This has been very…interesting. I’m talking about the setups of our cabinets. The rough problem is an extension of the problem we used to have where people wouldn’t understand what we actually do. We have a slightly different problem now, … Continue reading

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Location x3

 The locations are all set, the van is worked out, the hardware is almost ready. Almost! I mean, jesus, we’d scheduled it ready by August. I know we’re not the best with schedules, but damn, we should get better at … Continue reading

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Almost.

  We’re almost secure. Almost. We have Sydney and Brisbane locked down. Melbourne is still being tricky, we’re pencil-ed in. And Perth, I don’t know about Perth yet. So it’s not really an almost, but we’re closer than we were. … Continue reading

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Secret game societies.

  The games scene across Australia is very interesting. I should disclaim right now that I only have slight knowledge as an outsider, and only of the cities involved in the tour. But let me run down what I’ve found, … Continue reading

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Securing places.

  The aim of the tour is not to show devs what devs are doing, there are already a lot of shows for that. We want to show the public what we’re doing, and when I say the public, I … Continue reading

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Interstate Arcade

This is a record of Interstate Arcade, the country-wide tour of arcade machines from SK Games and software from around the country. My name is Louie, I run SK Games. I’m currently in a hotel room in Melbourne with dumplings, … Continue reading

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Persistent Dreams

Some interesting things have been uncovered by dream research, most of which seem to point to dreams being necessary for human development. Dreams occur in REM sleep, a state only achieved periodically during normal sleep. However, studies have revealed that … Continue reading

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The Role of Game Designer.

One theory is that the game designer is God, they create the universe from scratch for the player. Another theory is game designer is the Devil, they create nothing but trials and tribulations for the player. That is of course … Continue reading

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