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"3. Design from the heart.
Write / design around things you’re passionate about. Put yourself into your work and show the world who you are. What do you love? What do you hate? Why? All notable film makers have a stamp, something that appears in their work and speaks to who they are. These themes will always come through to your audience, giving your work a sense of your self."

— IndieGames.com - The Weblog - Opinion: Indie Game Design Do-s and Don’t-s: A Manifesto - If you consider yourself a creative person, you owe it to yourself to read this list. Applies to any creative profession, really, not just making independent video games.

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January 17, 2010

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"Yet the truth is, Broussard’s financial freedom had cut him off from all discipline. He could delay making the tough calls, seemingly forever. “One day, Broussard came in and said, ‘We could go another five years without shipping a game’” because 3D Realms still had so much money in the bank, an employee told me. “He seemed really happy about that. The other people just groaned."

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Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem | Magazine - It’s not about what other people are doing and outdoing them, it’s about doing something you love and making it great. Broussard clearly thought he had to outdo everybody to make something great, so he spent all his time outdoing and never did ship Duke Nukem Forever.

At least the talent that worked for 3D Realms are working on other projects now (hopefully).

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December 22, 2009

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"Create for the joy of creating. Share for the joy of the sharing, and because the information you’re sharing genuinely excites you. Do that, and the rest will follow."

— On Self-Promotion – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report : Sage advice from one of my favorite writers on the web.

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November 25, 2009

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what consumes me, bud caddell » how to be happy in business - venn diagram : How true, how true. This has rightfully made its way around the Internet. I’ve been looking at it on and off for over a week, and I’m more and more convinced of it each time.

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June 16, 2009

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Ten Things I Have Learned - By Milton Glaser (link)

We tend to believe that the mind affects the body and the body affects the mind, although we do not generally believe that everything we do affects the brain. I am convinced that if someone was to yell at me from across the street my brain could be affected and my life might changed. That is why your mother always said, ‘Don’t hang out with those bad kids.’ Mama was right. Thought changes our life and our behaviour.

Note to self: Upon seeing Milton Glaser on the street, do not yell out to him—you might change his brain. Which, I don’t know, sounds dangerous.

P.S. It’s worth nothing that the bit I quoted from Glaser’s essay is grounded in Scripture.

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May 10, 2009