The year has started and I have some ambitious projects going on. The most important surely is USM2, it has been in development since 2 years but had too many breaks, mostly to finish Magic Stones that from the initial idea of a match3 clone became a full card/fantasy rpg game (quite a transition, heh?).
I have so many ideas to put on it! but of course the I need finish to release a good version 1.0 before the next World Cup. Then I’ll continue to update the game as I’m doing with UBM and other games of mine.

I don’t like the attitude of some indies, which think they are “alone vs the world”. In other words, those who always says that the games from big software houses are all crap, while indie games are all cool.
The truth is that there are less great games around in the commercial market because is more risky to try to innovate. Nonetheless, there are some great games around that deserve respect.
One of them is Civilization IV. I am playing it right now. When I hear comments like “ah well is… just civilization” (like saying the same old story) I laugh.
That game is simply awesome, one of the best I’ve ever played.
Those who say that, are just jealous because they aren’t the creator of that superb game!

Merry XMas to everyone!
I’m going to celebrate in a few minutes… hope I won’t eat too much this time 🙂 and also drink too much wine, but well… once a year…!

I’m laughing too much reading this year’s gametunnel awards. The author admits that he places games only if they can make money out of it, so only games he’s affiliate. Last year was the same with me with 2 games of Sport category (Universal Boxing Manager and The Goalkeeper).
Ok, but really… and I’m not saying that because they were my games, but they deserved to be there. The arkanoid category. Well… No Bricks of Atlantis? Number one in many portals? 🙂
So well they could change the name of the site from “Indie Games Reviews” to “Affiliate Indie Games Reviews”. Would make more sense I guess 😀

Yes, today finally I took a day off my job.
Fun because I work more now that I’m self-employed than before 🙂
Anyway today didn’t touch the computer (except for now) and took a nice trip on a nearby town called “Pontremoli”. Went to a restaurant for an exquisite meal then wandered around the city a bit to explore it.

Really a good day 🙂 need to do that more often!