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Milton whiz kid's iPhone app downloaded 2 million times
April 10th, 2010 – Nicole Baute, The Toronto Star
AH. MAH. GAWD. 
Well, it seems to me that certain people I know are getting famous. And surprisingly, I’m not a jealous chump who gets all defensive about my deserving talent and ability being overshadowed by opportunistic and advantageous peers, because I’m such a nice guy.
No. Instead when I found out about my friend at PixelCUBE Studios has gotten on Page 2 of the Toronto Star on Saturday, I was quite the opposite. I mean, that’s pretty damn cool. I know a guy at my school who’s a ‘savvy businessman’ as stated in that article, and he makes games! The profile photo they took for the article was in the very same room I played Halo with him in! It’s quite exciting the more you think about it.
To think of the prospect of knowing a future software programmer for Apple, creating the next sixty iPod Jumbos or iPad Minis is sweet. What if he goes on to make the next entire game genre, start his own game development company? The possibilities are endless with the imagination of a bright and rich future. So I congratulate that man for his accomplishments at such a young age. He really is a savvy businessman and pro-level game programmer when it comes to making games at 18. And the best part is…
He can represent our school, our community and even myself! Being sponsored by the famed PixelCUBE Studios? Amazing! Just think of the money to be made. The fame, the fortune! The endless cigars and women and cars and fame! Did I mention fame? It’s going to be big, wild even! It’s gonna be the best time of our lives!
I tried to be like a 60’s movie producer trying to convince you, the director or actor, why you should be a part of my production. Only I’m not even the producer for this thing—in fact I think he’s less excited than I am. But I digress.
I do wish for the day I can say, ‘I knew that guy. We had Grade 11 Physics together and I sat beside him. Our teacher was terrible and an idiot, and I’d cheat off his test when it came time, and the rest of the time he’d wake me up after I napped in class just before the bell. What a pal. Now he’s rich and famous. Funny how things turn out!"
We just have to hope things keep turning out, and not around.
Check out his iPhone and iPod Touch game at the iTunes store, and his YouTube channel, with tutorials and commentary on the making of game apps for iPhones and other techno mumbo jumbo.
Not really much to say about this guy, except for that I found about him through another John, who wants to blog too, and that he’s a native of London, Ontario and operates in the Toronto club scene (I think), according to his MySpace Music page. For some reason I don’t really want to research further into it, since the nature of the following mix of his seems to get an iffy reception for obvious reasons. Listen at your own discretion.
He’s right though; everybody does.
I don’t know what exact genre it is, be it techno or house or just normal electro, but one thing is for sure. If I listen to it enough, my head starts throbbing. It is possibly the most annoying beat I have listened to for a while. And yet, I find it addictive. So damn addictive. It’s infectiously damaging. It’s electronic music.
If you do find it strangely appealing, word of advice: get a convertible with a capable stereo system, make sure its at least 2 AM in the morning, connect your media player, crank of the volume, and drive down a road with it playing, and pump your fists like you just don’t care. You will not be disappointed.
Whatever you make of it, it’s there. Just there. Like most of this music. Go raving or crash a house party and sneak this song in. Crowd will go wild, or they will hit the DJ in the face, out of jealousy because they think the DJ is mocking their hopes and dreams. Or just because its annoying as fuck. Either/or. Doesn’t matter.
BOOO BOO BOOO BOOO, BA-BOO BA-BOO BA-BOOOO.
God damn it.
The possibilities for one-liners based on the game is endless, and possibly overdone multiple times within the comments section of this video.
But it still blows my mind—as much as it can be blown, at how tailored and professional this looks. How TrueOneMoreUser pulled this off, even considering the various editing programs he did use, still leaves me speechless. There are really no words to describe the awesomeness of this video other than the word:
Epic.
Kudos to you, TrueOneMoreUser. Machinima may take another step towards a technological and media advancement the near future, with applications like this.
Hey, I love Team Fortress 2 and I love movies, and this guy hits it right on the spot.
A simple request. Mentally or on a piece of paper—both are fine. But I want you to make one. What I want you to put in it are things. Ideas, aspects, events; maybe not things in the literally sense, but they are things—to you, and your life. Things that matter.
Things that make you happy. I want you to make this list, because I think it’ll come in handy, someplace on someday. I believe that making this list will help you in the long run.
But I can’t make you do anything, I can only go as far as you’re willing to go. Are you willing to go as far as making a checklist, mental or otherwise, of the things that make you happy, the things that matter, the things you enjoy or the things you care about? It shouldn’t take long, if you already know what you’re listing.
Something tells me you do, but that’s up to your discretion to expand upon. I’m just going to tell you to make that checklist. Do something with it. Write it down after you have it in your head. Post it on your fridge, or the bulletin board above your desk. Stick it to the inside of your binder, or briefcase. Make it your computer’s wallpaper. Just something to remind you, or reassure you, of the things you made that list for.
I’ll give you an example. I’ll make one right now.
My Checklist.
1) Rekindling past friendships.
2) Finding new ones.
3) Learning to do something you never thought you could.
4) Finishing something and looking at it from a distance you can fully appreciate.
5) Sitting in a movie theatre with popcorn and a large drink.
6) Sitting on a couch and watching a movie around a quiet house.
7) Dancing indoors with sunglasses and nobody home.
8) Having a sudden creative epiphany.
9) The sound of marker against paper.
10) The sound of rain against a window.
11) Sunlight hitting my back.
12) Snow touching my face.
13) Insulated hands.
14) Someone else’s hands.
15) Being in a moving car with no destination in mind.
16) Being in that car with people you want to be in a car with.
17) Driving down a highway early in the morning or late at night.
18) Sitting on hoods and drinking coffee.
19) Discovering music you automatically love.
20) Nostalgia, but not the bitter kind.
21) Vivid dreams.
22) Being in a parking lot with no other people but you and your friend.
23) Honest conversations.
24) Laughing at the stupidest things.
25) Writing something and not stopping for whatever reason.
26) Feeling like you really need to do something you think worthwhile.
27) The sensation of a car’s stereo sound system.
28) Cars honking and construction work.
29) Busy streets and talking people.
27) The smell of the city.
29) Skipping rocks.
30) Spreading and sharing love.
31) Receiving it too.
32) Looking at ending credits and not wanting to go back to reality.
33) My eye behind a camera.
34) My right hand holding a pen.
35) Sitting uncomfortably until I get that last sentence out.
36) Yonge & Dundas.
37) That shirt I made.
38) Queen Street, both of them.
39) Playing online, but feeling like you’re there in person.
40) Playing with each other, and not caring if I win.
41) Bus stops and soft talk.
42) Crevices.
43) Knowing you belong somewhere and everybody you know thinks you do too.
44) Explaining to friends what they don’t want to understand.
45) Ambient music with 10, 15, 16, and 17.
46) The new ____________ smell.
47) The weight off my shoulders.
48) Free. Time.
49) Running away for a few hours.
50) Waiting for something to happen, and experiencing it when it does.
51) Fresh air.
52) Accepting what first comes to mind.
53) Realization.
54) That last bell.
56) Enjoying the lesson.
57) Living life it as it comes.
58) Finally not worrying anymore.
59) Friends. Real friends.
60) Watching somebody change the world.
61) Knowing there’s a chance you can too.
62) Optimism.
63) Port Credit.
64) Union Station and all the smaller ones along the way.
65) The apartment in Hong Kong.
66) The streets in Hong Kong.
67) Canal Street, Broadway, Times Square and everything else.
68) Tunnels.
69) Whoever, or whatever gave me hands and a head.
70) All those campuses I could be at.
71) All those soundstages I could be filming in.
72) All those things I could be doing.
73) What I’m doing right now.
74) Living.
There’s always more, but this is it for now.
Tell me, what’s your checklist?
Oh wait, those are your teeth.
Adrian Brody? Being badass?
/giddy schoolgirl scream
FUCK YES.
