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A Quick Thread
This is a very short post about a very short journey. It starts with a new (to me, as of today) theme park fact: The code name for Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area was “Delos”, and the code name...
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Nintendo Company Brochure (2015)
Every year, Nintendo produces a really beautiful print corporate booklet/brochure/thing to pitch themselves to fresh college graduates and prospective employees. The booklet is basically split into...
View ArticleI Just Really Don’t Like Automated Phone Systems
I’m a simple man. I just wanted to know if the drink machine was working. Is that so much to ask (via YouTube)Best,Cabel PS: if you actually make it to the end of this three minute hell, your reward...
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The Nightmare Professor
A real quick post: I found a Video Professor tape uploaded to YouTube, and it shook me to my core. I still haven’t fully recovered and I may never sleep again. This is EXACTLY how the video was...
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DAK and the Golden Age of Gadget Catalogs
Hi. My name is Cabel. And I’ve probably got the neatest job in the whole world. I wear many hats. But here on my personal blog, I get to write about the things I really care about, just for you. And...
View ArticleMarching Age
This is a short story about something delightful. In 2014, I did a bunch of music for my friends Neven Mrgan and Matt Comi who were making an incredible iOS game called Space Age. I had never written...
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Firehouse Five and the Cinderella Surprise
My goal was to preserve some never-before-heard recordings of an incredible Dixieland jazz band made up of mostly Disney employees, the Firehouse Five Plus Two. But along the way, I accidentally...
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The Forged Apple Employee Badge
Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught my eye: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! What an incredible piece of...
View ArticleMy GDC ’24 Talk: The Playdate Story
In January, I was invited to GDC, the Game Developers Conference, to give a talk about Playdate. That talk — “The Playdate Story: What Was it Like to Make Handheld Video Game System Hardware?” — has...
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