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Bonemesh

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About Me

A nomadic intellectual, dark culture denizen, video game programmer/slave (thank you sir, may I have another 14-hour day pitifully rewarded with greasy German Chinese food.)

By day (hell, a lot of nights too) I write code for games, specialising in math-heavy stuff like physics, animation, collision, rendering, also low-level optimisation/tweaking, high-level class architecture. My goal is to increase the level of player-object interactivity in games by making everything, to put it technically, "all dynamic and stuff".

My favorite game I ever worked on is Clive Barker's Undying from 2001, which people still tell me is an amazing game that unfortunately never sold that well. I was able to write some fun code for that (while still functioning as lead programmer ). The entire team behind it were great, particularly art and sound design, and it was my favorite kind of game: an action-heavy first-person shooter set in a macabre horror environment, with fantastic creatures, realms, and effects. Screw military shooters, why would I want to play a game containing people and locations I can see on the frickin news? Plus, I got to meet Clive Barker at his house :)

I spend a lot of time dancing, drinking, and making fun of other people and myself at various goth/industrial clubs in whatever city I'm currently living in. Currently, this would be Frankfurt, and after a year and a half year, I've developed quite a few regular haunts, which somehow stay fresh due to ever-changing people, moods, and situations. I'm also taking advantage of Germany's world goth culture leadership by visiting a few of the summer (haha) music festivals.

In other free time, quantities of which vary wildly, I attempt to consume/critique volumes of science fiction and horror writing, scientific or philosophical texts, bizarre spindly art, evil music of both the swirly and stompy sort. But I also enjoy/require ingestion of pop culture staples such as Family Guy, Aqua Teens, and Powerpuff Girls.

My Interests

Philosophy, politics, math, science, mythology (ancient, current, and occasionally self-created), music, computer programming and general usage (an addiction, unfortunately).

I'd like to meet:

People with interesting things to say and/or a compelling artistic sense.

Music:



I generally like music that is either incredibly beautiful, or fucked up. I can't stand music that tries to make you feel nice and peaceful, and is centered too much in the ordinary world. I want something that puts me in a different world, strange, astounding, or repulsive.
industrial, punk, more industrial ~ (note: does not include synth/future pop), as in Wumpscut, Skinny Puppy, Hocico, Numb, Cubanate, Babyland, Pixies, Killing Joke

drum and bass, psy-trance, ambient techno, trip hop, acid jazz ~ as in Amon Tobin, Ninja Tune, Massive Attack, Goldfrapp, Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin

goth, new wave, brit pop, dream pop, grunge pop ~ as in Christian Death, Tones on Tail, New Order, Gary Numan, And One, Stereolab, My Bloody Valentine, Cocteau Twins, Dandy Warhols, Catherine Wheel, Veruca Salt

One thing about music is that I don't usually listen to the lyrics, which puzzles/annoys some people. I listen to music for the direct emotional connection to the brain, so what I hear is melody, mood, and meter. I could tell you that "Q" is my favorite song, and even that I like the vocals, without having any idea what it's about lyrically.

Movies:

That one where the parent and child switch bodies... God, that was hilarious, where do they get those ideas?

Television:

27" with a greenish spot in the lower left screen, and a bunch of melted candle wax on top... and a cat.

Books:

Horror, sf, cyberpunk, science, mythology, philosophy, comix (Vertigo)

My Blog

WGT, and not much else

Well, got back from my 4th visit to WGT. Every year there is different for me, and this was no exception. I met up with many people I know and love (or tolerate / admire / pity / all of the above) in ...
Posted by Bonemesh on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:27:00 PST

Many changes in a year

It's been an entire year since my last blog post, the main reason for that being that I haven't actively maintained MySpace. I like to use LiveJournal more for the time wastage that is everyday bloggi...
Posted by Bonemesh on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 08:41:00 PST

Weihnachten in Amerika

I had planned when moving here to visit the US at least twice during the year. So far, I haven't found the time or inclination to go back even once! It always seemed like a better use of free time &am...
Posted by Bonemesh on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 07:05:00 PST

3 more weeks

WGT is almost here, and I'm pretty much settled in Germany now. I moved into an awesome large weird apartment with a friend of mine, it's in a building that's over 700 years old. All my belongings arr...
Posted by Bonemesh on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I'm here

I'm alive, I don't know how. I'm still about 2 days behind on sleep. After a long plane & car ride, I showed up at Crytek at about 5pm Tuesday. I just had time to say hi, and be informed that I'm a...
Posted by Bonemesh on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Wow

Movers come next week, to fling all my beautifully sorted possessions onto a truck, so that in a few short weeks, they can then sink into the ocean. My flight out of here is probably going to be Monda...
Posted by Bonemesh on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Decision is made

I'm going to Germany, for better or worse. I head out late January, assuming all the logistics fall into place by then. The last couple months of this year have been a whirlwind of job interviews, vis...
Posted by Bonemesh on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

My impending decision

I am going to decide fairly soon whether to leave SF for a new job. Current possibilities are LA, and Germany (!). Aspects of each: San Francisco: pro: It's home, currently. I have many friends, and I...
Posted by Bonemesh on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST