wahjah's comments

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Hackers I need your opinion

You don't even need the skills to develop websites!

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard For Business

Too bad it doesn't split or allow independent adjustment..

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do I need to go to college?

You should go to schoool. It may sound dumb, but it's a hiring filter at lots of established companies and you'll be defending not having a degree for the rest of your career if you don't.

It doesn't take that much effort to skate through on B-C's, and you can keep doing professional dev on the side.

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Falling Crime: Where have all the burglars gone?

:(

Hopefully you had everything backed up somewhere.

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Orbs CCG (YC S13) takes to Kickstarter to reinvent Magic: The Gathering

The MODO UI is /much older/ than that; it's heavily based on the Microprose game from 1997.

http://lparchive.org/Magic-The-Gathering/Update%2011/img-23....

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Orbs CCG (YC S13) takes to Kickstarter to reinvent Magic: The Gathering

M:tG is a behemoth in the space, primarily on the back of the physical cards. Magic Online has a really poor interface, but it can qualify you for a pro tour which has a fairly large payout. The other digital magic games have much better interfaces, but don't tie into the competitive aspects of the game. They still solidify the brand.

I'm curious how these guys plan to compete with the major players in the space. Most of the real products have a huge backing and insane marketing budgets.

Is there a way they're trying to sell this beyond, "hey, why aren't you just playing the largest (and currently growing) CCG?"

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

No cause of death has been given.

The common speculation floating around is a heart attack, but there isn't any solid evidence I know of for this.

wahjah | 12 years ago | on: Ryan Davis, 1979 - 2013

Ryan Davis was a cofounder of giantbomb.com. He died on the 3rd during his honeymoon.

He's been prolific in games press for a long time and will be missed by other members of the press, fans of the site, and developers of games.