Adam and I met at the launch in Palo Alto and headed into the bay. We didn’t go very far, but it was a pretty day with calm winds and waters. We left just before high tide and it was starting to come down when we got back.
We went to The Sea by Alexander’s for Adam’s birthday. It was a great meal as always there, but the mac n’ cheese was a little disappointing. The conversation and people were wonderful.
We played double legacy games at Georges and it worked better than expected. We put George as the one who played both, and he was able to keep up. I was the traitor on the scenario for Betrayal Legacy. I had a really good position for it and was able to defend just barely. It seemed like I blew them away, but they had multiple chances to with a snipe from the crossbow.
We met Riley and Rong at Omescape and jumped into the Joker’s Asylem escape room. George showed up a little late, which was good. The room really required 5 people to complete, as at one point all 5 needed to be doing something simultaneously.
Afterwards Steph headed off to play some Betrayal Legacy while the rest of us went to a bit of coffee and brunch. Riley and Rong decided they needed a real meal and went to some Korean BBQ, while George and I went back to his place and played some Smash.
I had a good time with Betrayal Legacy last night at George’s. We had five people playing including George, Adam, Yutong, Paul, and myself. Steph and Tina watched each other play. This was a lot of fun, and the first two sessions went pretty well. They were all really close and I ended up with the house deed both times. I wasn’t able to get any heirlooms and most of the others did, so we are on a pretty even playing field overall. I look forward to playing it some more.
While there was expressed interest in the book, this was a poor showing for book club. I think a lot of it was due to the book having more of a textbook nature than many of the others we’ve read in the past. Even other highly informative books have had more story to them. It was also didn’t have an Audible version, so it was more difficult for many, including myself, to get through in a timely manner.
There were only two people who came to book club having read the book. Debby and Andrew were nice enough to call in and marginally participate, but since they hadn’t read the book some of the more specific examples had them tuning out. I can understand where people were coming from with the book choice, and the not reading it. I think I’ll avoid these styles of books from now on.
We had a nice dinner at Zeni with Irene and Ricardo. They are new to the area, and it was Irene’s first time having Ethiopian food. The food and conversation was great, and we’ll plan to see them again in the future.
Andrew and Debby hosted a pretty big poker tournament at their place. It was a total of 21 people and the ultimate winner was Leyan. I wasn’t the first one out, which was my goal in the tournament, but I was second out. I ended up buying back in and losing again. I had a good time and did a lot of reading while the others were playing. As people were knocked out I would get to chat with them. Eventually a cash game started, but I didn’t join in.
I participated in the 2019 Global Game Jam at the Oculus HQ location. I had a great time and mad a fun game, Hermit Crab Simulator. The game turned out pretty well, and we had it working great on the Oculus Go, as well as a web portal for anyone that wants to just try it out on web. I got to talk to some of the Oculus group, and worked with some pretty good devs. They weren’t experienced in Unity or VR, so it took a little bit to get them really going. They all contributed meaningful work, which was great. I was especially happy with the Audio work from Niko. He did an amazing job on the game music, which is worth a listen on its own. Here is the link to the global game jam page.
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