Back in the early days of Stardock, style of dress and the way pictures were taken was very different. Pictured from left to right: Pat Ford (T-Man) Angie Marshall (Karmagirl) Me (Frogboy) Kurt Westerfeld (lead developer of Object Desktop for OS/2) Mike Duffy (lead developer of the Pear game library we used right into 2003) Maurice Saylor (Sales manager) Melanie Westerfeld
In October 2013, Stardock will be turning 20 (incorporation date). The first software product we made was…Galactic Civilizations. I began working on it in early 1992 while in college and it went into public beta at the start of 1993. It was “published” by a guy going by “Advanced Idea Machines” who also designed, ahem, the box. Galactic Civilizations for OS/2 box (we had nothing to do with this..box) I was going through my stuff today and ...
In the good old days of gaming, the game studios weren’t public and so they could give little sneak peeks and teasers of things they’re working on. Unfortunately, the number of indie studios is dwindled and so there’s very little spontaneity in what companies share (which the Xbox One unveil showed us can be quite a bummer). Below is just some artwork from a few of the things that are in development.
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It’s a mad house! A MAD HOUSE! I can feel your anger. Prince Ari, turns out to be, Aladin! I…don’t know what this is. Journey? You gotta find that paw print! She is in charge of our health care insurance. The marketing team is ready! Don’t let Kotaku see this Awesome ...
I used to have more time to blog. Then I had kids. Here’s a random stream of consciousness. Wish I had something handy to clean my keyboard. I love these old Dell keyboards but it might be time to get a new one. Seen a lot of articles about lawsuits lately. It’s a shame people don’t read the actual filings and instead focus on the sensational, misleading, headline. Speaking of lawsuits, if you operate an IP-based company, lawsuits are daily life unfortunately. IP lawsui...
If you’re an Object Desktop customer or a user of any of Stardock’s non-games, you’ll soon be getting emails from us telling you to begin migrating to the new Stardock Central. A year ago, retail giant, GameStop acquired Stardock’s Impulse to run handle their worldwide digital distribution requirements. As part of our agreement, Impulse was required to support Stardock’s non-game software for a period of time after the transfer. GameStop has held up its part of the agreement and...
I tried to start a new blog yesterday on JoeUser, and decided to label it "adult," until I was finished and satisfied that I wouldn't be upsetting any kids. BAD MISTAKE!!! After saving the first few paragraphs, I discovered that I could not get to my own post, due to the "adult" checkoff. So, I tried going to my profile, where allegedly I could also change my password... Oops... Not only no option to select age - although I did find out that now I am one year old.&nbs...
Check out this quickie video for WindowFX 5 coolness http://screencast.com/t/ZipMGksIV Beta shows up for Object Desktop users early next year.