Another 4th of July has come and gone. This year, instead of just one, I went to two get togethers, one in Willamsburg and the other in Baldwin, Long Island. Both had an ample supply of food, folks, and… bugs. And the Jones Beach firework display, seen afar from the waterfront backyard of one of Baldwin’s former mayors, was particularly impressive this year. But the clear night’s skies weren’t the only things lighting up tonight; my cell phone was as well, with notifications of new PixelJump registrations and sales.
Whenever a new user registers or a wallpaper gets sold, everyone in PixelJump gets an SMS sent to their phones automatically. And the numbers have increased dramatically ever since the other day, in which we began selling wallpapers featuring the girls of DOMAI. Yup, nude girls are always a guaranteed money maker, even when they’re on cell phones it seems.
This sorta reminds me of the time I was in a cab with John in Long Island from a few years back. First off, Long Island cab drivers are a totally different breed from those in Manhattan. A vast majority of them are disgruntled ex Vietnam vets who can’t drive without yelling about something or at somebody, usually their dispatchers who all supposedly “have their heads up their asses”. Also, they all seem to work 72 hours shifts and I always get them at hour 71.
Anyway, I was talking to John about some frustrating situation at Ubi Soft at the time (I was the lead game designer of the New York studio, where I had constant battles with my producer over everything) and the cab driver decided to interject. He said…
“Hey. I don’t play video games, but I got an idea. An idea that’ll sell millions.”
Both of us listened with open ears.
“Just make a game called tits. It’ll sell millions. Hell, I’d buy that.”
