What's on your mind?

[Kain Nobel]

Earlier this year I decided to start focusing on my health. I used to have pecs in high school, but they got kinda saggy and turned into what I call "mashed potato tits". That was NOT a sexy look, so I began working my ass off in attempt to look like I did when I was 17. Recently I hired a drill sergeant personal trainer and am currently making really good progress. Give me a couple months and I'll look better than Daniel Craig...



Who knows, maybe I'll have a shot being the next blonde James Bond? It could happen...

I'm probably going to take the rest of the year off from game development projects, as they're slowly killing me and it's getting harder and harder to stay focused and seated. I've got an unbelievable amount of work done, spanning back to 2005, so I'll definitely be returning to finish what I've started. The past ten years have been rough though, it's a lifestyle I can no longer keep up with, coming home and game-making is like coming home to work a demanding office job after spending all day on your feet. That's not to say it isn't fun, it has been great, but it's grueling work and I'm fatigued as hell from it.

There is still a bunch to be done though, between Echoside and ReGaL. The former WILL be finished some day, I've worked on it too long and it'd be a sin not to finish it. The latter, well... nobody ASKS for burn out, it just happens, despite the best of intentions. I really do hope VVulfy and Netz can continue the project without me, or at least wait until 2016 when I plan on returning in full force, but I currently don't have the time or the mindset to be of any use and I'm really sorry it is currently this way.

I <3 you guys though, you're all like an extended family to me! I'll try to at least stop by IRC at least once a week, but it'll be awhile before I'm regularly around like I have been over the years. Don't think of it as me going away, I'm just taking an extended hiatus to enjoy the real world, then I'll be coming back to work like I used to :)