Category Archives: Flight Sim Centric

Is There Anybody Going to Listen to My Story?

(From the Archive – 2/15/06) That hasn’t already read it on Jason’s ridiculously prolific blog, that is? If so, then run for your life on over to Pixelpoke, and read a great and generous bit about some of my work on FS2004. … Continue reading

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Weather or Not

(From the Archive – 2/3/06) A lot of people have posted wish list threads and sent in suggestions for things they’d like to see in the next version of Flight Sim. Most of us that work on it do the … Continue reading

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Comparing Apples to Really Expensive Apples

Gone Tropos? (From the Archive – 1/15/06) There was an interesting post in the new FSX forum on AVSIM the other day expressing hope that the airport environments in FSX will look as good as those seen in a promotional … Continue reading

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Hoi van Microsoft naar FS Magazine!

(From the Archive – 12/13/05) Just a short note to say "Hoi" and "Dank u" (I hope those are correct – if not, I’ll try to get it right next time) to our new friends at FS Magazine in the … Continue reading

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Well, yeah, it was a little, but I don’t think it actually did that …

From the Archive – 11/29/05 What’s that smell? Oh, I know . . . it’s "old blog". Sorry about that. The last post seemed to be pretty well received, and a number of you have asked if we get other … Continue reading

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Tell_FS – Why I Shouldn’t Blog on Sunday Morning

From the Archive – 11/13/05 Every day, we get a number of suggestions sent to our tell_fs@microsoft.com email address. And, when I say “suggestions”, I mean letters from the widows of Nigerian finance ministers, offers for discounted Viagra, complaints about … Continue reading

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Are You a Mod or a Rocker?

No, I’m a Mocker . . . From the Archive 10/06/05 First of all, for the record, I don’t consider Flight Simulator to be a game. I do believe that it can be used as such, but, like so many … Continue reading

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How Many D’s?

From the Archive – 10/01/05 As of next month, I will have been working on the Flight Simulator franchise for 7 years.  As of next year, I will have been a customer of said franchise (the longest continuously published piece of software … Continue reading

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Full Circle

From the Archive – 9/29/2005 As of next month, I will have been working on the Flight Simulator franchise for 7 years.  As of next year, I will have been a customer of said franchise (the longest continuously published piece of software … Continue reading

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Is This Thing On?

From the Archive …(9/27/2005) I’m a terrible role model. You see, 20 minutes ago, MS Flight Simulator art lead and artist extraordinaire Jason Waskey came into my office and refused to leave until I transformed myself from someone who wasn’t … Continue reading

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