How much does it cost to be poor.

You can measure costs starting from an income that can cover all of them. But the title is the question: "How much does it costs to be poor?" Being poor costs more than people think. One of the reasons why leaving poverty is nearly impossible and it's endemic in some countries is the real cost of poverty and the different types of poverty. Let's split the ma...

Final Fantasy. A walk through the timeless Square-Enix Creation.

When people think on RPG's the first company that rings a bell is Square Enix. They have created a vast universe with at least 20 games for the main history line. This also includes a lot of games for other consoles usually spin offs from the main franchise. There are a lot of examples of elements being used across games. At least 4 games including Final Fantasy XII and probably XVI happen in I...

Capcom. From CPS1 to the console age and beyond.

From CPS1 to the modern age. Capcom has been there as a symbol of not only fighting games bust the best arcades out there. I think that only SNK was able to get results that could somehow rivalize with Capcom's games. The first franchises and games that will come to everyone's mind are the kickstart for a new era of arcade gaming. Both final Fight and Street Fighter II has a CPS1 ...

Is development the future or an uncumbered disaster

"software" is a word that applies to a wide range of things. Your PC programs are software. Also your apps. Also your CCTV on screen display. Also your smart TV. And a lot more of home appliances and even toys use software nowadays to run let's say a complex washing program. We call that on your washer "Embedded system". As you may already notice the value that softwa...

Economy and society aren't looking so good. But we still have time to wisper

Yes. There's a recessive economy which carries inflation and an economy contraction worldwide. How many people is aware of it? In spite of the economy bringing comes and goes to everyone pockets and minds most of the people is not aware of the fact that the economy is only improving fast on the US. Fast is also relative and we have a lot of factors to consider not only on the US but wor...

Music is that beautiful distracting art that help me focus.

Your background music while you work can say a lot about you. Or maybe not at all. Is what what we have to accompany us while we draw, code and do every possible thing imaginable. I'm in some sort of Lebowsky mode lately and I love to listen Radio Paradise. All the alternative, folk, jazz, and weirdness that you may find there keeps me entertained the good ol' fashioned way. ...

Copyright. If it's going to be on the internet it's time to think on it.

If we are going to talk about about licenses I hope that I not end up writing something bigger than a country civil rights but at this point is nearly -Jokes aside- to condense it in few words. Licensing has been always a matter of concern and is entirely logic. After all, a simple mistake turns into a huge economic loss or even worse in an unrepairable branding damage. Of co...

Dreamcast. Sega's lost console and maybe the last console.

In spite of being a kid I remember how much people were expecting a new console from Sega. After Sega Saturn which was the direct competition of the first Playstation -And I'd say that It was better- things got to a extreme situation for Sega. Amazingly, the horrible Nintendo 64 was accepted because that buggy textures used cleverly to made cartoon like stuff worked out. There ya' go ki...

Code is the logic brush of an artist. Or maybe the rule of a marketer.

It was always about developers. I believe that in spite of becoming cheap manpower at a certain level we still create worlds in small pieces for others. I had the chance to build my own software. The one that I wanted to to do all along. shh.. hush. Is a secret and I won't tell which one or what it does. There is a lot of things -probably everything- that can be done coding...

Movies can still be on 4k on DVD size. And here is why.

Once upon a time, you where able to purchase a movie and have it. Yes like actually having it as a material item. It was a cool thing. And even when it's still here and exists people seems to be wired AF so I see that most of the movies are a direct purchase from some of the usual suspects. The thing is that you never really HAVE the movie as such. You just seem to have the right to use it...