{"id":2,"date":"2011-07-03T19:48:12","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T02:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kineplay.com\/ben\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2018-07-01T10:12:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-01T17:12:14","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ben<\/p>\n

Hi, I’m Ben Milstead, and thanks for visiting my blog.\u00a0Most of what I write has to do with the video game industry, where I spent most of my time.\u00a0I love games, and I believe that\u00a0play\u00a0<\/em>is one of the most important parts of being human. I\u00a0also love running, especially trails in the summer heat. I read a lot, and enjoy a good API as much as a good book.<\/p>\n

I’m one of those polyhistor <\/a><\/em>types. One of my favorite quotes, from Robert Heinlein, is:<\/p>\n

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.<\/em><\/p>\n

I reckon I’ve done most of the list (I’m still working on dying gallantly). In any event I’ve held a life-long fascination by the intersection of art and science, hence my interest in games. I believe that art uses far more logic, and science far more creativity and intuition, than the common wisdom.<\/p>\n

One question I still get asked is, “How do I get into the video game industry?” The answer is always the same: make games! If you’re a programmer, make games. If you’re an artist, make games. If you’re a storyteller, make games. If you can’t figure out how to make a game or two on your own (especially these days, with tools like Unity<\/a>) you may want to re-think your plan.\u00a0If you’re not interested in making a game on your own, you’ll probably hate it as a career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, I’m Ben Milstead, and thanks for visiting my blog.\u00a0Most of what I write has to do with the video game industry, where I spent most of my time.\u00a0I love games, and I believe that\u00a0play\u00a0is one of the most important parts of being human. I\u00a0also love running, especially trails in the summer heat. I read […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2616,"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/2616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kineplay.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}