The Good and the Bad

1959-2015

This morning the news reached me that Satoru Iwata, the CEO of Nintendo passed away this weekend. Many people were sad and so was I. Think it was last week I watched his latest E3 presentation where they had the form of muppets which was a rather fun skit together with news of the upcoming Star Fox game. 

The saddest part is you now know why he only appeared as a puppet in this years E3

I only knew him as the CEO of Nintendo that took over after the founding family stepped away and during the year was a much more humble person. Under his leadership Nintendo created the Wii and DS that become some of the best selling systems through Nintendo's history. He also changed direction for Nintendo in a communicating way by getting rid of the E3 press conference and took control by making pre-recordered shows that utilised muppets and claymation effects. What I hardly knew was how he worked as a programmer on several games (sadly I've hardly played any of those games). He also had slumps in his carer as the current generation of games shows. The initial release of the 3DS needed a lot of work before it turned around and become a respectable selling system and the Wii U sadly doesn't seem to be anything else than Nintendo's worst selling home console. I support it, so I went out and bought Splatoon today so I could paint the world in some smiling colours because he gave me and a lot of people much to smile about. Hopefully the NX can redeem his home console troubles and end his career on top as he strikes back from the grave.

Good Bye Mr Iwata!

So what is the good news then? Last week I signed a working contract and august 17 I start working for the county administrative board meaning I'm employed by the government. It's just for a small 3 months project, but it's on the right track. This will be rather fun.

The coat of arms of Södermanland