My wife is quite fond of Frank Black's music. I've never been much into it.

My first game jam theme was PONG, so my wife suggested me to listen to Frank Black's song "Whatever Happened to Pong?". Quite surprisingly for me, it was a great source of inspiration.

What inspired me was not only the song itself, but the attitude. Yeah, I could really feel it.

The song isn't a masterpiece, but it isn't meant to be one. It's just something simple, short and furious that he wanted to create. There's not a greater purpose, no plan, no artifice: it's just a bit of his creativity coming to life, in the most genuine way.

So, after some months of troubles and with a black mood, I keep singing in my mind that munched "to the side, to the side, to the paddle, to the paddle". It remembers me of the moment when I've realized that I could be creative, regardless of anything.