Archive for May 2006
Cloaking device to become reality?
My girlfriend is a scientist. She also wants to be able to turn invisible. She sent me this today…
Light normally bounces off an object’s surface making it visible to the human eye. But John Pendry and colleagues at Imperial College London, UK, have calculated that materials engineered to have abnormal optical properties, known as metamaterials, could make light pass around an object as so it appears as if it were not there at all.
Metamaterials are exotic composites made of electronic ...
Humans by Three Legged Legs
Planet Earth versus the humans. A wonderful, thought provoking animation from Three Legged Legs. The message isn’t new but the execution is and I really like it.
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Another E3 round-up
Matt Brett has put my woeful attempt at an E3 round-up to shame with his write ups so I’ll just link through to him from now on.
Post E3 thoughts : Nintendo Post E3 thoughts : Sony Post E3 thoughts : MicrosoftI’m going to use my delight over the Nintendo Wii, and the new Zelda game, as an excuse for my lack of… well… anything.
Review : Shadow of the Colossus
I’d been looking forward to Shadow of the Colossus for some time, and on the 17th of February 2006 it was finally released in the UK.
For the uneducated, Shadow of the Colossus is the follow up (but not a sequel to) the critically acclaimed ICO, which reviewed incredibly well, but failed miserably with the consumers. ICO went on to become a massive cult hit and has been re-released alongside Shadow, so hopefully people will pick up on it this time.
Neo vs. Robocop with a special guest appearance
I’ve posted quite a few youtube movies recently so I figured none more wouldn’t hurt.
Here’s Neo (from the Matrix movies), fighting Robocop (erm… from the Robocop movies) fighting it out.
It’s just a shame there was no lightsaber action!
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getty images – interact 10 ways
I like all things interactive, and some of the stuff on the new Getty Images promotional site is incredibly nice.
For those who don’t know Getty Images is a royalty free stock image library. What this means is that publishers, artists, webdesigners and anyone else who needs a photo or graphic of some sort, can come along and buy the rights to use hi quality media in their projects.
Getty Images teamed up with 5 interactive designers asking each of them ...
Final Fantasy III
Final Fantasy III is coming to the DS.
“What?” I hear you scream – yep it’s gone back a few numbers. Version III has never been released outside of Japan – so they are letting us complete the series. Personally I have only ever played the 3d Final Fantasy games (numbers 8 and 9) and this game will be no exception. Square have gone and remade the entire game in 3d just for the DS.
You can see the E3 game ...
New Super Mario Brothers
I am almost as excited about this as I am about the new Zelda game (almost, but not quite).
Head on over to the official, New Super Mario Brothers, website to get all the info you could need. Of particular interest is the multiplayer mode, something Mario games have been a bit rubbish at in the past. It all looks wonderful, with 3d graphics presented in a 2d plane ...
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Rocket Boards is a super fast 3D rocket boarding action. My first "commercial" (shareware) product. Didn't do amazingly well but was a good learning experience
Bubble Bomb is a polished update of a game originally built by Warren Marshal (who works at Epic games - developers of Unreal and Gears of War)
My own update of Bubble Bomb, Bubble Blitz was almost a total rewrite adding loads of new features and a shiny new look.
Seths Puzzle Boxes is a puzzle game with a surprisingly enjoyable story line, unfortunately it's quite short so won't take long to complete, but while it lasts is great fun.