Archive for August 2006
video game artist
Was pointed towards Aram Bartholl recently. I studied art at both school and university and never really took to the modern variety. There was some cool stuff being done but in general it didn't interest me. However when it's coupled with video games modern art becomes the best thing ever...
Speed - Bringing Need for Speed into the real worldTop 50 Hasselhoff videos
Unless something amazing happens I need never post another Hasselhoff video again... ever!
Because the chaps over at RagRap have gone and posted the "Top 50 David Hasselhoff Videos".
I must admit I have been going off the Hoff recently so it's unlikely I will mention him again for a while. I know he has loads of fans out there so I'm sure you can find another site to get all your Hoff based news.
Make your own Xbox 360 game
Sony have tried it a couple of times with the Net Yaroze on the original PlayStation and then the Linux dev kit on the PS2 but nether really picked up the way you would imagine.
The idea of going back to gamings routes, with people copying endless reams of code from magazines, not understanding what it means and praying that they will get some sort of enjoyable game out at the end, is enticing.
Microsoft have decided
Okami Preview
Okami has been in development for absolutely ages but it's looking more and more gorgeous. 1up.com has just launched an Okami microsite where they are posting previews and interviews with the developers.
Okami looks like it's going to bring a breath of fresh air to what is becoming a rather stale genre (despite my anticipation and excitement Zelda hasn't really progressed beyond it's origins). The game is worth it for the artistic style alone. The fact ...
Firefly and Serenity
I have been rather late jumping on the Firefly and Serenity band wagon. I first saw Serenity a while ago and wasn't overly impressed. I wasn't disappointed by any means, but I just didn't "get it". I'm guessing the reason was that I hadn't seen any of the tv shows.
I have now.
FireflyRecently I bought the Firefly tv series and watched all 14 episodes in the ...
Architecture in Helsinki – Do the Whirlwind
From Paul Robertson who created the amazing Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 comes this wonderful new animation. This time a music video for a song by Architecture in Helsinki (never heard of them before) the animation is just as amazing as you'd expect.
I'm loving the pixellated goodness.
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Movie Roundup – July 06
About a BoyA mildly amusing comedy with Hugh Grant, Rachel Weisz, and a few people I have never heard of. It was a lot better than I expected, Hugh Grant plays the same character he always plays and makes a fool of himself more than once. It had a few amusing bits, the best involving feeding the ducks (I didn't know it was that dangerous!).
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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.