Archive for March 2007
Batman fan movie
Electro^plankton have posted about a wonderful animated short created by Isaak Fernandez Rodriquez.
Rodriquez cites Tim Burton and Bruce Timm’s designs for the Warner Bros Batman cartoon as influences. The whole project took 3 years to complete but the labor or love landed him a job at IIion Animation Studios in Madrid.
I love the blocky, super deformed style, and the black and white look is ...
Crysis level editor
One of my work colleagues pointed out this video about the world editor for the forthcoming game Crysis – and I must say – this is incredibly impressive stuff.
I’ve made a number of editors for video games in the past and they weren’t simple to create, yet they are nowhere near the complexity of this one. Clearly the person demoing the editor is very knowledgeable but the ease with which he creates and modifies the environment is astounding, and the ...
3 rules of effective cutscenes
Arstechnica have put together the three rules of effective cutscenes as taught by God of War 2.
The rules are…
Keep it Short, Stupid I shouldn’t be Superman in a cut scene but Clark Kent in the game If your engine is good enough for the game, it’s good enough for cut scenesObviously they go into more detail, but the points themselves are very valid.
My own opinion is basically that cutscenes are boring. It’s well known that a lot of video game artists ...
12 ways to pimp your office
A comfortable well equipped office is well worth spending a bit of money on. The nicer the place the happier you will be, and the happier you are the more productive you will be (at least that’s the way I see it). Positive Sharing is a blog (and fellow 9rules member) about being happy and Alexander, the sites author, is a very happy person – just look at his photo.
Recently Alex mentioned 12 ways ...
Ninja Turtle competition ending soon
The competition for free Ninja Turtle schwag is going to be ending tomorrow morning (8:30 GMT) so if you still want to enter then head over and answer the ludicrously simple question (nobody has got it wrong yet).
You might as well give it a go – it’s free to enter and well… it’s the Turtles Dude!
Google Desktop themes – easter eggs
The Google Personalized desktop themes have only been out a couple of days and some Easter Eggs have already been found. Google Operating System has the full story (with screenshots) for anybody who doesn’t want to wait until 3:14 in the morning to see the mysteries of the theme.
I’m sure in time we will see other Easter Eggs, along with custom things for celebrations (Christmas, Easter etc).
Google Desktop Themes
Google recently released the new customisable themes for Google Personalized Homepage. To use a new theme just click the little “select theme” link on the right of the screen.
The themes also update based upon your location (weather, time, and season all change) which is a very nice feature. I’ve never wanted a weather widget before, but I’ve got the bus stop theme running it looks great.
That’s another thing – the ...
New Turtles Footage
I know I only mentioned it yesterday but I found some more Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie footage last night and I had to share it as it’s making me more excited than ever! I think I will have to convince the girlfriend to go and see this one with me (which will no doubt require watching a costume drama in return).
You can see the original, higher quality, footage on the Comicbook Resources website (click on the ...
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