Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
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 ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) movie – competition
I was recently contacted by a very nice lady at Warner Bros. asking whether I would like to run a competition to promote a film. Normally I just ignore this sort of thing but (not that it happens very often!) but being that it's for the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, I just had to say yes.
Like 300 (also from Warner Brothers) I have been excited ...
Hot Fuzz
I went to see the new British comedy, Hot Fuzz, the other day - and it was absolutely great.
I haven't seen Shaun of the Dead, despite hearing that it's really rather good, but that didn't stop me from wanting to see this film. From what I have heard the humor and the style of the two films are fairly similar and having now seen Hot Fuzz I think I will ...
Videogames blamed for… everything!
Videogames are regularly blamed for many things, the most popular being making children fat and violent. So when something new, such as the Nintendo Wii, comes along everyone is happy. The Wii gets children exercising again, and it doesn't feature as many violent games as other consoles. However that "everyone" has just gotten a little smaller.
Children who spend too much time playing virtual sports on their new Nintendo Wii are getting a false sense of what it's like to ...
Gun Wing, new Binary Sun game released
As some of you may know I make video games - both for work and as a hobby.
About a year ago a chap named Alan Broad posted a demo of a game he was intending to give away on a development forum I frequent. I really liked the game and thought some money could be made so I offered to buy the code and distribution rights. I wanted to tweak the game and release it for sale.
He ...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release date announced
Yes - I know I am old enough to know better, but frankly I don't care - so here we go...
The date for the final Harry Potter book has been announced! We will all be able to find out exactly what happens to Harry, Ron , Hermione and the rest of the gang on... (drum roll please) ...
21st July 2007 at 00:01
Now back to talking about all the rumors that are flying around.
Oh - and it will ...
In game ads don’t work?
Advertising in games is something that has been getting a lot of media attention recently. Some reports say that gamers love it, provided things are in context (ads on billboards in a city for example) and, more recently, they say they don't like it... as mentioned in the report posted on gamesindustry.biz
The audience sampled was only 120 gamers which sounds a little low to me, but the opinion matches those of other gamers I have spoken to about this. ...
Eragon – all pervasive
I read the first two Eragon books recently, the third and final is currently being written. My timing seems to have been quite good because as I was reading the second book, I found out that there was a film being made... and then there are the inevitable video games. Now on the company I work at are running ads for Eragon on our website. It's everywhere!
The youth of Christopher Paolini, the author, and the success it has achieved ...
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.