Archive for the ‘Links’ Category
A short history of Miniclip.com
Rob, my boss and CEO of Miniclip.com, was recently interviewed by the Financial Times in the UK – and they put a video of the interview online for all to see.
I’d have embedded the video here but for some reason they have made embedding needlessly difficult so I’ll go for a link instead.
There’s lots of corporate speak going on there, but some of you may find it interesting The top of my ...
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince trailer and new Harry Potter book
Time for some more Potter excitement – the teaser trailer for Half Blood Prince has been released. All Potter fans should check it out as it looks great. Make sure you have your speakers on.
The films have been fantastic so far – each one improves on the one before. I just hope the cast all return for the finale as it wouldn’t be right to ...
BBC Olympics 2008 ident
I saw this when I was having my dinner this evening and thought it was absolutely fantastic. I was pretty sure it was Jamie Hewlet almost from the start, but I didn’t realise the music was by Damon Albarn (for those outside the loop this is the duo responsible for the Gorillaz).
I have no interest in the Olympics at all, but I really hope the Beeb have more of these up their sleeves.
Harry Potter prequel
Waterstones (the UK bookstore) recently ran a promotion called “What’s your story” where they got people to submit a postcard with a short story on it, and they will be turning the best into a limited edition book.
In total they had 4522 entries, and some of those were from celebs – including JK Rowling.
The postcard book is going to be made in a limited run but they have posted the celebrity cards on the What’s your story website so ...
Dr Horrible
I found out about Dr Horribles Sing Along blog a couple of days ago, and today I watched the first two episodes. They’re absolutely bloody fantastic so watch them while you can.
The show is a musical (as in song and dance) tale of a horrible doctor who is having woman troubles.
The shows are free streaming mini movies and, more importantly, the brain child of Joss Whedon (Buffy and Firefly being his most famous creations).
Dr ...
Mystery on 5th Avenue
A fantastic house designed by an incredibly creative person. It all started because a rich bloke, Steven B. Klinsky, wanted his house redesigned and asked an architect, Eric Clough, to embed a poem in his childrens bedroom. A year goes by and suddenly a new house has been made, with a complex series of puzzles waiting for the occupants to unlock the secrets within.
But some of that furniture ...
Big Buck Bunny
Big Buck Bunny tells the story of a giant rabbit with a heart bigger than himself. When one sunny day three rodents rudely harass him, something snaps… and the rabbit ain’t no bunny anymore! In the typical cartoon tradition he prepares the nasty rodents a comical revenge.
Big Buck Bunny is an animation, created in Blender – an open source 3d art program. I tried Blender many moons ago and it was painful to use. I suspect that’s because I ...
A brief history of sex in video games
An amusing & educational look at the history of sex in video games. Sex has been around in games for almost as long as game have existed. Sure, there’s lot’s of controversy now, but really – is it needed? There’s so much more violence than sex in games, and sex is required for the survival of the human race whereas violence… isn’t.
Anyway the video is by Daniel Floyd who’s a student (not a professor) at Savannah College of ...
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.