Archive for the ‘Video Games’ Category
I’m O.K – video game violence
In my last post I mentioned me having my own opinions on the whole "video games are murder simulators" debate. Well I thought I'd run through them briefly - and also point you to a new video game made specifically for this issue.
My ThoughtsIn my mind it's simple. Violent people will seek out violent media. If video games weren't around then movies and books, which have both suffered in a similar way, would be getting the same attention.
That's not ...
Games are good for you
A new study of 100 university undergraduates in Toronto has found that video gamers consistently outperform their non-playing peers in a series of tricky mental tests. If they also happened to be bilingual, they were unbeatable.
Barely a day goes by when video games, generally Grand Theft Auto, are blamed for something evil. But that doesn't mean they are bad. I have my own views on the whole "video games are murder simulators" debate, and maybe I'll write them up one ...
Bubble Blitz Online
Something I have wanted to do with Binary Sun for a while now is get some online games. The obvious solution would be to add some games made in Flash, but I don't like to do things the easy way.
So Bubble Blitz, a downloadable Exe game, is now playable in a browser - assuming of course you use Windows (a Mac version would be lovely though - I'm looking into sorting that out).
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Prince of Persia – Two Thrones
I'm a huge fan of Prince of Persia, Sands of Time. It was a visual feast using glowing pastels colours to bring the magic of an Arabian adventure to life. There was a story that was told mainly through the gameplay and, for once, it was a story that didn't suck (something Ubi Soft seem quite good at). The gameplay, with the possible exception of the combat, was perfect. You, as the ...
King Kong – Woahh
This weekend, I bought, played, and completed the new King Kong videogame.
It rocked!
As with all Ubisoft games it's visually stunning - I went for the GameCube version and it has to be one of the prettiest games on the console. The water and fire effects in particular are very cool.
In gameplay terms it doesn't disappoint either. The game is primarily played through the eyes of Jack Driscol, with the occasional Kong based encounter. ...
Videogame Aesthetics and the Quest for Photo Realism
I've just read an interesting post on videogame aesthetics all about the quest for photorealism and it got me thinking.
Realism is boring, I find the quest for realistic gaming as pointless as photo realistic animated movies. The main problem is that we are surrounded by real things, we see them every day - so what's the point of reproducing them? Since we're so aware of the things around us when they are reproduced we notive every little thing that ...
Nintendo Revolution(ary) controller revealed
The new controller for the Nintendo Revolution has been revealed
What can I say - wow - it's certainly different. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it, but I'll definitely be getting one! Since it's not obvious from a static image the new controller uses a couple of sensors on the tv to track it's position in 3d space, meaning you can wave it around to control... well... whatever the game developers ...
What I do at Miniclip
I do lots of different things during my day job at Miniclip.com, web design, graphic design, animation, and programming - I have to turn my hand to whatever is required, and I seem to be working on something different every day - it's great. One of my favourite jobs though is working on video games. I tend to have a game project going on all the time, it's something I can do when everything else is finished.
The games that I ...
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.