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07 July 2010
10 April 2010
Viral dancing
Found via Techdirt, here's a video taken from the 2009 Sasquatch! Music Festival (at the Gorge Amphitheatre, George, Washington). One shirtless guy starts dancing, but by two minutes into the clip, he's been joined by a horde of others.
The actual Techdirt article is an interesting read (from the always thought-provoking Mike Masnick), following how one person's idea lead to a web service, MixTapeForYou.com. Kind of reminds me of the old 1978 BBC series, Connections.
The actual Techdirt article is an interesting read (from the always thought-provoking Mike Masnick), following how one person's idea lead to a web service, MixTapeForYou.com. Kind of reminds me of the old 1978 BBC series, Connections.
10 March 2010
Ok Go's new video
From the same group that danced on treadmills (which can be seen, briefly, at some point in this music video):
06 March 2010
Another flight
Took a flight with the Wellington Aero Club today, courtesy of my mother-in-law (as a thank you for some help I'd given her with her computer). Spent about an hour in a two-seat Piper Tomahawk II mucking about around Wellington's south coast. Some glorious sights, but didn't get many photos as I was controlling the plane pretty much from the get go. Did the takeoff, cruising, a touch-and-go, and a full-stop landing with a little help from one of the instructors. Did get a chance to take a couple of pictures, plus some video clips.It's the second time I've done one of these flights, the first time was a few years ago.
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Really cool video clip
14 months, 42 countries...
On a side note, we did go to see Indy IV tonight, and really enjoyed it. Several people "warned" us that it wasn't as good as the previous movies, but I don't know what movie they saw. The one we saw was terrific (maybe not as good as Raiders, but definitely better than Temple of Doom, jury still out on whether it was better/worse than Last Crusade). It did everything we ask of a movie: we went in, and when we came out some two-and-a-half hours later, we had been thoroughly entertained. So yah-boo-sucks! to all you naysayers! :-P
On a side note, we did go to see Indy IV tonight, and really enjoyed it. Several people "warned" us that it wasn't as good as the previous movies, but I don't know what movie they saw. The one we saw was terrific (maybe not as good as Raiders, but definitely better than Temple of Doom, jury still out on whether it was better/worse than Last Crusade). It did everything we ask of a movie: we went in, and when we came out some two-and-a-half hours later, we had been thoroughly entertained. So yah-boo-sucks! to all you naysayers! :-P
14 March 2008
And who says 8-bit is dead?
Seriously cool clone of Guitar Hero... on a Commodore 64 (not an emulator either, but an actual C64!). Thanks to Intelligent Artifice for the heads up:
11 January 2008
Warhound, Turning Point and Crysis
Stumbled across a new game that looks interesting. Warhound is a new FPS from Techland, following the reliably popular anti-terrorist story line. Graphics look very nice, and it's promising some serious AI, interactively destructable environments, and quasi-role-playing elements (increasing skills, etc.). Looking forward to it, due to be released sometime this year (fingers crossed).
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, by Spark Unlimited and published by Codemasters takes an alternative history, postulating that Winston Churchill did not survive an accident, so never became Prime Minister of Great Britain. World War II still happened, but because there was no effective leader against Hitler, the war in Europe was over before the US became involved. The game opens in 1952, as Zeppelins drop Nazi troops into New York. Again, nice looking graphics (using Epic's Unreal 3 engine). Another one on my "to-get" list -- due Spring 2008 (that's Autumn 2008 for you weirdos in the northern hemisphere).
On a side note, here's a clip of someone with Crysis and far too much time on their hands:
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty, by Spark Unlimited and published by Codemasters takes an alternative history, postulating that Winston Churchill did not survive an accident, so never became Prime Minister of Great Britain. World War II still happened, but because there was no effective leader against Hitler, the war in Europe was over before the US became involved. The game opens in 1952, as Zeppelins drop Nazi troops into New York. Again, nice looking graphics (using Epic's Unreal 3 engine). Another one on my "to-get" list -- due Spring 2008 (that's Autumn 2008 for you weirdos in the northern hemisphere).
On a side note, here's a clip of someone with Crysis and far too much time on their hands:
22 December 2007
Could it be....?
So 3D Realms have released a trailer for Duke Nukem Forever, the perennial leader of Wired's top 10 vapourware list.
A lot of people are being cautious, and rightly so. Work on DNF started in April 1997, and was originally slated for release in 1998 -- nearly 10 years we've been waiting for this game. It's been through several engine changes and company takeovers -- even a very public argy-bargy with their publisher. (ShackNews has a good history of DNF here.)
My view is that this is a positive development. It's been years since 3D Realms has released any official screenshots, so a teaser trailer (one that doesn't show any gameplay elements) is a good sign. Even better, George Broussard has mentioned that "something like" a full-blown trailer is coming.
All in all, I take the cautiously optimistic view that this bodes well for DNF to be released sometime in the next 18 months. The question then becomes, "Has it been worth the wait?" I hope so.
A lot of people are being cautious, and rightly so. Work on DNF started in April 1997, and was originally slated for release in 1998 -- nearly 10 years we've been waiting for this game. It's been through several engine changes and company takeovers -- even a very public argy-bargy with their publisher. (ShackNews has a good history of DNF here.)
My view is that this is a positive development. It's been years since 3D Realms has released any official screenshots, so a teaser trailer (one that doesn't show any gameplay elements) is a good sign. Even better, George Broussard has mentioned that "something like" a full-blown trailer is coming.
All in all, I take the cautiously optimistic view that this bodes well for DNF to be released sometime in the next 18 months. The question then becomes, "Has it been worth the wait?" I hope so.
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