Monday, June 22, 2009
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Sunday, November 09, 2008
Got to love.. Zoe Keating and her cello. Hopefully she'll visit the Netherlands sometime soon.
Sunday, September 07, 2008
I seem to have a thing with shoes/boots lately, also... red! I disliked red for quite some time, is my taste changing? Hmmmmm.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Yet another documentary about players that are absorbed in virtual worlds one way or another. Somehow these documentaries always leave me with a somewhat awkward feeling afterwards. Of course I'm an avid WoW player and I feel rather normal, but these documentaries seem to have found the categories of players that are just a bit off. How will it ever be a legitimate way of spending time (like watching television, reading a book, go bowling etc) in ordinary peoples' eyes if the first thing they see (and won't watch further) is a couple of nerdy looking guys spending hours and hours closed off in a 'dungeon' behind a couple of pc screens? Or the nerdy couple that found each other over the internet playing games?
But of course I've not even seen the film yet so I would love to see it, curious if documentary-makers can actually give a 360 degrees perspective about the MMO culture and its player-base without the aftertaste. Judging from the raving press reviews it seems like they've done a decent job. They also have snippets of interviews with Nick Yee, Edward Castronova and Julian Dibbel. That's a good thing.
So, some people, bring that doc over to the lowlands!
Labels: documentary, MMO
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Trailer says it all?
Okami? Ico? Tales of ..? God of War? Have I said Okami yet?
Why... is it that the female has to be caught in his (the prince's) arms every time? She has all kinds of abilities but apparently she is the fragile female that should be caught in an embrace. Will we ever learn?
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Yessiree... IF I really want to have -all- the peripherals of all music games I should buy a new home... I just love, love, love music games ever since I saw the Bemani stuff from Konami back in the 90s, so it's supposed to be heaven for me these years, but it's a pain I tell you, a pain, as I'm obsessed with having all that stuff within reach and also declaring ownership over it but ... there is no end to it!
Anyhow, E3 and all that right now, and they showed the Guitar Hero: world tour stuff, I want it!!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Been to Leonard Cohen concert yesterday evening. It was .. magical.
Loved this:
Saturday, July 05, 2008
http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/37257. Amazing how they never fixed it in the beta stages of the game. At least -someone- should have noticed the differences between the attackpower of both genders?
' Let me begin with saying “yes, we here at Funcom agree with you; this is an unacceptable bug”. We never intended for any character to be stronger/weaker than another based on its gender, and we have been working on making the necessary adjustments to correct this issue for quite some time already."
I don't know, but it just makes you wonder...
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Been hanging out with the former lead designer of Spore's Creature Creator, Chaim. Really fun guy, brilliant mind. Forgot to take a picture with him.. doh... Also met other interesting people, which I can't remember the names of.
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Very into Nerf lately, still a bit confused that SteamPunk is everywhere all of a sudden including spicing up the Nerf guns! Love it!
By courtesy of Gizomodo. Find more pics of this gun at: http://gizmodo.com/383943/steampunk-nerf-rifle-lets-you-get-victorian-on-someones-ass
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Love love love it!!
Electroplankton on a NDS and two iPhones = Win!
Did I say I totally love it? I say it again!
Their website:
Flash Flash Revolution craziness
Saturday, March 15, 2008
I recently rediscovered Flash Flash Revolution (thanks to my students), a webbased version of Dance Dance Revolution, which is playable with the directional keys on the keyboard. People can share videos of their skills, some real craziness to be found there!
Monday, March 10, 2008
This is great, people really have a nick for doing unexpected things with given technology. In the next youtube movie (from CNET) a couple of guys took some codes, laptops and guitar hero controllers and turned it all into a device that can be used to make music or synthesized sounds. The movie explains it all:
Ever seen a pizza slice play Guitar Hero? Now you will! This slice even has a double-neck guitar!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Currently trying to set something up for game preservation. I came across the Gameology emulation blog post from Laurie, which asks the question: when is emulation enough?
Myself I appreciate the emulation scene to preserve games that way, as digitalizing through emulation saves a lot of space and issues with hardware compatibility. Personally I prefer however the game as it was originally perceived, which means as much the visuals as the playability. A game is not only the graphics mixed with the gameplay, it is also the materiality of the hardware it is played on. My preference has probably also to do with my preference of perceiving a game not as something that is played with the mind alone but also with the physical body. Differences in controls, control schemes makes for different bodily actions. Every gameplatform has its own materiality one way or the other, disregarding that is throwing part of the game experience into the bin.
The IGDA has a special interest group (SIG) dealing with game preservation. More about it can be read at the igda wiki.