A recent study shows that people are generally most happy before a vacation. This is probably due to their anticipation of the break. Coming back from vacation returned happiness levels back to normal.
I believe there is a lot of merit in this finding. I’ve noticed that I always need something to look forward [...]
So I’ve been getting back into poker recently (both online and live) and I recently stumbled upon a very interesting player in a low stakes PokerStars tourney. This player was pretty conservative, took the same exact amount of time to make a decision, and made the same size raises when it bet. These [...]
This is the Quake 2 engine running…in a browser! No installation necessary — if you have an HTML5/WebGL compatible browser (like Google Chrome) you can run it!
When I saw this, a million ideas started pouring through my head. Just imagine what this means for the future of PC gaming and game development in [...]
Ever feel like you should have been born at another time?
I think I’ve always felt like this. A theory I came up with is that I’ve always been an explorer at heart. But my desire for exploration can’t possibly be satisfied in these times. Up until modern times, there has always been a frontier [...]
http://www.quelsolaar.com/love/gameplay_video.html
I wish I was this good at programming… this game was made by 1 person!
If there were a $1 Million competition in which you could choose all 3 of the events, no matter how general or specific, which 3 events would you choose to maximize your probability of winning?
1) Dance Dance Revolution
2) Rock Band Drums
3) Arkanoid
The 3rd one is clutch.
I just put up a stable version of my Tetris game in the programming section. There’s still a lot more that I want to do with it, but it has the basic components of a Tetris game: moving pieces, clearing lines, and score tracking.
Check it out here! (Windows only)
It’s been a while hasn’t it? The last time I posted something I was unemployed. But now I am employed at Lockheed Martin as a full time simulation developer. If you’ve never heard of Lockheed Martin, it’s the world’s largest defense contractor and they make military-ish type things. It’s a decent [...]
I placed 2nd in an ITG Sightread Tournament and the final song was absolutely ridiculous.
Awesome song though!
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/07/ea-puts-sexual-bounty-on-the-heads-of-its-own-booth-babes.ars
One of my favorite PC franchises is coming back to life. Here’s a teaser trailer:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/18954/mech-warrior-project/videos/mechwarrior_trl_phoenix_70709.html
http://www.hcn.zaq.ne.jp/cabic508/rsf/mq.swf
A nice little summary of video-game featured South Park episodes with clips:
http://tv.ign.com/articles/100/1000492p1.html
