Call Of Juarez 2
July 1st, 2009
So far its pretty cool. And wow some of the vistas look really damn good. Especially the mining area in mexico. Very nice.
Red Faction
June 23rd, 2009
I recently finished playing Red Faction. I quite enjoyed it. The game made me feel like I was one of those professional demolitionists that you see dropping old buildings in Vegas. I would take the time to find the buildings weak points then plant the necessary charges to make it do what I wanted.. so much fun. Also the Nano rifle is a freaking awesome weapon. Sadly the demo for this game is pretty terrible. But I think you should just skip that and get the game anyways. Good Times.
My Contribution
June 23rd, 2009
The greatest thing someone can do in their lifetime is to nurture new life. I don’t mean that people should go out and have a million kids, because over indulgence in reproducing your own DNA can actually be a drain on the system… I think. I mean people should nurture life of all kinds. Plant a flower, save a kitten from the pound, let the spider in your room lay its eggs. Give things a chance to reproduce. The system works best when it has as many chances to try new things as possible. Since I am not that interested in having children of my own, my greatest contribution will probably be when I die. Who knows how many lifeforms will benefit from the material that I will leave in the dirt. But knowing the simple fact that my eventual death will help the system try out new configurations of life, gives me some piece of mind. Who knows, maybe it could even be the genesis of some new wonderful species.
** EDIT tho now that I think about it, the greatest thing people are doing for life on this planet is eating and pooping… Just the simple act of recycling the biomass into nutient rich waste contibutes greatly to the system… And I suppose thats the beauty of the system. Just the act of trying to survive makes the whole thing work. So next time you clog a toilet don’t be embarresed, you just made a large contribution to life… 
So next time somebody asks me what the meaning of life is, I will smile and say: The meaning of life is… Shit.
Socks
June 22nd, 2009
To have a clear mind you have to start with clean socks…
Ok acutally I have no idea about that. But every once in awhile I like to just get rid of all my dingy, holey, missmatched white socks and then go out and buy three packs of new identical ones… This way I know nomatter which socks I grab in the morning I know that they will make a pair. Ahhhh sweet bliss.
Airshow
June 21st, 2009
There was a small airshow out at the Olympia airport today. I stopped by and got a few pics… Tho I missed some of the better stuff.
Rewards in Games
May 22nd, 2009
I really believe that a good sound effect is at the root of making a video game satisfying. In shooters it’s the sound of the gun. In driving games its the roar of the engine and the sounds of the road. In puzzle games it’s the sound of blocks clearing. In side scrollers its the sound of collecting something. Every game that I can think of that I enjoy has a good sound effect at the heart of it. I think allot of game developers forget to do that right. Almost all games that I don’t like have poor sound effects. I don’t think its the only rewarding thing about games, but I think its the most important. Popcap really understands this more than anybody.
Lighting Colors
May 22nd, 2009
Burn Calories! Buuurn
May 21st, 2009
I have finally got off my fatening ass and started going to the gym. So far it’s been good. Then yesterday in best buy I saw the new EA Active trainer thingy for the Wii. Of course I am not going to replace going to the gym with it but I thought I could give it a try in addition. Some parts of it are pretty good. Tho I kinda feel like a total tool running in place with stupid Wii shit strapped to me. It started out ok but then partway through the fucking curse of the shitty-ass gimicky Wii motion controls kicked in. It would randomly start telling me I was doing something wrong when I wasn’t. And there is nothing more frusterating when you are working out and doing it correctly than some stupid bunch of polygons is telling you that you are doing it all wrong. And ZOMG the rollar skating part is so inaccurate. It really was annoying.
Space Shuttle
May 18th, 2009
Brutal Ballad Of Fangus Klot
May 17th, 2009
Apparently the latest issue of Game Informer has a piece about the Oddworld Game that we were working on just before Oddworld put a hold on games development. Brings back allot of memories. We were using a revised version of the Stranger engine which at that point we were very very good with. I think somewhere I have a few screen-shots of the actual game in progress. I will have to hunt those down.
http://www.2old2play.com/Blog/Permalink/3939/33868
Ahh memories…
*** EDIT ***
It’s funny seeing the picture of the boat/jetski… We were in the process of making a fun level involving that thing when the brakes were put on.
HEY!
May 10th, 2009
Game Designers… I will stop playing your game the second there is a Quick-time-event. Why do you think its fun to make me slam buttons like a fool only to have me fail halfway through the sequence. Then making me restart from the beginning… SUCK IT.
Tv’s 120Hz
May 6th, 2009
So my tv is one of the new batch that has a 120HZ mode… Which to be honest is freakin stupid. I call it the soap opera filter because it makes even the most beautifully shot movie look like it’s a crummy daytime tv show. 120Hz not a good thing. I finally had to dig deep into the menus and turn the damn feature off because its soo terrible. Why is this a good idea?
Dog Gone
May 2nd, 2009
They are putting the family dog down in a few minutes. The worst part is that you can’t talk to him and make him feel better. He has no idea whats about to happen.
It was not an easy decision. But he can’t even hold down water anymore. He just throws it up.
I feel like shit.
Project 2 site
May 2nd, 2009
Recently our voidstar and project 2 website was hacked and some java script was inserted into it. So we ended up having to wipe everything and are working to get things up and running again. But we did lose lots of blog stuff so im not sure what teh new stuff will look like. Urrrg. Stoopid internets.
Game Design For My Future
May 1st, 2009
The older I get the more I want to design games that have constructive goals instead of destructive ones. I guess it’s the same reason I now enjoy vegtables that I hated when I was a child. OLDNESS! whooo!
More 50D hate
April 23rd, 2009
I used it some more… And found another thing to hate. The Auto Focus sucks. It’s always picking things I dont want to focus on. For example I had a snake in the center of the image but for some reason the camera insisted on focusing on a piece of grass a good 2 feet in front of the snake.. for the life of me I could not get it to Auto Focus onto the snake.. WTF?!