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Room Jam
I partook in a room jam, which means I made one of many many levels that are all mashed together into one computer game. You can play it online here: http://somanyrooms.com/ It’s my first use of FlashPunk, a game development … Continue reading
Fred Williamson
From the commentary on One Down, Two To Go: “To me if you dolly around a room, it looks like a midget is sneaking around in the room.”
“This studio cannot be held hostage by the talent.”
From here: http://www.povonline.com/cols/COL335.htm Discuss.
Puppies!
In case you needed further evidence that hard core gamers aren’t the ones driving the money:
Koresh’s tomb
http://sundaymagazine.org/2010/11/madness-and-death-add-to-the-mystery-of-koreshs-tomb/ This guy gets plus points from me for including a hollow Earth theory in his weird cult. It kind of boggles the mind to think the theory is that we are inside the hollow Earth, but don’t realize it? … Continue reading
When to laugh
http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2010/10/good-direction.html
This quote from a John K post struck me as noteworthy:
“I never know when to laugh when I watch modern cartoons because they are so devoid of pacing or feeling.”
I usually hear from the other side that they feel insulted or pandered to if they are constantly being told when to laugh, that it kind of took me aback to see someone complain about not being told.
Robot Wants games
These “Robot Wants” games are kind of cool, especially if you see them in a row you can see how they become more complex each time. It kind of has a Megaman feel to it, in terms of as you acquire new abilities, you can access regions or kill bosses you couldn’t before, but it’s up to you to figure out the best order to get the new powers.
The first and last are the crucial ones, do the two in the middle if you want to be completist:
http://notdoppler.com/robotwantskitty.php
http://notdoppler.com/robotwantspuppy.php
http://notdoppler.com/robotwantsfishy.php
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Star Knight poster
I like how this poster just kind of lays it out:
http://www.wrongsideoftheart.com/2010/10/star-knight-el-caballero-del-dragon-1985-spain/
“Yeah, he’s from space, and he came to medieval Earth, so they figured he was a knight and his spaceship was a dragon. Cool, huh?” Continue reading
Book: Stiff
I’m reading “Stiff” a book about dead bodies. The author will occasionally go, “Oh, no, I really don’t want to hear/see any more about that, it’s too disgusting.” I guess I didn’t need a description of how the anus is sewn up during an embalming, but at the same time, it’s sometimes off-putting how she doesn’t really want to know too much about the subject she’s writing an entire book on. Is this something you’re allowed to do half-way? Continue reading
Let the movie be about what it’s about
Some actor who was in the Transformers movies, on why he was disappointed with Transformers 2, “You lost a bit of the relationships. Unless you have those relationships, then the movie doesn’t matter. Then it’s just a bunch of robots fighting each other.”