Thinking that this week would be mostly preparing for Christmas, I find that I’ve been spending the last few days on a couple of personal projects. With the possibility of some interest in GN12, I have been working on condensing it down into a one-page overview. As it’s been a little time since I visited …
Here’s an interesting quote I found over at Idle Thumbs: With the introduction of next-generation consoles such as the Xbox 2 and PS3, software design houses will be required to put more manpower and capital into developing new games to cope with demand. So I think that there will be no room for small-scale design …
Quite some time ago I started on a sitcom and when I turned freelance I used the opportunity to finish off the script and start sending it out. I received some very favourable responses, but so far no one has taken it up. Being busy with other work has meant that I’ve left it alone …
I was reading the latest issue of the Nightcrawler mini-series (it’s great having a son who buys comics) and something hit me about the way the story was unfolding – the writer keeps having characters tell us what’s happened instead of showing us it happening. In such a visual medium like comics you’d expect that …
Nearly four weeks ago I posted an entry about my rising interest in Jazz. Thanks to Andrew Stern, who offered a couple of recommendations, I’m now starting to build up a small collection. Though “Stardust” is taking a little getting into, I love “Mingus Ah Um” and is exactly the type of thing that I’m …
One thing I noticed, which I thought was really odd, was that objects you are holding cast shadows, but you/Freeman don’t. The immersion dropped a notch at that point. 🙂
There is an interesting response to the whole “EA spouse” affair over at Joystiq. “We haven’t yet cracked the code on how to fully minimize the crunches in the development and production process.” Must be something seriously wrong with their management practices if they can’t work that one out.
Having just finished Half-Life 2, I thought I would share my thoughts on what has become quite a phenomenon. For those who have not played the game, please be warned that this piece may contain information that could spoil your enjoyment of the game later. Besides, only by having played the game yourself will you …
Thanks to all of the people who came over to the Inventory forums, posed questions and made kind comments. It was good fun.
This article sums up why I dislike games like GTA.
I’ve just been invited to join in the fun over at The Inventory forums, where they are having a big adventure game love-in over the next few days. Anyone interested will be able to pop along to the forums and read what’s going on. You’ll have to register with the forums before being able to …