Friday, November 28, 2003
Hellboy Movie Trailer
Check it out over here. I'm not much acquainted with Hellboy. Not a comic fan. So from the perspective of someone who knows nothing of this franchise, it looks to me like an X-Men wanna-be, with all the usual cliches, but slightly more interesting characters and creatures.
Wednesday, November 26, 2003
MSNBC Runs Slideshow of Top 10 Sun Images
I've always been fascinated by the images of the sun captured by the SOHO observation craft. MSNBC.com is currently running a slideshow of the top 10 solar images.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
SMB3 in 11 minutes... and more
Some mish-mash of links from Andy Baio's site:
Beating Super Mario Bros. 3 in 11 minutes.
Jackie Collins new book.... or is it a biography?
Arnold One Liners from his movies
Beating Super Mario Bros. 3 in 11 minutes.
Jackie Collins new book.... or is it a biography?
Arnold One Liners from his movies
3D Arcade Simulator for MAME and More
This may be old news, but only recently has my interest in MAME been rekindled. There are a variety of nice "front ends" for MAME and other emulators, and the nicest of the bunch (IMO) has to be FE-3DARCADE. This front end has a fully 3D "arcade" with game machines. The game machines are then used to launch the game emulation. This front end is even so flexible that people can model their own custom arcades.
Check it all out here: http://3darcade.mameworld.net
Check it all out here: http://3darcade.mameworld.net
Online Version of Infocom's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Quite by accident I found this Java version of the classic Infocom text adventure. It's based on the books by Douglas Adams, and was co-designed by Steve meretsky. To the uninitiated in the world of text adventures: The game is entirely text based, like a book. You can navigate the world and advance the plot, and do actions through typing out sentences. Even for its time, this game was advanced enough to understand advanced boolean sentence structures. (ie: "Take the satchel and then put the satchel on the table"). Whereas other similar games could only understand one or two words at a time (ie: "Take Satchel").
It may seem primitive but these games really made you use your noggin. I also loved how the game came with lots of goodies to compensate for the lack of graphics and sound. This one in particular came with a red "don't panic!" button, a cotton ball (representing some sort of fluff that is an integral object in the game), a small empty baggy with a label that claimed it contained a microscopic space battlecruiser (har har), and more.
Play it now here: http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html
It may seem primitive but these games really made you use your noggin. I also loved how the game came with lots of goodies to compensate for the lack of graphics and sound. This one in particular came with a red "don't panic!" button, a cotton ball (representing some sort of fluff that is an integral object in the game), a small empty baggy with a label that claimed it contained a microscopic space battlecruiser (har har), and more.
Play it now here: http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html
Friday, November 21, 2003
Please Help Save This Endangered Species
This is a serious matter folks. While we waste our time and money on friviolous things like video games and bad movies, real life out there demands attention. It's too easy to overlook and downplay the impact of humanity's toll on nature, the world, the animals. Won't somebody please think of the animals? Help save this endangered species.
Next-Gen Xbox at GDC?
From Gamesindustry.biz comes an article that peeks of the next generation Xbox may be unveiled in Spring 2004 at the Gamer's Development Conference. From the article, 'CVG was first out of the blocks with a story stating that Microsoft will show its next console, allegedly codenamed Xenon, at the Game Developers Conference in San Jose next March - ahead of Sony unveiling the PS3 at E3 in May.' However, it would seem that the PS3 technology will not be, and Sony will concentrate on promoting the PSP.
The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements
Thursday, November 20, 2003
Skype
Here's something interesting. A new endeavour from the creators of Kazaa Skype offers users free peer to peer CALLING! Just watch the phone companies start to sue over this one. Well, they won't sue... but I'll bet the government will want regulations on it because they want eavesdropping capabilities.
Slothdog's Amazing Album Cover Finder
Here's internet commerce for you... write a search engine to use use Amazon to find music CD covers for you, and try to make money off of it. Neat engine, though.
Kurt Wenner - Gallery of Work
USB Christmas Tree Light
Mack G4 Aquarium
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Super Mario Parody Made by a Monkey
OK file this under "stupid web shit", but I find it damn funny. First, it's a website made by a monkey. As if that weren't hilarious enough, it's got a crude but entertaining Flash animation. Watch it. Watch it all. I just love that "sung" Super Mario Bros soundtrack. Hee hee!
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
MSN Newsbot
Southern drawls don't compute
Here's a funny one. From CNN, it would seem that most voice recognition programs won't recognize southern drawls.
Monday, November 17, 2003
Cheap Ass Gamer
Can't help it... I've been using this site more and more to look for good price drops. Although the name is crude, Cheap Ass Gamer is a nicely laid out site.
Friday, November 14, 2003
Listmania! Amazon sells silly stuff
Thursday, November 13, 2003
3rd Harry Potter Teaser Released
The third film of the Harry Potter series teaser was to debut on Friday, but has been released early on the website.
Goonies Sequel in Development
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
Are you a Metrosexual?
Here's an online quiz for men, to determine if you are a "metrosexual". What is that? "The latest buzzword defines an emerging breed of modern, straight, stylish, sensitive, well-groomed guys."
Bombardier's New Motor-UniCycle
From Slashdot, Bombardier introduces a motorized Unicycle! Wow, I have to admit, pure canadian genius! So much better and nicer looking then the segway! More details of the product at Bombardier's site.
Tuesday, November 11, 2003
N-gage has been hacked
From Slashdot comes news that Nokia's N-Gage has been hacked. N-Gage games can be played on any other cellphone with J2ME system. Well, this is probably the nail in the coffin for this system. Who'd want to develop for them now that the games can be hacked? More info on the news groups. UPDATE: Comments from Nokia.
German women auction themselves of on EBay
From Yahoo! News, 6 German women auction themselves off to provide atmosphere to the successful bidder's party. Apparently, it did so well, that another group of girls in their 20s are doing the same thing. Hmmm...
The Ultimate Mame Box
As the topic of discussion lately has been on arcade cabinets, Ray has mentioned something about building a cabinet with MAME in it. I seem to have recalled on Slashdot an article on the ultimate MAME cabinet.
GameBoy Grows Up
Monday, November 10, 2003
Bender in Las Vegas
The ultimate rec room addition
Already have the ultimate man's rec room? Already have:
A. A bar?
B. Draft beer on tap?
C. A fridge?
D. A neon sign?
E. A pool table?
F. Foosball?
G. An arcade game?
H. A pinball?
How about adding this piece of furniture to it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3250228593&category=13725
A. A bar?
B. Draft beer on tap?
C. A fridge?
D. A neon sign?
E. A pool table?
F. Foosball?
G. An arcade game?
H. A pinball?
How about adding this piece of furniture to it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3250228593&category=13725
Friday, November 07, 2003
Quebec Pulls Non-Translated Games
From VE3D, Quebec begines to pulls games that are not bilingual on the packaging.... Ahhh... nice to see that Quebec still hasn't changed after the the 15 years that I have left it!
Console base
Thursday, November 06, 2003
Wrath Unleashed
Top 15 Logo Design Trends
Cat Parasite Can Infect Humans
Cats carry a parasite that can change your personality! My word! What a briliant scientist! *Sarcasm* intended.
Virtual Beauty Contest
The Register and Yahoo has an article on next week's launch of Miss Digital World. A virtual beauty contest of sorts, where designers and programmers can win a virtual beauty contest by sending their computer-generated models down the online catwalk. However, the Miss Digital World website is currently "under construction".
Wednesday, November 05, 2003
Elite Force II Game Source Files Released
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
PS2 Price Drop, Bundles In Japan
First PSP Concept Model
Market Share for Nintendo GameCube Doubles Following Price Drop to $99.99
From Yahoo, an article indicating that the market share for Nintendo GameCube has Doubled following their price drop.
Hacking Billy the Singing Big Mouth Bass
That damn singing fish has annoyed and confused us all. One guy has gone so far as to hack the big mouth, using a Linux desktop to make the fish say anything--And it lip syncs the phrases too! Don't forget to check out the movie clips.
Monday, November 03, 2003
Burning Man Stereoscope GIFs
Interesting concept to make stereoscope images with animated gif. It works surprisingly well! *CAUTION* SOME PICTURES NOT FOR OFFICE!
Independent Study on Piracy
An interesting look at at Piracy from an independent study. Click on games to see some interesting info.
Dungeon Siege film confirmed
Metal Heads
Alien vs. Predator Trailer
