Hal's Blogs

Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Armadillo's Still At It

John Carmack's aerospace efforts are still ongoing, despite missing the X-Prize competition. Personally, it sounds to me like they are doing a lot of trial and error, trial and error, ... and more trial and error. I'm not sure they'll ever get off the ground. Even their mock rendering looks rickety. "Flying in a tin can"

# posted by Ray B : 3:29 PM

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Amit's Game Programming Information

Here's a nice reference of game programming information.

# posted by Hal : 8:51 AM

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Wii Video Feature

Here's a nice compilation of Wii Videos.

# posted by Hal : 11:39 AM

How to flash DS Lite

Here's a video on how to flash your DS Lite to run homebrew applications.

# posted by Hal : 7:33 AM

UBC Engineers Create Vehicle that Travels from Vancouver to Halifax on a Gallon of Gas

Ahh, engineers. UBC students have created a vehicle that can travels from Vancouver to Halifax on a gallon of gas.

# posted by Hal : 7:29 AM

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Animated Stereogram

Here is an animated stereogram. Can you see the moving picture?

# posted by Hal : 9:56 PM

China's 2008 Olympic Stadium

Here are some concepts for China's 2008 Olympic Stadium. The first one looks like a woman's... uh.... well, you can just take a look at it and figure it out.

# posted by Hal : 6:42 AM

Batman Begins Case

Here is a Batman Begins Case Mod.

# posted by Hal : 6:35 AM

Monday, June 19, 2006

!!M

Nintendo Wii's instant messenger service will be called!!M. Pretty cute, I must say.

# posted by Hal : 9:59 PM

King's Quest 3

The remake of King's Quest 3 is complete.

# posted by Hal : 9:57 PM

Sony's PlayStation 3 goes on sale

Sony's PS3 are on pre-order for over $1000US!

# posted by Hal : 9:31 AM

Wii Name Change?

This blog has brought out the rumour that there may be a name change for the Wii. I, personally, don't think this is true.

# posted by Hal : 6:45 AM

Saturday, June 17, 2006

The Duke Nukem Forever List

Here's what has happened since DNF had been announced years ago....The Duke Nukem Forever List.

# posted by Hal : 7:21 AM

Top Five Most Gorgeous Looking 2D Games

Gamedaily has thetop 5 most gorgeous looking 2D games.

# posted by Hal : 6:45 AM

Discovery

Here are the top ten accidental discoveries.

# posted by Hal : 6:43 AM

SNES Emulator on the DS

If you've got a flashcart, you can emulate SNES on a DS.

# posted by Hal : 6:41 AM

Toronto before and after

A very nice picture of Toronto with BEFORE and AFTER PHOTOSHOPPED picture.

# posted by Hal : 6:39 AM

Friday, June 16, 2006

D&D in PDF

DrivethruRPG.com has has E-books of the D&D series.

# posted by Hal : 10:28 AM

Thursday, June 15, 2006

The 11 Most Groundbreaking Controllers of All Time

Gamepro.com has the top 11 most influential controllers of all time. Hey, where are those colecovision super action controllers?

# posted by Hal : 9:22 PM

PS3 controller spelling mistake

This would have been EXTREMELY obvious, but here it is.... there's apparently been a PS3 controller spelling mistake.

# posted by Hal : 7:46 PM

Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Dragon's Lair remastered in HD

Dragon's Lair will be remastered in HD.

# posted by Hal : 9:57 PM

Xmen 3 Before and After Shots

Here's some before and after pictures from Xmen 3. It highlights the new CG Anti-Aging special effects.

# posted by Hal : 9:54 PM

Segseat

If you're not lazy enough, here's a seat for the Segway.

# posted by Hal : 9:49 PM

Top 10 Strangest Mini-Sized Devices

Techeblog has yet another top 10 strangest mini-sized gadgets.

# posted by Hal : 9:47 PM

Human Embryonic Stem Cell

Here's what a human embryonic stem cell looks like.

# posted by Hal : 9:45 PM

The cantilevered void house

Check out this cantilevered house.

# posted by Hal : 6:50 AM

The Best Games Never Published

Here's an article on the best videogames that were never published.

# posted by Hal : 6:29 AM

Monday, June 12, 2006

Hearing Loss?

This site allows you to check what frequency ranges your hearing may have lost.

# posted by Hal : 9:42 PM

A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears

Here is the new ring tone that apparently, a lot of adults are not able to hear. I don't know about you, but I can hear it.

# posted by Hal : 11:55 AM

Kiyoshi Saruwatari's Blog

Here's an interesting read: Kiyoshi Saruwatari's Blog. Supposedly, he's a Nintendo insider who blogs. Interesting insights, or rumour mongerer?

# posted by Hal : 7:34 AM

PlayStation 2 outselling Xbox 360 in US

Arstechnica has an article that the PlayStation 2 is outselling the Xbox 360 in the US.

# posted by Hal : 6:38 AM

Sunday, June 11, 2006

Meteorite Collision

A CG Simulation of a meteorite collision with the earth.

# posted by Hal : 5:27 PM

Nintendo's DS Lite launch party in New York

Engadget has some pics of Nintendo's DS Lite launch party in New York. Last time I was in Rockafeller Plaza, I just missed the store by a couple of steps.

# posted by Hal : 5:25 PM

Saturday, June 10, 2006

Star Trek vs. Star Wars

Cheesy, yed, Star Trek vs. Star Wars.

# posted by Hal : 11:33 PM

Top 10 Strangest Spy Gadgets

Here is Techeblog's Top 10 strangest spy gadgets. (They don't seem that strange to me.)

# posted by Hal : 11:27 PM

Flying Omelette's Top 50 Favorite Game Ending Songs Part 1

Here's is flyingomelette.com's Top 50 favorite game ending songs in Mp3.

# posted by Hal : 11:26 PM

Alienware Makes Superman Desktops And Notebooks

Alienware has some nice Superman desktops And notebooks.

# posted by Hal : 10:16 PM

Super Mario Bros Tricks

Here's a bunch of Super Mario Bros Tricks. Pretty boring, but the nice thing about the site is that every trick has an animated gif.

# posted by Hal : 7:00 AM

The Great No-ID Airport Challenge

This guy attempted to fly without any ID. You know what? It turns out to be faster then flying WITH ID.

# posted by Hal : 6:57 AM

Monopoly: Nintendo Collector's Edition

I'm frankly tired of all the different "collector's editions" of monopoly, but this Nintendo Collector's Edition of Monopoly looks pretty sweet.

# posted by Hal : 6:52 AM

A history of the @ sign

Here is a brief history of the @ sign.

# posted by Hal : 6:45 AM

Big Spanish Castle

Here's a neat optical illusion. The original picture is black and white, but the visual effect makes it color.

# posted by Hal : 6:19 AM

Friday, June 09, 2006

Alan: A Video Junkie

Here is a hard-hitting news piece on video game addiction (from 1982!)

# posted by Ray B : 5:58 PM

Reasons why it's worth to be a PCgamer in 2007

Here's some screenshots of some upcoming 2007 PCgames. Beautiful.

# posted by Hal : 1:10 PM

Detox Clinic Opening for Video Addicts

The UK has opened a Detox clinic for videogame addicts.

# posted by Hal : 7:05 AM

Popular Science

Popular Science has a list of the top twelve gadgets of 2006.

# posted by Hal : 6:56 AM

Hell Tycoon

Another "tycoon" game:Hell Tycoon. Yeah, this company needs to spread out it's originality in gameplay just a bit.

# posted by Hal : 6:53 AM

Transformers Movie - Official Site of Transformers: The Movie

Here's the launch of the Transformers Movie website.

# posted by Hal : 6:48 AM

Thursday, June 08, 2006

Data Mining on the Internet with Google

Here's a nice "How to" search effectively on Google.

# posted by Hal : 6:42 AM

Monday, June 05, 2006

Bellagio Re-Creation

Here is a re-creation of the Las Vegas Bellagio Fountains using Mentos and Coke.

# posted by Hal : 9:12 PM

Robin Williams Plays Spore

Here you go, Robin Williams plays Spore.

# posted by Hal : 9:04 PM

Stop-motion Classic Video Games

Classic video games recreated as stop-motion animations.

# posted by Ray B : 11:15 AM

F4 Thing Costume from Real Rock

This fan has made the fantastic four's Thing costume from rocks.

# posted by Hal : 8:01 AM

Can China Control Olympics Weather? - Newsweek: International Editions - MSNBC.com

China plans on controlling the weather for the Beijing Olympics.

# posted by Hal : 7:52 AM

PS3 hardware slow and broken

The inquirer.net has an interesting report on how the PS3 hardware may not be all that it claims to be.

# posted by Hal : 7:50 AM

Sunday, June 04, 2006

Wiimote Prototypes

Interesting. Here are some Wiimote prototypes pictures.

# posted by Hal : 9:37 PM

More Cool Google Satellite Pics

Here's another site with more google earth pics.

# posted by Hal : 4:10 PM

Memory Improvement

Here's a site on how how to improve your memory.

# posted by Hal : 4:09 PM

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Sony Not Concerned With Market Share

Son'y European Boss claims that Sonyis not concerned with market share, but wants to grow 15 percent on hardware and software. Uhm, excuse me? How are you going to do that when you're not going to have the same base platform (PS2)? Is it just me, or is the Sony bureacracy in trouble?

# posted by Hal : 6:31 AM

What's In Your Water Bottle?

PBS has an interesting article on What's In Your Water Bottle?

# posted by Hal : 6:23 AM

Test your blindspot

Test your blind spot. Instructions: 1 - center your head on the screen 2 - close your left eye 3- stare at the ball with your right eye 4- on your peripheral vision see what happens to the cross

# posted by Hal : 6:19 AM

Friday, June 02, 2006

Top 10 Strangest Custom Gaming Systems

TechEBlog has the top 10 strangest custom gaming systems.

# posted by Hal : 6:11 PM

Pinball Music

Here is an archive of pinball music soundtracks from Williams/Bally/Midway pinball machines from the late to early 90's.

# posted by Ray B : 10:42 AM