Here Be Dragons – A new Enemy for Twilight 2000 [Scenario][Game Aid][Paid] Here Be Dragons is a different look at the post-apocalyptic world after a awakening of an ancient enemy brings our civilisation to ruin. This reign of Draconic Rulers brings down a Rain of Fire and destruction by tooth and fang. Smoke fills the…
Category: Cool
The One Ring
I was really surprised to see this arrive: The One Ring This is the latest game based around The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The art is simply amazing and the only reservation I have is around the binding, which may be fine but, equally, might be a pain in the butt for…
It’s full of stars
Ocean Sky from Alex Cherney on Vimeo. Absolutely breathtaking. And if we ever got some decent weather (and I had a decent camera), I’d like to do some more time-lapse photography. I’ve meddled with it in the past as you can see.
Resonance
On TV, on your phone and online through music and games Something is happening The way people create and engage in stories is changing Resonance is a grand narrative told across multiple platforms on a massive scale A new science-fiction universe is being created and there is only one question… Will you help?
OK, it’s no secret I’m just a big geek.
I got the Serenity book a few months ago from Sub City in Dublin and the Smallville book arrived today from Amazon. Both use derivatives of the Cortex system from Margaret Weiss Productions. While Serenity uses the Cortex systems in a “traditional” way, Smallville uses it in an interesting way. To perform an action, it’s…
RIP Six Flags New Orleans 2000-2005
Six Flags New Orleans is an amusement park in New Orleans, Louisiana, which has been closed since Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005. The park is located in Eastern New Orleans, in the Ninth Ward of the city off Interstate 510. The park first opened under the name “Jazzland,” opening in 2000 and operated by Alfa…
Current Inspirations
Portal – for the non-violent nature of it and the neat teleportation physics puzzles. And removing half of the stupid ways to die. And for this. Mirror’s Edge on iPad – for the simple swipe-based mechanics, showing us a new way to do a simple platformer. For showing us how to convert a FPS for…
Primer: One of the Best Sci-Fi Movies
Shane Carruth, writer and director of the lo-fi scifi flick Primer, has uploaded the entire film to Google Video so you can watch it for free. The plot is quite complex – so pay attention and lay off the mind-altering substances, you won’t need them. It’s about time-travel. And it’s tricky stuff.
Superheroes
In terms of special effects, I’d love to know how they do the superhero style special effects like in in Hancock and more recently, an EMINEM video (forward to about 3 minutes): and Push I’ve not been posting much because I’ve not been gaming much. I need to do something about that for the latter…
Bug Eyed Monsters
From Beyond the Beyond at Wired. See More.
Amazing content on Games and Reality
This is 28 minutes of chuckles and amazing insight on how everything we touch will become a game. Eventually. Who is going to lead us?
Dark Water Studios’ Dogfighter: Spring 2010
I don’t normally go for PC games but I’m enthused by Dogfighter by Dark Water Studios, a Derry-based outfit who plan to release their game in Spring 2010. I’d love an iPhone/iPad version of it.
Surviving the Z-Apocalypse
Paul Anthony sent me this: Surviving the Inevitable Z-Apocalypse Click through and have a full read. It’s Zombtastic!
Left4Dead, on Expert
“It’s a ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE, I can’t be held accountable for my actions!!!!” Some of us (me, Savage_MF, kinnygraham and Pulse4333) have been playing this in the evenings and I must say it’s probably the best FPS I’ve played in a while due to the need to be co-operative rather than selfish. And it has Zombies….
MURDERDROME: iPhone comic reader BANNED!
Wednesday afternoon I popped round to Paul’s house for a quick chat (and a couple of headache tablets) and I saw a demo of MurderDrome, the first iteration of a new comic application for the iPhone. There have been a few comic reader apps for the iPhone/iPod touch out there, most notably ClickWheel Comic Reader…
Dectet
The Decktet is a deck of cards with suits, ranks, and named images. It is structurally unlike ordinary poker and tarot decks, meaning that you can do different things with it. This looks very cool and makes me think about the SeaFarers game. For each suit, there is an Ace and a Crown. Between them…
Government scrambles to conceal UFO
On June 20th, there was a report of a UFO over England. Today the BBC announced that it was a ‘glow lantern’ and not actually an observer from another world. Very convenient… [No, I’m not taking this seriously]
Lucky Ringo
Greg Stolze writes on his web page: What I learned … is that the best creative partnerships are the ones where each of you thinks the other guy is doing 70% of the work, and you’re the lucky Ringo along for the ride. (crossposted to my other blog)