December 2007
4 posts
Super Mario Galaxy DS?!
I’m sorry, but no… A little while ago a video got released showing a secret galaxy on Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii… it showcased the secret of DS connectivity that sent Mario to you DS handheld wirelessly. It continued to show, in Mario64 style graphics, extremely similar levels to that of Super Mario Galaxy in all the complexity, save for the graphics. ...
Soft drink surcharge
In an effort to help with the “fight against obesity” San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom submitted a proposal applying a financial deterrent to drinks with high fructose corn syrup. Being none too happy with this, the American Beverage Association made a statement in response… and rather than trying to defend themselves in any way, shape or form, they took the lazy, yet more...
Who likes physics tests?
No, not with any of that math crap. Apparently someone decided to go a little crazy with the level editor in Crysis and 3,000 barrels of oil. The video really speaks for itself…. all I can say is… I wish my computer ran it… Check out the link below: HERE
AT&T with mobile TV
You’ll have to excuse the slight rhyme in the title, but I’ve got some semi-interesting news. Apparently AT&T has been working on mobile TV for its cell-phones. The original plan, almost a year ago, was announced to use “MediaFLO” technology which would provide multicast video clips, datacasting of realtime information and entertainment, and dedicated audio....
November 2007
5 posts
Game Rules
Greg Masto, Tom DeKeyser, Jeff Title: Super Intern Short Description: Super Intern: College students always look for an edge to “get their foot in the door.” To get their name out there as quickly as possible to have a career when they graduate. One way to do this: get an internship. However, that may not always be enough. There could be times when one is asked to do something they do not. On...
DewMocracy
www.dewmocracy.com If you take a quick look at the link above, you’ll see the ad for Mountain Dew’s new ad campaign “Dew Mocracy.” The idea is to get customers to go on the site and create a new name, flavor, and label for the next mountain dew [think Mountain Dew: Code Red]. I’d actually have to say I like the idea of it. The ad itself definitely reminded me of...
TF2 - Pulp Fiction - Machinima - Completed
http://vimeo.com/377260 After a bit of work, Greg, Jeff and I finally finished our machinima project, in which we recreated the ‘hamburger’ scene from pulp fiction using Team Fortress 2. It was a bit difficult to try acting with game characters to get them to do everything we wanted, but in the end it really wasn’t too difficult. The ability to have complete control over...
Assassin's Creed Delayed [for pc]
The highly anticipated Assassin’s Creed for [PS3, Xbox360, and PC] has already been delayed til the 18th of this month. But now those of us who have PCs in place of an Xbox 360 or PS3 for our power hog system of choice have to wait until February until the release, while the console users still get it next week. So now I have to actually have patience [already waited since they...
Machinima Pulp Fiction in TF2?
Last week Greg and I recreated the famous ‘hamburger’ scene from pulp fiction using garry’s mod in the half life 2 engine. However, it didn’t turn out QUITE as well as we wanted it to since we couldn’t get multiplayer to work [obviously a key element for machinima]. So we ended up having ragdoll npcs that we constantly changed the poses of with small actions from...
October 2007
1 post
Phantom Hourglass
Yesterday Nintendo released “The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass” for their DS handheld system here in the US. The game’s art style uses that of “Wind Waker” the cell-shaded GameCube Zelda. The reasoning being not only that the DS hardware handles the cell-shading better for 3D objects, but also because it is a direct sequel to said GameCube game. Players...