21 Feb 2005, 16:19
Yes, it arrived in Europe, and went on to surpass all expectations. I’m finally playing it without the “beta hat”, so I can put some effort into the chars I play.
It is every bit as awesome as it felt in the beta. Penny-Arcade wrote this about Burnout 3, but I think it describes WoW perfectly:
“Try to imagine a scenario in which someone paid you twenty dollars every time you had an orgasm.
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05 Feb 2005, 16:52
Million Dollar Baby is the latest movie by Clint Eastwood. If you follow my musings about films, you may know I totally love his work. Well, I think this movie is a complete and flawless masterpiece. Script, dialogues, characters, pacing, everything about it totally blew me away. There’s little more to say, really.
03 Feb 2005, 06:27
3D Blasphemy posted some stills and a video of a photorealistic city render he did to experiment with postproduction effects and lighting. It’s really impressive, I recommend you check it out!
http://www.3dblasphemy.com/personal/CITY.html
24 Jan 2005, 15:46
It’s a pretty cool 2-part interview:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=6281
Despite the pseudo-standard language they use, their description of what makes World of Warcraft so engaging matches every bit of what I felt while playing the beta.
In other news, I finished watching the second season of Alias, and it was very entertaining! Lost of surprises, great pace, and an extremely ambitious cliffhanger. Also entertaining was Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. The action scenes were not very exciting, which detracted from the movie, but the unique style still makes it well worth watching.
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17 Jan 2005, 20:15
I just watched Irreversible, a truly unique, graphic and brutal french film about (so to speak) violence against women. Only for people with either a strong stomach, or a complete lack thereof, especially if you’re a woman. Despite the “shock value” that one may read in the film, it has so much more.
Also watched Alexander which, while overly long and pretentious (european production kicks in), was still worth it.
15 Jan 2005, 05:24
Well it’s finally happening! I’m taking a 6-month sabbatical away from Pyro Studios and work, to replenish my batteries and pursue some things I’ve been NOT doing for too long. Game development is tough and stressing, and after this many years I feel the drain, so when the opportunity showed up I decided to take it.
Some people are betting after I have relaxed for a few weeks I won’t feel up to the task of going “back to the trenches”… All I can say is, I still feel the same passion for games development, so despite the hardships and headaches, expect me back in the summer.
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05 Jan 2005, 16:05
A Spanish website reprinted a Wired Magazine interview with Hiroshi Yamauchi, retired CEO of Nintendo. It was all a hoax for the Dec 28th, which is Spain’s version of April Fools.
http://www.gamerah.com/noticias.php?bias=180#180
It’s awesome, outrageous, fun and… yeah I had to be told it was a fake.
By the way, Happy new Year!
18 Dec 2004, 06:43
14 Dec 2004, 15:49
I’m enjoying EQ2 a lot more than I expected, being a longtime EQ1 hater. I just had a 5-day streak of powergaming (so to speak) exploring the game. I am even crafting, which I could never force myself to do in previous MMO’s!
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28 Nov 2004, 15:39
Amazing movie, Pixar once again outdoing themselves. Everything in the movie is a joy to see: characters, style, animation, special effects, script, action… It’s just too good to describe it in depth here.
Also watched Alien vs. Predator, which was ok, entertaining and forgettable action. Shaun of the Dead was quite funny, too cheap and sitcom-like to be a classic, but an above-average parody.
A few months ago I bought Blood Simple on DVD, but didn’t get around to watching it until yesterday.
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