50% Me + 50% Girl of my life = 2,900 g of Awesomness
≡ Posted The 22nd of June at quarter to 6 in the afternoon - 12 Comments
The world is daft, the full concert Alive 2007 of Daft Punk at Bercy based on footage by the audience itself.
≡ Posted The 15th of June at quarter to 5 in the afternoon - No Comments
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≡ Posted The 6th of June around 11 o'clock in the evening - No Comments
Promo Clip for Action Figure
For the fans of SlowMo. A better version is downloadable here.
≡ Posted The 24th of May at half past 7 in the morning - 1 Comment
The beginning of the 90’s, the mulet, John Romero, Priceless …
≡ Posted The 23rd of May just before 7 in the evening - No Comments
What was the best TV show of the 80’s? Even better that knight rider? Yes you are damn right; this is…
The new millenium being the remake millenium, a remake of the TV show was inevitable. Lee David Zlotoff the original creator of the show announced at the maker fair that a movie is planned and he has full control. Let’s all cross our fingers.
≡ Posted The 20th of May at nearly 10 forty five in the evening - No Comments
One interface menu I always remember is the one from Wip3out. I am still impress by the design and the efficient minimalism of it. The typeface could be just a bit more readable and the resolution is a bit low compared to today’s standard.
But still, the interface of the game is superb. It’s probably something the uk developers are good at because codemasters followed the same track than Sony with the Colin Mc Rae games.
≡ Posted The 20th of May around 10 fifteen in the evening - No Comments
“It’s funny because it’s racist”
Brilliant (thx to Raton)
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≡ Posted The 20th of May at nearly 9 thirty in the evening - No Comments
Betrayed by a warthog from the sky….
≡ Posted The 19th of May around 10 fifteen in the morning - 2 Comments
I don’t like Ernest Adams or al least I don’t like how he see video game design. I think is he often wrong on plenty of points and unfortunately a lot of student or new game designer read his work. His latest piece of writing is Difficulty Modes and Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment. Difficulty management in games is a pretty difficult subject and it’s rarely a question of right or wrong. In his article, Adams writes four pages explaining how wrong is the author Andrew Glassner because he thinks difficulty level should be banned. Adams of course said:
My opinion is exactly the opposite: settable difficulty levels should be mandatory in most game genres. In fact, I regard the lack of a difficulty setting as a Twinkie Denial Condition, except for a few kinds of games where they aren’t suitable.
Banning difficulty level is a bit too extreme but having them mandatory is equaly stupid. The problem is often a game with difficulty level will simply asks the player is which mode he wants to play even if the player don’t know the game yet. But it doesn’t concern Adams at all. In fact:
many players can make an educated guess about how well they’ll play based on their experience playing similar games (I know I’m lousy at platformers), or they may choose a difficulty setting for other reasons.
Educated guess? Every platform game doesn’t have the same difficulty level, same for racing game ans so on. Of course Adams also forget a huge part of the gamer that don’t have enough “education”.
And I love how he chooses the word “guess” because he is right, the player can only guess. If you don’t see the problem of asking the player to guess on a question as important as the difficulty level that will shape his whole perception on your game, well sorry but you are screwed.
≡ Posted The 17th of May at half past 8 in the morning - 2 Comments
I just finished watching the documentary Helvetica on the most famous typeface. It’s a fascinating area in design where a small change in curve or thickness of a letter can change the identity of a text or product.
≡ Posted The 14th of May slightly after 10 in the evening - No Comments
After noticing one picture on ffffound I learn about the book Core Memory, A Visual Survey Of Vintage Computers, a book full of pictures from old computers. I bought it, received it and now I am in love with it. The pictures are just fantastic, with incredible design and surprising interfaces. You can also read an interview from the authors on PingMag.
≡ Posted The 4th of May around 8 o'clock in the morning - No Comments
I’m not finished with Justice. Ok they have one track in GTA4 but they also have a new music video. I don’t post it here because it’s a bit Stressful. So I just put an old one, more fun.
≡ Posted The 3rd of May at half past 3 in the afternoon - 2 Comments
Hot on the heels of last week’s report from ABI Research noting that many consumers may not see the picture quality difference between Blu-ray and standard DVDs comes the latest Blu-ray sales figures from NPD Group. And they’re not pretty.
from the NYT blogs
Oh really?!!!
Sorry, I’m just trying to be sacarstic. No surprise here, people know about HD but are not really aware of what it is. They still plug crappy cables even on the new consoles. They just want to have a picture, they don’t care about having a great picture. In fact for most people size matter, so they prefer a big TV with crapppy image than a medium size TV with a really nice picture quality. If you buy expenssive cables and tunes the contrast of your TV, you can be considered as a minority.
To replace a standard format by an other one, the technology is not your best choice. ogg will not replace the mp3 soon because it doesn’t bring a pratical advantage for the user. The DVD succeeded because the picture quality was better but also because you didn’t had to rewind your movies after watching them. You could even skip quickly to different chapters.
For the movie format, I think the future is more in the VOD, not a physical format. And for the file format in fact you don’t care because the user will not chose depending on the file format, he will chose because of the catalog and the price.
≡ Posted The 3rd of May around 8 fifteen in the morning - No Comments
Nic Magnier. Previously game developer on several unreleased video games. Ironically I work now at Nintendo of Europe to help developers to release their own titles.
