Toys for boys
File this under awesome - courtesy of mum and dad is a sweet satnav which I desperatly need because I have aterrible sense of direction. And courtesy of me, an 8 inch touchscreen next to my mac for pointless awesomeness!
Archive for the ‘Video Games’ Category
What It Is Without the Hand That Wields It
This is part of the Artbots exhibition in the Science Gallery this weekend. Counterstrike:Source players can log onto a server and have their actions expressed in the physical world.
ArtBots 2008, 19 - 21 Sep 2008. Fri:12-23, Sat-Sun 12-20. Admission Free. If you are there on Friday night and see a scruffy guy with glasses, it may well be me - say hi!
Still Alive in Typography
Portal - Still Alive typography from Trickster on Vimeo.
Johnathan Coulton’s “Still Alive” from the game Portal, in typography. JoCo’s playing in Whelan’s on October 24th.
Customising Characters in Soul Calibur 4
I love it when video games allow you to totally customise your character. The first MMO I played, City of Heroes, gave you a massive range of choices for your avatar’s appearance, allowing you to feel unique in the world you were going to adventure in. Of course, a lot of people just made themselves look like Batman or Wolverine, which is something the game creators would frown upon due to IP reasons. The upcoming Spore game that I’ve blogged about before has customising of creatures (they aren’t quite avatars as there are more than one and you play “God”) as a major part of its gameplay. The game Soul Calibur 4 also allows you to customise characters, and there is a wealth of charcaters out there that have been made to look like famous characters, from the awesome (Nightwing) to the creepy (Mario.) Have a look - 1UP News: Soul Calibur 4 Fans Create Famous Characters
