Mo Money or Mo Cap
A friend of mine interviewed awhile back for a position as a major recent 3rd Person Shooter’s Lead Animator position, and he recently told me about how surprised he was that their pipeline for putting...
View ArticleOn Euphoria.
I really, really want to get my hands on some kind of Euphoria demo, in order to either support or assuage my fears regarding the “better than rag doll” solution that Natural Motion has come out with,...
View ArticleNitpicking the Pyro Update
Now that I’ve had awhile to play with the Pyro update, which is a very cool update to the class, I have to say there’s still a few things which bug me about the class/update: The Backburner isn’t...
View ArticleThe Gamer’s Primer
Maybe it’s the old coot in me, but this preview comment by Richard Mitchell from Xbox360fanboy regarding his hands on playthrough of the Fallout3 presser just made the hair on my neck stand up and...
View ArticleSignal to Noise
Stop me if I’ve gone on about this before, but I’ve been wondering if user created content (specifically on consoles) is something that we really want to be courting as an industry, or even as gamers....
View ArticleNitpicking the Heavy Update
Okay, it’s finally here, so what do folks think about it? I for one am somewhat non-plussed about it, but then I don’t play the Heavy anyway (so feel free to dismiss). But more to the point,...
View ArticleGaming Memes That Can Die Now
I don’t know if it’s lack of sleep, but I’m especially cranky today. I’m tired of seeing not-news and even less interesting posts about stuff that is barely even tangentially related to gaming...
View ArticleRanting Back at the GDC09 Game Critics Rant.
I’m back from GDC and slowly climbing back onto the writing horse. I’d apologize for taking forever between posts again but hey let’s be honest, I’ve been doing a ton of that lately so let’s just move...
View ArticleDebate the Spy (Movie)
So, the Spy Update is complete (although they never revealed his 3rd kit upgrade, unless it IS the portable Baccarat detector), and already there is some fun debate over a tiny tidbit in the short....
View ArticleFYI, This is Not a Spy
I couldn’t resist. The Spy’s new hat just had me laughing at its awesomeness, and thinking about the “FYI, I am a Spy” sprays that originally started popping up when TF2 first came out. Every so often...
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