> Sure sir-tech had some big stinkers.. Virus,
> Druid.. But they also did some of the truly
> great games. Jagged alliance, Wizardry..
Did you notice that the games you sunk (i.e. Druid and Virus) where not developed by Sir-Tech but only distributed by their now-defunk distribution arm? But the ones you said where truly great (i.e. Jagged Alliance and Wizardry) where developed in house?
My first job in the computer industry was as a developer at Sir-Tech on prototypes for the Wizardry 8 3D Engine. It was part-time during my last year at High school. Would you believe that was back in last 1996 and early 1997?
The guys at Sir-Tech are a good bunch though and I hope that this game comes through for them in holiday sales.
This is quite an old article. It originally appeared in the "Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HotOS-VI)".
RE: http://www.computer.org/proceedings/hotos/7834/783 40106abs.htm
If you would like to find out more articles related to this one check out this page at ResearchIndex:
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/21325.html
As a student in 4th year cognitive science / neuroscience I've taken the standard undergraduate pharmaceutical courses. Caffine has a cognitive effect through the inhibition of adenosine. Adenosine normally inhibits dopamine release but when you inhibit the inhibitor you upregulate the amount of dopamine release. The higher levels of dopamine in the brain -- specifically the prefrontal cortex -- is what marks you think clearer/better. (I'll leave out an explain of why for the time being.) Many drugs have their cognitive effects through upper dopamine such as methylphenidate (ie. Ritalin), amphetamine (ie. speed, Dexadrine, etc...) and cocaine. Unfortunately, dopamine also has an effect outside the brain -- it acts as a vasoconstrictor, i.e. is causes your blood vescles and arteries to tighten up. Tighter blood vesicles are harder to pump blood through and thus you heart has to work harder thus raising your blood vesicle. And as we know high blood pressure is a major risk factor in heart disease. Thus really this study is nothing we didn't know 20 years ago.
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> Sure sir-tech had some big stinkers.. Virus,
:-)
> Druid.. But they also did some of the truly
> great games. Jagged alliance, Wizardry..
Did you notice that the games you sunk (i.e. Druid and Virus) where not developed by Sir-Tech but only distributed by their now-defunk distribution arm? But the ones you said where truly great (i.e. Jagged Alliance and Wizardry) where developed in house?
Neat huh?
My first job in the computer industry was as a developer at Sir-Tech on prototypes for the Wizardry 8 3D Engine. It was part-time during my last year at High school. Would you believe that was back in last 1996 and early 1997?
The guys at Sir-Tech are a good bunch though and I hope that this game comes through for them in holiday sales.
This is quite an old article. It originally appeared in the "Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Hot Topics in Operating Systems (HotOS-VI)".3 40106abs.htm
RE: http://www.computer.org/proceedings/hotos/7834/78
If you would like to find out more articles related to this one check out this page at ResearchIndex:
http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/21325.html
Cheers,
-ben
As a student in 4th year cognitive science / neuroscience I've taken the standard undergraduate pharmaceutical courses. Caffine has a cognitive effect through the inhibition of adenosine. Adenosine normally inhibits dopamine release but when you inhibit the inhibitor you upregulate the amount of dopamine release. The higher levels of dopamine in the brain -- specifically the prefrontal cortex -- is what marks you think clearer/better. (I'll leave out an explain of why for the time being.) Many drugs have their cognitive effects through upper dopamine such as methylphenidate (ie. Ritalin), amphetamine (ie. speed, Dexadrine, etc...) and cocaine. Unfortunately, dopamine also has an effect outside the brain -- it acts as a vasoconstrictor, i.e. is causes your blood vescles and arteries to tighten up. Tighter blood vesicles are harder to pump blood through and thus you heart has to work harder thus raising your blood vesicle. And as we know high blood pressure is a major risk factor in heart disease. Thus really this study is nothing we didn't know 20 years ago.
-ben houston (ben@exocortex.org)
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada