This vampire themed Total Conversion looks very promising. They were waiting for the source to be released, so they can release this game for free.
They made some nice changes to the engine : a particle engine, Ingame video playback, Cube maps, Specular maps, Lightblooms and some more modifications.
It's hardly new : I even remember a few years ago there was software, in the same league as Claria, that would show these hyperlinks on -any- page you visited, once it had installed on your computer.
Totally agree that it's distracting as hell, and I would only click those out of mistake.
I once seen a video of a SMB-speedrun (afaik, it was the current record holder) : Ít was just insane seeing how he held the right-direction button almost constantly pressed while running through there.
The only lame thing about that record was that it was recorded/played on an emulator, and in the end the various level-times were pasted onto eachother : Still a mighty freaky job.
And Quake speedruns are a feast for the (FPS) gamer-eye.:D
That, and what about the countless of volunteers that put up servers for, for example, FPS-games : Are they gonna see any revenue from this ? It's a bit unlogical you're serving as an ad-platform, and not getting payed for it.
I believe it's similar to how our songs are getting longer and longer, too- it's not unusual to hear a song that goes on for 20 minutes, now.
Er, I would like to point you to the 70's : Almost all songs around that time were 10+ minutes : Most of them gave every artist in the band a little solo.
Saying that songs are getting longer (give me some examples) is ridicilous imo.
Guess this is the right time to ask the question : What Linux distribution (preferably free) makes the easiest conversion from Windows to Linux ? (then again, this is Slashdot, so asking how to swap from Windows to Linux is -always- the right time;) )
I have been a satisfied user of Windows since '95, and allthough I take crashes for granted, a proper substitute has never reached me.
One things I wouldn't want to miss in a Linux build is the 'ease of use' (ok, call it the habit of using it) of the desktop : So no commandline stuff, as I am quite happy we left the DOS-commandline-era behind.
Also, I am a frequent user of 3d modeling- and mapping software:
How much support is there out there to run the more known apps (like 3DSMax, Lightwave) and the less known apps (like GTK Radiant, other small [Window] mapping tools)?
Together with mapping/modeling, I also use my computer alot for gaming : How well are Windows-emulators able to run games that haven't been ported to Linux yet ?
So, alot of questions : And allthough I know how to use Google, I think it's better to hear it from the horse's mouth.
If anyone has a good advice, or can point me into the right direction it will be much appreciated.
This isn't the commercial which is selling you the 'product', but is merely an introduction of it.
Making people curious (as you seem to be ; as am I) is also one goal in today's marketing, and they apparently succeeded in it;)
And yes, I laughed out loud when Alone in the Dark started with that amateurish text scrolling at the start.
Oh, how I like these days : They somehow seem to reflect 'Ok, let's have respect/appreciation for those people... today'... But how about the rest of the year ?
Same reason why I don't give a crap about either Mother's day, or Father's day (besides it being created to fill up for the holiday-less periods of the year, so people end up spending their money)
Since one of the cheats for the game is inserting the Game Boy Advance game Kirby And The Amazing Mirror in the cartridge slot and then loading a saved game from it (unlocks a secret character), I might wonder what raging killer Kirby might turn into when inserting Grand Theft Auto;)
Ahright, I've seen the "an honorable profession"-example before, but never really realised it was an exception to that rule. Thanks for the explanation.
Isn't the rule that once a word starts with a vowel, you have to use 'an' : It doesn't have anything to do with how you pronounce it, does it ? [/non native english speaker]
I call bullshit on your comment of not being able to get your foot in the door in the gamedesign industry when you're not able to program : If you idea really -is- a killer idea, you could start to work it out in a gamedesign document, and from thereon see what's technically possible.
Definitely with how the industry is starting to shape up (with each skill specifically being brought under in a seperate design team), specialised skills are more and more wanted : Having experience in more fields always is a plus of course.
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They made some nice changes to the engine : a particle engine, Ingame video playback, Cube maps, Specular maps, Lightblooms and some more modifications.
Have a look at this screenshot or even better, the videos
Being a non-native English speaker ; Thanks.
Totally agree that it's distracting as hell, and I would only click those out of mistake.
The only lame thing about that record was that it was recorded/played on an emulator, and in the end the various level-times were pasted onto eachother : Still a mighty freaky job.
And Quake speedruns are a feast for the (FPS) gamer-eye. :D
'We'? How about the Americans ?
That, and what about the countless of volunteers that put up servers for, for example, FPS-games : Are they gonna see any revenue from this ? It's a bit unlogical you're serving as an ad-platform, and not getting payed for it.
http://www.google.com/microsoft
Oh, you're talking about Step 0 there :D Totally forgot that one ;)
1. Arrive at uni and buy E-books (profit)
2. Months in the course starts
3. Books 'run-out'
4. Rip E-book
No step 5.
If the second, that is quite cool :)
You forget to wear your tinfoil hat ?
Just because I have broadband doesn't mean I have to unnecesarily strain the network more.
Your point about maintaining one file instead of two makes sense though.
Er, I would like to point you to the 70's : Almost all songs around that time were 10+ minutes : Most of them gave every artist in the band a little solo.
Saying that songs are getting longer (give me some examples) is ridicilous imo.
There's an excellent demo out though.
Nah, M for Monkey. ;)
I have been a satisfied user of Windows since '95, and allthough I take crashes for granted, a proper substitute has never reached me.
One things I wouldn't want to miss in a Linux build is the 'ease of use' (ok, call it the habit of using it) of the desktop : So no commandline stuff, as I am quite happy we left the DOS-commandline-era behind. :
Also, I am a frequent user of 3d modeling- and mapping software
How much support is there out there to run the more known apps (like 3DSMax, Lightwave) and the less known apps (like GTK Radiant, other small [Window] mapping tools)?
Together with mapping/modeling, I also use my computer alot for gaming : How well are Windows-emulators able to run games that haven't been ported to Linux yet ?
So, alot of questions : And allthough I know how to use Google, I think it's better to hear it from the horse's mouth.
If anyone has a good advice, or can point me into the right direction it will be much appreciated.
Like this ?
Yep, once the console goes down to 200 and the games to 50, Microsoft will release a 2nd version : The Xbox 250.
Making people curious (as you seem to be ; as am I) is also one goal in today's marketing, and they apparently succeeded in it
And yes, I laughed out loud when Alone in the Dark started with that amateurish text scrolling at the start.
Same reason why I don't give a crap about either Mother's day, or Father's day (besides it being created to fill up for the holiday-less periods of the year, so people end up spending their money)
Since one of the cheats for the game is inserting the Game Boy Advance game Kirby And The Amazing Mirror in the cartridge slot and then loading a saved game from it (unlocks a secret character), I might wonder what raging killer Kirby might turn into when inserting Grand Theft Auto ;)
Looks very fun indeed.
Ahright, I've seen the "an honorable profession"-example before, but never really realised it was an exception to that rule. Thanks for the explanation.
Isn't the rule that once a word starts with a vowel, you have to use 'an' : It doesn't have anything to do with how you pronounce it, does it ? [/non native english speaker]
I call bullshit on your comment of not being able to get your foot in the door in the gamedesign industry when you're not able to program : If you idea really -is- a killer idea, you could start to work it out in a gamedesign document, and from thereon see what's technically possible.
Definitely with how the industry is starting to shape up (with each skill specifically being brought under in a seperate design team), specialised skills are more and more wanted : Having experience in more fields always is a plus of course.