MechWarrior Living Legends Beta!

Looks SOO GOOD! Release Trailer:

As you can see, it looks superb. Will give a more in-depth look at it when I’ve finished downloading it (torrenting it!) but I doubt I’d be able to run it on the “Super sexy” setting as advertised. It is Crysis after all *rolls eyes*.

Oh and keep an eye out for a post about this.

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New Year, New theme

Now I know it’s not quite twenty ten yet, but I thought I’d change themes for the blog. The old one was OKay. Not particularly brilliant but acceptable.

This new one though, it’s a real treat (In my opinion) Nice contrasting colours, Sleek design and Smooth scrolling! (Try it (The return to top button))

And as a plus, the theme plays nice with Windows Live Writer!

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Almost…

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Windows Live Writer

 

After reading Garry’s recommendation for Windows Live Writer, I’ve decided to try it out.

It’s pretty good with support for a myriad of blogging software though there is a little hiccup with my WP theme. (Though you CAN edit themed editing)Theme Borked

On the other hand this is a good time to bring up WYSISWYG (What you see is what you get) editing. AND screen shots are easier than ever to grab. Print screen, Ctrl-V, Crop ALL within the live writer :D

Preview is Borked

Oh and there’s also this nifty preview tool (Though it doesn’t like WP’s image caption system) which is great since I always tend to edit posts several times after posting.

I’ll post more about my experience with WLW when I use it more, but you CAN expect a lot more posts :-p

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Merry Christmas!

((I swear I’ll have a more extravagant celebration next year!))

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Orbits are pretty :3

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Not much to say really…

Just so you know, it’s not an animation, it’s actually *simulated*

Used the Box2d (SVN Edition)

((suprised at low little cpu it uses when “idle” :3))

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Endorsement: Tetris Friends

HOLY MOTHER OF MARY THIS IS ADDICTIVE.
It is super rad. Play it now! I just spent 3 hrs playing with friends. A few more hours earlier today.

DO EET. YagerX.com Endorsed!

Rad

Rad

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IGF 2011: 2011 A Space Odyssey

YEAS! CONCEPT ++! I’ve been wanting to do a write up of this for ages so here goes:

After reading the halo novels1 I really liked the idea of their space battles. Traditionally, space battles have been depicted as over glorified fighter plane battles, (probably for the sake of user/dev simplicity) but they really should consist of slow, unwieldy cruisers and tiny little fighters buzzing around.

Crusiers:

  • Should have omni-directional mounted projectile weapons (Railguns, machine guns, Plasma cannons etc.)
  • Structural integrity should be important.
  • Should have  guided-missile missile pods.
  • Should have Giant uni-directional “uber” weapon. Eg. MAC Cannon.
  • The uber weapon can be aimed slightly if it is not projectile based (IE. Lasers, Giant Plasma spewer)
  • Could be disabled by shooting at vital components ->Life support, Weapons, Engines
  • Sacrificial emergency *boosters* By explosively decompressing compartments or detonating pre-placed explosives, ships could dodge major attacks.
  • Be able to be boarded.
  • Be able to sortie/scramble/launch fighters.
  • (Considering teleportation capabilities)
  • Warp/slipspace/hyper -drives are good.
  • *Overloading* components for sacrificial performance.
  • Supplies such as air, muntitions, coolant and less importantly food/water (for long hauls?).
  • Advanced tactics like slingshot maneuvers around planets.

Thats the basic *shortlist* I’ve come up with. Although, with so many choices…The gui will have to be well designed.

Oh and if you want to see a space battle game that I highly recommend, check out Warning Forever.

  1. Yes, it’s embarrassing, I know, I used to be a fanboy, BUT Fall of reach was a great novel! More than I can say for the others though… []
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Popovcast: Beautiful Calimari

I didn’t finish :[
I did finish the basic mechanics but no content...
AlmostSo close... Read more to "play" with it.

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Mysterious Package: Poor wrapping

I didn't have any other wrapping paper left :o

I didn't have any other wrapping paper left :O

Package contents contents later.

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ARENA SHOOTERS

To quote Tigforums:

Yeap, they have a kind of allure to them that no other games have, an instantaneous hook.

First up: Squid Yes! Not So Octopus!: Squid Harder

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SYNSO: Squid Harder for shot! IS PURE GENIUS. It’s just a “plain” arena shooter if they can be called that. But uh… the effects. They WILL cause seizures if you are prone. Play it! NOW!

Yes. It’s awesome.

BATTER UP! Echoes, an oldie but a goodie.

New take on old fav. Reimagining of Asteroids. Super cool, Super fun. Plenty of powerups and other goodies. Mashup between Asteroids and geometry wars. If I haven’t convinced you yet then you must hate games.

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ENJOY! (SQUID HARDER!)

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