August 31, 2008

WTF

The title says it all...

August 29, 2008

Hulu

Alright, like my life, I'm a little late to this party, but it's pretty freaking sweet. It's called Hulu, and it's a video streaming site. It has an excellent selection of TV shows and movies to pick from, and it's player is slick and easy to use. One nice thing is that it runs from inside your browser, so you don't have to download software, like that other site. Oh, and if your wondering, it's totally legal.

One really nice thing is that it lets you embed it's videos:





August 27, 2008

Map Update

Alright, so the madness of the Heavy update is over, and the new weapons are out. I think it's about time I sit down and remake Melee_Volcano to make sure that it correctly disables the right weapons. While I was at it, I thought I would make a few changes. It shouldn't take too long, just about a day or so. I'm still working on the other types of maps. This is what I thought I would change:

1. Make the lava so that you can fall into it, not just fall on top of it.
2. Make it so that you can land and ride the rocks.
3. Make the pit rounder.
4. Add proper terrain texturing and ground displacement.
5. Fix some props not showing up; having odd shadows.
6. Make a better skybox. The last one was just slapped together.
7. Fix spawn dirt mounds. Some players complained of getting stuck when touching it.
8. Make posts across lava a little bigger near cap point.

Post a comment if you want me to add anything else, or leave something the way it is. Or if you just want to leave a grammatically incorrect rant about how map makers are the devil.

Cubecraft

Fire up those printers! This site has loads of paper figures you can print out and make. Now if they only had a Gorden Freeman...



August 25, 2008

Knock Knock...

These guys have a whole series. They're all worth checking out.

August 24, 2008

New Map Mode

About a day ago, I came upon a new map mode. It's called "Keep Away", and it looks like it may have a lot of potential.

The way it works is two teams fight over one flag, and the team holding the flag at the end gets a point. It's a novel new play type, and right now, I'm just working out some bugs and trying to figure out the best way to implement it. I have done a few test runs, and it's best suited for a small map. At this point, I'm torn between just adding it to a existing map (Crisscross?) or making a whole new map altogether.

Also, I've been having major problems with the tube map. I have spent many a sleepy night trying to get the tube to spin right, the player to not get pushed through the wall, or stopping the whole tube from spinning. It's turning into a major problem, and it may just be one of those quickie maps where I make it, and throw it up on a server when it's a slow night (for those who where on for Sniper_Whatever know what I'm talking about). I'll keep playing with it, but it may turn into one of those good ideas that where never able to work (of which I have plenty).

August 23, 2008

American Gladiator

I made this video on the NBC site. Yeah, it's a total advertisement, so just try to ignore all the shameless plugs and enjoy. It makes me chuckle.

Coign of Vantage

This is one of my new favorite flash games. By far.


August 22, 2008

Frets on Fire

I've known about this game for a while, but never bothered to download it and play it. Then, in a sleepy stupor, and in a sudden urge to live out my rock star fantasy, I directed my browser over to the site and downloaded it. The game is called Frets on Fire, and it's basically a Guitar Hero game for the computer. One thing that really rocks my socks is that instead of using a guitar (or a cheap plastic impersonator), you use your keyboard.

The way you use it is you hold your keyboard like you would with a guitar, with the F1-F5 keys in your left hand, and your right hand on the strum (enter) key (So your keyboard is upside down). It works better then I imagined, because I thought I would contract carpel tunnel after playing for a little while. Lucky, the game seems to sense that, so it only includes three songs with the game, all of which are indie (although there is a huge online community that are converting songs for this game).

All in all, if you don't mind looking like a tool, it's a fun game to play. And the indie songs aren't that bad. A couple of times I missed a note, but I think it was because my keys where sticking from rocking out too hard. Check it out, and if you beat any songs with +4 stars on amazing difficulty, don't worry about looking like a tool, because you already are one.

Finally!

I was wondering how long it was going to take for someone to finally map out the home town of the Simpsons.



Here is a link to an interactive version.

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Wow...

At first, I thought it was a model...


The Burj Dubai tower, the tallest skyscraper in the world, is about to be completed. To celebrate it, David Hobcote has taken a series of amazing high resolution pictures from the air which give an exact impression of the breathtaking, massive scale of this building.

August 20, 2008

Olden, But Golden

This is a really old video. Most of you have probably already seen this, but for those who haven't, your in for a treat. This is one of my favorite videos of all time.

Part I



Part II



Part III

August 19, 2008

Muppet's Are Awesome

Yes, I'm infatuated with the Muppet's. Get over it and check out the videos already.







Far Cry 2 Map Editor

This is a lot like the video for the Crysis editor:

-LINK-

I had to put the link, because the IGN player had broken code, and I didn't feel like spending a hour or two getting it to work. It kind of worked out, because there are a couple of videos, and the article in pretty interesting. Just scroll down until you see the videos.

August 18, 2008

New TF2 Models

If you have been keeping up with the updates for the Heavy class, then you no doubt already know about the new Arena game play type. Now, I don't really care about the new game play, as much as the new maps. One thing in particular that I'm really looking forward to is the new models that Valve shows in the maps screen shots.

For the longest time (and still now) I have wanted to make my own models. The biggest problem I'm having is just importing the models into game. No matter what I have tried, it just comes up with a giant ERROR. I dabble with different model types and programs every now and then, but to no prevail. I think one of these days, I'm just going to snap and spend all day working on the problem 'till I figure out a way to make it stop being so homo.

I have also been playing with the Spore Creature Creator. I played with it when it first came out, but just recently I have really been starting to get into it. It's pretty mind blowing all the different things that the programmers made. I had my hand in a few code projects, where me and some friends would get together (typically at a LAN party) and write a program. We would spend hours and hours bent over our keyboards, and would only come up with a crappy poker game or some other measly piece of code. When I sit down with spore, and see all of the things that are in the game, its amazing. Normally a game doesn't really phase me. When I've played other games (with a few acceptions), I've never really appreciated all the work the programmers did, but for some reason, I really noticed with Spore. Maybe I was just in a noticing mood, or maybe it was because I was making a walking potato and the game was encouraging it.

I'm Back

Alright, I didn't say anything about leaving, but I did (leave). It doesn't matter now, though, because I'm back. I started school a week ago, so I haven't really been working on maps. I think once I get into the swing of school, I'll start to post and make maps more regularly.

Here are a few links to make up for the lack of posts.

Photoshop for Video. Now nothing is safe.

Trippy...

Guinea Pigs at the Olympics.

August 12, 2008

Wow...

This guy is awesome...

Skills...

Why do all the Asians have all the random skills? Why can't we get some, like alpaca wrestling.




-NOTE- YouTube is making their embedded player green for some reason. Its been happening to the last few videos I've posted. You never noticed because I just changed the HTML to make it back to normal. I didn't care enough this time, though, so you'll just have to deal with it.

August 9, 2008

Lightning In Slow Motion

I know this video has been popping up everywhere, but it's still awesome.

August 8, 2008

Virtual LEGO's

Here's a little game I found. It's a fun way to kill some time.

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Here's what I made. It's totally awesome.

August 7, 2008

Holy Freaking Crap

This is amazing...



-EDIT- Alright, I want to say that this is a fake, but I'm not sure. Here's a link to the wiki page that appears to be legitimate, although it could be made up as well...

Real or Fake?

I can't tell, but if it's real, where's my rivet gun?

Starting On CTF_Tube

Since there was a huge turnout at the polls, it was difficult for me to decide on which map to make, but it looks like the tube one pulled through barely. So, I'll start on that. Hopefully, it won't take me as long to make as it did Dodge_Orange.

Also, I'm going to try something new this time, instead of just telling you about the map, I'll try to post pictures and maybe even a few video walkthroughs to give you the idea on how it's coming along.

August 5, 2008

Pure Epic

This is the best video I have ever seen.

August 4, 2008

Nothin' New

Just doing some maintenance on my blog. Thought I'd post something. Here's a funny picture I found:

August 3, 2008

Speedpost: Wordpress

Alright, I'm just writing a quick little blurb, so ignore any grammar problems. I've been working with Wordpress to get everything working right and to see if it's a program that I really want to use. I like it, but I major problem is that it won't let me embed everything I want. They went the really simple route to make it easier, and it works well for people who don't really know anything, but for people who do, like me, it kind of screws us over. Good example, I was trying to embed some videos, and it turns out that it won't let me because it's not YouTube or Google video. It's really weird too, because it has a whole section where it allows you to add and edit HTML code. So that right now it the only reason that I haven't switched. To tell the truth, I like Wordpress better. It has more features, and looks much better, but in the end, it would limit me to what I can do, and that is just too major for me to switch.

August 2, 2008

Groverfield

A parody of a movie I think I may of heard of...maybe...I want to say it starts with a "B"...

Bert and Ernie Try Gangsta Rap

August 1, 2008

Oh Boy, A New Poll!

Yep, thats right. I added a new poll. Vote, and if you want another option, leave it in comments.