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Sep 12, 2012
My Zombie Revelation
Posted in Dear Diary, Games, Random Thoughts
Trying to come up with an original game is hard, as I was starting to figure out. And having nothing to say is okay, but when you want to be passionate about something that doesn’t go beyond a skin-deep cliché you should put an end to it. And that’s what I really tried. But those things have a tendency to bite you in the ass when you turn away…
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Sep 10, 2012
Second Thoughts / The Gaming Industry
Posted in Games, Random Thoughts, Reports, Technology
My urge to create a game, my passion to code despite obvious shortcomings kept driving me to continue working on the basics of my game. After a minor rush of I-really-should-get-started!-panic and mindless coding, I had to make a step back and to reflect on what I was doing. And the current state of how games are made led me to a decision…
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Sep 02, 2012
A History of Windows
Posted in Computing, Random Thoughts, Technology
So Windows 8 is around the corner and many big sites are complaining. But weren’t we all complaining every time there was a new Windows? I certainly was. But for the first time in years and with the advent of Windows 8 I am rather content. I won’t buy it right away but I am positive that Microsoft truly is becoming the 90’s Apple, whereas Apple is becoming the 80’s IBM. -
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Jul 08, 2010
BleepCast – Level 2
Posted in BleepCast, Games, Rants
This new episode of the BleepCast is all about ninjas, the sneaky Japanese spies that overran games & movies in the 80′s and have either gradually disappeared or gradually perfected their stealth since their first appearance in 1983 on the CoCo. A shinobi may be silent but their quests have always been accompanied by some epic exotic scores. Let’s follow the ninja and listen to his melodies. -
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Jul 02, 2010
Flattr: June’s Cake
Posted in Dear Diary, Random Thoughts
I like Flattr. I like the idea of it: Flatter people with a click that is the digital equivalent of a coin ringing in a tip-jar. And for some reason it became customary to blog about how much you made past month. You get tipped, and you tip yourself. It’s social. No surprise: It’s from Sweden. They compare it to having a piece of birthday cake and giving a slice to everybody you want to flatter. The more people you flattr, the smaller the slices get. At the end of the month it’s payday: Everyone on Flattr empties their jars and counts the coins. There are people who had an income of more than 500 €, the are many more people who had about 10 € by the end of the day. And now I am going to spill the beans myself. -
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May 11, 2009
The Complete FMX 09
Posted in Random Thoughts
Finished! The fmx/09 posts are now complete with the photos I took and some video clips I captured. Be sure to check them out before I get asked to put them down.
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May 08, 2009
FMX 09, Day Three
Posted in Animation, CGI & Rendering, Compositing, Games, Lectures, People, Photography, Random Thoughts, Rants, Reports, Retro, Technology, Video
7:30 am and somebody walks downstairs. Good morning to me. My program for today was mostly about tracking and motion capturing and heavy duty compositing. You might have guessed: It was the day of Benjamin Button.
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Mar 10, 2009
♫ Insomniac Tunes
Posted in Random Thoughts, Rants, Seph Carissa / texx sound
I couldn’t sleep and so I snuggled up with my guitar, below is the result. In fact there even are lyrics but they are too personal to appear here.texx sound – Rain into Ice. 2009.
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Jan 26, 2009
No Need To Register Anymore!
Posted in Random Thoughts
There are some changes regarding comments on the blog-posts here at the PromenadeBlog, all of us will enjoy: Instant commenting without registration or moderation, while keeping the spamming as low as possible.
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Dec 31, 2008
Sicko!
Posted in Random Thoughts
When I close my eyes I see screaming zombies jump at my face.
