Battle Scissors, something I thought was a pretty fun idea for a fighting character for some video game concepts I have. Shears has some pretty dangerous attacks watch out!

Just under 2,000.00 for a bike? hell ya! With the shimano mountain bike shoes (so I can walk around on the street and not crush the cleats) everything came to around 2100 ish with tax. It’s a carbon fiber frame with mavick racing wheels. Managed to get from San Jose to Los Gatos down the [...]

http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/d997f0209dd15110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html So this article indicates, games are nothing more than physics simulations and rendering techniques. Fucking idiots. Right now there’s a ton of other issues that “games” really face. RPGs still have a leveling problem in relation to success reward and achievement. Like why does a 30th level goblin who is even with your character [...]

http://www.tigergps.com/garminedge705map.html Can’t wait to get this thing and add it to my bike… when I get my bike…

one of the best examples of games for platformers is super mario. See, this is a very clear example on how well done the mechanics of the level are. The game completely took over and let the mechanics push mario through. Not at one point did the player touch the joystick. This predictability and control [...]

http://www.singinst.org/summit2007/ This sounds like an interesting conference, $50 and it looks like 2 days. The singularity is anything that we can build that is smarter than we are, aka Sky-Net from the terminator. Something will happen sooner or later, and I’m guessing sooner than anyone would think. There are so many advances going on in [...]

So I’m back into the flow of work again. Was about to burn out for a while, then there was PAX to save me. Really recharged any will to live… I’ve been studying more math in the past few months than I ever had in school. Nash equilibrium, zero-sum games, perfect information etc. It’s all [...]