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Month: March 2011

  • The Art of Team Fortress 2

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    [A short YouTube video series][link] by [Virtually Reality][vr] contributor Soul Grafitti, in three parts: [Setting the Scene][link], [Character Design][part2], [Narrative & Culture][part3]. [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXPkDQnM0JI “The Art Of TF2 Part 1” [part2]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3MB1s2dV5g “The Art Of TF2 Part 2” [part3]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0qrAbHOLAA “The Art Of TF2 Part 3” [vr]: http://www.virtuallyreality.net/ “Virtually Reality”

  • Archive Team Needs Your Help Saving Yahoo! Video

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    [Jason Scott][link]: >Yahoo! are about to delete all user-generated content on Yahoo! Video and that is really busting my crank, as well as the crank of a lot of people that have joined Archive Team to rescue it. We’re now to the point that the whole process is pretty smooth, and we’re getting in the…

  • IE6 Countdown

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    [A site created by Microsoft themselves][link] for tracking and encouraging the 12% of the browsing populace still using IE6 due to personal failing or an IT department with their heads up their asses. According to their chart 34% of China still uses IE6. [link]: http://ie6countdown.com/ “IE6 Countdown”

  • Deadly Premonition’s 7 Steps To A Memorable Story

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    [Gamasutra rounds up a GDC 2011 panel][link] with the director of last year’s surprise critical darling, xbox 360 game Deadly Premonition. The game was certainly an odd duck, but had so many varied ideas crammed into it that it was sort of fascinating. [link]: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/33361/GDC_2011_Deadly_Premonitions_7_Steps_To_A_Memorable_Story.php “Gamasutra – News – GDC 2011: Deadly Premonition’s 7 Steps…

  • Plaid Stallions on The Dune Coloring Book

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    [This is an incredible cultural artifact.][link] I was skeptical as to it’s existence, but you can still find copies on eBay and Amazon. Any coloring book with “I will burn out the sickness” in the text of one of the pages is worth preserving. [link]: http://plaidstallions.blogspot.com/2009/03/colouring-book-theatre-dune.html “Plaid Stallions : Rambling and Reflections on ’70s pop…

  • iPad Who?

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    >[Scientists at the Indian Space Research Organization have discovered a giant underground chamber on the moon, which they feel could be used as a base by astronauts on future manned missions to moon.][link] Moon base! [link]: http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/ISRO_finds_cave_in_moon_can_be_used_as_base_station_for_astronauts-nid-79567.html “ISRO finds cave in moon, can be used as base station for astronauts – Technology news”

  • BERG announces SVK, “An Experimental Publication”

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    [The comic book and artifact Special Viewing Kit][link] will be written by Warren Ellis, drawn by Matt “D’Israeli” Brooker, and birthed into the world by BERG London. Warren refers to it as “Franz Kafka’s Bourne Identity.” [Bleeding Cool has more info and some photos.][bc] [link]: http://berglondon.com/blog/2010/12/17/announcing-svk/ “Announcing SVK: an experimental publication by Warren Ellis, D’Israeli…

  • Stikki.me Needs Co-Founders

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    [Joshua Ellis wants a Technical Director and a Design Director][link]: >As you may know, I’ve been developing a new Web application called Stikki.me for the past few months. Stikki is what you might call a “geoblogging” tool; it allows you to leave virtual notes attached to real-world locations, via the magic of GPS, wi-fi triangulation…

  • Gameduino

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    [Gameduino is an add-on][link] for the open-source [Arduino hardware platform][ard], created to facilitate the creation of 8-bit video games. They’ve already passed their Kickstarter goal. What’s cool about the Arduino is how low-cost and accessible it is. You could, for example, create a new 8-bit games console on this thing. With a built-in store. I’m…