4 hours download the latest version of Fedora(9). 1 hour spent trying to install it, then realizing I got the wrong version for my PC. Another 2 hours downloading it again.
On a happier note, the open source project Tales of Aeldaria got SVN today, and saw a huge update. And you thought it was dead!
http://aeldaria.wikidot.com
Watch it grow. Be a part of it. LIVE it.
Also, as soon as I get fedora installed, you *may* see a small game pop up on this site. But who knows?
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
I’m crying.
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody tuesday.
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob.
Mister city policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like lucy in the sky, see how they run.
I’m crying, i’m crying.
I’m crying, i’m crying.
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog’s eye.
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob.
Sitting in an english garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don’t come, you get a tan
From standing in the english rain.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob g’goo goo g’joob.
Expert textpert choking smokers,
Don’t you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied.
I’m crying.
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the eiffel tower.
Elementary penguin singing hari krishna.
Man, you should have seen them kicking edgar allan poe.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob g’goo goo g’joob.
Goo goo g’joob g’goo goo g’joob g’goo.
I just had the neatest thought. Wouldn’t it be cool, if you met someone over the internet through a forum or something, then realized a little while latter that you live very close together. Even go so far as to be neighbors! What if you even knew the person in real life, then you find out that its them while talking to them over their internet alias? Be honest, what would you do? Would you stop being friends, or laugh at the whole thing and wonder why you didn’t realize it before.
And yes, I’m only writing this because I’m waiting for a download to finish and I have nothing better to do. Enjoy!
Yep, portal has fallen to my puzzle solving expertise. After about 3 hours of gaming, I have beaten all test chambers and escaped. Now, let’s hope that I can get my game done, and you’ll play it at least as long I did portal.
-The cake is a lie
From my Xfire profile page:
| Game | Past 7 Days | Total v | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Star Wars Battlefront II | 1 hour | 195 hours |
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Frontlines: Fuel of War | - | 21 hours |
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Pirates of the Caribbean Online | < 1 hour | 20 hours |
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Multiplayer | - | 16 hours |
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Jedi Academy Multiplayer | - | 15 hours |
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Star Wars Battlefront | - | 14 hours |
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Trackmania Nations Forever | < 1 hour | 12 hours |
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Rappelz Epic4 | - | 12 hours |
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Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 | - | 11 hours |
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The Lord of the Rings – The Battle for Middle-Earth | - | 8 hours |
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Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter | - | 8 hours |
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Sauerbraten | - | 6 hours |
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Mount & Blade | - | 6 hours |
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Portal | 4 hours | 6 hours |
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Battle for Middle-earth II | - | 6 hours |
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Single Player | - | 5 hours |
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Garry’s Mod | 4 hours | 4 hours |
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The Lord of the Rings Online | - | 3 hours |
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The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch-king | - | 2 hours |
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Battlefield 2142 Demo | - | 2 hours |
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Rubies of Eventide | - | 1 hour |
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Civilization IV – Warlords | - | 1 hour |
So, what is my reason for starting this blog? Well, you know some of them already. Well, theres the fact that I have at least an hour every day where I have nothing to do. Perfect time to blog in my honest opinion. However, there are some other reasons. The first being that I used to write articles for Associated Content, but they paid me so little, and I was so un-inspired to write them that I only got 5 done. Also, its hard to gage if I have a fan base or not, when the only people reading the articles are probably random people browsing the site. With a blog however, I can write about whatever I want (the Frog visits the Mole comes to mind), and I can see who’s visiting and from where. The link to this site only exists in a few places on the internet, so I can have a better idea if people are talking about this outside of those links and who I tell, and who keeps coming back for more. So far, its just my close friends, however, I do hope that *somebody* tells somebody else, and the word gets around.
But there is a more economic reason for this. There are certain system which pay you to write blog posts you want to write. However, these systems only except people who have had a blog up for at least 90 days. Now, 90 days goes well into the summer, and during the summer, I have all the free time to do whatever I want to do. So, it will be a real test to see if I can keep the post-per-day-except-on-the-weekends trend. Hopefully, I can, and I will become a succesful blog and eventually work my way up to e-celeb status and then retire and live happily ever after.
-The end
Okay, I’m going to dispel some myths about game engines, and some common misunderstandings of them. Let’s start by defining what a game engine is. A game engine is something that handles input, draws graphics, sometimes handles sounds, and generally does everything for you (in functions of course!). A rendering engine, is something that *only* handles drawing the graphics to the screen, and nothing else. An example of this is Ogre 3d. This can be useful if you want to create something other then a game in 3d (pfft, who would want to do that?). So, lets list some game engines, rendering engines, and other useful libraries.
Game Engines:
The Game Creators sell many different types of game engines, some of which include:
Dark Basic / Dark Basic Pro
Dark GDK / Dark GDK.net
Valve distributes their own engine, known as the Source Engine.
Theres also the Leadwerks Engine, the Esenthel Engine, and of course, DirectX.
Some rendering engines include:
Ogre3d
Crystal Space
Irrlicht
…and several others.
What to look for when searching for a game engine:
Sound, Input, a programming language that you know or can learn, good graphics support, muilti-platform support (optional).
What to look for when searching for a graphics engine:
Muilt-platform support, relatively new graphics support, speed (rendering), easy integration with other libraries.
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Just one more thing: If you enjoy programming, and enjoy making ultra-realistic scene rendering, check out pov-ray, and ogre3d. Ogre 3d has a more gameish rendering style to it, and pov-ray has more of a realistic way of doing things (ray-tracer). Enjoy!
Not many things in this world look odd to me. Some things look smart, strange, or even stupid, but never really odd. However, I came to the realization that something a lot of AIM addicted 14 year olds do, strikes me as odd. What is that you ask? Putting song lyrics into your profile when you give no indication of the beat, a link to the actual song, nothing. Either I’m not “cultured” enough to know the song right off the bat, or this is just plain and illogical, and, well, odd. So, I decided to do to you what happens to me every time I click on the “profile” link in AIM. Enjoy!
Walking down the street, I saw your feet; and the world seemed to hold its breath…a-yeahhhh a-yeah………… But I don’t know what you want to do…no no no…I don’t HAVE A LIFE…Every day you walk past my door…….. Never sparing a passing glance….I don’t know what you want me to do…except look at the glass! I don’t think I can do it again…. this world seems to be all I have… except you! Why do you refuse to look? I need some comfort, so talk to walk…. except for you! Except for you! Except for you! Except for you!
Erm…well, I’m just making this post so I can keep up the “one post per day” thing. I’ve bought portal and gmod, and my life has been lost to the two gems. I am impressed by the overall quality of valve and steam, and encourage anyone who has the time to check those two titles out. You won’t regret it (probably).
