Quakecon Keynote 2013 Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
Revisiting a Dead Engine
I wanted to take the file format of a late 90s shooter and read it in modern-day Unity. This is the result.
What Does a Robot Want?
No, self-aware robots aren't going to turn on us, Skynet-style. Not unless we designed them to.
Mass Effect 3 Ending Deconstruction
Did you dislike the ending to the Mass Effect trilogy? Here's my list of where it failed logically, thematically, and tonally.
The Gradient of Plot Holes
Most stories have plot holes. The failure isn't that they exist, it's when you notice them while immersed in the story.
Ha! I especially liked the punchline, good comic.
Nice comic and yeah, the punchline is pretty damn good ^^
Nitpicking: “Then, if I wait until you grow up AN get married”. “And” is missing a “d”.
Unless he was doing an accent, in which case it would be a deliberate omission – though technically, to indicate that, it would need an apostrophe, so “an'”, as opposed to “and” or “an”…
Nit-picked backatcha ;)
It’s still LuciEn, you know…
Lucian is a real world name, so I guess the confusion comes from there. It´s the writer fault. He decided to take one not-so-used of the real world, and then changed one letter to show his superb creative skills.
Also, it happens when the character fails at being memorable.
The punchline made me chortle milk through my nose. Ugh, hahaha. Well done, sir!
In my case, the “Lucian” thing happened because I ran a couple of D&D campaigns with a character named LuciAn, and I have typed the name that way many, many times. My fingers don’t like doing it the other way.
Didn’t you say something about having a column in the Escapist today? Is that up, yet?
The pokemon punchline was a mother-lode of comedy gold!
…one a’ dem days, I’ll get myself an account at the escapist, too, so I can spread the fanboi-ism around a little!
CLassic
Another thumbs-up for the Pokemon bit — that was perfect. :D
And seriously, is it really that hard to come up with an actual evil-mastermind type of plan? :P
I think it’s the same mentality that has people running and playing RPGs, whether tabletop or on the computer, to think that the greatest ambition any thief character could ever have would be to become the Bestest Pickpocket In The World!!! :/ I tried arguing about that in a game I used to work in, pointing out that there are other things high level thieves could do, that Al Capone wasn’t known for picking pockets. No luck. And things haven’t changed since then. [sigh]
Angie
Haha! I reaffirm the greatness of the punchline.
Wow. That is some serious bloom lighting.