March 2007 - Posts

• That just about does it.

  I'm creating a new site feature. Whenever a spambot registers, i will put their contact details on a seperate page and hotlink it all over the internet. That way, the crawlers will find their details and spam the crap out of them. If anyone wishes to Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:48 PM by Rich Bryant | 2 Comments

• A Question of Style

  I'm going to keep this short because i'm writing things that you almost certainly already know, even if you never actually said it to yourself. There are many reasons why World of Warcraft is fun, but one of them is that it looks like a cartoon. Even Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:27 AM by Rich Bryant | 6 Comments Filed under: Design, MMORPGy

• Not a Pretty Sight

  No, i'm not talking about Prokofy Neva's psyche. Or even my face, which is currently attempting to regenerate a huge hole in one cheek caused by some mo-cap going a bit haywire when we test-fired a few authentic renaissance pistols and muskets. The chunk Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 21, 2007 4:38 PM by Rich Bryant | 6 Comments

• Damn those wiki-fiddlers!

  Wikipedia is rubbish, just like the rest of "Web 2.0" and the alleged wisdom of crowds was never so clearly demonstrated as an utter fallacy (except in Second Life, where it's demonstrated as an animated phallus). That's twice i've been wiki'd and both Read More... Posted Friday, March 16, 2007 11:29 AM by Rich Bryant | 3 Comments Filed under: Life, Weird, Dumb

• Art not dead, film at 11

  Let me talk a little about procedural graphics. I'll try not to get too technical but basically, this is a primer for readers on what you can and what you can't do with them. I'll also digress slightly into discussion of what it's sensible to do with Read More... Posted Friday, March 09, 2007 12:02 PM by Rich Bryant | 5 Comments

• Naming, shaming and giving the Devil his due

  Naming first, then. Why am i using my own name instead of "Cael"? Because it's something i should have done long ago. When we first started this project, our friend Richard R was in charge, so i stuck with "Cael" to make life a little easier and avoid Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 07, 2007 3:39 PM by Rich Bryant | 4 Comments Filed under: Life, MMORPGy

• Lizards. No, really.

  I don't have the 'flu. I am not susceptible to minor ailments and only get sick very rarely. So i have Man-'flu. This is a virulent and deadly form of the 'flu virus which only men get and the reason why women think we whine about what she thought was "only a cold". In my case, i suspect the forthcoming apocalypse. The moon on Saturday was apparently blood-red (don't ask me, i'm colour blind, i thought it was grey) due to a full lunar eclipse. Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 06, 2007 5:15 PM by Rich Bryant | 4 Comments