Call of Duty 4 contains a lot of scenes that can evoke rather powerful emotions in the player. On good example of this is when you are playing as an American Marine, the unnamed Middle Eastern city... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-05-16 09:39:04
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I recently obtained a copy of Duke Nukem 3D. It’s kind of odd to go from games that contain that throw around bloom lighting and shinny fully rendered graphics to a game that’s sprite... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-05-14 07:29:13
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Fundamentals of Game Design Journal Entry 19 I really dislike a lot of current action/RPG mix games. In particular the ones that try and use DnD rules. They just don’t work, DnD it just... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-05-10 11:36:38
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I’m not a big fan of SimCity games, I find them dull and boring. The only joy I get is building a great city so I can unleash the horrors of destructions like earthquakes and floods upon it.... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-05-05 10:13:18
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I really like sandbox game – except SimCity, it just bores me – there’s something great about being able to do what you want to do when you want rather than when the game tells... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-05-03 07:20:54
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So combat in a game is important, however I really don’t like huge damage ranges with weapons. D&D is bad in that respects, if you hit someone way is there the chance that you could only... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-04-25 07:42:08
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So I have been going back and replaying some older games, well older games for me at lest. I stumbled apon a copy of Soul Reaver for the PS1 hidden away in a cupboard corner gathering a fine layer... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-04-18 10:16:30
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Ok, so the horror/survival RPG game has being boiling in my head for a while as I try and come up with a combat system. I think using a D20 is the way to go, the more numbers that can be randomised... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-04-13 09:40:50
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I played this global campaign thing in C&C3, and it was pretty fun. Basically you have a world map and a few bases. From each base you can build units and have them move around the globe, some... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-04-09 07:22:40
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I purchased the new Command & Conquer 3 expansion over the holidays and it’s not quite as good as I had hoped, which was already pretty low considering it had the mark of EA on it. I... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-04-05 08:00:34
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Western computer RPGs are slightly better that Japanese ones, in my opinion, with exceptions of course. Games like World of Warcraft and Neverwinter Nights annoy me with their battle systems as... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-23 10:22:35
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I’m not a big fan of Japanese RPGs, I generally find that the story line is very lineal, predictable and cheesy, the battles are generally quite easy and don’t require much thinking... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-22 19:57:46
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This is my first entry for the Game Design Journal assessment piece for ITB016. I’m not entry sure as to what I’m meant to say in this Journal, so I shall first explain what games I... Read More
Posted by: Psiryu on 2008-03-04 07:02:35
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One thing I was thinking about before starting this is why do people write their own innermost thoughts in an online diary where the whole world can read it?!? Still, it beats me although... Read More
Posted by: kittykatrocks on 2008-02-16 08:03:46
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I've been feeling rather despondent recently...due to a many numerous thing, but collectively the result of another. I spent the large part of my menial and thus far, short term existance,... Read More
Posted by: antony_d_a on 2008-01-30 18:13:23
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My sleep pattern is destroyed. Because i was up all of last night crying, i was ridiculously tired by 6pm, and slept until 2am. It's 7.11am now. I've got uni in a bit so i shan't be sleeping until... Read More
Posted by: Soren on 2008-01-16 02:19:51
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Overall I am happy with the footage i found and recorded. Maybe if I had more time to play with then just 10 seconds I would of been able to add more effects and add a little bit more footage. For... Read More
Posted by: dbgill on 2008-01-11 08:39:08
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The first part of my clip i used was one section of the video i recorded which shows the player running straight towards the camera. I cut this into three sections and then put a black fade on each... Read More
Posted by: dbgill on 2008-01-11 08:34:48
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The first thing I wanted to do when editing my clip was the title and credits, i wanted to get this out the way. I wanted to keep it quick and simple so on Adobe I looked for sports themes and used... Read More
Posted by: dbgill on 2008-01-11 08:15:45
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The second part of my assessment was to upload my footage onto computer, i did this using windows movie maker which is extremely simple to use. I uploaded everything that i had recorded even the... Read More
Posted by: dbgill on 2008-01-10 15:14:56
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Over the christmas period i managed to gather up all my footage i wanted to use for my 10 second video clip. I did have a few ideas but i decided to stick with the one that would work best, this... Read More
Posted by: dbgill on 2008-01-10 06:07:26
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really didn't sleep well last night, i'm so tired, but whilst getting ready for bed and reading my book i found a really nice section about this couple that just used to say 'you' to each other,... Read More
Posted by: beth1904 on 2007-11-19 03:58:03
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Australian universities have slipped in one of the most resoected world ranking . the mst dramtic drop was suffered by macquarie uni - jepardising a $100,000 bouns for its voice -chancellor ,... Read More
Posted by: belal on 2007-11-08 14:52:19
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This is final blog and I am very pleased to announce I got three of my four photos accepted on bigstockphoto.com. The only photo that didn't get accepted on the website was my dandelion photo, the... Read More
Posted by: dbgill on 2007-11-02 04:16:16
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Firstly, Happy Halloween! Secondly, after the incident at the weekend with my "friend", its got me thinking... now i've told you about this guy i like, who has a gf, and i'm not... Read More
Posted by: SexAndTheCityGirl on 2007-10-31 16:28:59
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