XKCD is pretty much a comic about a programmer’s and/or mathematician’s daily dribble. Picture this, all day working on your computer, expanding your knowledge by allowing the internet to fill the void of ignorance, sometimes stuff goes in, stuff goes out, you may call this SISO. Anyways, time pretty much passes by! You tend to forget to satisfy certain bodily functions that you actually need in order to live, like eating and of course or drinking water, whatever it is you were thinking, well that too.
So here it is! From a comic comes a brilliant idea, sure, asking for some mustard or mayo, maybe some Doritos or jalapeños in between is out of the question at the moment, but I truly believe the guys in this video are GENIUSES.
One small step towards a future with ROOOBOOOTS!! BTW, why not click the links I post, they have funnies.
Durham University students put Valve’s Source 3D Game Engine, used to drive the oh-so-famous-FPS Half-Life 2, to good educational use by creating a fire drill simulator and use it to examine people’s behavior in a real scenario. Check this link for the vid and the rest of the tldr text.
Why use and artist’s rendition of a hit and run culprit when police have technology right? Nintendo technology that is! So, if you’ve seen this Mii, you live in Japan and if you actually give a crap, be sure to report it to the police.
OK, seriously, WTF!? Why!? A-anyways, I guess this need some explaining, this “game” was developed using the XNA Framework and you can download it to your 360 via Community Games for a measly 200 Microsoft Points…use your imagination.
I wrote this neat little article for n00bs that would like to create games for Windows and the Xbox360 using the XNA Framework, it’s actually aimed at those who have very little programming experience. Since Object-Oriented Programming has become pretty much a standard for real software developers and engineers, game development is no exception. However, most beginners tend to get scared and/or confused with this simple paradigm that’s actually designed to make your coding EASIER.
So go ahead! Download it! This tutorial will guide you step by step through the basic principles of the XNA Framework while learning OOP, by the end of it, you’ll create a simple shooter game engine. This article was also featured in ziggyware.com.
If you don’t know what the hell I’m talking about, let me refer to an older post, XNA is a collection of tools developed by Microsoft for developing games for the Xbox 360 and Windows, all you need is either Visual C# Express 2008, which is free, or Visual Studio 2008, which is expensive, and of course, XNA Game Studio Express 3.0, which is also free. Have fun!
Aside all the coding I’ve been doing I found some time to begin working on new stuff for EPAC 2009. I had fun with this, tried out my new tablet, it was quickly drawn but good practice before doing the good stuff.
If you have any suggestions for liable new artworks by all means please comment! By the way, we are almost done with Arrows it’s coming along FANTASTICLY, we’re coding finishing touches on the Multiplayer Mode and after that, it’s porting to the Xbox 360’s Community Games, so be sure to check back.
Seriously, 4 campaigns, but you just can’t get tired of this, even the almighty Hideo Kojima admitted being addicted to this game, so why was GTA4 GOTY? Politics. It’s all politics.
Our Raptor,
Who art in /h/eaven,
shopped be Thy face;
Thy donations come,
Thy posts be done
in /b/ as it is in /h/eaven.
Give us this day our daily Bridget;
and forgive us our trolling
as we forgive those who troll against us,
and lead us not into faggotry,
but deliver us from /fur/ry.
In the name of the Moot, the Raptor, and the Holy Server,
Amen.
