http://www.kobochan.org Video Games | Programming | Art Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:35:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Where do you fall in the list? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books here. I'm pretty sure we'll all prove them wrong. Copy this into your Social Network. Look at the list and put an X after those you ... http://www.kobochan.org/2009/did-you-read-at-least-one-of-these/ Ever so often we get VERY original games which are actually quite simple and really inspire you to get designing and coding. Curiously, most of them come from the Flash comunity, for example: Time Fcuk. Recently, I stumbled upon Canabalt, which surprisingly took an overrated concept ... http://www.kobochan.org/2009/canabalt/ Just a little teaser pic about the game I’m developing. Nothing more, nothing less. ^__- http://www.kobochan.org/2009/vorpal-teaser/ videojuego 1. m. Juego electrónico para ordenador. jugar 1. intr. Hacer algo para divertirse y entretenerse. Diccionario de la lengua española 2005, Espasa-Calpe. La búsqueda de la diversión es una actividad inherente al ser humano. Siempre hemos buscado una manera de entretenernos ya sea por nuestra naturaleza competitiva, para socializar o incluso para educar. Cogito ... http://www.kobochan.org/2009/jugar-es-humano/ 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 ... http://www.kobochan.org/2009/sudo-make-me-a-sandwich/ No, not you, the other gman. Happy bday man, here’s a little something for ya’! And why not watch this too: http://www.kobochan.org/2009/happy-birthday-gman/ I just find this hilarious!! At one point the guy says “Ay Wey!” hahaha! http://www.kobochan.org/2009/crazy-japanese-guy-plays-hi-speed-mario/ 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 ... http://www.kobochan.org/2009/source-engine-fire-drill/ 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. http://www.kobochan.org/2009/only-in-japan/   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. At least it’s more useful than this. http://www.kobochan.org/2009/xbox-360-massage-o-meter/