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    Yay, It’s E3 Time


    2010 - 06.14

    Posted in Games | 1 Comment »

    Currently watching the E3 live coverage. If you don’t know what E3 is, it’s a big expo where all the games companies come and show off what’s coming out in the next year or two. It’s also where Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo show off any new hardware. I’m going to write up my thoughts on it when I can but let’s just say Microsoft didn’t give a good press conference and they were first up. Let’s hope the others can do better.

    EDIT – Watched the EA press conference which was quite good and the Ubisoft one that was ok. Just watched the Nintendo one. Sweet baby jesus and the orphans that was great. Unless Sony is going to surprise announce a new handheld or console then Nintendo have won this hands down.

    EDIT EDIT – Sony had a good show. I’m not going to go buy any of it but it’s good to see what’s being made for the most powerful of the three consoles. More info on 3DS games have also been revealed and it just keeps getting better and better. Damn Nintendo, you’re going to get so much of my money.

    I’ll be posting up a far more detailed review/analysis of each of the five conferences later.

    I’ve Been Doing Some Stuff


    2010 - 06.08

    Posted in Life | No Comments »

    Other than kicking back and playing games I mean.

    I applied for a games animation job via an agency. They told me my portfolio wasn’t quite good enough to compete in the market which I kinda knew it wouldn’t be. So now I’m working on some animation pieces to improve my showreel. So far I’ve ran two crowd simulations.

    First with 50 fish:

    Then with 199 fish:

    I plan on getting myself very acquainted with reactor which does things like cloth, fur, ragdoll and collision based animation. Then I’m moving onto facial animation and some animation loops.

    Grace asked me about the webcomic the other day. I’ve been busy thinking through various story lines and how they all fit together and the characters motives and how they all relate to each other. I’m making sure I have a lot of it planned out before I start drawing it proper. I’ve got quite a few notes written down and more that needs to be noted before I forget.

    I’ve also started another blog, a bit of a daft one where I list of ten things I’ve learnt from playing various games. Ten Things I Learnt From Playing Games

    I’m also very much looking forward to next week when E3 is on. If you don’t know, E3 is a big expo where all the games companies show off the games they’ll be releasing in the next year or two. It’s also where Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony show off any new hardware they’re releasing, like new consoles for instance. It is quite possibly the biggest event in the games industry calendar. I’m am super excited for it, I’ll be watching the coverage live.