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Does. Not. ComputeThink if you will, of the story of Robinson Crusoe.A man, shipwrecked on an island. All alone. What'd make that a bit more exciting? How about Pirates? Swashbuckling Pirates? Yeah, that'd make it better. ... Or how about a big 7 foot flipping robot!? That's wrong on so many levels. And it's in 3d! IT'S ON STAGE - of course it's 3d! *sigh*
The aforementioned robot was stomping around in Newcastle today advertising the panto. Isn't it also a bit early to be thinking about pantomimes?
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benjymous
03/07/08 16:29
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A Couple of weeks ago we spent a blissful week down in Somerset - The photos have been here for a while now, but I hadn't got round to linking them from the front page.
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Pierson's PuppeteerAfter a bit more playing with Spore, I've created this:
(Based on the image here)
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Hi Mum! I'm on Telly!(Well, not me personally, but our office...)Yesterday, we were visited by the BBC's Technology correspondant Rory Cellan-Jones. Clips of this were broadcast during the Breakfast programme on BBC1, Today on Radio 4, and the BBC One O'clock news. There are also two extended online reports:
How a computer game is made – apparently it’s all art, no programming... |
A bit of a play with the Spore Creature Creator
So, after lots of waiting, the demo of the Spore Creature Creator is finally here (giving us a glimpse of what the full game will offer.)After much cursing SecuRom refusing to start the game (why does a free demo need to have an evil copy protection system included, anyway?) I eventually tracked down the problems to it considering Process Explorer to be a hacking tool!! Sigh. Anyway, here are a couple of oddballs I created after a few minutes of playing:
 Grapefruitisaur and offspring. Bless him, he'll grow into that eye.
 Wheelbarrowica's sensitive eyes are high up out of harm's reach.
Now just got to wait till September for the full game!
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Random quote of the dayThe Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was surprised when asked whether using alpacas was cruel to foxes. “Using an imported South American camel to chase British foxes is so bizarre, we have not even thought about it.” Alpacas Fend Off Foxes at Highgrove
Sorry for the long hiatus in posting, we were away on holiday a few weeks ago, and have been very busy at work since. I've uploaded a batch of photos from the holiday (some of which you can see in the widget at the bottom), so once I've got them all captioned up, I'll open up the gallery.
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Telly Savalas Looks At BirminghamOn Saturday morning on Radio 4, there was a great little program called "Telly Savalas and the Quota Quickies".Back in the 70s, a series of Travelogues were produced by the late Harold Baim, that were played before major hollywood output at cinemas to keep up the British film quota, giving very rose-tinted views of large (but not usually touristy) British towns, voiced by Kojak star Telly Savalas. Seen through modern eyes, these films can be highly amusing, especially as Savalas himself never actually visited any of the places he visited!
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