Thursday, July 24, 2008

itsBeenSoLong_01

We've been apart for so long.. But I still remember you



Ive grown, developed a taste for polys and hdri lighting.
But theres always a space on my plate for you pixeled awsomness.

my sweet sega.





God that controller brings back memories. MEMORIES.





Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Pandora Battery

As some of you know, I fucked up my PSP a while back trying to install the 1.5 firmware kernel into 3.90 m-33 ( in laymans terms, I messed up BIG time ). So for the last month or so, I've been staring morosly at my very expensive paperweight, wishing and praying that someone had a homebrew enabled PSP with which I could create a Pandora's battery. I got impatient a bought one the other day, and all going to plan, tomorrow I will be using my PSP once again.

Which brings me to my next point: so what? I barely used my PSP when I had it, and enjoyed modding it far more than any of the games I played. Hopefully that will be remedied with Crisis Core ( among others ) but I doubt it will hold any appeal after I've clocked it. The problem is, the PSP is a fantastic hand-held console, but the games side of things is a real letdown.

To me though, worse than the dismal array of games ( there are some good ones, but thy're few and far between ) is Sonys incompetence. There are things that the PSP homebwerw community has developed that if implemented into official firmware, would make the PSP a far more powerful competitor to Nintendo's DS and other handhelds, which still has a strangelhold on the handheld market.

I could go on for hours, but I'll leave it at that.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

3d of 3d? The future of 3d??

The short answer is "No", which coincidentally is also the long answer.
Wearing 3d glasses while operating a 3d package (by which I mean computer software; stop giggling!), is silly and will lead to permenant eye damage probably.
While colours seem brighter and more "in your face", and the sensation of being in your scene is pretty wild, it is no substitute for good old fashioned Seeing what you're doing.
So the next time one of the Cool kids comes around and says "Hey, wear these glasses while doing 3d and you'll be as cool as me and my friend(s)", take the glasses and wear them for a bit, because 3d is pretty neat, but then take them off because it's only interesting for about 10 minutes, and you look like a noddy.
So, there you have it. Pointless? You bet!

theList_01

Here's a list of games I want on PSP.

Ill be updating the list as new games come out that I want, if theres anything YOU as the reader think should be on there feel free to leave comments, Ill feel free to not read them. You will notice they're mostly rpg's...
That's coz I like rpg's.

PSP:
- Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core.
- Final Fantasy Tactics: War Of The Lion.
- Innocent Life: A Futuristic Harvest Moon.
- Puzzle Quest.
- Metal Gear Acid.
- Metal Gear Portable Ops.
- Final Fantasy III.
- Final Fantasy II.
- Final Fantasy.
- Final Fantasy Dissidia.
- Tales Of Eternia.
- Warriors Of The Lost Empire.
- God Of War Chains OF Olympus.
- Star Ocean: First Departure.
- Star Ocean: Second Evolution
- FlOw.
- Phantasy Star Portable


*crossed out means i have.

Thank you and goodnight.

Friday, July 18, 2008

preReview_01

Crisis Core is awesome, I like it so far, enough to spend sleepless hours through the night fusing materia... if you like Final Fantasy VII the mere thought that you could create new and unseen (by your eye) materia would bar you from sleep too.

Thumbs up so far


Thursday, July 17, 2008

NEW TERMINATOR TRAILER!!!!! RELOAD THE PAGE IF YOU GET ONLINE POKER!!!!


CLICK HERE

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

lostPlanetBySnake!_01

ok the game was a little linear but i liked the whole concept of lost planet, so a movie could actually be really cool... oh and its being written by david hayter who voiced Solid Snake and wrote Xmen 2.

>>CLICKME<<

psp2Concepts_01

So I was surfing around the net and found some sweet psp2 concepts. Enhoy!

I like this one



































































check out the rest

http://kotaku.com/364979/psp2-concept-mega-gallery-extravaganza

Monday, July 14, 2008

Hate

People I love to hate:

Name followed by reason

1) John Campbell - He is a douche.
2) Guy from target - Fucking annoying.
3) John Campbell - Boring, boring voice that makes me want to rip my ears off.
4)Anyone who has, or will ever be, in a Uwe Boll movie - Death is to good for them.
5) Uwe Boll - Bloodrayne.

The Hater's List

Love to hate on people:

Here's mine and Sand People's top five for famous people we hate:

Tokuku:
  1. Paris Hilton - why hate? She cant act, or sing, stuck up and frightfully ugly.
  2. Brittney Spares - Fat, bald and cant take care of her own kin.
  3. Lindsay Lohan - Hot but stuck up and a drug addict.
  4. Tom Cruise - One word...scientology.
  5. Amy Winehouse - Cant sing, cant even take care of herself.
TheSandPeople:
  1. Jessica alba
  2. L.Ron Hubbard (created Scientology)
  3. Paris Hilton
  4. Julia Roberts (love and hate is a fine line)
  5. ..NA

The SciFi List

Here's mine and Sand People's top five Sci Fi Films:

Tokuku:
  1. Starwars (return of the jedi)
  2. Alien 2
  3. Matrix
  4. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  5. Terminator 2
The Sand People:

  1. Starship troopers
  2. Starwars
  3. Alien 2
  4. Fith element
  5. Final Fantasy

WTF

I say again ..WTF!!
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/those-toys/japanese-man-spends-170k-in-hi+tech-dolls-to-shake-his-wiimote-280990.php

Finished

Finished this baby this morn. Its alright by my standards!

Friday, July 11, 2008

Helmet WIP

heres a helmet im designing for a kids show called Angel Wars. Still work in progress.

MaximumAdaption_01

Wowie Max Payne is coming to the big screen!

I just hope they dont drop the ball on this one, although from the track record of video game movies the ball is more like a soaped up rabbid cat, which explains why they dropped it so much.

Trailer looks sweet though.

.

http://drobile.deviantart.com/art/PENGIN-POWER-59454633

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Its that time again...

Look out Little Johnny!

Street fighter

This looks awesome!

It's a book of art for Street Fighter to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the series. I am definately getting this!

toHellYeHaveNots_01

Screw the haveNots when the Have's can have stuff like this





But seriously I got my hands on a limited edition crisis core PSP Slim and I'm pretty happy. Just have to remember to breathe.




And for those who don't know i love Final Fantasy's religiously. And consider those who dont "ye of little faith".












... groovy.


*ps we also got a new flat; Awsomed day! by any standards*

Just like to add...

..this movie to "The sand peoples" previous post. This movie is sooo craptacular, that the entertainment value is just as magical as the dog in the film.

forTheFuture_01

Little heads up (i really got nuthn to post today) I am a massive fan of a new genre of movies called "Craptacular", its pretty much movies that outright suck but still entertain.

Whos pioneering the way for craptacular you ask?
Well none other than Mr Boll himself. Well not really its just that all his movies fit into this genre, have to admire the dedication.

Alot of people hate him but I don't, its like hating a kid for being retarded. I'm sure its not his fault.







Anyways the best craptacular movie of all time so far is most definitly Double Team starring Van Damme ( a veteran of craptacular) and the star of the freakshow itself Dennis Rodman. Watch and enjoy.. oh and its not a dirty movie it just sounds like one.

And if your wondering "how do i know if its craptacular?" a safe bet is anything with "Vandamage" on the cover.













This was another mind blowing post about nothing by theSandPeople

GTA IV

I bought this game, along with my very first Xbox 360, roughly two months ago. I have only ever played the GTA series on PC before this and was very interested at how the game handled on it's intended system ( a console ). I was very impressed with the new engine, the cars handle realistically, the city is expansive and immersive and the characters are interesting and with the new facial animation, they can be charismatic ( or repugnant ) according to the designers wishes, something that was lacking in GTA San Andreas ( where the characters wore stiff, unmovable masks, their cold dead eyes staring blankly past you. )

The only issue I had with the game was the cover and auto-aiming systems. There are other issues, collision detection, camera angles, but these are common problems that many, MANY games have, and I don't want to simply point out the obvious. These two systems are the only thing about this game that pissed me off. While the other problems are an inconvinience, this is a fucking knife in the eye, and everytime you use it, it gets pushed a little deeper. Every damn time Niko is killed because an enemy is right next to you and all you can do is slooowly slide across the wall, desperatley trying to break free of the cover systems evil tendrils, or you lock onto a civillian on the other side of the street while a gangster stands right in front of you, a piece of me dies.

While these problems are infuriating, by no means do they spoil the overall game experience. This game has a fantastic storyline, intruiging and in-depth characters, engaging missions and a new video engine make GTA IV a must play for any fan of the GTA series, just good luck with the cover and auto-aim ( manual aim works a dream ).

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Photoshop Goodness

..Dont ask me why....

Kane and Lynch Movie Coming!!!






















A film adaptation is in the works from Lionsgate. The script was written by Kyle Ward who also penned the upcoming film Fiasco Heights which is being produced by Platinum Dunes for Universal. Bruce Willis is in final negotations to play as Kane in the film as of June 2008, with filming scheduled to begin later this year.[10]Simon Crane, a stunt coordinator on films including Stardust, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Troy, will make his directorial debut. (wiki)

Just a quick post.

I own a PSP, but I've never really had much use for it..until now!


















A prequel to FF7? Can it be? Square-Enix declares it is so, the prophecy hs been fulfilled! The game that consumed me as a child has reurned to consume me as an adult. With a new battle system and the return of materia, it promises not to dissappoint, but to add another chapter to the already fantastically in-depth Final Fantasy series.

coolies; Song Summoner










This is an SquareEnix game called Song Summoner and it looks pretty sweet although a little novel. Basically an iPod exclusive game that has the same battle system as ff tactics but your characters are created from songs on your iPod. This little wee game even has a story arc in wich to try and immerse you.


Theres an apeal to me that i can be leveling up my character/songs by listening to it at work, it makes grinding that much more tolerable... but to think about it, how many songs will you ruin for yourself in an attempt to get strong characters. Ahwell I still want to play it.

Alrighty im all done here so BYEE.

Oh yeh and it can be played on the nano too.

zipAttack

So the studio that Calem and myself are at did another kids show called zip and mac and its airing on TV (NZ) now.

Of coarse if anyone's seen it or even heard it they can understand why listening to the voice acting repetitively would drive an animator insane. So here's my spirit lifter.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Concept Art (SpaceShips)

I've been working on a CG kids show called "Angel Wars" (look it up on google) They have me working on misc props and what not. This is what I've been doing today.
























*P.s: These are quick color sketches!!!! high res images look scruffy:p

book review; The Magician

This isnt so much a review, its more me just telling everyone I Like Magician. So naturally if I like it you have to read it so you can say you like it so you can be just like me. Let me just say that as afraid I am of evil twins and the such, I wouldnt mind another me.

But if your me then you already know that a time will come, a
time when i will fight me to my death.

Until then.

But yeh the books good.

Battlefield Bad Company Review






Now I loooooved BF2 and BF2142 was even better,

Bad Company puts the player in a fictional war against the Russian Federation, where players will lead a squad of AWOL soldiers fighting both Russians and mercenaries.

Bad Company applies some new features to the franchise, including an environment that can be almost entirely destroyed,[7] and a single-player storyline. The single player campaign and some multiplayer maps take place in the fictional Eastern European country of Serdaristan, Russia, and an unnamed fictional Middle Eastern country.

BadCompany
is on another level. The only thing they got wrong on this game was the name...they should have called it "Battlefield F*ck Yeah!!!" Nothing is more satisfying than blowing up and entire town with air strikes and I'm not exaggerating. The destructible environments took me back to the days of "Black" for ps2 but BadCompany has redefined itself in true BF style.












Mission are long with expansive environments . The game has tonnes of replay value as well as a wicked multiplayer set up. Don't get me started on the fire sticks and vehicles (you can drive a golf cart) This game delivers on thrills and spills...it gets a 9 out of 10 from me. BUY IT ..NOW!!!!!

ARE YOU MOTIVATED!!!!
















I'm Speechless...

Review; Hancock



So Hancock. If you haven't seen the trailers I'll explain the basic groove to the movie: What if, now stay with me, what if a whino/ hobo (so in effect a whibo) had super powers... just imagine.

So the stage is set. Let the Hilarity ensue, and to that aspect the movie definitely delivers.
It is funny and entertaining and maybe even worth my 15 (nz) dollars and 40 (similar) cents, however the movie veers away midway through to a more "epic" mood and though it still has some funny moments they're too few and spaced too far apart.

On The epic side of things the movie has some major CG effects with hulk like breakage and high tension flight fights, the movie also delivers this quite well. So comedy good and epic good it must be a great movie then, you must be saying! Well wrong, although its quite a good watch when walking out of the cinema you cant escape the feeling the could have done a lot better with such an open and fun idea, it feels like a lot got lost in translation, the main bad guy is hardly even mentioned and I think its implied that he knows about the whole superpower secret, I'm not too sure what was happening with that guy the movie leaves that very unclear. Also what I assume to be the main twist is more a fact to be calmly stated than a shocking reveal and if you've seen the trailer (depending on which) you probably already know the twist you just don't know it yet.

Well to sum it up if you have 2 hours to blow along with a enough green for a ticket then definitely go see it, it has its classic superWhibo moments, but that is if you don't want to see Iron Man, Speed Racers, KungFu Panda, Indanna Jones, Wallee or Wanted.

Well that's all from me..
Until I write again.

mA Poster fer mountaindeeeew

im all hopped up on what the following poster advertises!



















ps: i didnt draw this i just shopped it

Concept Ships Blog Ooolahlah


http://conceptships.blogspot.com






The Beginning

This is only the beginning,

sssoooo hmm what do put here. meh ill come up with something soonish later.

Until then stay classy .. er i need a better sign off piece.

*edit*
OOOK
heres something for yall

http://gizmodo.com/5022420/pioneer-pushes-blu+ray-discs-to-16-layers-400gb-capacity

check out the comments

I know slow goings for now but wait till we get into the groove of things

Smex'n first post

Rar