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I can't believe this is for real

registeredname — 2011-04-11T20:54:56-04:00

He's Back...

I've Been Having a Lovely Star Wars

vinny9 — 2011-01-10T02:01:34-05:00

Next Star Wars from Bobby Hacker on Vimeo.

Wish they didn't use "faggot" but other than that, pretty sweet.

Castle Vox - Axis vs Allies Game Trailer

dustin — 2010-12-10T17:10:40-05:00

Here's the second trailer for my new game Castle Vox. It's a combination of Risk with Diplomacy with Axis & Allies. Available to download now for PC, Mac, and Linux.

My new computer game Castle Vox

dustin — 2010-10-18T21:08:31-04:00

The computer game I've been working on for the past 2 years has just been released. It's called Castle Vox and I encourage you to check it out.

The gameplay is a simultaneous-turn-based strategy model. So you don't have to wait for all the other players to take their turns, you're always taking your turn (except in-between rounds when the battle resolutions happen).

Here's a screenshot of the Napoleonic Wars map:

The full version has 35 maps and counting. The game includes a map editor so you can make your own, or edit the existing ones.

So go play: Castle Vox - Diplomacy game meets Axis & Allies

Trust the Force, Snoop

registeredname — 2010-06-06T12:00:38-04:00

This is both hilarious and disturbing at the same time:

Stormtrooper Win

goodladd — 2009-11-13T12:58:45-05:00

What Stormtroopers Do On Their Days Off

Think Jerry would react this way?

registeredname — 2009-10-28T12:35:07-04:00

Star Wars: Uncut

vinny9 — 2009-10-01T10:10:22-04:00

Saw this a while back. Looks like it's coming along nicely...

Star Wars: Uncut Trailer from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

It's always the little things that come back to haunt you

chrisdye — 2009-07-04T15:21:00-04:00

If you ever get a phone call from the Prime Minister, let's hope it's not to tell you that you failed to prevent a world war.

Low-Hanging Fruit

vinny9 — 2009-04-21T11:19:43-04:00

http://www.pixelmator.com/

A Mac specific, pic editing tool priced at 60$ US. F'ing smart move.

This, However, Is Awesome

vinny9 — 2009-03-22T18:49:57-04:00

Massive Lego Mon Calamari Star Cruiser

...with lights.

Star Wars: As Told By Someone Who Never Saw The Movies

vinny9 — 2009-01-20T08:23:32-05:00

The New Zealand Ice Blacks perform the Haka

chrisdye — 2008-11-30T07:53:17-05:00

Also, gingerbreadmen performing the haka:

Chaos!

vinny9 — 2008-11-04T11:01:38-05:00

Get Your War On animated videos

Um.

Bryan — 2008-10-28T23:32:12-04:00

It's Snowing.

2008 Lux Awards

dustin — 2008-10-23T16:41:39-04:00

The Luxtoberfest 2008 award ceremonies are being held inside online Lux Delux on Sunday at 1 PM Pacific / 4 PM Eastern / 8 PM UK / 9 PM Europe time.

All Luxers are eligible to vote for the best map of the year. Please vote now!

Rhombus

vinny9 — 2008-09-23T00:13:25-04:00

1) Adventure Time is the greatest video mankind has ever made.

2) Pendleton Ward, who made Adventure Time, has the finest Under Construction website mankind has ever made.

3) It was there that I learned that "Adventure Time" was greenlit by the Cartoon Network. GigaYes.

Fettdance

vinny9 — 2008-07-04T13:43:20-04:00

Mandalorian Dance
by PatrickBoivin

Platforms to Stand On

dustin — 2008-06-09T19:15:13-04:00

My company currently makes games for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux.

The first 2 have a good business case. Lots of people run Mac OS X and Windows, and buy games to play. (Thank you to all the customers who keep us small developers alive.)

Linux doesn't have as good a business case for us. Not very many people buy the Linux versions of our games. But, I foresee Linux continuing to grow in leaps and bounds on the desktop. And our codebase is in Java, so it isn't that much extra work to make Linux versions.

Going Mobile
The mobile OS wars are warming up fast. In the past we've gotten some scattered requests for PocketPC or Palm versions, but it hasn't seemed worthwhile. Apparently there was good money to be made selling Palm apps in the past, but greedy distributors (hearsay says Handango) and a decaying platform have destroyed it.

J2ME and BREW cellphone apps are making money, but only for a few big companies (at least in North America). The carriers have been very greedy distributors, and locked down their platform tightly.

Apple's iPhone is fresh mobile platform coming on strong. They've publicized their app distribution rate as taking a 30% cut. That's a lot better then most desktop games distributors (Yahoo Games typically takes 70%). Apple has been tremendously successful at iterating the iPod from version1 to perfection. They're following the same process with the iPhone, building a mobile platform from the ground up. I think the iPhone will be one of the long term mobile platform winners.

Google Android is the other mobile platform I'm keeping an eye on. Open-source and available for carriers to build on. Apps are written in the Java language, but using G's own VM and libraries. (A nice end-run around SUN, straight to Java developers.) It hasn't launched on any real phones yet, but I think it has huge potential. The first Android phones are supposed to be available "soon."

You already have a computer in your pocket (your cellphone). The big question for software developers is: what platform is your next one going to run?

People Are Mean

vinny9 — 2008-06-06T11:40:22-04:00

Virus encrypts files on your hard drive

That's just nasty. Your computer gets infected. The virus starts encrypting your data and adds a readme file that points to an email address willing to sell you the decryption software.

Vidfest and the Pop Vox Awards

dustin — 2008-05-01T20:19:01-04:00

Vidfest is the Vancouver International Digital Festival, happening May 21-24, 2008. It's got a keynote from Chris Anderson of Wired, a day of "creative exchange" conference sessions, a day of "International Partnering Forum" one-on-one meetings, and the PopVox Digital Media Awards.

Lux Delux is in the running for the best casual game award. Please show your support and vote for the entry (you have to register an account for the Vote button to show up).

Launch Party 4 is also happening on the 21st, celebrating the local startup scene. And the Vancouver Game Summit runs concurrently on May 21-22, mostly focused on console business.

Techcouver is being used more as a nickname for Vancouver. Cool beans.

Star Wars according to a 3 year old

dustin — 2008-04-15T01:44:42-04:00

Star Wars according to a 3 year old comes via Arianek's shared items.
(Gasp! Google reader shared item feeds don't display properly in FireFox!)

Star Wars in 5 seconds

registeredname — 2008-04-08T23:19:58-04:00

Nuff said:

Punic Peace?

YvonTripper — 2008-03-10T12:16:06-04:00

I was shocked to learn that Rome and Carthage signed a peace treaty in 1985. Obviously, Rome has been taken over by the "cut and run" crowd. Carthago delenda est!

Abandon The Run

vinny9 — 2008-01-25T23:43:05-05:00

http://www.abandonia.com/

An online repository of abandonware (games which aren't sold anymore and are released into the public domain).

Space Quest! Quest for Glory! Lemmings! I so don't have time...

Blogs are so 1918

chrisdye — 2008-01-08T13:58:14-05:00

A man is posting his grandfather's letters from the First World War trenches on a blog, 90 years to the day from when they were written:

http://wwar1.blogspot.com/

Map Porn

dustin — 2007-12-14T17:23:31-05:00

This post has screenshots of some of the hottest maps for the computer strategy game Lux. Images below the cut (work-safe).

US Map aka USA Map aka Map of US

Map of Iraq

Hey, you made it to the bottom! Share the wealth and spread this post on your favorite network. Your friends will love you for it!

PS: Map porn? Oh yeah, baby. Deep, wet, glistening rivers. Rock hard mountains. Trade routes spread wide open. Yours to dominate. This stuff is nasty dirty. ;-)

Zoolander + UPS = ?

vinny9 — 2007-12-12T11:58:15-05:00

UPS uses software to minimise left-hand turns

Crazy - Star Wars Edition

registeredname — 2007-10-30T14:19:14-04:00

This is from 2006 but I caught this today and thought it was awesome and goes well with Halloween approaching.

Luxtoberfest 2007

dustin — 2007-10-01T05:40:03-04:00

Luxtoberfest is a series of tournaments and awards for my Risk inspired computer game Lux.

There are lots of maps (RSS) and people in the running for the Lux Awards. You have 1 month to send in your votes...