Just in case you don’t know…

I was surfing around the other day and ran into one of the most incredible science fiction games currently being developed called Infinity. Talking with friends and co workers throughout the years regarding space based games, the holy grail of the space explorer type game was the ability to seamlessly flow through the deep space environment giving the player the ability to land on strange and exotic planets to allow further conquest/ exploration. Well sci fi geeks, your wait is over. Now you too can drop in from a planetary orbit and step into a foreboding landscape only to ultimately get your face sucked and used as an alien incubator.

Infinity uses procedurally based algorithms  to generate galaxies which contain millions of randomly generated planets. The game looks absolutely amazing and if it is successful, looks like a watershed point in PC gaming. This is especially exciting for me since I used to stay up into the wee hours playing Elite on my Amiga 500 and thought it would never get any better.

It also looks like they are letting the community build the game assets themselves. So if you’ve got some talent and you feel like you can contribute, give these guys a holler and start submitting!

Can anybody say “Firefly Mod?!

I am posting some MUST watch videos below that showcase some of the procedural technologies. Absolutely amazing!

I was again wandering around the web one late evening after work and I found this interesting site called Conspiracy cards. First off its a very well done site. It starts off with an image of a man wearing a gas mask holding a blue pill and red pill and clicking on the red pill allows you to enter the site (Matrix anyone?) while clicking on the blue pill returns you to the “sheeple”.

Once you enter, some surprisingly cool music plays in the background of the site. After reading the various parts of the site, I clicked on the conspiracy cards themselves and it takes you to a list of over 130 categories of current conspiracy theories covering such topics as the New world Order to the Stonehenge.

Its a fun read and while your entertaining yourself, you’re also listening to some pretty cool tunes in the background. Its a clever and well done presentation. Check it out HERE.

For those of you who have played old school PC games from the 64k days, I have a neat site for you to check out. Its called Pixelmash theater. Some ingenious fellows named Foldsfive took the time to recreate classic movies in their pixelated glory. Think of it as an 8 bit cliffnotes versions of classics like Raiders of the Lost ark and Star wars! Ah, these little cinematic gems hearken back to the days of the Commodore 64 and the Atari 2600! Oh the memories…

If you’ve got some time to burn and your waiting for code to compile or even if your in a boring meeting or something, take a minute to check it out. Good stuff!

Its mostly landscapes and some good HDR shots. Theres a few graphic desings in there but its a good change of pace for the desktop. There is also access to free themes and Icons for your desktop as well. I was impressed with the image quality and the ability to select multiple resolutions for download. Some really nice images collected here.

The same animation house that made the famous california raisins commericals in the 80s did the stop motion animation for this film. Take a look, its an oddly creepy but very well executed piece.

mysterious stranger banned childrens cartoon

Wow, I am so pissed that I didn’t think of this first! This is one of the most creative things I have seen in recent memory. Someone got the wise idea of taking old pulp novels and cutting out the figures to make “pop up” dioramas that look brilliant and capture the old vintage spirit. Some of the action shots are beautifully composed.

Check it out here…