Gaming is changing constantly, as we’ve observed in class. Most recently I read a blog that discussed how graphics will look in the coming year, and wow — it’s completely realistic. Check out this trailer to a game designing program coming out within the next year, CryENGINE 3. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5nB9u4jjy4[/youtube] The details are insane! It’s pretty awesome — the detail in…
Author: ebrennan
No Interest in Pinterest
Pinterest is essentially an online pinboard that allows users to create theme based bulletin boards by pinning content, particularly pictures, to their various collections. Pinterests are easy to share and the website suggests you use your pinterest to plan your wedding, decorate your home, or document your favorite recipes. This is probably why 83% of American Pinterest users are women.…
Falling, A Hypertext Fiction
For my creative project, I used Twine to create hypertext fiction entitled Falling. The concept behind my project was this idea of tone, and how depending on the emphasis put on a word in speech can change the meaning or direction or situation as defined by the dialogue. I thought hypertext fiction would be an awesome way to showcase these…
Gifs! Immortalizing the Small Stuff
A GIF or Graphics Interchange Format is a bitmap image format that has become a widespread practice on the internet in recent years. Gifs have a number of uses; they can serve as logos, internet artwork, small animations, low resolution TV/film clips, or even store data. In blogs or other casual forums, gifs are typically used to make a statement,…
Why am I writing this? I could be playing Kingdom Rush.
I am addicted to Kingdom Rush, so much so that as I’m writing this, it’s open in another tab in my browser. I can’t play this game enough. I got one of my friends hooked on it too, and we are both dangerously close to beating the game and thus, dangerously close to having nothing to live for anymore. The…
the dreamlife of letters
To read (aka watch) “the dreamlife of letters,” click here. I’m not sure I can classify “the dreamlife of letters” as a poem. It is not an interactive piece, but rather plays out almost like a short film, moving and changing in every frame. The concept is the most valuable part of the piece, whereas the letters and words seem…