Archive for the 'Electronic Gaming' Category

Singularity

Current Mood: CoolFinished playing “Singularity” last night. Enjoyed it a lot…cool time manipulation puzzles and weapons. Haven’t tried multiplayer yet but the campaign was fun. (Actually, I seem to be not playing multiplayer very much these days, and am usually looking for games with good single-player. Here’s a clip: Tags: Games

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Goes Gold!

Current Mood: HappyWoohoo! Always good to wrap up another title. And man, a lot of work went into that one. Early reviews have been good, so I’m hoping it does really well this holiday season! Read more about it here. Tags: Games, Insomniac Games, Ratchet and Clank

Teaser Trailer for “Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time”

Current Mood: CoolNew teaser out for the game we’re currently working on. Check it out: Tags: Insomniac Games

How to Get a Job as a Games Artist

If you work as a games artist, odds are good that you get questions about the industry, whether it’s people that want to get into it themselves, or because they’re just curious. I’ve been meaning for some time to write an article about the whole process of getting into the game art biz, and finally [...]

Warhammer Online: Fan Art

So I’m looking forward to the upcoming MMORPG, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning. I don’t really have much time to play online games, so I kind of dabble with them for a while when a new one comes out. I tried Age of Conan for a bit when it first came out…I liked some things [...]

Game Dude = Used Game Awesomeness

This is a public service announcement to anyone living in, or traveling through the Burbank, CA area that is interested in used console games. I live out in the sticks of NE Nevada, where there’s not a whole lot going on games-wise, but I make it into Burbank every couple of months for business. Game [...]

Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction…Shipped!

Okay, well it didn’t just ship, it’s been out there for a couple of weeks now I think, but the important thing is that it’s on the store shelves now. It’s what I’ve been working on for the last year or so, and it’s always good to see something you’ve worked on out in the [...]

Lighting “Resistance: Fall of Man”

I worked on lighting some of the levels for the Playstation 3 game Resistance: Fall of Man by Insomniac Games. I decided to put together an article about the impact lighting has for contributing to mood and realism. It’s basically a series of before and after screenshots, along with some commentary about lighting in general. [...]

10 Reasons Why PS3 Will Win This Console Generation

(Reprinted with permission from the Insomniac Games website) Insomniac Games Chief Creative Officer Brian Hastings discusses why the PS3 is the console to beat. First of all, let me make it clear that Insomniac is a 100% independent development studio. Sony has neither endorsed nor authorized what I’m writing here. When I started this blog [...]

Folding@Home

When you first think of the Playstation 3, you’re probably thinking about various games, or the people who play those games, or maybe even the diehard gamers that camped out in lines to get them when they first came out. While games and gamers are fun and all, wouldn’t it be cool if there was [...]