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Game Development tutorial
2008-06-01 11:19:00 I'm busy looking for resources on the net regarding game development. The biggest questions that most aspiring developers have are: "What should I write my game with? Which programs? Which tools should I use?" All of these are very good questions and they have been bothering me for a while. read more » More About: Tutorial , Development , Game , Coding
Another one bites the dust
2008-05-27 12:11:00 All right, another game finished on the Xbox! This time around, I finished Halo 3, the third (and some think final) in the series of Halo games developed by Bungie Studios. It took me quite a while though, but one thing I can say about Halo, is that this is really a game where the story is epic. There is no other description for it. Everything you do feels bigger, better, more refined than both the Halo games before it. read more » More About: Xbox 360
One year already?
2008-05-22 22:23:00 I missed it (by almost a month!) but rather late than never! Geekworld is officially one year old. I made the first post on the 28th of April, 2007. I started this blog hoping it would be a place where I could share, opine, vent and just plain talk about stuff that interests me. In less than a year, I also opened it up for a select few friends who might have the same reasons I have for putting words on the 'net. So that other people might read them. Hopefully they have enjoyed it as much as I have. read more » More About: Life , Year
Could it be?
2008-05-14 23:39:00 I can't believe that I didn't pick up on this before, but my cousin sent me an email with some interesting subject matter. Before I get to that though, who remembers the blog post by Kupo a few months back that challenged everyone to take their favourite book (or books) and turn it into a movie? While I had the best intention of actually doing something big for the challenge... life got in the way. It happens to the best of us. In the aforementioned email though, someone went and took my book that I wanted to turn into a movie... and made it a TV series. read more » More About: Movies , Books
Jack Thompson: At it again
2008-05-08 07:41:00 For those of you who don't know, Jack Thompson is an American lawyer and activist, who has taken it upon himself to be a crusader against violent video games. One of his favourite targets has always been the Grand Theft Auto series of video games, which he likes to dub as murder simulators. read more » More About: Games
GTA IV madness
2008-05-07 07:53:00 So GTA IV hasn't been out for very long, and already the media has got stories to run with. Apparently, a man waiting in line for the game stabbed another man while in said line. His reasons haven't been made clear yet, but police are looking for him. Like the author of the article said, we're going to have to give this one to the media... there's no way we can defend the "video games don't cause violence" point on this one! Original story here. More About: Games , Madness
I am Iron Man!
2008-05-01 23:08:00 What a great movie! Good story, great special effects and a really excellent cast! ** Spoiler Alert!! ** If you have not seen the movie, do not read any further! While I won't be telling the story here, I might inadvertently tell you something that you might have wanted to see for yourself. I warned you! ** End Alert ** read more » More About: Movies , Iron Man , Iron
Finally!
2008-04-27 16:00:00 Finally, my humble abode is no longer an island. I am now connected to the tubes via a broadband connection. read more » More About: Life , Finally
Who is Vernon Koekemoer?
2008-04-18 13:20:00 Who is Vernon Koekemoer? He seems to be South Africa's answer to Chuck Norris. He has become an overnight internet celebrity. It first started when someone took this picture of dear Vernon: Vernon was spotted at a local rave called H2O that is held quite frequently in Boksburg. Apparantly (and I didn't know this) Boksburg is the "clubbing capital of South Africa". You could have fooled me. read more » More About: Funny , Life
And the results are...
2008-04-11 18:51:00 Hi all. Apologies for being so quiet the last few weeks but I've been hectically busy. I enrolled in Afda Film School in Feb. It's been a hectic schedule trying to balance my personal life long with the study workload and still make time to do some freelance work to pay all my bills... In any case, I finished my first term and my results are as follows. Vision Mixing 91% (My primary mark) Visual Effects 85% (My secondary mark) Group 2 MCP mark 82% (Our Multi Camera Project Group) Group 9 MCP mark 89% Core Course 83% (Theory) read more » More About: Results
It's been a while...
2008-04-08 13:41:00 Myself or my fellow bloggers haven't blogged in a while and I apologise for that... well for myself at least, the rest have to apologise for themselves! A lot has happened so I might as well just fill everyone in on everything. My wife and I went for a short holiday (about a week) to go visit my parents in Cape Town. read more » More About: Life
Hobby-X
2008-03-11 15:01:00 So my wife and I took the nephews and nieces out to Hobby -X, a local Hobby exposition that was held at the Coca-Cola Dome this past weekend. I also visited the Rage expo at the same event a few months earlier. It wasn't a bad expo. We saw some awesome Meccano structures and vehicles. Someone was even so ambitious as to build a 3-headed dragon from Meccano! It was brilliant. read more » More About: Hobbies
Gears of War!
2008-03-03 10:13:00 Right, so I might be a bit late to the scene, but hey, I live in South Africa, where the need for the latest and greatest console games usually take a back seat to more important things... like bread... and petrol. read more » More About: Games , Xbox 360 , Gears of War , Gears
Fitness Frenzy
2008-02-22 08:40:00 Haven't blogged in a while and I guess that's one of the dangers of a busy/active lifestyle. I've been trying to get my fitness and health levels in a better state and it's been going good so far. The squash games have been keeping my fitness levels up and I'm eating healthier as well as drinking more water. It helps. We've even gone so far as to start a local squash league at the office and we've got eight people playing in the league already. read more » More About: Life , Fitness , Frenzy
RTS-mode on!
2008-02-12 11:17:00 It looks like I'm in an RTS mood (mode?) at the moment. I've started playing StarCraft at the office (after hours, of course) and I finished the single-player campaign of Dawn of War this weekend. Going to start the Dawn of War: Winter Assault expansion sometime this week. read more » More About: Mode
Welcome to... The Movies!
2008-02-05 12:58:00 This builds on from Tiny's previous post. I am putting my neck out there when I say that the greater majority of geeks like to read. (That is not to say that the greater majority of readers are geeks, although it might be true). What I am proposing here is relatively simple. Think of your favourite book/series of books. read more » More About: Movies , Books , The Movies
Do people still read?
2008-01-28 15:31:00 I've just finished reading two books in the last two weeks. I finished the third book of the Riftwar saga, Silverthorn, by Raymond E. Feist sometime last week, and then over the weekend, I finished Digital Fortress by Dan Brown. So I finished reading two books, bringing my total to about 7 books in the last 3 months. read more » More About: Life , People , Books , Read
Sayonara Saya
2008-01-28 08:57:00 Having recently finished watching Blood+ I have to say I'm a bit ambivalent about the series. read more »
RIP Heath
2008-01-23 09:55:00 I was browsing around the web, looking for interesting website designs, when I came across a piece of art in tribute to Australian actor Heath Ledger. Yes, he of Brokeback Mountain, 10 Things I Hate About You, and The Patriot fame (to name but a few). read more »
Oops I did it again
2008-01-18 09:39:00 No, this is in no way referring to that retarded Britney Spears song. read more »
Why is it called Bluetooth??
2008-01-14 12:13:00 "The Viking king Harald Bluetooth united Norway and Denmark. He was renowned as a great communicator, skilled at bringing people together to talk to each other ? but he would never have guessed that a thousand years later a powerful technology would be named after him!" Some food for thought.
Geeks and Fitness
2008-01-11 15:05:00 Geeks and Fitness : Two terms that you wouldn't really call synonymous. The term "a fit geek" could probably be labeled as an oxymoron. I have started off the New Year with a vision of a leaner, healthier me. I used to be a bit more active when I lived in Cape Town and my general fitness levels were pretty decent. Ever since moving to Johannesburg though, a few factors have had an impact on me resulting in the gain of about 14 kilograms of weight. read more » More About: Life , Geeks
Word of the Day - Binge
2008-01-10 10:48:00 Haven't had a word of the day in a while mostly cause i haven't had that much internet access as of late. came across this weird word. I might have a need of some alcoholic binging in the near future :p (there will be a designated driver for those wondering...) binge ?noun 1. a period or bout, usually brief, of excessive indulgence, as in eating, drinking alcoholic beverages, etc.; spree. ?verb (used without object) 2. to have a binge: to binge on junk food. intr.v. binged, bing·ing or binge·ing, bing·es read more » More About: Word , Word of the Day
Holiday musings
2008-01-02 13:10:00 It's been quiet... really quiet. Except of course the transition between New Year's Eve and the New Year. That went by with quite a bang. The whole of Jo'burg was lit up like fireworks display... oh wait, that's exactly what it was! We had a particularly great view from Fisher's Hill, where you can pretty much see the whole Edenvale and Kempton Park area. We had quite a display of Fireworks. Anyway, since I (and other other people) haven't posted anything as of lately, I thought I'd just pop in and put this filler in. Just so you know I'm still alive. Happy New Year! More About: Life , Holiday , Musings , Sings
Duke who?
2007-12-20 08:16:00 This is something I never thought I would see. I was trawling through my RSS feeds when one caught my eye. It mentioned a game that was long considered to be vapourware. It's been almost a decade since the game was first announced and since then, 3D Realms has kept the public in the dark about the game and it's release date, always quoting that "it will be done when it's done". If you still don't know what I'm talking about, you've got a gap in your education. read more » More About: Games , Duke
Keeping busy
2007-12-19 11:03:00 I thought it would be a good idea if everyone were to list what they are currently keeping themselves busy with (game-wise) on the various platforms of their choice. Here's my list: read more » More About: Busy
"I taut I taw a Wah-hamma figureen"
2007-12-14 11:37:00 Oi Tiny, what happened to those painted model pictures/photos promised to us so many moons ago? :P Hope you weren't hyping your models Daikatana style! PS Merry Christmas to all of you! More About: Warhammer
Yes Please
2007-12-12 10:52:00 As you may have noticed by now, I'm quite the Marvel super-heroes fan. I like the way the heroes are presented and the way the movies are done. Usually, Stan Lee oversees these movies with an iron hand to make sure the director gets the image of the super hero across the way it was meant to be. So imagine my surprise when I saw this trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgzIM-9lf A', '240524994', '400', '300', '0', '0', 'GBK', ''); //-->Loading... More About: Movies
Top 5 Xmas Wish List
More articles from this author:2007-12-07 15:06:00 So the festive season is upon us and everybody is setting up their wish lists. I know, it's a long stretch that I'll get any of these, but hey, a guy can dream can't he? So here's my 2007, Top 5 list of must-have gadgets! read more » More About: List , Xmas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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