I recently finished Super Mario Galaxy 2 (as far as I plan to, anyway) and I give it two thumbs up! I wouldn’t change a thing about this game. Thoughts (with spoilers!) after the break.
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Categories: Games
Big Databases
Gamasutra has a sweet article up by Kjartan Emilsson, giving an overview of the challenges involved in running single-shard MMO EVE Online. Apparently the whole thing is built around a single 1.4TB relational database that gets hit 175 million times per day. This team really knows their stuff.
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Categories: Games / Programmer
Transformice and the mMO
I confess, I’ve been caught up in the phenomenon of Transformice. Its perfect chaos of cooperation and competition is thoroughly addicting. This game fits into a niche that I find I really enjoy: The Moderately Multiplayer Online Game (I’m calling it an mMO). It’s bigger than a multiplayer game or board game with two to…
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Categories: Games
Dune (1984)
I’m watching the David Lynch version of Dune for the first time. It’s a painful experience; I’m a big fan of Frank Herbert’s Dune Chronicles, and this film does not nearly depict the universe I imagine. The movie doesn’t have nearly the subtlety that the book does, but that’s not really possible so we’ll ignore…
Read moreCareer Advice from Ebert
I follow Roger Ebert’s blog. I don’t just like his reviews (which I find concise, insightful and entertaining) but his perspective on life is refreshingly sensible. He’s got his head squarely on his shoulders, and without being inflexible or unwilling to accept change he is unswayed by the mad fashions of the new and extreme….
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