Uh. Yes. Got a bit bored.
Really not much more to say, other than, “Please pardon the loose bits here and there.”
Uh. Yes. Got a bit bored.
Really not much more to say, other than, “Please pardon the loose bits here and there.”
I suppose that being able to order pizza online was a natural evolution. It’s not perfect. A friend of mine once got charged $249.00 for two pizzas. They did get their money back, but it was quite a hassle. (And only somewhat embarassing when we went out to eat. When the check came, he found he was over his credit limit and could not figure out why. Turns out it was the pizzas.)
On the other hand, being able to order pizza online, while “in game” is a social symptom on an entirely. Different. Level.
For gods’ sake! (Ah, the Battlestar Galactica reference—but I digress. It’s a good show—and another digression.) Get off of the couch. Granted, I’m one of the last people that should be talking about limiting time spent playing video games, but this is just unhealthy. We’re talking “blood clot forms in the leg and travels to the heart” unhealthy.
What I find amusing about this bit of news, is that a current legal issue surrounding these online games is the “Secondary market.” The game companies take issue with people taking virtual “goods” (like a sword or in game currency) from the game, and selling them online for real money. The company line states that this practice violates the EULA, which in most cases is true. However, they haven’t really pursued litigation against these individuals, and in some cases companies.
Now, you can buy a real life product, pizza, from within the “game world.”
All they need now is an NPC* that sells pizza you can pay for in game currency that you bought online with real money.
* Non Player Character, basically an in game robot (See: Daemon, Bot) that provides information, quests, goods, or a service to Player Characters.
Well. Turns out I was right about the CG pop & lock.
Superbowl featured an Olympus commercial that has our darling effect in it.
And now, it appears that the newest special effect to be abused by ad campaigns and music videos everywhere is CG breakdancing. More accurately, the Pop and Lock style of breakdancing.
I point you a Golf GTI ad. A citroen ad. And a music video.
It’s interesting to note that the Citroen Transformer is not technically breakdancing–however, in the Golf GTI advertisement, Gene Kelly is doing, “the robot.”
The music video is just bizzare, although cool and unsettling, with a twist of visually appealing. Its uncanniness touches that valley wherein we know that things are not quite what they seem.
The Citroen video circled the usual buzz sites a few months ago, but now these other videos are on the scene. Impressive CG work, all of them.
The snow fell, large flakes hypnotic in their descent as they coated the trees. It wasn’t a mere dusting, because the trees were beautiful. I had no doubt that marketing sent out photographers to get pictures for our promotional brochures.
I left my office behind me as I walked. It was too hot in the attic, and I needed to get lunch.
Never mind it was three-thirty.
I craned my neck up toward the sky and took a deep breath. I felt more awake as the cold air filled my lungs. I stood on the driveway, face to the sky, watching the flakes fall towards me.
A few larger ones fell on my forehead. The cool wetness reminded me of the enthusiastic greeting you can get from a friend’s puppy.
I closed my eyes and listened to the stillness.
Which only lasted for a few moments because my stomach growled, and man, was I hungry.