beyond the 85 knots of Fink and Mao Most of you have not noticed, I presume, because when the ↑character ‘Merovingian’ (Lambert Wilson) first appears in ‘↑Matrix Reloaded‘ (2003), your eyes were on ↑‘Persephone’ (Monica Bellucci) at his side. But, … Continue reading →
I was startled to hear the thundering of hooves. Having lived near Armonk, NY all my life, I had never heard such a sound before. “What is that horrible sound?” “That is the sound of the … Continue reading →
The computer game “↑Max Payne“ (MP, 2001) was ↑banned in Germany, due to “socioethical disorienting effects,” it supposedly causes. In July of 2002 “↑America’s Army“ (AA) was released—since then I am wondering why nobody over here has the idea … Continue reading →
cyberian nomadism confirmed Once a real member of a real online community, always a member. ADM, whom I know since ye olde days of Max-Payne glory, yesterday evening sent me an e-mail, notifying me of the resurrected ↑BrightFalls.net—plus dipping … Continue reading →
Rich “↑Datamancer“ Nagy specializes in “prestidigital datamancery & paraphernalic technofetishism (now with 20% more superfluous pleonasm!!).” In strictly out-of-character words: he makes customized steampunk-themed computer hardware to order. Here is a long quote, illustrating the ↑rationale behind his occupation: … Continue reading →
Believe it or not—there is not yet an entry for it at Wikipedia: ↑gamic [pronounced. game-ick] is a combination of the words ‘game’ and ‘comic’, meaning a graphic novel based on screenshots made ‘inside’ a computergame. Gamic is the ‘still-side’ … Continue reading →
Simply a ↑great story, in my opinion: “There are a number of reasons why the courier life was particularly attractive to this budding young programmer. Part of it was of course standard Office Space fantasy. But there was more. Gibson … Continue reading →
When they were announced and the first demonstration specimen were shown, they were the big hope. When they got available they led to frustration and were a big disappointment. Meanwhile a lot has been done and they seem to … Continue reading →
a study in second life avatar customization—part 1 True, my first duty these days should be writing up all the stuff of the last six years into a neat volume. But in order not to loose the immersion into modding … Continue reading →
advanced second life avatar customization This is a kind of follow-up to ↵second life creation, dealing a bit more in-depth with customizing avatars for “↑Second Life“ (SL). Basically there are four dimensions of manipulating the avatar’s visual appearance: shape, skin … Continue reading →