Digital Dave

Imagine… What would it feel like if you went swimming in an MMO and a god like creature came out of it like the picture above? Yeah, I can’t wait until the technology reaches that milestone… It’ll take the “Oh Shit” factor up a few thousand notches. >:oD

So, yeah. I seen the second installment of the Chronicles of Narnia movies last night. Even though I’ve seen several reviews that didn’t rate it too hot, I really enjoyed it. I would say I enjoyed it a bit more than the first one (watched it again tonight, just because I couldn’t remember some of the references in the second movie), but not by a whole lot. They’re both pretty good in my mind.

Also, yesterday, the early access for Age of Conan began. I’ve been looking at this game for quite some time, especially since the fall of Vanguard (Hopefully, things are better now). I haven’t played a whole lot, but the first impressions are decent. It’s incredibly new for me to watch my girlfriend create a new character, in an MMO, and then begin to run around in circles without a top on — boobies everywhere. *laughs*

I’m still trying to get used to the chat. For some reason, it doesn’t come as natural as the other MMO’s that I’ve played.

I’m on the only RP server, which just happens to be a PVP server (Cimmeria), which also happens to be my first time playing PVP since the first EverQuest (1999, and for a few days).  Uh, I’m not sure what to think about it.  I’m not a cruel person, by any stretch of the imagination.  But when I have level 13s and 15s that are grouped, and for no reason, come over to kill me — a level 6 — it blows my mind.  I brush it off, but a part of me really wants to put them on my guilds kill list.  I’ll probably get into it a little more once I get used to the character.

I definitely recommend trying it.  Try a friends account or splurge.  It really satisfies the need for a good realistic fantasy MMO.  People cry that there are way too many fantasy MMOs, but there is definitely a void for a really great realistic fantasy MMO.  I’m not sure AoC will do it, but it’ll satisfy for now.

I have one more shot for an internship this summer.  It’s for a local independent game development company, which is rather new (I think), and can’t afford to pay (Ah, the life of an indie!!!).  I’m actually really excited to learn a bit more about it.   I have a lunch meeting this Tuesday, and hopefully, we’ll find an area that I can tackle.  The position is for a mechanics programmer, so I’ll be dealing with the control system, database integration, and some other things. We’ll see how it goes.

If I can’t manage to lock on this internship, I’ll be going forward with my plans to concentrate, full time, on a demo.  After a heap ton of advice from people at gamecareerguide.com, igda.org, and my developer network, guided me, I’ll be concentrating on learning more 3D and putting it into a packaged demo.  Implement, polish, polish some more, and move to something new.

Bring it on, Summer!

This movie was incredibly raunchy, and amazingly funny. I don’t think I could watch it more than one time, but that first time was pretty good. I highly recommend it. That is if you are into the whole stupid humor thing. If you don’t know anything about it, it revolves around a few high school kids trying to get laid before they move off to college (next gen American Pie anyone?). The entire theater couldn’t stop laughing though nearly all of the movie, so there are plenty of great moments.

I did see a trailer to the new Resident Evil: Extinction. That one looks like it will be pretty good.  If you haven’t seen that trailer yet, check it out.  Click here to check out a trailer.