GameSetLinks: Adversity, In Three Dimensions
August 19, 2008 12:00 AM | Simon Carless
Some more GameSetLinks to continue the week, then, and it's headed by an inspiring, poignant piece by competition fighting game veteran John Choi about his family and victory at a recent Las Vegas meetup.
Also hanging out in here - Kokoromi's new indie game challenge in THREE DEE, the 'Reformat The Planet' chiptune documentary streamable for a limited time only, inside Guitar Hero research, and lots more neatness besides.
You miserable maggots:
John Choi - 'Where's the cheese' - Shoryuken.com forums
Amazing story of a father's fight against cancer and a son's triumphant Street Fighter tournament win at EVO. Read it. (Via Sirlin).
Kokoromi Collective - GAMMA 3D
'Kokoromi challenges you to create a game that uses red/blue stereoscopy in an innovative, experimental, and/or integral manner.' Entries showcased alongside Montreal Games Summit in November, and cool indie types should enter now, damn you.
Wonderland: Webwars: EVE
'WebWars: EVE is a new type of game about conquering territory and controlling territory - but, in this case, the territory is websites.'
MyGamerCard - My Geometry Wars 2 high scores
Hey, a cute GW2-specific custom JPG - you can make your own, it's dynamically updated, and all.
MTV Multiplayer » Pay Attention To The Man Behind ‘Henry Hatsworth’
Nice to see Totilo pointing out Kyle Gray, the press release was v. generic sadly.
Wing Commander CIC News # 3234: 'Chris Roberts Heads to the Hills'
Didn't know Roberts (Wing Commander mastermind) was doing so much movie producing now - he also produced Lucky Number Slevin.
Pitchfork.tv - 'Reformat The Planet' is the one-week only streaming documentary
Oo, the Blipfest-filmed 8-bit doc is up for just a while - Game Boys galore.
PlayStationMuseum.com - StarCon
Neat info, Beta footage on cancelled Accolade PS1 title that would have arcade-d up the Star Control series in space, weirdly enough.
Kotaku: 'Texas Gamer: U.S. Arcades Never Say Die!'
Nice new Austin arcade.
Is it music? | Music | projo.com | The Providence Journal
On Kiri Miller's sometimes GSW-featured Guitar Hero research: 'To some, it is a game, where proficiency and points create competition. To others, it’s a social interaction, a shared activity revolving around music.'
Blurst :: Coming Soon
Uhoh, the Off-Road Velociraptor Safari/Jetpack Brontosaurus massive (and IGF co-organizers) are launching their own web portal with custom wacky games.
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I described Chris Roberts's film production career in a June 2006 Escapist article, "Wing Leader":
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_54/323-Wing-Leader
The last page of the article includes a sidebar with all of Ascendant Pictures' releases to that date, with grosses and Rotten Tomatoes scores. The Punisher made money and Lord of War got okay reviews, but overall it's a mediocre record at best. I wrote of Roberts's career, "Sad is the mismatch of aptness and desire. [...] After seven years in the field he loves most, the movie business, Roberts the filmmaker has proven -- at best -- by the friendliest, most forgiving standard -- an incidental figure."
Allen Varney | August 19, 2008 8:47 AM