Posts by Thrik

  • RAGE

    Yeah the original looks way more what I'd expect an actual environment like that to look like. Our world isn't desaturated and lacking heavy contrast — that so many games keep doing it irritates me.

  • RAGE

    I agree that the rocks look pretty shank. In fact that last screenshot as a whole looks fairly unimpressive. The character models do look a bit low-poly too (particularly the arms), though the great texturing on them makes up for it quite a bit.

    I remember looking at almost identical screenshots in what, 2007? And it's due for a 2011 release. You'd think with the long development time there'd at least be more new impressive stuff shown off to kind of wet people up. Otherwise you're better off just showing nothing.

    After just watching the epic destruction in the Crysis 2 videos (which was probably developed in less time) I've officially lost my hype for RAGE. Hope future media changes that as I was once well excited about it.

  • iPhone 4

    Yeah it's like £500 here for one without contract, and then by the time you've bought all the credit you need over like a year or so it's come to like £900, which is about the same as it costs to just get a contract with unlimited web browsing, etc.

    It's easier for me to pay in smaller instalments though so I tend to go for contracts.

    The HTC Evo is looking quite appealing I have to say.

  • iPhone 4

    Sweet jesus, they finally put a decent camera on the thing. OK so 5 megapixels with flash is only on par with my two-year-old phone but that's fine — it was the only thing holding me back as I always seem to get opportunities to take photos of amusing/random things.

    Nothing else particularly intrigues me beyond what the iPhone could already do (I can't imagine wanting to see people's faces while talking to them on the phone in most situations), but I think this is enough to coax me onto the iPhone bandwagon.

    What are the iPhone's competitors like at the moment? HTC and Nexus and all that shieeeeeeeet. I've not looked into this for ages.

  • Brasil

    God it pisses me off when people do this shit. It's such an easy way to get people killed and a really nasty way to go too, beneath the feet of a million dickhead shoppers with goofy smiles on their faces.

  • MapCore on social networks (LinkedIn, Twitter)

    Quote from D3ads

    I don't understand twitter, it has to be the most pointless thing ever...

    Just think of it as ultra-condensed blogs. If you follow people who're boring it sucks; if you follow people like celebrities, developers, and band members it can be very interesting.

    Of course I'd rather read full-blown blogs by celebrities, developers, and band members — but most of them can't be bothered with that.

  • Deus Ex 3

    Holy shit! Looks awesome. I definitely got some of the Blade Runner vibes, though weirdly also a bit of the Batman atmosphere too. Must be because of the similar music and the fact the main guy sounds like Christian Bale doing his Batman voice.

  • Crysis 2

    Yeah basically that just looks amazing. I love how dynamic and generally chaotic the city feels.

    I'm really excited about this and think the switch from the jungle is a great move. It looks like everything that made Crysis fun has been preserved but now in a totally fresh environment.

  • RIP Dennis Hopper

    Oh god.

    Yeah it's pretty bad that my most loved stars are now beginning to die. I mean, imagine when people like Stallone, Willis, Nicholson, and Arnold go?! I can't even imagine a world without them.

    At least he got his star on the hollywood walk of fame a couple of months before his death.