Posts by AlexM

  • Does this mean it is for real?


    The way it works in Canada (I'm fairly certainly it's similar in America) is that there is a law in place that forces the owners of the cable to sell bandwidth to 3rd party providers at a bulk rate. Those providers then resell it to the consumer. Supposedly the bulk rate allows the 3rd party to compete but the reality is probably close to an oligarchy colluding to keep standards at a certain place.


    We did for the longest time have a bunch of legal stuff preventing foreign companies from coming in and genuinely competing, they are finally allowed in. Hopefully in the future it will begin to have an effect on the market.


    Online games They could certainly discriminate by server. Maybe some games would have to go back to a peer-to-peer model so ISP's can't discriminate by IP (discriminating by traffic type is ultimately an effort in futility). Heh maybe fighting games will start to get really popular again.


    EDIT: I forgot to mention I already DO pay a premium to have a better ping for games from my ISP. It's an extra 15$ a month. Not quite the same because to the best of my knowledge they aren't nerfing anything explicitly. Who knows though.


    I've tried to switch to a new company that's opened in Vancouver that is wiring their own fiber optics, I'm even willing to pay for installation (which should be really expensive) but the major company here keeps blocking them from expanding outside of new condominiums.

  • Does this mean it is for real?


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  • What is a good, or a bad video game ?

    I'm one of those people in which the souls games broke me out of my boredom in video games in general. That said some things that matter to me are difficulty (it has to be challengeing or I get bored really fast), exploration, fucked up art style.


    These things change depending on gaming mood and game. It might be easier to list the things that always ruin a game.

  • Totally random concept/sketch thread

    Practicing pixel art and programming in Haxe/OpenFL/HaxeFlixel (special programming language that translates to other languages, really good for multiplatform stuff).


    [Blocked Image: https://31.media.tumblr.com/3250c20cdd139c…pa2huo1_500.png]


    You can also see the clouds in motion (their brightness changes relative to how close they are to the sun.


    http://mahwebspace.levelism.com/flixel/chasingthedead/


    EDIT: CRAP! those clouds should not be moving that fast, I was just doing that to debug the lighting thing.

  • 2014 50/50/50 Movie/Book/Game Impossible Challenge

    Movies : 25

    Books : 1

    Games : 4


    Movies :


    It's a Disaster Pretty damn bad movie. It's supposed to be a comedy but I didn't laugh once, I didn't even get any benefit you would get from a comedy. Many of the actors were good in general but the writing just didn't seem to do them justice. The ending seemed to be trying to buck a trend but doing that itself is a trend so... What happened (dot com disaster movie) Pretty boring and didn't have a whole lot of substance. Just pushed the idea that it's a repeating bubble. Stuff I've heard many times before. My Idiot Brother Decent enough movie to be able to sit through it. Nothing really haha funny but it was cute. Pirate Radio Not a bad movie, started a little slow but overall was pretty good. Kind of a feel good movie. Funny to see 2/3 of the cast of IT crowd on there. Gonzo (Hunter S Thompson) Pretty good movie. Interesting guy. Didn't realize he had a son. Drive Pretty good. I thought it might have been interesting if it was about the driver manipulating the mom and dad in the relationship. Archer Season 4 (2 x movie) As if this is anything less than pure gold. 21 Jump Street Surprisingly good movie. Funny and entertaining throughout. My partner has a huge ladyboner for Channing Tatum now. She spent about 30 mins googling images of him after the movie. The Brothers Solomon Decent movie. Not super funny but not that bad either. Sort of a slightly above average buddy comedy. Serenity A friend of mine has been telling me for years to watch firefly. So far with the first episode being a movie it's been great. I can definintely see why the show had it's share of fanatics. I really like the Kaylee character. Really looking forward to watching the series. National Geographic : Aryan Brotherhood Kind of interesting. Decent background documentary. Doctor Strange Animated Movie Wait... Doctor Strange is a good guy? Decent movie The startup kids Ok startup movie, not anything special. The guy who started vimeo is kind of a douche. Lunopolis So boring. Was interesting at the start and end but suddenly the movie goes into this backstory sequence that takes HALF THE FUCKING MOVIE. I kept zoning out during the backstory.
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    Codename hellsquad looks really interesting. Steam Dev Days : Getting started with linux development It's a little basic if you have c/c++ coding experience using multiplatform libraries but there's afew gems of knowledge ni this talk that make it all worth it. Stuff related to how character data is stored on diferent platforms and how to avoid issues when dealing with that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd8ie5R4CVE Aziz Ansari Dangeroulsy Delicious Started pretty strong but got a little repetitive and boring. Watch the first half. 2/5 stars. Steam Dev Days : Game Development with SDL 2.0 This was really cool to hear more about how SDL2 is built. It sounds awesome the way it works. It seems to leave a lot more in the hands of whatever native implementation it uses than you're average framework. When you consider the myriad of AAA games made with or ported with SDL I think I can be happy with using SDL2 in the future. Also the fact it has python and lua binding support from the community makes it a lot more plausible for making a game. Doing everything purely in C/C++ would be annoying as hell. Strange Days Pretty good. Has a really nice 90's feel Made Kind of like swingers, pretty boring. Slammin salmon Actually not too bad of a movie. Like a better version of that movie waiting. If you don't go in expecting the world then it's a decent movie. Deathrace 2000 Wtf crazy violent movie. The 70's was a crazy time. Movies like this make me wonder what people who say movies these days are more violent are smoking. Pretty violent. Some dude was going out of his way to run over a baby for points. Hoffa Pretty good movie, Jack Nicholson did a good hoffa. Don't know how accurate it is. You've been trumped Wow, Trump's more of an asshole than I initially thought. Books : Enders Game I posted my review in the books thread Games : Risk of Rain Super fun game. Kind of game I wish I made. DmC Really fun combat system. I haven't really played any of the other games so for me there's no issues with fighting systems being different than previous games etc. Either way I really like the game. I was skeptical of a combo system that's based on 2-3 min juggles but it's really fun. Skullgirls Now that I am starting to main a character I'm liking the game more and more. Really fun system with a good window for inputs. Goddammit the hair girl and the mickey mouse girl are so annoying. Hair girls combos take forever and mickey mouse girl is a projectile nightmare.

    Starseed Pilgrim This game is supposed to be a game for game developers. It's pretty cool and interesting but it actually seems to require more of a time investment than is immediately apparent from when you start playing. It's one of those games where leaning how the game works is the main gameplay element.

  • 2014 50/50/50 Movie/Book/Game Impossible Challenge

    Here it is, the mapcore 2014 50/50/50 thread.


    The purpose of the 50/50/50 challenge is to encourage people to try new things. This is a really casual challenge and doesn't have very strict rules. If you feel that you improved/cultured yourself as a result of this challenge then you win


    Participants


    • 5






    RULES - INSTRUCTIONS


    If you want to join simply make a new thread following the post template here :


    Whenever you want to add to your list simply edit that post and reply to the new thread explaining that you edited the post. This way when I update the OP I can go from where I last was and update the roster easily.


    FAQ


    50/50/50 is nuts

    Not a question but yes, that's true. Hardly anyone ever makes it to the goal but if you do this challenge and feel that it has helped you improve on watching those movies, playing those games or reading those books you always meant to but didn't have the time or energy then you win. Hopefully the friendly competition will benefit everyone.


    Do audiobooks count ?

    Yes!


    Does book length matter ?

    No!


    What if it's a really long book ?

    If it's really long and you feel it justifies 2 books then that's fine. I think a general guideline can be that if it exceeds 500 pages you can count it as two.


    Do textbooks and tradebooks count?

    Hell yes!


    What if I'm watching a TV series?

    User your judgement on this. I think saying a season of a TV series is equivalent to around 4 movies is fine. Once again it's up to you to decide the equivalence.


    Do I have to complete the video game to count it?

    In order to count a video game you have to play enough of it to say you got the full experience, this doesn't necessarily mean you have to beat it.


    Do graphic novels count as books?

    Yes!


    Do board games count as games?

    I don't see why not

  • Ender's Game

    Just started reading this book, I'm about halfway through. the book is so far quite good. It should be cool to see the movie right off the back of reading it, I dont think I've done that before.

  • Any interest in a mapcore 2014 50/50/50

    Is anyone here interested in doing a mapcore 50/50/50? If you are unfamiliar with it, the original is a 50/50.


    This means over the course of a year you read 50 books you haven't read before and 50 movies you haven't watched before then usually you maintain a post in a thread and the OP updates the original thread once a month or so. At the end of the year you tally it up and see how close you come to hitting the target.


    The 3rd 50, of course is videogames


    If you want an example of what I'm talking about see this thread :


    http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthre…hlight=50+books