http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com Games, Metal, Art and Reality. Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:55:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Finally, I'm on time. A Friday. In Flames - Food For The Gods (Track 2 of "Whoracle", 1997) Arsis - My Oath To Madness (Track 9 of "We Are The Nightmare", 2008) Yasunori Mitsuda - Confusing Melody (Track 23 of "Chrono Trigger Original Sound Version", Disc 2, 1995) The Baddfish - Track 12 (Track ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/12/12/fridays-random-ten-part-4/ So it's Monday again. Maybe should change to Monday Random Ten. Or not be a slackass. Red Hot Chili Peppers - On Mercury (Track 13 of "By The Way", 2002) Kataklysm - To Reign Again (Track 4 from "In The Arms of Devestation", 2006) Alph-Lyla - Rockman 4 ~ Skullman -Soldier of The ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/12/08/fridays-random-ten-part-3/ So I haven't done this in awhile. And it's actually Monday. But I thought of it Friday! And I'm feeling ballsy. Hacks. Killswitch Engage - One Last Sunset (Track 9 of "Killswitch Engage", 2001) GDC 2008 - Planning the Wii Menu: From Pre-Launch to WiiWare (Track 306 from "GDC 2008", 2008) Billy Corgan ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/12/01/fridays-random-ten-part-2/ Long time no update. The last few weeks have been a blur, filled with many ups and downs, from being too numb to care about anything, to one of the most relaxing and comforting day of my life. Anyways, some quick updatez! I've been working for exactly a month now as ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/11/07/web-devin-fun/ Brad Wardell of Stardock has recently issued a "Gamer's Bill of Rights", and what his goals are with it and who he wants to get involved: The Gamer’s Bill of Rights 1. Gamers shall have the right to return games that don’t work with their computers for a full refund. 2. Gamers shall ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/09/02/gamers-bill-of-rights/ Lurking on Brenda Brathwaite's game design blog for quite sometime, I somehow missed she was writing a book! Apparently, her and Ian Schreiber's book, Challenges for Game Designers, is now available on Amazon for a mere $16. Having over 300 game design challenges, I think this will definitely be worth ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/08/30/challenges-for-game-designers-the-book/ Stolen from Conor (who stole it from Heliologue), a pretty cool thing to post ten random songs on your playlist, selected by random, and having the balls to post them. Oof. HERE WE GO. Incubus - Drive (Track 8 of "Make Yourself", 1999) Capcom Sound Team - Sonic Ostreague Stage (Track 50 ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/08/29/friday-random-10/ So, the World of Warcraft trailer for the expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, was released a few days ago. I promptly downloaded and began to feel worthless about my skills as a 3D artist in my puddle of awe and drool. Currently in the middle of WoW and Warhammer: Age ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/08/28/cinematics-vs-gameplay-the-disconnect/ Click for animation. http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/08/14/this-always-cheers-me-up/ Don't know even where to begin. So me and the girl were having a fight. Things were going great for a few days, and a hypoglycemic episode ensued. I didn't know what to do, so I was just like, "Hey, relax, I'm going to get some food." Can't get the car ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/08/14/rip-leviathan/ So, last week, I had a meeting involving several people from Drexel's Biomedical Engineering/Science faculty, including the director, as well as the director from Digital Media and others from the College of Media Arts and Design. They discussed a possible curriculum merge for the two disciplines for those interested in ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/08/05/master%e2%80%99s-degree-pursuit-update-2/ Wow, is all I gotsta say. Only thing I've heard about SC4 was that Darth Vadar and Yoda were in it, which kind of left me in a state of, "Oh, well, that's cool, but what? Why?" I guess I approve now, since it means I can fight in a star ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/08/05/soul-calibur-4s-character-creator/ Just had a meeting with the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Adviser and it went pretty well. He suggested I may be better off just pursuing a Biomedical Science degree with some Digital Media classes to augment my studies, rather than a dual master's in Biomed and Digital Media. He seemed excited ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/07/21/masters-degree-pursuit-update/ When I played world of Warcraft, me and my roommates played on an Role-playing PVP (RPPVP) server, which means that 5% of the players are hardcore roleplayers. The other 95% hate roleplayers and kill them. Touching two topics briefly that will eventually get their own posts (both roleplaying and PVP), I'll mention ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/07/15/i-now-understand-roleplaying/ So for the past month of being part of the college graduate crowd, I'm kind of at a loss on what to do. Ever since I started at Drexel, I knew I wanted to be a part of the gaming industry. As what, I had no idea. After taking some ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/07/09/wtb-life-advice/ So, our senior project is still getting more publicity. It seems everytime we get another article about us somewhere, someone else reads it and wants to hop on the Lazybrain-train. Choo-choo! For those that don't know about what Lazybrains is, here's a snippet from my portfolio: For our Senior Project at Drexel ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/07/06/more-lazybrains-publicity/ I got no context for this. Neither will you. http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/07/02/45/ I came across a game design blog I haven't seen before, Lost Garden, with the latest post being a game design challenge. Sweet! I need more stuff to do (or an excuse to not do the stuff I already am doing). I looked through a few posts and liked what ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/06/29/lost-garden-game-design-challenge/ So, while shopping for pizza dough at the co-op with Shelly, I came across this gem: Bluebeard's Original Beard Wash. For you scruffy pirate's out there (I'm lookin' at you Will), only $14.00. :O http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/06/28/he-that-hath-no-beard-is-less-than-a-man/ If you've been following Blizzard's hype the last few days leading up to the Worldwide Invitational, you've seen their splash page slowly evolve: Pretty cool. This stunt had pretty much the entire internet in an uproar about what Blizzard is announcing. Unfortunately for speculators, angled eyes with a furrowed brow is ... http://www.robotsneedlovetoo.com/2008/06/28/and-the-heavens-shall-tremble-diablo-fuckin-iii/