Economic Crisis Poses Threat To Global Stability : NPR

A two-part article from Tom Gjelten (NPR.org) about yet another possible vector of attack due to our current dire economic straits:

• Economic Crisis Poses Threat To Global Stability
• Downturn Raises Risk Of Global Financial Warfare

Granted this merely adds to the current "Sky-is-Falling" scenario, this shows how closely the world is linked together.

Oh I wish iPhone would get Flash...

This animation is gorgeous and it was done in Flash but we'll probably never get Flash for the iPhone

So I might have to get something else like the Palm Pre instead which is promising Flash Player with the Open Screen Project !  End of 2009 or into 2010.  *sigh*

Yes, Flash isn't "critically important" but it would make my mobile browsing experience complete.  Nothing more, nothing less.

Is the Relational Database Doomed?

Interesting article about Relational Databases with a sensational title (Not really doomed... yet)

It does cover some of the newer Key-Value databases used in Cloud computing like Google App.  It is a nice lightweight primer on some of the prime pros/cons of the newer breed of non-Relational Databases.

Indie Half-Life 2 miniseries with a budget of $500 - Boing Boing

From Boing Boing, Indie Half-Life 2 miniseries with a budget of $500 is frankly amazing! (and Inspiring!)



Watch it in HD from the Purchase Bros!

I'm sure they aren't counting the countless volunteer hours and the CGI work isn't free...

Dr. Who As Anime

From SF Signal,Dr. Who As Anime

Strange that the animator chose Jon Pertwee but I guess this isn't official?? The audio sounds like it was lifted off the television.

So much Left 4 Dead love!!!

These are wonderful Left 4 Dead valentines from Alexandria Neonakis from Beavotron.  She also has many previous game-based valentines from previous years.  All excellent!








More Left 4 Dead things!

• Very cool hack to have a 3d effect with Left 4 Dead.  But you need Windows Vista 32-bit or XP 64-bit and Nvidia 8xxx series or greater!  (3d glasses and Left 4 Dead are assumed)
• Twit 4 Dead.  I am pretty much enamored with Twitter and Left 4 Dead so if you put them together... well... I'm happy.   This developer made up some bots to play the game and tweet the dialogue.   He hasn't run the program for a while but he's the twitter search to look for.

Added BONUS! These are a few of Francis's (the surly biker guy of this survival quartet) least favorite things...
 
Now you can dance to it in video!

Want to be a leader? Then FOLLOW these blogs!

Yeah, there are blogs for anyone and everything.

Top 100 Leadership Blogs might have some nuggets of good info.

Haven't checked them out yet but I'm sure one or two will be good.

Only if I had the time to browse.

Flash Visualization - World Factbook 2nd Ed.

CIA World Factbook Second Edition visualized through an interactive Flash interface.

It is pretty amazing stuff.

Until Feb 10, 2009, Three Free Game Downloads from Amazon

Amazon.com is getting into casual gaming and to kick it off they have aThree Free Game Downloads Offer until Feb 10th, 2009!

Get 'em while you can! Jewel Quest 2, Build-A-Lot, and The Scruffs!

Note, you do need to download a client of some sort...

A few notes about Inking

Michael Cho's sketchbook: A few notes about Inking is an awesome 3 page primer on inking!

I love these insights into this art. It is so cool to see! Thanks, Michael!

Behemoth - monster creation for Castle Crashers!

I really love Castle Crashers and now we have two videos of creating Big-Bads from Dan Paladin

Hope more come!

Undead Cyclops

Undead Cyclops Boss from The Behemoth on Vimeo.

Frost King

Frost King from The Behemoth on Vimeo.


Also some older ones:

World Creation:

Castle Crashers - World Map from The Behemoth on Vimeo.

Interior Castle Creation:

Industrial Castle Construction from The Behemoth on Vimeo.
From Offworld

New Indy's 'Fate of Atlantis' bonus is Wii-only

Hey! I worked on that game! (Yeah, the older one.)

Indy's 'Fate of Atlantis' bonus is Wii-only for the newIndiana Jones and the Staff of the Kings game

Indiana Jones and Staff of Kings trailer...

Indiana Jones: Staff of Kings - Debut Trailer | Games & Gadgets | SPIKE.com

Starcraft @ UC Berkeley

It is pretty interesting that a Starcraft class at UC Berkeley could be spun up.

I mean, this isn't South Korea or anything. (Though it is waning in popularity there...)



Updated: An interview with Alan Feng, and details about the course is also available (here) (Thanks Gunnar!)

Old 2600 commercial still sends shivers of joy

It is an old commercial for the 2600 games like Yar's Revenge and Star Raiders!

Man, I wanted Star Raiders bad! So all I got was the TRS-80 space adventure StarFighter game which was similar to Star Raiders but only a Black and White copy.

Credit Contraction and Monetary Policy During the Depression

Credit Contraction and Monetary Policy During the Depression Presentation via Paul Kedrosky's blog

A Distant Mirror

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