Geek and Fandom Events in BC and Washington State
From the “Fine, I wasn’t going to sleep here anyway” school of interior decorating, some enterprising soul has created a Half-life Barnacle creature and stuck a lamp at the end of its horrible capturing tentacle. I hope there’s a wall switch. You might lose an arm trying to turn it on otherwise.
Source: So Geek Chic
In a startling reversal of video game development logic, Penny Arcade has decided to release the third episode of The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness on June 25 instead of July 10. Tycho explains:
We’re committed to releasing it “When It’s Done” as they say, and it is done, so waiting until July seems dumb. How does the 25th sound, for Steam and XBLIG?
You can’t argue with that. The game will be available on XBLIG and Steam.
Source: Joystiq
Put away the fan rage and break out the Schadenfreude, because the Non-teenage, non-mutant, Ninja Turtles movie has had its release date pushed back from December 2013 to May 2014. The studio’s citing problems with the script, which any casual TMNT observer could have told you. Oddly enough, this brings the 3rd big budget movie that Paramount has delayed, along with GI Joe: Retaliation and World War Z. Is this a sign of real trouble within the studio, or have they seen the glut of badly produced CGI monstrosities and finally said “No”?
Source: The Mary Sue
There’s a reason game like Half-Life 3 get released “when they’re ready”. I don’t even want to know what QA was like on this one.
Source: Dorkly.
Anime Revolution is hosting a Cosplay Fashion Show at the World-famous Richmond Night Market on June 29, 2012. The organizers are looking to find 20 models to promote the convention and everyone’s favorite art form. Entries can be sent by email to s.h.j-@hotmail.com, and the deadline is June the 17th.
Neal Stephenson, like most of us, has been disappointed with the quality of sword fighting in video games. But unlike most of us, Neal has decided to do something about it. He has started a $500k Kickstarter fund to create CLANG, the most realistic sword fighting game in existence. He plans to not only build the game, but the very tools that would create future games with proper sword combat. I believe you should donate to this fund simply based on the cameo by Gabe Newell.
io9 has posted this gorgeous concept art of Vancouver in 2077 from the new series Continuum. This “New” Downtown Vancouver is located where Stanley Park is right now. I guess in this future, the condo bubble just kept on going.
Source:io9
Valve software has decided to quell some rumours regarding their upcoming collaboration with Overkill, the developers of Payday: The Heist. The new game, (if it is a game at all) will not be a prequel Valve’s 2008 hit Left 4 Dead. Instead, it will be a much smaller project that will involve co-op in some form. No matter how small the project is, if Valve’s involved, you can bet it will be a game-breaker of some kind.
Team Pixel Pi, a group formed from the Vancouver Film School’s Game Design Program, have come up with Pulse, a game that guides you through a world entirely experienced through sound. You play the part of Eva, a girl who has been struck blind, as she searched for her lost brother in a strange forest. She uses creatures called Mokos that make noise and “light” her way through the game world. Although the game is sight-based, everything you see is defined by the way sound bounces off of it. The game is free and can be downloaded from the Team Pixel Pi website.
Video game lets players immerse themselves in world of the blind – The Globe and Mail.
MBA Online has released a rather cutting infographic of Microsoft’s performance since Steve Ballmer took over as CEO. While it is funny to see such an SEC bad boy being brought low within a decade, it won’t be good for anybody if Microsoft drops out of the innovation game entirely. Apple and Google need competitors, otherwise they are going to get too comfortable with their business models and ultimately share Microsoft’s fate.
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