Playstation 3 vs. Atari VCS Mar 28, 2008

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Tags: Atari, Demoscene, Playstation 3, PS3, Video

More demoscene stuff: a very recent PS3 demo (a real-time animation for you not in the know) and a very recent Atari VCS demo. The Atari VCS (redubbed Atari 2600) was pretty much the first game console for the masses and it was released in 1977. The Playstation 3 was released in 2006.

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Some Cool Demoscene Stuff Mar 25, 2008

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Tags: Amiga, Demoscene, DOS, Procedural generation, Video

Here are some of my favorite demoscene products with a short review of each.

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Trackmania vs. HotWheels Mar 23, 2008

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Tags: Trackmania, Video, Video games

Thanks to whoever uploaded these two videos.

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Dev Stories from the Past Mar 09, 2008

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Tags: Atari, Folklore, Games, Jeff Minter, Nostalgy, Retro gaming, Video, Video game music, Video games

A bit of nostalgy can never hurt anyone. To me, weird tales about old software are a source of inspiration — they are essentially war stories for nerds. Here are some cool software stories from the past told by the developers themselves.

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Let’s make a planet Feb 20, 2008

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Tags: Algorithms, Artificial life, Fractals, Procedural generation, Programming, Video

For the last few days, I have been working on a planet generator. I originally got the idea from the method how you can easily tessellate a sphere into triangles.

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