After another week of working I've now got something that at least has the appearance of a functioning map. Even though it's still not done, I did decide to make a little video run through. It's short, but I added some nice annotations. If you're gonna watch it I suggest you do it on YouTube on high quality, it looks tons better that way.

Woah, I totally forgot about this blog. Oh well, it's not like anyone reads it anyway. Sadface.

Anyway I've been screwing around with Unreal Ed since I've had my new computer, teaching myself through tutorials and creating some simple maps. But dude, simple maps are played out. Well, at least the really, really, simple ones are. Brah, I'm on to the big time.

Well as big as a little deathmatch map can go at least. I must have started work on this map maybe a week and a half ago, and I'm really happy with it so far. I feel like it's turning out really nice. Right now I've basically got a nice little circuit of rooms done and I'm working on perfecting each one. Once I'm done screwing around with the first floor I'm going to get started on a basement section which branches off from the far left room and then hooks up with the rooms at the top and right.

But there's really only one reason I'm teaching myself Unreal. And that's a little game called Aliens: Colonial Marines. Someone tell Gearbox to get off their asses and release it.

I recently finished building my new PC, being the first time that I've assembled my own computer I can tell you first hand that computer parts are intimidating. Scary intimidating. But somehow I did actually get the old girl up and running and I must say, she's a beauty. Once I got her operational I tried out Crysis, Unreal Tournament 3, Company of Heroes, and I of course had to boot up StarCraft for the hell of it. And I'm just going to say that them games run something good. I'm telling you, man.

I'd tell you about everything I've got in my machine, but I know for a fact that there is nothing more boring in this world than someone talking about their PC's specs.

So in closing, I'd just like to remind you all that Crysis looks good.
And that I can run it and you can't.

Some back issues, that is. You see I must have been subscribed to Game Informer magazine from maybe 1998 to 2006. Do you know how many magazines that is? I'll tell you, it's a couple.

And I'm going to let you in on a secret of mine. Eight-year-old video game magazines make for excellent bathroom reading material. You would not believe how many terrible PS3 "artist renderings" you come across in the 2002 - 2005 issues. The early Nintendo DS concepts were also a gas. I don't really have much of a point to this post, unless someone wants to request the scan of an eight-year-old review. In which case, sir, you came to the right place.

I just had my edits to Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition, one of my favorite childhood games, go live. The game was basically just a simple shooter and platformer for the Genesis. But now that I'm really looking back at it, man, that game was just awesome. I mean, you could use a flamethrower to char a dinosaur and then watch it form a pile of dust on the ground. If that's not badass, then I don't know what is. I'm probably the only one who knows anything about this game, but if you're at all curious check out the article I wrote for it here.