Hi everybody! (oh, yes – I’m still here)

Today I want to take you guys on a journey. A time-journey, far beyond the year 2010! – we will set our destination one year back, to the 13. August 2009 (it just hit me that it’s Friday the 13 today).

So! What happened a year ago in the game industry?

DooM II on it’s way to Live Arcade:

Yeah, today it’s been a year since Doom II was announced to Xbox Live, and I personally know, that it turned out pretty good.

It was said that they would make an entire new episode for Doom, and so they did (a rediculesly tough one) and that the option for 4-player splitscreen, would be available (oh, what fun we have). 

Army of Two: 40th Day got a releasedate:

Today, it’s been a full year since EA decided to let us in on their plans, regarding the new Army of Two. A lot of people belived that the game would come out for the holidays, but EA told us straight, and announced the game for; January the 7 2010

SEGA will take chances on the Wii:

Sega said last year, that with MadWorld or Conduit, they would take a stand for the “adult” gamers who own a Wii (way to go!).

“What we can say, is that we still want to make games for adults on the Wii-market, because - with such an installed base of consoles consisting of 34 million in Europe and America, there are a lot of consumers. The number of Wii consoles alone, means that even though it’s a niche game, it will still sell. We can take more chances on the Wii. You will definetly see more of these games in the future.”

GRIN was shut down:

The makers of Bionic Commando and Wanted: Weapons of Fate was forced to shut down (fuck…). They wrote a open letter on their homepage which said:

“It’s with a heavy heart, that we can inform you, that Grin is forced to shut down. This happens because a lot of publishers haven’t paid us on time, which caused a huge economic problem for us. After 12 years hard work and hundreds of talented men and women, it’s all over. It’s been one big adventure, and few has experienced what the Grin-family have.

Lionhead teases us on their webpage:

Lionhead switched their normal index page on lionhead.com to a black screen with no other than Che Guevare and two thumbs pointing up and down. The text: "At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love."

It was possible to click on both thumbs: The one pointing up would guide you to the site as a “follower” and the one pointing down, would guide you as a “subject”.

•   ….. Yeah OK, I guess a lot happened a year ago, but I bet you guys will enlighten me in the comments if I missed anything big (…or not)

I love you guys! 
Have a fantastic day, wherever you are! (insert: Grin smiley and the theme from DooM)  

 Hi everybody! (this shit is awesome)

Normally, I’m a Microsoft kind-of-guy, but I might seriously convert to SONY  within the next couple of years. …Why? Shit dude, I’ll tell you why!

As we all know, Sony is really into all that 3D technology mumbo-jumbo, but what I didn’t knew, was the opportunities these TV’s will bring to gaming.

It turns out that Sony has patented a 3DTV (that was fun writing…), which is able to show up to 3 different 2D pictures at once, and 2 3D pictures. That might sound confusing, but by putting glasses (or shutters as they call them) on, you will be able to filter the images so you only see one of the images. Yes – you will be able to play multiplayer on the same screen, depending on the glasses you wear, you’ll see a total different picture than your opponent on the same screen – in full screen.

The way it works is, that the glasses can turn themselves on and off, real quickly – synchronized to the TV, this will cause the viewer to isolate half of the pictures so you only see them – pretty simple, but f***g cool.

Imagine you wanna play, “well, we better say Playstation”, but your girlfriend wants to see, “let’s go for the cliché – Sex and the City” – well, then you each wear a different pair of shutters, and problem solved (very social by the way).

As mentioned, it will be able to show both 2D and 3D – and the opportunities? Well, I’ll say endless!

The patent is one year old, and yes, they might never use the technology (doooh!) – especially after all the 3D fuss and the Playstation being able to deal with 3D and all.

Now, I didn’t see this coming – and I’m looking forward to it!

You can enjoy the patent description, right here -   http://www.freepatentsonline.com/20100177174.pdf
 
 

Hi everybody! (it’s time for some education!)

Today, I’m gonna lecture you guys, in H.P. Lovecraft!

Well, I bet that most of you have already heard of this horror-writer, but for those of you who haven't, I’ll mention that there are indeed a lot of game developers who have drawn inspiration from him, over the years.

Before I get to that, I’ll tell you a bit about Howard Phillips Lovecraft:

Lovecraft was born way back in the year; 1890 and fell off the swing (well, died) in 1937. Both his father and mother died in an asylum, (yes, there is actually a reference in that Batman game since H.P actually invented that town, Arkham, for several of his stories, and used the asylum in: The Thing on the Doorstep ) he was forced by his mother, to wear girls clothes to cover up how hideous he was and in 1908 he got a mental breakdown which left him drained of energy for about 10 years.

Although he was weak both in health and mind, he started writing about the year, 1907 and drew inspiration from his own dreams. – 
10 years after his breakdown his carrier accelerated:

His style was much like any other horrorwriter, but when his wife left him – everything changed!

He started his own genre, which he called “weird fiction”. Among sci-fi stories and such, he created his most renown work: Call of Cthulhu (Ringing any bells – Bethesda made a game about this, which must be the best depiction of Lovecraft in a game, ever – I mean, both Innsmoth, the monsters – everything, right as Lovecraft would have wanted it). It’s a mythology about the old ones,  evil creatures and gods in the deep oceans and creepy towns.

Lovecraft often used insanity as the red line in his stories and the obscure universe he created was indeed a very exciting and new style.

Many of the main characters in his “Major works” (he wrote tons, and tons of small ones) is often depicted as himself and can hardly be separated. He never wrote about sex or

money, since they didn’t fit in his universe and he despised both to a certain degree.

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Well, now you know the man, let’s focus on his impact, on videogames!:

• In Devil May Cry 3, the name is used as “lady”’s father.
• In the web-based game Urban Dead, the towns are called Arkham and New Arkham.
• MechWarrior 2 featured a level called Arkham Bridge.
• In Penny Arcade Adventures there is a town called New Arcadia, which is a spoof of Arkham
• Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the earth: in this game it’s very much based on Lovvecraft, and even Arkham mental institude is used. So is the town of Innsmoth and all of the mythology.
• In World of Warcraft (aaah, got you attention, huh?) the monster Darkspeaker R’khem is a wordplay of Arkham.

  

• In 2008 a game called Necronomicon (bet you heard about that book in many games too), was released and was a single play card game (yeah, sound boring) and was based on, well, Lovecraft.
• In the game Darkness Within, you need to discover all kinds of creepy shit in the town Wellsmoth, and the game is packed with Lovecraft hints.
• In Quake, well – that game is a classic, and not many know of the Lovecraft influenze, check it out here: http://kell.quaddicted.com/stuff_lovecraftinquake.html - I can say though, that Shub-Niggurath, is from Lovecraft.
• Alone in the dark contained tons of lovecraftian refrences and so did Blood (that fucking cool 1995 fps), Castlevania 64, Daugthers of Serpents, The lurking Horror, Eternal Darkness, X-COM (hell yeah) and tons, and tons of games!!

I could seriously go on, but I’m tired.

I love you all, and hope you’ll write a comment if you found this interesting. (insert the Metallica song “call of cthulhu” and terrifying laughter “muhah… – oh never mind)

 Hi everybody! (phew, dudes – I’m fucking tired!)

Ok, here we go.

I’ve been away for some time now (not that I think any of you guys care, but I’ve been missing you) – but boy, have I had some fun last week!

I’ve been to a music- / ‘get drunk and high as often as you can’-festival (It’s called Roskilde Festival) where I’ve seen: Gorillaz, The artist forma… fuck it- Prince, Pendulum, Killswitch Engaged, The Prodigy, Motorhead, some random dubstep - and the list goes on…

So what does this have to do with gaming? Well, not much except for the fact that the Festival promised to let the guests try Kinect out, but never did… hey! – that sounded too good to be true anyway.

While I was gone, I missed a lot of things.

• I missed, to play my new favorite game, Pacman C.E. (topscore around 194.000).
• I missed, to be near both internet and mobilephones… to check GB, of course.
• I, sure as hell!, missed to take a shower.
• I missed to play Alan Wake and in general my TV.
• I missed my bed – GOD! I missed my bed.

Ok, so – this blog isn’t exactly the most interesting blog of all time, but – relax, listen to some live recordings from Roskilde Festival on Youtube and hug a friend! Tell someone, that you love them (preferably someone you love) and play, whatever you play!

Have a GREAT summer. I love you all!

Peace! (insert  Prodigy’s ‘firestarter’ and some power-pellets)

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Hi everybody! (oh, I love writing that). 
I havn't been blogging for a while, because .... oh heck, who cares about that?! - let's go! 

I'm currently studying Multi-media design in Denmark, Copehagen - and my friend from class made this (a girl called Lea, well...):
 

 oh, and by the way - I accidentially* deleted my last blog, where i made link from Zelda, out of other classic pixel characters. 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
  

 
You guys!, have yourself a fantastic day !!!!.... I know that  will. 
 
Later! (insert the theme from Pretty Woman and mix it up with Zelda's lullaby)

</thomasriis1987>

So today, this blog is all about the ladies (you can look too guys, maybe pick up a few tricks). I don’t know whether I should just start the blog, or write a little introduction… hmmm… we’ll just jump right in to it; shall we?

 
 
 Contester number one is no other than Cliffy-boy, Cliff Richards.  
Through the last 50 years, this dude has turned on women with his 
abnormal sex appeal. I mean, just look at him! How are we mortal  
men ever to outsex Cliff? The breast pelt and that manly shirt.  
Sir Cliff Richard, you sure are a man amongst men.  
The “one hand in the backpocket and smile” stance is just legendary!  
   

Presenting to you: Julio Iglesias! The Spanish answer to Hasselhoff (no  
that dude is not included in the list, waay too cliché) That is some white 
teeth, right there! This guy has been singing and composing music his 
whole life, but I bet he has fucked more women than the number of gigs 
he’s been playing, and that’s a lot! Shit!    
Apparently dark chest hair is the way to go! 
  
 
 
  

 

A Scottish man from Sri Lanka: David Wilke! What this dude lacks on the 
chest, he makes up for in extremely cool patterns on his swimgear.  
Not only, was this dude the first to wear a swimcap at a major swim  
competition, he also swam through tons of fans mail everyday from girls,  
wanting to kiss that mustache lip!...  
and oh! What a snail he got there on the upper lip!  

Burt Reynolds everybody! Both mustache AND chesthair AAANNDD! Cigar!  
Yup this dude has got it going. Sitting there all day in the Jacuzzi looking real  
awesome – just waiting for his bodyguard to let the ladies through the gate. 
I won’t mention anything about his giant forhead, instead, I will let you ladies  
enjoy him (and you guys too, you could learn something!)   
 

Here you got it, disco king: Barry Manilow! Copcabana! Right up there with  
Frank Sinatra and Micheal Jackson, this dude was huge in the 70’s … and probably  
before! He has the biggest sleeves in the universe and got the ability to travel through  
time and space. Barry is the first man on earth to ever be as manly as he is! 
The ring on his finger is bought for 1000 billion USD and his dick is about as huge  
as a very large Jumbo Jet. 
  

 
  

The Bee gees! Fuck yeah! Even Freddy Mercury was envious of their teeth!  
Together with Barry they could probably take over the world! With their powerful  
scream, they could knock any man unconscious and steal their ladies. A fantastic trio  
with disco as an excuse as banging females!

  
 
 
 
  

 
 
So, there you got it! I could keep on going, and well, if you guys liked it, I might take on other legend in the list! Until now, this will do. Hope you enjoyed it.

Keep commenting, and I will keep loving you …. Deeply (insert mustache, chesthair and discomusic!)    

Hi, everybody! (yes.. you!)

I already made one blog today, but because it’s topic was marijuana, it was closed by a mod… seriously! – but hey! Let’s just write another one! (yes, we will)

Do you guys remember Outcast  (Nooo, not the band) with Ulukaï and his friends? It was a way too underrated game about … well, if you know it, then I don’t need to tell you about it. (you can read about it here if you are one of many, who never heard of it).

I was bored the other day and I uploaded the entire dictionary of the Talan language (yes, I was very bored) You can see it on the Outcast (the game) wiki – down in the bottom.  
See if you can translate this? (the < i >’s are words not able to be translated)  
 

Hao!  Writing Agazork Hâ Iki and Kiakiiiii!! This Blog Hâ Sankra. I’m in wa, wanat yo zonn. Né zark! Yo think this blog Hâ Zort? Né, Né, Né!

Todar I uploaded Twôn blogs , but mods Négta first ön because Siénole. Maré Zort!

Koï  Yo think about Giantbomb? Ador!! Hâ??

I Gaéat Yo!... Mayamé! (insert Lampé and Twôn-Ha)  

 
Well, I dare you to write the comment like that. This is probably too much of a Niche game, but heck – I need to write something …. Don’t I? 
I love you all! (insert Gammsaw and a bright light!)    

 
Hi everybody! (well, I’m sorry… this is the way I blog. A lot of these; () and a loose language, here we go!).

Today I’m not quite sure, what I am about to write. Here, on my table, I got a pizzabox (pepperoni!!!) and on that pizzabox is a semi-naked Italian guy (where are your pants, dude?), looking real satisfied… But I guess that’s not juicy enough for you guys. You! Guys! You need something real cool, I can tell.

Hmm… What about Buddy! (yes!, we must tell them about buddy!) – Buddy it is then! 

This is Buddy!! A real and living sheep-pig! Seen from the side it’s a sheep, seen from the front… it’s a sheep-pig-thing. The breed is called Lincolista (go google it… go ahead) and has actually been extinct for a great deal of years in England. I don’t wanna get too much into the story about Buddy, but I can tell you that he is wanted for his wool and excellent Parma meat! Actually these  baaah-pigs, was used to create wool-sweaters back in the days (how about that!?) and is about 5 times worth a regular (… and boring) pig.

In 1972 before Lincolista pigs were…. What? You guys don’t wanna hear anymore about pigs?! Well, FINE! 
 

Here is a blue stork for ya’ll! Maby that is a bit more mind blowing? (personally I like the pig, but hey!) This blue stork… and another one, was discovered in Germany this year. Nobody knows how it got the color, but I guess it must have been eating some of that blue wrestling gum from the 90’s. Besides that, it must be doing quite well, since it’s already found a white female stork. Guess color doesn’t matter…

 
 
Seriously, was the stork-thing boring too? I’ll spice it up with murder, and then I’m getting back to… sleeping.

THIS! Ladies and gentlemen! This is a massacre! In Helsinki Zoo, Finland, a fox lurked into the flamingo-cage. It was sneaky, it was silent! It was deadly! This mother fucker actually jumped and killed, not less than 15 flamingos! (imagine that! pink blood everywhere… or not) “It acted like a fox would do with a bunch of chicken” some guy from the zoo, said…. It’s flamingos dude? I’ve never seen a fox killing chickens, but I’ll bet, that this was no way that! This must have been a bloodbath! Broken Flamingo necks all over the ground! And…

  
  
 

 
I just can’t do it today, can I? I can’t satisfy you people… I’m sorry. I do hope that tomorrow, I can get your attention. Maby something about that Serious Sam map I’ve been working on (seriously, that map has millions of enemies). Maby I should write more about that guy on the pizzabox? Maby, just maby, I should write about ninjavideo.net…. maby not.

Have a great day everyone! I love you all! Even you guys who hate my blog! (insert kisses, hugs and the soundtrack from Gabriel Knight 3) friends    

..... did i get you attention? - good! 
 
Hi everybody (yes, let’s do it in english this time).

Let me start out by assuring you guys, that i will never demand of you again, to write in Danish (even though, it was fun!, ... last blog guys).   Well! I’m currently at school, learning about ”Customer acqusition” (boring as hell) and i decided to spend some time with you guys instead!!

Todays topic, my dear students (naah,that phrase don’t belong to me), is Son / Father relationships, and Xbox360. Might not sound very fun or exiting, but read on! (you can allways just hit backspace) – Let’s start out with the fun stuff, and work us, the way down.

I read the other day (yes, the blog starts now), that some boy got banned 7989 years on Xbox Live. That may be a little drastic, but hey!, if not a life-long ban, then it could as well be 7989 years. Anyway, The kids’ dad then decided to contact Microsoft and confront them with the fact, that they had banned his son into the 9th millenium!!? (it get’s interesting now).

A mod at Microsoft informed the dad, that his son had actually shown himself naked over the xbox camera (i’m thinking nakedness, camera and Natal – there must be some kind of unused potential...) and the father had to accept the shame. – BUT! Let’s mention the best part, the game, in which the boy was flashing the rythmstick –was ... UNO!? Why the fuck do you need to flash yourself in a game of UNO?

In other:   Father / Son, news!

Yes! We will stick to the theme – father and son. Did you guys know that a dude in Houston, USA, was killed last year because of a missing game?! Yeah, you got it! – The father apperently had been drinking, and started to yell at the wife because of a lost game (don’t know which titel, but must have been something real cool) and when the son joined the discussion – the dad actually pulled out a gun and shot the kid in the neck – bam! Dead. – That, by it self ain’t fun, but – naaah, it is... a bit (i’m feeling a little morbid today, sorry).

I will stick to the sad and sick world of murder. – Murder! of son, by father! (actually in this case, it’s just attempted).

This time we are in Pennsylvania, and a 17 year old guy has gotten his head shot off ... by his .... ”wait for it” ... Father!!! (insert lightning and a house on a hill). The kid actually survived the shot to the head (caliber .22), but the reason to as why he got shot is ..... weird. (trust me, it is). He had asked his dad to fix his broken Xbox, and the dad then said: ”No! I will not do that!!” (with a manly and strong voice). The son then pulled out a rifle and handed it to the father: ”Then just shoot me!!” he said (with a girly voice) and then the dad Fucking! Did it. – that’s a sick guy!

The last thing i wanna mention, is actually a father / daughter, thing (yes, but we’re in off topic, right?!).

A fucker in Philadelphia, USA, killed his daughter (tell me more!, tell me more!) – (ok, i will!). The guy is 25 years and his daugther was 17 months... and he said: 
”She pulled the electrical chord! My Xbox fell down. I thought it was broken, so i hit her in the head and threw a chair at her ......)” "........................."

Yeah, that’s right, he actually said that - AND! did that.... We live in a twisted Xbox world of murder and fun. Luckily most fun! - but maby you should think about getting rid of the Xbox before the little one enters the world. For it's own safty (Really, don't do that, keep gaming!)

Well, i must head back to work, ”Customer acqusition” doesn’t get understood by itself. Have a great day everyone – hope I didn’t ruin your day!

Hi Everybody (hej alle sammen! – that’s danish for ..... ”hi everybody” – well, anyway!)  

Today i’m gonna demand that Anybody! (yes, that includes YOU!) who is gonna respond to this blog, does it in danish! (that’s the language spoken in Denmark, people). 
”How am i gonna do that!?!” (insert confused smiley). Well, you are gonna use Google translate (<- yes, that’s the link) But for those of you who wanna, just give it a go without cheatin’ – here’s some phrases which might be usefull: 

Hello, my name is: – Hallo, mit navn er: 

Easy so far, huh? Let’s step it up a bit... 

I play xbox (insert own console) – Jeg spiller xbox.
I live in America (you got it, own country) – Jeg lever i Amerika.
Awesome/shitty Blog – Fed/lorte Blog 

Ok, are you getting it? – I bet you are, cause YOU are so fucking smart! I Knew it! 
I would recommend for you guys to just use Google... because?!... Because!; what are you supposed to do with 4 phrases?.... oh, and what you should write in the comment?? (if anybody want to....that is) ahem, i don’t give a damn (not about you, but about your writing!) It just needs to be in Danish. 

I WON’T TOLERATE ANY OTHER LANGUAGE! .... except norwegian and swedish, that’s cool with me. 

...... this blog is weird, but hey – So am I ... proof of that?, well, - I use alot of these: ”((((” and these: ”))))” and i write stuff in between – dumb shit, but hey. Someone has got to do it. 

Man Love goes out to all of you guys! And just regular Love for all the ladies! (insert lots of hearts... and the green dragon from Bubble Bobble)