under the knife

By this time tomorrow i will be at the hospital getting ready to have surgery first thing Monday morning and at the moment i am somewhat nervous to say the least, but hopefully it will allow will turn a new leaf and get on the right track. If all goes well i will be up and about by Tuesday, though in case i don’t well i really don’t care at that point. Read more »

work in progress

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OpenGL wishlist 4.0: the slot model

Time for a fourth wish-list this time i will go into more detail about one specific thing i like OpenGL to adopt, while clarifying a few things about two oldies, perhaps for openGL 5.0 but who knows.

The slot model

This model should be seen as a vision on how to unify Data and shader management within openGL, especially regarding texturing as a lot of details is actually already implemented on the geometry side, this is mostly written against the new openGL 4 specification but i make no promises of conformity.

There are three main bits to this model, these are data, slots and shaders.
Each part are separate but still connected, especially the first two.
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E3 2010 – Sony scorecard

Yea as always they didn’t disappoint, but there where only really 2.5  surprises the first was “Heroes on the move” which is a game that is an algamation of the ratchet & clank, jak & daxter and sly cooper universes.

The second one was twisted metal for ps3, and the last half was portal 2 though it’s not totally a surprise as i predicted it to happen when steam for mac was announced.

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E3 2010 – nintendo scorecard

As usual Nintendo fails to prove pachter right, it wasn’t a bad press conference just one with few surprises. though on the games side they where spot on which is not at all surprising if you take in consideration all pedigree of tier one IP’s they have that we haven’t seen in a while.

But as i said, few surprises, no WiiHD but other than that the rumors where spot on, basically the entire thing started with a zelda demo, which looks decent i guess though i don’t think it’s as 1 to 1 responsive as they claim, sure if you slash with your wiimote left to right link will do as well, but it’s not like you could carve your initials in the enemies. Read more »

E3 2010 – microsoft scorecard

Ok so i was worng about greenday and the new xbox and the social features.

But it’s not that far off as the only non exclusives they showed was the new Call of Duty: black ops and MGS Rising and music games are not exclusive by far. add to that the social features that kinect provides and were good on that front as well.

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E3 2010 – Sony predictions

Rumors

• The ps3 XMB is getting a total remake, not just new art or columns.
• The ps3 is getting a paid premium account like the 360, but its supposedly cheaper and you wont loose stuff if your using a free account.
• Agent will finally be revealed.
• Move is supposedly be pretty cheap, at least in comparison to natal.
• MGS: Peacewalker could be coming to the ps3, and maybe not just as a straight PSP to PSN port.
• The ps3 will bring 3d gaming to 120Hz displays, that we know, but they might also do it for basically any display.
• Sony has supposedly a lot of new big AAA titles for E3 reveal.
• The PS3 might actually be turning a profit and have been for some time now. Read more »

E3 2010 – nintendo predictions

Rumors

• Nintendo 3DS might be showed at e3
• The 3DS doesn’t just have a 3D display but also a 3D camera of some sort
• The 3DS is coming sooner than expected
• WiiHD
• Zelda is the only rumored game

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E3 2010 – microsoft predictions

Rumors

• Natal may get pretty expensive, up to $150
• Rumors of the 360s successor is doing the rounds, probably not this year thogh
• Natal may really be called “Kinect”, i like natal better.
• It may also be called wave.
• the 360 may be getting live TV.
• A slimmer 360 may be announced
• may have up to 15 natal launch titles

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WordPress

Eagle eyed readers may have noticed a slight change in the design of this page, that’s because i am now using wordpress instead of my own home cooked variant. it’s really in an effort to be able to post more and post efficiently.

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