Archives "January 2009"

What is that Uncanny Valley people speak of? Quite often you may hear of it referred to in film and gaming magazines, regarding visuals. You may already understand that people try to avoid their work falling into the Uncanny Valley. I will summarize the phenomenon here for you. Essentially the term Uncanny Valley, to quote Wikipedia, is: “A hypothesis that when robots and other facsimiles of humans...


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Those of you who have been reading for the last month will know that I am trying to get a lot better at drawing. I set myself an overly ambitious task, which I can't keep up with and it probably isn't a beneficial approach anyway. Making sure you draw every day is not a realistic task to set; this I have learnt. By trying to draw every day, like some kind of chore, takes the focus away from the drawing...


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Wipeout HD for the Playstation 3 has been out for a few months already, but the game has only been purchased by me within the last few weeks. I played a bit of Wipeout back on the original Playstation and although I liked it, I was quite young and I found it too difficult at the time to really have fun on. I have come to understand the game is essentially a remake, bringing back various elements...


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