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Clarion Media, Black Jack, and Zombies

May 16, 2009 at 1:02 am | Clarion Media, Java, Programming, Video Games, wapClix | 1 comment

We scratched the new design for Clarion Media last minute. It sucks, but the reality was that it just wasn’t flexible enough for our needs. The good news is that we’ve already got a design we’re going to move forward with, and it should actually see the light of day (fingers crossed). The funny thing is is that it’s a design I whipped up in about an hour. It was not refined whatsoever whereas the previous design–the one we canned–I labored over for about a week making adjustments. Hopefully we’ll see this thing live by the end of this month around the time wapClix launches. We also may begin work on programming a new client interface where clients can manage projects and other parts of their account, but that’s for another post. (more…)

Video Games, Websites, etc.

February 14, 2009 at 1:10 am | Life, Video Games, Web Development | 1 comment

I downloaded the demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin on Steam a couple weeks ago and just played through it for the first time tonight. I must say, I was pretty impressed with what I saw. I hadn’t played any of the F.E.A.R. expansions that followed the original F.E.A.R. (I lost count of how many there were), so I don’t know how this ranks among them. Regardless, the atmosphere was terrific and graphics were great. It did seem very similar to the first in the series, but I guess no surprise there. I read that the main gripes with the game  were A.I. (which I did pick up on a bit through the brief demo), lack of innovation (as I mentioned), level designs, weak game ending and weak multiplayer. I probably won’t be picking it up unless it goes on sale during one of Steam’s weekend sales (Left 4 Dead is on sale for 50% off this weekend–that’s $25 savings! Too bad I already have it). Mainly due to the fact that I just don’t have much time for gaming nowadays. (more…)