Red Dead Redemption done

January 16th, 2011

Finally done with Red Dead Redemption!

Red Dead Redemption 100% Completion

Red Dead Redemption 100% Completion

Now, I can still complete the “Undead Nightmare” DLC addon (which seems rather hilarious and like a lot of fun). I still have “Brütal Legend” and “Uncharted 2″ to complete, too.

What should I play first…?

Call of Duty: Black Ops

November 16th, 2010

Some screenshots for the current Call of Duty release, Black Ops, are in my gallery: Call of Duty Black Ops screenshots

Using genetic algorithms to find the perfect Starcraft2 build order

November 2nd, 2010

Just read a very interesting blog article about Starcraft 2. Some dude built a java program that finds the optimal build order for Zerg units. It uses genetic algorithms to iteratively find the “best” order of building and while doing so, finds some things that seem very counterintuitive for Starcraft2 players.

This — if optimized and built upon by other developers — might change the state of Starcraft league play a lot. After all, this game (and its predecessor) is one of the most-played competition games worldwide, with five-figure prize money for good players.

I foresee this being the new chess, with fixed openings (i.e. build orders) that are put up against each other. The only difference to chess: You can’t see the opening that your opponent will use and thus can’t react until you make first contact.

There’s also an iPhone app doing something like that: $2.99 in the Appstore.

Rage on the iPhone – details and prices revealed

November 1st, 2010

A lengthy posting in the Bethesda blog reveals more details about the upcoming port of Rage for the iPhone. As seen earlier, John Carmack seems to be really excited about his newest masterpiece and he shares a couple interesting details:

  • There will be an SD and a HD version of the game
  • The SD version will be a 700MB download, the HD version will be around 1.5 gig
  • The SD version will be priced at $0.99, while the HD version will be double the price, $1.99

Carmack states that id took a “little slice of RAGE” and focused on the quintessential “shooter values” of shooting, hitting and surviving.

The name of the game: “Mutant Bash TV”. Oh, I’m so looking forward to that game. I so hope it will be in the german AppStore.

The article is full of technical details that show how awkward some of Apple’s OS design decisions seem to be, while others are just great for game development. If you are a game and/or programming geek, go read it here!

Absynth’s FREE Horde levelling guide

May 14th, 2010

Want to level a character quick and have it on level 80 in no time? Check out my free WoW Character Levelling guide! It is good for Horde and Alliance alike and guaranteed to work!

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