Veteran software developer / sysadmin and holds a PhD in Computer Science. Avid computer enthusiast (geek) who has been dabbling with technology ever since his Dad brought home an 8086 computer.
Videogames
While reading Massively, I saw a mention of a game that I didn’t know before, Torchlight. That was the second time I saw the game name today, the first time was praises from Penny Arcade. So I decided to check it out. The reviews were pretty impressive, a meta
Videogames
I have a very bad track record with PC games ported to consoles. My first experience was Diablo for the Playstation. Latter, I discovered a rare copy of Eye of the Beholder for SNES. Both games left a bitter taste in my mouth. Imagine my surprised when it was announced
Videogames
I had a chance to see Wet [http://www.rubiwet.com] early in its development, when I visited A2M [http://www.bhvr.com]‘s office in Montreal. My first reaction was: “Hum, this is just like Stranglehold, but with a sword.” The moment I got to play the demo, I
Jobs
Students sometime ask me what is the best way to get into the game development business? Well, if you want to become a developper, you can help yourself a lot by getting some development experience with consoles. The easier console to learn happens to be the Gameboy Advance (GBA) and
Computer
Last week, I received a coupon from TigerDirect [http://www.tigerdirect.ca]. I could save 20$ of my next 200$ purchase. The catch, the coupon expired in less than two days. I also received a similar deal from Dell [http://www.dell.ca]. I could get great savings on computers,
Legal / Scam
I know that spam is a fact of Internet life, but sometimes, it’s ridiculous. In the last few days, I’ve received at least 3 of these per day. > Hello ! My name is Irina Ginsburg. Soon i will be 27 years old. I am single girl and never be
Gadget & Toys
2009 is gearing up to be an insane year for cartoon classic being re-released as live action movies. The Superbowl was nice enough to provide us with two very nice trailers. First is G.I.Joe. Quite similar to the original cartoon show, but now all the heroes are wearing
Videogames
In North America, December 26th is considered Boxing Day. The day after Christmas, it features an insane amount of sales, many store clearing their Christmas stock at below cost. It’s a particularly crazy day to visit shipping mall, and the only day were you will see checkout queues online.
Videogames
> Deep within the US Army exists elite force deployed for precise tactical operations. These are the men who are totally not the guys I was talking about. Bad Company’s marketing campaign was a huge success for me. Their light-hearted humorous shorts peeked my interest, as well as gaining high
Jobs
Browsing today, I came across the following job posting. Startup looking for highly qualified students that are interested in an internship with the potential of full time hire at the end of the school year. > We are a consumer focused Internet start up looking for a PHP programmer with previous
Videogames
A couple of month ago, I caved in and bought an Xbox 360. There are several games I wanted to play on that platform and although most of them eventually become available for the PC (Halo, Mass Effect, Gears, etc), I wanted to play them on their original platform. Now,
Videogames
Or should I say RockBand 1.2? I recently purchased RockBand 2 [http://www.rockband.com/games/rb2], a necessary upgrade for my RockBand parties. I immediately noticed that RockBand 2 had a very similar fell to its predecessor. This should not be a surprise, since this game is a
Videogames
It’s a simple statement: Gears of War 2 is 10 hours of awesome, period! Purchased on November 7th, completed on November 8th, 700 kills and 370 achievement points :-)
Videogames
A couple of weeks ago, I learned that I was going to be part of the Good Old Games (GOG) [http://www.gog.com] beta. Good Old Games is a company dedicated to offering classic PC games at a cheap price, DRM free. Think of it as Steam, but without
Blog
The RPG Encyclopedia was my first large project, a labor of love for three years. The site had a good following in its latter years, presenting an idea that would latter be improved by giants … 1996 – 1997 : Dragonfire years On November 11th 1996, I opened my first website, the Unofficial
Gadget & Toys
With the purchase of my new Optimus from the Animated series, I now have 30 Optimus in my collection. In honor of this purchase, I updated the collection picture.