A Nerd’s Haven

“Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.” - Albert Camus

Left 4 Dead — a gateway drug?

I seem to find an FPS that I enjoy every few years. First, there was Doom 2. Subsequent games within my field of view (Quake (2), Halo) were too complicated for me in their control schemes. Crouching, jumping, aiming. Doom 2 had none of these, was still great. Playing Quake was like moving from a 3-button Sega Genesis controller to a modern XBox 360 controller. Buttons everywhere for shit I couldn’t keep track of.

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June 28th 2009
Tags: Games and Gaming

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Custom Left 4 Dead map: Zelda

With the release of the Left 4 Dead campaign bundler thing last week, I hunted around yesterday for compiled user-made campaigns... and found not a single complete one in the VPK format. Folks had levels as separate files that sort of made campaigns, but I don't much feel like ...
June 27th 2009
Tags: Linkage

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Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (June 26th)

Links for June 26th from 08:26 to 08:26: 5 Pet Peeves Designers Have With Developers (and How to Avoid Them) | Webdesigner Depot - "I’ve had to deal with more than one developer who read an article by Jakob Nielson and then wanted to lecture me about good design practice in ...
June 26th 2009
Tags: Writing

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“Hot and Heavy” posted

It's absolutely a piece of fluff, but I swear, the thing pretty much wrote itself from start to finish. I'm not going to give it much introduction except to say that it's Team Fortress 2 related: "Hot and Heavy". Related posts:Erasers“Reshaping the landscape” postedNo, no, no.
June 24th 2009
Tags: Linkage

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Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (June 23rd)

Links for June 23rd from 08:25 to 08:25: Flickr Photo Download: IE6 denial message for Momentile.com - "Go home, IE6!" Related posts:Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (June 26th)Tastee (del.icio.us) links! (June 12th)And so I cut my hair.
June 18th 2009
Tags: Music

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True fan — ilyAIMY

Kevin Kelly formulated and wrote about the idea of an artist needing 1000 true fans to make a living: A creator, such as an artist, musician, photographer, craftsperson, performer, animator, designer, videomaker, or author - in other words, anyone producing works of art - needs to acquire only 1,000 True Fans ...