Now, this is what Molly does to me in the mornings when it’s breakfast time so all I need to do is start waking up on my front so that she’s actually working the knots out of my back!
(via Laughing Squid)
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Month: September 2010
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Ten minutes of Bioshock: Infinite
Bioshock 2 didn’t bother me too much, as much as I loved the first game I was happy with that experience as it stood and the reviews of 2 didn’t quite do enough to part me with my £24.99 but Infinite looks like a whole new ballgame. The claustrophobia of Bioshock was great but Columbia is looking like a great extension of the Bioshock multiverse (and wide open spaces means sighted rifles which can only be a good thing).
The plasmid/tonic mechanic is changing (and looking good from what I’ve seen):
These new powers are known as Vigors and are different from Bioshock and Bioshock 2’s Plasmids in the sense that they do not alter the user’s genetic code; this being indicated by a set amount of charges that each vigor gives when attained. The vigors are drunk by the player and bestow upon Booker powers such as electro-bolt and telekinesis. Lesser vigors allow for more charges and stronger vigors carry fewer uses, enforcing the need for strategic use of such powers. The effect of passive abilities, dubbed nostrums, are affected by the choices you make during the game and the game-play style the player takes. (read more)
You can’t really tell from the trailer but I’d be interested to know whether they work in the same way as Plasmids in that you select your ‘active’ power and can then ‘fire’ it – the fluidity of the play makes me think it could be more along the lines of hotkeys with no need to actively switch between powers. Instant access to all of your powers would definitely be a plus in my book, in a similar vein to Dragon Age 2’s special attack philosophy (‘when I click something, awesome happens’). And it means I can feel more like I’m Sylar.
The only lame thing so far is the wait – Bioshock: Infinite is scheduled for 2012…
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Build Anything
Build Anything from Studiocanoe on Vimeo.
A great piece about the creation of Chewbacca (it turns out it’s a little more than George’s dog, Indiana):
Chewbacca, the character, also started his life in the rough draft (May 1974) as a kind of barbarian alien prince on the jungle planet of Yavin:
…The eight foot Chewbacca, who resembles a huge, grey bushbaby with fierce baboon-like fang…
The article has great background on the development of Chewie’s appearance and story arc (or lack of unless you subscribe to an alternative interpretation) along with great concept art and costume images.
I think my favourite image is this one of Ralph McQuarrie’s where a Storm Trooper is wielding a lightsaber:
Also for anyone who’s interested: the original Jabba/Han scene from A New Hope with Jabba as a human gangster with an Irish lilt.
(via Kottke)
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Potatoes are awesome
So awesome in fact that you should vote for my aunt to win Project Food Blog for her food blog – hers is a proper blog she actually writes too (not just links to superheros and computer games) – you can check her out at The Daily Spud.
Also don’t be put off by the Join/Sign In dialog that pops up when you try to vote, enter a username and a valid email and that’s it – no lengthy registration or email validation, it’s literally a couple of clicks – but you do need to vote by this Thursday.
For anyone looking for further reading you can find out more about Project Food Blog or check out some recipes (potato-related or otherwise).
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Marvel Cats
Super Punch has a round up of the best, my favourite has to be Katie Cook‘s Spider-Cat:
Closely followed by Lar Desouza‘s Hulk, Skottie Young‘s Venom and Mike Maihack‘s Ghost Rider:
In related news I’ve ordered Marvel Zombies 1 (as well as the first volume of The Walking Dead) and am about to settle down to a spot of Gotham by Gaslight (Batman vs Jack the Ripper co-written by Mike Mignola).