Tacos and Heroes

At the end of the Choice awards at GDC '06, the entire Game Eaters crew and friends headed out for tacos and burritos. That's Nick ignoring the camera in favor of nutrition. Going clockwise, there's Matt (Blue Heat), "Gus" Andrews (Columbia U), Gordon Fellows (MIT alum), Clara (Georgia Tech) and Bill Crosbie (Rutgers). I was behind the camera, of course.



It took us about 5 minutes to realize that the only other people in the restaurant was the entire Harmonix crew representing at GDC, having just taken four awards! Many horns were thrown that night. They let us take a photo, but unforunately, my camera's flash didn't go off. So pardon the blurriness. (Click the thumbnails for larger images)



Cambridge rocks!

The visual effects of SotC

A oddly-translated but still very informative article regarding the visual effects of Shadow of the Colosseus from DyingDuck.com.

Xbox 360 vs DS Lite releases in Japan

Here's a couple of photos showing the lines for the Xbox 360 and DS Lite launches. I think they're in Shinjuku, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

Xbox 360
DS Lite

Splash Back: The next Tetris

Confession: I'm a puzzle game junkie. As such, I can spot good puzzle games in seconds. And this is one: Splash Back
Simple concept, easy to learn, difficult to advance too fast. The type of game that will fill your gaps when you're writing papers and get stuck. (That's where I am right now...)

Yes, I should complete the post about Living Gameworlds before the next edition...