A new character I came up with today, El Diablo del Marzo, a giant, ‘roided-up Martian Luchador. Still a work in progress, but he looks pretty sharp so far. He’s a good couple of feet taller than Ms. Jones, as you can see in the first picture.
Also this song from the GTA IV soundtrack has inspired me to do a quickie BCJ adventure, which is what inspired El Diablo here:
Up next in our heroine’s rogues gallery is the Robohustler, essentially a cross of Superfly and a T-800 from Terminator
I was looking at some of my 3D work, and thought it’d be fun to go back and rework my Dodge Challenger model I used for Streets of Dino-Mite. In addition to the cel-shaded coloring I used previously, I also made one with more realistic coloring.
The San Diego Comic Con is in full swing, and oddly enough this year the jackasses people of the Westboro Baptist Church (best known for their insane, loathsome “God Hates Fags” protests at soldier funerals) protested at SDCC. Thankfully, geeks tend to be a clever sort, and here was the result (pics from io9.com and Comics Alliance):
Ho-lee crap this looks insanely fun. And I’m pretty sure that’s the UT art building in a few of those shots, where I spent many a day working on stuff when I was in school. I can’t wait for this to come out!!!
Besides being incredibly cute and geeky, I’m really impressed with how they did it, in that I’m not 100% sure. Some of the shots look like they rigged up a toy AT-AT like a marionette, and other shots look too smooth to not be CGI. In any case, it’s a fun little film.
One of my friends recently picked up Blur for his Xbox 360, which is a crazy fun game that’s basically Mario Kart-style gameplay with realistic cars and racetracks. More notably is that the opening cinematic uses this track (not exactly sure what’s going on in the video, but the song is great):
Which is an awesome remix of my favorite Ennio Morricone track:
This next one is from Valve’s upcoming Portal 2, introducing Wheatley, a hilariously inept yet charming personality sphere:
Alright, so E3 was this week and there was definitely some sqee-worthy stuff to be had, namely:
Valve unveils the teaser for Portal 2! I’ve made no secret about my love for their incredibly clever Portal, and the fact that they’re releasing official details about it makes me that much more excited.
LucasArts also showed off the trailer for the Secret of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge Special Edition. Unfortunately the game won’t look quite as slick as this trailer (which would be thoroughly doable), but if the first Monkey Island SE is any indication, I’m sure it’ll be fantastic. Makes me want to go back and play Curse of Monkey Island again…
Not necessarily shown at E3 but still falling under the “awesome” category is the new international trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World:
This looks like an absurd amount of fun, it definitely looks like they made the right choice in choosing Edgar Wright to direct this.
One more thing, E3-related:
I do not care about Natal/Kinect/Move. I really don’t. Motion control is a fad, a fad that if declining Wii sales are any indication, is going away. Yeah it’s cool to be able to play games without a controller, but seriously, how do you expect to play the biggest games on the main two non-Wii consoles with motion control? Modern Warfare 2? Halo? Killzone? Uncharted? It’s a novelty, and nothing more. Kinda like the current trend of 3D movies. Plus Kinect is an extra $149 in addition to the price of the console and games. Really?
A friend of mine works for a local weekly alternative newspaper, and being of the geeky persuasion as well, managed to get tickets for the evening show of Star Wars Live in Concert. The show was preceded by a guided tour of the exhibition from a guy from Lucasfilm, which included original costumes from the films. The show itself was incredible: C-3PO himself, Anthony Daniels, hosted the show, and in addition to the orchestra playing all of the best themes from the films, a huge screen showed clips related to the tracks and that synced up to the music.
