Help EXP Bar + Restaurant

Oi! So an entrepreneur I know, Brian Vidovic, is opening a gaming bar in Vancouver British Columbia called EXP Bar + Restaurant. It is going to be awesome but they have run into a problem...

D&D e4 Builds!

When I started playing D&D I had a hard time building characters, figuring out good builds for each race and what not. So I have decided to help out the n00bs (though I am still n00bish myself) and post some of the builds I have made with a SWEET Excel spread sheet. And when I say post, I mean, you can DL the ESS straight from my Dropbox :) And let me inform you, I know some are not the best builds but, I think this will help the newer guys with starting out.

GDC has Ended

Today was the last day of GDC. I learned some new multiplayer level design techniques from some of the peeps at Epic, it was, for a lack of better term, epic. I also made some contacts at Eidos and got some portfolio feed back. I know you guys were hoping for some pix today but we'll, I still don't have access to a computer until Monday so I'll have some pix for you then :-)

Something New from GDC

OK everyone, I'm at GDC and I'm trying something new. I am writing this from my CM7 Kindle Fire! I know, I know, not that impressive but still, it's a new one for me. Today I am going to the Level Design in a Day presentation. The line up of speakers is Ed Byrne from Imba, Neil Alphonso from Splash Damage, Jim Brown from Epic, Joel Burgess from Bethesda, Seth Marinello from Visceral, Matthias Worch from Lucas, and finally Coray Seifert from Slingo. I'll be watching these talks from 10am to 6pm pst. Today should be a fun fun day!

PS. I'll be posting lots and lots of pictures later today and during the rest of the week.

UPDATE: So it turns out I left my cable for my camera at home. So, there will be lots of photos next week. PLUS I'll give my wrapup of the conference as a whole.

Wha what! Far Cry 3 trailer.

So, I watched this at home a few days ago and wanted to post it up for you guys if you hadn't seen it, but then I got lazy awesome put it off till today. It's worth waiting for the 720p to load. Enjoy.
NSFW- Droppin F bombs on ya moms!

Star Wars Valentine's

There is some pretty sweet/cute/fun/ADORABLE Valentine's cards by artist Katie Cook on the Star Wars Online Activities page. There are 4 different cards available to print out and she even gave us a sweet envelope to wrap them up in.

Katie's pages:
Typepad
Deviant Art

Source

GDC is Coming

Some of you know me, and some of you don't. For those of you who don't, I design video games for a living, so naturally I'll be going to the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco March 5th-9th.

Fiction? Almost.

It's always nice to play a game or watch a movie and see a place that is beyond creepy as hell. If there's anything better than that, it may be the fact that some of these settings are actually based on real places. Cracked.com tells us about 6 Fictional Places You Didn't Know Actually Existed, including Arkham Asylum, Middle Earth, and Silent Hill. I know what you're thinking: finally a place to do all those movie scene re-enactments. Just watch out for monsters.

Knitted Illusion [video]

As an occasional knitter myself (be jealous of my skills), this is the coolest thing. The image is only visible as you walk by the work, or if someone moves it for you. There's a link for the pattern if anyone feels like they are that talented. I don't think I am.

The NCC-USPS Goes Where No Mailbox Has Gone Before

By far the coolest functional geek art I've seen so far this year (yuk yuk), this Enterprise-inspired mailbox graces the home of a Reddit user's uncle. It has solar powered lights, which, sadly, I can't find any pictures of. I'm thinking of building one myself, if I wasn't so worried about the Romulans across the street blasting it to pieces.

[Via CNET)

Batman Through the Ages

It's time to see all the styles Mr. Fashion-bat has gone through trying to intimidate the baddies. I'm not sure what he was going for with the brightest of these, but maybe he was getting jealous of the villains' wide array of outfit colors vs. his normal subdued tones.

Click here to enlarge.

(Via Screen Rant)

Time to break out Santa's milk and wookies!

How's it going, geeks? I know you're all excited for Christmas or some other holiday this December. Heck, maybe you're just excited because this year is almost over and we only have approximately 388 days until we either burn in a fiery Mayan demise or live, laugh, have a beer and die another day.

Whatever you may be looking forward to, I personally celebrate Christmas because I get presents. So, in order to get into the holiday spirit, I thought I'd help you decorate this year. I know, I'm always looking out for you. You can send me money as thanks. Or just worship me for being an a holiday geek goddess. And I don't want fruit or any crap like that...BRING ME YOUR ELECTRONICS!

Yes, the sweet aroma of burning silicon pleases me. So here it is, a list of sites with awesome decoration ideas...and of you're lucky, I might tell you a few of my own favorites after the jump.

The Privacy Monitor

This bring a whole new meaning to privacy. This short video shows what it does and this link show you how to do it. :) Have fun. But not too much, because that can be seen with a black light.

A Portrait of Dice: art and geeks collide

Scott MacDonald, a Zymeworks employee by day and hacker by night, created a portrait using a program which converts any image into a format which can then be recreated into a portrait made up of die. You know, the hexahedra inscribed with symbols that you use to play trivial pursuit.

This, my friends, is geekdom at it's artiest. I mean, if you can use a program and glue one dice to another, this is a way to earn major brownie points with that special someone, whether he/she is geeky or not. Suddenly you'd graduate from "Adult who still has figurines of Darth Vader and Mega Man above their bed" to "Michelangelo di Geek, a sensitive yet unique and sexy being". Do I sound like I want someone to make me arts like this? Because I do. You can transport it to me after you've finished it, then I'll let you on my spaceship for cookies.

Juuuuust kidding. I only let other aliens in here. The armada would have my second head if I cavorted with humans during my scout mission.

Anyway, read more about this work of art and its creator, as well as find out how to do it yourself at Geek.com .

OHHHHHH!

Now you know what I am excited for! Plus Tom Hardy is awesome and so is Joseph Gordon-Levit. This is supposedly "the last one" but we will see. Everyone loves these movies. Dark and gritty Super Hero movies are where it's at, not those fluffy happy ones...

The Steering Wheel Desk: Because you need your cup in front of you to be happy.

Alright, who ISN'T going to try using this while they're driving around? To me, the Steering Wheel Desk with Cupholders just says, "I'm made for motion, like a plane tray." It looks just about as comfortable too, only you could possibly scoot your chair back without some cranky bastard yelling at you. Although the description says it's only for parked cars, my mind has officially wandered to fantastic places where brilliance is only a hair away from stupidity. Maybe.

[via Etsy ]

VGAs are Tonight

Not that I am a fan of awards shows but, come on, it's video games! Now I know what some of you are thinking, "Isn't this basically a 2 hour video game ad that isn't nearly as funny as the Kevin Butler stuff?" Yes, No, it isn't just an ad, there is more, they have, uh, shots of the crowd and uh, Nickleback some lame band like Deadmau5.

Chello Wars

Best Lightsaber duel I have seen in long time. Also the best celloing cello playing I have seen in a long time. This video is all around awesome, from the fight to the "Nooooooooooo," to the end commentary about subscribing. It's just fantastic.

Awesome Bank Robbery Story

This story reminds me of the time I robbed a lemonade stand. It didn't go so well for me... Moran tells us how him and his team rob a bank legally.

This infographic is over 9000!

 

This MASSIVE infographic is pretty awesome! It shows the correct way to Google things for school papers and how to use Google for research. It shows using quotes, tildes, colons, and all sorts of things to get the most accurate results.