Archives of April 2005
Eastertime in Oslo
We were in Oslo during Easter. The idea originated from an
advertisement of Inferno Festival, which told that one of the best
bands, Arcturus, played there. I had not seen the band
before, but the trip was well worth it. Of course, the attandance to
the festival expanded into a short holiday.
Here is a quick summary:
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Categories: Events, Photography
Posted by Matias at 02.04.2005 23:00 (8 years ago) | 23 comments | 0 trackbacks
Envisaging conurbation
I visited London last week for three days. The trip was work-related
so I didn't have very much time for personal escapades, but it was nice
to see the climes the coevals of Isaac Newton (with de Dullier of
course) had treaded - such as Traitor's Gate, the Monument and White
Tower - intertwined with modern urbanity even briefly. Thanks to my hosts, who were extremely hospitable.
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Categories: Events, Photography
Posted by Matias at 19.04.2005 22:08 (8 years ago) | 29 comments | 0 trackbacks
Shooting stars
I made a small game for the band of my friend's friends, Apulanta,
in which you're - obviously - a maniac who tries to shoot the band
members. Maybe not my favourite type of music, but they have a huge
audience (the cd went straight to top of the charts) and the game idea
was too great to pass. The game was ready a month ago and it should
have been published then, at the same time as their new album came out,
but for some reasons the promo site for the new album, Kiila, was delayed and it
opened last Monday, I think.
My opinion is that the game turned out pretty well: it's honest, naive,
tasteless cartoon violence aimed to please the teenaged splatter freak
in all of us. Although the
graphics (and the entire game concept) are really simple, the gameplay
is quite nice, at least if you have fast enough computer. Especially
the machine gun has a great feel to it. The
people who provided the sounds did quite a good job. And I finally got
the chance to try some silly splatter effects with Flash. At least the fans seem to like it.
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Categories: Creations, Games, Web
Posted by Matias at 21.04.2005 21:30 (8 years ago) | 36 comments | 0 trackbacks
Rasterbator now in Romanian
Romanian language file added to The Rasterbator, thanks to Vlad Dumitreanu for the translation!