Shimmering Waters

Zero Punctuation: animated game reviews with an attitude

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-02-28T18:41:25Z

One my favorite web video series, Zero Punctuation is a weekly video game reviews created by comedy writer Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw and produced for online magazine The Escapist. Yahtzee's hilarious "slide show" animations, fast-paced expletive-laden verbosity, viciously rude attitude and relentless quest for quality in an industry dominated by sequels and piss-brown-colored high-resolution graphics action games are both entertaining and inspirational.

Video

/ Free, Not for kids, Games, Video, Half Life, Portal, Swearing , PopCap Games, Bookworm

Yes they could: my hopes for an Obama presidency

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-02-28T18:38:20Z

As the world breath a sigh of relief following the inauguration of Barack Obama as the US president elect, I too feel that a heavy weight of dread has been lifted. It appears that Americans have decreed that they no longer wished to be led by division, ignorance and fear, choosing instead a message of change, hope and rationality. As a Canadian, I am heartily glad that our powerful neighbors are apparently finally moving away from the wasteful insanity of the last eight years.

Blog

/ History, Barack Obama, Politics, Leadership

Scott McCloud on comics

Thierry Gagnon — 2009-01-29T01:37:10Z

In this entertaining TED conference Scott McCloud summaries his theories about comics from his two ground-breaking books Understanding Comics (2003) and Reinventing Comics (2000).

Video

/ Free, Teaching, Comics, Video, Art, Autobiography, TED conferences

Dig-Dug Machinima, by The Duo Group

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-11-14T18:28:33Z

He's back from the '80's and he's mad as hell! 'Nuff said!

Video

/ Humour, Nostalgia, Games, Video, Machinima, C64

Redesign of the GORE BIKE WEAR™ and GORE RUNNING WEAR™ websites

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-10-19T23:51:32Z

As a Nurun Inc. employee, I have been assigned as project manager for many web projects for W.L Gore & Associates, the makers of the famous GORE-TEX� brand of high-performance fabrics. The biggest project I have worked on so far this year has been the redesign of the websites of their GORE BIKE WEAR™ and GORE RUNNING WEAR™ sportswear brands.

Blog

/ Portfolio, Personal, Design, Nurun

Dead Man's Walk (1995) and Comanche Moon (1997)

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-09-25T00:53:16Z

Through these two greatly entertaining novels, McMurtry chronicles the adventures of Gus McRay and Woodrow Call before the events described in Lonesome Dove. We follow their progression from their first hapless missions as junior Texas Rangers up to their retirement from rangering as seasoned and highly-effective veterans of a grueling series of Indian wars.

Novels

/ Romance, Humour, Drama, Intelligence in action, History, Literature, Violence, Western

“Z”, or Super-Heroes on the Verge of a Burn-Out, by Thierry Gagnon

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-09-15T16:11:17Z

In this 3 page black-and-white silent comic reminiscent of my 1995 comic “Gerbilman” (hence of the Batman TV series from the 60's), two overworked super-heroes go from one super-crisis to another until they can no longer bear the pressure.

Comics

/ For kids, Humour, Made in Quebec, Fiction, Comics, Gerbilman, Super-heroes

Playing Bookworm Adventure with your kid

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-08-27T12:57:46Z

Playing Bookworm Adventure with a child is a great way to stimulate interest in correct spelling, have fun building long words and develop self-esteem. Here are some great tips from my own experience playing Bookworm Adventure with my 10 year old boy.

Tutorials

/ For kids, Intelligence in action, Free, Teenagers, Teaching, Games, Role-Playing Games (RPG), Word Games, Tutorial, PopCap Games, Bookworm

Portfolio - Thierry Gagnon, Project Manager

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-08-12T18:07:38Z

2004 - now | Nurun Inc. Producer, Project manager Project management, client relations, HTML integration, quality insurance, SEO. Technologies used: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, .NET, ASP, Commerce Server, MS CMS, Fatwire. Clients: W.L. Gore & Associates (GORE-TEX�, WINDSTOPPER�, GORE BIKE WEAR™, GORE RUNNING WEAR™, etc.), Loews Hotels, Unilever (Wisk), BRP (Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo, Evinrude, etc.), Club Med, Contiki, Danone, Partsource, Quebecor Media Inc., Corporate Express, (...) -

Contact

/ Portfolio, Personal, Nurun

Chill'em All, by DJ Champion and his G-Strings (2004)

Thierry Gagnon — 2008-08-05T15:47:25Z

A hard, moody, sumptuous, techno-rock barrage of heavy riffs from a 6-member all-guitar & bass band, propelled by the incredibly powerful voice of B�atrice Bonifassi and the energetic direction and keyboard magic of Maxime Morin – alias DJ Champion.

Music

/ Poetry, Music, Made in Quebec, Video, Electronica