Fickle Frank

Clatto Verata N… Necktie…

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:26:58 +0000

I’ve been a fan of the Evil Dead franchise since I first saw the original back when I was about 16. What a fantastic series of movies, and I love each and every one of them. So you could imagine my excitement when I stumbled across the following tutorial. I mean seriously, what Fan wouldn’t want [...]

Foam and Ghosts and Urethane…oh my!

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:50:03 +0000

After much deliberation, hours of research and a handful of emails with http://www.smooth-on.com, I think I finally have a plan to build the kids proton packs for halloween. For those that are not into Prop replication, the kids packs will be are refered to as junk packs. Meaning that I will be making them primarily out of [...]

A Proton Pack is not a toy?

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:34:22 +0000

“Are you troubled by strange noises in the middle of the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family ever seen a spook, spectre or ghost? If the answer is “yes,” then don’t wait another minute. Pick up the phone and call the professionals..” But its only June?! Why are [...]

Twittering Tunes on the Twitosphere!

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:45:00 +0000

Ahh Twitter! To be honest I still don’t fully get the fascination everyone has with twitter. But I’m obviously wrong here, otherwise it wouldn’t be the big deal it is today. I suppose if I lived in a larger city, had more friends and maybe a more active social life; I might have more use for it. [...]

Facebook Development – getting started

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:02:20 +0000

While I’m learning silverlight behind the screen, I thought I’d put a little article together about setting up your development environment for the Facebook Development platform. This little example is for use with a PHP setup. Its really pretty easy and quick to get everything up and running. Just read the article and if you feel [...]

Stop that pigeon – or Can the spam

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:10:16 +0000

Wow that was fast! This blog has been here since 2006, albeit inactive the majority of that time, I think I’ve only ever deleted 1 spam message in all that time. But of course now, after an update and a few new posts and Wham-o! Spam-o! Go figure. How obnoxious is that? Have a blog up for a [...]

Starting with Silverlight

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:08:38 +0000

So I started looking into working with silverlight today and so far so good. I have to say, its pretty slick to work with. One hurdle I am going to have to overcome is working with xaml, which is the gui “language” that silverlight uses for its interfaces. So let me ease into this and start [...]

Hosting got ya Blue?

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:21:23 +0000

Sick of your current web host? Looking for a place for your new website? Look no further, I have what you need! I’ve been developing websites since the days of animated gif’s (wow yer old mister!), and I’ve been doing freelance development for about 4 years now. So what I’m getting at is, I’ve had my [...]

Ooo, Silverlight for games!

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:00:06 +0000

Ooo, its a fancy new toy for me to play with. Well it’s not really new but it sure is neat, and its exactly what I need for a new project! (surprise surprise!) As you may or may not know, I LOVE making games and seeing as I am a programmer I feel like I should [...]

Updates and Changes

fcarentz@grimeygames.com (F. Carentz Grimey Games) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:33:05 +0000

Well hidy ho! I finally revamped the blog and upgraded to the latest version of Wordpress. Those you were here before might notice that the entire format, purpose etc of the blog has changed, and with good reason. Unfortunately having a blog dedicated to a single topical area just doesn’t cut it for someone like [...]