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Videogames Part 4: The First Game

2010-11-25T18:13:00.000-08:00

This final part will be a quick tutorial on a basic program in XNA. The program will have an image bouncing of the edges of the window.

To start you'll need to create a new XNA windows project, should with Xbox, or WP7 but I'm focusing on the windows one right now. Once the project is created in the content section in the solution explorer right-click and add an existing item. Browse to any image (jpg, png or bmp preferably) and load it. This will be the image that will bounce in the program.
We add some variable:

   Texture2D theImage; // our image (*.jpg, *.png *.bmp)
   Vector2 posImage = Vector2.Zero; // initial position of the image
   Vector2 velImage = new Vector2(150.0f, 150.0f); // velocity vector
   int MaxX, MinX, MaxY, MinY; //limits

Then in load content we need to load our image:

   theSprites = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
   // load the images
   theImage = Content.Load("imageName");//note: no extension in the image name
   MaxX = device.Viewport.Width - theImage.Width;//calculate the horizontal limit
   MinX = 0;
   MaxY = device.Viewport.Height - theImage.Height;//calculate the vertical limit
   MinY = 0;

Now for the update, where we update our variables:

GamePadState theXbox = GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One);
   KeyboardState theKeyboard = Keyboard.GetState();
   //a way for the user to exit the program with the keyboard or xbox controller.
   if (theXbox.Buttons.Back == ButtonState.Pressed || theKeyboard.IsKeyDown(Keys.Escape))
   this.Exit();
   // modify the image position with our velocity vector and the time.
   posImage += velImage * (float)gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalSeconds;
   //chech for horizontal bounce
   if (posImage.X > MaxX)
   {
   velImage.X *= -1;
   posImage.X = MaxX;
   }
   else if (posImage.X < MinX)
   {
   velImage.X *= -1;
   posImage.X = MinX;
   }
   // check for vertical bounce
   if (posImage.Y > MaxY)
   {
   velImage.Y *= -1;
   posImage.Y = MaxY;
   }
   else if (posImage.Y < MinY)
   {
   velImage.Y *= -1;
   posImage.Y = MinY;
   }
   base.Update(gameTime);

Finally in the draw, we tell the program what to draw in the screen:

   GraphicsDevice.Clear(Color.MidnightBlue);
   // draw the image
   theSprites.Begin();
   theSprites.Draw(theImage, posImage, Color.White); //here white acts like transparent
   theSprites.End();
   base.Draw(gameTime);

You can download the full solution here. It was made in VS2010 so you'll need VS2010 to open it. Also check a friend's blog for another XNA tutorial here. Note his blog is in spanish, but the code is universal :D

Videogames Part 3: Starting with XNA

2010-11-25T14:22:00.000-08:00

The first thing you'll need to get started with XNA will be to get the tools for the job. You can get them here at App Hub or you can also get the at Dreamspark if you are a student. At Dreamspark is important to note you can get a free year of XNA Creators Club. With it you can test/run your games on your Xbox directly. Once you have all the tools for the job you'll need to learn the basics for XNA.

To get started I recommend getting a book on the subject. The book I recommend is Learning XNA 4.0 which includes many lessons on the latest version of XNA. But don't just use a book when you have the internet as a resource. The first page I recommend to anybody interested in XNA has to be Microsoft's App Hub. There you will find tons of tutorials for the PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone 7. From basic 2D stuff to more complex things in 3D. The other site I recommend is GameDev. This site is for anybody interested in game development and is great to interact with other game developers. The purpose of GameDev according to their about, "GameDev.net was created with the sole purpose of providing a public site where game developers could freely exchange information." Here you'll be able to ask fellow game developers for tips and tricks. You can also check the many articles the staff puts out for gamers to learn more about game development. Do note this site is for game development in general and not just XNA.

Videogames Part 2: The Technologies

2010-11-24T11:48:00.000-08:00

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When it comes to videogames there are many tools in which one can develop a game. You can use tool(s) like DirectX, OpenGL, Unreal Engine, Source Engine, Havok Engine, Flash, and XNA to name a few. But the one that really excited me was XNA due to the fact that you can publish your game to Xbox Live for other people to play. It's also pretty easy to use (compared to the others) when your just beginning to learn.

The XNA framework makes it simple to make games for Xbox, PC, and Windows Phone 7 without the hassles of worrying for compatibility issues. This is because XNA wraps all the low-level details, such as DirectX settings, so the user doesn't have to worry. The only real differences when developing for different platforms are the controls. Even these for the PC and Xbox can be the same as they a both compatible with the Xbox controller. Another good reason XNA is great to start developing games is that it has many predefine methods which simplify tedious tasks. This is why I would recommend any one interested in games to start with XNA which is great way to understand how games differ from any other application.

Videogames Part 1: My Passion explained

2010-11-24T00:48:00.000-08:00

Videogames: One of the youngest, if not the youngest, forms of entertainment. They began to gain popularity during the 1980's. But they got my interest during the 1990's with NES, SNES & N64. I can't remember the first time I played a game, but I can't remember a time without them in my life. By the time the N64 came out (1997) I had already decided that I wanted to dedicate myself to creating games. Of course by then I didn't know any of the specifics about creating games, but I knew I would like it. Finally years later (high school) I learned the specifics and loved what they were. So with videogames being my main goal I set out to study Computer Science. So with videogames being this influential in my life, I have a great passion to make my own.

Comic-Con 2010: The Return of the Con (unfinished & will be left unfinish)

2010-11-22T13:35:00.000-08:00

Unfinished post about comic con 2010:

This past week was my return to the San Diego Comic-Con after missing lasts year's due to tickets selling out. I was accompanied by my good friend Brawlio. This turn out to be one of the most memorable Comic-con's I've been to. Tons of things happened, everyday was mark with at least one thing worth talking about. So let us begin a recap of how this year's Comic-con was like.

Wednesday (aka Previews Night):

We arrived at the convention center about 90 minutes before the exhibit hall opened, so we had enough time to pick up our badges and get something to eat. Once we returned from eating the exhibit hall was open and Comic-Con had begun! The first thing we did was walk around the exhibit hall and see who had come to the convention. I have to say I was happy when I saw Nintendo was back this year, even though it was a small booth.

After we saw most of the exhibit hall we headed towards the Xbox booth and the Capcom booth. But we stopped at Funimation where I decided to make my first purchase a Brown Bag, fill with three random DVDs which turn out to be Beck, Speed Grapher, and Peach Girl, all complete series. From there we went to see what anime related figures were being sold. Here I was tempted to buy a figurine but I decided to think about it a little longer. Finally we made it to the Capcom booth, which is close to the Xbox booth. So here we decided to split up, Brawlio went to play Marvel vs Capcom 3 and I went to the Xbox booth to play some Halo Reach.

While I was in line to play Halo Reach, I had the opportunity to talk to one of the producers of Fable 3. He explained the main story of the game, some of the thing that have changed from Fable 2 and the brand new start menu. I have to admit the new menu is pretty cool, no more scrolling through a huge list of items. After this little preview to Fable 3 I got to play some firefight in Halo Reach. It was pretty awesome as usual, and I ended in the first position.

Afterwards we took a picture on Chuck Greene's motorcycle with his jacket and something to kill zombies with.

Finally the exhibit hall closed for the night.

Thursday (aka day 1)

On this day we arrived around 10:30 at the convention center. As any other day, the first thing we did was to walk around the exhibit hall. During this walk this happened:

After a while Brawlio decided to go to the Dead Rising 2 panel, so we decided to meet afterwards at the Viz Media booth. I decided to go to the Xbox booth and 'waste' my time there. I got to play Comic-Jumper and got a sign poster from the creators (same as Splosion Man). Afterwards I decided to start making the line for the Viz Bags which this year were black. When I got to the booth there was already a line but for something else, so they didn't let me start a new line for the bag yet. So I decided to start the line for the line for the bag :D Finally the real line was created and soon after it started moving! During this process of picking up the bag I met with Brawlio, and once we had our bags we decided to try and get another one by going to the end of the line. The plan was a success and we had two bags each.

Now it was around 3 o'clock and we were getting hungry and I wanted get into the Force Unleashed 2 panel which was going to start in about and hour and a half. So with these in mind we decided to eat something, and we headed out towards Horton Plaza. There we met with our old friend teriyaki. I think he was happy to see us, though my stomach was happier :D

Once our teriyaki plates were empty and our stomachs full we went back to the con, where we headed towards the SW:TFU2 panel. We were able to get in to the panel without any problems. During the panel they showed the trailer, which was already out, and they showed us a demo of the game. The demo was pretty long and fun, afterwards they showed another video were we got to see that Boba Fett was making an appearance in the game! The panel ended with a Q&A as usual. I do have to say I'm really interested in this game, looks like a lot of fun just like the first one. As soon as this ended we decided to stay in our seats and wait for the start of the next panel.

For me the next panel turn out to be pretty boring, I almost fell asleep! But for Brawler it was a lot fun. The panel was Capcom's. The problem with the panel was that there was too much talking and few videos. They didn't show much of Marvel vs Capcom as that had it's own panel the next day. Another problem the panel had was that most of the presenters were japanese and didn't speak english so they had translators and this usually slows things down. Once this ended we decided to once again stay for the next panel.

Of course the next panel was the main reason I arrived two panels ago to this room. Halo: Reach. That was the panel I've been waiting all day for, and it didn't disappoint. They started with Firefight, and the first thing they revealed was versus mode in firefight. And this actually looks like fun, though after seeing beast mode (GoW3) I wished we could play as something apart from elites. But never mind that, it still looks like fun. Now afterward they showed what most of us wanted to see, the new Blood Gulch now known as Hemorrhage. But just as interesting was the gametype in which they were showing us the map: Forge. So they began showing us how forgeable the map actually was, by deleting a whole base and some rocks. Then they decided to get in a falcon and show us beyond the canyon. It was huge we could see down below another spartan driving around in a warthog and he looked tiny. Forge World, as they named it, is going to be a great addition to an already great game. Afterwards they showed some the new items available in forge. They also showed the new options like physics (yay for phased physics) and angle snaps. These will make forge a great sandbox to play with and build cool new maps. Seriously cannot wait to see what other people will build with these if I am already impressed with some of the stuff they build with the now crappy options in Halo 3. After showing of Forge World they announced the new Xbox 360 Halo reach SKU. It looks pretty nice but my Xbox still works perfectly and hoping for it to never go to the RRoD side, so I'm not interested in this new SKU. Finally they finished with some questions from the audience, some were interesting but the only one worth mentioning is that now you'll be able to have 1000 items per type of item(ie 1000 maps, 1000 game variants, and 1000 clips). This is great a new as it was tedious in Halo 3 having to use a silver live account to save items that didn't fit in my gold account. With these the conference ended and we went home stopping at a store to buy ingredients to prepare ourselves some sandwiches so we won't need to eat outside of the con.

I just remember that I still have a Blog!

2010-08-27T10:28:00.000-07:00

To think my last post was about a year ago :O This is what happens when you work and study without giving up anytime for videogames (good priorities). It was natural that somethings got canned from my mind completely like my blog. Can't say the next will not be in a year as I'm still in school and working, but now I'll try and remember that I have a blog. And time is not an excuse for not doing anything; time is only a way of creating boundaries to convince yourself not to do things you really want to do. So yeah time as an excuse is only an illusion.

Poll

2009-08-19T11:51:00.000-07:00

Update:
PS3 Aquired about a year ago, and not disappointed for buying though I don't use it as much as my Xbox do to the game library and Xbox Live.

My Opinion: BlazBlue

2009-07-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

Image via Wikipedia

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger is a really fun 2-D fighting game and it's also really beautiful to look at. I'm not a fan of fighting games so I hesitated a little before actually buying this game (even though I actually saw footage of the game two days before I bought it :D). I really didn't made my mind until was in the store purchasing it. The reasons I decided to go for it and buy it were two: the first that the game is visually astounding and the second is the right-stick controls, which made it easier for noobs to do all the cool stuff without doing the button combinations. Thanks to the right-stick even a noob could enjoy playing this game, but the right-stick will limit you as it can't do all combos or special attacks. BlazBlue comes with many game modes such as arcade mode, story mode, versus, training, theater, gallery, and online multiplayer.
The Story Mode is long for fighter game, to bad you never understand everything that is happening. Yet you do learn the personality of each character, and how they behave with the others and why. You also get a little background for each character, but at the end the story is confusing. This also happens because you play a different story for each character and something different happens. There is a real ending, once you pass it once with each character available in story mode, but this real ending is also somewhat confusing. Even though the story is confusing I did enjoy playing through it and watching the story videos.
The arcade mode is what you expect, you battle a series of characters and that's it. You do release a special attack or form for you character once you pass the arcade mode, so it is worth passing with all characters at least once. Some characters do interact with each other before a fight, but it's not much (which s a good thing, we do have a story mode after all). The other modes are self-explanatory, so I won't explain them.
I really liked BlazBlue; I admit I don't play it too often though to the fact that I'm not a fan of fighting games. The game is beautiful to see and fun to play, so I recommend it to everybody from noobs to hardcore gamers who are interested in a good fighting game.

Clannad, the graphic novel, the series, the movie, but not the manga.

2009-07-06T11:45:00.000-07:00

About two months ago I watched Clannad, and recently The After Story (about two weeks ago), and the Clannad Movie (last weekend). I started watching Clannad for a simple reason, one day I was just bored and felt like watching something new, but calm. While I was watching the first season I felt this anime was just going to be a good timekiller, with no real drama, at least not enough for me to feel excited. And yet I still watched like 12 or 10 episodes per day finishing the first season in about two or three days. I can't really explain why I saw it so fast, I just did. Now I'm not saying that nothing happens during the series, I was never 'sitting on the edge of my seat' excited, but I still wanted to see the next episode as soon as possible. And in reality many things do happen, but I always had this feeling that at the end everything would stay the same. But I will not say if that feeling was correct or not, for the safety of those who haven't seen it. Once I finished the first season I decided not to see the After Story for a while longer, due to the fact that I saw the first season to fast (or did I?).

After watching the first season I decided to play the graphic novel. But I can't say if the anime is an accurate adaptation, because I didn't follow the anime's story. I only passed the game once, and I didn't even meet the main character (Nagisa) in the game. For those who like this type of games I do recommend it, as it is very interesting, and when replaying the story can change in many ways (I started a second play-through but never finished it). I stopped playing due to having the game installed in windows, which I was to lazy to use just to play this game. So for a while I didn't see anything Clannad-related.

About two weeks ago, one Friday night I was bored and decided I will 'start' watching the After Story. So I started around 9:00pm to see the first episode, and Saturday morning at around 7:00am I had finish all 22 episodes of the main story (as it does include 3 extra episodes). This was weird because my plan was to see only two or three episodes and not 22, o'well. The After Story begins where the first season left on, and it concentrates mostly on the two main characters (Tomoya and Nagisa). I feel that if I say anything more about the story I will spoil the series in some way directly or indirectly, so all I have to say is: Watch it, it's cool. One last thing the movie is a good interpretation (not the same) of the whole series, so I recommend watching it after seeing the series (both seasons).

Twitter

2009-06-26T11:19:00.000-07:00

Well I just open a twitter account (actually yesterday). I don't know how often I will update it, but it will be a lot more often than the blog. :P

https://twitter.com/iztari

Bueno acabo de abrir una cuenta de twitter (realmente ayer). No se que tan seguido lo actualize, pero les garantizo que sera mas seguido que el blog. :P

One more year one more E3!

2009-06-03T22:34:00.000-07:00

Another E3 has come and gone, and with it a lot of information: new games, new technologies, new surprises, new disappointments, new conferences, etc. So with all these we have a pretty good idea of which games are coming for the rest of the year. And I have to say some of these look really cool. But first I would like to give my opinion about each conference that the big three gave (Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony). Now before I give my opinion I like to point out that I didn't see the conferences in video due to work, but I did follow them in live-blogging via Kotaku and G4.

Microsoft:

For the Microsoft conference I thought it was really good even though I never had the feeling of "Whoa that's totally unexpected" like I did last year with FFXIII. This doesn't mean I wasn't surprise with Metal Gear coming to the 360, but it didn't recreate that feeling I felt last year (do to the rumors). Though all this could be do to the fact that I saw last year's conferences live on TV. For the games many were already announced, even though some hadn't been mention for about two years (yeah I'm looking at you Conviction!). These are the games that I'm excited about: Halo: ODST, Halo: Reach, Crackdown 2, MGS: Rising, SC: Conviction, FFXIII, and not shown in the conference but still coming to the 360: Assassin’s Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Mass Effect 2, and the new KOTOR. But it wasn't all about the games in this conference as Microsoft finally revealed their answer to Wii's Motion control, and I have to admit, this did surprise me as I was expecting some cheap knockoff with some extra stuff, but what they showed was quite impressive (if it actually works as they showed it).
Natal is the name of this technology and it doesn't use a remote control; instead it's just like a big sensor bar that detects your whole body. It also has face and voice recognition which sounds pretty cool, but there is still that sensation that reminds us that it was a planned demo. So if it works as it was shown this will be really amazing technology, but back to reality and we remember that it will probably have it own set of issues (after all it is Microsoft). And now if it does work as it was shown, there is still one problem for us hardcore gamers, and that is a simple problem: what the heck do we care for motion control, until now the only thing it has brought us is a bunch of lousy games; just take a look at Wii games and only a few are actually any good. And another thing we, gamers, are usually lazy, so we prefer the controller in the sense that we don't have to actually stand and move. So yeah natal's technology is pretty cool, but let's face reality; the intention behind it is to steal some of those casual gamers that have made the Wii so successful. And well natal looks like it could actually get that done, for example with natal you could actually force the player to stand up and do some exercise while they play. Because with the Wii you can just use the predefine hand movements to do most of the stuff a games needs you to do, without necessarily needing you to stand up and 'act' as the game intended. We are still a year away from actually getting to use the natal, so we will just have to wait. With all the games and natal I have to say that Microsoft’s conference was really good, except for that big surprise I wanted as I explained above.

Nintendo:

Now sadly this was the conference that I thought to be the most boring. This is due to the fact that out all the games announced only one really interests me, and that game was Metroid: the other M. Now don't get me wrong two new Mario games do sound cool, but these two don't seem that exciting. Mario Galaxy 2 will be a lot of fun, but I doubt it would beat the original in hype, and for the New Super Mario 2, it sounds fun, but it could be better if they release it for the DS instead of the Wii and use the DS WiFi network for multiplayer or at least let it support online in the Wii. I don't get what Nintendo has against online play, I know LAN parties are fun, but with work and studying sometimes you or your friends can't get together to play so we use online gaming to play. And all their motion plus stuff really didn't seem as great after seeing Natal, but let's not forget that Natal won't be coming out for quite some time so Nintendo has time to show what motion plus can really do, and Nintendo also has the most experience with motion control (even though most of the motion control base games suck). Also what the hell with the Vitality sensor shit! Is my Wii now supposed to be my new gym or nurse? C'mon this is a videogame console we are talking about, we want games not health care shit! Do to the lack of any major announcements and good games, this conference was really bad.

Sony:

This conference was the one that I was less excited to see, but in the end I was glad I chose to follow it in live-blogging. It started kind of boring with charts and numbers, which I'm glad Microsoft and Nintendo understood that we juast don't care about them, but once they started to talk about games it became more interesting. Sadly many of the 'surprises' that Sony had planned for the conference were ruined a few days earlier by some leaks (PSP Go). Also most of the games they showed didn't get me really excited as I don't own a PS3. This doesn't they were bad or anything, it's just I don't have an opinion about them. Now one of the surprises they were able to keep for E3 was their own motion controller, which seems really precise. Even though it looked really precise I still saw it inferior to Natal (if it works as shown), but better than the Wii motion plus, but we will see when they all come out. And again all this motion controls are for the casual gamers, so it's not something I'm that excited for. Now by the end they showed games that did get my interest even if I don't own a PS3, for example: The Last Guardian, God of War 3, and Metal Gear: Peace Walker. Also I was happy to see more of FFXIII and Assassin’s Creed 2, which are also coming to the 360. This conference was entertaining and maybe I would've been more excited if I was a playstation fan, but I doubt that would ever happen :P.

With all this I have to say that Microsoft's conference was the best, then Sony's, and last is Nintendo's. Well now remember that this is my opinion, and as a side note, I can't wait for September 22 :P

Nota: Este post no será traducido al español como los anteriores, dada su longitud y la flojera que me da traducirlo por consecuencia (aprendan ingles les servirá!).

Nuevo Header/ New Header

2009-05-25T13:06:00.000-07:00

Well I just uploaded a new header, which my friend Brawlio was kind in of to make. So if you don't like the header just go to his blog (link at the side column ->) and complain about it, even though I'm not going to change it as I did like it and that's what matters. But if you do like it be sure to let him know, so he gets more confidence for future shit and stuff. And whatever happen to his killer Yoshis? I wish he made more. :P

P.D. I added the sub-title, Brawlio did the drawing itself. :P

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Bueno acabo de subir el nuevo header para el blog, este header fue creado por mi amigo Brawlio. Si por algo una extraña razón no les gusto se pueden quejar en su blog (link en la columna de a lado). Les informo de todos modos que sus quejas serán inútiles al ser que a mi si me gusto. Y si les gusto pues avísenle también para que le de mas confianza en futuras ocasiones que le toque hacer cosas. Y que paso con su Yoshis bien rudos que dibujaba? Ojala hiciera más. :P

P.D. Yo agregue el sub-titulo, Brawlio hizo el dibujo en si. :P

Howto Share any website via Google Reader

2009-05-13T16:25:00.000-07:00

Have ever been in a situation where you find something (like a video, comic, article, etc.) you wish to share with your friends, but the website it is, doesn't have anyway to share and doesn't support RSS to share via Google Reader? Well recently I found out that with Google Reader you can share any link without needing to subscribe to it (no RSS feed needed). In order to get this to work you'll need to go to your Google Reader and under"Your Stuff" select "Notes". Once this is done you'll see the Reader opening all the stuff you shared with a note and on top of it a section with the title, "Share anything from around the web." In this section you'll see a Google Reader favicon with a link "Note in Reader", you'll need to drag this link to your bookmarks toolbar (Recommended). Now anytime you're in website you wish to share just click on that bookmark and the familiar Add Note pop up from Google Reader will appear, add your note and share it.

Alguna vez han estado navegando la red para cuando se topan con algo (video, comic, articulo, etc.) muy interesante, pero no tiene RSS feed y entonces para compartirlo ocupas mandar el link a tu amigos? Pues recientemente descubrí que vía Google Reader puedes compartir cualquier link con tus amigos del Reader. Esto incluye las ventajas del Google Reader, como lo es compartir con nota. Para hacer esto ocupan ingresar a su Google Reader e ir a la seccion "Your Stuff" ('tus cosas') y seleccionar "Notes" o "Notas". Una vez ahi a la derecha va aparecer un 'tip' con el titulo "Share anything from around the web." Abajo del titulo veran un link con el favicon del Reader, a este link ponganlo en su bookmark toolbar. Ahora lo unico que ocupan hacer para compartir una pagina es dar click a ese bookmark y te aparecerar el pop-up de Notas de Google Reader, agrega una nota y listo.

First Official Post?

2009-05-13T16:10:00.000-07:00

This post is just to welcome everyone to the reopening of the blog. I don't promise shit about the frequency of updates, but I will try to make them as regular as possible.

P.D. There is supposed to be a cool new banner, but do to someone, who has not finish making it, it is not up yet :P.

Este post nomas es para darle la bienvenida al resurgimiento de mi blog. No prometo nada sobre la frecuencia de los posts, pero intentare hacerlos regularmente de todos modos.

P.D. Deberia haber un nuevo banner bonito en el blog pero gracias a alguien que no lo ha terminado no esta :P.

Under Construction!

2009-03-02T16:26:00.000-08:00

Will be ready when it's ready.

Comic Con 2007

2007-08-09T11:36:00.000-07:00

Bueno ya por fin se me quito la hueva que me dejaron las vacaciones y la Comic Con jajaja, ahora a platicarles de uno de los eventos mas importantes del año en mi región, bueno es el unico evento tan grande para geeks/otakus en la región. Y que tan grande es el evento, bueno en un pasado no era tan grande pero este año se rompió récord como al ser el primer Comic-Con que tres dias estuvieron sold out. Suerte para mi que ya había comprado boleto como un mes y medio antes. Y cuantas personas es eso, pues fueron mas de 125,000 personas.

Yo empece atender al Comic-Con desde hace dos años y hasta ahorita sigue como prioridad en mis vacaciones de verano al ser un super evento. En el piso principal se ponen los stands de los exhibicionistas, para que se den una idea del piso de exhibiciones vayan aquí.

El evento fue genial igual que años pasados, pero este año estuvo mas cansado al a ver una escasez de carros en mi casa. Tuve que cruzar todo los días la garita internacional para llegar a San Diego, y tomar un trolley hasta el centro de convenciones. Todo este recorrido me tomaba aproximadamente una hora y diez minutos. Algo que en carro me tomaría máximo media hora. Pero todo esto valió la pena para ver trailers exclusivo, agarrar cosas gratis, conocer gente "famosa" (por asi decirlo), ver anime, entrar a conferencias, y muchas cosas mas.

Bueno y no crean que solo les traigo letras, por supuesto que lleve una cámara :p
(recuerden click para ver tamaño original)

Para que se den cuenta de la "poca" gente que va jajaja

Claro que Haruhi no falto jajaja

Un Chewbaca de lego junto con Chewbaca (Peter Mayhew actor de chewbaca) y vean que el mide 2.22 metros.

Yo con Jigsaw (de la pelicula de Saw), ahi anduvo asustando gente y me toco ver como asusto a un pobre negrito que salio corriendo, estuvo bien chistoso jaja, y tambien hizo llorar a un niño con una mirada jajaja.

Bueno a lo mejor luego subo mas fotos aqui o algun otro lugar y pongo el link jaja

Code Monkeys

2007-07-21T00:14:00.000-07:00

Code Monkeys es una nueva caricatura que se estreno el 11 de Julio del 2007 en el canal de G4. Lo que hace especial a esta serie es que es una caricatura al estilo de 8-bits, si como jugabamos Mario originalmente en el NESS.

Y luego para aquellos de ustedes que han visistado el blog de Mario (Sinister), ya deberian conocer al cantante Jonathan Coulton. Lo menciono por que la introduccion a esta caricatura es nada mas y nada menos que su cancion de Code Monkey, la cual recomiendo bueno a mi me gusto mucho :P

Los dejo con el intro y un comercial lol:
Intro:

Comercial:

涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱!!!!!!

2007-04-23T17:58:00.000-07:00

Bueno ya era hora de que pusiera algo y no hay nada mejor como poner algo de la Melancolía de Haruhi Suzumiya!! Bueno esto es un anime que se ha vuelto MUY MUY MUY popular últimamente. El anime se trata sobre las 'aventuras' de una niña desde el punto de vista de un compañero del escuela, no les cuento mas porque honestamente cualquier otra cosa seria SPOILER!!!! La serie es muy chistosa, entretenida, agresiva, emocionante, etc. consta de 14 capítulos los cuales salieron en un orden raro a la TV para mantener lo mas emocionante al final, siendo el episodio 14 realmente el 6to cronológico, pero no se preocupen del revoltijo si ponen atención entenderán todo, a este orden se le llama el orden de Kyon (desde el punto del personaje donde vez el anime), y el orden cronológico se le llama orden de Haruhi (personaje principal).
Bueno lo mas raro de esta serie es que su ending es un baile de los personajes, pero lo mas extraño es lo popular que ese baile se ha vuelto y la miles de diferentes de versiones que se han echo las cuales puede apreciar en youtube.
Versión Original Sin Créditos:

Una de las tantas diferentes versiones:

Aun no se y no creo saber porque este baile se ha vuelto popular es uno de los mas grandes misterios del mundo jajaja.
El DVD saldrá como en un mes para mas información sobre el dvd vayan a ver el blog de Brawler. Esta serie la recomiendo MUCHISISISISISIMO!!!!! y también recomiendo que la vean en ambos orden ya que son experiencias diferentes!!! Esta serie te intriga tanto (bueno a mi) que hace que quieras imagenes de la seria, con solo decirle que ya tengo mas de 200 imágenes diferentes de 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱！！！
Bueno los dejo con un collage que hice con Google Picasa:

*Nota no había escrito en mucho tiempo porque eh estado ocupado espero volver a postear igual de seguido como antes.

Reseña "300"

2007-03-18T17:11:00.000-07:00

Bueno esta película en lo particular me gusto mucho, se me hizo muy buena, pero no creo que todos opinen lo mismo por la razon de que tiene mucha sangre y cosas de esas. 300 es una pelicula basada en la novela gráfica de Frank Miller donde su cuenta la gran historia de la batalla de las Termópilas. Para los que no sepan esta gran batalla es donde 300 Spartans combaten por varios días un ejercito persa conformado por miles de 'soldados.' Lo importante de esta batalla es como solo 300 hombres lograron parar un ejercito de miles por vario días sin ceder ni siquiera unos centímetros.
La película contiene unos visuales peculiares para mantener un color fiel ah aquellos en las novelas gráficas. Y honestamente me gusto como quedaron. Esta película no es para ir a verla con la familia si no que con los amigos si pueden. Esta película la recomiendo mucho vayan y disfruten de ella!!

*Nota: Si de estos guerreros Bungie se basa para crear a los Spartan II de Halo(por eso el II).

Super Mega Agresivo Especial 42!!!!

2007-03-11T00:32:00.000-08:00

El post de hoy es uno muy especial al ser el post 42!!!! Si el numero que a todo aplica y es la gran respuesta a la Vida, Universo y todo. Los mas chistoso es que este numero me ha estado siguiendo por mucho tiempo pero esta semana lo sentí un poco mas. También eh elegido este día para postear este gran post, al ser el cumple del que tiene la culpa de todo esto, Douglas N. Adams, lol. Este gran autor escribió el libro de The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Guía del Viajero Intergaláctico),un libro que recomiendo mucho y que se puede aprender mucho de el. lol.
Lo mas chistoso es como muchas cosas puedo relacionar con ese numero en mi vida cotidiana. Especialmente últimamente me ah tocado varias veces. Un ejemplo es que ahorita estamos arreglando varias cosas para la graduación y resulta que el paquete de fotos cuesta $42 dlls, obviamente este paquete ni nada de la graduación me interesa excepto el titulo obviamente jaja. Pero aun así el 42 ahí estuvo jajaja, Pero no es lo único, obviamente cualquier numero que encuentro lo intento relacionar especialmente reduciendo ese numero a un 6 o 9 si se puede y ahí multiplicarlo por el otro, ¿porque esos numeros? Pues si no lo saben como lo explican en el libro, 9x6=42. Si ya se que esto no tiene sentido, la única manera para que eso sea cierto es si pensamos en base 13 (el común es base 10). Para mas detalles consulten wikipedia. Entonces ya con esto explicado sabrán como mucho números se pueden relacionar al 42 (sumando sus dígitos o multiplicándolos o de alguna manera que llegue ah 9 o 6 y multiplicarlo por el otro a si obteniendo 42 jajaja). Pero eso no es todo también en otras circunstancias donde el 42 aparece por si mismo. eh aquí una muestra:A veces Ubuntu me pone la senal de "low battery" si realmente estar baja por alguna razon, y esta semana me lo puso por primera vez en el porcentaje de 42! Pero no solo a mi por ejemplo a Mario (Sinister) el martes que entro a su google reader encontro esto:

Si 42 cosas que leer!! Y hoy en la escuela otra vez le paso!!!!
Luego la Carrera que quiereo estudiar (Ciencias Computacionales) tiene 42 materias que se tienen que cursar en el Cetys (mi escuela), esto no lo sabia y esta misma semana me entere!! Y para mas colmo cuando me meto al blogger me doy cuenta que ya voy a llegar a mi post 42 (siendo este)!!!!! Luego en esta semana tuve examenes y en el examen de fisica que tiene un valor de 85% solo venian dos problemas cada uno valiendo 42.5% lo suficiente para decir omfg 42!!!! jajaja. Y obviamente en nuestro programas que hemos echo sinister y yo para practicar pusimos easter eggs del 42 jajajaja.
Datos interesante de wikipedia:
10! (10 factorial) segundos es exactamente 42 días!!
Los minutos para que el teórico "tren gravedad (gravity train)" llegue a cualquier parte del planeta!!
Numero de dientes que tienen los caninos!!
En el antiguo Libro Chino "Tao Te Ching," el capitulo 42 es una explicación del universo!!
El 42 es el numero que usa Dios para crear el Universo en Tradiciona Cabala (una de las principales corrientes del Esoterismo judío)!!!!!
La edad de Peter Griffin en Family Guy!!
La edad que se supone que Homero J. Simpson debe morir!!!!
El record de mas gente en un carro es 42!!
El numero de dientes de Moby Dick!!
Y hay mucho mas curiosidades!!!
Si quieren culpar ah alguien por lo del 42 ahí esta su foto lol!!!
Algunas frases de Douglas Adams (algunas son de sus libros; lo siento están en ingle):
"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. "
"Life is wasted on the living. "
"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened. "
"Watch?? I'm gonna pray, Man! Know any good religions? "
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."
"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own laws."
Para mas den click aqui lol.
Por ultimo la foto de mi cubo, con una nieve muy especial!!:
Espero que les halla gustado !!!

Un Héroe a Muerto

2007-03-07T20:21:00.000-08:00

Bueno ah ocurrido algo inimaginable un gran héroe a muerto, hoy Marvel ah anunciado que el Capitan America a muerto. Si Steve Rogers, el Capitan America, fue asesinado en los escalones de la Corte Federal por un sniper. Todo esto en el comic de Capitan America #25. ¿Que tiene que decir Marvel de esto? preguntan. Pues aqui la respuesta, "Captain America will continue to be published despite the very real death of Steve Rogers...*"
Aquí una foto de la victima:

Alguno comentarios de los fans**:
"I couldn't believe what I was reading. Captain America dead? I will never buy another marvel comic again."
"Relax people. You know by now Marvel is incapable of keeping anybody dead..."
"After all those super villains (and even heroes), this is how he dies? So unglamorlessly? It'd have been better if Iron Man accidentally killed him."
Para ver mas de click aqui.
*Cita sacada de aqui.
**Mensajes del message board de marvel

Beryl de Nuevo

2007-03-05T18:39:00.000-08:00

Si ya tengo beryl trabajando una vez mas en mi laptop, ahora por lo visto es una versión un poco mas vieja pero estable. La inestable puede llegar a tener varios problemas al ser beta. Bueno todo esto sucedio cuando vi el post de LinuxMan donde el hablo de unos problemas que tuvo con el beryl del Ubuntu Ultimate Edition, donde al final pone a un link que recomienda para instalar beryl desde cero. Al no tener nada que perder decidir intentar esa guia y para mi sorpresa funciono a la perfeccion y ya estoy disfrutando una vez mas de mi cubito. Lo mas raro de todo es que cuando ya lo logre poner el cubo todo estaba exactamente como lo deje cuando me ocurrio el problema del cubo blanco. Bueno los dejo con dos screenshots de mi cubo actual:

Hacer click en las imagenes para agrandar.

Usen Firefox y de una vez Linux (Ubuntu si pueden)

2007-03-04T21:52:00.000-08:00

Bueno estaba surfeando la red y vi una imagen que me pareció interesante al ser la viva imagen del logo y nombre de un gran explorador que todos ustedes deberían usar pero por lo visto en las estadísticas de mi blog cada vez hay mas visitantes que usan el chafisima internet explorer, y si hablo del explorador Firefox. Este explorador lo deberían usar ya que es mas seguro que internet explorer, mas fácil de personalizar especialmente con el about:config. Si no sabes usar el abput:config solo consulta su wiki, donde te dice para que sirve cada opción. No lo menciono como el mejor explorador ya que no eh usado el Opera (dicen que es muy seguro), Safari (explorador que viene en Macs), y Camino (explorador open source basado en el Gecko de mozilla para Macs, por lo que lei es disque mas rápido que Firefox). Bueno los dejo con las imágenes que me gustaron lol:

Si el Firefox (zorro de fuego) en persona!!

La realidadUsen Firefox y Linux!!!!!!!!!!

Febrero para Olvidar, excepto los fin de Semanas

2007-03-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

Bueno este Febrero ha sido un mes para al olvidar (hablando sobre el blog) ya que nada ah pasado. En este mes no eh tenido mucho de que escribir y eso no me gusta, pero bueno esperemos que marzo tenga mas info que ofrecer jejeje. Aunque Febrero no fue muy bueno para el blog, si lo fue para romper récord, ya que en este mes dos veces vinieron dos amigos de la escuela a mi casa a dormir algo que no habia sucedido hace mucho tiempo. Lo mas destacado de este mes fue el Wii y todos lo agresivo que hemos estado con los animes jejeje, ya que vimos 21 capítulos un día de anime, (FMP, Haruhi, OVA Elfen Lied), y otro día 19 (Fumoffu, R.O.D., Genshiken (la recomiendo), y Love Hina) jajajaja y para estar peor empezábamos a ver los animes a las 10pm, SI A LAS DIEZ PM!!!!. Somos unos SUPER MEGA AGRESIVOS lo se pero eso es lo que rifa jajajajajaja. Y marzo ya empezó con ir a casa de un amigo y quedarnos a dormir para celebrar su cumple, entonces parece que continuara jajajjajaja. Bueno espero que este mes traiga as noticias y otro podcast, lo que si es que ya vi un preview del Extravaganza 2 de Brawler.

Halo 3 Update

2007-02-20T16:49:00.000-08:00

Bueno todo a estado calmado últimamente sobre Halo 3 pero ya se dio al publico una estimación de salida de este juego, y eso es otoño, muy probablemente en Noviembre, ya que ese es el mes en el cual Halo 1, y 2 salieron. Esta noticia no me sorprendió si no que me reafirmo lo que yo ya sospechaba y posiblemente mucho de ustedes también. También ya empezaron a sacar 'posters de publicidad' lo de Bungie. Y sobre el Halo 3 Beta ya solo queda una oportunidad y esa es comprar el juego de Crackdown, el cual ya jugué el demo y me pareció divertido como para una media hora mas o menos. Les recuerdo no todos los juegos de Crackdown traen el Beta incluido solo los que lo indiquen y otra cosa el Beta TODAVÍA no sale solo el Crackdown, el beta saldrá en primavera y por lo leído en el Weekly Update de Bungie hasta fines de primavera. Una vez que salga el Beta solo metes tu CD de Crackdown, te vas a la sección de downloads y lo bajas y desde el Crackdown lo tendrás que jugar. Bueno los dejo con la publicidad del Halo 3 y la versión de Mister Chief: