Video Games
RDU Code Camp is this Saturday, Nov 15, from 8:15am to 5pm. Door open at 7:30am.
It promises to be a great day full of developer-oriented content. In addition, there will be an Open Spaces, and an XBox 360 for playing Rock Band! Lunch will be provided, and there are prizes at the end - hope to see you there!
On the upside, I did get to play 6 songs of Guitar Hero II first.
This will mark my second return of an XBox 360 in just about 2 years. I think it bears noting that this will be 2 more returns than I have experienced with any console EVER. I have owned video game systems as far back as I can remember, from Intellivision and Atari (my grandmother's Atari still works), through the NES, Genesis, Playstation1, N64, Gamecube, PS2, and original XBox.
I think the XBox 360 is a great system, but the number of hardware faults seen are just laughable...
In a word, awesome.
TriNUG, in conjunction with Microsoft, threw a VS2008 Installfest party last night, and much fun was had by all. There was VS2008 installing, presentations on VS2008 topics, Guitar Hero 2, tons of food and drink, and much merriment. It was a great chance to get together with fellow techies and have a great time. As an added bonus, we gathered donations of food and took them to the NC Food Bank in Durham.
I had a great time at the event - got to see old friends, make new friends, and play a little XBox. My only...
"I'm making a note here, HUGE SUCCESS."
The title and above quote come courtesy of the most amazing game to cross my path this year, pOrtal.
pOrtal first wowed me from the first trailer I ever saw. The concept was amazing, and while the idea was utilized to some degree in Prey, it was presented in pOrtal as a much purer concept. This game isn't about using your native american heritage to defeat aliens, with some portals thrown in - this game is about bending the fabric of space-time, and doing all the ridiculously cool things that come possible as a result.
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