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Film: Sahara
An okay film but the story seems to be a random blend of several other major (and better) films. Interaction between McConaughey, Wilson and Zahn saves the whole film though. Worth a watch if you’re bored but wouldn’t buy it though.
RipperX to the Rescue
For a long time now one of my pet hates with Linux, Ubuntu in particular, is that it doesn’t come with a good MP3 ripping program. Out of the box (which is free, thank you Ubuntu guys), the operating system comes with Sound Juicer, a fairly basic yet stable program for converting those shiny yet [...]
Board game review: Memoir 44
A war game that is simple to pick up yet quite complex in the strategy. Only able to play a single game – but want to play again soon. Surely a good sign
Zombie Survival: Pre-Outbreak Planning
Week 2 of this zombie survival series focuses on what things you should be doing before an outbreak that can significantly improve your odds of riding out the wave of death. Last week we covered the zombies themselves, their strengths and weaknesses, their resources and the virus (briefly). If you haven’t read it yet I [...]
Zombie Survival: Know thy Zombie
So here we our, sitting awaiting our brief zombie education. Ready to absorb a few life-saving nuggets of zombie knowledge. However before we can get into the juicy areas of picking weapons, barricading windows and disappearing down into our private bunkers that I’m sure we’ve all got under construction; we first need to discuss our [...]
New Series – Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse
故曰:知彼知己,百戰不殆; 不知彼而知己,一勝一負; 不知彼,不知己,每戰必殆 So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss. If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself. Any [...]
What Do Zombies Drink? My New Zombie Cola!
Remember; a hydrated zombie is a happy zombie. Just thought I’d follow a few online tutorials in Blender and ended up with this little beauty. Dead proud of it… dead proud… get it…. oh well. Followed Andrew Price’s tutorial on modelling and lighting this subject, however all modelling and textures are pure, that is, made [...]