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The Revolution is NOW! Join Revolution 2D

Have you ever wanted to make your own game? I know I sure have. But my problem is always the same, I have plenty of ideas and I'm not too shabby at writing out story / dialog, but I don't know how to...

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The Other OS

Ya know what really bothers me? The fact that the mainstream game publishers aren't taking Linux seriously. True, its not really a market share powerhouse, but I think if games started shifting to it,...

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Home media server made easy

To those of you who didn't read about it already, I use a Mac. But that is not where our story begins. No, our story begins with the Nintendo Wii. You see, the Wii has a cute little feature that lets...

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The long hard wait

For anyone thats a Zelda fan, right now you are like me, waiting. Nintendo has a nasty habit of letting its fanboys know they are working on something that makes them drool, but then handing so little...

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Release the BEAST!!!

If any of you have switched to Mac from PC then you will know about the withdrawals that come with it. For most, the ability to play many of the games that come is the hardest thing to part with. For...

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Why do Gamers get Fat?

I just finished reading an extremely interesting article about a type of fat that actually makes you thinner and how some people don't have any. They say it could be a factor in obesity. Reading it...

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How the Mac Mini changed my world

Anyone who has read through my posts will know that I am a Mac user. I am proud to be one too. But, it wasn't always this way...Long ago, I was a PC fanboy. I would never say that I was a super tech...

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Gamer's Thumb

The mark of any true console gamer is the prized merit badge known as Gamer's Thumb. Gamer's Thumb is the callusing of the thumb, usually the left thumb but can develop on both depending. Most gamers...

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Kung Fu Chaos

This is gonna just be a quickie. By show of hands, how many of you love Kung Fu/Samurai movies? I'm talking old-school exploitation type. I've lately found myself watching tons of them. I've always...

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Ultra

With the onset of September and the beginning of a new school year building up steam I am left feeling a bit nostalgic. You see, 13 years ago right around this time I had a sense of destiny coursing...

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Arcade Fever!

So I hung out with a few of my friends the other day. I don't really get to do so very often for a myriad of reasons. At any rate, my friend Jack and his brother Bill (also my friend) live together in...

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The Death of an Icon

Part of my childhood died the other day. A massive part. Captain Lou Albano, former WWF wrestler and the live action personality of Mario on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show as well as the voice of the...

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NEW LAYOUT!!!

I wanted to spice it up a bit and use some of the CSS tricks I've been learning. I know it has it's issues if you can spot them... but otherwise... what do you think?

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Macross VS Robotech

Hey there! I know its been an uber long time since I've posted and I'm sorry. With everything I've got going on some things have had to suffer. But today I come to you with an age old debate and I hope...

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Awesome 8-bit Radio

I know I've covered the 8-bit, chiptune and video game remix music scenes in the past. I seriously find myself listening to this budding group of genres more and more all the time. Well, I have...

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Q-Block 3D Pixel Art Creator

With the advent of 3D Dot Game Heroes I was in the mood to make some of my favorite old game sprites into retro style 3D creations. It just so happens that there is a sick FREE online tool that lets...

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Sony VS Geohot

First off, I know it has been WAY too long since I posted anything but life has a funny way of getting in the way of stuff. That being said, when I read about what was going on with this issue I felt I...

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Zelda turns 25

A quarter of a century ago a game was released that changed everything. It was the first of its kind and it started a franchise that continues to this day and is perhaps one of the most celebrated...

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Minecraft Pocket Edition

Minecraft has become a phenomenon. If you haven't heard of it yet, you have been seriously missing out. Minecraft is a sandbox style game where you have the ability to shape the game world around you...

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Get your Code on!

So I've been away... again... for a very long time.  Sorry about that.  But I have returned to bring you awesomeness!!!  Free awesome programming courses!!!I'm currently doing the Code Year program at...

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Codecademy Update!

I just popped over to Codecademy to continue with my coursework and POW!!!  There is a whole new track of stuff to learn.  They added Python to their courses.  Guess I know what I'm working on next!  I...

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Make an HTML editor like W3schools "Try it yourself" feature

Hey there!  Long time no see right?  I come with gifts!!!One of the things I love to do is code.  HTML is something that I started playing around with much too long ago to give a date.  I prefer to...

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iOS ontouch event lag

Quite some time ago I was building a javascript app for my work that would run on an iPad.  It was a survey app that had options for the user to touch and then it would thank them for their input when...

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Want to live in space?

Here is some food for thought.  I threw this together today because I feel, as a species, we are being robbed of our true potential.

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Never Say Skyrim Again

Now that Elder Scrolls Online has been out for a wile and the beta non-disclosure-agreement I signed doesn't matter I'd like to tell those who care about such things why I think it sucks.It is...

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