Rock Band 3; Player,Character; etc.

2010-03-10 02:00 UTC by Desire Campbell

So Rock Band 3 announced for end-of-year, some predictions:

  1. Basic stuff: slightly updated instruments, importing songs from RB1 and RB2.
  2. Mainly updates from Beatles RB: harmonies, pause countdown, etc.
  3. What I’m most interested in is a closer integration with Rock Bank Network. Back when Guitar Hero World Tour came out with a music creator as its big selling point, Harmonix responded that it wasn’t good enough to include in Rock Bank, not until they had improved the mechanics presented in GHWT. That RB3 is announced on the heels of RBN going public is probably not a coincidence.
  4. I hope for better character creation stuff. Better Body modification, more/different clothes.
  5. No Beatles RB song imports. It won’t happen.
  6. No stringed guitar controller. No matter what rumours you’ve heard, it’s to fundamental a change and too difficult to keep simple.

Also, listening to Anthony Burch’s UC Berkly talk about character development and player identity. Awesome stuff. I may not have mentioned Burch before – he is a fantastic, cleaver man. Check him out.

And, if you’re in the Ottawa area, my friend Matt has a band. I think they’re great. You should check them out.

The Ballad of Barry Allen (Seems So Slow)

2010-03-01 07:49 UTC by Desire Campbell

Found this thanks to Nerdy Show. Fantastic song.

Jim’s Big Ego – The Ballad of Barry Allen
Found at skreemr.com

KITH Army

2010-01-25 13:18 UTC by Desire Campbell

Late Xmas

2010-01-06 15:53 UTC by Desire Campbell

Package from Ben.

I have good friends.

Sorry peeples… ? Pooples? Peepooplios?

2009-09-21 06:44 UTC by Desire Campbell

Sorry about not updating in friggin’ forever, been busy. But expect something soon (later today perhaps).

In the meantime, check out the Jump Super Anime Tour Dragon Ball manga at Kanzentai.

Wordpres error

2009-07-05 08:32 UTC by Desire Campbell

So I just noticed that my usual permalink structure ( /news/%postname%/ ) is broken, for some reason. /news/%postid%/ seems fine, and /%year%/%postname%/ works too, but ’static text’-slash-postname just throws 404s.

Anyone have any ideas?

Man and Superman

2009-06-17 21:38 UTC by Hillary

Why I love Shaw:

Don Juan: …I tell you that as long as I can conceive of something better than myself I cannot be easy unless I am striving to bring it into existence or clearing the way for it. That is the law of my life. That is the working within me of Life’s incessant aspiration to higher organization, wider, deeper, intenser self-consciousness, and clearer self-understanding. It was the supremacy of this purpose that reduced love for me to the mere pleasure of a moment, art for me to the mere schooling of faculties, religion for me to a mere excuse for laziness, since it had set up a God who looked at the world and saw that it was good, against the instinct in me that looked through my eyes at the world and saw that it could be improved…
-Man and Superman, Act III

Why I love the English language:

Don Juan: …Your friends are all the dullest dogs I know. They are not beautiful: they are only decorated. They are not clean: they are only shaved and starched. They are not dignified: they are only fashionably dressed. They are not educated: they are only college passmen. They are not religious: they are only pewrenters. They are not moral: they are only conventional. They are not virtuous: they are only cowardly. They are not even vicious: they are only “frail.” They are not artistic: they are only lascivious. They are not prosperous: they are only rich. They are not loyal, they are only servile; not dutiful, only sheepish; not public spirited, only patriotic; not courageous, only quarrelsome; not determined, only obstinate; not masterful, only domineering; not self-controlled, only obtuse; not self-respecting, only vain; not kind, only sentimental; not social, only gregarious; not considerate, only polite; not intelligent, only opinionated; not progressive, only factious; not imaginative, only superstitious; not just, only vindictive; not generous, only proprietory; not disciplined, only cowed; and not truthful at all: liars every one of them, to the very backbone of their souls.
-Man and Superman, Act III

dear diary

2009-06-07 19:58 UTC by Desire Campbell

Been a while since the last update. Here’s the skinny: Read the rest of this entry »

Paposeco Rolls

2009-04-17 14:21 UTC by Desire Campbell

I amway too excited about these buns.

Paposeco rolls

Paposeco rolls

Portfolio Mock-ups

2009-03-29 12:31 UTC by Desire Campbell

Hey hey, been slacking on the updates for a while – I know ho you all miss me. I’ve been working on some layout mock-ups. First up, a sushi restaurant:

sushirox

Also, new layout for the whole site (anyone else think the dark layout says “I’m trying too hard” in a fourteen year old kind of way?). Anyway, if you need more of me, I’m on Twitter too.