IGN.com has an interview with Elemental’s Producer, Scott Tykoski about the art style of Elemental: War of Magic . I'd like to say that Elemental's visual style was chosen purely for the love of art. That the style was risky but required to properly lay fourth our grand vision of dead world refueled by magic. That the style would finally establish video games as works of art and we can all celebrate our incredible cultural triumph! Read the full interview at IGN .
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Here is another quick video I was working on today. This shows the WindowBlinds 7 theme coloring feature being used on two skins, both with great results.
Here is another quick video I was working on today. This shows the WindowBlinds 7 theme coloring feature being used on two skins, both with great results.
Yes, the simplest things make me happy. This feature in Windows 7 really does help with productivity, as I can just stack two Windows side by side and easily read and copy from one to another.
I know many of you have been waiting, and now is the time to announce the winners of the Summer ‘09 wallpaper contest we had on WinCustomize.com . Let me start off by saying it was very hard to determine the winners, as all the entries were fantastic, but we had to narrow it down to three favorites. Lets get to the winners! First Place – Summers Dawn by skyzyk Second Place – Summer Backwater by Gammeldansk T...
PC World’s Game Blog, “ Game On ”, has a featured article about the upcoming micro-expansion Diplomacy, for the award winning PC game Sins of a Solar Empire . “Reportedly the expansion adds a new diplomatic tech tree that'll let you bolster your deal-brokering skills, adds diplomatic envoy ships (presumably to help craft treaties or facilitate dialogue during hostilities), and allows you to craft trade treaties with other factions. The bet...
For our new poll I wanted to ask if you enjoyed the Summer ‘09 wallpaper contest, and if you would like to see more of these types of things on WC. The summer contest was a big hit, and the winners will be announced as early as tomorrow. We have two other things that are big for themes, that is Halloween and Christmas. We always see a huge variety of all types of skins and themes, and I would like your opinions on future contests. It just doesn’t have to be wallpapers, what ...
Chris Remo from Gamasutra has published an interview with Stardock’s Brad Wardell regarding the upcoming Impulse – Phase IV, and one of its new features, Ready to Play .
“It's part social networking, and part matchmaking -- but since it doesn't actually set up the game itself, it just brings the gamers themselves together, it uses whatever multiplayer system the developers included in the game, be it matchmaking or server browsing.
"When you play online with random strangers, how many people are jerks? I don't know how else to put it. Random people are often jerks," Stardock CEO Brad Wardell told Gamasutra regarding the reasoning behind Ready to Play's conception. "I wanted to come up with something that solved that problem."
Read the full interview at Gamasutra.com .
The latest WindowBlinds Master skin comes from none other than MikeB314. Ozone is a darker theme with a great use of color, and a more minimalist design. This is designed for Windows XP and Vista, and wallpaper is also included. If you are a WinCustomize subscriber you do get 20% off Master skins, so be sure to grab this one!
This is a great video showing game designers views, and keep watching for a look at Stardock’s own Brad Wardell. > > > > > > > Link - http://media.digitaltrends.com/players-only/game-design-raising-the-bar/ Summary: Will Wright, Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto… we all know the names. But how do today’s top designers always stay ahead of the game? Season 2 continues as we take a closer look at the qualit...
I just wanted to drop in and show off some skins from the past couple of days!
Tell me again why government would be more efficient? VANCOUVER — Vancouver patients needing neurosurgery, treatment for vascular diseases and other medically necessary procedures can expect to wait longer for care, NDP health critic Adrian Dix said Monday. Dix said a Vancouver Coastal Health Authority document shows it is considering chopping more than 6,000 surgeries in an effort to make up for a dramatic budgetary shortfall that could reach $200 million. Sounds gr...
Lets start with …. WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's push for a national health care overhaul is providing a financial windfall in the election offseason to Democratic consulting firms that are closely connected to the president and two top advisers. Coalitions of interest groups running at least $24 million in pro-overhaul ads hired GMMB, which worked for Obama's 2008 campaign and whose partners include a top Obama campaign strategist. They also hired AKPD Message and Me...
Ever since Fences was released as a community preview, people have raved over it. Anyone in need of help organizing their desktop icons immediately found out how useful Fences is for cleaning up the clutter, and for making a more productive desktop environment.
