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Entries from October 2008

Grand Theft Auto 4

October 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

And so, 37 hours 31 minutes and 23 seconds after he started his journey, Niko Belic went to his apartment in Algonquin and went to sleep. Thus I saved my game for the last time.
I really enjoyed Grand Theft Auto. This is the first of the series I have finished, let along getting more than [...]

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Tags: Games · Reviews

On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness – Episode 1

October 8th, 2008 · Comments Off

About two weeks ago I finally tried the first episode of Penny Arcade Adventures. On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness – Episode 1 was pretty good, I enjoyed it quite a bit.
Just a few days after I finished it, the next episode was announced to be gold so it should come out soon (hopefully).
I [...]

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Tags: Games · Reviews

Character Generation, Katakana Rendering

October 1st, 2008 · Comments Off

Despite spending more time with Little Cute Display, I’m still unable to get character generation working. Based on the small amount of information I have it should be working. I suspect that either the device just doesn’t support it (possible, I haven’t tested it) or I don’t have enough documentation (my best guess).
As part of [...]

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Tags: Mac · Programming