Michael Cook’s Place

I’ve updated Gravitoids, adding a few little cleanups and making it generally run better. There are still some clear problems with it, such as the fear display lines seem off, and they learn to ignore the walls completely… which means my balancing is off. Still strangely distracting and fun to watch.

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A short while ago, I finished playing Patapon. At only $20, the game is a great value. I wasn’t expecting much, but I was rather pleasantly surprised.
Basics
Patapon is a often described as a rhythm game combined with a real time strategy game. This is somewhat true, but I don’t entirely agree with the real time [...]

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I put of the first public release of a Java simulation I’ve been working on, called Gravitoids.
Download and try it, it’s surprisingly fun to watch.

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I just finished Half-Life 2: Episode One. I enjoyed it. I thought from the reviews I remember reading that it had a vehicle sequence, I guess I’m confusing Episode One and Episode Two. It was very well done. I miss having the saw blades that you got in Ravenholm in HL2. There are a few [...]

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For various reasons, I recently got a hankering to mess with a Rubik’s Cube. Now I’ve owned them in the past, but can’t find any of them. My brother had them too, but he can’t find his. The only cube I could find was a little keychain model that is extremely hard to rotate and [...]

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