Review - World of Goo - Consolevania Series 4
Posted: 04 Jan 2009 05:50 PM CST
Ryan reviews World of Goo.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
New Years Resolutions
1. Stop Smoking
For this attempt I'm channeling the spirit of Allen Carr through video games:
Basically this involves being told how all the 'good things' I associate with Cigarettes are lies through the medium of really bad mini games.
2. Do something with SharepointTillIDie.com
I do actually own the domain, so it's about time I did something with it - this could involve just blogging about how great/frustrating/bemusing SharePoint is to work with with the odd google AdWords widget to bring in some cash, or it could be the beginning of a rather unique consulting empire... ha!
3. Weird Music Festivals
I subscribe to The Wire, so I'm always seeing adverts for interesting looking European music festivals, why not give one a go? Or at least try to get to one of the ATP Festivals or Supersonic this year, even if this involves a solo trip since my taste in music is so much more awesome than everyone elses :-)
4. Update this blog more often
I'm experimenting with some automatic posts from delicious and YouTube. In theory a review of World of Goo should pop up soon... Incidentally how can you fail to love a game which has these sort of messages popping up:
Just perfect... :-/
I'm tempted to try to get facebook to update this blog too, but since my facebook profile is already being updated automatically when this blog updates there is the possibility of creating a nasty paradox and breaking the Internet, so maybe not.
5. Invent Time Machine
Speaking of paradoxes...
For this attempt I'm channeling the spirit of Allen Carr through video games:
Basically this involves being told how all the 'good things' I associate with Cigarettes are lies through the medium of really bad mini games.2. Do something with SharepointTillIDie.com
I do actually own the domain, so it's about time I did something with it - this could involve just blogging about how great/frustrating/bemusing SharePoint is to work with with the odd google AdWords widget to bring in some cash, or it could be the beginning of a rather unique consulting empire... ha!
3. Weird Music Festivals
I subscribe to The Wire, so I'm always seeing adverts for interesting looking European music festivals, why not give one a go? Or at least try to get to one of the ATP Festivals or Supersonic this year, even if this involves a solo trip since my taste in music is so much more awesome than everyone elses :-)
4. Update this blog more often
I'm experimenting with some automatic posts from delicious and YouTube. In theory a review of World of Goo should pop up soon... Incidentally how can you fail to love a game which has these sort of messages popping up:
Just perfect... :-/I'm tempted to try to get facebook to update this blog too, but since my facebook profile is already being updated automatically when this blog updates there is the possibility of creating a nasty paradox and breaking the Internet, so maybe not.
5. Invent Time Machine
Speaking of paradoxes...
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Enlightenment through Cheap Electronic Goods
This is the FM3 Buddha Machine
...or more correctly the Buddha Machine v2.0 which I purchased from Cargo.
At the most base level it's an electronic box which holds 9 ambient sound loops. Or if you want to be a bit more open-minded about things: it as a unique way to deliver an album of ambient music, giving the listener control of how long to play the loops for along with the pitch that the loop is played.
I've been playing with it this evening and I'm impressed, there is something wonderfully raw about the whole thing. It's very "plastic-y", and the speaker is very easy to overdrive but these things just add to the charm. The music itself is very well constructed, plenty of pleasant string instrumentation and nicely looped so you can get all transcendental if so desired.
If you are intrigued by this very short report then I suggest heading over to the FM3 site where there are plenty of interesting links including mp3s of all the loops and even a link to an iPhone application...
FM3 Buddha Machine
...or more correctly the Buddha Machine v2.0 which I purchased from Cargo.At the most base level it's an electronic box which holds 9 ambient sound loops. Or if you want to be a bit more open-minded about things: it as a unique way to deliver an album of ambient music, giving the listener control of how long to play the loops for along with the pitch that the loop is played.
I've been playing with it this evening and I'm impressed, there is something wonderfully raw about the whole thing. It's very "plastic-y", and the speaker is very easy to overdrive but these things just add to the charm. The music itself is very well constructed, plenty of pleasant string instrumentation and nicely looped so you can get all transcendental if so desired.
If you are intrigued by this very short report then I suggest heading over to the FM3 site where there are plenty of interesting links including mp3s of all the loops and even a link to an iPhone application...
FM3 Buddha Machine
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Time to admit defeat - Part 1
I've been saying for the past few months that when this happens to my 'daily treats', I'll give up...
Friday, November 21, 2008
How to play Guitar Hero properly
Add one bottle of red wine and a real guitar into the mix.
\m/ !!!!!!
\m/ !!!!!!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Left Hand Drive
We have a certain degree of gallows humour were I work - which I can see getting worse if people keep disappearing off BLOODY TRAVELLING!!!
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