The Neurotic

Look for me under a rock. or spore.

WAR (Warhammer Age of Reckoning) is here!

So I'll probably resurface and see you guys in a month after this is released. I expected it early next year..... ><

For the past few weeks I have been into the brain teaser game on the Nintendo DS called "Professor Layton and the Curious Village". The story isn't exactly a gripping one and, even now that I am only half-way I think, you can pretty much guess how the story will unfold or why the village is "curious". This isn't really important though as the puzzles that help unfold the story keeps you coming back and playing the game. It has great animation (in my opinion) and really makes great use of the DS's touch screen capability.... this game also keeps reminding me that we usually don't need complicated solutions to solve a problem, usually the most obvious and simplest solution is the right one. :D

Geek out moment. Geek out moment!

About a month ago a small company called Figureprints reared its pretty head onto the gaming world. Specifically the WoW gaming world. Besides the obvious appeal of the product this also appealed to the engineering side of me.

When I was still working as a Mechanical Electronic Consumer Product Design Engineer (*whew* try saying that twice as fast in a party), I would be making a lot of prototypes. I would basically design a product, be it an audio system or printer, over in a 3D CAD system and have a prototype made through a process called SLA. Yes, too much acronyms, jargons and technical stuff being tossed around. I apologize.

Besides the obvious draw of Figureprints, I am actually more interested in the technology behind the product. I have actually listened to several interviews with one of the owners of the company and to my great surprise (and later on, hours of "imagineering") found that it actually merges the basics of the SLA process and printer techology! Why is this so exciting for me? I basically worked with SLA to produce possibly new printer technology and it never crossed my mind to merge the two! It's like a damn orgy of sorts for me! Would I like to see that baby at work, must be a sight.

Yes. I told you guys I was a geek.

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One of my favorite webcomics, Penny Arcade also made a funny jab at the product and its possible consequences. lolz

( Read the comic )

*This has got to be my most link extensive post to date.....or at least the post with the most "<>" to make use of those "fancy" LJ tricks. Yes...I'm usually too lazy to bother with those. :P

The whole day of yesterday I was at an event of Fitness First Gym. Being an exhibitor/ sponsor of the event, I had to be there at 10am and prepare the banners and booths even though the event proper was going to be at 6pm. I had brought along my Nintendo DS, fully expecting that we would be done setting up by 2pm and I would be able to kick back and relax for a good two hours before people started pouring in. My mistake. Delays and last minute things saw to it that there was no rest in sight. The event went pretty well (I'll post some pictures later on), a lot of people where there though that didn't really translate to sales but the exposure was good. I got home and I was actually looking forward to just kick back and relax and play a short game on the DS...it went pretty well at first, but then when I adjusted the screen... *Craaack*. Doh!

It still works....but well, you know..... some epoxy will fix it....



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On other news....more cats and dogs.... out house is now a zoo.