Busy, busy, busy!

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:52:38 -0500

U niversity deadlines are fast approaching, less than three weeks to go and I have an insurmountable amount of work still to do. I've got some animations, scenes, models, reports, logbooks, motion capture data, videos, mods to all finish off so its pretty hectic! I've still found a few minutes to update the CX4 Storm, its for a presentation for an indie retail game we're trying to get funding from, we've got a presentation to a small publishing group sometime soon so I'll keep you all posted on that. Once the CX4 is done, I'll be starting on the Kriss Super V (google for it for pics and info) and some models for a hush-hush different indie game; so that should be fun to do once I finish in three weeks, I'll keep adding media as I complete it! Anyways, best be off, lots to do! - Matt

First things first.

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:08:46 -0600

Alright, time I actually started using this :). I've been here since the beginning (look at the address bar, 646th modDB member ever) and used to use this site as my regular dose of mod news and gossip; particularly back in the day when I had some free time to actally do the mod stuff itself. Recently, over the last few years, I've been too taken up to do anything of the sorts; but a contact and I are currently waiting on the go-ahead for a budget on a game that should secure us into full-time games design jobs. Cool, eh? Whilst that's in the queue I'm also waiting to start back at university on Monday. Gah. The lecures are excrutiatingly tedious - in the last 18 months I've picked-up nothing new from university. Want a tip? Don't go to university if you know your stuff already. You're far better off getting into industry. That said, I'm not a quitter. Got one of the highest averages last year for my assignments, so at least I have something to show. Recently I picked myself up an HD DVD player. Yeah, yeah, I know - Warner Brothers have pulled out, yatta yatta *yawn*. I purchased the Xbox 360 addon HD DVD player, brand new for a nifty £100 (that's about $200 - we don't get it cheaper than that over here). As an added bonus; it works flawlessly on my computer as well as my 360! Still - that's not the only reason I purchased it. Some of you may be aware of the 5 free HD DVD offer if you purchased one of these? Well, the offer is still running in the UK - so I sent off the form with the required stuff; meaning in a few weeks I should get my shiny 5 red HD DVDs. Now, any of those who are maths-adept might notice something there. An HD DVD in the UK retails at about £20-£25 (we'll take an average to be £22.50). 5 of those FREE gives me £112.50 worth of HD DVDs free, for a player I only spet £100 on. I'm £12.50 value in-pocket and 5 high definition movies. I also figure that if Paramount and Dreamworks do eventually pull out, I'll be able to pick up cheap HD DVDs from all the stock needing to be flogged off. Its a win-win situation! Besides, the war isn't over yet. Guess we'll have to wait and see. Picked up Burnout Revenge again; dusted off the green case and threw it in. I only had one event to perfect on it about a year ago; but I wasn't online - had to start over when I got on Xbox Live. 3 events left to go now - not the easiest of ones though (dammit). Two of them are those nasty 30 Takedowns for gold ones, anyone got any tips? Haha. Anyways, I'll stop bantering away here; I've got some modelling to do! See ya around :) -Matt ooot.

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Busy, busy, busy!

First things first.