My graduate department has established a guild on the Drak’thul server appropriately named “Mimesters.” We have a lot of fun though our levels are continually growing farther apart. It’s sad, but all the more reason to play I suppose. I enjoy playing the game now more than I ever have before. Sure, it’s a lot of mindless adventuring from point A to point B, but it’s a rewarding experience in the end.

One interesting observation I’ve made while playing WoW is that the models — buildings and characters — are VERY low-poly. Just for a point of reference, low-poly models contain less geometry than a high-poly model (i.e., a six-sided die or cube vs. a twelve-sided die or dodecahedron). It’s almost like Blizzard corralled some of the models from Warcraft III and just ported them over to the new game. This is not to say that low-polygon models are “bad” just as low-resolution images could be considered to have minimal detail. The textures more than make up for the 3D and from a technical standpoint it’s quite amazing what Blizzard has accomplished.

Speaking of low-poly models and mindless fun, I’ve also been playing a bit of Animal Crossing: Wild World for the DS. It’s not a very time intensive game if you don’t want it to be. Cheating by changing the DS time spoils the game and those who partake in this wretched activity (almost everyone I know who’s played it) will face the consequences in this life or the next.

You might notice that I’ve changed a few things on the site. I changed the graphics around a bit and added an image gallery (a link is on the right). The main reason for updating the site was to get a better system implemented to manage the graphics I’ve created. I’ve posted a lot of artwork from Ares Station, an ARG (Alternate Reality Game) or multi-player novel* I worked on last year.

*credit for this term goes to either Ian and/or Will.

Garbage Day

My friend, Ian, showed me this clip a few days ago. It’s still funny.

UPDATE: Ian’s “Garbage Day” remix