RPS Interview: Valve’s Erik Wolpaw

Hilarious interview…

Rock, Paper, Shotgun:

“Erik Wolpaw is fated to only ever be refered to as “one half of Old Man Murray“,
rather than “co-writer of Psychonauts and writer of Portal”. So today
we bring you our interview with one half of Old Man Murray, Erik
Wolpaw. We discuss what it’s like to work for Valve, how GLaDOS came
about, the role of cake in games, and, of course, why all plays suck.”

LINK TO ARTICLE

Diary Of Dead Sequel Green-Lit

Scifi Wire:

George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead won’t be released until next year, but Artfire Films and Romero-Grunwald Productions have already given a green light to another zombie sequel, which Romero will direct from his screenplay, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Portal Papercraft

The addiction is getting crazier…

Boing Boing: “This lovely bit of papercraft celebrates Valve’s hit first-person puzzle shooter Portal. Its creator, Tubbypaws, has been kind enough to provide a file you can print out to make your own.”

Portal Papercraft

My Linux Leopard Desktop

Why use Leopard, when I can customize my Linux desktop any way I want?

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Take Great Halloween Pictures in the Dark

Lifehacker:

“Whether you’re planning to take your minuature ghosts and goblins
out on the town or dress up yourself, chances are you’ll want to snag a
few photos of the terrifying world around you this Halloween. And since
a lot of Halloween festivities take place after dark, photography
weblog Digital Photography School suggests adjusting your exposure for
optimal night shots. For example:

Increase your ISO -
the larger your number the more sensitive your image sensor is to light
and the darker conditions you can shoot in without having to slow down
shutter speed. On the downside you’ll get more grainy/noisey shots.

The
post also suggests slowing your shutter speed and increasing your
aperture size—along with several other non-light-related Halloween
picture taking tips.” Photo by base10.

Halloween Photography Tips [Digital Photography School]

Take Great Halloween Pictures in the Dark

Lifehacker:

“Whether you’re planning to take your minuature ghosts and goblins
out on the town or dress up yourself, chances are you’ll want to snag a
few photos of the terrifying world around you this Halloween. And since
a lot of Halloween festivities take place after dark, photography
weblog Digital Photography School suggests adjusting your exposure for
optimal night shots. For example:

Increase your ISO -
the larger your number the more sensitive your image sensor is to light
and the darker conditions you can shoot in without having to slow down
shutter speed. On the downside you’ll get more grainy/noisey shots.

The
post also suggests slowing your shutter speed and increasing your
aperture size—along with several other non-light-related Halloween
picture taking tips.” Photo by base10.

Halloween Photography Tips [Digital Photography School]

Eye-Fi: Add Wi-Fi to Any Camera (with SD)

Boing Boing:

“The “Eye-Fi” is a brilliantly simple device: a flash memory card with a
Wi-Fi chip inside. As long as you remain in range of your computer’s
network, the Eye-Fi will automatically transfer any image you snap to
your computer, where it can then be uploaded to the web manually or
with the Eye-Fi software. (And it would be simple to set up some
automatic uploading for instant uploads as soon as you take a snapshot
if you wanted a custom solution.)

Gizmodo’s Mark Wilson has a quick hands-on
and says the Eye-Fi works “flawlessly” and doesn’t have a noticeable
drain on battery life. It’s $100 for a 2GB version, which may not be a
huge amount of flash memory, but considering it only really works as a
buffer for later uploading that should suffice. If only they had a CF
version, which would greatly simplify my Byzantine DSLR uploading rig for mobile reporting.”

Product Page [Eye.fi]

SlySoft claims to have cracked BD+, naysayers fall quiet

Engadget:

“We haven’t broken down the minutes and seconds or anything, but we’re fairly certain that July 10th wasn’t exactly ten years ago. Nevertheless, the so-called “impenetrable” BD+ DRM scheme has reportedly already been subverted, and it’s no shock to hear that the folks behind SlySoft had a hand in it. Regrettably, there’s not a lot of details beyond that just yet, but according to the outfit’s CEO, the software is ready to rock and should be released before the end of 2007. Chalk (yet another) one up to the hackers.”

I Am Legend – New Trailer

Probably won’t be like the classic book it’s based on, but the new trailer is looking bad-arse!

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5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen

Funny, and actually sometimes freaky, article…

Digg: “Our culture is full of tales of the undead walking the Earth, from our
religions to our comic books. But, some sort of zombie apocalypse isn’t
actually possible, right? Right? Guys? Actually, yes. It’s quite possible.
Here’s five ways it could happen, according to science.”

LINK TO ARTICLE
(you’ll have to click the numbers beneath each reason to get to the next one)