A few weeks go by so fast when you’re hard at workNov 15th category: blog | tags: work mirrors edge flash data actionscript
The last few weeks have just flown by, mainly because I’ve been knee deep in both design and development for one of the projects I am involved in at my place of employment, and I must say it’s amazing how data driven sites really do come to life the more and more data is actually being put into the system.
I’ve never realized just how much relationships within data can make a difference until now, obviously I knew that it’d be great for linking bits and pieces to together, but id never used it on this context before to link literally hundreds of different criteria together. I’ve also been spending a little free time learning Action Script 3, as I’ve previously only used 2 before and it seems AS3 has many advantages. If anyone has any insights or anything that’d be awesome, I might post up a few of my mini flash games I’ve been creating to help me learn.
So I’m hoping to pick up a copy of EA’s Mirror Edge tomorrow, if you don’t already know it’s a very unique game which has definitely caught my attention (Yes I know, over Gears of War2 and Farcry2 both I have yet to purchase). You basically play the role of a delivery agent, who’s actually a free runner. You barely use any traditional weapons at all, and instead it’s all to do with fast paced, roof top jumping, pole sliding, bullet dodging crazy ass free running! Sounds awesome I know! Anyway, I’m sure I’ll post my thoughts on this after I’ve had the chance to give it a proper go 
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Links to friends and sites that I read
Leezon (http://www.leezon.com)
Portfolio of my best friend Chris Gardner, an amazing photographer and also a fellow designer
Chris Tufnell (http://www.crazymac.net)
Blog of a good friend of mine that works in the games pr industry, he reviews a lot of games and shares his unbiased opinions to the world
Matt Holden (http://www.imholden.com)
Matt is an awesome pencil artist, and is moving to digital vector art more recently with the creation of his eagerly awaited comic Tamashii City!
Mazy (http://www.mazy.net)
Morten Hedegren 'mazy', is an extremely talented map designer that ive known for many years, and now works for IO Interactive in Denmark. His blog is always a good read, full of various reviews and opinons
Ryans GobLog (http://www.ryansgoblog.com/)
Ryan expresses his views on video games which makes for a good read and also does a fair bit of webby stuff too
CGTalk (http://www.cgtalk.com)
CGTalk is a huge community for extremely talented designers, ranging from all types of media medium. If you want to see how far people push digital art, here's definitely the place to go, it'll blow your mind
Mapcore (http://www.mapcore.net)
General gaming development community site, although focused upon level design and development. Lots of really nice guys on the forums, and definitely a great place to get good constructive criticism.
456 Berea St. (http://www.456bereastreet.com)
Another great resource for articles related to web development, just like above - it's a must for your RSS reader to keep up to date with latest development technology
A List Apart (http://www.alistapart.com)
A List apart is full of useful information for web designers and developers, very good articles on particular aspects which have definately answered some of my questions in the past
Addedbytes (http://www.addedbytes.com/)
Yet another great resource from a UK developer, his cheat sheets are particulary useful to have a print out of and leave on your desk!
Four-Kings (http://www.four-kings.com)
Four-Kings LTD are UK's first pro-esports team. I designed all of their clothing (pre Packard Bell sponsorship) which is worn across the globe at professional gaming events like The CPL.