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The blog of Kieran: Student, developer, drinker of coffee.
Oh, and he made this theme.

  1. ArmA 3: E3 2012 Preview Trailer.

    I have to say, ArmA 3 is my most anticipated game this year. And in a year of Halo 4, Borderlands 2 and 0x10c, that’s really saying something.

    One day I’ll make it to E3. I just wish it were this year, as I would like nothing more than to get my hands dirty with this game in the Bohemia booth.

    Keep your eyes on this one. 

  2. Skyrim + Crossbows.

    This is going to take over yet more of my life, isn’t it?

    I’m a lycanthrope myself, so I think this calls for a new character soon enough.

  3. I printed out a Punnet case for my brand new Raspberry Pi.

  4. So I know I’m kind of late on this one (dammit, dissertation), but the latest Amazing Spiderman trailer is kind of awesome on all fronts - not least on the front of, y’know, actually sticking to the comics, and not having Tobey Maguire in. Sam Raimi eat your heart out.

    It’s about time the Spiderman IP got pushed over to Marvel Studios, though. After all, Parker was in the Avengers for a spell.

  5. Wikipedia | Timeline of the Far Future

    Or, TIL that the universe is not an endlessly replenishing ecosystem and will in fact come to an end. An incredible read.

  6. New weapons spotted in the above Battlefield 3: Close Quarters trailer:

    Assault:

    • Steyr AUG A3
    • Heckler & Koch HK-417 (called the M417 in the game for some reason) 

    Engineer:

    • Tavor MTAR-21 (God, I hated this gun in Rainbow Six - SO OP)
    • Remington/Bushmaster ACR Carbine (ACW-R, for some reason?)

    Support:

    • LSAT LMG (mmm, lightweight!)

    Recon:

    • JNG-90 (Yeah, even I had to Google this one to find out what it was).
    All:
    • Franchi SPAS-12
    Yes, I’m sad.

  7. Crysis 3 trailer.

    I’m hearing plotwise it takes place 20 years after Crysis 2, and you play as Prophet. Which only makes sense to anyone who’s completed Crysis 2, I guess.

    It looks gorgeous, but no vast improvement over the previous instalments. I guess that’s testament to how good Crysis, a game that came out in 2007, five years ago, looked.

    And what’s the deal with that bow?

  8. Skyrim meets Assassin’s Creed meets Half-Life 2 meets steampunk.

    Internet, meet Dishonored, Bethesda’s newest unveiling.

    Please try not to salivate on your shoes.

    Dishonored casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. You are the once-trusted bodyguard of the beloved Empress. Framed for her murder, you become an infamous assassin, known only by the disturbing mask that has become your calling card. In a time of uncertainty, when the city is being besieged by plague and ruled by an oppressive government armed with strange technologies, dark forces conspire to bestow upon you abilities beyond those of any common man.

    In Dishonored, creatively eliminate your targets with the flexible combat system as you combine the numerous supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal. Pursue your enemies under the cover of darkness or ruthlessly attack them head on with weapons drawn. The outcome of each mission plays out based on the choices you make.

    Revenge Solves Everything.

  9. Put a STOP to Sean Bean-related violence.

    Put a STOP to Sean Bean-related violence.

  10. List of Software Bugs

    Bugs in code you write happen, but they usually only mean a cryptic error message appearing and scaring all your users.

    But if you were writing a program for, say, flying a spaceship?

    • - A booster went off course during launch, resulting in the destruction of NASA Mariner 1. This was the result of the failure of a transcriber to notice an overbar in a written specification for the guidance program, resulting in the coding of an incorrect formula in its FORTRAN software. (July 22, 1962)
    • - Smart ship USS Yorktown was left dead in the water in 1997 for nearly 3 hours after a divide by zero error.
    • - The software error of a MIM-104 Patriot, caused its system clock to drift by one third of a second – resulting in failure to locate and intercept an incoming missile. The scud impacted in a military compound in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (February 25, 1991), killing 28 Americans.