http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:14:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en News Story Linked Here Dreamworks is going to make a 3D live-action version of Ghost in the Shell, which was originally a manga written by Masamune Shirow. Not only is Masamune Shirow one of my favorite artists of all time, but Ghost in the Shell is an inspiration and forerunner to many ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=160 Well, by this time I'm kind of tired of typing up lecture summaries. The only other two lectures I went to were a talk by a former economics professor who is currently on the staff of CCP (Eve Online). He talked a little bit about how to build ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=159 Regarding this great and highly entertaining panel at GDC, you can see a much better recap on Terra Nova than I can write here. However, if you want a summary of how the panel went without any thoughtful rumination on meaningful content, it went something like this (in my words, not ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=158 On Thursday morning of this past week, I dropped in to listen to Jack Emmert talk about his experience building City of Heroes. He is one of the co-founders of Cryptic Studios, and was the lead designer on CoH and CoV before he took up Cryptic Studio's latest project, ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=157 Between work and meetings this past week, I had the opportunity to drop into GDC sessions of my choice. Knowing me of course, the one that I most wanted to attend was the talk that Rob Pardo, Senior VP of Game Design at Blizzard Entertainment, gave regarding Blizzard's approach ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=156 My mind was totally rocked today by this simple game created by a guy named Yoshio Iishi.  Called Cursor 10, you absolutely have to take 5 minutes and give it a try.  Personally, I think this game is cooler than Portal. In other news, I have started Twittering.  I ignored it ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=151 I hope everyone had a great holiday! Well, New Year's is still around the corner, but the last week and a half has been full of playing Wii games at Volty's house in Florida. In between going to parties and playing real tennis (yes, real tennis, not make-believe ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=148 post moved here. http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=147 What a weekend! Blizzcon was a blast. We drove down to LA on Thursday. After about 7 hours and hot temperatures, we arrived in the land of Mickey Mouse - Anaheim. The first thing we did, of course, was to grab our badges and pick up our goodie ... http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=146 Is the future of flight here?  Click. http://www.helencheng.net/wordpress/?p=145