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Warhammer Online Gets Release Date!

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

As this is created using Gamebryo I am going to be FORCED to play it a lot…. its homework…. its part of my job!! what can I do?
Warhammer Online Gets Release Date | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

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Earthquake in Chino Hills

July 29th, 2008 · No Comments

A moderate earthquake occurred at 11:42:15 AM (PDT) on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. The magnitude 5.8 event occurred 3 km (2 miles) SW of Chino Hills, CA. The hypocentral depth is 12 km ( 8 miles).
We even felt it over here in Calabasas over 50 miles away as the crow fly’s. It [...]

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Google Lively (powered by Gamebryo)

July 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Over on Gamasutra they have an interview with Mel Guymon, Google’s 3D operations director and in it he is kind enough to give us a shout out… thanks Mel!
He suggested the application, which runs in a webpage plugin using elements of Emergent’s Gamebryo game engine, could be compared to existing applications such as Second Life [...]

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A Hoot of a Fun Time in Shanghai

July 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Over on the Emergent Asia blog there is a fun post and video on a recent event we sponsored.
A Hoot of a Fun Time in Shanghai
Hooters in China! does anyone else find that amusing? Or is it just a symptom of the global economy?

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I am a DAD!!

June 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Her name is Skye and she arrived today!

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Four new blogs..

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Four new blogs have popped up authored by friends from within Emergent. I am excited to see this happening more and more as we have a truly great bunch of people working here with a lot to share.

John is blogging at – Emergent Game Technologies in Asia
John is the tireless supper-traveler that puts all road [...]

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LinkedIn gets $53 million!

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I am a huge fan of LinkedIn, I think they are providing one of the top “Web2.0″ services for business individuals and as I have indicated in other posts (LinkedIn : Company Profiles) It continues to be one of my most valuable sales tools.
I congratulate the LinkedIn team on securing this new round of funding [...]

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I’m Not A Crazed Gunman, Dad - I’m An Assassin

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Found this on rockpapershotgun.com, This is a great video.
Personally I like the look, sort of Pixar’ish.

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The Cg Tutorial - Chapter 1. Introduction

May 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Nvidia have released “The Cg Tutorial” book for free online, its been out for some time but I am told it is a reasonable introduction so I will be giving it a go…
The Cg Tutorial - Chapter 1. Introduction

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Gamasutra - Codemasters Picks Up Sega Racing Studio

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Gamasutra - Codemasters Picks Up Sega Racing Studio
Nice things happening to good people…

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