Dang, almost one month since last post. Oh well, I’ll try to make it up with some upcoming cool things, first up is the new Iron Maiden music video where all the VFX was done by Darkside Animation. Space-flight animation and all rendering done in LightWave (of course ) while Eddie was animated in Messiah. I love the song and the video (with all its cheese) but I have some crits though. The surfacing of Eddie seems a bit too uniform, especially the specular sheen and as such looks very CG, and there is something off in the way he moves in some parts of the video. Still, awesome awesome, two thumbs up and many replays.

Also, got to say I like the look and design of the dude’s armor, a cross between StarWars and Battlestar Galactica. Cool stuff.

http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m=105822368,t=1,mt=video

Now the big question is, should I pay 800 NOK (~=130 USD) to go to the Iron Maiden concert here in town?

My oh my, I think I blew a fuse when I saw this!

Go watch the HD version at GameTrailers.com

Pure mind blowing awesomeness. Now, if only Mr. Lucas could get his wallet out and hand over some dosh to Blur to do this as a full time TV series Anyone know if the live action TV show is on the way?

No matter what, I am giving the game a go when it is out, even though it can’t be as mind blowing as this cinematic.

There seems to be a lot of cool stuff coming out from individuals and small teams (and some big teams) nowadays:

Iron Baby (Iron Man parody):
http://www.youtube.com/v/SyoA4LXQco4&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Azureus Rising:
http://www.youtube.com/v/agk2svo7svI&hl=en_US&fs=1&

Somewhat bigger budget and team I’d say, but still, coolio!:
http://www.youtube.com/v/3Zd_khk6zXo&hl=en_US&fs=1&

What is there to say, awesome awesome!

Another cool and somewhat related trend is immediate, trans-international work across borders and time zones. As I have stated elsewhere on this site, I frequently communicate with people around the world, screen and file sharing through tools such as Skype and Dropbox. It’s awesome, and more often than not, even more efficient than sitting in the same office, as its possible to log off to get the peace and quiet needed to focus on a specific task. Not sure what logging off in an open office space would equate to… going home? Once the isolation mode is over and communication with others is needed, Skype screensharing is perfect to get someones opinion and feedback on an issue. No need to wait for something to be sent, for someone to come over from another part of the office building or for someone to travel and pollute for hours, lets get down to bizznizz, right here, right now… hmm, that sounds wrong…

Lets try to see the good in the bad and GSD.