Jace Hall takes on Jack Thompson

July 24, 2008

Ok so Jack Thompson, we all love to hate this guy… right? Then he comes on and does this… is this guy serious or having a laugh? insane or a frickin PR genius? I just can’t tell anymore… Check out the interview on the Jace Hall Show ps. popping the “we’re done” champagne on Mercs2 [...]

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Mercs2 COOP – Its literally done!

July 18, 2008

Here is some cool Mercs2 E3 coverage made with a near-final build: gamespot g4tv So now you can see what I’ve been working on for the past 2.5 years… Yep. Everything you just saw in those videos works in COOP All mission content can be played in COOP, your buddy can jump in your game [...]

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Crazy Awesome Japanese Report on GDC Talk

March 18, 2008

There is a Japanese report on my GDC talk! Its a little bit to understand in translation, but I think they liked it – guys, if you are reading this, feel free to fly me over there anytime you like, I’d love to do my talk in Japan once we ship! =) original japanese hilarious [...]

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GDC Slides Released

February 27, 2008

OK I just got approval from EA and Pandemic so here are the slides for my GDC 2008 lecture: Mercenaries 2: Networked Physics in a Large Streaming World There slides are slightly different to what I presented at GDC, based on feedback, and what I wished I had presented! A little bit better structure for [...]

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Summary of GDC Talk

February 24, 2008

Well I was about to write a quick summary of the talk today, then I googled and found somebody had already done a fantastic job of it, made me glad that in spite of extreme nerves, I managed to get the details out reasonably clearly (his notes are spot on) Rob Fermier’s notes Now of [...]

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Back from GDC 2008

February 23, 2008

Talk went ok, I’m not the most experienced speaker so I think I went a bit fast, and could have presented the material better, but I was very nervous, who do you think I saw in the audience, just before I was about to start my talk about how to extend old school FPS networking [...]

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Guitar Hero 3 Lovin’

November 3, 2007

Ok so i’ve been sneaking out of work at lunch and around dinner time to play this at best buy for a week on the 360 version, finally caved in last and purchased the ps2 version last night, went home and played through it on expert to the end (yes i’m a freak) The best [...]

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GDC Talk Accepted!

October 23, 2007

Home sick today, but a nice ray of sunshine to cheer me up… My GDC ’08 talk submission was just accepted! The title of the talk is “Mercenaries 2: Networked Physics in a Large Streaming World” Here is the rough outline: Networked physics is hard. Synchronizing player characters running around in a static world is [...]

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Question: How can you tell when its crunch time?

October 18, 2007

Answer: you go online then suddenly realize you havent read penny arcade for two weeks holy shit! ITS CRUNCH TIME!@!#!

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Pandemic Anniversary Party

August 2, 2007

This year Pandemic’s anniversary party was held at the edison, a refurbished downtown power station turned swank nightclub, complete with authentic period style furniture, antiques and artifacts from the power station’s working days – truly a stunning venue! Click here for some pics from the night.

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