Teh Hotness – An Early Gatchaman Trailer

G-Force is not a gerbil armada – no, G-Force were the heroes in Battle For The Planets, the western name for Gatchaman, an anime series from the 70’s. And while Ray Ardent might insist that he is the only Science Ninja around, the full name for Gatchaman was ‘Science Ninja Team Gatchaman

A substantial amount of work was done on an updated Gatchaman movie before production was stopped.

Now, we only have this early promotional trailer, which only hints to the awesome Science Ninjutsu that we could have seen.

Now – bring on the live action Starblazers!

My next Moleskine? The Designer’s Notebook

To say that I like my Moleskine would be an understatement. My Moleskine is my right hand, an extension of myself, it is the depository and reference point for all of my ideas, grand or small. I take it with me everywhere. If I’m upstairs at our house, my Moleskine is with me. If I go for a walk to the park to play with my daughter, my Moleskine is with me.

If inspiration strikes, I’d rather be prepared than count on myself to ‘remember it for later’.

My Moleskine is a riddled mess of notes, sketches, sticky notes and random ideas. It is held together with duct tape because my pen also needs to be with me at all times. (no point in having a notebook without a pen…)

4 Year's of Moleskine

I have lost two Moleskine’s in the past 4 years. Both were tragic events. One was left on a plane as the family was flying from Vancouver to PEI. By the time I realized it was gone, the plane had been cleaned. On the inside page of each of my Moleskines, I offer a reward of $100.00 if it is found. It still infuriates me to this day that the damn cleaners couldn’t bother to look inside the front page of that book.

I love my Moleskine.

This morning, while checking out Raincoast Book’s Blog, I stumbled across something that has the potential to replace my beloved Moleskine:

I present to you, the Designers Notebook:

Designer’s Notebook (Amazon.ca)

This book looks absolutely incredible! Wonderful bits of inspiration, handy visualization tools and more.

One question – if someone were to make this the ‘Game Designers Notebook’ and included notes and reference points from consoles, handy frequently used LUA and AS3 commands or other things along those lines, would people interested in something like that? What do you think? Leave a comment.

GDC and Flash Game Summit Wrap-up (lots of slides and links)

Ah, GDC, my favorite event of the year. This year was a marathon. Six days of conferences, followed up by a quick road trip down to Seattle for the Emerald City Comic-Con. I did enough nerding out and geek partying to last me until PAX in the fall.

My marathon began with the Flash Gaming Summit, the second (now annual) event that focuses on the Flash Gaming side of the industry. I deeply, deeply enjoyed the Flash Gaming Summit. Not only was it a chance to meet fellow Flash developers, but it was great to get a pulse on where the Flash space is going (more on that later…)
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Teh Hotness – Love is Live

Eskil Steenberg’s online multiplayer game Love has gone live. It is a collaborative, procedurally generated MMO that looks like nothing else (gorgeous!)

Here is a video to give you an overview of the game and gameplay: