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Fun With Subsurface Scattering
A few months into this project, I upgraded from Poser 7 to Poser 9. One of the new features of Poser 9 was a new skin rendering model called Subsurface Scattering, or SSS. It is a form of Ambient...
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Principle Photography is Done
After working on it for over a year, I am declaring an end to the “Principle Photography” portion of Something’s In The Air. When I started this project I had in mind a 6 story visual novel. It got...
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Archaic Movies That Cannot Be Remade Today
A remake of the 1984 film Red Dawn came out last week and really did not do very well. I cannot believe they even re-made this film, because it makes no sense in today’s world. Back in 1984 the Cold...
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Video Games Don’t Kill People, Guns Do!
Since the tragedy in Connecticut, a lot of people are crying that we should do something, and I think we should do something too. But since reports have come out that the person responsible for this...
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What A Difference A Year Makes
Over the past year, and especially the last month or two, I have been tinkering with the looks of the characters in the sequel. Since we are in the new year, I thought I’d compare and contrast some...
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Meet Wendy
The final potential date character of the game is Wendy who you may meet as a fitness trainer at the gym. This story is sort of a bonus content that just shows up after you have been playing the game...
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Bored Of The Internet
Whatever Happened To The Internet Dream? (Part 1) As a long time internet addict, who has spent 20 years online, and 15 years working in the internet industry, I hate to say it, but it is true: I am...
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Internet: The Death of Politics and Religion
Whatever Happened To The Internet Dream? (Part 2) Something I almost never do in this blog is talk about politics and religion, and I am only going to talk about it in the most generic terms here. My...
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Internet: The Decline of Movies and TV
Whatever Happened To The Internet Dream? (Part 3) In part 1, I complained how the internet has ruined culture, and in part 2 how it is ruining politics and religion. Today I delve into an area that is...
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Photo Software Finally Upgraded
As I have said many times before, most of my artwork is done in Poser. In fact it is the very latest version: Poser Pro 2012. Now as anyone who does 3D rendering knows, the renders rarely come out...
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What’s New With Ariane
I thought I’d take time out from working on Something’s In The Air, to show some changes to Ariane. If I get around to updating Date Ariane, I will be using these models. So this is more of a...
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And Then a New Bonnie
I did a close beta test with a couple of people I know. They both indicated (and the truth is I agree) that the Bonnie the Bartender story was the weakest. Since none of you have seen the game, you...
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GAME ON!! Something’s In The Air is Now Out!
After more than two years in development, Something’s In The Air is now available for download at ArianeB.com/sita. There is a lot of downloading going on , so it may take a while to load the 180MB...
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Director’s Commentary 1: Another Date With Ariane
Now that the game is out, I thought I’d write some commentaries on the game, throw some insights into my thinking. I’m doing this as a “Director’s Commentary” like you might have in a DVD if this was...
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SITA: Top 10 Secrets and Stuff You Probably Missed
1.) If you drop an MP3 file called “amecameca.mp3″ in the “game” folder, the band will play that song instead of the lame royalty free one that’s in there now. The song I would have loved to use...
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Lessons Learned From Beta Testing
After just shy of a month of my open beta test, with 30,000 downloads, I have learned a few things. Thought I’d post some thoughts, as well as give people an opportunity to point out other stuff I...
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Our Dark Age Of Design
The opposite of a golden age is a dark age. When it comes to design and visual imagery, I believe we are living in a dark age. The last dark age was the 1970′s. I sometimes like to go to the Plaid...
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8.1: Microsoft Doubles Down on Stupid
A century ago the typewriter was invented, and because of a mechanical problem, the makers of the typewriter designed the keyboard to be hard for people to learn and use. A few decades later, the...
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“The Oil Drum” Shuts Down
One of my favorite news sites The Oil Drum will stop posting new material at the end of the month. It was a great site for all topics energy related for over 10 years. During the BP Gulf Oil Spill...
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