By Jeffrey Matulef
Science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson's (Snow Crash) first foray in the realm of interactive entertainment is his Kickstarter project, Clang. Described as "Guitar Hero with swords," he seeks to make an authentic sword-fighting game with motion control.
"I've been writing science and historical fiction for three decades," says Stephenson. "Well screw that! I want to do a videogame."
Initially Clang will be a "PC arena game based on one-on-one multiplayer dueling," though the project could expand from there. "We don't want to mess this up by overreaching," Stephenson adds.
"For years now I've been burning the midnight oil learning everything I need to know to make this videogame in a way that will be faithful to the hollowed traditions of swordsmanship."
Stephenson aims to make $500,000 by July 9th at noon Edt to fund Clang. Currently it's at $188,561 in just a couple days.
For more information, check out...
Science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson's (Snow Crash) first foray in the realm of interactive entertainment is his Kickstarter project, Clang. Described as "Guitar Hero with swords," he seeks to make an authentic sword-fighting game with motion control.
"I've been writing science and historical fiction for three decades," says Stephenson. "Well screw that! I want to do a videogame."
Initially Clang will be a "PC arena game based on one-on-one multiplayer dueling," though the project could expand from there. "We don't want to mess this up by overreaching," Stephenson adds.
"For years now I've been burning the midnight oil learning everything I need to know to make this videogame in a way that will be faithful to the hollowed traditions of swordsmanship."
Stephenson aims to make $500,000 by July 9th at noon Edt to fund Clang. Currently it's at $188,561 in just a couple days.
For more information, check out...
- 6/11/2012
- by MTV Video Games
- MTV Multiplayer
Hey gang! WonderCon 2011 invading San Francisco on Friday, April 1st through Sunday, April 3rd and the three-day schedule has been unleashed! Unfortunately we won't be able to make it up there this year, but if you are going, it looks like there's a ton of stuff for you to check out! I wish to hell I was going!
The convention will feature presentations and screenings for Falling Skies, Green Lantern, Super, Cowboys & Aliens, The Three Musketeers, Hanna, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man Anime, Priest, Immortals, Doctor Who, Terra Nova, Thundercats, and more.
Check out the full schedule below and start planning you WonderCon adventure!
Friday, April 1
12:30-1:30 Nerds! The Secret Origins of Game Designers— Comics. Movies. Games. Did you know that a life of fandom might be perfect training for a career as a video game designer? Learn the secret origins of industry veterans Haden Blackman...
The convention will feature presentations and screenings for Falling Skies, Green Lantern, Super, Cowboys & Aliens, The Three Musketeers, Hanna, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man Anime, Priest, Immortals, Doctor Who, Terra Nova, Thundercats, and more.
Check out the full schedule below and start planning you WonderCon adventure!
Friday, April 1
12:30-1:30 Nerds! The Secret Origins of Game Designers— Comics. Movies. Games. Did you know that a life of fandom might be perfect training for a career as a video game designer? Learn the secret origins of industry veterans Haden Blackman...
- 3/21/2011
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
A special Earth Day-themed image from the good people at Conservapedia.Is Wikipedia a tool of left-wing propagandists? Some conservatives seem to think so. The “Bias in Wikipedia” entry at Conservapedia, a Web site founded in 2007 to serve as a right-minded alternative to the original user-generated encyclopedia, lists more than 150 offenses against the “fair and balanced” worldview. Among other things, it is noted that Wikipedia “promotes suicide with 21,544 entries that mention this depravity” (which is to say that Wikipedia mentions suicide too often); that “Wikipedia's article on atheism fails to mention that atheism is a causal factor for suicide” (which is to say that Wikipedia does not mention suicide often enough); that Wikipedia is insufficiently respectful of Johnny Appleseed, owing to the fact that Appleseed was a Christian minister; that Wikipedia administrators deleted the entry on “Hollywood values,” which listed “examples of how the liberal ideology harms people”; that Wikipedia is replete with “Anglophilia,...
- 4/23/2009
- Vanity Fair
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