I dug up one of my old projects, an implementation of the game Gomoku – a game played on a Go board where the goal is to build a row of 5 stones. The goal of my project was to apply the minimax algorithm using a pruning heuristic to reduce the game states search space. …
FF XIII – If You Don't Know What That Means, I Don't Want To Know You
Here are the facts: Final Fantasy XIII has been out for a while now – got mine a week and a half ago. I am only 9 hours into the game and alas, it seems it will take me a long time to finish this. The Final Fantasy series has always prided itself on offering …
Reverse Surprise Party
I just had a thought… How about a surprise party where those surprised are the guests? I mean, you organize it and then invite friends over, one by one, making sure they will keep it a secret and then surprise them! I call it a “reverse surprise party”. And I can use a poll: [poll …
Poll This
Added the nice wp-polls plugin to my wordpress instalation so I can do some…well…polling. Check out the lower right corner :D. I will post an actual poll in the coming days. It would also be a nice way to check if people actually visit this place ;). P.S. The same poll can be included in …
Ubisoft: Just Give Up!
In case you haven’t heard all about Ubisoft’s brain-dead DRM scheme, read my previous post. Here’s a quick update: it seems that for the last few days legit owners of Silent Hunter 5 and Assassin’s Creed 2(I haven’t gotten mine yet…) have been unable to play due to the fact that Ubisoft servers were down …
Casino
First up, in my “movies to see” category, “Casino” by Martin Scorsesse. I’ve must have seen Casino three times already. It’s a movie about how Las Vegas really works, about wise guys, about how the house always wins and, well, trust. If you want, it’s “Wall Street” but about the corrupt world of Vegas. Of …
Change Your Yahoo Messenger Status – The "24" Way
Hello all, This is based on a little program I wrote a year or so ago. I cannot take credit for the idea, I found it on a forum. I was looking for a way to change the status displayed by Y! Messenger by an external program. It turns out it can be achieved by …
New Steam In The Pipes
Quick update. It’s no secret that Steam is the most successful digital distribution network for the PC. Since the launch of Half-Life 2, Steam has done wonders in the field of digital distribution. Digital distribution should be the way of the future: you are no longer tied to a physical medium, updates are pushed by …
Mad World
A quick bite. You probably know this song very well. It’s “Mad World” by Gary Jules. I was just watching a trailer for “The Crazies” that used this song as theme. For me, this song is linked to the awesome “Gears of War” game. I can watch this for a while…
Ubisoft Must Be Getting Desperate
Issue: Stupid Ubisoft DRM Scheme Are your sales low? Fearing bankruptcy? Games not selling well? NO? Then WTF ? Just feel like punishing those who still play PC games and send them to a console ? You lost big respect points on this one, Ubi. And I don’t think you are going to make all …
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