Very recently my ISP partnered with 3Dgamers.com and have now started mirroring their content, unmetered, for all their Personal ADSL account holders. What this means for me is that I get to download oodles of game trailers, patches, demos and whatnot, without having to worry about those downloads eating into my monthly download limit ( 32GB, not so much a worry ).
While I was vistitingthe site I saw some very pretty screenshots for a game called The Witcher. So I downloaded the high-res trailer ( 45MB ) and had a look. I was very surprised to see that the game was built using the Aurora engine that was developed by Bioware and is used for Neverwinter Nights and it’s two expanions. If you’ve played NWN then you’ll recognise the engine once it is pointed out to you, but it seems like the developer has somehow managed to make Aurora look, well, nice..
The Witcher seems to be based upon the work of a well known Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski so there’s no issue of having to come up a with a story, just having to shape the game around the existing successful story.
Good looking, established engine, solid storyline, fantasy elements.. I’d say this was an almost certain success if it wasn’t Atari publishing it…
August 28th, 2004
I’m a bit of a fan of Matt Damon…
I’ve liked all the stuff I’ve seen him in, which I’ll admit is not all that much.
I just saw him on ‘Enough Rope’ with Andrew Denton..
I dont know about anyone else, but when I’m watching an interview with a star I’m a fan of and I haven’t seen them being interviewed before, I worry that they’ll say something or do something so out of line with my preconceived notions of who they are, that I spend most of the time shuddering.
Anyway.. Saw this interview tonight and came out of it liking him even more.
Not the best Q&A, but that last one and therefore the one that has stuck in my head was Andrew Denton asking Matt Damon about what his personal experiences were during 9/11.
After talking about being up to look u p at the towers from where he was, he described a feeling as though the entire city was under attack, as though ‘the sky was falling’.
He also expressed dissapointment at how badly the situation was managed after the event, saying that it was a chance to unite and come together that was squandered and.. that he doesn’t think that ‘he’ could have done any worse than he did.
The last statement just seemed like an honest, off the cuff response to a question, and not the cautious, studied, rehearsed and scripted replies to similar questions that I’ve heard from shows like David Letterman’s tonight show..
Edit: A Transcript of the Interview
August 23rd, 2004
On the bottom of each day’s TV guide over at ebroadcast they have a section with their ‘Pick of The Day’, today’s pick was the 2004 Olympic games Opening ceremony. The above picture is the one picture they chose to highlight the feature…
I shall say no more…
August 13th, 2004
