http://lavalevel.net there is always one Thu, 08 May 2008 11:43:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To: 2K Games From: Concerned Mums Dear Mr 2000 Games, I was writing you this email to show my utter disgust and upmost fear towards one of your television video games that my son has been playing. The vile video game in question is your ‘Grand Thief Autos number 4’. After watching ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/05/08/dear/ Well I will come out with it and say updates are going to be a little slow at the moment, I could say it's because life is super hectic, news is slow or my fingers have grown beyond use... but the truth is every free second I have I am ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/05/01/updates/ The video game industry is lacking characters. People with charisma, intensity and big ol' brass ones. Sure we have our "Make those marines twice as big and thrice as oily!" Cliffy Bs, our "I gotta go home early today, so cut half the features." Peter Molyneuxs and our "Put faces ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/25/paul-steed/ This may be old to some, but for others this will be the greatest thing you have ever seen. Video games are not known for their stories, that's because most of the time they are an after thought. Like a waiter offering pepper on your already delicious pasta dish (fettucini carbonara). Take ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/21/metal-wolf/ This is a game idea I came up with the other day after visiting neopets.com The idea takes elements from pokemon, neopets.com, spore, the sims and the somewhat obscure Phantom Crash. I know this is a 'hardcore' gamerz nightmare, so feel free to close the window. When I was younger I had ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/15/robot-laboratory/ Hey guys, quick post today. I found a great small but powerful physic fluid and matter simulator on the fun-motion forums. It's called oe-cake (octave engine) and it is great fun. It's basically a little window in which you can put dynamic physic liquids and objects into and watch them react. Such ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/12/oe-cake/ OK... Soul Control (I have to listen to The Streets to write this) SOUL CONTROL Designed and created by young people for young people showing the dangers of knife crime and gang culture (perhaps they should have used some old people who have made games) This is a great thing, using video games as ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/09/soul-control-oi-oi-oi/ Hey guys! The GF (girlfriend) is baaaaaaaaaaack! This time I got her to take on the acclaimed (rightly so) Bioshock. Remember that the gf is by no means a gamer, and in this case it would be worth noting, scared easily. She started a game in Bioshock a few months back at my ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/08/gf-bioshock/ Let's talk Natural Motion. You guys may have noticed this soon to be trend that's coming to games, which is physics based animation systems. Simply, game characters and NPCs responding dynamically to their environment by actual physics calculated balance and responses from forces. Think of it as intelligent ragdolls. And let me tell ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/05/endorphin-and-euphoria/ ARGHGGHHHHHH!H!!!!!! http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//009125.html A Rockstar spokesperson confirmed to Screen Play yesterday that the company had produced a special version of GTA IV to comply with the Australian classification system, which does not currently contain an R18+ rating, but declined to reveal what material had been cut. The game has been rated R18+ by the ... http://lavalevel.net/2008/04/04/gta-iv-censored-for-australia/