Rise and Fall

Let us all mourn the passing of one of the greatest comedic legends of all time, Richard Pryor. The world just got a little less funny.

...On a brighter note, last night there was the first ever Loyola dodgeball tournament between the Computer Science and Math departments, and C.S. came out on top after coming back with 3 victories in a row to win the best of five. There is no better precedent that could have been set for future competitions, though I would be lying if I didn't say that the Math dept. put up an incredible fight. Can't wait to do it again next year.

There are a lot of reasons to love Valve software, but they never seem to stop giving us more. First they announced Darwinia being availible on Steam, and now they're making the Source engine even better than before. They just don't seem to rest on their laurels, and to me this is a good thing. Out of the three major game engines to come out of 2004, one is being replaced (Unreal engine), another has only been used by its own creators (Doom 3 engine), and one is being used by multiple 3rd parties and is constantly being upgraded and tweaked for much less of the cost of writing something new from scratch (Half Life 2 and Source of course). We need a lot more of the third example if we are to prevent game prices from continuing to rise to $60 and beyond. Good show Valve.

On a final note, the only flash game I've ever enjoyed has been given a sequel. Field Command 2 is here, and it is bigger, flashier and deeper than ever before. If you like military strategy and good music then you should check it out.