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3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima

3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima, 1st Edition

By Paul Marino

Machinima will revolutionize the computer animation industry, and this book will serve as the industry bible for emerging filmmakers. Expertly covers the latest technology in filmmaking, the history of Machinima, the major players, and where the Mach...

Publish Date: April 2009

Videogame and Computer Entertainment Systems

Videogame and Computer Entertainment Systems, 1st Edition

By Bill Loguidice, Matt Barton

Videogame and Computer Entertainment Systems is an illustrated tour through the often-sordid history of the more than 40 classic consoles and home computers that launched the video and computer game revolution. The authors revisit popular US home sys...

Publish Date: No Date

Four short links: 7 Apr 2009 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Maps, meaning, makers, and orphaned works: Lens Tools and Fisheye Map Browsing -- a summary of magnification in maps through history, culminating in use of the fisheye/lens as a way to explore layers and data in thematic maps. (via Titine's delicious stream) Socially Relevant Computing -- frustrated by the meaningless examples and work in computer science classes, Mike Buckley started...

Publish Date: April 07, 2009

PC Magazine Goes Web Only - O'Reilly Radar

By Peter Brantley

PC Magazine's January 2009 edition will mark the end of its print run. A reduced staff will focus on the PCMag Digital Network. From paidContent.org: The magazine, which was started in 1982, has a storied history, but its print base eroded over the years as its core brand of journalism -- news you can use while shopping for computers...

Publish Date: November 19, 2008

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 08

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 08, 1st Edition

By Mark Frauenfelder

Get ready to play when MAKE Volume 08, our Toys and Games issue, hits the stands. You'll learn how to build a wind-up bird that really flies, how to restore an old pinball machine, and learn the secret history of the world's best-selling computer gam...

Format: Print, Ebook

Publish Date: November 2006

SDForum's Virtual Worlds and Other Events in Second Life - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

This Thursday, SDForum is hosting a full day discussion on Virtual Worlds and very appropriately enough they are streaming it to Linden Labs' Second Life. The RL (Real Life) portion of the event will take place at the Computer History Museum while the SL (Second Life) portion will be on Innovation Island. Registraton for Second Life is free. The line-up...

Publish Date: May 02, 2006

Happy 25th, Sendmail - O'Reilly Radar

By Allison Randal

Last night I attended the 25th anniversary celebration of Sendmail at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Eric Allman is a surprisingly good speaker. He gave a hilarious

Publish Date: October 26, 2006

Turing's Cathedral - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

Edge.org has an absolutely brilliant article by George Dyson, based on a talk he recently gave at Google. Entitled Turing's Cathedral, it contains the usual Dyson deep dive into the history of computing, reminding us just how prescient and thoughtful Turing, von Neumann, and the other pioneers were, along with some spectacular, evocative imagery, and a killer punch line. One...

Publish Date: November 13, 2005

 
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3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima

3D Game-Based Filmmaking: The Art of Machinima, 1st Edition

By Paul Marino

Machinima will revolutionize the computer animation industry, and this book will serve as the industry bible for emerging filmmakers. Expertly covers the latest technology in filmmaking, the history of Machinima, the major players, and where the Mach...

Publish Date: April 2009

Videogame and Computer Entertainment Systems

Videogame and Computer Entertainment Systems, 1st Edition

By Bill Loguidice, Matt Barton

Videogame and Computer Entertainment Systems is an illustrated tour through the often-sordid history of the more than 40 classic consoles and home computers that launched the video and computer game revolution. The authors revisit popular US home sys...

Publish Date: No Date

Four short links: 7 Apr 2009 - O'Reilly Radar

By Nat Torkington

Maps, meaning, makers, and orphaned works: Lens Tools and Fisheye Map Browsing -- a summary of magnification in maps through history, culminating in use of the fisheye/lens as a way to explore layers and data in thematic maps. (via Titine's delicious stream) Socially Relevant Computing -- frustrated by the meaningless examples and work in computer science classes, Mike Buckley started...

Publish Date: April 07, 2009

PC Magazine Goes Web Only - O'Reilly Radar

By Peter Brantley

PC Magazine's January 2009 edition will mark the end of its print run. A reduced staff will focus on the PCMag Digital Network. From paidContent.org: The magazine, which was started in 1982, has a storied history, but its print base eroded over the years as its core brand of journalism -- news you can use while shopping for computers...

Publish Date: November 19, 2008

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 08

Make: Technology on Your Time Volume 08, 1st Edition

By Mark Frauenfelder

Get ready to play when MAKE Volume 08, our Toys and Games issue, hits the stands. You'll learn how to build a wind-up bird that really flies, how to restore an old pinball machine, and learn the secret history of the world's best-selling computer gam...

Format: Print, Ebook

Publish Date: November 2006

SDForum's Virtual Worlds and Other Events in Second Life - O'Reilly Radar

By Brady Forrest

This Thursday, SDForum is hosting a full day discussion on Virtual Worlds and very appropriately enough they are streaming it to Linden Labs' Second Life. The RL (Real Life) portion of the event will take place at the Computer History Museum while the SL (Second Life) portion will be on Innovation Island. Registraton for Second Life is free. The line-up...

Publish Date: May 02, 2006

Happy 25th, Sendmail - O'Reilly Radar

By Allison Randal

Last night I attended the 25th anniversary celebration of Sendmail at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View. Eric Allman is a surprisingly good speaker. He gave a hilarious

Publish Date: October 26, 2006

Turing's Cathedral - O'Reilly Radar

By Tim O'Reilly

Edge.org has an absolutely brilliant article by George Dyson, based on a talk he recently gave at Google. Entitled Turing's Cathedral, it contains the usual Dyson deep dive into the history of computing, reminding us just how prescient and thoughtful Turing, von Neumann, and the other pioneers were, along with some spectacular, evocative imagery, and a killer punch line. One...

Publish Date: November 13, 2005