Kael's BlogHome/Bloghttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2012-01-27T06:25:14ZSquarespaceLatest Projecthttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2012/1/26/latest-project.htmlKael Hankins2012-01-26T19:00:13Z2012-01-26T19:00:13Z 

The Iowa Lan LeagueLately I have been designing a website for the Iowa Lan League. The League is dedicated to being a loose support structure for lan parties in the mid-west and host an anual two game league. Each "member lan" is asked to consider hosting a league qualifier tournament at one of their events. The winners of these qualifiers are invited to a final event which includes a finals tournament, and regular lan party all rolled into one.

Check it out at www.iowalanleague.com

 

]]>AC Control and dimming with Arduinohttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/12/19/ac-control-and-dimming-with-arduino.htmlKael Hankins2011-12-20T04:48:23Z2011-12-20T04:48:23ZRecently I have been exploring working with AC control using the Arduino. I am planning on building a 6 channel, multi-function controller eventially but for now, here is a breadboard proof of concept video.

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]]>Morrowind & Skyrim Themes on Piano and Violinhttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/11/25/morrowind-skyrim-themes-on-piano-and-violin.htmlKael Hankins2011-11-26T05:25:34Z2011-11-26T05:25:34ZI've been playing quite a lot of Skyrim lately (58 123 hours and counting). The theme song is just plain cool and get stuck in your head pretty firmly just as the theme from Oblivion did. Naturally this leads to me scouring youtube for some good cover versions, this rates pretty high up there. They just need a bit of time in a studio with some better recording equipment and this would be amazing!

]]>Parallaxhttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/10/22/parallax.htmlKael Hankins2011-10-22T18:16:19Z2011-10-22T18:16:19ZCheck out this trailer for Parallax, a new indie game coming from ToastyGames.

]]>Symphony of Science - the Quantum World!http://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/9/6/symphony-of-science-the-quantum-world.htmlKael Hankins2011-09-07T04:43:27Z2011-09-07T04:43:27ZThis video is not what you are imaging. 

]]>Portal: No Escapehttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/8/23/portal-no-escape.htmlKael Hankins2011-08-24T02:24:34Z2011-08-24T02:24:34ZFor the literally five people who will see this, I wanted to bring some more attention to a video that will soon be exploding on Youtube. Portal: No Escape. Basically it's a very well done live action Portal short. 

Check it out:

]]>DHTML Lemmings!http://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/8/8/dhtml-lemmings.htmlKael Hankins2011-08-08T18:39:32Z2011-08-08T18:39:32ZOne of my all time favorite games from the 90's is back thanks to the magic that is dynamic html. Check it out at Elizium: http://www.elizium.nu/scripts/lemmings/

I have never done a lot of work with client side dhtml (I'm much more of a php guy) I can guess that this was a lot of work. I wonder if this could be handeled in HTML 5. Maybe I'll take that on as a way of getting into the HTML 5 groove.

DHTML Lemmings!

]]>Guildwars 2 Panelhttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/3/12/guildwars-2-panel.htmlKael Hankins2011-03-12T20:43:25Z2011-03-12T20:43:25ZBecause I was working, I didn't really plan on attending a lot of panels at PAX. This is not due to lack of interest but rather because I simply was not entirely sure of my schedule. Indeed PAX plays host to a great variety of panels, discussion groups, concerts and other events. The nature of these is such that they are, of course, targeted at a gaming audience and so each seems to compete for my time in a manner totally aside from the expo hall, and numerous other features to be absorbed at PAX. From this competition there was one I knew I could not afford to miss (@icebug would never forgive me). The Guild Wars 2 panel. 

The developers opened with a new game play trailer for the thief class which you can see below:

I am defiantly liking what the video implies regarding the new take on bow skills and projectile tracking. Hopefully gone are the days of the heat-seeking arrow that can track you through hills, rocks, trees etc and still score a hit as long as the archer rolled the proper number. 

The other main focus of the developers seemed to be what they are calling "dynamic content". I am not even sure if I should use that as a proper noun or not but it seems to be a broad term encompassing a number of non-instance based efforts to make Tyria seem more dynamic. The idea being to provide lots of ways for the world to be globally influenced by the efforts of both PCs and enemies. Some of the mentioned efforts include towns and whole areas that can be controlled in whole or part by player or NPC factions in what seemed to be a scheme fairly common to the PVP side of many mmos and story lines that can be influenced by global events. 

 

]]>PAX East Blogginghttp://www.kaelhankins.com/home/2011/3/9/pax-east-blogging.htmlKael Hankins2011-03-09T17:20:45Z2011-03-09T17:20:45ZI plan to keep adding posts here on my trip up to PAX, I will not create a whole seperate blog but you will be able to find all my PAX posts in the PAX East 2011 category as well as on the front page. I have also created a PAX East 2011 Photo Gallery where you will be able to find all my pictures after I upload them each evening. If you want to stalk me even more closely you have two options:

  • Follow me on my twitter account (@kaelhankins), my most recent tweets are also avaliable at the bottom of the right side of my front page. 
  • You can also follow my physicaly location via google latitude (username kc0mlp), for the duration of my trip I have made my location public and added a widget to my front page (you can probably see it to the right of this post). 

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