Monthly Archive for September, 2006

This Will “Wake” You Up

Published on September 28, 2006 in Game Vids and Games. 2 Comments

So you say you want next-gen eh? Well you aint gonna get it from your beloved 360….

It seems that Rememdy, the fun-loving guys that brought us the Max Payne franchise, have a TRUE next-gen title they’re working on. Alan Wake promises to pretty much blow us away with it’s multi-core required awesomeness. This game utilizes multiple processor cores to handle physics and environment simulation and the results are beyond insane. The video below shows just a little of what this engine is capable of and I have to admit that I’m now starting to greatly desire a jump to a multi-core platform.

Check out the clip and prepare to me amazed. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to go change my shorts. I got a bit too excited.

A True Guitar Hero…

Published on September 26, 2006 in Game Vids, Games and Playstation. 1 Comment

For the last couple months, we’ve been a tad addicted to guitar hero here at ModStomp. Every friday evening we have a jam session at the ModStomp cave and try to grind each other into powder as we attempt some of the more difficult tracks on hard and expert. But even with as much practice as we’ve had lately, the video below puts us all to shame. The quality of the video isn’t that great, but the godlike guitar hero-ing of this supreme being is enough to melt your eyebrows.

I can only hope that I’ll someday be half the guitar hero this anonymous shredder has become. I bow to him.

How Awesome Am I?

Published on September 25, 2006 in Geek Fun. 1 Comment

I’ll be honest… this site is mostly for geeks and those of a geek-ish nature. We talk about computers, games, electronics and all other sorts of geek type things. So, based entirely on stereotyping, I’m going to post this fun motivational poster I found and assume that most of our readers will find it as amusing as I do.

Windows Media Center 2005 Woes

Published on September 24, 2006 in OS Reviews. 0 Comments

I use a home-built Windows media center for all my TV needs.  I’d like to share a few of the choices I made in hopes that others will avoid my mistakes.  It’s been a rocky road at times, but there’s really no other platform that works for me in the living room.  The pros include a very intuitive and responsive interface, expecially when looking through the guide and searching for programs to record.  TiVo was downright sluggish at times.  Well, here are my points:

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How to make an iPod even more lame

Published on September 23, 2006 in iPods Suck. 0 Comments

I’ve owned a couple of iPods.  It was sort of an accident.  I have an aversion to things that are en vogue, so to speak, or at least en vogue to the point of idiocy.  Anyway, to put it in perspective, I’ve had two iPods out of an estimated 30 mp3 players that have passed through my hands.  One thing I do envy iPod users, however, is the bevy of accessories available.  To wit:

That alone is almost enough to make me want to load that iTunes schlock on my system to hog my resources and limit the formats I can play, all within the calming blanket of DRM (I can hardly sleep at night knowing Metallica might not be making money off me).

Anyway, enough iPod bashing.  They’re decent little players if you can live within the restrictions, and most people can.  Anyone who drops $100 on this thing, however, has probably lost their soul to cankers of evil.

Lego Mario!

Published on September 21, 2006 in Game Vids. 0 Comments

How freakin long did this take? They say it’s a mix between stop-motion legomation and cgi… I’d like to know how much of each were actually used. But either way, DANG! Makes me wanna go home and either bust out my legos or my NES, or maybe both… hmmmm… lego Samus?

BitFlicks is just starting out, but they say they’ll have more vids like this to come. Gotta love gaming nerds with too much time on their hands. Enjoy!

Slowly, But Surely…

Published on September 21, 2006 in Announcements. 1 Comment

Ok… so it’s been almost a month and we haven’t done crap with the site. We’re sorry, we really are. We’ve just been busy.

We’ve actually been working on several other projects which have been taking up our ModStomp time. Zach has 2 new blogs which he’s actually been updating (GASP!) semi-regularly. And I’ve been working on a couple other contracted pages for friends (I actually get paid for those ones). Needless to say, we haven’t had as much time to update as we would like. But don’t fret, we haven’t forgot about ModStomp. As you can see we’re sorta kinda working on a look for the page. I’m still trying to figure out how to accomplish a decent looking navigation without the use of images. Please let me know how bad you think it sucks so I can continue tweaking it.

On a side note, if you’d like to see where all my time has been spent lately, check out SearcherAndStallion.com. These guys produce a pretty killer sci-fi radio show and are currently working on a new version of the show. Back in the early 90′s they used to broadcast their show on a local public radio station in Salt Lake. It’s been some time since they’ve aired the shows and they’re working to kick out an entirely new series (based on the original characters). If you enjoy audiobooks or radio drama, head on over and check out the sample mp3′s and podcasts we’ve got posted. It’s good stuff.

Anyway, please keep checking back. We really are working on getting the site back up and running. We promise.