Pixels, Code, and Beer
Recently, I have been asked several questions that were easily answered by pointing them to a YouTube URL. Don’t forget that YouTube has tons of community added content making it a great place to learn. If you don’t find what you are looking for on the initial search try looking at the related videos in the right sidebar.
I personally learn better visually so watching “How-To’s” online is what’s good!
This is one of the reasons I love my Xbox live (XBL) account! XBL has just released Marvel vs Capcom 2 and it is a perfect conversion of the Dreamcast/Arcade game. The character line up is deep with 56 battle ready super heroes. The action is intense, and with XBL support the competition online is fierce! Since it has been built with the same code used for the Street Fighter RMX playing online is quick and for the most part flawless. It’s one of those games you just sit back and watch other play and still have a great time. My one and only gripe is that they did not redraw the characters in high definition. There are options to smooth the character sprites, but could have been much better if done like the Street Fighter 2 RMX. If Capcom and Marvel could ever update that portion and allow for add-on characters this game would last years and years as a favorite. Mugen makes for a great alternative, but doesn’t have the online qualities of XBL. If you love fighters this is great one to get!
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Every once in a while as a web developer I run into the chance to help another developer with a project, product, script, etc. A few years back I bought a flash file that displayed images in a slide show. I did not want to spend hours writing the script myself so I found one that suited my needs and purchased it. After downloading the script I found that it could be improved. Instead of breaking the developers back for the fixes I submitted the changes I made to his script directly to him. Truly, it only took me minutes to edit the script, but for the developer it saved him time. this developer probably could have solved the issue also, but sometimes it is nice to just give back.
With a lot of software becoming open source software improvements are increasing at a much faster pace. I love the idea of helping the community and hope other developers will take the time every once in a while to help other developers. You might even get a cool shout out like I did!
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