David Balogh

‘Bushie, Bushie.”

So Pres Bush finally found himself some fans, in a little country called Albania. How cute. Maybe he can go rule them for a while after he’s done destroying the US. Then we’ll see how many fans he has left.

From NY Times:

When Bush arrived for his brief visit, the hills overlooking the capital boomed as military cannons fired a 21-gun salute, and thousands gathered in a downtown square on a brilliantly sunny day to see him and first lady Laura Bush.

Huge banners proclaimed ”Proud to be Partners” and billboards said ”President Bush in Albania Making History.” Red-white-and-blue paper top hats with stars on top were distributed to well-wishers.

Albania also issued three postage stamps with Bush’s picture and the Statue of Liberty, and renamed a street in front of parliament in his honor.

Berisha said the visit was historic. ”Among us is the greatest and most distinguished guest we have ever had in all times, the president of the United States of America, the leading country of the free world,” he said.

Bush said he was proud to be the first sitting president to visit. ”I love to come to countries that are working hard to establish the institutions necessary for a democracy to survive,” he said.

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People waiting on the sidewalks behind yellow police tape gave him a boisterous welcome, shouting ”Bushie, Bushie.” He was practically manhandled as he shook hands along the line. Albanians reached out and embraced him, grabbing at his arms, shoulders and head, mussing his hair as Secret Service agents held him by the waist from behind.

Add comment June 10th, 2007

High Res or High Fun

A quick excerpt from a NY Times article about Nintendo being more open with other game software developers notes that playability may just have a better chance of winning in the end over the higher resolution counterparts. At some point this obsession with HD and detailed gaming experiences comes at huge costs, and in the end will hurt their sales more, and disappoint their consumers as well. Nintendo just gets it, and I think it proves that usability and simplicity can outweigh all those extras. (Hmmm, kinda like Apple vs. M$? Just puttin’ it out there…)

At Namco Bandai, Mr. Unozawa said PlayStation 3 was so complex, with its faster speeds and more advanced graphics, that it might take 100 programmers a year to create a single game, at a cost of about $10 million. Creating a game for Wii costs only a third as much and requires only a third as many writers, he said.

But Mr. Unozawa also said Nintendo’s promotional visit in late 2005 helped make Namco Bandai more willing to write games for Wii. When he saw the Wii prototype, and then later saw a PlayStation 3 prototype, he and his colleagues decided the Wii might have more potential than the expensive and difficult-to-operate Sony machine.

“The Wii just looked more fun,” Mr. Unozawa said. “It changed our thinking.”

Add comment June 8th, 2007

More great videos

Sent from Jason & Wayman at work:

STOP MOTION LETTERING!

DICE!

Add comment June 8th, 2007

America Takes It Off, Snaggable Player

Created the skin for this, along with the design and CSS of the website for ATIO on AOL Body. Just checking it out, see how the snaggable feature works

Add comment June 3rd, 2007