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Most of my favourites are of Tails. The rest are of bad-ass robots (bad ass-robots). Barring a few disconcerting additions.

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My desktop. I snagged this wallpaper off Sega's Sonic Mega Collection page before they disappeared all reference to games pre-2008. The rest is squeezing Vista until it looks and feels like Windows 98.

Blog 368: The Falcon

Sun Oct 25, 2009, 7:57 AM
I suppose it's about time I discussed this. I'm sure a lot of you will have heard me make reference to a device known as "the Falcon" recently. I have this device on loan from the university as part of my fourth year project.

The Falcon is supposedly (we'll get to that) a Next-Generation Games Controller. It's a haptics device, some that attempts to bring touch sensation into games. Despite all the literature hailing it as a revolution in gaming, it's been around for a good two years now and nobody seems to care.

Read on!

  • Mood: Lonely
  • Listening to: Kylie Minogue -- Light Years
  • Watching: Sonic the Movie (again and again and again)
  • Playing: Quake 4, Deus Ex: the Nameless Mod and/or Unreal.
  • Eating: Divine 70% Dark Chocolate
  • Drinking: Pints of Stella

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My name is Rao Dao Zao.

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I'm a 3D modeller and animator; but not in any conventional sense (for these days, at least). I like to make things that are low low low in triangles; designed for use in games (though I have yet to build my own, sooo... Yes). And since I started out with the modelling before I was adequately able to make textures, I have adopted a slightly wonky way of using textures; that's to say, everything mapped to one or two pre-set layouts.

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I have my fingers in many artistic pies. As well as the 3D modelling and animation, I'm also a keen writer; I keep a blog that is regularly updated (usually once a week), in which I talk about life, the universe, and whatever's making me happy right now. Or whatever's making me rage, it's really pot luck. Film, game and music reviews abound.

I write a bit of fiction here and there, but it's not really show-offable. My last DnD character biography was "lol amnesia", but I still managed to stretch that out to one and a half pages.

I've even experimented with music, from using ModPlug Tracker to assemble general MIDI samples into rough outlines of OMD songs, to using Synthedit to produce my own VST instruments. Unfortunately, I have no musical talent whatsoever so I've got a long way to go on this front.

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This account does not show-case the full breadth of my artistry; merely some highlights (and some assorted cack that won't fit anywhere else). I've been doing RDZ Industries for a good five years now, and there are loads of old designs that never saw the light of showcasing online.

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Alongside my stand-alone projects, I am a keen mapper and modder. Having fiddled with the likes of Unreal Tournament and Deus Ex (and, nostalgic sigh, Age of Empires II), I have only managed to make things of note for Warcraft III; but they're mostly singleplayer, so you could well argue that they're not 'of note' at all. Get them here.

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I'm big into electronic music, especially Gary Numan's (early) work. I suppose it's fun that most of the music I'm into was created well before I was born, but I've managed to see a surprising number of them live -- Ultravox, Mr. Numan (twice), Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (twice), A-ha, and the Human League. If you're remotely familiar with any of my favourite artists, then you'll quite easily spot how heavily they've influenced me.

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And as if you hadn't worked it out from this immense introduction, I'm quite talkative. Except with complete strangers (unless alcohol has been consumed). So since I'm a shameless self-publicist, I'll link to my blog again. You can add me on MySpace; as long as you're not a bot, I won't insta-ignore you.

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  • Current Residence: Glasgow, Scotland
  • Interests: Low-low-poly 3D art and animation
  • Favourite movie: Sonic the Hedgehog: the Movie
  • Favourite band or musician: Gary Numan
  • Favourite genre of music: Synth / Electronic
  • Favourite artist: Gary Numan
  • Favourite poet or writer: Gary Numan
  • Favourite photographer: Ga-- Uh...
  • Favourite style of art: Modernist
  • Operating System: Windows Vista
  • MP3 player of choice: Samsung YP-Z5
  • Shell of choice: Secret Seashell
  • Skin of choice: Titanium exoskeleton
  • Favourite game: Deus Ex, Unreal and UT, Sonic 3 & Knuckles, the Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
  • Favourite gaming platform: PC
  • Favourite cartoon character: Tails
  • Personal Quote: "One day, where I didn't die a thousand times..."
  • Tools of the Trade: Milkshape 3D and Paint Shop Pro 7 (plus Animation Shop 3)

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:icon31883milesperhour:
thanks for the fave yo :)

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"The blacksmith and the artist-- perfected in their art; forge their creativity closer to the heart"

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:iconamazingswordarts:
nice galery !!! i like your work !!! 3d ???
:iconraodaozao:
Thank you! Yes, 3D all the way. :)
:icontiki-yoshi:
Your 3-D models are very impressive. :) Hope you don't mind the +watch!

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:iconraodaozao:
Don't mind? I am delighted! Thank you very much! :)
:icontiki-yoshi:
You're very welcome! :)

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-Nobunaga: Is that so...?

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:iconmangamad:
Thanks for dropping by. ^^v

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:iconlitttle-princess:
hey..whats up?..^^ are you going to set up a kiriban 5000pv?:iconteheplz:

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