Nintendo Wii

I've ordered a Wii and I still can't believe I've done it. A mate at work got one last week and raved about the sheer fun of the device and the games confirming what I'd already heard. Taken by surprise to find some stock online, this morning, I bought one with hardly a thought.

The face to face social aspect when married to the Wiimote's unique concept had me really interested. When Lesley has her friends round for a girlie night they usually demand the dance mat to be set up on my old PS1. Hours of fun to be had as ladies who should know better work up a sweat. With the Wii I can see the personal, one to one, competition of it's casual gaming being a real hit. Fun, pure and simple, fun. No pretence of cutting edge graphics and technology just fun games. I canny wait.

Category:

• Nintendo
• Wii

Michelangeo? With Blender 2

Another update on my progress through the Character Animation tutorial I've been following.

Added a simple material for the body and the eyes. It's surprising just how much life is brought to the model (Roger the Alien Anthropologist) with the addition of the eye material. Also added a couple of lamps, a camera and changed the background for a simple render.

Next up is rigging, where the skeleton is created for animating the character. Stay tuned.

Category:

• 3D
• Blender