http://www.andreworlando.com/ Latest articles from Andrew Orlando. en-us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:59:49 GMT 60 A bit of quick VB.NET code I wrote =) http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=My+Handheld+Augmented+Reality+Game+Development In my final semester my favorite class was, of course, the one involving game development. Handheld Augmented Reality Game... what a mouthful. So what the heck are they? The handheld part is simple, you play them using a handheld device that has a camera built-in, like an iPhone. In our case we used the Gizmondo. An example of ... Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:29:23 GMT games 110 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=I+won+at+college! YEA! I made it! I`ll write more later since I`m posting this on a new G1. <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pCLIg6WT7zM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application ... Sat, 13 Dec 2008 14:33:42 GMT school 109 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=PSA+for+those+with+AT%26T+or+Bellsouth+DSL It's a shame I didn't hear about this earlier, could have saved some money. Back when I dumped evil Comcast for Bellsouth DSL they told me I had to pay about $20 for a landline voice phone line in addition to what internet service cost. Bills were about $67.50 (this is in Atlanta), which at the time was competitive to what Comcast's internet service was when bundled with cable. ... Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:52:12 GMT internet 108 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=Wine+for+Gamers Getting "pwned" a bit too often lately? Maybe you need some liquid 1337. Guaranteed to keep those 0mg h34dsh0tz coming! Yes, I actually did buy it just ... Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:00:42 GMT humor 107 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=robbed! What's the first thing you should do when you are robbed? Post about it on the Internets. Ok, maybe I did a lot of other things since this happened, ... Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:56:04 GMT crime 106 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=Mythic+studio+pics Time to finally get around to posting about how the internship at Mythic went. So, what's it like to work in the games industry? Which stereotypes are more true? That it's the incredibly fun dream job for any gamer nerd? Or that the working conditions are crazy and people are constantly working late nights and weekends? There's some truth t ... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:45:57 GMT games 105 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=game+developer+license+plates Vanity license plates in Virginia only cost $10 a year, so I seem to see a lot more of them than in Georgia. That or people up here just really like to show off. Anyhow, some of the people at work have some nice one ... Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:25:35 GMT humor 104 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=caught+on+tape Argh, someone's posted a video with me in it on the interwebs. The Creative Director on Warhammer Online, Paul Barnett, is this crazy Briton who occasionally likes to post clips of stuff around the studio on his "video blog". He's kind of also the public face of Mythic and the game in many cases, appearing on shows like G4TV'S <a href="http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/26545/Web_Exclusive_Wa ... Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:35:35 GMT work 103 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=spore+critters Check out the Spore Creature Creator (free demo!). For some reason the first thing I wanted to make was Diablo. I did what I could with the limited parts in the free demo. Though this is definitely a good enough distraction to spend the $10 on. Or maybe I can get it free working for EA... who knows. <object width="425" height= ... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:46:11 GMT games 102 http://www.andreworlando.com/ArticleView.aspx?title=plugged+back+in! I tried to keep my site going on the PC in Atlanta... but that only lasted so long. Despite the UPS, at some point the guy living there unplugged the LAN cable going to my room. I was able to walk through what was up on the phone. I thought it was something else, but when we couldn't even ping my PC even though it was on... Anyhow, it's plugged in again! I'd migrated stuff over to ... Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:13:48 GMT site 101