Day of filming lost

Filming for episode 2 didn't go as smoothly as planned. Matt brought a projector, a VCR, three VHS tapes, a gateway laptop, an Apple Powerbook, a power strip, and a networking hub. He forgot his f*#&ing VCR remote. Without the remote filming is impossible. Imagine, over 2000 dollars in equipment and the whole thing got grounded because of some crappy 10 buck, made in China remote. Funny how life hates me like that. The next filming session is definatly at Matt's, as every time we do it at my house something goes horribly awry. Last time I had to dissassemble my whole TV because Matt put the tape into a faulty VCR that eats tapes. As a result of having no remote, we played Halo for four and a half hours instead. Austin, Clay, and I were on a team against Matt, John, and Peter. Matt, you can bitch all you want about "dark screens" but at the end of it all we beat you through superior teamwork. Me and Clay paradropping perfectly onto your flag, that was cooperation.

In other news, a Half-Life 2 expansion pack has been announced. It will tie up all the loose ends of Half-Life 2. A graphical update has also been announced. It will use all the graphical updates made availible since Half-Life 2 came out. To the 0.00000043% of the population that have computers good enough to handle the game with updates on max specs, congratulations you Richie Rich dips.

Finally, a PPU card has been announced. This "Physics Processing Unit" will apperently make things like hair and clothing simulation, soft bodies (cloth flapping), hard body rigidty, and universal collision detection availible to the game making public. This will apparently complete the trifecta of CPU, GPU, and PPU. We'll see.