Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Science Fiction
While I was in Kelowna for June and July I got onto a science fiction kick and was only reading or playing games based on science fiction. It started when I got into Eve Online a little bit, loving how hard the combat is and the amazing sense of loss when you die. It plays like hardcore mode on Diablo. One day after work I went to the only good used book store in Kelowna and picked up 2 sci-fi books that were recommended to me, Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks and EON by Greg Bear. EON I had heard about from the CgSociety challenge a few years ago where the challenge was to create a scene based on a section of the book. Consider Phlebas has inspired the new character I am working on which I’ll have a WIP post on it soon since I’ve neglected posting anything about the 3d stuff I’m working on. The last piece of sci-fi was playing through Mass Effect which I thoroughly enjoyed. Bioware did an excellent job on the game and it had a nice KOTOR feel.
