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	<description>ah! final film!</description>
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		<title>onLive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A really cool and significant step toward the future of videogames&#8211; provided by OnLive. I figured that this would happen at some point, but it&#8217;s happening awhile earlier than I thought. neat stuff]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A really cool and significant step toward the future of videogames&#8211; provided by <a href="http://features.cgsociety.org/story.php?story_id=4975&amp;referer=rss">OnLive</a>.</p>
<p>I figured that this would happen at some point, but it&#8217;s happening awhile earlier than I thought.</p>
<p>neat stuff</p>
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		<title>elance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An ebay-like website for freelancers and people who want to hire freelancers&#8211;  here]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An ebay-like website for freelancers and people who want to hire freelancers&#8211;  <a href="http://www.elance.com/">here</a></p>
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		<title>new wordpress</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 08:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[version 2.7 is spiffy looking. some things don&#8217;t work anymore, but who cares. yay]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>version 2.7 is spiffy looking.  some things don&#8217;t work anymore, but who cares.<br />
yay</p>
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		<title>a few games</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a few games that I made with MMF ( a nice no-programming-needed application-creating tool ) in middleschool/early highschool and also one newer game.  They’re somewhat embarrassing for a number of reasons, but I thought I would post them anyways for posterity or something. 1. Dodgeball Extreme It’s a single-player avoid-bouncing-balls game. If that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here are a few games that I made with <a href="http://www.clickteam.com/eng/index.php">MMF</a> ( a nice no-programming-needed application-creating tool ) in middleschool/early highschool and also one newer game.  They’re somewhat embarrassing for a number of reasons, but I thought I would post them anyways for posterity or something.</p>
<p><strong>1. Dodgeball Extreme</strong></p>
<p>It’s a single-player avoid-bouncing-balls game. If that doesn’t quite make sense, 14-year-old me decided to include an extensive Help section which can definitely be checked out.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-498" title="dodgeball" src="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/dodgeball.gif" alt="" width="400" height="299" /></p>
<p>To play the game you will need <a href="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cncs232.dll">cncs232</a> ( put it in c:\WINDOWS\system\ )<br />
click <a href="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/dodgeball-extreme.exe">here</a> download Dodgeball Extreme</p>
<p><strong>2. Cool Tennis ( aka Smash Tennis )</strong></p>
<p>Cool Tennis is pong with gravity ( the gravity is a bit less than a universal force, though, since it only affects the paddle ). There is a 1-player mode ( shown below ) and a 2-player mode ( not shown below ). I made an updated version at some point, but unfortunately I lost the file in a computer crash. I might as well also state that the updated version had 3d-graphics, an extensive online-play mode, and a rather impressive eye-tracking gestural control system. It’s a shame that I lost it.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-499" title="cooltennis" src="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cooltennis.gif" alt="" width="400" height="299" /></p>
<p>To play the game you will need <a href="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cncs232.dll">cncs232</a> ( put it in c:\WINDOWS\system\ )  &#8212; this is the same file as above so if you already have it, you don&#8217;t need it again.</p>
<p>click <a href="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cool-tennis.exe">here</a> to get Cool Tennis</p>
<p><strong>3. Wizard Beta</strong> &#8211;the pinnacle of young me’s game-creating attempts.</p>
<p>Wizard Beta is a platforming game. Like the previous games, the title alone explains everything needed to know about it. Here’s the breakdown:</p>
<p>Wizard: You play as a wizard… who, naturally, can cast spells and such. As you can see in the screenshot below, you wear a nice wizarding hat and wizarding cloak. Painted on these are several magic symbols such as the moon, a star, and, apparently, the greater-than sign. You also have a long gray beard as all wizards must have.</p>
<p>Beta: There are a lot of bugs.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-501" title="wizardpic" src="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wizardpic.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /><br />
To play the game you will need <a href="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/cncs232.dll">cncs232</a> ( put it in c:\WINDOWS\system\ )  &#8212; this is the same file as above so if you already have it, you don&#8217;t need it again.</p>
<p>click <a href="http://distractionlab.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/wizardbeta.exe">here</a> to get Wizard Beta</p>
<p><strong>4. Avoid-a-ball</strong></p>
<p>This game was made just a few months ago in a somewhat successful attempt to learn a bit of actionscript programming ( and was shortly followed by an even more successful forgetting of everything about actionscript ).  It&#8217;s a very basic 2-player game and you should grab a friend and check it out <a href="http://distractionlab.com/flash/avoidaball.html">here</a>.</p>
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