Brian's Posts

Duke Nukem Forever

HAIL TO A KING?

Carmack. Sweeney. Cliffy B. Gabe Newell. Will Wright. Shigeru Miyamoto. Cevat Yerli. And even, John Romero.  In my 15 years working in the gaming industry these are the game developers whose names have been revered, heralded and extoled.  And deservedly so – they are all great minds in gaming. But one guy that never gets… Read More

INNER GEEK: OLD GUYS RULE

The other day in the office we were talking about our greatest gaming moments (GGMs), those times when you are in the zone and playing really great. I love to game, I am just not as great as some of the other guys around the office. As a result, my GGMs are few and far between.… Read More

1337 PARENTING SKILLZ, FTW

As a long time gamer, and a long time father, my worlds are colliding. It first happened about 7 years ago playing “Sled Storm” on the original PlayStation. I was playing head-to-head with Coleman, my oldest son. I beat him, as I always did, for a few races. Then I left, but he stayed and… Read More

WINDOWS 7 – WHAT EXCITES NVIDIA

Windows 7 is a great operating system that is exactly what the PC industry needs. But two areas where Windows 7 will make a large impact really get our juices flowing – GPU computing and power gaming.GPU computing uses the massively parallel architecture of the graphics processing unit (GPU) as a computational engine that can… Read More

FASTER PHOTO SORTING THANKS TO CUDA

When I first heard about CyberLink’s MediaShow 5 photo management software, I was really excited – and not just because it uses NVIDIA CUDA technology. For the first time on the PC there’s a quick and easy way to organize and search all of your photos based on who’s in them. Cameras are everywhere in… Read More