Archive for June, 2008

Pictures showing how good the GTA4 in-game world is Comments

GTA4 PosterGrand Theft Auto 4 is a game that was recently released and it grossed more than $500 million in its first week!

One of the things that I always enjoyed about GTA is the open gameplay style. They have created a working city complete with streets, buildings, people, cars, trains, boats, etc. Players are free to explore the city, interact with citizens, steal cars, fight gangsters, etc, etc.

The key to making that fun is to have a rich and realistic in-game world and these guys have done an amazing job modelling New York as the ‘Liberty City’ of the game.

Here are some pictures taken of the game (on the right) and the associated spot in the actual NYC (left). Awesome work.

GTA comparison

Statue of Liberty. If you want to get there in the game you need to hijack a boat or helicopter…
GTA comparison

GTA comparison

Photos of a chicken developing inside an egg Comments

I came across this blog showing the development of a chicken inside an egg. Seems like these guys cleverly got an egg to develop inside a clear container - like a ziplock or something.

Anyway, I had assumed that birds develop in the yolk - I don’t know why. But this chick definitely develops outside the yolk and consumes the yolk through a network of blood vessels. Very interesting.

Chick Developing
Chick Developing
Chick Developing
Chick Developing
Chick Developing