More re the SHA-1 result: Around $30M (give or take a few million) should build you a machine to find a collision in a few days. What previously took (say) the NSA 40 years to figure out now takes about a week. A second preimage attack is theoretically 2106, according…
Category: Games
Final Fantasy II
Is it just me, or is it needlessly difficult? The problem is this: 1. Characters progress according to how they are played. If you fight with swords a lot, you get good with swords. If you get hit a lot, your HP goes up. If you do a lot of…
World of Warcraft
For a while there I was sorely tempted. Then, luckily for me, there was a spate of server problems, and Blizzard have stopped selling it for the time being. I read this morning that there is a last shipment in EB today, but the moment has passed. I can congratulate…
A match made in heaven?
I think somebody from Namco should talk to Freezepop about the soundtrack for Katamari Damacy 2.
Electronics Boutique: Telemarketing in person
I went to the mall today to return a belt (an Xmas present which turned out to be too small). I looked around for a medium, but they didn’t have the kind I wanted, so I just made a return. Very quick, very easy, I hand over belt + receipt,…
Katamari!
I’m driving down the street, and thinking, “These cars – no problem. That big fence – should be easy to roll up, flat and thin things generally are. This line of trees will give me a nice size boost. Cosntruction site, I’ll have some of that! Start on the portakabins,…
IFComp 2004
http://www.ifcomp.org/ Another year’s wait is over! Time to see what this year’s offerings are.
E3 2004 thoughts…
I finished work at approx 5.15am on Wednesday, 12th May 2004. The final E3 build was done. I went home for a couple of hours of sleep and then got up and went to E3. After going through the 1.5 hour queue for badge pickup, we got in and went…
Dear Friends
Last night I went to the “Dear Friends: Music from Final Fantasy” concert at LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. It was a really great experience. We arrived shortly before 7pm for a 7.30pm start. Getting there was no problem at all and the parking was ample. Great venue. Many many…