Monthly Archives: January 2007

FSX-Box!

Posted on January 31, 2007 by halbryan

Had you going there for a second, didn’t I? Meh, probably not. Anyway, our friends at CyberPower have built a gorgeous PC case that comes pre-plastered with images of Flight Simulator X goodness – something lovely to look at during … Continue reading →

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Old News, But Still Worth Mentioning

Posted on January 30, 2007 by halbryan

While unpacking boxes from our recent office move, I came across a book I’d meant to write a bit about, but something shiny flashed by and my idea wandered back into the waiting room. Anyway, if anyone reading this hasn’t … Continue reading →

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Great Eye Candy, But the Flight Models Suck

Posted on January 29, 2007 by halbryan

Beautiful visuals, highly-detailed aircraft models with huge poly counts, great lighting effects, self shadowing, complex animations … that just don’t fly like real airplanes. I’m speaking, of course, of the movie Fly Boys, released on DVD tomorrow, which I had the … Continue reading →

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It’s an Honor Just to be Nominated

Posted on January 24, 2007 by halbryan

    And we were … FSX was nominated for "Simulation Game of the Year" by the Oscaresque-sounding Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. As someone who has been credited with working on a number of relevant titles over the … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Bob Hoover!

Posted on January 24, 2007 by halbryan

As noted on Aero-News, legendary pilot Bob Hoover turns 85 today. When I was 12 years old, we flew our Cessna T-50 as a camera ship in formation with Hoover flying a de Havilland Fox Moth. My dad gave me … Continue reading →

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Thank You For Flying Egalitair

Posted on January 24, 2007 by halbryan

The current issue of Newsweek magazine had a column that, like so many things, caught my attention momentarily, but, unlike most things, actually held it for a few minutes. In Steven Levy’s The Technologist column, he’s written a piece about an … Continue reading →

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Win a Suborbital Trip

Posted on January 23, 2007 by halbryan

 .:: From Aero-News ::. Microsoft Kicks Off High-Flying Vista Promotion We’re giving away a trip into space. Or, at least, just barely up to space. Which would still be fantastic. I’d give Brett’s left …  shoe to go. Here’s the "good" … Continue reading →

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There Are Hungry Children in the World Who Don’t Even Have Offices!

Posted on January 23, 2007 by halbryan

So you won’t find me complaining about the fact that I’ve moved to a new spot in our building, a converted conference room that has been subdivided in what I’m forced to admit is a respectable manner. not cubes, but … Continue reading →

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Where Have I Been?

Posted on January 20, 2007 by halbryan

I’ve Been Everywhere, Man …   Toronto, Oshawa, Guelph, Burlington, Denver, Minneapolis, Oshkosh, Berlin, San Francisco, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Munich, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Palm Springs, Newark, Birmingham … Not a bad 7 months, all told. Though I really need to go … Continue reading →

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(com)Promising Transitions

Posted on January 18, 2007 by halbryan

(From the archive – 5/25/06) Posting here after two and a half months feels a little like coming home after a vacation and discovering that you left your front door open  . . . there’s just so little actually here! … Continue reading →

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