Author Archives: halbryan

The Biggest Double-Brainer in the History of Earth

Posted on February 7, 2007 by halbryan

Forgive me for a moment while I bash a hole in the fourth wall and violate the first rule of snarky inside references and actually explain the title of this particular post. There’s a company that advertises on a number … Continue reading →

Posted in Egocentric | 3 Comments

Sublime …

Posted on February 7, 2007 by halbryan

Fresh from the editing software of someone called TPV71 comes this remarkable tour of FS2004 and FSX enhanced with some fantastic add-ons. I have to agree with the person called ChrisMOd who says that this should be a commercial for … Continue reading →

Posted in Flight Sim Centric | 1 Comment

Oh, Come On!

Posted on February 5, 2007 by halbryan

Last night, I watched a bit of Top Ten Bombers on the Military Channel (formerly Discovery: Wings, RIP). One of the honorees, and rightly so, was the Avro Lancaster. While it was a little surprising that they didn’t mention the … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly-y | 3 Comments

Big Rocks and Long Props – Volume II

Posted on February 2, 2007 by halbryan

For anyone who has seen Volume I, then you know that Volume II is a must have. If you haven’t seen either of them, check out this teaser for Volume I: Even non-pilots can see that this is some remarkable … Continue reading →

Posted in Fly-y | 13 Comments

Service Pack One if By Land, DirectX Ten if by Sea

Posted on February 1, 2007 by halbryan

Recently, one of our MVP’s (Most Valuable Professionals), Nick Whittome (a fellow I’m moderately proud to call a friend to the extent that it gets me generous gifts of whiskey) posted a bit to his blog that I thought I … Continue reading →

Posted in Flight Sim Centric | 9 Comments

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 →

Posted in Flight Sim Centric | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Flight Sim Centric | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Fly-y | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Flight Sim Centric | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Fly-y | 13 Comments