A look at going beyond the game

Currently Listening to:

The Living End

All Torn Down

Currently Playing:

PC gamers have always had the luxury of being able to screenshot an image from the game whenever they please.  One push of a button and boom, you have yourself a nice spur of the moment picture.  Only in the past year or two has the same applied to console gaming. Several titles have implemented a screenshot function into their game, so players can take cool shots and access them later on the internet.  Off the top of my head the games that do this are:

Skate

Gears of War 2

Halo

Project Gotham Racing 4

Forza

Little Big Planet? (I don't own a PS3, but it is what I am told)

My friend Suni and I  are the blues guys tearin' it up in this shot.

Crockett and Tubbs 2552 ftw.

A shot which I'm pretty sure everyone has taken so far.

I'm waiting for a nice headshot pic.

Skate takes it to the next level with the skate.reel. Users can upload pictures and even videos and access them via the skate webpage. There is so much to explore in the game and thousands of opportunities at cool shots. You know what they say : Without footage, it's fiction!

Rock Band 2  takes the concept in a different direction by using your in-game character to make cool pictures of  your character and band. You can also make posters, t-shirts, stickers

and other merchandise to using the pictures and poses the website has provided.  It is very innovative and a cool way  for players to become involved in the game more. 

That's all I got for now.  hope you enjoy it

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A true christening

Currently Listening To:
Ray Charles -
Georgia on My Mind



Currently Playing :










This is my first real post, but its not anything super special. I'm a big fan of skateboarding and I have been skating for 7 years. When I was 16, I did my first griptape cutout design. It was based off of the logo for the Band CKY and I was fairly proud of it:
About a week or two ago, I wanted to do a new design. I decided it would be best to keep it nice and relevant, so I ended up using a logo from one of my favorite bands, Killola (myspace.com/killola).


This was the end result. I was so happy with the end result, I decided to write a detailed tutorial. Thankfully, a friend of mine referred me to a website named Instructables.com where users can post tutorials on any subject they choose. It's pretty neat for DIY and Arts and Crafts kind of stuff. You can check my tutorial on Griptape stencil art if you'd like.

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