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The glEnd() of Zelda: Automatic 3Dification of NES Games (2016)
- deceiverofg0ds 3y agoI wonder if tom7 has worked with or is aware of the people at geodstudio working on 3dsen. 3dsen is what this video reminded me of.
- drawkbox 3y agoVery cool! Slightly different though in that 3dsen seems to be adding depth to sprites and a camera view outside the player, while tom7's puts you in the game on the level either top down or side view, walking in it as the player. I suppose it depends on where you place the camera, on the player like tom7 "WolfNEStein 3D" or from a viewpoint far enough back to view a portion of the level like 3dsen. 3dsen approach is more playable and is really neat for depth in 3d and VR. Could be cool in AR as well.
- titaniumtown 3y agoTom7's content is always very interesting and funny, he has a YouTube channel as well: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3azLjQuz9s5qk76KEXaTvA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3azLjQuz9s5qk76KEXaTvA His "Harder Drive" video is especially a favorite of mine.
- LoganDark 3y agoI like "reverse emulating the NES"
- DaiPlusPlus 3y agoI'm also a long-time fan of Tom7 - I got into him after seeing the video about his reverse-emulation work to get Doom working on a NES - what I like about it is how subtle it is: using the same technique you could play Halo or GTA 5 on a NES, but by using a game that's almost contemporary with the NES it has some kind of je ne sais quoi aspect to it that I appreciate, even if I can't describe it. ---- All of his videos are about very distinct projects - not only demonstrating his high level of skill in those areas, but that he's very imaginative and creative. When I introspect myself I can tell that as I've gained technical skills that enable me to (say) recreate his work, I've simultaneously lost most of my imagination and huge chunks of my creativity as I've gotten older: I can certainly try my own hand (working from scratch, without using his work even as a reference) at a robust NES-to-3D render system, but I guarantee that the idea never would have come to me. My question is, how does he do that? I'm hoping I'm not the only one experiencing this kind of creativity-deficit-disorder?
- lifthrasiir 3y agoNot only that, he actually completes all the projects, or at least some of them (because who'd know how many shelved projects are there). I too have a long list of personal projects accumulated over last 2 decades, and none was that impactful compared to Tom's in my scale. And he seems to do all of that while having a daily job (Google) and a family (seen from the PAC-TOM video, specifics unclear) and time to play all the games. How is it even remotely possible???
- offices 3y agoAnd running long distances!
- rcv 3y agoIn costume!
- UncleMeat 3y agoYeah this is one of those weird cases where if I was his manager I'd ask "bro, do you need more interesting things to do at work?" Tom7 is probably my favorite creator on the web, so I guess I'm glad that whatever he's doing at Google isn't scratching all the itches.
- dharmab 3y agoKeep in mind that- as far as I can tell- Tom7 doesn't need to work for a living. He has a _lot_ of free time.
- noelwelsh 3y agoThis is the difference for me. There are many things I could do, but far fewer it's worth spending my time on. If I didn't have to make bank the calculus would be very different.
- iforgotpassword 3y agoEh, at least I had periods over the last 15 years where I had a lot of free time and could've done a lot of things I always wanted to do, but just about got some basic things done. Nothing of the scale of some of Tom's projects. He says he's not working on that stuff constantly, but still, he always eventually gets back to these things and finishes them. That's pretty impressive to me regardless of free time.
- iforgotpassword 3y agoMy favorite is still the generic NES "AI". And I just realized that was ten years ago. Wow.
- omgmajk 3y agoLove Tom7, his video "Compiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research paper" [0] is my favorite but most of his stuff is super interesting. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA_DrBwkiJA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA_DrBwkiJA
- Affric 3y agoHarder Drive is truly a masterpiece. My dream is a swap file on the hardest of drives.
- sbjs 3y agoThis is similar to a drop-in mod for pico8 games that can turn 2d games into 3d games instantly: https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=37982 https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=37982
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- isomorphic- 3y agoWow, this is very cool. I hope to see this early concept refined and improved upon!
- kmarc 3y agoI'm luckily, fairly good at thinking outside the box, but when I see content like this... WOW I guess a logical next step in the 2020's is to render a nice sky and fitting surroundings with AI.
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- frabert 3y agoWhat would you expect to be stolen by MITMing the connection between you and a plaintext blog?
- mattigames 3y agoThey could redirect the user to other website (eg a phishing one), I know it's unlikely but better if there is no chance of it happening.
- immibis 3y agoSeveral major American ISPs actually did this. It was one reason for the big push to HTTPS everywhere.
- adamjc 3y agoDoes it matter? You're not giving the site any sensitive information.
- mattigames 3y agoYour ISP (or your router) can easily add their own JavaScript/HTML/ads on websites using http, it's likely that you are using a decent ISP that doesn't but is better if it's not even possible.
- wongarsu 3y agoPublic wifis are still a thing, many of them not well secured against Mitm attacks. Also compromised routers. So even if you trust your ISP (and their IT security and supply chain) there are still good reasons to want HTTPS everywhere
- lakomen 3y ago
- agumonkey 3y agowhat a pun