August 17, 2010

Dihydrogen Monoxide Weapons

Here is a picture of a simple dihydrogen monoxide weapon.

For instructions on how to build this steampunk looking water gun, go here.

August 3, 2010

My Fun With Cryptography - Secret Codes, Ciphers, and Decoder Software.

I have been experimenting with cryptography over the past 24 hours, doing cool little things like encoding the Declaration of Independence into an Affine Cipher, and then deciphering it using DeCrypto, a deciphering tool for substitution ciphers. For the full encoded Declaration, click here.

August 2, 2010

Monster Hunter 3, The First Monster Hunter Game for The Wii

   Monster Hunter 3, also known as Monster Hunter Tri, is the first Monster Hunter title designed to run on the Nintendo Wii. As the title suggests, the theme of this game is to kill monsters, which get progressively bigger and meaner. As the player kills these beasts, (some of which are many, many times the size of the player) he or she will have the chance to harvest valuable resources, which can be used to forge new armor and weapons, or upgrade existing ones.
   With an array of different weapon types, armor sets, and many different "paths" for the upgrading process to take as the player progresses through the game, killing monsters and harvesting their body parts and bones. For instance, Sword-A might become Sword-AB or Sword-BA, so that there are many, many ways to customize your equipment.
   With online multiplayer ability, where up to 4 players can take on anything from a Great Jaggi
(a large meat-eating dinosaur looking thing) to a Jhen Mohran (a huge sand dwelling leviathan),  the game has enormous replay value and will last a very long time before the player becomes bored of it.

Here is a video of gameplay I pulled off youtube. NOTE: Please do not hold me responsible for any rude lanuage that may be used in this video. I did not make this video.


And here is a link to a review of the game.