Month: October 2004

Man, I’m excited about this…. I found this…. All I can say is… Josh, you’d better get yer game back, baybee…. =:) Ooooh. This looks soooo intense. If you’ve never played any of the Street Fighter games, well, you’ve probably wandered onto this page accidentally. The unquestioned king of fighting franchises is coming to the Xbox for the first time, and it’s going to be the first time the series has ever allowed players to do battle online. As the title suggest, there are a bunch of games on the disc, including the many flavors of SF2, as well as the wonderful SF3: Third Strike. Unfortunately, we don’t know much about the online play yet, as the game was recently Read more…

So, I found this bit of research today….. I’m finding plenty of pages that document that existence of simulator sickness, but haven’t yet found anything that talks about how to combat it. =:/ Still looking…. My newly-purchased Halo PC game just arrived in my mailbox today. I’d like to think that I’ve not just wasted $27. NECESSARY TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND PRIMARY RESEARCH CHALLENGES Unfortunately, a phenomenon exists that may pose a threat to the ultimate usability of this new technology. That phenomenon is referred to as “simulator sickness” and it is a well-documented effect of simulator exposure (Reason and Brand, 1975; Kennedy and Frank, 1983; Kennedy et al., 1989; Casali, 1986). Simulator sickness is similar to motion sickness but can Read more…

Woot! So, I managed to last a half-hour with halo tonight! I think it might be because I was talking with my kiddos while I was playing it. Maybe that kept my stomach distracted…. But I got off the ship finally, went through several checkpoints, and got in my first vehicle!! =:) It was pretty funny. I walked up to the back of the vehicle, faithfully hit my “e” key as instructed to get up into the gunner’s position, and just kind of waited. And waited. And waited. And… well, finally hopped out and got into the driver’s seat. I probably did something stupid and shot my driver or something, but anyway, managed to get the vehicle moving. =:) Maybe Read more…

So, I played halo for a bit the other day. =:) My theory is that I can gradually convince my body to not react negatively to these video games. I have no research or reason to believe that my theory is correct. Rather, I think, I am driven by a desire to be able to play this bloody game, and participate in online sessions without tossing my cookies. I played for about a half hour on Friday, just a smidge longer than I knew I should have. I noticed that I started burping a bit (lovely reading this much detail on a web page, no??), and I think that’s when I need to stop. I played a little past that Read more…

I am determined to figure out how to beat simulator sickness. There has to be some tricks or something to get my body to not be confused/sickened/making me feel like puking. Wish me luck. And let me know if you have any secret hints!!!

So, I got Halo for the PC, got all excited about it, figured I’d spend a few days learning it, then take my game online and trounce any unsuspecting fellow halo-ers soundly. I cleaned off the hard drive *excitement building*, made room for halo *excitement building*, installed halo *excitement building*, all the while listening to the awesome sounds and looking at the incredible graphics *excitement building*, rebooted *excitement waning*, and started the game. WOW. Amazing!! The graphics and sounds and interface are absolutely amazing. I love how they help you learn by making it part of the story. The motion-configuration (look at these 5 places on the screen, now tell me, does that look good or do you want to Read more…