Mortal Kombat Intros – All the Ones That I Did

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, June 25th 2008 under: Life, Martial Arts Tags: cg, cinematic, e3, gaming, intros, mortalkombat, motioncapture, videogames, wushu

So this is my 5 minute brush with fame. Since 2001, I’ve been involved with the Mortal Kombat video game franchise as a motion capture artist. In layman’s speak, I do the martial arts moves that the video game characters do in the game. When it’s mentioned people always wonder what my involvement was and [...]

Eye Tracking Interface for World of Warcraft

Posted by Pek in Monday, May 5th 2008 under: Technology Tags: gaming, hci

NewScientistTech reports that eye tracking technology has been applied to the online game World of Warcraft to allow people with severe motor disabilities to play 3D computer games like World of Warcraft (read: waste countless hours) using only their eyes. I say anything that allows disabled people to lead more normal lives is great. But [...]

Mortal Kombat vs DC Teaser Trailer Is Out

Posted by Pek in Friday, April 18th 2008 under: Life, Martial Arts Tags: e3, gaming, martial arts, mortalkombat, videogames, wushu

The teaser trailer for the new Mortal Kombat video game was just released earlier today. My colleague Dr. Raymond Wu and I performed motion capture for this trailer last year in the summer.

Duuuude. I was sooooo disappointed. We spent a whole day choreographing and shooting and this is what they have to show for. I [...]

Casual Gaming, A Force to Be Reckoned With

Posted by Pek in Wednesday, April 16th 2008 under: Business, Technology Tags: gaming

I’ve spent a cumulative total of 30+ hours playing the Flash game Protector on the casual gaming website Kongregate. Thirty hours – three, zero. I know that because the site keeps track of what games I play and how much time I spend. Now compare that to a hit console game like Final Fantasy X [...]