Recently I’ve had the good fortune of being involved in Child’s Play for the first time ever. Child’s Play is a game industry charity dedicated to improving the lives of children with toys and games in a network of over 40 hospitals worldwide. My friend Sachin Agarwal of Dawdle.com organized the event. Through my connections [...]
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Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe Video Game Out
Last week, the video game Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe came out for the PS3 and Xbox360. Check out what these gaming sites are saying about the latest installment of the MK series by Midway.
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GameSpot Video Review
Here’s a link to the IGN video review. They don’t let you embed the video on [...]
Mortal Kombat vs DC Mocap Videos
My friends over at Dawdle.com have a post showing some short clips of my last motion capture session over on their blog.
Mortal Kombat vs DC Kollector’s Edition Kover Drawn By Alex Ross
The new Mortal Kombat vs DC video game which will come out later this year in November will have a Kollector’s Edition (get it?) whose cover is drawn by none other than the famous Alex Ross. Here’s a REALLY cool video of the process.
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Impressions of PS3 from a UX Perspective
I recently just dropped 4 Benjamins on a PS3. Although I am super busy and doubted that I would have time to play, I rationalized that I eventually wanted to be able to check out Mortal Kombat vs DC coming out later this year in November. Along with it, I got 2 games: Heavenly Sword [...]
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Pek Pongpaet is an internet entrepreneur. Pongpaet’s expertise ranges from product design and development, user experience, and martial arts. Pongpaet worked at Accenture Technology Labs in the research department coming up with next generation user interfaces. At Roundarch, a technology and strategy consulting firm, Pongpaet’s work included envisioning and designing the dashboard of the future for the Tesla Model S electric car. He has given talks at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and University of Chicago on topics such as Design, Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship.
Pongpaet is a (retired) world class martial artist and performed motion capture work for 6 Mortal Kombat video games. He also is a medalist in international wushu competition in Beijing and currently teaches at two martial arts schools.
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