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Flingin' some anti-aliased DiRT on the XBOX 360 Saturday, September 8, 2007 I probably should explain the title for the less geeky before I begin raving about the game. Anti-aliasing is a term used in the digital imaging world that basically means smoothing the edges and blending the colors of digital images. If the dirt was aliased, then it would appear as a bunch of little brown squares. It took me a while to post it, but I finally edited and exported my DiRT experience. Virtually racing on the Bark River, MI track was quite an experience. Knowing that I've been on the same dirt (not racing unfortunately, but standing) that I'm now racing on in a video game is really cool. Through my job at Mediapro Development, I developed the website for the Bark River International Raceway. So, of course, I had to take the game into work. My co-worker, Nick Jensen, did most of the video work for their site. Most notably, you can view a real world tour of the track with Ben Wandahsega. This was my first attempt at recording video game footage. For some reason I think the gurus at IGN have a better system than mine. The only way I could figure it out was to play the game on my video recorder's huge 2.7 inch LCD panel. It was a little straining on the eyes, but it actually didn't affect my game play too much. Well, I think Blogger needs to work on their video uploading process... I uploaded the video to YouTube: Labels: bark river, corr, dirt, johnny greaves, michigan, off road, racing, xbox posted by Nathan @ 12:24 PM 0 Comments Links to this post 
Off Road Racing at Bark River Thursday, August 23, 2007 When you live in a rural part of the country, sometimes you catch yourself pulling in. Actually, that might be true wherever you live. It is not necessarily bad, but we tend to think that the world is happening out there and doesn't have much to do with us. I'm not talking about the war in the Middle East or starving third world countries or the deforestation of the rainforests...no, I'm talking about cool stuff like movies and video games. We watch them..we play them, but rarely is our tucked away region ever in them. The Lions Club of Bark River Michigan has been bringing off road racing to the U.P. for over 30 years. I can only imagine what it must've been like back then...probably reminiscent of NASCAR beginnings. Now some of these drivers are world famous. At the Bark River track, you can walk through the pits and say hi to Johnny Greaves or Carl Renezeder. The Bark River track finally got its claim to video game fame in the XBOX 360 title DiRT by Codemasters. The game is sold out in our area...it can't be found anywhere. Ingrid and I drove to Grand Rapids and I managed to get my hands on one. I borrowed my step-brother's 360 and I unlocked the Pro-4 series on the Bark River track in under two hours. That probably isn't all that great, but I had fun doing it. In a few days I'll post my actual in game footage racing in Johnny Greaves' Toyota TRD Forest County Potawatomi Tundra on the Bark River track! Labels: bark river, dirt, johnny greaves, off road, racing, upper peninsula posted by Nathan @ 10:49 PM 0 Comments Links to this post
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