With our epic march towards the end of 2011 and the holidays, its time to unleash the Santa powered gear along with the rest! Look out for Santa’s items and of course, the holiday favorite, the Annoying Elf series.
Party in preparation
Meet an Interesting ROBLOXian: Arbirator
Meet Arbirator, creator and Editor-in-Chief of one of ROBLOX’s most popular player news sites. We caught up with him for an interview about his ROBLOX game playing experiences.
What do you want your fellow ROBLOXians to know about you?
Continue reading Real ROBLOX Items!
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These and many more gift items are available in our online store.
- T-shirts, Sweatshirts, Hoodies, Hats
- Laptop Skins and Cases for iPad, iPhone, iTouch
- Calendars, Notebooks, Buttons, Stickers
- Mugs, Coasters, Water Bottles
- Bags, Mousepads, Stockings
- Stuffed Animals
These are real items – the perfect thing to ask for as a holiday gift!
Continue reading ROBLOX Secrets Revealed: Fog Blog
A new ROBLOX release went out late last night. It contained a lot of important performance improvements, but it also included a secret feature that some ROBLOXians have already discovered… atmospheric fog!
Continue reading ROBLOX Giftsplosion 2011
The merry prankster admins of ROBLOX are back up to their old tricks! Gifts are showing up all over the catalog and even in your hat inventory! ROBLOX is rewarding players who have met certain conditions throughout the year. We’ve already released a couple gifts including – the Generous Gift of the Rising Sun, Director’s Gift of MeTube, and Builderman’s Gift of Followers. For those of you who have yet to experience the joy of a ROBLOX Giftsplosion here is how it works:
Continue reading Holiday time!
Howdy! With Christmas winter all around us, the holiday season is upon us. It’s time to sit back, relax and enjoy the snow (if you don’t have snow, well that’s too bad). But, don’t forget to check out these special holiday themed gear items, because they are too cool! Get my drift?
A Brief History of Physics in Video Games
Objects in the real world operate under the laws of physics – so it seems quite intuitive that everything in video games (console, PC, online, mobile, arcade) should as well. The graphics world has evolved towards hardware acceleration on dedicated chips with better and better realism. The physics world is a long ways behind. There aren’t many video games today (in fact there aren’t any!) where you can take out a hack saw, cut off a piece of metal from a scrap heap, weld it to your car, and then have the metal bend when your car wrecks! Today I will review some of the phases in video game physics here and talk a bit about the future.
Early Phase – Special Purpose Physics Engines
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