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by felice
Sun Aug 10, 2025 1:47 am
Forum: X-Bomber the Game
Topic: Perhaps a Mac port
Replies: 8
Views: 6439

Re: Perhaps a Mac port

Yeah, it might work better in portrait mode! With space for controls at the bottom. I don't know if there are physical controllers that would support that orientation, though - the one I've used was strictly landscape.
by felice
Sat Aug 09, 2025 8:28 am
Forum: X-Bomber the Game
Topic: Perhaps a Mac port
Replies: 8
Views: 6439

Re: Perhaps a Mac port

You can get controllers that plug into an android phone to turn it into a mini gaming console. Or alternatively run the game in 4:3 with virtual controls on the sides. Though I'm not sure that should be a particularly high priority for you.
by felice
Wed Jun 25, 2025 11:00 am
Forum: Other Creative Work
Topic: Educating Microsoft Co-Pilot
Replies: 5
Views: 3134

Re: Educating Microsoft Co-Pilot

Personally I find this generative "AI" stuff pretty horrifying, on multiple levels...
by felice
Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:20 am
Forum: SFXB Site Updates
Topic: Merry Festivities and Fixes!
Replies: 4
Views: 6733

Re: Merry Festivities and Fixes!

Happy New Year! :)
by felice
Fri Apr 26, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray
Replies: 16
Views: 13532

Re: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray

I haven't watch the Road Home yet. My copy was massively delayed and the series set ended up arriving first, and it didn't seem right to slot it into the middle of season one. Definitely looking forward to seeing it once we're done with the series, but that will be a while.
by felice
Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:47 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray
Replies: 16
Views: 13532

Re: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray

The problem with CGI on B5 is that much of it is composited with pesky humans. So you can do pure exterior shots of ship battles etc, but other stuff - I don't know. Yeah, the composite shots are a problem. If the raw pre-CGI film still exists, the CGI overlays could be redone, but that's a pretty ...
by felice
Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Other Creative Work
Topic: Screen Accurate Large Scale PPA
Replies: 23
Views: 18130

Re: Screen Accurate Large Scale PPA

Awesome work! :D
by felice
Thu Feb 08, 2024 2:56 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray
Replies: 16
Views: 13532

Re: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray

Tom is using the original files, though, not rebuilding from scratch. Give those same files to a professional studio (or better, just pay Tom!) and the cost would be pretty low, by the standards of such things. You could render those effects in realtime on a home PC these days! There's nothing quite ...
by felice
Wed Feb 07, 2024 5:03 am
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray
Replies: 16
Views: 13532

Re: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray

They could have re-rendered a significant chunk of the CGI for a pretty minimal cost. Some of the files were lost, but not all of them - see https://www.youtube.com/@tomsmith6107/videos (he used to have several more videos up). And they could have included both versions of The Gathering in 4:3 on ...
by felice
Tue Feb 06, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: Everything Else
Topic: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray
Replies: 16
Views: 13532

Re: Babylon 5 on Blu Ray

I'm rewatching B5 at the moment. It's a pity it's such a budget release - the show deserves better - but the picture quality is certainly a big step up from the DVDs.

Foundation is a weird show. I'm not impressed with it as an adaptation, but the original Empire stuff is pretty cool.