Dustin Sacks is a Random Dude

John Cleese talks about Creativity

Dustin Sacks — 2012-05-13T22:12:54-04:00

Great video.

Comments Update

Dustin Sacks — 2012-05-13T22:09:14-04:00

Due to the large number of spam comments coming through on this blog, I've changed the way that comments work:

Comments from unknown sources will now wait in moderation until they are manually approved.

This may delay some comments appearing for some time, between when they are posted and approved. But it should eliminate the spam comments appearing.

If you comment when logged into a vorg account, your comments will be automatically approved.

Voice Power

Dustin Sacks — 2011-08-14T18:40:12-04:00

DUB FX was a stand-out performer this year at Shambhala Music Festival.
Here's a taste care of youtube:

Dub FX 10/10/2008 'Love Someone' - YouTube

Story of a Young Shepherd

Dustin Sacks — 2011-08-01T00:37:45-04:00

Watch "Eyrie" on YouTube

Fun with Fire

Dustin Sacks — 2011-07-17T17:35:50-04:00

This is a photo of home-made flame-throwers lighting the effigy during Burn in the Forest, the BC regional Burning Man event recently held in the Squamish valley. I had an excellent time there, and here are the rest of my photographs.

Lux Delux features game trailer

Dustin Sacks — 2011-07-04T17:23:03-04:00

Lux Delux was recently updated with a fullscreen mode, new options, and new maps. We created a new video trailer showing off the current features of Lux Delux:

YouTube - Lux Delux Features Game Trailer

Fun with a Fisheye Lens

Dustin Sacks — 2011-05-16T03:20:37-04:00

2011 was my 6th year attending the Northern Voice personal media conference. I took the opportunity this time to play around more with my DSLR camera. I got to talking with photographer John Biehler about shooting using a fisheye lens, and he was kind enough to lend me his for the second day of the conference.

Fisheye is such a different perspective, it took me some time to get a feel for what it works well on. Here are a few of my favorite fisheye shots from the day (click to enlarge):

See all my photos in my 2011 Northern Voice photoset. The first half were with a 'regular' lens, and the second half are fisheye shots.

Fun Sailing Simulator Game

Dustin Sacks — 2011-04-26T02:58:25-04:00

I was recently looking at games available on the Mac App Store and my favorite discovery so far is Sailboat Championship.

The game lets you control a small sailboat using simple controls. It's fast and fun. It's also hard, which lets you appreciate your improvement, including racing against a "ghost" view of your previous run.

It's also available for iPhones, so find it in either app store.

An Antidote to Apathy

Dustin Sacks — 2011-04-14T06:33:17-04:00

Dave Meslin gave an excellent 7 minute talk at TEDxToronto about possible ways to break down barriers to participating in shaping our public realm.

Stone Cold Indie Gaming

Dustin Sacks — 2011-04-14T01:39:54-04:00

The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle - pay what you want for five awesome video games!

Underwater Adventures

Dustin Sacks — 2011-03-21T06:38:03-04:00

I've been staying up late nights this week captivated by the computer game Aquaria. It's a thoroughly enjoyable underwater adventure game, with an immersive world of different environments, delightful art, fitting musics, and a fun storyline. It reminded me of classic Zelda games in many respects, with its own unique aspects.

Highly recommended, it's available to download for Mac and PC (and maybe Linux).

Disarmed by a Piano

Dustin Sacks — 2011-03-18T01:22:31-04:00

I love this piano cover of Disarm. There's a lot more great keyboard covers from the same person on vkgoeswild's YouTube Channel, check it out.

Peaceful Nature Video

Dustin Sacks — 2011-02-02T19:23:36-05:00

A deeply peaceful video celebrating nature. You should watch it in HD on fullscreen.

Growing is Forever from Jesse Rosten.

Best Songs of 2010

Dustin Sacks — 2010-12-14T18:28:07-05:00

Said The Gramaphone's 100 Best Songs of 2010 has been posted. I'm listening now and finding some very cool new musics. Thanks Sean! Check it out everyone!

Castle Vox - Axis vs Allies Game Trailer

Dustin Sacks — 2010-12-10T17:10:40-05:00

Here's the second trailer for my new game Castle Vox. It's a combination of Risk with Diplomacy with Axis & Allies. Available to download now for PC, Mac, and Linux.