The call-your-bluff culture in science and engineering
There is one thing I genuinely love about science and engineering, and it is not the technology. It is that somebody will call your bluff.
Sixteen years of notes.
52 posts, 2010 to 2026. Artificial intelligence, engineering, and an archive going back to the game development years.
And you thought AI-powered agents couldn't scheme and deceive?
Some papers you read and forget. But when I read "Frontier Models are Capable of In-Context Scheming from Apollo Research", it hit different. It wasn’t another philosophical piece about alignment....
Confined innovation in banks
Some banks have turned “innovation” into a costume party, welcome to "confined innovation".
A species-level "software refactor"
AI isn’t a new tool; it’s a species-level "software refactor" in how humans do things.
The Dreamers Manifesto
Dreamers are forces not to be reckoned with. They are a different breed—practical yet visionary, grounded yet limitless. They refuse to be slaves to conformity, choosing instead to think freely,...
Cyber security doesn't matter
Yes, when you establish a company or any business, this investment, so-called "cyber security" is a total financial loss without any doubt. Why would you allocate a high budget to maintain this? I...
Does your cryptocurrency understanding hold?
Many of my colleagues suffer from conflicting messages and information on the Internet, especially when searching for the latest topics related to financial technology, also known as “Fintech”,...
No data, no artificial intelligence
Many individuals and companies get impressed when they see the results of artificial intelligence, especially in the light of machine learning (or deep learning to be particular). You can't...
The missing manual to investing in crypto
Many of my colleagues and followers on social media have recently started reaching out. Many have shown their grand - and sometimes reckless - interest in modern digital cryptocurrencies such as...
Booting Parallel Careers
Any plans on booting parallel careers? In narrow-based economies, building a business is a tricky deal, especially when you have a fulltime job. In consequence, I found it as an imperative mission...
When AI chatbots eased your COVID-19 business pain
The year 2020 hasn't been kind. I'm sure you wouldn't disagree for a moment. Most recently, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is taking the entire world by surprise. Wreaking chaos among...
Speaking of AI: Investment Hygiene in Technology
Most of the people who are close to me probably know that I really value being notorious about my views and thoughts when it comes to both business and the tech world, I’m simply realistic in my...
A Feud to Settle: Automation against Jobs
Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are such hot topics nowadays, especially for the media, isn't that just true? There is this assumption that by endorsing automation we’re encouraging...
My talk: "Man vs Machine" for Bahrain Readers
I gave a talk/open discussion with the name "Man vs Machine: The Ethical Dilemmas Surrounding Human Evolution and Survival". It's been held in Mashq Art Gallery in Budaya - Bahrain yesterday. It...
Simulating Finance in Games
I've always been fascinated by how serious games are when it comes to their in-game resource economy. It really takes a creative business mind to balance such a thing for a long and joyful gaming...
My talk: "Understanding Game Engines" in WGE 2017
I had the privilege to talk about game engines in World Game Expo (WGE) 2017. The name of my talk was "Understanding Game Engines". The talk went through the many of the important aspects that...
Another trip to World Game Expo 2017 (WGE)
I really had a wonderful time being part of the World Game Expo (WGE) event in Abu Dhabi this year, I normally get invited as a speaker but this time around I was both a speaker and a board member...
The trip to Dubai World Game Summit 2015 (DWGS)
I had a fantastic time being part of the Dubai World Game Summit (DWGS) earlier this month. I was invited to be a speaker at the event, particularly sharing my experience with the local and global...
You're useless, idea guy..
Making games is a dream for many people, ranging from kids to the very old; it doesn't know age at all. People love the idea for many reasons, some people think they can present interesting plots....
Game development education is just different!
I'm currently teaching a game development education course using Unity in an event called "Youth City 2030". It is happening in my home country, Bahrain. I'm enjoying every bit of the adventure,...
Hardware opens another dimension to your software
I have to confess, I've always been in love with hardware. To me hardware is just a wonderful dimension that you programmers can benefit from greatly when you get the hang of its basics. That is...
PS3Code website.. Revamped!
Well yes, PS3Code website has been revamped from the ground up with a new theme. Also with a set of important features like mailing list subscription, sharing capabilities, commenting and mobile...
"Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta" game development analysis
This game development review has many spoilers on the game. If you didn't play the game yet and you're intending to play it soon, then you may want to skip reading this until you play it. because...
Bahrain Game Developers did their first Unity workshop!
It's time again, where Bahrain Game Developers (BGD) met for the third time, this time the occasion was a workshop on Unity, the event was held on the 7th of December 2013 in Vortex Gaming in...
After the second gathering, Bahrain Game Developers are getting a website!
Well, it's been more than a month since the Bahrain Game Developers community had had its second gathering in VIVA's HQ in Bahrain. Discussing multiple aspects of today's game development matters...
Bahrain Game Developers meeting for the second time!
So it's gonna happen again! The guys from Bahrain Game Developers have scheduled their next gathering to be on this Saturday (the 22nd of the June 2013)!
Bahrain Game Developers.. exist.
So this might came a bit late, but it's worth the wait. It has been almost four months since we "Bahrain Game Developers" have had our first gathering ever here in Bahrain. The thing started when...
Bahrain Game Developers have been pretty busy lately!
It has been some exciting few weeks for us. We managed to get ourselves a booth in the Animania event. It happened on the end of March this year in Bahrain at the Bahrain International Circuit...
Game design is amazing and so is Alex!
I have not written any new stuff for a while now. It's been a couple of really busy months for me and Alex - our mighty game designer. The progress slowed down on the projects I'm enrolled in...
Working on Deadgear's game mechanics
Me and Alex are working hard to complete Dead Gear - the indie game we are working on, and my goal for past months was to complete the platforming game mechanics of the game, and I can't lie that...
Working on Dead Gear!
So I've been very busy lately, working on a new project to expand my game play programming experience. Dead Gear is a new project that I'm serving as the only programmer and technical director,...
Scripting.. is it important to me?
A lot of newbie game developers ask themselves this questions, is scripting that important? Yes it is - at least to me. Now when you develop your own technology for games which includes a game...
UDK I'm back.
So I've been spending my time learning Unity while playing with my engine's code, until I met a friend of mine. My friend Hamad has been playing with Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for a quite while...
More plans for the Precious Engine
It just warms my heart when I open my email in the morning and see messages discussing the Precious Engine functionality and discussing how to use the engine well.
Precious Engine Documentation is ready!
I've just added the documentation for my Android game engine "Precious Engine". You can download the engine and the documentation by going to the page "Precious Engine" from above.
Precious Drop and its game engine are out!
Ladies and gentlemen without further ado, my first game on the Android platform is out (named Precious Drop) and you can download the game engine (Precious Engine) here:
Getting game portability right from the start!
Whenever I want to start to make a game I try my best to make it independent from the platform as much as possible, no matter the platform I'm writing it for, and in the end it all will come down...
Kinect has been hacked!
Just woke up yesterday to check my twitter, I was gazing for a moment at my tweets and caught a very funny tweet by some friend posting a video of a guy who has been able to hack "Kinect" and made...
The game development scene is helpless in the middle east!
Well, that's a real sad thing to say but that's true. The game development state in the middle east countries is really in the bottom. Yes there are many great minds in this region but the...
Working on my first Android game yet!
I've been working on first game for the Android platform for few weeks now. I got my Nexus One phone last month and started building my game's engine on 27th of August 2010. And since then I've...
And after four years the PS3 gets cracked!
The PS3 has been cracked for sometime now, and apparently after four exciting years, the PS3 finally has a place for homebrew! This is obviously a very pleasant news for the guys who want to...
PS3 SDK 1.92 is leaked!
These are not the best days for Sony, because the SDK for the PS3 has just been leaked, and it's insanely being shared by the hackers of the homebrew scene. From what I've heard, the SDK that's...
Trying to build something for the mobile platform?
Android and iPhone, I've been hearing a lot about these two platforms lately.. makes you really wonder what's all the hype about..? Mobile platforms represent new opportunities for developers...
Switching to Irrlicht once again!
I've been spending quite sometime on the Unity engine lately, more than three hours a day to be exact. The engine is very nice and quite easy actually! It's a whole different story if you've been...
Officially a computer science graduate!
Is there a better feeling than being graduated..? Well I guess none and that's what I'm feeling right now!
Hello world!
Hello there, just erased the previous portal system. Just switched to Wordpress! Give me few minutes to copy my posts here!
Presentation - Playstation3 The Other Side
An hour presentation has been given by two students of University of Bahrain discussing the PS3, ranging from its powerful hardware to the great deal of software the comes along with this unit.
Uncharted 2 is finally out!!
Yes, as you all know, Naughty Dog's piece of art "Uncharted 2: Among Thieves" has just been released this Tuesday. The game really kicks ass!! With its mind-blowing graphics, and the superb...
CryEngine 3 is out!
Crytek have just released their latest engine, the CryEngine 3 that is intended to work on the 7th generation consoles, the PS3 and Xbox 360. The amazing thing about the engine is that you make...
Unreal Development Kit is out!
If you are one serious indie game developer then you are really gonna like this. Epic Games have just released their Unreal Development Kit (UDK) for free to indie developers who don't intend to...
The Cell against Desktop Processors
Prologue
Freakomania is coming soon!
So I began writing writing the engine of the game I'm developing now, it's called "Freakomania". It's a 2D wrestling game, I know it's 2D but it's real fun - hopefully it'll be.