here in the Netherlands we have to wait till the 8th of October :S you Americans will already have the DVD release by then! and they expect us not to download it in the meantime...
double postin!! i will be there on the 7th and 8th, part time i will be recruiting for insomniac so bring your portfolios! we are looking for a few good artists..
well... at least it would be during spring break, and I won't be in one of my school's multistory buildings... one of them, I'd be either on the 8th floor or the basement.
Most games use a variation on this technique: http://http.developer.nvidia.com/GPUGems3/gpugems3_ch13.html You render into a small buffer (1/4, 1/8th) and then apply a radial blur.