In a previous post I gave links to Celestia SSC files you could download in order to see C/2003 K2 Christensen from the point of view of the STEREO space craft (and Earth). But what happens if a new comet appears and you want to see where that is? Well, you could wait for [...]
Credit: Milde Science Communication,
STScI, CFHT, J.-C. Cuillandre, Coelum.
About this image: The spectrum — a radio “fingerprint” that revealed radio emission from water masers in the distant quasar MG J0414+0534. The background image is an infrared image of the quasar, made with the Hubble Space Telescope. The quasar appears broken up into four components by a [...]
Creative Assembly gathers for another developer diary (with accompanying screens) to delve deeper into the coming RTS maelstrom Stormrise. Highlighting the unique factions, distinct heroes and the features that are attempting to set this one aside from RTSes that have come before.
Published from Sega expect Stormrise 2009 for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.
Stormrise Developer Diary #2
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In an ongoing battle to give users the most privacy, Yahoo has set their data retention threshold at 90 days. This means that "Yahoo! will anonymize user log data within 90 days with limited exceptions for fraud, security and legal obligations. Yahoo! will also expand the policy to apply not only to search log data [...]
Mozilla is planning to take advantage of the huge Symbian S60 installed base with Fennec — a mobile version of FireFox. Fennec is currently being developed for Symbian S60, the platform for tons of Nokia phones, as well as select handsets from LG, Samsung, and others. Unwired View claims, "The projected date for a full [...]
We’ve thought for a while that there might be a fighting chance for life on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s many moons. Well, further evidence suggests that underneath the orb’s icy outer crust, may just be an ocean harboring a chemical makeup similar to our own oceans.
A plume of material spurting into space through Enceladus’ surface [...]
Ghostbusters: The Video Game, which is being developed by Terminal Reality, was unfortunately dropped from Vivendi’s portfolio after the Activision Blizzard merger. The game was picked up by Atari and will now see a release in 2009, but Phil Harrison isn’t stopping there.
When asked about Activision Blizzard’s decision to drop the game because it wasn’t a [...]
If the LittleBigPlanet "Festive Level Pack" is a bit to cheery for your liking then get set for some Metal Gear Solid goodies for LBP. PS3 Fanboy reports that Sony’s Hong Kong PlayStation site has teased a batch of MGS goods for LBP. In addition to the level pack, costumes for Meryl, Screaming Mantis, and [...]
Tonight on X-Play: Get an exclusive sneak peek at Resident Evil 5! 8 PM ET!
X-Play always manages to score the sweetest exclusives and tonight, with over 15 minutes of Resident Evil 5 game play footage, we’ve done it again.
On tonight’s show, you’ll get to see parts of RE5 no one’s ever seen before. That’s right! There’s a bevy of exclusive [...]
It seems like every few decades we find some kind of hole in our planet somewhere, whether it’s the oceans, the ozone layer, or now, the magnetic field. NASA scientists are confirming that the magnetic field surrounding and protecting the Earth from outer space intrusions is developing cracks.
The cause for concern relates to solar wind, [...]
If you’re worried about the ghastly bulge creeping up on you from thousands of video-game hours logged, worry no more..
Check out the GAMEROX gaming chair. It kind of looks like a bad ’80s piece of furniture your dad brought home from Sharper Image, but it’s suppose to have serious benefits to your lazy, sedentary body.
The [...]
"My my my music hits me, so hard! Makes me say, ‘Oh my Lord’"
Big surprise #1: MC Hammer is a Twitter addict!
"Too legit. Too legit to quit."
Big surprise #2: He’s working on a game with Activision!
At least that’s the story according to Destructoid. The noble destroyers (destructors?) spotted an interesting Tweet from Hammer that said, [...]
Filed under: Business
In a conference call today following the release of Take-Two’s quarterly report, CFO Lainie Goldstein revealed the GTA franchise brought in 0 million so far this year. According to GameDaily, that aforementioned chunk of ducats would account for about 60% of the company’s publishing sales. In Q4, GTA brought in million, which [...]
Filed under: Business
Despite what he calls “clearly uncertain and challenging times,” Take-Two chairman Strauss Zelnick said during an investor teleconference today that fiscal year 2008 saw the “strongest earnings in our company’s history.” Specifically, the publisher’s revenue for FY08 was .5 billion, up from 1.8 million in FY07. Quarterly revenue for Q408 was 3.4M versus [...]
Filed under: PC, Mobile
Several retail listings indicate that a Grey’s Anatomy video game will release on PC next March. The beauty of this story is that the game is published by Ubisoft, which recently dropped the rights to a Heroes video game. So … the top-rated sexcapades of the doctors at Seattle Grace Hospital make [...]
Filed under: Business
The Houser brothers aren’t going anywhere — at least not anywhere that’s out of the reach of Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two. The company has announced a new long-term employment agreement with “key members of the creative team” behind Grand Theft Auto IV, including Rockstar rockstars, Sam and Dan Houser. The initial term [...]
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Action, Puzzle
Though we jest about the similarities between the two prim, proper and perfectly portable puzzle-solving gentlemen on the DS, the truth is that Henry Hatsworth has a distinct and delightfully violent streak. His game, Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure, not only features all manner of block-matching challenges, but simultaneously [...]
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Action
Old soldiers never die; they just become LittleBigPlanet costumes. Revealed at Tokyo Game Show 2008, the Old Snake SackBoy costume is a step closer to your PS3’s HDD - and it’s not on a solo mission.
Sony’s Hong Kong PlayStation site now lists a Metal Gear Solid costume pack for LBP [...]
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3
Amazon is doing an all-PlayStation 3 Gold Box tomorrow, and as promised over the weekend, we’ve got the clues for the Lightning Deals. Now, if only we could figure out what the 12PM-1PM game will be … (all times Pacific):
6AM-10AM - Gooooal!
10AM-11AM - Hell hath no fury like this brother scorned.
11AM-12PM [...]
Filed under: Apple Financial
AAPL fell 6.57 percent today after the Macworld announcements yesterday and a general retreat among tech-sector stocks. The company’s stock closed at .16 per share, and over 42 million shares changed hands.
A lot of the selling was done last night in after-hours trading, with the stock opening the day’s trading this morning [...]
