Christmas is coming! As well as the traditional roast animals, plum pudding and hot cocoa (which in Australia is a bit weird, as it’s hot and sunny here), you will get to see a nice line-up of Venus, Jupiter and Mercury.
The image to the left is the evening sky around 9:00 am local time in [...]
This was a triumph. Again.
This year the ladies and gents at Valve have treated us to an Aperture Science Holiday once again. Warm yourself by the fire with your friends the Companion Cube, Cake, and Turret. Huge success.
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It’s reported that 10 people weekly are hospitalized in Great Britain from playing the Wii game.
Seriously?
Do they have a Wii remote in their hands while I dunno, they’re slipping in the tub, or falling off the roof, or hitting their head on the mantle piece at the fireplace?
A rheumatologist says most of these patient come [...]
America’s first test at an airborne missile destroying laser jet is going to take place sometime over the coming summer. It’s been a meaty 12 years and about billion in research and development to get the Missile Defense Agency’s Airborne Laser (ABL) up in the air, but when it does its first test, it [...]
What good is having elite space marine forces armed to the teeth with the latest weaponry and combat training without plenty of opponents to wage war with?
In the latest trailer for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, get to know numerous enemies of the Imperium and the adorable ways they’d love to "take care of [...]
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen quite a formidable team of top science and technology advisors over the weekend as he promises to put science at the top of his agenda.
Obama said in a radio address that "history has shown that the greatest scientific discoveries — from landing on the moon to inventing the Internet — [...]
Space tourism is closer than you think, kids….
Virgin Galactic finally saw its WhiteKnightTwo jet-powered carrier aircraft complete an hour-long maiden flight above its Mojave Air and Spaceport yesterday, reaching a maximum altitude of 16,000ft (4,880m).
“It reached an altitude 4,000ft above the original test plan’s maximum altitude.That is how confident we are about the aircraft. [...]
The Dark Knight continues to look visually promising as Eidos releases their latest batch of Batman: Arkham Asylum screens. Batman, as always, is looking stylish as his pummels, pressures, or just poses intimidatingly with Gotham’s baddies as his audience/punching bags.
Batman: Arkham Asylum becomes a reality on your PC, PS3 or Xbox 360 in 2009 courtesy [...]
The insurance company of a Kentucky home owner whose faulty Nintendo DS AC adapter ignited a 2007 house fire is suing the game makers for 6,304.
It seems Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company compensated their client for "substantial" fire damages stemming from the DS adapter-related fire and is now trying to recover its losses from Nintendo. [...]
There’s concept art floating around over at Warren Spector’s (Thief, Deus Ex) Junction Point Studios in Austin, Texas.
Junction was acquired by Disney back in 2007, which means it has free reign over Disney’s Intellectual Property (IP), including the iconic Mickey Mouse.
Sketches and mockups of the potential Mickey Mouse game indicate something not too visually dissimilar [...]
When Sony released their PS3 firmware version 2.50, some gamers noticed a problem. Apparently if someone changes their Playstation Network ID or password, their Trophy data becomes corrupt. When the same someone then tries to start up a game like WipEout HD, Burnout Paradise, LittleBigPlanet or Pain, the system says there was a failure to [...]
A Swedish modder, Janne Strom, has devised a way to make the Xbox 360 run at whisper-like levels. Using a Lian Li XB01 case and some Noctua NH-U9DO coolers, the modder was able to get his Xbox 360 running at near silence. The YouTube video he posted shows just how quiet his modifications made the [...]
Filed under: Software, Education
If you’re new to the Mac or just bought an iPhone you could pore through the “Switch 101″ series on Apple’s site, you could browse our Mac 101 or iPhone 101 series, or you could spend a few bucks and get trained fast. We checked out “It’s About Time” products at this [...]
Filed under: Graphic Design, App Store
If, like me, you do a lot of your font shopping at FontShop, you’re sure to love FontShuffle.
FontShuffle is like having a copy of the indispensable FontShop catalog right on your iPhone or iPod touch. I know my dog-eared copy from 2002 needs to be updated and/or retired: FontShuffle [...]
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Casual
When it comes to designing games, Warren Spector isn’t known for doing a Mickey Mouse job. But the iconic Disney character may very well be the star of his Junction Point Studios’ current project, confirmed in July as a “collaboration with folks [...]
Filed under: Mac, PC
Look, there’s not a lot we can tell you about this. With something like 100 million copies of the Sims, Sims 2 and their various expansions sold worldwide and you, dear reader, being a person with at least a rudimentary knowledge of gaming, there’s a good chance you know both what a [...]
Filed under: Mac, PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Action
The official Braid blog reveals that a PC version of the XBLA darling should be released between February and March of 2009. Braid on PC was originally planned for mid-October, but a decision was made to hold off due to all the blockbusters being released at the end [...]
Filed under: Business
Security and Exchange Commission filings by Take-Two reveal the publisher spent .1 million to keep Electronic Arts at bay during its seven-month-long takeover attempt. Gamespot reports that Take-Two incurred the costs during the “strategic review process” of the EA offer.
For better or worse for investors, Take-Two won its battle against EA and remains [...]
Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action
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Though we’ve taken a trip through the game’s moody milieu and become acquainted with its fan-approved voice cast, one thing remains ambiguous about 2009’s Batman: Arkham Asylum. Just what exactly is the pointy-eared protagonist doing in there?
The latest batch of screenshots [...]
My friend Phil Wainwright’s latest blog post re: LucidEra’s new pre-sales program, Pipeline Healthcheck, confirms many of my initial observations when the company first introduced the program in October. Phil’s post includes a number of interesting stats which LucidEra’s founder, Ken Rudin, also shared with me at Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce event.
LucidEra’s decision to move away from [...]
