I got this from a cow-orker. Find wireless hot spots near you, whether free or for pay.
[tags]Wireless, hot spots[/tags]
Prepare yourself for Oblivion
(via Gamers with Jobs via Dubious Quality)
Read the entire collection of texts from Morrowind. This is just the kind of thing you need to remind yourself everything about the history of The Elder Scrolls world. If you’ve played the game, you probably remember how many books there are in the Morrowind world, and how much reading you can do outside of things directly related to advancing the story. The designers at Bethesda seem to put a lot of effort into fleshing out their world. Please don’t let it go to waste. Head to gamesource and catch up on all the Morrowind reading you missed the first time.
[tags]Gaming, Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls, Oblivion[/tags]
Gizmonda, a history
(via Joystiq)
I’m just going to steal Joystiq’s write-up. I actually haven’t followed this much more closely than watching the headlines at a few gaming sites and skimming articles at Joystiq and Kotaku, but this flow chart sure helps…
Been trying to follow the Gizmondo Ferrari story but can’t seem to keep the facts straight? Well we don’t personally see how a simple little story about an illegally imported excusive Italian sportscar, a video game exec for handheld has been Gizmondo, the Swedish Uppsala mafia, Homeland Security, a mysterious ammunition clip, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and a transportation service for old people run out of an auto repair shop is the least bit confusing at all, but some of you apparently required some visual aids.
Enter Game Revolution’s fun-for-all-ages flow chart, the piece de resistance of their extensive Gizmondo coverage aptly called “Gizmondo Bizarro.” It’s only a matter of time before they turn this into a made-for-TV movie featuring Eric Roberts as Stefan Ericksson in what will be heralded as “a gripping performance.” They’ll call it Crash and Burn: The Real Life Story of the Gizmondo Saga.
[tags]Gizmondo[/tags]
Love for zombies, MMO style
Finally, a game we can get in to where we get to be the zombie. And it’s an MMO!
Exanimus is an online massively multiplayer game created in a world where the dead live and roam the earth eating the flesh of the living. While most of the world is dead, there are small pockets of survivors that exist in barricaded cities across the globe. Players of Exanimus will have the option of playing as a living survivor or as one of the dead roaming the earth. Exanimus will allow players to experience a MMO based in a horror genre by creating a dark and visually “intense” environment.
Exanimus is expected to be rated “Mature” and not intended for anyone under the age of 18.
[tags]MMO, MMORPG, Zombies[/tags]
Have you missed her?
Swimming rocks.
[tags]Jessica Alba[/tags]
A 19 inch laptop sighting
(via Engadget)
Here’s my first 19 inch laptop sighting. Has anyone got any other links to different ones?
CALGARY, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–March 9, 2006–VoodooPC, the world’s leading architect of highly personalized, one-of-a-kind high performance PCs, today announced it has expanded its award-winning notebook line with the introduction of the Voodoo ENVY Heavyweight u:909 Notebook, the world’s largest and fastest mobile gamebook. Measuring 17.5″ x 12.5″ x 1.75″ and weighing in at 16 pounds, the Voodoo ENVY Heavyweight u:909 Notebook is powered by the AMD Turion 64 processor and is THE ideal alternative for anyone looking to replace their desktop without sacrificing performance.
And if you are wondering, it costs around $5000, comes with a dual-layer DVD burner, runs at 1680×1050, and offers dual nVidia or dual ATI video cards.  I’m guessing lap shield and nuclear power plant are extra cost items.
[tags]VoodooPC, 19 inch laptop[/tags]
Fun quote on High Def
“But complaining that high definition makes things look sharper is like complaining that pretty girls are prettier.”
[tags]High Definition, Quotes[/tags]
Work out harder, recover more quickly
I don’t know if this is contrary to conventional wisdom or just unexpected, but it’s making the news – The Harder You Exercise, the Quicker You Recover.
Researchers studied the exercise regimens and recovery times of 25 men competing in an Ironman triathlon, a three-part race consisting of a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bicycle leg, and a 26.2-mile marathon run.
Although this competition is much more taxing than your standard cardio kickboxing class, researchers were surprised to see how quickly the athletes’ bodies recovered. It takes about two week for muscles and tendons to fuly recover after an Ironman triathlon.
But one day after the race the competitors’ heart rates, cardiac output, and blood pressures had returned to baseline levels. Within three days, other system changes brought on by activity also reverted to normal.
[tags]Exercise[/tags]
Make mine with frikkin’ laser beams
DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Project Agency) has taken another page from science fiction writer William Gibson’s book by creating a neural implant to enable engineers to remotely manipulate a shark’s brain signals. This would eventually allow them to control the animal’s movements and possibly decode their perceptions.
Remote controlled sharks? Awesome. You know Dr. Evil would want some.
[tags]Sharks, DARPA[/tags]
Awesome sidewalk art
I’ve seen this guys art work before. It always impresses me. Be sure to scroll through all the images to see how the images look when viewed from the wrong angle.
[tags]Art, sidewalk art, optical illusion[/tags]
Wall of Quake 3
(via TechEBlog)
Have you ever thought you just really needed to play Quake 3 on a wall sized display? Well, that’s just what the folks over at plastk did. They used their 24 monitor wall display (run by 12 linux nodes – i.e. 2 monitors per node) to play some.
The end result is Quake 3 running at 10240×3072 resolution at 15-30 FPS. What gamer wouldn’t want to try that out?
[tags]Quake 3[/tags]
Bang! Howdy
From the folks that did YoHoHo! Puzzle Pirates is the hopefully soon to be detailed Bang! Howdy. From the web site:
Howdy pardner! Thanks fer moseyin’ on over to check out our mighty fine game. We’re still hard at work out on the ranch, but I reckon we can rustle up a bit of info fer a prospective cowhand like yerself.
Have a gander at these here excitin’ features:
- Multiplayer online tactical strategy game in a 3D Wild West setting, yee haw!
- Fast-paced hybrid of turn-based and realtime strategy gameplay with a healthy helpin’ of rootin’ tootin’ antics!
- Dozens of unique units, hundreds of special playfields and over ten wild and crazy gameplay scenarios!Customizable avatars and collectable badges let you show them city folk that you know how to handle yer dogies!
- Collect and customize Big Shot units that complement your play style whether ya like to take yer sweet time or go in guns ablazin’!
This company seems to be good at deliviring fun gaming in an easy to pick up format. And who wouldn’t love gaming in an old west setting?
[tags]Wild West gaming, Bang! Howdy[/tags]