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Fallout irradiates GameTap this Thursday {Joystiq}
Jul 23rd 2008 1:45AM Eh, I already own two copies.
Some analysts, PC makers express concern about netbooks {Engadget}
Jul 21st 2008 3:47PM @JC, and they're saying after research and development, then introducing their product into an ever-diluting product market, their "gain/loss" is out of proportion to the expected risks, and thus bad business. That's loss they can live with.
Logitech Cordless Keyboard for Wii arrives at E3 {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 3:29PM The design of this keyboard looks almost identical to the Logitech PS2 USB keyboard, which I picked up when they were clearance'ing them at Gamestop for $10.
I'll definitely pick this up for my media pc when the product flops, and is again on clearance!
Nintendo introduces the Wii Speak community microphone {Joystiq}
Jul 15th 2008 1:22PM Reminds me of a modernized "Wii-ified" Apple plaintalk microphone:
http://www.macuser.com/hardware/vintage_apple_plaintalk_microp.php
The bottom of the mic is flat, and it sat on your monitor with a bit of overlap in the front. It's the beige plastic version, and this is the updated, blue-LED version.
Flagship Studios' entire staff fired, all intellectual property lost {Joystiq}
Jul 13th 2008 1:50AM The Flagship crew are in San Francisco, which has a tremendous game development community. I'm sure they'll find work. Depending on the economy and other factors, they might not be able to demand the same salaries they're used to, but there's plenty of work to be had here.
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11: 1.5TB of love {Engadget}
Jul 10th 2008 7:17PM Every NES ROM zipped is around 65-70 MB.
SNES games range from 256k to several megabytes.
Anti-terrorist drill reveals Segway attack plan, legions of embarrassed patrolmen {Engadget}
Jul 4th 2008 2:20AM I'm probably the best segway rider posting here (I've taken a couple dozen trips via segway), and I can tell you that trying to fire a gun while riding one would make me fear for my life. Just a terrible idea all around.
Ohio library now loaning video games {Joystiq}
Jul 2nd 2008 12:58AM My local library (Oakland, CA Piedmont branch) lends console games. They have one that I worked on.
Tesla announces the Model S: a $60k, all-electric, five passenger sports sedan {Engadget}
Jun 30th 2008 8:51PM Think of it this way: They've been able to half the cost of their product, while making it better in the past 2 years. Given that they're not building a) A hard drive, or b) A CPU, that's a pretty good scaling so far. If they can get it to $40k in the next 2 years, I'll be seriously considering one.
Or, if I end up fabulously rich in the same amount of time (6 of one, half a doz...)
Joystiq chats with Jay Wilson on Diablo 3 {Joystiq}
Jun 29th 2008 3:03PM Or, just work a really good inventory system into DIII so that muling isn't necessary. Maybe have a storage locker system that costs a certain amount of rent.
I don't really see it as a balance issue, since so little of the Diablo loot is actually any good. For instance, you might want to have Biggins Bonnet, and complete sets of the lvl 5-10 set gear, but inside you know that stuff is fairly worthless, since you get to lvl 10 in about an hour of gameplay, and by lvl 20 (maybe 4 more hours?) everything you find is better.
