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Mass Effect 3's trip into space gets a trailer, useful purpose
So, remember how EA and Bioware are launching six copies of Mass Effect 3 into (near) space? Well, they're still doing that, and now there's a trailer about it that you can watch.The trailer itself is not particularly informative, but the press release delivered with said trailer actually contained some cool information about the event. Specifically, students from the High Altitude Balloon Club at Texas A&M University will be assisting with each of the six launch sites around the world.Once the event is complete, EA will be donating all of the equipment used during the publicity stunt to A&M's Aerospace Engineering department, which will then take the gear to Alaska and use it study the aurora borealis. We're glad to hear this advertising campaign will benefit a group of bright youngsters, and that EA isn't shelling out a presumably massive load of cash just to launch some games into space.
Poll: "Almost there" HD sporting events, what's your take?
There's a great matchup tonight in college hoops pitting two Texas teams against each other: the Longhorns (11) will host the Aggies (#16). A cinema in Tyler, TX is going to be showing an HD feed of the game on the big screen (we shudder to think of an SD feed stretched out to about 70-feet). So, you get to enjoy HD and crowd interaction for $10. Bringing sports to theater/stadium type venues is nothing new, but it makes us wonder -- if people prefer HDTV to live sporting events (and EHD readers agreed), where do these "hybrid" offerings fit in? The price is way lower than the live venue, you still get crowd interaction and the creature comforts are not bad, either. So where do you weigh in? Sound off below! %Poll-9883%
