Show #102
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News
- Firefox 3.1 beta 1: It's FAST!
- T-Mobile G1 T-Minus Nothing
- They went on sale this last week first in San Francisco where loads of people lined up for the $150 device
- Kongregate to teach Newbies Flash
- Want to write your own game? Kongregate has a series of tutorials to show you how
- Beware: They will teach you some amount of code and it uses trial copy of CS3 and actionscript 2.0
- There's even prizes if you build your own game and submit:
- 1st place - $250 USD
- 2nd place - $150 USD
- 3rd place - $150 USD
- Broadband everywhere -- more $$$ for everyone
- FCC looks to bring broadband to even more remote areas
- The cost will be burdened by us, the current customers
- MySpace launches self-service ads
- They've been talking about this for over a year.
- Billed as "the affordable way to promote yourself", the MyAds service allows you to create your ad and target your audience on MySpace
- (Next Week) First Commercialized Fully submersed Liquid Cooled PC
- (Next Week)EPA Bangs on Game Industry
- One more thing that the government can make more expensive
- Consoles are starting to use more and more power these days
- PS3: 193.6 watts (gameplay) 182.7 (Blu-ray) 173.2 watts (movie)
- XBox 360: 185.1 watts (gameplay) 125.6 (movie)
- Wii: 17.8 watts
- Derek's Yearly Power Meter
- (Next Week) Amazon.com buys Reflexive Entertainment
Tech Picks
- Touchless SDK (Snake Demo/WebCam Control)
- Have you seen MSNBC or other TV shows where they have screens they move items around on without using a mouse or keyboard? That technology generally uses syphosticated sensors to accomplish the magic, but a simple version using your webcam is here.
- A free SDK, or Software Development Kit, from Microsoft allows developers to use a webcam as an input device, imagine games you control with your hands
- Want to see it in action for yourself, you don't have to be a developer, download the Snake Demo for your Webcam
- Have you seen MSNBC or other TV shows where they have screens they move items around on without using a mouse or keyboard? That technology generally uses syphosticated sensors to accomplish the magic, but a simple version using your webcam is here.
Power Tip
Gamer's Corner (Conferences, New Developments, Game Reviews)
- Star Wars: Old Republic MMORPG Unveiled
- Developers talk about announcement
- Partnership between LucasArts and Bioware
- Jedi and Sith announced
- Will be heavily influenced by story
- Hopefully doesn't suck as bad as Star Wars: Galaxies
- PSN ToS - All your base are belong to Sony
- Sony has unlimited right to whatever you create on their plaform
- LittleBigPlanet Editor - Create whole levels
- Guitar Hero: World Tour - Music Creator
- Listen / Record any conversations across PSN
- If you lose any movies purchased through PSN - Sony not obligated to help you
- Max Payne Movie Tops Box office
- $18 Million in sales, Tops "Chihuahua" and "W"
- Resident Evil: Extinction = $24 Million
- Hitman = $20 Million
Intarweb Gold Mine
- Pinup Zombie Calendar (must see)
- 2009 Calendar full of Pinup Zombies
- Octagon Bed
- All this to make derek laugh, we won't do most of these punchlines... maybe?
- No grabbing the fence beotch!
- That Bed + Derek = Many early stoppages.
- Two men enter! One man leaves!
- Beware of the Read Naked Poke!
- No way I could fall asleep in that bad boy I would be way too pumped
- Mommy!!! I can't sleep!!! There's a Chuck Liddell under my bed!
- If the other side of those pillows say TapAss instead of TapOut...I may buy one of these...
- That bed IS awesome! But not in a 'I want to buy it' sort of way.
- Pricing
- Twin: $950 / Full: $1200 / Queen: $1450
- $89.95 - $129.95 for the sheets all sizes from Twin to California King
(3 styles to choose from) - Shipping is $42.99
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