Admit it, the internet was created to share pictures and videos of cats. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you can enjoy all the wonders of the internet. To help you figure out what kinds of cat pictures and videos you can find around the internet or just to help you figure out what various social media sites are about, we have this comic that describes the internet using cats.
Building (Critical) Consensus: Gears of War: Judgment
For the second time in as many weeks, another GoW game was released. However, this isn’t a new God of War but a new Gears of War. Judgment is a prequel in the lore of the Gears of War story. This one doesn’t focus on the exploits of chainsaw-wielding, steroid-using hero Marcus Fenix but Damon Baird who was a secondary character in the previous trilogy of games.
Were the critics tired of another game in another franchise that might just be getting milked to death or was something special done with the 4th (Microsoft) GoW game? Read the rest of this entry
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Who Wants to Live (and Die) on Mars?
It seems as though we’ve settled on Mars being the next step in humanity’s continuing quest to explore space.
A few weeks ago, millionaire Dennis Tito announced his Inspiration Mars project to send a two-person crew on a mission to travel to and around Mars in a 17-month round-trip from Earth to the Red Planet in 2018.
This isn’t the first manned mission to Mars that’s been announced. In 2011, Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp announced his plan to send people to Mars to start a permanent human settlement on Mars in 2023. However, in a recent interview with the CBC, Lansdorp revealed that his Mars One project isn’t a round trip.
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Watch the Blood Fly in Hotline Miami: The Fan Film
Hotline Miami was one of the surprise hits of gaming in 2012. It might have been because of the gratuitous violence but it was more than likely because of how fun and challenging the gameplay was.
Well, the gratuitous violence was recreated in this fan film by a group of high school students. I doubt it would go over well with their teachers but the Hotline Miami Facebook page sure liked it.
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Building (Critical) Consensus: StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
The RTS world begins and ends with Blizzard’s StarCraft series. People love it so much that I don’t recall much in the way of complaining when Blizzard said that StarCraft II would come out in three parts focused on each of the three species in the game. It launched with Wings of Liberty in 2010. Last week, the first expansion pack for SC2 was launched. Did the critics think Heart of the Swarm lived up to the franchise?
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Geek Links of the Week
Researchers from the Royal Observatory of Edinburgh have done a thorough study of professional StarCraft games and have determined which of the three factions would win the war. [Wired]
This week, a source inside Maxis tried to blow the lid off of EA’s story that SimCity needs to be hooked up to the cloud to work. Well, a modder confirmed that story by making the game run offline. Hell, it might actually be better modded than standard. [Rock, Paper, Shotgun]
Looking for something to drink in a couple of weeks’ time when Game of Thrones returns? You should try Game Of Thrones: Iron Throne blonde ale. [Businessweek]
Google is killing Reader as of July 1st. It’s only been the backbone of my blogging and internet surfing for years. There are a lot of people who use it or rely on it more than I do. So what is Google’s game? [Forbes]
The thinking is that Google is trying to replace Reader for reading recommendations with Google+. The problem is that no one actually uses G+ and it drives absolutely no traffic, especially compared to Reader. [BuzzFeed]
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What if Superheroes had Sponsors?
Mar 15
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Folks like Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark have more than enough money to fuel their superhero habits but, in general, being a superhero is not a high-paying job. So what would it look like if superheroes had to support their supervillain destroying habits by signing endorsement deals with major brands? That’s the inspiration behind artist Roberto Vergati […]
Samsung Unveils Galaxy S 4
Just when you thought that BlackBerry had gotten back in the game, Samsung officially unveiled their new flagship mobile phone for the Android platform.
The Samsung Galaxy S 4 isn’t a revolutionary new phone but it certainly is a step above the GS3. It is also, on paper, a step above the iPhone 5. You have to wonder if Apple doesn’t answer the bell with the iPhone 6 (or 5S, which ever they launch this year) if they will start to noticeably lose market share to Samsung and Android.
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Learn About Voice Acting with Commander Shepard and Liara T’Soni
I didn’t want to turn this week into Mass Effect 3 Week Part Two but we’re getting close to that. The team of Holly Conrad, a noted Commander Shepard cosplayer and costume designer, and Jessica Merizan, a community manager at BioWare and also a FemShep cosplayer, also known as Crabcat Industries, show you how to build your own soundproof booth (which, ironically, looks more professional than the booths they had at the campus radio station at my alma mater).
They also talk to Jennifer Hale and Ali Hillis, AKA FemShep and Liara from the Mass Effect trilogy (or Bastila Shan from KOTOR and Lightning from FF13), about voice acting. If you’re interested voice acting or are a huge Mass Effect fan, you probably should give this a watch.
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Want a Veronica Mars Movie? Kickstarter Makes It Happen
For many years, fans of the cult hit TV series Veronica Mars have been clamouring for a movie to continue the series. The script for the movie has been ready since around 2008 as series creator Rob Thomas had been working on the movie since the show was cancelled in 2007. However, the movie has been pushed back due to a lack of funding and support from the studios.
Now, thanks to Kickstarter and the power of crowd funding, it looks like the Veronica Mars movie will become a reality. Thomas took to Kickstarter looking for $2 million to get the movie made and came up with it in under ten hours.
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