Showing posts with label news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Read, and Be Amazed

I have in my possession a link that may very well shock you to the core.  The discovery of what is to be unveiled is not only amazing, but monumental as well.

Behold: the possible defense we have been looking for.  For those who do not understand what this article means (read the title, maybe?), scientists have discovered "junk DNA," which we humans used to actively employ, that was a defense against diseases like HIV.  And it goes on to say that it is possible to reactivate this junk DNA in the fight against AIDS.

That's all for now, everything else is going swimmingly.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Found Some News

Found some big news just before I about to leave for bars tonight.  Enjoy!!

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Comic #2 and News

So here's the second comic strip:


Apparently, the director of the critically panned Sonic Unleashed has announced that the Werehog will return in another game. Before I go into the problems that would pose for the gaming community that said both the Werehog and Chip were bad additions, I'd like to note that the main problem w/ this is in the plot: the Werehog is Gaia-driven and Gaia (both Light and Dark) were sealed away for millions of years at teh end of Unleashed. So for the Werehog to return w/ the stretchy arms Gaia would need to be released again, which means copying the plot from the first game. Now that's pushin' it even for a Sonic plot. Sonic games follow a formula, not a Xerox.

Back to the gaming community. I realize most of my peers detested Sonic's latest entry into the market, but I did not have such hatred for it. There were parts I could've done w/o and parts I really enjoyed. While it's true that the nighttime levels are far too long, it's also true that the daytime levels are gorgeous and feel much like the previous 2D entries in the series. The daytime levels are what you would get if you mixed Sonic Adventure 2 w/ Sonic Rush. For those of you who haven't played Sonic Rush, I reviewed it and it's under the "reviews" category to the right. All that said, I defended the Werehog simply because they tried to take the series in a new direction that wasn't compltely flawed, it just wasn't very polished. I cannot bring myself to defend another attempt at a failed experiment unless the majority of the players and critics agreed that it had a good amount of potential and deserved another chance.

I plan on doing a full review of Sonic Unleashed just so I can express my opinion more thoroughly. But that'll be later, once I've done all my school papers and such.

EDIT: OK, so strip's still too large when you click on it. I'll figure it out and fix this problem. My bad.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

OMG OMG OMG!!!!1

Taking a real quick break here from QL just to post something extremely important. Quake Live is finally live. Public beta open to all!!!!!!!!!!1

Click here to get to the homepage.
The URL is http://quakelive.com in case the above link didn't work.

It's free and all it requires is an internet connection and for you to download a plugin for your browser that will install on it's own. The program then takes you through a tutorial and then you can jump right in.

EDIT: This is old news by internet standards, but there's a new Xbox 360 due out on March 13th. It's actually kind of cool. Check it out here. It's a special Resident Evil 5 edition. It come bundled w/ a red wireless gamepad, component and HDMI cables, a black wired headset, 120 GB harddrive, a copy of RE5, and Live cards redeemable for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and a Resident Evil 5 premium theme. That's a great deal considering that it's being sold at the $399 price point of the regular Elite systems. And my guess would be that they're all Jasper chipsets too. If I didn't have my own trusty Lincoln (my 360's name, after his chipset - the Zephyr), then I'd totally buy this... that red looks damn sleek.
... if only they had a version w/ white trim instead of black so I could have a Red Wings themed box.