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Pure EPIC!

maileigh — Wed, 07 May 2008 06:32:42 +0000

It fills me with the joys of being young and full of goo… or chocolate-coated biscuit sticks.

Unreal Tournament 2 Level: Super Mario Bros

Neko — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:36:07 +0000

Crazy Japanese Game…

Neko — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:09:34 +0000

I would be more descriptive, but honestly, I have no idea how to describe it. People are given a shape that if they fit into, they pass the course. If not, they are dumped into what looks like a small pool of what looks like green tea…

Ghost in the Shell movie rights purchased by Dreamworks

Neko — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:10:29 +0000

DreamWorks has acquired rights to the Japanese manga “Ghost in the Shell” with plans to adapt the futuristic police thriller as a 3-D live-action feature.

“ ’Ghost in the Shell’ is one of my favorite stories,” Spielberg said. “It’s a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks.”

Variety: DreamWorks to make ‘Ghost’ in 3-D

Super Mario in a 14K web page

Neko — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:24:34 +0000

Here’s an experiment in keepings things small and confined to one Javascript file. There are no external image files or anything […]. We also have MIDI music embedded […]. No music for IE, though, and it seems all the other browsers each have different, minor problems with it, but it sort of works.

Instructions: use the up arrow on your keyboard to jump. Hit left and right to move left and right.

nihilogic: Super Mario in 14kb of Javascript

YouTube: IM IN UR MANGER KILLING UR SAVIOR

Neko — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:24:26 +0000

Wow, Speed Racer? Really?

gaijin — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:32:30 +0000

Okay, everyone. If any of you have seen anime you know of the OLD show Speed Racer; and if you remember any thing about it it is the KING of campy. So you can imagine how I felt when I saw they are making a movie. A live action movie … yeah, my brain stopped for a second too. I’m not sure what to make of it. but I think you should have a look at the preview for yourself. If anything it will make you chuckle a little. Warning, still looks pretty campy. Oh yeah John Goodman is in it.

YouTube: Speed Racer Trailer

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Portal: A Day in the Life of a Turret

Neko — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:18:48 +0000

This has probably already been around the net 15 ways through the course itself, but hell, it is worth posting. NSFW.

YouTube: Portal: A Day in the Life of a Turret Thanks Digg

Gordon Freeman calls ‘Coast to Coast AM’ radio show

Neko — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:56:24 +0000

I think the allure to this audio clip is that the host of ‘Coast to Coast AM’ probably doesn’t know what Half-Life is… (Thanks Digg and YouTube)

You Tube: Gordon Freeman Calls Coast to Coast AM

Why the Red Ring of Death happens in XBOX 360s

Neko — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:00:23 +0000

This story falls firmly in the realm of if it is on the interwebs, it isn’t necessarily true. The article is a blog post written by supposedly a non-professional for newspaper readers. The source is un-named which isn’t necessarily bad, just riskier to trust.

That being said, the guy makes some very good points that all make sense and seem to mirror reality.

This past week I met and interviewed an individual who has worked on the Xbox 360 project for many years and they had some things that they wanted to get out into the public.

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It’s around 30%, and all will probably fail early. This quarter they are expecting 1 M failures, most of those Xenons. Some of those are repeat failures. Life expectancy is all over the map because the design has very little margin for most of the important parameters. That means it’s not a fault tolerant design. So a good unit may last a couple of years, while a bad unit can fail in hours.

Warning, this is a highly technical story. Anway, it may be one of the two leaders in the game console market, and it certainly has the games to back it, but Microsoft was dangerously close to messing it all up because they wanted to beat Sony. /rant

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (US): Inside Source Reveal the Truth About Xbox 360 “Red Ring of Death” Failures