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9 Things You Didn't Know About Google Chrome
Sep 22nd
Google’s new web browser touts ease of use and superior speed than any browser currently available. Thousands of people have downloaded and tested the browser with mostly favorable results. Being a relatively new browser much of the “hidden” functions of chrome have remained under the radar. Here are the top 9 of the “hidden” things that you did not know about Chrome.
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Badly Designed MySpace Games Site Launches
Feb 13th
Social networking website MySpace has launched a games website. Keeping true to its tradition of poor and awkward design MySpace crew has coded the games website in the same manner. Featuring exclusively flash games it will appeal to the pre-teens. MySpace games has a prominent social undertone and with the millions of page hits every day is sure to make generate handsome revenue for the MySpace overlords. TechCrunch describes the design of MySpace Games site as ”won’t win any awards for innovation, indeed it looks like a < $100 template buy from Digitalpoint, but ultimately that doesn't make a difference.” That sums it up quite nicely.
Top 10 Video Games of 2007 According To Boston Herald
Dec 26th
When thinking of video games Boston Herald is not the first one to come to mind. But they did manage to put up an interesting list of Top 10 Best Video Games of 2007. This list is compiled by best selling video game data provided by Blockbuster for the past year.
10. Assassin’s Creed for Xbox by Ubisoft
9. Need for Speed: ProStreet for PS2 by EA
8. Mass Effect for Xbox by Microsoft
7. Rock Band: Special Editions for Xbox 360 by EA
6. Super Mario Galaxy for Wii by Nintendo
5. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for PS2 by Activision and RedOctane, with Neversoft
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for Xbox by Activision. Call of Duty 4 was reviewed previously by TeqEdge.
3. Wii Zapper With Links Crossbow Training for Wii platform by Nintendo
2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – Xbox version by Activision and RedOctane, with Neversoft
1. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock – Wii release by Vicarious Visions
Source: Boston Herald
Santa Punishes Xbox Live For Being Naughty
Dec 23rd
Looks like it is going to be a not-so-merry Christmas for the Xbox Live crowd if the Xbox Live Operations team does not get its act together. There have been reports of temporary outages and delays this evening of the online Xbox service which allows players to play opponents via the Internet. But this outage has ruined the plans of many online game parties scheduled for this Christmas weekend. Now Major Nelson’s blog has provided an official status update that there is an outage behind the scenes. Hopefully this will be resolved soon.
Source: Major Nelson
EA – Crysis Review
Nov 14th
Crysis is a new EA game which released today for the PC platform. Gamers have been eagerly awaiting this new Crysis release not only to play the game but also to test how it performs on their existing hardware, namely the processor, video card GPU and memory. The Crysis game running on the CryEngine2 engine has received widespread fame and excellent reviews and shows several unique features. According to EA’s site … Real time editing, bump mapping, dynamic lights, network system, integrated physics system, shaders, shadows and a dynamic music system are just some of the state of-the-art features the CryENGINE™ 2 offers.
Crysis storyline from EA website …
Earth, 2019. A team of US scientists makes a frightening discovery on an island in the South China Sea. All contact with the team is lost when the North Korean Government quickly seals off the area. The United States responds by dispatching an elite team of Delta Force Operators to recon the situation. As tension rises between the two nations, a massive alien ship reveals itself in the middle of the island. The ship generates an immense force sphere that freezes a vast portion of the island and drastically alters the global weather system. Now the US and North Korea must join forces to battle the alien menace. With hope rapidly fading, you must fight epic battles through tropical jungle, frozen landscapes, and finally into the heart of the alien ship itself for the ultimate Zero G showdown.
A community website called inCrysis has also grown around the game featuring forums, screenshots and videos. One of the Crysis screenshots is reproduced at the beginning of this article from inCrysis wallpapers section. Crysis has also received excellent reviews from Gamespot snatching an Editor’s Choice and a 9.5/10 score. IGN rates it 9.4 for Outstanding. From the initial reviews Crysis seems to be a definite winner from EA.
