In a nutshell, the very same agency that builds all sorts of high tech weapons wants to outsource innovation to a startup. How will that work? See, DARPA and NASA have this 100 Year Starship initiative whose ultimate goal is to begin the process of interstellar travel. Note: 'to begin the process.' … [Read more...] about DARPA Plans To Conquer The Stars, Find Pandora
Valve Want EA On Steam, Apparently
Whether EA's Origin is just a show of strength to open up a new revenue stream by prying DLC from Steam's clutches or an earnest attempt at chipping away a few flakes off Valve's granite foothold in the PC digital delivery market, the relationship between the two companies is growing... tense. Valve … [Read more...] about Valve Want EA On Steam, Apparently
Blizzard Giving Console Diablo 3 “Very Serious” Thought
All that thought Blizzard was putting into a console incarnation of the world's poorliest categorized action game with RPG elements? Nothing, compared to the push it's going to get from now on. Gamescom, home of a million revelations and all of them about video games, can add another notch to its … [Read more...] about Blizzard Giving Console Diablo 3 “Very Serious” Thought
Tiny Origami Figures Strain Your Eyes
Imagine having to look at one of these creations as they sit on your fingertip. That's right, fingertip. The picture below isn't depicting a giant person with an origami sculpture on their giant fingertip. It's an almost beyond minuscule work of art the eye would strain to see. The important thing … [Read more...] about Tiny Origami Figures Strain Your Eyes
Brain Eating Amoeba Fears Grow In The U.S. After Deaths
And the flames are being fanned by news of a second victim this month. The 'outbreak' of the amoeba, which grows in stagnant water passages, is so far confined to Virginia. The parasite is believed to have killed three dozen people in the past ten years and affects its victims by causing meningitis. … [Read more...] about Brain Eating Amoeba Fears Grow In The U.S. After Deaths
Sony Panel: Single Player Games Extinct In Three Years
We're not entirely sure what makes otherwise discerning professionals go in for these fanciful predictions. We just hope video game consultant Mark Cerny provided more than the one example Eurogamer wrote about, although it's not like anyone actually takes starry-eyed industry futurists to task … [Read more...] about Sony Panel: Single Player Games Extinct In Three Years
New Wii Loses GameCube Support, Not Coming To US
New information is trickling out about Nintendo's non-update to its formerly barely next-gen, soon to be stone age-gen console. Sure, it's reportedly slightly slimmer and it has a newfound fondness for the horizontal plane, but apparently it's losing something fairly important in the process: … [Read more...] about New Wii Loses GameCube Support, Not Coming To US
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Holds Up Fastfood Joint
Not Pizza Hut though as a lot of people are speculating. In these trying times, all sorts of nefarious deeds are being perpetrated by unlikely characters, be they ninjas attacking an Apple store or this latest travesty. The scene of the crime was a Wendy's branch in Rib Mountain, Wisconsin, where a … [Read more...] about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Holds Up Fastfood Joint
14 Year Old Gets A Bionic Arm After Writing Letter
In a rare chain of events that would make a decent Hollywood tear-jerker, a 14 year old lad from Berkshire got a new arm from a Scottish robotics company courtesy of Mercedes. That's a lot of parties involved if you ask us, but the backstory is rather complicated. See, dear Matthew is missing a … [Read more...] about 14 Year Old Gets A Bionic Arm After Writing Letter
New €99 Sony PSP Lacks WiFi & Is Europe Only
That's one way to compete with smartphones, we guess, though thinking back to the PSP's heyday as a sleek and sexy luxury handheld nearly brought a tear to our eyes. Sony's new PSP will be dubbed E-1000 and will apparently forego cutting edge tech like decade-old WiFi technology in favor of... UMDs. … [Read more...] about New €99 Sony PSP Lacks WiFi & Is Europe Only
“To The Moon” Trailer Could Draw Tears From A Stone
While the art style will most definitely stir Chrono Trigger nostalgia, there's more of an Up quality to this achingly beautiful trailer for what's sure to be a thoroughly emotional game. The story behind the game, which the trailer is too busy tugging heartstrings and conjuring up regret-tinged … [Read more...] about “To The Moon” Trailer Could Draw Tears From A Stone
Revealing Steve Jobs Bio Out On November
On the 21st, so mark it on your calendars already. Since Steve Jobs is one of those rare figures who've transformed our daily interactions, it comes as no surprise that a large audience will embrace this new book by Walter Isaacson. Since biographies won't have a chance at bestseller success unless … [Read more...] about Revealing Steve Jobs Bio Out On November
