It's usually sad to see a great game canceled, but when that game is actually an RTS that had a solid five-year run and the only thing that's getting canceled is its brush with MMO-dom, then I guess it's sort of palatable. "Company of Heroes," a beloved real-time strategy game, has been a staple for … [Read more...] about Company Of Heroes Online Has Been Cancelled, THQ Shifting Priorities
Team Fortress 2 Makes Presence Felt At Recent Ohayocon
Apparently some anonymous dude was man enough to post a few interesting Ohayocon pics on Flickr. (Quite the fascinating gallery of surprises it is.) Considering the amount of awesome involved, it comes as no surprise the pic below has spread across many a blog, eliciting much favor and praise. … [Read more...] about Team Fortress 2 Makes Presence Felt At Recent Ohayocon
Inventive Gamers Come Up With Solution To Split-Screen Peeking
Ah, split-screen gaming. Multiplayer delight. How many first-person shooters would be a lot less fun if players couldn't mess around with each other by peeking? It's actually quite a headache, which explains why these two hombres pictured below came up with innovative DIY solutions. That's right … [Read more...] about Inventive Gamers Come Up With Solution To Split-Screen Peeking
Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean Trailer Now Rolling
I know that the whole Lego series of games has sold frankly bonkers amount of games, but you'll forgive me if I'm not looking forward to the video game based on the toys based on the movie based on the Disney theme park ride. Although, to be fair, the Lego games do have a knack of entering into a … [Read more...] about Lego Pirates Of The Caribbean Trailer Now Rolling
Halo’s Master Chief Character Design Details Revealed By Bungie
In a recent interview, Bungie's Joseph Staten delved into the intricate process of creating the iconic and laconic Master Chief character. While some aspects of this process are already known or can be readily guessed, such as the sparse dialogue and the lack of a detailed backstory in the games, … [Read more...] about Halo’s Master Chief Character Design Details Revealed By Bungie
Klang Speakers Concept Wants To Reinvent Personal Audio
The unlikely pairing of an industrial designer with an inventor has produced the Klang Speakers. Aside from their unique shape, the Klang Speakers (that are just a concept for now) are a cut above the rest because they direct the audio to a specific location. … [Read more...] about Klang Speakers Concept Wants To Reinvent Personal Audio
iConvert Scanner Does Exactly That, Convert Old Film
Old school film negatives. Most of us still have them. (Especially baby boomers.) What to do? What to do? Instead of just leaving them to rot, scan 'em for conversion into digital files; works with old moldy slides too. Enter the iConvert. For the sake of preserving your biographical picture … [Read more...] about iConvert Scanner Does Exactly That, Convert Old Film
Star Wars Old Republic To Forgo Grinding, Focus On Skill-Based Gameplay
The game that's been rattling its lightsaber in World Of Warcraft's direction for pretty much the entirety of its development is now promising to fix the single biggest flaw in MMO gameplay today. And while I'm perfectly aware of Bioware performing miracles like actually making a good Sonic game … [Read more...] about Star Wars Old Republic To Forgo Grinding, Focus On Skill-Based Gameplay
Hefty Rock Band 3 Update Released, Fixes Eyebrow Crash & So Much More
Some of these Rock Band 3 updates have been a long time coming, some of them are pretty useful and some of them are just downright silly, not the least of which is the fix for the eyebrow crash of '11, or as I call it, the Frown. With a capital F because when you can end a Rock Band game with your … [Read more...] about Hefty Rock Band 3 Update Released, Fixes Eyebrow Crash & So Much More
American Teen Builds Backyard Death Ray
If 19 year-old Eric Jacqmain could travel back in time with his invention, why, he can change history. Holy Cow, that's a Hollywood movie right there! You read it here first, boys and girl—we're gonna start on the script ASAP. Also, James Cameron is going to direct it. We insist. … [Read more...] about American Teen Builds Backyard Death Ray
You Can Almost Boil Tea With This Concept Watch
This Ukrainian designer dude named Andy Korovets just came up with a novel idea for a watch. Instead of the usual hands (which are sooo boring), why not teensy-tiny flames? Imitation LED flames, that is. See the pic down south? That's a blue flame for hours and a yellow flame for … [Read more...] about You Can Almost Boil Tea With This Concept Watch
Light Up Your Life With How-To Book of Lego Guns
Ever heard of Xubor? Nope, Xubor isn't an alien. Xubor is a guy from Germany who spends hours and hours constructing Lego guns. We're not talking about Lego blocks shaped like guns, but real projectile firing (non-lethal) builds. … [Read more...] about Light Up Your Life With How-To Book of Lego Guns
