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Machete Movie Review

admin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:45:12 +0000

Born from the fake trailer from Grindhouse, Machete delivers on the the promise of all the hardcore violence, gore and sex that that trailer teased. Made in the style of 70’s exploitation pictures, Machete is a better grindhouse movie than either movies in Grindhouse

Mafia II (Xbox 360) Review

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:22:38 +0000

Summary [8.5 out of 10] Set in the 40’s and 50’s Mafia II tells a classic organized crime tale of greed, violence and revenge.

Google Celebrates 25 Years of the Buckyball With Helacious Markup

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:37:09 +0000

If you are checking out Google today with a modern browser (Firefox, Chrome and Safari all work) you’ll see a slick animated buckyball draw itself in the place of the second “o” in the word “Google”. The cool part is that it’s interactive, you can mouse over it and spin it in any direction you want.

DX11 Mandelbrot and Julia viewer V1.8

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 04:46:24 +0000

Quote It took a while, but here finally a V1.8 update enabling double precision calculations for really deep zooming.

Duke Nukem Forever at PAX – Release 4/11/11

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:28:39 +0000

In a surprise move, 2K with help from developer Gearbox showed off a playable demo of Duke Nukem Forever at PAX today with a planned release on 4/11/11 to be forth coming. It has been so long since I played the original 1996 hit Duke Nukem 3D that I forgot 3D Realms (the creators) had a

10 Amazing Examples of JavaScript and HTML5

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:17:45 +0000

Zef.me put together a list of 10 amazing JavaScript/HTML examples that a lot of people (me included) thought still required Flash to do. Some of the highlights is an accurate (and performant) interactive cloth simulation by Andrew Hoyer.

XpanD Announces World’s First Universal 3D Glasses

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 16:41:00 +0000

XpanD has taken the wraps off what they lauding as the world’s first “Universal 3D Glasses” for use with consumer televisions as well as XpanD 3D-powered theater experiences. You would be able to purchase 1 set of glasses that you can use anywhere “active shutter” 3D technology is used.

PS3 – How Uncharted 2 set the technical benchmark

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:44:22 +0000

Quote Naughty Dog lead technical artist Mike Hatfield on the game's extra special effects In this exclusive extract from Ballistic's The Art of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves we go behind the scenes to see how Naughty Dog used a huge variety of special ef…

NVIDIA 3D Vision Video Player v1.6.4 available

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:21:09 +0000

New Features in 3D Vision Video Player v1.6.4

TechPowerUp GPU-Z v0.4.6

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:38:17 +0000

Quote Filename: GPU-Z.0.4.6.exe GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU. Please note: Some versions of McAfee …

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Looks Excellent

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:40:14 +0000

With a God of War heritage and MercurySteam’s unexpected talent at creating graphical marvels, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is shaping up to look like a beautiful launch for October. My first interaction with MercurySteam’s was their work on developing Clive Barker’s Jericho.

GPUs to Gain Horsepower and Programmability – Chief Scientist of Nvidia

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:49:18 +0000

Quote Graphics processing units (GPUs) of the future will require both higher levels of performance and greater programmability compared to today's GPUs, according chief scientist at Nvidia Corp. But while central processing units (CPUs) will get clos..

Intel Sandy Bridge Graphics Update

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:46:05 +0000

Quote Last week we published our preview of Intel's 2011 Core microarchitecture update, codenamed Sandy Bridge. In the preview we presented a conservative estimate of what shipping Sandy Bridge performance will look like in Q1 2011. Full sto…

Maxon Cinema 4D R12 available

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:36:26 +0000

Quote MAXON Announces Immediate Availability of Release 12 of Acclaimed 3D Package CINEMA 4D New Version Extends Dynamics, Rendering, Scripting, Character Animation Capabilities and Company Introduces New Streamlined P…

Microsoft takes care of your kids

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:10:14 +0000

I don't think that's really MS' job, maybe it's just slack season

Epic Citadel showcases the technical capabilities of Unreal Engine 3 on iphone

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:01:45 +0000

Quote Epic Citadel is an application that showcases the technical capabilities of the award-winning Unreal Engine 3 on iOS devices. In Epic Citadel, players navigate a fictional castle..

MSI Afterburner 2.0.0 FINAL

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:19:44 +0000

Download here Quote # Afterburner Version 2.0.0 (2010-09-02)

Apple Event Summary – September 2010

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:28 +0000

In case you didn’t catch the news from the Apple Event today where Apple announced some new products, new iOS versions, changes to the iPhone, iTunes 10 and a slew of application updates (serious games are coming!) then Chris Hunkele has summed it all up for you (pics from Engadget live event coverage for easier

Apple Event Summary – September 2010

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:31:28 +0000

Kane & Lynch: Dog Days

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:02:07 +0000

Overall: 7 out of 10 Gameplay: 7 out of 10 Graphics: 7 out of 10 Sound: 8 out of 10 Buy Kane & Lynch: Dog Days Buy @ Game

Gineiden – japanese DX9 game benchmark REDUX

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:10:27 +0000

Slow newsweek = time to fill my notebook with old stuff

Muvizu 3D – beta August 2010

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:30:24 +0000

The Muvizu website is a place to meet fellow creatives and, using our site tools and downloadable free 3D animation software, make your own movies or collaborate with Muvizu members on larger projects.

Cribs Aren’t Just For Babies, Anymore.

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:20:50 +0000

Teen crib.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:55:15 +0000

Overall: 8 out of 10 Gameplay: 8 out of 10 Graphics: 9 out of 10 Sound: 8 out of 10 Buy Dead Rising 2: Case Zero Buy @ Game

Updated Xbox 360 Controller (D-Pad) Coming Nov 9 – $65

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:53:18 +0000

It is getting expensive to be an Xbox 360 user.