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Gran Turismo 5 Delayed 122

Posted by Soulskill on Thursday January 14, 2010 @03:01AM from the running-on-fumes dept.

RogueyWon writes "The Times is reporting that Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5, likely to prove a key title for the PlayStation 3, has been delayed indefinitely, despite an expectation that it would be released relatively early in 2010. The delay seems likely to impact Sony's plans to bundle the game with the PlayStation 3 console in time for the important spring sales period in Japan."

Game Endings Going Out of Style? 190

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday January 13, 2010 @07:39AM from the to-be-continued dept.

An article in the Guardian asks whether the focus of modern games has shifted away from having a clear-cut ending and toward indefinite entertainment instead. With the rise of achievements, frequent content updates and open-ended worlds, it seems like publishers and developers are doing everything they can to help this trend. Quoting: "Particularly before the advent of 'saving,' the completion of even a simple game could take huge amounts of patience, effort and time. The ending, like those last pages of a book, was a key reason why we started playing in the first place. Sure, multiplayer and arcade style games still had their place, but fond 8, 16 and 32-bit memories consist more of completion and satisfaction than particular levels or tricky moments. Over the past few years, however, the idea of a game as simply something to 'finish' has shifted somewhat. For starters, the availability of downloadable content means no story need ever end, as long as the makers think there's a paying audience. Also, the ubiquity of broadband means multiplayer gaming is now the standard, not the exception it once was. There is no real 'finish' to most MMORPGs."

The Best, Worst, and Ugliest OSes of the Decade 378

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 22, 2009 @01:42PM from the jesux-not-mentioned dept.

itwbennett writes "Hundreds of Operating Systems were released during the past decade, finding their way into microdevices, watches, refrigerators, mobile phones, cars, motorcycles, jets, even the International Space Station. Some worked; some even worked well. Others, sadly, didn't. And some were just ahead of their time. Blogger Tom Henderson takes a look back at the best and worst OSes of the decade. Among the worst? Vista, as you'd suspect, along with WinME. But what about GNU Hurd? And some of the best? Solaris/OpenSolaris 10, Mac OS X, and newcomer Google Android."

PhD Candidate Talks About the Physics of Space Battles 361

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday December 17, 2009 @03:18PM from the load-photon-torpedoes dept.

darthvader100 writes "Gizmodo has run an article with some predictions on what future space battles will be like. The author brings up several theories on propulsion (and orbits), weapons (explosives, kinetic and laser), and design. Sounds like the ideal shape for spaceships will be spherical, like the one in the Hitchhiker's Guide movie."

Comment Hoping for a lower bill (Score 1) 332

by madwheel on Tuesday October 13, 2009 @01:02PM (#29733635) Attached to: High-Temp Superconductors To Connect Power Grids

Maybe one day my electric bill will go down and I can leave all of my computers running... By then SRP will have raised the rates anyway.

Comment Consoles are here to stay... (Score 1) 281

by madwheel on Sunday September 27, 2009 @01:41AM (#29553767) Attached to: Console Makers Worry Over Growing Competition From Apple

Console gaming will never go away. Sure they would benefit from a more robust online system (which is continuously happening). I will never want to sit on my phone to play a game for a few hours. The couch and a big screen with surround sound will always be more appealing. I recall reading an article that console gaming is destroying the PC gaming market. Then this article comes out saying that an almighty cell phone is worry console makers? Please.

Comment Re:These people are delusional. (Score 1) 926

by madwheel on Friday August 28, 2009 @01:56AM (#29227447) Attached to: FSF Attacks Windows 7's "Sins" In New Campaign

Thank you for pointing that out. The point is to improve software and engineer better technology. Sure they make some money off of it but how else will they continue to improve/change things. The idea of the new file format is to conserve space. Doesn't matter much on smaller files but massive Excel files spread through a server in a large corporation can really eat up network bandwidth. Having smaller files frees up bandwidth to help with other tasks in the company. I think MS has many faults don't get me wrong but we wouldn't be where we are today without them.

Comment Bang for the buck (Score 1) 273

by madwheel on Thursday August 13, 2009 @03:37PM (#29056371) Attached to: AMD's Phenom II 965, 3.4GHz, 140 Watts, $245

I just finished my build using AMD for a media server for my house. I know it's not the fastest, but I'm using an OC'd Phenom 9750, MSI MB ATI Radeon 4850, with 4 16x pci-e slots, 4GB of G-Skill PC8500 RAM, 1TB WD Black Edition HD, Antec P180 case, 700watt TT PSU, etc for about $550!! I'd like to see a comparable Intel system put up similar builds for that price. I agree this isn't their best chip for the money but they will always have my support. Without them Intel would not be what they are today.

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