Comment: In Soviet Russia... (Score -1, Redundant) 146
photographs retouch YOU
Activision Wants Consoles To Be Replaced By PCs 344
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Soulskill
from the oppose-on-principle dept.
from the oppose-on-principle dept.
thsoundman writes with this excerpt from thegamersblog:
"We live in a world where we have multiple platforms for gaming: PC, PS3, 360, Wii, etc. Each platform has varying amounts of power when it comes to playing games. Activision, one of the leading cross-platform publishers, wishes to move away from the 'walled gardens' set by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. ... [Activision CEO Bobby] Kotick’s solution is to turn to the PC, where it can set its own model for pricing — not unlike what Blizzard has done with World of Warcraft and Battle.net. Kotick stated that Activision would 'very aggressively' support the likes of HP and Dell in any attempt at making an easy 'plug-and-play' PC that would hook up directly to the TV."
Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice 114
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samzenpus
from the the-perfect-robot dept.
from the the-perfect-robot dept.
kkleiner writes "Willow Garage has pulled off the ultimate engineering feat: teaching a PR2 robot to fetch you a beer from the fridge. Not only can the PR2 select the correct brew from the fridge, it can deliver, and even open the beer as needed. That's right, all the humans have to do is drink and relax. Prepare yourself for some major robot-envy as you check out the PR2 delivering much-needed refreshment in the video."
Comment: Re:Trending URLs would be great! (Score 1) 92
That would be fantastic. Even when its abused by bots, sending me into the abyss of malware.
Comment: Re:Wow, rectangles! (Score 1) 164
Hey, one looks just like an xbox 360. Amazing amirite?
Comment: Re:That's cute and everything.... (Score 2, Insightful) 164
I expected crazy case designs when reading the summary, i.e. Non box shapes. However, I was very disappointed to see that cases have been more or less similar for the last 5 years.
When do I get to see boards mounted inside of hollowed out encyclopedias?
When do I get to see boards mounted inside of hollowed out encyclopedias?
Comment: To bad I have my own soul clause: (Score 1) 262
"By agreeing to sell me this game your company hereby forfeits all owned souls to me; In the case of my soul ownership by said company, during this transaction, soul gains ownership of said company."
Is Blizzard going to far?->
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Logibeara
Logibeara writes "Blizzard is releasing Starcraft II beta keys via their Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StarCraft?filter=1 page. While enraging many loyal fans, they are also expertly hyping up their upcoming release Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, to likely achieve record sales. The most recent beta key post was posted with one letter replaced by a "*" forcing fans to guess letters and numbers until one of them got it. Within minutes of the post, the page moderator then deleted the thread altogether, replacing it with an announcement for the collectors edition release: http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/press/pressreleases.html?100408"
Link to Original Source
Link to Original Source
Comment: Re:Simple solution (Score 1) 304
What's wrong with a simple box like the WDTV Live?
What's wrong?
Whats WRONG!!?
three words: Simple, Walmart, and Onehundred and nineteen dollars
Comment: this may not be you (Score 1) 304
but I'm sure a lot of Slashdot readers have at least one old desktop around. All that is really required is a TV with a VGA input, and most new ones have an HDMI cable input as well. If you're lucky that old desktop already has an HDMI cable output on its video card, otherwise go with VGA or buy a cheap HDMI enabled video card. Having a separate media box is very convenient because you never have to disconnect it
As for the couch sitting importance go for a decent Bluetooth mouse and keyboard.
If you get a cheapo, your experience will consist of writhing around the couch trying to get signal before you give up and find a surface closer to the reciever.