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LifestreamSilkroad Online MMORPG. Unfortunately I and a million others it seems found the game via Digg and so the servers are now basically clogged. As such I have been unable to evaluate the actual gameplay. The price (FREE) and the screenshots [ 1 | 2 | 3 ] have to do the talking for now. [...]
Archive for November, 2005
Highly rated for being a franchise game.
Gamerankings (80%) Star Wars Battlefront II improves upon the original game’s single-player experience with open-ended, mission-based objectives inspired from all six Star Wars films.
The compelling storyline spans more than 12 new locations, many from Episode III, including volcanic Mustafar and the space battle above Coruscant. All-new classic movie moments [...]
William Saletan of Slate does a number on the latest Intelligent Design trial, involving the infamous Michael Behe, whose ramblings are best approximated by a Monty Python sketch ending with a Brontosaurus.
As though that explained anything. Which brings us to last week’s cross-examination of Behe by Eric Rothschild, the lawyer opposing the school board in [...]
Project Censored has compiled its annual list of news stories that slipped through the cracks. Or rather were skillfully avoided or played down by the corporate media and the powers that be. I assume this list itself will be just as underreported, again.
Project Censored - Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma [...]
A really cool gadget from Netgear. I actually thought about getting one until I came to my senses. The Storage Center, unlike ordinary NAS drives, promised “Z-SAN”, Zetera Storage Area Network, which essentially adds expandability and fault tolerance at an affordable price.
So far so good. But here is the snag. The SN doesn’t just [...]
Researcher from the University of Illinois (USA) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) have just wrapped up a long-term study of online videogame playing. Yes, another one. The conclusion? No substantial correlation to real-world aggression.
PhysOrg - After an average playtime of 56 hours over the course of a month with “Asheron’s Call 2,” a popular [...]
The free software that gives you plausible deniability. Which could come in handy in these treacherous times.
Truecrypt 4.0 uses as encryption algorithms: AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent (256-bit key), Triple DES, and Twofish (256-bit key). Supports cascading (e.g., AES-Twofish-Serpent).
New features include but are not limited to: Full support for keyfiles, Writing to the outer [...]
Unsettling news from the British Isles.
Techworld via Slashdot - One of the justifications for an increase in the number of days a terrorist suspect can be held in the UK without charge, from 14 to 90, is the time it takes to decipher what is on a suspect’s computer hard drive.
Dr Mirza said: “There was [...]
Dilbert author and curator of management fads Scott Adams has started a blog. Apparently launched last week. And it’s filled with the musings, timely criticism and weird rants that has propelled his cartoons to fame. Not to mention a behind the scenes look at his actual work.
Dilbertblog.typepad.com
Also, there is still time to vote in the [...]
