Archive for August, 2008

Examining Portal’s Teleportation Code

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Gamasutra is running a story deconstructing the mechanics of Portal’s teleportation programming. They present a snippet of Portal’s code and a downloadable demo. They ran another article in this series earlier this year with an analysis Mario Galaxy’s unique take on physics. We’ve discussed the development of Portal in the past. “Teleport mechanics in video […]

Sony Guarantees Playstation “Home” Launch Before 2009

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Sony’s Martijn Van der Meulen gave an update on the progress of Sony’s Playstation “Home” environment, telling IGN there is “a 100 percent guarantee that Home will be released by the end of this calendar year.” Originally intended for use on the PS2, the release was pushed back several times as Sony sought to improve […]

New Details For StarCraft 2’s Zerg

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Blizzard had a playable demo of StarCraft 2 running at Leipzig, and Kotaku’s Michael McWhertor had a chance to sit down and spend some time playing the Zerg. The Zerg weren’t available in previous demos; the Protoss and Terran campaigns were showcased earlier. GameSpy took the opportunity to interview two Blizzard employees about what people […]

Hands-on iriver’s confusing P20 PMP

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

As good as the SPINN is, we can’t rave about iriver’s newest PMP, the P20 launching today at IFA. Looks like our early excitement about the product back at CES was misplaced. First off, it’s big — a true brick by today’s PMP standards. Also, we’re not sold on the […]

Video: Hands-on iriver’s SPINN, the first true iPod killer

Sunday, August 31st, 2008

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

We’ve seen iriver’s SPINN (above between the HTC Touch Dual and iPhone 3G) floating around Korea in pics and video for a few weeks now. But damn if this little 3.3-inch DAP doesn’t make a distinct impression in person. Of course, you’ve heard the term “iPod killer” tossed around for […]

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