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Darwinia devs : Microsoft were “Fucking us off”

Introversion, the company behind Multiwinia and Darwinia, was ready to publish versions of the game on Xbox Live, when apparently Microsoft told them to polish the game, from the menus right down to squad control. Yeah, that didn’t settle well with the company.

“The first major problem was Microsoft,” says Chris on Introversion’s boards. “I want to be clear that in hindsight, we believe Microsoft were absolutely correct in the calls they made, and we were wrong. But at the time, oh my god they were pissing us off. We’d done a massive treatment of the in-game menus for Darwinia and Multiwinia, and the end result is exactly what you see in the PC/Mac versions of Multiwinia now.

We were very happy with that and considered the game ready to go through their certification process, but Microsoft did not agree. They requested we go into an extensive period of redesign and polish on the game, covering everything from the menus to the squaddie control method in Darwinia, to the game modes in Multiwinia. It was the first time a massive company had effectively told Introversion what to do, and we didn’t like that at all. It was also months of work, and the concept of open-ended polish and iteration with a company several orders of magnitude larger than our own didn’t hugely appeal. We finally resolved this situation in the only way we could – we separated the PC and Xbox versions of the game, pushed ahead with a PC only version of Multiwinia, and put the Xbox project on a back burner.”

So what do you get? Well, we’ll just have to wait and see. The game is being primed by Introversion now for it’s debut Xbox 360 release.

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Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Featured Articles, Gadgets, Gaming in General, Motivational | 4 comments

Motivational Picture of the Day: Drugs + Sonic = Slow

Yes, I was actually this motivated to create a picture that almost all Sonic fanboys whine and cry about every single day ever. Yeah. Well, here’s my logical answer for how Sonic all of the sudden got so slow. Learn from this kids – don’t do drugs.

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MAG: First Gameplay Trailer

You remember the 256-player shooter game from Zipper Interactive right? Yeah, MAG. Well, here’s the first official gameplay trailer for the game, and brings together all of what you want: tank driving, massive battles, and some other stuff. Could this, coupled with that of Killzone 2, make the PS3 the place to go for shooters? Lets hope not because I don’t have money to buy a PS3…

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Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Computers, Gadgets | 2 comments

$400 Will et You The HP MediaSmart LX195 with 640GB HDD and a 1.6GHz Atom

Alright, I’m pretty sure this goes without saying, but without any information needed, the above server just looks badass. Now that you know how I feel, let me give you a little information on this new server from HP.

This is the HP MediaSmart LX195 server. This baby’s rockin’ 640GB’s of internal SATA drive with 7200RPM, unfortunately the only option for expansion is via the USB ports on the back. The LX195 also comes packed with 1.6GHz Atom 230 processor, 1GB RAM, Windows Home Server software and support for Apple’s Time Machine. Not too bad for a mere $400 (unconfirmed).

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Featured Website: Game Deal Daily

In my attempt to save tons of money on video games, as well as reduce the time I spend outside and actually doing something, I have found a great website called Game Deal Daily (thanks Twitter!). This website lets people sell their own games, game consoles, and accessories.

They also have great deals on games every single day for every console out there, as well as amazing contests every month for people to compete in. If you don’t mind seeing a brand new Futurama game for the PS2 at $250, this is a great place to shop for games on the cheap, and it works well and is completely intuitive with it’s user interface. Check them out now!

Go to Game Deal Daily Now!

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Companies, Contests, Featured Articles, Gadgets | 0 comments

Apple Hits a Billion App Downloads, Chooses Winner!

You remember us telling you a couple weeks ago about the contest Apple was holding because of their being so close to having over a billion applications and games downloaded for their iPhone and iPod touch?

Well, they have officially hit a billion app downloads, and have chosen a winner for their contest. The one-billionth application that was downloaded was Bump, created by Bump Technologies, and was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest, Connor will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time Capsule and a MacBook Pro.

Here’s a screenshot of the website:

So, congratulations to Connor, and Apple with their huge success on their iPhone and iPod Touch. Here’s to another billion downloads!!!

Posted by Keenan "SuperMario290" in Gaming in General, WTF | 0 comments

WTF: Kung-Fu Cutman

After viewing the above video, I think it is now possible to believe that anything and everything can be turned into a song by linking together a series of noises and sounds that sound cool together. WTF….

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Play Your old NES Carts Any Way You’d like with Hyperkin’s FC Mobile II

So if you’ve been around long enough, odds are you have Nintendo’s first venture into the video gaming world, the Nintendo Entertainment System. Also, odds are that your nice little NES doesn’t work, and that could be for a variety of reasons.

So, you have a broken NES, and tons of game cartridges…now what to do? Well, Hyperkin has come up with the amazing FC Mobile II. The FC Mobile II comes packed with a portable cartridge-based NES action on a 2.5-inch screen, complete with TV-out, two “standard” wireless controllers, and a wireless gun just to top everything off.

What can make this even better you ask? Well, you can find one yourself for only $60 if you look hard enough on eBay. Don’t believe this thing really works? Check out Joystiq’s test of the Hyperkin FC Mobile II.

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What is the Greatest FPS Ever?

It’s a question that graces the mouths of gamers everywhere, and no one can quiet agree on the answer. This question is: “What is the greatest FPS of all time?”.

How do you answer that? Would you answer that in terms of technical capability, gameplay, or just how fucking fun the game was?

Well, PlaystationLive has put up the question with a poll for you guys to vote on and we’ll see what gamers think is the greatest FPS of all time. Personally, I’d give my vote to Call of Duty 4, but for the funnest, I would say the Orange Box for sure. Graphical capabilities: obviously Killzone 2.

So go click over, check out the poll, and vote so that we can see what, as of now, is the definitive choice as the greatest FPS ever as chosen by you.

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Dell: 80 GB PS3 for only $299!

I know what your thinking right now, and it’s not too good to be true.

Okay, so if anyone who hasn’t bought a PS3 yet checked out the official Dell site for the build-your-own PS3 page, you would see a very interesting piece of information in the price area. This was that a base PS3 with an 80GB hard drive was being sold for a mere $299. WHAT! I know, only $299 for the console that was originally being tossed out there at $600 for just 60GB’s.

So if you haven’t picked up a PS3 yet, and you’re scratchin’ to get yourself one for as cheap as possible, then Dell.com would be the place to go, and you’d better hurry before they run out!

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