Extremely detailed. Rubber band shooting has come a long way from its early and pathetic roots. Kids would take the rubber band, mount it on their thumb, and shoot. This would lead to instability in flight and painful misfires, especially for chronic shooters. Link.
Over on ODEO we have a roundup of our top five favorite podcasts on ODEO. Warranties get voided, we are no longer afraid to look under the hood, mod, tweak and bend technology – oh yes, a new era of tinkerers is coming. And this revolution can be downloaded. Diggnation and 2600 are syncing up now! Link.
I’ve been a fan of Orb for a long time, it allows you to watch all your media on your home PC from the road. And now they’ve opened up with a new API that allows developers to use their transcoding, transmission, and presentation frameworks inside the Orb server to gain access to any applications or content that is on (or accessible from) your home machine. Forums here and API
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I’m guessing you put the PSP in USB mode and it just sees/transfers/sends info around. ..A source with an Xbox 360 developer kit has been so kind to post images of the Sony PSP and the Xbox 360 interacting with each other. This feature was one of the surprises Microsoft had touted at E3 2005 earlier this year, a feature that probably drew significant attention from the Sony camp. Link.
If you run iPodLinux like I do, here’s a treat- DOOM for the iPod. Mostly playable I need to sift through the Doom post for some key binds. Can load game saves. Can save game. Plays all wad files: Doom I Shareware (won’t play demos), Doom II Shareware, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom wads, and Doom II. Also unless you want Doom to crash in the menu put the help files in the folder too. Link.
San Jose MAKERs and hackers! Annual celebration of coin operated pinball machines, video games and other novelties. It’s two days that celebrate this exceptional entertainment medium, featuring tournaments, speakers, parts vendors, and an opportunity to play games you may have not seen for years. All the games on display are set for free play Link.
