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Comment dumb story (Score 1) 432

by gregarine (#36532550) Attached to: Women Remain the Ignored Audience In Gaming

dumb story. If woman were interested in purchasing games for consoles there would be more games tailored to them. Its not like publishers are refusing to make money. The women I know who play games at all like casual stuff Plants vs. Zombies, Peggle and Facebook games. The first two are already on console. But maybe if we made the Master Chief a chick they would come flocking by the millions.

Comment flame bait (Score 1) 568

by gregarine (#35442000) Attached to: How the PC Is Making Consoles Look Out of Date

OP is trying to start another Console/PC flame war and that bores me. Consoles will get games as long as the majority of games sales are for consoles. Who cares about eye candy? I want more involved games rather than same shooter re-skinned over and over with higher resolution textures. I want the next Mechwarrior or Chromehounds. The next MMO that supersedes WoW. They don't have to look better. They just have to be more interesting.
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Valve Announces Dota 2 128

Posted by Soulskill from the new-and-improved-ways-for-people-to-call-you-terrible dept.
RulerOf writes "Just over a year after hiring IceFrog, the lead developer of the wildly popular DotA Allstars mod for Warcraft III, and the speculation surrounding Valve's recent trademark filing for the 'DotA' name, Valve has officially announced Dota 2. Gameplay of Dota 2 is being ported 'exactly' from the current DotA Allstars and includes every hero, but vast improvements are being made to the game including VoIP, a coaching system, in-game rewards, and AI that takes over for disconnected players. Lastly, it all runs on top of the Source engine. (GameInformer's website appears to be struggling right now though, as they had an exclusive on this story.)"
Portables (Games)

Epic Games Predicts Console, Mobile Convergence 104

Posted by Soulskill from the sounds-like-a-job-for-ben-heck dept.
An anonymous reader writes "After taking the stage at the Apple iPhone event in September, game developer Epic Games has finally revealed more about its plan to release Unreal Engine for the iOS devices. UE3 is incredibly popular on consoles, and its free UDK has been really great for us modders. In this new interview, engine boss Mark Rein says the developer envisions a future where all game devices are handhelds, with high-end processors inside: 'It feels like there's a great opportunity for game consoles to cease to be something you plug into the wall and rather become something you take with you. Of course it will be more than just your game console; you can have your productivity apps, your documents, and your media collections on it as well.'"
Medicine

Cheap Incubator Backpack Could Reduce Infant Deaths 76

Posted by timothy from the also-would-be-fun-to-carry-babies-around dept.
Boy Wunda writes "In just one six-month period in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2006, 96 newborn babies who were in need of medical care died before they could get help. In many developing nations, these deaths could be prevented simply by providing better ways for medical responders to transport infants properly over rough terrain and keep them alive until they can reach hospitals and clinics. Now, a group of Colorado State University seniors has designed and filed a patent for a medically equipped incubator backpack unit that they believe can reduce baby deaths in medical emergencies both in the United States and in newly industrialized nations."
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Testing the Safety of Tasers On Meth-Addled Sheep 253

Posted by samzenpus from the thank-you-science dept.
Funded in part by Taser International, a recent study was done to learn the effects of being tasered while on methamphetamines. Since someone would probably complain about researchers going around and tasering meth addicts, they used sheep instead. From the article: "The less-lethal device of choice was the Taser X26, a standard law enforcement tool which can fire at suspects from a distance of 35 feet. Researchers shocked sixteen anesthetized sheep after dosing the animals with an IV drip of methamphetamine hydrochloride. Some of the smaller sheep weighing less than 70.5 pounds suffered exacerbated heart symptoms related to meth use. But neither the smaller nor larger sheep showed signs of the ventricular fibrillation condition, a highly abnormal heart rhythm that can become fatal."

Comment Re:They've become games not worlds (Score 1) 480

by gregarine (#31228572) Attached to: Why Are There No Popular <em>Ultima Online</em>-Like MMOs?

Totally agree with the OP. I remember how fantastic WoW was originally with its huge varied world to explore but there are many who feel the opposite. They only enjoy the end game and hate leveling with each expansion. Maybe that is why Cataclysm only gives us 5 more levels.
I would like to see some world based end game objectives. Remember having to travel all over the world to complete quests to get the mount or build that weapon of ultimate power? Now all we do is grind tokens and hope for the hilt to drop.

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