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KILLING THEM SOFTLY
I think very strategically when I play this game. I know what needs to happen and how to go about making it done.
Ouya
OUYA was created in 2012 by Julie Uhrman, a video game industry veteran who saw an opportunity to open up the last closed game platform.
Nueva consola en febrero?
For PlayStation fans the important questions are; when will the PS4 hit the shelves? What sort of hardware will it pack? And will it even be called the PlayStation 4?
SUPERMAN: Unbound
SUPERMAN: Sin consolidar, está llegando a Blu-ray, DVD, On Demand y para su descarga a través de Warner Bros. Home Entertainment el 7 de mayo de 2013.
Dell goes private.
At its height, Dell's direct shipping personal computer business dominated the industry so much that it could dictate terms to suppliers and even mock smaller rival
Showing posts with label TELEVISION. Show all posts
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Sunday, February 10, 2013
FREE TO PLAY IS THE FUTURE
While the U.S. social networking giant struggles to establish a concrete business model of its mobile platform, Ani Pang has become the biggest grossing application in Korea, generating an estimated 200 million won a day on average since smartphone messenger Kakao Talk’s game center launched in late July.
Some 16 million people have downloaded the game, nearly 10 million are daily active users, and 2 million play it simultaneously, according to the developer, Sundaytoz.
The marriage of an online game and a social networking service provider is nothing new, but Ani Pang succeeded because it understands the free-to-play business model that Korean game companies de facto invented and that has flourished for nearly a decade here. Mobile games like Ani Pang are believed to be the latest evolution of the free-to-play model.
“We’ve developed social games for the last three years. Our paid-for content is only served through micro-transactions,” said Yann Heo, director of business management at Sundaytoz.
Also called freemiums, the free-to-play model allows users to play a game for free, but they will pay when they need extra lives or extravagant in-game items.
British mobile technology consultancy Juniper Research forecast in late 2010 that revenue from in-game purchases would “overtake the traditional pay-per-download model as the primary source of monetizing mobile games by 2013” and total annual revenue will surpass $11 billion globally by 2015.
Moon Young-tae, leader of the global business team at Korean game company Dragonfly GF, says that the core element of the free-to-play model is communities.
Before social networking services appeared, Korean online games built up strong communities in which gamers intensely competed using both their own skills and purchased performance enhancers.
In essence, it manipulates the human desire to show off and outperform peers.
Now the platform has moved away from online PC games to wider social networks and now to smartphones. But the basic concept involving communities hasn’t changed, and Ani Pang is skillfully designed to make the most of it.
Players log in to the game via Kakao Talk, Korea’s ubiquitous smartphone messenger with nearly 60 million users worldwide. The game shows the rankings of the players’ Kakao Talk friends. It’s the rankings that drive many to keep playing. To this point, Ani Pang is faithful to the basic structure of a social game integrated into a social networking service.
But the game isn’t just about competition. Friends on Kakao Talk play a crucial role in helping each other play for free. Each game costs a heart, which is replenished every eight minutes. A game lasts a minute and one can only have a maximum of five hearts.
When the hearts run out, players can buy a set of “topazs” that is convertible to heart. Ten topazs are priced at $0.99. The revenue is then split among Sundaytoz, Kakao Talk and app store operators.
A large network of friends comes in useful here. Instead of buying topazs, friends on Kakao Talk can send each other a heart every hour free of charge. Users can also earn hearts by inviting their friends. It’s a clever method that has helped the network of players balloon exponentially.
Ani Pang’s strategy is different from worldwide hit Angry Bird, which is downloaded for $0.99. The Finnish-developed game partially adopted micro-transactions by charging for stronger weapons and extra levels.
Ani Pang’s sophisticated expansion strategy wasn’t developed in a day.
Korea is home to not only lighthearted casual free-to-play games but also serious online PC releases.
Nexon introduced the business model to the online game scene when it switched the payment method for QuizQuiz in 2001 from subscription- to micro-transaction-based.
Since then it has continued to make money from micro-transactions. When the Tokyo-listed company acquired a stake in NCSoft, analysts expected that the latter, which still charges players flat rates, can learn from the former’s innovative pricing system.
Even when foreign companies expand to Korean markets, they convert their packaged console games into free-to-play online games. Electronic Arts’ FIFA Soccer series is one of the most successful examples.
While a packaged disk of EA FIFA Soccer 13 for Sony’s PlayStation 3 sells for $59.99 on Amazon.com, a similar version called FIFA Online 2 can be played for free. The famous console game was redeveloped into an online version here and even adopted the micro-transaction model. Players can buy a gamut of items ranging from a unique goal celebration and a personal trainer to a knee band that improves shooting skills. The online game grossed so much money that the relationship between EA and Neowiz, which provided FIFA Online on its game portal, soured.
The free-to-play model is spreading fast within Asia. “It is now a universal method in parts of Asia. It has been adopted in China, Taiwan and South Asian countries,” said Moon of Dragonfly, which currently services Special Force 2, known as Tornado Force in China. Japan, a console-controlled market, is also adopting it fast, he added.
In North America, the business model has been actively used by developers of casual games such as Zynga. In 2010, Facebook signed a five-year agreement with social game company Zynga to have its games exclusively released on the social networking service.
However, the payment method has been criticized for spoiling fair competition. Some in-game purchases boost the skills of players and help them outperform others. Those games are likely to lose their communities soon.
Sensible game companies instead make items purchasable with “game points” which can be either accumulated by playing the game or by being bought. Players of Ani Pang can obtain a heart by spending eight minutes on the game or by spending topazes.
One game firm official said that people, in effect, end up buying time through purchasing virtual goods or in-game lives.
“People want to do better than others in a short period of time, and free-to-play has turned that desire into a business model. If it takes one gamer an hour to finish one level, those who pay can complete 10 levels within the same time. You are buying nine levels,” the official said.
The payment model is popular for several reasons. For Moon, it is a source of innovation. Because players test the games before they make any purchases, bad products would fail in a short period of time. To keep players, companies have to keep innovating by constantly launching new events and promotions and adding more content.
“Innovation takes place when a new idea creates a product and the feedback on it leads to meaningful change,” said Moon.
“In the case of conventional products, it takes ages to receive feedback from buyers and apply it. But with online games, tens of thousands of people play simultaneously and constantly share their feedback, driving the innovation process very fast.”
PS4 RELEASE DATE, RUMORS AND NEWS
The PlayStation 4 exists and it's coming to a living room near you – and since you're reading this, possibly even your own.
No one has seen it yet. No one has felt its smooth edges, and no one has smelled its new console smell. But we know that developers are working on games, and on February 20 Sony has scheduled a big reveal where we're likely to get official confirmation of everything we already know through various reports and links.
PS4: Hardware specs
For a long time it was rumoured that the PS4 would be powered by AMD hardware in both CPU and GPU form. Leaks from a multitude of sources have confirmed these rumours, which means we know a surprising amount about the PS4's innards.
The PS4 will back the same CPU as the Xbox 720 but will have more powerful graphics. The beating heart of both consoles will come in the form an AMD processor based on its forthcoming Jaguar CPU architecture. The chip packs eight cores (yay) but is clocked at a measly 1.6GHz (boooo). The main benefit of a setup like this is that the console will be very power efficient, meaning less draw and quieter operation, i.e. no need for any mahoosive, loud and invasive cooling fans.
The drawback of this CPU - and it's a real biggie - is that it is, frankly, an incredibly mediocre chip in this modern age. It's third-tier tech even by AMD's standards, and thus is absolutely no match for even budget Intel processors. The current batch of eight core Intel Xeon processors are simply in a different universe.
To put this performance gap into perspective, the current AMD Bobcat cores - which is the tech the Jaguar platform is based on - are roughly 1,400 per cent slower than Intel's £250 3770K Ivy Bridge Core i7 chip. Yeah, we know.
Graphics power
So the processing power is nothing to write home about, then. The graphics, meanwhile, are also provided by AMD - specifically a Radeon GPU with 18 GCN units. That may sound a like a lot of techy mumbo jumbo but what it essentially means is that the GPU packs 18 processing clusters, each packing up to 64 cores. That provides a lot of parallel processing power, and will thus handle the majority of the PS4's grunt work.
It's a lot more impressive than the Jaguar CPU but still no match for the latest gaming PCs, and that's a shame. It should be enough, though, to make a big step up from the current graphics in PS3 games and so while it may not be as spectacular as we'd like, we think most people won't be disappointed in this regard.
Memory
Current PS4 dev kits come packing just 4GB RAM - though we've heard whispers that the retail units will sport 8GB - of the super-fast GDDR5 variety. That's lovely, and should lubricate the machine to ensure speedy operation and game-loading.
It has been reported that the PS4 will pack around 1.84 teraflops of overall raw computation power. Frankly, though, that's a meaningless number as far as we're concerned and we wouldn't get too excited or disappointed about it if we were you.
But if you want to know how this stacks up against the Xbox 720 (clue: PS4 is more powerful) - check out our comparison of PS4 and Xbox 720 specs.
Will the PS4 be 4K capable?
Yeah, the PS4 will almost certainly be able to exude some kind of Ultra HD output. It's unlikely to be capable of native 4K gaming, but there will certainly be enough graphics grunt to upscale Full HD content to 4K resolution. And with Sony heavily invested in 4K from a content and hardware perspective, it would be a huge surprise if PS4 failed to join the 4K bandwagon.
PS4 release date
Sony has scheduled a big PS4 reveal in New York on the February 20. We expect to find out what the console looks like, what it will actually be called, what the specs are, what the launch titles will be and how much it will cost, among other details.
The PS4 release date is highly likely to be Christmas 2013 for Japan and North America, but we'd be very surprised if the UK and Europe gets their PS4 release before Jan/Feb 2014. This is pretty much what happened with Sony's previous consoles and backed up by various leaks and rumours. At least you'll have plenty of time to save up if you live outside of Japan or the USA.
PS3 price: how much will it cost?
Again, this is based on various rumours from a collection of sources but it looks currently as though Sony has a price point of around $400 in mind for the US launch. That translates to around £255 so you can expect the UK price to be more like £299.
Backwards compatibility
When the original PS3 unit shipped, it contained a chip that gave it the ability to play PS2 games. Subsequent iterations of hardware omitted this chip and so the backwards compatibility was condemned to death.
Current rumours suggests that the PS4 will completely ignore the possibility of backwards compatibility and focus firmly on the next generation. So if you want to continue playing your PS3 games, keep hold of your PS3s, kids.
Second hand games on the way out?
More rumours suggest that Sony is going in the same direction as Microsoft in that it wants to kill off the second hand games market. Current industry wisdom suggests that future PS4 games might be tied to your Sony Entertainment Network account and will thus then have no resale value. That's a similar approach as used by PC developers using Steam so we reckon this is a likely development. Doesn't mean we're happy about it, though. But again, perhaps will find out more on this side of things on February 20.
The PS4 controller
Rumour has it that the PS4's control pad will be similar in shape and size to the current DualShock 3 pad, only with a Vita-like touch-sensitive surface where the Select/Start/Analogue buttons currently reside. We imagine the pad will include a host of more advanced motion-sensitive components, too.
PlayStation Move
We understand that the PS4 will launch alongside a new PS Eye camera for improved motion control gaming. This will so-say be compatible with current Move controllers, but the exciting part is the potential for Kinect-like full-body gaming.
What will the PS4 actually be called?
The internal codename for the PS4 is Orbis, but we'd be hugely surprised if the PS4 doesn't launch as… the PlayStation 4. Stranger things have happened but we think PS4 is a safe bet.
VIDEO: GODS AMONG US - BATTLE
VIDEO: JACK THE GIANT SLAYER
Jack the Giant Slayer tells the story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack, into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend—and gets the chance to become a legend himself.
Friday, February 8, 2013
VIDEO: BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 2
VIDEO: GRAND THEFT AUTO 5- CAR CHASE WITH HOLLYWOOD ENDING
Drunk and probably on drugs, this maniac ended his crime spree with an eloquant and shocking final ending to his charade. A hollywood stunt double action packed crash like never before seen on television. This has got to be the best police chase of the this year so far. Enjoy!
Oh, by the way, he survived.
VIDEO: EX-LAPD OFFICER WRITES MANIFESTO TO KILL MANY PEOPLE
ABC7. Police say three officers were shot early Thursday morning, one in Corona and two in Riverside.
The Riverside Police Department says one of its officers was killed. The other Riverside officer was undergoing surgery, and his condition was not immediately known.
The officer shot in Corona is with the Los Angeles Police Department. He was grazed in the head and is expected to be OK. The LAPD says they believe the shooter is suspected gunman Christopher Jordan Dorner, a former LAPD officer wanted in connection to the double-murder of a couple in Irvine.
According to the LAPD, two of its officers were in Corona investigating the Dorner case when one of them was shot. That shooting happened about 10 minutes after the Riverside shootings. Riverside investigators are also looking into the possibility that their shooting suspect is Dorner.
Authorities say Dorner wrote a multi-page manifesto in which he threatened to kill law enforcement officials and implicated himself in the Irvine murders.
Dorner's whereabouts were unknown. Authorities say Dorner may be driving a 2005 charcoal gray Nissan Titan pickup truck. They believe he changed his license plate from 7X03191 to 8D83987.
The suspect is considered armed and extremely dangerous. A blue alert has been activated in the following counties: Kern, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial.
Dorner, 33, is described as an African-American man standing 6 feet tall, weighing 270 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. If seen, call 911.
Dorner named suspect in Irvine double murder
Keith Lawrence, 27, and Monica Quan, 28, were found fatally shot in Lawrence's car in the parking lot of their apartment complex in Irvine Sunday.
In a news conference Wednesday night, Irvine Police identified the suspect as Dorner, a former LAPD officer and Navy reservist.
Authorities said Dorner appears to have murdered Quan in an act of revenge against her father, Randy Quan, a former LAPD officer who retired and became an attorney.
Court documents obtained by Eyewitness News show that in August 2007, Dorner made a complaint against his field training officer accusing her of kicking a suspect. However, the LAPD Board of Rights found Dorner's complaint to be false and terminated his employment for making a false statement. The attorney representing Dorner was Randy Quan.
In the manifesto obtained by Eyewitness News, Dorner says he has other targets, including commanding officers within the LAPD. In response, the LAPD deployed its elite Metropolitan Division officers to protect certain personnel and their families.
"I will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in LAPD uniform whether on or off duty," the manifesto says.
"You may have the resources and manpower but you are reactive and predictable ... I have the strength and benefits of being unpredictable, unconventional, and unforgiving," it goes on to say. Dorner also threatens to kill any officer who attempts to arrest him.
Dorner also provides a glimpse into why he may have acted out: "I've lost a relationship with my mother and sister because of the LAPD. I've lost a relationship with close friends because of the LAPD. In essence, I've lost everything because the LAPD took my name and new (sic) I was INNOCENT!!!"
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In a statement, the LAPD said, "The Department has learned that Christopher Dorner has made threats against members of the LAPD and we are taking those threats very seriously as we do all threats against our personnel and the public."
The LAPD confirmed that Dorner worked as one of its police officers from February 2002 to September 2008 and that his employment was terminated.
The bodies of Quan and Lawrence were found slumped in a vehicle on the top floor of a parking garage in Irvine on Sunday night. A passerby made the discovery around 9:10 p.m. at the parking structure of an apartment complex on the 2100 block of Scholarship.
According to Irvine Police Chief Dave Maggard, several law enforcement agencies are helping in the case, including the LAPD, FBI and U.S. Marshals.
Anyone with information on Dorner's whereabouts was asked to contact Irvine police at (949) 724-7000 or ipdcrimetips@cityofirvine.org.
Read more: http://www.disclose.tv/forum/alert-ex-lapd-officer-writes-manifesto-to-kill-many-people-t84221.html#ixzz2KHodUsHG
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES VIDEO GAMES COMING
"Activision is a leader in the gaming industry and we are honored to have them as the global video game partner for our new hit series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," said Sherice Torres, Senior Vice President of Entertainment Products, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. "We are confident that these upcoming games will take gamers through interactive environments and action-packed adventures that truly capture the essence, tone and exciting elements of the Turtles.
"The fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are unique in that they span generations and are very passionate," said Kurt Niederloh, Vice President, Activision Publishing Minneapolis, Inc. "We respect this passion and look forward to working with Nickelodeon to create games that embody the spirit of the property."
Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered Sept. 29, 2012 and was an instant hit, drawing almost 12 million viewers during its premiere weekend. Before Nickelodeon's acquisition of the Ninja Turtles franchise, developer Ubisoft produced multiple games based on the series.
VIDEO: NASA ADMITS ORBS ARE A MISTERY
Over the years many have tried to get NASA to disclose the videos and photographs they have taken during the space missions but all have failed. NASA admitting that there is something out there is a small step towards real disclosure. One day our fellow man will truly know we are not alone. In the mean time, let's just keep believing their lies.
DAKOTA FANNING AND DANIELLE MCDONALD JOIN EVERY SECRET THING
The story follows two 11-year-old girls who are convicted of murdering a baby and are incarcerated until they turn 18. Upon their release, children start to go missing; as the police turn their attention to the duo, the mystery surrounding the original murder comes back to light.
Fanning and Macdonald will play the 18-year old girls, and Lane will play the mother of one of the girls, portraying a woman who has long known that her daughter is a gifted liar. Banks plays the lead police officer who finds herself emotionally involved in the case.
Berg, who directed the critically acclaimed documentaries Deliver Us From Evil and West of Memphis, is set to make her narrative helming debut.
Likely Story’s Anthony Bregman is producing with Frances McDormand. Executive producers are Palmstar’s Kevin Frakes, Merced Media’s Raj Singh and Stuart Brown, Hyde Park’s Ashok Amritraj, Likely Story’s Stefanie Azpiazu, and Michael Bederman.
Principal Photography begins March 25th in New York with Berg directing from a script by Nicole Holofcener, adapted from Laura Lippman’s 2004 novel.
Read more at comingsoon.net
VIDEO: JOE BUDDEN SPEAKS ON DANGEROUS "MOLLY"
THE VAMPIRE DIARIES SEASON 4 EPISODE 13: INTO THE WILD
INTO THE WILD
Shane leads an expedition to a desolate island off the coast of Nova Scotia, where he believes the secret of the cure lies hidden. On the trek to the island’s interior, Rebekah and Elena continue their bitter rivalry, Stefan does his best to keep the peace, and Damon accuses Shane of leading them into a trap. Bonnie and Jeremy try to figure out the message of the Hunter’s mark, while Shane reveals more of the legend of Silas and the witch Qetsiyah, along with his own personal history. Back in Mystic Falls, Tyler confronts Klaus, and Caroline is caught up in the violence that follows.
THE BIG BANG THEORY: The Spoiler Alert Segmentation
Support the show and the actors work and buy the dvd's when they come out.
When Sheldon and Leonard fight, it affects Penny and Amy's living arrangements. Meanwhile, Raj takes care of Mrs. Wolowitz while Howard is away.
Thursday, February 7, 2013
VIDEO: THE WALKING DEAD RETURNS
How has the walking dead change the world you ask. Let me tell you a story about a man who thought he was the shit and then one day he died. That's how we roll here were I live. It is in laymans terms the greatest zombie tv show in history so far. It's like watching a mini movie every time and it goes on and on and on and it still good. Thats the kind of show it is.
So get ready for those sleepless nights and get a flash light or rent a thug cause is going to get scary for now on. "The Walking Dead" Season 3 resumes Feb. 10 at 9 PM on AMC.
USED GAMES ON NEW XBOX WON'T WORK
It is a good thing about the used games business not going to be on xbox. It will stop criminals from infringing or stealing other people's work. Better online play and most of all more games, all kinds of games. I personally believe is the right move for Microsoft. The Console wars are going to be hard this coming years and I do believe sooner or later we have to get rid of material games and focus if not completely replace it with online down loadable content. It's the future.
VIDEO: COPS BEAT MAN IN SIN CITY
He was, just observing the duties of the police officers. He did no wrong. He was far enough away from the scene as to not obstruct and he was in his property, where could he have gone? assuming they were looking for criminals in that area and they want to extend the viewing line for citizens. The officer never asked him if he lived in that property, he said, "you don't live here". So he responded with, "I do live here". It was clearly the officers at fault.Why did those officers choose to behave this way? Many reasons and for the good of all of us. Even if is not necessary for evil deeds to happen, since they do then they become necessary. Everything that happened is a result of our real useless existence in a sense. We are useless and at the same time we are greatly needed. It needed to happen in order to make it right. If it didn't than it wouldn't have matter.
Enjoy the video, I did. It reminds me to have fun and to never worry. Why would I be upset or uncomfortable about something that needed to happen didn't happen or doesn't even matter. Not that I don't care, just that I understand and if I didn't I wouldn't say it.
VIDEO: SON PAYS FOR FATHERS MISTAKE
From the comments and what I read, the young man in the video must pay for some shit that he didn't do. He has to take it like a man and accept the beating and the whipping, while wet, if I may add. Oh yeah, and naked. Good old fashion payback for not paying your dues.
For reals, this got to stop, how long before we really notice that we fucking the place up. Enjoy the video and a shout out to World star, yeah. Enjoy your videos.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
VIDEO: XBOX 720 TO BLOCK USED GAMES?
This is the signal that tells me that someone is going down in the next 2 years the most. This war has to end, and even tough sony is down, it's not out. With this Sony will get a small advantage at beating Microsoft in the console wars. Here is a video below that will further enhance the experience, enjoy.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Vegas Season 1, Episode 14 - The Third Man
Vegas Season 1 Episode 14
Jack needs to break devastating news to Mia, while he hides crucial information from her and his brother Ralph.
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