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by Published on April 26th, 2011 00:01- Categories:
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Al Qaeda extremists plotted terrorist attacks in 2002 using explosives and detonators hidden in SEGA cartridges, according to a new Wikileaks report....
Guantánamo Bay inmate assessment documents dug up by the infamous whistle-blowing websiteand published by the New York Times explain how alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammedhad stockpiled bombs hidden in "black SEGA videogame cassette cartridges".
"Detainee discussed remote-controlled firing devices (RCFDS) which were found during raids in Karachi in September 2002," read the record, spotted by Game Set Watch.
"These RCFDS were built inside black Sega videogame cassette cartridges to protect the RCFDS and to make them appear innocuous."
Another Guantánamo inmate Hassan Mohammed Ali Bin Attash was apparently shown how to make remote detonators out of the game cartridges.
"The detainee stated he traveled from Karachi, Pakistan to Quetta with three to five Sega cartridges made into remote detonators," reads his assessment. "The detainee stated he delivered the cartridges to two Afghan males."
There's no indication in the reports as to whether devices such as those mentioned were ever used in an Al Qaeda attack or what any possible targets may have been.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-as-explosivesby Published on April 25th, 2011 20:36- Categories:
- Nintendo DS News,
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Have you got any spare Nintendo Points sitting in your account. Well, that's where they'll be staying.
Unless you're a wannabe animator, in which case you might want to have a look at the Inchworm Animation app which lets you create your own mini films on your DSi.
Hopefully the 3DS' eShop will come to save us from the monotony.
The list:
Airport Mania: First Flight
Publisher: Lemon Games
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 200 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Pack your bags for a trip through the skies in Airport Mania. Travel through eight amusing airports while you land a variety of planes, purchase upgrades and avoid delays. Stay on your toes, as some planes carry precious cargo and will need to land in a hurry, while others might need a trip to the repair shop. With good planning, you're sure to make it to the gate on time. With unique challenges and whimsical characters that will put a smile on your face, this is one flight you don't want to miss.
Inchworm Animation
Publisher: Flat Black Films
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Inchworm Animation is a full-featured paint and animation system for the Nintendo DSi system. Five years in the making, Inchworm Animation lets you create mind-blowing digital paintings and animations in the palm of your hand. Use the Nintendo DSi Camera application to record video, stop-motion animation and time-lapse photography. Paint with transparency and smooth anti-aliased brushes. Create images up to 9,999-by-9,999 pixels. An easy-to-use pattern editor lets you make cool repeating patterns. Other tools include onion skin, six-level zoom, cut/paste/rotate, undo and shape primitives. Inchworm Animation's sophisticated layer system allows you to create structured animated scenes. Each layer can have its own independent frame loop. You can even draw on your animation as it plays. Comprehensive tutorials will show you the ropes. Export your finished masterpieces to an SD card (sold separately) as Flash or BMP image sequences.
Ubongo
Publisher: Korner Entertainment
Players: 1-2
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone) - Mild Language
Price: 500 Nintendo DSi Points
Description: Ubongo's mechanics are very simple. Just solve as many puzzles as you can and get gems of the same color. The player who has more gems when time runs out will be the winner. Game modes include History Mode, Quick Game, Time Attack and Multiplayer Mode. The original board game is a blockbuster in many countries.
WiiWare
Word Searcher Deluxe
Publisher: Digital Leisure Inc.
Players: 1-4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Price: 500 Wii Points
Description: You'll need a sharp eye and a quick mind to complete 100 themed word search puzzles. Word Searcher Deluxe contains fun words from multiple categories, including palindromes, pirates and painting. With a huge assortment of subjects to choose from, there are puzzles for everyone to enjoy. Test your vocabulary, memory and problem-solving skills with these challenging puzzles. Keep track of - and try to beat - your own play-through times again and again as words are scrambled every time you play.
Learning with the PooYoos: Episode 3 (demo version)
Publisher: Lexis Numérique
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: EC (Early Childhood)
Price: 0 Wii Points; full version available for 500 Wii Points
Description: Welcome to the first fun, poetic brain-trainer for children aged 3 to 6. With the PooYoos, a merry band of adorable baby animals, children will have fun while learning the basics for development, including numbers, letters, lateralization, shapes and colors. Children get to dance with their new friends and earn lovely interactive rewards. With two levels of interactivity, children of any age or level can play the activities based on plants and music. This game has been designed for use by children who have not yet grasped reading. The instructions are spoken in French, English or Spanish, depending on the language setting of your Wii console.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS ...by Published on April 25th, 2011 20:34
Sony is yet to determine if the personal information of PlayStation Network users has been compromised by the attack that has left PSN out of action for five days.
According to SCE Japan spokesperson Satoshi Fukuoka, that includes the security of user credit card details - although the firm has reassured PSN account holders that it will "promptly inform" them at the first sign of any foul play with their payment details. SCE is conducting a "thorough investigation" into the outage, he added.
Meanwhile, SCEA communications chief Patrick Seybold has released a company update on the continuing PSN downtime. He said earlier today:
"I know you are waiting for additional information on when PlayStation Network and Qriocity services will be online. Unfortunately, I don't have an update or timeframe to share at this point in time.
"As we previously noted, this is a time intensive process and we're working to get them back online quickly. We'll keep you updated with information as it becomes available. We once again thank you for your patience."
The PSN outage began in the early hours of Thursday in the UK - as Valve's Portal 2 arrived in stores. Sony has since clarified that an "external intrusion", or hack, is to blame for the downtime.
Anti-Sony hacking group Anonymous has denied responsibility for the attack.
[ Source: PCW ]
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...VG-General-RSS ...by Published on April 25th, 2011 20:30- Categories:
- Nintendo DS News
Platform holder encouraging consumers to embrace art using best-selling DS title
Nintendo’s latest sampling tour will use Art Academy to inspire the UK’s budding artists.
The platform holder’s Create Britain campaign kicks off on Thursday, May 19th to promote artistic pastimes to consumers via the 2010 DS release, which has sold more than 345,000 copies in the UK.
Nintendo reps at each event will show shoppers how easy it is to learn how to paint or draw using the title’s step-by-step tutorials.
“The aim is to get the UK to discover its artistic side through the use of Art Academy,” said Nintendo marketing assistant Rebecca Archer.
“Sampling will therefore be an integral part of this campaign, as the only way consumers will discover what Art Academy can teach them is through trying the software themselves.
“Many people view art as elitist and highbrow. We want to make it accessible to all by demonstrating that anyone, whatever their ability, can learn to paint and draw using Art Academy.”
The tour will visit some of the UK’s biggest retail locations, from London to Scotland (see ‘Sampling Tour Dates’ below).
“All of our sampling venues are large footfall shopping centres that have mass market appeal,” said Archer. “We have also been careful to select sampling venues across the country so that every consumer has an opportunity to come along.”
Nintendo will be promoting the tour with a three-week TV campaign, with spots running during family shows such as Coronation Street, Hollyoaks and Emmerdale.
There will also be online ads and a range of Create Britain POS in stores.
SAMPLING TOUR DATES
Brent Cross, North London – May 19th to 22nd
St Davids, Cardiff – May 26th to 29th
MetroCentre, Gateshead, Newcastle – June 2nd to 5th
Bullring, Birmingham – June 9th to 12th
Arndale Centre, Manchester – June 16th to 19th
Braehead, Scotland – June 23rd to 26th
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/44048/Get-...ademy-campaign
...by Published on April 25th, 2011 20:28- Categories:
- Apple iPhone
Minor update may also be called the iPhone 4S
The upcoming Apple iPhone 5 may arrive later than previously suggested with delayed production meaning the device may only appear in October or November.
Last week a Reuters report citing unnamed sources said the next-generation iPhone would ship during September however based on checks with component suppliers, Concord Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo issued a note suggesting production in August with an October or November release date.
According to Apple Insider, Kuo also claimed that the iPhone 5 would amount to a minor update, featuring the faster dual-core A5 processor from the iPad 2 and a higher resolution 8 megapixel rear-facing camera. A move to a different vendor of radio 'baseband' chip, namely Qualcomm, was also suggested along with an improved antenna design.
TheGadgets blog claimed that an Apple source said the phone would be called the iPhone 4S, rather than the iPhone 5, and will ship with a version of iOS 4 rather than iOS 5.
http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/36217...-than-expected
...by Published on April 25th, 2011 20:27- Categories:
- Xbox 360 News
Microsoft is reportedly in talks with major TV networks about having its Xbox Live service stream TV channels in the United States. This would be an interesting move on the company's part as it would allow an Xbox 360 user to stream TV channels though their Xbox."http://games.slashdot.org/story/11/0...ing-TV-Service ...by Published on April 25th, 2011 20:21- Categories:
- Nintendo 3DS News
Mario Kart 3DS goes on sale before the end of the year, Shigeru Miyamoto has confirmed.
Nintendo's creative mastermind made the announcement at a French press event late last week, as reported by VG247.
Miyamoto didn't offer any more insight into what new features Nintendo is adding to the long-running racing franchise but did offer a few updates on a number of other 3DS titles.
He confirmed that the remake of Star Fox 64 is finished and has gyroscope support, which "gives a new dimension to the game."
Also confirmed was a 3DS version of DSiWare favourite Flipnote Studio. The DIY animation download will apparently be making an appearance on the eStore and, as with the original release, it will be free of charge.
Nintendo sure is lining up some heavy hitters for the 3DS following its relatively low profile launch line-up. Last week, Miyamoto confirmed that Super Mario 3DS would also be arriving before the year is out, while Ocarina of Time 3DS is due out in June.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...irmed-for-2011 ...by Published on April 25th, 2011 20:19- Categories:
- Nintendo Wii News
Six weeks away from E3 and we now know that Nintendo will announce its high-definition successor to the Wii at the Los Angeles event. It's a new piece of hardware that the rumour mill tells us will not only offer a superior spec to the current crop of HD consoles, but will also change the way we play our games. Based on comments in Nintendo's recent announcement, the new hardware could be with us within a year.
We've been aware of various "Wii HD" rumours for a while now, and have some perspective on the various leaks that have appeared just recently. Photos of what appear to be Project Cafe presentation slides, stealthily snapped using a mobile telephone, have been hotly debated on the internet. Are they genuine? Are they fake? What of the increasing torrent of rumours describing power significantly in excess of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3?
One thing that appears to be self-evident is that, once again, the controller is the core of the next Nintendo experience. The Cafe hardware itself appears to operate either as a conventional console tethered to a TV, or else as a lounge-based hub, beaming out gameplay to gamers effectively playing on handheld units with short-range links to the unit. Almost like an entirely home-based OnLive, if you will.
No longer will there be arguments over who's using the HDTV. If someone wants to watch TV, conceivably the player could simply switch over to gaming on Cafe's controller, with rumours suggesting a six-inch widescreen display with resolution in the EDTV-esque 800x480 area - the kind of display utilised by larger sat-navs. It's been described as "an iPad with buttons", but a large joypad with integrated touch-screen is more in line with what we've been hearing from our sources.
Obviously there are other benefits to this configuration. Streaming could be used to send player-specific information, or used to de-clutter the main display by moving HUD information across to the satellite screen. However, applications in this scenario would probably be quite limited. Most HUD info typically needs to be easily accessible to the player, and shifting focus between two screens is not a user-friendly experience.
Kudos to NeoGAF user Kard8p3 for managing to locate this Cafe-related imagery from Nintendo's developer support site.
Cafe's video streaming is a potentially very cool technology. The question is, how could it work and what transmission format could be used?...
On the one hand, we already have a working example: PS3's Remote Play, where the framebuffer is shrunk down, encoded and beamed over WiFi to PSP. In theory, then, gameplay could be transmitted to anywhere in the house, and a Wireless-N connection could conceivably handle the bandwidth.
However, two issues here suggest this isn't such a good idea: latency would be introduced by encoding and decoding the video signal, plus there would be a significant degradation in image quality brought about by image compression. Bearing in mind how many Nintendo titles operate at 60Hz, gameplay would suffer a drop in quality were the platform holder to adopt this strategy. Nintendo wants technology to enhance the way we play games, not to detract from it.
The other solution would be something along the lines of WirelessHD, which offers a spec level essentially identical to HDMI beamed out from the console with enough bandwidth to support 1080p at 60Hz (and presumably, by extension, four remote screens on Cafe controllers). We've already seen this deployed on the latest iteration of Alienware's M17x laptop and it's said to offer zero latency and a ten-metre range. Nintendo is all about refactoring existing technology in an innovative fashion, and here we have a template that could be relatively easily adapted.
This is pretty advanced tech though and in concert with integrated touch-screens, we can expect additional Cafe controllers to be significantly more expensive than what we're used to - and we'd be hugely surprised if the unit shipped with more than one pad/tablet.
However, bearing in mind that at one point Orange was selling an Android-powered mobile phone with an 800x480 AMOLED touch-screen display for less than £100 (the Orange San Francisco/ZTE Blade), you can imagine that, with additional economies of scale, Nintendo should be able to make these far less complex controllers fairly cheaply, and still factor in a healthy profit margin.
Of course, a third option is that Cafe controllers could be wired, tethered to the console. Unwieldy and a retrograde step in many ways, but it would resolve the streaming issue in a cost-effective manner and it would also take care of another issue: running a touch-screen display on a wireless controller is going to require battery power way in excess of the requirements of the current-generation joypads and wands.
So what of the core hardware make-up of the machine? Rumours we have not been able to independently confirm are suggesting a triple-core PowerPC processor similar to the Xbox 360's, though we wouldby Published on April 25th, 2011 20:17- Categories:
- Nintendo Wii News
Nintendo is getting ready to introduce a new home console because its current hardware has lost the power to surprise, CEO Satoru Iwata has revealed....
Speaking at a press conference in Japan earlier today in which he confirmed that a new system was in development, Iwata said (as translated byAndriasang), "It became difficult for developers to surprise customers with the current Wii."
During the presentation Iwata also offered further clarification as to when the new console, thought to be codenamed Project Café, will hit the shelves.
Noting that Nintendo had not included sales of the Wii's successor in its forecast for the current fiscal year, which ends on 31st March 2012, Iwata confirmed that the system would not launch until after April 2012.
There's still no official word as to what the new platform might offer, but Digital Foundry has beenpicking through the rumours in search of answers.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...r-project-cafeby Published on April 25th, 2011 20:15- Categories:
- DCEmu
A paid EA Sports subscription service that offers members exclusive DLC and early access to new titles is in the works, according to an alleged memo from the publisher.
PastaPadre has reported that a number of users have received a mail-out from the publisher describing the planned scheme.
"This new EA Sports subscription service is an annual paid subscription that enhances your gaming experience," the purported document read.
"The subscription gives subscribers access to exclusive benefits for Madden NFL, FIFA, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, SSX: Deadly Descents and NCAA Football."
The document then lists a range of planned perks:
- Discounts on downloadable content for EA Sports titles
- A digital badge to appear in-game and on your EA web profile
- Exclusive opportunities to "extend your EA Sports experience to PC and Web"
- Exclusive DLC for certain EA Sports titles
- Ability to move DLC to future versions of a title
- Full downloadable versions of EA Sports titles before they hit retail
We've contacted EA for comment and will update if it chooses to respond....
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