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Listen To Shiny Toy Guns’ New Album – III – Right Now
Superman would be proud.
It’s been a long time coming for the synth-rock quartet Shiny Toy Guns, but their newest album, their third, even, is dropping in nine days. Ahead of the drop, they’ve made the entire disc available for streaming. After two confidence-mining, soft singles (here and here, although technically three when you figure in last year’s “The Sun”), listening to the full album restore some of my faith. It’s too early to render any verdicts, so I’ll link it for you below.
Notch Doesn’t Know What 0x10c Is, But I Want It
Want to shoot a planet? GO AHEAD.
It shouldn’t really come as a surprise that the new game from Markus “Notch” Persson, the technical crazy man who also brought us Minecraft, is still largely up in the air. While still largely the space sim that he’d originally presented it as, it’s clear that no one knows how big the game is or what one actually does. We’ve got the first art test included below. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter what the game becomes, I’ll be there on day one.
Why Haven’t You Bought A Wii, Yet? Price Dropping to $129.99
Yay, it comes with the same games you’ve already been playing at a friend’s house.
Today Nintendo announced that they were bringing their once-monstrous selling hardware down a notch in the price department. Starting at $129.99, you can now get a bundled console with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort, the former being bundled since inception. Is this the time for you to buy a Wii? Because you should do it, before it’s too late.
Windows 8 Ads Everywhere: Microsoft To Spend Over $1 Billion Promoting New OS
Yes. Yeeeeesssssss, stare directly into the Windows 8 logo…
On the kitchen counter. On the hood of a hot sports car. On your girlfriend’s lower back. These are all places you can expect to find a Windows 8 ad this holiday as the software giant prepares to spend a gargantuan amount of skrilla making people aware of their new Metro-themed tile-based, tablet-friendly operating system. Launching on October 26th, eleven years after the still-dominant Windows XP debuted, not only will you be able to purchase a copy for your current computer, but you’ll be able to own Microsoft’s new ARM-based Surface tablet in the same trip. In case you were unaware, Windows 8 is kind of a big deal.
Divine Space Is Half A Step Away From A Galactic MMO
Spaceships and space? I’m in.
Russian-bourne Dodo Games is trying to raise a hundred thousand dollars to bring a space-based RPG to life. This is right up my alley and few are done right. Americans seem to have divested from the genre entirely, so now we rely on scrappy European developers to do so. Kickstarter is bringing us the latest such epic. Can it bring some new life to this the space game or will it be forever doomed to niche appeal?
LG’s Rumored Nexus Phone Is Delightfully Bland
You think that backing is supposed to impress me?
More and more information’s leaking about the latest version of Google’s Nexus line of phones. The Android company has stated that they will have ‘several’ phones in their Nexus arsenal this year, but the rumor mill has only physically produced one, a model by LG with a “with Google” moniker on the back. Unfortunately, the more I see of the rumored-to-be-imminently-announced device, the less I want.
Would Everyone Shut Up About Big Bird?
The pimptacular Big Bird already rides in a tinted limo, he doesn’t need more attention.
I didn’t really think it would last this long. During the first Presidential debate a week ago, GOP candidate Mitt Romney stated he would end government subsidies for PBS – and subsequently, it’s large feathered mascot – to save the hemorrhaging federal budget if elected. Suddenly, like the squaw of a a million ravenous crows, the population sprung up to protect their beloved public television. I’ve got a heads up for you guys: you still don’t care about PBS.
PAX East Three-Day Passes Sell Out In One, Good Luck Getting One Now
Cute girls: included. You: probably not.
Let’s be clear, ladies and gentlemen, PAX East doesn’t even start for over five more months and yet with just over twenty-four hours on the clock, all of the convention’s three-day passes are completely sold out. Those planning to go must now purchase single-day passes and no doubt, those will be gone quick as well. Wow. Incredibly, the only thing halting the size of both PAX East in Boston and PAX Prime in Seattle is literally the physical size of the venues that contain them.
Fox Decides A Charlie Brown Movie Is A Great Idea
This, but in 3D.
Not only will you be able to float on a Mattel Hoverboard in 2015, you’ll also be able to catch a brand new Charlie Brown movie, coming fifty years after his perennial Christmas favorite debuted. An American favorite, Charlie Brown has kept busy with bit roles in MetLife commercials, but Fox and Blue Sky Studios (the guys who bring us another Ice Age flick every few years) want to bring the pessimist with the heart of gold back in a big way. Well, there’s only three more years until you can start lining up with your blue blankets.
Jelly Bean’s Google Now Could Be So Cool… Some Day
Just enough education to perform, as the Stereophonics would say.
When Google unveiled Jelly Bean, the latest edition of their Android OS, they showed off a new personal assistant-ish feature to rival Siri called Google Now. One part dictate-and-respond internet AI, the other part precognitive search engine, Google Now has the power to, based on your many Google searches, help you help yourself in ways you never thought imaginable. But having used it for a few weeks now, it’s obvious that it has a long way to go, but a lot of incredible potential. So how does it work?
