Minecraft To Launch Subscription-Based Private Servers, Calls It ‘Realms’
You’ll still want to hang out on our server, though. That’s where the cool kids are.
At times, Minecraft seems like a profitable venture despite itself. Sure, you can play it offline, but if you’re looking to get some real multiplayer action going on, setting up a server is no easy task. This is particularly true for the younger elements of the audience, which is actually a pretty big portion of who plays the game to begin with. Mojang has a solution though, one that CEO Carl Manneh hopes will “bring in more money than Minecraft itself”.
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Hey Guys, The Dillinger Escape Plan Has A New Single, ‘Prancer’ [AUDIO]
![Hey Guys, The Dillinger Escape Plan Has A New Single, ‘Prancer’ [AUDIO]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/DillingerEscapePlanPrancer.jpg "Hey Guys, The Dillinger Escape Plan Has A New Single, ‘Prancer’ [AUDIO]")
I’m not sure where the prancer comes into the song, but I’m sure it’s buried in there.
Look, I’m not here to provide you with some in-depth breakdown about Dillinger Escape Plan or how their lead singer felt inspired by the current global socio-economic conflict while making this album – I don’t really know – I just wanted to post a new DEP single. What may come across as a wall of guitar-based noise was actually my cup of tea during some audio experimentation in my radio rock days. I wanted something a bit more extreme than Creed and Disturbed and DEP’s Miss Machine fulfilled my taste for something more extreme. Of course, I didn’t really fall in this direction very far and I didn’t care much for their follow-up Ire Works, but I’m really just kinda glad they exist. I’ve included their new single below!
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Google I/O, The Conference Where They Announce Their Biggest Products, Sells Out In An Hour
One of the big announcements from last year’s Google I/O conference.
Are you a developer that was looking to get in on some one-on-one time with Google at their biggest conference of the year, I hope you already purchased your tickets because they’re gone. While the conference is designed, much like Apple’s WWDC, to take advantage of Google’s services care of Google engineers themselves, it also has a very media friendly side in that they spend their keynote announcing some of their biggest products of the year.
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Netflix Social Is Finally Here: Share All Those Bad Animes And Kids Shows With Your Friends
Yes, Netflix knows how often you’ve been watching THAT show.
It’s been a long time coming for American users, and already available worldwide for everyone else, but you’ll soon be able to share all of those Netflix programs you’ve been watching with your friends and relatives. Lots of programs and apps share things these days, but there will no doubt be a rush of panic as people realize episodes of Yo Gabba Gabba are suddenly on their Timelines for all to see.
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Windows Phone, iPhone, Or Android, I Have The Worst Luck With Cell Phones
Happens to me all the time.
For as long as I’ve been buying cell phones, I’ve noticed one disturbing trend: they would always break on me. I’d end up getting two or three of the same phone before it finally worked out. No joke. Read the rest of this article…
GOG.com Is Running A Pick 5 Special, Lets You Save 80% On Games
GAME SALE! GET IT!
Look, we all love games and we all love great deals, right? Right! That’s one of the reasons GOG (Good Old Games) kicks previously unknown amounts of ass, right? Right! And when they do specials on games, well, the ass kickery soars to even greater heights. That’s why I get so excited when I get emails like the one I got today: they have a Pick 5 sale going on!
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Sword Of The Stars: The Pit (PC) Review: Another Welcome Roguelike
You’ll have plenty of abilities to upgrade as you play.
Sometimes you just need a new Roguelike. From the guys who brought us those Sword of the Stars 4X games I didn’t care much for comes something spunky and new. I’d wanted an easier and more colorful version of Teleglitch and Kerberos Studios didn’t let me down. After a plague has vanquished the citizens of Arbuda IV, as the heart-pounding intro explains, you’re sent to cut through level after level of baddies to find The Pit, a mythical place that may harbor the cure.
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Ken Levine Killed Gore Verbinski’s ‘Bioshock’ Movie
Too-ta-loo.
It wasn’t long after Bioshock released in 2007 that rumors sailed about that a movie was being produced by Universal and to be directed by Gore Verbinski of Pirates of the Carribbean and The Ring fame. Even if you felt the game was somewhat underwhelming compared to Ken Levine’s previous work with System Shock 2, the idea of someone committing $150 million to bring that vision to the big screen is enough to get anyone giddy. Well, everyone except the people who were going to make it.
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Valve: Yeah, We Had Nothing To Do With That $1,000 Steam Box That’s Being Sold Now
Not a Valve-sponsored product, yo.
Last night, Kelly and I were having an argument about why someone would spend a thousand dollars to buy a Steam Box. Valve had been trumpeting a design made by Xi3 during CES at the beginning of the year and talked down virtually every other player in the space. Well, they ended up just bashing Microsoft a lot. The use case for something like this, I argued, is definitely for the hardcore. At any rate, you’ll have to wait a bit longer because despite the clever specs, Xi3’s Piston PC isn’t an official Steam box at all.
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‘Strip Search’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 4 “Elimination #1”
Pick out your ideas Katie, for they will be your DOOM.
Our progress into the bowels of Penny Arcade’s Strip Search continues with the series’ first elimination round. In this episode, Alex and Katie must battle it out on massive Wacom Cintiqs to spare themselves from utter destruction.
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