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With this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco
complete, organizers have been collecting the event's substantial volume of visual documentation.
This volume chronicles the Game Developers Conference's expansive expo floor as well as the
star-studded Game Developers Choice Awards ceremony, featuring big winner Naughty Dog
(Uncharted 2), host Warren Spector, special award recipients Gabe Newell, John Carmack,
and Penny Arcade, and more.
These photographs highlight moments and personalities from this year's Game Developers Choice
Awards ceremony, drawn from the considerable official GDC photo archive.
Ceremony host Warren Spector (Deus Ex, Epic Mickey) sets a serious tone for the
evening's proceedings.
"Now we have won all the awards," the Naughty Dog team could have said with relative accuracy,
after picking up wins for Game of the Year, Best Writing, Best Technology, Best Visual Arts, and
Best Audio.
Penny Arcade guys Mike Krahulik (l), Jerry Holkins (c), and Robert Khoo (r) are extremely
satisfied with their Ambassador Award.
Runic Games' Travis Baldree (l) and Max Schaefer are pretty pleased with themselves for earning
Torchlight the Best Debut Game award, because they've totally made video games before.
id Software's John Carmack (Doom, Rage) is an extraordinarily smart man.
"Valve's Gabe Newell (Half-Life, Portal) is one swell guy," said Chris Hecker
(Spore, SpyParty) while introducing the Valve co-founder.
...and then Gabe Newell successfully trolled the entire Game Developers Conference. (The above
blue screen of death was the second of three that he
showed, and is part GlaDOS-ed.)
Game Developers Conference 2010 Show Floor
These pictures capture moments from the show floor as well as the surrounding conference areas.
Crytek (Far Cry, Crysis) employees explain their Germanic graphical wizardry to
prospective employees -- but wait, is that a dangerous warning in the background?
Phew! Fortunately, it's the booth operated by High Voltage Software (The Conduit, The
Grinder), and not a deadly electrical hazard on the GDC expo floor.
"What's that?!" exclaims a surprised GDC attendee leaving the exhibit hall. Nobody answers.
Just like the old proverb says, "Everybody wants to work for Blizzard Entertainment."
Being at a real live conference is no excuse not to spend hours tethered to your computer. (As
press, we should know.)
"I'm awesome," Akira Yamaoka correctly thinks to himself as he descends into the bowels of GDC.
But how even more awesome would it be if he were riding up an escalator backwards?
In keeping with tradition, the lonely bicycle man circles the GDC expo floor as the exhibitors
take down their booths, signaling the end of another year's conference.
[More pictures of the Game Developers Conference as a whole, taken by Vincent Diamante, are
available on the Official GDC Flickr
stream. Sarcastic post-GDC captions by Chris Remo.]
Crowds have turned out on Facebook and for the Sarasota Mayor’s facedown with the sharks at
Mote Marine Laboratory, but on Thursday, March 25 starting at 6:30 pm on Google Island
(http://www.googleisland.net) (formerly known as City Island) the public can show their support
dancing along to the effervescent original songs of singer Lindsey Ray
(http://www.lindseyray.com) in a free public concert. Jake Sasseville, star of Fox TV’s The
Edge, will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the event. This seals the deal on a high energy,
blast of excitement on the bayfront all for the support of Google Fiber in Sarasota. (PRWeb Mar
20, 2010)
BioWare délivre une vidéo mettant en scène le personnage de Kasumi (une
cousine de notre star nationale) qui sera présent dans le prochain DLC de Mass...
Don't muck around in the affairs of planets that are less technologically advanced than yours.
Despite how often it gets ignored, Star Trek's Prime Directive is a pretty nice attempt to take a
universe brimming with life and figure out how to interact with it in an ethical way.
Unfortunately, the Prime Directive isn't terribly nuanced. How do we relate to alien life that's
as, or more, advanced than us? What if alien life is bacteria—do we still have to leave its
home planet alone? How do we explore the galaxy without spreading—or picking up—any
deadly diseases? The Prime Directive can't really help you here. That's why scientists from NASA
and the SETI Institute are boldly going where no bureaucracies (real or fictional) have gone
before—drawing up the safety protocols we Earthlings will use as we explore new worlds, and
the social and ethical guidelines we'll turn to if we ever do find life on other
planets....
Don't muck around in the affairs of planets that are less technologically advanced than yours.
Despite how often it gets ignored, Star Trek's Prime Directive is a pretty nice attempt to take a
universe brimming with life and figure out how to interact with it in an ethical way.
Unfortunately, the Prime Directive isn't terribly nuanced. How do we relate to alien life that's
as, or more, advanced than us? What if alien life is bacteria—do we still have to leave its
home planet alone? How do we explore the galaxy without spreading—or picking up—any
deadly diseases? The Prime Directive can't really help you here. That's why scientists from NASA
and the SETI Institute are boldly going where no bureaucracies (real or fictional) have gone
before—drawing up the safety protocols we Earthlings will use as we explore new worlds, and
the social and ethical guidelines we'll turn to if we ever do find life on other
planets....
C'est la candidate qui a fait craquer les membres du Jury de la Nouvelle Star. Elle s'appelle Lussi
et tous se sont accordés pour dire que c'était san...
Après avoir auto-produit un premier album, "Fille de l’ère", elle sera de
retour pour un concert parisien à l’Alhambra le 22 mars prochain. Avant cet
événement très important pour elle, nous avons eu la chance de rencontrer
Morganne. Elle ...
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site for full content.
DJ group has released this 2CD sized compilation “Fashion House Vol. 3 New York
Edition″. Cue files are provided as well. Read more for tracklist &
download link.
Tracklist:
CD1
1. Hanna Hais – I Love America (DJ Meme Main Club Mix)
2. Sharam feat. Kid Cudi – She Came Along (REUP Club Mix)
3. D.O.N.S. vs Jocelyn Brown – Somebody Else’s Guy 2009 (Baggi Begovic Remix)
4. Barbara Tucker – I Get Lifted (David Tort Remix)
5. Andy Caldwell & Mr. V – It’s Guud
6. Stuffa – A Million Secrets (Club Mix Dub Edit)
7. DJ Chus pres. The Groove Foundation – That Feeling (DJ Chus 2010 Revisited
Mix)
8. Diva & Jones – Thriller (David Jones Remix)
9. Tv Rock feat. Rudy – In The Air (Axwell Remix)
10.Kaskade & Deadmau5 – Move For Me
11.Moony – I Don’t Know Why (Dj Chus & Jerome Isma-Ae Superdub Mix)
12.Ron Carroll & Superfunk – Lucky Star 2009 (D.O.N.S. Remix)
13.Hoxton Whores feat. Krysten Cummings – Sunrise (Hoxton Whores Remix)
14.Prok & Fitch feat. Cevin Fisher – Mundo (David Penn Remix)
CD2
1. Larse & Fish – Cesenatico
2. Nacho Marco feat. Aqeel – Move You
3. Matt Flores & Tyree Cooper pres. Goosebumpz feat. Wayne Darrin – Shining Lights (Dub
Version)
4. Dj Leroi feat. Roland Clark – I Get Deep
5. Loco Dice – Pimp Jackson Is Talkin’ Now!!! (Luci Gets Loco Remix by Luciano)
6. Marc Romboy vs. Smokin Jo – What Is This?
7. Mahan – Memory Box
8. Catz N Dogz feat. Pol_On – Me
9. Home & Garden – Domesticated (Pezzner Remix)
10. The Timewriter – Revealing The Sound (Milton Jackson‘s Dark Matter
Remix)
11. Filippo Moscatello – Houz (Quarion?s Start And Stop Remix)
12. Sebastian Davidson & Estroe – Swabian Pancakes (Estroe’s Raisins Remix)
13. Blaze – Lovelee Dae (20:20 Vision Remix)
14. Tiger Stripes – New York New York
15. DJ Meme – Chanson Du Soleil 2009 (Andy Sant Remix)
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FTD released the fourth album from Inspectah Deck (aka Da Bill Collectah) titled
“Manifesto” which will be released on March 23, 2010.
Description: As a founding member of Staten Island’s Wu-Tang Clan,
it’s not an overstatement to say this is a man who changed the game. Now straight from the
slums of Shaolin, Inspectah Deck is back with Manifesto, his best solo effort to date. Long
regarded as one of Hip Hop’s most gifted MCs, Deck is joined on Manifesto by Raekwon, Billy
Danze of M.O.P, Termanology, Cormega, Kurupt and many more. Now is the time for Inspectah Deck to
deliver truth to the world of Hip Hop. This is his Manifesto.
Track List:
1. Tombstone Intro (Prod. by J.Glaze)
2. The Champion (Prod. by Alchemist)
3. Born Survivor ft Cormega (Prod. by Moss)
4. This Is It (Prod. by Dtox)
5. Luv Letter ft Ms. Whitney (Prod. by INS)
6. P.S.A (Prod. by Lee Bannon)
7. T.R.U.E ft. MeShel (Prod. by INS)
8. We Get Down (Prod. by INS)
9. The Big Game ft Raekwon & AC (Prod. by Mental Instruments)
10. Tombstone Interlude (Prod. by J.Glaze)
11. 9th Chamber (Prod. by INS and Khino)
12. Really Real ft. Carlton Fisk & Fes Taylor (Prod. by INS)
13. Serious Rappin ft Termanology & Planet Asia (Prod. by Mike Cash)
14. Do What U Gotta (Prod. by Flip)
15. Crazy (Prod. by J.Glaze)
16. Gotta Bang ft Kurupt and Billy Danze (Prod. by Shorty 140)
17. The Bad Apple (Prod. by K.Slack)
18. Brothaz Respect ft Cappadonna and Fes Taylor (Prod. by Cee the Architech)
19. 5 Star G (Prod. by Moss)
20. The Neverending Story ft Pleasant (Prod. by Agallah)
La presse officielle chinoise se déchaîne samedi sur une tonalité nationaliste
contre le géant de l'internet américain Google, qui a menacé de se retirer de
Chine, l'accusant notamment d'être lié aux services de renseignements
américains.Dans un commentaire, l'agence officielle Chine Nouvelle...
Si vous êtes fans de Star Wars et que vous appréciez le travail de BioWare (Mass
Effect, Dragon Age : Origins), alors sans doute fondez-vous beaucoup d'espoir sur Star Wars : The
Old Republic, MMO de son état. Or manifestement, vous n'êtes pas les
se(...)
Si vous êtes fans de Star Wars et que vous appréciez le travail de BioWare (Mass
Effect, Dragon Age : Origins), alors sans doute fondez-vous beaucoup d'espoir sur Star Wars : The
Old Republic, MMO de son état. Or manifestement, vous n'êtes pas les
se(...)
Festivals >
Mark Hamill, héros de la première trilogie "Star Wars", sera l'invité
d'honneur du 18e Festival Jules Verne Aventure le 23 avril prochain. Réservez vos places !
La réaction de Paul Westerberg à la mort d'Alex Chilton : "In my opinion, Alex was
the most talented triple threat musician out of Memphis — and
th...
Aunque, si habéis tenido suerte, muchos estaréis de puente por el día
del Padre, no vamos a faltar a nuestra cita con lo mejor de la tecnología que tenemos
alrededor. Es nuestra Galaxia Xataka, que como nos gusta hacer, empieza con la
selección de textos de Xatakafoto, donde esta semana nos han dado
material para pasar un entretenido fin de semana junto a nuestra foto.
Si esa técnica no te atreves a ponerla en marcha y optas simplemente por salir a hacer
fotos sin preocupaciones, hay varias opciones. Para las fotos de naturalezate
proponemos un código ético, algo muy importante. Si lo que vas a ver es un
concierto (hoy hay uno imperdible en Madrid sobre Star Wars), esta semana en Xatakafoto
también nos dieron
consejos para hacer mejores fotos en conciertos.
Y si quieres comprobar qué tal lo está haciendo Microsoft para recuperar el trono
absoluto que ya no es tal en el mundo de los navegadores web, ya puedes
descargarte Internet Explorer 9 y comprobar qué tal funciona.
Explore and walk down the streets of Gold. Access the Pearly gate as it opens to let you see the
trees of life. Look for the names of the Apostles on the outer wall of the new Jerusalem. You'll
see and explore Heaven just as it's written about in the Book of Revelation.
Explore and play 6 levels of Heaven.
Level 1: Paradise Island: Your journey begins on Paradise Island - a floating tropical paradise
island with beaches and waterfalls. Here you will meet Axis - your guide through Heaven - discover
her true identity.
Level 2: The Golden Streets : Explore the Golden streets and walk amongst the tower walls of
Heaven. Solve the Angel Ring mystery and raise the Crystal Bridges.
Level 3: The Spinning Lenses: Make it trip back to Paradise Island to get a closer look at the
Outer wall of the Heavenly city to see the foundations of Precious stones. Look for the Apostles
names carved into the 12 foundation layers.
Level 4: The Crystal Forest: Solve the Colored ball Obstacle then raise the Crystal Island and play
the Musical Trumpets. Finally take a magical flight aboard your white stallion named Star as he
takes you on a flight about the pearly gate - just remember to get off at the right spot.
Level 5&6: The days of Creation and the Pearly gate: See how God created everything in 6 days,
then open a watery passage way to the Pearly Gate. Once at the Pearly gate, you will have to make
the most important decision of your life.
Breathtaking cinematics and never before scenes and recreations of the Book of Revelations view of
Heaven. Hollywood veterans concept artist Stephan Martiniere and Dylan Cole (Star Wars Revenge of
the Sith, I-Robot, Knowing, The Lord of the Rings, and Narnia) concept artists bring Heaven to life
as no one can. You'll see the Lion, Bull, Man and Eagle creatures as described in the Book of
Revelation. http://www.heaventhegame.com/
(Trailer on the homepage, I couldn't find one anywhere else to in-line post)
I'm
not gonna lie. The news on the upcoming Star Wars MMO isn't very big, I just really wanted to use
this picture for the lead. But don't worry, lots of other good stuff inside this week's gaming
stories: More »
I'm
not gonna lie. The news on the upcoming Star Wars MMO isn't very big, I just really wanted to use
this picture for the lead. But don't worry, lots of other good stuff inside this week's gaming
stories: More »
The shortest way to describe this is that Google is no longer a verb. It's becoming
a noun. Not just the few clicks to find information, but the information itself and the
experience surrounding it.
Today, we get to add Google's chapter to "Will One Company Dominate
the Cloud" introspective series and take a glimpse of the silent revolution from "index" to
"be" that is transforming the company and it's products to the default way to engage the
Internet.
As fate has it, Google done us a big favor in preparing for this piece. The company has launched
an assault on the enterprise with its movement in the Google App Engine, having a
stand-off with China, and negotiating with the EU. And that was
just a bit of Google
news from this week.
Sponsor
Whereas it's a bit more clear where Amazon and Cisco win (our
recent analysis) as they head towards the cloud, with Google it takes a bit more expansive view.
We have to take the focus out a bit, to be able to dial in on the details.
Acknowledgment: Developers are the Products they Build
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Tim Bray. He has been a key contributor and thought leader
in key areas of interoperability and information design, including his leadership in bringing XML
to the world. He recently announced that he's joining Google and focusing on Android in a
transition from Sun.
Several things struck us about our dialog that we think are key for Google.
First, when Bray described his new job at Google, he talked about what he wanted to do and what
he saw that needed to be done. Within three days of being there, he has a sense of ownership of
the companies products and mission. In some organizations, you may never get such a luxury.
Second, Bray described his opportunity to "roll up his sleeves" and get back in the groove as a
developer on a project he feels passion for. He mentioned his desire to take the open APIs of
Android and expose some of the information in a more portable way, for example to transfer a call
log from one phone to another. A very interesting project, with tangible results. This type of
innovation lives on top of all the work the company has done to make the API exist, and to
attract individuals who are willing to rethink how it should really work.
We think that this is the most interesting thing about where Google is right now. It's "open"
mantra gives the company the ability to see a whole generation into the future of information
channel disruption. And, by bringing in "no holds barred" developers like Bray and a legion of
others, the company is patiently solving problems that many of us don't even know exist.
Lastly, Bray said something that caused us some deep thought.
His comment, "when the Drizzle team was moved into Google, they
just kept working on the their open source project and things stayed nearly the same."
What caused us to pause was that open source development, whether Linux or XML, gives the
developer, as a person, a way to contribute to the world. And it's documented. If the Internet
was the Bible, leading a key open source initiative, is like getting your own chapter in the
book, where time will be the judge of your actions. Much better than your manager alone.
To know that hard work, intellectual capital, libraries are available to the world after the
contract is complete. This really speaks to the artist in us, in a way, the paid open source
developer is using Google as a canvas.
If working at Google offers this emotional spark to employees, it will gain entirely new
efficiencies in solving the big problems, in the context of individual efforts. Maybe this open
source spirit is embedded into Twitter, and is why it works. We like to contribute to our version
of the greater good...and want fans to cheer us on.
What we learned; acknowledgment matters, and connections to the whole population of people is an
amazing vehicle. Google: become an indie rock star - with the strength of grep.
All of the Information on Earth
Google's destiny to become the hub of the worlds information is
intertwined with history. And this comes with artifacts of policy and posturing. To start with,
not everyone agrees that Google should achieve a dominant cloud position. As we're noticing,
stopping it is another matter.
We'd like to suggest that in 2010, the company is not shy about stepping towards its future and
will use its power, technology, and cash to stir it up. Here is our list of organizations in the
world that Google has, is, or will be, continually bumping into in its quest for cloud
information dominance.
China (counties own the filters for the people)
ATT (service providers own consumer on the network)
Penguin (book publishers own the words in the texts)
Visa (financial institutions own the digits in the transactions)
Facebook (social networks know the details)
Amazon (commerce sites own the decision point)
Twitter (owns "what's happening")
Microsoft (owns the computer applications and files)
Open can be a Key to Unlock Doors
We see both practical and strategic reasons that Google has a
deep connection with the open source movement. Strategically, being the new optimized layer,
removing all historic barriers to information give the company more leverage. Practically,
solutions can be built where information is free.
Reviewing a few examples, such as Google Earth, Android, and even GMail and we see that where
there are open protocols and information disruptive products can be built. Once they are built,
the Google wields a significant economic advantage in binding the worlds information assets and
converting them to eyeballs.
Here, we take a quick look at the information assets that Google is investing the global cloud.
Results: Google has moved away from Page Rank to "Closest Object" in it's
default results. What this means is that many businesses today show up as widget in the results
in google with embedded links, maps, and other efficiencies.
Ads: This is perhaps the best known and most valuable insight and unique
asset, who wants to pay for what customer
Realtime index: Google has worked to keep up with Twitter's realtime firehose
Semantic index: The company continues to add more and more microsyntax parsers
into its index, giving more controlled tools for publishers
GMail: It had to be done. And it is monetized.
Documents and files: Google Docs and the Apps Marketplace create a whole new
stream of information about an individual. Private, personal, and shared.
Mobile transactions: This is an interesting sample of where Google's strategy
to build the Android OS pays off in the cloud. Not only does Google get to connect mobile to
the rest of the offerings, but also to be able to dial in on movements, calls, and other
critical tasks in our real-time lives.
Books: Indexing all of them, first is an interesting piece of the strategy to
break apart historic containers of knowledge. Is the book copyrighted? How about the quote?
Browsers: The browser knows a lot. Google's Chrome moves it from being default
search, to being default experience. This was a great example of where access to information
"Faster pages" is the simple value proposition for consumers to switch.
Filters: Protecting companies, trademarks, and interpreting the legality of
free speech. Someone has to do it, if we're all one people.
Health transactions: Google has even taken on one of the most sensitive
challenges, private health information. And, it's connections to legacy systems that prefer EDI
to JSON.
It's clear that Google is making progress. What we've also learned in this review is that the
companies biggest asset - people - may scale to solve problems in lightweight ways that entire
teams and companies haven't been able to in the past. Perhaps being open, or transparent, gives
the company a unique advantage in being prepared for a cloud future.
Is the cloud where the action is?
What verb would you be if you were hired at Google?
Publication Date: 2010 Mar 18 PMID: 20237564Authors: Deeg, H. J. - Moutou, C. - Erikson, A. -
Csizmadia, S. - Tingley, B. - Barge, P. - Bruntt, H. - Havel, M. - Aigrain, S. - Almenara, J. M. -
Alonso, R. - Auvergne, M. - Baglin, A. - Barbieri, M. - Benz, W. - Bonomo, A. S. - Borde, P. -
Bouchy, F. - Cabrera, J. - Carone, L. - Carpano, S. - Ciardi, D. - Deleuil, M. - Dvorak, R. -
Ferraz-Mello, S. - Fridlund, M. - Gandolfi, D. - Gazzano, J. C. - Gillon, M. - Gondoin, P. -
Guenther, E. - Guillot, T. - den Hartog, R. - Hatzes, A. - Hidas, M. - Hebrard, G. - Jorda, L. -
Kabath, P. - Lammer, H. - Leger, A. - Lister, T. - Llebaria, A. - Lovis, C. - Mayor, M. - Mazeh, T.
- Ollivier, M. - Patzold, M. - Pepe, F. - Pont, F. - Queloz, D. - Rabus, M. - Rauer, H. - Rouan, D.
- Samuel, B. - Schneider, J. - Shporer, A. - Stecklum, B. - Street, R. - Udry, S. - Weingrill, J. -
Wuchterl, G.Journal: NatureOf the over 400 known exoplanets, there are about 70 planets that
transit their central star, a situation that permits the derivation of their basic parameters and
facilitates investigations of their atmospheres. Some short-period planets, including the first
terrestrial exoplanet (CoRoT-7b), have been discovered using a space mission designed to find
smaller and more distant planets than can be seen from the ground. Here we report transit
observations of CoRoT-9b, which orbits with a period of 95.274 days on a low eccentricity of 0.11
+/- 0.04 around a solar-like star. Its periastron distance of 0.36 astronomical units is by far the
largest of all transiting planets, yielding a 'temperate' photospheric temperature estimated to be
between 250 and 430 K. Unlike previously known transiting planets, the present size of CoRoT-9b
should not have been affected by tidal heat dissipation processes. Indeed, the planet is found to
be well described by standard evolution models with an inferred interior composition consistent
with that of Jupiter and Saturn.post to:
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Okay, before you get too excited about getting some magic
invisibility cloak like Harry Potter, you should know that so far, this technology has only made
one thing invisible: a bump on a gold bar.
Yes, it is a bump that is only 0.00004 inches high and 0.0005 inch across, which you probably
wouldn’t see in the first place, as it can only be seen with a magnifying glass.
Still, it is a start, and these researchers at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
was able to cloak this tiny bump, could prevent its detection at nearly visible infrared
frequencies. I’m not talking about camouflage, but the cloaking effect was visible in 3D
from all angles.
How do they do it? Well, the cloak is a “a structure of crystals with air spaces in
between, sort of like a woodpile, that bends light, hiding the bump in the gold later
beneath”. As you might have guessed, size does matter when it comes to turning something
invisible, and “cloaking larger items with that technology is not really feasible”.
In other words, we are a long way away before our vehicles can cloak like the Romulans on
Star Trek. Still, I am experiencing both the wonder and horror of knowing that we have
invisibility technology, even if it is still in its infancy.
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The shortest way to describe this is that Google is no longer a verb. It's becoming
a noun. Not just the few clicks to find information, but the information itself and the
experience surrounding it.
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with 
His comment, "when the Drizzle team was moved into Google, they
just kept working on the their open source project and things stayed nearly the same."
Google's destiny to become the hub of the worlds information is
intertwined with history. And this comes with artifacts of policy and posturing. To start with,
not everyone agrees that Google should achieve a dominant cloud position. As we're noticing,
stopping it is another matter.
We see both practical and strategic reasons that Google has a
deep connection with the open source movement. Strategically, being the new optimized layer,
removing all historic barriers to information give the company more leverage. Practically,
solutions can be built where information is free.
Okay, before you get too excited about getting some magic
invisibility cloak like Harry Potter, you should know that so far, this technology has only made
one thing invisible: a bump on a gold bar.
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