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- CoGe VJ 1.1 - VJ application for real-time mixing.. (Shareware)
- Mou 0.6.7 - Markdown editor for web developers.. (Free)
- Ez7z 2.11 - Easy way to use p7zip archiver.. (Demo)
- Studiometry 9.0.2 - Keep track of every aspect of your projects; nightly builds available.. (Demo)
- SQLiteConverter 1.7.0 - Convert your mySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle databases to sqlite.. (Demo)
- Spread2Web 2.2 - Publish spreadsheets as tables on web pages.. (Free)
- Polymers, Vol. 3, Pages 1805-1832: Polymer and Water Dynamics in Poly(vinyl alcohol)/Poly(methacrylate) Networks. A Molecular Dynamics Simulation and Incoherent Neutron Scattering Investigation
- Sudoku 1.6.0
- Nutrients, Vol. 3, Pages 877-896: Induction of Cancer Cell Death by Isoflavone: The Role of Multiple Signaling Pathways
- Scribblenauts Remix
- Enthusiasm for tablets grows in government
- Biosensors, Vol. 1, Pages 134-152: Design, Fabrication, and Implementation of a Wireless, Passive Implantable Pressure Sensor Based on Magnetic Higher-Order Harmonic Fields
- IJMS, Vol. 12, Pages 6871-6880: Assessing Molecular Signature for Some Potential Date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Cultivars from Saudi Arabia, Based on Chloroplast DNA Sequences rpoB and psbA-trnH
- 24k Gold Sorapot auction to benefit Amit Gupta
- 1Password 3.8.9 - Powerful password manager; integrates with Web browsers and more.. (Shareware)
- Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue X-Men table revealed
- Bookbinding in the Digital Age: an interview with Michael Greer
- Level-5 announces new titles on weekend press conference
- Street Fighter X Tekken's gem system detailed
- Halo CE: Anniversary Kinect features detailed
| CoGe VJ 1.1 - VJ application for real-time mixing.. (Shareware) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 03:06 AM PDT CoGe VJ is a semi-modular VJ application for Mac OS X®, designed for real-time media mixing and compositing, built over the most powerful graphics technologies like Quartz Composer, OpenGL, Syphon and Core Image. The full rendering is done through the GPU of your graphics card for the maximum performance. CoGe has modular interface and modular ecosystem as well. Version 1.1: New Features:
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| Mou 0.6.7 - Markdown editor for web developers.. (Free) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 03:20 AM PDT  Mou is a Markdown editor - with a difference: where most, if not all, currently available Markdown editors are almost all for general writers, Mou is different: It's for web developers. Syntax highlighting, live preview, fullscreen mode, auto save, powerful actions, auto pair, live find, custom themes, HTML export, enhanced CJK characters support. I know, it's exactly the app you want. Version 0.6.7:
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| Ez7z 2.11 - Easy way to use p7zip archiver.. (Demo) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 02:58 AM PDT  Ez7z is an easy to use archiver that allows users to perform a number of tasks:
If you want to see Ez7z in your language, click here to submit a localization. Version 2.11:
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| Studiometry 9.0.2 - Keep track of every aspect of your projects; nightly builds available.. (Demo) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 03:03 AM PDT  Studiometry can store information about clients, contacts, projects, to dos, payments, timers, invoices, reports, employees and more. It features networking, multiple employee support (with permissions and hour tracking), simultaneous search of all data, multiple currencies (with automatic exchange rate updating), multiple contacts per client, project and client statuses and categories, modifiable taxes, and many more features. Download is a 30-day trial. Pricing is for a single-user pack. Multiple user packs start at $925 for 5 users. Version 9.0.2:
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| SQLiteConverter 1.7.0 - Convert your mySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle databases to sqlite.. (Demo) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 03:11 AM PDT  SQLiteConverter is the fastest and easiest way to convert your mySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle* (natively) and a wide range of ODBC compliant databases (like Microsoft SQL Server, Access, FoxPro, FileMaker and many others) to sqlite. It combines a very intuitive interface with very powerful features so you can convert an existing remotely hosted database to sqlite in little time.This solution is ideal even if you want to backup your remote data to a disk based solution using another relational database. Version 1.7.0:
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| Spread2Web 2.2 - Publish spreadsheets as tables on web pages.. (Free) Posted: 17 Oct 2011 03:18 AM PDT  Spread2Web helps you publish spreadsheets & databases as tables on web pages. It converts Comma Separated Values (.csv) and Tab Delimited (.tab) files to a simple, clean HTML table structure. It streamlines the export/conversion process by remembering the files you've previously converted. When you need to re-export from your spreadsheet or database, just save your .csv or .tab file in the same location with the same name, open Spread2Web, click on the file name already in the list, and click the "Table" button. Spread2Web is freeware, however, donations will be gratefully accepted. Version 2.2:
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| Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT Chemically cross-linked polymer networks of poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(methacrylate) form monolitic hydrogels and microgels suitable for biomedical applications, such as in situ tissue replacement and drug delivery. In this work, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and incoherent neutron scattering methods are used to study the local polymer dynamics and the polymer induced modification of water properties in poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(methacrylate) hydrogels. This information is particularly relevant when the diffusion of metabolites and drugs is a requirement for the polymer microgel functionality. MD simulations of an atomic detailed model of the junction domain at the experimental hydration degree were carried out at 283, 293 and 313 K. The polymer-water interaction, the polymer connectivity and the water dynamics were investigated as a function of temperature. Simulation results are compared with findings of elastic and quasi-elastic incoherent neutron scattering measurements, experimental approaches which sample the same space-time window of MD simulations. This combined analysis shows a supercooled water component and an increase of hydrophilicity and mobility with temperature of these amphiphilic polymer networks. | ||||
| Posted: 17 Oct 2011 02:36 AM PDT Sudoku is a popular logical game with easy rules. In Sudoku you will be given a grid of numbers and you should finish the grid by putting numbers into it. | ||||
| Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT Soy isoflavones have been documented as dietary nutrients broadly classified as "natural agents" which plays important roles in reducing the incidence of hormone-related cancers in Asian countries, and have shown inhibitory effects on cancer development and progression in vitro and in vivo, suggesting the cancer preventive or therapeutic activity of soy isoflavones against cancers. Emerging experimental evidence shows that isoflavones could induce cancer cell death by regulating multiple cellular signaling pathways including Akt, NF-κB, MAPK, Wnt, androgen receptor (AR), p53 and Notch signaling, all of which have been found to be deregulated in cancer cells. Therefore, homeostatic regulation of these important cellular signaling pathways by isoflavones could be useful for the activation of cell death signaling, which could result in the induction of apoptosis of both pre-cancerous and/or cancerous cells without affecting normal cells. In this article, we have attempted to summarize the current state-of-our-knowledge regarding the induction of cancer cell death pathways by isoflavones, which is believed to be mediated through the regulation of multiple cellular signaling pathways. The knowledge gained from this article will provide a comprehensive view on the molecular mechanism(s) by which soy isoflavones may exert their effects on the prevention of tumor progression and/or treatment of human malignancies, which would also aid in stimulating further in-depth mechanistic research and foster the initiation of novel clinical trials. | ||||
| Posted: 16 Oct 2011 02:58 PM PDT [Platform: Mobile (iPhone, iPod Touch)] Nintendo DS owners most likely recognize the name, but for everyone else, the Scribblenauts series is a relatively unknown treasure. That all changes with the release of Scribblenauts Remix, an iOS version of the phenomenal creativity puzzle game from 5th Cell. The tagline "Write anything. Solve Everything." couldn't be more appropriate, as Scribblenauts challenges you to solve puzzles by typing in words and phrases. If you can imagine it, you can probably do it, so feel free to summon a huge invincible flying pregnant angry rainbow giraffe to fight with Zeus, if you like. | ||||
| Enthusiasm for tablets grows in government Posted: 17 Oct 2011 02:27 AM PDT  Government workers are dying to get their hands on tablet computers, according to documents released under the Freedom of Information Act and published by Government Attic. The files show, however, that security protocols may result in a slow roll-out at some agencies. The Federal Trade Commission, National Archives and Records Administration, Deparment of Veterans Affairs, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Tennessee Valley Authority each produced internal records which discuss the merits of iPads and similar devices. Another federal agency, the General Services Administration, said that it would charge $113,680 to yield its internal discussions. Though Apple's market-leading tablet appears to be the clear choice among rank-and-file workers, emails show security-focused IT staff leaning toward RIM's BlackBerry Playbook instead—at least until they get a closer look at it. At the National Archives, released documents[PDF] included a proposal to "extend the availability of tablets to potentially all NARA staff," a capital planning review, and various memos and emails between staff. "We have found the iPad for be very useful in investigating work at the OIG," wrote one agency official. "For example, instead of taking a bulky laptop to the collector shows where we have a display, or in some cases just walk around to meet and greet, the iPad works much better. It is light, has great battery power and is super fast." The capital planning review saw nearly universal enthusiasm in the feedback garnered: "The iPad has dramatically improved my productivity," says one worker. " ... It would be great if we could find an iPad use for staff tied to our hard core busines functions - record centers, pulls/re-files, description, reference, etc. That would yield a big productivity gain and demonstrate a solid business case for more widespread use of tablets for our staff." Adds another: "NARA should start building [iPad] apps for customers." In the VA's disclosures[PDF], a memo dated August 22 describes a a pilot program established to determine the viability of iOS. The program, conducted with the help of Agilex, a government IT services contractor, was scheduled to end Oct 1. The memo prohibited field operations staff from purchasing more iOS devices: "VA currently has enough pilot users to determine viability..." In another letter, the VA's assistant IT secretary writes that its remote access solutions are not compatible with devices such as the iPad, and discusses the measures they might take to allow workers to use them. A selection of heavily-redacted documents from the FTC include details of a pitch from RIM to equip staff with its Blackberry PlayBook tablet[PDF]. Unfortunately for the Canadian firm, the device's shortcomings soon crop up in the form of a negative PC World review shared among officials. At the Tennessee Valley Authority, staff produced a slick internal newsletter[PDF] covering the increased interest in tablets. At the NHTSA, the BlackBerry Playbook is seen to have security advantages over the iPad[PDF]: "Given that Blackberry has built a strong reputation in enterprise security for movile deices in the federal sector, it does give it a leg up over Apple in the Enterprise Security space," writes one staffer in an email. Responding to reports of increased interest in Apple's iPad by other government agencies, a senior IT project manager suggests Apple's portables are insecure due to the ability of users to "jailbreak" them. "It's pretty obvious that with a security flaw clearly known, these devices should not be distributed beyond the R&D group," he writes. "I guess I have to ask the obvious, how is this an authorized piece of hardware at this point in any gov't shop?" Unfortunately, RIM's alternative suffers from its own disadvantage: no-one seems to want one. "I'm not hearing a huge uproar for the Playbook, probably 'cause of the downsides ... mentioned below," writes on staffer. "I'm going to skip it," writes the project manager, concluding one email thread released to the public. "I only had a passing fancy." Presented By:
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| Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT A passive and wireless sensor was developed for monitoring pressure in vivo. Structurally, the pressure sensor, referred to as the magneto-harmonic pressure sensor, is an airtight chamber sealed with an elastic pressure membrane. A strip of magnetically-soft material is attached to the bottom of the chamber and a permanent magnet strip is embedded inside the membrane. Under the excitation of an externally applied AC magnetic field, the magnetically-soft strip produces a higher-order magnetic signature that can be remotely detected with an external receiving coil. As ambient pressure varies, the pressure membrane deflects, altering the separation distance between the magnetically-soft strip and the permanent magnet. This shifts the higher-order harmonic signal, allowing for detection of pressure change as a function of harmonic shifting. The wireless, passive nature of this sensor technology allows for continuous long-term pressure monitoring, particularly useful for biomedical applications such as monitoring pressure in aneurysm sac and sphincter of Oddi. In addition to demonstrating its pressure sensing capability, an animal model was used to investigate the efficacy and feasibility of the pressure sensor in a biological environment. | ||||
| Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:00 AM PDT Phoenix dactylifera L. (date palm), being economically very important, is widely cultivated in the Middle East and North Africa, having about 400 different cultivars. Assessment of date cultivars under trading and farming is a widely accepted problem owing to lack of a unique molecular signature for specific date cultivars. In the present study, eight different cultivars of dates viz., Khodry, Khalas, Ruthana, Sukkari, Sefri, Segae, Ajwa and Hilali were sequenced for rpoB and psbA-trnH genes and analyzed using bioinformatics tools to establish a cultivar-specific molecular signature. The combined aligned data matrix was of 1147 characters, of which invariable and variable sites were found to be 958 and 173, respectively. The analysis clearly reveals three major groups of these cultivars: (i) Khodary, Sefri, Ajwa, Ruthana and Hilali (58% BS); (ii) Sukkari and Khalas (64% BS); and (iii) Segae. The economically most important cultivar Ajwa showed similarity with Khodary and Sefri (67% BS).The sequences of the date cultivars generated in the present study showed bootstrap values between 38% and 70% so these sequences could be carefully used as molecular signature for potential date cultivars under trading and selection of genuine cultivars at the seedling stage for farming. | ||||
| 24k Gold Sorapot auction to benefit Amit Gupta Posted: 17 Oct 2011 12:43 AM PDT
Designer Joey Roth is auctioning a limited run of 24-karat gold Sorapots to help out BB pal Amit Gupta, who recently fell ill with leukaemia: "South Asians are severely underrepresented in the pool of registered bone marrow donors. 100% of profits from the auctions will go to drives, both here and in India, to find and register potential donors." The odds of someone of South Asian descent finding a match are only 1 in 20,000. Here's my review of the Sorapot from some time ago. Sorapot - 24k Gold Limited Edition to benefit Amit Gupta [eBay auction] | ||||
| 1Password 3.8.9 - Powerful password manager; integrates with Web browsers and more.. (Shareware) Posted: 16 Oct 2011 08:59 PM PDT  1Password is a password manager that uniquely brings you both security and convenience. It is the only program that provides anti-phishing protection and goes beyond password management by adding web form filling and automatic strong password generation. Your confidential information, including passwords, identities, and credit cards, is kept secure using strong encryption. 1Password fully supports major web browsers, including Safari, Firefox, and Chrome. All browser extensions share the data stored in the keychain which means you never need to manually copy your passwords between browsers or from the password manager to a browser ever again! 1Password has received numerous awards, including 4.5 mice from Macworld magazine, MacLife Editors pick, and was the Pick of Week on MacBreak Weekly by both Leo Laporte and Merlin Mann. 1Password also has a companion iPhone/iPod touch application available in iTunes App Store. Version 3.8.9:
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| Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue X-Men table revealed Posted: 16 Oct 2011 01:29 AM PDT
A few days back, Zen Studios announced Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue Ghost Rider, a Ghost Rider-themed pinball table that brings Johnny Blaze to life - in pinball form. Today, they've announced yet another Marvel table: Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue X-Men, and if you thought the last Vengeance and Virtue table was impressive, wait until you see what this one has in store for mutant fans... | ||||
| Bookbinding in the Digital Age: an interview with Michael Greer Posted: 16 Oct 2011 11:10 PM PDT
Michael Greer is a Bookbinder. I interviewed him to find out more about his unusual profession and his recent creation, the binary Genesis. Avi SolomonCould you tell us a bit about yourself? Michael GreerI'm a guy who loves books. For years that's meant teaching literature both here and abroad. I like getting into the heavy stuff. I work with teenagers who understand Hobbes, and when we read the Odyssey together, we read the whole thing, not just the fantasy bits. But I also like working with my hands and that's why being a bookbinder just seems to fit. It seems like such a rarity nowadays-the possibility to work with one's hands. Especially to create something from start to finish. And then when that something happens to be the text of a really good book, it just works. AviWhat happened on your trip to Morocco? MichaelBy the spring of 2007 I was finishing up 4 years teaching at an American school in Casablanca. One of my colleagues had these beautiful leather bound books on his shelves at home and he told me where I could find the binder. So for a few years I would take the train up to Rabat and drop off a few books now and again. Just before my wife and I started packing to leave, I brought one last project to the binder. I had put together a bunch of essays and travel articles that I'd written and formatted into a proper book. I made seven copies and brought them to the binder. A week or so later I went to pick them up. By this time I was an established client so he really made them nice…all kinds of beautiful marbled papers and nice leathers. It was one thing to have another author's book rebound, but seeing your own in full leather…well, I was hooked. School was out so I was there at an unusual time (for me) and as I was talking to the old man who owned the shop I heard a loud pounding from behind the wall. "What's that?" I asked. "The binder," he said. I'd always thought he was the binder, so it kind of took me by surprise. Turns out that the actual binder worked in the basement. I'd never seen him. I asked the owner if I could come watch him work one day. The next week my wife and I showed up. The binder hadn't been told we were coming and seemed a little at a loss at first. I asked a question, my wife translated, and he would give one or two word replies. After a few of these exchanges he got up and reached behind a bunch of old rags and pulled out an old book. For the rest of the day, he showed us the way a book was made. He also told stories about the shop and it came out he would be retiring and the shop would probably close. It was hard news. The end of something special. That afternoon as my wife and I walked to the train, I told her I wanted to learn bookbinding and that's what happened. After the summer, I worked at the shop for free and learned by watching and then by doing. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
AviCould you describe the bookbinding process? MichaelThe bookbinding process can be disturbing. It's violent at first. You literally tear the book apart. Most older books were sewn, so you cut the thread and then pull each signature or booklet off the book. Then you sew them back together again on a sewing frame which is basically a loom for books. With so much thread in the book, it's fatter in back than in front, so to correct for this, the spine is glued up and rounded to take up some of the swell. After that, the book is put into a press and the spine is hammered so that the signatures bend over creating little shoulders. Essentially, you're creating an arch. The boards act as columns. The arch of the spine works to fight gravity and keep the pages from sagging too much on the shelves. While the glue is drying you prepare the boards. Heavy carton is cut to size and lined with newspaper on the inside which makes them warp and sort of hug the text block. It looks awful. These boards get sanded and then attached to the text block with the cords. Meanwhile, the leather is cut out. In Morocco, we had a great machine that tapered off the leather so that it would fold over the edges better, but now I do all that work by hand. The leather is pasted up and then sort of molded onto the back of the book and then the front and back covers. It's tricky getting it folded over at the top and bottom of the spine and bookbinders pride themselves on the shape they give to these "endcaps." The pull of the leather counteracts the pull of the newsprint and the boards end up flat. The final task is the finishing…putting on the title with gold foil. It's the hardest part of the job and the most stressful. You've got a pallet full of hot letters and one chance to place them squarely onto the back of a curved spine. I usually feel pretty awful about a book until it finally gets covered in leather. They just look so bad. But then my spirits lift and once the gold lettering is on, I'm usually feeling pretty happy again. It's like alchemy. AviWhat's the importance of bookbinding in a digital age? MichaelMy friend who owns several bookstores often laughs at me. "We're in a dying trade," he says. Too often, I have to agree with him. But when I get sick of all the information beaming at me through the computer and over the radio and tv, a book made of paper can be just the thing. It's nice to handle something that is still unplugged. The other thing is that so much of the digital world is actually more ephemeral than the physical world. I have ten year old computer files that I can't read. How long will a Nook last? Last night I was reading a book by Ernie Pyle about the Second World War when my wife walked into the room. It dawned on me that she was in our bedroom, but I was watching our navy transports unload soldiers on the beaches of Sicily. I was plugged in but the book wasn't. Then it will go back onto the shelf until someone else picks it up…ten, twenty, twelve hundred years from now. AviWhat's the most satisfying thing about being a bookbinder? What are the challenges? MichaelBookbinding is one of mankind's oldest technologies and one that still can't be beat. I like the continuity, the fact that I learned from someone who had learned from someone…and so on. In the US, hand bookbinding as a trade has been nearly dead for many years. A few of us quixotic dreamers hang on. Still, the revolution in the last decade in on-demand publishing could create a space for us. Twenty years ago, self-publishers paid a hefty sum to print maybe 250 copies of their family history. They gave away ten and the rest went into the attic. For about the same amount of money, I can print and bind ten full leather volumes and create others on demand. The difficulty is letting people know that this kind of thing exists. When I do fairs, people often approach my table full of books with a mystified smile and say, "I didn't know anybody did this stuff anymore." If bookbinders can get the word out, we might be able to carve out a place for our services in the growing world of digital publishing.
AviHow did you come up with the idea of a binary Genesis? MichaelInitially, I just wanted to see what that river of ones and zeros would look like on the page. But then it just seemed like an idea I could wrap myself around. The bible had been translated into so many languages, why not put it in binary and bind it medieval style? I liked the irony, but I also liked what it said about the longevity of a book as a repository of information. I've owned three or four computers and they never made it past five years. How long will my book last? AviHow have people responded to the binary Genesis project? What fascinates them about it? MichaelAt the Maker Faire this year, people loved it. I always encourage people to pick up and handle my books. Like me a few years ago, many of them had never seen or handled a leather bound book, so at first they're drawn to that. The title is in binary on the cover so they really don't know what it is. When they open it up and see all those ones and zeros they kind of laugh. But then when I tell them it is the Book of Genesis in binary, they really seem to get it. | ||||
| Level-5 announces new titles on weekend press conference Posted: 16 Oct 2011 09:50 PM PDT Highlights include "cross media" Yokai Watch, Time Travelers for PSP and PS Vita, and Layton Brothers for iOS. During Level-5's world press conference on October 15, president Akihiro Hino announced a plethora of new titles, ranging from sequels to the soccer title Inazuma 11 for the Wii and DS, and even new franchises. One of the new titles is Yokai Watch, an upcoming "cross media" title similar to the company's Danball Senki and Inazuma 11 franchise. Players control a kid who can see spirits and ghouls ("yokais" in Japanese) through his new watch. Accompanying him is a white ghost who acts as a guide. Players have to solve unusual problems caused by the invisible spirits by summoning other tamed yokai to fight them. These ghosts include tiny ones with arms on their chin that can put in thoughts into unwary victims, and mid-sized mosquitoes wearing robes that can fly and inflict the feeling of depression and weariness onto others. While there was gameplay footage for the title on the show floor, Level-5 has yet to announce a platform and a release date. Hino also announced the platforms and release year for adventure game Time Travelers. The title will be out on the 3DS, PSP, and PS Vita, and is slated for 2012. The adventure game takes place in 2031, where Tokyo will experience a future disaster. Players will control five different characters whose stories tie in together thanks to the schoolgirl Mikoto, who can somehow predict future events in the timeline. Director Jiro Ishii said that the game plays out like an interactive movie. The president also announced a spin-off of the Professor Layton adventure game series: Layton Brothers Mystery Room for iOS. The main character is Alfendy Layton, the son of Professor Layton, who owns his own detective agency. Gamers will root out suspects and find clues in a crime scene to solve different kinds of cases. The game will use the touchscreen for navigation and puzzle-solving. Helping Alfendy is his assistant, Lucy Grey. There is currently no release date announced for the title. Originally, the game was known by a different title, Mystery Room, and starred two detectives, Sly and Poccio, as they rifled through evidence and solved cases. The game was originally supposed to be on the DS. Hino also revealed more details on the upcoming fantasy RPG simulation Fantasy Life. The game will feature over 20 different character classes, ranging from a fighter to a blacksmith. The soundtrack will be scored by Nobuo Uematsu, while the game's title artwork is done by Yoshitaka Amano. The simulation is slated for a 2012 release. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Level-5 announces new titles on weekend press conference" was posted by Jonathan Leo Toyad on Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:50:47 -0700 | ||||
| Street Fighter X Tekken's gem system detailed Posted: 16 Oct 2011 09:32 PM PDT Game to feature five different types of gems; affects character battle properties mid match.
During Capcom's presentation of Street Fighter X Tekken at New York Comic Con 2011, producer Yoshinori Ono and community manager Seth Killian revealed the date of the game's release: March 6, 2012 in North America. They also talked about the game's gem system, which was first uncovered at the Tokyo Game Show 2011. There will be five types of colour-coded gem types that players can experiment with: Attack (red), Speed (green), Defence (yellow), C.Gauge (blue), and Assist (purple). Before a fight begins, each player picks and equips up to five gems that have their own set of abilities, like a percentage increase in attack damage and auto guard. During a fight, players can only activate certain gem abilities by fulfilling battle conditions, like landing a number of special attacks, or taking a certain amount of damage. When a gem is activated, the player's character will briefly flash the corresponding gem's colour. Players can also use multiple copies of the same gems; while the activation requirements increase, the bonuses also stack up. Gems that give support abilities, like the aforementioned auto guard, require one bar of the cross gauge per blocked attack. The gems aren't mandatory for a fight: players can opt not to equip them at all. During a recent livestream panel from Capcom, the title's assistant producer Tomoaki Ayano said that he doesn't want anyone to jump through many hurdles to collect them in-game. For more information, check out GameSpot's coverage on the upcoming crossover fighting game.
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| Halo CE: Anniversary Kinect features detailed Posted: 16 Oct 2011 08:09 PM PDT Microsoft and 343 Industries have released more details about the motion-sensing functionality available in the upcoming HD remake of the Xbox original.
When Microsoft announced the anniversary remake of Halo: Combat Evolved at its 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo media briefing, the publisher confirmed that the game would support the Xbox 360's motion-sensing add-on Kinect, but gave no more details on how the game would integrate the technology.
Now, Microsoft has chosen to detail Halo: CE Anniversary's Kinect functionality at the Halo/343 Industries panel during New York Comic-Con. According to Game Rant, 343 Industries confirmed that the game will include two features that make use of Kinect. The first feature is a voice command option, which will allow players to control certain actions, such as throwing grenades, re-loading weapons and switching between the re-mastered and classic versions of the game by speaking certain words. The second feature is an "Analyze Mode" that allows players to scan environments, persons of interest and items in the game by selecting them and speaking the word "scan"; the scanned items will then appear in an in-game library that can be viewed anytime for background information on the Halo universe. Halo: CE Anniversary is due for release on November 15, and will include a remastered campaign, Xbox Live co-op support, and seven bundled multiplayer maps. In August, Microsoft confirmed that the game will feature stereoscopic 3D support. For more on Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, check out GameSpot's previous coverage. Read and Post Comments | Get the full article at GameSpot "Halo CE: Anniversary Kinect features detailed" was posted by Laura Parker on Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:09:46 -0700 |
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