Category: Science & Geeks

  • Project Origin: You’ll kill zombies

    In this PC shooter game, still unavailable, you’ll see quite some destruction. Link to GameTrailers

  • Far Cry 2, 100 hours of intense gameplay

    Far Cry 2, 100 hours of intense gameplay

    100 hours, that is the promise from Ubisoft Montréal (where most games only last 10 to 20 hours). This game will have a fully open map in Africa (50 square kilometers, only limited by deadly deserts) where you will meet mercenaries, and weather elements (including fire). Analysis (in French) at JeuxVideoPC.com.

  • A bridge too high

    A bridge too high

    Somewhere in Malaysia, there is this astonishing bridge. I guess that most people would be a little unsure walking onto it, not really knowing how it holds in place. All details at Deputy Dog.

  • A lion without travelling to Africa

    A lion without travelling to Africa

    Even better than going to Africa, you can have your own lion pet, cute lion cub at home. Furry and reacting to its environment, this is really a cool robot toy. http://www.gizoo.co.uk/Products/ToysGames/RadioControl/WowweeAliveLion.htm £49.95 (about $100 USD or 75€) in pre-order.

  • Crysis Wars comes along with Crysis Warhead

    While Crysis Warhead is now in pre-order for $29.99/29.95€, we heard that it will come along with a new multi-player component named Crysis Wars. new online multi-player modes 21 maps

  • 50 mega-pixel photography

    I don’t intend to go too deep into this kind of extreme photography right now, but I wanted to indicate two news items that could be reflecting on the continuous trend toward larger sensors and additional pixels: 50 Megapixel Hasselblad H3DII-50: 36x48mm CCD sensor. Kodak Unveils 50-Megapixel CCD Again, those people are keeping pixel size…

  • Price of the Full Frame SLR

    With the arrival of several Full Frame SLRs on the market, people start wondering what they should buy or what they should wait. Actually, we can expect to see very real price differences, so I thought it would be good to make a summary for us: SLR Price(body only) Comment Canon EOS 5D <$1900<1600€ On…

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – some news

    These days, I received a number of news in preparation of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky launch. This is an FPS video game for PC that should attract many players already in love with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky will be shown by GSC Game World in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (with…

  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – game requirements

    S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky – game requirements

    To play with S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, you will only need a small PC configuration. This FPS video game will accept: Minimum requirements Processor: Athlon XP 2200+ or Intel 4 @ 2GHz Memory: 512 MB SDRAM Graphics card: DirectX 9c on an (old) graphics card with 128MB memory Recommended requirements Processor: CPU dual core (Intel CoreDuo…