The iOS App Store might already have its fair share of addictive and compelling games on offer, but when John Carmack comes calling with his latest megatextured shoot-em-up, you’ve got to sit up and pay attention . Rage HD: Mutant Bash TV isn’t so much a full-fledged game in its own right as it is a teaser for the forthcoming Rage FPS for the PC, and yet even in its pretty limited running time, it managed to woo and thrill us with its visceral gameplay and arresting visuals. It’s easily the best-looking game we’ve yet seen on a mobile device and provides a fine demonstration of just how far Apple’s hardware — on the iPhone 4, iPad, and fourth-gen iPod touch — can be pushed when some appropriately adroit hands are at the graphical controls. But, of course, games are supposed to be fun to play, not just to look at, so why not join us after the break to see how well Rage HD handles its mutant-bashing duties? Gallery: Rage HD screenshots Continue reading Rage HD review (iPhone) Rage HD review (iPhone) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Photo: gregw66 , Flickr, CC Sure, everyone gets a kick out of online polls: They’re fun, simple, interactive. The votes get tallied up right before your eyes, a digital snapshot of community opinion. But you’d be hard-pressed to think of anything less scientific — and certainly anything less worthy of basing actual policy recommendations upon. Yet just two days ago, the results of an online poll were submitted as actual testimony in a Congressional hearing on climate change, by a so-called expert seeking to discredit climate science. This is the story of how this absur… Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Tennessee men’s basketball coach Bruce Pearl has been suspended by the Southeastern Conference for the first eight conference games as punishment for violating NCAA rules and misleading investigators. (Nov. 19)
Continue reading …A baby koala who survived a gunshot wound earlier this month is still fighting for her life at the Australia Zoo in the state of Queensland. The joey, named Frodo, was found with 15 shotgun pellets lodged in her head and body. (Nov. 19)
Continue reading …Yeah, retailers are always undercutting carrier pricing, sometimes pretty dramatically, but Amazon’s taking things to the limit this weekend. You can score any of Verizon’s major Droid phones for a penny, and Verizon is also fronting the $35 Verizon line activation fee. Of course, you’ll have to sign up for a two year contract, and you’d better not think about canceling out of it: Amazon has a $250 per device cancellation fee on top of Verizon’s own hefty charge. Ah, the price of free. Verizon’s Droid lineup available at Amazon for a penny per handset with no activation fee originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Countries were discussing the future of prized Atlantic bluefin tuna at an international conference in Paris Friday. Environmentalists warn the fish faces extinction while fishermen were concerned with their livelihood. (Nov. 19)
Continue reading …Police equipped with submachine guns and bullet-proof vests guard the main… Police equipped with submachine guns and bullet-proof vests guard the main… German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the Prime Minister of the Nethe… HAMBURG, Germany (AP) – A suspicious package found in a Namibian airport near bags bound for Munich was a device designed to test security and didn’t…
Continue reading …Alan Grayson always tells it like it is. The rich do not trickle their Bush tax cuts down to employees. They put the money into villas and Mercedes Benz E-Class cars and bottles of Chateau D’Yquem wine. Alan Grayson (D-Florida) wants everyone to know that he is not in favor of extending the Bush cuts for the wealthy, which would average out to about $83,347 a year for each person in the top 1 percent of the U.S. income bracket. To drive his point home, he made a list for lawmakers on the House floor Wednesday night of the many ways those “high and mighty” individuals making an average of $1.4 million a year will be able to use that extra cash. “Here’s one possibility: they can buy an $83,000 Mercedes Benz E-Class car, not just once, but every single year for the next decade,” he said. “And each year, when they get tired of their brand new Mercedes Benz E-Class car, they can just give it to somebody ’cause they can afford another one. They can give it to a spouse, a sister, a son, a daughter — anybody. Every single year for the next 10 years, the Republican tax plan is to give millionaires enough money for a Mercedes Benz.” Other things rich people can buy with those tax cuts, Grayson said, include a $64,000 Hermés bag, a bottle of Chateau D’Yquem wine from 1787, 20,000 jars of “their favorite mustard” Grey Poupon, and 800 luxury cigars, each of which they could light with a $100 bill.
Continue reading …GAZA (Reuters) – Israeli warplanes struck three targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to militant rocket and mortar fire, the Israeli army said. At least four people, three women and a boy, were hurt in one attack in the central Gaza…
Continue reading …Former ABC reporter Jami Floyd appeared on MSNBC, Friday, and slammed Sarah Palin as an “extraordinary ass.” Floyd's attack didn't register much of a shock with Jansing and Co. host Chris Jansing. She simply wondered if the profanity was “allowed” in the morning hours.
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