This Week in Gaming: Bieber and FIFA score, Donkey Kong goes gold and Cliffy B ‘grows up’
Thursday, 4th October 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming, Gaming History, News, Pop Culture, Week In Gaming News
Tags: achievement unlocked, cliff, cliffy b, debate, epic, epic games, gaming, gears of war, justin bieber, live, NBA 2K13, nintendo, Obama, romney, xbox
Written by: Patrick Scott Patterson
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The weeks of video game history are just flying by. Here’s a look at the most recent one.
Presidential Debate Hits XBox Live
The first presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney aired on XBox Live Wednesday night, complete with interactive polling questions that were made available during the broadcast.
This broadcast was not only historic for seeing XBox Live as a broadcaster of such a mainstream event, but also for marking the first time Medicare was an important topic to gamers not playing the Nintendo Wii.
Achievement Unlocked – 10G: Yes, I said old people played the Wii. They did. Continue reading “This Week in Gaming: Bieber and FIFA score, Donkey Kong goes gold and Cliffy B ‘grows up’” »
DAILY SOUNDCLOUD: Drop Goblin Drops Huge Dubstep In “Sick, Epic, Dope, Banging”
Friday, 20th July 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Soundcloud
Tags: drop, drop goblin, Dubstep, edm, epic, nerdcore, sick epic dope banging, skrillex
Written by: Paul Nyhart
It’s one of those few songs where the title tells you everything you need to know:
“Sick, Epic, Dope, Banging” is the latest track from Drop Goblin — it compares favorably to Skrillex, with hints of Deadmau5 and Bare Noize thrown in and ultimately forms an epic drop.
Drop Goblin describes it as: Continue reading “DAILY SOUNDCLOUD: Drop Goblin Drops Huge Dubstep In “Sick, Epic, Dope, Banging”” »
Next Gen Walkthrough With Unreal Engine 4
Friday, 8th June 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: Allan Willard, DirectX-11, epic, graphics, graphics card, lava flow, Mike Capps, Unreal Engine 4
Written by: Craig Hunter
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There has been a ton of buzz around E3 regarding next-gen games and consoles, and now we finally get a look at Epic’s Unreal Engine 4. Based how many great current generation titles are built around Unreal’s tech, this could be a glimpse into what many titles will look like on future hardware.
According to Kotaku (via Gametrailers), Epic president Mike Capps has announced that they are currently working on a “couple” of next-gen games and one of those titles will be “targeted at PC”. Continue reading “Next Gen Walkthrough With Unreal Engine 4” »
Get Your Diablo Fix On iOS With The Upcoming ‘Infinity Blade: Dungeons” (Video)
Friday, 18th May 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: Diablo, dungeons, epic, gears of war, gold, Infinity Blade: Dungeons, iOS, ipad
Written by: Craig Hunter
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Infinity Blade: Dungeons will be a departure from the series’ current formula, introducing a Diablo-style gameplay style. Like the name implies, the game will be a dungeon crawler with a focus on weapon crafting and collectibles.
This our first look at the game since it debuted live on stage during Apple’s third-generation iPad unveiling. According to IGN, who got their hands on the game (video below), “Dungeons plays beautifully,” and long time fans of the current on-rails Infinity Blade experience won’t be disappointed. Continue reading “Get Your Diablo Fix On iOS With The Upcoming ‘Infinity Blade: Dungeons” (Video)” »
Father Builds Son His Own Flight Simulator, Gains Early Nod For Dad of The Year
Tuesday, 3rd April 2012Posted in Blog Archive
Tags: airplane, epic, father, flight simulator, son
Written by: Paul Nyhart
Most girls ask their fathers for pony’s (based on what I’m told) while boys ask for their own racecar (based on what I did).
Clint Fishburne settled on building his children a flight simulator to help them develop the body movement and muscle memory skills necessary to fly and land a plane. Fishburne is a regional pilot based out of Atlanta, who was trained in a simulator that cost too much to fit a pilot’s salary (with most cock-pit simulators beginning at $7,000) so naturally he built one of his own. Continue reading “Father Builds Son His Own Flight Simulator, Gains Early Nod For Dad of The Year” »
Epic Demos Infinity Blade: Dungeons at New iPad Launch (Video)
Wednesday, 7th March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, Gaming
Tags: demo, device, display, dungeons, epic, graphics, Infinity Blade, ipad
Written by: Craig Hunter
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At today’s Apple iPad launch event it unveiled “the new iPad” boasting a retina display, brand new 5-megapixel camera system, faster A5X dual-core processor with quad-core graphics, and for the most part unchanged design. Preorders for “the new iPad” (that’s right, not “iPad 3″) begin today with the device becoming available on March 16 in most major countries.
Apple will keep the base model at $499 and the new 4G LTE model will start at the same price as the current iPad 2′s WiFi+3g model, $629. The iPad 2 will drop down to $399. Now onto the good stuff… what does this mean for gamers?
“This presents a problem for us in presenting it to you. For the first time an iPad has a higher resolution than this entire display behind you… That’s a fun challenge.” — Phil Schiller, Senior VP of Worldwide Marketing
Continue reading “Epic Demos Infinity Blade: Dungeons at New iPad Launch (Video)” »
Full “Mass Effect” Rap is Here
Friday, 2nd March 2012Posted in Blog Archive, NERDCORE, Online Video
Tags: artist, effect, epic, it's, mass, nerdcore, rap, series
Written by: Jeff Nau
Still not super-familiar with what some are calling “one of the greatest sci-fi series of our time” (guess that includes Philip K. Dick, William Gibson and Heinlein)?
Maybe it’s a sign of the times when you can learn most of what you need to know about all things ME in a 3-minute nerdcore rap, succinctly entitled “Mass Effect Epic Rap.” It’s the work of one Dan Bull, a somewhat chemically imbalanced nerdcore artist (who isn’t) who has made a hobby out of covering the most epic of the gaming world, Continue reading “Full “Mass Effect” Rap is Here” »
Samsung’s Epic 4G Touch (Galaxy S II variant) lands on Sprint
Friday, 16th September 2011Posted in Blog Archive, Technology
Tags: 4g, design, device, epic, Galaxy, ii, make, phone, samsung, sprint
Written by: Craig Hunter
Looking to upgrade to a new Android device on Sprint? Starting today Samsung’s Galaxy S II variant, the Epic 4G Touch is officially available via the Sprint website. It’s gonna set you back $200 on the usual two year commitment, but the good news is you’ll be getting one of the better Android-powered smartphones on the market for much less than possible before now.
If you couldn’t bring yourself to part with $600+ for the unlocked Galaxy S II, the subsidized price will definitely make it easier to make the switch. The 4G WiMax-capable device sports a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED display and an impressive 7.7-thin design. Most of the other hardware specs mirror its Galaxy S II counterpart available on other carriers. Continue reading “Samsung’s Epic 4G Touch (Galaxy S II variant) lands on Sprint” »
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