ORIGINALLY AIRED: 4/12/2005
Experimental Games, PSP Hacks, Mortal Kombat
Episode #5059
Look! Up on the Web!: Some breaking superhero movie images from Superherohype.com:
Keyword Gold: Here’s a list of top-rated Google ad keywords. Back When Wood Was Just Wood: This gallery of unintentionally sexual comic book covers provides laughs galore. |
| Shalin Shodhan and Kyle Gray, students at students at Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center, challenged themselves (and two other students, Kyle Gabler and Matt Kucic) with the “Experimental Gameplay Project.” Each student had to single-handedly create one video game per week using OpenGL or Flash. They ended up with some 30 or so titles since last January, many of which can be played at www.experimentalgameplay.com.
Here are Shalin and Kyle’s personal favorite titles: Tower of Goo Square-Off On a Rainy Day Blow The Crowd |
| Ever since the Sony PSP was released, industrious hackers across the nation have been working diligently to figure out new things to do with it. Here are some of our favorites:
Read E-books:
Browse the web:
Play multiplayer PSP games using just one disc. Make a DIY USB PSP charger. |
| Kevin P. scours the bottom shelves of eBay to find the most delightful items: Monkey Orange Glam Jacket with “IT” and “WOW Factor” Permanent Forehead Tattoo Couple Donnie Darko Frank the Bunny Suit Pop Can Tree |
| Kevin R. is convinced that Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance is the greatest fighting game ever made. Kevin P. scoffed. After a short debate involving several other gaming titles, the two Kevins settled the matter with a round of Deadly Alliance. Kevin P. was thrashed, and the debate was tabled. |
| Lexis-Nexis Hacked: The research database admits that its computers turned over passwords, enabling hackers to steal the personal information of over 300,000 members.
Mag Bounty: Intel is offering to buy the 1965 copy of Electronics Magazine that features an article with the first reference to Moore’s Law—for $10,000. It’s G-R-R-R-R-R-eat!: Apple.com posts a Tiger Countdown Clock to remind everyone that the latest version of OSX is coming soon. Fine Whine: France is apparently upset with Google. |
| FilmThreat.com’s inimitable Chris Gore gave us the scoop on today’s big DVD releases. Here are his comments straight from his keyboard to you:
Ocean’s 12 Space Ghost Coast to Coast Vol. 3 Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law Vol. 1 Bonus Film Threat Tip: You can actually download the entire Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith script right now—legally—at eReader.com. “It’s going to be a mix of the most exciting action sequences ever in a Star Wars film, and a lot of boring crap,” promises Chris. Spoil your moviegoing experience now and download away! |
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