Archive for ‘ January, 2009 ’

Sub 100 Dollar 1 Terabyte Hard Drives

  • January 29th, 2009

Got this email from Newegg and I couldn’t believe that 1TB hard drives were selling for under 100 bucks! It’s pretty amazing, but I would imagine if the economy wasn’t trashed they’d be around $80 more. While you can find a 2TB single unit drive for $300, you’d be much better off picking up two of these 1TB for around $100 and setting up a RAID array, which will be cheaper and give much better performance.
Here are some of the sweet deals I found while perusing the site:


HITACHI 1TB 3.5
HITACHI
Model 0A38016
SATA 3.0Gb/s 1TB
16MB Cache
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 1TB 3.5
SAMSUNG
Model HD103UJ
SATA 3.0Gb/s 1TB
32MB Cache
Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB 3.5
Western Digital
Model WD10EADS
SATA 3.0Gb/s 1TB
32MB Cache

FEAR 2 Project Origin Demo Screens and Video

  • January 22nd, 2009


Fear 2: Project Origin
is a blend of combat mixed with gaming set inside a sinister and paranormal universe that begins shortly before the ending of F.E.A.R. A Special Forces squad is on a routine mission when the city of Auburn is rocked by a supernatural explosion. Alma, a girl with immense power and a thirst for revenge, has unleashed her wrath upon the city and thrown it into chaos. The squad must combat enemy forces and the supernatural as they struggle to find a way to stop Alma and uncover the mysterious forces arrayed against them before it’s too late.

Features:

  • Strategic environmental combat opportunities available to both you and your enemies
  • In your face close-quarter action in a variety of indoor and outdoor environments
  • Enhanced graphics engine takes action horror to new heights through enhanced visuals and effects
  • Enemies behave realistically and use the environment against you through vastly enhanced enemy Artificial Intelligence
  • Maintains the authenticity of the Alma storyline and players will know this is the only place to continue the saga

    • Looking for a concise review? Check out this one on technologyinsanity.com.

    SuperTuxKart 0.6

    • January 22nd, 2009

    Just found out that SuperTuxKart has hit version 0.6. Binaries for Mac, Windows, and Linux are available. Download it today!

    We have finally released SuperTuxKart 0.6. New in this version are improved physics and kart handling (including drifting and nitro speed boost), new powerups (plunger, bowling ball, cake, bubblegum), new and improved tracks (skyline, snow mountain, race track, space track, old mine, XR591), a new multi-player game mode (3-Strikes Battle with two special arenas), improved and new kart models with a better AI, fully positional audio with OpenAL, new music and sound effects (including engine, braking and skidding sounds) and much more.

    Video:

    [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/2891554[/vimeo]

    Screenshots (Linux):