Jan 27

The Darkness II: The Human Inside

The protagonist of the video game (and comic book) series The Darkness is a hard sell on two counts.

First off, he's a hitman turned mob don, whose day-to-day activities involve running a criminal empire.

Source:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1216903p1.html?RSSwhen2012-01-25_023800&RSSid=1216903

Jan 27

A review of Mastering Her Gspot

A look at Mastering Her Gspot through the eyes of The Reviewer. What is it, can we trust their claims and is anyone else buying......
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Jan 27

Why Does the Next Xbox Need Discs At All?

If the next generation of Microsoft's Xbox gaming system will be designed to bring us well beyond 2020, why would it still rely on last century's technology - spinning discs - for games?

Source:
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/why_does_the_next_xbox_need_discs_at_all.php

Jan 27

A History of Gaming

A brief history of egalitarianism in games, from the original Sims through to Skyrim.

Games take a lot of flak for being a fairly un-inclusive medium, made by young straight men for young straight men and mildly offensive to everyone else.

Source:
http://games.ign.com/articles/121/1217180p1.html?RSSwhen2012-01-25_031200&RSSid=1217180

Jan 27

Microsoft: Xbox 720 Reportedly Coming Fall 2013

Microsoft will ship the next version of the Xbox game console in October or November 2013, IGN reports, citing "sources close the the project."

Source:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/01/25/microsoft-xbox-720-reportedly-coming-fall-2013/

Jan 27

League of Legends Secrets Review

Premiere League of Legends Instructional Site. Learn From The Best LoL Players In The World With Our Instructional Videos Lessons and Guides.
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Jan 26

29 Video Game Characters That Would Be Horrifying in Reality

Video games do a pretty good job of avoiding the uncanniest corners of the uncanny valley.

But if you spend enough time in one, you can't help but wonder how the characters you encounter there would translate to the real world.

Source:
http://www.cracked.com/photoplasty_309_29-video-game-characters-that-would-be-horrifying-in-reality/

Jan 26

My blueprint for success at the early Tony Hawk games.

My blueprint for success at the early Tony Hawk games.

Source:
http://i.imgur.com/PtPvm.jpg

Jan 26

Why Final Fantasy IX Should Be Square-Enixs Blueprint

If there was textbook called How to Make a Bad Video Game, Im certain no game would be more cited than Final Fantasy XIII.

Source:
http://www.damnlag.com/why-final-fantasy-ix-should-server-as-a-blueprint-for-square-enix/

Jan 26

Just in Time for "Anonymous" Attacks, U.S. NIST Drafts a New Readiness Plan

Two years ago, the U.S.

Dept. of Homeland Security firmly decided that a policy of responding to vulnerabilities in the nation's cybersecurity when they happen, is insufficient. The National Institute of Standards and Technology set about on a plan to model a 21st century perpetual vulnerability mitigation scheme - a continuous monitoring framework that attempts to model security procedures not in terms of crisis and response, but instead as a perpetual cycle of monitoring and engagement that stays basically the same whether or not there's a crisis.

"The output of a strategically designed and well-managed organization-wide ISCM program can be used to maintain a system's authorization to operate and keep required system information and data... up to date on an ongoing basis," the September document explains. "Security management and reporting tools may provide functionality to automate updates to key evidence needed for ongoing authorization decisions. ISCM also facilitates risk-based decision making regarding the ongoing authorization to operate information systems and security authorization for common controls by providing evolving threat activity or vulnerability information on demand. A security control assessment and risk determination process, otherwise...

Source:
http://frank007.posterous.com/just-in-time-for-anonymous-attacks-us-nist-dr