So I was skimming through Microsoft’s CES ’09 keynote (which can be viewed online here) when I came across a pretty interesting part. They were showing off some games on Xbox Live (if I’m not wrong) and I was pretty impressed by their gameshow game “1 vs 100″ where a hundred people can play together on Xbox Live. But that’s a story for another time.
After that demo, they began talking about another game called Kodu, and they brought a 12-year-old girl named Sparrow up on stage to help demo the game. At first I was mildly amused that she was called Sparrow, but that’s when I was greeted with this:
Honestly? “ACTUAL 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL”. It seemed that Microsoft was trying REALLY hard to convince us she was ACTUALLY REAL. You know, just in case we thought she was a robot or cyborg or something like that. Or maybe we’d think she’s a guy? Or that she wasn’t 12-years-old?
Or maybe we’d think she was a bird?
Jokes aside though, the game is pretty interesting, it’s more of a game creator for kids, teaching them the fundamentals behind programming. For example Sparrow showed us how she could build a factory, and tell it to create a Wisp after 10 seconds, and then close after 11 seconds. The level of customisation available to the player looks pretty deep as well, with the presenter going “I’m glad you’re the one who’s doing this”, because of the way she navigated through the many, many radial menus, it’s clear this “programming language” takes some time to learn.
For now though, we’ll have to settle for an ACTUAL 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL to show us what the game is like.
The iPhone Dev team has been known for plenty of releases thus far. From the original Pwnagetool to QuickPwn, every single one of their releases helps owners of iPhones and first gen iPod touches (myself included) jailbreak their device. For those who don’t know, this essentially unlocks more features for the user, for example access to other third-party software, and also the ability to SSH into the device (ie. directly modifying the files in the device as opposed to merely interacting with it through iTunes).
Now, we’re all wondering when the second-generation iPod Touch will finally receive its jailbreak.
Originally slated to be released in January at the International Consumer Electronics Show, the beta of the newest version of Windows, Windows 7, has somehow found its way into BitTorrent trackers. Whether it was a disgruntled programmer or the one in charge of distributing the software itself, we’ll never know. Of course, none of us are complaining either.
Seriously, first Tom Cruise, now Will Smith. Is the cult of Scientology spreading through Hollywood like wildfire or something? Or do celebrities think is “hip” and “cool” to join a cult or something. Why do so many people still fall for the lie that is Scientology, despite tons of warnings on the internet. It’s been proven that Scientology is the cause of the deaths of several of its “worshippers”, but somehow the organisation still manages to slip through the arms of the law. Despite several movements by people in an attempt to warn others about the harm Scientology brings about, including the famous Annonymous, it seems like there are still people getting sucked into it.
In a shocking turn of events, Apple has suddenly announced that it will no longer be present at Macworld Expos after 2009. Next month’s keynote will be Apple’s last at one of these events, which is a major letdown in my opinion.
As I stated in the earlier post, Blogger used to be my platform of choice a few years back thanks to its infinite level of customisation, for it allowed users to edit the raw HTML code however they liked. It’s a feature that WordPress.com didn’t, and still doesn’t, have. However, over time I began to realise how ridiculous my blog skins were getting, and decided to switch over to WordPress. While it didn’t offer as much customisation options as blogger, it was still a really simple and effective platform, and I’ve come to love it over the years.
So, after resoundingly defeating John Mccain in the 2008 United States Presidential Elections, former presidential candidate Barrack Hussein Obama has now become president-elect. I won’t lie to you, I’ve been rooting for Obama for quite some time, but that’s really because I’m a Digg user and everything there is pro-Obama and anti-Mccain. Oh and not to mention anti-Palin, though probably with good enough reason.
Still, Mccain’s on the losing end here. Most American citizens will no doubt vote for Obama with regards to this matter. Mccain’s the one who’s been supporting the war which cost more lives than 9/11 did and he wants them to remain there for an indefinite period until Iraq is stable enough. Oh and not to mention there’s that problem of the economy, which Mccain himself admits he has little experience with. Then there’s that issue of Palin……