We’re not sure if it was brilliant or just really, really annoying, but Ubisoft has finally doled out a trailer for Splinter Cell: Convictionpiecemeal on a teaser site for the game. There’s now a new (final?) portion and it’s just as vague as the previous iterations.
So, Sam’s been wronged, and now he’s going to wreck shop on the parties responsible. If you need a slightly lengthier version of that same short story, click away.
Next week’s Rock Band Weekly brings tracks from just a few artists performing at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in twangy Tennessee. Remember the following week’s tracks have already been revealed as Iron Maiden, just in case you need to budget your DLC in these rough times.
“Summer & Shine” — Ben Harper and Relentless7 (160 / )
“A Favor House Atlantic” — Coheed and Cambria (160 / )
“The Running Free” — Coheed and Cambria (160 / )
“Wilson (live)” — Phish (160 / )
“Steady at the Wheel” — Shooter Jennings (160 / )
“Wolf Like Me” — TV on the Radio (160 / )
All tracks are masters and will be available for download next Tuesday and Thursday for Xbox 360 and PS3, respectively. Rock Band Wiikly will wii-lease its plans on Monday.
Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers “Bustin’ Loose” vs The Zombies “Time of the Season” (DJ Shadow Mix)
The official DJ Herowebsite is now online and, lo and behold, contains actual gameplay videos. The videos confirm that, yes, the setup is very similar to the music games we’ve come to know and love. The first video, above, shows off a song played at medium difficulty. A video of easy difficulty can be found after the break. Unfortunately, the videos still don’t quite make it clear exactly what players will be doing with the controller. Don’t worry too much though — we’re sure everything will be cleared up at E3 next week.
Also revealed by the website are details surrounding some of the game modes. Three modes are mentioned: DJ vs. DJ, DJ + DJ and DJ + Guitar. In addition to guitar controllers, the game is also said to support microphones. Exactly how all this will work is anybody’s guess.
Finally, the site finally lists platforms for the game via the pre-order page. Unsurprisingly, DJ Hero will be available on PS3, PS2, Xbox 360 and Wii.
Square Enix’s E3 lineup features two surprises, in addition to the expected Final Fantasy stuff: Front Mission Evolved and NIER. While we may have suspected that some kind of Front Mission game was coming, we wouldn’t have guessed that it would be a third-person shooter instead of a strategy game, nor that it would be developed by a Western company (Silent Hill: Homecoming’s Double Helix Games, specifically). The E3 lineup press release highlights SE’s efforts to become a more “global” company, and it hardly gets more “global” than handing one of its existing IPs over to a Western developer to be made into a PS3/Xbox/PC shooter.
NIER is a new PS3/360 action game developed by Bullet Witch/Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles maker cavia. Players control NIER, who fights in a “crumbling world” to find a cure for his daughter, who is infected with the “Black Scrawl virus.”
If there’s one thing football games lack nowadays, it’s the feeling of comradery that comes from playing with teammates. When it’s one person versus another person, the whole teamwork thing kind of gets thrown out the window. Well, no longer will you be forced to play online all alone, as EA has revealed that Madden NFL 10 will include online co-op gameplay for the first time on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Head past the break for a trailer where some of the folks behind the game explain the new feature and what they hope it will mean for the future of Madden.
Sega is set to begin the second round of downloadable “vintage” games, starting with XBLA’s Gunstar Heroes on June 10; the PSN version hits the following day. Gunstar Heroes appears to be the only title planned for the PSN from the seven announced titles.
Although the seven games have been “re-worked” for high-definition, with online leaderboards and network play, it’s worth mentioning that many of the titles are also available on Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection.
Brightfalls.net, an Alan Wake fan news site officially sanctioned (and hosted) by developer Remedy, has been out of commission for all of 2009. The site has just popped back up, leading one conspiracy-minded Alan Wake forum poster, “shorty,” to conjecture that the site is back up in anticipation of some Alan Wake news. Specifically, “that Alan Wake will be shown at E3 on Monday!”
The theories of one guy on a forum may not be enough to base a rumor on, but the following post makes us think something really may be happening. Remedy staffer and forum administrator JoukoRMD responded to that post with “Well, maybe (brightfalls.net site lead) ADM has that feeling too, and thus brought back brightfalls.net,” ending with a emoticon. Does that wink signify some secret knowledge? We suppose we’ll find out Monday.
Steven Chu, the current US Energy Secretary, argues that open source software will cut down on global warming. Long story short, widespread adoption of open source software would cut down on IP- and standards-related conflicts, allowing both the so-called first and third world to quickly reap the benefits of technology, particularly in doing more with less power. Yes, there’s a us-against-them aspect to the idea:
Yes, I am the Steven Chu
But he is adamant that great efficiency, particularly in buildings, will significantly reduce the number of power plants built. To really take effect, he says, global co-operation on technology to improve efficiency is vital. And that co-operation, he says, could be best facilitated by open source software to avoid the wrangling over intellectual property that is sometimes a source of tension between developed and developing countries in climate change talks.
That line of reasoning requires quite a leap. A leap based on the assumption that well-designed software will keep future buildings running smoothly and efficiently, and the hope that open source software will eventually gain widespread acceptance. Assuming that entrenched players would want to perpetuate the proprietary-software-for-profit scheme, all I can say is good luck.
So someone wanted to replace his eMac keyboard with another keyboard, sans the Eject Key. And he thoughtfully asks “Is there a keyboard sequence, hot key, whatever that will open the drive”? Guess what the solution was!
So much just to emulate this?
Go to the root of your hard drive (double-click on it) and open System: Library: CoreServices: Menu Extras. Inside that window, double-click on the icon called Eject.menu. You may want to hold down the OPTION key and drag it to the desktop to make a copy there, but once you start the application, it will put an eject symbol in the right side of the white menu bar above the desktop. When you click on it, you just have to choose Open SuperDrive/DVD Drive/CD etc. or Close SuperDrive… It also gives you the choice of F12, but unless you reassign the EXPOSE action that F12 executes, you won’t be able to use that.
If the eject button disappears on restart or shutdown, just put the copy of the eject.menu file in the Applications folder and then open your System Preferences. In there, go to the USERS section, highlight your account and click on the LOGIN ITEMS tab. Click on the + symbol and then use the window that pops up to navigate to the Applications folder and choose Eject.menu and it will be added to the list of login/start up programs to automatically execute every time you reboot or start up.
Bla bla bla bla bla… these instructions are very similar to a Windows-only procedure somewhat infamous for complication: Changing Your Network IP Address.
I have a feeling that many of us know unconsciously what can be done with a Hacked PC, but it took The Washington Post to illustrate the concepts, categorizing the various badness into six neat categories (click the pic below to see the Post’s graphic in full):
I will admit considering the vulnerabilities of Financial Credentials as a revelation. Aside from the almost-cliche possibility of stolen credit card numbers and bank accounts details is the potential to manipulate stock trades and mutual funds on your non-consented behalf. Overlooking those is understandable, especially since many of us don’t really have the sound long-term financial planning needed to drive such investment-related online activity. That’s a pitfall I hope to remain aware if and when I decide to manage my financial future on the internet.
To be clear though, there are much more practical—and pressing—considerations. As I attempt to maintain the secrecy of my real email address, the crown jewel for any would-be identity theft, I hereby declare: You can pry my Steam collection from my cold, dead hands.
Splinter Cell: Conviction site gets updated originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 29 May 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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emoticon. Does that wink signify some secret knowledge? We suppose we’ll find out Monday.
