Netbooks could drive production of even crazily cheaper, lighter-weight computers. "If everything you're doing is online, then the netbook becomes a screen with a radio chip. So why do you need a motherboard?" OLPC designer Mary Lou Jepsen says. "Especially if you want the batteries to last. Why not just make it a screen and a really cheap $2 to $5 radio chip?" The cloud is also probably going to get powerful in ways that now seem like fantasy. AMD is working on an experimental 3-D graphics server farm that would run high-end videogames, squirting a stream out to portable devices so you could play even the most outrageously lush games without a fancy onboard processor. Patrick Moorehead, AMD's vice president of marketing, recalls that in 2007 gamers had to buy special powerful desktop machines loaded with RAM and $600 graphics cards to play Crysis: "Now imagine you've got servers running Crysis and streaming it to an iPhone or a netbook, sending just the vectors that let you navigate the game."
awwwwww yea. As someone who built a new computer for Crysis (<3 my baby q6600, 2x8800 512mb gt, 4gb ram, 680i sli board) this is exciting potential. i just can't figure out how it would work, we complain at the tiniest bit of lag for dota still, or other games. the quality and speed of internet would really have to improve dramatically for this to run seamlessly... so developing the technology alone (unless it was being used semi-locally on a giga ethernet lan party or gaming cafe) won't cut it... but it's still exciting that in the future high end graphics could come to more portable stuff.
http://www.wired.com/gadgets/wireless/magazine/17-03/mf_netbooks?current...
"The Youth Care Foundation (Stiftelsen Ungdomsvård), which works to advocate active alternatives to gaming, described the game as "the cocaine of the computer games world"."
'"There is not a single case of game addiction that we have worked
with in which World of Warcraft has not played a part," according to
Sven Rollenhagen at the foundation"'
Does this not surprise anyone else? Having been a former player, the sheer addictive power of the game to me is quite obvious and understood. Though I don't have a cocaine use history to really compare it to... anyone care to comment?
http://ucbstarcraft.awardspace.com/index.html
Sounds like fun. Checkout the first homework assignment:
Homework Week 1
Preparation for Unit Attributes and Effects
1. Note the special unit combinations for the replay shown in class. What is significant
about it?
2. Pick one of the following branches of tech trees and report on its strengths and
weaknesses and special effects.
Zerg Pre-Lair Protoss Gateway Terran Barracks
Zerg Lair Tech Protoss Robotics Terran Factory
Zerg Hive Protoss Stargate Terran Starport
Zerg Buildings Protoss Buildings Terran Buildings
Be sure to note any special effects each unit can perform. Also note its cost, build time,
damage, health, shields, armor, upgrades, tech requirements, etc. Try to find a
professional replay that demonstrates at least one of the units’ used with great effect.
3. Find the (or at least one) nicknames for the following progamers, and what unit (if any)
they were known for using the most:
a. Boxer
b. Reach
c. Oov
d. Savior
e. Xellos
f. Bisu
g. Nal Ra
h. Anytime
i. Garimto
j. Jaedong
pretty hilarious. i hope some lovely wow nerd girl rewards him for his giant balls.