Slashdot is reporting that the mysterious illness befalling those near the Peruvian meteor impact was cause by the ground water in the area being laced with Arsenic. When aerosolized, this created a very toxic situation.
Too bad, I had my Zombie Survival Kit all ready to go.
Slashdot has posted that there is a secret, new version of Gmail being tested. What big changes are expected? No one really knows yet.
BreitBart has posted that parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as ‘one of the most important developments in the history of science’. The parallel universe theory, first proposed in 1950 by the US physicist Hugh Everett, helps explain mysteries of quantum mechanics that have baffled scientists for decades, it is claimed.
Pretty exciting stuff.
Joystiq is posting that an author on AlterNet.org calls Resident Evil a ‘Racist video game series’ and that players who begin one of the games ‘will likely enter a world little-known beyond the expensive and expansive universe of gaming, a world increasingly populated with very dangerous depictions of nonwhites’. The author only covers RE4 and RE5 in declaring the series racist. For RE4 he says its Spaniards have ‘stereotypical Mexican accents’ and that RE5 ‘could be a training video for a white supremacist race war or another U.S. military adventure in one of the increasing numbers of deserts on the planet.’
Gizmodo has a cool post showing what 1GB of storage looked like twenty years ago and what it now looks like today. Technology is cool!
The Pirate Bay has posted an entry in their blog that states they have proof that large media companies such as Paramount, EMI, and 20th Century Fox to name a few, have been hiring hackers and other agents of espionage to hacking, spamming, and other destructive acts against their hardware and networks. As they have this proof, they are reporting these incidents to the police and will press full charges upon the investigation’s hopeful outcome. Perhaps this will be the glorious moment we have all waited for?
Joystiq has posted a gallery of Cosplay photos from the Tokyo Game Show. Most are very creative and some are down right sexy!
Bluesnews has reported that the PC version of Assasin’s Creed will be pushed back to early 2008 with no reasons offered.
Incrysis forums has an official dev post stating that the Crysis Dingle Player Demo will be pushed back until October 26th. They pushed it back slightly in order to continue work on the retail product which is slated for release November 16th.
1up is reporting that Japanese magazine Jump is claiming Blue Dragon, an RPG for the Xbox 360 will be making it’s way in some form to the Nintendo DS. Details are sketchy but we will keep you informed as we know more.
