More Dust 514 info.

Yeah I bet you couldn't guess I'm excited about this game huh?  Anyway courtesy of the fan page Dust514.org we have a small guide on what to expect from Dust when you first download and start playing the game.

After picking a character faction and coming up with  a name for your character you will be given some basic armor.  As with EVE you will be brought to a lot of NPC characters for corporations that will allow you to do a lot of missions to begin building up your character.  Now just because they are NPC missions does't mean you will just be fighting a bunch of NPC's.  You will also be fighting other players who have chosen other corporation NPC's.  Once you begin to earn some money and start loading out your character via, what seems to be a complex skill tree and completely customizable armor and gear set, you can start going into some major battles.  You will have the option to be a lone wolf or sign up for a corporation and help take over planets and solar systems.  You can pretty much choose any role and learn the skills to master them.  Apparently if you wanted to master all skills it would take you about 7 years.  Yeah no thanks I'll just stick to the ones I like best then.

It looks like the beta will be coming out in June with a hopeful early fall release.  Check out the very very exhaustive introduction over at dust514.org

The Magicians

After watching the first episode of The Sword and Laser show over on geekandsundry I decided I was going to read this book.  It's called the Magicians and its pretty much a grown up version of the magic world aka Harry Potterish but more adultish. HAHA

"The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world 

Like everyone else, precocious high school senior Quentin Coldwater assumes that magic isn't real, until he finds himself admitted to a very secretive and exclusive college of magic in upstate New York. There he indulges in joys of college-friendship, love, sex, and booze- and receives a rigorous education in modern sorcery. But magic doesn't bring the happiness and adventure Quentin thought it would. After graduation, he and his friends stumble upon a secret that sets them on a remarkable journey that may just fulfill Quentin's yearning. But their journey turns out to be darker and more dangerous than they'd imagined. Psychologically piercing and dazzlingly inventive, The Magicians is an enthralling coming-of-age tale about magic practiced in the real world-where good and evil aren't black and white, and power comes at a terrible price."



If you love a good fantasy book check it out at Amazon.

Halo 4 release date set for November

343 studios, the new team behind the halo franchise will be releasing the new sequel to Halo on November 6th 2012.  Microsoft formally announced yesterday.  I am interested to see how this new team does with the franchise especially since they will be bring back our favorite character Master Chief.  It also appears from the announcement that they plan to keep Halo going for at least a decade longer with a new saga for the series.  It will be interesting to see who the game lives up to the previous games.  It is odd seeing a Halo game with out the name Bungie attached to it.

Oakley making some Google glasses of their own.

So I have to admit, I think the idea of the Google Glasses is a neat concept but I also wonder how well it will work and also seriously come one Google why did you make them so ugly and uber nerdy.  I mean even the Bluetooth headset, all the time wearing, belt phone holster dorks of the corporate world probably wouldn't want to wear those with the way they look.

Anyway now that I have that rant over with it appears that not only Google, but Nokia (who came out with their concept in 2009) and now Oakley is dabbling in the business of augmented reality glasses.  Things will get pretty neat and if they can make them look at least a little bit cooler they will really be a cool concept!

Yesterday was a sad day for my childhood...

So Yesterday the Space Shuttle Discovery made its last flight from Florida on the back of a special 747 to Washington DC.  Where it will forever rest in the Smithsonian for everyone to see up close and personal. I watched on TV while I was at work yesterday as it made all it's low flying passes over Florida and Washington wishing I was there.  What a breathtaking thing to see.  I can remember when I was young watching all the space flights and keeping up with the cool NASA things I could get my hands on.  Yes I had the typical I want to be an astronaut childhood fantasy.  

With this shuttle being put to rest in a museum it is a humbling thing to watch and end to an era.  I guess they say all good things must come to and end but don't fret though as NASA exits the orbital business and turns it attentions to what it does best (Making rockets to take us to Mars.)  Now enters the first corporate space flights to begin taking over the long tradition that these space shuttles have done over the years.  I company called spaceX will begin sending rockets up to the International Space Station to bring supplies and hopefully by 2018 them and other companies hope to be able to be sending astronauts up on commercial rockets themselves.

But still in a way its sad to see this shuttle go...

Bethesda's trailer for their new game Dishonored.

If you like steam punk, or Skyrim or well anything awesome and graphically amazing check out the Video for the first look at Dishonored below!  Simply great looking game.

Available for PC, XBOX, and PS3 sometime this year.

ikea's answer to the cable mess of a tv center

So when I first read about this over at tecrunch I thought for a second it was a joke because of the video.  But yeah other than this awkwardly funny teaser video this actually could be a really cool and creative thing from ikea.  If they can get a decent price and everything works well enough this could actually become kind of a hit.  It probably won't be coming out in the US anytime this year but maybe sometime next year we will be able to get our hands on one of these TV's  I mean entertainment stations?