Back in June, we discussed the Konsole Kingz interview with one of the hottest models on the planet known as Bria Myles. Since that time, we’ve become even bigger fans of her work. If you happened to have played Don King’s Prizefighter, you probably recognize her. With a little Google-fu magic, I did a search for her images on the web and came up with a seemingly endless selection of awesome pics. Here are my favorites:
Bria Myles & Bow Wow (KonsoleKingz.com)
The ‘3G’ is soo 2008, Google’s latest technology the ‘G1′ is tomorrow’s phone! Very harsh words, I know, but when the world largest search engine makes a move, many tech geeks follow. The new ‘G1′ resembles the iPhone touch screen with the Blackberry Curves trackball and T-mobile’s Sidekick slide-out keyboard. Currently set for sale at $179 on October 22nd through T-mobile’s network with a two-year contract. Britain in November and other European countries early next year.
The ‘G1′ is optimized for wi-fi hotspots, but will also run on T-mobile’s slower network. T-mobile’s data plan, which is needed to receive email or surf the web, will run you an extra 25 bucks.
Google is giving away Android, the software that underlies the G1, for free, and opening the operating system to third-party developers who can create their own programs. Google hopes that in turn, mobile phones will provide even more ways for people to interact with the company’s advertising network.
Via Breitbart
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[UPDATE! Valve's Doug Lombardi has told Kotaku, 1Up and MTV that this is just a rumor and "a bit of fiction"]
The Inquirer has “well placed sources” telling them that Google, yes, Google, are going to be owning Valve any moment now.
Valve’s Gabe Newell have expressed possibilities for Valve to be acquired before, so this really comes as no surprise. The surprise would be that it is actually Google. The main reason would be, of course; Steam.
In just a few years Steam has become the most prominent digital distribution service on the PC. Many have their own alternative, like Stardock’s Impulse and EA’s own digital distribution platform EA Downloader, but Steam have somehow managed to become something more. Building up a strong community around it seems to have been the key success, and with the announcement of Steam Clouds, this digital distribution platform is only going to get more popular.
We will see this week if the rumors are true, but we wouldn’t be surprised if they were. Stay tuned for more updates!
The Earth is infested with several forms of zombies. The population is scarce and you are asked to rescue the last remaining civilians in 14 cities. Here’s where you’re asked to step in, and get them the hell out of danger. *The Last Guy is a top-down, aerial view arcade game, in which your character is portrayed by a man with a blue suit and red cape. Incorporating a similar view to that of Google Earth you’ll see real cities which gives the game a realistic feel. Of course with the top building view, the only way to determine who’s in a building is by turning ‘night vision’ on. Japan Studios thought this one out because with ‘night vision’ on, you can’t see the nearby zombies. So you’ll have to toggle your views to succeed. In short, your mission is to rescue a certain number of civilians within the allotted time limit.
If the above image reminds you of Forret Gump, it should. It’s an aerial view of Wash., D.C.
The first level starts you off in Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. You’re given 4 minutes to roundup 1000 people and deliver them safely into the “Escape Zone”. Each city you are dropped off in, has zombies, items, and of course people to rescue. The more civilians you bring to the “Escape Zone” at a time, the higher the bonus. Of course there’s a catch! The more civilians you have with you creates a long line (like follow the leader) which makes you more susceptible to the Zombies. Once the Zombies get too close to you, they can either scare the civilians away or break your ‘Snake” like line both sending them screaming back into nearby shelters. Oh yeah, and if a Zombie captures you, Game Over.
Item List
E = Energy
hE = High Energy
St = Stops Zombie Activity for limited time
Re = Warps you to nearest “Escape Zone”
Iv = Invisible to Zombies for limited time
The games’ music, and sounds let you know when time is almost up and when a zombie is near. Strategically timed birds fly overhead to throw your visuals off. The Japanese voice over’s add a creepy feel to the game during the game’s menu screen.
Walk this way guys…
The Good Stuff:
- Highly addictive arcade game
- An aerial view of 14 detailed cities
- Ascending Challenged Cities
- Quick, pick up and play game
- Rumble
The Bad Stuff:
- No Multi-player
- Lack of PS3 Trophies
The Neutral:
- Caped Crusader as main character
In the End…
I know the description of the game sounds simple. It first reminded me of the classic cell phone game ‘Snake’. If it sounds easy, then that means I did a good job not confusing the objective of the game, but let me warn you. *The Last Guy is part arcade-action, mixed in with some strategy. Some cities allow you to gather up a horde of civilians and avoid zombies to get back to your “Escape Zone”, but other cities will require you to roundup smaller groups and use the “Re” to warp you back to the nearest “Escape Zone”.
Overall, it’s a fun quirky top-down game worth giving a shot.
For the price of $9.99, I’d say give *The Last Guy a home…
I’m sure many of you are fans of the ‘Girls of Gaming’ by Play Magazine. I was doing a little research on the magazine for a future article and was surprised that the top search result for “Girls of Gaming” in Google led to a pirated version of the magazine on Scribd. Since the actual paid version of the magazine does not allow sharing of the file, it looks like some noob took some fairly poor screen captures of the PDF and turned it into a version anyone can download on the internet. I suppose the title might suggest we support pirating, which we actually don’t. But…if you are going to be a pirate, at least be a good one. If you want quality, just go and download the real thing HERE, but you have to actually pay real money to see it.
My title wasn’t supposed to sound like Borat, and although I thought about re-writing it, I didn’t. Success! Anywho, Google announced a new service that helps website owners grow traffic by enabling any site on the web to easily provide social features for its visitors.
While this service is currently available through plugins, Google promises that “Friend Connect” will be programless (is that a word?). And we all know, where Google goes, everyone follows.
Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social — and now they can be, easily. With Google Friend Connect (see http://www.google.com/friendconnect), any website owner can add a snippet of code to his or her site and get social features up and running immediately without programming — picking and choosing from built-in functionality like user registration, invitations, members gallery, message posting, and reviews, as well as third-party applications built by the OpenSocial developer community.
Visitors to any site using Google Friend Connect will be able to see, invite, and interact with new friends, or, using secure authorization APIs, with existing friends from social sites on the web, including Facebook, Google Talk, hi5, orkut, Plaxo, and more.
For Site Owners: Traffic and User Engagement
Without requiring coding experience, Google Friend Connect gives site owners a way to attract and engage more people by giving visitors a way to connect with friends on their websites.
* Drive traffic: people who discover interesting sites can bring their friends with them, and can opt-in to publish their activities on those sites back into their social network, attracting even more visitors.
* Increase engagement: access to friends and OpenSocial applications provides more interesting content and richer social experiences.
* Less work: any site can have social components without hiring a programming team or becoming a social network.Google Friend Connect is in a preview release, available tonight after Campfire One on a handful of whitelisted websites. All site owners interested in learning more about Google Friend Connect and signing up for the wait list can visit http://www.google.com/friendconnect/ starting tonight. In the weeks ahead we will be turning on more sites, adding more social applications, and integrating feedback from site owners and developers.
Currently, the “Friend Connect” site is not running. But here’s what you can expect:
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