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Nelson Abalos

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And the 2010 Spike TV VGA winners are…

Andrew and I just got back home from the Video Game Awards “Red Carpet.”  We are tired as fuck.  This was our first red carpet event, and we learned quite a lot.  We’ll be posting a video of our interviewees as well as an article about our own thoughts.  But, for now, we are going

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Gaming
Nelson Abalos

Tripod – Ep.003 – Uncharted makes grown men cry

On last night’s recording of the Tripod, there was a lot of crying, especially when I mentioned Uncharted 3. Other topics we discussed on the show were a little bit of the anonymous protest (Operation PayBack) over the Wikileaks shut down, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and some TRON: Legacy.

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We Have Finally Reached the Real Minority Report with Kinect

It didn’t take long for programmers to get from making the Kinect open sourced to creating a real life version of Minority Report. In the video below, you’ll see that another programmer from MIT has made his Kinect learn where both palms are as well as track each of his ten fingers.  This is a

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TV & Movies
Nelson Abalos

Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy Music Video – “Derezzed”

The new TRON: Legacy soundtrack is finally out! I listened to the whole thing on my way to work today. Some fans are already expressing how this album doesn’t sound like the Daft Punk they are used to. But, I still enjoy it.  People need to realize that a movie soundtrack’s purpose is to help

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OnLive Introduces New Flat Rate Monthly Plan

Today, OnLive has announced a very competitive membership plan for $9.99 a month.  With the new flat rate plan, you can play any game that OnLive offers at anytime for as long as you want. “Top-tier titles are available as individual rentals and purchases, while everything else is available at a flat rate. With these

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Gaming
Nelson Abalos

Tripod – Ep. 001 – And the nominees are…

Hey everyone, we’ve got a new show! It’s called the Tripod and it features James, Andrew, and me as your hosts.  In this show, we’ll be running down two or three hot topics concerning our geek culture in a video-podcast format. Each episode will be between fifteen and thirty minutes long.  Just enough time to

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Science and Tech
Nelson Abalos

MIT Group develops Web Browsing with Kinect

You have to hand it to those kids over at the Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT for creating some of the coolest inventions to date. On 25 November, Fluid released a new video, which can be seen past the break.  In this video, the group demonstrates using a web browser with a Microsoft Kinect unit.

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Nelson Abalos

Female TF2 Scout Cosplayer is credit to any team

Sometime last year, this cosplayer stepped to the plate as a female scout from Team Fortress 2.  Now, more photos have surfaced of her (thanks to Mr_Mustash) posing with a can of “Bonk” energy drink, “Bonk”ing her fist in your face and being an all around cutie.  Looks like Ms. Jessica Nigri might have some

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