Sales of obscure game consoles vs. non-iPad tablets

 

 

 

HP hasn’t released any sales figures for the TouchPad yet. I wonder if it will outsell the Virtual Boy this year.  I didn’t include the iPad’s approximately 30 million units on here because it distorted the graph’s scale too much.

(source, source, source)

via Sales of obscure game consoles vs. non-iPad tablets – Marco.org.

LEGO Universe Goes Free

A Tiny Slice of LEGO Universe Goes Free

Bright, colorful, and charming, the massively multiplayer LEGO Universe has attracted droves of players willing to spend $10 a month to experience everything the block-built world has to offer. For everyone else, there’s LEGO Universe: Free to Play.

Kicking off today, LEGO Universe: Free to Play gives new players the ability to download the client and explore a limited portion of the game without paying a single cent. They’ll be able to create their own LEGO minifig character, explore starting areas The Venture Explorer and Avant Gardens, join the heroic Nexus Force, try of some role-specific faction gear, and play a few mini-games. Free to Play players will also be able to claim their own Avant Gardens property, where they can experience the joy of creating their own LEGO constructs and sharing them with thousands of friends.

Free players can tool about the limited world for as long as they please, or upgrade to the full version for $10 a month, the initial purchase price for the game no longer applicable.

[Official Website]  via kotaku

Unlimited Detail?

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Video Game Technology Allows Unlimited Detail – Watch more Funny Videos

Well I’m surprised I’ve not heard of this before..    and I’m mad I’ve not been following this a heck of a lot sooner!!
Euclideon has developed what seems to be a branch off the voxel technology.  By using ‘atoms’ they are able
to produce a unlimited amount of atoms, enough to drop polygons all together.   In the demo above you’ll
see a 1 km square island created with 21,062,352,435,000 atoms.    Granted right now it reminds me of a level
of Quake.. really brown.   But  if this is where graphics are heading, this could be EXTREMLY cool.