Monthly Archives: January 2012
Nick and Aaron Carter’s Sister Dead at 25
Posted by max at Jan
Sadly, Hollywood lost a young talent today. Nick and Aaron Carter‘s 25-year-old sister Leslie (pictured: center) died early in the day Tuesday. “Our family is grieving right now and it’s a private matter. We are deeply saddened for the loss of our beloved sister, daughter, and granddaughter, Leslie Carter,” the family said in a statement…Read more»
Category: Celebrities
Meet Kingdoms of Amalur devs at GameStop midnight launch events
Posted by max at Jan
You may not know this, but most mages and fantasy archetypes don’t get much sleep. If you’re sleeping, who will vanquish all the rats in the town cellars and prevent the animals of the wild from threatening their crops? Who will transport arbitrary items from one town to another? That’s why the planned midnight launch [...]
Category: Gaming
Liv Games releases Monster Wars on iOS at Macworld | iWorld 2012
Posted by max at Jan
I first met Liv Games’ Orian Livnat at last year’s Macworld, where he showed me a wild game called Legendary Wars that mashed up a number of different genres and ideas in a mix created by Livnat and his family and friends. At the time I thought the game was a really interesting idea, but [...]
Category: Apple
Fans find shiploads of errors in latest Mass Effect novel
Posted by max at Jan
Mass Effect: Deception is riddled with canonical errors, fans have found, and they’re not content with letting them go under the guise of “artistic liberty.” Some have started a shared Google document to chronicle every error, and have so far added more than 80 infringements, arranged by “Lore,” “Timeline,” “Characters” and “Oddities,” complete with clarifying [...]
Category: Gaming
LG finally shows a profit from cellphones, record high flat-panel shipments in Q4 earnings
Posted by max at Jan
LG has revealed its earnings statements for the fourth quarter of 2011 and the full year, and it managed to notch an operating profit of 23 billion won ($20.5 million), boosted by a 10 billion won operating profit in its handset division. That was despite lower sales compared to the previous quarter (17.7 million compared [...]
Category: Electronics