Look up in the sky! Is it a bird-form druid? An engineer in a flying machine? No, it’s a wild Josh Myers, returned from summer adventures and bursting with knowledge about DPS shaman in his weekly Totem Talk. This week will focus on enhancement shaman for brevity, but I haven’t forgotten my elemental brethren. Next […]
Month: October 2019
Creative reveals Sound Blaster ZxR, Zx, and Z PCI-Express sound cards, pumps up the volume
Along with your first day at school, and (for the boys at least) growing your first peach fuzz mustache, many of you might also never forget your first Sound Blaster soundcard. In the present day (unless you’re blessed with youth) only the Sound Blaster can be enjoyed again, and today Creative introduces its new Z-series. […]
Trine 2: Goblin Menace expansion hits Steam on Sept. 6
Trine 2’s upcoming expansion, “Goblin Menace,” will be available to PC and Mac users who purchased the game through Steam on Thursday, September 6 for $7.99/€6.99. Steam customers who purchased the Collector’s Edition, however, should already have access to beta versions of the expansion’s first two levels, though the beta will end once the final […]
It came from the Blog: Join us for a pet collecting party
Account-wide pets are here with patch 5.0.4, so It came from the Blog is having a pet collecting party to fill up our pet journals. Any pets you collect with us will show up on your other characters, so there’s no reason not to join us.When: Friday, Aug. 31 at 11 p.m. EDT (8 p.m. […]
Neo Geo sale has PS3 and PSP games at half-off
SNK is hosting a month-long half-off sale on a handful of Neo Geo games for PS3 and PSP. PSN games drop to $4.50 apiece and PSP games are $3.50; the Neo Geo Station Bundle Pack of 10 games for PS3 runs $40.The SNK sale includes Metal Slug and Metal Slug 2, Fatal Fury, Shock Troopers […]
PAX Prime 2012: Hands-on with PlanetSide 2
Sony Online Entertainment’s PlanetSide 2 is still in the process of development and beta testing, but the team brought the game to PAX for its North American tradeshow debut. If you really want to know what it’s like, you can always sign up for the beta yourself. Otherwise, you can skip below this cut to […]
Challenge mode testing now open on the Mists of Pandaria beta
Game Designer Watcher, gadabout eye of wealth and taste, announced that the Scholomance and Gate of the Setting Sun challenge modes are now available for testing. He also provided some more details about how challenge modes are going to work. Watcher – Challenge Mode TestingYes, just those two dungeons for now.A few relevant testing notes:You […]
Jury finds Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple’s patents, awards Apple $1.05 billion in damages (updated)
A California jury has found Samsung guilty of infringing on Apple’s patents, resulting in damages totaling more than $1.05 billion to be awarded to Apple. The verdict is broken down as follows:Update: Samsung was found guilty of willfully infringing on Apple’s patent relating to scrollback, one for multitouch gestures, one for zooming, a design patent […]
Engadget Podcast 307 – 08.24.2012
We almost called this episode of the Engadget Podcast Mr. Biggs And The OnDead, but our boss said she’d take away our tickets to IFA if we did that, so we’ll go with the traditional numeric structure. Just know that we tried. Hey, at least it’s Friday, right? Hosts: Tim Stevens, Brian Heater Guest: John […]
Insert Coin: Luminode dimmer switch runs on a mesh network, learns to light up our lives (video)
send us a tip with “Insert Coin” as the subject line. Just a simple light switch, you say? Look closer. Think Automatic’s Luminode dimmer switch hides both a processor and a mesh network connection that lets every switch in the home coordinate with each other. A multi-tap system makes it possible to link multiple lights […]