Simply put, for a 1080i/p game the console has 55% less time per pixel to render any special effects, anti-aliasing, illumination, etc. than for a 720p game.Is it really harder for a developer to make a game for 1080p as opposed to 1080i? No.Read on for more information
Originally from digg / Technology
Web site vNES lets you play any of over 200 NES games online, in your browser.
While not the life hackiest of web sites, you could tell yourself that if you can get a quick Paperboy fix in your browser when you need it (only me?), you won’t have to waste your time digging through your storage boxes in order to hook up your Nintendo, then spend the next hour blowing, pushing, and coaxing your cartridge to the sweet spot that will actually let you play it. Sounds like a time saver to me. Requires Java 1.5 or higher.
Originally from Lifehacker
ExtremeTech has rounded up their 10 favorite free plug-ins for tweaking digital images in Photoshop.
All of the plug-ins are available for Windows computers, while about half are Mac-compatible. From light effects to dust and scratch removal, the 10 plug-ins look like a useful bunch for novice and heavy Photoshoppers alike. For those of you who are knee-deep in Photoshop, let us know your favorite plug-ins in the comments or at tips at lifehacker.com.
Originally from Lifehacker
During the Adobe Live event, Robert Raiola of Adobe Systems France said that Adobe will halt the development of Freehand and GoLive, according to MacGeneration.
Adobe will support these two products for some times. Adobe will concentrate all its efforts on Illustrator 13 and Dreamweaver (which will have a new interface similar to other adobe products).
Originally from osViews | osOpinion
Web site BitFontMaker lets you design, create, and download your own fonts.
If you’re interested in creating a font with BitFontMaker, all you need to do is draw each letter and symbol on the glyphs map using a little bitmap. It may take a little bit of time, but with a little elbow grease you can create your very own font tweaked to your liking. Alternately, you can browse through the BitFont Museum and download other people’s BitFont creations.
Personally – there’s a reason I’ve never designed a font before, so I’ll probably stick with what I’ve got.
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Originally from Lifehacker
Cory Doctorow:
This blog post traces the history of “the first computer game,” a tic-tac-toe implementation programmed in 1952 on Cambridge University’s EDSAC mainframe — the post includes URLs for an EDSAC emulator.
OXO, a revolution in entertainment, that featured amazing 35*16 pixel graphics, and was actually a version of tic-tac-toe, played by dialing (on an typically 50s phone-dial) your input and facing a simple but decent AI. The first video game’s creator was (as is usual in these cases) a PhD student: A.S. Douglas. It seems his thesis was on human-computer interaction.
Originally posted by Cory Doctorow from Boing Boing
The Pioneer Inno for XM Radio is a cool device that lets owners record songs and programs onto the mobile device and that has gotten the RIAA tied up in knots. The music industry representative who has sued everyone from little old grandmothers to children has sued XM Radio and is asking for $150,000 for each song that XM customers have recorded. We shouldn’t be surprised as the RIAA has already extorted a “recording fee†from Sirius Radio who paid up rather than face long litigation but XM Radio balked and are now seeing the results. I wish the RIAA would just go away and realize that fair use is fair use. Give me a break! Tell you what, why don’t we organize over the web and declare a day “no buy music nor videos day†world-wide. Let’s show them that we vote with our wallets and hit them the only place they understand.
-jk
Originally posted by jk from jkOnTheRun
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Want an Intel-based Mac but don’t want to pay Apple’s prices? A company called Red PCs may have what you’re looking for — if you’re willing to face the wrath of Apple’s lawyers. Red PC is now offering something they’re calling a “PowerPC G6 Macintosh” for $499. According to the specs, the box is basically a generic Pentium-based PC running a hacked version of the Intel version of Mac OS X. For your $499, the company is also throwing in copies of Photoshop CS2 and Microsoft Office 2004, making this quite the deal, given that Photoshop alone can go for over $400. But, then, we assume you’re prepared to deal with Adobe and Microsoft’s lawyers as well if you’re ready to buy this. Unfortunately (or fortunately, as the case may be), the Red PCs web site seems to be down, though the machine is still listed on the Alibaba.com site as available for purchase with free global shipping and a one-year warranty.[Via OSX86]
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Originally posted by Marc Perton from Engadget
