Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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Some Friendly Texting Advice From James Lipton’s Beard [Ads]

Submitted by admin on December 3, 2009 – 8:56 pmNo Comment

248fd1f9fcnbeard.jpg Some Friendly Texting Advice From James Liptons Beard [Ads]Everyone knows that stroking a beard helps you think. And there are few beards more majestic than James Lipton’s. So it makes sense that LG is using said beard to promote responsible texting in these actually-amusing ads.

Come on, admit it. You can’t resist Lipton. [Beard Revue via NotCot]

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