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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Apple Countersues Nokia

Submitted by admin on January 16, 2010 – 12:41 pmNo Comment

cdfbcf2be1apple.jpg Apple Countersues Nokia

Apple is no stranger to legal wrangles, and you certainly wouldn’t expect the company to sit back and just let Nokia attack it, right? Well, Apple has filed a new patent-infringement complaint against Nokia, and is looking to block US imports of its mobile phones. The complaint was posted on the website of the US International Trade Commission in Washington. What do you think will be the end result in this issue? Will there be any clear winner, or will both parties just settle on some middle ground?

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