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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Samsung NX10 Gets Real, New NX Series Camera Format and All [Samsung NX10]

Submitted by admin on January 3, 2010 – 7:49 pmNo Comment

8a13e1c7a1front.jpg Samsung NX10 Gets Real, New NX Series Camera Format and All [Samsung NX10]The compact Samsung NX10 is official this evening, with many if not all of the features we saw leaked in December making the final cut in time for some hands-on time at CES.

If you missed the fanfare in December, here’s a recap:

Samsung’s goal with the NX series was to introduce a DSLR-sized sensor, in this case APS-C, that’s actually a bit larger than the one found in Micro Four Thirds. Then they went and put that sensor in a mirror-less, interchangeable lens body that’s smaller than a traditional DSLR, and… If this is giving anyone déjà vu, it’s probably because this is the same idea behind the aforementioned Micro Four Thirds camera format.

Also making it into the final body are 720p HD video functionality (H.264 codec) and a 3.0-inch AMOLED viewscreen in the rear:

d78a538f2e0 back.jpg Samsung NX10 Gets Real, New NX Series Camera Format and All [Samsung NX10]Samsung, by way of a press release sent to Gizmodo, claimed the AMOLED screen has a response rate that’s 10,000 times faster than a conventional LCD. All this with a promised lower power consumption and higher contrast ratio at 10,000:1.

A few more of the specs, provided by Samsung:

View Finder – Electronic viewfinder
Movie – 720p HD (MP4. H.264)
Size & Weight – 4.8″ x 3.4″ x 1.6″ (excluding the projecting parts of the camera) .78 lbs (without battery and card)
ISO – 100 – 3200
Flash – Built-in Pop-up Flash
OIS – Lens Shift
Dust reduction – Supersonic Type
Special Features – APS-C sized image sensor, 3.0″ AMOLED, Smart Range, HDMI (Anynet +), Fast &, Decisive Contrast AF, New DRIMe II Pro engine and advanced AF algorithm
Availability – Spring 2010

The body comes in black and also Titan Silver, a color we didn’t know about before. Maybe the new color will make Matt change his mind about the looks. Probably not.

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