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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VIA MSERV S2100 Mini Server announced

Submitted by admin on January 13, 2010 – 9:15 pmNo Comment

045ccde3a6mserv.jpg VIA MSERV S2100 Mini Server announced

VIA has just announced their MSERV S2100 Mini Server which will specifically target OEMs and system integrators. Mainly powered by its own 64-bit VIA Nano processor, this model comes with a relatively small chassis alongside interesting features such as twin SATA drive support, a couple of RAM sockets and two Ethernet ports to get you started right of the box. No word on whether this will hit retail stores, but to round off this post, the MSERV S2100 Mini Server does come with a bootable SSD, a trio of USB 2.0 ports, an 8cm low-noise ball-bearing fan and a hardware-based AES engine for security purposes.

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