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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Verizon Wireless Nexus One finally on its way?

Submitted by admin on February 28, 2010 – 3:16 amNo Comment

e7922b059freless.jpg Verizon Wireless Nexus One finally on its way?

Ever since Google launched their Google.com/phone page we knew that a Nexus One for Verizon Wireless was just over the horizon. What we didn’t know, however, was when.

Well, a device that is supposedly a Verizon Wireless Nexus One has just gotten approval from the FCC. If this is true, Verizon Wireless customers will surely have a Nexus One available to them in just a few months.

via bgr

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