Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
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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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SanDisk announces “Something Big” coming on 03-23-2010

Submitted by admin on March 21, 2010 – 3:44 pmNo Comment

98d03e176cser600.jpg SanDisk announces “Something Big” coming on 03 23 2010

SanDisk, makers of a lot of memory cards, has rolled out a huge announcement that will be revealed on March 23rd.

So, what is it going to be? Some sort of new memory card? According to my source, the company isn’t scheduled to release 128GB chips until next year, and 3D flash isn’t until a while.

But that new mascot is sort of…disturbing. What is that, an iPad with a cape? Uh-oh.

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