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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Gateway adds Blu-ray, Core i3 & i5 CPU options to its NV entertainment notebooks

Submitted by admin on May 13, 2010 – 7:23 amNo Comment

60ad523ae1ewaynv.jpg Gateway adds Blu ray, Core i3 & i5 CPU options to its NV entertainment notebooks

The Gateway NV series just got a nice little spec bump. The entry-level series finally got updated to Intel’s latest CPU architecture and can be spec’d-out with a wide range of options. All the models however come with a slightly redesigned case, HD webcam, and HD Ultrabright LCD displays. The fun starts out at $629 with the 15-inch NV59 and a Core i3 CPU. A bit more cake can buy an ATI Radeon HD 5470 or 5650 GPU, Blu-ray drive, and a Core i5 CPU. The NV59C is more of the same, simply a $799 pre-configured model with a Core i3-330M, 4GB of memory, Intel Graphics, and a Blu-ray drive. The NV79 brings a 17-inch screen and a $649 starting price to the party. It can be built with the same options as the NV59 however including a Core i5 CPU, dedicated graphics, and Blu-ray drive.

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