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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TouchPad Microwave Hack Finds Videos That End Right When The Popcorn Is Ready
November 21, 2011 – 8:26 am | No Comment
TouchPad Microwave Hack Finds Videos That End Right When The Popcorn Is Ready Your better half is off doing things more important than making you food. Looks like it’s leftovers night! You stick the grub in the microwave, punch in the time, hit start… and you’re bored. A minute and thirty seconds?! To heat CHICKEN !? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH ALL OF THIS TIME. Meet the μWave, the most clever mish-mash of a hack I’ve seen in ages. Part microwave, part TouchPad, and part Arduino, the μWave automatically fishes around YouTube and plays back a video that’ll ...
Review: The Nook Tablet Is A Real Android Slate In Ereader’s Clothing
November 17, 2011 – 7:35 pm | No Comment
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Gadgets Week in Review: Walkabout
November 14, 2011 – 5:51 am | No Comment
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ASUS Transformer Prime gets the hands-on treatment
November 13, 2011 – 5:16 am | No Comment
ASUS Transformer Prime gets the hands-on treatment Earlier this week we gave you a preview of the ASUS’ upcoming Transformer Prime tablet, and while we had all the details on the tablet, we didn’t have any photographs or videos of the tablet in action to show. Well, the lucky folks over at ZTOP managed to get their hands on a unit and shared their hands-on experience with the world through a whole bunch of photographs, and even a video demonstration of ...
MyFord Touch Upgrade inbound, brings ‘faster, simpler, easier’ infotainment to your late-model whip
November 6, 2011 – 11:34 pm | No Comment
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BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380 sighted again, this time en route to Telus
November 3, 2011 – 9:17 am | No Comment
BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380 sighted again, this time en route to Telus You've probably seen the BlackBerry Curve Touch 9380 before. Research in Motion hasn't officially announced it yet, but it made an appearance on the company's official dev site as well as plenty of spy shots and videos. This time, we know that at least one carrier's paying attention to it. MobileSyrup obtained an image of the new all-touch BlackBerry being splayed all over a Telus holiday gift guide, which doesn't give us ...
The New Google TV: 4 Demo Videos Including Looks At The New Apps
October 28, 2011 – 11:39 am | No Comment
Google just announced the major refresh of Google TV. It adds a bunch of new features to the platform including Android Market and a TV & Movies. I’m not entirely sure this new coat of paint will help sell the house per se, but it will certainly make the current owners happy. The update will slowly hit existing Google TV units starting with the Sony models on Sunday with the Logitech boxes getting it shortly thereafter. As with most mass roll outs, you might be waiting in line awhile ...
Skifta leaves beta, streams media to and from your Android device wherever you may be
October 27, 2011 – 12:31 am | No Comment
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Nokia 800 teaser ads aired in the UK
October 24, 2011 – 7:09 am | No Comment
Nokia 800 teaser ads aired in the UK A few days ago, press shots of Nokia’s upcoming Windows Phone device, the Nokia 800, started showing up. Now it looks like teaser videos of the handset have started airing in the UK which were aired 1 second at a time, truly a teaser indeed. All that’s left now is for an official announcement by Nokia, which is expect to take place during the Nokia World event held in London on the 26th of October, which is only a few days ...
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October 19, 2011 – 9:11 am | No Comment
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