Google Wave

At the upcoming Google I/O conference in San Francisco, Google is set to demonstrate a new product: Google Wave. Wave is meant to combine email, document and media sharing, instant messaging, and social networking.

The basic concept is that you start a Wave, invite other users, and anyone who joins can view other users' activity in real-time. This includes text messages (remember ICQ had this a loooong time ago?) and media sharing.

Google Wave

(Image courtesy of CNET.)

Google is clearly hoping that this takes off with developers because there are many cool things that can be done using Wave. It's certainly going to be a very interesting tool - let's hope they have a beta of some sort!

May 28th, 2009 / paladinz / Tags: technology, google / Trackback / Comments

Muscle March is an upcoming game by Bandai Namco for the Nintendo Wii. It is awesome being belief.

May 27th, 2009 / Binkley / Tags: video games, muscle march / Trackback / Comments

Poison Ivy in Batman Arkham Asylum

Fans of Batman, especially those that have been craving a good representation of the superhero in video game form, will likely be pleased with Batman: Arkham Asylum so far. Recently, the team announced that Poison Ivy will be in the game. Shacknews is carrying a trailer and some art which should probably double sales among the teenage male demographic:

Poison Ivy Concept

Poison Ivy

Images courtesy of Shacknews.

May 26th, 2009 / paladinz / Tags: video games, comics, batman / Trackback / Comments

May 22nd, 2009 / Binkley / Tags: video games, heavy rain / Trackback / Comments

How David Beats Goliath

The New Yorker is carrying a (very long but) interesting piece about Vivek Ranadivé, a software engineer who coached his daughter's school basketball team in a fashion that appears to test the limits of the game's etiquette by many other coaches, even though it is completely within the rules. A very insightful look into how to maximize your team's potential and overcome lack of skill, though it gets somewhat repetitive with its Lawrence of Arabia analogies.

May 21st, 2009 / paladinz / Tags: sports, basketball / Trackback / Comments

Sherlock Holmes trailer

May 20th, 2009 / Binkley / Tags: movies, sherlock holmes / Trackback / Comments

What's a Thiaf?

Ars Technica is reporting that the latest edition of Thief 4 is in the works. This is great news, as I love the series. However, I can't seem to figure out what a "Thiaf" is. Anybody else have an idea?