By Superquad7 from
TFW2005:
The Transformers: Legends game by Mobage just wrapped up yet another game event,
"Cold Delivery". Gamers, we hope you caught your breath fighting off Cosmos, Jetfire, Sky Lynx, and Omega Supreme, because it's time for yet another event! "Countdown to Extinction" has just begun, and this time players will be battling the likes of Starscream and his Minions. For this event the special Spacebridge characters are Ironhide, Sideswipe and Red Alert! Mobage updated
their events web page with this story summary:
Quote:
"With his superior missing in action and presumed dead, Starscream has stolen the Exponential Generator from Doctor Arkeville, and plans to use it to destroy the Earth and harness the energy to restore Cybertron! With the help of Ironhide, Sideswipe and Red Alert, you must seek and attack Starscream and his minions, before time runs out and the Earth is destroyed!
Assemble the strongest Autobot deck you can! Scan all sectors to uncover Starscream's Minions. Battle them to weaken them. Ask your friends for help. Time is running out."
If you have an iPhone or an Android, this is a free downloadable app that you can download
by clicking here (data transfer charges apply, of course). This game is a multi-player card-based battle game that features much of the Classics-Generations characters, featuring new character artwork on each of the battle cards. This game allows the player to go through stages as well as teaming up with allies to beat bosses during events like the one reported here!
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By Superquad7 from
TFW2005:
Hot on the trail of
our last front page update on this figure,
an eBay auction surfaced with in-hand photos of the upcoming Masterpiece MP-12T figure,
Tigertrack! While this auction does not show any robot mode photos, it does allow us to get a closer look at the beautiful, yellow Lamborghini Countach alt mode. Tigertrack is a redeco of
the Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor figure.
For those that may not know, this figure is a homage to not one, but
two previous toys. The more obvious homage is to
the mail-order Figure King exclusive Generation One Tigertrack that came out in early 2003. Also, this figure homages the Diaclone line, particularly the Diaclone New Yellow Countach LP500S figure (which is also obviously homaged by the 2003 G1 figure).
Several of our sponsors have pre-orders for this figure, and if the recent Masterpiece figures are any indication of availability, you may want to secure yours today!
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By Superquad7 from
TFW2005:
Hot on the trail of
our last front page update on this figure,
an eBay auction surfaced with in-hand photos of the upcoming e-Hobby Masterpiece MP-12T figure,
Tigertrack! While this auction does not show any robot mode photos, it does allow us to get a closer look at the beautiful, yellow Lamborghini Countach alt mode. Tigertrack is a redeco of
the Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor figure.
For those that may not know, this figure is a homage to not one, but
two previous toys. The more obvious homage is to
the mail-order e-Hobby exclusive Generation One Tigertrack that came out in early 2003. Also, this figure homages the Diaclone line, particularly the Diaclone New Yellow Countach LP500S figure (which is also obviously homaged by the 2003 G1 e-Hobby exclusive).
Several of our sponsors have pre-orders for this figure, and if the recent Masterpiece figures are any indication of availability, you may want to secure yours today!
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By timothy from
Slashdot's failure-to-overwhelm department:
An anonymous reader writes
"While everyone was glued to the Xbox One announcement, Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 launch", and Intel's pre-Haswell frenzy, it seems that AMD's launch was overlooked. On Wednesday, AMD launched it's latest line of mobile APUs, codenamed Temash, Kabini, and Richland. Temash is targeted towards smaller touchscreen-based devices such as tablets and the various Windows 8 hybrid devices, and comes in dual-core A4 and A6 flavors. Kabini chips are intended for the low-end notebook market, and come in quad-core A4 and A6 models along with a dual-core E2. Richland includes quad-core A8 and A10 models, and is meant for higher-end notebooks — MSI is already on-board for the A10-5750M in their GX series of gaming notebooks . All three new APUs feature AMD HD 8000-series graphics. Tom's Hardware got a prototype notebook featuring the new quad-core A4-5000 with Radeon HD 8300 graphics, and benchmarked it versus a Pentium B960-based Acer Aspire V3 and a Core-i3-based HP Pavillion Sleekbook 15. While Kabini proves more efficient, and features more powerful graphics than the Pentium, it comes up short in CPU-heavy tasks. What's more, the Core-i3 matches the A4-5000 in power efficiency while its HD 4000 graphics completely outpace the APU."Read Replies (0)
By Salvador G-Rodiles from
Japanator:
*ding, ding, ding*
It's Over!It looks like I made a grave mistake in pitting Dix-Neuf against Ideon. Even with Dix-Neuf's ability to slam planets into Ideon, there was no way for the machine to dodge Ideon's Black Hole Cannon. As Dix-Neuf suffers from the wrath of the Black Hole Cannon, it turns out that it dealt enough damage to make Ideon go berserk. Ideon wins! (9 > 0) Universe destroyed! Universe reborn!
Things are going to get hellish in the J-tor Arena, since we are having a battle between two characters that have a demon form. Coming from the mind of Go Nagai, Akira ends up getting possessed by a devil during the recreation of a Black Sabbath. With the power to become Devilman, he plans to protect mankind from the devils by using their own power against them. Our next fighter comes from the twisted mind of Akiyuki Shinbo, and he was killed by his own mother inside of a church. Armed with the power to become the Soul Taker, Kyosuke is ready to ends this battle, so he can continue on his journey to find his long lost sister. Both characters can be deadly when they transform, so the outcome of the battle will be determined by the way how they use their form to the fullest.
Your votes and persuasion skills will determine the effectiveness of our contender’s forms. Be sure to add a +1 to the fighter that you side with, since it will allow us to keep track of the gore fest taking place. The battle will run from today till Wednesday, so make sure that your vote goes up on time. Now that we are done with the usual introductions, let’s get ready to begin the match! After the battle is over, be sure to drop by during the beginning of the next match to see who wins.
*ding, ding, ding*
Fighters Transform!
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By Soulskill from
Slashdot's not-yielding-an-inch department:
Earlier this year
we discussed a
petition on the White House's 'We The People' site asking the administration to adopt the metric system as the standard system of measurement in the U.S. Today,
the administration issued a disappointing response. Simply put: they're not going to do anything about it. They frame their response as a matter of preserving a citizen's choice to adopt whatever measurement system he wants. Quoting Patrick D. Gallagher of the National Institute of Standards and Technology:
"... contrary to what many people may think, the U.S. uses the metric system now to define all basic units used in commerce and trade. At the same time, if the metric system and U.S. customary system are languages of measurement, then the United States is truly a bilingual nation. ... Ultimately, the use of metric in this country is a choice and we would encourage Americans to continue to make the best choice for themselves and for the purpose at hand and to continue to learn how to move seamlessly between both systems. In our voluntary system, it is the consumers who have the power to make this choice. So if you like, "speak" metric at home by setting your digital scales to kilograms and your thermometers to Celsius. Cook in metric with liters and grams and set your GPS to kilometers. ... So choose to live your life in metric if you want, and thank you for signing on."Read Replies (0)