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If you asked me which is my favorite all time video game, my number one would be Thief II. So it’s with more than a little excitement that I report the source code for the Dark Engine, used to create Thief, Thief II, and System Shock 2, has been found.
Developer Looking Glass Studios shut down in 2000, and even though the Thief franchise continued, the original two games are still seen as the best (in my view, anyway). W
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The LaCie Tank is shock and drop resistant and, since it’s IP-63 certified, it’s also hurricane proof. It goes for £19.99—just over $31 US. [LaCie via Doobybrain.com]
In a landmark case, one gamer is being taken to court for installing chips in Xbox consoles enabling users to play illegally obtained games.
In the first trial of its kind, Matthew Crippen, 29, is being taken to court today for modifying Xbox 360s. Crippen was arrested in August 2009 after he was paid to install chips in consoles in order for users to play pirated games.
An undercover agent approached Crippen and offered $80 for the service, and recorded a conversation in which Crippen admitted to modifying three Xbox 360s a week. According to the prosecution, Crippen was running a small business with this operation. He was arrested and released on $5,000 bond.
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Apple has updated its multitouch-enabled iWork suite for iPad with an improved Microsoft Office compatibility, richer editing features, support for MobileMe iDisk cloud storage and other WebDAV servers, and more.
MobileMe subscribers can now take advantage of iDisk cloud storage to copy documents from iWork apps, a handy feature that bypasses iTunes to keep your documents synchronized between an iPad and desktop. Exporting capabilities have been enhanced with improved Microsoft Office compatibility across all iWork apps, providing a greater compatibility with Microsoft’s productivity suite. A