R.I.P., and fun new stuff.

My friends, my dear Saitek Eclipse keyboard is no more. A spill of some unknown liquid viciously cut it down in the prime of its life. I shall truly miss it. I certainly do not prefer the keyboard I'm temporarily replacing it with.


Moving on, kudos to the Steelers.

Moving on even further, Fallout 3 is completely choice. Amazing game, with a very big emphasis on your decisions, a morality system second only to the Fable series, in my opinion. If you care to get a great idea of it all, and don't mind a spoiler, check out this article entitled "The Situation at Tenpenny Tower." Truly incredible game put out by Bethesda, the makers of the ever-incredible Elder Scrolls series.

Desert Bus for Hope!

A bunch of people will play the most boring video game of all time as long as you keep donating to benefit Child's Play.

The "game" is an eight hour bus trip in real time from Tuscon to Las Vegas. You can't pause it and it doesn't go straight.

Check their official site for the live camera feeds from the "driver's" perspective and the bus itself.

UPDATE: Penn Jilette himself asks you to donate to this worthy, worthy cause. Penn is one of the creators of the almighty Desert Bus.

All three of you reading! Donate! Or don't, I would but I'm broke.

FURTHER UPDATE: The bussing is done, and they raised $69,476+ for Child's Play. Well done!

"OctoCamo" is possible. Sort of.

Quick update for anyone not in the know, the game Metal Gear Solid 4 introduced an excellent camouflage system that would mimic whatever surface you were up against. Here's a good clip of the camo in game.

Naturally, this is very cool in a game. But it turns out its not just a game gadget. It's entirely possible. In fact, it's sort of being done. Check that article out, then look at this take from an unknown magazine. It listed a couple of other interesting ideas, like making plane floors transparent to assist in landing operations. Currently, the trick is just a projection of the image onto the outfit or object's reflective surface. Here's a quick vid of the system.



So, I doubt our military is going to be sneaking around with these anytime soon, but its still a nifty real life look at a cool gadget.