Jump around with GravyBot HD
Ever dream of being a robot that just jumped around, free-styling it through levels? Well, GravyBot HD has the answer to fill that void in your life.
Daft Monkey Games just released a new challenging arcade game that is based on realistic physics while using unique game mechanics to create a fun and addicting game.
Basically you are a robot. You start the game by choosing your color and then you must jump your way through various levels. The robot is able to jump off the floor and certain obstacles, however, you must be sure to land on your feet. If you crash out and land awkwardly, you die and must restart the level.
Sound easy? Yeah it’s not. The unique controls for the game are two buttons. One is on the right, one is on the left and they are pretty much like spin buttons. Pressing the right one spins your GravyBot forward, while pressing the left one spins it backwards.
The goal of the game is to jump your GravyBot through the entire level reaching the teleport-like looking object at the end of the level using only the front and backward spin buttons.
GravyBot HD is a free, ad-supported game on the Google Play Store. Future updates will add more levels.
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Moog remakes the massive Emerson modular synthesizer 50 years later
How do you celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bob Moog’s the first voltage controlled synthesizer? By completely recreating it five decades later, of course. The folks at Moog revealed the new Emerson Moog Modular System this weekend at Moogfest. This research and construction project took three years to complete, culminated with the building of the 2014 edition of Keith Emerson’s Moog Modular System (Emerson being of Emerson, Lake & Palmer fame). Using the original schematics, hand-soldering, traditional wiring techniques and even photo-etching the aluminum front panels (a much less common process these days), engineers were able to remake the highly customized instrument from the internals to the aesthetics. Heck, Emerson even used the unit in what may be one of his last live performances Thursday night. What’s more, Moog plans to build “a handful” of these new Emerson systems and offer them for purchase. As you might expect, you’ll have to call the factory for pricing which likely means it’s a bit outside of nearly all price ranges. While you’re sorting your funds though, we were able to take a look in person, and you can scroll through those images in the gallery below.
Filed under: Misc
Source: Moog
Serious Internet Explorer flaw puts XP users especially at risk
We hope that you heeded our advice to finally ditch Windows XP in favor of a more modern operating system, because there’s a new security exploit that’ll leave stubborn XP users in the cold. In a security alert released on Saturday, Microsoft reports that there’s a serious vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 through 11 that could allow hackers to take over your computer remotely if you happen to visit a malicious website. According to security firm FireEye, it has already found evidence of an attack that targets IE 9 through 11 that uses a well-known Flash exploitation technique to gain access to your computer’s memory. Microsoft has already said it plans to roll out an IE security update for all modern versions of Windows, but if you’re using XP, well, you’re out of luck, as support for that 12-year-old OS ended a few weeks ago.
In the meantime, Microsoft suggests enabling Enhanced Protection Mode if you’re using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 7 for x64-based systems and all Windows 8 machines. Other workarounds include installing a free security tool called EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit), adjusting security settings to High and disabling Active Scripting. To get even more tips on how to get around the vulnerability before Microsoft rolls out the update, hit the source links below. Or just, you know, use another browser, at least for the time being.
[Image credit: Getty]
Filed under: Microsoft
Via: Computer World
E.T. unearthed: The dig for legendary Atari cartridges in pictures
Yesterday marked the climax of a decades-long story that surrounded one of the most poorly received video games in history. A Microsoft-backed documentary crew took to a landfill in the desert town of Alamogordo, New Mexico in an attempt to prove that Atari had in fact buried thousands of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial cartridges there. It appears they succeeded.
The game was an expensive failure and beckoned the demise of the once-great video game maker. It’s still unclear just how many cartridges the team discovered or what other failures treasures are buried in the trash heap, but Microsoft’s Xbox Wire says, “We can safely report that those long-buried cartridges are actually, 100 percent there.” The excavation will appear in an Xbox-exclusive documentary produced by Fuel Entertainment, tentatively titled Atari: Game Over. The film will appear later this year, but for now, here’s a closer look at the historic dig.
Reporters and spectators gather around a pile of trash in hopes of treasure. (John Thien)
A fan shows off a signed version of the game widely considered to be one of the worst in history. (John Thien for Engadget)
Breaking garbage. (John Thien for Engadget)
Film producer Jonathan Chinn and Alamogordo Mayor Susie Galea pose with the joystick that served as a sign of things to come. The crew found an Atari 2600 controller before hitting the jackpot. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)
A new generation gets acquainted with the Delorean, because no archeological dig is complete without one. (John Thien for Engadget)
The day’s menu, woefully lacking in E.T. fingers and Reese’s pieces. (John Thien for Engadget)
The documentary’s director, Zak Penn shows off one of the first signs of a mass burial ground. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca)
Buckets of booty. (Microsoft)
And this is what we’ve been waiting for. This pile of trash is littered with E.T. packaging and cartridges along with a collection of other Atari artifacts. (Microsoft)
Success! Zak Penn, director of “Atari: Game Over,” and Andrew Reinhard, archaeologist, hold up Atari 2600 “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” game cartridges. (Microsoft)
Filed under: Gaming, Microsoft
Source: Xbox Wire
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