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Current and former staffers for The Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspapers comprised the majority of our panel. We don't get to cover games full time (I spend most of my days as a business reporter), but we like games and like to share our opinions on which titles are worth playing . As for Arkham City, here's what contributor Reggie Carolipio, who also reviewed the title, had to say:
Arkham Asylum resurrected the Dark Knight's career in gaming in much the same way that Christopher Nolan's Batman resurrected his onscreen legend, and Arkham City delivered even more high-flying crimebusting and street-level beat downs than its predecessor. Squeeze in a who's who of bad guys ranging from the Penguin to Two-Face, a host of storied side missions, the Riddler, and Arkham City isn't so much of a sequel as it is a new chapter in the Caped Crusader's career.We liked other games, too. The runners up are after the jump.
If you don't have Internet access, how are you reading this?
Like Facebook, Google + lets users and their friends share every detail about their personal life. The difference, and Mountain View-based Google's selling point, is that you can put your friends, acquaintances and family members into different, customizable "circles," so different information is shared with different users.
At first glance, it seems like a decent way to manage information feed and the dreaded "mom is on Facebook" dilemma. Also, users' contacts won't know which circle they are in, which would avoid the complications of having to publicly describe peers as "friends" or "acquaintances."
If circle scheme works, users may indeed be able to acknowledge that they do indeed have a mother while still having the freedom to post pictures involving massive amounts of tequila and poor judgment.
The 7-2 ruling affirmed video games enjoy the same First Amendment protections as cinema, literature and theater while overturning a California law that banned the sale of violent video games to minors.
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin colleague Mediha Fejzagic DiMartino wrote the following article on the court's ruling. Her piece first published on www.dailybulletin.com on June 27. Read it after the jump.
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Varric the dwarf knows what makes a good story. A strong character and a
trusty sidekick go a long way, but impossible
odds and an epic scale create staying power."Dragon Age 2," with Varric as its only slightly trustworthy narrator, tracks the rise of the Champion of Kirkwall from refugee to leading citizen. As the champion, Hawke to your friends, Dragon Age 2 is the story of your rise to power. Whether man or woman, peacemaker or warmonger, your Hawke will deal with a good deal of quandaries, no one makes it to the top unscathed.
Blackberry is taking on the Apple iPad with their new Blackberry PlayBook a sleek 7" LCD Tablet with a multi-touch 1024x600 screen. The PlayBook runs 1Ghz dual-core processor with 1GB ram.
Check out the specs from BlackBerry after the jump
Ultra portable, super convenient
0.4"
Height Width Depth Weight
5.1" / 130mm 7.6" / 194mm 0.4" / 10mm 0.9 lbs / 400g
Best-in-class media
3 MP high-definition forward-facing camera 5 MP high-definition rear-facing camera
Codec support for superior media playback, creation and video calling
1080p HD video; H.264, MPEG4, WMV HDMI video output Micro USB and Micro HDMI ports
Video-conferencing
Crystal clear HD display Rich stereo sound Dual HD video cameras
Built for business
Out-of-the-box compatibility with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server
Seamless pairing for a secure window into your BlackBerry® smartphone
Corporate data access Secure and manageable
BlackBerry Tablet OS
Powerful, user-friendly QNX technology: It's what the World Wide Web runs on
Multi-processing for true multitasking
Rich application ecosystem
Rapid development environment Reliable BlackBerry Tablet OS, powered by QNX technology
Supports POSIX OS, SMP, Open GL, BlackBerry® 6, WebKit, Adobe Flash, Java® and Adobe Mobile AIR
7" LCD display, 1024 x 600 screen resolution Multi-touch capacitive screen
Professional grade performance
Full computing power in a tablet format 1 GHz dual-core processor 1 GB RAM Symmetric multi-processing
Web without limits
Games, media, apps and everything the real Internet offers Full Adobe® Flash® 10.1 enabled Built-in support for HTML 5 No-compromise rendering of text, graphics and video
High-speed connections
3G network access using your BlackBerry® smartphone as a modem 4G network access available on BlackBerry® 4G PlayBookTM tablet Wi-Fi® 802.11 a/b/g/n Bluetooth® 2.1+EDR
Amplified BlackBerry experience
Wirelessly connect to your BlackBerry® smartphone* for real time access to:
Email, calendar, address book, task list and BBMT
Verizon's announcement during CES 2011 was all about 4G LTE. LTE, short for Long Term Evolution, was rolled out on December 5, 2010 in 38 markets and by the end of 2011 they hope to be in 175 markets. After today's announcement they will roll out with ten new 4G LTE devises, 4 cell phone, 2 mobile hotspots, 2 LTE enabled laptops and 2 tablets.
Verizon plans to release these products starting in Q1 of this year.
Unfortunatly no iPhone announcement yet, maybe we'll hear more on this room come Macworld 2011 later this month.
