This is quite amazing: A guy called David Gilday has built a Lego Mindstorms NXT robot that solves a 4×4x4 Rubik’s Cube (way harder than a 3×3x3), but the twist is: the real brains of the operation is a Nokia N95 that actually scans the cube with its camera, figures out how to solve it and then tells the robot what moves to make. Very, very cool David, you have officially too much time on your hands 
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I finally made it, my first World of Warcraft character to achieve level 80!
Admittedly, I have had some other characters that I’ve deleted over the past years that could/would have made it before, but still
Tonight I played Guitar Hero 5 with Robert and Liesbeth, and the new ‘Party Mode’ is a lot of fun. You can now just jump in at any point in a playing track and switch instruments and settings on the fly which really deserves the name ‘party play’. Now if they only made the tracklist as good as the lists in Rock Band 1 and 2 this would be the perfect game, but still a lot of fun nonetheless.
Play Value did a great insight piece into the amazing rise and subsequent crash of game icon Atari in the 70’s and 80’s:
Here’s the proof: my very first 100% score playing the bass line on “That’s What You Get” by Paramore on Rock Band 2 together with Robert on guitar and Liesbeth on drums. Awesome feeling.
Okay, I’m behind the times on this one, but I had my first full Rock Band experience tonight with my friends Robert and Liesbeth. I’ve played Guitar Hero parts 1, 2 and 3 before, as well as the Aerosmith edition (Robert and I finished it on medium in one afternoon) and even the sucky Rock the 80’s encore thing. But: Rock Band beats ‘em all.
The game itself is what you’d expect but better than before: The addition of the drum set and microphone really clinch the ‘band’ feel, and the base version (PS2 that is) containt 61 (!) tracks and some really great ones too. The interface is slicker but then again takes longer to load, although you only notice that the first time and we were yapping and high-fiving though the loads anyway.
The drumming is *F*U*N*, but harder than you’d think. Especially the pase bedal messes you up (and cramps up your shins really quick when you’re starting out), but it feels great to be hammering out those beats.
The singing…well, let’s leave that to the professionals. On a regular-sized TV the song lyrics could (or should) have been bigger, we we sitting down right in front of the TV to be able to read them, but it’s actually quite easy if you know the song beforehand. If you don’t, you’ll mess up pretty quick, so don’t go trying that in public right away
On the whole we head a great time, for me this is the best game I’ve played this year so far. It’s more fun than Guitar Hero, although we can’t wait for the new Guitar Hero World Tour game with a full band set as well (and improved drums).
I spent a little time playing GTA IV on the PS3 last weekend, and on first impression I must say the graphics are good, the rag-doll body physics work well, and the controlling is easy to get a hang of. I like the ‘wide open world’ feel where you just do what you want, when you want it. Pick up a mission or go out with your girl? Just wanna cruise and run over people? No problem.
Now I just have to wait for the PC version, ’cause I’m sure as hell not going to buy a console. 
I knew it! i just knew it!
“A new study of computer gamers has found that a session in front of World of Warcraft can make players less stressed and more calm. The study questioned 292 male and female online gamers aged between 12 and 83 about anger and stress. They then played the game for two hours and were retested. “There were actually higher levels of relaxation before and after playing the game as opposed to experiencing anger, but this very much depended on personality type,” said team leader Jane Barnett from Middlesex University.”
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