Some gaming news from the past! at Daniel Spisak on Technology

Some of you are old enough to remember this, to others this is going to be brand new. In either case all of you needs to go check out the remastered version of Another World! Another world came out in 1996 and all of its graphics were vector based, but painstakingly done and resulted in a game that was challenging, fun and engrossing all at the same time. I can still remember playing this on my Amiga 2000 and then later on the PC. This game is worth your time to download and check out!

http://forums.idlethumbs.net/showthread.php?t=3995
http://www.anotherworld.fr/anotherworld_uk/index.htm

Also in other gaming related news female students in UCI’s Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences got written up in the OC Register for a female oriented game they designed. Overall its not a bad article.

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1111208.php

Apparently, fast food in Denmark is actually healthy for you! According to this AP news story

“The low Danish levels are the result of low-fat legislation introduced in 2004. Under the new law, no more than two percent of fats in foods sold to customers can be industrially-produced transfats. Food producers violating the law risk two years in prison.”

Hmm, now I wonder why that hasnt happened here in the US? You’d think with all the health nut craze and the coming “War against Obesity” that something of this like would be done? Oddly enough, Denmark is looking like a bad-boy in the EU for this law because not allowing fast food and other establishments to use trans-fatty acids represents a trade barrier. Sheesh!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060413/ts_alt_afp/denmarkushealth

Looks like BMW is coming out with a new improve iPod interface for their cars. The new adapter will display artist, album, and song titsle on the display according to the story. This comes along with improvements in how the iPod deal with playlists and playing random songs when integrated with the BMW’s.

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6183

About the Author

Daniel Spisak was born from the fiery depths of fusion and now roams the pale blue dot known as Earth. I obtained my bachelors degree in Computer Science from UC Irvine at the end of 2007.

I am also involved in technology & security consulting firms as well as being a freelance technology writer. I also contribute to Jerry Pournelle's website and Chaos Manor Reviews. Additionally I am also a freelance photographer as well and you can find my photos either on my own personal gallery or up at my Flickr account or on Zivity.

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