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According to this report, IBM designed the CPU for the XBox 360. I’m thinking if IBM could come up with a tri-core PPC variant able to be clocked over 3ghz in 2 years, surely they could apply that experience to the G5. Obviously some of that experience has already been applied to producing multiple-core G5s. I’m thinking Apple may have jumped ship too soon.
After spending $50 of hard-earned cash for a look at Id & Raven software’s latest release, I can say that for the most part, I’m pretty impressed. The graphics are nothing short of amazing. Quake 4 is based on Doom 3, and it shows. To a degree, that’s a problem as it’s pretty obvious that a large majority of the textures & models in Quake 4 were recycled from Doom 3. Though to Raven’s credit, they at least took the time to distress them a bit. One definite improvement was the rendering of the characters in the game. I was particularly surprised by the realistic look of the marines heads. The gameplay is pretty good too, though I would’ve expected it to be a little harder. I started on the next hardest level (Lieutenant) and for the most part went unscathed for the 1st hour. It’s still loads of fun though. If I had to rate it now I’d give it 4 of 5 stars, definitely a must-have for FPS fans.
Zap2it.com – Movie review – Doom
Like many people my age, I have a love for the original DooM game. While Wolfenstein 3D kick-started the first-person shooter genre, DooM was the first truly immersive game of it’s type.
The DooM story line has real potential, and could’ve had in the hands of good writers and directors. However that was not to be. As one of my friends commented, the Universal logo around an image of Mars is probably the best part of the movie. Do yourself a favor and wait until this is on TV. Don’t worry, it won’t be long.