Red Undead Redemption

Rockstar want another tenner. Looks reasonably fun though.

Now for some really important gaming news from IGN

Look, Atari pants.



Don't get me wrong, this is a fantastic use of time and resources. But why is IGN producing it?

THQ just don't give a damn

"Frankly, the last thing I think the industry needs now is new hardware. You look at the games coming out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 now and they look stunning,"

"Better graphics? They're pretty darn good now. Better sound? No. Gameplay? Probably not. So I think the ways games are evolving now is really a direction we're going. Where it's going to be is in the play experience; richer stories, better characters, production values that are much more like movies."

"I think that's the direction, rather than technology and graphics. I think those days are over."

Interesting thing for a games publisher to say. I wonder if THQ will produce some seminal games after spouting that. Let's have a look at their schedule. Oh look, Smackdown vs Raw 2011.

uk.xbox360.ign.com

Stunning digital city art, tourists and travel

These are really beautiful

Some people interpreted the Geotaggers' World Atlas maps to be maps of tourism. This set is an attempt to figure out if that is really true. Some cities (for example Las Vegas and Venice) do seem to be photographed almost entirely by tourists. Others seem to have many pictures taken in piaces that tourists don't visit.

flickr.com via bbc.co.uk

iPads will kill us all

A study from the July Journal of Applied Microbiology found a high risk of transmitting pathogens from glass surfaces like the iPad's to human skin. "If you're sharing the device, then you're sharing your influenza with someone else who touches it," coauthor and Stanford doctoral student Timothy Julian told the Sacramento Bee. "If you put virus on a surface, like an iPhone, about 30 percent of it will get on your fingertips." From there a virus can travel to your nose or eyes and infect you.

This was Steve's plan all along...

gawker.com

Windows Phone 7 hits

Microsoft today unveiled a new range of smartphones it hopes will rival the phenomenal success of Apple's iPhone.

The company wants its new operating system, Windows Phone 7 (WP7), to put its mobile business back in the running against not just Apple, but also Google, which makes the Android phone software, among others.

Speaking at a launch event in New York this afternoon, Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer said: 'Everybody should be able to take a look at a Windows Phone and say it can represent me.'

Pretty snazzy... and if Stephen Fry, obviously the most intelligent man in the world, likes it... it must be good!

dailymail.co.uk