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Archive for July, 2010

What Would You Do for a Flying Car?

Posted by Dillon St. Jean On July - 1 - 2010

Terrafugia has just gotten their newest little creation, the Terrafugia Transition, “off the ground.” (Oh God I’m so clever) Apparently the FAA has classified it as a light sport aircraft, technically giving it a free pass despite being a little heavier than the cutoff point. This is pretty crazy. I’ve been waiting for flying cars for a while now. It’s not exactly what I was thinking (kind of pictured more of a wingless concept, maybe capitalizing on anti-gravity or something) but hey, I’m thoroughly intrigued. Now all that’s keeping me on the ground is a fear of heights/fear of my own ability to fly an aircraft of any sort.

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Features, Misc, Science, Tech

Ninokuni Looks Outstanding

Posted by Dillon St. Jean On July - 1 - 2010

Ninokuni, a new upcoming game for the PS3, has been spawned from a collaboration of Hayao Miyazaki and his company Studio Ghibli with Level 5. What’s great about this game is that IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A MIYAZAKI MOVIE. I’ll admit that I’m not the biggest anime or even video game person, but you can’t argue with the looks of this game. I don’t need to concern myself with PS3 and their weak attempts at doing “new, innovative things” (*cough*bullshit*cough*). I just care about playing this game and having some serious fun. I mean, just look at the gameplay on the next page. You actually feel like you’re playing in a Miyazaki movie. The environments and character designs and everything. It just looks like it would be amazingly fun and really interesting.

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Animation, Trailers - Games, Video Games