Over on TeamFortress2Fort.com, Scorch posted a screen shot of the first kill with a reflected flare (that I've seen anyway). What makes it even better is that it was the pyro who shot the flare that he killed. In other words: a pyro shot a flare at him at the exact moment he used his "compression blast" (he was also pyro), so the flare was sent back and hit it's sender, who then died.
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Back when I was in college (2001-2002), a friend of mine showed me an operating system that boots off a stiffy disk. Now I know you get single-stiffy-disk sized linux distros, but this isn't a command-line operating system... it has a full colour interface, with transparency, can run multiple applications, etc. Anyway, at the time it was rather impressive. So I decided to Google it the other day, and found that the project's still going (and it's still only 1 stiffy disk big), and has had lots of extra functionality added.
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If you haven't already seen it, there's a rather interesting video on WeGame showing how the hitboxes (how/where you can shoot your enemies) in Team Fortress 2 work. Ever wondered why you shot someone and they didn't take damage, or how you got shot when you were already out of the way, etc? Here's the answer:
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Blizzard announced Diablo 3 today, at their "Worldwide Invitational". The official Diablo 3 website has also gone live, and has all the relevant information about the game, as well as a 19 minute long gameplay video! It seems good old Deckard Cain is still around, yabbering away as always. Did I mention the terrain (walls/pillars/etc) are destructable? While the interface looks very similar to Diablo 2's, it's been changed to make it easier to switch between skills and abilities.
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According to the id Software website: Production has begun on DOOM 4™, the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe. We are expanding our internal team and are currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title. "DOOM is part of the id Software DNA and demands the greatest talent and brightest minds in the industry to bring the next installment of our flagship franchise to Earth," said Todd Hollenshead, CEO, id Software.
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I watched "Iron Man" last night, it was a really good movie but after seeing how cool all of his computer screens looked, I decided a change was in order... so I present to you the result (thanks to SharpE): Now tell me that's not cool? Until now I've only used the built-in "Windows Classic" theme, but I think that's a thing of the past now ;)
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