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10 Years of Baldur's Gate

RPGVault is running an article commemorating the 10th anniversary of acclaimed RPG Baldur's Gate. They sat down with members of the Dragon Age: Origins team, some of whom worked on Baldur's Gate, to talk about their experiences with the game and what made it so popular. "The other thing I was responsible for was balance testing. It was a constant fight between me and the Interplay testers; they were always trying to make it easier, and I was always pushing back to make it harder. At one point, I got so frustrated with the final battle with Sarevok that I created a 7th level Minsc, gave him some weapons and armor, and then began to spawn in Sarevok's — mowing through them like a hot knife through butter. After I'd killed six or seven of them, I spawned in a final one and took a screenshot, with the fresh one standing among all his slaugh

A Biblical Gate, A Slave Ship's Wreck

A number of archaeological discoveries made news last week. In Israel, researchers reported finding the remains of an ancient gate from the biblical city of Sha'arayim, which is associated with the story of David and Goliath.

Atari hints at new Baldur's Gate, Test Drive games

While speaking at their analyst day, Atari revealed that the company had started work on a new Baldur's Gate title. The original game was a huge hit on the PC, earning a 4/5 stars rating on this site while it's sequel earned a 93% score back in 2000. Atari is also planning to bring back the venerable Test Drive series.

ERICSSON RACING TEAM TAKES 1ST AND 3RD AT SCORING GATE

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Dec. 19, 2008) - Ericsson Racing Team strengthened its overall lead in the Volvo Ocean Race today when Ericsson 4 claimed 4 points for being first boat past the Leg 3 scoring gate north of the island Pulau We.

Stalking Horse by the Biggest Patent Troll on the Planet

Perhaps Microsoft is using this patent to push against Android OS being used on FPGA based CPU's. Field Programmable Gate Arrays are almost perfect for "gear-shifting" CPUs. New firmware can be downloaded to the gate array and used to boost performance. Most of the products a FPGA could be easily used in would be net books or upscale handheld PDAs or smart phones. Android would be (at least in concept) a perfect OS to use because its scalable as well.

Phishing at gate B22

Richard Farina booted up his computer on an American Airlines flight in October from New York to San Francisco. It was one of the first commercial flights to offer wireless Internet service. Within a couple minutes of reaching 10,000 feet, Farina was snooping the airwaves with the ability to see what his fellow passengers were doing without having to leave his cramped middle seat.

Shop owners welcome City Gate, Opera House decision

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Hackers continually at the gate

Four New Zealanders ranging from a teenage boy to a senior citizen went about their online day-to-day tasks on poorly secured computers yesterday in an experiment on security.

Ericsson 4 first to scoring gate...Volvo Ocean Race fleet now into the notorious Malacca Strait

still limping along with her keel structure broken, the Volvo Ocean Race fleet are now into the notorious Malacca Strait, separating the Malaysian peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra.

Atari hints at new Baldur 's Gate, Test Drive games

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Atari is bringing back the Baldur's Gate Franchise

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UPDATED: Government to rebuild Opera House, City Gate - New plans by Renzo Piano

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A Hobbled Sun Limps to the RIA Starting Gate

It's a wonder it has the entry fee, but Sun Thursday showed up for the RIA race against Adobe's Flex, Flash, and AIR and Microsoft's Silverlight - and for that matter the open source AJAX - riding JavaFX 1.0.

Video: Government to rebuild Opera House site, City Gate - Plans by Renzo Piano

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Sim City now on iPhone

It retains many of the features from the original and includes landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge and the Washington Monument.

'Seeing' the quantum world

Computer animation illustrating the Hadamard operation, with a camera view that reveals the surface nano-gate controlling the target phosphorus atom.

Tourists able to step into work of art

No, it's not London's Tower Bridge, nor is it San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, or even the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Video of Google's cloud operating system, gOS

gOS -- not sure what the 'g' stands for -- is a lot like the Asus Express Gate, the Linux mini-kernel they are putting on their recent motherboards. It boots up quick, and is built around the Google Chrome browser.

Paddle CNT resonators could make good mass sensors

By showing that paddle-shaped devices made from carbon nanotubes resonate in two very different modes when varying gate voltages are applied, researchers at the Delft University of Technology say that the nanotubes act as springs that detect their own motion.

Blogs: Your top 10 school issues

The essential guide for parents. What you need to know about education and what's being talked about at the school gate

Exhibition of art photography in Bitola

Bitola, December 28 (MIA) - Centre for Cultural Decontamination - Bitola and "Porta Jazz" Monday evening will present rare exhibition of art photography "Porta" ("Gate") by the authors Natasa Nikolovska and Bekim Mustafa.

Atari Buys Cryptic Studios

Atari, which has been quite present in the news lately, acquiring the rights to publish Sam & Max and talking about the future of Baldur’s Gate, announces having acquired developer Cryptic Studios.


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