Columbus, OH

D.O.T. Defence from Rattleaxe Games plans to launch in 2025 and looks like it will put a nice unique spin on RTS games, with matches you play in short bursts designed for single-player and local multiplayer. Another unique game made with Godot Engine!. More about it: "Welcome to D.O.T. Defence,...

D.O.T. Defence looks like a fun spin on the RTS genre

Following a successful Kickstarter back in late 2018, developer Straitjacket has launched GOD'S GIFT, a puzzle-platformer inspired by classic Lemmings and Pikmin. Nice to see after quite a few years since the crowdfunding it actually released, and with the Linux support too!. More about it: "God's Gift is a 2D...

Inspired by Lemmings and Pikmin, puzzle-platformer GOD'S GIFT is out now

YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. View cookie preferences. There's also a new developer diary that goes over the upcoming massive tanker bug addition, appearing just as it did in the 1997 classic movie. Also mentioned is another new planet coming, the icy planet Boreas, where you'll face various mutated bugs.

I'm quite excited for the Starship Troopers: Extermination single-player

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Actor Clarence Williams III, best known as the super cool undercover cop Lincoln "Linc" Hayes on TV's classic crime drama, The Mod Squad, died three years ago from colon cancer at 81 years old. This is the story of a talent that lives on.

The Tragic Death of 'Mod Squad'/'Purple Rain' Actor Clarence Williams III: Three Years Later

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Featuring high-speed joints at 9 radians per second and wrists with a 300-degree range, the system excels in agile tasks.

Alex: New humanoid robot tackles dumbbells, dishes and diverse tasks like a pro

At least for some smaller teams, things are looking pretty good, with shapez 2 from tobspr Games only launching into Early Access on August 15th and it's sold really well. Read my early thoughts in my previous article. Their press team, Game Drive, announced that it managed to sell "over...

shapez 2 is a big hit with over 150,000 copies sold in less than a week

It's been over 40 years since Leave It To Beaver actor Hugh Beaumont died of a heart attack in Munich, Germany in 1982. A former minister in real life, Hugh Beaumont was born in Lawrence, Kansas. He is best remembered as Ward Cleaver in Leave It To Beaver, the classic TV sitcom that originally aired for seven years in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

In Memory of 'Leave It To Beaver' Actor and Former Minister Hugh Beaumont: 4 Decades After His Death

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Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. Why it matters: A group of tank game enthusiasts has taken immersion to a whole new level by constructing an enclosed rig replicating an actual tank's interior. There are hatches to drop through, crew stations, and even a main gun the gunner feeds filled soda bottles as shells to 'fire.' Forget about kicking back on a cozy couch because this is as authentic as it gets.

Tank sim fanatics build multi-person rig with working hatches and ammo loading system

Palo Alto, CA

Tesla has clearly been struggling to catch up with much more advanced rivals in the race to build a humanoid robot that can do everything from assembling cars to babysitting your kids. But a new job posting for a robot trainer may reveal the strategy Tesla CEO Elon Musk has in mind for getting the company’s Optimus robot in working order: Having his workers work around the clock.

Tesla Is Hiring Humans to Wear Motion-Capture Suits to Train Optimus Robots

Taking cues from the humble dung beetle, scientists have created an AI sensor that precisely measures the orientation of the Milky Way.

Dung beetle’s use of Milky Way for navigation inspires new AI sensor for drones

Developer S-Game released a new gameplay demo footage showing the recently released Gamescom demo for Phantom Blade Zero. The demo features three bosses Huangxing, the Sunken Pillar of Kunlun, and Tie Sha the Frenzy. The video also shows off the deflection and posture systems, swift combat and combos, dodges, and several tough sword wielding enemies and different abilities. All attendees have the chance to visit the S-GAME booth and play this demo.

Phantom Blade Zero Gamescom Demo Gameplay Footage

“Unlike language, where we don’t have mathematical models to describe what the next word should be, when it comes to physics, we do have those models. And what we’re seeing is that machine learning is actually quite good at computation, not just pattern recognition,” said co-founder Darren Garvey.

BeyondMath’s ‘digital wind tunnel’ puts a physics-based AI simulation to work on F1 cars

After 37 years Capcom has finally decided to welcome a guest onto a Street Fighter roster, and it's clear this is a decision they've not made lightly as they're going out of their way to make Terry Bogard's Street Fighter 6 appearance memorable for fans on every front. The Fatal...

Terry Bogard plays nostalgic Neo Geo arcade cabinet in his Street Fighter 6 character select screen animation

Experts suggest that Tesla is likely aiming to amass extensive data through this effort.

Walk a mile in robot’s shoes: Tesla paying $48/hr to train Optimus humanoid

YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. View cookie preferences. 4 unique locations, each with up to 24 stages that can be driven in standard or reversed modes. Championship mode, featuring a selection of 4 fully voiced co-drivers. A selection of 12 cars with unique performance...

#DRIVE Rally enters Early Access on September 25

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It's been two decades since beloved actor Brian Kelly died of pneumonia at 73 in 2005. Best known as Porter Ricks in the classic TV family show Flipper(NBC, 1964-1967), Kelly had once suffered a paralyzing motorcycle accident that ended his acting career. However, he rechanneld his creative talent and became a producer. This is his story.

The Paralyzing Accident & Tragic Death of TV's 'Flipper' Father Brian Kelly: Two Decades Later

[Note: The quotes and commentary that appear in this article are from an interview the author conducted with David White in 1989.]. Actor David White, who died in 1991, found great success for his best-known and likable performance as the devious advertising executive Larry Tate on the classic TV sitcom,Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972).

'Bewitched' Actor David White Forever Mourned the Tragic Pan Am/Lockerbie Death of His Son

Scout Space plans to fly a novel Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) space domain awareness (SDA) capability aboard a Dawn Aerospace suborbital spaceplane in an upcoming mission called “Morning Sparrow.” Scout announced Thursday that the company signed a flight agreement with Dawn in August that covers the initial demonstration and a series of future flights.

Scout Space Plans VLEO Space Domain Awareness Demonstration on Dawn Aerospace Flight

LimX Dynamics upgraded the physical and functional capabilities of its CL-1 humanoid robot. Since debuting the robot in late 2023, the company has been busy teaching the robot to work in a warehouse setting. The video above demonstrates the CL-1 picking up and moving heavy objects throughout a mock warehouse....

LimX demos latest generation of CL-1 humanoid

Some keyboards have special features like Razer's Snap Tap and Wooting's SOCD, that can give an unfair advantage in online games, and so Valve have put their foot down and entirely banned such tricks in Counter-Strike 2. Valve didn't name any hardware makers directly, because of course they wouldn't -...

Valve bans keyboard automation in Counter-Strike 2 update

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A new demo for physics-based sandbox A Webbing Journey shows you what it's like to be a Spider

A physics-based sandbox game where you play as a cute little spider, A Webbing Journey has a really fun idea and the latest demo is quite...

A new demo for physics-based sandbox A Webbing Journey shows you what it's like to be a Spider

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