Video Games! Independent, homebrew, hacked or open source. We love offbeat games.
It takes one to know one, and we huge geeks. If it doesn’t fit in another category look here.
From man-in-the-middle attacks to GPU accelerated password cracking. We love hacks.
Information Technology. Network Administrators. Code Monkeys. The “Company Computer Guy”
Warranties be damned! Flashing, unlocking, unbrick, modifying and otherwise “making it better”
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Cave Story, originally released in 2004, is concrete proof that a single talented individual can create a solid, engaging feature length game.
It seems like everyone that even remotely follows the independent computer gaming scene has heard of Daisuke Amaya’s creation, which led to the formation of a very devoted fan community developed around this freeware game. Better known by his handle, Pixel, Daisuke Amaya is known for his cute style even back in 2000 with Ikachan, a game about squid navigating through water filled caverns. There are many similarities between the health and inventory system as well as the wonderfully catchy tunes.
While it’s been on the market since November, it was good to finally get the Nokia N900 in my hands. The specs are what you’d expect from the company that creams everything but the kitchen …
No lie we love inexpensive gadgets. Even better when they do one thing and do it well. That’s exactly what we found when we picked up Ectaco’s jetBook-Lite. Supporting ePub, Mobi, PDF, the DRM-laden PDB …
We got a chance to play with some prototypes of the Gambridge Z-1. These MIDI guitars gone game controllers sport individual fret buttons and strings for a more realistic playing experience. They’re working on emulating …
Plastic Logic announced their ebook reader, the Que. Aimed at industry, this 10″ touch sensitive eink tablet sports 4GB storage and WiFi connectivity on the base model, or 8GB storage added AT&T 3G on the …
Sporting a Core2Duo SU7300 and hybrid GMA & nVidia g335m graphics in a 11″ 4lbs package, the Alienware M11x has us squirming in our seats. Just in time for Darren’s birthday too *hint* *hint* this …
We catch up with Boxee, our favorite homebrew media center gone Internet sensation, to find out the latest. Reinforcing their previously announced Boxee Box from D-Link we check out the Boxee Remote. Designed by the …
Lo, way back in 2003 Valve created this new-fangled thing called ‘Steam’ to distribute their games outside of the typical retail channels and they were met with instant shock and strong opposition. “Whaddaya mean I …
Recently I’ve been playing a lot of World of Goo. It’s an amazingly simple and fun game. I’ve been playing on the Wii but soon after arriving in Toronto Jenn Cutter picked up the title …
When it comes to Linux, I love super user friendly and powerful utilities. This is one such tool. Since the 2.6.4 kernel drive encryption has been built in, and this tool cryptsetup makes setting it …
Recently I’ve been playing a lot of World of Goo. It’s an amazingly simple and fun game. I’ve been playing on the Wii but soon after arriving in Toronto Jenn Cutter picked up the title …
While we’re likely mere moments away from WiFi Droid Tethering [Edit: Well would you look at that], Darren has just the trick for tethering the Droid with Ubuntu without root access. Ok, actually root on …
While it’s no Geocities page creator, Shannon reviews (and mostly likes) last week’s CMS theme generator recommendation Artisteer. Shannon reviews it’s basic operation and gripes about the trial limitations. Worth $50? Maybe if you’re looking …
While still early in it’s development stages, Google’s upcoming Chrome OS is a neat OS to play with — especially on a netbook. While the Virtual Machine images floating around are nice for a glimpse, …
It was only a matter of time before we put Doom on The Zipit Z2. The recently unlocked linux-based wireless device is a prime candidate for fragging, what with it’s QVGA color display, WiFi and …
As expected the Motorola Droid has been rooted. That is to say there’s a hack that’ll unlock SU, or super user privileges on the phone. The hack is essentially su bundled in an unsigned update …
Darren demonstrates a little man-in-the-middle attack using SSLStrip, an epic tool for removing that pesky encryption from your victims browsing session. Go from secure site to clear-text passwords in one simple step.
If it begins with a #include and ends in a semi-colon our friend Jason Appelbaum is all over it. This week he’s in studio covering a subject near and dear to our hearts — Nintendo …
Google voice is a powerful multi-use tool that could be used as a free SMS aggregator, that could be leveraged for anything you could come up that would fit into 140 charters, like a text …
After much request we’ve dedicated an episode to every hackers favorite framework, Metasploit. Room362.com’s very own Rob Fuller (aka Mubix) joins us in studio to show us the basics of exploiting and the power of …
A Virtual Appliance can be though of as a software image containing a supporting stack designed to run inside a virtual machine. A quick look at vmware’s virtual appliance directory shows that there are hundreds …
The Zipit Z2 is an inexpensive wireless handheld instant messaging device by Zipit Wireless. It sports WiFi, a color 320×240 display, backlit keyboard and similar CPU and memory to that of a last-gen smart phone.
It’s …
