A few days back, a lizard playing Ant Smasher on a tablet became a viral video hit. Now, it’s the frog’s turn to strut its stuff. They can play, mind you, they just don’t always want to…
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Frogs Can Play Ant Smasher, too!
December 21st, 2011New Gaming Mouse for World of Warcraft
October 17th, 2010
SteelSeries, manufacturer of professional gaming peripherals, announced a new MMO gaming mouse co-developed with Blizzard Entertainment. With a unique exterior that evokes the armored plating of Deathwing the Destroyer, the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse delivers superior ergonomics and an intuitive button layout with advanced gaming functionality.
“Since the release of the original World of Warcraft MMO Gaming Mouse in 2008, we’ve received feedback from thousands of World of Warcraft players on how they’ve customized their World of Warcraft mice and what they would like us to do next,” said Bruce Hawver, SteelSeries CEO. “The new Cataclysm mouse is the result of that collaboration: it provides a wide range of customization options and delivers a more comfortable, intuitive, and ultimately better experience.”
Mouse Features
The new Gaming Mouse has a 14-button layout. Its design provides players with the ability to comfortably use all the extended buttons. Macros and controls can be assigned to all buttons directly from within the game. Together with its 16-million color illumination options, 4 pulsation levels, the ability to save up to 10 character-linked profiles in the software and 1 profile directly on the mouse, players have a wide range of options to customize their gaming experience.
The drag and drop software empowers players to:
- Program all 14 buttons with more than 130 preset game commands
- Create custom macros and/or use the in-game macro scripting language
The SteelSeries World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse technical specifications:
- Frames Per Second: 11,750
- Inches Per Second: 150
- Counts Per Inch: 90 – 5,040 ( DPI / CPI )
- Lift Distance: 1 – 5mm
- 14 Programmable Buttons
- Cable: 2.5 m / 8.2 ft Braided Nylon
- Mac and PC Compatible
The SteelSeries World of Warcraft: Cataclysm MMO Gaming Mouse will be available at the December 7, 2010 launch of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.
The King of Kong Saga isn’t Over Yet
September 21st, 2010
Every time someone breaks the Donkey Kong record, you think this one is for keeps. It seems amazing that anyone can still improve this game’s high score.
According to Twin Galaxies, the official site for arcade player rankings, the World Record on the classic arcade game Donkey Kong has changed hands for the third time this year, as former champion Steve Wiebe climbs back into the top spot with a score of 1,064,500 points.
“Wiebe last held the Donkey Kong record in spring of 2007, only to be bested by his movie rival Billy Mitchell months later. Mitchell’s score fell to New York’s Hank Chien in March of this year, but the Florida hot sauce distributor regained the title on July 31 with a score of 1,062,800 points”, says the article on Twin Galaxies.
1,064,500 points seems like an amazing score. I wonder how long it’s going to last.
The Future of Rock Band?
August 27th, 2010Is this where video games are headed? Could we see a version of Rock Band that looks like this? Either way – cool clip:
