First I want to start of saying: As of today I have tried one of those little Mana energy shots that are sold at certain shops (mostly know by me at the Mall). I looked it up and apparently they were made for gamer who play WoW constantly. No idea if this has any validity but I would sure look into after this post.
The energy shot for all RPG or MMO gamers in the world
My opinion? It tasted a bit… rough going down, kinda like your first shot of Jack Daniels in your life minus the alcohol burn. Well actually I kinda felt that burn there, after I drank it when the after taste hit me. It gave a bit of an energy jump, oddly enough, but my expectations are low for how long it will last. I just hope this nauseating after taste goes away. If you’re wondering why I even picked it up, well it was on sale at my local Sam Goody’s Going Out Of Business sale, for all of one dollar. Always wondered what it was like, saw it and saw the sale percentage on it and was like “Why not?”.
Onto to other fronts of Nerdism, I have been skimming through recently posted articles on N4G.com and found a few interesting bits of news that I just thought I might want to share to those who check me out here.
First up: Dreamcast fans of yester-year rejoice in the fact that Sega is finally sending some love your way. The Dreamcast was considered both a raving flop and something far beyond it’s time by many a gamer throughout the years following it’s release. Being the first console with online capabilities and online type games, it was in all fairness the predecessor of Xbox/Xbox 360 and Xbox Live as well as PS2/PS3 and PSN. I remember picking up this console when I was younger, 10 or 11 years old, and was very impressed by what it had to offer and what it promised, especially with online play. Just the idea that playing with people across the Globe made me as giddy as a school girl and anytime I saw any more games being announced to have that feature I continued to imagine the possibilities. Now Sega has decided to bring us a new game for the PC and the Xbox 360 titled The Dreamcast Collection.
You Remember these classics don't you?
The Collection features four of the more popular games released for the Dreamcast: Crazy Taxi, Sega Bass Fishing, Space Channel 5 Part 2, and my personal favorite Sonic Adventure. With this collection of top games (myself questioning that statement on Bass Fishing) being released, the true Dreamcast fans have something to feel better about their early retired console friend.
Last bit of information I just found absolutely awesome in terms of innovation. You guys like the PS3 right? Well apparently so did the United States Air Force (ASAF) which is why they went and turned 1,700 of the PS3′s processors and built a powerful Supercomputer from them. It is said it’s being used by the Department of Defense under the name of Condor Cluster. It can calculate up to 500 operations per second, uses 1/10 of the energy used by other Supercomputers used by US officials, which makes it a “green” Supercomputer. They hope to use it for a variety of different uses to help the Service, including possible artificial intelligence research. If all that doesn’t get you excited, I don’t know what will. I personally think that if the USAF can take current video game console power and merge it upon itself 1,700 times to create a powerful computer, why can’t the consoles one day do that for gamers, not 1,700 times but maybe 2 or 3, giving us super powerful consoles capable of such grand things? As well as the Nation’s tech improving as well, who can complain about possible better defense and prevention? I know I can’t.
PS3 processors under AF use
You can read more on the PS3 Supercomputer at electronictheatre for a few more bits of information on what they plan to do with this new tech and about how it got started.
