First game for the iPad is Finger Twister. The iPad selects the user to put whatever finger on whatever color on the iPad but the user must keep his fingers on the iPad or else he looses the game. One twist would be to do a timed session, where the user is given only a couple seconds to react.

Next is Monopoly. With the iPhone/iPod Touch support where you can sync the iPhone/iPod Touch to the iPad through WiFi or Bluetooth wherein you can keep track of your expenses, cards and owned land. The iPad takes care of the “banker” role and does the transactions that way and sends it to the appropriate user whoever you’re “renting” to to pass by.

Apples to Apples is next with the same iPhone/iPod Touch support. The “it” person would simply tap the green car in the middle to reveal the word and the rest of the users would simply flick their best cards from their iPhones/iPod Touches. The “it” person would then reveal the cards one at a time and maybe a button to choose which card fits best. One feature could be to have the “it”‘s word card’s definitions float across the screen while everyone’s deciding on which card to use.

Risk would be an awesome iPad game… think about it, shake the iPad to roll the dice, and tap and drag to move your soldiers.

A simple game show game: Deal Or No Deal, Wheel Of Fortune, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, 1 VS 100, Jeopardy, ETC. (with iPhone/iPod Touch support to submit their answers), would also look awesome on the iPad.

You’d think they’ve started making these, huh? I wish to see more games like these that integrate the iDevices features in the future.

So… Is there a game that you would like to see on the iPad?

Introducing the Nintendo DSi XL!

Soon to come to North America in MARCH 28, 2010!!!

If you’ve been thinking of buying the DSi, the DSi XL would be the more preferable.

The new release may have been too soon. Although it does offer a range of gaming systems that Nintendo can supply the consumers… you can now choose if you want a smaller, portable version or a slightly bigger one with a bigger screen.

The long anticipation is over. The update’s here! Vavle‘s awesome game of the year, Left4Dead has brought waves of zombie lovers all over the world. From tactics, to planning to surviving to keeping each other alive… or not! Left4Dead is pretty much the best zombie game ever made! Since its release in 2007, it has brought many fans the excitement it can muster. But 2007 is so not today! People want more!

And so, with Valve’s ingenious updates, Left4Dead has brought itself to a whole new level that people will love. Although we didn’t get new maps for Left4Dead, Valve has released the Editor! Not only can you edit and make the game yourself, you can play it and share it with your friends.

Some new features in the maps are the updated building architechture; in other words, more hiding spaces for the infected. It has added new rooms and has given the players new places to duck and cover. Also, in the update, they’ve made the Versus Mode available to all the maps. They’ve also put a distinction between the Versus maps and the Campaign maps.

They’ve also updated the infected’s powers, so to say. They’ve given players more control over the Tank and had its health last a little bit longer. They’ve updated the blinding bile from the Boomer; and yes, you really can’t see anything. Given more pounce-ablility to the hunter and a longer range for the smoker. Also, depending on what the skill levels of the players are, they’ve modded the horde so they can spawn quickly in quick attacks.

As stated in Steam:

Survival Mode:

New Gameplay Mode

16 NEW Maps including Last Stand

Leaderboards; and

7 NEW Achievements

Versus Mode:

2 NEW Versus Campaigns

Fixing the scores even thought the scoreboard has opened up

And more…

All in all, this is, by far, the best update ever! I’m off to go see the new maps! So, we’ll see. I’ll try to make my own levels too. As soon as I’m done with all my projects and exams and jobs. Hehe

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In the first installment of the Iron Man movie series (assuming that there are more to come, just like the Spiderman (suposedly) trilogy) they introduced at the end of the movie/credits, a snippet of the upcoming Ironman 2 with Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson, introducing to Ironman, played by Robert Downey Jr., the S.H.I.E.L.D. Alliance between all superheroes.

COMICFORAWIFE created a beautifully crafted mashup of Marvel themed videos to create an “Ultimate Alliance” video with Marvel characters ranging from Spiderman  to Magneto to Ironman to Wolverine. This might as well be the S.H.I.E.L.D. we’ll expect in the upcoming Ironman 2, but we’ll see.

Comments welcome!

Through much debate on how the Facebook‘s Face Uplift was horrible, unorganized and looks ugly. I beg to differ. I was attracted to the Facebook uplift and thought that it was better than the unorganized, application-filled profile page. Though people are still getting used to the uplift, Facebook has recently announced that it, will once again, do another uplift. Seen on the photo above, it will have a better sense of organization, it got rid of the iconic blue bar at the top, and they apparently went away with the multiple paged Facebook and just put them all together into one page with everyone’s updates, posts, etc.

If you’re a fan of the Half-Life Series, chances are, you know the company Black Mesa. And if you’ve played Portal, you know all about it. As technology progresses and as the Source engine tightens, they decided it’s time to revisit the past. They planned on recreating the first ever Half Life story, how it happened, and put a deeper more stable story to go with it. A triler has already been released but the unveiling hasn’t been… yet.

Here’s th trailer (watch it in HD if you can):

It is basically the first ever Half Life game with better graphics and gameplay.

An official website HAS BEEN put up. One complete with level designs, weapon designs, concept artworks, game models, and characters. It also has a feature where the community can actually design a character/weapon/level and just leave it to Source if they actually pick you!

Also, don’t forget to visit their YouTube Channel/Page. There, they show you trailers, tests, walkcycles and more.

All in all, the game looks promising! I just don’t know what people might think in playing a remake of a game they’ve already played.

[UPDATE: 02/08/2010]:

Also, if you’ve visited their website, you may have already discovered that the game WILL BE FREE!!!

YUP! As long as you have a copy of ANY source engine game on steam, Black Mesa will cost you nothing. Zip. Nada.

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Today was pretty awesome! I got a new haircut, went to the mall with my parents and went to the Car Show at the IX Center in Cleveland, Ohio!

They featured many car brands, all known – Chevrolet, Ford, Mercedes Benz, Honda, Toyota… and many more! They had a ferris wheel in the middle of the building, complete with aracade games and prizes, they had simulators where the army helicopter simulator would really tumble you in a full 360 degree spin. They also had thier annual Fox 8 Cleveland Idol Contest where the best singer wins tickets to the final American Idol Concert. Raffles for Indians games, Car Giveaways and many more that I haven’t known about. But overall, the Car Show is always about showing off the car company’s new line of cars for the year, their new concept cars in production, plans and basically a shoutout to people that they’re still here, makin’ awesome cars as ussual.

Mercedes Benz

Jeep 4X4

Mitsubishi

Fried Chicken and French Fries

My ID and Dogtag

Free Dogtag from the Copter Sim I Rode

Toyota Bag Giveaway

the Diet Pepsi I was drinking

HARLEY DAVIDSON

Old Car's Bumpers

Corvette

Chevrolet

Chevy

Old Chevrolet Logo

Old Repairmen Car

Harley Davidson Wheels

Another Harley Davidson

A Harley

Harley Davidson

Lincoln Concept Car "C"

Lincoln Concept Car Interior 2

Lincoln Concept Car Interior

Lincoln

Chevy Corvette

Cleveland's Hybrid Buses

Copter Sim

Humvee Weaponry

Humvee's Harness

...and that's how airbags work.

Porsche Interior

Porsche's Fog Lights

White Porsche

Audi R8

Audi R8

Audi R8

A terrific animation that shows simple, expressive body gestures to tell the story.

What fascinates me about Super Mario Galaxy is… (besides the awesome gameplay) …the music. I must confess. I do appreciate certain kinds of orchestral music. Something in it just entices me to listen, feel and ride with it. And the fact that Nintendo had the guts to orchestrate a video game is just wonderful! And yes, I do wish that they’d orchestrate most of the games… when necessary.

Super Mario has long been the best of the best – gameplay, art, music, you name it! All thanks to the genius mastermind,  Shigeru Miyamoto who somehow had the mind to put Mario in his head and make it come to life. In 2007, he developed another chapter for our always contending hero – Super Mario Galaxy – where Mario takes to the skies and into space to save Princess Peach and the universe from Bowser’s plan for total universe domination. Here, you’ll see some old characters from the series and some new ones who fit the chapter flawlessly. In this series of Super Mario, you get to travel from one Galaxy to the other through the help of the Luma Stars and the Star Princess, Rosalina.

This awesome animation perfectly shows simple yet effective uses of body gestures. It’s made with stop motion animations then layered on top of a 2D illustration. It effectively combines both types of media and the color is just perfect.

Check it out! And don’t forget to rate his videos!