Hideo Kojima, Guillermo del Toro and Norman Reedus are bringing us Silent Hills and they decided to generate a bit of hype for Kojima’s project by releasing the PlayStation 4 playable teaser known only as P.T.
By the time I got around to it, the cat was out of the bag. People already discovered P.T was actually a teaser for Silent Hills. According to Kojima, this teaser was supposed to be cryptic and take the community at large a week or so to decrypt — unfortunately it took less than a day.
Destiny isn’t just Borderlands expanded to its natural MMORPG-esque conclusion. No, Destiny actually has enemies with enough brains to dodge and challenge me. It felt like I was playing a larger sequel to Halo: Reach (without the Halo trappings).
Even on “Brave” difficulty, it was immediately apparent that Destiny’s enemies weren’t distant cousins of those found in Borderlands. The smarter ones hide away from sniper fire and will rush me down if they believe they had the advantage. I didn’t notice much diving from grenades like in Reach though. I suspect higher difficulties will reveal more advanced A.I routines.
I finally finished my building the 2013 PC. It officially belongs to my brother but I had the pleasure of putting it together. Here are some of my impressions of the build and the build process itself.
| Model | |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i5 4670 |
| Motherboard | ASUS H87I-PLUS |
| Memory | HyperX 10th Anniversary Edition 16GB DDR3-1600MHz CL9 Dual Channel Kit (2 x 8GB) |
| Video Card | PowerColor PCS+ HD5770 1GB GDDR5 |
| OS Drive | Samsung 840 120GB |
| Storage Drive | Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 7,200 RPM |
| Case | BitFenix Prodigy (White) |
| Power Supply | Seasonic G Series 550W |
| CPU HSF | Swiftech H220 |
| Additonal Fan | Scythe Slip Stream 120mm (SY1225SL 12L) |
| OS | Microsoft Windows 8 64-bit |
| Monitor | ASUS PB278Q |
| Keyboard | Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 |
| Mouse | Razer Death Adder |
| Speakers | Bose Cinemate Series II |
| Other | Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows |
The following betas are available for testing:
I could be running beta operating systems across all my computing devices. From tablets, smartphones and laptops to home servers and desktops. I could be living on the very bleeding edge. I could but I will likely not and here’s why.
I threw iOS 7 beta 2 on my iPhone 4S and iPad 3. I’m enjoying the early look but it hasn’t been all smiles and rainbows with Apple’s latest. There were a number of app crashes, battery draining issues and just overall glitchiness. Still, I am sticking with it and will experience the evolution of iOS 7 towards Gold Master.
I have access to OS X Mavericks but unless I can eventually upgrade to the final release, I will stay away.
As for the Windows 8.1 Preview, I’ll install it as soon as I rebuild my PC. It’s an upgrade which should easily be replaced with the final release.
Windows Server 2012 R2 will likely remain unused since I have no intentions on disrupting my home server unless I can easily upgrade to the final build as well.
The computing future is always evolving and I’m pleased to catch a glimpse of what the future has in store however I can.