Publisher Capcom released today a demo of developer Airtight Games‘ upcoming action shooter Dark Void. It’s downloadable only through File Planet which is a pain but the game demo itself is an absolute thrill for anyone that enjoys first person shooters and/or flight games. The game is to be released on January 19, 2010. Just four days away!
“Dark Void’s unique combination of in-air and on-ground combat creates a thrilling new gameplay dynamic to the third-person shooter experience. Taking 3D action to a whole new level, Dark Void’s vertical combat system allows players to dangle from thousand foot drops as they take cover and drop enemies from above and below, bringing a whole new sense of vulnerability and thrill to the player. Defying gravity in vertical combat is only half the battle as, over time, Will is upgraded to a powerful rocket pack which allows for fierce in-air combat as gamers are able to fly through the void at unparallel speeds shooting down anything that gets in their path. Blasting away at massive bosses has never been this much fun as Dark Void offers a unique grip system made up of a variety of grip-based mini-games including skyjacking UFOs mid-flight.”
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BETA 3 of Postbox is out now for testers (go sign-up) and… okay, when I was using Windows for so many years I was happy with Outlook Express (before OE was released I used Pegasus). It was “good enough” and none of the other Windows e-mail apps really seemed to have anything more to offer. Then eventually I switched to Outlook. It was better, but eh, it was e-mail.
I switched to a Mac in 2002 (hear the trumpets?) with Mail.app. I liked it. It was great… I didn’t use my mail apps for calendaring, scheduling, hairdrying, etc so it was great. Better in the simple and “just works” category than Outlook. I tried other apps just to try ‘em but nothing stood out as better.
★ Postbox ★
It’s the funnest (borrowing from Apple) e-mail app in the world. Really. “Funnest” because it works and it beats Mail.app and Windows Live Mail and Outlook and Thunderbird and that other one I’m forgetting that you think is awesome-er. It’s like e-mail app from heaven funnest. Yeah.
So I’m being a little goofy. But it’s a very, very promising e-mail app. I love the interface, the features, the fact that IT WORKS WITH IMAP like I expect it to. Here’s where I should list more specifics including exactly what features it has but it’s BETA, pre-version 1.0 and features are being tweaked as well as new and REQUESTED features are being added with each release. The Postbox website has information and screenshots on display. Go look. See for yourself. Sign up if you wanna try the BETA.
Should I get a pre-nup if I ask Postbox to marry me? We haven’t known each other very long and there’s always the possibility that it might end up being a disappointment. I’d hate to think about that happening, but it’s happened so many other times in the past with software I discovered that one minute made my heart go pitter-patter then the next it’s stomping on my heart with lead-weighted boots. No, no… that won’t happen this time. It can’t. I won’t let it. I love Postbox.
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I posted a while back about switching the CTRL and ALT keys on a PC keyboard when used with a Mac. It’s easier now with Leopard.
Open up Keyboard & Mouse in the System Preferences and then click on the Modifier Keys. You can also disable the Caps Lock key while you’re there, or set it to be a 2nd CTRL, OPTION, or COMMAND key.
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I just wasted a good half-hour or so playing this awesome little Space Invaders type game. I highly recommend it.
The Earth is under attack from evil aliens from Titan! Only you can save us all using a hired space ship. Upgrade your ship with bounty money and drive back the Titans across the Solar System, and defeat them on their homeworld. That’ll show ‘em!
* 100 levels of frantic shooter action
* 5 giant boss motherships
* Upgrade your ship with extra cannon, rockets and lasers
* Challenge stages with prizes
* Online hiscore table
Download the free 7MB demo version of Titan Attacks. It’s available for Mac, Windows and Linux.
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