Blizzard Announce Diablo 3

Post by: dave
28 Jun 2008 | 2 Comments | 2,485 views

There’s been rumour, speculation, hype, and mystery, but it’s finanlly official… Blizzard announced today at their Worldwide Invitationtal in Paris that they are working on Diablo 3.

The speculation that this was going to be a ‘World of Diablo’ MMO was off though. Diablo 3 is sticking to it’s RPG roots, and seems to be a very updated, polished continuation of the Diablo RPG franchise, in the same way Starcraft 2 is an update of Starcraft. To me this makes a lot of sense. Why risk splitting the WoW playerbase with another MMO when you can expand out into other areas.

Quick rundown of things so far:

  • Action RPG
  • Same isometric camera positioning (although you can zoom in and out).
  • Destructible and interactive environments (is it a chest?… Or is it a trap!)
  • New class – Witch Doctor (pet class with mind control)
  • Improved control system (hotbars, and using the mousewheel to switch skills)
  • New drop -  Red orb health ‘powerups’ help keep the game moving at a lightning pace.

Have to say it’s looks pretty awesome. I love a good Action RPG, and Diablo 3 is looking like a superb Action RPG!

A few shots from the demo video:


See more at the Official Diabo 3 Site, including a gameplay trailer, a cinematic trailer, and a load more!


Filed Under: Blizzard, Misc, PC Gaming

Joss Whedon’s Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!

Post by: dave
26 Jun 2008 | Leave a Comment | 617 views


Teaser from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.

Joss Whedon’s Doctor Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was one of the many internet projects to spring up during the WGA strike earlier this year. It’s a 3 part musical series written by Joss, his brothers (Zack & Jed) and Jed’s Fiancé Maurissa Tancharoen.

“It’s the story of a low-rent super-villain, the hero who keeps beating him up, and the cute girl from the laundromat he’s too shy to talk to.”

It starring 2 buffy alumni (and 1 buffy alumni by proxy) alot with a cast of, dozens:


Filed Under: Joss Whedon

Knight Rider Sat Nav… With KITT’s Voice!!

Post by: dave
24 Jun 2008 | Leave a Comment | 1,759 views

  • KITT voiced GPS unit
  • dual LED scanner lights like KITT’s dashboard
  • start-up message that says “Hello Michael, where do you want to go today?”

Not much more to say than… WANT!


Filed Under: Geeky

Where the Hell is Matt in 2008?

Post by: dave
23 Jun 2008 | Leave a Comment | 502 views


Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

I love the Where the Hell is Matt videos, and he’s got a new one. They’re silly and make me smile, which i need on a monday morning… Click here to see it in hi-def.

See all the videos on Matt’s site.


Filed Under: Misc

What do WoW Characters do in Their Downtime?

Post by: dave
21 Jun 2008 | One Comment | 877 views

Play World of Workcraft! :D

WeGame.com – WoW Videos

Filed Under: Blizzard, MMORPG, PC Gaming, World Of Warcraft

Microsofts IE Team Help Firefox Celebrate Firefox 3 Release

Post by: dave
18 Jun 2008 | Leave a Comment | 692 views

Firefox, IE Cake

Firefox 3 was officially released today by the Mozilla folk, and to help celebrate the occasion, the IE devs over at Microsoft sent Mozilla a cake as congratulations. A lovely gesture on their part i’m sure you’ll agree.

Although… I can’t help thinking, if they spent more time on sorting out the code in IE, and less time baking cakes I wouldn’t have had to spend most of this afternoon messing about with CSS trying to get a clients website to look the same in IE as it does in every other browser

IE Devs. Nice guys. Sucky developers… Here’s hoping they’re taking notes on Firefox for IE8. ;)

Download Firefox 3 here.


Filed Under: Geeky, Misc, PC Gaming