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Hollywood movies oftentimes feature action stars wielding massive fire arms, which look so capable of bringing about the destruction of enemies that no one in their right mind would expect to see them on the street, owned by people who have no business carrying devastating weapons. Here is a list containing five of t... |
7 February 2009
07:41 GMT |
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Technion-Israel Institute of Technology researchers have recently announced that they have devised a way of using telecommunications-grade fiber optic cables to detect war-time underground tunnels, like those used by Hamas in the Gaza strip to smuggle in weapons across the Israeli border. Their finds are to be presen... |
13 January 2009
04:36 GMT |
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Far Cry 2 is a great game, we have written a very positive review for it, and the title will ensure a great experience for any sandbox shooter fan out there. From the gorgeous graphics to the new level of realism employed in the gameplay, a lot of the game's features will have an impact on you, especially the fi... |
28 November 2008
11:01 GMT |
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Gears of War 2 is going to be a massive game, promising to bring back the mindless fun of the first title with a more intricate and developed story, and it is set to hit the worldwide store shelves today, with a lot of retailers holding midnight launch events to celebrate this very popular game.One of the key aspects... |
7 November 2008
02:42 GMT |
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Konami has published the fighting game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare back in 2005 on all major consoles of the time, including the Nintendo DS. The game, even though it was released when the TV series reached the fourth season, was inspired by the third 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show season... |
19 May 2008
08:33 GMT |
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The new breakthrough in laser technology comes from Harvard University researchers who have designed and demonstrated the first Terahertz coherent source using room-temperature electrically-pumped semiconductors. The terahertz laser sources commercially available today are based on nanotechnology fabrication techniqu... |
19 May 2008
05:49 GMT |
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Electronic Arts' controversial decision to offer five Battlefield: Bad Company weapons as purchasable content (therefore, not free or part of the core game) was met with an angry reaction from the fans. Usually, this kind of behavior means absolutely nothing to game developers since, in the end, most of the prot... |
10 April 2008
17:06 GMT |
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Battlefield: Bad Company is the next game in the long running Battlefield series developed by DICE and distributed by Electronic Arts. DICE says that the game should be out to retail in the Summer of 2008 and a beta test is due to begin shortly. But even before the launch of the beta, some design decisions are starti... |
25 March 2008
17:06 GMT |
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It is spelled PHaSR, however I'm more than convinced that the U.S. Department of Defense guys call it phaser. Whether the name is coincidental or not with that of the weapon used in the Star Trek series is not the issue, albeit it closely mimics some of those devices and tactics. They don't call them non-le... |
24 March 2008
10:25 GMT |
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Except for the invention of the time machine, everything else is running as smooth as the script of the Terminator series, don't you agree? You know, building robots, then equipping robots with guns, then ever increasing artificial intelligence, so that in the end we lose control over them and total annihilation... |
28 February 2008
10:18 GMT |
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When it comes to weapons, the U.S. Navy never seems to have enough of them or to make them as deadly as they wish them to be. Yesterday, engineers employed by the U.S. government tested an improved railgun design that is able to output a total power of 10 megajoules, breaking the record of the previous railgun, which... |
1 February 2008
07:00 GMT |
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All of your favorite heroes from the ancient world of Onimusha gather together for one multi-battle action fighting game that will bring the world to its knees. Select your warrior from among a bold cast of characters spanning the world of Onimusha. For the first time, Samanosuke, star of Onimusha Warlords can go he... |
16 October 2007
03:12 GMT |
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Protect America from enemy forces in urban and rural warfare throughout the world in SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, exclusively for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. The sequel to the more than one million unit selling SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs is back with new gameplay, chat functionality, mission types, we... |
8 October 2007
07:55 GMT |
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URBAN CHAOS: Riot Response gives gamers the opportunity to step into the shoes of a real hero. Play as Nick Mason a member of T-Zero, an elite counter-gang unit, putting his life on the line in response to a terrorist threat. Specially trained in all areas of urban combat and armed with the very latest high-tech wea... |
26 September 2007
08:59 GMT |
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Darkwatch is a first-person shooter video game about an outlaw who is turned into a vampire. The game was published by Capcom and developed by High Moon Studios (formerly known as Sammy Studios) in the United States; in the United Kingdom, it was published by Ubisoft. The action in Darkwatch is fast and frantic, des... |
3 September 2007
10:06 GMT |
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Dual Hearts is a role-playing game for the Playstation 2, released in 2002. In the United States it was released by Atlus. The plot begins with a treasure hunter named Rumble learning about a treasure, the Dream Stone on Sonno Island and setting out for it. At the same time, Tumble, that is a magical dream creature ... |
27 July 2007
06:21 GMT |
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Howitzers are one of the most effective weapons in conventional wars around the world. They are artillery weapons, originally intended for use in siege warfare which made a name for themselves through their ability of delivering cast-iron shells filled with gunpowder or incendiary materials into the interior of fort... |
4 July 2007
10:31 GMT |
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The US Army has just started a new weapons testing program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Fortunately, they didn't give guns to students, instead they used the Highly Accelerated Life Testing chamber in a new laboratory.This testing chamber is going to be used by the university to assist the milit... |
3 July 2007
03:34 GMT |
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Robots have been part of human imagination for longer than you think. Though the modern science-fiction literary genre has made them so famous that they've become universal brands, like "Robocop", "Terminator", "Data", "R2-D2" or "iRobot", they have been present in mythology long before.Now, a company that bui... |
2 July 2007
06:32 GMT |
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This may be a question not many people have asked themselves, and it may sound crazy, too. But in theory, if a human being were covered in a layer of fat thick enough, a bullet could be stopped from reaching vital parts of the body.The Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge really performed such a test f... |
30 June 2007
06:48 GMT |
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Dynasty Warriors 5 is a Chinese beat 'em up video game and the fifth installment in the Dynasty Warriors series, developed by Omega Force and published by Koei; the game was released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is based on the Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong. The gameplay of D... |
20 June 2007
05:02 GMT |
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Worms is the first in a series of turn-based strategy games developed by Team17. It was released in 1995 and is one of the most popular strategy games ever made. It was followed in 1996 by an expansion pack, Worms Reinforcements, which was amalgamated with the original game to create Worms and Reinforcements United ... |
23 May 2007
04:40 GMT |
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Battlefront.com and Fury Software have just announced the first Expansion Pack for "Strategic Command 2: Blitzkrieg." Dubbed "Weapons and Warfare" it contains a huge list of new features frequently asked for by the fan community, such as a bigger world map, new units, naval movement and combat rules, a deeper weather... |
17 May 2007
05:35 GMT |
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One of the best games ever made for replay value. Another great game that couldn't survive without multiplayer either. It's hilarious chucking a grenade at your friend and blowing him into a pool or just poking him so he just falls off a few centimeters of the edge. Another great feature that is back in Wo... |
7 May 2007
11:30 GMT |
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Pac-Man World Rally or Pac-Man Rally in Europe is a kart racer with Pac-Man and many others from Namco's catalog of classic characters. The game's 15 race tracks are designed to contain a whole lot of jumps and such to keep racers on their toes. In addition, there are six battle arenas for multiplayer act... |
7 May 2007
09:38 GMT |
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Vampire slayers "Vampire hunting kits" have been unveiled in Austria and are ready to be sold in an auction market. Each kit is purportedly assembled in the 1800s by a "Professor Ernst Bloomberg"(now dead, maybe, ahem). Apparently, Ernst Blomberg's tools were meant to be a response to the interest in vampires sp... |
12 April 2007
08:48 GMT |
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