Special ceremony marks Texas Independence Day – News 8 Austin
Not only is Tuesday Election Day, it’s also Texas Independence Day. The holiday is marked with events all around the state.
A special ceremony took place at the Texas State Cemetery Tuesday morning.
Earlier, News 8’s Todd Boatwright spoke to George Rollow with Celebrate Texas.
“It’s Texas Independence Day so we’re celebrating the Texas [...]
Texas Independence Day – All You Need To Know (VIDEO) – Gather.com
If you live in the Lone Star State, today is Texas Independence Day. The holiday marks the date in 1836 when 59 signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence formally split from Mexico to form the Republic of Texas. The signing came less than a year after the first battle of the Texas Revolution was [...]
Valve’s User Forum Foreshadowed "Spitter" Months Ago [Left 4 Dead 2]
On May 31 – before anyone knew Left 4 Dead 2 was coming – user Walking_Target gave a detailed description of a special infected he and a friend wanted to develop with the L4D SDK.
“After spending an hour chatting about it, we came up with the idea of ‘The Spitter’ ” Walking_Target writes. He then [...]
You Will Fly In Lost Planet 2 [Comic-con 09]
During a Q&A session following the Comic-Con 2009 Lost Planet panel, game producer Jun Takeuchi let slip that players would be taking to the air to do battle against the Akrid in the game’s sequel.
The news came after a member of the audience asked if there would be more co-operative vehicles in the game in [...]
Left 4 Dead 2 "Swamp Fever" Hands-On Impressions [Comic-con 09]
Valve brought a playable “Swamp Fever,” the second announced campaign for Left 4 Dead 2, to Comic-Con. In addition to showing a new environment in which to kill zombie hordes, it helps the game feel more like a proper sequel.
At E3, the campaign “The Parish” played a touch too much like the original Left 4 [...]
The First Valkyria Chronicles 2 Screens [PSP]
While the game was announced earlier in the week in Japanese mag Famitsu, Valkyria Chronicle’s website wasn’t due to open until today. Now that it’s open, we’ve got our first screens of the PSP sequel.
Samsung cracking away at an 800mhz Armani 2?
When it comes to “luxury” brand handsets, the original Samsung Armani is one of the less ridiculous choices you could make. It is, in every sense, the exact opposite of the Dior phone. It has actual features that people might want, isn’t mindblowingly ugly, and doesn’t cost 5-friggin’-thousand dollars. We’re not sure how well the [...]
BioShock 2 Delayed To FY 2010 [Delay Of Game]
Your return to Rapture will be a bit delayed, as publisher Take-Two Interactive announced today that BioShock 2 won’t be releasing in the company’s fourth quarter as previously planned. Now for the bad news.
While the game was previously slated to hit European store shelves on October 30, 2009, just squeezing into the company’s fiscal 2009, [...]
No More No More Heroes For The Wii [Platform Jumping]
Goichi Suda breaks the hearts of countless Wii owners, suggesting that once No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle is finished, the franchise will leave the platform behind.
While No More Heroes and its star Travis Touchdown have captured the hearts of many fans on the Nintendo Wii, Suda’s ambition might just be too big for [...]
God Of War Movie Sticks To Game Plot Like Loincloth To Kratos [Rumor]
A writer over at CC2K claims to have gotten hold of a script for the upcoming God of War movie. And, having read that script, he proceeds to tell us all about it.
While a movie project can go through scores of screenplays, and none of what he reveals will be too big a shock to [...]
