Diablo II was a huge hit. At the time, it was a near perfect conclusion to the hack and slash action role playing game. After its release, people loved and played the game so much, it appears no one else had any ideas on how to improve and progress the genre. Apart from Dungeon Siege not many games even tried.
More …Well, it has finally come to this. I’ve put the last batch of vinyl records up for sale on eBay. After that, it’s all digital for me. While vinyl still survives for some, it’s a very distant memory for most. Hence this final ode to great trance and progressive that was once the exclusive domain of vinyl. Now, a lot can be both from iTunes or specialized stores like Beatport. And I’ve got a Grooveshark widget to prove it.
More …Website performance has recently been in the spotlight once more. In fact, it should never be out of the spotlight if you want to keep your customers happy. This site is no stranger to bad performance. It’s a typical WordPress problem. You’ve got a nice blog and install a few plugins and before you know it, your site needs 20 JavaScript files and even more CSS files. But how to avoid this?
More …The Humble Indie Bundle is the latest example of a growing trend: You’re free to set your own price. The Humble Indie Bundle contains 5 great indie games that would usually retail for about $80, but you get to choose your own price. Looking at the current statistics, the average is way below that price.
More …If you’ve been programming Java on Google App Engine, you’ll encounter them sooner rather than later: the loading request. A loading request to your application is a request that forces an initialization of the environment that runs your application. Depending on your application, the libraries you use, the size and the usage a loading request can take a long long time (over 20 seconds) and happen frequently. It’s something to be aware of. But what to do about them?
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