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Feb

A Must-Have New Game: AirAttack HD. It's Not Your Dream Game, It's The One After That

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Games, News, Videos

So, as you can see, I'm quite excited about AirAttack HD. Now multiply it by 10, and you'll get to the level of my fascination about how polished everything is in this game. Created by Art In Games, AirAttack HD came to Android a few days ago without much fanfare, but didn't have any trouble reserving a spot in our weekly roundup.

However, it wasn't until an hour ago that I finally got to try it out, and let me tell you, every single little thing about this game is top notch. Cream of the crop. Perhaps it's the relatively low expectations that Android games have been setting in the past, but I am here to tell you that the bar has been raised and set firmly so high that I am prepared to call AirAttack HD the overall best Android game created to date.

May

The Awesome Android Controlled Parrot AR Drone Release Date And Price To Be Announced On June 15th At E3

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in News, Videos

Remember this demo I posted from the Google I/O of the amazingly stable flying drone sporting 2 video cameras on-board? The one you can remotely control with your Android phone?

Let me remind you:

As there was no price for this future Christmas gift list topper announced yet besides the "couple hundred dollars" range, all we could do was guess.

However, now we won't have to guess for too long - Parrot, the maker of this drone, has published on their Facebook page that the official release date and price will be announced at the E3 conference in less than 3 weeks - June 15th, 2010:

We’re happy to announce that Parrot AR.DRONE US street price and release date will be revealed at E3, June 15th.

May

And The Coolest Gadget Of Google I/O Award Goes To… AR Drone. [Video + Pics, Google I/O Blitz Coverage, Day 1]

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in News, Videos

Due to the amount of information crammed into day 1 of the Google I/O conference, I am blitzing through everything that happened, keeping it short and to the point.

Right next to the Chevy Volt, which, by the way, is quite a looker, I saw a couple of guys playing with odd flying machines, called AR Drones. After spending a few minutes talking to them, we got a nice lengthy demo, and let me tell you, this flying monster is beyond cool.

AR Drone is a flying RC type UFO looking thing
here is the kicker: it is controlled by your Android phone (here they used a Nexus One)
you touch the screen and tilt the phone, which controls the direction of where your AR Drone flies
it uses Adhoc WiFi, which doesn't require a router and can be used freely in an open field
check this out: the AR Drone has dual video cameras which transmit the live feed to the Android phone that is controlling it
the covers are interchangeable, so you can have different looking drones
the price is unknown and will be "a couple hundred bucks"

Check out the pics and the videos I took below:

The last shot, which I took after I had already left the demo, is quite hilarious - the constant buzzing above my head made me come back to the AR Drone table and witness the drone glued to the ceiling, trying desperately to fly away, without any desire to come down.