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Updated: Fri, 25 May 2012 10:03:25 GMT
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- Spanish bank's shares suspended
Trading in Bankia shares is suspended amid reports that the struggling Spanish banking group is going to ask for a big government bailout later. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 08:39:57 GMT
- French president visits Kabul
French President Francois Hollande makes an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to explain his decision to pull troops out a year earlier than planned. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 07:10:55 GMT - Male 'contraceptive gene' found
It may be possible to develop a new form of male contraceptive after researchers in Edinburgh identified a critical gene for the production of healthy sperm. Read More
Thu, 24 May 2012 23:04:41 GMT - Two jailed over NZ ship disaster
Two officers of the container ship that ran aground off New Zealand causing its worst maritime spill are jailed for seven months. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 07:50:37 GMT - Turkey police hit by explosion
A policeman and two attackers die in blast at a police station after a car tries to ram the building, in the central Turkish province of Kayseri. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:55:11 GMT - Counting begins after Egypt vote
Counting begins at some polling stations after two days of voting in Egypt's first free presidential election, as the Muslim Brotherhood claims a lead. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:14:14 GMT - Japan's fugitive penguin caught
A young penguin which escaped from a Tokyo aquarium is caught after more than two months on the loose in the Japanese capital. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 03:00:38 GMT - Decision due on giant telescope
It is likely a decision will be made on Friday on where to site one of the great scientific projects of the 21st Century - the Square Kilometre Array. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 01:47:58 GMT - Mars 'has life's building blocks'
New evidence from carbon in meteorites suggests that the basic building blocks of life are present on Mars, a study in Science journal says. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 01:13:09 GMT - Man admits to killing Etan Patz
A man confesses to suffocating six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979 in New York, a notorious case that haunted American parents for years. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 06:29:34 GMT - Scottish 'Yes' campaign to launch
The official campaign encouraging people to vote "yes" in the Scottish independence referendum is to be launched, ahead of a possible vote in 2014. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 07:24:52 GMT - Air India pilots 'agree to talks'
Striking pilots of the national carrier Air India agree to hold talks with the government in a bid to end a strike which enters its 18th day, reports say. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 04:36:54 GMT - VIDEO: MPs brawl in Ukraine parliament
Opposition politicians in Ukraine are demanding an investigation into why a session of parliament descended into a fist-fight. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 01:50:29 GMT - VIDEO: Will the SKA telescope change our view of Universe?
Scientists are awaiting the announcement of a decision on where the world's biggest and most powerful radio telescope will be built. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:25:47 GMT - VIDEO: How to stage an 'ant ballet'
Artist and designer Ollie Palmer explains how he has developed technology that he hopes will allow him to stage an "ant ballet". Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 00:19:23 GMT - VIDEO: One-minute World News
Watch the latest news summary from BBC World News. International news updated 24 hours a day. Read More
Fri, 25 May 2012 09:38:25 GMT
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- News Post: Disruptive Technology
Tycho: Whenever we come up with something dumb, something that’s supposed to be a joke like the game in the strip, a lot of times it starts to grow on me. I don’t know! I think there’s a lot of headroom there. I do have a Kickstarter problem, though, and it may require a technology a sophisticated as Gabriel’s to bring this irresistible drive to its conclusion. Part of it is that… yeah. Right? Arimaa is cool, and a beautiful set that honors Arimaa is wanty, that is to say, it generates want. I think that I could elaborateRead More
2012-05-25T07:01:53+00:00 - Comic: Disruptive Technology
- News Post: The Foxtrot Papa Of Bravo Alpha
Tycho: We’d only played about ten minutes of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier when we wrote the comic, but it was enough time for someone to ask me What The Situation Was, and whenever they do that this is always the conversation I hear in my head. It’s ineluctable. I have to say the whole thing out loud, too. If I don’t say it out loud, things begin to thicken up there. I can feel the words forming a clot in my brain.Splinter Cell: Conviction is one of my favorite games, and I only know a couple people who agree with thatRead More
2012-05-23T07:01:31+00:00 - Comic: The Foxtrot Papa Of Bravo Alpha
- Comic: Incredulity
- News Post: Incredulity
Tycho: Now that you can play Diablo III, you probably should. Sometimes you won’t know if there is a problem with your computer or a problem with Blizzard or a problem with The Internet, that happens, but you can often click on things and then things will come out of the things, which is something all sentients deeply crave. Deckard “Stay Awhile” Cain has an adopted niece this time around, and she grumps around in disbelief at her kooky uncle even when she is up to her philtrum in demonic, animate flesh. This doesn’t make a whole lot of sense.Read More
2012-05-21T07:01:34+00:00 - News Post: Push Fight!
Tycho: Ben wrote up an article on the game already, which I think you might enjoy. But of my favorite things about it is the incredibly genuine person behind it. Watch this YouTube video, clearly converted from VHS or something, where he teaches you how to play his game.(CW)TBRead More
2012-05-18T16:38:13+00:00 - Comic: Recycling
- News Post: Recycling
Tycho: The new paradigm for loot in multiplayer action RPGs has been altered somewhat. Skeletons still explode with cash and prizes, that portion has been rigorously maintained. But the merchandise they drop essentially drops separately for each player, so you never have to worry if you picked up the wrong thing or got somebody’s money or any of these other bookkeeping things (like Inventory Tetris) that used to be considered gameplay. I don’t mean that in a dismissive way, either. I liked Inventory Tetris! But this Diablo is smooth, smooth edges, smooth, from Health On Contact Globes to its infinitelyRead More
2012-05-18T07:01:05+00:00 - News Post: Bungie Photoset at PAR
Tycho: One of the things we wanted to to do with The Penny Arcade Report was to accompany it with an expressive visual aspect, and to that end we secured the services of Dabe Alan. We knew about him from his excellent resume, already: he applied for Erika’s job, back in the day. I think he does great work in general, but I want to praise him specifically for the pictures he took at Bungie. Seriously, just shit hot.(CW)TBRead More
2012-05-17T20:48:02+00:00