Selasa, 30 Juni 2009

The Sims 3 !

Neighborhood:
- Seamless Nhood: Your Sim can visit neighbors, parks and shops without a loading screen.
- All the neighboring Sims will live their life and age simultaniously as your Sim (They'll get married, get jobs,etc).
- The game will ship with 1 Neighborhood.
- Several weeks after the launch, there will be a tool available to create your own Nhoods.
- That Nhood will consist of about 97 different lots.
- When the game is out, you can download towns, made by other people.
- All buildings in the Nhood can be interacted with, so no prop buildings.
- Confirmed community places are: Pool, Park, Bistro, Clothing store, City Hall and Bookstore.
- The Nhood can expand by users and/or by expansionpacks.
- You can zoom out to see the whole Nhood at once or zoom in to a single Sim.
- You can move a house to a bigger lot.
Sims:
- The 4 needs are: Bed, Toilet, Entertainment, Food.
- Sims 3 have Traits. Choose 5 from around 80 types like Dreamer, Evil, Playful, etc. These Traits will affect how a Sim behaves towards others and affects their moods, like the mood of an Outdoorsperson will raise when he/she is outside. An evil Sim may slap another Sim.
Toddler: 2 traits, Child: 3 traits, Teens: 4 traits, Young adult and older: 5 traits.
- Traits could be passed down, and actions a Sim does during her pregnancy will affect the traits of her offspring.
- Moodlets instead of a moodbar. If something happens like a marriage, the Sim gets a moodlet. These moodlets will affect your Sims' mood and give abilities like learning faster. An example: Getting fired will get you a long lasting, big impact moodlet, while going to a small party will get them a short, non-dramatic moodlet.
- They will look after themselves better.
- Hair will not grow but you can 'paint' certain parts of the hair.
- Sims have certain skills like cooking or fishing.
- You can fulfil needs by simply clicking on an icon.
- Instead of fixed interaction (like Talk or Joke), the options are filtered on your current Mood or your Traits.
- Sims can aquire Dreams. Like if your Sim sees that a Neigbor has a big tv, your Sim can get a Dream to want one too. You decide then, to turn it into a Promise. Ignoring a Dream is ok, but ignoring a Promise gives you negative repercussions.
- There is no gradual aging, but there are age groups as in Sims 2.
- There will be 7 age groups: Baby, Toddler, Child, Teenager, Young adult, Adult, Elder.
- Athletic skills can help Sims stay fitter and even live longer.

Careers/Jobs:
- You can follow your Sim in its car to work. You won't see your Sim working though; He/She will disapear in the building.
- Every career has its own building in the Nhood.
- Advancing in career is changed as it depends on skills, personality, relationship with colleagues/boss and even certain goals that has to be fulfilled. For example taking work home.
- Confirmed careers are Chef, Science, Politics, Criminal, Entertainment, musician and Military.
- Sims can take part-time jobs.
- Besided the newspaper, you can also apply for a job at the specific careerbuilding.
- You can decide how hard they work; Like choose a less stressful day but gain less skill.
CAS:
- Body can be shaped as faces were in Sims 2.
- There are sliders for weight and fitness.
- Arm and legs are seperate so you can have a fat body and thin arms.
- Sims you created fat, can become thin by exersizing, thin created people get fat by eating a lot.
- You can choose specific Asian and African models.
- You can choose a Sims' favorite color, music type, food, etc.
- Shoes are seperate and can also choose barefoot.
- Clothes are customizable from CAS; Change the color of a certain piece of clothes or use your own patterns.
- Different Sims height is not in the game yet and unsure if it will reach the full game.
Buy/Build mode
- You can use your own patterns/colours and then apply it to anything through a drag-and-drop interface.
- The game will have modding tools built into it.
- You can move objects 360 degrees and without a grid.
- You can position stuff on counters as long as the objects aren't overlapping.
- You can buy an empty bookcase and then buy and place books in it.
- Table and chairs link and can move as 1 object (same with beds and end tables).
- You can make a certain stair wider (up to 4 tiles wide) with a slider.
- You can build 5 stories high.

Misc:
- Sims can cook and fish. Buy groceries or grow the food yourself.
- Caught fish can be put in your own Sims aquarium.
- The game has been made so that will also run smoothly on older PC's.
- There's no online multiplayer
- It is still not certain if weather will be in the game.
- You can pick up items (garbage, books,etc) yourself with a Hand cursor.
- Wind will move the trees.
- There are several dificulty levels.
- You can not drive a car in first person; You can only order a sim to go somewhere in its car and then follow it around town.
- Paintings that a Sim makes, will be unique to each Sim. It's based on its personality and mood
- Shadows move across the ground as the sun goes up/down.



*Spesifikasi :
FOR WINDOWS XP
Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1 GB RAM
At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

FOR WINDOWS VISTA
Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
1.5 GB RAM
At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.
2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
0.5 GB additional RAM.

MAC
MAC OS Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or Higher
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 2 GB
HDD
6.1 GB of hard disk space, with at least 1 GB additional space for saved games and custom content.
Vídeo
ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of RAM or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
Supported Video Cards
ATI Radeon ™ X1600, X1900, 2400, 2600, 3870, 4850, 4870, NVIDIA GeForce 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800, 9400M, 9600M GT, GT 120, GT 130, Intel ® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) GMA 3-Series . This game will not run on Mac systems with processor PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) or video cards with integrated GMA 950 series.

Kamis, 25 Juni 2009

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen
Former countdown image on Michael Bay's website Directed by Michael Bay Produced by Steven SpielbergLorenzo di BonaventuraTom DeSantoDon Murphy Written by Roberto OrciAlex KurtzmanEhren Kruger Starring Shia LaBeoufMegan FoxJosh DuhamelTyrese GibsonJohn TurturroPeter Cullen (voice) Cinematography Ben Seresin Editing by Roger Barton Distributed by DreamWorksParamount Pictures Release date(s) June 26, 2009 Country United States Language English Preceded by Transformers
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an upcoming science fiction 3-D film scheduled for release in 2009.It is the sequel to the 2007 film Transformers, which was the first live action Transformers film. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between the heroic Autobots and evil Decepticons. Shooting began in May 2008 for a June 26, 2009 release date.
Bay desired to give the sequel a bigger budget for a global scale and better characterization for a larger cast of robots. The main hurdle in getting the film produced was overcoming the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, as well as possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. Bay met his shooting date with the help of previsualization and a scriptment by his writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger.
THE ROBOTS
AUTOBOTS:

OPTIMUS PRIME: Peter Cullen voices.He will retain his alternate mode of a blue Peterbilt truck with red flame decals.
BUMBLEBEE: the Autobot who befriended Sam and had an alternate form of the fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro. Mark Ryan voiced the character for his two lines at the end of Transformers. For most of the film his vocal processors had been damaged and he was unable to speak.
IRONHIDE: the Autobot weapons specialist, will retain his GMC Topkick form.Jess Harnell voiced him in the first film.
RATCHET: the Autobot medic, will retain his Hummer H2 form.Robert Foxworth voiced him in the first film.
ARCEE: an Autobot motorcycle with a feminine personality and appearance.Arcee was dropped from the first film, as the writers felt there was not enough time to explain her "gender".Orci stated the issue could just be ignored in the film.Arcee has been redesigned from the concept art used for her toy and comic book appearances.

DECEPTICONS:

STARSCREAM: the Decepticon air commander and Megatron's general. He flew into space after fleeing the climactic battle in the first film, betraying his leader. Orci confirmed he will have more dialogue.He transformed into an F-22 Raptor and Charlie Adler voiced him.
BARRICADE: will return after disappearing in the first film.He will still be a Saleen Mustang police car.Jess Harnell voiced him in the first film.
SOUNDWAVE: Megatron's most loyal lieutenant.Orci "duly noted" his minions RAVAGE and LASERBEAK would need to appear as well.In the 1980s toy line, Soundwave was a tape deck. The filmmakers had tried to work him into the first film twice, and these roles eventually evolved into Blackout (a MH-53 Pave Low helicopter) and Frenzy (who changed into a CD Player and later into a mobile phone). The latter character was particularly thought to be too different from the original.


RAVAGE
 
LASERBEAK

JETFIRE

Other robots include the Autobots "Stinger"; "Wheels"; twins who combine into an ice cream van; an Autobot Chevrolet Trax;a Frenzy-like character;and a Decepticon Audi R8;.Names of the individual twins and Constructicons will be determined in post-production,as the dialogue can be re-recorded with the animation.There will be some robots who can transform into weapons.
Hasbro stated "a key character from the first movie [would] make a dramatic comeback and attempt to settle a score": Megatron (Hugo Weaving) was among those killed in the first film. Orci confirmed the Decepticons will have whole dialogue scenes to themselves,and before he began writing he had envisioned there being around ten robots on each side.Bay also promised a geriatric robot.

Selasa, 23 Juni 2009

Senin, 22 Juni 2009

Calon Tuan Rumah Piala Dunia 2022


Indonesia sudah resmi mengirim permohonan ke organisasi sepakbola dunia FIFA untuk menjadi tuan rumah Piala Dunia 2022. Sebanyak 24 anggota Komite Eksekutif FIFA akan memutuskan negara tuan rumah 2018 dan 2022 pada Desember 2010.

Sejak digelar pertama kali 1930, Eropa sudah menggelar Piala Dunia 10 kali dan Amerika Latin enam kali. Sedang Asia dan Amerika Serikat masing-masing sekali. Afrika sudah mendapat jatah karena Afrika Selatan menjadi tuan rumah untuk 2010 sedang 2014 bakal digelar Brasil.

Untuk menjadi tuan rumah, FIFA mensyaratkan ada satu stadion berkapasitas di atas 80 ribu tempat duduk untuk final dan 12 stadion lain berkapasitas minimal 40 ribu tempat duduk. Ini bisa menjadi masalah bagi Indonesia yang biasa membangun stadion-stadion kecil, meski untuk final sudah memiliki Gelora Bung Karno yang bisa menampung 88 ribu penonton.

Minggu, 21 Juni 2009

Sabtu, 20 Juni 2009

Keanehan Uang Seribu Rupiah yang Unik

Pertama perhatikan gambar Kapitan Pattimura lagi dan arahkan pandangan anda di kancing baju yang bawah dekat dengan golok/parang, kalau susah pakailah kaca pembesar atau mikroskop. Yup anda betul bukankah itu si Mr. Smiley

Mungkin sebenarnya si desainer uang ini tidak bermaksud demikian, tapi yang terjadi adalah bentuk Smiley ini tercetak di semua lembaran uang seribu rupiah yang beredar.



Kedua,di sisi yang lain adalah gambar Pulau Maitara dan Pulau Tidore yang berada di Maluku Utara.

Nah, tahukah Anda bahwa gambar Pulau Maitara dan Pulau Tidore tersebut konon katanya dilukis dari balkon sebuah restoran? Restoran tersebut berada di pinggir kota Ternate. Restoran yang bernama Floridas itu, terletak di tepi jurang di belakang pantai.

Coba deh lihat secara seksama perbandingan hasil jepretan kamera di restoran dengan gambar yang tersaji di kertas berharga itu ? ? ? ? ? ?