Join our Forums – and get FREE TIME!
Hey, our new forums are up and running, but we need you guys to test them for us. Join our Forums, post a topic or comment, then shoot us an email to GET A FREE HALF HOUR of game time on your account! Just make sure you send us your account name – and it’s ONE TIME ONLY and the offer expires on July 31st, so HURRY UP!
HALO TOURNAMENT STANDINGS!!!
Filed under: Big Robot News, Console Gaming, Featured Stories, Halo
Hey, the FREE HALO 3 TOURNAMENT is still going – we play FREE HALO on Thursday and Saturday nights. You any good? Show up! The top five teams are:
1. Schwartenegger-90% Trey S/Rod S
2. Scope Dome-86% Mikey M./Nathan B.
3. The Hills-80% Wayne H/Justin G
4. Awesome Sauce-73% Jarad M./Ethan Z.
5. Charlie Foxtrot-73% Rod S/Caleb M
We track WIN PERCENTAGE to determine the winner – last day of the competition will be August 29. Winning team gets a 12-inch Master Chief collectible figure or $30 Big Robot Gift Certificate PER PLAYER! Click HERE TO SEE THE FULL STANDINGS.
Hey — New Forums!
Hey, check out our new forums! They’re hosted locally and are pretty slick! Write something and have an opinion — just follow the link on the navigation bar!
Avitae Caffeinated Water is Here!
It’s the newest drink, and it’s here at Big Robot! We are the EXCLUSIVE DAYTON OUTLET for Avitae. That’s ah-vee-tay. It’s made of nothing more than purified water and natural caffeine and it doesn’t have colors, flavors or any of those not-found-in-nature ingredients. So, if you’ve been living in the wasteland between boring bottled water and for-the-love-of-pete why is this energy drink neon yellow, then Avitae might come as a welcome change.
Sorry if you really love niacinimide and yellow #5, but you’re out of luck here. Every bottle of avitae is filled only with purified water and 45 milligrams of natural caffeine, taken straight from the coffee bean. 45 milligrams is just about the same amount of caffeine as a diet soda, so you can switch to avitae without making a blip on your caffeine radar.
The new beverage Avitae, from the latin word vitae meaning life. Avitae is a new beverage category, energy water, and offers drinkers a dramatically different enjoyment level that provides the boost they want without anything they don’t. Avitae has no artificial ingredients, no sugar, no calories, and is a colorless beverage that has the same refreshing taste as purified water and contains about as much caffeine as a diet soft drink.
For current information on Avitae including where it can be purchased, please visit www.avitae45.com. You can also follow Avitae on Twitter (@avitae45) and on Facebook.
The LAN-Party is Over, StarCraft II to Officially Lack LAN Support
DailyTech – The LAN-Party is Over, StarCraft II to Officially Lack LAN Support
Blizzard cites piracy as one of the reasons to nix LAN support
With the upcoming release of Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 still causing some gamers to froth at the mouth, the latest announcement from another of gaming’s darling developers Blizzard is sure to cause a fresh batch to bubble forth. After enduring the ire of loyal fans by splitting the sequel into a trilogy, Blizzard dropped the second proverbial Terran Nuke when it announced StarCraft II will not support LAN play, with multiplayer being exclusive to Blizzard’s updated Battle.net service.
“We don’t have any plans to support LAN,” VP of game design Rob Pardo told IncGamers in an interview Sunday. This was later confirmed with a statement from Blizzard PR rep Bob Colayco:
Firefox 3.5 Cracks 4 Million Downloads Mark
DailyTech – Firefox 3.5 Cracks 4 Million Downloads Mark
Firefox’s new browser is a hit
While still not as ubiquitous as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s new Firefox 3.5 browser was just released yesterday and is off to a great start. The browser was met with mostly positive reviews. Reuters stated, “There’s no doubt that version 3.5 of Firefox is significantly faster than version 3…All in all, this is a major improvement over Firefox 3. Even if you’re not currently a Firefox user, you’ll want to give it a try.”
CNET was slightly more measured commenting, “Firefox 3.5 is a much-needed improvement to the world’s most popular alternative browser… While some of the improvements, such as the HTML5 and other developer enhancements will continue to make the browser their first choice, many of the other changes merely keep it in-line with the competition.”
At the end of the day, though, Firefox 3.5’s hot new features like HTML5 support and a faster JavaScript engine won over users. Downloads were blazing at 100 per second for much of the day yesterday. Mozilla’s servers performed admirably under the load.
The new browser hit 1 million downloads within a couple hours and 2 million downloads in 7 and 1/2 hours. By this morning it had 4.3 million downloads. You can view the progress yourself on the download tracker found here.
Big Robot Closed for July 4th
Hey, don’t cry! We’ll be open Friday until midnight and then again on Sunday morning at 11am. So come in and get your game on! Have a great Fourth!
Big Robot Radio Show – Talking About Halo and Tipp City and More!
Hey, listen in our my new Radio Show – live on Wednesday nights or download it and listen anytime you want! My friend Mike McDermott and myself cover a variety of topics of interest, including events and happenings in Tipp City and anything else we want to talk about!