Xbox 360 Laptop mk2

 

Behold, the Xbox 360 Laptop mk2! It may look a bit like its first generation sibling, but don’t be fooled. This Xbox laptop is a bit thinner, significantly lighter, and has some essential upgrades if you’re gonna build one yourself. You are going to build one, aren’t you? Because that’s the best part about it — we’re going to show you how to make one of your own in the coming weeks with a three part How-To series. We’ll describe, in detail, the steps necessary to fab an Xbox laptop, and if you’re extra nice we’ll even provide some original technical files and drawings. But play before work — check out the photos (below) and videos (after the break) of the Xbox 360 Laptop mk2!

Gallery: Xbox 360 Laptop mk2

Wondering why there’s no pictures of the insides of this thing? Well that’s because we’re saving them for the three part How-To making-of, naturally. You’ll get a behind-the-scenes tour of the construction of this device, along with diagrams, tech specs, and even the original design and art files. We’ll also cover LCD screen hacking as well and many of the finer details about this project that aren’t readily apparent by the glamor shots we took. Stay tuned!

Second Life

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by a total of 8,744,105 Residents from around the globe.

• From the moment you enter the World you’ll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you’ve explored a bit, perhaps you’ll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business.
• You’ll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow Residents. Because Residents retain the rights to their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other Residents.
• The Marketplace currently supports millions of US dollars in monthly transactions. This commerce is handled with the in-world unit-of-trade, the Linden dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online Linden Dollar exchanges.Welcome to Second Life. We look forward to seeing you in-world.

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Here is a video introduction of Second Life

Silkroad Online

Silkroad is based on the history of trading in China along the Silk Road, a historical network of trade routes in Asia. The game attempts to reproduce the Silk Road in a much smaller scale, looking realistic and at the same time incorporating fantasy elements such as the use of special magical skills and abilities. One of the game’s most noted features is allowing players to choose three different job roles after their character achieves level 20. The game currently has a level cap of 80.

The Korea and international version of Silkroad Online have released both the Chinese and European races, classes, and a large map that includes both Asian and central European locations, such as Constantinople. Different races also have access to different character abilities. On July 24, 2007, Joymax has released an expansion of the game entitled “Silkroad Online Legends I, Europe.” The expanded game includes European architecture, characters, clothing, and whole new abilities for European players to use.

Gameplay

After registering a login name and password on the game Web site, the player logs in to the game through the client, then creates a new character. To set up the new character, the player creates a name for their character, a “figure,” or a character with a small backstory, and their character’s height and volume, which will not be relevant to gameplay and will alter only their character’s appearance. Then, two other fields are chosen (which do alter gameplay): the starting clothing type and starting weapon. Although both aspects can be changed during gameplay, the European race determines what equipment you can use by the skill trees (or masteries) you level. A character with a lv80 mastery in cleric and no mastery in rogue cannot use rogues daggers or crossbow, and cannot use Heavy Armor that only the warrior mastery allows only warriors to use. This does not apply to the Chinese character race, as they can change and use whichever weapon and armor type they wish.

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Runescape

RuneScape Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game/strong is a Java-programmed MMORP developed by Jagex Limited. With over nine million active free players and more than 850,000 paying members, RuneScape is rated among the most popular online games in the world. RuneScape offers both free and subscription content and is designed to be accessible from any location with an Internet connection and to run in an ordinary web browser without straining system resources.

RuneScape takes place in the fantasy-themed realm of Gielinor, which is divided into the Kingdoms of Misthalin, Asgarnia, and Kandarin, the tropical island of Karamja, the Kharidian Desert, the Wilderness, and various other areas. Players can travel throughout the game world on foot, or by using magical teleportation, gnome gliders, fairy rings, and other methods of transport. Each region offers different types of monsters, materials, and quests to challenge players.

Players are shown on the screen as customizable avatars. They set their own goals and objectives, deciding which of the available activities to pursue. There is no linear path that must be followed. Players can engage in combat with other players or with monsters, complete quests, or increase their experience in any of the available skills. Players can also interact with each other through trading, chatting, or playing combative or cooperative mini-games.