Well, its been almost an entire month since my last post, and I really feel bad about this. The end-of-quarter assignments at school have left me working too much and I've had almost no time to blog. That being said, I'm going to post an update of everything that's happened since I've been gone.
Instant Action
Instant Action is finally out of public beta, so you can sign up yourself from here on out without need for a key or an invite. They also Released a 3rd person 2D space shooter called "Zap," which I must say is an intensely addictive game. Lastly, they have started a private beta of their 3D Fps which, in my oppinion, looks absolutely awesome. To get in, you must invite more friends than anyone else in Instant Action (which will probably lead to mass-spamming) and will end by the end of this month. So, if you want to play, ask me and I'll send you an invitation.
Music
Panic! at the Disco's latest album, "Pretty Odd" was released on Tuesday, much to the delight of their thousands of fans (usually of the feminine persuasion). Although I don't have the album yet, I'm planning on buying it or at least listening to clips of it and doing a quick review of it at some time.
Death Cab for Cutie is also planning on releasing their latest album, "Narrow Stairs," on May 13. Although this is a long time to wait, I'll just have to wait it out. As soon as its released, though, you can bet on a review.
Gaming
Team Fortress 2 now has a new map: Badlands. The map is a port of a map of the same time from the original Team Fortress, but with a more western look and feel that has become so common in Team Fortress 2 maps. They are also in the process of creating another map, called Goldrush, which will introduce a whole new mode of gameplay in which a team must get their minecart to the other side of the map before the enemy does the same. Lastly, the rumor of new weapons for each of the classes, as well as new much-needed goals and achievements have kept a lot of Orange Box gamers on their toes. I personally can't wait.
iPod Touch.
An update wouldn't be an update without a quick overview of all the new iPod Touch news, would it? The SDK is officially released, but only to big corporations (such as Adobe, who will hopefully work on a flash plugin for MobileSafari). The 1.1.4 firmware has been released and jailbroken (already), and according to rumor, the 1.2.0 firmware, scheduled to come out this summer with the App Store, has already been jailbroken.
Last but not Least,
Harvard's student database has been hacked, and the hacker was quick to post the entire database available for Bittorrent Downloads. Oops.
