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Super Hexagon, the popular indie game for iOS developed by Tim Cavanagh (creator of VVVVVV), is now available on Steam for the price of just $1.99 for a limited time. If you’ve gotten the chance to try the game out on iOS and ended up wasting hours and hours of your life trying to beat your own high score, we’d suggest getting this new desktop version as well.

Super Hexagon has you guiding a small cursor through gaps that appear randomly from six sides, but you have to act quick, since the barriers come at you pretty fast. The game is meant to be an incredible challenge, and Cavanagh names the difficulty levels of his game “Hexagon”, “Hexagoner”, “Hexagonest” — a fun play on words for “hard”, “harder”, and “hardest”.

The ultimate goal of Super Hexagon is surviving at least 60 seconds to unlock the Hyper mode for each level. Completion of the game is awarded when 60 seconds are survived on Hyper Hexagonest, which is the hardest level of the game. Several people have beaten the game, but it’s certainly not an easy feat.

For what it’s worth, my best score on the easiest level is only 34 seconds, so I haven’t even made it to 60 seconds in order to unlock the Hyper mode for that level. Of course, I don’t have the best hand-eye coordination or the fastest reaction times, but it’s still a fun game to play and I’ll certainly keep trying to beat my best score. It’ll happen at some point.

Super Hexagon now available on Steam is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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If you have an old rusty shovel lying around, but really would prefer to have a gun, just do what this guy did and make an AK-47 out of the hole-digger.

So, just how do you turn an old shovel into an assault rifle? Well, Boris melted down the metal shovel head and reforged it into the actual gun receiver. The result is a beautiful handmade gun that looks like it belongs in the game Fallout. We aren’t sure why he did it. There was probably alcohol involved.

I’d like to see what he can do with a garden hoe and a post-hole-digger. He would probably make a a kick-butt LMG or combat shotgun.

[via Northeastshooters]

It’s time to get smart with the developers behind the music streaming app Rdio – updated today for iOS as well as Android. This update brings on a fully redesigned user interface that’s ever-so-slightly cleaner than we’ve ever seen from the app before and will likely instill much more confidence in the system for both artists and those looking to subscribe to the pay service. Last month the team launched a Rdio Artist Program and a massive advertising campaign over the past few months to bring the app into prominence.

We’ve seen the most major billboards in Time’s Square showing off no less than the logo for this app and a blast-faced Madonna looking over the landscape. Does that make a great app? Sure, why not? And while the developers behind this app were at it, they updated the software as well – might as well!

What we’re seeing here is an update that makes the app for mobile devices resemble the web browser-based environment, this bringing the whole family together for a fun party. You’ll see an extremely large back-library of artists still sticking around through this update – essentially the same as Spotify with 18 million. While it would appear, according to TechCrunch’s figures, that Spotify is the more popular of the two services, Rdio may well be coming up quick.

The new Rdio app update will certainly have you thinking twice about updating past that free trial you get when you first sign up. If on the other hand you’re in the mood for free music at home, you’ve got lots of choices beyond Rdio – lots with advertisements backing them up, of course. Rdio remains the same as it was when it launched all those months ago – free trial to pay-to-use only – and no advertisements anywhere.

This app is available for download in the iTunes App Store now. It’s also available in a slightly different iteration for Android in the Google Play app store right this minute!

Rdio updated for iOS and Android with fully re-booted UI is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Three years. That’s how long it’s been since Nokia has offered a phone for the largest carrier in the US: a unique (and yet wholly forgettable) device known as the Twist. Needless to say, the arrival of the Lumia 822 at Verizon Wireless comes at a crucial time for Nokia, which must quickly establish itself in the United States if it hopes to remain a legitimate contender in the smartphone realm. That’s a lot of weight to carry on one’s shoulders — even for a mighty Finn.

Fortunately, the Lumia 822 is well-suited to help establish a beachhead on Lady Liberty’s shores. At just $100 on-contract, it’s a good value and deserves genuine consideration from OS switchers and first-time smartphone buyers alike. Granted, it lacks the premium display and camera wizardry of the Lumia 920, but with greater built-in storage and a better front-facing camera, it narrowly bests the Lumia 820 for AT&T and the Lumia 810 for T-Mobile. Add to that Data Sense — a new data monitoring and compression feature of Windows Phone 8, but currently exclusive to Verizon — and the Lumia 822 easily becomes the most compelling of Nokia’s mid-range Windows Phone lineup. Even if its design is a bit… bland.

Continue reading Nokia Lumia 822 review: the pride of Espoo returns to Verizon Wireless

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Microsoft rolled out Outlook.com as a replacement to Hotmail, as well as a completely new email service to take on Google’s Gmail. So far it seems to be going well, since Microsoft announced that the new service has reached 25 million users. To celebrate, Microsoft also released an Outlook.com Android app for those want to check their Outlook mail on the go.

The Android app definitely isn’t anything to write home about, since it will most likely remind users of the old Hotmail app, but it’s certainly nice to have if you need your Outlook.com email on the go. However, it probably won’t hit any top charts in the Google Play store, since most Android users are most likely loyal Gmail users as well.

On top of the app, though, the web-based client also received a few new features, including faster archiving, more shortcuts and more color themes to choose from. New features is certainly a good thing, and Microsoft will have to keep on top of things if it wants to keep up with Gmail. However, Microsoft claims that 4 out of 5 Gmail users said they would switch to Outlook.com.

Outlook.com launched to a crowd of curious users wanting to try out the new service. In fact, one million were signed up on Outlook.com within the first few hours of launch, and 10 million people were signed on within the first two weeks. Now, just a few months later, Outlook.com is seeing a staggering 25 million. It’s certainly nothing spectacular, and it won’t shake up the email market, but it seems people are willing to give the new service a try at least.

[via Engadget]

Outlook.com reaches 25 million users, Android app incoming is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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