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There has been some speculation that this nine-minute video, ” What’s in the Box? “, is some sort of teaser for Half-Life . And that makes a lot of sense: the character audio track is “missing”; it’s all shot from a first-person perspective; it’s set in an empty European city; the sky is yawning open to puke down fireballs over a giant tower. Oh—and it uses Half-Life sound effects. But it’s all far too similar for me to think it’s actually something sanctioned by Valve, especially when one of the things that makes the Half-Life series feel like it does is Valve’s commitment to making the game experience itself tell the story, not cut scenes or accompanying films. I’d go along with ” Half-Life tribute film”—and it’s a very good one, at that.

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Short Film: What’s in the Box?, a futuristic tribute to Half-Life (probably)

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Ballmer says tide has turned on Apple, "paying $500 more to get a logo on it" won”t work in this economy

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SanDisk slotRadio player launching to much fanfare on March 31st

Ordinary folks can engrave a bracelet or ring with a personal message. For a more cryptic approach, The Sound Advice Project will record your voice and transform the waveform into jewelry . I stare at waveforms all day long, and these bracelets look like they’re a close representation. But let’s avoid a discussion about what their sampling rate and quantization levels are. The bracelets were conceived for parents to create discrete anti-drug messages for their teens, with a portion of the proceeds going to anti-drug programs. However, there’s no reason that has to be its only purpose. Who needs diamonds — what woman wouldn’t adore a bracelet that says, “Thanks for putting up with my video game obsession?”

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Waveform bracelet displays sound advice

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Nintendo working up "major app strategy" for DSi?

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Elan demonstrates Smart Remote Controller, the touchpad pair desperately seeking a home

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Philips wants to get you in the movies — or at least into a goofy vibrating jacket

If you haven’t heard, things are getting pretty nuts in the Pacific Ocean. An underwater volcano is erupting, you say? Nonsense! That’s just what they want you to think. Our intrepid spies managed to snap the above picture, where you can clearly make out Ghidorah emerging from a plume of smoke, as the King completes a quick getaway from a disoriented Godzilla. Seconds later, a blast from one of Ghidorah’s heads vaporized our Bothan photographers. Okay, you caught me. What you see above (sans Godzilla and Ghidorah) is the eruption from a volcano off the coast of Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, an island in the South Pacific. It’s just one of dozens down there, and it’s been sending jets of smoke and water hundreds of yards into the air. Normally, an active volcano would be scary. This one’s actually kind of pretty — check out more pics here . Via The Big Picture

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Spy shots: What’s really happening off the coast of Tonga

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