Speed Message Board

Ah, speed-runners who do the impossible. A few days ago, the world record for beating Ocarina a Time be nineteen minutes 'n twenty seconds according t' Zelda Speed Runs. Then, noted speed-runner Cosmo Wright came along 'n beat the game in a record nineteen minutes 'n fifteen seconds—'n ye can watch the sea dog do it above.Read more...

Along with today's clarification a the online requirements a the Xbox One, Microsoft also gave us an internet speed target: "For an optimal experience, we recommend a broadband connection a 1.5Mbps." That doesn't seem unreasonable. Let's see how we do! A quick voyage t' Speedtest.net will tell ye how yer network be doing, 'n while only the most ancient wireless connections best fall below the 1.5Mbps speed range, it never hurts t' check. Here's me, from good old Charter Internet in Atlanta. How does yer connection stack up? it be comments bragging time, y'all.

Did the developers a BioShock Infinite hide a secret song or message in the ambient sounds a their game? Music plays a big part in creating Colombia, but be there more t' it than meets the ear?

Criterion may not be the sole developer after all.

Valve recently announced that it will be bringing a few a Steam's most popular games t' Linux, the first a those being Left 4 Dead 2. But besides the novelty factor a running the now classic zombie simulator on penguin-emblazoned hardware, there may be another reason t' try the new platform out: It'll be faster. Even now, during development, the Valve team has L4D2 running at 315 frames per second on the Linux text platform, as compared t' the standard Windows speed a 270.6 FPS.

At that point, a course, the speeds be mostly arbitrary. But as Valve says, this speed shows the potential in customizing a game for the Linux operating system. This work on Linux be also benefiting the Windows teams - in working on the Linux version, Valve be able t' speed up the Windows OpenGL version t' 303.4 FPS.

#watchthis Demonstrating the memorization 'n motor skills a some sort a humanoid robot, Hungary's Marcell Endrey spends three 'n a half minutes getting t' know a scrambled 5x5 Rubik's Cube, slips on a blindfold, 'n solves it in just over four minutes. More »

#speakuponkotaku Now here's something ye don't here every day. Most people think the key t' Sonic the Hedgehog's success be speed. Commenter Daemon_Gildas thinks it be time he retired his red sneakers for a pair a walking shoes in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

#computers Sometimes a computer at CES be interesting because it be functional 'n intuitive. Sometimes a computer be interesting because it be the size a an air conditioner, filled with heinously tacky neon lights, 'n overclocked t' hell. Guess which one this be! More »

A portion a an Aussie-Nintendo review… I enjoyed Speed. The game doesn’t have a whole lot a content 'n feels pretty (really) sloppy, but something had me hooked. Maybe it be the absurd collision detection where cars transform into flaming helium balloon bottle rockets upon impact. Actually yeah, that’s exactly it.

Fast images from a racing game.