Tag: ASTEROIDS

If you've ever wanted to leave a path of destruction across the Web (or just been bored), check out this 'Kick Ass' bookmarklet. It turns any page into a destroyable playground for a tiny ship jacked straight from the classic game 'Asteroids.' You can even continue to browse with the blasted elements removed. Now, if it would just mix in some "pew pew" sound effects... ...

If there's one thing Hollywood has taught us, it's that the Earth will most likely be destroyed by a flaming rock from outer space. Luckily, researchers are hip to this idea. According to Space.com, a massive telescope anchored in Hawaii houses the world's largest digital camera, which scans the sky for asteroids that could eradicate humanity. The PS1 telescope, which sits on a volcanic peak in ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. We're not trying to take sides in this whole Apple vs. Adobe battle. We do limit our weekly time-wasters to Flash-based games, because, well, they're endlessly ...

For those who don't know, 'Asteroids' is one of the most frustrating classic arcade games out there. You pilot a tiny ship around a screen filled with giant rocks that want to destroy you. And every time you shoot one, all it does is break into several smaller rocks that also want to destroy you. But the challenges only start there. You also have to contend with flying saucers shooting lasers, ...

When you're creating a movie based on a game built solely around pointing a spaceship at an asteroid and blasting away, there's bound to be plenty of filling-in-the-blanks. Which is just what producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has been doing since Universal announced its intentions to bring the much-loved 'Asteroids' to the big screen. He told IGN that he and his colleagues have "crafted a really ...

If you signed on to your Xbox Live Arcade account today, you may have noticed two new games waiting there for you to play: 'Asteroids' and 'Asteroids: Deluxe' (pictured above). These two classic Atari titles won't be alone for long. Microsoft has promised that others are on the way. 'Battlezone', 'Tempest', and 'Warlords' will be available sometime after the holiday season. Personally, we can't ...