Yousef Alnafjan

تقديم: يوسف النفجان | عبدالله الثاني | محمد أبو الحسن طاهر

نناقش في هذه الحلقة هاتف أمازون الجديد Fire Phone وخواصه المميزة الجديدة.. هل يستحق الشراء؟ بعد ذلك نتحدث عن تأثير خاصية مكافحة سرقة الهواتف على iOS، وبديل لكرومكاست من مطوري فايرفوكس، ومستقبل الساعات الذكية مع سامسونج وموتورولا وآبل. في فقرة الانطباعات، يبدأ يوسف الحديث عن جهاز روكو المصغر الجديد، لكنه ينتقل لشرح مفصل عن نظام المسرح المنزلي الموجود لديه! ثم يعطي محمد انطباعاته عن سماعة بوز اللاغية للإزعاج التي حصل عليها مؤخراً، ونجيب على أسئلتكم التي وصلتنا، والمزيد!

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• جهاز Roku Streaming Stick

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• نظام مسرح منزلي محيطي مع سماعتين لاسلكيتين

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Sony recently revealed that it would be using the PlayStation Now beta to test different pricing models for the game streaming service. The company said there will be shorter rentals priced as low as $3, and longer-term ones that will generally fall between $3-$20.

Players participating in the beta can now see the preliminary prices and rental periods, which are probably less of a bargain than you’d expect. For example, it costs $5 to rent Final Fantasy XIII-2 for four hours, $8 for seven days, $15 for 30 days, and $30 for 90 days. In case you’re wondering, you can buy the full, physical copy of the game from Amazon for less than $18.

The indie platformer Guacamelee! is slightly cheaper at $3 for four hours, $6 for seven days, $8 for 30 days, and $15 for 90 days. The full version of Guacamelee! is currently $15 on the PlayStation Store.

Though it’s just a beta test, participants do have to pay these prices to stream the games.

Those prices are a little outrageous, but keep in mind that Sony is also likely to offer PlayStation Now as a subscription service, which might come at a more reasonable price. Sony also made clear that "as with all content published on PlayStation platforms, publishers and developers will ultimately decide their game price points," so the current prices could also change.

During its E3 2014 press conference, Sony announced that Now will progress into open beta on July 31 on PS4, and that a number of new games will be available. God of War: Ascension and Dead Space 3 are among over 100 games that you will be able to stream via PlayStation Now. Open betas for PS3, Vita, and Sony TVs will come later.

In case you were wondering, when you put Legend of Zelda characters in a Dynasty Warriors-style set-up, everything gets a bit more ferocious. Maybe even uncomfortably so.

Usually when you see Link fighting enemies in his many video game appearances, he comes across as determined and resolute. It never seems like he likes the violence. But this trailer for Hyrule Warriors makes the Hero of Time look a bit more bloodthirsty than normal. The most interesting part of this clip might be the Dodongo fight, where Link takes on the giant lizard with his trademark bombs.

Has Link ever looked this vicious? He's come close a few times.

Seriously, Wind Waker Link will eff you up. But, Hyrule Warriors' Link will almost certainly rack up a bigger body count.

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We're curious what kind of probing the Steam Summer Sale will do to our wallets on day seven of this map.

The Steam online gaming store's annual summer sale went live on Thursday, marking the fifth summer that Steam has encouraged fans to open their wallets and hide from the sun with deeply discounted games.

The sale is set to run until June 30, and it includes a mix of daily deals and eight-hour "flash" sales. It has kicked off with a righteous collection of hits at over 75 percent off, including crafting-survival curio (and well-known Ars timesink) Don't Starve, a two-game pack of XCom's recent strategy and first-person offerings, and the epic, story-driven Witcher 2. The day's first flash sale includes Hotline Miami marked down to an itsy-bitsy $1.49—which we'd call a no-brainer purchase if you've yet to smash 8-bit mafiosos in that game.

As in recent sales, Valve has included a site-wide crafting competition in which purchases and in-game actions earn Steam customers a bunch of virtual trading cards. Players can use those cards to craft in-game items for games like Dota 2, Team Fortress 2, Path of Exile, and many more. Players can also now join Steam teams to combine efforts and, you know, get more hats.

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Best Deals: Our favorite media streaming device, the Roku 3, is down to $67 refurbished. [Woot!]

We’ve received a large number of requests to add a bookmarklet feature to The Old Reader.  Today we are excited to be launching this functionality for our premium users.  We will likely roll this functionality out to all users at some point in the future, but do not currently have a timeline in place.

The bookmarklet is quickly and easily added to your browser bookmarks and allows you to send a copy of any web page to your TOR account.  Those pages are saved in the new bookmarklets section and are also searchable and sharable.

We know a lot of our users will be excited to see this new functionality and we look forward to your feedback.  Thanks for using The Old Reader!

Best Deals: Our second favorite USB car charger, the Anker 24W, is down to a low price, $12 (from $20). [Amazon]

Text And Drive is a browser-based driving simulator with the added complication of a plot told through textual communication. Like the protagonists of a GTA game, you’ll be committing crime from behind the wheel as you navigate through the traffic on a crowded bridge while trying to reply to texts that become increasingly urgent. I expected a sorrowful ART GAME, the sort of thing that would set itself up as an installation in my browser while sad piano music tinkled out of my headphones like the whisper of a melancholy cherub. Text And Drive is a smart piece of design though, a plate-spinning exercise in cursor control.

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Well, the above image might look pretty straightforward, but when the shot from France's Karim Benzema bounced off the far post and deflected off the keeper into goal, in the midst of a World Cup match, there was more than a little confusion. The referee asked for clarification through the newly instituted goal-line technology, which initially (and confusingly) ruled 'No goal'. However, that was for the initial rebound, not when it bounced off the Honduras keeper and apparently crossed the line. For anyone that considers themselves a soccer fan, see if you would've called the goal yourself in the Vine clip after the break -- for as long as it remains up. (Even if FIFA isn't particularly technology friendly when it comes to the beautiful game itself, the association is surprisingly fast to act on copyrighted video uploads. Funny huh?)

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Source: Vine

Every Steam Machine shown so far has amounted to a small desktop PC. But what if you want to take that gaming experience on the road? Well, you might get your wish -- meet Steamboy, a handheld take on Valve's platform. On the outside, it's pretty much what you'd expect; it looks like an Steam Controller prototype (including the signature touchpads) with a 5-inch display slotted in between. Its creator (Steamboy Machine) isn't giving out many other details right now, but it tells The Escapist that the device's quad-core processor (likely either an Intel Atom or AMD A4) and 4GB of RAM "won't be as powerful" as other Steam Machines. That's not surprising given the size, however, and it should play the "majority" of titles. There are also promises of 3G mobile data and 32GB of built-in storage.

It sounds promising, even if the device is likely going to be limited to low-intensity games. However, that's also assuming that this mini Steam Machine makes its 2015 release window. Right now, Steamboy exists as little more than a slick teaser video and a set of specifications -- there's no prototype to prove that this will be a real product. We've reached out to the team for more details, but you might not want to cancel that 3DS or PS Vita purchase until it's clear that Steamboy will ship.

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Via: The Escapist, Engadget Spanish (translated)

Source: Steamboy Machine

تقديم: يوسف النفجان | عبدالعزيز الحديثي | عبدالعزيز الزامل | محمد أبو الحسن طاهر

نختم تغطيتنا لمعرض E3 2014 بانطباعات مفصلة عن جميع الألعاب التي جربناها وشاهدناها خلال وجودنا في لوس أنجلس، من Super Smash Bros و The Witcher 3 إلى Halo و Evolve و Bloodborne، وحفل Video Games Live ثم نتحدث عن المزيد من الأخبار والتفاصيل عن ألعاب المعرض، وننتهي باختياراتنا لأفضل ما شاهدناه في أكبر حدث ألعاب فيديو في السنة!

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• Rainblocks – لعبة iOS مجانية من تلحين Maname Matsumae، عن طريق شركة محمد

It's safe to assume that Conan O'Brien won't be participating in the Super Smash Invitational anytime soon. The late-night host managed to get a sneak preview of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as part of his "Clueless Gamer" series. "They don’t even have a cover for the game yet, so I made one," said O'Brien, who scribbled down his signature caricature with a raised fist — an appropriate fit for a fighting game, at least. In between battles with his staffers, O'Brien lambasted them for knowing so much about Nintendo's fighters, yet so little about basic history. Two of Conan's younger underlings were unable to name the second US president.

O'Brien also highlighted a few of Nintendo's stranger creative decisions and some of the less-than-intimidating characters in Super Smash Bros., like Wii Fit Trainer. In the end, O'Brien seemed to enjoy the ride but found himself yearning for a game with less sophisticated controls. "I myself wish it was simpler," he said. Conan O'Brien's idea for the ultimate video game? "A guy taking a walk trying to find a cookie."

Tweetdeck has egg on its face today after hackers discovered a massive security flaw that makes it vulnerable to a type of attack called a cross-site scripting attack. What's that? Internet personality Tom Scott explains:

In this video, Scott provides a step-by-step explanation of one malicious tweet that made the rounds: a tweet that would automatically get re-tweeted when it was viewed on Tweetdeck. Scott explains how the tweet worked and what Tweetdeck should have done to stop it.

Read more: Here's how that major Tweetdeck vulnerability works

تقديم: يوسف النفجان | محمد أبو الحسن طاهر

نتحدث في هذه الحلقة عن مؤتمرات شركات الألعاب الكبرى في معرض E3 2014، وأهم الأخبار التي خرجنا بها! من مؤتمر مايكروسوفت الذي بدأ باعتذار ولم يخرج عن الألعاب، مرورا بسوني التي جلبت أنتشارتد 4 و Grim Fandango لكنها نسيت The Last Guardian مرة أخرى، إلى نينتندو التي تواجدت في المعرض بشكل مختلف واختارت عدم عمل مؤتمر اعتيادي. أيضا نقيم كل مؤتمر على حدة، ونتحدث عن أهم أحداث مؤتمري EA و يوبي سوفت، والمزيد!

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• مؤتمر مايكروسوفت الكامل

• مؤتمر سوني الكامل

• حدث نينتندو الرقمي الكامل

• المباراة النهائية فيبطولة سماش بروس – ولحظة ميجامان التي تحدث عنها محمد

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One of the most popular paid apps for Android is now free. The super popular keyboard replacement, SwiftKey, has dropped from $3.99 to free for version 5. This is not a celebratory deal either. SwiftKey will be free permanently, and there are some other new features included as well. Let’s take a closer look at SwiftKey 5.

For free you still get the great prediction engine SwiftKey Cloud synchronization, and the ability to learn from Google, Twitter, and Facebook. You might be asking “so where are they making money now?” The answer to that question is new theme packs. Now, instead of paying for the app and getting the themes for free, you get the app for free and pay for the themes. Themes cost $0.99, or $3 for a pack of five. If you already purchased SwiftKey you get 10 themes for free.

SwiftKey 5 has also added support for emoji if you’re running Android 4.1 or above. Lastly, you can add a dedicated number row to the keyboard from the settings. If you’ve been waiting to give SwiftKey a try this is the time. Thousands of users swear by this keyboard. It has prevented many people from switching away from Android. Give it a shot.

The next game in the Assassin's Creed series will not allow you to play as a female character because it would have "doubled the work" for the game's developer Ubisoft. Speaking to VideoGamer, Ubisoft technical director James Therien said female assassins were on the company's feature list until "not too long ago," but were cut as a matter of "focus and production."

"A female character means that you have to redo a lot of animation," Therien said, defending the exclusion by saying it was "not a question of philosophy or choice." Ubisoft's Bruno St. Andre estimated that a female assassin would've necessitated more than 8,000 new animations recreated on a new skeletal structure, but said that playable female characters were "dear to the production team."

Ubisoft said the decision was "not a question of philosophy."

Assassin's Creed: Unity is set during the French Revolution, and allows players to take part in four-player co-operative missions in which they always see themselves as the game's star, Arno Dorian, and their companions as alternate male assassins. Speaking to Polygon, creative director Alex Amancio, said this was the reason Ubisoft decided not include women as playable characters. "The common denominator was Arno," Amancio said. "It's not like we could cut our main character, so the only logical option, the only option we had, was to cut the female avatar."

The reaction has been acerbic

Some of the world's most successful studios have come under fire in recent years for their gender representations. Rockstar Games' Dan Houser justified the fact that none of Grand Theft Auto V's three protagonists were women last year by saying "the concept of being masculine was so key to this story," while Chris Perna, art director for Gears of War developer Epic Games, suggested at a similar time that games with female lead characters would be "tough to justify" on the basis of sales figures. Large video game companies are wary of alienating an audience that it thinks of as largely male. Jean-Max Morris, the creative director of Remember Me — a game with a female protagonist — said that he received feedback from potential publishers who said games with female leads did not sell.

Ubisoft has used female protagonists in its Assassin's Creed series in the past — 2012's Assassin's Creed III: Liberation stars assassin Aveline de Grandpré — but the reaction from fans to this new statement has been acerbic. Many have queried how the vast production, with hundreds of workers split between nine studios across the world, can't spare the resources to make female characters. Others have poked fun at Ubisoft's apparent inability to imagine women.

"Female bone structure is just different," says Joe Ubisoft. "Are there spiders in there? We just don't know."

— creeping horror (@redfivetwo) June 11, 2014

“Where’s Grand Theft Auto V PC?” we once wailed. “Where oh where oh where could it be? Why haven’t they announced it?” Then Saints Row IV came out and we were distracted by the realisation that maybe superpowers were more fun than super-serious. But then hey, GTA V came out on consoles, and we peered over shoulders and muttered “Yeah, okay, sure, I’d play that. Why haven’t they announced it for PC?” The answer’s very simple: because it wasn’t pretty enough yet.

Grand Theft Auto V will arrive on PC this autumn, prettier than ever, Rockstar have finally announced at E3 this year.

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If drinking coffee were a sport, then team America is losing. Quartz recently did an analysis on where the world's biggest coffee drinkers are, and the Netherlands came out on top, followed by Finland, Sweden and Denmark. The Dutch are drinking about 2.5 times as much coffee as those in the US are.

Quartz

As far as nations go, the ones drinking the most coffee are somewhat cold and dark, where (usually served) warm stimulants may be more attractive than a Coke on ice.

Quartz notes that the cups it used above are 8-ounce cup equivalents. That's smaller than most small cups in the US. The standard small at McDonalds and at Starbucks (called "tall") is 12 ounces. (Starbucks apparently also has something called a "short" that is 8 ounces, although I've never met that one in the flesh.) A Dunkin' Donuts small is 10 ounces.

Also, this is a per capita analysis, not per coffee drinker. So after all those children are factored in, this might be more coffee than it looks like.

I also looked at recent data from the International Coffee Organization, which publishes consumption for a select group of countries based on coffee beans imported and exported. The results were a bit different:

It shows a somewhat similar pattern, with Finland, Denmark, and Sweden near the top. However, the Netherlands is way down by France.

(And something weird seemed to happen in the data set with the tiny nation of Luxembourg, a country not included in Quartz' analysis. A lot of previous analyses of coffee consumption lump Luxembourg together with Belgium. It's possible that something odd is happening with the numbers because Luxembourg has such a small population — only about 500,000 people live there.)

So, the US  might have about 13,000 Starbucks, but it's definitely not drinking the most coffee per person.

Further reading:

• Why you're going to be paying more for coffee soon
• Why coffee shops love your iced coffee habit
• America's favorite foods in four charts

The US government loves Twitter. For NASA, it's a public relations goldmine. For the State Department, it's a bizarre weapon in the fight on terrorism. For the CIA, it's a chance to revel in kitsch. The agency, which somehow did not yet have a real social media presence, has just posted its first tweet.

We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet.

— CIA (@CIA) June 6, 2014

The Twitter launch comes a few days after the CIA opened a Facebook page, where it recently honored D-Day. The agency will post job listings, photos, trivia from the CIA World Factbook, and "reflections on intelligence history." It's part of what looks like a larger online overhaul, which will include event livestreaming.

The agency will also participate in Throwback Thursday.

The CIA has mostly escaped ire during the Edward Snowden leaks, but social media is still a clear way for the agency to humanize itself, drawing attention to tweets instead of drones. That doesn't mean organizations are immune from criticism online, though, and it should probably be careful about its hashtag campaigns. The Defense Department's research wing, meanwhile, has responded with its own quip, linking to a call for "vanishing" electronics that destroy themselves.

.@CIA, if that was, in fact, your first tweet, welcome! If you change your mind later on, might we recommend http://t.co/DRtDPXjF8O

— DARPA (@DARPA) June 6, 2014

Update June 6th, 2014 3:15pm: Added followup tweet from DARPA.

Marvel sure hopes it's found the director for its upcoming Ant-Man film. The studio announced today that Peyton Reed (Yes Man) will take the position from Edgar Wright, who left the project last month. The studio is rushing to get the film completed in time for its planned release on July 17th, 2015. Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas are already on board, but plans were thrown in the air after Wright abruptly split from Marvel citing "differences in their vision of the film." Wright's departure came relatively late into planning for the film, and it put Marvel in a tight spot if it intended to keep to its release date. Anchorman director Adam McKay was previously rumored to be the next in line, but he dropped out of the running at the last minute.

Alongside the news that Reed will direct the film, Marvel has announced that McKay will co-write the film. Before he left, Edgar Wright contributed to the script alongside Joe Cornish (Attack the Block). With the choices of Reed and McKay — alongside Paul Rudd — it seems that Marvel will go the comedic route with Ant-Man. Besides Yes Man, Reed is also known for directing The Break Up and Bring it On. McKay wrote Anchorman, Talldega Nights, and Step Brothers, among others.

تقديم: يوسف النفجان | عبدالعزيز الحديثي | عبدالعزيز الزامل | ثامر الغامدي

نعود بعد توقف طويل للحديث عن معرض التسلية الإلكترونية E3 2014 بشكل مفصل! نبدأ بالألعاب التي نلعبها الآن مثل Transistor و Wolfenstein و Mario Kart 8، ثم نذهب لمناقشة ما يمكن أن نشاهده في مؤتمر كل شركة بالترتيب: مايكروسوفت، ثم EA، ويوبي سوفت، وسوني، وحدث نينتندو الرقمي. بعد ذلك نتحدث عن قد نشاهده خارج المؤتمرات، وعن ما يتشوق عبدالعزيز الزامل وعبدالعزيز الحديثي لتجربته في المعرض، ثم نختم بتوقعاتنا المجنونة للمفاجآت التي ممكن أن نشاهدها خلال المعرض!

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