Sony Working on Android Gaming Handset

It looks like gaming on Android is going to get an injection from none other than the Sony corporation. Engadget is reporting that Sony is currently in heavy development of an Android gaming phone, which is said to be a cross between a high powered Android handset and the Sony PSP Go. A quote from the Engadget article:

Here's what we can tell you about the hardware: if you're a gaming fan, this is exactly the kind of phone you've been waiting for. The device is described as cross between the Samsung Captivate and the PSP Go -- in other words, it's a landscape slider with game controls in place of the typical QWERTY keyboard. The D-pad is here, but instead of the small joystick, the device will have what was described as a "long touch pad" for analog controls, along with standard PSP buttons and shoulder buttons. The phone has a large display, described as being between 3.7 and 4.1 inches with WVGA or better resolution, a 5 megapixel camera that we're told might not be final, and it'll likely have a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU on board.

The unit said to be running Android 3.0 (Gingerbread), with some sort of skinning (not sure if that is a good thing). In addition, it is being said that there will be a new area of the Android Market specifically for the games for this device. Some of the titles that are being thrown around to be playable on the unit are God of War, Call of Duty: MW and LittleBigPlanet. (These are said to be the PSP versions of the titles).

If the person that is sourcing engadget is reliable, this is certainly something to get excited for! More info as we get it at AG.

Madden 11 Release Date

Madden 11 has been released today and the game is now being tested by the game critics. As yet no reviews have come out because obviously this is the first day of the game in the world, but one thing is for sure, Madden 11 is going to be a nuke when it comes to graphics, because the graphic engines and techniques have never been better and the physics engine is also kicking some serious ass judging from the trailers of the game.

Most fans of the game know that Madden 11 release date was the 10th of August and this date has been remembered for a very long time because the fan base of Madden is even greater than the NBA games from EA. The thing that makes Madden 11 so much of a serious obsession is the strategy that the player has to put in the game and the physics engine. These two properties make Madden one of the best sports games ever. Basketball games are also fun but there is not a lot of physics action in those. American Football is the perfect sport to allow action lovers get all the action they want in the game and that is the success point of Madden.

The new part of Madden has performance as well as interface tweaks that allow new players a very good learning opportunity. The point that is not known at the moment is that if Madden 11 is focused on new players then is there any compromise on the hard core aspect of the game that old fans crave?

Princeton Review Party Schools 2011 List

The Princeton Review of the top Party Schools for 2010 to 2011 are out. University of Georgia is on top of the list.

1. University of Georgia
2. Ohio University
3. Penn State
4. West Virginia University
5. University of Mississippi
6. University of Texas at Austin
7. University of Florida
8. University of California – Santa Barbara
9. University of Iowa
10. DePauw University
11. Florida State University
12. University of Wisconsin – Madison
13. University of Alabama
14. Sewanee – The University of the South
15. Indiana University – Bloomington
16. University of Colorado – Boulder
17. University of Missouri
18. University of Illinois
19. University of Maryland
20. Michigan State University

The Review, whose 2011 edition of “The Best 373 Colleges” is released Tuesday, combines student surveys with institutional data for assessments on dozens of categories, including most beautiful campus (Sewanee – The University of the South), best food (Bowdoin College) and best dorms (Bryn Mawr College). And for all us Terps fans, the University of Maryland, College Park was named for best athletic facilities.

More category winners below:

Best Classroom Experience – Mount Holyoke College
Most Conservative Students – Texas A&M University
Most Liberal Students – Hampshire College
Most Politically Active Students – American University
Most Accessible Profs – U.S. Air Force Academy
Least Religious Students – Sarah Lawrence College
Happiest Students – Brown University
Lots of Race/Class Interaction– University of Miami
LGBT-Friendly – Emerson College
Top Stone-Cold Sober Schools – Brigham Young University
Everyone Plays Intramural Sports – University of Notre Dame
Best Town-Gown Relations – Clemson University

It Is Play Time at Monster High

Most schools don’t start for weeks but Monster High, it’s already in session. What is Monster High you might ask? It’s a fictional school where the spawn of famous monsters attend like the daughters of Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolfman.

This concept is by Mattel and they are making this a mass media project. It’s based on dolls that were just released in July and include… Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Cleo de Nile along with a slew of other daughters and sons of monsters. The dolls come in two versions, one made for the younger monster loving kid with the plush doll version of Draculaua & Count Fabulous as well as a cute rendition of Frankie Stein and Watzit ($14.99 each) . And for the older kid there are the skimpy dressed teenage plastic dolls complete with accessories, pouts and pets ($16.99 each).

And it doesn’t stop at just the dolls. There is an online environment that includes games, videos and printable activities. And when users go and play the games and watch videos they can unlock more goodies with special codes that they earn. Perfect for your monster lovin’ little one or goth in training.

Mattel is doing a big push on Monster High. Do you think it’ll get straight As? Check out more of the dolls below.

The plush Frankie Stein

The Teenage Frankie Stein

The teenage Lagoona Blue