IBM published this video last year, for a networking tool, not a video game. But I can't stop watching it, as statistics and icons pop up all over real-world cities, and thinking, boy, as good as the next SimCity looks, I really hope in ten years I can play a game that looks like this.
Otoshi was the president of IBM Japan between 1999 and 2008. As Tokyo Reporter points out,…
Today's a special day: The 30-year anniversary of the launch of the IBM PC, a machine created for business that many of us soon discovered made a perfectly wonderful gaming machine. The PC wasn't my first gaming computer (that was a Radio Shack TRS-80), but it was certainly the one that turned me into a gamer. My…
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--pUvsumaq--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/18j1xmx3bv0zrjpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--n474P-fD--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/18j1xmx3bv0zrjpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--8fOqVHgJ--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/18j1xmx3bv0zrjpg.jpg, (large)])
As amazing as it may seem for a company we associate with something as modern as computers, IBM was founded on this day, June 16, all the way back in 1911.
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--YtPXhFdi--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/18j2obl8zih85jpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xQu2y6_S--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/18j2obl8zih85jpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--IcxUA7Dx--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/18j2obl8zih85jpg.jpg, (large)])
An IBM supercomputer codenamed "Watson" just played two of Jeopardy's greatest human players and emerged the victor.
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--9b1vj2Be--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/18hdlzlgep6uajpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--0tCq38Or--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/18hdlzlgep6uajpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--01kKuy20--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/18hdlzlgep6uajpg.jpg, (large)])
We are all over PC gaming this week , but what do we know about PC gaming? Each day, one Kotaku editor will reveal their PC gaming knowledge and share some memories. Yesterday you read about Crecente's experiences, and now?
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Kj0whnFm--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/18j3qa61lwjjwjpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--FPfl7Pvd--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/18j3qa61lwjjwjpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--O-UH4WQP--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/18j3qa61lwjjwjpg.jpg, (large)])
Computing giant IBM will later today unveil CityOne, which is basically SimCity, except IBM made it instead of EA, and the focus is on sustainable cities instead of rampaging UFOs and reticulated splines.
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--095LaQ2C--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/18j485pyh8u5djpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1JqsvcnT--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/18j485pyh8u5djpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--g0KheTil--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/18j485pyh8u5djpg.jpg, (large)])
Rumors are circulating today about the death of IBM's Cell processor, which powers Sony's PlayStation 3. Kotaku spoke to IBM about the fate of the Cell and its commitment to the PlayStation 3.
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s---gEDYtsJ--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/18hgxdkh41w6ajpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--UfjQrA3r--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/18hgxdkh41w6ajpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--y3gN9VNR--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/18hgxdkh41w6ajpg.jpg, (large)])
An estimated 4000 IBM employees have been laid off in the last week, as the company adjusts to the current way of the world. Why do we care? Because IBM make a lot of stuff.
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--K4ti_Ibo--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/18hh1p23u46ivjpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--lyNkSCzF--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/18hh1p23u46ivjpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--uDN1yGyX--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/18hh1p23u46ivjpg.jpg, (large)])
It's a seesaw. Somedays playing World of Warcraft is good, good, good. Somedays it's bad, bad, bad. What about today?
], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--yuBe7vCg--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_358,q_80,w_636/17mxsmg5sxm5zjpg.jpg, (small)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--imHjWzKl--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_180,q_80,w_320/17mxsmg5sxm5zjpg.jpg, (medium)], [http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--y4MfnmTA--/c_fill,fl_progressive,g_north,h_77,q_80,w_137/17mxsmg5sxm5zjpg.jpg, (large)])
The United States' nuclear stockpile in Los Alamos will soon be monitored by a powerful computer made out of parts you might have in your living room - the PlayStation 3's Cell processor. Nicknamed the Roadrunner, the IBM-built supercomputer is comprised completely of off-the-shelf components, including nearly 7,000…
