So the NES Classic edition (or “NES Mini” as so many people want to stupidly call it) was released today, November 11th, and just as should have been expected, it’s incredibly hard to find one now. Really, what did you expect? In virtually every case where Nintendo releases something major, it’s snagged up instantly. The […]
After a nearly 2 month delay, the Worldview 4 satellite successfully launched today into a sun-synchronous polar orbit. Worldview 4 is an Earth Imaging satellite owned by Digital Globe, which will provide nearly double the imaging resolution currently available in non-military satellite imagery. This was a mission made up of delays, it would seem: A […]
As I start typing this, it is 1:50AM, central time, here in the United States, and Donald Trump has just been elected as the 45th President of the United States of America. The second half of this post will be written upon waking up, but I want to express myself on this. This will, as […]
In case you have been living under a rock, there is an election tomorrow, and ya know what? It sucks. The candidates are terrible. The entire process getting us to this stage has been horrible. I don’t get political here on Xadara, and I’m not about to go into details – it’s too late for […]
What some call the “most wonderful time of the year”, retail workers call absolute hell – the Holiday Season. That’s right, it’s Christmas music and massive sales the moment Halloween ends, with all the extended hours and chaos to back it up, and it sucks. Hardcore. Now, let’s start off by saying I actually love […]
I meant to get this post out last week, but I got caught up in quite a bit of stuff. Go figure! I also haven’t been posting as much about tech scammers, but it’s somewhat hard to do properly – there are so many videos with so much content that all really kind of is […]
One month shy of the launch of Sputnik 1, another R-7 missile was readied on the pad at Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying another special payload destined for Earth orbit. This time the payload wasn’t just a simple metal sphere with a radio transmitter – instead, the payload was a dog named Laika. Laika was a stray […]
50 years ago today, on November 3rd 1966, the United States Air Force launched the 6th Titan III-C booster on a very unique test flight. Sitting atop the powerful launch vehicle was an extension made from a spare Titan I rocket oxidizer tank classified as OPS 0855, built to simulate an orbital laboratory payload, and […]
Ah, been a while since I really sat down and typed up what’s on my mind in regards to this site, future projects, and what have you. It’s also 3AM and I really should be heading to bed, but of course, I can’t. GO ME right? Anyway, let’s get down to business. I’m happy with […]
I am not one to follow the rumor train – generally they are all just wild fantasies that someone gets wind of and spreads it like fact, when it’s clearly unlikely. Generally though, rumors of the end of production on hardware and software tend to be true more often than not. In this case, just […]
It’s October 31st, Halloween! Of course, this means it’s also the last day of Monster Madness, not just for this year, but, as it has existed for the past 10 years, for good. James Rolfe has produced the yearly series of 31 reviews at a great expense to his other projects – he has said […]
This is it! We’re at the last week of October, and the last week of Monster Madness! Tomorrow, I’ll try to do something special, but for now, let’s cover the next (and final) 5 videos from Monster Madness X! More Frankenstein’s monster, more Dracula, and even Rocky Horror Picture Show round out this tail end […]
Ah, Doom. Arguably the FPS of the Halloween season, and certainly one of the most legendary games on the PC side of things. With a new release this past years, Doom, as a series, is still alive and strong. Let’s go back, however, to the early 90’s UK gaming scene: The IBM-PC computer architecture that […]
Apparently Twitter is losing money at a rate large enough for them to not only lay off 9% of its total staff, but it’s killing off Vine, it’s video sharing service for 6 second looping video clips. Good riddance I say. Sure, some people used vine for more interesting clips; Voice actress Tara Strong, for […]
On October 27th, 1961, the first Saturn booster, SA-1 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on a 15 minute sub-orbital flight to test the booster. This first flight beget a series of 10 Saturn 1 test flights, 9 Saturn 1B flights, and 13 Saturn V flights. Saturn 1 was a […]