| New software to compose/make music
Do you want to write music, or remix a band's tunes and then find similar stuff? Three top rock stars are eager to help As well as making an impassioned plea for more live music over the net at the recent SXSW music festival in Texas, The Who guitarist Pete Townshend announced his first foray into the world of software with the launch of Lifehouse Method (lifehouse-method.com). The music-creation software realises an idea from his long-running Lifehouse project. According to Townshend, it "takes data you input and turns that into music. I began thinking it might be possible to use software to do this about 20 years ago when I first got a Mac and software like M, Jam Factory and Music Mouse. These were programs that produced random music from limited data you put in." Townshend's excursion into software creation followed on from a conversation with the mathematician and composer Lawrence Ball and the software engineer Dave Snowdon, who made him aware that harmonic maths could facilitate the Lifehouse Method software he'd envisaged previously.
Capcom Announces Upcoming Downloadable Games For Xbox 360 and PS3
Today, Capcom has announced several upcoming games, to be distributed as downloads for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PCs. The Capcom Digital Initiative starts with these digitally distributed titles on Xbox Live Arcade, The Playstation Network and PCs: Classics being redone for HD include:
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
"Capcom will maintain the integrity of the popular game by utilizing the original game code while upgrading the graphics with new artwork and high resolution 1080p images. Again, all of the art, from character animation to stage backgrounds, will be completely redrawn by Udon Entertainment, the company responsible for the official US Street Fighter series of comics. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix will include both online and offline competition for one to two players." - Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
"The new version of the game features newly created 1080p HD graphics, several new game modes, improved game balance, new stage backgrounds courtesy of Udon Entertainment and online play." A couple of licensed games were also announced:
- Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
"In this arcade shooter, players will join the heroes of the Alliance of Free Planets in their white-knuckled, frenzied struggle to free the Solar System.
DANCE! Online - Launched by Acclaim Games
Acclaim Games has announced the launch of the online game DANCE! Online, a free-to-play massively multiplayer online-dancing game. PC users will now have the chance to dance virtually to songs from select Warner Music Group artists. About DANCE! Online: Players of DANCE! Online can create their own avatar and use either the keyboard or most PC compatible dance pads to match the beat of the song and to make their character perform choreographed dance steps. The game features up to six players dancing together and includes a variety of game modes and options. Players will be able to purchase optional items from the game shop to customize their virtual characters with clothing and various accessories. Players can also purchase “song packs" to dance to even more songs from WMG's catalog.
SPRING SPORTS ROUNDUP: MA boys roll in tennis
MOBILE -- The Montgomery Academy boys tennis team defeated St. Paul's 7-2 on Saturday in Mobile. The Eagles improved to 11-2 on the season. Singles winners were Thomas Gore, Hollin Wakefield, Andrew Crum and Brooks Stinson. The teams of Gore-Tyler Valeska, Wakefield-Matthews Bryan and Crum-Stinson won doubles matches. MA competes in the Class 1-3A sectionals Wednesday at the O'Connor Tennis Center. Trinity 7 boys, Bayside 2 MOBILE -- Trinity overcame the loss of two players -- Jonathan Hibbert (No. 1 singles) and Graham Neeley (No. 3 singles) -- both of whom were injured and had to forfeit matches on Saturday. Scott Morrison (No. 2 singles) and Whit Mitchell (No. 4 singles) helped pick up the slack, winning their singles matches and teaming up to win at No.
Betting baseball totals: Part 1
Baseball is a completely different type of sport to handicap from the two most popular betting sports, football and basketball. On the gridiron and the hardwood, teams are separated by pointspreads, and wagers are placed either laying the points with the favorite or taking the points with the underdog. When betting baseball, there is no pointspread to differentiate between the underdog and favorite. Instead, baseball side wagers use a moneyline as a basis for determining the relative value of the two teams pitted against each other. Wagering on a favorite in baseball often requires the bettor to lay a substantial price for his support. It's not uncommon for a favorite in baseball to be priced at -200, -250, or even -300 and above. The bettor must be right more than 75 percent of the time with his big three-dollar favorites in order to earn a profit, far greater than the 52.4 percent of the time that is the break even point for standard 11:10 pointspread wagering.
Lady Blues split with Fort Hays State
HAYS, Kan. – The Washburn Lady Blues split an MIAA doubleheader at Fort Hays State dropping the first game 5-2 before coming back to take the second game 5-0. The Lady Blues are now 22-15 on the season and 8- 4 in the MIAA. In the opener, the Lady Blues fell behind 3-0 after three innings before coming back to score two in the fifth inning on a Malarie Fellers 2 RBI double. The Lady Blues managed only four hits in the game while stranding seven base runners. The nightcap saw the Lady Blues score one in the first on a single by Tish Williams scoring Ashley Webb who reached to lead off the game on an error by the Tigers' centerfielder. In the sixth, Washburn added three more runs as Williams again provided the offense with a 3-run homer down the left field line scoring Webb and Jessie Batres.
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