Game Grenade: HexGL

Game Grenade is where you can hear about everything game related: reviews, tutorials, news, fan-fiction, and just plain fun. Here we'll be covering today's best sellers as well as decade old classics.

A new game has emerged from the sea of Reddit and it's called: HexGL. This innovative racing game uses a 3D platform in a really awesome way.

Mr. Armstrong

Hello readers of ION. Today I have the sad announcement that Neil Alden Armstrong passed away today at the age 82. 

First Man on the Moon is no More

Today, the first man on the moon, Niel Armstrong, has passed away at the age of 82.  I'll just hand it off to the experts for this one.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-neilarmstrongbre87o0b0-20120825,0,4714021.story

Australia Working to Ban Smoking

I just heard the news, that the Australian government is trying something in the state of Tasmania.  They are putting a ban down for tobacco products for anyone born past the year 2000.  Everyone.  Regardless of age.  Now or 30 years down the road, unless the ban is lifted by then, you will not be able to smoke if you were born past the deadline. 

Read a more detailed article here at: http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/05/12/327411_todays-news.html

Game Grenade: Mists of Pandaria Cinematic Released!

Game Grenade is where you can hear about everything game related: reviews, tutorials, news, fan-fiction, and just plain fun.  Here we'll be covering today's best sellers as well as decade old classics.  

People who care about World of Warcraft  have probably already seen the cinematic for the upcoming expansion Mists of Pandaria.  But here it is, anyway.  This is truly amazing.  Although I'm not sure about how it ranks compared to the other trailers, at least in my book.

The Network: The Internet Association

The Network will be a stop to hear about all the online news. Facebook, Google, and Reddit are just some of the sites we might discuss. Never be an internet noob again! Stay in the know with The Network!

Facebook, Google, Amazon, and Ebay have just teamed up to create what is known as the "Internet Association." On their website they state they are trying to keep a free, public internet. Interesting.

Minespawn: Minecraft 1.3!

Minespawn is the go-to place for all the Minecraft user-made goodies. Great Texture Packs? Amazing Servers? Spectacular Mods? Every week, one of these things will be featured here so you can keep your Minecraft toys stocked up with the latest fun.

So Minecraft 1.3 came out a little while ago, and we are going to talk about it here! I will talk about some of the major updates and my opinions on them!

Mars Landing

Hello readers of ION. The Mars Rover Curiosity just landed safely on the red planet.


This 2.5 billion dollar mission was a success and mission control just expressed everything I was feeling as it touched down. Wow. 10:14 PM PDT was the official touchdown time of the rover. This was the first picture sent back down to Pacedena, CA looked a bit like this.

Terrible, I know. But that is low-res. A wheel is pictured in there. A high-res pic came a little bit later, but it'll be all over the internet. There was also a picture taken on the front end of the rover as well. Here it is.

You can see the shadow of the rover there. 

Curiosity is safe, and she is doing great. There was a bit of dust but nothing major. Press conferences are starting soon. 

I cannot explain the emotion. We just landed the biggest rover on the face of the planet (did you see what I did there) We are going to look for the unknown, finally. This is the mission we have been waiting for.

Six years are the making, of something this incredible. The universe was one-upped by the human spirit today, and we will continue to keep growing. We dared mighty things, and we ate our peanuts, and we landed on another planet. And I'll be up doing this when we land a human on mars.

Like the guy in mission control said, HOLY SHIT!

Let our curiosity take us places we never dreamed we'd be.

-Rachael The Ginger

Just Some Quick Info

Hello readers of ION. Yesterday I made a blog about the mars landing that is happening today. Well I forgot to mention that I will be posting right after the 7 minutes of terror about the things that are happening because I will be watching the landing unfold live at this website. You should watch too. The pre-show starts August 5th at 8:30 pm pacific time. That's 9:30 for mountain time and 11:30(?) eastern time. If you don't tune it there will be a recap on this blog.


Minecraft 1.3. I know it came out a while ago but I will be doing a review blog, soon. Possibly today.


OS X Mountain Lion. Video review, soon. Possibly Monday.


So stay tuned everybody. Thank you.


-Rachael The Ginger

Gears And Gadgets: Information You Should Know Involving The Mars Landing This Sunday

Technology is always evolving, and sometimes it's hard to keep up. Here at Gears and Gadgets, we'll discuss all the latest innovations in technology and science, and we'll give you links to people who know even more about the subject.

Today on Gears and Gadgets, I'd like to throw a little knowledge at your face for the revolutionary mars landing that is happening TOMORROW. Just to get you a little informed, and links to where you can get more info and links to where you can watch it live.