Day: July 16, 2014

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U.S. Asks Car Makers to Road Test Mileage Claims

Environmental Protection Agency wants auto makers to road test the mileage claims they submit after a rash of recent inflated fuel-economy claims based on wind tunnel and other laboratory measurements.

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Star Citizen: If Funding Hits $50 Million, Developers Will Create Their Own Alien Languages

If funding for Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts’ upcoming space sim Star Citizen reaches $50 million (and really, it seems like it will), then developers at Cloud Imperium Games will create their own languages for the game’s three major alien races.

"We will work with real-world linguists to create distinctive and realistic alien languages for Star Citizen’s three biggest alien races, the Vanduul, the Xi’An and the Banu," Roberts said in an update to the game’s website. "No universal translators, no garbled animal noises: Star Citizen’s aliens will be speaking their own authentic languages!"

Earlier this week, Star Citizen crossed $48 million in funding, with the campaign currently standing at more than $48.1 million from close to half a million total backers.

In addition to revealing the $50 million stretch goal for Star Citizen, Roberts gave a general status update on the game. Developers are currently fixing bugs responsible for the rubber-banding issues currently affecting the dogfighting module, Arena Commander, he said. The team is getting close to finding the source of the issue.

"They have narrowed the issue’s introduction down to one of eleven possible change lists," Roberts said. "It can’t hide from us much longer! We are adding additional debugging tools and metrics while homing in on the problem, and we’re currently digging into possible differences between remote and local simulation of ship movement which could lead to the jumping."

Eddie Makuch is a news editor at GameSpot, and you can follow him on Twitter @EddieMakuch
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Daughter has great taste, gives stepdad Porsche 914 of his youth

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Children require a ton of sacrifices; even people without kids know that. Whether it’s the time to watch a baseball game or the money just to get there, parents have to give up something for the betterment of their offspring. Of course, once a child grows up, it’s finally possible to repay mom and dad for all of their hard work. In the case of Kristin Russell and her stepdad, Dave, that involves a surprise 1973 Porsche 914.

Before he got married, Dave had a sweet, white 914. He even had the money saved up to restore it, but spent the cash on the wedding instead. The Porsche languished in the garage until Dave eventually parted it out and sold it off. Years later, Russell wanted to do something to thank her stepdad for all of the things he had done for her and her mom. The only fitting thank you was an identical 914 to the one that he gave up. Scroll down to watch Dave’s reaction of getting his dream car as a surprise Father’s Day gift.

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