There’s been lots of big Kickstarter news today, with the first million dollar backed project, and now these new records set by Double Fine Adventure.

This game is in development by Double Fine and 2 Player Productions, and is the first major game company to fund their game on Kickstarter, or to crowd fund their project. It has set the records today for the most funds raised in 24 hrs & highest number of backers. As of 12:30pm Pacific time, the project has raised just over $843,000. Pretty hefty cash they’re drawing in right now, but the project still has 33 days left to go, so we’ll see how much cash they draw in in that time.

The Elevation Dock

Scott Wilson’s extremely popular LunaTik iPod Nano watch kit raised a record-breaking $940,000 dollars on KickStarter, a site that helps startups get funded. Wilson’s LunaTik tablet stylus has also seen success, but not to the iPod Nano watch kit’s degree.

The Elevation Dock, designed by Casey Hopkins, is also one of the most popular KickStarter projects ever, and has almost topped LunaTik’s record. For those of you who don’t know what the Elevation Dock is, it’s an elegantly designed dock that allow for the smooth removal of your iPhone with only one hand. They’ve got just under 70 hours left to earn another $14,000, and you can help them out at their KickStarter page here.

This week in Apple news, a picture emerged of what could be the next generation iPod Nano. These pictures show a camera cutout on the green-colored Nano; and for one reason for another, no camera on the silver one.

The new iPod Nano’s will probably be released sometime this spring or summer.

Lots of big Facebook news today, including their new 5 billion IPO. Mark Zuckerberg himself shared the above photo 20 minutes ago from his personal Twitter account. The internet had lots to say.

Within 20 minutes, the post has over 45k likes, and many thousands of shares. This is not uncommon for a Facebook post of any sorts, but pretty far up there. Notable aspects of the photo include the obvious “Stay focused & keep shpping” poster, mini-kitchen, and many Macs. The comments are also quite hilarious:

“tisk tisk, is that facebook you have open at work Mark….” – over 1,500 likes

“When I’m working at FB I want to fly in your private jet, thnx” – over 250 likes

“that’s very close to micro kitchen!” – over 200 likes

Canalsys is reporting that Apple shared 17% of all U.S. computer sales, which isn’t bad, considering Apple has six products (MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac, Mac Pro, Mac Mini, and iPad) to make up those sales, versus the hundred computers HP, Dell, Lenovo, Asus, Acer, Toshiba, and Sony are shipping. Apple is also still reporting that half of the Mac’s sold are to new Mac owners.

The Humble Bundle for Android is their first bundle for mobile devices (if you don’t count Windows tablets). Unfortunately, there’s not word of an iPhone bundle, or Windows Phone bundle, but considering how popular Android devices are at the moment, that isn’t a terrible thing. Buying the Humble Bundle for Android also gets you Mac, Windows, and Linux versions of the games.

In the bundle you get 3 games, including Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, and EDGE. Care to pay more than a few dollars? Beat the average (lingering around $5), and get World of Goo thrown in for free. These are some pretty awesome games, valued at $60, so check the Android Bundle while it’s still on. [Source]

My first Mac I ever owned was a 2009 white unibody Macbook. I thought it was the coolest gadget on the block, until I realized there were more. After that, I ended up modifying my Macbook a little bit and then it began to slow down. I finally figured, it was time for an upgrade. Call me crazy, but I purchased an 11″ Macbook Air with an Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 128GB SSD (Solid State Drive). Despite my doubts, I did not make a bad choice. This has to be the smallest notebook I have seen outperform a 15 inch Macbook Pro from 2010. First of all, I was stunned it defeated a Macbook Pro and on how fast the laptop actually is due to the SSD. An SSD is a solid-state memory module that you can find on most iPad’s, iPod’s, and iPhone’s in the

Apple product line. Apple making a decision to integrate this into laptops was their best yet. Now, lets to the laptop itself. The Macbook Air is 0.68 inches at its thickest point and 0.11 inches at its thinnest point. The weight of the laptop is only 2.38 pounds and it sports an 11 inch screen. The pixel resolution on the laptop is 1366×768 compared my old laptop which had a resolution of

1280×720 pixels, so this was a pretty big jump. In the box, you get a charger, manuals, and some really sweet Apple stickers. I am currently using a case on this laptop, and the case is made by Speck. The

Macbook gets an average life to around 5 hours with screen brightness set to medium and laptop brightness turned off. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, it comes with a backlit keyboard! This is great for anybody who is on the go and is often in dark rooms or just when there is no light. Here are some pictures of the laptop. Now, if you want to see a whole series I am doing on the laptop, head over to my channel and check that out. My final rating for this laptop would be an 9.5/10. The reason why give such a shy rating is the graphics card. The graphics card in this computer is an Intel 3000 HD graphics. Its not a WEAK graphics card, but rather a low-end one. Thank you for reading my review!

Recently, this idea piqued my interest: Why not just share a save file between the two systems? Well, now I’ll show you how.

What you need:

• A PC
• Xbox 360
• A USB Flash Drive 1GB or higher
• Modio (Download Here)

1. Copy your desired Skyrim saves from your Xbox 360 to your USB flash drive.
2. Plug in your USB flash drive to your Windows PC.
3. Download and extract Modio (link above). Open Modio.
4. Hit explore device.
5. Find your Skyrim folder. Copy all saves to your Skyrim save directory on PC.
6. Rename the extensions on the save files from .exs to .ess

That’s it! You’re done, and now you are ready to resume questing on your PC.

If you don’t understand (or simply like visual guides better), here is a video explaining the process.

I’ve owned Razer gear my entire life. They make awesome gaming peripherals with quality you just don’t see on average mice. Today I’ll be taking a look at one of Razer’s mice, the DeathAdder – Transformers 3 Edition. Here are some of the notable specs before we begin with the full review:

Design

Let me just say outright that there is little difference between the original Razer DeathAdder, and the Transformers 3 edition. The slight changes that you see between the two are purely aesthetic. That actually is a really good thing, as the DeathAdder is one of the most superior gaming mice on the market right now, only being bested by it’s big brother, the Mamba.

One of the most obvious factors of the mouse you see when you get your Transformers DeathAdder for the first time, is the bold design. My first word when opening the box was “WOW”. I got the Bumblebee variant, which is a brightish yellow, but the colors range with all the different Transformers. I can assure you, if you’re looking for a subtle mouse, this not your mouse. Each DeathAdder comes with a glowing Transformers symbol in the place of the Razer logo on the original DeathAdder, which matches the style of the mouse. I noticed that the light pulses depending on whether or not you’re using the mouse or not. One thing to note is that because of this light, the mouse can get quite hot with long hours of summer play. I don’t really like the glossed plastic effect they used on the body of the mouse, it just feels quite cheap. The rubber-ish style which you find on the original.

Performance

A truly awesome thing about having Transformers branding and Razer performer, is that you get the best of both words. During my play-tests with various games, I found the DeathAdder to be extremely responsive, and easy to manipulate. Trickshotting and sniping in games like Modern Warfare 3 were a breeze, because of the on-the-fly sensitivity changes, and the long hours of building in Minecraft was manageable. Unfortunately you do have to install the Razer drivers before DPI and other aspects of the mouse such as the lights become changeable, but this isn’t a huge deal as Razer’s site is easy to navigate, and I was up and running in no time.

The scroll-wheel and buttons on the mouse were fine just like any other Razer mouse I’ve used, but they didn’t blow me a way. The buttons are completely made of plastic, and the scroll-where is generally quite lightweight, and doesn’t allow the “rubber-banding” effect you see in high-quality wheels. For the average gamer however, they will do the job nicely.

To sum it up, I would recommend the Razer DeathAdder Transformers 3 Edition to people that are really into Transformers. There is isn’t much reason to spent the $10 or so for the brand. The performance you get with Razer mice is unparalleled though, so if you are into Transformers, or just want a vibrant-looking gaming mouse, this would be a good choice. The DeathAdder goes for $70 retail, but you can find it on Amazon for just over $50.

Otterbox Reflex Series for iPhone 4S

For the last month, my iPhone has been sporting the Reflex Series case from Otterbox. The case is designed to give the signification protection Otterbox provides, while not being as bulky as say the Impact or Defender Series cases. The Reflex is a two-part case; one half having the cutout for the camera, 3.5mm headphone jack, and silent/vibrate toggle; with the other half having a single huge cutout for the 30-pin dock connector, speaker, and microphone.

The back side of the case is composed out of a hard plastic and rubber. The rubber, theoretically, is to make the case react as if when you drop it, it’s a car crash, and your iPhone is the person inside being protected. The rubber absorbs the shock from the drop, and releases it at different points in the case.

There is a large-enough cutout for the camera, lined in rubber. Also, Otterbox placed a logo on the rear-bottom of the case.

The volume button covers have a rubber coating, which take a bit of force to press. This is the same case for the sleep/wake button. The silent/vibrate switch is left completely open, and is large enough to accommodate the AT&T or Verizon iPhone 4. This case is also compatible with all models of the iPhone 4S.

The Reflex Series is available in five different colors: black plastic with black rubber (as pictured above), grey plastic with black rubber, turquoise plastic with black rubber, hot pink with black rubber, and dark green plastic with black rubber. The first four colors will run you $34.95, and the dark green with be $29.95.

Coming with a front screen shield, the case is defiantly a good buy. It was a little bulkier than I expected, though not too bulky. The plastic is also a lot harder than I imagined, but again, it wasn’t a big deal. I think my only gripe about this case is that the headphone jack is too thick to accommodate my headphones. However, with the top portion of the case easy to slide off, it isn’t really a big deal.