Firefox 3 Alpha release (Gran Paradiso):
It seems as though the alpha 1 for Firefox 3 was released with me not knowing about it. I’m not sure if there’s that much difference between this version and Firefox 2 that users will actually notice. It appears that most of the new features are aimed at developers, not end users. The graphical capabilities of the browser are apparently enhanced. Seeing as I don’t notice that much of an improvement yet, I doubt I’ll use Firefox 3 Alpha 1 as my main browser, unlike what I did with Firefox 2 Alpha 1.

Truthiness voted as the Word of the Year:
If you refer to a post I made earlier in the month, you might catch that I mentioned Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year poll. Although haruhiism probably didn’t get close to getting on the top ten (I would be surprised if it got ten votes,) at least truthiness is a interesting word. I was afraid that the word would be boring again.

It seems that Dragon Quest IX, ninth entry of the most popular Japanese RPG series in Japan Dragon Quest is slated for release for the Nintendo DS. The new game comes equipped with the subtitle: Defender of the Stars. Level-5 seems to be handlign the development again

From what I can tell from Jeux-France’s article, it seems to be some sort of Action-RPG. I guess that means that the Dragon Quest series will no longer be retro, which puzzles me since many people who love the games love them because they are so nostalgic. I’m actually kind of hoping that Jeux-France is just being inaccurate and that DQ is still turn-based.

The graphics seems to be pretty good for a DS game. It would look just as pretty as the PS2’s DQ VIII if it weren’t for the ugly lines outlining the characters and all. Oh well, I’ll be looking for it in the future. The original article can be found here.