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By JOE KAY
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Michigan State? Gone. Defending national champion North Carolina? Gone, too. Any more questions about whether George Mason belongs in the NCAA tournament?
Didn't think so.
The upstart Patriots turned Carolina a whole different shade of blue Sunday, knocking the third-seeded Tar Heels out with a 65-60 victory that set up a mid-major matchup in the round of 16.
GMU, after playing an absolutely kickass game, upset Michigan State in a 75-65 victory Friday night. This being a first win for Mason ever in NCAA round 1, allows Mason to now advance to Round 2 where they will have to play the University of North Carolina on Sunday the 19th.
GO PATRIOTS!
Yeah....you wouldn't catch me standing near this crazy stuff when it was happening.
Foxconn Leaks Geforce 7900GX2 Images, Details
Yesterday we published details about the GeForce 7900GX2 Quad SLI video adaptors that showed up on a few German merchant websites. Today it seems as though benchmarks of the card are available (English translation).
Foxconn's Dual GeForce 7900GX2 1024MB adaptor sports a 500MHz core clock with 1.2GHz DDR3 memory support. These clocks are lower than the GeForce 7900GTX, which has a 650MHz core clock with 1.5GHz DDR3 memory. For those who are unaware, Foxconn is now a contender in on the video card market.
Read rest of the article here (includes pictures of the beast itself) courtesy of DailyTech.com
CivCity: Rome Announced
2K Games sent out this press release announcing that the company will publish CivCity: Rome, a new Civilization spin-off that will focus on city building. Firefly Studios and Firaxis Games will team up to develop the game, which is due out this summer. Screenshots are here.
In CivCity: Rome, gamers will recreate the glory of Rome by building a small settlement into a mighty imperial city. Featuring hundreds of buildings including gladiatorial schools, amphitheatres, the circus maximus, legionnaire forts, weapons workshops and much more, CivCity: Rome offers the most detailed look at Roman life ever depicted on a computer screen.
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Civilization IV: Warlords Announced
In another press release 2K Games today announced that Firaxis Games is working on Civilization IV: Warlords, the first expansion pack for the award winning strategy game. The add-on is due out this summer and will feature the following.
Warlords pays homage to some of history's greatest military leaders, delivering six new scenarios, giving players the chance to change the course of history with the help of their new powerful "warlord" unit. The expansion pack is loaded with new civilizations, new leaders and more units, resources and wonders that can be used in both single and multiplayer games.
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Sid Meier's Railroads! Announced
And one more 2K Games press release as the company also announced Sid Meier's Railroads!, a new installment in the Railroad Tycoon series. In the game you'll have to build your your own railroad empire, managing trains and cargo while fending off competitors and robbers. Railroads! is due out this fall.
"We're thrilled to have the opportunity to bring this game back home," said Sid Meier, Director of Creative Development for Firaxis Games. "Railroads is near and dear to our hearts and we're looking forward to delivering the endlessly fun gameplay experience fans of our games have come to expect." Cities and industries grow up around you as Sid Meier's Railroads! enables players to lay track and route trains, haul raw materials to market and carry manufactured goods throughout the land. Sid Meier's Railroads! introduces a large number of different single-player game scenarios and a variety of play modes including the "sand-box" modeling mode, real-time LAN and Internet play.
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Black & White 2 Expansion Coming
Sup game announcements. Lionhead has announced that it is developing a Black & White 2 expansion pack called Battle of the Gods. Lionhead promises the expansion will feature a "much darker, more sinister game world", and will add a new creature, two new lands, six new challenges and four additional miracles. Enemy AI has also been reworked. Black & White 2: Battle of the Gods will be released by EA some time this year.
It will air at 7:10 on one of the ESPN channels tomorrow(Friday Night). George Mason, #11 Seed, will be playing Michigan State, #6 Seed.
If by some miracle of god we beat them, we go on to play University of North Carolina next.
Go Patriots!