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And when we say “brief glimpse,” we mean “barely a glimpse’s worth.” It’s, like, a half-glimpse — almost a peek. But, we digress. In the sixth episode of its third season, The Jace Hall Show toured Jace’s old stomping grounds: Warner Bros

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Jace Hall Show offers brief look at unannounced Warner Bros. shooter

“I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite store on the Citadel.” – English “Jestem dowódcą Shepard, a to jest mój ulubiony sklep na cytadeli.” – Polish (machine translation) In a GDC 2010 session entitled “Localizing Large RPGs,” which forms part of an ongoing localization summit, BioWare localization project manager Ryan Warden eloquently explored the revered developer’s process of adapting a huge, dialogue-driven game like Mass Effect 2 for alternative markets and languages.

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GDC 2010: BioWare speaks up about Mass Effect 2’s localization

As a kid I had a pair of Barbie sneakers that lit up with every step.

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Glowing Three-Inch Heels: The Adult Version of Light-Up Sneakers [Geek Fashion]

We just sat down with Palm here at GDC and fished out a few more details on the PDK beta front . Firstly, and most interestingly, Palm has confirmed that the PDK now works on all of its handsets (instead of just the Pre and Pre Plus), which means Pixi buyers can stop hating themselves pretty soon

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Palm’s webOS PDK beta adds Pixi native development, PDK’d apps will hit the Catalog mid year

Boy, Tron is old . That movie came out way back in 1982, and we’re finally getting a sequel in 2010. You can see how long it’s been if you count the wrinkles on Alan Bradley’s (Bruce Boxleitner) face.

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Tron: Legacy blasts your old-school eyes with new trailer

It didn’t take long for these NaviBots to win our hearts — we only spent about five intimate minutes watching them vacuuming the floor at Samsung ’s UK product launch event, but frankly, we fell hard upon first sight. On the left we have the SR8845 basic model going for £399 ($599), and the SR8855 at the rear is priced higher at £449 ($674) with its touch-sensitive buttons (instead of physical ones), on-board scheduler (instead of a countdown timer) and a pair of Virtual Guards — boxes that create an infrared virtual fence to create a priority cleaning zone or to block the NaviBots — instead of one. That said, both bots have the same vacuum performance, have visionary mapping, run for 90 minutes on a two-hour charge, and have anti-fall / anti-collision technology to boot

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Samsung NaviBot SR8845 / SR8855 vacuum cleaner hands-on

Steph Thirion, creator of the early iPhone standout Eliss , has a new game on the way, from a new company. The first game to be released by Thirion’s studio, Little-Eyes, will be Faraway , a project Thiron says “will be about constellations and infinite space travel.” Faraway will be on display at the Kokoromi Gamma IV event tomorrow, and should also be playable at the Gamma IV showcase during GDC . At that point, presumably, we’ll know exactly what Faraway is and what platforms we’ll be able to play it on.

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Eliss creator’s next game: Faraway

That’s the “glass is half full” attitude we like, Verizon — always looking for a way to sign a few more of those lucrative data contracts, no matter the circumstances! Turns out Big Red is tipping off its staffers on how it can encourage customers to go with the WiFi-only version of the iPad and pair it up with a device like the MiFi rather than shelling out $130 more for integrated AT&T 3G and waiting a few extra weeks.

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Eternal optimist Verizon calls iPad launch ‘an opportunity’ to sell some data plans

Being a giant, beloved video game blog has its downsides. For example, we sometimes neglect to give independent developers our coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as we get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles. To remedy that, we’re giving indies the chance to create their own loverage and sell you, the fans, on their studios and products

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The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Blackish Games