
When the radiation levels didn't change, Hess ruled out the sun as the source. Then Hess performed another experiment, measuring radiation levels during a partial solar eclipse on April 12, 1912. Hess' results forced scientists to alter their theories as to the source of this radiation and most agreed it likely came from the sun. To everyone's astonishment, Hess found the radiation increased with altitude - at 5 kilometers, it was several times what was observed at ground level. Hess collected measurements from the top of the Eiffel Tower, which was 300 meters (1,000 feet) above the ground, then from altitudes of 1 kilometer and 5 kilometers (0.6 and 3.1 miles, respectively). Hess wondered how far one had to move away from the surface of the Earth to escape this radiation. The logical extension of this theory was that as one ascended, with less air around you, there should be less radiation. Then, measurements taken at a wide range of locations including caves led to the theory that the radiation was in the air. Most scientists initially believed the radiation came from the Earth itself.

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Plus having a touchscreen interface makes gathering your party before venturing forth and going for the eyes, Boo, going for the eyes that much simpler.Austrian physicist Victor Franz Hess began a series of experiments in 1911 to probe the nature of this mysterious radiation. Technically a remake, Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition is pretty much the same as 1998 original but with high-resolution graphics, some additional content, and multiplayer support. More than fifteen years after it was first released for PC, RTSoft’s cult RPG is now out on tablets with a new save/load system that lets you do that anywhere in the game. When a stroppy teen pig farmer’s house burns down, killing his mother, he reluctantly slogs off on some sort of adventure that mostly involves ridding the world of ducks. That’s your excuse for raising taxes the next time around. Build a bustling urban metropolis then watch as your neglected power station explodes and everything is burned to the ground in a radiation apocalypse. It’s a matter of personal respectability.Īlthough this one’s also got a new lick of hi-def paint, SimCity Deluxe is basically the same SimCity 2000 you loved back in the 1990s. Twenty years on, the game that pushed FPS gaming to the top of the heap (and “mass murder simulators” to the top of the public panic meter) remains an important must-play on every platform. Treasure’s cult-classic co-op side-scrolling shoot-‘em-up turns 20 this year, but no other developer has yet managed to outdo Curry and Rice in the “Most Totally Bizarre Boss Fights Ever” category.Īny reason is a good reason to get knee-deep in the dead, and if you’re packing a BFG 9000, so much the better. Besides, it’s an opportunity to revisit insult sword fighting and YOU FIGHT LIKE A DAIRY FARMER.Ī cyberpunk adventure set in a post-nuclear holocaust dystopia… actually, that’s already a good reason to play this game, isn’t it? Also, your very own pet robot.ĭriving over low-poly pedestrians might have lost some of its tabloid-controversial edge in an era when all-out genocide with fully automatic weapons is a marketing bullet point on just about every game released, but hey, how about that nostalgia?

Maybe this one is cheating a bit because the graphics have been totally redone to a modern HD standard, but you can choose to swap back to the original 1990 VGA graphics so it’s okay. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition How can it get any harder? I’m assuming it drops nail bombs on your loved ones every time you mess up or something. You might remember Eric Chahi’s impossibly hard platformer from the busted Amiga or Mega Drive somewhere in the back of your cupboard, and now it’s available on your very expensive iPad with an added difficulty level that’s even harder than the original game.
