miércoles, 13 de mayo de 2009

Masahiro Sakurai


Masahiro Sakurai born on August 3, 1970 in Tokyo, Kantō region is a Japanese video game designer, the creative force behind both the Kirby and the Super Smash Bros. series on Nintendo platforms.One of Sakurai's earliest experiences in the video game industry began when he worked for HAL Laboratory.Sakurai completed development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl in 2008. He developed the game, despite personnel borrowed from 19 different developer studios being put in charge of preliminary development of it.Brawl was released on January 31, 2008 in Japan, and on March 9, 2008 in North America. Sakurai and his company, Sora Ltd. alongside Nintendo have started a new first-party studio, Project Sora, which is 72% owned by Nintendo and 28% owned by Sora Ltd.Games designed
1992 - Kirby's Dream Land
1993 - Kirby's Adventure
1993 - Kirby's Pinball Land
1996 - Kirby Super Star
1999 - Super Smash Bros.
2001 - Super Smash Bros. Melee
2002 - Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
2003 - Kirby Air Ride
2005 - Meteos
2008 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl

jueves, 7 de mayo de 2009

Swine Flu


The 2009 outbreak (H1N1) virus is an epidemic of a new strain of influenza virus that was clinically identified in April 2009 It is currently a Phase 5 outbreak, one level below an official pandemic.Although the exact origin of the outbreak is unknown, it was first detected when officials in Mexico. Within days, hundreds more suspected cases were discovered in Mexico.Worldwide the common human H1N1 influenza virus affects millions of people every year, according to WHO officials, and "these annual epidemics result in about three to five million cases of severe illness, and about 250,000 to 500,000 deaths" annually.The same identified virus has caused sustained community level outbreaks in two or more countries in one WHO region.Spread of this H1N1 virus is thought to be happening in the same way that seasonal flu spreads. Flu viruses are spread mainly from person to person through coughing or sneezing by people with influenza. Sometimes people may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.