In the upcoming format war, the winner will likely be decided by capacity, speed, coolness of name, and avaliability. So InPhase’s 300Gb Holographic drive is likely to cause a bit of a stir. The drive seems designed for industrial-grade backups – and a write speed of 20Mb/s confirms those backups could take a while. But [...]
Archive for January, 2006
PC Shooters you MUST play sometime.
Here is the list of games that must be played, start to end. I will include only Single Player based games, multiplayer can come later . Half Life 2 – Probably one of the best overall experiences you can get from your PC. A solid storyline is backed up by good graphics, the occasional piece [...]
“The gaming world was turned on it’s head today, as…”
“…I got a new joystick and keyboard.” Yes folks, though it may not sound like much, I have in fact got a couple of decent preipherals. I got the Saitek Evo [bigger pic], which looks and feels cool-yet-menacing. And the keyboard, well, let me just warn you now… it’s fairly generic. But it works! So [...]
Greatest PC Game Character!
Nominations are now being accepted for this prestigous award, just give a comment about who YOU want to give this title. Can be man or woman, past or present (NOT future) humand or non-human, just anything. Have fun!
XBOX 360 Fairly Recent Launch
Since the XBOX 360 recently launched, I thought I’d remind people of a comparison done between it and the Dreamcast: Dreamcast 2.0 from 1UP.com It concludes that the XB360 will succeed where the DC failed, partly because of the massive resources of Microsoft, and partly thanks to the support of the game makers. However, with [...]
Two More states considering game laws
From 2 states consider game laws. Well, gee, I know this may sound obvious to some… but perhaps it isn’t games that make children violent? Now, I don’t want to go off an a rant here, but… Maybe it’s being raised in near-poverty by a single mother, or by parents that just “don’t know how” [...]
Incipient (and inane) BF2 Awards
I have 3 badges that I’ve qualified for but need to get: Veteran knife, Veteran engineer, and Basic/Veteran Explosives Ordinance. Vet knife is probably the easiest out of those three. I need to play a wee bit more to qualify for the next few: 1) Distingushed Service Ribbon [command time] 2) Legion of Merit Ribbon [...]
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