August 2005 - Posts
There once was a time before video games. Really. To pass the time geeks and nerds assembled around tables and played "bookshelf games". Many of these games were made by a company called Avalon Hill. The most famous of their line was a game
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World of Warcraft just signed its Four Millionth subscriber. Apparently, I don't get it. I will give WoW fanatics this its is the best MMO of the fantasy genre. At some point the smaller MMOs are going to start falling by the wayside. Asheron's
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Here comes the MMORPG falling out . With World of Warcraft pushing three million, you have to wonder how many more of the small guys will drop. If I had to guess I would say AC2 suffered from high dev costs combined with low subscriber base. That's
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I'm kind of playing catch up here on this, but its still notable nonetheless. AMD has apparently shipped its last Socket A processor and we hardware geeks have a slight twang in our heart over it. The Socket A design of the original Athlon is really
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Well in the we can't figure this out it must be " the " video games department comes this fine report via Joystiq . 65 kids in one high school are pregnant and it's video games and the media to blame. Again. Check out the oft quoted
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This article about downloading games reminded of a Resident Cynic article I read awhile back. Ah… there it is . Mental note: if you want to search for an article at Gamespy, go to Google and search within gamespy.com since you can only search for
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Hot off of our Populous article , Peter Molyneux is in the news. Joystiq has an article on Molyneux's reaction to the Revolution's top secret controller . Apparently he had this to say: Molyneux revealed that he has, in fact, seen the Revolution
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1989 was really a defining year for video games. SimCity burst on to the scene as the software toy that everyone wanted to play with, Prince of Persia debuted with its groundbreaking animation and Tetris was at the height of its popularity with its “pack-in”
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Well, since we got our first ever press release from EA last night I figured that we should talk about it. Madden had its best launch week in its 16 year history selling 1.7 million copies. Wow. I'm still waiting for the PSP version, but apparently
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I come to praise Caesar, not bury it. After seven long years VU games and Tilted Mill have announced the release of Caesar IV . Without a doubt my all-time favorite of the empire building games, Caesar IV looks like a fine addition to the Caesar family.
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The Inq points us to this little nugget. Some poor kid was busted by his mom in a WoW forum. You see, his mom also plays World of Warcraft and it would seem the kid was playing way past his bed time. "Busted. Grounded." Funny stuff, and fortunately
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(sticking my head out of the bunker ) So Alienware is doing a liquid cooling rig, this on top of going with some serious high end SLI platforms. For a cool $4,000 you can have dual 7800s with the liquid cooling setup. You know who buys this stuff? PC
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Gamespot has the final word on the XBox360 pricing. It looks like it will indeed come in $299.00 and $399.00 flavors. So what does that extra Benjamin get you? •20GB detachable hard drive •Wireless controller (instead of the basic wired one)
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Yeah, so I'm a bit behind the curve on this one but I am finally getting around to playing Half-Life 2. See the whole FPS thing is my partner's bag more than me, so he reviewed this for the NG. I do play the occasional shooter and did buy Doom
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If you are Nintendo, then the last 48 hours have been an up and down affair. Check this out: The Good: The Nintendo DS is lowering the price of the system to 129.99. Cheaper is always better for gamers. I'm sure Mom and Dad will be happy the DS is
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We have been "on the air" for six months today, which is like 5 years in the real world. So we would just like to thank you for joining us on our little ride. We plan to only get better from here. As always if you have any suggestions on improving
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X-Fire has a pretty neat chat that they did with Battlefield 2 producer Ben Smith. Any chat that answers a question with "our goal was to make it extremely satisfying to run enemies over with the vehicles" is well worth the read. There is also
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By day I write for this web site and hold down a full time job. By night, however, I travel to Paragon City, Rhode Island and become a Super Hero -- keeping the peace fighting thugs, super-villains and debt. Episode 13: Wherever You Go, There You Are
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Since the dawn of computer gaming the attraction for many has always been the competition against a live opponent. While AI is always fun to play against there is a certain rush you get when you beat your friend sitting next to you who has broken out
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Strap on your helmet -- its Madden Day! Well it is if you have a PS/2, XBox, GameCube or Game Boy Advance. You will have to wait until the 17th if you are a PC Gamer and September 20th if you are a PSP junkie. Nevertheless, a chill is in the air and Madden
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I have wanted to try World of Warcraft for a while but didn't want to put out 50 bucks for it, so when I heard PC Gamer Magazine came with a World of Warcraft Demo disc this month I was all over it. I now had 14 days to play around in the world of
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I have to say that the F.E.A.R. demo is one of the best demos I’ve ever played. A demo is ultimately a sales tool and the F.E.A.R. demo nails it. Great action, great graphics, and nightmare inducing scares. Just as advertised. F.E.A.R.’s developer
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All the talk has been Hot Coffee but now GameSpot is reporting that the focus has moved to "Bully" -- Rockstar's next that has yet to be released (much less rated). Our friendly lawyer-weasel Mr. Jack Thompson has this to say: A check of
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Will we actually get to see what the G-Man is all about? Will we learn where Gordon Freeman goes when he "sleeps?" Will they only ship this on Xbox360? As you spit out your drink on that last bit, don't panic. The Inq's article only
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Likes: Gameplay, graphics, stability, audio, upgrades, dogfighting, It definitely is not just a prettier version of Desert Combat. It’s Battlefield and so much more. Dislikes: nitpicky beef with install, retrieve Gamespy account did not work, “tech”
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