Star Wolves 2 Reviewed | Friday, July 13th, 2007
Posted in Space, Reviews, PC
In Star Wolves 2, your dreams of becoming a fleet admiral come true. Like the prequel, Star Wolves 2 puts you in control of a frigate—complete with its own supporting cast of fighters! You’re the leader of a space-faring mercenary group (known of course as the Star Wolves) traveling around the universe looking for […]
Bots Actually Act Intelligent | Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Posted in FPS, PC
Any Counter-Strike player worth his salt knows about PodBot, an add-on that gives the popular multiplayer shooter an dose of AI. If you can’t find anyone to show off your CS prowess to, you can just play with yourself add some bots to a game and play against your computer! Talk about self-fulfillment!
Anyways, I was […]
Get the Classic Greats for Free | Friday, June 29th, 2007
Posted in Freebies, PC
Abandonia recently celebrated their 8th birthday. So if you haven’t heard of the popular abandonware site, then pull your head out of the ground!
Check out Abandonia’s list of games. It’s somewhat a hit-and-miss affair, but you’ll find classics like X-COM, MDK, and the granddaddy of all RTSes, Dune II. Old fogeys can reminisce their past […]
The First Screenshots of StarCraft 2 | Saturday, May 19th, 2007
Posted in serious games, PC
StarCraft is a classic. No other real-time strategy game featured very different yet well-balance sides. It didn’t matter if you played the Terrans, Zerg, or Protoss; as long as you were l33t you’d kick some ass. Those who were l33t3r would kick yours. And let’s not forget the wonderful storyline. So it’s no wonder that […]
Be kind to your eyes. Play Unreal Tournament. | Friday, February 9th, 2007
Posted in PC
Gamasutra reports that a study has been made at the University of Rochester (NY) which concludes that playing Unreal Tournament improves overall visual acuity.
Wikipedia says: Visual acuity (VA) is acuteness or clearness of vision, especially form vision, which is dependent on the sharpness of the retinal focus within the eye, the sensitivity of the nervous […]
Great Games Experiment = mySpace for Gamers and Game Makers | Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Posted in DS, Indie, Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PC, MMORPG
I got a hint that this was brewing and under development when I browsed through Jeff Tunnell’s blog a few months back. Jeff Tunnell is the public face behind GarageGames, makers of indie game engines and advocates of the Microsoft XNA game development platform for the PC and Xbox360.
Before I get too far off, well, […]
Jumboplay | Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Posted in PC
Ryan:
You know how we told you about the game rental service gamehopper? Well Here’s another company that’s offering all you can play downloadable PC games for the low cost of 270 pesos a month. Jumboplay.com has 68 games up for grabs for users who want to download their games legally. Typical downloadable […]
Jade Empire: Special Edition goes Gold | Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Posted in PC
Jade Empire: Special Edition is the PC version of the highly-acclaimed Xbox game (scoring 9.9 on IGN) of a few years back. Take Two Interactive, the game’s publisher, has announced that the game has gone gold, and will be released on Feb 27 in the US and Mar 2 in Europe - right on schedule.
For […]
Prey Impressions | Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
Posted in PC
I’ve been amazed with Prey way back when I first played it but I didn’t really write about it. Seeing that PC Gamer surprisingly voted it as the Best Shooter for 2006, I figured it wouldn’t hurt those who haven’t played it to read another blog as to why they should.
Prey deserves to be played. […]
GRAW 2 with improved AI | Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Posted in Xbox 360, PC
It’s known at this point that the 2nd installment to Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter will be available soon. And with that, one of the more prominent changes are the improvements to the AI.
Apparently, there were a lot of people who complained about the squadmates’ lack of coordination and their unfailing ability to “accidentally” get in […]