Posted 11/05/2009 at 09:24:25am

COD4: Modern Warfare; Undoubtedly one of the best cross-platform shooters of all times, great on all aspects, great single and multi player. War is about chaos, its typically asymmetrical on a smaller scale, specifically when its urban. When it takes place in an urban setting, its usually a lot of people against a lot of people! We're talking realism here, and that is why I think COD 4 MW was a total sucess. And now its creator is castrating what seems to be a great game by making it a squad vs squad online? First it was the dedicated server business, then this? Names might be repeated on that list, but how many? 150,000? Still, 150,000 X $50 bucks its what, $7,500,000? Ouch! I'd reconsider the veracity of this list and what it means to my company's profits.

As much as I love PC gaming, I guess I'll be playing this one on a console. Well, I don't doubt the game will be a hit, but in the long run, its gonna be a quick hit and nothing else, it will fade away quickly cuz of its small replay value.  Let's see if time will dictate and make a difference when their dedicated servers aren't as populated as they expect. Mind tricks won't do the job but a lot of gamers united might...

Posted 10/19/2009 at 10:18:25pm

If this raise in price for XBOX Live happens, I'll stick to PC gaming only. I was or rather am willing to pay for Xbox Live, at the current rate. But my roots are really in PC gaming, which is in great part why I'm building a new PC.

I certainly don't like what consoles have done to the PC in terms of gaming. But I am a realist and accepted the fact that the console gaming market almost eradicated the PC game market. One has just to walk inside a gaming store; in my area it is hard to find a single rack (one side only) with good PC game titles, everything else is console games. We are lucky, and I am personally grateful that we still have PC game developers and hardware makers that work in great part towards developing gaming software (for the PC) and hardware (two major GPU manufacturers) that support gaming and pushes further hardware development for the PC. Plus, I can't shake the feeling that PC games look better than console games, even when playing the same titles at similar or same resolutions, maybe because its totally true.

Playing on a PC is a more "personal" experience than playing on a console. Why? For me, because of many factors including, for starters, that you are actually physically 'nearer' to the display than in a normal Flat TV (typically at least 32" or bigger, mine is 42"), where you normally sit 6' or more apart. This results in a more immersive experience; if you have a 5.1 PC speaker system, the speaker setup will most likely be pretty close to you, making it more cozy. Additionally, you can customize the controls whichever way you want to (in most games) whereas in a gamepad you can switch button assigment around and reverse axis, and that's about it.  All these reasons and more make it a more personal experience for me. There are lots of other reasons why I rather play in a PC besides what I just stated, that was just a couple of examples. Don't get me wrong, I like console gaming too. But besides PC online gaming being mostly free and games looking better (in my opinion), it is because I am a PC gamer at heart, its where I grew into "digital gaming". Now I am not bashing away at consoles, I own both major consoles, but I rather game on a PC if given the chance.

So like I first stated, I can maybe spend $50 per year in order to play with my friends, but I rather much play in a PC; where you can tweak and customize the experience much more than in a console. If it comes to paying $50+, I guess I will completely return to PC gaming 100%...

Posted 10/14/2009 at 04:35:11pm

I've always trusted MaxPC's reviews and KickAss Awards (back in 2005 when I discovered MaxPC Mag) and hope this acquisition yields similar results. Although I am sure it will.

The cooler is certainly beautiful and imposing; the fact that it is big is just a hint of its supposed performance. I aesthetically love it if you ask me!

Installation on an AMD platform seems pretty easy and straightforward, just researching the best way to apply thermal paste since boht Thermalright and the Thermal Paste vendor have different instructions/methods. I will go with MaxPC's method which after extensive research is what most pro's do.

Will try to benchmark and post results later on...

Posted 10/01/2009 at 11:15:25am

Well I followed instructions to become a game tester and was about to give up since I got bumped to the same "Basic Info" page everytime I submitted my info. Tried different things like CAPS ON, Telephone numbers without parenthesis, etc. Nothing worked unitl it finally, last time I tried, accepted my info and was sent to the scan your system page. I was able to scan the system and send the informaiton. Now await to see if I get picked.

I used CAPS ON, 2 phone numbers without dashes or parenthesis and Firefox version 3.5.3. Hope this works for all interested!

Posted 08/28/2009 at 11:11:32pm

You could never get the detail and resolution on a console that you get from a high-end PC...and it doesn't stop there, there's much more you can do with a PC...Hell, Crysis never made it to consoles! It just demands powerful hardware that consoles don't have

For the record, I own a an Xbox 360 and PS3, besides my PC's...

PD-Well Crytek will release an engine that will be for all platforms so, guess you'll see some kind of Crysis on a console after all, but not the original game though!

Posted 08/26/2009 at 07:56:18pm

I have tried searching for this online with no luck. If anyone has a site where this can actually be bought, please let those of us interested know. Thanks.

Posted 06/03/2009 at 05:55:17pm

Click on link to watch or download a CryEngine 3 Tech demo:

http://ve3d.ign.com/videos/play/46573/PC/Crysis/Trailer/CryEngine-3-Tech-Demo-Trailer/Flash-Video

Posted 05/24/2009 at 09:52:09am

Just read your comment d_sellers1, if you still havent gotten your copy of Windows 7 RC, I can send you one through my local APO. Just let me know.

Out.

Wolfgang

Posted 05/03/2009 at 11:11:09am

Add-on for Firefox (Mouse gestures): https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/6639

Thanks for the link for this add-on Vano, is what I missed the most back when I used Maxthon over IE.