Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

Spore

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006 109 views

Just stumbled across this gem today. Maxis is developing the mother of all sim games, Spore (warning! excessive use of cheesy flash). Take a look at this gameplay presentation, made by Maxis' Will Wright at the Game Developers Conference, or read on for a short summary of what this game will be ...

Are your games screwing your PC?

Friday, February 17th, 2006 1,003 views

Hot on the heels of the recent Sony rootkit debacle, game distributors using Starforce copy protection software are now coming under fire. It turns out that Starforce installs custom drivers on your system that will not only severely impact the performance of your PC, but also cause hardware damage, especially to CD/DVD ...

Auto Assault

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006 125 views

So, I got an email today from PlayNC, telling me I have been accepted for the Auto Assault beta! Good times, let's hope it is as much fun as it looks heh. Looks like I'll be busy on the gaming side for a while at least. Downloading the client now, ...

Africa: Crafting system details

Sunday, February 12th, 2006 148 views

A nice summary on the africammo.com FAQ about the crafting system in Africa, the MMORPG. Looks like this game will focus heavily on crafting, almost to the extent A Tale in the Desert does. You have your animal taming, farming, blacksmithing, wood carving, carpentry, etc. Good read. Definitely signing up for ...

Africa the MMORPG

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006 113 views

Recently, Rapid Reality in cooperation with Arficast announced Africa the MMORPG - a massively muliplayer online game based on african lore and mythology. With bold statements about gameplay and quality, they're aiming for a December 2006 release date. Looks kinda promising, hope they don't screw it up with too many ...

I hate PvP too…

Monday, January 30th, 2006 200 views

Do you see a theme here? Heh. So I was bored one day, and it just happened to be pay day - so I went to PlayNC and bought the game Guildwars. Which is kinda funny, in a "no it's not really funny" kindof way. Cause I happen to hate ...