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Rift Beta 7: Telara the Merciless – Final Patch Notes
Published on 2011-02-12 15:06:18
The Rift Beta 7 patch notes are out for the final open beta event. 3 days to go. C’mon! C’monnnn!!! How much LONGER?!?!!!! Welcome to the seventh and final beta event for RIFT! The beta servers are scheduled to be available for pla > read more
PC build for playing Rift: Planes of Telara on Ultra Settings
Published on 2011-02-11 23:28:30
Update: As some have expressed qualms about going Intel with the recent Field-Effect Transistor biasing issue (potentially affecting SATA 3GB/s on some Sandybridge), I’ll be also doing a revised alt build later today. Introduction Rift is comin > read more
Rift Beta updates inc – Patch goes live and RP-PVP servers gone!
Published on 2011-02-11 12:58:44
A new update has gone live on the beta servers. It could be that they’re updating the servers for beta testing, but at least it’s nice to see a bit more activity than the usual you’re-not-allowed-to-play. The download is almost 200M > read more
Rift Beta Video Review – But you’re not in Telara anymore either
Published on 2011-02-10 13:15:41
I Need My Fix It’s been only a few days since I was last on Rift: Beta, and the withdrawal symptoms are starting to become severe . For a hardened MMO and RPG veteran who had grown disillusioned with them all, that’s saying something. The > read more
StarCraft II – Ghosts of the Past Trailer
Published on 2010-07-22 12:20:22
Another first-rate trailer from Blizzard. Freakin’ awesome! This comes out a day after my B’day. Presents ideas anyone? ;D > read more
Starcraft 2 Tauren Marine Confirmed!
Published on 2010-07-11 15:40:31
Recalling Blizzard’s April Fool’s joke, many were saddened that the Tauren Marine would be a no-show. Howerver, most of us were quite happy with the decision because the thought of a Tauren Marine in Starcraft 2 is just plain ridiculous. > read more
WoW Anti Troll measure: Real ID on forums
Published on 2010-07-09 13:19:05
Hello folks. It’s been a while since I made a blog post, but this came up and it seemed like as good a reason as any to start procrastinating on my applied maths research through blogging. Some of you may have heard of Blizzard’s plan wit > read more
Nerdvana! – Geek Quotes && The Self-Diagnosis Guide
Published on 2009-08-07 21:16:39
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: #include int main (void) mov ax,@data mov ds,ax ; Begin xor ax, ax int 10h ; Let's make the text a tad larger and readable shall we Hello old chaps. Better, eh what? There are a good deal of > read more
NVIDIA® OptiX™ Ray Tracing Engine Unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2009 – and a Different Future For Games Ray Tracing
Published on 2009-08-05 11:31:07
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: NVidia® OptiX™ at SIGGRAPH 2009 NVIDIA announced it’s OptiX real-time ray tracing engine at SIGGRAPH 2009, yesterday. You may recall my previous article on how GPU-based ray tracing may become the future o > read more
World of Warcraft Patch 3.2 Call of The Crusade Content Update Going Live
Published on 2009-08-04 17:36:59
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Call of The Crusade Plans for the next major free content update in Blizzard’s World of Warcraft are already well under way. Both the US and Europe servers should be fully patched by sometime tomorrow and all se > read more
Square Enix: Order of War Demo Released – Available for Digital Download
Published on 2009-08-04 08:55:12
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Order of War Demo Good news old chaps! Captain Xsistor reporting from the front! The much-awaited RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game, ‘Order of War’ has been released on Steam as a demo digital download. Yet an > read more
NVidia GT300 Tapes Out, but ATI’s ‘Evergreen’ RV800 still Ahead
Published on 2009-07-31 13:18:04
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: DirectX 11 Goodness! The day has finally arrived. NVidia’s much-awaited GT300 sporting DirectX11 and a slew of new capabilities has finally taped out. If these chips pass the final foundry tests, they are expect > read more
Age of Conan UPDATE: Revisiting Tortage
Published on 2009-07-31 10:59:35
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Tortage Many of you may have read my previous review of Age of Conan. I found that a majority of users who play the game did agree with my review, while about 50% of the rest felt I did not do the game justice [...] > read more
Starcraft II Gameplay Footage, Unlimited Unit Grouping and a Fourth Race!
Published on 2009-07-28 23:47:32
:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: Wings of Liberty As many of you avid strategy gamers may already know Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, the first installment of the series, is just around the corner. Blizzard has given strong indication of a late 2009 > read more