Something to think about

We were all beginners once, but it's easy for experts to forget how much they didn't know at the outset of their journey.

AMD + ATI

So this merger leaves Nvidia alone to take on rival ATI who now has the full backing of AMD. Life just got more interesting in the hardware scene.

Finally a good TMNT game?

Apparently, Ubisoft at some point grabbed the rights to the TMNT franchise and it looks like it's a very good thing, since the game in progress looks fantastic , well as the gameplay looking to be fun! I'm waiting for Ubisoft to overtake EA in position of influence since they seem to experiment and allow their people the freedom to be creative and innovative. That is something the game industry lacks in right now, although Nintendo is breaking away from the standard videogame fare as of late. :>

The CPU War begins again

Market sources, compiled by investment bank Fubon Securities, have indicated that AMD will not only attempt to match Intel's new price levels for its processors, when it reduces prices on July 24, but the vendor also plans to offer steeper discounts. AMD originally planned to reduce prices for its dual-core Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, and Sempron by 40%-50%, 20%-50% and 10%-20%, respectively, on July 24. Now, the price reductions have been enlarged, with a price drop of 50%-60% for the Athlon 64 X2, 40%-60% for the Athlon 64 line and 20%-30% for the Sempron series, according to the sources.

originally at digitimes.com

NCAA Football 2007

One of my co-workers confirmed my suspicions about the XB360 version of the game. It's been cut down to size for the 360, just like the Madden 06 was. I just don't understand why they didn't have enough time to learn from their mistakes.. I'm beginning to wonder if Madden 07 is going to end up in the same situation. Maybe, EA Sports should have not bought the NFL franchise rights and given consumers a choice.

Forest Gump

What a wonderful movie. :)

Nintendo Wii???

Well, this certainly looks like the Nintendo Wii, eh?
Although, this pc equivalent is rather powerful.

Specs:
Intel Core Duo T2400 (1.83GHz), Mobility Radeon X1400 (128Mb), 250GB of SATA HDD, 512MB of RAM (Max 2GB), DVI & S-VIDEO, Wifi a/b/g...

Not a bad system at all. It might even make a decent media center pc.


Note: The pic is from VR Zone.

Silly article

sheesh.. The comparison is ridiculous considering how long the AMD 64 FX-60 chip has been out on market.

Silly Article

Titan Quest

This game feels very close to what Diablo II felt like. This is not a bad thing but the game has some serious memory leak issues somewhere. The patch that was recently released made this problem worse then initial release. I could play for about 30-45 minutes before the game started to hitch, and now I can only play it 15 minutes before it starts acting up. The only solution I've found is to reduce all of the graphic settings to medium and set the shadow settings on low which is ridiculous considering the hardware I run. *update* OMFG, Here I am running on 4 gig of ram and this game is still hitching after the same amount of time. wtf.

Heroes of Might and Magic V

Am I the only one who thinks this game is obscenely hard? I had to actually set the game on normal to get past a level and now I'm stuck on the level right after the one I was stuck on. grrrr!!

So much creativity at EA, NOT

So EA announces that they are releasing new games for the Nintendo Wii. The only problem about this so called announcement is that they are rehashes of games they already have. Madden, Harry Potter, SSX, blah blah blah blah. I can't wrap my head around what the developers over there are thinking.

Night Elf vs Troll

Something seems a bit out of whack. It took me a total of maybe 2 hours to hit level 9 with a night elf character vs the 2 days(total of 6 or 7 hours) to reach level 9 with a troll character. WTF.

Horde or Alliance

I had a chance to speak to my fellow co-workers today and they really want to try out the Alliance side since the Horde side is not too appealing to them. I'm somewhat used to playing a Nightelf so I don't mind so much but having a completely tauren party would be fun too.. Maybe , we can try a bit of both. At least, I can help them more with the whole night elf thingy. :)

EB and Game related stuff

I guess the whole point of the blog is to post some of the silly things people ask about at work, and of course to discuss games! Also, not a bad place to vent a bit about some of the stupid stuff that happens at work.

Tattoos

The thing about tattoos are that they are really addictive. I'm hoping to get a few more in the future. I got this one after I had been in the Army for two years.

Pic

Back to WOW

I had forgotten how addictive WOW was til one of my co-workers got me excited about the game again. Thanks, Perplexity! :P This year has certainly been a more positive one compared to the years previous. My last blog wasn't the most positive perspective of the world but then again, I had some serious potholes on the road along the way.