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- 11-17-06 Hey it's me again...well I suppose its time for a
recap...
- 11-17-06 ATi's Catalyst 6.11's have just been released.
These are suppose to add Software Crossfire support so you don't need
a master card to run dual cards. Visit www.ati.com to get them.
(FYI: Since the 6.10's the "Chuck" patch is no longer needed for
Oblivion.)
- 11-17-06 Guild Wars: Nightfall has been released. The
biggest additions to the original games is the ability to have hero's
& save templates for skills and items. These 2 additions make a
huge difference in the way the game has played in the past.
Check it out over a
www.guildwars.com .
- 11-17-06 The Sony PS3 Has been released and the Nintendo Wii
should be out at the end of the weekend, if your into consoles.
- 11-17-06 Neverwinter Nights 2 is now out. From what I
hear, If you liked the first game, this is more of the same but it
looks much better.
- 8-23-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.8 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 8-23-06 Hard|OCP has a good preview of the upcoming quad CPU
by AMD. Head over
here to check it out.
- 8-23-06 Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is starting to gain more
attention. Its an upcoming RTS minus the character farming for
resources and more of the large scale battles. This game is
really staring to look good. Head over at the main site to take
a peek at
http://www.markofchaos.com/ .
- 8-23-06 Want to see the globe map, zoom in to city level,
see weather information, plot out virtual topographical maps, do you
like NASA? If so, you make want to head over and check out the
program World
Winds.
- 8-1-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.7 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 7-25-06 AMD buys ATI. I'm not sure how this will impact us
yet, But both companies are my choice label for their respective
products.
- 7-21-06 I'm not one to post much outside of computers, but
this thing at Popular Science is just too cool follow the link to see
the
bike/snowmobile.
- 7-19-06 New info on Guild Wars new expansion Nightfall is out.
Head over to www.guildwars.com
for more info
- 7-12-06 There will be a lack of updates for a while due to my
involvement with Guild Wars, Basicgamer Forums, and the GW Database
I'm working on.
- 7-12-06 ATI released both the 6.6 "Chuck" Drivers & the 6.6
Standard Drivers. The "Chuck" drivers is actually a hot-fix
added to the 6.3's which allow the support of AA & HDR in ES:
Oblivion and a speed increase. This new feature is not supported
in the standard 6.6's so grab the version you need. Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 7-12-06 Rumor has it that ATI will be making a 3 slot gaming
solution soon. It will be a 2-card Crossfire configuration + and
additional Video card acting as the PPU (watch out AGEIA). This
will be interesting to see if it pans out. I'm just hoping the
motherboard will be up to snuff. I can't say I'm all that happy
w/ the current 16x2 PCIE slot MB's
- 5-10-06 AGIEA Hardware by ASUS is now available at various
retailers. Be warned that software support at this time is
almost non-existent, so use caution when determining if you need this.
- 5-1-06 Guild Wars Factions is out now... Run, not walk to
the nearest store (I would have posted this sooner, but I was busy
playing). For those that don't know, GW is a no monthly fee
MMORG (CORPG). It is a cross between Diablo and M:TG. For
more info, head over to
www.guildwars.com . It's worth checking out.
- 4-13-06 I had some issues with my last computer update which
cause a delay in getting my email & web editor reinstalled. The
next time I plan on doing an update I'll post a notice prior to doing
it. (Oh well better to live & learn from mistakes)
- 4-13-06 Don't forget to check out what AGIEA has going on.
They have actually released hardware for the first Physics Processing
Unit (PPU). Head over to
http://www.ageia.com/index.html for more info.
- 4-13-06 ATI released both the 6.3 "Chuck" Drivers & the 6.4
Standard Drivers. The "Chuck" drivers is actually a hot-fix
added to the 6.3's which allow the support of AA & HDR in ES: Oblivion
and a speed increase. This new feature is not supported in the
6.4's so grab the version you need. Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 3-13-06 The GeForce 7900 series have been launched official
now. Make sure to check out
www.nvidia.com for more info.
- 3-13-06 Fixed the "Items for Sale" links. If you like
this site and you want to help out, see if there is anything there
that you would be interested in.
- 3-13-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.3 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 3-13-06 If you get a chance, check out the G5 laser mouse
from Logitech (or G7 if you like wireless). It has an extreme
sensitivity for those that like precise control. Check them out
at
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlist/US/EN,crid=2287&categoryid=10
.
- 2-22-06 It's not everyday where a keyboard catches my
attention, but after seeing the Logitech G15 in person it looks quite
cool. I'll give more insight one I get it. Go here to find
out more
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2288,CONTENTID=10717
.
- 2-10-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.2 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 2-10-06 nVidia's new Forceware drivers 81.98 drivers are
now out. Visit www.nvidia.com
to get them.
- 2-6-06 Trackmania Nations has been released. This is a
free version, so for those that haven't experienced TM yet, now is a
good time. Head over to the best fan site for the TM series for
download links
http://nations.tm-exchange.com/ .
- 1-21-06 Guild Wars Faction Weekend is now underway. If
you currently do not have Guild Wars and want to check it out, there
are trial keys available from Anet at
www.guildwars.com .
- 1-21-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.1 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 1-21-06 If your in the mood to find out how fast/slow your
computers is, the new 3DMark 2006 is out. I downloaded mine from
www.majorgeeks.com .
Head over to the forums after you run the tests and post your results.
- 11-17-06 Hey it's me again...well I suppose its time for a
recap...
- 11-17-06 ATi's Catalyst 6.11's have just been released.
These are suppose to add Software Crossfire support so you don't need
a master card to run dual cards. Visit www.ati.com to get them.
(FYI: Since the 6.10's the "Chuck" patch is no longer needed for
Oblivion.)
- 11-17-06 Guild Wars: Nightfall has been released. The
biggest additions to the original games is the ability to have hero's
& save templates for skills and items. These 2 additions make a
huge difference in the way the game has played in the past.
Check it out over a
www.guildwars.com .
- 11-17-06 The Sony PS3 Has been released and the Nintendo Wii
should be out at the end of the weekend, if your into consoles.
- 11-17-06 Neverwinter Nights 2 is now out. From what I
hear, If you liked the first game, this is more of the same but it
looks much better.
- 8-23-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.8 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 8-23-06 Hard|OCP has a good preview of the upcoming quad CPU
by AMD. Head over
here to check it out.
- 8-23-06 Warhammer: Mark of Chaos is starting to gain more
attention. Its an upcoming RTS minus the character farming for
resources and more of the large scale battles. This game is
really staring to look good. Head over at the main site to take
a peek at
http://www.markofchaos.com/ .
- 8-23-06 Want to see the globe map, zoom in to city level,
see weather information, plot out virtual topographical maps, do you
like NASA? If so, you make want to head over and check out the
program World
Winds.
- 8-1-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.7 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 7-25-06 AMD buys ATI. I'm not sure how this will impact us
yet, But both companies are my choice label for their respective
products.
- 7-21-06 I'm not one to post much outside of computers, but
this thing at Popular Science is just too cool follow the link to see
the
bike/snowmobile.
- 7-19-06 New info on Guild Wars new expansion Nightfall is out.
Head over to www.guildwars.com
for more info
- 7-12-06 There will be a lack of updates for a while due to my
involvement with Guild Wars, Basicgamer Forums, and the GW Database
I'm working on.
- 7-12-06 ATI released both the 6.6 "Chuck" Drivers & the 6.6
Standard Drivers. The "Chuck" drivers is actually a hot-fix
added to the 6.3's which allow the support of AA & HDR in ES:
Oblivion and a speed increase. This new feature is not supported
in the standard 6.6's so grab the version you need. Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 7-12-06 Rumor has it that ATI will be making a 3 slot gaming
solution soon. It will be a 2-card Crossfire configuration + and
additional Video card acting as the PPU (watch out AGEIA). This
will be interesting to see if it pans out. I'm just hoping the
motherboard will be up to snuff. I can't say I'm all that happy
w/ the current 16x2 PCIE slot MB's
- 5-10-06 AGIEA Hardware by ASUS is now available at various
retailers. Be warned that software support at this time is
almost non-existent, so use caution when determining if you need this.
- 5-1-06 Guild Wars Factions is out now... Run, not walk to
the nearest store (I would have posted this sooner, but I was busy
playing). For those that don't know, GW is a no monthly fee
MMORG (CORPG). It is a cross between Diablo and M:TG. For
more info, head over to
www.guildwars.com . It's worth checking out.
- 4-13-06 I had some issues with my last computer update which
cause a delay in getting my email & web editor reinstalled. The
next time I plan on doing an update I'll post a notice prior to doing
it. (Oh well better to live & learn from mistakes)
- 4-13-06 Don't forget to check out what AGIEA has going on.
They have actually released hardware for the first Physics Processing
Unit (PPU). Head over to
http://www.ageia.com/index.html for more info.
- 4-13-06 ATI released both the 6.3 "Chuck" Drivers & the 6.4
Standard Drivers. The "Chuck" drivers is actually a hot-fix
added to the 6.3's which allow the support of AA & HDR in ES: Oblivion
and a speed increase. This new feature is not supported in the
6.4's so grab the version you need. Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 3-13-06 The GeForce 7900 series have been launched official
now. Make sure to check out
www.nvidia.com for more info.
- 3-13-06 Fixed the "Items for Sale" links. If you like
this site and you want to help out, see if there is anything there
that you would be interested in.
- 3-13-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.3 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 3-13-06 If you get a chance, check out the G5 laser mouse
from Logitech (or G7 if you like wireless). It has an extreme
sensitivity for those that like precise control. Check them out
at
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/productlist/US/EN,crid=2287&categoryid=10
.
- 2-22-06 It's not everyday where a keyboard catches my
attention, but after seeing the Logitech G15 in person it looks quite
cool. I'll give more insight one I get it. Go here to find
out more
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2288,CONTENTID=10717
.
- 2-10-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.2 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 2-10-06 nVidia's new Forceware drivers 81.98 drivers are
now out. Visit www.nvidia.com
to get them.
- 2-6-06 Trackmania Nations has been released. This is a
free version, so for those that haven't experienced TM yet, now is a
good time. Head over to the best fan site for the TM series for
download links
http://nations.tm-exchange.com/ .
- 1-21-06 Guild Wars Faction Weekend is now underway. If
you currently do not have Guild Wars and want to check it out, there
are trial keys available from Anet at
www.guildwars.com .
- 1-21-06 ATi's new Catalyst 6.1 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 1-21-06 If your in the mood to find out how fast/slow your
computers is, the new 3DMark 2006 is out. I downloaded mine from
www.majorgeeks.com .
Head over to the forums after you run the tests and post your results.
- 1-11-06 The server move is finally done, so I'm glad that's
in the past. I had one major hiccup, but that was taken care of
relatively easily one I was able to talk to the sever guys.
- 1-11-06 If your curious, the final number of hits on the
main page was 1159 before the reset.
- 1-5-06 Don't forget if you haven't visited Windows Update
lately you should do probably do that now. Some critical fixes
have been released for WinXP & Lots of critical fixes have been
released for Win2000.
- 12-25-05 ATi's new Catalyst 5.13 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.12-10-05 ATi's new Catalyst 5.12 video drivers are out now.
Visit www.ati.com to get them.
- 12-10-05 nVidia's new Forceware drivers 81.95 drivers are
now out. Visit www.nvidia.com
to get them.
- 11-30-05 As usual I haven't had much time for updates, but
in this case that's a good thing. The second demo for Quake 4
has been released, or the first official release has just
happened...depending on your point of view. The new demo
includes a working multiplayer and 2 single player missions. Go
to your favorite downloads site to enjoy it.
- 11-30-05 Also on the "not the normal post" subject, the PSP
has a new update released which brings it up to version 2.6.
Follow the link for more details...
PSP
Firmware to version 2.6.
- 11-30-05 And yet again, another off-topic post... Firefox
1.5 final is released. Go
here for more details.
- 11-30-05 For those visiting the game sections, you may
notice that the GW Database links have been restricted to UNKN members
only. Hop over to the forums to find out more info on this.
- 11-17-05 Both of the Trackmania updates are now available. Look for Trackmania Original update for the first one and
Trackmania Sunrise Extreme for the second. Both Patches can be
found in the forums of
http://www.tm-exchange.com/ . I will be posting direct links
in the forums later.
- 11-11-05 Trackmania users get some nice visuals. Two
demos have been released. First is a beta Level Up for the
original Trackmania, which basically brings the first game to the
level as Trackmania: Sunrise. Note: that you need the original
to play the beta. Next up is the demo for the free add-on
Extremes to Trackmania: Sunrise. This demo can be played without
the game. If you want to find out all you can about this great
game, head over to
http://sunrise.tm-exchange.com/ .
- 11-11-05 Need For Speed: Most Wanted Demo is now available.
Check out the new demo at your favorite download site. If you
dont have one check out
www.3dgamers.com or
www.worthplaying.com.
- 11-11-05 I'm not a big iPod fan...but this is just cool.
Doom for the iPod!!! Go here for more info
http://idoom.hyarion.com/about.php.
- 11-3-04 New Nvidia Forceware WHQL drivers are now out.
Head over to www.nvidia.com to get
them.
- 11-2-05 The Guild Wars Halloween event is just about over.
I was able to pick up 1 Pumpkin Crown before the Mad King left for the
year.
- 11-2-05 Make sure you visit the Guild Wars game pages, as
there are nice additions being added.
- 10-27-05 Well that didn't take long... I just beat Quake 4.
I was rather pleased about the way they put the game together.
For those reviewers or websites that say "It so 2001", what did they
expect it's based on a game that has roots back to 1996 or farther.
If you like the Quake series then it is great. If you didn't
like the series, this one is good but it may not change your mind of
the series. If your expecting a different gameplay then Quake,
your going to be disappointed.
- 10-27-05 New Nvidia Nforce4 Drivers have been released visit
www.nvidia.com to get them.
- 10-27-05 New Nvidia Forceware Beta 81.87 have also been
released, go
here to get them.
- 10-25-05 After further review... Quake 4 is not like
Doom3. The engine is the same and some of the textures are
similar to Doom3, but there is actually a storyline here. Once
you get to the plot twist, things get really good. I also would
not recommend letting any kids plays this, or even watch it for that
matter as it is a little gruesome (wait until you see your first human
battery, yuck).
- 10-25-05 The beta ATI Catalyst drivers I mentioned a couple
of days ago are working really well with Quake 4. I saw a
massive improvement in framerate once I installed these.
- 10-25-05 It looks like ATI has also added more Mobility
cards to their driver set. Go to the driver page from the main
site www.ati.com, but when it asks
you for your card choose the mobile card and not the Radeons as you
normally would for your desktop system. If all else fails, it is
possible to mod the desktop drivers to work with your ATI Mobile video
card. The the mod tool at
http://www.driverheaven.net/patje/ . I have been using this
mod tool for the past several years with good results, but actual
mileage may vary.
- 10-22-05 Creative Audigy 2 & 4 owners with Quake 4.
Make sure you grab the latest beta drivers on creative's site to get
the OpenAL audio fix. It sounds nicer, has better performance,
and won't dump you to the desktop if you enable OpenAL in the game.
Go to www.soundblaster.com
to get it.
- 10-22-05 I almost forgot to mention about Nvidia's new
drivers. The 81.85 Forcewares are out. Go to
www.nvidia.com to grab them.
- 10-20-05 Fear is out in stores now...I would have picked it
up if it wasn't for....
- 10-20-05 Quake 4 is out in stores too. This one comes
in 2 flavors, standard & the DVD Collectors version. If you like
extra packaging the collectors is not for you. But, if you like
Quake 2 + the expansions and a 'making of' video for $10 more, then
this is the version for you. I'm a huge game fan of the series
but my first impressions was "Wow, this game looks exactly like Doom3.
Did I accidentally pick up the Doom expansion?". But I didn't
honestly get through enough of it to make a final decision on it yet.
- 10-20-05 And ATI card owners are getting a beta driver
release today. This is suppose to fix some "errors" in Q4 &
Serious Sam 2. But what's really cool is what they don't mention
on the fix. These drivers are suppose to give a massive
framerate improvement in games that use the Doom3 engine (odd the beta
is out on the same day as Q4...lol). Head over
here to get them. Just remember they are BETA. If you
don't know what that means, please don't download them.
- 10-20-05 I also spotted Serious Sam 2 in stores today as
well. So if you up for a totally different type of first person
shooter, grab this one for $30.
- 10-20-05 Guild Wars database update: I have over 200
collector items entered in the database but I'm missing information on
a lot of the stats of armor from character classes other than
warriors. I'm still working on this project, but it's taking
longer than I had expected.
- 10-7-05 I just saw Ultimate Spider-Man and Black & White 2
in stores today. U:S-M looks good, but I'm passing on B&W2.
- 10-6-05 Wow...talking about luck. I had another hard drive
failure just this week. For those keeping track this is my
second failure that I posted about and my third failure on this drive
model. BTW: If you were wondering, all the drives were WD's
WD1000BB (retail 100GB drives) and suffered from "clicking", with the
last 2 being made in 03Aug2001 in which the serial numbers were within
approx 4500. If anyone else has had this issue with this drive
model, drop me an email.
- 10-6-05 Official information has been hitting the net
regarding the release of ATI's new X1xxx Line of cards.
Unfortunately they just seem par with Nvidia's offerings at the same
price points. This is not going to good for ATI as I see them
now behind in the race since Nvidia's offering has been widely
available for many months.
- 10-4-05 I'm working on a guide for Guild Wars so the "news"
section is going to have to take the back seat for a while. I'll
still try to post the big stuff though.
- 10-4-05 Quake 4 has now been announced as being in GOLD
status. More hours soon to be gone from my life.
- 10-4-05 UFO: Aftershock is also scheduled to be released yet
this month. This is a direct sequel to UFO: Aftermath (From the
X-Com series).
- 9-24-05 Been busy lately so there was a lapse since the last
update. I'll try to cover the main points below.
- The Serious Sam 2 Demo has been released. Go to your
favorite download site to get it.
- This is a big week in computer games. Dawn of War: Winter
Assault, Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker, Fable, & DragonShard have all
been released. Dungeon Siege II was released a couple weeks
earlier.
- ATI 5.9 Catalyst drivers are now available, head over to
www.ati.com to grab them.
- You can pre-order Quake 4 from Best Buy right now and get a nice
Q4 black t-shirt (it's quite cool looking).
- Creative Labs launched its new Soundblaster XFi soundcard, If your
a gamer this should be on the top of your must buy hardware as it
greatly accelerates your 3D audio processing.
- ArenaNet launched its Guild Wars free expansion which added
another area (Did I mention it was FREE!). Go to
http://www.guildwars.com/news/gameupdates.html for more info.
- 8-18-05 ATI released the 5.8 Catalyst drivers, head over to
www.ati.com to grab them.
Thanks VR6.
- 8-18-05 Hope everyone had fun that attended QuakeCon (you
lucky ....)
- 8-18-05 Just got all my website email addresses installed on
the fresh Windows install, so I will now see your emails.
- 8-12-05 Nvidia has it's 7800GT video card widely available
now, and on that note the 77.77 Forceware drivers have been released.
Go to www.nvidia.com for more.
- 8-12-05 QuakeCon started yesterday, and boy do I envy all of
you that are seeing QuakeWars and Quake4 in motion. If your not
there, just google the game name and you can see the 12 pictures
everyone has.
- 8-12-05 Don't forget to head over to Windows update and get
the critical patches...please.
- 8-7-05 Some of you might have been wondering what was
up with the lack of updates lately. Well basically there
were 2 things... first there is Guild Wars (Don't play this game if you value
your time...nuff said). Second, having a main system hard drive
dying on me (lesson learned, USE a backup plan if running RAID 0). So
anyways here my attempt to cover items that might have been missed in
no particular order.
- ATI's 5.7 Catalyst drivers were released, go to
www.ati.com and grab them.
- The demo for F.E.A.R. has been released, go to you favorite game
site for download.
- The demo for Dungeon Siege 2 has been released, go to you favorite
game site for download (Be warned this one is LARGE...over 1 GB).
- The demo for DragonShard (D&D's new RTS) has been released, go to
you favorite game site for download.
- Updated stats on Guild War items on the GW FAQ page, thanks VR6
for that heads up. (Classic case of cut & paste strikes again.)
- Check out Nvidia's specs of the GeForce 7800 if you get a chance
as more info is available. It seems pretty impressive although I
am sticking with ATI for a bit yet. (History... was a 3DFX fan,
then Nvidia, now ATi, Next who knows.)
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has been pulled from most stores for
the now famous "Hot Coffee" mod. What's really interesting is
the lack of info the mass population doesn't seem to grasp. This
was an ESRB "M" rated game, meaning you have to be at least 17 years
old to buy it. The big fuss is to make it an "AO" game meaning
you have to be 18 years old to buy it. This is almost ridiculous
as all this fuss was for less than 1 year difference in the person
buying it. Although I do agree the ESRB was in the right for
changing this rating on this game (as they define the ratings, and the
game does fall into the next rating now). But, all the parents
that complained they bought it for their young kids (under 17) and
were "shocked" at the content, seriously need to be sat down and
talked to by a professional counselor. They bought a game named
"Grand Theft Auto"! Come on, did they actually expect anything
less from a game with that name? But oh well, life goes on.
If you want more info on these ratings go to
http://www.esrb.org/ .
- During My Windows XP reinstall, I noticed that Microsoft now
REQUIRES to to verify your copy of windows is legit before downloading
Window updates. Looks like the 30 day window to test an install
is effectively gone now. The only other solution is to run
unpatched, which really isn't.
- Speaking of which, more critical Window XP updates were released,
go fix it if you haven't already, please!
- Nvidia Released it's Forceware 77.76 Drivers, head over to
www.nvidia.com if that's your
flavor of video hardware.
- A new keyboard is coming out...(I know you must be wondering,
what's so special about a keyboard?) ...that has an LCD display on
each button. This will definitely be one of the best video game
devices IMHO. Check it out at
http://www.artlebedev.com/portfolio/optimus/ for more info.
Thanks VR6 for pointing this out to me.
- 6-22-05 Far-cry has now been updated to version 1.32, and
more pictures of the upcoming expansion has been released. Go
here for both.
- 6-22-05 Nvidia's GeForce 7800 GTX has been released and is
available. So if you have wads of cash and Nvidia is your brand
of choice then this is your lucky day.
- 6-11-05 If you haven't already heard, there is some new
information from ATI. They are going to be releasing a dual card
format (ATI's answer to Nvidia's SLI) named CrossFire. This 2nd
card should be able to work with the newest PCI Express Radeon cards.
Look for more info on most hardware sites.
- 6-11-05 Also from ATI, the newest 5.6 Catalyst drivers have
been released. Lots of good press on these drivers. Go to
www.ati.com to download them.
- 6-11-05 The version of Guild Wars was updated last week.
If you own this game I would highly recommend visiting the game site
for what changes have been made, since many new features have been
added. Go to
here for
more info.
- 6-7-05 News is going to be slow for a while as Guild Wars is
starting to occupy more of my time. But on a positive note this
will also mean the Guild Wars section will also be getting a boost.
- 6-3-05 Added a new forum for all to use (registration is
required) click on the link to the left to head over there.
- 6-2-05 Worked on updating the Guild wars section today, more
to come within the week.
- 5-25-05 Catch-up on game patches today, Doom 3 v1.3 is out
as well as Warhammer 40k DOW is up to 1.3 as well (Thanks GeoffVR6 for
that one). Head over to the patches
page for more info.
- 5-25-05 Wow, what a weekend! A ton of information has
been posted on upcoming games. I don't usually post way in
advance but Ageia has received a lot of press at E3. (No surprises
there) Check out all there press releases on their site at
http://www.ageia.com/index.html .
- 5-25-05 Unfortunately, Voodoo Extreme's momentum slowed back
to what is was before E3. Too bad, but on the bright side, their
coverage of the E3 games was great.
- 5-25-05 Make sure to check out the E3 specials on G4 (old
TechTV). Lots of great stuff there, and as a bonus you get to
see everything in motion.
- 5-25-05 Two games have been taking a portion of my free time
lately, and because of this I decided to dedicate some detailed
files/info for those. And if your wondering what the two games
are, they are Trackmania: Sunrise & Guild Wars. This means the
Mods section will be replaced by a Games section. In the new
Games section the sub-sections will be broken down by the game title.
Keep an eye out for this change, it should occur soon.
- 5-17-05 News has been slow lately but that's going to change.
The game show E3 is going on right now and by the looks of things,
there are a lot of titles of interest. Stay tuned for more
details.
- 5-17-05 I got off the phone with the local Gamestop today and they
told me that they are expecting Trackmania: Sunrise to be arriving
Thursday. I waited until posting this info because the past
comments were always "soon".
- 5-17-05 If you haven't visited
www.voodooextreme.com
lately, you should check them out. Although it seem they did a
shift again covering more consoles than PC games, they did double the
amount of news in one day.
- 5-11-05 Well I guess the 64bit guys are starting to get some lovin'.
They just released a 64bit patch for FarCry. Head over to
HardOcp for more info (they have to good articles on 64 bit gaming).
The 64bit FarCry article can be found
here.
- 5-11-05 The summer CPL event will be held on July 6-10. Go
here for more details.
- 5-10-05 Guess the 5-10-05 date on TM Sunrise was incorrect.
It shipped on Monday so that means it will most likely come in at the
end of the week. On a positive note, the Doom3 Expansion is only
$19.99 at Gamestop right now. So I suppose a little Doom is in
order to help with the wait on TMS. BTW: I just played a bit of
the expansion and I have to say I am quite impressed with the Grav-Gun
they give you....so far.
- 5-7-05 The bad news, Trackmania has been delayed. The good
news, it should be in stores by the 10th (fingers crossed).
- 5-7-05 Trackmania trackpacs have been updated, go to the Mods
section for the new download.
- 5-3-05 It looks like Tackmania Sunrise will be released this
Friday, I know I'll be there when the store opens.
- 5-3-05 Speaking of Trackmania Sunrise, more demo maps have been
created, this time by my friend that goes by VR6. Do you want
your track to get on here too, drop it in the submission and I'll see
what I can do. Don't forget to visit
http://sunrise.tm-exchange.com/ and give awards to tracks you feel
deserve it.
- 5-3-05 Do you share the same feelings about the average
MMORPG's as I do? I don't understand how they make it, they
charge you for a game, then charge you a fee every month you want to
play, they restrict if you can sell virtual items, the service may not
be running when you want to play it, etc. These game make no
sense to me. However a game has just been released last week
that is attempting to change some of these things called
Guild Wars. This game is
made by the same crew who worked on Diablo, Starcraft, & Warcraft.
The major feature it boasts is that there is no monthly fee and it is
suppose to be playable on a modem. They also refer to the game
as a CORPG instead because of some of the features. I could
almost see playing this online only game myself.
- 4-28-05 The Mod section has been put up now, check it out and grab
the first Trackmania Sunrise track I created. (it's the last
option on the left if you were wondering)
- 4-28-05 For those of you that decided to go with Windows XP Pro
64bit and are ATI Radeon users, head over to
www.ati.com and get the new Catalyst
5.4 64 bit drivers.
- 4-26-05 I will host user tracks for the Trackmania Sunrise Demo &
Retail versions. Only send tracks you create to
submissions@basicgamer.com
.
- 4-26-05 A Dragonshard preview has been put up at ign.com, go
here to
check it out (I spotted this last month & it still looks good).
- 4-26-05 While exciting but not practical yet, Windows XP 64 bit
editions should be widely available soon. I do not seeing this a
being very useful for most users as your drivers all have to be
written for 64 bit. This is going to be a pain for at least some
time while all the peripherals get the driver updates. Yeap, so
it's that time to decide how much you really like that old controller.
If you are not tied down to old equipment then an upgrade might be for
you. Head over to
www.microsoft.com and take a look at their top reasons to buy,
trial editions, & free upgrades for qualified users.
- 4-20-05 Heroes of Might and Magic 5 is set for a early 2006
release. Normally I don't post things so far in advance but I
think this might actually justify a quick peek. Go to the
gamesite for
pictures and details. (Spoiler:
they got rid of the 2-D look)
- 4-20-05 Nvidia Forceware drivers 71.89 were released last week, go
to www.nvidia.com to grab them.
- 4-20-05 Feeling cheap, low on cash, feeling like reliving older
games, or just plain like free games? Rockstar is giving away
some of their older games for just filling out a simple little form.
The 3 games available are Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 2, & Wild
Metal. Head over to
http://rockstar.com and go to the classic section (if your lost
click here)
Also available from
Bethesda Software
is their first game Elder Scrolls: Arena, go
here to grab it. (Keep in mind this is a very old game and
you may have issues with running it on new systems.)
- 4-14-05 I just realized something the other day, PC Gamers don't
watch TV (or that's what industry people think). Think for a
second... when was the last time you saw an ad on TV for a PC game
(not including ones coming out on consoles the same time), high end
video cards, gaming hardware, etc.? As a matter of fact the only
recent ads in my memory actually geared toward gaming are the
Alienware PC's. Now don't think I feel that this is a bad thing
as I don't need an ad to tell me "hey, this is cool". Maybe its
just that they don't hit us with TV ads because we are bombarded with
them on the Net and since we never unplug (hehe) there is no need to
show us anything on TV. Just thought I had to share that with
you all.
- 4-14-05 It's that time again, more XP security fixes are now
available on Windows Update. Do your self a favor and get your
box patched.
- 4-14-05 More Steam updates are available, launch steam and let
Valve take over.
- 4-11-05 DriverHeaven
has a nice little write-up for those Nvidia SLI users out there.
They show how to create your own SLI profiles so you can get the
performance you paid for. This is good if you have a game that
hasn't been pre-programmed for in the drivers.
- 4-11-05 More good stuff on DriverHeaven can be found. Patje's
Mobility Modder v2.2 is out now, grab it here
www.driverheaven.net/patje/. If your wondering what this can
do for you, it basically lets you install the standard ATI Catalyst
drivers on you laptop. This is really handy if your notebook
maker releases drivers once a year or less.
- 4-9-05 Better a little late then never right? The ATI Catalyst 5.4 video
drivers & MMC new updates are available on ATI's site, go to www.ati.com
and grab them.
- 4-9-05 I have been spending a lot of time with the game demo
TrackMania Sunrise (see news on 4-3-05), and I have to say this might
be one of the best, if not the best racing game I have played,
Period! I spent time with the demo, got gold in all the tracks,
then sat patiently waiting for the actual game to come out (not out
here in the states yet). Then I found this cool mod site with
lots of user created tracks at
http://sunrise.tm-exchange.com/. I was curious how they were
created as the build track option didn't seem to function in the demo,
but then I realized that one section is available to build with on the
demo!! So I immediately downloaded some tracks and was extremely
impressed, even tried my own track. These user created tracks
are not only awesome but they are very small as well (around 8 KB's
per track, yeap KB's!!!!!!). There are also hundreds of tracks
for the demo available as well. This just hit my #1 game to buy
within the next 30 days. If you check out the site make sure you
at least download the Superman2 track (Do not even bother to try this
track until you have obtained gold in at least a couple of the demo
tracks.
- 4-9-05 Steam/Half Life2 updates are available, like always it's as
simple as launch Steam and wait.
- 4-9-05 Although pretty old news, this one almost classifies as
"get it before its gone". If you like the Amazing Spiderman
comics this deal is for you, it a CD-collection that has all the ASM
comics in PDF format from March 63 to Dec 2003 (500+ issues, 11 CD's).
It retails for about $40.00 which is a great deal if you consider the
price per issue if you don't have them. But, Buyer Beware! I had
small surface blemishes in a couple of my disk that I did not like
seeing in a NEW disk set. Although every CD could be read, I
felt that some of the C1 error levels were a little to high for my
tastes.
- 4-7-05 Beta drivers from Creative Lab for the Audigy 2 sound cards
have just been released that is suppose to provide better 3D audio
support and performance. The are beta so use at your own risk.
If your still interested grab them
here.
- 4-6-05 Check out the new map feature of
Google, not only can you look up
maps now, you can see satellite images of where your going as well.
- 4-6-05 Looks like it won't be long until Quake 4 sees the light of
day since it's been reported to be at the next
QuakeCon. Check out the
clip at
Gamespot for details.
- 4-6-05 Don't forget the Doom 3 expansion "Resurrection of Evil" is
now available.
- 4-3-05 Check out the demo for TrackMania Sunrise. It is a
massive update from their first attempt of the racing genre. If
you played the first game and liked the concept but hated the gameplay
then this game is for you (think Hard Drivin'/Race Drivin' series).
Head over to
www.trackmaniagame.com to check it out.
- 4-3-05 It was a pretty disappointing April's Fool's Day, nothing
really stuck out as being so believable it took weeks to disprove.
If you found one I missed, drop me a line.
- 3-21-05 For those that like those high-end portable gaming systems
make sure you stop by your favorite store this week to pick up a PSP
while they are in stock. Don't forget Wal-Mart is open all
night. If you pick one up let me know what you think of it.
(EDIT: I took out the day I heard it was to be released off as I have
been hearing different stories in different places.)
- 3-21-05 The Sacred expansion "Underworld" is GOLD! It should
hit Germany on 3-24-05 and the rest of us on 4-22-05.
- 3-20-05 I just stumbled upon a new game that looks very promising.
It's a new RTS based on the D&D environment called Dragonshard.
I'm not quite sure how this slipped under my radar but I have my eyes
on it now. Check it out at
http://www.atari.com/dragonshard/home for more info. Atari's
site has June 2005 as the release date.
- 3-11-05 Well, I suppose ATI users are not the only ones that get
drivers, get the nVidia Forceware 71.84 drivers at
www.nvidia.com if your on that
side of the fence.
- 3-10-05 ATI Catalyst 5.3 video drivers are available on ATI's
site, go to www.ati.com and grab
them. The big update seems to be new OpenGL 2.0 support, error
reporting, new control style, plus many other fixes.
- 3-8-05 The biggest news I know of since the introduction of the
3DFX Voodoo video card is hitting the net right now. A company
called Ageia publicly released information on a new technology called
the PhysX chip. So what's so great about this chip, you might
ask? Well, it's the first PPU (Physics Processing Unit).
Think of what the first 3DFX chips did for the graphics, now think the
same for realistic environmental interactions. The best thing
yet is that this technology is based to debut as an add-in PCI & PCI-Express
card to come out by years end. This is by far the most exiting
news I have heard of in the last several years period! If you
are looking for news on this technology, I recommend visiting their
site first
http://www.ageia.com/index.html as they have interviews & site
previews listed in their NEWS section. After that visit your
favorite hardware site for more info. I see this technology
becoming the next major leap in gaming.
- 2-22-05 The Unreal Tournament 2004 version 3355 patch has been released. Go to
www.3dgamers.com or your
favorite game site to grab it.
The ECS patch has to be installed prior to using this patch.
- 2-22-05 Check out the essential 50 games of all time article at
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3116290. Some good stuff
in there.
- 2-22-05 I found a Microsoft update site that lets you download
Windows patches now and update later. Go here and check it out
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/catalog/en/default.asp.
- 2-22-05 Think of a computer gamer... Got it? Was it some
dorky looking boy wearing something his mom picked out? If this
is what first pops into your mind, maybe you need to check out this
site http://www.fragdolls.com/.
- 2-22-05 Want to make the next big game? Don't have the time
or experience to write your own engine? Check this site out
http://www.garagegames.com/, that cool game you want to make might be closer than
you think.
- 2-22-05 Fixed a bug in this site over the weekend that would not display
the SWKeys font while on the
www.basicgamer.com domain, it did not effect the basicgamer.com domain though.
Please contact me with system specs if the fonts are not correct.
- 2-19-05 ATI Catalyst write-up on the 5.2 vs. 5.1 drivers are available on
bit-tech, check it out here
www.bit-tech.net/article/158/. (they show some
new features you might otherwise miss).
- 2-14-05 Site Redesign, of course you may have already noticed this by now.
- 2-11-05 ATI Catalyst 5.2 drivers released,
Go to
www.ati.com for download links.
- 2-9-05 Lots of new security
patches (most rated at high risk) released for Windows XP, visit Windows Update and install
them, Please!
- 2-6-05 I just noticed the
MTGIE Patches have become available again
(Site was down last I checked), head over to WOTC and grab them quick
before they disappear for good.
- 1-27-05 Patch up your favorite 3DMark or
PCMark Benchmark to the newest version at
www.futuremark.com , lots of new patches for the whole line of
products.
- 1-18-05 ATI Catalyst 5.1 drivers released
yesterday, Go to www.ati.com
for download links.
- 1-15-05 New version 5 ATI Catalyst drivers
due within a week.
- 1-15-05 Found interesting game site
www.gametunnel.com.
- 1-15-05 Moved sales pages to their own tree.
This should be easier to browse items now and in the future.
- 1-12-05 Software for sale page is up and
running.
- 1-10-05 BasicGamer.com hits the Web! (Sorry couldn't resist).
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