Saturday December 23rd, 2000

X-Com with a twist - Posted by Ckaoz

If you have been locked up lately and haven't heard about this upcoming game, it is called Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel. It looks to be similar to the hit strategy game X-Com based in a post apocalyptic setting. The story is based off the world from the Fallout series of RPG's. ANYWAY they have a demo released as of today, so i advise you to check this one out!

Violence in Games - Posted by Ckaoz

An interesting albeit long article on violence in video games has been posted at Avault and is an interesting read. The twist on this story is that there is a professor out there who believes that this violence in our most enjoyable games DOESN'T make people more aggresive!

Freelancing Goodness - Posted by Ckaoz

One of the many games due next year that I am highly anticipating is Freelancer. Made by the "man" Chris Roberts (creator of all Wing Commander games) at Digital Anvil hooked up with pc.ign and released some new pics of this upcoming game.

Friday December 22nd, 2000

NEW NAPSTER - Posted by Ckaoz

This isnt really game related but I thought I post out a message to all of you out there that a new Napster version is out and can be downloaded!

X-X3dfx - Posted by Ckaoz

Seems like as soon as the site came up it went down. The website for the company forming in Ireland of previous 3dfx employees has been swiftly shutdown, but the reasoning behind it is still a little cloudy!

Urban Upgrade - Posted by Ckaoz

I haven't checked this mod out yet, but I am about definitely going to . There is a new version that just came out yesterday for a Quake 3 mod called Urban Terror. Don't know what it's about? Here's the poop:

The basic idea is that "Urban Terror" is a top-secret project, initiated at the highest levels of the international community, designed to provide a way for governments that are worried about their image to secretly engage in serious military activity in urban settings. Squads are set up like cells of resistance movements, designed to operate independently with little overall direction, but with plenty of firepower and money to get jobs done.

Players take on the role of a member of one of these teams. The teams are basically directly related to clans in real life, so the idea of the terror team is basically meant to sync with clans. The project Terror teams don't know where or who orders come from, and because members of these groups are selected for their fanaticism, they are called upon to do all kinds of tasks - one mission they're protecting executives in a boardroom, the next they're assassinating executives that are believed to be at the head of a terrorist ring.

This means that in multi player games, neither team are goodies or baddies: they're both just following orders.

Site Update Cont. - Posted by Ckaoz

There will be news to be coninued on the site as the holidays close in and I find less time to work on it. But behind the scenes I am working on a couple reviews for you all to be pushed out. Bugsy has some more tips in store for you and we might even get some hardware posted up. As always the continuing project to finish the site info is always at hand but again is a last resort, I am also looking into a couple other things for the design of the website to implement so I have my hands quite full :P. Stay in tune here for the news, and watchout because you may be getting a nice christmas present of web goodness from us!

Thursday December 21st, 2000

Intel's Furture Pricing - Posted by Ckaoz

The Register has posted up an interesting article about Intel's pricing future from January to June. If you are to busy to visit the link take a look at a nibble of the story:

• The 1.5GHz P4 costs $644 on 28 January, $637 on 4 March, $594 on 15 April, and $455 in June.
• The 1.4GHz Pentium 4 costs $440 on 28 January, $420 on 4 March, $375 on 15 April, $316 in June.
• The 1.3GHz Pentium 4 costs $410 on 28 January, $374 on 4 March, $318 on 15 April, and $265 in June.
• The 1.7GH Pentium 4 will cost $777 at its launch, probably in May, and will drop to $666 in June.

Firearms Tactics Part 2 - Posted by Ckaoz

Bugsy just got finished with the second part of his firearms tactics guide which includes a nice rundown of all the skill sets included in the mod. Check it out!

Seadogs Patched - Posted by Ckaoz

The ho-cakes over at Akella have whipped up another patch for thier booty lootin swashbuckler, Seadogs. Head on over to their main site to download this puppy that brings you up to 1.04!

Wednesday December 20th, 2000

MPlayer bought out by Gamespy - Posted by Ckaoz

That's correct folks! Gamespy, the little company started by a couple guys to help out quake players to find game servers, has just acquired MPlayer the second largest online gaming service! Here's a nibble:

Privately held GameSpy Industries, Inc., a leading software developer and a pioneer in interactive online entertainment with a network of Web sites specifically catering to the international gaming community, and HearMe (Nasdaq: HEAR) a leading provider of next generation VoIP application technologies, today announced a definitive agreement whereby GameSpy will acquire the assets of HearMe's Mplayer/Live Communities (Mplayer) business unit, including the Mplayer.com Internet games and entertainment service.

x3dfx - Posted by Ckaoz

I noticed an interesting blurb over at Voodoo Extreme about some former employees from 3dx in Ireland trying to start up a company, but not much info has been given in regards to it, or is it listed on their website. Stay tuned for more info!

Tuesday December 19th, 2000

More Changes - Posted by Ckaoz

I made a few more internal changes to my web layout and figured I better start making things a little easier for me in the road ahead, and ended up making a LOT of work for me in the next week. I will definitely keep you posted on some of the latest news as I make these changes. Bugsy is finishing up a second installment for the Firearms guide so stay tuned to check it out.

3dfx latest - Posted by Ckaoz

There is an interesting article posted up on C|Net's Gamecenter about 3dfx's history and a little info on why they sold everything to nVidia. Head on over there and check it out, it's a good read.

Blade Preview - Posted by Ckaoz

No, it isn't a game about the movie! It's a kick ass 3rd person 3D hack 'n slash by Rebel Act Studios. If you are looking for some amazing graphics, and flying limbs I would advise you to download this demo, if you don't have a fat pipe to download this game, then check out this preview by Gamesdomain to check out what you are missing!

Though they might possess a disturbingly Troll-like ability to withstand the rigours of time, when was the last truly popular fantasy hacker? Hexen? Golden Axe? Rogue? Only one game comes to mind: Diablo. Otherwise it must have been knocking on the doors of a decade since gibbing monsters with a dirty great sword was an honest to God popular experience. Recent attempts from games like Die by the Sword and Rune have been adequate but hardly anything special. What this genre needs is something to come along and show the world how good games can look these days. How terrifying it can be to explore dungeons full monsters waiting to rip your guts out when you've got next to no health, and just how fun battering enemies to death with their own limbs can be. What this genre needs is Severance: Blade of Darkness.

Monday December 18th, 2000

Counter-Strike Cheats - Posted by Ckaoz

Its really sad to learn that this is possible to achieve, and how easy to achieve it was for Apus Hardware to find it, but they posted up an interesting article about how easy and what kind of cheats are out there for Counter-Strike. It only goes to show you what people will do to ruin a fun game. The only problem as that this is happening in a lot of different games out there today. Check out the article here.

Sacrifice Pics - Posted by Ckaoz

I posted some interesting shots of Sacrifice to go along with the review in the games department hed here to check those out. I will be getting out a couple more reviews to spice up this website coming out this week. If you have any suggestions on reviews, or news you would like to send me go ahead and email with your thoughts. I will also try finishing those links that I seem to be delinquent on. And maybe, if I am not too lazy I will finally get the "about us" page done :) !!