Category: Gaming
Xbox 360 hype over?
I remember braving the cold and rain for 12 hours to claim my new Xbox 360 on launch day. I also had clients asking me to obtain one for them at any cost. All the game news outlets got wind of a second large shipment coming into BestBuys across the nation sparking yet another lineup [...]
Joel’s new gaming rig
Over the past week I have been helping a friend out. He wanted a killer gaming rig to do and play just about anything he wanted to do. He basically asked me if I were to build the ultimate machine what would I build. Needless to say these are the components accompanied by supporting photos. [...]
Counter-Strike Source Server Up!
I have been playing Counter-Strike for over 4 years now. Counter-Strike is a team based first person shooter. It’s a game I truly love to play and I am very good at it. However with any team based game, it can be great or a disaster dependant on the other players on your team. If [...]
Gaming Rig
After many requests, here are pictures of my gaming rig and an inventory of the components. The system is primarily used for gaming and testing software. I keep this separate from my main workstation to ensure that it remains stable at all times. All the components are housed in a Lian-Li case. The water components [...]
Computerless Pong
I found a link to this site while searching through Hard|OCP this morning. Somebody in Germany made a mechanical version of Pong. You heard me right Pong the old classic two paddles and a ball bouncing back in forth. It’s a novelty to say the least but you have to see how this thing was [...]
New Sleeker Network Ready PS2
On November first Sony plans to roll out a much slimmer less bulky version of it’s Playstation2 with a built in Ethernet port for online gaming. Looks like they are trying to pull some air out of the big Halo 2 release slated for the following week. For more information follow the link below: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/6802/Sonys-Halo-2-Party-Crasher
Xbox 2 Slated For Christmas 2005?
We’ll it seems that the Xbox 2 is slated for retail shelves in late 2005 according to an article on gameindustry.biz. It also seems that there is going to be some real custom architecture on this unit. It will no longer be a x86 system, the unit reportedly will contain multiple RISC chips and the [...]
Asteroids anyone?
We’ll it looks like Atari is going to re-issue 85 of its classic games including such titles as Asteroids, Centipede & Pong to name a few. Also it looks like they are also creating a mini version of their old 2600 & 7800 console that will inculde joysticks and be pre-loaded with 20 80′s game [...]
