Starcraft News for Nov. 30th
Half-Life Reviewed
PC.IGN has a review up on this much talked about game. They give it an overall rating of 9.5 and go on to call it "the finest shooter ever crafted". Well written and plenty of screens to keep your eyes happy. Check it out here.Action Figures Everywhere
If you really want those SC or WC Action Figures for Christmas gifts you might want to get over to EB World and order them now. All sell for $9.99 (US) but have different shipping times. The Warcraft figures and Terran Marine ship in 24 hours, but the Zerg figure takes 2-3 weeks. The Protoss figure says available Dec 4th, ships 24 hours after that. If you like Zelda, I saw a Zelda Collectible Edition set out for $7.99 (US). Eidos announced the 9" Lara Croft Action figure will be in stores by December and should sell for $20. Lara will be sporting a wetsuit. I'm not even going to think about that choice of outfit.... EB is listing it available Dec. 26th with a $22.99 price tag.ROFL
Some people just have too much time... And from those inactive fertile brains come hillarious posts like Uses For SC Action Figures :) #5's my favorite, but 8 and 9 are interesting too :)RTS Gamers Move
RTS Gamers is moving to a new server and they have a rather unusual announcement up on it.... Grab a cookie and check it out! Don't ask, it'll make sense later :)Game Balance Debate Continues
Zileas has made a post on the game balance issue that's getting alot of attention. Blacklizard also added his 2 cents here. They're both good posts and if the thread gets long enough, who knows... maybe Blizz will pay attention.
Starcraft News for Nov. 29th
Half Life Patch
Half-Life 1.0.0.6 patch has been released. It's supposed to address that nasty reinstall problem, ping display, the reinstall problem, and some other minor stuff. Grab it here from Planet Quake. You can get more info on this patch and Half-Life here at Contaminated.net. Thanks for the info Talon Claw :)
Starcraft News for Nov. 28th
On Shafe's
I heard Shafe's shut down because they put the Star Wars trailer up for download and had over 10 gigs of data transfer....*yikes!* I guess they'll be back tho.Half-Life Warning !!
This is taken directly from Blues News and concerns a serious bug with uninstalling Half-Life :
I've received a couple of warnings from readers who've had the unfortunate experience of uninstalling Half-Life, or the Sierra utilities that install with Half-Life, only to find the uninstall deleted the entire directory structure where they installed the game. The results of such a deletion could range from the annoying (the uninstallation of the Half-Life OEM or other Sierra games if you installed in the default directory), to the really problematic (if you install games in a dedicated games directory) to the truly catastrophic (if you install the game in your program files directory), so until this is fixed (or it turns out these scary anecdotes are proven incorrect), I would suggest exercising extreme caution when removing Half-Life.New Zelda64 Screen Shots
I know a few ppl that are looking forward to Zelda so for them, click here and check out the new screens at The Techs.AMD K7 Chip Preview
Since I brought up the AMD chips yesterday, it seems only fitting to mention there's an extensive preview up on the AMD K7 at Chiptech.Couple Demos
Thief The Dark Project is available at Gamespot. A playable demo for Descent 3 is available at Discentia along with a ton of mirror sites. It's a 29mb download but is also available in smaller chunks for downloading ease. There's also some known bugs in this demo, ( a patch is due in about a week) so be sure to read the page b4 u start the d/l. eh, it's free what do u want? :)GameSpy ver2.06
Version 2.06 has been released for registered users. Get more info and download it here.Battlefield Communicator 30 Day Trial Version
Battlefield Communicator ver 1.1 has been released. This version eliminates the 15 minute timeout featur and will last for 30 days, then stop working untill you register it. Get more info at the site.3D To Die For
Gamespot takes a look at the hottest 3D Cards and updates it's sister publication, Computer Gaming World's, 3D Roundup. Lot of helpful info. Read the article here.What Is Going On??
According to PC Data, Barbie games hold the top two spots for game sells the week of Nov 8-14th. What kind of people buy Barbie Nail Designer for their kids?? I mean you can't even call it educational... *shudder* Here's the list.
- Barbie Riding Club (Mattel) $32
- Barbie Nail Designer (Mattel) $17
- Railroad Tycoon 2 (G.O.D) $37
- Microsoft Combat Flight Sim (Microsoft) $45
- Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2 (Activision) $18
- Hot Wheels Stunt Truck Driver (Matell) $28
- Tonka Workshop Playset (Hasbro) $39
- Microsoft Age of Empires (Microsoft) $39
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (Red Storm) $39
- AoE: Rise of Rome (Microsoft) $30
Starcraft News for Nov. 27th
Do You Need to Update?
While re-building my computer to it's former glory and re-downloading some must have's I found I was behind on some of the latest versions. So for your checking pleasure here's a list of the latest versions available for these popular downloads :
Kali 1.58
Win Amp ver 2.05
Game Spy ver 2.05
Win Zip ver 7.0
Netscape Communicator ver 4.5 - Grab it b4 AOL starts charging for it. Comes with a convienent 'Get Right'ish like utility called Smart Download that resumes, recovers and pauses downloads, and Real Player 5.0 is in there too just for fun.SC for MacIntosh
Blizz says it's supposed to be out for the holidays, least thats what it says at their site.. Last I heard they were beta testing it and then poof, nothing more. Anyway in preperation for it, check out Global Mac Games. They have ladders for several games including WarCraft, SC, Command & Conquer and Myth. They also have Chat and News sections. [news source - BGC]What happened to Shafe's and RTS Gamers???
All I get is an error saying "Forbidden: You don't have permission to access / on this server." Anyone else getting this or know why? http://www.shafe.com/ , RTS GamersThe Truth About B.net Optimizers
Janna's View has an explanation up on what causes split servers on b.net, straight from AlenL of Blizzard. It makes sense. Thanks to The Helper for the tip :)Nova Z on the AMD Mythology
While at Janna's View I ran across an editorial entitled, Nova_Z On the AMD Mythology. I have a distrust of AMD just because a friend of mine has one in her computer, and tho it's a faster puter than mine, it runs slower, alot slower. But being the open minded person I think I am ( *wink* ) I decided to read the article. It makes a lot of sense and I have to admit I had to catagorize myself in the "stupid biased ppl" catagory. Truth of the matter is, I just don't have the tech knowledge YET to try out all those things to determine what exactly is causing page fault errors and the likes. If your interested in the AMD vs Intel debate give it a read. Knowledge truly is power, and AMD chips are showing up in more and more systems. Side note - I've been told that the reason my friends puter is slower, is due to no pipeline burst cache in the earlier chips which has been rectified in the new faster chips.
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