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Sword of the Stars 2 release thoughts

I’m a huge fan of “X4 stratagy games”, from Imperium Galactica 2 to Galactic Civilisations 3. I have been watching SotS 2 for awhile now, and had felt lucky that I did not pre-order the game. The game is simply not finished, with many people reporting game breaking bugs and a general lack of information on [...]

New upgrade next week and a request (need a banner and forum)

My i5 530 has served me long enough. I am upgrading to the 2500k which should be a huge leap in performance over the dual core. I will probably not be posting again till after the upgrade, so I will update this post with the new computer. After many hours of searching for a suitable [...]

Steam – PC Gaming Savior V Origin

Since EA’s decision to keep BF3 exclusively on Origin and removing their games from Steam, It has set a dangerous precedent for PC gaming. The last thing PC gaming needs is another Steam rival to split up the only thing that keeps PC gaming going. The list of why Steam is better then Origin is [...]

Total War: Shogun 2 Rise of the Samurai DLC review

“Shogun 2″ and “The original campaign” are interchangeable in this review. When I first heard about the new DLC Rise of the Samurai from Total War developers Creative Assembly, I had mixed feelings. I had read “A Brief History of the Samurai” about 6 months ago which is mainly the reason why it peaked my [...]

PC maintenance: Simple effective programs for maintaining your PC/laptop

  A WiP. Will add more to this when I have the time. This article is intended for novices or someone looking for the best free software to get the job done. I have helped people out fixing mild PC issues, mostly to do with malware and general issues that PC’s will not have if [...]

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad – Bugs? What bugs?

I spend the last bit of credit on my credit card on Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad. I had been watching a few live streams as soon as the game went live on steam, and it looked like good fun. Dead Island is ok, but gets boring very fast, and after completing Space Marine, [...]

September update – 40K Space Marine and Dead Island

Its a good time to be a gamer! We have the new Shogun 2 DLC coming out around the end of September, with a new campaign but more importantly a huge patch for the current game. As interesting as the new DLC campaign will be, I will probably still play the original campaign. Hopefully they [...]

Shogun 2: TW Legendary Date Campaign (with rules!)

  I have been spending much of my free time playing this Date campaign. The rules are to convert to Christianity asap, and to only expand from the east and not from the west pass the 4 provinces that form the block in the east. As the game stands from the pic, I am at [...]

NASL conclusion and thoughts (July 2011)

  The NASL has just finished in the last minute, after some of the best 7 PvT games ever played between oGsMC and Puma, with Puma eventually winning that 50k dollar prize money. I have watched many live streams and commentated games on youtube by various commentators with various players, but Puma was a new [...]

NASL finals awkward start

  The NASL final started yesterday night for Europeans and the afternoon for North America. It is the North American Star League, the NA SC2 event for those who don’t know. I have been watching the matches during the last month and have been enjoying the commentary and games played between many professional SC2 players. [...]

Microtransactions and dev leak document spark mass protests on EVE: Online

After the recent Incarna expansion from CCP, people finally found out the real price of vanity items for their avatars. I don’t think anyone was expecting the extravagant price range that CCP are asking for. This was maybe a minor issue which rubbed alot of the playerbase the wrong way. The major blunder from CCP [...]