2011 World class PC Modding

Take a look at the Bit-Tech cream of the crop in PC modding this year.
Things have really advanced beyond the simple led and water cooling modifications of yesteryear.
I've included my personal favorites here, but have a look at the complete list after the break!

Dorkly rules!

Just discovered some hilarious gaming clips produced for the Dorkly channel.
I'm posting my current two favourites, but many more gems are available - the Mortal Kombat and "gaming character X meets his agent " are great too!

Have phun!

Another favourite after the break ...

The most badass game kill I've ever seen!

If you still haven't got missiles in your Battlefield 3 jet, you can always solve it like this ! ^_^

Watch out - Download.com adds malware!

I personally use Softpedia most of the time but Download.com is very popular so check out the article below :

http://insecure.org/news/download-com-fiasco.html

The beauty of Skyrim

Take 5 minutes to admire the beautiful time-lapse video of the extraordinary scenery graphics in Skyrim.

!eNJoy!

The end of the world ?

Well, the end of A world, Star Wars Galaxies to be more precise.
It doesn't happen too often that a "legendary" grand old MMO gets killed off, but that is precisely what is going to happen on 15/12/2011. It will have been running about 8 years by then!

There is one special twist : at the end of that day, you will be able to see who actually won the Intergalactic war (Empire versus Rebels). So go have a look at all the stuff after the break and find out what you'll be missing... forever...

What is better than a free game?

Uhhh, 3 free games of course! And that is just what the open source community around Aleph One has in store for you. But not just any old free game. No, the (semi) official HD remakes of Bungie's Marathon games!

They were the Doom and Duke mirror games on Macintosh. Only played a tiny bit of those but they are very well regarded in the retro community. So go check them out after the break !

There is also online multiplayer in Marathon Infinity !

Back to the "BeeB"

The BBC Micro turns 30 today. I never owned this home computer from the '80s. I was stuck with a ZX81 and then a Sinclair QL (figure that!) but I eagerly followed all the BBC computing programmes on tv (since I lived in just about the only area at the time where you could watch the BBC channels abroad).

Here's a bunch of great articles on what those times were like and how that machine and its rivals influenced the giants of today, in gaming, IT technology and everything in between.

At the BBC site

You can also watch Micro Men here -  a great docu-drama on the rivalry between Sinclair and Curry at that time

Skyrim at it's deadliest!

I haven't really talked about Skyrim on here. It looks like another huge and exquisitely crafted Bethesda RPG - the same thing they've been doing since Morrowind, and precisely the reason I haven't played them since then, cause they're huge time suckers. Still, it's fun to see what people are up to in these games.

So without further ado, go and watch this wacky Skyrim death compilation, and check out more fun and nudity after the break!

A new way of driving on PC

Have a look at the SteelSeries Simraceway SRW-S1.
Quite an interesting product. Nothing we haven't seen before after the Wii and the XBOX wireless steering wheel. Still, I'm quite intrigued and wouldn't mind giving it a try. The price seems reasonable as well.

Videos of in game action after the break...

The making of the original XBOX

All the juicy details and behind the scenes decisions that made the first XBOX.
Amazing stuff across 6 pages - well worth the read...

Zelda ~ The worst of the worst... and then some

Well, I've tried to find really bad reviews of Zelda Skyward Sword but it's just not possible.
When the absolutely worst of the reviewers still give the following comments you can only consider this game an instant classic...

"Once you get the hang of it, normal controllers almost start to feel primitive. I'm playing Skyrim right now, and it feels like my hands are tied behind my back."


"With this latest sequel, the developers have crafted a remarkable adventure that implements some of the most forward-thinking ideas of the series."


"To be successful in combat, reacting to the placement of each enemy’s hands is of utmost importance, and while one becomes extremely adept at taking out the early combatants after a few hours, from start to finish, Skyward Sword asks much of your wrist. When the credits rolled, my hand ached, and it felt great."

Check out who gave the worst scores for Skyward Sword and 'why' after the break...

Something rotten in the realm of Ad-Aware

Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time before something like this happened.
There is no official proof but it seems that the (once) very popular Ad-aware antispyware from Lavasoft has been taken over by the very people it wants to protect you from.
I've used this program in the past, but I guess I'll just have to find a valid replacement from now on...

You can read the article after the break

Battlefield 3 Tech Analysis

I guess the title says it all.
Discover a selection of in-depth articles that give you the lowdown on the different gfx settings of Battlefield 3 with comparison shots and videos, lots of gfx benchmarks plus you get to discover how many CPU cores you need for this game.

Check it out after the break...

New Fantasy Co-Op 3PS title

Well, The Lord of the Rings - War in the North is finally here and I had to read several reviews to get a good feel for this game. In short, the co-op is a blast, so, I'm hoping a couple of my online buddies are willing to invest time in this one!  (apparently lan-play is possible so, ... ^_^ )

A little roundup of reviews after the break...

One of the most Powerful "Portables" !

Have a look at "Big Blue" here...
I like the basic idea - now if someone could just make a custom attached lcd screen for a nicely loaded Shuttle SFF I could really get into this thing ;-)

More fun after the break...

Games are Art

A very nicely done video on the subject of games as Art. Short & Sweet - have a look at it!

MechWarrior News!

Well, that's actually Mechwarrior Online news!
Yep, the total reboot of Mechwarrior is gonna be a Free-2-play MMO, with just about everything you can imagine about the old FASA universe. I read most of the info on their website and I'm pretty excited about it!

Head on to their site after the break and you can already reserve your Mechwarrior Pilot Name! ;-)

The History of Battlefield

Just wanted to share this video with everyone - makes it a little easier to understand why 10 million+ people bought the latest Battlefield 3 ;-)

A very nice job - and a whopping 45 minutes! ^_^

Smart TV's and the gaming revolution

And you thought PC gaming was becoming a niche market?
Check out the article after the break on what the future might have in store for us.

My personal view? Smart Tv's and their games will just have to slug it out with consoles until the uberstreaming services (a la Onlive) get their act together - after that, the technology won't matter anymore...

Battlefield 3 Tips

Increase your XP and your ranking in this awesome military mayhem simulator ;-)
Just check out the article after the break ...

Mario Kart 7 on 3DS

Well, I played a lot of MK on my DS - every noon at work, together with my (ex-)collegues - the four of us having a riot. Good times, for sure!
Number 7 looks like a more than worthy succesor - damn, I wish we could do it all over again! ^_^

Check out the launch video here and multiple previews after the break!

The world's first TRUE Battlefield simulator!

Take a really good look at the video after the break and try and imagine the adrenaline boosting experience this surely must be! Frigging awesome and fittingly expensive of course.

As part of a challenge presenters Jason Bradbury and Suzi Perry brought together a team of design experts and an amazing array of technology worth £500,000 ($650,000) to build this one-off creation.

Battlefield 3 BETA Showcase

Well, I sure hope most of these bugs get eradicated ;-))

Check out the rest beyond the break!

Alien Arena

This looks like a good candidate for the next Lanparty - it's a quality mix of such esteemed peers as Unreal Tournament and Quake 3, called Alien Arena.

There are regular updates and lots of extra maps and best of all : it's FREE !

Have a look at it after the break.

More BF3 Benchies!

Just a quick post to you inform you of some more Battlefield 3 benchmarks.
What's even more helpfull are the screenshots giving you a way to compare the quality of the different gfx settings.

URL after the break...

The BTF LANPARTY came to town!

Okay, so there was no wet T-shirt competition but I did have a really great time at the Battleteam Flanders LANPARTY this weekend!
We got our (over)dose of Teamfortress 2, Company of Heroes, Modern Warfare 1 and a healthy racing fix with BLUR (which was awesome)! There was a great atmosphere and lots of wackyness . Thanks guys!

Medion cashes in on ZTE SKATE

Well well, if it isn't the return of the ZTE Skate!
It seems ALDI (with Medion) has beaten Mobistar to the punch this time...
Looks like it comes with some extra GPS stuff  as well in the package!

As usual, these will be available in limited supplies (as of saturday)

Losing anonimity through Gigapixels

Well, you can't hide in a crowd anymore these days.
After the break you'll see how high resolution cameras allow everyone to be identified.
What makes this set of pictures special is that this is a crowd that minutes later took part in the most destructive riots ever in Vancouver. Check out the video and then be amazed after the break.

Battlefield 3 Beta Benchmarks

Just a quick post to get everyone up to speed on this all important issue ;-)

More results after the break

I see an Atlas and a Loki

Well, this is it folks!
Mechwarrior is finally coming back to PC's - courtesy of Piranha games.

Movie watching in the future

What's it gonna be like in a DVD-less world ?
Well, this article gives more than a glimpse of that soon-to-be world.

Let's sum it up here already :

Buy your ownership of the movie - pay more if you want to see it sooner (like 30$ for prime content, duh?!)
Watch on all inet devices you own - but if you're not connected forget it,
Put rentals on the backburner (bottom of the foodchain),
Use tablet or smartphone for related content (Bonus commentary,...)
Etc.

Commanding is out!

Well, there you have it - no commander in Battlefield 3 :-(

Read on to find out why and what the alternative is gonna be...

Diablo III and your "perfect" Internet connection

Here's a saga to follow closely - and RPS has just the article to discuss this growing pain in the proverbial bUd...

Watch out for fake mediaplayer downloads

We're all smart computer users but I still want to warn you for these sort of scams :

More info on other scams after the break...

Best ARCADE Blog ever

Well, the title says it all really.
Head on over to these guys and drool over all the cool stuff that's still making the rounds in arcades all over the world. Pitty we don't see any of it around here (Belgium) any more :-(

Here's a look at what Mercedes is doing with Gran Turismo 5.

The Fight to Revive Pinball

I love pinball and seeing a company make it's last stand to uphold the legacy brings a tear to my eye.

I'm talking about Stern, the only pinball maker left in the world

Go read all about it...

Free for Android

Have a look at Elixir 2 on Google's fancy phones - a regular Swiss Army Knife App

Who's serious about the Duke ?

Well, I haven't gotten around to playing DNF yet, but Gearbox is very interested in your constructive criticism of their fetish title - so if you feel like spilling your guts (along other bodily things) then head over here and do your worst ^_^

Another helpfull software site

This time it's Gizmo's Freeware site - they've got nice suggestion lists and wizards to guide you through different categories of software.

Check it out here ...

A regular RETRO treasure trove

Found a seriously wicked youtube collection of Retro gaming goodness.

It's called MAMECADE and I think they rule.

Here are the glorious insider details on Spy Hunter, one of my all time arcade favorites!

Take some poison with that honey!

If I say D&D Heroes of Neverwinter comes to Facebook it gets quite difficult to decide which is the honey and which is the poison ;-))

Behind the scenes Star Wars

What with the Blu-Ray releases some very funny and interesting pictures of the production sets of the Star Wars movies have (re)surfaced.

Check out more after the break...

MameHUB

Mame what? Well, how does Gauntlet or Super Sprint MultiPlayer ONLINE sound to you ?
In short, it seems some very enterprising coders have been at work to make a Mame vesion playable over the internet!

Check out the tutorials and home page after the break...

Just some fun stuff today

Streetfighter Ken vs Ryu IRL ;-)

and... Adventure Time (ridiculous take on Live RPG's? ^_^ )

Have pHuN!

A terrible thing has happened!

Well, it's just about time to prepare for the release of the biggest movie event of all time.
Yep, the Star Wars movies are almost upon us in all their Blu-Ray-ish superior quality and all that.
So the whole planet is happy and lives ever after?
Uhm, well no, because as ever, Lucas decided to change things in this latest edition.

Go read here to find out all the smutty details...

ZTE SKATE UPDATE

Well, I meant to post about this some time ago. The Skate has been released as the Orange Monte Carlo model in the UK a couple of weeks ago.

Check out some unboxing after the break...

The most wicked game promotion video I've ever seen!!!

Wicked as in good - I think(?)
Anyway, we're talking about DEUS EX : HUMAN REVOLUTION and Squeenix has prepared a little something very REAL for us this time...

Watch it here :

Further info after the break...

Another Timesucking Automaton coming for PC

Which one you ask? Well, it's Torchlight 2 of course. The only direct Diablo III competitor, that will offer multiplayer goodness this time around, with LAN and Online play and solo gaming without online access needed.  Best of all, it'll only cost 20 bucks!

Check out more after the jump...

Hands-on here... and here....
As well as a nifty interview with Max Schaefer himself here... 

A look at Dragon Commander

Could this be the first RTS I'm gonna play in a long long time (think 15+ years) ???
At the very least I'll give it a chance, 'coz of it's original gameplay and because Larian is behind it !

Great interview and more after the break...

YORK looks like the Ultimate Network Sniffer

Sniffs out passwords, images, web sessions automatically (see the tabs in the screenshot).
This really is one bad-ass utility!

Download from here...

Game Manager

Nice utility for every PC gamer with a large pile of boxes sitting in the corner - and it supports ISO's as well ;-)

Check out some more screens and the home page after the break

Finally something else!

To save us from all those gun toting adrenaline busting FPS military shooters coming out this year, Gearbox and Sega will let us relax, sit back and enjoy the rosy peaceful world of ALIENS - Colonial Marines.


I loved the earlier Alien(s) games - especially the Monolith game(s) - I'll be sure to check this one out!

Check out the hot new trailer after the break

Battle of the Engines

After the Frostbite 2 coverage (with Battlefield 3) it's time to give some love to the other heavy hitters out there : 

Watch and enjoy Unreal Dev Kit (UDK 3.5) versus CryEngine 3

Tech videos after the break (watch them in 720/1080p)

From CUBE to Q.U.B.E

Check out this cool indie game using the Unreal SDK.
It's like CUBE the movie made into a game. Quite innovative and interesting!

Movie and more follows...

Quickly resize videos

Resizing images is easy, right? But sometimes I need to resize a video and this Moo utility looks quite handy for that.

BF3 - 64 players

Not a lot of time to post - just wanted to share the latest Battlefield 3 gameplay trailer.
Friggin' awesome, but that's just my opinion - what do you guys think ?

GamesCom 2011

A very long time ago I went to the Commodore and Amiga Shows in Cologne and had a great time and it looked like this
But since a couple of years there's also the Gamescon where you can check out a MiG21 and it looks like this :

Definitely gonna go back some day!

More Serious Coverage!

Sam is finally getting hands-on training!
Check it out in these fine previews...

Click here for RPS coverage

Click here for Ars coverage

Building the perfect SNES emulator

Everyone loves emulators but I never had a clue this could get so complicated.
A very fine article explaining the complexities of emulation.

LinkedIn's flaky privacy policy

Just a small info post for everybody who's on LinkedIn.

The next article explains how to prevent LinkedIn from spreading your data 'freely' around - as in without your express consent that is :-/

Return of the "KING" ?

Just a kwikkie to mention that the father of all tactical FPS - COUNTER STRIKE  is returning to kick ass with GLOBAL OFFENSIVE (that's with or without bubblegum ^_^)

Read all about it after the click...

Pandora - here we come again!

It was bound to happen and I love it!

Borderlands 2 - played the first one co-op to death and looking very much forward to the sequel!


Get the details after the break...

OutRun IRL

Impressive design and implementation, I must say!

Check out the video after the break...

Off and away...

Well, since I'm on a holiday break I'm not posting anything 'grand' but I still want to share these interesting links:

What is EPIC thinking about (Unreal engine - platform - Wii U wise) ?

What to do with 18 IPads (and too much time to spare) ?

Take a peek at OpenDune (Played the original on my Amiga 5-ooh ^_^ )

Rambo's coming back ! (puh-uke, does anybody understand their reasoning that we need another game like this anymore?)

Have phun reading...

Poisoning the Well

Digital publishing hides some dirty play from publishers it seems

Good article on what it costs to get a game on your PC and what the future has in store!

AMD Eyefinity to the max!

A really great review of todays games on a 6 screen setup that takes a hands-on approach with awesome videos to illustrate the whole setup!

Go read and watch (and keep a lock on your wallet! ^_^ )