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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

How to receive email notification for this Blog?

Hey everyone,


As you can read here .................. following the Blog doesn't get you any notifications (stupido Google).
So I created a Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/p4p-followers 
That way if anyone wants automatic emails when the Blog is updated, just inform me, and I'll invite you to this group which will send the emails.


Hope this works out.
Have a nice weekend!
dKd.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

To the aid of all Retro PC Gamers!

Most of the info herein is easily obtained elsewhere, but this article gives anyone a good headstart to wreak havoc in Privateer, Doom, Ultima or any other classic game you may want to revive!


Check it out here ....


Here's one of my all time favourites - broke at least one stick on this ;-)



Sunday, June 26, 2011

Have a go!

Design a (mobile) game and make money (if you win the contest)


Check it out here :


http://www.larian.com/yourgame.php


Might have a go myself - submissions need to be entered before August 31st (2011 I suppose ^_^ )

Nice deal for steamy RPG Fans

Have a great time with the must-have CRPG Divinity II + Flames of Vengeance
The deal ends tomorrow at 7pm (GMT+1)
I have a soft spot for these Larian guys (collaborated on their Beyond Divinity game) so check it out here :


www.larian.com


& here

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Long time no see...

Finally got a NEW piece of hardware today for my PC.


A nice fat new graphics card. Took a long time to decide between the green & the red team.
The custom cooling jobs and prices for Nvidia's GTX 560Ti won me over and MSI's Hawk model sealed the deal.


Here's an appetizer...




Check out the rest here...

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Never one without 2 ?

Got another surprise package today - but that will have to wait till tomorrow...

Number 2 has finally arrived

I was truly worried, but Play.com finally came through!
Placed my Witcher 2 order on 06/06 and received my package today (21/06) - phew.
But I think it was worth the wait! :^D






Click below to find out what's inside...

Sunday, June 19, 2011

How about a Pancake Simulation?

There was a time I'd kill for a sim like this - now I can just read about it, appreciate it and shrug, knowing I'll never even have the time to learn how to take-off ...


A great A10 Warthog review with a really funny intro :^D





More Corona / Lua dev'ing

Experimenting with fingerdrawing!

Saturday, June 18, 2011

DUKE gets shafted - take a look for yourself

It's not a pretty sight

DUKE NUKED 4ever

Gran Turismo Gamer Finishes on the podium in the Le Mans 24hours

If your parents tell you that playing video games will never get you anywhere, point them in the direction of Lucas Ordoñez. Three years ago, Lucas heard about a competition for racing game fans – the Nissan PlayStation GT Academy. Inspired, Lucas picked up a PlayStation 3 and a copy of Gran Turismo and practised and practised and practised.


Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Dive in with DOLPHIN

One of the most complete Emulators ever - Play Wii games on your PC with Wiimote and nunchuk support!



Monday, June 13, 2011

The Impact of DRM on games

Here are some details for the Witcher 2 :



* With SecuROM:      41 sec game launch, 16 sec savegame,  16-43 fps
* Without SecuROM:   9 sec game launch,   8 sec savegame,  24-73 fps


Free ARMA 2 Great multiplayer online combat

For the real diehards - and their cashless friends ;-)



Click here for The Official Site

Activate Win7 offline

Useful for all the obvious reasons :^D


Check it out here...


Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Search Engine for all Apps




Works for almost any platform - filter for 'free' apps as well - Looks really useful!

20+ years in portable gaming

THE PAST

http://www.pica-pic.com/#/donkey_kong_jr/

Amazing site - most are playable
I played this one and several others and owned the Multiscreen Mario (not available yet)
What are your memories of these ubertoys of the past?

THE FUTURE



Looks way better than the 3DS but then you never now...
(watch it in HD!)

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Wii U stuff

Almost bought a Wii at launch and finally didn't ... now it's time for Wii U.

Here's a look at the system + controller.



A good hands-on article ...

And finally some real game footage



/| enJoy |\

Saturday, June 4, 2011

New AD&D Co-op Game - yeah on PC as well!

Woow, I think this one could be really cool in co-op (4th edition rules) ...

Gameplay trailer


Here is a text Private Steam Review

And click here for a short Escapist Video Review

-enJoy-

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Experimenting with Corona iOS devkit on my Hackintosh

Anyone interested ?

Age of Conan goes Free 2 Play!

I might actually check this out - as a real Howard fan and a Conan dungeonmaster (for 3 years) I wanna see what everything looks like.


Click here for da details


New Launcher for Android

This one looks really nice with good sorting!

… My favorite Witcher trailer (for now) …

Usefull NTFS Permissions Tool

Portable version - Perfect for all those 2.5” swapping drives :D

Quality tools for Windows Network monitoring

It's all Freeware!

Some 5 handy tools for network monitoring windows

Big screen Android on a budget

I am seriously considering this smartphone !
You can find it at Mobistar, Vandenborre, eBay, etc...

Witcher nr. 2 is out!

Gearing up for my next PC game…

Completed the first one and found it to be an astounding computer role-playing game!

All reviews of the second point to an even better game.

If you have the time for this, play it! If not, make time :D

http://www.en.thewitcher.com/the-witcher/2/videos/trailers/

How to get rid of the Microsoft Office Ribbon ?

I’m used to it by now, but if it still buggs ya …

8-Bit MMO's Rule!

Nestalgia is a new 8-bit multiplayer Rpg.