! hAppY nEw yEar !

It's the year of the Dragon - dunno what that means but my greets go out to all readers and visitors

I wish you all a healthy 2012 without any crashes (car-, PC, bank or otherwise)

 ^_^

Finally a Warhammer 40K "FPS" that gets it right!

Final Update : Finished this one before the weekend - the end fight was quite gritty but the final boss wasn't hard, just a lot of QTE (quick time events). Still, a half decent storyline is wrapped up nicely and could lead to a sequel. It's always a good feeling to finish a game, and I'm pretty pleased with this one.

Update : I'm playing this game right now - at the halfthrough mark - and it's quite sweet. Good game mechanics force you into the combat instead of cowering behind cover - so it's a lot more satisfying! The levels are slightly repetitive but there are many nice touches (like the jetpack levels) and very impressive grand scenes. All'n all a good game (if not a great one)...

I'm talking about SPACE MARINE of course, not those Firewarrior fake attempts from way back.

And, it's actually more of a TPS (3rd person) but check out more on this fine RELIC game after the break...

(ps. the video is from a spanish site, the official one forces you to log on to youtube)

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