Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category
- February 8, 2012 10:13 am
Finding the perfect gift for your female significant other can be pretty difficult. Geeks have it a bit easier as, well, there’s so much stuff out there that falls into said category. Take for example these Mario Piranha Biting Plant earrings made by Etsy user lizglizz.
Now, we’re going to have to apologize for leading you on. The awesome earrings above are already sold. Yeah. We’re jerks. But if it’s the Mario theme you’re stuck on, check out these other cool earrings by lizglizz styled after the infamous Mario Bullet that’s taken so many of our lives over the years – (Mario Bullet Earrings). It appears to be the best $18 you can spend on your significant other this coming week if you ask us.
A high-end gaming rig is only as good as the power supply divvying up the juice to each and every component. Short changing yourself on a PSU not only causes you to spend more on electricity in the long run, it also puts you at a pretty high risk of losing your prized investment. Blowing out a PSU could be as minor as the PSU itself taking itself out, or, taking your entire system out.
Antec’s new Current Gamer M PSU series aims to succeed on multiple fronts. First and foremost: Your electric bill. The Gamer M series is rated 80 PLUS Bronze (up to 87% efficiency) thanks to the use of high-end components stretching across the 4x 12v rails and 100% Japanese capacitors. On top of that, Antec has designed the M series to run as quiet as possible with thanks to the use of a 135mm twin ball-bearing fan. Finally, in a bid to appease to the growing number of style conscious system builders, Antec has outfitted the M series with black sleeved cables. No gimmicks. No flashy lights. Just power and reliability.
Included Goodies:
Fixed
- 1x 24(20+4)-pin main connector
- 1x 8(4+4)-pin ATX 12V/EPS 12V
Modular
Get yours starting today in 400W ($89.95), 520W ($99.95) and 620W ($119.95) capacities. Pics after the break.
- January 31, 2012 12:56 pm
We like nerdy stuff here at GS. We spend an insane, unhealthy amount of time online each and everyday looking for gadget related news, cool stuff, and other general things that make us smile. We’ve also been known to blow through an afternoon in front of the ‘ol Xbox or gaming PC. That said, we were pretty stoked to find these nifty handmade retro gaming themed clocks — the Super Mario with swinging Goomba (above) and Zelda/Link shield (inside) being our favorites. Mario will set you back $50 will the shield we’ve all seen at one point or another is a tad lower at $40. Cool, eh?
LEGOs are pretty much one of the greatest memories I have of childhood. Many a night were spent building completely random objects and interjecting healthy amounts of fantasy. But alas, we grow up and move to other things. For myself, gaming took over what little spare time I have.
While I haven’t been the biggest player of Minecraft, it is interesting to see the ever increasingly awesome displays of ingenuity and patience that some Minecraft players are displaying like this crazy 1:1 replica of the entire world from Zelda: Ocarina Of Time. But what’s got me most excited currently is the new Minecraft edition LEGO sets that will soon be coming out.
The idea was born through LEGOs homegrown “CUUSOO project” which aims to attract interest to their products by giving normal people like you and I a chance to submit ideas for new LEGO projects. The benefit, of course, is having your design/idea picked and mass produced. To sweeten the pot, LEGO even gives people whose ideas are chosen a 1% commission on all sales.
For now, LEGO is remaining mum on when exactly we can actually buy some Minecraft themed sets. But rest assured, once we get word of their release date/pricing, we’ll be sure to share it with you.
It’s no secret that Microsoft is working on a next-gen Xbox console to replace their highly successful Xbox 360. But exactly what the replacement will be called and when it’s coming have been shrouded in rumor and mystery. For now, the timing of any such release is still anyone’s best guess. But perhaps even more tantalizing (at this point) than official launch name and release date is just how much power the next-gen Xbox will possess.
The fine gurus over at IGN are reporting that they’ve received official confirmation from their Microsoft sources that the “Xbox 720″, as it has been called, will feature roughly 6x the processing power of the Xbox 360. In PC gaming terms, that’s equivalent to an AMD 6670 series graphics card typically found on computers. A card of this caliber will be capable of DirectX11, 1080p video, and multi-display support. Production on the next-gen Xbox’s GPU, according to IGN’s sources, is slated for late 2012.
We know what PC gamers are thinking: “That’s it?” Remember, your typical console is much smaller than a PC case. Small spaces mean less room for heat dispersion. The (relatively) lower powered AMD 6670 and it’s Xbox equivalent need to be able to survive in the confines of a console case, and especially one that will likely be physically smaller than the current Xbox 360′s. And, as is similar in the mobile realm, raw specs aren’t everything. Just look at the graphics the six and a half year old Xbox 360 is capable of with it’s Xenos GPU (roughly the same as an old AMD X1900/X1950 XT).
Nerd talk aside, we’re super excited to see what Microsoft plans to do with their (arguably) most successful product/service currently on the market.
We’ve seen some pretty insane replicas of real-life (or not so real-life) things created in Minecraft, a game which seemingly knowns no bounds. But the latest, and in our opinion best creation, is the Zelda re-make. The creators of this pixelated world of awesomeness took the entire world from Zelda: Ocarina Of Time and re-built it block by block. The ultimate goal is to have a fully playable world much like the original game, but with an additional MMO twist.
First and foremost, Zelda: Ocarina Of Time is perhaps wait…no…it is the best Zelda game ever created. Add in everything mentioned above and you’ve got the perfect compilation of geekery.
Video of what such a creation would look like after the break…
The battle between console and PC gamers will probably never end, each side saying their hardware/method of gaming is inherently better. (For the record, we’re PC gamers.) But perhaps there is a common middle ground we could come together on, no?
Alienware is trying to bridge the gap between hulking gaming PC and tiny, under-TV console with their new X51 device. This “console-ified” PC is basically a microATX type of device crammed into a box that resembles a certain competing box that begins with “X”.
Specs for the X51 aren’t anything to scoff at: (high end model) Core i7 2600K processor, 8 GB of 1333MHz RAM, 1 GB Nvidia GTX 555 GPU, and a 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive. 7.1 audio as well as a DVD +/- RW are also tucked inside. Pricing is of course higher than your average console at £948.99, but it’s also a much, much better piece of hardware. But if it’s too much, you’ll be able to opt in for a lower powered Core i3 processor and 4 GB of RAM.
When you think of it, your Xbox 360 and PS3 now have hardware in it pushing over 5 years. That is ancient in the technology world. Just look at cellphones five years ago and compare to today’s modern devices.
Toss in a good wireless keyboard and mouse and we think Alienware’s on to something here. You?
Shipping February 6th
It’s early. It’s dark. It’s cold. (At least where we are.) Doing too much physical effort or thinking at this point is out of the question. So, have a look at Gary Oldman (Air Force One, Batman, etc.) belting out Call of Duty commands as his on-screen character, Viktor Reznov, on Conan. It’s pretty cool to see. And, we might add, the guy’s got a decent Russian-English accent to boot. Video after the break…
- December 31, 2011 6:22 pm
This isn’t a post promoting piracy or anything, just an informative post about the level of downloaded games on these here interwebs. And with how that level of thefts of a game, it can still top the charts and set records for sales. TorrentFreak has posted it’s annual list of top 10 most pirated games on the internet and some expected results made the list.
Crysis 2 topped the PC download list with almost 4 millions downloads. Gears of War 3 took the 360 list, which beat out Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. With MW3 hitting $1 billion in sales in just 16 days, it’s surprising that it was still downloaded over 800k times. Super Mario Galaxy 2 topped the Wii charts for the second year in a row. Do these results surprise any of you out there?
I know people pirate games because they probably can’t afford to buy them. That is why my cabinet isn’t as stocked as I’d like it, because of the price. So these people do like that game they downloaded, just couldn’t afford it. But then that game they just downloaded hits $1 billion in a hair over 2 weeks, and the developers sit and cry that they are losing money about the piracy.
It’s a double edged sword. I agree that these hard working developers need compensation for their work. I appreciate every minute they put into giving me hours and hours of entertainment. But the level of talk about loss in sales when they are sitting in a ivory tower is a laughing matter. I don’t support piracy, that isn’t what this is about. But I know how hard it is to buy things that you really want, and I can see the levels of these numbers as high as they are.
Jump past the break to see the rest of results…
