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...
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… Video Source TeamCoCo Via...
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,...
Author Jonny Walls sets out to show the cultural impact of The Legend of Zelda video game series with his latest book: The Legend of Zelda and Theology. I highly doubt there is anyone out there that hasn’t heard of Zelda of her savior Link, as I also doubt anyone hasn’t come across Christianity in some form or another. I am not going to make this a post about my thoughts or opinions on the latter, but I will use this short post to post about a concept that I kind...
Many tech professionals, seasoned and novice alike, see Nintendo’s reluctance to enter 3rd party app markets (such as the iOS or Android mobile app stores) as a stubborn, potentially harmful blow to the companies future prospects. But maybe, just maybe, Nintendo has something up their sleeve. According to an anonymously tipped story at The Daily, Nintendo is reportedly planning to launch the WiiU console with its own, full-fledged app store. We know, another app...
The Nvidia vs. AMD fight just got kicked up several notches with the official announcement by AMD of their upcoming 7970 flagship GPU. The card is the first to make use of the new 28-nm manufacturing process and AMD’s new “Graphics Core Next” architecture. In short: 3GB of memory, 2048 stream processors, 32 raster units, 128 texture units 4.31 billion transistors. This card is a beast. Sheer specs aside, the 7970 will support up to five simultaneous audio...
