Sol Survivor review – tower defense done right
Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the carpet bomb.
The sheer number of ways you can succeed at this game begs you to play it, over and over and over again.
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Intel X25-M 80GB mini-review
Well, I did indeed rave over the Seagate hybrid drive last post. And it likely deserves it. But when push came to shove, I decided to drop my dough on the full-0n SSD – the big brother of the hybrid, if you will.
Of course, it’s only 80GB vs 500GB for the Seagate.
Torchlight review, in eighteen words.
Smash! Grab. Identify. Ooooo pretty colors! Smash! Click click click click. Health potion. Click click click click. 4am.
Oblivion vs Risen vs Two Worlds vs Torchlight
Okay, it’s admittedly an odd comparison. To a degree. Some would point out the obvious similarities between Risen, Oblivion and Two Worlds, but scratch their heads at Torchlight being included. For those of you that are curious where I’m going with this, read on. Of the four games listed above, I’ve played Two Worlds the [...]
The Chronicles of Spellborn Review
The Chronicles of Spellborn is an amazing MMORPG where players take the role of heroes in a post-apocalyptic fantasy setting and a vast adventure unfolds in an authentic living world.
I don’t know what post-apocaplyptic fantasy is. Perhaps a nuclear fireball? Maybe the dwarves had WMDs. I dunno.
Hidden memories of Snow Crash and Macintosh gaming
Another contributor on here, Flem, is currently reading Snow Crash. I was flabbergasted. Not over the fact that he’s reading it, just that he’s only reading it now. I guess I had assumed that most guys in/around my age bracket had read this work of near-future genius years ago. Like in the early 90s when [...]
EverQuest II Review
EverQuest II State: FinalWebsite: http://everquest2.station.sony.com/Developer/Publisher: Sony Online EntertainmentThe Pitch: EverQuest® II is the next generation of massively multiplayer gaming, a huge online world where friends have come together for adventure and community. Featuring breathtaking graphics and a vast, beautiful and dangerous game world to explore, EverQuest II sets the standard for graphical realism as players [...]
The Newb guide to MMORPGs
Introduction You must think I’m nuts. I downloaded 67 GIGABYTES worth of MMOGs to test. 26 of the suckers, 10 of which I’m focussing on here. As for the other 16? Well, they’re listed at the bottom of the article. If and when I get around to discussing them, they’ll be linked here as well. [...]
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