tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41911025096138145332009-07-03T19:11:40.619-06:00Sphinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05353679238107345653noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191102509613814533.post-24811131182213569482009-07-03T14:35:00.003-06:002009-07-03T19:11:37.216-06:00

EVE Online is a game even I won't touch due to its level of crazy and that's a pretty big order of crazy considering I've played Saints Row 2 which allows me to streak through the city wearing only a smile. EVE is also a lesson in unbridled capitalism.The person who was the CEO of one of the bigger banks in the game decided to pull a Ken Lay of Enron and raid the coffers for himself taking about

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So the not so surprising shoe is dropped as to why Blizzard wants everyone to connect to battle.net to play Starcraft 2: to fight piracy. Several Battle.net features like advanced communication options, achievements, stat-tracking, and more, require players to be connected to the service, so we're encouraging everyone to use Battle.net as much as possible to get the most out of StarCraft II. I

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What's a great way to piss off the fanbase of the Starcraft series who have been waiting for a very long time for the sequel to a great game? Not supporting LAN based action is a sure way to start the hate train rolling. I mean seriously, what the hell. So now if I want to play with friends while at their house we'll what? Have to log online to battle.net then get into a matchmaking room just

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In a surprise to everyone, id Software got bought out by the Zenimax group who is the parent company for Bethesda. Bethesda of course made Fallout 3, which I still contend sucks! The immediate question I have would be how does this impact their games currently in the pipeline either in house or via third parties (including Raven's Wolfenstein). Perhaps it means nothing except that people at id

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I have my mouse and WASD controls so ingrained into my motor reflexes from computer games that my first foray into a console shooter is becoming a nightmare. I like the graphics and overall vibe the game's giving off but trying to shoot straight and accurately with a console controller is just about impossible for me. Not only that but the camera is a third person over the shoulder type of

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Now here might be an interesting read for anyone who likes to build their own computers. This article explains all of the settings that you might find in your computer's BIOS. If you want to try and squeeze a little extra performance out of your machine or even go crazy and overclock your system this would be a good read for you. BE CAREFUL though cause you can really screw up your PC if you

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There's pretty much one reason to own any Playstation console and that's the Gran Turismo series. GT5 looks so good it made me want to lick my monitor.

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Well the past few news updates have been a bit of a drag so let's switch things with some balls out awesome news.First up, Serious Sam 3! Mindless shooting? Check. Mindless shooting while drunk and yelling at your friends in the house in a massive LAN party? Well hell yeah!There's some new clip out there for Mass Effect 2 but I loathe the game so much that I'm not putting the clip link on

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As a shock to only the hardest of the hardcore believers in a sequel to Duke Nukem, 3D Realms has shutdown. Hell I've gone through college, had three jobs, and am about to get married in the time since Duke Nukem Forever was announced. Another site provides other things that have happened since Duke Nukem Forever was first announced. Here, however, is the most amazing:"The two Mars rovers,

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Now dang it you crazy conservatives quit stealing the cool stuff. What do I mean by this? Basically the entire teabagging thing has stolen a term for an action which my friends and I thoroughly enjoy performing when playing online shooters. It's irrevrant, humorous, and pretty childish but since we all act like drunken frat boys when playing games it never ceases to cause us giggles when a

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The multiplayer from Return Castle Wolfenstien and Enemy Territory hold a special place in my twitching fingers so when I saw the new trailer for Wolfenstein and the associated interview I became a little concerned that they are including the alternate dimensional abilities in the multiplayer which allow a person to move faster and use special powers. Of course I'm buying the game though on

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Now THIS is how you make a game, people. Saints Row 2 (SR2) contains everything the modern gamer should desire in a game: lots of action to go along with a fairly decent plot, a lot of interaction with the game environment, heavy weapons, hookers, strippers, fast cars, plenty of side missions to keep you from getting bored, and a whimsical attitude which is often lacking in games these days.

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A while back AMD released a triple-core processor. Now some enterprising people have figured out how to unlock the fourth core on the processor. Nothing like getting another CPU at a discount. It's like one of those tire deals where if you buy three tires you get a fourth free. Awfully nice of those AMD folks.

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While this isn't a full review yet, let it be known that if you have a console you should be playing Saints Row 2 right now. If there's one thing I know it is the mindset of gamers and most gamers want to be tough guy jerks where their actions result in little or no repurcusions from society at large. A game like Saints Row 2 fills that role perfectly. Dress how you want, steal what you want,

Sphinxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05353679238107345653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4191102509613814533.post-29655763545702494662009-02-14T08:55:00.000-06:002009-02-14T08:56:49.689-06:00

Robocop is the best movie from the 80s and someone went off and made a rap about it that is surprisingly well done.

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No developers probably don't listen to me but I'd like to think that. The most recent interview for the game Godfather II is out and it sounds like they are doing something that I suggested should have been done in the first game. In particular, the fact that as a rising Don you actually get to manage your family rather than having to partake in every single mission. As I stated in my review: "

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Hey, let's kick a dead horse. Someone on another site tried to tell me that Mass Effect was good. I can't let such illogical things stand so I attempted to rebut his case. I liked what I said so here it is for you, too.Here's how to sum up Mass Effect. It's complete shit. It's the mayor of shit town in ShitCounty, North Dakota. It's so shitty not even Japanese tourists visit there. When aliens

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So this article here talks about how major gaming websites might not be the best source for game reviews since they themselves are owned by conglomerates who own game publishing companies. Rest assured that the Sanitarium will never fall to the lure of marketers or other outside influences. But mostly because I haven't been approached to shill out for them. Damn this economy!

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This is what's called "filler material" meaning I'm filling up my blog with shit you probably don't want to read. But hey that's par for this site so why stop now?Okay, let's get to my list of the games I played for 2008 in the order that I enjoyed them.1. Team Fortress 2 (PC) -- I received this game last Christmas but I did not play the TF2 portion until this year after getting through Portal

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Hey, how about we jab our eyes with hot needles instead? Seriously, I thought Phelps' 15 minutes was up already.

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TF2 is up for half-price this weekend on Steam. That's $10 for arguably the best team shooter out there right now. You really can't go wrong at all.

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I really doubt YouTube will ever get better than this right here.

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Short, fast, violent, and with loose women. No, not my first sexual encounter but it does summarize the Red Alert 3 demo. I was surprised at how well the game ran on my system even when entire city blocks were exploding around my armies. Unlike Empire Earth series or other modern RTSes, this one does not become bogged down in unit micro management, resource gathering, or system upgrading. It

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Technology is great. Now you can play and host a Quake 3 server on your fancy new Nokia phone."Yo Sphinx, want to play some Quake 3?""Can't right now, on the phone.""What's that got to do with anything?""My phone's the server.""Oh."

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Amidst the myriad of reviews heaping praise onto Fallout 3, you have now stumbled upon one of the few (if not only) dissenting views about Fallout 3. I do not say this to be contrarian or to be edgy like some emo chick at a party, but I honestly did not like this game. Like some crazy man shouting at the sea in the hopes of keeping the tide out, I intend to take a stand against this game and

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