Archive for the ‘PC’ Category

14 Feb 0

Turok Review

After a Holiday 2007 that was filled with games like Halo 3, Mass Effect, Uncharted and others, the games of early 2008 have a large shoe to fill. Turok is one of those games that’s reception could change depending on the time of year it’s released. Turok itself isn’t a bad game…but it isn’t a [...]

6 Sep 0

Saitek Eclipse II Review

I’ve posted up a review of the Saitek Eclipse II gaming keyboard over at Evil Avatar. Be sure to check it out! Evil Avatar – [ACCESSORIES] – Saitek Eclipse II technorati tags:saitek, eclipse2, eclipse, II, gaming, keyboard

14 Aug 0

Logitech G15 Review

I posted up a review of the Logitech G15 Gaming keyboard over at Evil Avatar. The first thing you’ll notice when you unwrap the magic keyboard is thesheer size of it. It’s HUGE. In fact the keyboard takes up my entirekeyboard tray on my computer desk. There’s almost no room for my mouse!The ironic thing [...]

4 Aug 0

NVidia External Graphics BEAST

I’ll take 2 please. It’s only a mere 17.5k. Just think of the GAMES! Nvidia says it has achieved a “quantum leap” in visual compute density, packed in what the company claims is the world’s first “visual computing system.” Called the Quadro Plex 1000, is a professional graphics machine that is offered in a desktop [...]

3 Aug 1

Dell Laptop Blows up Truck

Just when you thought the Dell Laptop Battery Explosions couldn’t get any worse…they did. Just remember kids…don’t mix Dell Laptops and Ammunition. “Flames were shooting about three feet out the window,” the 62-year-old Forqueran said. “I ran to the driver’s side door and the flames were rushing at me and the three boxes of bullets [...]

2 Aug 1

Photosynth: 3D Representations of Photos

There is this really cool technology from Microsoft Live Labs called Photsynth. What it does is take a collection of photographs and build it into this VRML type 3D enviornment for navigating and viewing photos. While not necessarily creating a 3D model to walk through, it’s sort of a simulation of positions of objects in [...]

20 Jun 1

500GHZ PC!! Half-Life 2 Still Stutters

This is one speedy PC! Great for gaming…but HL2 still has audio problems on it. IBM and Georgia Tech have coaxed a chip to run at 500GHz, a record for a silicon-based device, by dropping the temperature to minus 451 degrees Fahrenheit. Chip breaks speed record in deep freeze | CNET News.com

3 May 0

Oblivion ESRB Ratings Change

The ESRB has changed the rating of The Elder Scrolls: Oblvion from a T to an M. The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has changed the rating assigned to the game “The Elder Scrolls® IV: Oblivion™” from T (Teen 13+) to M (Mature 17+). The content causing the ESRB to change the rating involves more [...]