Category Archives: Games
Little Big Planet – Calculator
Holy shart. This is incredible. He made a calculator with over 600 moving parts, like an old computer from the 50s. I am blown away at the ingenuity.
Warioland Shake It
Been a while…
Been so damn busy…. anyhoot.
There’s a link on the left now to a Rogue Blog I started. It gives me a chance to write down some numbers for my guides and optimize some data. So suffice it to say, yes I’m in the Beta and yes I have an active account. Refer a friend is gold, gold I tell you!!
In other news, Hell freezes over.
Diablo 3 Announced!
I can’t say I’m really surprised that this was the announcement we waited for.
There are going to be some pretty farking amazing things coming out from this game! I can’t even come close to counting the amount of hours, heck, weeks I put into the first 2 games. Diablo 1 (along with Warcraft 2) were my first real experiences with multiplayer computer games.
Given Blizzard’s track record with games (batting over 1.00), I can only expect the best.
Videos can take a while, millions are DLing ’em
Battlefield Bad Company
Here are a pair of videos from the new Battlefield: Bad Company folks. First makes fun of Gears of War’s commercial “mad world” and the second makes fun of Rainbow 6’s extreme need for stealth.
Age of Conan
Ok, it took about 3 hours to get everything up and running but the box has sound and wifi! Finally got a bit of AoC in there and I am pleasantly surprised. Meeting with Valeria in the first bit was a nice touch. The graphics are something else, very vivid and clean. Now granted, I only have WoW to compare to so it’s definitely a step up.
Downside is the leveling scheme. I’m only 14 but there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to acquired skills per level. Sometimes I’ll get 2, other times I’ll go 3 levels without anything. Also, I think combat casting is broken. I put in 80 pts a long time ago and haven’t been interupted since (6 levels ago), yet there’s more than 60pts that I can now put in. Seems odd. Also, glass canon is the word for a Demonologist. It would appear every class can take multiple enemies (the goal of the game from what I see) with some effort. I cannot take 2 even level characters at once, the damage is simply too low. I need to find a new angle!
Oh, and the Beerfestival this weekend was a blast. Glad everyone was able to make it! Pics inc.
Box is Up and Running
Took about an hour to get it all together. I’ll have some pictures up later. With a chassis fan, cooling fan, CPU fan and Video card fan, the box makes a ‘wooshing’ sound as the air leaves. Cold air as well! I’ve reduced the speed on the chassis fan and will most likely replace it with a silent one. It’s the only one running on a dry bearing – meaning when I stop that fan, all I hear is air, when it runs, I can hear a slight hum.
Also, oddly, there isn’t integrated wifi on the board. Didn’t realize this wasn’t a standard, especially at the price range! So that means, I’m going shopping I guess.
End Game Raiding
As infrequent as possible, I post World of Warcraft related items. This one is a doozy.
Context:
- The ‘Death’ figures are Warlocks.
- The Water Coolers are Mages (as Water is how classes regain spell casting power and Mages are the #1 source)
- The robots are Priests (aka Heal-Bots).
- The drunkards are paladins. They are an all around use class with no use.
- The snipers are Hunters. The /AFK item means away from keyboard, where players can just let their characters auto-attack for crazy damage
- The tank is the Warrior, designed to absorb as much damage as possible
- The cat is a Druid, one of it’s shapeshifting forms.
- The pirates are Rogues under the effect of Deviate Fish, which changes their physical appearance
- The BOSS is covered with dots, signifying Damage Over Time spells
A nice picture/commentary about end game raiding. Everyone has their designated slot and not a whole lot of room for movement. I thought it was funny because I’ve been there.
Best Deal?
The thing about buying on the internet is not the upfront cost by the taxes, shipping and duties.
Buying american could be cheaper but duties are usually about 10% of total cost. Shipping is around 50$ too. Most times there are no taxes though.Buying canadian means taxes (gst) and shipping.
So to find the best deal you need to take that into account. Unless you are getting 20% off an item and saving 50$, stay canadian. When canadian, find a free shipper, there are tons of deals.
All that to say that the price I have on the PC specs is on the front maybe 40$ more expensive but I only pay gst and get free shipping. An alternate site was cheaper but had 75$ of shipping. It really pays to shop local…
