Monthly Archives: November 2008

The worst thing about gaming…

By spamfest | Published: November 30, 2008
…is probably the factor of anonymity. The degree to which people feel safe and secure enough to run their mouth can bring down even the most fun of games to an annoying level. To be fair, I’m all for a little heated taunting so long as it’s kept to a manageable level. These things [...]
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You probably shouldn’t buy GTA IV.

By spamfest | Published: November 28, 2008
Sigh. Will it never end? If you’re a PC gamer, you’re probably well aware of the problems with DRM and copy protection in the past few years. It’s gotten quite out of hand recently with Mass Effect, Spore, and others, and it shows no signs of slowing down. If you’ve had any doubts, let me [...]
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The World of Goo satisfies.

By spamfest | Published: November 26, 2008
A few weeks ago I came across this game called World of Goo. I’d heard about it previously but never investigated, but during a particularly boring night when I didn’t want to play CoD4, I found myself on Steam getting WoG’s demo. I played through it in due time and was intrigued by what I [...]
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Making CoD4’s sniper rifles fun to use.

By spamfest | Published: November 23, 2008
I’ve never liked sniping in CoD4. It feels broken and unbalanced compared to the sheer power and dominance of the assault rifles and submachine guns. The snipers are so slow and you’re punished so harshly for missing that I never took to it. Also, I hate sitting around waiting for someone to [...]
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Because 60 FPS is never enough.

By spamfest | Published: November 22, 2008
A few days ago I noticed this post on Gizmodo highlighting that Falcon Northwest is now selling a gaming PC capable of running Crysis on its highest settings at 60 FPS. That’s cool, I guess, because it’s apparently the first ever to manage this, but it should come as no surprise how they pulled it off [...]
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Not a real businessman.

By spamfest | Published: November 21, 2008
Me, I mean. This Japanese guy certainly is. I keep hearing how Japan is, like, serious mode on everything, and sometimes it really makes me long to get the hell out of this place. Grass is always greener and whatnot. For instance, they take their pee fetishes quite seriously. It [...]
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Starting afresh is acool.

By spamfest | Published: November 19, 2008
Today marks a new era of awesomeness (not really), as I’m declaring this site relaunched. Unfortunately, it’s contentless — again — but that should change soon. And I mean it this time! For the time being I’m calling this a “revisioning” even though I’m fairly sure that’s not actually a word. It simply [...]
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