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Fuel

If 5,000 square miles of open wilderness to race in while dodging tornadoes, brush fires and other drivers sounds appealing to you, this may be your game. Fuel, by Codemasters, is an open world racer set in an alternate present where global warming has really screwed over...

Blade & Soul

There is a new MMORPG coming out from NCsoft called Blade & Soul. I heard about this in the second half of last year when a trailer was teased for a week and then finally released. Sadly since then, there really hasn’t been any more information leaked...

Editorial: Becoming an “Older Gam3r”

I have a history of gaming. It started with Pac-Man in a Crystal’s restaurant. Then a Pong unit hooked up to our 12-inch black and white TV. Which was then followed up by an Atari 2600 and pile of games. Up until that point, I was still too young...

Warhammer Scenarios

As an admitted avoider of all things PvP when it comes to MMOs, I am surprising myself with the amount of my PvP play in Warhammer. I think I made the first suggestion for trying out some PvP scenarios on our mains. But since that first run, my playing partner...

First Impressions: Warhammer Online

If you would have asked me months ago about Warhammer Online, I would have mumbled something about a miniature tabletop game followed quickly by “WOW clone.” I didn’t really have a high opinion of the Warhammer universe at all, and probably even a lower opinion of the MMO based...

Really Slick Screensavers

I can’t remember the last time I thought “Wow” for a screen saver. But in searching for dual monitor programs, I came across this page: reallyslick.com is a website by Terry Welsh who created OpenGL screen savers as a hobby. It looks like he hasn’t done any in years...

Escapism

Real life sucks. Sorry for not posting anything lately. I received some bad news last month and that really took the air out of me for writing. I am going to make an effort to post more regularly. Again, I’m sorry for it being a ghost town around here.

Steam Improvements

Valve has been busy working on many updates for Steam recently. Read the online gaming sites and you will find about a new one every month. Here are some that we have heard about so far: Steamworks – A collection of tools for developers and publishers of all sizes. These...