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The L4D Achievement, Nothing Special

Left 4 Dead has been out on the PC for over two months now along with its 50 stress-inducing achievements, the broken LAMB 2 SLAUGHTER notwithstanding. Of those, NOTHING SPECIAL is inarguably the most difficult to attain with only 1.5% of all Left 4 Dead players having unlocked it,...

Loading L4D Faster

Tired of the slow loading times between double-clicking your Left 4 Dead icon and actually joining a game? Cry no more, these two tips will save you those precious seconds that can make all the difference:

Image of the Week!

Ah… Age of Conan: such potential, such an epic failure. Obviously a camera bug, but a M-rated camera bug. And trust me, you want to choose “2. Goodbye.”

Image of the Week!

Remember when everyone and their not-interested-in-L4D mom used to play Team Fortress 2? Much as I despise Snipers (scope-and-twitch envy), this is definitely one of my favorites.

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...

Left 4 Dead Sprays

Pretty much what the title says; the movie spoof posters seen in the loading screen campaigns turned into sprays. I pulled them from the Left 4 Dead Steam folder using programs over at Nem’s Tools. Desaturated versions have a more “used universe” look and do not stand out as...

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...