It has been a tough week for PC gaming news for me. Last week Movie Bob declared PC gaming dead. I won’t link him purely on the fact that I feel that every time someone says “PC gaming is dead,” they’re just panhandling for web traffic. Following that up...
…if you’ve played Team Fortress 2 in the past few months. It’s true, it’s all true. I’ve pretty much stopped playing after the update that added 50 bajillion new weapons, with exception of playing against bots. There is just no way for me to devise a strategy on-the-fly against...
So let’s just come out and say it: where the @#$% is EP3? Of course, I’m refering to Half-Life 2: Episode Three. Shortly before the release of Episode One, Valve said that the trilogy “will conclude by Christmas of 2007” . Right after the release of EP1, in an interview with...
I have spent the good past hour trying unsuccessfully to unlock the final viewpoint in some area with a lot of boats. I have no idea where this area is nor does it matter because all the buildings look identical and all the objectives are the same. Attempt 1: Climb...
We’ve all heard them before in class-based PvP games. Someone gets frustrated and immediately starts lashing out, calling the focus of their rage names. Often, they will attack the class of the offending player with lame perceived short-comings. “ you, you piece of . learn...
Throughout my ten plus years as a server moderator and multiplayer gamer, I’ve had the (dis)pleasure of meeting many other players. Likewise, I’ve seen a multitude of names, some being good, some not so hot. Being new to the internet culture, I started off with the typical initials and...
…that something is amiss with the hat drop rate since the Team Fortress 2 Hallowe’en Special. The Geek Escape has three accounts running almost 24/7 in our Achievement Idle server; since the September 2nd update we’ve been getting around one hat every other day between us. Since Halloween, we’ve gotten...
Who would have thought that the addition of hats to Team Fortress 2 would have caused so much player aggravation? Hats are purely aesthetic. They don’t make you play any better, they just add a touch of uniqueness to your character. The first nine hats we received were during...
