Monday, 30 June 2008
A video by Djy1991.
Made with Gary's Mod.
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The Idiots of Garry's Mod 2
Diablo 3 Announced
As many of you already noticed, 2 days ago Blizzard announced Diablo 3 and released lots of screenshots, teasers, trailers and gameplay videos.
From information they have released the story is going to placed 20 years after Diablo II: Lord Of Destruction. Which was an expansion pack for Diablo 2. Now let's say something about the plot. The forces of Hell are planning to invade in Sanctuary. Deckard Cain, the storyteller and quest giver from the previous games, returns and is desperate to stop the invasion. Except that nothing more is known about the plot. Last known fact is that the game is going to be aimed mainly on the cooperation.
Here is a teaser:
And here is a trailer:
gameplay videos you can find here:
part 1
part 2
The Comeback of ATi
Saturday, 28 June 2008
AMD Announces the Fastest Video Card in the World
AMD officialy announced the first graphics accelerator in the world with performance of one teraflops. ATi Radeon HD 4870 is the first video graphics accelerator with GDDR5 memory. The company estimates performance at 1,2 teraflops.
According to PC World the frequency at which the GPU runs is 750MHz. The card is supplied with PCI Express 2.0 interface, 512MB memory GDDR5, takes two slots on the motherboard and consumes up to 160W of electricity.
The new ATi Radeon HD 4870 will be included in the configurations of Alienware, CyberPower, Extreme PC Corp., Falcon-Northwest, iBUYPOWER, Maingear, Systemax, Ultra Gaming and other PC manufacturers.The Year 2008: When Computer Games and Politics Entered Crossfire
Monday, 23 June 2008
The Year 2008: When Computer Games and Politics Entered Crossfire
It's mid-2008 and recently released game media has risen more and more political discussions over forums and news groups. Initially, back in the 2007 game violence was defined by politicians as a weapon used against gamers.
"Games with disturbing content such as blood can provoke users to violence."
Now, those same politicians are trying to make games look with a political message.
- Fallout 3
The most interesting part was the initial reaction of the general public. While most gamers were horrified, by the situation the company has fallen into, some posted rather aggressive comments towards the developer accusing them in terrorist activity.
Either way, it's not the news media's fault, neither the company-developer.
Be advised: as games have past our time and go into the feature, more and more of them will be used for political propaganda by various groups and politicians. Do NOT listen to them.
And lets not blame only the terrorists group in action and have a look over another gaming headline.
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Now, due to the tension between USA and Iraq, the developers of MGS4 have been accused for political messages.
"...fans are exchanging rhetorical fusillades on the Internet, teasing out what the underlying political and philosophical messages of Metal Gear Solid 4 might be."
(Quote taken from the NY Times)
A conclusion on who could have started those discussions cannot be made. Only thing made for sure is that it's the power of various nations that inspire computer games, not the computer games who inspire the power of nations.
Interesting fact: The only game released so far with political message (like "We are great!") is America's Army: Operations. The initial purpose of the game was to show who are the good guys and how they do, so that USA Army could recieve an increase in recruits and overall rating.
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter gameplay movie
Friday, 20 June 2008
Gameplay footage from Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter. I like the music that has been chosen for the video and some of the scenes in the middle and the end of it. Good beginning, too.