The moniker “Games for Windows” always makes me laugh. When I first started playing FPS like Castle Wolfenstien and the original DOOM series it was on a 386SX PC my brother had. Windows was not even on that PC and Windows was just a shell for running DOS apps. Games for Windows? What was that, [...]
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Far Cry 2 problems
I am really getting the full value from my new EVGA GTX-260 card. The card works flawlessly. It came with Far Cry 2 and as FPSs goes, this game is top notch. The graphics are excellent, the game play is fast and responsive, the missions and action is just right. This game is just how [...]
Portal’s Still Alive song
Found this while wasting time on reddit.com. You’d really have to play Valve’s Portal to understand why this music video is very cool. Sung by the computer GLaDOS in one of her more stable moments. My PC is working so I may play some Portal myself tonight.
Monolith purchased the F.E.A.R. name from Activision
Sometimes I don’t get just spam in my e-mail. Monolith purchased the rights to the F.E.A.R. name from Activision. Check out the sequel web site. The first F.E.A.R. was meant to be played late at night and in the dark. When I played it, it scared the crap out of me. This real sequel is [...]
Old ID software games
I’m a sucker for the old games. For me the id super pack was too much to pass. It comes with virtually every id game up to and including DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil. When Steam came out, the idea of downloading games from the Internet was just plain silly. Now I can get games [...]
Gears of War for Windows
The other day I was in Best Buy getting some Nintendo DS Lite games for the kids. The Windows version of Gears of War was on sale for $30 so I got it. I always get last year’s games. After the nightmare known as Halo 2 for Windows I was worried that the game would [...]
Crysis for Christmas
One of my Christmas gifts was the PC video game Crysis. Ah yes, holiday cheer, therapeutic beating the bad guys… life is good . The installation was weird. It was as if my DVD drive had problems reading the DVD. After the game installed I checked for updates and was directed to this URL: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940105. [...]
Back to Max Payne 2
I saw a commercial for Kane and Lynch: Dead Men and I had to get out my copy of “Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne” and install it. This game came out in 2003 and I still like playing it. It’s like Humphrey Bogart directed by John Woo. Very cool. I’ve only just [...]
Halo 2 on Vista
Microsoft could have done better for a Vista only game. Two weeks ago I was at my in-laws house. My nephew has an old Xbox (not the 360) and was playing Halo. It was a little retro compared with Gears of War but it looked okay. So for $20 at Best Buy I picked up [...]
Gears of War
I’m slow on getting the latest games. A few weeks ago my pal told me he got Gears of War for his Xbox 360 and loved it. He and his son completed it on coop play. He described it as having fantastic graphics and great game play. The fact that if you don’t get cover, [...]
