Friday, January 29th, 2010
I've gotten a lot of email about the leak of Windows Home Server "Vail," i.e. the next major version of Microsoft's home server solution. (Read Mary Jo Foley's write-up .) The side issue here, of course, is that I haven't really mentioned it yet. »
Tags: briefed-on-vail, guessing-much, identify-each, microsoft, shipping, version-as-well, windows, windows home server, windows-home, windows-media, windows-server, x64
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Twin-stick shooters are a dime a dozen and mostly brainless. That's not necessarily a bad thing. The best of them have a unique style »
Tags: action games, after-the-jump, apocalypse, brainless-feast, carve-out-its, extreme computing, geometry-wars, latest games, never-played, not-necessarily, squeamish, taxes, the-squeamish, undead-gore
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
This looks like a great year for fans of Westerns, which are few and far between when it comes to videogames. In addition to Rockstar's ambitious Red Dead Redemption , early 2010 will also see Lead and Gold , a team-based multiplayer shooter published by Paradox Interactive. From the FAQ : Lead and... »
Tags: actually-tried, expectation, game, ladies, modern-shooter, night-playing, players, reward-systems, several-aspects, the-expectation, the-players, unique-action
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
If you want to see what's being done with Rock Band Network, have a look at the above video of "Footloose and Fancy Free" by Bill Bruford's Earthworks. »
Tags: actual, actual-notes, expectation, learn-the-parts, modern-shooter, network, played-via, rorshach, several-aspects, use-whatever, youtube
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
In case you thought the last Borderlands DLC you were getting was that terrible arena thing that just came out, don't despair. Gearbox has revealed another round of DLC called The Secret Armory of General Knoxx. It includes the usual new enemies, new areas, and new guns »
Tags: actual-notes, arena-thing, expectation, general-knoxx, latest games, learn-the-parts, modern-shooter, network, released-yet, secret-armory, several-aspects, use-whatever, zombie
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
The latest patch for the PC version of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising also includes two new multiplayer modes. The first is called Blindside and it sounds pretty straightforward. »
Tags: attackers, dragon-rising, flashpoint, inspiration, latest games, match, once-the-first, only-accessible, shooters, such-as-access, team, third-objective, while-the-third
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
I didn't see this one coming: ...in partnership with Gamespot, the Command & Conquer 4 Beta will be PUBLIC and open to anyone and everyone around the world! It should be live any minute now, allowing you to sample the upcoming real time strategy game in multiplayer matches pitting teams of five against... »
Tags: extreme computing, flashpoint, latest games, match, minute-now, such-as-access, team, third-objective, upcoming, while-the-third, world
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
I've been playing a lot of MAG lately. Sony's latest hope for a Halo / Modern Warfare to call its own is far better than earlier attempts like Warhawk , Killzone 2 , Haze , or Uncharted 2 . »
Tags: answers, chaotic-martial, game, guide, hoping-someone, message-board, official, patient-enough, player-on-board, shooters
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Do you still have Playstation Home installed? If so, you might be interested in a new area called "The London Pub" »
Tags: answers, crank-phone, earpiece, guide, hoping-someone, houses, kicker, message-board, official, player-on-board, playstation, shooters, turgid-social, update-coming
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
In yet another example of Apple ripping off user interface, the maker of the popular Delicious Library application notes, accurately, that Apple has stolen his UI: When Apple was demoing its new iBooks application for the iPad during their keynote address, I just kept thinking to myself: this simply must have been designed... »
Tags: apple, delicious, delicious-library, ebook, ipad, lawyers, library, monster, shipley, turn-on-shipley, while-shipley
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