I've never been one for serious racing games. I guess its mainly because its hard to enjoy them using a keyboard on a PC, and the console systems I own are all Nintendo which means I don't really have a chance to play them there either.

Then for some reason I had the desire to try and play some more racing games. Starting with Trackmania Nations Forever, I soon desired to try something a little more realistic. Soon after purchasing my X360 wireless controller for windows (since I had some exp...

Recently I noticed that there was a new release for Trackmania Nations (the free version of Trackmania that people all over the world play). This new version is supposedly new and improved, and integrates Trackmania United (the retail release) and Trackmania Nations (the free release) into one.


First of all, you might ask what is this game? Trackmania is a game that involves you driving cars on surreal tracks (kinda like slot car racing except you can steer). Your car travels quite fast, an...

Lately something has been bothering me immensly with Company of Heroes (expansion Opposing Fronts included). What is wrong you might ask?


Well as you probably already know, Company of Heroes is a real-time strategy game set in WWII developed by Relic Entertainment. It features highly-realistic graphics and some really nice tactical gameplay (including a dynamic cover system for infantry, and different pentration ratings for vehicles).

The game has a really decent campaign with some nice ...

Just for those who are wondering what sort of rig I use to enjoy the joyous past-time that is PC gaming, here it is:



CPU-Z 1.44.2 report file

Processor(s) Number of processors1Number of cores2 per processorNumber of threads2 per processorNameIntel Core 2 Duo E6850Code NameConroeSpecificationIntel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E6850 @ 3.00GHzPackageSocket 775 LGAFamily/Model/Stepping6.F.BExtended Family/Model6.FCore SteppingG0Technology65 nmCore Speed3005.6 MHzMultiplier x Bus speed9....

Just thought I'd let everyone know of my little weekend project I have. Its called Realmod, a modification I have been developing for the past few months that has been enjoying reasonable success on the World in Conflict modding forums.


This modification basically aims to improve the depth of the gameplay featured within World in Conflict, along with visual and aural tweaks I have made to make the game look and sound even more impressive.

During my time developing the mod I have incorpor...

An interesting thought occured to me today.

I have noticed that recently, there seems to be a interesting relationship between the system requirements of a game and its sales and success.

If we have a brief look at some of the more recent, highly successful games (Team Fortress 2, Call of Duty 4, World of Warcraft, Sins of a Solar Empire and World in Conflict - games I just happen to own) we can see that there is a possible relationship between their success and their system requirements. ...

Here are the 7 deadly sins which can be committed by an online PC FPS title. Heed this warning carefully, FPS titles which commit these sins do suffer a painful fate (in the form of a quickly diminishing playerbase).

 

1. Thou shalt not create a server browser that lacks basic functionalities and features such as a favourites list, or the ability to even stop the browser from refreshing.

Explanation: No-one wants a buggy, badly designed server browser in an online FPS. The lively-h...

Welcome to the inner mind of a PC gamer! This is my blog which I shall dedicate largely to the thoughts, developments and discoveries I come across as a hard-core PC gamer. You will find I love playing alot of different genres of PC games including first-person shooters, real-time / turn-based / grand strategy, role-playing games and more!

I hope you will enjoy reading my blog, I will try and post on it daily as much as the girlfriend, university and gaming sessions will permit.