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Its been a long time – GLaDOS
Portal was one of the best puzzle games in 2009. Possibly the perfect mix of game for the acerage geek. Puzzle action and humour, add a dash of geek referance and geek nostalgia and there you have it. It looks like the developers are taking the sequel to a whole new level.
Just have a look you will be amazed on how valve have put this teaser together.
Selling a computer can be a big deal. Sales pitches can come hard to people, especially when there is emotional attachment to the computer in question. Somehow however I don’t think the seller of this computer had any concerns about his conscience.
I think what amazes me the most about this is the fact so many address tags are taken.
Default settings aren't optimal
Recent black ops personal working undercover has uncovered Apple Employee’s aided by Linux Insurgents have infiltrated Microsoft’s core Windows Coding team. Anyone suffering from random crashes long restarts and resetting default attributes may need to find the hidden settings for windows crash.
Of particular note are the ‘crash computer after x’ fields. Set to ensure maximum data loss between office auto saves I would advise disabling this feature completely. Utilising the crash computer after x hours however may be an excellent security measure. Preventing thieves from stealing you computer simply because it’s useless and disheartening cyber criminals by crashing before they can steal any useful information.
Of course its not all bad. The fuzzy logic processing that works out when your computer is at it’s least likely to crash moment is a feat of genius. Using the omgbbqsauce engine the windows insta-crash will detect you facial movements via subtle electro magnetic changes in the air. Computers are amazing things. From these pulses they can detect when you are at your most a; in able to deal with a catastrophic crash and b; least aware of anything other than you current focus. Boom, the most effective crash moment is chosen, followed by a complex history check of your usage. Extrapolating data from your trends and habits your computer can then go on to ensure your most precious data and information will be corrupted and thus rendered useless if you skip the reboot file check.
Genius , absolute genius. Read the rest of this entry »
As a long time computer technician and long time geek it always makes me crazy when someone brings their dell to me to repair because they can’t understand their indian tech support guy. It’s not that they can’t understand him, I deal with a great many of these semi coherent non native english speaking tech people and it never gets any easier.
All your support are belong to us !
What sends me crazy is the fact that they buy the product and then seem to believe that as an IT professional I am duty bound to help them out. Not only do they impress upon me that for some reason I am going to help support their product that was bought from another company, I should also be thankful they brought me the work at all since I’m such an unreasonably expensive service. Do you see the full stop, I put that there to make you think about the last line. So they buy an under priced product from a company that does not support their own customers then deem it necessary to belittle my position and the business for whom I work because they believe I am not worth the modest labour charge. Is my position as an experience computer technician and passionate geek not worth a measly thirty dollars when it comes to teaching you how to open your email ?
Let’s put this into some kind of perspective.
Dell for instance, sells laptop and pc’s at prices no sane technical computer store can match. I’m not going to belittle the quality of the Dell product since I have in fact owned two dell systems and been very happy with both however I will happily belittle their service. Read the rest of this entry »
Potato’s aren’t that fast, compared to lets say anything that isn’t inanimate.
I’m a fan of funny tv ads, stupid tv add’s, crazy tv add’s and tv add’s that go nowhere take a left at Broome then crash into a light post just south of Derrin where they are absorbed into some kind of Stephen King horror story. I figure if you want me to buy something the least you can do is entertain me.
This isn’t very entertaining. I guess that makes it a good thing that Opera is free.
I’m not one for being overly concerned with security. All my WordPress sites are experimental. Should they fall, I go through a backup-restore, and ‘poof,’ the job’s done. Still, it’s something to consider when your webste disappears for a day, and all you can see is some Turkish Extremist Hacker accusing you of killing babies! (I am not going to talk about abortion. It’s not a topic for today.) So when a client’s site suddenly had an unexpected visitor — someone had made themselves an admin account — I was forced to have a decent look into the process of securing a WordPress blog. Firstly though, we need to look into the security habits of users (or unsecurity habits, as they should really be called). I call this ‘WordPress Security 101.’ 1.Bad Personal Computing Habits — It Starts with You; 2. Bad Employee Habits — Common Sense Is Hardly Common; 3. Social Engineering – Face-Palm Scenarios; 4. Suggested Security Plugins — It Couldn’t Be Any Easier. Read the rest of this entry »
Tactical Intervention seems to be an online MMO counter strike clone. Not only that they are giving away beta seats right now. Unfortunately due to a new little one on the way (Baby boy.) I won’t be participating with any new beta’s for as while. Wich means thats an extra key out there for you.
Creator of Counter-Strike returns with his new game ‘Tactical Intervention’ challenging the legend of 11 years of Counter-Strike! Be the first to try out Minh Le’s new game and win 10,000 points given at the commercialization!
Apply now for closed beta test from May 14th, 2010! There are only 5,000 Beta key’s currently available. Get yours now, and be a part of a new generation of online Counter Strike Style Game. Read the rest of this entry »
5 classic indie games, the humble indie bundle.
Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, and Penumbra Overture .. AWESOME !!!
Note, the games will be “free as in ‘free speech’, not as in ‘free beer’”: see each license for the full, finalized details as they come out very hopefully this week — stay tuned. It is the underlying code that will be made available to everyone.
Please support this project. The games are free now (Or about to be free) however shouldn’t we be contributing. The answer is YES we should be contributing to such a generous offer from the developers. There generous offer will hopefulyl start a trend, a trend that I can only hope goes beyond the initial outlay. Buy one for yourself, one for your friends. Sheesh, a late mothers day present. Just get off the couch and do it.
It’s new news. I know it’s been a while. I’ve been working on a few projects but here I am back at Geek-Haven where it all began. I’ve recently obtained an Engine for on-line RPG’s (2d) with a direct development line to 3d. It’s beginning again. What does this mean for Geek-Haven? firstly it means a new design. There is a lot of work coming to Geek-Haven, some of it obvious some less so. However this attention should build some community. If there was ever a time to get involved now would be it.
Of course development time for the game is variable. Quantity vs Quality and all that. So stay tuned for updates on what could be the future direction for geek-haven.
I have had my quad core for about 2 years now and it has always seemed to run hot, (like if i leave my computer on and not the heater it would heat the room up by itself quite nicely). This is why I finally decided to do some thing about it, especially with the weather getting hotter, and so too my room. I looked at forums relating to this problem and eventually went with a cooler a friend recommended, the Thermalright IFX-14. He has one in his dual core machine and said it would perform well.
I ordered the monster and within a few weeks it arrived (Why is there always [ED]. a delay in stock) when i pulled it out of the box i was in amazed at the size of the cooler, at 146mm in length, 124mm in width, 161mm in height and 790g in weight it is huge. The cooler came with a back plate to support it on the motherboard, thermal paste, 2 fan brackets and all brackets to suit Intel LGA775, AMD AM2 and socket 939. Installation was easy it required taking out the motherboard, removing the old cooler and thermal paste, reapplying thermal paste, mounting the cooler using the brackets and screws provided and installing your 2 fans of choice. (For mine I choose 2 120mm Antec 3 speed fans). Read the rest of this entry »
As a geek when someone mentions RPG’s there are a few things that come to mind. The chances are however that Diablo is one of the first things to pop into your head. So when I finally got my hands on Torchlight I wasn’t surprised at the look or feel of the game. To say the hack and slash click frenzy was reminiscent of Diablo might be considered an understatement of the most extreme kind. Diablo II like game mechanics and the atmoshpere and simplicity of the original experience of Diablo mixed with a pleasant and classic graphical style all mesh for simple, fun and streamlined experience with Torchlight. Calling something clone is ussually a negative factor but the Diablo’esque fell comes from the Team, a group of former Blizzard North members working with Runic Games and doing a damned good job.
With a small footprint and very reasonable spec requirements Torchlight is a unique game and at it’s bargain pricing (Steam 19.95 AUD) it’s a hard gem to look over.
So very true.
Scroll to the bottom for a comprehensive list of games released in the 09 – 10 period. + A quick note. It horrifies me to admit that my most popular article (this one) is most likely my worst. Don’t forget I’m giving away a copy of Blood Bowl (via steam) for anyone that can offer a decent header for geek-haven. Also i’m looking for people interested in the new online RPG geek-haven is developing.
It’s been an interesting year for me, and I can only guess the same goes for most of you.
Tragedy and Joy, political intrigue the Global Financial Crisis, the Election of America’s first African American President (Yes I know he’s not 100% African American but the fact that is an issue speaks volumes about the American populace and the important step this was for America as a whole.)
The sad and truly unwholesome death of ‘the King of Pop’ Michael Jackson (When i say unwholesome I wish to refer to the vultures and ass clowns whom simply would not let the poor man rest in piece. Simply put have some respect for the dead you ass clowns.)
On 23 November 2009, the first proton–proton collisions were recorded, at the injection energy of 450 GeV per particle.
Well the past few days I have been trying to get the beta version of the mod working and finally some success. The mod offers a MechWarrior game utilising the crysis engine which adds up for a great game. Some minor issues I had where not having some of the mod files in the right areas as some of the installation guides were not the most comprehensive ones I have seen, still with some thinking and many reinstalls of crysis later I finally got it up and it does not disappoint.
Follow the link below for the download. Read the rest of this entry »
Ok, so I’m playing Aion : The Tower of Eternity, have been for 3 months now. Got a asmodian sorceror to 50, and then deleted him to go play Elyos on the same server cause some mates are there. Now I’m playing the Elyos side of the story line. And I have to say, as someone who’s played : LOTS of other Korean MMO’s, World of Wangcraft, Age of Constipation, Warhammer Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, DAOC (Dark age of Camelot) and probably a few others I can’t think of atm. I would have to say that Aion is by far the best experience I’ve had to date.
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So It’s not a big surprise to people that know me when I bitch about Halo. The rave, the lunacy, the frat boy society that pervades the Halo Franchise all in all simply takes a less than absolute fps game experience and defecates on it. Let’s just get it all out in the air. Halo is a console fps and console fps’ are still 3 years behind PC fps games. That is of course until Activision’s COD4.
Those of you who have played COD 4 will have undoubtedly appreciated in both console and PC form. Being that PC is my preferred gaming media device I will say COD4 on PC was better than COD 4 on Console however the experience is legitimately arguable. COD 4 brought real fps gaming to the Console. None of this uber jump and sniper pistols, no Zombies’ or Alien’s or Alien Zombies in fact not even forgetull pathing ai’s. COD 4 was plain and simple a tactical modern combat game across all consoles. ( It could be argued that COD 2 and COD 3 were pc/console equivalents. They weren’t!)
COD6 is that and more.
I’ve just finished the Call of Duty – Modern Warfare 2 single player campaign on normal and I can only describe the experience as the single most intense and absorbing piece of entertainment media I have ever had the pleasure to be a part of. ** please note full article may have spoilers. Though if you have been reading the news or have any interest in the game you’ll know what I’m talking about already.
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Recently I’ve been dragging my clunky old machine around a little too often and i’m finding it quite straining on the back. It’s been in the back of my head for a while now that a new case might be in order. Not to say my Lian-Li is anything but exceptional but I could do with a lifting aid (Handle, Personal Troll,) and perhaps a little more internal space for better cooling. I don’t think my tiny mid-atx was ever meant to handle a solid quad and a 4890.
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