“What are your feelings on what CCP is trying to do with Eve Online and Dust514? …” – JW It’s interesting. I find it intriguing to tie multiple products within the same IP together. It seems like some people will really love it, especially those who play both styles of games. I do wonder, however, about the wisdom of tying games so very different from one another together so tightly. Continue Reading »

My group of friends from Colorado is going to institute a fortnightly FPS gaming night. We’re trying to figure out what FPS we should play. We’d have chosen Modern Warfare 2 if they had dedicated servers, but they don’t. Instead, our two top spots are occupied by Team Fortress 2 and Battlefield 2. Any other suggestions for a good FPS we can all play together, preferably against others? Update: This doesn’t have to be an FPS. It can be any game that can handle our numbers, but not something that someone who misses out a couple times will have to catch up after (like an MMO).

I hope everyone has wonderful holidays this year and an incredible 2010. I’m enjoying myself out in Colorado for 3 weeks this year, letting the creative batteries recharge (perhaps replacing the old alkalines with lithium?). And, of course, consuming as much Mexican food and microbrewed beer as I can. Keep your holidays safe, relax, and look forward to a fresh start in 2010.

After all of the research and advice, I ended up ordering a beast of a system (in my opinion). I went with an i7 920 processor after all was said and done, and got some highly recommended bang-for-the-buck hardware otherwise. I’m super friggin’ excited about building a new computer. My current desktop is 4+ years old, and I bought a Dell because I got a 40% discount on it. So it’s been a good 6 years since I’ve built a system. Crazy! You can check out my final configuration here: Shwayder’s i7 Config. Thanks to everyone for all the great feedback and help!

If there’s one thing watching the Watchmen taught me, it’s: “A movie shouldn’t stay true to the book.” Truthfully, I never read it. I’ve always wanted to. Parodies of comic characters in a world where such freelance vigilantes are outlawed. Sounds interesting, like a romping fun, hilarious, dark investigation of the superhero concept. But I found the movie, which allegedly stayed very true to the comics, to be extremely boring.