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Under Construction

Friday, June 29, 2007 at 6/29/2007 02:10:00 AM

by Adam Blue

I decided to change the site up a little. I got tired of the vertical scrolling. I decided instead to add a menu to the right-hand side, as well as my contact information. Also, you are correct, the search function on the right is just there for show. It's not working. So, for the next few days the site might be a little wonky. Yes, I'm talking to all three of you.

-Adam

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PSFAIL

Thursday, June 28, 2007 at 6/28/2007 12:42:00 AM

by Adam Blue

I was messing around with the PS3 a little today. I played a few demos, checked out some movies, then decided to play a game. But I couldn't. Due to the 720p glitch, the PS3 is not compatible with my HDTV. What a bunch of crap. I do plan on getting a new set sometime in the future. I'd like to go a head and do 1080p, maybe a little larger as well, but I want the picture and color quality of a CRT. So, until then, I guess I don't really care about the PS3. There's going to have to be some major app to really get my attention. Warhawk, maybe?

Have I mentioned how much I love XBLA? There's just so much you can do there. I played a little of the Prince of Persia remake. I really liked what I played. It took me back. I'll most likely just purchase the whole thing. And aside from the Arcade, I checked out a few demos. I found Overlord to be quite fun, but I don't see myself paying $60 for it. Actually, that brings me to a new point.

Shadowrun. I enjoyed the demo. But will I pay $60 for it? No way. And it's cheaper on the PC. But that requires me to buy Vista. So, not only am I paying $100+ for Vista, but also $50 a year on Live to play a $50 multiplayer only game. I'm not really into that.

-Adam

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Bluegamer Icon

Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 6/27/2007 02:14:00 AM

by Adam Blue

I figured out how to add a 'favorites' icon for the site. I hope it's not considered stealing, but this is a custom icon I made in Halo 2. I like the icon a lot because of the symmetry, the falcon/eagle/aves, and it's a design that I never saw when playing Halo 2. Now, the bird was used a lot, but not the diamond shape behind it.

There's a good read on 1up.com. Yeah, I know that sounds silly, but it's a good read because it's from Evil Avatar's Kefkataran. He's a good guy. We have gotten into it over the moon landing(I'm the minority), but we represent a sort of gamesmanship over the world wide web that would identify the hardcore gamers. He also runs the Evil Avatar Radio Show. But back to the point.

The article on 1up.com discusses a poor individual who has had eleven 360's replaced for him - because they broke. Now, we all know those failure numbers are large, but someone having to suffer like this is sick. I'd say more here, but you can read the article yourself.

Brother's In Arms on the DS is fantastic. A third-person WWII shooter with a cover system. On a hand-held. It works great, really. All you have to do is walk up to a wall and it will automatically cover for you. Use the stylus as your 'aim' analog stick, and aim for the enemy. Press the left trigger to fire, and your soldier leaps out from behind cover and fires. Amazing feat for a handheld.

I have a PS3 in my possession. I should be hooking it up tomorrow morning to get a feel of what I haven't spent $600. I know I need one. After all, owning every console could be a part of my 'future career' here on the crazy internets. Or so I'd like it to be.

-Adam

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Quake Wars Tweaks

Monday, June 25, 2007 at 6/25/2007 01:56:00 AM

by Adam Blue

A poster on the Evil Avatar forums posted a tiny tweak guide that actually makes Quake Wars play at an enjoyable level. Basically, it turns of a 30fps lock, which I find to be unnecessary for the Beta. It is probably on to keep everyone's game running at a similar level, possibly to create less technical problems for people trying to enjoy playing on lower-end systems. The odd thing about that is this is a Beta. Usually people that play a Beta have pretty decent rigs, or know how to adjust settings for it to play well. I used the following instructions:


First off, go to My Documents/Enemy Territory Quake Wars Beta/base. This is where we'll be doing our work.

You have to have "Hide File Extensions for known file types" unchecked in Control Panel --> Folder Options --> View on Windows XP.

Create a new text document and name it "autoexec.cfg"

Now you have a blank CFG file.

Note: The cfg tweaks I'm giving you here are basic, and are targeted towards systems with 1-2 GB of RAM, a 256MB videocard that's decent, and having a max of 60 FPS. If you've got an 8800 series, you can change it to 90 FPS or so for even smoother gameplay.

Copy the following into it...
Code:

r_useSMP 1
image_useCache 1
image_cacheMegs 256
image_cacheMinK 3072
cm_backFaceCull 1
r_usePortals 1
r_orderIndexes 1
r_useOptimizedShadows 1
r_useShadowCulling 1
r_useLightCulling 3
r_ignoreGLErrors 1
r_useIndexBuffers 0
r_useStateCaching 1
r_useVertexBuffers 1
r_useCachedDynamicModels 1
r_useTwoSidedStencil 1
r_useTurboShadow 1
r_useShadowVertexProgram 1
r_useShadowProjectedCull 1
r_useTripleTextureARB 1
r_useConstantMaterials 1
g_projectileLights 1
image_preload 1
com_showfps 1
com_unlock_timingmethod 1
com_unlockFPS 1
com_unlock_maxfps 60




Save and you're done! This also enables an FPS counter in the corner, if you don't like it erase the "com_showfps 1" line.


Using the above, I also changed the maxfps to 90 given my Sli setup. I enjoyed the match I played. Aiming was much more enjoyable and I actually leveled-up. It still has its issues, though, but this is much more promising.

-Adam

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Resident Evil And Quake Wars

Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 6/24/2007 08:45:00 PM

by Adam Blue

I now have a Wii. I never really planned on getting one before Mario Galaxy or Smash Bros., but my half-brother is leaving for Korea and offered me his Wii plus extras for $150. I had to bite. But honestly I haven't played much, which is the reason why I wouldn't buy one anytime soon - there's nothing to play on it. I guess you can say the VC library is robust enough to warrant a purchase, but I'm a hardcore gamer. I already own the VC titles in their original form(not every single one, but you know what I mean...).

Moving on, a friend of mine let me borrow Resident Evil 4 for the Wii. I played through it on the GameCube, so I wasn't really in a hurry for a re release. Well, last night after a night at the clubs, I came home with an urge to give RE4 a shot. Loading up I noticed the aliasing was atrocious. It might have also been like that on the GameCube...but that was a while ago. Then the first action sequence arrived, and holding down the 'B' button, Leon's gun aims and a green reticule appears. Using the wimote like a gun, I point and shoot at the villagers...and it was fun. I continued through the beginning just a bit and realized these Wii controls do justice. I decided I'll be selling off my copy of Paper Mario, and using the money for RE4. It's only $30. That's pretty damn good.

I also got into the Quake Wars Beta, via FilePlanet. so far...not too impressed. Just aiming and shooting felt very clunky. And it's not a performance issue - the game looks decent; not trying to show off amazing graphics in exchange for smooth play on loaded servers. After a few play-throughs, I got an itchin' for Battlefield 2142...which I promptly inserted into my DVD-drive and began playing.

We'll see what the future holds for QW...it has a lot of potential and being a Beta might explain the lack of...anything.

-Adam

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Welcome To The Syndicate - Gamer Combine

Saturday, June 23, 2007 at 6/23/2007 02:52:00 PM

by Adam Blue

Well I'm working on something new that I would like to share with everyone. It's called Gamer Combine. It's like Myspace and facebook, but exclusively for gamers. I'm working with a buddy of mine, Jason, who pretty much confirms the existence of God through coding. He sits down in front of his Mac laptop and types away in CSS, creating my vision. You can check it out here - Gamer Combine - but so far, there's not much to it other than the forums. Pretty soon, like Myspace and Facebook, you'll be creating a profile about yourself, but not about your social life. It will be all about your gaming life. You'll display all of your gamer ID's, achievements, pics of your avatars and gaming setups, as well as putting together tournaments and competitions. There's a lot in-store for Gamer Combine, I just can't wait to get there.

-Adam

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