I’ve long been a fan of war games, particularly World War 2 games. Red Orchestra, Company of Heroes, Day of Defeat, Hidden and Dangerous 2, Return to Castle Wolfenstein – all of these hover at the top of my list of favorite games.
The thing is, though, part of me wonders: are these games a little [...]
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Josh Vs. The Video Card
If you’ve worked with computers for a while, you’ve probably heard some standard things about maintaining your system. Defrag the hard drive regularly; keep your virus definitions up-to-date; uninstall stuff you’re not using to free up space; update your drivers, especially if you’re trying to fix a problem or get the best performance out of [...]
64squar.es – Chess meets Web 2.0
I believe it was on MetaFilter a few days ago that I learned of 64squar.es, a new chess site. I’ve been playing a few games on it over the past few days, and I really, really like it. I’ve played chess online in the past at a few different sites – usually at Yahoo! Games [...]
More Red Orchestra Guest Passes
I posted back at the beginning of June about having two guest passes for Red Orchestra Ostfront. Well, for whatever reason, I now have 2 more. They showed up in my Steam account a few days ago. If you want to give the game a go, drop me a comment on this post. Make sure [...]
Two bits of game news: one good, one bad
(Note: If you’re not into gaming, you’ll perhaps find this post exceedingly boring; it’s not at all like most of my other Sys13 entries. You’ve been warned. If you aren’t a gamer geek, you might want to turn back – now! )
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been treated to some great [...]
