Computer Games Articles

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Tuesday, 25th March 2008 @ 4:09 PM

The lure of mining is one of the cardinal "shining paths" to wealth in EVE Online, and mining, done right, is geared towards making you the most money possible in the least amount of time in the EVE shared game. EVE seeds new resources to be mined throughout the 5,000 star cluster every time new players make permanent accounts, so mining starts with prospecting - finding what needs to be done. An EVE Online mining guide will walk you through the basic process. The basics of an E... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Warren Wong @ Sunday, 23rd March 2008 @ 10:58 PM

A good story is nothing without a good lead, and the Final Fantasy series has always been known for the diversity of its lead characters through the years. The depth and breadth of the characters in the Final Fantasy series has resulted it in being arguably the best and most famous RPG (role playing game) of all time. Once you begin to play the game, the interesting characters cannot but help make you addicted to the gameplay and keep you interested in finishing the story. Here we will detail al... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Alan Biron @ Sunday, 23rd March 2008 @ 4:59 AM

From the days of drag racing to the birth of NASCAR, car racing always has attracted adrenaline junkies of all descriptions, both men and women alike. This 'need for speed' is in the blood of car lovers everywhere, that unmistakable exhilaration that comes from breezing past the competition as your favorite tune tests the limits of your speakers. But these days, you don't even need a driver's license to get that kind of rush. You can feed your competitive spirit online by pla... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tristan Andrews @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 11:04 PM

The internet is the tool that game players enjoy most in finding games. The games that they find are interactive games that make it possible for the game player to play against anyone in the world. Many game websites provide different rooms where you know your teammates and can play with them whenever you like. The creators of online games also created better ways to play games with each other. The entertainment derived behind on line games has escalated in the past decade that companies pay... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 10:17 PM

CCP Games title EVE Online is run on one of the largest clustered super computers on the planet, with 5,000 star systems and several million unique objects in play at any one time. Their server system is so robust that they schedule a one hour down time every day to run backups, and the system can handle up to 25,000 players (and sometimes more) without collapsing. Because of the gigantic size of the database that players interact with, EVE doesn't lend itself to private server play... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tristan Andrews @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 8:44 PM

Playing games in America today is as common as it was in our history. Games that we played as a child like checkers, chess, and other board games are easily accessible on the internet. Many websites offer free games for the avid game player. These games vary from board games to live interaction play. You are able to play against the computer or you can play against others in your game community. Many times because of the chat rooms, offered people are able to find new friends or contact... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tristan Andrews @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 8:34 PM

Free games on the internet are bountiful. The availability goes without saying all is needed is an internet provider to enable you to go online and search for the game of your choice. Finding the right game is simple when you already know what type of game you like to play. Free games available make it so much easier now than ever before. The internet started hosting free game play in the later part of the 1960 is when major companies wanted to be able to advertise certain toys and movies. ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Murat Demir @ Friday, 21st March 2008 @ 1:05 PM

Everyone does it and you know they do. It appeals both to students and grandma's, they are for hardcore gamers and for people who barely know how to use a PC. Free flash games are taking over the minds of PC users and there's nothing you can do about it. If 5 years ago you had to go through all the trouble of getting yourself a video games console, hooking it up to a TV set and then having to buy actual physical games to put it in your console, now you can kill time practically ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Thursday, 20th March 2008 @ 2:42 AM

EVE Online's measured, steady success in the science fiction massively multiplayer online game market has been ongoing since 2003, with several updates in the intervening five (going on six) years. One of the most important of these updates is the EVE Online trinity client. Eve Online is a massive game, with 5,000 solar systems and nearly a billion objects. CCP games is working with leading edge data base developers to keep the universe dynamic and interesting, and the EVE Online t... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 10:22 PM

If you are taking a look at the EVE Online gaming system, than there are a few things that you will want to know right away. The first thing to think about when you encounter an MMORPG is how you can advance your character and open up the amount of things that you can do with the resources you have. When it comes to learning new things and being able to accomplish more, you'll find that EVE Online has a unique system that you can take a look at it. Essentially, one of the nice thin... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 10:20 PM

If you've played other massively multiplayer games, you know about the drudgery of doing missions, particularly if you've done your second or third character. You go to the quest giving NPC, you click through the same content screens, and go and kill the same monsters every time. You complete missions in a linear sequence, and in the end, the entire process loses a lot of replay value. Think of most MMOGs as having missions like amusement park rides. Like amusement park rides, they... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 10:17 PM

If you have ever played EVE Online, you already know what an addictive game it can be and how genuinely enjoyable it is. After a little bit of time and exploration, however, you might be concerned that you are getting into a rut. Perhaps there is a task you want to perform, or maybe you want to know better combat tactics that will allow you to survive more efficiently in player versus player interactions. Maybe you're curious to see how the people who are pulling in the ISK are doing it.... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 6:25 AM

EVE: The Second Genesis is a database driven multiplayer game, with an incredible community of over 250,000 players, running about 450,000 characters. Up to 25,000 players can be logged in at once. If you're looking to get into EVE, you'll want a good broadband connection, as the EVE Online downloads are pretty substantial. The subscription model covers getting updates to the EVE Online downloads as part of the login process, which makes things a lot simpler and more straightforward... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 6:23 AM

Lots of MMORPGs have guilds - a way for players to coordinate, gather loot, set up bases and work their way into the context of the game world. Some dedicated World of Warcraft players even do up business cards with their characters names on them, what server they play on, what side of the conflict, and what their guild is. In EVE Online, CCP's massively multiplayer persistent world online game, the concept of the guild gets a facelift, and is called a corporation. Characters form ... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 6:04 AM

EVE Online is a massively multiplayer game unlike any other on the market. With 220,000 subscribers connecting to a clustered supercomputer of over 60 servers running in the same persistent universe of 5,000 star systems, it is staggering in its depth, and there's a lot of demand for EVE Online guides out there. First, because of the nature of EVE's architecture, a lot of the conventional "MMORPG" guides don't work terribly well. Most MMOs (like World of Warcraft)... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Alan Biron @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 5:28 AM

Mario is easily one of the most recognizable faces to come out of Nintendo, but did you know his original name was Jumpman? That's right, in 1981 Mario first appeared in Donkey Kong, but then, he went by the name of Jumpman, but Mario was used as his name in some promotional material. This game surprised Nintendo by its extreme success. To test the popularity of Mario, Nintendo released an arcade game called Marion Bros., which included Mario and his brother Luigi. This game was... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Alan Biron @ Saturday, 15th March 2008 @ 5:16 AM

Sonic the Hedgehog was originally a game character and hero in many games created by Sega for the Sega Genesis. Artist Naoto Oshima, designer Hirokazu Yasuhara and programmer Yuji Naka are credited with the creation of Sonic, the blue anthropomorphic hedgehog, who can run faster than the speed of sound. That is one of the major factors of the games, in case you didn't know. Sonic was created when the time came for Sega to get a new mascot, as Alex Kidd, a monkey boy with over-siz... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Geoff Morris @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 8:13 PM

Many people these days start out with a feeling of guilt when they look at on-line games. Perhaps they feel that it is too belittling for them, but really, these casual games of skill can be like a daily work out for the brain. So, if you've never played an online game before, you may feel a little overwhelmed by how many game options you have. From adventure games to strategy games, there are many websites that offer free and subscription based online games. Some games allow you to play ag... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 6:49 PM

Whether you have just begun playing the extremely enjoyable and highly addictive game EVE Online, or you have simply been in it for a while and are beginning to look around for options other than the ones that you have initially tried out, you'll find that there are many things that you can find out when you hit the EVE Online Wiki. Like other online Wikipedia-type sites, the EVE Online Wiki is a user-edited encyclopedia, one that, in this case, is dedicated entirely to the EVE Online MMOR... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Thursday, 13th March 2008 @ 6:46 PM

Even If you have just gotten started playing EVE Online, you are already probably aware of the existence of EVE Online ore. Mining for ore is one of the best ways to get ahead in this complicated, versatile game, and you'll find that with just a little bit of work and some basic information under your belt that you'll be in good shape to understand ore, it's place in EVE Online, and how you can make the ore you mine work the best for you! The first thing to be aware of is ... more...