Computer Games Articles

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Jim Williams @ Friday, 28th March 2008 @ 11:24 AM

There is only one way to play video games now days and that is performing them on a HDTV. Whatever people have told you, what ever your friends, kinsfolk, or co-workers have told you, HD is the exclusive way to go. Ok you might just happen to be an individual that has never seen something in High definition and that is alright, your not alone. Just about everyone in the United States has heard of HD but truly don't understand what it is. A simplex way to explicate it is that the r... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Thursday, 27th March 2008 @ 11:52 PM

CCP's massive EVE Online MMORPG is the dominant science fiction MMO on the market today. With dynamic game play, and a player run economy, coupled with a "real world time" driven method for building up skills, it provides a dynamic challenge for players. It also has, like any MMO, a number of repetitive tasks that aren't terribly fun to do, like mining asteroids, or queueing production. This is where EVE Online Macros come into play. There are a lot of sites out there... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tom Kranz @ Thursday, 27th March 2008 @ 11:33 AM

One of the quickest ways to get ahead in a game is to learn from experienced players. This is where World of Warcraft guides come in - experienced WoW players who have been there and done that can share their expertise with newcomers. World of Warcraft guides can help you on the quickest path to level up your character, and gain gold and rare items. WoW levelling can be time consuming, difficult and - frankly - boring. Speed levelling is the main aim of many new players, eager to start th... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Chris Marshall @ Thursday, 27th March 2008 @ 4:38 AM

Rockstar have confirmed a "primary interest" from EA regarding the attempted purchase of Take Two games according to chief executive John Riccitiello. Mr Riccitiello said: "I believe the company is fully justified in calling themselves Rockstar because that's what they are in this industry." Take Two initially turned down EA's first approach and so the games giant is now targeting shareholders directly. Take Two's prize asset is the 'Grand Theft Auto�... more...

Recreation and Leisure » Entertainment » Computer Games | By Tristan Andrews @ Tuesday, 25th March 2008 @ 9:01 PM

Action games are very popular in the gamer world. Many games are available free but the best most elite action games usually come with a price. Action games require special equipment in order to play which is another expense. Still action games are the most marketable game play offered today. There are game stations that either you can obtain by buying or renting at a video store and multiple action games that played on the game station for fun. The internet offers many different webs... more...

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...