Sunday, June 22, 2008
Beautifully Designed Computer Games
...As a result, those first games included gems such as Pong, Pac Man (while fun and a classic, let's face it: it was a yellow circle that moved around in circles "eating" dots); and asteroids (stick figure space ship shoots at stick figure rocks).
The next generation of games sought to improve the visual appeal somewhat. And so we received the slightly better games like Donkey Kong, Galaxian and Frogger. While these were definitely primitive by today's standards, they did at least have some more color and in some cases, a "cuteness" factor.
It was in the late 1980s that two things impacted the graphic look of computer games. First was the dawn of graphical adventure games. As classics like Space Quest, Police Quest, and George Lucas' Monkey Island became hits, they showed that there was a market for games that w...more
The Easy Way You Can Download XBox 360 Games Right On Your Computer
... download. In many cases, it can take days for a download to finish, which isn't worth it.
Worse still, many of these files are corrupt, which means that they don't work after all, once you do take the time to download them. It's a huge problem to sit and wait for a very long time to get a game, only to find out that it doesn't work after all. Again, it's not worth your time.
Therefore, we recommend that you simply stay away from these sites, since they are more trouble than they're worth and you could have your computer completely wiped out, or worse, could even be hacked into or become a victim of identity theft.
Second option: XBox 360 game downloads
Choosing this option will get you much improved results versus the first one. You can download just about any game you want to without having to worry about viruses or spyware, slow download speeds, or corrupt files.
XBox 360 downloads have been in demand for a long time, and a couple of business people decided that this trend was worth...more
Will Wii Be The Savior Of The Games Industry?
...stry.
The holiday season in both Japan and the United States are a fine example of this. The demand for Nintendo Wii has far exceeded the supply which makes the chance of you being able to buy one highly unlikely.
Proof of this was clear when even twelve months after the release of the console onto the market, those trying to get their hands on one were still queuing at every outlet which had stocked the item. Although, the popularity of this device has cooled off a bit of late, this is only to be expected after one year of it being around.
For this reason and in spite of the arguments against the Wii, it has still captured a key share of the market. However, to...more
A Look at the Xbox 360
...Next Spring is promising to be an exciting time for gamers, with the release of the new Xbox 360. Officially announced on MTV, Microsoft unveiled their all new console. With a sleek design, an impressive CPU, and a slew of many other new features, the Xbox will continue to prove Microsofts dominance at the top of the video game console market.
What We Know
Following the path of the new Nintendo Revolution and the Playstation 3, Xbox had decided to go the route of a new compact design. Continuing with the ascetics, the new Xbox 360 will come with interchangeable faceplates allowing owners to give their console a custom look. Furthermore the Xbox 360 will have the ability to be mounted both horizontally and vertically.
The look of the new console is fine and dandy, but what is under all that cool looking plastic? Microsoft has developed an impressive system capable of amazing processing power never seen before in a home video game console. As well as new IBM PowerPC-based CPU running at 3.2GHz, and over a half a gigabyte of RAM, the Xbox 360 will showcase a new ATI video card capable of advanced antialiasing and shader effects. What this means to gamers is 720p and 1080i wide-screen HDTV, almost double the resolution of the original Xbox which maxed out at 480p The system will also support up to four wireless controls..
Arguably Microsoft can att...more
