Sunday 27 April 2008  GTA IV Scores a perfect 10 @IGN
Review here.
Video review here
 Posted by Akira on Sunday 27 April 2008 - 12:11:30  Read/Post Comment: 1
Friday 25 April 2008 Vegas 2 Direct Download
Posted by Akira on Friday 25 April 2008 - 20:01:07 Read/Post Comment: 0
 The Gryphon attack glider - SF gets all the fun.
Members of special forces around the world will no doubt be clamoring over each other to get hold of one of these personnel gliders. Made by SPELCO GbR in Germany, this carbon-fiber stealth glider will allow an attack corridor of nearly 125 miles from a HAHO jump and will reach speeds of 135mph. Unaffected by headwinds or crosswinds because of its favorable lift-to-drag ratio, the glider would allow elite units to reach targets with increased speed, precision and stealth. The wing weighs only 30 pounds and can be fully weaponized for assault and rescue. It has a 6-foot jet-wing that is steered with handheld rotary controls connected to its rudder. And it can hide more than 100 pounds of combat gear in a built-in compartment. The customised helmet has a heads-up display and provides on-board oxygen for the very high altitude jump. To land, the paratrooper detaches the thirty-pound carbon fiber glider frame and it dangles twenty feet below him, hitting the ground first and leaving plenty of room for the paratrooper to make a clean landing right behind it.
Posted by Akira on Friday 25 April 2008 - 17:48:09 Read/Post Comment: 0
Wednesday 23 April 2008 On Holy Ground
Anyway, I'm just back from a 3 week driving tour in France. Best part of it was the visits to the WW2 sites in Normandie, altho I didn't quite make it to Cherbourg or St Mere Eglise. Guys, even if you're a small time WW2 buff like me, I highly recommend getting your asses here. I started off with the visit to the Memorial in Caen. I normally hate museums but this one is very good. Maybe a but too much French in parts but it provided a good build up and added to the intensity of the experience. Next headed up north to check out the German 155mm batteries at Longues Sur Mer and the artificial port at Arromanches. The German batteries were worth the visit but the remnants of the port at Arromanches were actually quite a distance away in the ocean. Nevertheless Arromanches was quite a nice quaint town to visit.
But the pinnacle of the visit has to be Colleville Sur Mer, where Omaha Beach lies. Gentlemen, this place is POWERFUL. Walking on the beach along the same stretch of sand and water that saw the blood of so many young troops was an unbelievable experience. I didn't appreciated how god-damn difficult the terrain was for the beach invaders until I walked it. A wide, exposed beach leading up to an impossibly high hill, the top of which sat the German batteries. When you stand at the top of that hill, you can see the beach northward, eastward and westward for miles. One can easily appreciate why thousands fell that day on the beach. If there were any truer meanings to the term Sitting Ducks, this was it.
Finally when I got to the American cemetery that overlooks the beach, I had to wipe tears away. And shit, i never cry...not even when my grandmother died.
Sure it was intense but all in all, it was my best trip...ever. And I even got some R&R in St Tropez and Monte Carlo ;) Make sure you boys get out there at least once in your life...even if you're not religious.
Check out some more photos of my visit in hi res here
Posted by Akira on Wednesday 23 April 2008 - 20:04:54 Read/Post Comment: 0
Wednesday 26 March 2008 Windows Vista Service Pack 1 underperforms Posted by Akira on Wednesday 26 March 2008 - 23:46:06 Read/Post Comment: 0
Friday 21 March 2008 Happy Easter
Check this out - for those of you that have been with us since the beginning, you might remember that @war started back in Easter 2001. April 14 to be exact but heh, Easter is early this year!
Posted by Akira on Friday 21 March 2008 - 14:39:15 Read/Post Comment: 0
Tom Clancy MMO
Costing in the region of $40-50 million dollars to develop, Guillemot says that the development has been previously hindered by the need to pay the hefty royalty fees. But this is no longer the case since Ubisoft has now acquired all the rights to the Tom Clancy name. Guillemot also hints at future movie releases : "It will help to build bridges between books, movies and games to enhance consumer interest... our goal is to make sure they get in the Clancy universe around our products. They can play, read, watch movies or TV series, and all this will make them get more interested by that universe, and control the ability to get a lot more information on the characters and what happens and so on."
Posted by Akira on Friday 21 March 2008 - 14:34:37 Read/Post Comment: 0
Friday 07 March 2008 Poll Results: PC gaming is very much alive
Next, lets hear who @warriors want for the next US president!Posted by Akira on Friday 07 March 2008 - 23:35:00 Read/Post Comment: 0
Sunday 24 February 2008 HD DVD gets tanked..officially
Here's Microsoft beating a rather hasty retreat :-
As a result of recent decisions made by Toshiba, Hollywood studios, and retailers, Microsoft plans to withdraw from HD DVD. Xbox will no longer manufacture new HD DVD players for the Xbox 360, but we will continue to provide standard product and warranty support for all Xbox 360 HD DVD Players in the market. As we stated earlier, we do not believe this decision will have any material impact on the Xbox 360 platform or our position in the marketplace. HD DVD is one of the several ways we offer a high definition experience to consumers and we will continue to give consumers the choice to enjoy digital distribution of high definition movies and TV shows directly to their living room, along with playback of the DVD movies they already own.
Posted by Akira on Sunday 24 February 2008 - 22:55:55 Read/Post Comment: 4
R6 Vegas 2 Weapons Video
1) Belgium's FN FNC
2) the AK-74 submachine gun variant, better known as the AKS 74U
3) the British Enfield L85A2
4) Barrett's answer to the venerable M16/M4, the M468 which takes the 6.8mm SPC cartridge and is capable of being mated to an existing M-16/M-4 series lower receiver .
5) Steyr AUG Para, a 9 mm submachine gun modified from the AUG that fires a 9x19mm Parabellum pistol cartridge
6) The Chinese made Type 05/JS submachine gun
7) Skorpion vz-83 chambered for the 9x17mm Browning Short cartridge (0.380)
8) The ever reliable Mossberg Tactical 500 shotgun
9) 'Artic Warfare' variant of the British made L96 sniper rifle used by the Swedish armed forces
10) And perhaps the most accurate semi auto in the world, the Stoner SR-25SD which is a flattop accurized version of the M-16, but chambered for the powerful 7.62 mm round.
Watch the streaming trailer herePosted by Akira on Sunday 24 February 2008 - 21:42:51 Read/Post Comment: 1
Combat Mission
* Newly updated version demo (v1.07) with many fixes and UI updates and performance improvements
* Includes two scenarios which can be played as either US or Syrian
* Includes a third scenario, \"Demo Training\" which was designed to only be played from the US perspective
* All multiplayer modes are active (TCP-IP, PBEM, Hotseat)
* You can access and play with the full Game Editor (save function disabled)
* The full 196 page game manual (pdf format)
Download links: File Front, Worth Playing, and AusGamers
Posted by Akira on Sunday 24 February 2008 - 20:28:48 Read/Post Comment: 0
Thursday 14 February 2008  GRAW 2 PC patch v1.05
Features and updates:
- Existing Levels of the Single player mode now playable in multiplayer:
o Mission 01 (Sierra, night level) (MP Mode : RvsA)
o Mission 03 (MP Mode : RvsA)
o Mission 04 (MP Mode : Coop)
o Mission 07 Hacienda (MP Mode : Coop)
o Mission 08 (MP Mode : RvsA & Deathmatch)
- Exclusive additional weapons
o Shotgun
o SAW
- Fixes and updates
o Fixes synchronisation & disconnections errors in multiplayer.
Update from v1.04 here
Update from any version herePosted by Akira on Thursday 14 February 2008 - 19:49:25 Read/Post Comment: 0
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