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Holiday Season 2011 - Gaming Season!

Today I've finally decided to update my profile every once in a while, and write a blog. But only a blog when I have really something to report. And boy, there sure is much stuff going on in gaming land these coming months. Let me shed a light on all this gaming-madness.

Starting with Battlefield 3, releasing this week all over the world. A hype, a trending topic as Twitter fanatics would like to call it, there's simply no denying that the game will hit the top 5 this Christmas. Well deserved too, if you would ask me. The updated game engine Frost Bite amazes even the most critical PC gamer. While the Beta showed some minor flaws along the way, the final version has already proven to be much better. The game features a compelling campaign, but the hardcore gamer would just skip the whole Singleplayer part and move onto the part he's been waiting the entire year for: Mutliplayer. With up to 64 players on PC, this multiplayer features large scale battles on the ground as well as high up in the sky. Like EA stated, ''you don't get to call the air strike, you ARE the air strike. Gameplay has improved since Battlefield 2, and fans as well as newcomers to the game enjoy it. This is bound to be a Christmas hit and possible game of the year.

That said, there's the competition. Activision hasn't been sitting on their butts this year, instead continuing on the biggest shooter series in the world. That's right, what else can it be other than CoD Modern Warfare 3. With a story line that begins where its predecessor directly left off, players get to crawl into the skin of the familiar characters of the most popular shooter series. Not to mention the multiplayer, where millions of people will frag, steal flags, hold strategic points and dominate certain areas. A golden choice already, continuing the success of MW2.

The problem is really, that there's way too many games coming out! Of course you'll hear some sarcasm in the previous sentence, but there's some truth in it. With games like Battlefield 3, MW3, Batman Arkham City, NFL12, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Uncharted 3, Assassin's Creed Revelations and many more, you can easily get lost in the arena. And I'm not even talking about the games already released, such as Gears of War 3, Driver San Francisco, Fifa 12 and many other games!Maybe we should all stay home for Christmas, send a post card to your mother-in-law, and enjoy those block busters the entire holiday season!

Have a crazy gaming holiday season this year!

Mini blog: New self-made banner

As the title says, I made a new banner picture. The old one was, well, old. It contained my old profile name so I thought it could use an update.It features my new Gamespot account name XYorX (changed it last month), and it also features my new Xbox Live gamertag X0RoyX. (Changed that today).So feel free to hit me up on Xbox Live!

Hope you like it! If you do, let me know in a comment. If you don't, do let me know too! There's always room for improvement.

From now on, I will try and keep my blog a bit more updated, seeing the last post is dated over one and a half year ago. Tomorrow, I'll post my new gaming system! I've upgraded quite a bit since the last time, although I spend most of my spare time on Xbox Live now, totally addicted!

My new system upgrade

It was time for a different mouse and keyboard, and since I have been having weird sudden power failures especially when gaming, I was in need for a PSU upgrade as advised by evga since they said I'm right there on the edge with a 520W.

So, this is my new setup:

  • Q6600 Core2Quad @ 2.4Ghz
  • ASrock P45TS (with 16GB RAM support and SPDIF Digital Out)
  • OCZ DDR2 4GB (2x2) High Platinum 5-5-5-18 @ 1066Hz
  • EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 SuperClocked Edition 896mb
  • PSU Corsair TX850W
  • LG L204WT @ 1680 x 1050
  • Logitech Cordless Wave keyboard and Performance MX mouse!! (Especially the mouse is lovely!)
  • Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround

New Rig 12th June 1009

Okay, so I wanted to hook up my PC directly to my new Samsung LCD LE40A656 100Hz TV.

I want to be able to play the latest games as well as view full HD movies. So, I bought a memory pair, a new motherboard which supports SPDIF digital out (The sound needs to go to my 5.1 surround set) and a good gfx card for a reasonable price.

This is my old setup:

  • Q6600 Core2Quad @ 2.4Ghz
  • Asus P5B-Deluxe (4GB DDR2 RAM Support)
  • Corsair DDR2 2GB (2x1) Value @ 667Hz
  • EVGA 7950GT XXX 512MB version
  • PSU Corsair 500Watt Modular
  • LG L204WT @ 1680 x 1050
  • Logitech G15 Gaming keyboard + MX518 Mouse
  • Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround

This is the new setup:

  • Q6600 Core2Quad @ 2.4Ghz
  • ASrock P45TS (with 16GB RAM support and SPDIF Digital Out)
  • OCZ DDR2 4GB (2x2) High Platinum 5-5-5-18 @ 1066Hz
  • EVGA GTX 260 Core 216 SuperClocked Edition 896mb
  • PSU Corsair 500Watt Modular
  • LG L204WT @ 1680 x 1050
  • Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard + MX518 Mouse
  • Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround

Oh, and in case you're wondering what the new avatar is about, it's Max Payne 3 of course !!!

Update !

Long time since I posted here !

Anyway, I just updated my Games Collection, so have a look! Also, if you're playing on Xbox Live, feel free to add me if you know me ;). My account name is: Roytjehh.

Oh, and I'm still a member of the Gemini Fleet. It's a Sci-fi community that plays online games together, as well as Role playing on the forums iteself. It's a great community, and I suggest you take a look there, you won't regret it. :)
We are planning on playing Star Trek: Online as well as Star Wars: The Old Republic. So a lot of stuff to check out!

www.geminifleetcommand.com

Next time, I will tell some more about this awesome site and what they do! Wow, I just saw that I haven't posted here for more than 2 years... I'll try and keep up with Gamespot from now on, they've improved a lot of stuff so it's fun to be back here :).

Until next time,

Roy / Yor

New Rig!

WoW, I haven't posted here for a while!

Check out my second PC, I will keep the old one as well:

  • Intel Q6600 4Ghz 8mb
    Asus P5B-MX
    eVGA 7950 GT KO 512 MB
    Corsair 2048MB DDR2 667 C4
    WDCaviar 500GB 7,200
    LG 20,1' L204WT 2000:1
    Logitech X-540 5.1
    AOpen QF50E black 350W
    LG DVDRW +/- LightScribe

I really can't wait until it gets delivered lol!!

Lvl 20 Finally !

After a long, hard road, I finally made it to Lvl 20. Wow, what an achievement. To the next 20 !

Oh and by the way, just a bit early : Happy Christmas all !! :D

New Rig

Yeah :D

Today I finally got my new rig. Been playing Hitman Blood Money, and I must say: I like my new pc.

This is my old one:

Mobo: unknown
AMD 3000+ XP
Club 3D ATI Radeon 9800 pro 128mb
400GB Harddrive
1,5 GB DDR

My new one:


Mobo: ASRock AM2XLI-eSATA2
AMD 3800+ Dual Core
XFX Geforce 7600 GT XXX 256mb
400GB Harddrive (soon 650 GB)
1,0 GB DDR2

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I just watched the quicktime trailers, and wow. It's amazing at HD quality, 720P. It looks awesome.


  

Show your support to Sentinelrv !!

Times change, and hopefully for all the members of the Gamespot Union Community very soon. Changes are being planned at the moment, thanks to Sentinelrv. He made a proposal to Greg Kasavin, one of the most important people around Gamespot. Sentinel has great ideas that I fully support. Right now, Gamespot is thinking of accepting this major improvement to the Union system. This includes better navigation, smarter lay-out, improved ranking system, far more advanced variety of things to make your union unique. I think I speak for everyone if I say this change must be accepted by Gamespot, and it likely will.

To show your support to Sentinelrv's ideas, click the following link and leave a comment. You can also use one of the banners to show your support. Spread the word!!!


Explanation and banner link of the improvement -

Here you can see all the changes Sentinelrv has in mind. You can also show your support by commenting.


Conversation between Greg and Sentinelrv -

Here you can read the reaction from Greg.


Also, place one of these banners in your sig to tell other people who do not know yet of the situation.


Thank you very much for showing your support. The future of the entire Union community depends on people like you.

Please rate my new banner :)..

Well, please rate my new banner... I personally think it's great.. I recommend if you want your own sig just go to the Plasma Design Union, you can sign up there and order your own sig! Thanks to Mr_Ashley.
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