Personal gaming journal #5

It’s been a really long time since I did any updates on the games I enjoy playing, so I’ll just give a quick synopsis of where I’m getting my feet wet again.  That is to say, I’m going a little retro lately, digging out some of my older 360 games, and even a much older [...]

Electronic Arts update.

Seems like a lot of news was dropped yesterday from developer Electronic Arts:

 - Sims 3 is delayed until early June, 2009
 - Mass Effect 2 has been announced for an early 2010 date across multiple platforms (guessing that means XBox 360, PS3, and PC)
- Some 1000+ jobs will be cut including the closure of 12 facilities [...]

Delayed Dell

As I mentioned before, it’s been over six years since my last home PC purchase and it’s been long overdue for a new one.  I think my registry is pretty much ‘borked’ with junk…enough junk where it slows my system startup to almost a crawl these days, and good luck trying to launch Outlook Express [...]

My new Dell is taking forever :<

Seriously, I ordered it on Aug 28th, and as of this morning, September 4th it is current status is still ‘in production’.
WTH?  We aren’t building Rome here or reinventing the wheel.  It’s a mid system at best with no major bells or whistles.  For all intents and purposes, it’s pretty much a stock rig for [...]

Dude, I’m getting a Dell

So I finally plunked down the cash after over a year of putting it off on buying a new Dell computer.
This will be my third Dell, as I purchased one for my father about 3 years ago, and my personal PC is now approaching six years old, if not actually older.  Overall, I’ve had good [...]

Personal Gaming Journal #3

So I’m kinda excited that my OXM subscription kicked in yesterday and I recevied my 1st issue.  It’s a pretty good deal to get the magazine along with the disc for $24.95 for the whole year as opposed to paying $9.99 an issue at the grocery store or bookstore.
I’m happy to see some offical pictures [...]

PC: Malware Invasion – worse than any Skrull

clicked on a pop-up window in haste, not really realizing what I clicked before it was too late. Instantly I was taken to a very official ‘Windows’ looking dialogue box that insisted that my PC was ‘unprotected’ and needed to be protected. Here’s their dirty little secret: No matter if you hit ‘Okay’ or ‘Cancel’ it downloads and installs anyway. Bastards! I couldn’t click any link or new page without being taken to some bogus message, effectively raising my blood pressure and confusion.