Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Firefox and Privacy

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Firefox is a great browser, and I would recommend it for several reasons. First of all, it is the safest browser if you are using the “king of all plugins”, namely NoScript. Secondly, it allows a lot of customization, again thanks to various plugins. The question that I want to ...

Social Aspects of Massive Multiplayer Games

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

People who played a lot of video games have been often considered to be unsocial. That is because many gamers were often people who were just sitting in their room all evening while having no contact with other human beings throughout this time. However, this has changed when many LAN ...

Western and Eastern Online Games

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Online games generally come from two different corners of the world. On one side we have United States and Europe that usually create similar type of games, and use the same business model. On the other side we have South Korea that is a giant when it comes to making ...

Internet Filtering Packages

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Nobody has doubts about the fact that apart from many wonderful things that the Internet can offer us, it is also loaded with potentially dangerous content. For this reason you might want to buy a software that will filter the information you will want to receive, prevent some pictures from ...

Innovation in Games

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Every once in a while I hear that we have seen everything in games. I also hear that games are becoming like music in a sense that everything has been already invented. I hardly agree with this statement, because I think that this is just an excuse for gaming companies ...

Linux vs.Windows

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Windows is the most popular operating system in the world, and that is probably because it is user friendly. It is also so popular because most programs require Windows to run. That is why an average household has Windows installed on its PC. However, the situation is quite different when ...

Video Games and Exercise

Sunday, December 27th, 2009

There is a lot of talk these days about health. People are wondering what is considered healthy and what is not. That is a good thing, because if there is one thing you cannot buy, it is health. That is why you have to care about it, and take part ...

Merging Servers in Multiplayer Games

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Massive Multiplayer Online Games have become very popular in the past few years. One of the most important aspects of those games is server population, as those games revolve around user interaction. Recently, the practice of merging underpopulated servers in massive multiplayer online games has become more popular. When I ...

Brightness in Games

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Have you ever played a video game that was interesting and engaging, but the graphics were too dark in order to fully enjoy the game? Dark style of graphics is often the result of the graphics engine. I think that a lot of players remember playing games like that, and ...

Nintendo Wii

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Do you want to stay fit? Then play games like Wii Fit that force you to get off the couch and actually do some exercise. For a long time people were saying that video games are not healthy, and that is about to change as games like Wii Fit arrive ...