Archive for the ‘Games’ Category

Games in Closed Beta

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013

You might sometimes be reading discussions where players are debating which closed beta games are the most entertaining. When you read such a discussion, it is important for you to realize what the difference is between games in the closed beta stage and games which went gold. What I want to ...

Merging Servers in Multiplayer Games

Saturday, March 2nd, 2013

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 ...

Innovation in Games

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

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 ...

Western and Eastern Online Games

Friday, November 16th, 2012

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

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011

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 ...

Social Aspects of Massive Multiplayer Games

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

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 ...

Nintendo Wii

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

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 ...

Games and Movies

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

If you take look at the entertainment industry or the electronics industry, you will see that movies and computer games are a very popular form of entertainment. While movies have been popular for many decades, computer and video games are just emerging. That is why it is fascinating to see ...

Firefox and Privacy

Wednesday, September 22nd, 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 ...

Brightness in Games

Sunday, September 19th, 2010

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 ...

What is a CPU?

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

I think that everyone who spends time at a computer heard at some point the term CPU. Even though many people heard about it, I am wondering how many actually know what it is, and what it stands for. First of all, the CPU is an acronym for Central Processing ...

Playing a Guitar

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

There are many devices known to gamers that can enhance their experience of playing computer games. Those include joysticks, keyboards, mouses, and others. Did you know that you can play Guitar Hero on the PC with something else than your keyboard? I know several gamers that have played Guitar Hero ...

Video Games and Exercise

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

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 ...

System Restore

Friday, July 9th, 2010

If you use your computer on a daily basis and install a lot of new programs, then sooner or later something bad can happen to your system. If your computer starts to work sluggishly and unsuspected restarts occur, there are two things you can do. First of all, formatting your ...

Linux vs.Windows

Wednesday, July 7th, 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 ...