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| Video Link » /media/video/play.asp/gigabyte_factory/1 |  Bjorn (5) May 13, 2008 - 05:54 am
| » nasty junk
nasty / ugly case.
The metal used looks like cheap stuff.
I HATE doors. Why would anyone want to frustrate themselves by hiding their optical drive behind a door?
I do not like the overly bright LEDS, I don't like LEDs at all.
I am not impressed by "tool-less", I am more impressed by cooling. The HD mount does not dampen vibration, so there will certainly be some buzz there.
Over all cooling was medium. In other words, who cares.
Noise levels were just plain bad. The reviewer missed that all that extra noise coming out the back would typically bounce off a wall if a hard surface wall is behind the PC (like for most of us).
Over all this case sucks.
Review format was interesting.
Basically lots of interesting feature, but a still a piece of junk. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=20243 | Bjorn (5) Apr 01, 2008 - 02:12 am » Edited on Apr 01, 2008 - 02:23 am
| So they give back a little on the Audigy, but hold the line on modding the X-FI drivers? Those were the ones I was most interested in. Those are still not allowed by Creative Labs.
I agree that Creative Labs could (and should) stop Daniel_K from asking for money for their drivers (modded or not). I think Daniel_k should not have distributed a cracked copy of Alchemy. But, there is no reason to stop him from modding drivers so they work better.
I think the wired article hits the nail on the head. They are doing this with a plan on forcing us to disgard working sounds cards to buy new ones from them. Well, it'll work but I won't be buying their cards nor cards which use their chips. Hello asus. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=20185 | Bjorn (5) Mar 28, 2008 - 03:32 am
| » Aaargh!
20th Aniversery edition, and yet they ignore where they came from. They never heard "you dance with who brung ya"?
They started on the PC, and it is the PC that made it popular. It is bad enough that they have not even ported a semi-current version to the PC, now they are not even releasing even an old lame patch for the current one?
Come on, give us a game worth buying, not everyone likes consoles.
(I own one, I just do not prefer it, and will not buy madden for it). Flag this | Edit this post |
| Matrix Blog Link » /matrix/blog.asp/66178/730 | Bjorn (5) Mar 27, 2008 - 04:00 am
| » Missing several key areas
The most obvious comparison would have been with the predecessor. This is not version 1.0 of some new game. It is the 4th take (12th or more if you could all the incremental versions (Civ1, 2, 3 & 4 all had multiple add ons which sold seperately). And, I think when a new version of such a long lived series is released you can not just look at it by itself, how it compares to those it replaces must be considered.
In this lastest version there are a number of things which are new (compared to Civ3). Many are better, equally many are worse.
For example: Combat is broken, but AI is better. Your options to tune what units can do is much better but the method to do so if far more cryptic, error prone and even more importantly many key options are gone.
Religions, corporations and improved diplomacy make for more varied play styles.
The look of the game is quite different. Civ3 was 2.5d (quasi 3d, but not really), while Civ4 is 3d.
Other games which it can be compared to do exist. There are other 4x games such as Galatic Civilizations, the old (but still great) Master of Orion.
You mention religions but did not mention what if any impact they have in game.
If you mention it, you should at least briefly explain it. A single sentence is enough. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=19941 | Bjorn (5) Mar 12, 2008 - 02:35 am
| | I have bought one of their games in the past. I found this focus on the customer and only the customer so refreshing that I am going to buy their two most recent games based solely on that. I enjoyed the past game I bought from them as well, so it is not as if I am punishing myself. Flag this | Edit this post |
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