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Clash of the Controls

Fri, 28 July 2006
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Okay I'll 'fess up. In previous blogs you'll have probably noted some allusions to the fact that I might have one or two consoles stashed away in my humble abode. I can't deny it. I am a cross platform gamer. My PC is joined by a PS2, Gamecube, 360, PSP and Nintendo DS. I just love games and the thought of missing out on a game simply because it was not released on a platform I don't own is something vexing to me. Anyway this is a bit of a digression to excuse the fact that I'm interested in Microsoft's announcement of Live Anywhere, a new service which seeks to bring the Xbox Live service to PCs and other network capable devices.

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When geeks ruled the world

Thu, 27 July 2006
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I hate business travel. I really do. You may have noticed the past two days have been somewhat lacking in blog entries from my good self (he says in the vain hope that people would ever miss his daily musings). The reason for this communication blackout was nothing other than a simple business trip. Get up at some ungodly hour, fly back late at night, spend the following day in a bleary eyed, barely coherent mess. Trust me, it is no good. However I did manage to find some positives out of my most recent experience and it strangely coincided with the recent birthday of that PC gaming giant Quake.

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License say what?

Mon, 24 July 2006
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No matter what industry you happen to be watching there are always moments that render you incapable of speech in anything but acronyms. Since it relates to some E3 news you may consider this WTF moment a little late in coming but I just can't sit on this one any longer. Those who know me personally are probably aware of where I'm going with this but for those who don't, all I can say to you is Shadowrun.

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Time for a dummy-spit

Thu, 20 July 2006
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In equal measures online gaming can be a trying and rewarding game experience. You only need to have played one game of Counterstrike to know why this is. Assuming the online game in question is good and technically solid the thing that makes or breaks a good online session is the same thing that makes or breaks a party: the people.

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Check out that singularity

Wed, 19 July 2006
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I know a lot of people can get cranky about Steam but you have to hand it to Valve. Not only have they made massive forays into the world of digital distribution, released two of the greatest first person shooters known to man, supported independent developers, created accessible game technology but now they seem to be aiming for some kind of record for content stuffing.