Modern Gamer

Crysis, UT3 Sales Fall Flat

Jay — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:30:19 +0000

All the hype of the new game Crysis seemed to not help its sales very much. Even with a metareview score of 91. Two reasons can be attributed to this. One Crysis has a very high hardware requirement. A PC with a dual core processor, 2GB of RAM and a mid-level DX10 card runs the game at around 30 framers per second average at midrange resolution.

Two, The FPS market is crowded to say the least. Crysis launched during a time when BioShock, Halo 3, Call of Duty 4 and The Orange Box have been occupying shelf space.

Research firm NPD Group said that EA and Crytek’s critically lauded FPS Crysis sold just 86,633 units last month, following its release on November 13. Not very much for all the hype.

Soda companies blame video games!

Jay — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:04:18 +0000

As mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom proposed charging big stores a fee when they sell sugar-sweet soda, the American Beverage Association (ABA) has decided to go out and point the finger at video games for the city’s obesity problem. Full story here

Valve Stats on Team fortress two

Jay — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:22:05 +0000

Valve has just released another set of team fortress 2 stats. Most of the stats confirm what we all thought or guessed. Most people play scout the most, and yes campy snipers get the most points, and yes engineers live the longest, and heavy’s have the most kills. Here is the link to the stats.

What I found to be more interesting was the cool “heat” like demographics. As you can see below Valve has also released maps and the spots where people are often killed. Red shows spots of most kills and green and blue the lowest. Hmmmmm…. do I smell some strategies going on here? Note* demographic maps are on bottom of valve stats page.

cp_gravelpit most deaths map

Modern Gamer is looking for bloggers!!!

Jay — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 03:12:16 +0000

Do you blog? Do you have a wordpress account? Modern gamer would like to know. If you think you can contribute to the blog by putting in a post when you can we would like to know. Send me an email if you are interested in becoming a co-poster on Modern Gamer. Email is alienisticviews@gmail.com . Thanks in advance!!!

Via’s Stocking Stuffer: A 6-Inch DIY PC Kit

Jay — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:47:37 +0000

On Friday Via technology’s released what they call “ARTiGO,” a do-it-yourself kit for building a 6-inch PC based on the pico-ITX form factor. The kit contains an EPIA PX10000 Pico-ITX board with on-board 1-GHz C7 Via processor, chassis, power adapter and all essential accessories. Users will have to supply their own system memory and storage, however.

The final dimensions of the computer is 5.9 inches by 1.8 inches by 43 inches. And weighing in at 1.2 pounds. Beginning this Friday, the $300 kit will be sold at Avnet, EPROM Computer Systems, Fry’s Electronics, Logic Supply and Ma Lab/Ewiz, according to Via.

See vid below to see it and how to put it together.

CompUSA is sold, Most stores will be closed; Expect Big sales

Jay — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:39:52 +0000

CompUSA has announced that it will be closing but 103 stores nationwide. They did not reveal when the actually closing would take place. Best Buy was the main contributor to their close. Many people had bad experience in their customer service. Any who I would definitely look out for closing announcements and ads. You will be able to get great prices soon, (maybe better than black Friday!) expect it to go quick when it happens.

UPDATE:!!!!!! They are expected to go out sometime this january. It is not known when though. Any ways here is the link to a leak of the price discounts. Enjoy!

COMP USA PRICE LEAKS

Up to 50% of all Console and PC video games via Amazon

Jay — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:52:54 +0000

Deals Deals and some more deals. Grab select games while you can. Amazon offering up to 50% off select video games. Every console is listed also with PC games too. Dont forget to hit page two if there is one. Check it. 50% off some games!!!.

Tips for Team fortress 2 scout class

Jay — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 03:11:21 +0000

With the request from “counterflow” on the Team Fortress 2, Using your spy disguise comments and the shear number of views I have received from this post. I decided to make another guide on another hard class to play. The scout!! Every time I played the scout I had no clue how to abuse the scouts powers. I mean its the fastest class in the game it can double jump and some people don’t do any thing with it. I was one of these people. Scout is not one of my favorite classes, but I will let you into some secrets that helped me improve my skills playing scout.

First I would like to take a moment to go over the Scout arsenal. Scattergun(cut-off shotty), pistol, and bat. Now the damage factor of these weapons varies much. The scattergun is very poor at long to med distances. Short distance with the scatter gun is really is the only way to do major damage. I would recommend using your pistol for long distances. It is quite accurate. For the bat. Im not a fan of it. It has its uses.

Movement is very important for this class. Bottom line. If you don’t move you die. You can jump up to building and heights others cant. You run very fast. You can change positions in mid air. I mean there are tons of combinations you can do for tactics. The one that produces the most kills is staying behind your enemy. If you can stay behind your enemy they cant shoot you obviously. Use obstacles to your advantage. Dodge a bullet by zipping past a wall.

In this video below I think it shows how to move correctly and fight turrets and heavys.

Now I also should say what classes you should avoid.

PYROS!!!!! Pyros are your worst enemy. Pick fights with medics. I would say killing medics are your second goal. Your first being capturing points fast. Also pick fights with lone engineers, spys, and snipers. Classes I would stay away from: Soldiers, Heavys, and Pyros.

Demo and heavy’s are hard to tell. I think if you stay away from these classes you will do better. If you have to pick a fight. Stay at a range from a Demo and when fighting Heavy’s stay behind them.

ON a final note in the beginning first seconds your primary objective is to take points. Next would be kill sentry’s being built by engy’s ( you can take these with ease), then kill medics. This is what produces the best strategy for your team.

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Jay — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:41:12 +0000

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Developing your own games

Jay — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:06:41 +0000

I really wanted to extend this topic into a first “mini-series” on this blog. Alot of my readers are at different levels of skills, and I thought I would “back it up” so to speak for some of you. I found a really great article on the basics to developing your own game. I found an article on ezinearticles.com just on this topic. I thought the author did a bang up job on getting to the point. [Game Developing Article]

For those who want a summary of the programs recommended in the article here you go.

Producer tools
- Gimp
- Photoshop
- HTML knowledge or WYSIWYG editor,(Microsoft front-page, Dream-weaver)
Programmer tools
- Blitz3D
Artist tools
- 2D: Photoshop, Gimp
- 3D: 3DStudioMax(expensive), Blender (free but I found the controls hard to use at first), Milkshape 3D and Wings 3D I personally recommend. I found these easy for beginners
Music / Sound tools
- Fruity Loops
- Reason
- Cool Edit
- Ableton Live
- GoldWave

If you have any further questions on this topic or my blog. Send me some mail at alienisticviews@gmail.com