Archive for September, 2002

LAN Parties aren’t Just for Guys Anymore

LANPArty.com recently had LAN event and guess who showed up? No, not Bill Gates! Asia Carrera showed up, ok your she isn’t a TV or Movie Star as the your average person would know her. She has an exotic job that keeps her in the spot light.
Here is an interview about how [...]

GameSpy puts the Intel P4 2.8 To the Test

Lots of graphs and comparison, here is a snip:
For those still questioning the optimal memory platform for a Pentium 4 chip, the answer is Rambus — if you can afford it. As the market prices for memory can be volatile at times, there isn’t a constant “better buy.” What needs to be remembered here is [...]

Bret Ratner is Offical Superman Director

After loads of rumours and hoaxes the next Superman film is finally getting some official answers. One being who’ll direct it. Read the Press Release.
Read the Article…

Microsoft Will Launch MSN 5 Messenger And Explorer 8 With A Price

Cnet’s News.com reports “Microsoft is prepping a version of MSN Messenger with new features that will be available exclusively to paying subscribers of the MSN 8 online service. “
“MICROSOFT PLANS to offer two versions of MSN Messenger 5, one as part of MSN 8 and another as a separate, stand-alone product. But some of the [...]

Nvidia Detonator 40.71 Windows 2K/XP and 9x/ME Drivers Released

Nvidia have just released updated Beta Detonator 40 drivers - these ones are release 40.71 for Windows. However these drivers are still in beta stage. The Windows 2000/XP drivers are a 14.8 MB download, while 9x/ME drivers are 12.2 MB.
Download Detonator 40.71 Windows 9x/ME
Download Detonator 40.71 Windows 2000/XP

Earth & Beyond Model Creator Available

Here is a link to the character and ship model creator for Earth & Beyond - Electronic Arts’ newly released online RPG. The game launched in North America this week: CharacterStarshipCreator.exe (40.4 MB).

PC Gaming not dead

Everyone rejoice as The Boston Globe has word that PC gaming isn’t dead despite the successes of consoles like PS2, XBox and Gamecube.
The explosive success of Sony’s Playstation 2 gaming platform, and the less spectacular but sizable demand for Microsoft’s Xbox and Nintendo’s GameCube, has recast the computer gaming market. PC users find themselves feeling [...]

SWG Beta Feedback

More from Star Wars Galaxies today, as they have posted some beta feedback from users who are currently in stage one of the beta for the Verant Austin developed game. This update goes over some of the bugs that QA team has gone over.

NVIDIA’s NV28 & NV18 Look See

Over at Digital Life, check out there very detailed coverage on this new Nvidia chipsets.

SWG News

The Star Wars Galaxies website has been updated with a new Q’s Queries, where the developer ask some questions about the game design to get feedback from the community. This time they ask what sort of live events would the community like to see in Star Wars Galaxies.