Picked up Guild Wars: Nightfall at Target tonight…

So far I’m digging it.

There are a few more screens in the gallery if you are interested.

For the record…

…any game in which you throw toilets at your opponents is OK by me.

My last attempt to get a new desktop PC didn’t go so well. So this time I did what I knew I should have in the first place… ordered the parts and built my own:

• Shuttle XPC SN27P2
• AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Dual-core 2.2GHz CPU
• Corsair XMS2 2GB DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel RAM
• eVGA Geforce 7950GT KO 512MB PCI-E x16 Video Card
• Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB HDD
• Samsung 18X DVD±RW w/ LightScribe

I ran some of the NVIDIA demos and tried out Far Cry for a bit tonight. It’s awesome.

All the CPU-Z stats are available after the jump…

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Yay for 2007!

Update: Yes, I’m still alive. More frequent posting will resume later this week.

I’ve been doing a little research into recording Counter-Strike: Source demos (.dem) and converting the files into something usable like an avi. So far I haven’t had much luck. Instead I’ve been left using the free version of Fraps that adds a watermark and limits recording to 30 seconds. It just doesn’t seem like it’s worth the $37 registration price.

But I was able to use Fraps to create a tiny video of the cs_italy map, edit it in Windows Movie Maker (e.g. add some music), and save it. I guess that’s a good enough.

If anyone has tips/ideas, please pass them along.

Update: For those who asked, here’s the link to the video. No promises on how long it’ll be online.

I played some street hockey this morning with Matt, Eric, Brad and a few other guys. It’s been a very long time since I’ve played a “real” game, so I certainly wasn’t exactly lighting any fires with my skills. But it was fun nevertheless. Good game overall, and hopefully we’ll be able to organize other game in the near future.

I’d just like to point out one thing…

Please note the blade mark on my upper/left shoulder. I’m not going to name names… ;)

Cashed in a gift card tonight and picked up Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 at Target. Now, it’s no CS:S, but it is very cool:

It’s quite a change going from the modern CT vs. T setting of Counter-Strike to the WWII Eastern Front, but so far it looks like RO will be an enjoyable game.

It’s that time of year…

Your subscription has been extended to 2007/03/10

Status: Active
Subscription Expires: 2007/03/10
Subscription Plan: Gold

Nice. Zap2it rules.

Played some more CS:S tonight. This time we tried out some new maps including cs_jungle and de_alivemetal, both of which are highly recommended.

I’m not an addict. I can stop anytime I want. Really…

Matt, Sean, and I played some CS:S 3-on-3 co-op vs. bots tonight…

Wow! I love that game.