World of Warcraft stole my life! Lots of fervour in the press about WoW lately, largely surrounding some Swedish teenager that put himself in hospital playing beyond the point of exhaustion. Tabloid headlines aside, it IS horrendously addictive for many, myself included. The headlines are just a wake up call for what is an insidiously
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Fable, The Lost Chapters. First look If you are thinking of buying this for the PC, be aware that the developers – Lionhead Studios and Microsoft – are clearly aware of a several problems*, many graphics related, and as yet, years later, still show no interest nor intention to fix them. That said, it is
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Warhammer Dawn of War II: first look This is only a first look and, I have to say – bearing in mind I’ve only played an hour or two – a rather negative overview of the latest Warhammer game. (Addenda: It did later grow on me, with better hardware to play it). For a start
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My wife passed puzzle this to me to solve and I thought I’d share: My life can me measured in hours. I serve by being devoured. Thin I am quick. Fat I am slow. Wind is my foe. Who or what am I? I said fire and got it wrong, you have a go.
Microsoft mess up This tickled me so I had to copy it here. I read it and sat here chuckling to myself as an executive manages the art of stating the bleedin’ obvious: Speaking at Microsoft’s Professional Developer Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles, senior vice president for Windows Steven Sinofsky conceded that Vista had not
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woW pandemic scourge Congratulations to the morons at Blizzard that thought up and implemented a ‘fun’ prelude that rendered the game unplayable for many and so frustrating it’s not worth playing for others. PvP’ers are probably loving it, but most of those doing so are doing it maliciously. They give these clowns the ability to
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WoW patch 3.02: Bugged to heck! Day one was horrendous, barely usable, but they turned that around in a day, albeit till a tad unsettled from time to time. But there are so many great things in the 3.02 patch… Inscriptions, obviously. Barbers. Greatly enhanced graphics and animation effects An extended talent tree that’s insanely
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