Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gaming. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Best First-Person Shooter of 2013

Best Shooter Video Game 2013
GameRevolution's end of the year awards are rolling out. This one was published yesterday. We picked DICE's Battlefield 4, simply because it put on the best show and had the best overall gameplay for shooters this year.

The comments very quickly decried Bioshock Infinite as the best shooter this year, and while it would have been an interesting pick, the gameplay itself isn't on Battlefield 4's level. The story and characters and world are great, but Battlefield 4 has the hands-down best shooter gameplay of the year and with massive maps, 64-player multiplayer on PC and next-gen consoles, this one seemed like a no-brainer.

Click the link to read the full award, find out GameRev's nominees and respond yourself.

Friday, December 13, 2013

Can your computer run SteamOS?

SteamOS Hardware Requirements Reveal What Kind Of Computer Will Run SteamOS In Your Living Room
I am probably not going to be the first person who throws together a computer for SteamOS. I use an Apple computer for everything, but I'm still dying to see how Steam's entry into entertainment-center computing shakes up the PC gaming space. I think Valve has made some incredibly smart moves with Steam and their games, but I'd really like to see them get better at putting out the games we all want to play so badly like Half-Life 3.

Click the link for SteamOS hardware requirements.

This week's GameRevolution Podcast

GameRevolution Radio 95: Fallout 4 Fallout, VGX Reactions, Xbox One vs PS4 Call of Duty, Mailbag!
This week's episode of GameRevolution's podcast was fun and relaxed. I think we're all going into hibernation mode so it may sound a little chilly at first, but once we get into the swing of things with Fallout 4 and VGX reactions, I think the show is pretty good. Have a listen!

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

GTA Online Deathmatch & Race Creator Live

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto V Adds Deathmatch And Race Creation Suites To GTA Online, Now Available For Download

I played a little more Grand Theft Auto V this past weekend but I might have to jump back in today to mess around with the new content creation suite that Rockstar has added. GTA Online already has a ton of varied missions and multiplayer maps, but I think things are going to get even crazier now that the player base can create their own shootouts and drag races around San Andreas. Click the link to learn more about the Creator package available for download in Grand Theft Auto V today.

US and British Spy Agencies Call-out Edutainment Bundle of Games

US And British Intelligence Agencies Concerned About Middle East Edutainment Software

Here's more coverage from the "target-development" document leaked by Edward Snowden. One bundle of games gets singled out in the document as promoting religious ideology, but when I looked into the "Islamic Fun" pack from a UK development studio, all I found were some shitty multiple choice games meant to educate kids about Islam. How these are considered a threat to our national security on any level is absurd. Click the link to learn more about terrorist education game software.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Islamic Games Watched By NSA

These 7 Games Answer The Islamic Call of Duty And Land You On A Terrorist Watch List

I've read through the NSA document from Edward Snowden and I found a few games made by Middle Eastern game development studios for Islamic gamers on the other side of the world. I can't speak to national security, but I hope peace will reign. Click the link for descriptions of each game named in the NSA's document on gaming and online communities.

5 Games You've Been Playing With The NSA And GCHQ Spy Agencies

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5 Games You've Been Playing With The NSA And GCHQ Spy Agencies

Edward Snowden's NSA documents specifically call out Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft as a tool for extremist cells to gather, communicate, organize, and level their Pandaren Mages. The report mentions that the difference between parties and guilds has an impact on terrorist-threat-levels in that Guilds are more permanent, that they have a organizational structure complete with rank and responsibilities. So which female Goblin Rogue is the NSA plant in your Guild? You haven't put him in charge of buffing the group, have you?

Terrorism Fact: Leeroy Jenkins was actually a deep cover agent testing disruptive capabilities in embedded terrorist cells.
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Monday, December 9, 2013

Edward Snowden Confirms US And British Spying Agencies Follow You In-Game

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Edward Snowden Confirms US And British Spying Agencies Follow You In-Game

For all the battling you do against the forces of darkness in your favorite online games, the United States and British intelligence agencies ballooning with fattened budgets in a post 9/11 fear state have decided that you and all the gamers you interact with in massive virtual worlds pose a threat to the safety of citizens everywhere.
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