PC Gaming

Ok, so I am going to show you something that I personally think is crap ..no it’s worse than crap, it’s POSTAL III.
So …now you know that I don’t like POSTAL. Why you ask? Well I like violent games, but there has to be some meaning with the violence …in POSTAL you can go berserk and no one cares … Anyway this video is showing
how the environment of POSTAL III will react to the player.

And this is a per-visual meaning it is an early ALPHA

Have fun … and if you are a Postal fun please do tell me why …

previsuals, trailers, POSTAL III

Since I am also a mother I get to hear this following phrase a lot: “Will you really let your son play video games”. Yes it’s true, even though we live in the 20’Th century people are still afraid for things they don’t know. My advice to parents around the country is to get involved in what their kids are doing …hey you might even like it. Anyway a new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health has found that playing violent video games does not lead to violent behaviour in teens. The study also found that violent video games can help teens deal with their emotions like stress and anger.

Researchers looked at more than 1,200 seventh and eight graders who played video games regularly. “We found that most boys 12-14 years old are playing mature-rated video games, so this idea that ‘M’ rated games cause shootings or major violence just doesn’t hold water,” said Cheryl Olson SC.D., Massachusetts General Hospital.

Read the whole thing here:

video game, violence, pcgames, studies

Jesuits See the Potential of Second Life
AT CNets News.com they tell us that it’s not just universities, police departments, and businesses who see Second Life as a potential recruiting ground: the Society of Jesus, that rather controversial order of the Catholic Church better known as the Jesuits, are being urged by one of their own to head into virtual territory to facilitate real-life spirituality.

In the Italian Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, “Antonio Spadaro urged fellow Catholics not to be scared of entering the virtual world, which may be fertile ground for new converts wishing to better themselves.” Despite the inclusion of “the erotic dimension” and people who no doubt would prefer to escape the real world, not be converted, Spadaro feels that the virtual world is just a new frontier for missionary work:

Read more abot it here

Jesuits, Second Life, PCgaming, missionary

Are you also a geek? Well a true geek collects action figures *I do * and now you can have some fun with youre own cool action figure from Comic Con, they have a large assortment of some pretty amazing work they arr reporting so from Kotaku.com

Look at this shelf … it’s featuring ladyship Lara Croft, the soon to be released Assassin from Assassin’s Creed and of course, Kratos from God of War.

More here

action figures, Lara croft, cratos, Assasins Creed

I have 4 new trailers for you guys here … from Flahship Studios upcomming Hellgate London.
First the Marksman brings his skillful shot abilities to the game.

Now the Engineer uses bots and drones to create havoc on the battlefield.

In this trailer the Evoker uses his magical prowess to destroy his foes.

And at last with a blast of his Spectral Prayer the Guardian unleashes his powers defeating nearby enemies.

This is a trailer from the very popular TV-series. I am sorry that this will be a short note today. I am suffering from a huge computercrash last nigt so this will be my only entry for the day.

What is a warhound? Well in this particular case a warhound is an ex Delta-Force operative … Allright I am just playing with the worlds, had a huge computer crash today so I need to cheer myself up. Anyway I give you some new screenies from Warhound the open-ended First-Person Shooter (FPS) set in modern times. In Warhound, you’ll complete a variety of challenging missions in battlefields around the world, while later uncovering a massive terrorist plot that targets the United States and thousands of its citizens.

Warhound focuses on complete freedom of choice, and as such, you will have unprecedented opportunities to pick your missions, weapons, battlefield tactics and vehicles.
Have we heard this before? Oh yes … but still here are some nice screenies just for your pleasure ….

As you guys probably know the Swedish developer Digital Illusions are working on a humoristic FPS game only for the consol market. Now, however in the latest issue of Edge it reveals that DICE’s new title (mirror’s edge) is not a First Person shooter.

Instead, influenced heavily by parkour, they’re calling it a first-person action adventure.

Huge levels will allow you the same kind of free-form exploration and athletic tomfoolery as for instance Prince of Persia but in first-person.
Instead of your character being just a floating camera, like most other FPS games, your whole body is an object in Mirror’s Edge. Your legs, arms and torso are visible, allowing you to judge your leaps, handholds and shimmys and gins will only have a minor role in the game. The main persons name is Faith and yes it is a girl … maybe DICE is tring to take the first place before Miss croft?
If they will succeed we will se when Mirror’s edge hits the shelves.

DICE, Mirrors edge, FP-adventure, Games

Since its summer and all, and we have only one contestant in the commentary contest. I have, by the power of the femalishness …, decided to extend the contest to 30th August 2007.

The current contestant is the formal winner of my contest named Ashley Allegra. And I dare you guys to challenge her and post a lot of comments at pcgamingrally.

I have one awesome steelpad 4D mouse pad here for you and the game Gotic III?

So come on guys will you let this girl beet you up again in this game? I know you are reading so why don’t you write something here while you are already in.

Don’t forget to include your email

The last day to enter is the 30th of August … and remembers the more you write the more chances you got to win the pad.

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Who is this man?

Tabula Rasa is running a Signature Character Contest where you get to create a background for a new AFS character based on the image. Then from the six finalists, NCsoft will pick the First and Second Place winners who will be flown to Austin, Texas, United States, for the Tabula Rasa Pre-Launch Party happening at Britannia Manor sometime in the week starting on Monday 3rd September and ending on Sunday 9th September.

So guess now …who is this man? Is he bold and brash or careful and calculating. Is he fighting for his family, his nation, or the sheer exhilaration of the kill. It’s up to you to decide.

To enter the contest click here!

I should summarize the E3 07 for you shouldn’t I?
You probably know, by now that this year’s E3 was a lot different than in years past. There were no booths to tour, no crowds to navigate, and no lines and of course no bootbabes …sorry guys no pictures for you there …

While the nature of the show changed, the amount of games on display did not.
This holiday season should be the best the industry has ever seen, and the software at E3 is proof of that. With literally hundreds of games to sort through, choosing the nominees in each category was no easy task.

The GameTrailers editorial team locked themselves inside a conference room for hours sorting through all the nominees and winners to bring you our annual Best of E3 Awards. A year until next time and with that in mind, enjoy the very best of E3 2007!

E3 07, summarizing E3 07, Video, games, best of games, trailer

Since Gears of war is one of my favorite games and to celebrate that its now coming to PC I have to give you this soundboard from the game.

The Gears soundboard features multiplayer and campaign quotes from the Locusts and the COG killing crew including Marcus, Dom, Baird, Cole and Carmine. Experience a locust growl, hear the ear pleasing sounds of Baird exclaim “shit yeah!” and the multiple variations of Marcus’ “nice”.

Geek gaming doesn’t get any better than this. Listen here!

gears of war, PC, Epic games, sounds

As if we didn’t had fulfilled the market with MMO games at the moment, now a new Swedish developer called Star Vault announced its presence and revealed that it has licensed Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 graphics engine to create a new MMORPG for a release date of sometime in 2009.

Read more in the pressrelease down below

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The E3 07 videos never stop coming … well I found a goodie here. Have you ever playgames like Heroes of Might and Magic, Disciples, and Age of Wonders? You might even know that the precursor of the game was Kings Bounty?

Well talking about Kings Bounty and E3 07 …here is a trailer from the remake or sequel of the original King’s Bounty that came out 17 years ago. The original King’s Bounty was released in 1990 (by the now-defunct New World Computing) and blends RPG adventure, real-time exploration with turn-based tactical combat.

Kings Bounty, Turn Based, RPG

According to my friends at xbox360rally.com Call of Duty 4 now has a release date.
According to my friends at xbox360rally.com Call of Duty 4 now has a release date.

This will be the fourth installment in the CODseries and the first not to be set during WWII, we are all thankfull for that… also Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has been announced to have a new mode called Hardcore Mode. In Hardcore Mode, a single shot in the chest, heart, etc. can kill, while getting shot in the leg will cause the player’s character to fall down.

Infinity Ward has now slated the US Release of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for October 30th.

call of duty 4, pc-games, FPS