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Laptop: The Next Generation

By Chief Oddball on July 29th, 2010 at 8:55 pm Comments (2)

…  RAM for heavy Photoshopping, dedicated graphics for gaming and video playback, a great keyboard for speed typing when I’m writing, …  activities. It was certainly up to the task, but in retrospect I probably should have waited until the launch of the Pentium II the …

Oddball Review: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

By Chief Oddball on December 28th, 2009 at 9:41 pm Comments (3)

…  is this, Retro Gaming Month again?” I hear you asking. After all, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin was …

Retro Game Review: Ghost Master (PC)

By Chief Oddball on July 23rd, 2009 at 9:40 pm Comments (0)

…  than devote an entire month to subjecting myself to retro video games — which will never succeed, if history is any indicator at …  game whenever the mood strikes. When my dalliances in gaming‘s ancient past are noteworthy enough, you’ll even get to read about them …

Retro Gaming Month: Use Your Imagination

By Chief Oddball on December 16th, 2006 at 2:21 pm Comments (2)

Here’s a random, yet still on-topic discussion about video games in general. As we move closer and closer to Total Reality Simulation™ in the games of today, with photo-realistic graphics, immersive physics and lifelike sounds, does anyone else feel …

December is Retro Gaming Month (Mk II)!

By Chief Oddball on December 16th, 2006 at 12:32 am Comments (3)

…  all, and welcome to Retro Gaming Month, Mark II. I did this once before, almost three years ago (has it been …

Ramblings: 6/3/2006

By Chief Oddball on June 3rd, 2006 at 11:31 pm Comments (0)

…  it I brought on myself, sneaking in an hour or two of PC gaming, story writing or web browsing when I should otherwise be sleeping. But …  myself wandering back to PC land. Rather than go ultra retro-grade, I reinstalled games from more recent memory, including the ones …

SiN Is Back

By Chief Oddball on November 15th, 2005 at 10:57 pm Comments (3)

…  will be delivered over the Steam online service every few months at a cost of $20. SiN Episodes uses the Half-Life 2 Source engine and …  original game.) God…the more I talk about quitting PC gaming, the more cool stuff comes out. Guess I should threaten to quit more …

Not-Quite-Retro-Gaming-Month Con’t: Alone In The Dark: The New Nightmare

By Pooch on October 26th, 2004 at 6:56 pm Commenting Disabled

…  my second installment of Not-Quite-Retro-Gaming-Month™, I was going to reinstall and play Gothic, a medieval RPG that I …

Freedom Force: Still As Boring As Ever

By Pooch on October 25th, 2004 at 1:39 am Commenting Disabled

…  I know – March was Retro Gaming Month. Well, excuse me for not having posting privileges then. And now …

Nostalgic Reminisence

By Chief Oddball on June 30th, 2004 at 2:36 am Commenting Disabled

…  it probably the most important month in the history of my gaming past.) I was fourteen then, and in my final year of junior high school, …  the way they constantly focused on our mistakes, but in retrospect had largely thought I blew it all out of proportion. But …

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