Archive For February, 2010

Ages ago I wrote an FPS Freek review on …

Ages ago I wrote an FPS Freek review on my main blog. It’s a small extender that makes the stick on your controller longer, and supposedly easier to use. I thought I should share it here too with a link. Short summary: don’t bother buying them. I wish MS would allow the use of keyboard [...]

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Playing defensively in Modern Warfare 2 …

Playing defensively in Modern Warfare 2 is a lot easier than running and gunning. Sometimes after an intense game of knifing and running around I’ll stand up and my legs will be shaking, with my stomach in knots. I mix it up and run and gun but a little more carefully now. A lot less [...]

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Sharkoon Headset on the way

Just got a message from the seller on Amazon that my Sharkoon headset is on the way! Looking forward to 5.1 surround sound!

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Running and gunning in Favela in MW2

Since David posted a video a while back I might as well post this one here. This game is from January 18th, shot on a Flip Mino on a tripod as I sat slightly to the side. I was wearing headphones so no sound except my occasional grunts and curses. I edited out the bit [...]

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Jonathan Ross using Natal. Can’t see my…

Jonathan Ross using Natal. Can’t see myself jumping around in my small home office like that.

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Phishing in Irish

Well, this is a surprise. One of my .ie email addresses got a very targeted phishing email. It was so specific that it was actually written in Irish! It wasn’t directed at me, but at a list owner address at linux.ie. I wonder if the spammers know how many Irish people could actually read their [...]

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Wow, 17-4 on Derail. What a fluke :)

Wow, 17-4 on Derail. What a fluke

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Ok, so Commando gives you a longer lunge…

Ok, so Commando gives you a longer lunge when knifing. I wasn’t sure just how far it was until I read this post and saw this video and the other one David linked to. Amazing. Should it be removed? Hell no. Equip yourself with a shotgun and if you’re in close quarters use that instead [...]

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Great MW2 poetry!…

Great MW2 poetry!

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A version of Go may be coming to XBLA! I…

A version of Go may be coming to XBLA! I remember playing a version of Go on my Palm IIIx, but haven’t found a decent game of it on any of my Nokia phones.

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