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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

USE: Kotaku E3 Summary

During E3 the big sites updated almost constantly with anything they could think of on topics like: Is the food here nice? I just got a free T-shirt. What Peter Moore drank at the bar, and so on.

It wasn't hard to miss the important stuff in amongst all the fluff. Thankfully, Kotaku have arranged their E3 coverage in list format so you can pick and choose what you want to read (and what you don't).

[E3 Megalist Round-up at Kotaku]

[But wait! Joystiq has one too]

Saturday, July 14, 2007

USE: E3 Hands-on Summary

The flood of hands-on previews coming from various sources out of E3 has been a little overwhelming, and it's easy to let a few slip through the cracks. Joystiq has taken the simple but useful step of posting a list of the previews they've done so far at this year's event. For your viewing pleasure:

[Joystiq hands-on: Roundup]

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

USE: BioShock PC system requirements

Via the Cult of Rapture:

BIOSHOCK PC SPECIFICATIONS

Operating Systems:
Windows XP (with Service Pack 2) or
Windows Vista

Minimum System Requirements:
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz Single Core processor
System RAM: 1GB
Video Card: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 128MB RAM (NVIDIA 6600 or better/ATI X1300 or better, excluding ATI X1550).
Sound Card: 100% direct X 9.0c compatible sound card
Hard disc space: 8GB free space

Recommended System Requirements:
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo processor
System RAM: 2GB
Video card:
DX9: Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT or better)
DX10: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Sound Card: Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series (Optimized for use with Creative Labs EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 or EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 compatible sound cards)

Important Note: Game requires Internet connection for activation

And here is a link. Which I am including, you know, just in case.

[Finalized PC specs are here! at 2K Forums]

Thursday, July 5, 2007

USE: BioShock Achievements

Xbox360Achievements.org has all 50 BioShock achievements with a total of 1000 points. The achievements are, overall, a mixture of your standard fare with some interesting additions, like:

Take at least one Research Photo of a Splicer.
Successfully invent at least 100 items.
Complete the game without harvesting any Little Sisters.
Hit the jackpot at a slot machine.

Photography, invention, gambling, morality... Would we expect any less from BioShock?

Each achievement icon is animated in a neat retro style which fits perfectly with the style of the game. When developers pay attention to details like that you can bet the game is going to be a quality product.

[BioShock Achievement List at Xbox360Achievements.org]

Wednesday, July 4, 2007

USE: Replacementdocs, for pdf. game manuals

Most gamers have lost a game manual (or two) at some point, but you might just have hope of finding it yet - albiet with a bit of a format change. Replacementdocs has thousands of full-color game manuals in .pdf format for download. If you own the game the manual comes with then I'm pretty sure the service is legal, too.

The site could also be useful if you buy the bargain-bin editions of certain games, which often don't come with a manual. I bought Deus Ex for $9.99 at my local gaming store. The only downside? It didn't come with a manual. Just under two megabytes later and the problem is solved.

[replacementdocs]