Nvidia GTX 780
It almost feels like we have been seeing the 600 series of cards from Nvidia for a few years now. At a year and two months we are a little past due to see a new generation of cards and today we can finally take the wraps off of NVidia’s latest card, the GTX 780. Rumors have been going around for a while on this launch so let’s just jump right into it and see what it’s all about and then how it performs. One thing is for sure, this will be the start of a lot of exciting cards, and 2013 is going to be a good year!
A year later: Transformer Prime
I’m going to come clean to you guys/girls. I have had tablets for the past 2-3 years and for the first few years, I really never put them to use. I found them to be cumbersome, slow, and there just wasn’t enough reason to use them. Frankly I could do it all on my phone just as well, with a smaller screen of course. About a year ago I had a Transformer Prime come in. With Nvidia’s Tegra 3 quad core CPU I was intrigued and the optional keyboard was icing on the cake. I decided to REALLY give it a try and see what I thought. A year later I want to talk a little about my experience.
Truly Ergonomic Mechanical Keyboard Model 207
When it comes to ergonomic keyboards there are only a few to pick from and, for the most part, all of those are rubber dome keyboards. Ergonomic mechanical keyboards are really limited to two different models, one being the Truly Ergonomic. Today we are going to take a look to see how it compares to everything I have tested to date. I expect an adjustment period just to its shape alone, but as a writer by trade I am very curious how it will affect me day to day. The gamer in me is just as curious on how it will perform in game as well. Let’s take a closer look.
Genius Ring Mouse 2
When it comes to pointers for the computer there are multiple solutions. Most of them come in the traditional flat on a mouse pad form, but occasionally a company comes up with an innovative way to control the pointer on our screen. Genius has developed a “ring mouse” and I have the pleasure of looking at their second version of this particular design in the Ring Mouse 2. I will look at the device’s versatility and functionality in this review and see how it stacks up not only as a pointer, but also as an alternative solution to our browsing needs.
Asus Maximus V Formula
Let’s be honest, Asus has a whole product line full of good motherboards. So much that it really takes a special motherboard to stand out from the crowd. There has been one specific board that has stuck with me for the past year and a half though, back from when I took a visit to the Asus office and they pulled it out to show me. That motherboard would be the Maximus V Formula. I’m sure you are wondering what made it stand out, especially considering all of the motherboards we have in the office, including boards like the Rampage IV. Well I only have a limited amount of space in the opening; you will have to peek inside our review to find out.
Welcome to the 29th of February everyone. That’s right, Leap Year! We get an extra day of gaming this year for being good, or something like that. First off is a small preview of Super Monday Night Combat Invitational since I can now talk about it, we have the Midweek Madness sale and news at the end. Get your game faces on. Gaming News is here.
Written By: Skyler
Super Monday Night Combat Preview
Some of you might remember our first trip down to Monday Night Combat. It’s a MOBA type game but played in third person. Well, its back and a bit different this time. Super Monday Night Combat takes what was really good of the first game and fixes some of what was wrong with it. I am happy to say, one hit kills are now gone! No more getting headshotted by a sniper and dying. The only one hit kills that are in the game are ring outs. That is, where they knock you out of the ring, duh. This one change has really opened the game up to bigger and better things IMO.
Another part that they have changed is no more upgrading turrets. This is all handled by the game. So don’t worry about how to spend your coinage that you pick up. The 3rd item that was changed was the leveling mechanic. Now you have your three skills plus offense and defense that need looking after. Should you max your defense? Or how about your offense. They did take into consideration people just maxing out one tree and then steamrolling the other team in the early game. You have to be at a certain level to add points to that particular tree. So, if you are level 4 you won’t be able to have all 4 points in one tree. You have to spread them out.
Other items that really haven’t changed but were brought over to the new game are the guns. Sure, there are new ones but they feel about how they did in the original. That is, great. They do a good bit of damage when bullets or other items hit their targets. With the selection of gun updates we also have new Pro’s to play with. I am not going to go over all of them but they seem like a good fit for the game. They are useful in their own particular way.
Now for the bad stuff. The game really is meant to be played with others that know what they are doing. If you get into a game with four other people that have never played, steamrolling is going to rear its ugly head. I can’t tell you how many games I have played where we were doing great, than blamo, steamrolled. On the opposite side I have been in games that I “GG’ed” five minutes in cause we were losing so bad and came back to win. The pure excitement of coming back when all of your turrets are down, your bots are on your side of the map feels awesome.
Just like the last game, the assassin is stupid. That is, stupid hard to kill. He/she moves so fast that its hard to stick bullets in ‘em. Once in the end game, they are probably the Pro to be using. With being able to create so much havoc and then running out like you robbed a gas station they are almost on the side of being unstoppable. This could also be understood cause I don't have the worlds great aim either.
With all these changes being made to the new game I am not sure how they are going to make the Free-to-Play model work. Sure, you can unlock “Endorsments” that help out during the game, being it faster reloads, or more health. But all of that stuff can be earned through playing the game. The only item that has to be bought is unlocking certain Pro’s. Throughout the beta only five Pro’s have been unlocked to play at any one time. Now, if you spend real money you can unlock other characters that will be unlocked next week. I belive that they are working on balancing the Pro’s one at a time and seeing what works and what doesn’t.
As it stands now it is a great game that everyone should try. I know the beta invites are still being shoved out so be patient. Super Monday Night Combat will be out this spring for free.
Midweek Madness
Like Assassins Creed? Well, your in luck. Revelations is $24.99 for a savings of 50%. As always, the Midweek Madness sales end on Thursdays at 7pm EST.
Left Field
The iPad 3 Event is scheduled for March 7th, what will we see? Probably an iPad 3, lol.
New AMD Bulldozer CPU’s have been released!
Windows is having a press conference today at 9:30EST. Want to know about Windows 8? Tune in this morning. Engadget linkage.
Anyone else been watching the news roll in about Mobile World Congress? Some interesting phones have been announced.
The Pirate Bay has taken down all of its links. Is this the end? Na, it will live on in some fashion. Thanks for the link Gizmodo.
Have you seen the posts made by Wes about our sponsors for LanOC V10? Keep checking the forums for all of the updated prizes and make sure to thank them.
Kind of a slow week for gaming. If anyone wants an invite to SMNC I have one left. Shoot me a message on Steam.
Have a great rest of the week everyone. Until next time,
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