Loading ...With the recent furor surrounding the release of the XBOX 360 and the Playstation 3 it seems we have forgotten how promises made in the past have never materialised. This story examines such promises and shows us how the hype surrounding the Playstation 3 and XBOX 360 may quite simply be smoke and mirrors. Click here to read more.
This week saw the release of the new XBox console closely followed by the release of the XBox’s main competition, Sony’s Playstation 3. The Playstation 3 boasts many new features such as support for wireless networking and several bluetooth devices.
My first impression was quite simply WOW, i really like the new design and even the Joypad has been given a futuristic makeover. Check it out here
We have seen dozens of games grace us with the Dune title… But how many can you safely say is worth its weight in gold?? (Or spice for that matter? - Ed)
The more enlightened of us have read the Dune series by Frank Herbert and many out there have seen the movie and then the TV series, each with their own levels of excellence. There have been many games, some good, some woeful, which pits us in the Dune world of Arrakis against the likes of the Harkonnen and the mighty Sandworms.
Some of my favourites were,
Dune II from Westwood, the top down strategy, that undoubtedly led us to Command & Conquer.
Emperor - Battle for Dune, from EA Games and Westwood. A superb game, with lots of reference to the Frank Herbert’s world.
My idea however came in response to the really, unfortunately, poor games that were created, which lacked potential or the proper backing or limelight to make them worthwhile. Recently playing Star Wars Galaxies online I thought why not Dune. Running over the sand hills of Tatooine, I pictured sandworms, legions of the finest Sardukar and hordes of Fremin using the Weirding Modules on their prey. The limits are endless.
Being a MMPORG, straight away that opens dozens of routes to the player. I consider myself a SW Galaxies veteran and the possibilities are endless in that game, but the developers have chosen to release new ideas slowly, so as to keep the players interested, which is understandable. Although, this tactic opens up its own problems, some lose interest if the Developers take too long to introduce something fresh. Which I can say from my own experiences SW Galaxies suffered on a few occasions!!
This Dune MMPORG has equal calibre. Although it would have a smaller fan-base to that of Star Wars, it is an amazing storyline and the universe it is set in is so dense with rich plot lines, stories, battles and intrigue. Tons to keep the player interested.
Can you imagine, training up the ranks to become a lethal Feydakin warrior and fight along side Paul Atreides in the Battle for Dune. Ride Sandworms, sabotage spice harvesters and slaughter your enemies. Or, fight as the Harkonnen, the Sardukar or delegate in the Guild of Navigators.
Anyone else with similar take on it?
For gamers heat is the enemy. I recently had a heat dilemma with my own set-up. Having downloaded MB5, I was aghast to find my CPU temperature was running as high as 92 C. I have heard that these readings can be up to 10 C out…..but 82 C is still dangerously high!!!
Having removed my old CPU, which at this stage had become fused to the old stock heat sink, I began to install my new Aquagate cooler. Firstly off the bat….the installation manual is terrible. The semantics lead me to believe it may have been written in old Aramaic and localised to English by Germans. You need to be familiar with computer hardware terminology to attempt this installation.
That said….once in….it did not work! It started beeping and flashing saying my water levels were too low. After some googling I found this to be a common problem and I topped it off and bob your father’s brother…..
I am afraid I must give it the tums up all the same. The CPU temp is now 29 C and has not got above 34 C yet……I would give the following:
Instructions: 2 out of 10
Functionality: 8 - 10
Not bad over all…..my seems a bit noisy….may have to send it back to the maker!
