Well we're getting into the summer silly season for gaming. Origin is celebrating it's one year
anniversary by offering half off the price of current games with a pre-order
(meaning full price) of upcoming EA titles like Need For Speed Most wanted or
Dead Space 3. Strange to be celebrating
an anniversary when the Origin client still says, "Beta"
On the Steam side of it we're closing in on the Steam Summer
sale and the run up to is characterized by spot sales on weekends or
mid-week. This week's Steam deal is 75% off all Deus Ex
titles including Human Revolution. Check
the Origin Store page in your Origin client for more information.
This week also found the release of the latest DLC pack for
Modern Warfare 3 in the Collection 2 package.
This latest collection includes 3 new Multiplayer maps ( Sanctuary,
Foundation and Oasis) and 2 Special Ops (co-op) missions (Kill Switch, Iron
Clad). Also new is a game mode called
Face off. This is basically a
Multiplayer mode with either 1v1 or 2v2 players on maps designed for close
combat deathmatch style play. The new
Face-off maps are: Getaway, Lookout, Erosion and Aground.
The MW3 Collection 2 DLC pack is available now on Steam for
PC for $14.99.
Check this link for the release DLC release calendar and
more information.
If you happen to play Cryptic/Perfect World's Star Trek MMO,
Star Trek Online they're currently offering a lifetime membership for $199
($100 off)which basically gets you all the gold (paid) subscriber goodies like
400 cryptic points per month and upgraded features for a onetime fee. The Season 6 special mission events are also
close to release and promise players the ability to build their own starbases
among other things.
In other news Max Payne 3 is still available for $60 and is
still overpriced...
It seems there's been more interest in the BF3 cheating
problem lately and Kotaku did an article this week about it going so far as to
interview a Canadian BF3 player who until recently was actively cheating. I've been banging the drum about cheating in
popular titles for awhile now so it's gratifying to finally see a more serious
treatment of the topic. I've provided
the links to both my and the Kotaku article below.
My article on Technorati: http://bit.ly/MJv6VO
The Kotaku article that inspired it : http://bit.ly/L8FR6r
Thanks to shotglass for turning me on to the Kotaku article.
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2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz) with 6MB shared L3 cache
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8GB of 1600MHz DDR3L onboard memory
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Storage: 256GB solid state flash
drive
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Screen: 15.4" diagonally, 2880
x 1800 native resolution
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Size: 14.13" width, 9.73"
deep, 0.71" thickness
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Weight: 4.46 pounds
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Power supply: 85W MagSafe 2 Power
Adapter
Looks good till you realize that you have virtually no
upgrade options since the hardware is sealed and difficult if not impossible to
access without destroying the laptop. So
configure yours as big as your dreams because you're stuck with it till it
dies. You can't even replace the battery in it and BTW they've
nixed the Ethernet and Firewire port. If
you need wired networking or firewire they are making a separate thunderbolt
adapter available. The laptop comes with
HDMI, USB 3.0, SDXC and Thunderbolt ports as well as a couple of Mag Safe
ports. Oh, and the power supply costs
$199 to replace. I guess Apple wants to
discourage accessorizing your macbook pro with pricing like that..
Yes Apple you've managed to produce the most expensive
disposable PC on the market. With
limited upgrade or even service options, reliance on external dongles for basic
connectivity functions you've turned best of breed hardware into an overpriced
IPAD with a keyboard. It's basically an
appliance and my toaster is now jealous and wants a retina display too.
Finally I'd like to announce the addition of a periodic
guest segment. It's just a chance to
get another perspective on gaming and tech related topics each week.
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