'The Overclocker' Magazine Launched
In a world first, an Australian duo, in the form of Nick Ross from PC Authority and Josh Colling from at0mic mag and Team AU Overclocking (yes, there are teams), have formed an online magazine dedicated to overclocking and everything about it. As Nick Ross states, "It's not going to compete with anyone. It's going to bind all the world's overclocking communities together, promote overclocking and overclockers, raise the profile within the industry, and offer the odd review." Oh yeah, I forgot to mention: IT'S FREE.
There's a whole lot of prizes to win, also, but don't enter or I'd have less of a chance of winning, which wouldn't be good. You can subscribe though, just head on over to www.theoverclocker.com and see what's happening. About time I say.
Google Keeping the World Safe
That might seem a bit of an odd statement, Google is our favourite search tool - so how are they keeping us safe?
An article on the Google Blog lead me to a story in which Google is talking about a large increase in virus based e-mail attacks over the July period. I run my e-mail through Google and for the last few weeks it has been warning me about viruses in UPS and CNN spoof e-mails, so it caught my eye when I read about Google talking about just how it has dealt with those very attacks.
If you're interested to know how Google can deal with these threats, and how it can protect you from it, keep reading.
Keep readingRed Alert 3 Beta Review
Some people (the awesome ones mostly) have had a chance to play the Red Alert 3 beta, which is currently going for FilePlanet subscribers and people who bought Kane's Wrath.
For a review of beta, and a good preview of the next part of the C&C/Red Alert saga, check out our thoughts in the Red Alert 3 Review page.
Diablo 3 Colour Outcry
Did the title sound very petty? I mean, did I just say an outcry about the use of colours in the upcoming Diablo sequel? Well, yes and yes. If you haven't already heard the controversy over the use of more than 2 base colours in Diablo 3, then take a look at this MTV article.
A petition of some 50,000+ people have asked the art director of Diablo 3 to make a change in use of colours, specifically to de-saturate the design back to a traditional Diablo "grey and red" style.
It wasn't until Penny Arcade went and took a stab at the artists that drew the "what it should look like" Photoshop mocks that I really bothered to think twice about this. I think generally speaking most people are taking the "back in your box" mentality to the list of kiddies that feel the need to only use grey like an emo feels the need to only dress in black.
Aaannyyway, to the point. Although I personally feel that everyone on that list is a bunch of emo kids that really need to get out and discover the other 9/10ths of the visible colour spectrum, I'd like to offer them a few pointers:
- When offering a comparison, make it an even comparison. What I'm trying to say is, you can't justify your point by applying a soft three-dimensional shadow system that hasn't been seen in any game to date. Also improving on texture detail and adding extra special effects is what we call "bias". Your images don't reflect the colour differences at all, just your impressive use of photoshop.
- "wow gayness" is not an argument. So next time you contemplate seriously addressing a business matter, perhaps you could consider trying your very hardest to at least masquerade as mature.
Alright. I'm done ranting about something that has acquired way too much contraversy over something so, well, dumb. At least you have some cool links.
Google Unveils Street View in Australia
Hell bent on world domination, Google has taken the next step in the www's interactivity, yesterday announcing Street View in Australia. The coverage is quite amazing, with a huge percentage of the population covered. You can tour streets, check out homes, businesses, plan escape routes... ahem. Screw privacy and all that, check it out at Google Street View.
User Names
As there have been a few problems with accounts, I've removed all spaces from ported usernames, and removed any clan tags. So when your login fails and you don't know why, try removing spaces from it and try again.
Of course, if you never bother reading the home page and spend an hour trying to log in, then sucked in. 
Dawn of War 2 Gameplay Trailer
With Dawn of War 2 approaching us umm, sometime, we're getting more video of Relic's "Essence Engine 2.0", the upgraded Company of Heroes engine that will be powering the Dawn of War sequel. So if you want to know what you get when you mix Dawn of War with Company of Heroes, then check out this Dawn of War 2 gameplay trailer.
Firefox 3.0 Release
Today Mozilla have released Firefox 3.0 in their festive "Download Day 2008", an attempt to break (make) the Guiness world record for most downloads in 24 hours. Head on over to the Mozilla website to grab Firefox 3.0, get it before 3am on the Thursday the 19th (Bris/Syd/Melb time) to make your download count in the world record.
Crysis: Warhead Announced
After the cliff-hanger ending in the Crysis story we were promised Crysis was going to be a trilogy. Unsuspecting EA and CryTek publish news of the second Crysis instalment, 'Crysis: Warhead'.
Crysis: Warhead will play a parallel story in the eyes of Psycho and is due late this year. Check out the Crysis: Warhead review for further details.
Call of Duty 4 Server
NovaTek is now hosting a Call of Duty 4 server. Default settings are a TDM map cycle on hardcore, ask an admin if you'd like to play something else. Server hosted in Brisbane for good east-coast coverage.
To connect via console punch in "connect novatek.com.au" or find it in the games list under "NovaTek CoD4 [HC]".
Happy fragging!
