Archive for November, 2007
Ice Hockey
by Chris on November 30th, 2007 @ 1:12 pm - Tag (Ice Hockey, Life) 1 Comment. 135 Views
On Wednesday i took a trip to Alexandra Palace to meet with some of guys who play for the London Legion. Luckily i turned up on a game night and got to see them play. I really liked what i saw and they seemed pretty keen on me joining up. So i just need to get some ice time to see if i can still skate and buy the kit.
If anyone knows someone at NikeBauer or RbkHockey that might be able to give me mates rates on some gear let me know. 
Call of Duty 4 Server
by Chris on November 27th, 2007 @ 3:06 pm - Tag (Games) No Comments. 71 Views
Yosh, I’ve fallen in love with CoD4 multiplayer so much i’ve sorted out a dedicated server. Some come play with me
217.146.84.84:28930
irc.gamesurge.net #mapcore
Sex Pistols GuitarHero III UK Launch
by Chris on November 26th, 2007 @ 1:20 pm - Tag (Games) No Comments. 42 Views
Footage i took at the Guitar Hero 3 launch party press conference with Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols.
Does anyone know how you can upload video longer then 10 mins to YouTube? Not so keen on google video.
Slackering off
by Chris on November 26th, 2007 @ 1:11 pm - Tag (Games, Life) 2 Comments. 0 Views
So I’ve been slacking off recently with updating my blog. Most of my evenings have been taken up with building my new computer, which i might add is now complete. It’s a beast that I’ve fittingly named ‘Hellish Moose’, specs below.
Case - Zalman GT1000
Cool - Zalman Reserator XT (D-Tek Block)
PSU – Galaxy 850W
Screen - Dell 2407WFP-HC
Mobo - Evga A1
CPU - QX6850
GPU - Evga 8800GTX BP
RAM - Quad2X4096-8500C5DF
HDD - 2xRaptorX 150gb (in Raid0)
SPU - X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
3DMark06 – 13,350 (no oc)
So naturally with a spanking new computer i bought a load of new system demanding PC games. Of course Crysis was first on my list to see how badly it would bring my computer to it’s knees, also UT3 for some chaotic fun and then CoD4…and here the problems start.
Steam as of late has done a fantastic job of impressing me. The launch of Orange box was smooth, the addition of community features was fantastic. So with that in mind i purchased CoD4 over steam. It download an ran perfectly…for the first two days, then i was hit with the most informative error message…EVER. “This game is currently unavailable”, sorry come again?! This isn’t a MMO, nore does CoD4 have an online profile, so why can’t i play a game that sitting on my hard drive.
There were many solutions going around to fix the problem but nothing definitive. In the end changing the language to french then back to English worked for me, can’t tell you why but it did. So it ran once again, then Punk Buster updated and now see’s Steam’s overlay as a hack, Punk Busters advice…Turn it off. Awesome integration there guys. Then Punk Buster moaned about Kaspersky blocking one or more of it’s connections. Again Punk Busters advice…turn it off. Yes I’m really going to do that.
I finally figured out that the only thing interfering with Punk Busters was the Proactive Defense program for the registry. So i just have to remember to disable that when playing CoD4, or not play on Punk Buster enabled servers which are few and far between. Not ideal but it’s a quick fix to play such an awesome game.
I just hope Punk Buster and Steam communicate a bit more with each other to solve this problem quickly and create a system of testing for future updates.
Still here
by Chris on November 16th, 2007 @ 1:02 pm - Tag (Life) No Comments. 303 Views
Aaaaah it’s been awhile since I’ve updated my blog, but I’m sure the reason why is pretty obvious. I’ll keep this short. We had the funeral on Wednesday, so i can sort of relax a bit now. It will just take time to understand the feelings and emotions i have, but thanks to everyone for putting up with my random moods and thanks to all of you who sent me a message. Really appreciate it.
Will have some video of the GuitarHero 3 and Unreal Tournament 3 Launch events that took place last week up in the next post.
Whats been going down
by Chris on November 4th, 2007 @ 10:47 pm - Tag (Life) 3 Comments. 354 Views
So I’ve been pretty quiet recently and off the radar. Their are a few reason for this, one and the biggest is that on Wednesday 31st of October my Granddad passed away in hospital. It’s sad but at the same time I’m kind of happy, he had made it to the mighty fine age of 93. But his quality of life was so low that I’m pleased he is at peace now. I wont go to much into this as I’ve always tried to keep emo crap off my blog. But it’s kind of funny, i was at his side when he died. I’ve never seen anyone die before, I’m sure I’ve seen dead bodies when I’ve been in hospitals before but to actual see someone go from living too…well not, is something very different. It’s left me with a very uneasy feeling.
So what else is going on, well I’m starting a new site. It’s game modification related, the idea is still in it’s infancy but I’ll keep you update on my progress here. I’ve also started building my new gaming rig, got everything stacked up in boxes behind me. Just waiting on the RAM and CPU to turn up then it’s all systems go for Crysis. I’m rather glad a lot of good games are coming out over the next few months. I need to keep my ass in doors and away from pubs…or at least buying rounds :P.
I’m recently been playing Zelda on the DS. I have to admit it’s fantastically good. I’ll drop a full review here about it when I’ve finished. I also managed to trade in all my old PS2 and XBOX games at GAME. I got about 86 quid for it all which will help fill the hole in my wallet :). I’m going to start running again as well…I’ve stopped a few months ago because there was so much going on. But now I’m a little less stressed out I’m going to carry on running and dust off the old punch bag in the garage :).
Oh one more thing, CoD4 this week ;). Make sure you check out some of the Halloween videos that have been put up.
http://www.gametrailers.com/game/4735.html