10 Reasons Why PC Gaming Is Alive and Well

10.Price

Launch day prices, majority of the time, are cheaper then its console counterparts. Prototype on steam released for $50 USD $10 cheaper than its console counterpart. Steam has offered various deals the most recent Empire: Total War for 50% off. Cheap gaming is always a plus in this economy.

9. Valve

Valve has been the saving grace for PC gaming. Everything from Half Life, Left 4 Dead, Counter Strike, Team Fortress, and most importantly Steam. To restate, Steam offers an unmatched digital distribution platform with an incredible community.

8.Massively Multilayer Online Role Playing Games

You all knew it was coming. From Everquest to World of Warcraft. It brings together everything people loved about the table top Rpg's and allows them to do it from the comfort of their home. Consoles have tried to tap into the market with Final Fantasy XI, but how many people willing to pay $50 for Xbox Live and $15 a month for a game.

7.Who needs Mascots

Many people have criticized, “but...PC doesn't have a mascot”. This could be a good thing. We all love Mario to death, but does PC need a game series that comes out with 4 games a year. This is why Half Life is so loved, Gordan Freeman is not milk for every possible game. Look what happened with Left 4 Dead 2 when they announced a new game to fastm PC gamers don't enjoy rushed products.

6.Free ware

Freeware is amazing, especially during a recession. Countless time during the day, you know while you should be working, your playing Battlefield Heroes or a Flash Gaming site, and enjoying those hours of free gaming.

5.Game Back Ups

So you just bought Chrono Trigger off Ebay for around $200!, and your dieing to play it, don't want to take it out of the wrapping to ruin it. Well guess what! You may find Roms and play it on the computer as a back up. ROMs themselves are not illegal per se, so read up on them before you check that out.

4.Open Source

Open Source is amazing, it gives countless replay to gamers. Here is where the PC is unmatched. Developers are never constricted to release a patch to fix a game, which means faster fixes and even faster content.

Don't like a User Interface in a game, change it to however you please. Only your imagination limits your customization in games(and some brain power). Fallout 3 its self has over 50 mods that allow you to have constant hours of play time, even better a few NSFW mods ;).

3.Cutting Edge Technology

Consoles are always playing catch up when it comes to PC graphics. People say it comes at a cost, but a new video card every couple of years beats a new console every 5-6 years.

2. Real Time Strategy Games

Some people may say “But they have Real Time Strategy Games on Consoles” Your answer to this should be “No, there isn't”. Command and Conquer, Empire series, Starcraft, Warcraft. I don't even want to go on listing RTS games I might start to ramble on.

1.Its Been there for the beginning and it will be there for the end.

You could almost say Computers are the “Alpha and Omega” of gaming. They entered the market in 1977 and they are still around. Since people are going to keep using computers to socialize or work, computers are going to find themselves as an elite system

America's Army Patched But Many Still Having Problems

Following the launch of America's Army, there has been a plague of problems, which left the game entirely unplayable. But on June 19th they released the following patch that was suppose to fix the game.

America's Army 3

• Removed apparent lag caused by other players entering or leaving a server
  
• Improved start of round spawn issues
  
• Resolved problem with training results not saving
  
• Improved communication with Authentication server
  
• Eliminated freezing up when moving from one training mission to another
  
• Cleared up hesitation during training missions
  
• Significantly reduce number of authentication transactions between player and Authentication server
  
• Solved achievements save and display problems
  
• Improved Login communication with Authentication server
  
• Improved player statistics tracking for better accuracy
  
• Improved overall performance

As many people can tell, even with the patch there hasn't been, an overall performance improvement.

America's Army is live......but working?

Many Steam users who have pre-loaded America's Army weren't
very pleased when trying to play upon release. After a few hours after release Steam users are still finding that multiple sever related issues arise.

Many users have reported multiple problems ranging from

• Game still being locked
• Steam sever too busy to handle your request
• Not being able to authenticate severs during training
  

America's Army in now promoting a new pre-load, hopefully things will get going after it has finished

Hope things get settled sometime tonight so
that we may all be able to enjoy this game.

Left 4 Dead 2 Acceptance Group Starts to Rise!

"Tired of the complaints of L4D2? Join this group to rival them!"

A small group of people tired of the Left 4 Dead 2 Boycotts
has risen up. Its growing slowly but raises some valid opposing points. Such as....

- 5 New (Connecting!) Campains! And, the possibility of including the original 4 Campains!

- Finales aren't just "hold out and wait for rescue", it's "get your ass across the highway to rescue"! Think about it, how many times have you played a Versus match where one team died at the start of the finale, and the other team held out until rescue was about to arrive, then died, but BOTH teams got 200 points? Well, distance can now be measured for fair gameplay!

- Better gore effects! Who can resist bloodier zombies with more places to "gib"? Not me!

Follow The Link For More Info. Show Your Support!
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/l4d2acceptance

L4D2 Boycott Reaches Over 30,000!

"The Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott is a group of individuals who have pledged to boycott Valve's upcoming release of Left 4 Dead 2 on November 17th, 2009. We have assembled a manifesto outlining the basic concensus of many members of our community."

The Group has hit an outstanding 30,000 members in only a short time, and is starting to raise valid points.

"-That Left 4 Dead 2 not be released as a stand-alone, full-priced sequel but as either a free update to Left 4 Dead or an expansion with full compatibility with basic Left 4 Dead owners."

I do believe the game should not be made free, but at least an expansion integrated with the first L4d so that the community is still kept together and makes life easy.(So you don't have to switch between games to play different content, I'm looking at you ROCKBAND!)

For more info go to http://steamcommunity.com/groups/L4D2boycott

Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott?

The Left 4 Dead 2 boycott has reached well over 20,000 members. But is this boycott really necessary? At first I too, was quite angry when they first announced Left 4 Dead 2. But after some time and recollecting. You have to look at the facts. New location, new features, and what every fan has wanted....melee weapons!

Even with the 20,000 plus fans boycotting how many will actually boycott the game.
Even if it does reach 30,000 it doesn't seem like it will really heavily effect Valve's upcoming sales because we all know every game they released the fans have gotten a lot more then their moneys worth.Here is a look at the Official Left 4 Dead group and the
Left 4 Dead 2 boycott group,
Who will break
Valve or the Consumer
I guess we'll have to wait for the release and see what happens.

Natal Doesn't Work With Dark Skin?!

"When game consultant and former Newsweek writer N'Gai Croal gave Paradise a test drive, however, the game had trouble reading his steering actions. The footwork (gas and brakes) worked fine, but Croal couldn't steer his car at all."

Follow the link for more information.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/p75x879k24k36185/