I wasn’t even going to download the demo, because I’d mentally associated it with the grimy Just Cause. I’m glad I got past that, because it’s a fast-moving, fun game so far. Think GTA, only faster paced, action-focused and with a secret agent that makes James Bond look like a stiff-upper-lipped pussy. GamesWarehouse has it pegged for September [...]

I saw Xtreme Rally and GTI Racing - new releases on Steam – for $US30. Read some good reviews, so I bought them. Now here’s the rub – they don’t seem to be particularly good, in a “they are quite jerky when the framerate is otherwise good” sort of way. The sort of way I’d usually [...]

…was going to be the title of this post, but it’s not any more! Tricky, hey? See, it wasn’t X3′s fault, as it turns out, despite every other game seemingly running fine. At least, there were other contributing factors, so it wasn’t just X3. X3 had been coyly winking at me from Steam for a little [...]

Through alliances with leading software providers, AMD LIVE!™ Entertainment Suite allows you to access, distribute, and enjoy your live and pre-recorded TV, music, photos, videos an more in bold new ways: AMD LIVE! Compress from the makers of Power Compress enables you to compress the TV shows and movies you’ve recorded using Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center [...]

Still no MTP firmware, oh, the joy, so most of my complaints probably still stand. Did I mention I wasn’t a fan of their website? But if you’re actually using this good-looking-but-crippled hunk’o’crap, the latest firmware is available here. Teh Web also has copies of Iriver Plus3 kicking around, which is rumoured to do video encoding. I say [...]

The other day, I dropped in an Athlon X2 4200+, taking the opportunity to upgrade my socket 939 board before the opportunity is lost forever. At about the same time, though, my MCE started losing time when skipping. I barely noticed it at first, or just ignored it, but it’s a pervasive and annoying problem. [...]