Game Design, Gamer Culture, PC, iPhone
While Nintendo has been in the business of making video game consoles for years, others console developers have come and gone. Although Sony and Microsoft make-up the other 2/3 of the console market today, there’s no guarantee that future systems will always be made by either of them. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t other companies out there that could, and probably would, make consoles in their stead.
So you’ve never built your own computer before. It’s fine, I’m not here to judge. Unfortunately, I am here to belittle and deride. Your rig sucks, your frame rate sucks, and you haven’t modded your case to look like Constantin Brancusi’s “Bird in Space.” Because I’m feeling especially charitable today – due to parole requirements set forth by the state of California – I’ve deigned to acknowledge the existence of sub-optimal machines. Building your own rig is no small task, but it’s not nearly as hard as it looks. I’ll go through the basics with you and spoon feed you some recommendations, lest you starve to death in a pile of your own ignorance.
Business, Events, Gamer Culture
Next Monday, August 25th, graphics chip maker NVIDIA will kick off NVISION 2008. NVISION is a three-day long mega-event that draws gamers, graphic artists, game designers, and industry heads together to discuss, experience, and explore the present and future of gaming. Held in the San Jose Convention Center at the heart of Silicon Valley, this is ground zero for the computer and gaming industry. Packed with celebrity appearances, demonstrations and tutorials by leaders in the industry, and a whole lot of gaming, there’s plenty of ground to cover. Here’s a preview of the event: and stay tuned, as GotGame News will be in the thick of things live, with up-to-the minute updates all next week!
A showdown is brewing between NVIDIA, one of the largest makers of gaming graphic chips, and Intel, the largest producer of PC processors, over Intel’s decision to not yet release the specifications of the USB 3.0 technology that it is currently developing. Intel has cited that they have put “gazillions of dollars and bazillions of engineering man-hours” into the project and do not want to prematurely release information that might prove incompatible with hardware down the line.
Here’s the rub: USB 3.0 technology is a high-speed, data connection that will soon come standard in all PCs. In CNet’s words, “It is significant not only because all future PCs and devices will use connectors based on the standard, but also because it will offer 10 times the speed of USB 2.0.” Read More »
Business, PC, Politics, Pro Gaming
Last month at GDC, several of the the global leaders of the gaming world, announced that they had formed the PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to advancing the PC as the gaming platform of choice. Almost all of the members of the PCGA are gaming industry titans: Microsoft, Intel, AMD, NVIDIA, Epic Games and so forth.
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