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The past week’s best news…

The Bargain Bin: Call of Juarez
- We’ve all heard about recent budget cutbacks that have caused all of our favorite game developers and producers to cut many jobs to keep up in today’s economy, but what you never hear about is anything that helps the gamers in today’s rough times. We at the Olive understand that gaming can be an expensive hobby and we feel your pain. So, we’ve enlisted ourselves to find, test, and report some great, cheap games every week.

The Mamba Files: Month 3
- It’s something that many gamers tend to overlook, but it is something that has as much — if not more — effect on the device itself as the hardware and technology built into it. Drivers and firmware play a huge part in making or breaking today’s high-end products. So, how well does the Mamba’s software do the job? Let’s find out.

Epic Vid of the Week: Why Won’t This Damn Thing Print!?
- So we’ve all been in this situation before. The printer decides to act up and the only thing to do really is to smack it into oblivion…

Review: Asus Eee PC 1005PE
- The netbook market is a very unique one. It’s is still so young that the devices are lacking in speed, but the trade-off is portability and long battery life. So, as it stands, there’s a mad dash for hardware developers to try and find the best balance of performance, portability and most importantly, battery life. All while trying to keep the devices in an affordable and competitive pricing bracket. So, let’s find out how one of Asus’ latest revisions of their wildly popular Eee PC line holds up in the ever-evolving netbook market.

Review: Battlefield: Bad Company 2
- After the first installment and its exclusive debut on the Xbox 360, EA DICE has deemed PC gamers worthy of receiving the second installment of the Bad Company series. It’s still a bit confusing as to why there was never a PC port of Bad Company, but we’ll take what we can get. With its sights firmly set on Modern Warfare 2, let’s see if Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is even worth our time.