By Tim Hage on May 31st, 2010 at 11:47AM
Bio Menace was one of the many games that I played as a youngling. It was one of those games that spawned in the 90s when the entertainment industry was enamored with gritty, bullet-proof hero-with-bad-guy tendencies that have awesome names like Snake, Ace, Maverick, Duke, Bunny and so on.
By Craig Lloyd on May 31st, 2010 at 11:40AM
During an early press conference at Computex 2010, Asus has finally unveiled the Eee Pad EP101TC and EP121, as well as the Eee Tablet. The EP101TC will be a 10-inch pad that runs Windows Embedded Compact 7 (which offers more cloud integration) and is just 12.2mm thick and weighs 675g. The EP121 will be a 12-incher that will run Windows 7 Home Premium and be powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo CULV processor, as well as offering a webcam and USB from what we hear. Both models are expected to hit the market as early as Q1 2011, with prices said to be between $399 and $499.
The Eee Tablet is quite an interesting device. It’ll have a non-backlit monochrome LCD display (not E-ink) that will have a 2,450 DPI touchscreen input sensitivity. There will also be a 2-megapixel camera, USB, a microSD card slot, and a 10-hour battery life. Asus is targeting this towards students as a digital notebook, if you will. The Eee Tablet is expected to arrive in this September and priced between $199 and $299.
View the press releases after the break.
By Tim Hage on May 31st, 2010 at 12:04AM
The Bargain Bin is a weekly feature that helps out gamers in the tough economy. How does it help? Once a week, it offers a great and cheap game ($10 or less) to keep you going until your next paycheck.
For all the Tomb Raider lovers, we offer you 2008′s Prince of Persia to keep your gaming addiction fed for $9.99. While the game’s launch left us unimpressed amidst the other titles releasing around the same time, at this price, it’s a smart buy for anyone that enjoys 3D platforming and free-running. If you’re still unsure if the game’s worth your time and money, then give our review a quick read and make an informed decision.
By Craig Lloyd on May 30th, 2010 at 7:44PM
The past week’s best news and featured content…
Review: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-Portable Drive
- You might already be familiar with Seagate’s FreeAgent Go lineup. It’s been the company’s line of portable storage for several years now. However, they’ve recently made some updates and tacked on the “Flex” at the end, but we’re not just only talking about a new, updated look to these drives. Seagate has completely overhauled the new lineup and really changed the way we connect external storage to computers with the GoFlex bunch.
By Tim Hage on May 30th, 2010 at 11:29AM
So, after six months with the Razer Mamba, I decided I would write up a bit of a buyer’s guide for anyone pondering the purchase of a Razer Mamba. See, on paper, the mouse seems amazing, but I hope to give some useful first-hand information for potential buyers.
This will seem quite like a review, but I will try to explain things more as if someone was buying it from me and asking details about my experience with it. So, with its gargantuan price tag, is this mouse worth the money?
By Craig Lloyd on May 29th, 2010 at 9:06PM
We all know that there are already USB-powered displays out and about, usually around 6- to 8-inchers, but Samsung has developed one that’s 18.5-inches! It uses just two USB 2.0 ports to supply both power and data to the monitor, which only uses 6.3W of juice, thanks to improvements to “the transmittance of the panel and the luminance efficiency of the backlight.” However, the monitor uses a LED edge-lit backlight, which limits the lifetime to 30,000 hours compared to 50,000 of existing LCD monitors. Look forward to these hitting store shelves sometime in 2011.
via [Tech-On!]
By Tim Hage on May 29th, 2010 at 12:01PM
When Mad Catz shipped out their Modern Warfare 2 Xbox controller, they were nice enough to include the second piece of the set with their Modern Warfare 2 Throat Communicator. Now, we don’t focus on console gaming here at the Olive, so we’ll be testing this device from the perspective of a PC gamer.
By Tim Hage on May 28th, 2010 at 1:36PM
While it could turn out to be a simple mistake, it seems that Nvidia has accidentally leaked the details that the currently PS3-exclusive Heavy Rain will release on PC in the near future. On Nvidia’s page that lists the current and upcoming PhysX-enabled games, there is a line that reads “Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream – PC” as a game title, developer, and platform, respectively.
We contacted Quantic Dream for comment on this. We’ll keep you updated.
via [Destructiod]
By Tim Hage on May 27th, 2010 at 8:29PM
The beta for EA’s upcoming MMO racing game Need for Speed World has been running for several weeks and EA has finally announced release plans for the final game. The free-to-play MMO will release to the public on July 20th.
Now, as we said, this game will be completely free to play, but EA is offering some incentives to gamers willing to pay a one-time $20 premium fee. See, if you play the game for free, there’s a level cap that you can’t pass until you pay $20 for full access to the game. If you’re planning to pay this $20 to get the full and unlocked version of the game, then you should consider pre-ordering because you’ll be given early access to pre-tuned vehicles and many other goodies depending on your pre-order location:
By Tim Hage on May 26th, 2010 at 11:30AM
For their midweek madness, Steam has discounted LucasArts’ pack of four classic adventure games. Buying the pack of games will save you $15 of your hard-earned dollars and you’ll get the following games:
