Category: Recreation
Happy Birthday, HP Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) – the finest and most inspirational horror writer of the 20th Century. To learn more about one of my favourite authors check out his Wikipedia entry or The HP Lovecraft Archive. To discover his impact on role-playing games, and the evergreen Call Of Cthulhu game, […]
Steam Client updated…
Vavle has released a Steam client update. As always to apply the update, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select “Check for Steam Client Updates…”. The changes listed include: New Features Updated friends chats to use new tabbed chat interface (see Friends tab in the Settings dialog to turn off opening in […]
Dresden Files – Book 8 – Proven Guilty
You know, some series just seem to keep your attention for a impossible number of books… Â So far, I have devoured the Dresden books by Jim Butcher. I don’t know quite what it is about the series, maybe it’s the throw back to the Private Investigator genre, maybe it’s the fact that’s he’s a Wizard […]
Torchwood – The New World
Well, it appears that the next Torchwood series will be continuing in the vein of an conspiracy / thriller? Starz have published more details of the upcoming Torchwood co-production with BBC Worldwide. The series is due for transmission in the summer of 2011. SERIES SYNOPSIS When C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy, he […]
Simon’s Cat – “The Box”
I love it… Â Any cat lover will tell you that’s their cat…
Portal 2 release date – Feb 9, 2011
Valve has officially revealed the release date for its highly anticipate puzzle/shooter sequel, Portal 2. Fans will be able to return to Aperture Science and suck sentient turrets through giant tubes on February 9, 2011! The game was originally slated for release this year, but got pushed back, reasons unknown. Â Also, Stephen Merchant will be […]
Steam discusses the Game Performance improvements in 10.6.4
When we launched Steam on Mac OS X back in May, there was a lot of buzz about performance, particularly relative to Windows running on the same machine. While we met our goal of making sure all of our customers had an acceptable gaming experience at launch, we have spent a large chunk of effort […]