Professional Call of Duty 4 Player Havax Interviewed (Part 1)
February 17, 2008
Professional Call of Duty 4 player, Havax, has recently won the CEVO Finish the Fight Tournament with team Guardians and is currently playing in the first CEVO-P season for Call of Duty 4. Recently Havax took some time out of his schedule to answer some questions. During this two part series he talks about gaming lessons, Call of Duty 4’s potential, and his experiences playing with Team Guardians. Read more
5 Tips To Improve Your Team
February 16, 2008
Take the game seriously
This is a mindset change. Many of you would argue that you play for fun, yet when you lose a scrim all hell breaks loose. It does not matter if you play the game for fun, as a stress relief, or to win - take the game seriously. There is nothing worse than not setting a goal for yourself - make your goal to someday be CEVO-P - then do it! Read more
Nonpareil: An All-Female Team Changing the Face of E-Sports
February 16, 2008
Nonpareil, an all female CS:Source team is taking CAL-Open by storm. They are currently 4-0-0, and have one of their biggest matches ahead of them against Warren Gaming (4-0-0 as well) on de_nuke. A few of them took time out of their practice schedules to answer a few questions about their team, their ambitions, and the unique difficulties and differences that they’ve had to overcome and adapt to as a result of being an all female team. Read more
Interview with Holla-HH-
February 15, 2008
For Today’s topic I got a hold of Holla from heavy hitters. Heavy hitters is one of the most elite clubs in all of 1.6. It hosts a various array of talent from all leagues of counter strike. I will interview Holla and find out what it takes to be a successful Club owner, and a strong main player in 1.6.Real Name Read more
Is the CPL’s long run over?
February 14, 2008
A report posted on the Cyberathelete Amateur Leagues website known as CAL has sent shockwaves throughout the whole gaming community. Presently, CAL is a sister company to the CPL. CPL is owned and operated by Angel Munoz, a Los Angeles area businessman. The CPL has been the leader in LAN’s all across America and Canada, but as of late, business has slowed for the CPL and the LAN’s have lost many of their previously diehard fans. Read more
5 Tips on Getting Your Parents Off Your Back
February 14, 2008
Its CAL-O finals, your mom tells you take the garbage out or she is going unplug your computer. Of course you explain to her how important your match is and that you cannot leave your computer. On a normal basis, your attempts lead to failure. Here are five tips to get your parents off your back. Read more
Game Server Reviews: Velocity Servers
February 14, 2008
There are so many game server providers that sometimes we feel lost in the pile. Deciding between three million hosting providers isn’t fun, especially when they throw in the technical mumbo jumbo; XEON processors, Linux based operating systems, 1000FPS servers, 500FPS servers, and that’s just the start. We’re going to sort through all of this as we get to the bottom of what really makes a reliable, high performance game server. Read more
EA announces Spore release date
February 12, 2008
After a long wait EA has announced a release date for the highly anticipated game, Spore, for September 7, 2008. Spore is an open-ended sim game where you start as a single celled organism and evolve your species to the point of conquering the universe. The creator of spore Will Wright said, “We’re in our final stages of testing and polish with Spore, and the team at Maxis can’t wait to see the cosmos of content created by the community later this year.”
I was hoping to see Spore hit store shelves in the spring but I’m glad to see that they’re not rushing the game, making sure that it is perfect before its release.
FilePlanet Releases Their First Team Fortress 2 Map Pack.
February 10, 2008
One of the largest download websites tailored to games, FilePlanet.com, has released their first map pack for the popular multiplayer first-person-shooter Team Fortress 2. This pack features 11 new maps, which include a new version of 2Forts and a map called “Steal The Bacon!”. This map pack looks very enjoyable and should add some extra excitement to the TF2 community. To receive more information and to download this map pack visit http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/maps/. Read more
The Media Attacks Gaming Violence.
February 10, 2008
The media has been on the video game industry’s back since the advent of violence in video games. Fast forward to the present day, and the fact that major broadcasting companies continually dare to scorn the use of violence and sex in video games is ironic, and has become progressively more so with the release of shows like Stacked(starring Pamela Anderson), and Bones(a violent forensics drama) airing on Fox Network. Read more
