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Sims 3 – No Online Activation Required !

Posted in Computers & Computing, tagged , , , , , , on April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yay !
I’ve spent the morning mooching around the interwebs looking at console reviews. Basically, my route to find out if “Fable II” is “too feeble” would have to start with the untimely and INSANE squanderisation of  £1000 (no small poppy, especially to someone with no income) - and would probably end with me haemorraging, horribly,  trying [...]

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Empire : Total War – Still Dead in the Water(s I’ve Yet to See (as Sea (or C-Grade)))

Posted in Computers & Computing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Prior to buying this greatly-anticipated game, I knew that my laptop computer’s spec’s might be a tad on the weedy side. I had, however, anticipated that the program would run <<IN SOME FORM>> - albeit probably slur-lur-lowly and with the graphics settings well below the optimum.
I’ve now owned it (hmmm – has it “own”ed me ?) [...]

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Empire : Total War (On Hold (not IN “the (holed)) hold)

Posted in Computers & Computing, Diary (Eh ?), tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I quite expected this game to devour my weekend and was pleased when the PC DVD-ROMs arrived only one day after the official release. I purchased (at about a third off the RRP, indeed HALF (!!!) the price of the download which is so sizeable (at a HEFTY 15GB) it would have eaten a full month’s worth of [...]

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Full STEAM Ahead

Posted in Computers & Computing, tagged , , , , , , , , on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Creative Assembly have, at last, announced the release date for the postponed game “Empire : Total War” as
March 3 2009.
http://www.sega.co.uk/empire/gameinfo/news.php?n=2936
The article includes a caveat that the software has to be activated using “STEAM”.
I intend to buy a DVD version to use with my offline laptop but if it didn’t run on that I would retreat [...]

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Current Toshiba Gaming Flagship

Posted in Computers & Computing, Objects of Desire, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

…is this Qosmio X300-13W
at £2,250.
Think it’d make the “flagships” look awful purty in the forthcoming “Empire : TOTAL WAR” – might <SOUND> good too which is crucial to the enjoyment of that entertainment.

Until now, I have been able to enjoy the battle series on my elderly Desktop with its sumptious Creative Audiocard and boomy 5.1 [...]

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My Most-Anticipated PC Game of 2009…

Posted in Computers & Computing, tagged , , , , , on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

…was announced at Leipzig a year ago. 12 months on, the luckiest journo in the world gets a grapple –>
Empire : Total War – GameSpot Preview (Leipzig 2008)

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Pooter What I Gots the Hots For

Posted in Computers & Computing, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I admit I haven’t tried Vista but knowing that I won’t be able to run Premiere, my modem or my printer on any computer it’s installed on has caused me to steer well clear of it – and actually become quite confused about where I CAN go next as I don’t imagine the subsequent iteration [...]

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