For those of you who may not have yet heard, Paradox Interactive’s The Showdown Effect is a thing that’s happening. What is this new title? The Source denotes it as a 2.5D Combat Game, not unlike many that have come before it. Touting the most cliché of action heroes duking it out in a...

Far Cry 3 is an open world FPS from Ubisoft that attempts to steer the Far Cry series back in the right direction after a somewhat disappointing second installment.  I am happy to say it not only got in the right neighborhood, but busted down the door and sat down next to me demanding I play it with every...

When it comes to getting hardware, you don’t normally mind putting out a few extra bucks to pay for a quality product. However, not everyone has a pile of cash sitting around, just waiting to be disposed of. That’s why there are mid and low-range products for those who are on a tighter budget....

I have not encountered a vast number of gaming mice in my gaming career as of yet, but I will say I was a bit surprised to see one from Logitech. I gave it an honest try while playing a few different games, and was pleasantly surprised by its smooth...

First Look PC gamers generally have a tall order when it comes to a laptop that can handle a weekend marathon of a new game release or a LAN event. It has to look good, with a large enough display, beefy components to handle the latest and...

The SSD market is one that has been interesting to watch over the last year. Gone are the days of setting up a RAID on multiple disk drives for the maximum performance. SSD’s have become fast and cheap enough that it doesn’t make sense to do otherwise. But of course, with such a large market,...

I remember the first time I attended BoilerFrag, a LAN event up at Purdue University, I heard about this thing called GameSkulls. I had no idea what it was, and I remember thinking it was some sort of plastic skull that held your games or something of the...

With Deathwing dealt with, the Horde and Alliance are once again at each other's throats. A battle at sea finds each faction crash landing on a remote, new island the size of which is baffling. The mists around Pandaria have faded, and like it or not the Pandaren have been pulled into the age-old blood feud. Will they fight to keep their homeland safe from these new invaders or join them?