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So I have been playing a lot of BF3 lately. As most people know, the graphics are phenomenal and the gameplay, while no BF2 or 2142, is still pretty darn good. What is really bothering me is the loss of VOIP and Commander Mode. Commander mode is not a terrible thing but the nearly complete omission of VOIP is intolerable. Now I know what you are saying right now: "But Gumby, there are a million rants on the internet pipes about this" Maybe so. But this one is a bit different. As an American living overseas, I have really, really enjoyed gaming on the pub servers here. I have learned so much German and French just by playing online games with a more traditional approach to VOIP. European servers often have people speaking ...

So I finally decided to upgrade my aging gaming rig. It is amazing how much computing power $500-$600 buys these days. Quad-Core, 4GB of RAM, and all the latest whiz-bangs like USB 3.0 and SATA 6G/s. Now if only someone would figure out a way to teleport my parts to Germany so I don't have to wait on shipping.

So, I just finished Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Possibly the best single player game I have played in a year. I was thinking, the Batman is probably one of the most heroic of any comic book character. He has no super-powers and many of his enemies do. He relies on his wit, intellect, agility, intimidation, and trickery to win against overwhelming odds.
But thats enough geek for one post.

Boss is out of town and left me in charge. I think this is a symptom of how low our standards at work have dropped.

So last week, I was thinking about upgrading my aging gaming rig. I am (still) running a Socket 939 Opteron on an Nforce 4 Motherboard. 2 GB of RAM and a Geforce 8800GTS-512 round out the package. This computer is dedicated to gaming and no non-gaming apps are installed. I have had this basic setup for quite almost 4 years. I have upgraded only the video card from its original Geforce GT 7800 and I had to replace the PSU once. I play my games on a 22'' Samsug that has a maximum resolution of 1680x1050. Until very recently, I could play any game I wanted at max details and resolution with no framerate problems. But now it seems that I will need to upgrade soon. I am sad to see this setup go. But at least I should be able to replace ...