Archive for 'Technical / Gadgets / Games'
Where to find Wi-Fi in Chisago County
Posted on 11. Sep, 2010 by EASTMNNEWSWIRE.
There are times that you need an internet connection at a different location than your house, school or business. While local libraries are the best spot to use your computer outside of home, school or work, they do have operating hours and other minor drawbacks. Here are some local places you can get a Wi-Fi [...]
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Video Game Review of Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Posted on 11. Sep, 2010 by C.G. Widell.
You play as Monkey (the muscle) and Trip (the brains), is played by the AI. Enslaved takes place 150 years in the future where wars have ravaged the world leaving only a handful of people left alive. The game starts with Monkey and Trip…
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Wi-Fi System Puts an Internet Connection in the Middle of Nowhere
Posted on 11. Sep, 2010 by EASTMNNEWSWIRE.
Ayrstone Productivity LLC introduces Ayrstone AyrMesh, the first long-range Wi-Fi system built for rural properties and outdoor hospitality locations. The AyrMesh Wi-Fi system provides a half-mile and up to 2 miles of Internet access outside the house. www.ayrstone.com.
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Best Buy Gearing up for “Halo®: Reach” Invasion
Posted on 11. Sep, 2010 by EASTMNNEWSWIRE.
For fans eagerly counting down to one of the biggest video game premieres of 2010, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) announced that more than 400 stores across the country will open their doors at 12:01 am on Tuesday, September 14, to celebrate the launch of “Halo: Reach.” In addition to the extended store hours, Best Buy [...]
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New CALL of Duty – Release Date November 9th
Posted on 04. Sep, 2010 by C.G. Widell.
Another video game set to be released yet this year. CALL of Duty BLACK OPS www.callofduty.com/blackops Release Date:11.09.10 Platforms: PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and DS Developer: Treyarch Publisher: Activision Number of players:1, 2 player split screen Co-op and up to 4 player online Co-op, Multiplayer online as well Genre: Shooter ESRB: T=Teen The Call [...]
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Video Review: James Bond 007: GoldenEye
Posted on 28. Aug, 2010 by C.G. Widell.
007 is back! The game so many of us spent hours and hours playing with friends, in the same room on the same TV has returned. James Bond 007: GoldenEye is the classic we all know and its been updated.
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Internet Marketing Expanded
Posted on 28. Aug, 2010 by James Clark.
I remember when the Internet first started and how exciting it was to download a browser or a chat client and beable to talk to someone in another country. As the Internet evolved, so did the marketing aspect of it. Now, we have a good complicated system to make websites marketable.
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New Games: Halo Reach To Be Released in September
Posted on 21. Aug, 2010 by C.G. Widell.
The first Halo is the reason I picked up an Xbox. I would always get excited when a new Halo would come out. Halo, Halo 2 and Halo 3 are all great games. Then Halo Wars came out… Halo Wars is a RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game, like Age of Empires,Warcraft 3 or Starcraft.
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My Very Old Shop And Its Computers
Posted on 13. Aug, 2010 by James Clark.
I worked in accounting. My task was to keep track of leased equipment. Each day I would write on paper the transactions that occurred, go to a punch card machine to make the cards, then run them through the card reader, and generate my reports with the IBM 370 computer. I went to college to [...]
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Another Game To be Released This Year: Dead Rising 2
Posted on 14. Aug, 2010 by C.G. Widell.
I picked up the first Dead Rising not knowing what it was, just looking for something to pass the time – and hoped maybe I would get lucky and find a good game. I was pleasantly surprised at what I had stumbled across. After I got through the intro and got into the game, it took a little time to get the hang of it. After that I was a zombie killing fool!
