So, people who don't get TF2 now are CRAZY!
Free to play FAQ
And don't forget Meet to the Medic
Friday, June 24, 2011
Team Fortress 2 Free-To-Play
So, people who don't get TF2 now are CRAZY!
Free to play FAQ
And don't forget Meet to the Medic
Friday, October 01, 2010
The MANN-Conomy Update
With this update, Valve is turning TF2 into something like Diablo. There're item sets now. Gather all the items in a set to get an added bonus.
For example, gather all the items for the Tank Buster set (The Black Box, The Batallion's Backup and The Grenadier's Softcap) and you'll get a resistance to damage caused by sentries by 20%.
If the items seems familiar well, it should. They were the result of the contest that was made at Polycount, a 3D modelling community. The contest was held from 24th May to 28th June and the winners were announced on 12th July early this year.
Like all things TF2, some of the items here are outrageous and funny. Imagine being hit by the Holy Mackeral (Scout Baseball Bat replacement which is a mackeral wrapped in a newspaper). Personally, the Spy's new hat, the Familiar Fez, cracks me up.
It amazes me every time I see things like this. It just goes to show how close to their community Valve is... unlike lets say, Ubisoft.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Yahoo Messenger Automatic Spam Message
This thing happened to me a couple of times now so, I'd just thought of posting about it.
A person I haven't chat with on Yahoo for a long time sent me a message telling me about this IQ site and to click a link. That raised some flags for me.
Friend1: BUZZ!!!
Friend1: u there?
Me: nope
Me: no one here but rats
Me: hi
Friend1: hey .. whats up??
Friend1: I just took a test to see what my IQ was hehe
Me: haha
Me: nothing
Friend: :)
Me: ah?
Friend1: thought I woulda gotten higher... got a 103 lol
Friend1: if you can do better than me ill buy you a drink.. maybe more
Me: that is normal
Friend1: try beating me... http://www.tiny.cc/quiziq I bet you cant haha.
Friend1: do it now while I finish up some homework (Warning flags start appearing here)
Friend1: gotta finish writing this stupid essay.. i hate finals week
Me: finals? (My friend and I graduated 6 years ago)
Friend1: BRB .. take that test!
Friend1: interesting
Friend1: so, how many yahoo ids have u got
I unravelled the tiny url link and found that it points to youtube. Though I would not recommend clicking on the link just the same.
A few months later, I got this message from another friend whom I haven't spoken to in a long time:
Friend2: BUZZ!!!
Friend2: how are you doing?
Me: hi
Me: fine fine
Friend2: hey r u there?
Friend2: :)
Me: yes, i'm here
Friend2: I just took an IQ quiz here.. pretty cool (Ah, this seems familiar...)
Me: i see
Me: you again
Friend2: got a 113 lol... thought I was smarter than that (Not answering me and ignoring the fact I caught him/her/it in the act - bot)
Me: so
Friend2: you should see if you can do better than me... if u can ill do somethin for ya
Friend2: try beating me... http://www.tinyurl.com/whatsmyiqscore I bet you cant haha.
In this conversation, as you can see, it is obviously automated. The format is familiar enough for most normal humans to identify this as a machine.
Anyway, just a heads up to everyone to be careful of these tricks. Warn your friends or family who have not logged in to their accounts in awhile to change their passwords.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Real War Machine Suit
You know, one of my main motivations for watching Iron Man is the suit. Something about a mech-like suit that is hard to scratch and have the weaponry of a whole army gives me the chills of excitement.
You don't see suits like that outside movies or games... until now.
Anthony Le, 25 took one month and $4,000 to create an actual working (sort of ) War Machine suit. The faceplate can move up and down and the shoulder-mounted minigun spins when a button on the glove is pressed. Though no real weapons are attached, the gun could be converted to fire paintballs.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Today I Die
This is a beautiful little flash game by Daniel Benmergui. There's no instructions for the player, just simple words and the ability to click and drag things on the screen.
Simple as this game may be, its is heavy with symbolic meaning. I find it very touching.
I can't really tell much about it without giving spoilers as it would ruin the whole experience. So, I would like to suggest that everyone should give it a try.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Mac is now Steam-ing
Valve have finally launched the Mac version of their popular gaming platform, Steam. I am expecting there to be a lot of happy Mac gamers
The library of games available for the Mac on launch are pretty large. It's currently listing at 60 games, but most of the games are from indie developers. Valve will release more games every Wednesday for the next few weeks. If you have a game already on the PC, you can just download it again on the Mac.
Also, up to 24th May, Valve is also giving out Portal for the all expensive price of free. Portal would be the first Valve developed game available on the Mac. I'll be waiting patiently when they bring out Team Fortress 2.
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