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Moonbase Aelou

Moonbase Alpha is a free game on Steam from NASA:

TurtleBeach EarForce PX21 Review

Console gaming headsets are in a weird place. On one hand, they’re relatively cheap and plentiful. On the other hand, that low price point means the drivers inside aren’t great. Hardware manufacturers like to cover this up with bass response, the PX21 set is no exception. Though I don’t think you can even find a headset [...]

Falcon 4.0: Allied Force Review

Falcon 4.0: Allied Force is the definition of depth when it comes to the interactive experience of combat flight. All declassified features of Lockheed Martin’s F-16 are fully controllable and functional, you won’t turn anything off or on that doesn’t affect some function of your jet. Your responsibilities range from controlling the flow of your [...]

Battlefield 2 1.50 Beta Patch

Finally, DICE and EA have released the 1.50 Beta Patch for Battlefield 2. It adds one new map (Blue Pearl) and includes the previously optional download of Highway Tampa. Here is the complete list of changes: Additional support for Windows Vista. Added Highway Tampa as a required map. Added a new map called Operation Blue [...]

Update on Call of Duty: World at War PC Patch/DLC

While Call of Duty: World at War’s DLC on the 360 may have set new sales records and surpassed some ambiguous high water mark, it isn’t available yet on the PC. Why? JD_2020 explains on the CoD forums: Hi all, The Patch (and DLC) is not releasing for the PC this week. By now you’ve [...]

Space Combat Sims for fans of X-Wing v Tie Fighter Part 2: Software

In some ways, this is the best of times for space sim aficionados. FreeSpace 2, the last great commercial space combat sim is open-source and there are a lot of games based on that codebase which are freely available, or will be released shortly. Personally I would recommend starting out with Freespace 2, picking an [...]

The “No Goo Left Behind” Act

Yesterday I found out about the World of Goo sale on Steam, via CAG, just before it ended. Today I’m rescuing a round goo-lady of, shall we call it, “Ample carriage”? Regardless, I’m escorting her down a red carpet, oh and look now, she’s just killed all of her fans. The good thing about this [...]

Space Combat Sims for fans of X-Wing v Tie Fighter Part 1: Hardware

A lot of people like myself miss the old days. Let us then reminisce, and also blow the crap out of our enemies. To get started, you’ll need some kind of joystick. I use Logitech joysticks because I like the twisting functionality on the stick itself for adjusting yaw on helicopters and jets in games [...]