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The End
2008-09-14 05:44:00 Three months without an update can only mean one thing. But that doesn’t mean I am taking the site down. Not at all. The fact is, our archives are an absolute gold mine of information and well-thought opinion, and the number of googlers still finding them certainly justifies their continuance. I like to think we have ... More About: General
The Perfect Clock Radio
2008-06-19 09:37:00 Almost 3 months ago now, I told the story of my quest for the perfect clock radio. News of my progress has been scant as of late, but I am here to tell you that it is now over. The previous contender, Seangean’s RCR-1, was so close to being exactly what I wanted, but it ... More About: Radio , Clock , General , Perfect
Firefox 3 - So Close, Yet So Annoying
2008-05-27 14:01:00 In stark contrast to my usual fanatical following of each previous version, I decided not to bother going near any of the beta releases for Firefox 3 which have been successively released over the past few months. It wasn’t until a couple of weeks ago, with the unveiling of Release Candidate 1, that I bit ... More About: Internet , Technology , General , Firefox 3
Wider Pastures - The Samsung 2253BW
2008-05-02 15:58:00 The past few years have seen me computing on a 17″ LCD from BenQ. It was priced reasonably and for the day it’s 8ms response time meant that it was a decent choice for gaming. Being a budget brand though, it had it’s fair share of problems - it’s viewing angles were terrible, the substandard ... More About: Technology , Samsung , General
The Perfect Clock Radio - A Pipe Dream?
2008-03-29 13:07:00 Few consumer electronic products are given as little attention as the clock radio. They don’t make for interesting reviews, they’re difficult to get excited about, and unlike plasma TVs or lava lamps, they don’t really add much to the look and feel of a room. It is for this reason, I can only assume, that ... More About: Radio , Technology , Clock , General , Dream
Back in Black: iPod Nano + Griffin iTrip
2008-03-11 12:07:00 The more observant of you may have noticed that January 2008 never actually existed. At least, not according to our definitive collection of recorded history anyway. Yes, things have been incredibly quiet on this online home of mine, but the real world couldn’t be more different. Things are in fact much, much noisier than ever ... More About: Music , Technology , Ipod , Black , Back
Dear Weighted Companion Cube, It?s not you; it?s me.
2008-02-24 02:28:00 Portal. No other game released in 2007 was quite the sensation that Portal was. Portal is a unique, puzzle-focused first-person shooter that clocks in at about three hours of length and, if my thorough reading of the internet is any indication, everyone and their mother has played it. Portal has spawned a ... More About: Gaming , Cube , Companion
Games of 2007: A Debate by Mail
2007-12-29 05:25:00 It’s the time of year for the industry’s Game of the Year awards and all the usual suspects will be coming out with their usual honors and demerits for the best and worst of 2007. But I don’t have the editorial following of a big magazine or website so I thought a “i’m right ... More About: Mail , Gaming , Games , Debate
Gaming Media: The Suits March On
2007-12-02 03:54:00 The latest controvery over on GameSpot is simply the most recent example of why I no longer visit large all-encompassing game media sites. Back in the day I was a frequent visitor of GameSpy and GameSpot - so much so that I’d often end up typing “gamspoy.com” in to my address bar in a subconcious ... More About: Media , Internet , Gaming , General , March
War (Games). What are they Good for? Absolutely Nothing.
2007-11-23 07:17:00 The title of the article is overly dramatic, and has probably been used before to boot. Also, it isn’t a very accurate title. I’m not referring to all war games across all genres. The games I’m referring to are the historically-themed First-Person Shooters that have been choking the video game market for ... More About: Gaming , Games , Good , Absolute , War Games
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: A Spotty Release
2007-11-05 22:39:00 This is going to be the longest article that I?ve written for Aelon but since I?ve not written one for a while I have a fair bit to make up. Since I am sure that many people reading this will not want to wade their way through the complete article I?m going to make ... More About: Technology , Release , Leopard , MAC OS X
It?s Getting to That Time Again
2007-10-28 04:30:00 I have been playing a lot of Team Fortress 2 lately, and it’s been fun. Despite being based on the same engine as Half-Life 2 and CS:Source (which my PC runs flawlessly), TF2 has been pushing my computer over the edge, with low framerates during the more intense firefights. On top of this, the performance ... More About: Technology , Gaming , Time
My Mouse
2007-10-06 08:26:00 Today I bit the bullet and went out to buy a new mouse. My Logitech MX500 has served me well over the last 4 years or so, but it was in a terrible state of disrepair. I wasn’t too concerned about the paint chipping off the logo, but having one of the slick pads constantly ... More About: Technology , Mouse
Pink for October
2007-10-01 11:59:00 No, we haven’t been taken over by an army of Barbie dolls. Rather, the change you see on Aelon today is for a cause. While pink isn’t exactly my favourite colour, the cause is a worthy one. Pink for October is the brainchild of Matthew Oliphant, a member of the 9rules Network of which this ... More About: General
Hail to the Chief: A Halo 3 Review
2007-09-29 10:23:00 The Halo franchise has been something of a lightning rod amongst first-person shooters. Some criticize the game for getting too much praise, while others enjoy it’s somewhat unique style of combat that’s especially well tuned for consoles. As a matter of full disclosure I gave the first two games high scores of ... More About: Gaming , Chief , Review , Halo 3
Team Fortress 2 Beta
2007-09-25 10:23:00 This week Valve took the lid off of the Orange Box, allowing people who pre-purchased it to get in on the beta of Team Fortress 2. Playing the game again has been a hoot. It is a lot like Team Fortress (and Classic), only different in some key areas. It retained all that ... More About: Gaming , Beta
Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines
2007-09-22 15:16:00 Every gamer has a favourite game vehicle which they just wish they could own in real life. Yes, of course there are those playing Need for Speed and Gran Turismo who salivate over the rather mundane and down-to-earth vehicles featured there, but I’m talking about more interesting modes of transport. I mean, yes, an Aston Martin ... More About: Gaming , Machines , Flying , Mach
BioShock Review
2007-08-31 13:02:00 BioShock is joy. From the moment I got BioShock, I was either playing the game, eating, sleeping or waiting to get back to playing it. The game is somewhat difficult to classify as it straddles the line between three genres. The guys at 2K Games would insist that it is a first person ... More About: Gaming , Review , BioShock
A Game for All Seasons
2007-08-24 09:20:00 I recently received Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin for my birthday a few days past, from a close friend of mine. I’m not going to play it. Well… I’m not going to play it yet. Instead, I’m going to wait until the middle of the Fall season to start playing it. I’ll start ... More About: Gaming , Seasons , Game , Seas
Windows Vista: A Gamer?s Perspective
2007-08-19 10:01:00 I recently made the move from Windows XP to Vista. I know, I know what you’re thinking - why? Well, truth be told, I was buying a new PC. It was primarily for gaming, but it just did not make any sense to buy a machine with XP on it, only to face ... More About: Technology , Gaming , Windows Vista , Gamer
Civilization IV - Beyond the Sword
2007-08-11 11:20:00 As I have stated before, I have been a big Civ fan, but the release of Civilization IV was marred by bugs which really stopped the game from being all it could be. Fast forward 18 months, and this game has now seen extensive patching and two expansion packs. If you had asked me a ... More About: Gaming , Sword , Civilization I
World in Conflict Beta Impressions
2007-07-23 09:06:00 Earlier this month my ISP started giving away keys for the open beta of Massive Entertainment’s latest RTS - World in Conflict . Since seeing the screenshots and other media over the past few months I was pretty impressed by what I saw, and decided not to miss out. I don’t usually go for betas (waiting ... More About: Gaming , Beta , World in Conflict
E3 2007 - Final Word
2007-07-15 12:16:00 Now that E3 is no longer with us it’s time to take a look at the winners and losers from the game industry’s big event. This was a newly crafted E3 which had a very different flavor than in previous years. No longer was this a gigantic sensory orgy in the way of years ... More About: Gaming , Word , Final , L Word , Fina
E3 2007 - Nintendo, Sony Et Al.
2007-07-12 15:54:00 Getting up yesterday morning the first item on my agenda was to catch the Nintendo E3 press event that was in the morning. This show was really as unimpressive as you can possibly imagine. For one thing it really served as a platform for Nintendo to talk up their sales success to the ... More About: Gaming , Sony , Tendo
E3 2007 - Microsoft Press Confrence
2007-07-11 07:56:00 Watching the Microsoft press conference at E3 this year I think it’s quickly evident what their aim was. It was not to build some long term hopes for the future by announcing a bunch of games that won’t be ready for a long time. What it was, was to reinforce this basic fact ... More About: Gaming , Press
Course Correction? Maybe
2007-07-07 15:01:00 By now I’m sure most of the interested parties have heard, but for those of you who haven’t; Evil Avatar is reporting via GameDaily.BIZ that Sony is going to be slashing $100 US from the price of the PlayStation 3. Taking the much maligned price from $600 to a somewhat less absurd $500. ... More About: Technology , Gaming , Rect
Mid-range Cop-out
2007-06-28 16:25:00 Not too long ago, Nvidia released their GeForce 8800 series of graphics cards, and ushered in a new level of pixel pushing performance. As has become the norm, the flagship 8800 GTX offered performance almost double that of it’s predecessor. Just the other week, ATI released their latest high-end Radeon and it too shows impressive ... More About: Technology , Range
What?s on Tap?
2007-06-23 04:49:00 A little while ago GameTap debuted to a collective sense of “meh”. The game selection was not particularly impressive and $9.99 a month to play a bunch of old games seemed like a steep fee. But as the months went by, they kept adding more and more to the game catalogue. They also introduced ... More About: Internet , Gaming
Game Development - Frustration
2007-06-04 12:28:00 Frustration in gaming is something which I wrote about quite some time ago, and is still something which I think every game developer needs to be acutely aware of. That is not to say that frustrating games are unpopular - in fact I would say that Counter-Strike has single handedly proved that is not the ... More About: Internet , Gaming , Development , Game , Frustration
Nintendo?s Gambit
More articles from this author:2007-05-25 05:44:00 Nintendo. Few words mean so many things to so many people like “Nintendo.” Whether you used to play video games, currently play video games, will play video games, know some one who plays video games, or hate video games, you know the word Nintendo. You probably also have an opinion about it…or them, ... More About: Gaming , Nintendo , Tendo , Ambit 1, 2 |
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