Showing posts with label PC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PC. Show all posts
Thursday, September 05, 2019

Connection Options for the LG 43UD79-B

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Over the last 6 months, I still have not found a monitor as good as the LG 43UD79-B .  It's huge and does not require font scaling at 4K...
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Friday, June 16, 2017

Building a custom desktop

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In recent years, performance on consumer desktop processors have pretty much stagnated, so I felt comfortable sticking with my 2009 HP m9600...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Review: Gears of War 4 (PC)

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Over the last few years, Microsoft's been increasingly making rational business decisions. One of the less seemingly rational ones, howe...
Friday, December 18, 2015

Review: Her Story (PC)

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I try not to play games on the PC: it's difficult to play because I get distracted by e-mail and other work. The high resolution and clo...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Review: Anker X201 Replacement Battery

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Ever since I got Xiaoqin her Surface Pro , she's relinquished my (by now ancient) X201 back to me. Laptop batteries usually get killed ...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Convergence

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Microsoft's Surface Pro is a bet that convergence will lead to a device that blends a laptop and a tablet. I'm both a fan of the Su...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Review: Android Studio

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Since helping my wife with her Nutrition Tracker App, I'd had a chance to try both Eclipse and Android Studio for android app developm...
Wednesday, April 16, 2014

First Impressions: Microsoft Surface Pro

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Our trusty X201 had been getting long in the tooth, and Xiaoqin decided to try some Android development. If you've ever tried Android S...
Friday, April 04, 2014

Review: Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD

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I'm a big fan of the tower defense genre of games, and have sunk countless hours into the original flash-based game , as well as much ni...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The Oculus Rift "Sellout"

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Yesterday's announcement of the Oculus Rift acquisition by Facebook has already garnered negative reactions amongst gamers and game de...
Sunday, March 09, 2014

Review: Telltale Games The Walking Dead Season 1 (PS Vita)

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I got The Walking Dead as part of my PS Vita package . However, the loading times for the game was so long and the loading frequency was so...
Wednesday, March 05, 2014

When will the next generation of game consoles launch?

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While I'm thinking about why game consoles are likely to be around for quite a while , it was instructive for me to take a look at what ...
Tuesday, March 04, 2014

Are you surprised by the success of the game consoles?

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If you read reviews in general interest newspapers or magazines like the New York Times , you should be surprised to learn that the PS4 has...
Thursday, January 30, 2014

Review: Batman Arkham City

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Arkham Asylum was the first game I ever finished on the PS3, and Arkham City came with extremely high reviews, with many critics saying tha...
Friday, December 06, 2013

Review: Amazon Playstation Vita Holiday Bundle

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It's not a secret that in recent years, the iPad and other tablets have become the most ubiquitous video game platform. However, the gam...
Saturday, November 30, 2013

First Impressions: Dell Venue 8 Pro

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I gave my wife a Dell Venue 8 Pro for her birthday. Last year, she got a Nexus 10, but she found that the 10" form factor led to it no...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

First Impressions: Windows 8 Pro

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I'm not normally an early adopter, preferring to upgrade things after people have already eaten the beta. But Microsoft made all Windows...
Monday, September 24, 2012

First Impressions: Google/Asus Nexus 7

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I'm writing this review late, since there are plenty of Nexus 7 reviews out there. However, I did get the Nexus 7 as a birthday presen...
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Witcher Review

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Over the last two weeks, my leisure time has been pretty much sucked up by this completely engrossing game: The Witcher . The Witcher is a ...
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