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The Gaming PC Madness

Saturday, 28th of August 2010

A few days ago I read a review of a high-end graphics card in the c’t magazine. The card featured nVidia’s latest and greatest GPU and a very elaborate cooling system which was required to reduce the fan noise to acceptable levels. I was shocked by the price of the graphics card. At €510 the [...]

Game of the Month: Super Mario Galaxy 2

Saturday, 31st of July 2010

Last month Nintendo released Super Mario Galaxy 2, the highly anticipated sequel of Super Mario Galaxy. As I greatly enjoyed playing the first game I had high expectations. So the pivotal question is whether Super Mario Galaxy 2 is as good or even better than the first part: If you have played Super Mario Galaxy in the [...]

Game of the Month: BioShock 2

Monday, 24th of May 2010

At first glance BioShock 2 is just another first person shooter game. The player’s mission is to guide the main character through the remains of the underwater city Rapture, fight mutated humans and security robots and free the main character’s protégé. What makes BioShock 2 a really good game is the excellent design and the [...]