Patrick Havens on November 19th, 2007

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiT2cbyRtAI

Sarcastic Gamer gets it right with this parody video.
I understand rating videos… but suing for stupid reasons… no matter what it is, drives me crazy.

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For the past year or so, gamers have been in a tough spot. There have been options for those who want decent DirectX 9 performance, but newer games are more demanding and some of the affordable cards in the sub-$300 price range aren’t delivering great experiences anymore. Then there’s DirectX 10. DX10 games are [...]

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Patrick Havens on August 27th, 2007

BTW - Have I mentioned I’m a Calvin and Hobbes fan, besides playing Classic Video games, so I recognize the Zero Wing reference… mind I think most all geeks recognize it.
[youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg[/youtube]

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Patrick Havens on August 22nd, 2007

I’ve got to get this game. It looks like so much fun. I’ve seen many preview movies for this game, but this is the latest to be released. They have been hyping this game for over a year, and even though Valve works on its own schedule, it’ll be out by October.

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Patrick Havens on August 16th, 2007

Now I’m not talking about the guys color of his car. I’m talking about his license Plate. A regular reader (Thanks Bizzle) saw this car pulling into the bank at the same time as him, and snapped a couple pictures. After he got home, and while I was writing this, he [...]

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Patrick Havens on August 7th, 2007

As a full convert to Ubuntu I’m continually being more and more impressed with how flexible, stable and how usable it is. I’ve played some games on Ubuntu, but I’ve never researched the bigger games. I just assumed that there really wasn’t anything. I was wrong. I found a site where [...]

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Patrick Havens on July 5th, 2007

If I get a new console I’ll probbaly get a wii to play with my son. The thing is, I’ve delayed since we’ve had too many other costs to worry about. And at the same time I hadn’t thought getting a Wii was that big of a deal. After all the Targets here [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 28th, 2007

‘lod3n’, confronted by this heinous puzzle, wrote:”2 minutes in Photoshop. All too easy. So, where do I pick up my cake?”

Increase contrast.
Select the right wall of the maze using the magic wand.
Select > Modify > Expand 4 pixels
Create new layer.
Fill with Red.
Select > Modify > Contract 2 pixels.
Delete. Now you’ve got a line tracing the [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 26th, 2007

The world’s most famous puzzle, simultaneously beloved and despised for it’s beautiful simple complexity, the Rubiks Cube has been frustrating gamers since Erno Rubik invented it back in 1974. Over the years many brave gamers have whole-heartedly taken up the challenge to restore a mixed Rubik’s cube to it’s colorful and perfect original configuration, only [...]

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Patrick Havens on June 12th, 2007

Penny Arcade! - My Latest Assault
I’m posting this as a public service and a note to a certain friend, who I hope runs across this and takes notice,

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