Ten Ways to Tell if You’ve Been Steamed

Steam has become a very popular gaming service over the past two years, with over 20 million user accounts. It’s undoubtedly a unique service, with its very complete digital download store featuring the games of virtually every game publisher on the planet.
But some of these 20 million people are a tad more addicted to the [...]

Mouse Polling Rates Examined

As a fervent PC gamer you want to get the most out of the hardware you’ve purchased. However, not every piece of equipment you buy is quite optimally configured out of the box. Sometimes a bit of tweaking can go a long way to improving your performance in games. Particularly if you’re into competitive play [...]

Dogfighting at it’s Finest – H.A.W.X. Review

Flight Sims. Excercises in masochism, or mindnumbingly simplistic aerial shooters. They come in all sorts and sizes… and I’ve barely played any of them. You see, I’ve never been much of a flight game player, unless it’s of the space-faring sort. Yet last week a flight game caught my attention after a surprisingly engaging demo.
Tom [...]

Building a Gaming PC on a Budget – Spring 2009

Every 3 months I’ll gather an impressive collection of hardware for building a quality gaming PC with a reasonable pricetag. A PC that both performs well in the latest games and doesn’t cost excessive amounts of money.
These components can be found at virtually every retailer and will provide you the most worth for your money [...]