Archive for September, 2011

  • The crew at the German-language Monkeybiz Podcast, Xiao and the Blackmonkeys, have produced a video version of their cast just in time for the BF3 Beta. Their effort is amazingly professional. Take a look! Rollercoaster did an awesome job of editing. Congrats to all the guys on the BM for this effort. We look forward to future BM videos! By...

    MonkeyBiz VideoEd 1: BF3 Beta Special

    Posted on September 30, 2011 | 2 Comments
    The crew at the German-language Monkeybiz Podcast, Xiao and the Blackmonkeys, have produced a video version of their cast just in time for the BF3 Beta. Their effort is amazingly professional. Take a look! Rollercoaster did an awesome job of editing. Congrats to all the guys on the BM for this effort. We look forward to future BM videos! By...

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  • As you have noticed, I’ve decided to steer this website a little toward Free-to-Play FPS games. This does not mean I am completely turning my back on the For-Pay AAA FPS titles, I just happen to think that Free-to-Play’s future  may be quite bright.   My experience with F2P I never gave Free-to-Play (F2P) games much thought until recently. While...

    Free to Pay or Free to Play

    Posted on September 29, 2011 | 3 Comments
    As you have noticed, I’ve decided to steer this website a little toward Free-to-Play FPS games. This does not mean I am completely turning my back on the For-Pay AAA FPS titles, I just happen to think that Free-to-Play’s future  may be quite bright.   My experience with F2P I never gave Free-to-Play (F2P) games much thought until recently. While...

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  • For those that have followed this site’s history, you will know that I finally became fed up with mainstream shooters earlier this year and took a bit of a sabbatical from the FPS genre.  Most of  my gaming this summer took place in the RTS arena, but one game — AVA, sparked my return to FPS. AVA, or Alliance of...

    AVA Demolition Map: Airplane

    Posted on September 25, 2011 | No Comments
    For those that have followed this site’s history, you will know that I finally became fed up with mainstream shooters earlier this year and took a bit of a sabbatical from the FPS genre.  Most of  my gaming this summer took place in the RTS arena, but one game — AVA, sparked my return to FPS. AVA, or Alliance of...

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  • If you have been playing AVA this weekend, you know that the Watermelon Event is on. We blogged the details earlier here. The new event also celebrates the introduction of a significant patch this month. The new event allows players to earn a bit more on a daily basis so that they can spend their new found wealth on weapons,...

    AVA’s New HUD

    Posted on September 25, 2011 | No Comments
    If you have been playing AVA this weekend, you know that the Watermelon Event is on. We blogged the details earlier here. The new event also celebrates the introduction of a significant patch this month. The new event allows players to earn a bit more on a daily basis so that they can spend their new found wealth on weapons,...

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  • AVA has had yet another update. This must be the third one this summer. In today’s revision, ijji gives us some new weapons, a new map and a new mini-prize contest. Here is the press release from AVA     Hello A.V.A fans! We will have an A.V.A content update on September 21st from 11:00PM to 22nd 6:00AM (server time)....

    AVA Update 21st September

    Posted on September 22, 2011 | 1 Comment
    AVA has had yet another update. This must be the third one this summer. In today’s revision, ijji gives us some new weapons, a new map and a new mini-prize contest. Here is the press release from AVA     Hello A.V.A fans! We will have an A.V.A content update on September 21st from 11:00PM to 22nd 6:00AM (server time)....

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  •   Funny thing…it turns out that I couldn’t stop myself from talking or writing about PC FPS gaming. Try as I might this summer, I did the best I could to stay away from ingesting even a morsel of gaming news. From the emails I received, I know that many of you were dying to tell me what you thought...

    A new direction

    Posted on September 21, 2011 | 18 Comments
      Funny thing…it turns out that I couldn’t stop myself from talking or writing about PC FPS gaming. Try as I might this summer, I did the best I could to stay away from ingesting even a morsel of gaming news. From the emails I received, I know that many of you were dying to tell me what you thought...

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  • For those of you that don’t know, Alliance of Valiant Arms (AVA) is a free-to-play shooter that’s been around for a few years. It’s currently in the midst of a little resurgence, given that you can now download it from Steam. AVA is geared towards tournament-style play and if you happen to be a competitive AVA player, this past month...

    Defkon goes to Korea

    Posted on September 21, 2011 | 1 Comment
    For those of you that don’t know, Alliance of Valiant Arms (AVA) is a free-to-play shooter that’s been around for a few years. It’s currently in the midst of a little resurgence, given that you can now download it from Steam. AVA is geared towards tournament-style play and if you happen to be a competitive AVA player, this past month...

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