Free On-Line RPG Gaming Part III

Another day and another compilation of a couple of free MMORPG games thats available on the internet. I reckon I'll quickly run out of MMORPG games after a while, will then start to look at other gaming genres thats available online. So keep this blog bookmarked and drop by often to get updates. This is the latest installment of games;

11. Dark Swords - This is one unique online game, slightly similar to Second Life. Its unique and multi-sided atmosphere in the immense and original world: there are approximately 4,000 locations on the territory of two kingdoms and Boundary Realm. There's a possibility to start the game in any of those, check it out at Dark Swords.

12. Anarchy Online - Set 30,000 years in the future, this MMORPG brings back MechWarrior memories. Character classes, weapons and armor all take a huge step into the future, definately worth a look at Anarchy Online.

13. ArchLord - This is a game from the well known CodeMasters stable of games, the graphics blow my mind and the gameplay is fantastic. Should definately give it a go at Arch Lord.

14. Eternal Lands - A huge MMORPG thats been around since 2003, the graphics are somewhat dated slightly when you compare with the newer generations of MMORPG, but then again, the main reason why an RPG is so interesting is the actual Game Engine and not just graphics alone. Check it out at Eternal Lands.
15. Fate - Based in medival settings and boast rave reviews from game review sites since it was launched, has a slightly interesting twist when compared to the other MMORPG's, it has PETS. Yes you can own pets and grow them into more powerful creatures (Black and White anyone?). Check out Fate.

More to come....stay tuned

Free On-Line RPG Gaming Part II

Another list of FREE online RPG games to whet your appetites, the first list of 5 games is now to be grown with another list...check them out..

6. Guild Wars - This online MMORPG has been around since 2005 and so is quite matured already boast a big user pool. Check it out at Guild Wars.

7. Hero's Online - Set in Medieval China with fantastically detailed graphics, animation and weapons, you need to definitely check this game out. Hero's Online.

8. MU Online - Wanna get handy with weapons and armor? Wanna spend time gearing up your hero and have it clearly represented on screen? Wanna partake in huge online battle? MU Online is your game.

9. Plane Shift - Although not consider to be fully GA yet, its still considered a tech demo but it doesn't have any restrictions between paid and free accounts. This levels the playing field greatly. Check it out at Plane Shift.

10. Second Life - Very hyped MMORPG, not really a regular RPG, more like a SIM's based game, give it a go at Second Life.

Free On-Line RPG Gaming Part I

Free? Online Games? Great graphics and gameplay? normally 3 words (yes more than 3 but whose counting) that are not usually used in the same sentence to describe online games, but amazingly there are a few gems out there that are worth the time and effort. Although this is not an exhaustive list, below are some of the ones thats available out there. So quit DOTA and WOW and check out some of these free MMORPG's below.

1. Conquer Online - A MMORPG with an oriental touch, fantastic graphics and low lag servers. Check it out at Conquer Online to download and install the client.
2. 2 Moons - A very polished and graphically pleasing to view game, it looks like it could be the next big thing. Its available at 2Moons.
3. Minions of Mirth - A huge range of character classes available with a twist of being able to create a party of adventurers, but of course you can only control one at a time. Check it out at Minions of Mirth.
4. Lineage II - This would be the mother of all MMORPG's but although its not strictly classified as free, but there is a trial period available just to get unsuspecting players hooked. Check it out at Lineage II.
5. Last Chaos - Good graphics engine and very nice stats engine. Worth a try...its free after all. Its available at Last Chaos.
   

Pain & Fear

Which two words in the english dictionary turns normally stout legs to jelly? make high libido'ed men abstain? George Bush to run and seek shelter in the same cave as Bin Laden? gossiping women to be more silent than a dead roach? Well I think you get the idea.....lets allow that idea to simmer for a couple of days.

Blew My Mind

Remember how people have been forever saying that technology will change the world, well I reckon it will change more than that, be it for better or worse there is no going back now. In the past 20 years, i reckon technology has moved at a break neck pace especially in the realms of information technology. Information is has always been the maker and breaker of deals and now with the multiple avenues of accessing this information, there is a real threat to have the very life drowned out by a case of information overload, whereby more time is spent access and processing the information versus time spent using and exploiting the information.

On a lighter side though, information has also enabled us all to blend together in a much tighter knit community and overnight can shrink the physical great divides that split some of us. But I reckon, there is no better way to build this bond that via sharing of information, more specifically sharing of pictures, which directly and indirectly also means sharing memories and experiences which in its own way is the most powerful way of sharing. Take a look at the clip below....a snippit of things to come...

Back to the Drawing Board

Had a fantastic weekend plus Monday as it was a public holiday here, am not really sure the significance of the day but its a public holiday so I'm not complaining. It was a pretty hectic one with the usual running around during the morning and afternoons, with the usual bouts of spending money on stuffs such as food and water to keep the body moving. There were major and minor accomplishments and the major accomplishments normally resolves around spending a big sum of moolahs.

This time around, the moolah was spent on something which i reckon would be worth while, after all, where do we spend 50% of our lives? Yes, correct...on the bed. Some use it for sleep, some for reading and others for horizontal exercise. So how much did I spend? more than i think i should have. I will snap a picture of it and post it up once it arrives.

One thing which i didnt manage to do was to get some......

Yes...Grass...I need some nice green grass to make my black driveway less sombre and to show more sign of it being inhabited by not only lizards. I'm stilling living with that darn lizard....another story for another day. So here I am, sitting squarely in Tuesday and looking back on Monday, Sunday and Saturday, bidding them farewell, I had a great time with you.

Crazy Graphics Card Prices

Came across a couple of mad bargins at lowyat..not the real life mall but the alternate version on the WWW. A couple of great deals to be had;

1. Nvidia 8600 GT - Average card but great price at RM 190 (USD60), this will surely drive down the prices of the 7 series cards for the other sellers on the forum. It's a lelong of graphics cards...



2. ASUS 8800 GTS 640mb (G80 core) - This one is not lelong style, but via a bidding approach. Starting bids are RM400 (USD125)...go go go....from the pic, looks like it was ran in an open rig, should be good for temps.


3. Asus Commando Motherboard (Yes, its not a graphics card) - This is a premium P965 chipset motherboard and part of the Asus Republic of Gamers series, this motherboard old but its all the rage now with overclocking the new series of Intel Wolfdale processors. The guys at XtremeSystems have had good experience OC'ing on this motherboard.

Abit IP35-E Open Rig Testing - Day 1

Just bagged a Abit IP35-E motherboard for some testing and toasting, will be pairing this motherboard with a C2D E2160. Here's some pictures of the motherboard itself.
Brand spanking new motherboard, with the northbridge, PWM & southbridge heatsinks intact, time to take those off to have a proper look at what kind of thermal junks being applied. As expected, all three heatsink contact with the chips are via thermal pads. Shots of the motherboard sans heatsinks..

Whilst we're still without the heatsinks, also took some shots of the 4 phase power delivery to the CPU, how this would stand up with there is heavy overclocking will be seen once I start turning up the heat. In the mean time, here what it looks like under the PWM heatsink, pretty darn clean...


After cleaning up the PWM and the Northbridge chips, applied drops of Artic Silver 5 to each respective chip, this would help transfer the heat away from the chips alot better than the factory thermal pads, but caution needs to be excercised, AS5 is a electrically conductive material, hence it shorts out any electrical contact.....kabooi....bye bye motherboard...hello RMA....

Here's a shot of the AS5 on the PWN chips...


So after all that preparation work, slapped back the heatsinks, stuck in the E2160 processor and paired that with a Scythe Ninja monster heatsink. I'm not going to be testing out the graphics on this rig so put in an aging MSI 7900GTO which incidently is able to clock up to GPU 698Mhz with the Memory hitting 1710Mhz, pretty darn niffty from the stock clocks. The whole rig will be powered up by a Cooler Master 550W Real Power Unit.

Final shot of the rig before the powers cranked on...


More to come up...but need to take a break, juggling things between life work and hobby takes a toll on you.