AlliedGamer Community News...2008-05-11T23:22:02ZAlliedGamer AdminCopyright 2008, AlliedGamer AdminSPHPBLOGDrop.io Now Open
A truly free & easy way to share files, Drop.io enables you to create simple private exchange points called "drops".
The service has no email signup and no "accounts". Each drop is private, and only as accessible as you choose to deliberately make it. Create multiple drops, add any type of media, and share or subscribe as you want. To make a drop just click the big red button that says 'drop it'.
I setup an open 'drop' for AlliedGamer here. It takes all of 5 seconds to set one up so go get yours and start sharing your media files. Want privacy for your share? Password it and then tell us about it in the forum Private section! ]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080425-1317412008-04-25T00:00:00Z2008-04-25T00:00:00ZGiveaway of the Day
Welcome to the Giveaway of the Day project, the new initiative in the software distribution world! Every day we offer for FREE licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise!
Today's software giveaway is Magic Utilities 2007. I tried it and didn't get any nasty surprises and the guys over at [H]ardware seem to have the same experience.
Some previous giveaways include a DVD ripper, a media grabber, data recovery suite, and a video converter. You'll have to check back daily to see what's available next.
On the weekends they also have Game of the Day. One of this weekends game is an unnamed MMO/RTS title. Most of the games are simple casual gamer style, but I would have like to have gotten Operation Victory.
Can't argue with free, but if you miss a day, you can't go back and get a title, so be sure to check daily.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080418-1105112008-04-18T00:00:00Z2008-04-18T00:00:00ZHow to check if your ISP is messing with your packets
Posted Apr 11th 2008 10:00AM by Ian Dumych
A while back, the EFF caught cable provider Comcast using basic hacking techniques to restrict the use of Bittorrent on their connection. People who catch their ISPs in the act can send evidence to the EFF, which will in turn help their case to take legal action against sneaky ISPs.
Check your conection by using the just released Wireshark app. Wireshark is basically a packet analyzer that allows you to detect if your ISP is utilizing packet shaping.
San Francisco - Microsoft plans to extend the availability of Windows XP beyond June 30, with an announcement expected later this week, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Source: InfoWorld]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080401-1327202008-04-01T00:00:00Z2008-04-01T00:00:00ZRay Tracing To Debut In DirectX 11
[excerpt from Techarp article]
Microsoft has decided to switch to ray-tracing in DirectX 11. They also plan to have DirectX 11 ready in time to debut with Windows Vista Service Pack 2.
DirectX 11 could be part of Windows Vista by late 2008. Development is expected to be very short as much of the work had already been done by Intel. Coincidence?
Post in our Forums for more info and to let us know what you think of all this here.
You can find the original TECHARP article here. ]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080331-1137222008-03-31T00:00:00Z2008-03-31T00:00:00ZXP SP3 Available in April
Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system.
This white paper summarizes what is new in Windows XP SP3.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080327-1158192008-03-27T00:00:00Z2008-03-27T00:00:00ZChute find rekindles D.B. Cooper legend
Mar 26, 8:30 PM EDT
AMBOY, Wash. (AP) -- A tattered, half-buried parachute unearthed by kids had D.B. Cooper country chattering Wednesday over the fate of the skyjacker, who leaped from a plane 36 years ago and into the lore of the Pacific Northwest.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080326-2059512008-03-27T00:00:00Z2008-03-27T00:00:00ZInstantAction Beta Now Open
InstantAction is all about bringing fun, top-tier games to the already large and growing audience of online gamers. In short, 3D "console quality" games in a web browser with full matchmaking MP support and SP action against bots.
I tried it this morning and Think Tanks is a blast. Be fun to get a group of us playing at the same time.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080310-1352572008-03-10T00:00:00Z2008-03-10T00:00:00ZNew DirectX Update
You can get it here: DirectX March 2008 Update.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080309-1650052008-03-09T00:00:00Z2008-03-09T00:00:00ZHalf-Life 2 Mod - DIPRIP v1.0 Now Available
Gameplay is based on vehicle combat in various post-war environments. Vehicles use multiple weapon mounts which are activated by finding weapons scattered around the battle grounds.
Planned game types are deathmatch, teamdeathmatch and capture the flag. There will also be a possibility to enable players to upgrade their vehicles' weapons and subsystems through the use of a 'money for damage' system.
Download here. Trailer here. Official home page and more d/l mirrors here.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080307-2249582008-03-08T00:00:00Z2008-03-08T00:00:00ZSteam: PC Is The Place To Be
Lombardi also had very optimistic words for the state of the [PC] industry, "I can remember this story [of the PC's demise] coming around in the mid '90s... and then 3D accelerator came out, and Carmack released that patch for GL Quake, and everybody shut up, because all of a sudden PlayStation looked like crap. There's a big shift about to come in the post-GPU space... all of a sudden PC will leapfrog what's going on on the consoles, in many other ways besides graphics."
Gamasutra: "Valve Explains Why PC Gaming's Gaining Steam"]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080307-2229022008-03-08T00:00:00Z2008-03-08T00:00:00ZValve on Counter-Strike 2
Years after its release, Counter-Strike still remains the most popular online PC shooter. Valve has left many wondering whether or not Counter Strike 2 will make a comeback, but if an interview with Valve over at Gametrailers.com is any indication, we shouldn't be asking ourselves if the game will come out, but when.
FYI: The vid over at Gametrailers is a nice look at all Valve games... some cool stuff and it's high def. The Left4Dead stuff makes me want to play it right now. Proly Geoff's best episode. ]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080303-2155452008-03-04T00:00:00Z2008-03-04T00:00:00ZBattlefield Heroes brand new Play 4 Free game
The trailer starts out like a typical WW2 opening, sit tight, it gets a lot better.
...o and its free.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080301-2129462008-03-02T00:00:00Z2008-03-02T00:00:00ZLooks Promising: Frontlines: Fuel of War
I just saw this new game Frontlines: Fuel of War you looks like a take on a battlefield type game, but with some cooler innovations. huge maps with moving front lines. Its like having to cap groups of flags in order. they do have cool rc drones which when you use you are in a 3rd person view behind it as it is deployed. some of them have guns. The choppers look cool and good for this kinda game.
I don't see a medic class btw, and I think unlocks only last one round.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080227-1225412008-02-27T00:00:00Z2008-02-27T00:00:00ZSteam to Offer Video and Music?
Steam, the download delivery service for PC gaming content, may well open itself up in the near future to offer both video and music according to a recent interview with Valve's Vice President of marketing Doug Lombardi.
They also mentioned HL2: EP3...
"We're not going to rush Episode Three," said Lombardi, "We'll be working on Episode Three sometime soon, but there's no specific roadmap yet for the game's release."
So don't hold your breath waitng for EP3.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080226-1737202008-02-26T00:00:00Z2008-02-26T00:00:00ZSpore finally evolves to retail Sept 7, 2008Spore, the sim-everything simulator, finally got its amino acids together today and plopped out a release date of September 7, 2008.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080213-0247312008-02-13T00:00:00Z2008-02-13T00:00:00ZMicrosoft offers $44.6 billion for Yahoo
REDMOND, Wash. - Microsoft Corp. has pounced on slumping Internet icon Yahoo Inc. with an unsolicited takeover offer of $44.6 billion in its boldest bid yet to challenge Google Inc.’s dominance of the lucrative online search and advertising markets.
More here.]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080201-1020032008-02-01T00:00:00Z2008-02-01T00:00:00Z1up.com: Let 2008 be the Year of Freeware!
While you're waiting around for the next Orange Territory: Biogate Crisis-- Tournament in Conflict to appear, hundreds of little independent and free games are piling up unplayed.
We've gathered 101 of 2008's fantastic games. Not enough? We have 202 more games kicking around from 2006 and 2007. ]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080131-2209442008-02-01T00:00:00Z2008-02-01T00:00:00Z2007 Mod of the Year Awards6th Annual Mod of the Year Awards. Some really excellent work, so if you have HL2, you owe yourself some free game goodness!
While your there check out the rest of the HL2 mod news here.
]]>http://www.a5th.com/AG_News/index.php?entry=entry080130-1858552008-01-30T00:00:00Z2008-01-30T00:00:00ZThermaltake HDD Docking Station Need to access a hard drive? No problem, just stick it in the dock! No enclosures, no cabling, just data. Killer.
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