XCOM: Enemy Unkown

Tekkie Tekie Muna (Drop whatever it is you’re doing, magbasa muna ng aking gustong sabihin), there’s this new game, or sort of a revival, remake, or watever of an old but popular game back then.

“Incoming na yung X-Com remake (XCOM: Enemy Unknown, from the old euro title from microprose) ngayong Oct 11. The best version is on Steam, with a free civ 5 when you pre-purchase.

To those old enough to remember the golden age of PC gaming (read: DOS gaming), you can easily suck into hundreds of hours in the award-winning original. It seems that firaxis heavily tweaked the system while retaining the core gameplay. I hope that they fixed the hex-edit trick to get the uber-armor.” says ShinjoYukatsu

“With regards to the tweaks, I’ll try to appreciate the new XCOM game for what it is pero mamimiss ko lang yung inventory ng soldiers at time units sa original X-COM at yung eerie sound and music at yung medyo nakakatakot sumugod at nakakagulat na alien turns lalo na pag night missions na iniiwasan ko dati. Di na rin ata pwedeng mag intercept ng ufo pag in transit na yung transport aircraft at marami pang iba. In short, marami silang tinweak. Oh well, lalabas siya rin sa consoles so it follows na dapat console gamer friendly din yung bagong XCOM.” says MrBungle

All About SSDs

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Slow down at bumaba muna sa kabayong mabilis), did you now that SSDs are now slowly replacing HDDs, probably because there's a significant loading time speed performance improvement.

If you're still on HDDs then its either your current PC speed is still tolerable for you, or you didn't know there was an SSD, .....or you just don't care mainly because you're just using your PC as a word processor.




But if ever you would like to replace your Jurassic hard drives, here are some reviews and recommendations.

Hello guys! Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB review here!
http://leobiendurana.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/kingston-ssdnow-v200-128gb-review/


OCZ Vertex 4 128GB Mini Review here
http://forums.eteknix.com/general-hardware/ocz-vertex-4-128gb-please-pardon-sucky-camera-7450/#post34225

Intel SSD 520 Review
http://www.storagereview.com/intel_ssd_520_enterprise_review

I think upgrading to SSD would be a lot of help in terms of minimizing the micro-stuttering issues in D3 based from this video:

Vertex 4 is hands down the most worth it SSD to buy today that is available locally.

Retail Intel brand SSD has international warranty like their processors. If you bought an Intel SSD in the US you can claim manufacturer’s warranty here in the Philippines via Intel Customer Support.

Read from some sites that due to NAND flash shortage, OCZ used enterprise grade NAND to continue fulfilling Vertex 4 demands.

480GB Sandisk Extreme for $320
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B006EKIQYM/thssre-20

Donate Your Used Tarpaulins

Please help us in our advocacy to help our poor communities in the sectors of livelihood and education - the two most needed in our society to help it rise up from poverty.

The movement aims to deliver a two stage project:

1. Livelihood
To convert old and used tarpaulins into useful items like reusable bags to minimize plastic usage, tents for emergency relief housing to serve as temporary shelters after recent disasters like floods and earthquakes, school bags for school children especially those in the remote provinces, etc.

We will be employing housewives, the unemployed and out of school children to form a cooperative to transform the tarpaulin waste into usable crafts.

2. Donation
We will be visiting the depressed communities both within the metro and in the provinces to donate the outputs of our hardworking countrymen thru the help of NGOs, movements, advocates, and in cooperation with the LGUs.


Communicate with us:

wazzuppilipinas@gmail.com

Include your name, organization, address, contact numbers and details of donations
We also accept other types of donations, including cash or kind.

The First Laguna Blogging Summit

Wazzup Pilipinas!

It isn’t a big surprise that tourists and “balikbayans” often pick Laguna, a province of the Philippines found in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, as one of their prime destinations included in their travel itinerary.

That’s most probably because Laguna has earned a very good reputation for having the best hot and cold spring resorts – for a soothing rest and recreation, legendary and iconic scenic spots like the Pagsanjan Falls, Laguna Lake, and Mt. Makiling  - a feast for all our senses, a Disney-like theme park with magical and “enchanting” rides, and notable as the birthplace of Jose Rizal, our country’s national hero, – to satisfy our thirst for some Philippine history, plus a lot of other historic spots and postcard-perfect attractions for a very satisfying and memorable vacation.

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Foster The People

Are you watching Foster The People's concert tonight?

Feel Like Money Asia Tour

 

 

Team Elite Productions and ACTS Academy present

I.Am.Me. Crew's Di"Moon"zhang(Official)
Feel Like Money Asia Tour

Workshop Dates:
October 20 (Saturday) at 7:00pm - 8:30pm
October 21 (Sunday) at 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Rate: Php700 per session

**More workshop venues and dates coming soon!

REGISTER NOW! Limited slots only.
All classes are by RESERVATION--please call or drop by the ACTS Dance and Arts Academy Studio to save your slot.

For more info, contact studio@actsacademy.com / 7194062 / 09175214693.

Need For Speed Most Wanted for the PS Vita

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Let me put you on hold for awhile, huwag masyadong magmadali dahil nakamamatay), for those who love racing games on their PS Vita, the Need For Speed Most Wanted for the PS Vita will be released very soon. Just a few more days!

“This is going to be the best racing game on Vita this year.” It’s a bold statement, but one that Alex Ward, Vice President of Criterion, doesn’t make lightly. He’s talking about the Vita version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, which is being shown for the first time at Gamescom, and it’s no surprise he’s happy about what the development team has achieved with the game.

Incredibly, the Vita version of Need for Speed: Most Wanted is essentially the same as the PS3 and Xbox 360 games. “Everything from what we the ‘TV game’ is here on the small screen,” he announces. And when he says everything, he means it – every highway, back street, bridge and tunnel. All of the cars, the meet-ups, the challenges and the drive-through garages – they’re all in the game, and importantly they haven’t been cut down or changed to fit the Vita.

“This is pretty much the PS3 version of the game shoehorned onto Vita very tightly,” he continues. “This is a very technically ambitious thing to do – there aren’t any open-world games on Vita so far. To keep the world the same, to not make any compromises – that’s what we’ve done.” – IGN

PS Vita launch titles this October:

Spy Hunter

Release Date: Oct 9, 2012
Rating: E10+
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Genre(s): Driving, Mission-based

Silent Hill: Book of Memories

Release Date: Oct 16, 2012
Rating: M

Ragnarok Odyssey

Release Date: Oct 16, 2012
Rating: RP

Street Fighter X Tekken

Release Date: Oct 23, 2012
Rating: T
Publisher: Capcom
Genre(s): Action, Fighting, 3D

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

Release Date: Oct 30, 2012
Rating: M

Need for Speed Most Wanted (Criterion)

Release Date: Oct 30, 2012
Rating: T

Anonymous Hack Attacks : Philippine Cybercrime Law

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Wait a minute Mr. Postman, Susulatan ko muna ang May Kagagawan), I think I may hesitate to go online because the penalty for online libel is worst than the regular libel.


So in support of this ridiculous law that the Aquino government carelessly put into place all because of a…. shameless Senator? I may want to participate in the hacking just to make some noise and be noticed! But anonymously, of course!

Philippine government websites  are now targets of one of the biggest cyber attacks in the Philippine history, as the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 takes effect.

Members of the Anonymous hacktivist group from various parts of the world launched distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks on the government websites, making them inaccessible.

In an operation dubbed “#OpPhilippines,”  Anonymous disabled websites belonging to The Official Gazette, the Senate, and the National Bureau of Investigation.

The group also listed other targets, including a website belonging to Senator Tito Sotto, in a statement published online.

Anonymous also released a video clip on YouTube to air their statement against the anti-cybercrime law that criminalizes libel online.

The new law authored by Senator Edgardo Angara and signed by President Benigno Aquino also allows warrantless monitoring of Internet and telecom users, as well as authorizes the Department of Justice to block any website without court review.

“The Philippine Government has just passed a bill that effectively ends the freedom of expression in the Philippines,” Anonymous said in its statement.

source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/lifestyle/10/02/12/global-anonymous-attack-philippine-govt-websites

Ubisoft Predicts Opportunities To Pair Microtransactions With $60 Games

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Hold on to your wallets, at huwag muna mag- “Damn it!”), Free-to-play can make up our day!


Future Ubisoft games could offer in-game purchases after taking an initial $60 chomp of your wallet. GamesBeat says during an investor call, Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez and Worldwide Online Director Stéphanie Perotti acknowledged the “flexibility” of free-to-play business models and the “opportunity” for full-priced games offering microtransactional items.

“Free-to-play is a very flexible business model,” Perotti said. “The player has the capability to spend more than in a traditional model. We can control everything from the pricing to marketing as if we were an online store.”

“With games like Watch Dogs, we could see more opportunity for $60 games to learn from the free-to-play model,” Martinez added. “The next generation will offer more and more item-based content. This will benefit our games’ profitability.”

Ubisoft has a less-than-stellar reputation on the PC, but its outlook on harnessing the free-to-play model — especially the rising go-to strategy of implementing item shops — isn’t untested (see: Mass Effect 3). I just hope I won’t see a single polka-dotted bandana mask in Watch Dogs.

Source: http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/10/01/ubisoft-microtransaction-full-game/

The ADX Campus Tech Road Show 2012

College students of today have it way too easy! They have access to a plethora of cool gadgets and computer rigs to help them with their studies and, as a huge bonus, to provide endless entertainment during breaks and dead hours. Undoubtedly number one on their list are those that allows them to go “online” to connect and communicate with people,  listen to music, watch videos, read e-books, browse blogs, play games and of course to “tweet” and “post” away relentlessly. Nowadays, libraries, video rentals, music shops, and video gaming centers are becoming obsolete because all of these can now be virtually accessible from any computer with an Internet connection. The Internet now is where most minds meet, play and do business.

Farewell to Direct X ?

Tekkie Tekkie Muna (Let's have a coffee break, kahit ang orderin ay C2 Ice Tea and pancake), here are some info for your additional knowledge regarding Xbox 360s.

Ever wondered why games consoles look and perform better when they actually have less juice?



The Xbox 360's Xenos GPU has a less then a tenth of the processing power of a top-end PC GPU, so why don't PC games look ten times better?

'"It's funny,'" says AMD's worldwide developer relations manager of its GPU division, Richard Huddy. "We often have at least ten times as much horsepower as an Xbox 360 or a PS3 in a high-end graphics card, yet it's very clear that the games don't look ten times as good. To a significant extent, that's because, one way or another, for good reasons and bad - mostly good, DirectX is getting in the way." Huddy says that one of the most common requests he gets from game developers is: "Make the API go away."

"Wrapping it up in a software layer gives you safety and security," says Huddy, "but it unfortunately tends to rob you of quite a lot of the performance, and most importantly it robs you of the opportunity to innovate."

Full article at Bit-Tech <click here for link>