Wandering Crosshair

Now here is a sign of the times as a group of Finnish techheads have overclocked the latest ATI Radeon X1800 XT video card to 1GB and "added a custom liquid nitrogen cooling solution" to keep it from melting the entire house down.

Bit-tech.net has the whole article and proof here. Now imagine running this in Crossfire.

Can't wait for the benchmarks.

If you've never heard of Fatal1ty then you're not keeping up on your elite gamer profiles and if ever you bump into him while online then it will be too late because he will probably have already fragged your ass.

Fox Sports has compiled a list of "The Ten Most Feared People In Sports" and has Fatal1ty listed at number two just behind Mike Tyson.

An interesting read to say the least go here to see the whole list and visit Fatal1ty's own site here.

Yet another gaming release with ridiculously high system requirements.

The long awaited single player bonus map (that is essentially a showcase of the HDR feature (High Dynamic Range) is available and free to download via Steam (335Mb). The map is an extension of the "Highway 17" chapter of HL2 and though "short" is damn pretty and represents the latest capabilites of computer gaming.

Once completed the level is replayable with "Developer's commentary" and Valve will be waiting for your input and comments.

Valve also takes this opportunity to mention that they will be creating some new CS:Source content (new player models and two more map remakes: de_nuke and cs_militia).

First is the interesting initiative on the part of..... Nintendo??? Who are in:

" agreement with wireless Internet provider Wayport to set up free access to the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection in almost 6,000 McDonald's. The deal will allow Nintendo DS owners to walk into a McDonald's and play Wi-Fi-enabled games with others on the service, whether they are in the building or around the world. There will be no setup required--users simply launch a game that supports Wi-Fi, and play against others while sucking down shakes"

and then secondly and no less interesting is a statement of the world today described by what the people at Google have in store for us now as they look to launch:

"Google Print enables users to look for scanned books from libraries on the internet".
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"The move comes ahead of steps by the European commission and EU member states who also plan to set up their own European digital library".

Now the European Union is pissed because they say it will offer a:

"crushing domination of America in the definition of the idea that future generations will have of the world".

Its just too bad as if Google wasn't in enough hot water from:

"Google came under fire in the US and UK as it was scanning not only library books upon consent by publishers, but also works which are under copyright.

Last August, the scanning had to be stopped after a group representing more than 8000 authors filed a lawsuit against Google, arguing that the digitising of library books represents a severe violation of copyright law".

Ahhh the politics in the struggles of the concept of "OPEN SOURCE".

The Cyberathlete Professional League has announced that in New York City an event is scheduled on:

"Tuesday, November 22 with a head-to-head competition between the top two finalists with a combined $250,000, the largest cash prize ever handed out in competitive video gaming for one match. In addition, the tour points leader will be awarded the “Intel Player of the Year” title and take home an additional $20,000 and the Intel Gaming Cup."

The competition will be broadcast in partnership with MTV:

"on MTV Overdrive, the new broadband video channel from MTV.com".

Why MTV you ask well as one of the foremost leaders in establishing trends and innovations they believe that:

"(v)ideogames have become a key driver behind today’s pop culture and we are excited to embrace the new frontier of professional competition in bringing the head-to-head action to our audience"