Delta Force Extreme 2

Finally Got Delta Force X2 .  I have always loved playing Delta Force. The best FPS (First Person Shooter) game IMHO.

I have every single DF game That NovaLogic has made. The best part of any and all Delta Force games, is the online play. No game is comparable. You can get any copy made within the past 6 years, and there will be people online paying.  The servers hold huge masses of people. I can not think of any game out there that can claim this.

Boot Screen

Boot Screen Delta Force X2

At first I was not very impressed. . I tried to turn up the graphics. there was no option other than to set to native resolution. No anti-aliasing no definition increase. Nothing!!!.

So I figgured “screw it” and I started playing the game.

Starting Delta Force X2

The AI seemed, Well, Kinda like the very first Delta force. It actually looked about the same in some ways.

Gun List

all the usual guns (it seems) of past Delta Force games. I am a sniper or nade launcher freak. I either camp or run around nading the place. I am in every way, the guy that makes you very mad in FPS games.

Parachuting

Parachuting at the start of Mission

This part upset me. Look how close i am to the enemy base. No one shot at me. I could not use my scope while chuting.

Cool Looking fire

Ok, the fire has great detail.

One Shot

HEADSHOT!

Classic Head Shot, to start out the game. Well I got a couple but I  fumbled the screenshot.

Finished First mission

Finally finished first mission. Had to  destroy communications for enemy and then blow up some trucks. Weird thing is it showed I had 6 satchels but only used two and could not use anymore.

Another bad thing is I could not mount motorcycles or enter vehicles. So if anyone knows any of that. please let me know. It is frustration to walk that far (lol hold the arrow button… dang I’m lazy) when I could be riding a motor bike. There are some buildings in this version of Delta Force Extreme that are right out of the Last DFX. Like buildings and warehouses. Only thing is the images look way better. (not much to compare to other companies though).

I prefer the game to be fun like Delta Force rather than look great and be major lag like some of the newer games.

I have since been playing online. This game a year old still has  endless numbers of matches online. They are all packed and crazy fast paced. Again Novalogic did very well with this one.

It is a must buy if you want to play online in a fast paced massive online first person shooter.

When Will GTA5 Be Announced?

Here, Grand Theft Auto Five Speculations and Rumors

Many people on the internet are expecting to see Rockstar at E3 2010 to announce GTA 5. You have to ask yourself ” when was the last time Rockstar announced a new game at E3?” . If I am not mistaken. The last time they announced a new Grand Theft Auto at  any convention was GTAIII. After that day, Rockstar has not announced the release date until after “leaking” small bits of information about release dates, and then playing out a month or so of riddles and clues with the GTAFORUMs gang.Also it does not fit the format of  Grand Theft Auto game releases. We are on a brand new gaming platform. Rockstar has not used the New platform yet for the other two games that use this engine. Vice city and San Andreas have yet to be released on the new engine.  Rockstar numbers their game releases by engine. Well of course that’s how it has been done since… what 97 or 98? Why change that now ?

Every time Rockstar Games releases the big three games, all three are released on the same engine. Last time this happened, the engine got small tweaks (possibly influenced by the gta modding communities) Making the game smoother and less resource hogging (PC term). This allows them to them make the graphics better and add more game play using less storage and less stress on your gaming gear. It would be unwise to release a new gaming engine to release a new city. Count on the next big Grand Theft Auto to be released, to be Vice City or San Andreas. Also count on a few small variations of these two before you see the next Grand Theft Auto engine.

One of the first GTA rumors sites. That is the longest Grand Theft Auto News and Rumors website. I respect this old schooler because I think he is probably the only guy on the internet who has been playing the game as long as I have, and as consistent. Here is a GTA forum you can join and post your opinions, Hopes, wishes or rants. It’s ok, I know the owner of the site really well. He wont gripe much. That place has kinda turned into just PS3 users.

We can be sure that the next Grand Theft auto we see, will be GTAIV Vice city, or GTAIV San Andres Or a surprise left hook from London. Count on 4 more years.

Happy gaming.

Oh if you want more, Here more on the same subject of the Next Grand Theft auto

Youtube as of This Date

If by chance you have been under a log eating millimites for the past 6 years or so. Youtube is a place where people can upload a video to be served across the internet. For years it was basically like America’s funniest home videos and MTv meshed together.  sounds cool?  actually it kinda was. A zillion videos  of guys getting kicked in the junk and Metallica songs. But now there is a new world. Everyone on Youtube seems to be a news announcer. But they all seem to follow the same exact fashion. They record the entire news reel, then cut in scenes to animate the section. i don’t mean cartoons, I mean some sort of cartwheel or they pause the recording, then stick their face way into the camera and make a look of “uh hmm, I see what you are doing there” then they pause the video regain posture and start the video again carrying on the news as if they never stopped. On top of that, they do the whole dang thing talking/yelling at the top of their lungs. I mean really.. We do have volumes on the computer and on the speakers, you really do not have to yell. Welcome to the internet….. Moron….I can only watch about two or three of those videos before I start feeling like the world should have a law against mass repetition.

Example 1 done well… kinda . Seems to be a pretty good music blogger doing a video.

Example 2 , this kind makes me insane. It’s a (bare with me on this, it’s going to hurt when you try and wrap your head around how stupid and very useless this is) a guy, on youtube, telling you about a video on youtube. He actually put the words “raw footage” in the name and does not understand why people get offended when they see him in the video.

Now the oldschool, was a.d.d

Example I know this video is new and very 4chan/reddit feeling. Good. That’s the way it used to be. You have to be on the news to know the news and the humor in it. It happens very very fast.

Ok, so what. This is a pointless rant. It will solve nothing. and the next re-run will take over sooner or later.

Just would be nice if they would do something new…. soon

Grand Theft Auto V gta 5 Clue

The guys at Rockstar games Have a huge funny bone and a large heart. They us a clue or a distraction to the fifth Grand Theft Auto.
From the Grand Theft auto Clans Community.
What you need to do is go to do to see the wonderful Easter-egg they left us is right click http://www.rockstargames.com/v that link and save to your desktop and then open the file with VLCPLAYER. You are in for a prize of prizes.

Here, Grand Theft Auto Five Speculations and Rumors

GTA Episodes Coming to PC and PS3 in Spring

About time we got the dlc for our pc and our ps3.  But then again, the gang at gtaforums.com found the content in the latest patch for pc.. Kinda sucky how demanding they all got with “tell us now, why don’t you confirm”  I love the challenges  of figuring out the rockstar gta riddles… no sense in acting all bratty.. but anyhow here is what I got in my email today.

Enjoy.

IN THIS EDITION:




Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Libery City –
Coming Spring 2010 for PlayStation 3 and PC.
www.rockstargames.com/episodesfromlibertycity
www.rockstargames.com/theballadofgaytony
www.rockstargames.com/thelostanddamned
www.rockstargames.com/IV

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City –
ESRB Rating: MATURE with Blood and Gore,
Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language,
Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol.

The much anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City for the PC and for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system is coming this spring – on March 30, 2010. For the first time, PlayStation 3 and PC players will have the opportunity to experience the last two thrilling chapters of the Grand Theft Auto IV saga together on one disc.

The two action packed episodes, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, will also be available for download via PlayStation®Network and Games for Windows®-LIVE on March 30, 2010.

In The Ballad of Gay Tony, players explore Liberty City’s high-end nightlife as Luis Lopez, struggling to balance the temptations of money and vice against loyalties to family and friends. The Lost and Damned is a dark trip through Liberty City’s seedy underbelly as outlaw biker, Johnny Klebitz, fights to keep his gang together as a rift in the gang’s leadership threatens to tear the brotherhood apart. Both episodes feature a slew of new vehicles and weapons, and each episode adds new activities including cage fighting, gang wars and BASE jumping



Now Available for iPhone and iPod touch.

www.rockstargames.com/chinatownwars

Rating: 17+ You must be at least 17 years old to purchase this application. iPhone / iPod touch game not rated by the ESRB.
One of the most critically acclaimed handheld titles of all time is now available for iPhone and iPod touch from the App Store – and presently burning up the bestselling apps chart.Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars packs a wide range of new features developed specifically for the revolutionary iPhone and iPod touch, including intuitive Multi Touch user interface controls, adjusted difficulty
levels, enhanced presentation with higher 480 x 320 resolution graphics, plus Independence Radio – an all-new customizable radio station that allows players to create custom iTunes playlists for use in-game.

Visit the official Chinatown Wars site to watch the official iPhone/iPod touch trailer, as well as to check out screenshots and a roundup of
reviews
from Touch Arcade and IGN, who scored this release a 9/10
and said it’s “2010’s first must-have iPhone game”.


Best Video Drivers For GTAIV (Nvidia)

Forceware 196.21 Windows XP (32-bit WHQL) http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-196….nload-2457.html
Forceware 196.21 Windows 7 | Vista (32-bit WHQL) http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-196….nload-2458.html
Forceware 196.21 Windows 7 | Vista (64-bit WHQL) http://downloads.guru3d.com/Forceware-196….nload-2459.html

Despite the FPS listed in the results, I really felt a smoother game play, even with the settings set higher.
I did exit and run GPU-Z and found 52 degrees Celsius. a bit high.  I mean all game play signs were smooth and even flowing
but after exiting, for the first time on this pc, it took longer than 2 seconds to open my start menu. So I think I may have been
running a bit hot. I will work on better cooling.

I also saw that the drivers defaulted my machine to run gtaiv in SLI mode. since SLI is not supported on this game, I just flashed red
Felt like a seizure. I had to go through a few settings to turn that off

For anyone With a budget card wanting to GTAIV. It is very much worth it to try these drivers.

BEFORE
Statistics
Average FPS: 23.33
Duration: 37.58 sec
CPU Usage: 96%
System memory usage: 82%
Video memory usage: 87%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1440 x 900 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Texture Filter Quality: High
View Distance: 24
Detail Distance: 36

Hardware
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Video Driver version: 195.62
Audio Adapter: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+

File ID: Benchmark.cli

AFTER
Statistics
Average FPS: 20.20
Duration: 37.28 sec
CPU Usage: 99%
System memory usage: 86%
Video memory usage: 79%

Graphics Settings
Video Mode: 1440 x 900 (60 Hz)
Texture Quality: Medium
Texture Filter Quality: High
View Distance: 56
Detail Distance: 56

Hardware
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
Video Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT
Video Driver version: 196.21
Audio Adapter: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+

Finally Nvidia’s Drivers have caught up with Windows 7. These probably will not make it to the final release version. These are leaked and tweaked by the gur3d community. but if you are on a budget video card and just want to play the game on medium settings, do this, these are great drivers.

I do warn that I did not creat these drivers and am not in any accountable for the outcome or effect or results of what these drivers might do to your machine. So don’t thank me and don’t scream at  me for what ever happens. Not all video card vendors are the same, not all video card vendors have the exact same configuration. Not all computer combonations are the same. For my machine, these are exactly what i need to play grand theft auto IV.

Here is my computer Configuration.

Next to bench Need For Speed Under Cover

New Grand Theft Auto Game In 2011 (Rumor Mill)



(A New Post on this Topic)
GTAv and GTAVI Figured Out

There are many clues. Rockstar always leaves clues. If you have been playing GTA as long as I have, you would know this. Many of the clues are subtle, many are just flat out “See you in San Andreas” Billboards. Before the actual release date, anything can be a distraction. we all know that ownership of Grand Theft Auto has changed many times. The writers and coders and directors, have all changed, so it is hard to expect them to follow the same pattern, or to be as good or bad as the predecessors at tricking and riddling us with wild clues. This has and hopefully always will be part of the game. For the sake of this writing, let’s expect that no changes will occur in the pattern.

In GTAIV, there are many times that you will hear on the radio, mention of Los Santos, and other locations that are real locations. We can assume that Los Santos will be in the next game. but at one time Rockstar would actually mention real life locations and then make a mock up of that location but name it different. Through out GTAIV there is no mention of Vice city, until the coming of Ballad of Gay Tony. In BOGT there is a Vice City Radio, Radio station.

In past patterns

In the first Grand Theft Auto game, you start out in Liberty City then move to Vice City as you progress in the game. In the end you have to defeat the city of San Andreas. After a few addon games, we came to GTAIII. In GTAIII We are some un-named guy who is left for dead by his female partner in crime when she shot him at point blank with a shotgun, right after a bank robbery. This un-named guy gets arrested and is being transported from one jail to another with two other inmates. In transit between the jails, the “patty wagon” gets stopped guns are drawn, a bridge is blown up. All to aid in the release of one of the prisoners. The un-named guy that is played as your character, and third man with bandages on his hands are left as the only living people at the scene. So they flee and take it as a gift. Luckily hackers get into police records and prevent anyone from that “Little Road Trip” from ever being remembered in the database. So that explains how you are free. You eventually make it through the ranks to take over the gang that the third person on that “patty wagon” runs.  The guy that helps you the whole time who has the bandages on his hands, is named “8-ball”. He is a bomb maker about the same age as you.  That is a strange inconsistency. Due to the time line jumps of the next two games. but still back to gtaiii, as you get to the airport you see signs that say that you can travel to Vice City . But you can not.

Later you make it to Vice city (following the way the first GTA was done), There are no clues of San andreas you just play the roll of some poor dork from Liberty City who was dropped off after getting out of jail,  and forced to  do a drug trade. You get ambushed by a local gang. Now the people who have you kind of blackmailed into the drug trade, don’t have their money, and they don’t have their drugs. You are responsible to get one back to them. You fail at that. But you take over the whole city of Vice city and become the new Gang leader of the whole city. Again you are in a city that has an 8-ball’s bomb shop in it. Strange thing is the game is set almost 15 year prior to GTAIII in liberty city. This would have made 8ball quite a well organized shop owner, for someone who just got out of jail in gtaiii. I can only assume he blew his hands up prior to gtaiii and that is how he got busted.

Some more clues to San Andreas being next One thing that guy misses. His posterboard he posted. in the middle it says “Liberty City is over, on the top it shows GTAIV album Art in the bottom right, we see what is likely part of the album art for the next grand theft aut. Looks like trees, edge of a mountain and some sky. Much like San Andreas. To further match what he shows in his page.    .

Grand Theft Auto San Andreas in 2011

What we can be certain of

Grand Theft Auto 5 will not be out for atleast three more years. They will do the same with GTAiv as they did with GTA and GTAiii, Liberty City – Vice City – Sand Andreas will all be under the same number title. Each Chapter will have it’s own extra episode(s). Count on GTAV being the grounds for a whole new batch, Such as london and so on, or a visit to a whole new city, as they did with GTAII

If you want more detail, Here more on the same subject of the Next Grand Theft auto

Top Ten Podcasters of the Year: TruXter’s Choice

Well the year has brought so much news to the tech world, Via podcasts. Since that is a media source, TruXter tech Review will list the choice of podcasters for 2009. From tenth place down to the number one spot.

These podcasts are not necessarily  all tech, it’s the means in which this media is brought to us that makes it tech. There is great talent and tons of devotion in these people, that is why they are making the list. There are some that are very talented but had no devotion or motivation to carry on this year as they had in the past years. So this year they will not be making it to this list. Some are great talent but a bit slacking this year so their scoring isn’t as wonderful as it could be. This post is not to bash, but show apreciation, keep that in mind if your or your favorite podcaster is not in the top 2.

There will be no award that can be given other than readers of this site, a chance to listen to the media on the podcaster’s site. So i hope they enjoy the notoriety, no matter how small the traffic might be or low the number of interested link followers their are.Well without further  blathering, this is the list of 2009’s podcasters we hope to hear more from during 2010.

If you know someone with a podcast that should have made the list, leave their link. If it’s your link please let me know. i will gladly listen to more than one episode. probably every episode you do within 2010. Just respond to this post.

#10. Leslie Katz-Cnet News Daily Podcast, voice is kind of cool and not disruptive. Topics are clear and interesting.

#9. Alex Albrecht-Diggnation He drinks with Kevin Rose and reads from digg.com frickin a.d.d. train wreck lol!.

#8. Kevin Rose- Diggnation Gets drunk with Alex and gets off topic so often, I love it. Weekly Show.

#7. Andrew G.R.-Jobacle.Com s.Mostly writing there now. but still doing shows.

#6. Bryan LundukeComputer Action Show Computer Action Show. Seems like it’s up to twice a month nowe.

#5. Chris FisherComputer Action Show Computer Action Show. Seems like it’s up to twice a month now.

#4. Veronica Belmont-TekZilla New episodes: Thursdays usually around 45 minutes.

#3. Patrick Norton-TekZilla New episodes: Thursdays usually around 45 minutes.

#2. Leo Laporte –The Tech Guy Podcast Two Podcasts a Week for this show, Hours of entertainment while at work in a Zone.

#1.  Andrew McCaskey- Slashdot Review SDRNEWS SDR News Producer and Host – Slashdot Review about 15 minutes of just straight to the point tech news. No worries if you get super interested and can’t keep up, he has show notes on his website.

Patch 5 For GTAIV Is Success For online Gamers

Grand Theft Auto IV, has had a rocky run since the start. Many of us had a smooth install and smooth gameplay from the getgo. But many people had issue that almost seemed to be unresolved. The forums at gtaforums.com  practically flipped upside down. Many of the issues turned out to be someone poorly overclocking a computer and then putting the first real bit of stress on it, since the overclocking. Many had the issue of over heating, or not enough memory, wrong service pack or poor drivers.

Well Rockstar Torronto Spent a great deal of time  weeding through the posts on gtaforums.com checking and double checking for computer stats, and hardware configurations to see who all had what so they could re-test their build of the game and produce a patch.

After five tests, they have it ..  For more information go here.

The online patch now allows us to ban people who join  games we serve.. Actually made to kick out jerks and cheaters.

Today we released patched 1.0.0.4 for the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV. The patch features a number of updates and fixes including the conversion of all region SKU’s into the same SKU, more freedom for users to customize controls, and several multiplayer fixes. The full patch notes can be found below. Please visit http://updates.rockstargames.com/patches/gtaiv/GTAIV_MAINTENANCE_UPDATE_1004.rar to download the patch.

Version 1.0.0.4 – November 10, 2009

GENERAL:

  • Convert all region SKU’s into the same SKU.
  • Include support for all languages within single exe.

CONTROLS:

  • Allow controls to be double mapped on keyboard.
  • Added option in controls menu to disable mouse controls in helicopters.
  • Adjust keyboard control sensitivity in hood cam view in vehicles.

MULTIPLAYER:

  • Security Updates to deter cheating in multiplayer.
  • Hosts can now immediately Kick users from their games in Lobby and in game via Cell phone without having to rely on peer voting.
  • Fixed a bug in Cops ‘n Crooks mode where Host would drop out and prevent remaining players from leaving game.

Got My Google Wave

Here is a screenshot of the first 5 minutes of usage  of Google Wave I have 5 more invites left, looking for actual friends that will use it, that’s the hard part.

for some of you out there, yeah I know, it took me almost two weeks longer than everyone else. yadda yadda.. Well I got it. Most people don’t.

The settings, well there are none, so far it seems I have to use my real name instead of the screen name I have used for the past 12 years. Then again most of the people on there will know me by my real name… right?   well no not really. All of them people know me on hotmail, everyone else has my gmail address. I have learned to use my gmail account for everything because the Google team really does a great job stopping the spam. but ok, back on track.   It looks like you get up to 8 invites into your buddies, so you better hope you have a tight circle of friends, where every friend you have has each other added, or it could be two or three years before that one friend you have, gets around to signing up.

Invite says

Google Wave is more fun when you have others to wave with, so please nominate people you would like to add. Keep in mind that this is a preview so it could be a bit rocky at times.

Invitations will not be sent immediately. We have a lot of stamps to lick.

Happy waving!

Could use a little bit of tweaking like twitter integration, not auto tweet crap like everything, but checks all of your twitter friends and sees who has wave and incorporates them in, without giving unwanted email addresses out, gives them the chance to accept or deny the invites.

Same with your Myspace and Facebook. and what ever social network comes up and fizzles out (like digg).

This actually has the potential of being as big as chatrooms used to be, but a tad bit more elitist and segregated. HMM a public chat addition would be nice but really no one seems to want that in their software anymore.

From the looks of it, it just looks like the place that gmail should go, like an add on or replacement for the google chatbox/im box.

Well when I get the chance to talk to people and see wtf it does,
I will message more on here or start a new thread.

For now it’s just an instant messenger and my buddy list sucks.