Say hello to Luigi

Mamamia, it is the younger brother of Nintendo's official mascot Mario in large scale!
Credit to flickr user Dirk.

Source : Brothers Brick

This is Prototype? Final will Rule the World!

Once in a while in the tidal waves of all new games (read: non-sequel) some rare new gem shine brighter than the rest and cause buzz in the gaming scene.

Prototype is one of such game. Combining sand box style game play, mass populated down town, fast paced action, cool abilities, won-ton destructions, government conspiracies and involvement of armies, the game is looking more exciting than some summer movie block busters. Couple with the ability hi jack military rides it is of little doubt people can it "Grand Theft Auto on steroids."

XFX @ Computex Taipei 2009

Apparently we caught the attention of some gaming hardware makers, and why not, BrickGamers is all about Gaming via LEGO® Comics!

It's none other than XFX - NVIDIA's Premier Channel Partner, which has lately begun to make its rival ATI Graphics as well! Cue the NVIDIA Green and ATI Red!

Aside from being a good sense in the current tough times of economic downturn with the world financial crisis (because AMD's ATI Radeon graphic cards are value-for-money), having both NVIDIA and ATI graphic cards to offer does make XFX for one very balanced gaming hardware maker that caters to all sorts of gamers.

At the recent Computex 2009 computer and technology expo show, held in Taipei, Taiwan annually, XFX introduced a new product line to complement their gaming offerings - Power Supply Units, or PSUs.

We'll show more details about these new PSUs as well as the NVIDIA GeForce 200 Series and ATI Radeon HD4000 Series of graphic cards when we get more information from XFX.

Some highlights include the XFX Radeon HD4890 Black Edition graphic card, which comes with a copy of HAWX DirectX10.1 game, which is supported by Radeon HD3000 and HD4000 graphic cards, on Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows 7 RC (Release Candidate).

BrickGamers' LEGO® Jack will show more about Computex technology over on BrickTech.

Want to Stimulate your Life?

Yes, Sims 3 is out, and as usual, it has topped the selling charts as it did with Sims 2 and The Sims, which can only lead us to this simple logic...

If you're interested to read the technical details behind Sims 3, you can check out BrickTech, we did a post which talked about the Microsoft .NET Framework installation.

Trade wind with lag

Yeah in reality sniping you have issues of wind speed and stuff. While none of those elements are present on online game sniping but that does mean it will require less skill either...

Elite of the Elite

Of all the types of competitive gaming... the First person shooter genre (FPS) might be the hardest for you make a name for yourself on online gaming for the reasons stated above for unlike Real Time Strategy (RTS) games in FPS the fast doesn't wait for the slow in connection issues. That plus the lightning fast nature and split second dead of alive nature for most of the FPS titles would mean only the best of the best in both equipment and skills (cheaters not included) would stay on top.

BrickGamers 33 - Then & Now Gaming

If you're and old-enough gamer (does that give away our age?) you'll be familiar with the following comic. For the rest of you young gamers, this is a good time to aquaint yourself with past gaming trends so you'll know what you're carrying on your gaming shoulders :)

When we were gamers in the past - money wasn't an issue :) Now however, buying power determines your gaming ability. Ever heard the game joke about the gamer who could afford a better graphic card in Blizzard's WarCraft III and thus could turn on footprint effects while his enemy had no such luxury? It ends with the richer gamer is able to see where his enemy passed by, thereby giving him leverage over his rival.

Yes, it's unfortunate when the Evil Eye of Capitalism targets gaming to be exploited, but let's not forget that like everything else, there's always 2 Sides of the Coin - while gamers loathe modern gaming for its demands on you being a rich gamer, the time will come soon when the Evil Eye will move its Gaze to something else, and Gamers can once again reclaim their rightful ownership, and perhaps by then, gaming will evolve to something else to cater to the needs of real gamers :)

Cool LEGO gaming gear sculpture

Builder and flickr user Joris Blok built some of the most nostalgic gaming gear with bricks.
From a distance it could have been mistaken for the real thing.

Source : Brothers Brick