Tired Of Guessing If a Game Will Work?

If you like to play games on your PC but hate having to guess if a game will work, then I have a site you must check out. First you pick the game you want to try and then just let the site run a little java app and it will tell you if the game will work. It also tells you if you meet the recommended requirements for the game or just the minimum requirements. Here is the site.

Change to the Comments

I have had to add a word picture verification to leave a comment because of a large increase in spam on my blog. Hopefully if I do this it should stop anymore spam from appearing on my blog. Sorry if this is a problem for you or if you miss seeing the spam.

The Future Of Halo

I found this realy cool video about what is going to happen now that Halo 3 has been released.

Makers site: loadingreadyrun.com

Good Deal On Xbox Live

13 Months of Xbox Live for $18.77 or $26.83 via Buy.com

There are two methods to get this deal:

Starting Price: $38.77

Google Checkout for first-time users:
1. Add item to cart
2. Checkout using Google Checkout (-$10) [make sure to select the free budget shipping and "No" to the magazine offers]
3. Fill out the magazine rejection rebate (-$10)
Final Cost: $18.77

Non-Google Checkout method:
1. Add item to cart
2. Add 5% coupon to cart (-$1.94)
3. Checkout using your method (can't be Google Checkout due to the 5% coupon) [make sure to select the free budget shipping and "No" to the magazine offers]
4. Fill out the magazine rejection rebate (-$10)
Final Cost: $26.83

New Halo 3 Ad

A new Halo 3 ad has been leaked on to the internet. It is the sequal to the museum ad that was released a few days ago.

Gaming Podcasts

I have recently started listening to some different gaming podcasts. I thought it would be good to make a post of all the different ones I listen to.

My favorite podcast is the one from Xbox360Fanboy. As the name would suggest they mainly focus on the Xbox 360 and news from Microsoft. New fancast (their term for podcast) are released every Monday.

The next one I always find my self waiting to download is Joystiq's podcast. This one is very much like that of Xbox 360 Fanboy, except that they talk about all gaming and not just Xbox 360. You can expect new content from the 'stiq every Friday.

The last podcast I listen too is that from CheapAssGamer. This podcast is quit different from the other two. In that one of the two people that are on the podcast lives in Japan. Also this podcast talks about deals in gaming. All new and old episodes can be found here, they are all hosted online so there is no need to download them.

8 Things Not To Do When Designing a Game

Soren Johnson, lead designer of Civilization 4, has posted on his blog what he thinks is eight things not to do when making a game. If anyone would know about designing games I think Soren Johnson is very well qualified. Right now he has only posted the first four but it is still a very good read.

Update: The last four are up now.