A Few New PC Games

I bought a couple computer games recently. One was GTR 2, a FIA GT racing sim. Another game that I have got in more recent times is Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter...that's a long name, which is why it is usually referred to as GRAW. I plan on buying The Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones game sometime soon. Other games on my buy-sometime-soon list include The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion; Company of Heroes; Splinter Cell: Double Agent; and FEAR. These are all PC games, although many are available on consoles as well. GAME ON!

Coffee + Coca-Cola = Enough Caffeine

Here's an equation - Coffee + Coca-Cola = Enough Caffeine. Brilliant. If I'm feeling tired out, but I want to keep going without falling asleep all the time, I need my coca-cola at night, and my coffee in the morning...hahaha. It would be better to sleep a bit more, but it's more fun to sit in front of a computer screen with a can of coke in your hand. OK, I'm joking, and I'm really not addicted to caffeine at all...although I just had a brainwave - we can build a Tim Horton's on our street corner!

A Couple 24 Inch Widescreen Monitors

Here's two cool 24 inch widescreen LCD monitors. They both have a resolution of 1920 x 1200. That's great for games that support it, but you need to have a decent videocard to push pixels at this resolution - especially with anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering on. Some games that I have and would like to play in widescreen are (of course) Half-life 2 and its following episodes; Age of Empires 3; and Far Cry. Valve makes the Half-life series work perfectly in widescreen and Age of Empires can work, but I've heard it stretches the HUD at the bottom of the screen. Anyway, these widescreen monitors are great for a lot more things than just games - widescreen movies look nice, and you have a lot more screen area for working on things like Maya. You can have two windows side-by-side, for example. And LCD monitors are awesome because they don't put off as much heat or take up as much space as the old CRT monitors (yep, I know all about that, my 19 inch CRT is almost as deep as my desk - they really isn't much room left in front of it).

Oh, by the way, the silver monitor here is the Samsung Syncmaster 244T($1759.99) and the black monitor is the Dell Ultrasharp 2407FPW (on sale right now for $799.99). These prices are in Canadian dollars and the Dell is definitely a better price...:)

Star Wars

I found this article a while back on the Star Wars website. The article compares the differences between the original Star Wars movie(1977) and the latest dvd release version(2004). I knew there was some changes, but the picture for picture comparisons were interesting - there was many small updates I never noticed before. Here is a comparison shot from the article. I believe this change was made in the Star Wars Special Edition from 1997.

The Sony PSP Still Looks Nice

It would be cool to get a Sony PSP sometime. They retail for around $229 for the base package. It would negate the need to purchase a mp3 player (in a way). I think the only negative aspect in PSP vs a mp3 player is the lack of decent storage (and the size) of the PSP. The PSP uses the memory stick pro duo format. You can buy 2GB sticks for about $99. Just compare that to a 30GB MP3 player that costs $359 vs (Base PSP - $229 + 2GB memory stick x 2 - $199 = $429 for 4GB of space). Still, the PSP does do a lot more than music - you can play games, of course, watch movies, listen to music, use it to hold files, etc. Right - the PSP is for games! No questions asked now! :D

The Canon EOS Rebel XT 8.0MP SLR

This is the camera I've been eyeing for some time. It's an awesome digital camera and it's actually on sale right now at Futureshop. The sale includes a 2GB CompactFlash card as well as a camera bag. It's an SLR camera, so unfortunately the price is pretty high - the sale price for this package is $984.99...But hey, it's an investment after all; with a camera like this you can be(or at least pretend to be) a professional photographer...;)

X-Men 3: The Last Stand is out on DVD

The latest in the X-men movie series is out on DVD. I plan on waiting until they release all three movies together in a trilogy pack, so I won't be picking up the movie just yet. I actually haven't seen it anyway, so I might just rent it first.