http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog A Mix of Humor and Intelligence From LanSlide Gaming PCs... Mostly Humor... Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:42:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, it's official. We've gone insane! We've decided to go ahead and open a FREE computer help page for the general public. The idea spawned from Connecticon, where there seemed to be a very large number of people with questions about gaming computers, and some of them very likely slipped something ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/free-gaming-computer-help-for-the-masses/ This weekend Mitch and I went down to Conneticon and held a panel on "How to Build A Gaming Computer." As promised, we've put the PowerPoint slides up on the site here, for those of you that were at the con and wanted a copy. We had a great turn-out ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/07/connecticon-2010/ Everyone thinks Starcraft 2 is the greatest thing since sliced bread. And, while I agree that Starcraft 2 is a fantastic game, I can't agree with the statement in its entirety. I mean, where would we be without sliced bread? You can't butter a piece of Starcraft 2 or make a ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/starcraft-2-best-thing-since-sliced-bread-or-is-it/ I am an avid StarCraft fan. Normally, one starts by saying something like that when they're about to complain, but this isn't that sort of post. I've been playing the beta of SC2, and, while I'm having to re-learn quite a bit, I'm loving it. There are many reasons for this, ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/starcraft-2-release-date/ We recently made an attempt to appear as a top result for a trending Twitter topic (#ThingsIAintDoneYet) on Google, and it seemed like we should post the results of this little experiment. They are complete and abject failure, compounded with a sense of our own insignificance and a side order ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/05/follow-up-on-twitter-sniping/ Recently, we did a post entitled "PC Gamer June 2010" and noticed that, within five minutes, it was at the top of Google for the search term because no one had posted about it yet. This got me wondering if I could effectively hijack a high-trending twitter topic that no ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/thingsiaintdoneyet/ Something we've been waiting for for months now has finally happened. One of LanSlide's computers has been reviewed in the just released June 2010 issue of PC Gamer!!!! We're very excited about this, as you can tell by the absurd number of exclamation points on the previous sentence. Now, when you ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/04/june-2010-pc-gamer/ Mitch and I are at the PAX-East gaming convention and having a blast. We've met a ton of interesting people and ended up doing an impromptu pod cast with the guys (and girl) from Bonus-level.com. We also managed to anger the god Cretos, destroyer of worlds, devourer of virgins, overlord of ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/pax-east/ Everywhere I turn, I seem to see someone else talking about how God of War III has effectively killed off all the Greek (and, for the fastidious, Roman) gods, leaving none for the assumed continuation of the series. But, these same people go on to point out, there are many ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/god-of-war/ DRM has been getting a lot of press recently, especially with the recent announcement by Ubisoft of their new server-based rights management system. The system works by requiring a constant connection to Ubisoft's servers in order to play any of the their DRM-enabled single player games, thus continuing the proud ... http://www.lanslidepcs.com/blog/index.php/2010/02/ubisoft-gaming-pc-drm/