What's in for gamers - polishing their weapons?

When cleaning stuff goes "Cyber" geeky...
Introducing CyberClean. A "High-Tech" cleaning compound for catching dirt and killing germs.
Disinfect feature. Nice. I decided to give it a try, after all, these years of gaming have rendered my "weapons" dirty and dusty.

Some pictures galore to munch on...

Packaging and sorts.

The "Slimer" unveiled! Soft, neon yellowish, jelly-like thingy. Cute.

Before and after effects. Clean and shine...3 seconds effort, really.

The poor Slimer with dirt and crap all over.

Verdicts:
CyberClean works wonders on tight spots and tiny areas as advertised. But it DOES leave some residues (very slight) on the surface of what you pressed it on (packaging said does not leave residues). I used it on my keyboard, mouse, my phone, remote controls, gamepads...etc. They are all as clean as new now. Though it isn't that effective on keyboards where larger dust/dirt could stuck below the keys. The smell of this compound is kinda weird, like soaked with tons of IPA (Isopropyl alcohol).

Be warned not to wash this compound as it dissolves in water and it's biodegradable. Environmental friendly cleaning compound for gadget geeks. Who doesn't want some? Price ranges between RM16-30* for respective sizes.



*Yeah...a bit costly.

E3 Noob.

Okay, I've been posting some youtube videos lately. Can't really help it once I found this "Noob at E3". Man...this is hilarious. Susan Boyle is awesome, but this one, this one is darn funny.

Specially dedicated to the Noobs out there, yeah, but if I don't pwn you, someone else would. ROFLMAO!

Amazing...

Ok, this is something old. But when I stumbled upon this one, I can't help to feel amazed. It stunned me. She's amazing. This shit gave me the goosebumps! Just farkin amazing.



Full length ones here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxPZh4AnWyk

Aliens Vs Predator

Many might watched the movies. But only a few knew that the title was actually originated from the game. AvP games (AvP1 and AvP2 and expansions) are FPSs which are crowned as the most scary FPS of all time. Especially when you are playing the marines fighting for your survival against the aliens or predators.

Now comes the good news. AvP will get a total remake and coming out some time next year. Now with today's PC technology and graphics! Enjoy the 2009 E3 AvP trailer!

Modern Warfare 2!!!

Modern Warfare 2 is coming this year! COD4 fans around the globe are surely as excited as I am right now! Can't wait! Good games are rare and 2009 is pretty much a boring year. Come on Infinity Wards! Do not disappoint!

Pushing the limits...

When you possibly have the fastest gaming mouse on earth, what's more can you do to make it even faster? Things like these came into the head like crazy murmurings from outer space. Gamers like us are obsessed with speed: the faster, the better. It's a fetish. No sane being would understand why maniacs like us, like me would spend huge cash just to get faster in games. It is the gaming bloodline, the core that drives us through this. Play it to believe it. We are not only buying speed, but also deadlier accuracy, to ruin others' life in the virtual world. Gaming, just as real life, ain't fun, at least not until you are good at it. You will have to out-Skill and out-Equip your opponents by all means necessary except cheating (farkin' hate cheaters, they have no life).

Okay, back to the spotlight of today. The G9 gaming mouse by Logitech, albeit super fast with 3200DPI sensor, has a wee bit of problem. Notice the mouse feet. They are large, which translates to higher friction when moving on top of mousing surfaces (mouse pad). Though the Razer Mantis mouse mat fibertrek technology played a huge role reducing the friction to minimal, it ain't enough. I want my mouse to god damn FLY!

Original mouse feet.

Hyperglide heard me and soon they announced the Hyperglide G9 mouse skates. They called it mouse skates instead of mouse feet to imply that your mouse skates through the surface, not walking a.k.a. feet. These mouse skates are made out of smooth teflons to provide smoother movements and accuracy in games, by reducing friction between the mouse and the mouse pad. The package comes with 2 pairs of mouse skates, an alcohol swab and a simple instruction sheet.

Hyperglide mouse skates package.

First, remove the original skates/feet from the mouse. The original ones weren't bad, but I wanted more. Loved the G9 design whereby the original feet can be easily peeled off through the groove of the mouse feet frame. Then, clean the sticky glue off the surface with the alcohol swab until there's no residue left.

Feet-less G9 after having its original feet peeled.

Carefully position the Hyperglide mouse skates and stick'em into place. Apply pressure on top of the the mouse skates for at least 5 seconds to create a lasting bond. Just like love. You're done! It's that easy.

Tadaa...armed with Hyperglide mouse skates.

Performance wise, the gliding is a lot smoother compared to original mouse feet. It feels like the mouse would actually glide out of my hands! It is like flying through the mouse pad! However, care must be taken as these teflons are soft and can be easily scratched by hard particles underneath, thus destroying the smoothness, if you aren't careful. Read the maintenance tips here.

It only took me a while to adapt to this new speed and start fragging people online. It's good, it feels good, it controls good. Money paid justified. Thumbs up. Speed freak? Get this.

Engrish... ROFLMAO...

Some engrish humour!
Ken leeeeeeee...... and people actually can get famous like this. wtf...

FPS Games Sharpen Vision

Now...who said gaming is all bad? Recent research found out that gaming actually improves what they called, our eyes' contrast sensitivity. Quoted from the technical website, it is the ability to notice tiny changes in shades of grey against a uniform background, which degrades with age.

Crysis: Warhead

However, the only games that bring improvements are fast action games like first person shooters (FPSs) or the like. Not real time strategy (RTS), not role playing games (RPG)!

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

FPS games rely on your hand-eye coordination and ultra-fast reflexes to mow down enemies. This type of games usually involve rapid changing graphics and environments which our eyes have to adapt. Games to try would be Call of Duty 4, TF2, Crysis, Unreal Tournament, Quake IV, Left 4 Dead, Gears of War (not that rapid tho, its built for console noobs) and not forgetting Counter Strike series (Source preferred, personally).

Team Fortress 2

Man, those are my favorite games. FPS freak! Now I know why there's people getting slower (response) towards graphical changes around them. This could be the cause. Your sensitivity has degraded! LMAO. Fear not, there's cure! Play more FPS games will not only boost your hand-eye coordination, your reflexes and now, also your eyesight! That's another +1 benefit of FPS gaming.

Game on!

Quote:

... "What we found is that even without this correction you can help your brain make better use of whatever information is received from your retina,” she said.

For the study, Bavelier and three colleagues conducted two sets of experiments. In the first, they compared the contrast sensitivity of hard-core action game players with video game aficionados of the same age who preferred less rapid-fire fare.

In action games, players typically target and shoot figures that pop up suddenly on a computer screen.

The researchers found that the action buffs were 50 percent more efficient at detecting contrast.

But there remained a chicken-or-egg question: had their vision been improved by playing, or did they become action game players because they had better than average contrast sensitivity to start with?

To find out, Bavelier asked two groups of non-action video game players to undergo 50 hours of training. One played a popular point-and-shoot game called Call of Duty, and the other played a game that offered a rich visual experience, but one bereft of action.

”We found that the people in the first group improved by 43 percent, and the other group not at all,” she said.

More info can be found here: link



-ps: Pictures posted are mine without watermarks. Lazzz...hey, I need to keep up with my eyesight trainings!

Off the $treets...

With mah cash runnin' low these days, heavy cost savings are on. Thanks to the worst crisis of the century...thank you idiots for spending too much "future" money! Fags.

Cost saving plans you asked? Get my feet off the streets! Camp inside, and cut down unnecessary expenses. Heck, these critical moments made you think twice bout what'ya gonna spend the cold hard cash on. Plus how ridiculously underpaid we are in this freakin' industry. WTF...M@#$%s...

Anyways, I've these to keep myself busy for now. At least these could restore some portion of my happiness. Just like morale boost of some sort. Highly recommended when you have nothing better to do!

GTA IV let's you do all sorts of crimes, dirty works on the streets, where you play as Niko and work your ass up to pursue the American Dream in Liberty City. Be warned tho, this PC version is full of damn bugs, memory leak problems and you'll need the freakin' XP service pack 3 to run it. There's a hack without needing SP3 but I have not tested it out. Might revert to SP2 after completing the game. Damn Rockstar, this is a bad port ya rude boyz! seen! Gonna stick a gun up their arses.

Burnout Paradise is arcadish racing game. The damage effect is beautiful. Race online and take down others. Fun stuff. Very smooth and high quality graphics. To my surprise, it doesn't even need a killing machine to run. Cool. Fun + Cool means you must play this.

Dawn of War II, a stunning RTS with a different approach. Haven't been playing this much as the previous two occupies most of my time. This game focus more on strategically placing your units without the need of building structures like the typical RTSs.

Welp, when I'm not busy gamin' I might update the page again. It's time to jet.
Till then. Ciao.

Happy 牛 Year!!!

新年快乐，牛劲十足！



Wishing you all a happy and prosperous new year!!!

Let's get a Moooo on!

ps: Artificial cows from Kenting, Taiwan. Mooo....

Logitech G9 Laser Gaming Mouse Mini Review

For fanatic gamers, high sensitivity is never enough. Master of peripherals, Logitech heard us and introduced its ultimate laser gaming device at the end of 2007: the G9 Laser gaming mouse; after the success of its smaller brother, the G5. Logitech G9 Laser spots a whooping 3200DPI laser sensor, 1000Hz polling rate, swappable grips, MicroGear scroll wheel, on-the-fly DPI switching, custom LED colors, on-board memory for custom profiles, tiltable scroll wheel... heaps of next-gen features at your disposal. The bundled SetPoint 5.0 software lets you customize the G9 with overwhelming options. This, is my replacement of the decayed Razer Copperhead.

Technological beauty: G9 Laser on Precision Grip.

So first things first, though I've explained what's polling rate in the Copperhead review, here's the recap:

Polling Rate
It's the number of times the mouse sends reports to the computer every second.
Over USB it's normally 125Hz i.e. 125 times a second. Which means that there's a lag of 1/125th of a second or 8ms between the mouse and the system. Polling rate of 1000Hz = 1/1000 which means a lag of 1ms.

Seeing top notch gaming mice nowadays are mostly 1000Hz capable, this is a must-have feature. Note that it will consume certain amount of CPU usage. Worry not, the effect is insignificant with today's latest processors.

The Setpoint 5.0 software (look at the choices for custom LED colors!)

The G9 laser has normal left/right buttons, clickable scroll wheel capable of tilting left/right sideways, DPI increase/decrease (+/-) buttons under the LED DPI level indicator and 2 side buttons. The LED color is customizable in the Setpoint software. I prefer green as it's matching to my green Mantis Speed mousepad. Notice the braided cable, it is to reduce friction against the surface it's touching.

G9 Laser with green DPI indicator LED.

Frankly speaking, 3200DPI speed is far too high for normal first person shooter gaming. I only use up to about 2000 to 2200DPI normally. It is always good to know that you have much more "room" to go faster nonetheless (good for huge screens, too).

Under the mouse, there are MicroGear and Profile buttons. The former enables you to switch the scroll wheel between the traditional clicky mode and the free spin mode. Free spin mode is capable of spinning up to 16 seconds non-stop per flick (personal record), which is good for browsing long pages, spreadsheets and anything you can make use of. The Profile button switches between stored profiles with different mouse settings in the on-board memory.

Gaming Grade Laser capable of 3200DPI tracking.

One of the revolutionary design of the G9 laser is its interchangeable grips namely the "Wide Load" and "Precision Dry Grip". Wide Load, as its name suggests, is a smooth satin finished wide body kit with thumb rest which caters for comfort use. The Precision Grip features a slimmer, compact design for higher precision finger control mode (now we are talking!). Coated with the Logitech DryGrip technology, it prevents sweat forming on the mouse surface for better grips. I love the precision grip very much 'cos finger control is always my thingy.

Wide Load and Precision Grip.


The G9 Laser with its grip removed.

That's not all. The G9 comes with customizable weight tuning system too. There are four 4g and four 7g weights respectively. Users could add up to 28g depending on their preferences. I prefer light mouse for higher speed therefore I put none.

G9 Laser with adjustable weight balancing system.

There were no major improvements in games as I've used the Copperhead 2000DPI. The G9 is as sensitive and accurate as, if not better, than the Razer Copperhead. Been using this mouse in all FPS gamings and normal tasks for a year plus now (since launch, Oct 2007) and the buttons are still very responsive. I am very impressed with Logitech G9's robust and high quality design. Though it came with a hefty price of RM300+, with its fully packed features, 3-years warranty, it is definitely worth every single cent spent.

GAMENiAC's verdict (10 max):
Performance: 10
Built Quality: 9.5 (Minor issue: middle LED is bit dimmer than the rest. No performance hit)
Features: 10
Value for money: 8


¤¤¤ GAMENiAC's Choice: Ultimate Fragging Device Award! ¤¤¤

Interested in getting your own G9 laser? Contact me for special price! (while stocks last)

台湾的老街与夜市 Taiwan Old Street & Night Market. Part 1

台湾有好多好多的夜市。它们已成为台湾最具代表性的文化。夜市里有种类繁多的小吃， 地方特产，服装衣织品等。今天要為大家介紹座落在台北市著名的士林夜市。

Night market is another interesting scene in Taiwan. One could find famous local refection, latest fashions, accessories and sorts. (Plus lots of leng loi's to see see...)

Shilin night market. One of the largest night market located in Taipei. One could reach there using the MRT to JianTan station (劍潭站) along the Danshui MRT line (淡水線). This is the nearest station to the market, don't take the Shilin Station, otherwise you would end up further away.

就让图片说故事吧。。。

Look at the crowd! There're already tons of people before night fall.

好多人呀！！！名副其實的人山人海。

士林夜市的美食区

Shops and stalls...

Famous "Frog lay egg" Taiwanese "pearl" drink. 著名王记青蛙下蛋粉圆爱玉饮料。

Pineapple fried prawn balls.

Classic theatre and more stalls.

到处都是人啊。。。

好好吃的凉圆 (有绿茶，巧克力，豆沙口味等等) 和烤肉串。

I don't know how to call this icy cold round thingy with different flavours in english on the left. Cool balls? LMAO! Everyone should try it. Very nice! BBQ meat (pork, beef and lamb) on the right.

BBQ huge sausages. yum yum...

Baked patato with cheese and corn. This one just so so...

Super huge chicken chop. Only 'bout RM5.50. Cheap eh?

看看那些人潮。。。呵呵。。。

The crowd at the market and those crossing roads...

This is one of the must-go night market in Taipei. It will not only feast your stomach, but your eyes, too. Don't miss it when you hit Taipei city. More Taiwan night market scenes coming up...


Wait, where's my reward from Taiwan tourism board? hehe...