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Dragons need to take an arrow to the knee, too.

Skyrim on a netbook

By Corporal On December 13, 2011 · 4 Comments

NB: Tested on an ION2 netbook.

I’m not even joking, it is possible to play Skyrim on a netbook… if you really want to. Recently, my ASUS laptop died a terrible death when the hard drive suddenly started making clicking noises. In a sense, I used to play Skyrim on a real computer, until it [...]

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Welcome to the future.

FREE: Empire Earth Gold is free on GOG; ends 14 Dec 2011.

By Corporal On December 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Empire Earth Gold Edition is free on GoodOldGames. A classic strategy game that is very similar to Rise of Nations. Unlike RoN, though, Empire Earth is a more expansive game, in that you will be able to play right through into the future.

You will need [...]

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Oh, killjoy!

OnLive Halloweekend: reliability, gameplay quality and FEAR 3

By Corporal On October 30, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Starting yesterday, OnLive decided to offer four games free for the whole Halloween weekend, and it has been quite a good trip so far, although it does vary – particularly because of the fact that gameplay quality is contingent on your connection’s reliability.

Depending on how good your [...]

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FREE for three days!

OnLive FREE for Halloween weekend

By Corporal On October 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Be informed that this Halloween weekend, four games in the OnLive collection will be free. You can get,

FEAR 3 Orcs Must Die Metro 2033 Amnesia for absolutely free. Over the three days, you can have try out OnLive and see if the service is any good for you. The good thing about OnLive for [...]

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Rollercoaster graphs reflect unreliability

Wind Infinite Laptop Plan with Windspeed Data Stick E1691

By Corporal On October 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

If you’re like me, and have moved to Canada for a long stint, and need your own private internet connection, then you might want to consider Wind Mobile’s Infinite Laptop Plan, going for around $29 a month and “promising” speeds of 7.2Mbps on the Huawei-made E1691 data stick, and even more on the 4G-capable stick. [...]

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Left For Dead-style zombie killing. Perfect timew aster

Bored? The Last Stand will waste 15-minutes of your time

By Corporal On October 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment

What better way to waste time then to play The Last Stand, a game with one of the most enduring concepts out there that ensures you be entertained for at least 15-minutes – zombie killing. In this 2D cartoon style zombie killing game, you play the protagonist whose job is to go out in the [...]

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Fusion: the anathema of an Atom

Netbook processor performance, an overview

By Corporal On September 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

In the realm of netbook processors, the more GHz does not imply more power. Just think of it this way: a dual-core AMD E-350 running at 1.6GHz can beat the top-of-the-line (as of now) Intel Atom N570, which is also dual-core, and on the surface, faster than the E-350 because of an extra 0.06GHz. Not [...]

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Your $300 netbook is now a wireless access point.

FREE: Share internet over WiFi; make your computer a wireless access point

By Corporal On September 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

In the past, if you wanted to connect computer-to-computer for internet sharing purposes, you could use Windows’ Internet Connection Sharing, which would create an adhoc connection between two computers. However, adhoc connections do have limitations – chief of which, certain devices cannot connect to it, and adhoc connections limit the number of connections you can [...]

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Portal now free on Steam through September 20

By Corporal On September 18, 2011 · 1 Comment

According to Liliputing, Portal will be offered free through September 20 on Steam. As reviewed on a recent article, Portal is playable on a netbook with a discrete graphics card, or if you tweak the Source engine so much so that it [...]

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Netbook-tablet and Acer’s Ultrabooks: bling on the horizon

By Corporal On September 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Liliputing reports that there will be two new systems that will be released this year.

Acer’s Ultrabook

Acer will release at least two Ultrabooks this year, going by the name Ultrabook S3 for the 13″ version and a 11″ version as part of its Aspire S series.

The Acer Ultrabook S3 will [...]

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