Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

5
Jan

PC Upgrades of January: #1

   Posted by: Craig Snedeker

I have lots of goals for my computer this month, and today my Memory and Motherboard arrived today. Both Nvidia products. They are crazy! Check them out:

Nvidia motherboard

This was before I figured out that RAM only went in one way!

Sick looking components huh? I think so. The ram rocks, it has these gill plates on each side and they feel so awesome when you hold them. Not like that cheap ram at walmart … lol.

My CPU got back ordered (arg) and I ordered a nice cheap good-review CPU fan and two case NEONS from newegg.com. The CPU has a whopping 3GHz, and it’s an AMD. Nice ;)

3
Dec

Yes! I can play DiRT!!!

   Posted by: Craig Snedeker Tags: , ,

Thanks to a tip from the Codemasters forum by reppana, I got DiRT working!

My dream come true (except for seeing piles and piles of pizza stacked up… and not empty pizza boxes)! I played a bit and it rocks! It’s differant from Colin McRae Rally 2005 and will take getting used to, but the damage is relistic and fun!

Im stuck in a tree!

I'm stuck in a tree!

You’ll be seeing more videos and screenshots here and on my Colin McRae fan site. Cheers!

26
Nov

DiRT 2

   Posted by: Craig Snedeker Tags: , , , ,

You are probably like “…” but read on. Code Masters has made the Colin McRae series (I play Colin McRae Rally 2005). They came out with a game I REALLY REALLY want called Colin McRae DiRT. The detail is wickedness! I am not kidding, it’s one of the most detailed racing games ever.

I heard they are coming out with DiRT 2 late 2009. I was SO excited! I CAN’T WAIT … though, I will need an XBOX or Play Station to play it because they are not coming out with a PC version. :( All well, who knows, Christmas is coming ;) if not, I need to get a job. Maybe it will come out on the PC, I don’t know enough about it yet.

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14
Nov

Back ta DreamLords

   Posted by: Craig Snedeker Tags: , , , ,

I’ve started playing Dreamlords again. It’s so fun! It really is. I won my first PvP match yesterday. I knocked the senses out of the other guy, made him turn and run. And he was heading back with more troops when I won! Twas kewl. All other PvP matches I’ve played I knew I didn’t have a change before I started, and the only reason I played till death was because I didn’t want to chicken out. >.< plus if you close out before losing you don’t get free items! I like those!

Batteling something...
Battling something…

And I also play a few levels of Colin Mcrae Rally 2005 daily. Other than the damage I recive, I’m pretty good. :) No, really. Most of the time I crash for fun, and other times I drive really good, inless its raining out and It’s gravel, I’m not good on that stuff. :( “Watch out for that tree!!” lol. Read the rest of this entry »

11
Oct

A Real Time Van (That’s driveable!)

   Posted by: Craig Snedeker Tags: , , ,

Yep, my most advanced car yet, well, it’s actually a Chevy Astro Van. Textures still aren’t that good, but my far, this is the best thing I’ve made yet. :) (Yes Kevin, you can drive this one!! :P LOL). As you can see in the pictures and videos, I have working taillights and exhaust smoke. Pretty snazzy eh?

See the Pictures:

Watch the video:

Download: You can download this to play (you need Blender), but do not use it for anything else. Link.

Tell me what you think! :D :) :P ;)

9
Oct

3D Car models

   Posted by: Craig Snedeker Tags: ,

I started seriously modeling low poly 3D cars this week, and I have to say, I’m quite impressed with my progress. I am just modeling simple cars (er, in this case trucks), so far I have a Chevy Box Van and two campers, as seen below. Tell me what you think of them, thanks! BTW you can download them for free here. I made all these in Blender 3d, a Free ed modeling program. All textures I ripped off of eBay (I didn’t really rip them off, that just sounds cool :D). Thanks eBay!

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