Its been a really, really long time.
I will resume blogging at some point.

School comes first.

It has been a while

I seems to have stopped blogging. I will return with my feelings about the direction of laptops, small form factor gaming pcs, and the exciting future that better integrated graphics provide for the future of the console!

So, Onlive has gone live.

I was permitted to enter the service. I have a 7 year old computer with a Pentium D and a GT 220 in it. Thought i was doing it big.

This service is pretty decent. I like i can rent a game for 19.99 on 29.99 unlimited until it wasn't on their service anymore (claimed to be avail until 2013).

 All the games ran pretty great on my machine but of course not at max settings(you can't change the video settings (resolution, etc). Most games are HD (720) but are set to what onlive thinks is good enough, which, for the most part, is pretty decent resolution. I said "wow" a couple times when a new game would first load with a nice crispy 720 resolution. While it's not extremist max smooth settings, it beat the hell out of what computer could do stand alone.

 The small millisecond control (mouse keyboard gamepad) delay was barely noticable, but you quickly forgot about it when you started playing.

I was just hoping to give Aliens vs Predator a run. My computer couldn't run it playable. The Onlive service will be definitely formidable as large game libraries are 'ported' to the service. It shows great initial promise for right now. Definitely in the future, if it can get a larger variety of games. This also could be the bad thing. It seems games have to be custom programmed to the service. This could prevent the service from getting as many games as many want to see on this service. We'll have to see.

I currently pay $50 bucks a year on xbox AND pay for the games. I can handle paying $4.95 a year and a (cheap-read 20.00 bucks or less) unlimited rental fee since I cannot keep the game nor sell it back and subject to when onlive takes it down off service.

 I still have not explored how this will affect my multiplayer with friends. I also want to see aliens vs predator, battlefield, cod2. maybe some w.o.w, aoin, city of heros, global agenda. Then I can tell you if i fall in love it it.

Still worth the 4.95 and one rental fee if you got a crappy to decent computer that meets the specs and there's just ONE game you like to play. Thats just my opinion. Check it out at www.onlive.com  -Bomjus

Recently purchased a EVGA GeForce GT 220 to use in a older dell system. Anyone know how to make this thing work smoothly!?! Upon first install, it ran Everquest pretty well. Then, after a while it started acting up and hasn't been right since. Hope, I can figure it out.


Until next time! 

Plastic Beach

Wow, Gorillaz put out their new album Plastic Beach! Who's excited?? I am! What what Murdoc, Noodle, Ruz, and 2-D have in store for us this time!.

Costa Rica Missions with Pura Vida Missions.

Costa Rica was a truly enlightening experience. I was good to try something outside of your normal comfort zone to get a little closer to the Lord. I have included some pictures of some of the events. Hope you enjoy!!

Life and Living

Amaris Clark of Xstatik Music Group has release his debut album. It's a great project and his initial entrance into the world of hip hop. Produced by Kid Khariz, also of the aforementioned label, the album is hot. My recommendation is for you all to check it out. Get your copy at Amazon today.

Also, I have to show love to one of my favorite series with Aliens vs Predator! Its coming soon so pick it up so you can Xenomorph assassinate some marines maybe even a Predator or two!

2010 has begun.

2010 has begun. Make new resolutions. Think of new ways you want to be a better you. For me, that includes making this blog have a little more ... substance. So keep on the look out for more good stuff including coding samples, experiments, and general reviews on some games and mmorpgs. Star Trek Online Open Beta Starts in 4 days!

I haven't posted in while.

I will be posting more often and at some point develop a theme for this blog. In the meantime, I will develop a second blog that is devoted to java game development; perhaps one that is devoted to xna development as well.

In the meantime, looking into some map making for L4D and L4D2 on www.l4dmaps.com. This is why it makes since to get the games on PC instead of Xbox. However, MW2 still seems to be because of the amount of friends that play on the console that I need to just get it on console and enjoy it.

This is us coming up at Chincoteague. Had a nice get away weekend. Whelp, thats it.

Thanks for checking in, more to come.

Doug Williams FBCX

Its amazing how people don't like to see something new. They prefer to exclude it rather then let it exist for those who do want to see it exist. It is rather sad that we are in such a predicament. I hope that whoever does pick up this title enjoys it and spread the word. I will check it out also and do the same.

Check out BCFX.

Father's Day

Father's day was fun! Visited a called http://www.slightlyupthecreek.com/. I must say the food was delicious. I enjoyed it very much. I believe I had Seafood Norfolk with a Caesar salad and broccoli. Healthy eating is extremely important. I am trying to establish and maintain healthy eating habits. Later, I went to work. I can't wait to get back to XNA programming.

Last to the Party

I seem to be late to the blogging party. However, I thought it prudent to create a blog for my scribblings. It is similar to how many mad scientist may or may not keep scientific logs. Consider this my unclassified version. Be warned, I'm bizarre. Nevertheless, welcome to my rantings.