As a-lot of people are aware the ‘Meet-the-Spy’ video was leaked the other day, a few days before Valve had planned to release it. The reasoning for this had been announced in a spin-off achievement, after the spy’s had been shown. A screen cap of valves humor, and the full meet the spy video can be found after the jump.
At some point I will wright a larger update!
Well, its Saturday now and I’m getting sorted for a fun night of playing Halo.
This week has been quite eventful, it started with a trip up to my parents last Saturday to say hello and pick up my suit, and in between now and then I have gotten two games I have been waiting for, a new flashy G15 keyboard and a placement interview!
On Monday I was in a bit of a spending mood, and started noticing that my keyboard was on its last legs, after doing a bit of online comparison I decided to get the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard, which I am enjoying thoroughly so far. It has a small LCD screen which can be used for displaying PC statistics, download meters or game statistics (among many other things). The keys are alot nicer to use then my old keyboard, and the whole thing has a much nicer feel to it. It also has ‘G’ keys, which are basically very powerful macro keys.
This brings me quite nicely onto my next topic, Darkfall. This week Aventurine have been opening up a certain number of orders per-day and myself and quite a few Sturmgrenadiers were lucky enough to get in. So far I have been contributing to the building efforts and playing a role in our defence efforts. Its really living up to my expectations and I highly recommend giving it a go, so very enjoyable.
Using my new G15 and Darkfall together has been quite interesting. The Profile Manager which comes with the keyboard allows you to setup an infinite amount of key-presses, mouse clicks and delays in order to chain together interesting macros. For Example; very quickly you can put together a macro that will swap actionbars, equip a staff, cast a heal spell, then go back to the other weapon. Having this power really opens up a lot more opportunities.
This week has also seen the release of ‘Empire: Total War’ the next game in the long line of Creative Assembly’s Total War series. The main game is set in the 1700’s with an additional scripted campaign set as America battles for its Independence. If you have not seen this or other Total War games before then there is a demo out on Steam, you should also check out the video review below:
So far I am working my way through the Road to Independence campaign and am loving it so far. Its very strategic, detailed and in-depth. Despite some initial problems we had, myself and a few friends have had quite a few online games against each other and some AI. Unfortunately so far we can only have 1v1 sieges, however new maps may unlock later. Definitely pick up the demo for this!
So this week I have been able to get in some good play time with the Empire: Total War demo. So far its really been good and my pre-order of the game still stands.
Naval combat is a little awkward to get used to, but is so nice to look at it quickly makes up for that.
Darkfall is also technically released, however the servers have been up and down all day and my account isnt activated yet 
For some reason as-well, I have been playing alot of Bejeweled on my iPhone, damn addictive games….
(Scout Pack is also Live)
Hey guys, another Darkfall related update here.
The pre-order for beta testers is live, however the URL was leaked meaning the servers have been hammered all day making it impossible to browse the site normally.
Luckely however I and quite a few members of SG were able to grab copy’s after hours of refreshing.
Good luck to all trying to get past the connection issues, as far as im aware the pre-order link will be made public soon.
Hello Everyone. In keeping with my recent endeavour to keep this site more updated I have quite a nice announcement to make.
Darkfall Online’s Admin staff have decided to remove the Non Disclosure Agreement, which means I am now free to announce that I am currently IN the beta and an active member within Sturmgrenadier (SG), whom I joined not to long ago. I got into the beta less than one month ago and have been trying to get in as much Darkfall time as possible.
This post will not be an in-depth review of the game as I feal I have not played it enough to give a proper opinion, on what is a game still in beta testing stages. Read more…
First of all, sorry for the lack of updates. I will hopefully get back to providing a lot more updates soon.
Anyhows. In gaming news it looks like Microsoft are planning to expand on thier market in the motion capture region. Good or Bad? Who can say, I hope they dont just try and rip off the Nintendo Wii, losing the last ounce of creativity availble. (Link)
Also, the Scout pack has a date on it, and all the weapons are being slowly announced, starting with the baseball bat! Stunning enemys from range is always good. As this diagram proves. (Link)
Anyhoo, I think its time to hit the hay, I will try and post a bit more frequently 
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