Warface

Yeah! I got the warface closed beta a couple of days ago so I tested it for the first time yesterday. This is among the best free to play games I have ever played, there are so many options in this game you can run and slide into the enemies or climb on top of dumpsters and other things with the help of another player. The graphics are really good for being a free to play game but it's build around the cryengine 3 so it's not that weird that it got good graphics.

Either way if you haven't signed up for the closed beta then do so! This is a game I will play a lot of since it's really good. One thing though my friend who uses google chrome can not start this game while I who starts it with firefox can so I think you need firefox to start the plugin. Yeah you start this game through the browser and when you have joined a game it starts in fullscreen so it's cool.

Sign up link: Warface Sign Up

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My Favourite Game

My favourite game is probably Metro 2033 because of the awesome story as well as the different environments you get to play in, the graphics are really good too.

I have already made a "review" on this game but since that was a while ago I decided to make a new one. It's about Artyom a russian living down in the metro after the nuclear war that brought this world into a apocalypse, you get a job from Hunter too seek a person up in a different station in the metro. People are living in the metro since that's the only place where the radioactivity hasn't spread as much as outside. During this journey you experiences everything bad that exists down in the tunnels, how people are still killing each and other over ideology even though mankind got a common enemy the mutants from outside. You meet friendly persons that helps you throughout the game and it's a really cool game I made this review mostly because the Metro Last Light game is coming in may. Many of my friends haven't even played through this game and I don't know why actually since it's probably one of the best games out there.

If you seek a good first person shooter with a great campaign this is surely the game for you.

Fun fact the Metro games are actually inspired by the books that the russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky wrote. I haven't read the books, but I think the game got more famous then the book for some reason.

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Cerwin Vega Xd3

So this time it's all about the speakers the speakers I got are the Cerwin Vega Xd3 for 100€. I got these speakers 'cause I wanted really good sound for my computer but not for a crazy amount of money. So these speakers fit my preferences really well, I really like the style they got to they look really nice on the computer desk or wherever you are going to put them.

So these speakers got a really fine sound quality for the price you pay, it got pros and cons but mostly pros. The overall sound quality is really good they produce a clear sound with lots of bass if you turn the bass booster (vega Bass) button on which can be found the backside of the left speaker at the same place you can find the on/off button which isn't perhaps the best place to have that button. I haven't tried the speakers out at max volume I have only been at roughly 1/3 of the max volume at the most. I usually have it set at below 1/4 but even at the low volume they produce really good sound with good bass.

I really enjoy these speakers, if you want a pair of good speakers for a good price these are surely the speakers for you. I have been comparing these speakers with some 2.1 systems and I think these speakers produce better sound for the price the 2.1 systems got.

Check them out on the official website: Cerwin Vega Xd3

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Inkscape

So just recently I tried out a new free software that allows you to create really nice pictures. I have been using GIMP up until now but inkscape is so much better and easier, at least according to me. I think you lose much of the resolution when you are done with the pictures on gimp only a few pictures I made from scratch have been having decent resolution. Probably just me being bad at gimp but however Inkscape is something you should try out if you want to create pictures with good quality.

Inkscapes official website: Inkscape

Star Conflict

So this is a new free to play game available on steam, it's a space game where you play with star ships or whatever it's call I think this game was really funny. The thing with almost every PVP free to play game is the problem with pay to win. I just recently started playing this I do not know if you win the game when you buy things for money.

But for everyone looking for a cool game this is worth checking up there are several different modes you can play. Conquest where you take points while fighting against enemy ships and there is also an elimination mode where you have to take down every enemy ship to win. It's a fast paced third person shooter simulator I do not know what to call this genre to be honest. The way you steer the ships is so smooth and everything is running so smoothly, it's a really good looking game.

So if you want to try this out, and since it's free there is nothing to lose except some of your precious time. Link to star conflict on steam: Star Conflict

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Gamecom 380

So this headset is pretty new on the market and from what I have experienced this headset is probably among the best for the price tag it got. I bought mine for 30€ and I had been comparing these with some other headsets in this class from turtlebeach and creative. It took me a couple of days to make my mind up, but since the Gamecom 380 headset didn't have so many reviews I thought I could buy them and see if they did the trick. They said that this headset would bring the same sound as a more expensive headset, they are focusing on a cheap sound experience for your PC. The headset is a bit plastic and they have a normal 3.5mm cable that splits into headphone and microphone there is no USB or anything else.

My first experience with this headset is very good I like it, the other headphones I had where pushing my glasses into my head so I had to buy a new headset. This headset is so comfortable after a couple of minutes I do not even notice that I got it on my head. The sound is excellent for the price this headset got, sure you can not expect to get a miracle sound from a headset to begin with. I like the fact that they do not have any bass booster or anything like that, I want to use my headset for gaming but sure this headset delivers good sound too but I do not use it for music mainly I have my speakers to take on the music job.

The microphone is really good and clear, no one have ever complained that the microphone is making noise or anything else. The volume and microphone on/off button is on the backside of the left can which makes is very easy to change the volume and turn the microphone on/off.

Something that made me a bit annoyed is the fact that people are trying to push this headset down. By rating bad and writing short reviews which doesn't even conclude anything positive. If you want something so you can listen to really good music then invest in headphones and a table microphone instead of a headset because headsets doesn't aim mainly to have the heaviest bass or anything like that.

This headset is among the best ones I have ever tried and for this price tag you can't get anything better.

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Eizo Foris FS2331

So I thought that it's time for some tech reviews instead of the typical games. I have an idea I want to do and that is to play through a game while I update throughout the entire game.

But the tech of the day is the LCD HD screen Eizo Foris FS2331, Eizo is a well-known company that manufacturers screens for offices. They are pretty new to this type of screens, but this screen is really good for the price it got. I bought it for around 200€ I think it was less but that doesn't matter, the screen is 23" HD screen with plenty of features but the screen also lacks some things.

The good thing with the screen is the way you adjust the screen, you get a remote with the screen and with this remote you adjust everything. You can have different users for different types of usage of the screen, I think this unlocks many features since I use this screen for my ps3 too because this screen is made for gaming while my TV is not made for gaming. It got a headphone jack and it got a couple of HDMI jacks (2 of them to be precise) and one DVI. Thanks to the headphone jack I can use the HDMI audio from my ps3 and use my stereo with line in from the screen. The speakers on the screen is really worthless it's like playing something inside of a can, but thanks to the headphone jack you can use other speakers with line in.

Some negative things is the lack of making the screen change the angle you can only tilt some degrees up and down. You can not make the screen go up or down which I do not find annoying since my other screens have been exactly the same. The lack of USB hub inside the screen is also lacking but since my pc case got USB ports on the front I can easily use it that way. But if they added some ergonomics and the USB ports on the screen it would be more optimal.

But I have not noticed anything bad with this screen in games or while viewing pictures so it's really good screen for the price tag it got. I will post a review on my speakers, keyboard, mouse and headset tomorrow. Perhaps not all of them at the same time.

But this is a really good screen and I am really happy that I bought this instead of all the other screens I have been checking out.

Eizo official website: Eizo Foris FS2331 site

Some pictures on the screen.