Atma Xplorer

Xploring Games, Computing, Photography

Debunking MMO Gamers

Playing MMOGs for about most of my college years, I’ve found that gamers can be classified into 5 categories depending on how they interact with other players and the game itself. Note that


AMD ATI HD 3800

With the release of Nvidia’s 8800GT, budget gamers were given a taste of high end chips without the shelling out massive bucks. Not to be left behind, AMD unveils it’s bet on the


Shakugan no Shana Season 2 – A quick look

Like many sequels I’ve seen so far, Shakugan no Shana’s second take on the seen feels like a drawn out appeal by animators (not the creators of the manga) to bait more people into


Crysis hit shelves

Crysis, one of the most anticipated FPS games is now available in stores—in selected countries that is. Germany, Austria, as well as Australia and the US will be able to find copies (legal ones)


Gmail 2.0

After the release of Gmail’s IMAP support, the free email service began rolling out Gmail 2.0 for its users. The change wasn’t global (I think it’s per area) and the change for my


Elder Scrolls MMO is no go

Rumors spread out once Bethesda bought the domain naime elderscrollsonline.com. What’s true so far though is that Pete Hines of Bethesda has NOT yet confirmed an MMORPG installment in the works for the Elder


The Apple Tablet PC

Like Dell, with their Lattitude XT, Apple is pitching in their badge in the Tablet PC market. Asus is one of many of Apple’s contract manufacturer, producing parts and products like the iBooks,


gOS (Ubuntu derivative) is out

Based on Ubuntu 7.10 Linux system with an Enlightenment E17 interface, the PC’s productivity will be almost solely derived from Google applications accessed through Firefox: Mail, Calendar, News, Maps and Documents & Spreadsheets. It


I want to ___ with Meebo

Meebo, the onlineIM service just launched the Meebo Development Platform. Interested developers can use Meebo’s API to create multi user applications that can interact with Meebo and allow Meebo users to connect


Apple-Inspired Apparel

Haven’t got enough of Apple products—a Macbook for you laptop, an iPod for your music needs, an iPhone for your mobile—why not try apparel for your children as well? Black Arrow is providing you a


Hellgate:London goes Live!

Horror flicks not good enough for the Halloween? Try Hellgate: London. Hellgate is an RPG game created by Flagship studios, set in post apocalyptic London where zombies, demons and all manner of


OpenSocial: Google’s SNS portal

Google’s latest launch, OpenSocial (this url goes live on Thursday) is set on November 1, 2007 (tomorrow if you’re in range of our timezone). LinkedIn, hi5, Plaxo, SixApart (read their statement here) and


Nvidia 8800GT

Looking for the perfect Christmas gift for yourself or an avid PC gamer? Look no further than Nvidia’s latest card, the 8800GT. It promises 8800GTX-like performance at an affordable price. This


Mythbuntu: The Perfect Linux Media Box

If like me, you’ve dreamed of a Media Center PC that sits in your living room recording all your favorite shows but lack the money for it then good news for you. Mythbuntu is


Mulitple Logins for Yahoo Messenger

One of the major limitations I’ve found with Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger is that they allow just single logins. While this provides a bit of security, there are times when you


EAs Crysis (not Farcry 2)

If you’re still living under a digital rock and haven’t seen what’s hot in the gaming world, Crysis is an upcoming science fiction First Person Shooter, that is being developed by Crytek.


XP performance tweaks

While we’re waiting for Vista to get better or Windows 7 (probably 3 years to go), or contemplating on a Windows alternative altogether like Mac’s Leopard or LInux’s Ubuntu, don’t throw your XP partition


Unreal Tournament 3 Cinematics

I’ve been a fan of the Unreal series ever since Unreal Tournament so the latest version of the game is simply something that I’m drooling over for quite a while now. I’ve compiled


Gundam 00 – Initial Review

There’s still some bad after taste of Gundam SEED and Gundam SEED Destiny so I wasn’t willing to try anything under the CE time line. Lucky for me, Gundam 00 (pronounced as double


Microsoft Bows to EU

After three years of resistance, Microsoft has finally agreed to start complying with a European Commission 2004 anti-monopoly ruling against it. The commission said the US firm would now “comply with its


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