AMD Fires Back at Nvidia

For a generation, AMD has been playing a significant amount of catchup to Intel, and their new graphics subsidiary, Nvidia.  AMD has been so far behind that Intel floated a graphics card that costs more than most people put into their computers -- the GTX Titan, with a whopping MSRP of $1,000.  AMD has finally bested that with a graphics card that releases at half that graphics price point, the 290x, reviewed here.

Update: Not to be outdone, Intel dropped their prices, only for AMD to drop a $400 290, again staying on top at half the price.

Forget Durumu

If you're anything like me, no amount of text walkthrough helps in Throne of Thunder's fight with Durumu the Forgotten.  Here's a handy little guide to the maze portion of the fight.

Warhammer Online: Five Things It Did Amazingly

EA's closure announcement for Warhammer Online comes at no surprise to me.  It was strong at the beginning, largely due to the strength of the IP, the hope of a PVP-driven MMO, and glorious promises of besieging cities that went unfulfilled until well after release due to bugs, lag, an unforgiving endgame, and graphics requirements.  Its initial strength was enough for Blizzard to re-imagine multiple zones at the end of Wrath of the Lich King's development into something simulating the major promise of the game -- PvE development in PvP lakes, and siege mechanics.  Despite Blizzard's best effort being largely ham-handed and leaving Wintergrasp as a poor knock-off of the RvR zone mechanics, its frustrations led the player base to bleed subscriptions until its death was largely inevitable.  There were many innovations, however, that Mythic did bring to the table in a manner that Blizzard simply would not or could not cannibalize.

Easy WOW LFR Guides

While browsing, I found No Life at 90, a blog that has wonderfully detailed guides to each LFR fight, complete with different reports for different roles (DPS, tank, healer).  The best part?  They're succinct, with blurbs short enough that you can know the fight in the time it takes the tank, healer, etc to get ready.

The Herald: Police Charity Benefit This Saturday

 Sept. 20, 2052

The Federal Police hold their annual charity ball at the Quetzal hotel and casino at the mouth of the Occoquan river this Saturday.