PS3 Slim

Sony announces the PS3 Slim at Sony Press Conference Gamescon.
PS3 Slim

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This blog will be updated with gaming and tech news.
New Motive

Official Launch

Atlus Online has officially launched The Shattered Continent.
Official Launch
Hello, thank you for coming to my blog. For now, you can call me Avon. I made this blog for a contest because I wanted to see how fun it would be to make and manage a blog. After the contest was over, I decided to continue managing and updating this blog with gaming news. I'll tell you a little bit about myself. I love playing video games and I'm currently finishing high school. I study C++ programming in my spare time, I want to create a simple game somewhere along the way. Thats about it. Thank you for visiting my blog.
Under Construction

Get the Most Out of Your Intel 9XX Chipset

Posted by AvonGenesis

IntelNow I know many of you are thinking that the intel 9XX chipset isn’t meant for gaming and I can understand, but a few of us like to play games on what we have. We don’t have special high end rigs with $300 graphic card(s) in them, but for standard gaming, the intel 9XX is enough. It comes standard in most laptops and netbooks and I can tell you now, a large majority of us own one because the internet is wireless, so why shouldn’t our computers be? I even own a netbook (Asus 1000HE to be exact) and I like to play games on there from time to time. I’ve used this and it has worked magnificently!

There are ways to optimize the 9XX chipset to do a many of things but the most effective one is using a modified driver. You can find one directly from here: http://www.intel9xx.moonfruit.com/ This site has everything you need to know and more on how to play games effectively and cleanly on a 9XX chipset.

PS3 Slim Officially Announced

Posted by AvonGenesis


The PS3 Slim has been confirmed by Sony at the Sony Conference at Gamescon. The PS3 slim will be hitting store shelves everywhere on September 1st. Whats so great about the PS3 Slim you ask? Well lets go down the list shall we:

  • 33% Smaller
  • 36% Lighter
  • 34% Less Energy Usage
  • 120GB Hard Drive
  • Sold at $299
Did that last bullet startle you? Thats right, the Slim will be sold for $299! Thats a huge drop in price since the initial release of the PS3. So, all of you out there just looking at the PS3, go out there and get one while they're hot (and cheap).

Team Fortress 2: King of the Hill

Posted by AvonGenesis


Team Fortress 2 just had an update and guess what they added. No, its not a new class, but a new game mode! King of the Hill is brand new and is really fun to play.

King of the Hill (KotH) is an intense new game mode focused around a single central capture point that must be defended for three minutes. Gameplay begins with the point initially locked—after a short time, it will open for capture by either team. Once the point is captured by a team, their team clock will start a three minute countdown. If the enemy team manages to capture the point back, their clock will start counting down while the other team’s clock freezes at the time the point was recaptured.
Wow, this new game mode actually sounds pretty fun. Well go download that update and start being king of your hill!

A New Beginning

Posted by AvonGenesis

Hey guys! Just wanted to say that I am now transforming this blog into a gaming news and tech blog. I had fun posting my adventures during the Neo Steam beta and also had fun blogging. Since the contest has ended, I felt that it would be great to keep the blog alive since I had so much fun editing and writing. What I will be posting is just game news and tech tips/hints.

Mobbing Madness

Posted by AvonGenesis

Woo, today was great! Haven't really been doing much lately other than goofing off. No leveling for me!


So what did I do instead of leveling? Well, I took the time to quest! I completed all the level 1-10 quests via the quest board helper person. I bet over half of you guys haven't even completed half those quests. That took a good 4 hours of my time. The great thing about it was that I am higher level so I can swift through these quests with ease, for example, look at all the things I could mob if I was still level 12!

Hmm, what else did I do? I took the time to upgrade my off-road buggy into a mining buggy so I could mine rendin to upgrade my steam rider (Its at upgrade 3.0 now). Oddly enough, it doesn't seem faster but slower, hopefully the next upgrade will be better.

I also went to battlefield, I only go for the prestige because I love towering high over people in numbers (in this case its prestige ranks).

Steam Rider

Posted by AvonGenesis

Guess who got a nice riding machine today! Last night A LOT of my items got sold so I was very happy! I made about 5,600,000 gold so I was able to buy armor and invest into this speed machine.


I gotta admit, its faster than the off-road buggy. I rode it all around Elerd, I was that happy. I even had the chance to upgrade it to grade 2.0. I had most of the items except for the ever-so expensive, Silver Seril Stones.

Remebering something I did a while back in Global, I farmed the other nation's outpost/guard captains. So I went to Rogwel and camped the Dolph guard captain for his loot. He dropped it most of the time so I had enough Silver Serils in no time. He also dropped a lot of Senalith and Neralith. Those might come in handy. Thats all I did today and now I'm going to TP train because we ALL need TP. You gotta stay on 24/7 if you want to get a decent amount of TP anyways so train whenever you can!

Treasure Blitz

Posted by AvonGenesis


Guess what I did today? I did absolutely nothing! Lately I haven't been leveling because of financial issues. I have some items up in the market but it seems that some people just don't like them (Or maybe its my high prices, i like to believe the other). So I'm putting my leveling on hold until I can gear up again. I'm still using my accessories from level 21 and armor for level 36.


Well that won't stop me from actually playing because I usually go on to attend battlefield now, go to the outposts if they need help, and most of all, attend events like the one that was hosted today! Treasure blitz today was fun, I get a few kills but couldn't get anymore due to the large amount of people (and the lag). I only stayed for the first two rounds because after that, I crashed and didn't feel like going back on to experience lag to the 10th power. It was fun though, I hope they do more events like this.

First Real Raid

Posted by AvonGenesis


Today was amazing! We went on a raid, with 3-4 parties and killed all the maestros in the three towns in Rogwel. This is the sole reason why I play Neo Steam at all. It is to go on raids and cause mayhem. I also like to fit in a little PVP action.


OsamaPaladin arranged the event and before I knew it, we had a bunch of people showing up wanting to participate, including me. I thought I would die the first time but it turns out I lived throughout the whole thing! I didn't get any loot though so it sucks, but this was my first taste of something thrilling! We were going to raid both Rune and Volt but I was only able to attend the Rune raid. I hope to get higher level so I can actually tank the guards better and not having to rely on anyone else for my safety. I'll post some more pictures below to show you how much fun I had.




Official Launch Is Here

Posted by AvonGenesis
06-12-09

PS3 Slim Officially Announced

Posted by AvonGenesis
08-20-09

Treasure Blitz

Posted by AvonGenesis
06-16-09

Team Fortress 2: King of...

Posted by AvonGenesis
08-12-09

Sightseeing Around Elerd Kingdom

Posted by AvonGenesis
05-26-09

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