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It's that time of year again for Quakecon! Quakecon is one of the largest FREE LANparties in all of USA and probably the world for that matter. Quakecon is an annual event hosted by the people who make Quake (id software) and a bunch of volunteers. They...
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I had heard rumors, or stories from a friend of a friend that Cox Communications would be upgrading their two top end residential internet tiers. So naturally I took this news with a grain of salt until last night when I received a plain old snail mail...
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There is a fine little article here about Cox Communications and what they are doing to delivery better internet and entertainment services than ever before. In short Cox is taking many different approaches to improve bandwidth effeciency along all of...
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A bunch of t he NOLAFF staff members have managed to have nothing to do this upcomming Friday night so we figured we would host a Team Fortress 2 battle. Come and play on the server and give us a run for our money (a.k.a. Get the beating you deserve)!...
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Just in case you live under a rock (or Fema trailer) Valve's Orange Box has been released. Once your done playing all the levels in Portal (and you get your cake) come and join us on the NOLAFF Team Fortress 2 server. The ip is nolaff.com. That should...
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Cox has deployed Switched Digital Video (SDV) in Virginia in the hope of releasing more bandwidth to deliver more HD channels. SDV works by only "turning on" watched channels. Currently Cox delivers all their channels all the time wether or not anyone...
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With NOLAFF 22 less than 24 hours away I figured I would do a quick FAQ about the event tomorrow and what you will need in order to be prepaired. It has been awhile since we held a LANparty so for the most part this FAQ is meant to be a simple refresher....
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Like almost everyone I know that has an HDTV the only grip/complaint that we have about our HDTVs is that there is not an adequate amount of content. I find that I'm so spoiled by the picture quality that HD brings that to watch anything not in HD is...
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NOLAFF 22 has a date booked and set in stone for Saturday June 30th. This event is going to be held at the usual hotel location at the Days Inn and is located at 3400 I-10 Service Road, South, Metairie, LA. 70001 . So far this event is going to be console...
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For those who may not know Blizzard has had a countdown each day for the past week and a half describing the wonderful games they have made over the years. The countdown was active for a big announcement that Blizzard is officially announcing Starcraft...
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The HD-DVD add-on drive for the 360 just got an update that makes the unit that much better. If you haven't gotten into the next generation of DVD players (HD-DVD, and Blu-ray) and you have a nice BIG screen HDTV you may want to give them a look. The...
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I've confirmed with our host hotel that they have finished all reconstruction and that the ballrooms that we use for NOLAFF are once again opened! What we now need to know is what would you guys like to play? We have done everything from PC, XBOX, XBOX...
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The Xbox 360 update for Spring 07 is almost here and several new tweaks and features for the 360 will be introduced. Microsoft will be introducing tweaks to the messaging abilities of the 360 and even releasing a new thumb keyboard for messaging. Should...
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As you can tell from the title of this post the 360 version of Guitar Hero II controller works perfectly in Windows. So you know what that means? Plenty of extended play value via Guitar Hero II controller and Frets on Fire ! For those who do not know...
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Gaming Target has an updated list of console exclusive games and the rules by which all games were judged as being exclusive or being denied the label of exclusive. After the count the 360 has the most "exclusive" titles and easily beats out the PS3 and...
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So with MMO's being as popular as they are for a gamer to become banned for whatever reason can be like an agonizing hell for the serious MMO player. Multiply that torture by the minutes that you have invested into your character/account and it quickly...
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According to the site here it's only a matter of time until Gears of War ends up on the PC. We already have a ton of game ports, but what I would really like to see a convergence of titles where PC gamers can interact with console gamers, and it has happened...
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gg Guys :) (View the entire post to see the Image) -- Sal...
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Still wondering if you should take the plung and upgrade to Vista? Well you know eventually you will, but for the potential early adopters installing Vista only to find out that the one program you can't live without won't work on Vista really sucks....
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With Mardi Gras already in swing I figured it couldn't hurt to give some pointers as to what is possibly the best Mardi Gras Chair/seat/couch solution EVER ! Once the parade is over you can simply bring it together, throw it away, or just remain seated....
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Two friends were playing Wii sports while one was standing doing the full body motions (that nature intended) the other was sitting down "keeping it real" and was just flicking his wrist. The flicker said, "I have been playing games for years by pressing...
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update: engadget -- Sal Well you can see from the link here and here that 3 UPS employees stole about $19,000 worth of PS3 equipment that was supposed to be shipped to various retailers. I thought shipments to our area seemed to be a bit lighter than...
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Cox Communications never really does do a good job at communicating with it's customers about new changes/upgrades to their services. You usually hear about them long after they have been added, unless if you notice them yourself. First they have added...
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The three consoles have been compared and graded by Entertainment Weekly with the pros and cons of each of the next gen consoles. The 360 has run away with the highest grade of A- for having the best overall benefit as of now. Last year today (November...
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Credit Suisse has increased Microsoft's stock from "neutral" to "outperform" due to their strong standing and gains in the digital entertainment market. In other words Microsoft stock is getting an upgrade because the Xbox 360 is looking good compared...
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