Vanu Rangers

They finally are out of beta and released version 4.1 of their reproduction of the classic "Goldeneye" game from the Nintendo 64.

While there is no singleplayer, they have masterfully recreated the joy of multiplayer goldeneye. Except this time it is on the PC and allows for internet multiplayer gaming with way more than 4 players like we were limited to on the N64.

We all know I'm pessimistic about this shit, however, ask yourself, "What exactly makes this so awesome?" Seriously, it just seems like the same shit the game developers have been feeding us the past few years - Flashy graphics, shitty gameplay, and terrible inaccuracies covered by a blanket of hollywood-style action that video game adrenaline junkies jerk off to.

With the new Vanu Corp website launching, any subsequent Eve Online related blog posts can be found here: http://vanucorp.com/blog/1

So me and Val were out on a mission in Enden (0.4) tonite. It was the ever-popular "Damsel in Distress" mission. We cleaned house on the mission and lingered a bit too long during clean-up detail.

I was flying my poorly fitted Merlin and he was in his tanked-to-hell Drake.

I'm getting tired of hearing about how Black Ops is "so awesome" and "such a great game".

I played it. I wasn't impressed.

First of all, besides all the "new bells and whistles", I see no difference from Modern Warfare or Modern Warfare 2. When you shave it down, it's just a giant online digital dick wagging competition.

I was in Best Buy the other day and saw an Nvidia branded video card. I was honestly surprised to see it because typically Nvidia sells the chipsets to manufacturers to make cards with, which is why you see so many other manufacturers making GeForce cards.

I normally buy EVGA or ASUS GeForce cards.

However, with no mailing address and an old EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX that is constantly overheating when playing newer games, I'm seriously considering driving down to Best Buy and purchasing that card.

I've delved into the world of station trading. The basic idea of it is that you put up buy orders for an item and capture a particular item at a lower price and then sell it for higher at the very same station.

Most people, especially mission runners, will dump their loot at the default price at a station. By default means, it goes to whoever has the highest buy order available at the station.

Lately I've been running a lot of L2 and L3 missions to raise my standings with some corps for better tax rates.

Since I'm a drone guy, I've been flying my Myrmidon. I've decided to go with what the masses say and make it into a passive shield tank fit, for ease of combat.

In doing so, here is the advice I was given.

... as many large shield extenders as you can fit, two hardeners, and any other mids shield rechargers. Then lows should be shield power relays until you're just cap stable, then shield flux coils for the rest.

Last night I was finally able to play Starcraft 2 online with some friends. I had tried when I was home on mid-tour leave but was unable to get connected due to some immediate post-release bugs in the game.

It's pretty fun online. The faster gameplay speed was new to me but made the game go quicker, obviously. Also, the different unit and upgrade sets for multiplayer were a welcomed change, although the lack of a medic for the Terran somewhat upset me.

I'm back at it again, making a huge and complicated mission for ArmA 2. I've waited for the ACE2 Total Conversion for ArmA 2 to settle out and get most of their intended content in.