Windows 8.1 Gave Your Start Button Back? Now Get Rid of It!

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Windows 8.1 Gave Your Start Button Back? Now Get Rid of It!

October 22, 2013 /
Unless you’re running a Surface RT, for which Windows 8.1 was pulled due to a bootup bug, chances are you’re either already running the hotly-anticipated update to Microsoft’s newest OS, or you’re getting ready to take the plunge. There’s a lot of great new features, and the operating system as a whole feels much more polished than the original release version of Windows 8. But at a particular point of controversy is a little icon which once again resides at the far left of the Windows taskbar. ...

Windows 8.1 Gave Your Start Button Back? Now Get Rid of It!

OStober! Windows 8.1 – Two Years With the New Microsoft

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OStober! Windows 8.1 – Two Years With the New Microsoft

October 16, 2013 /
October is going to be a big month for a lot of people in the tech industry. Popular Linux distribution Ubuntu has been regularly releasing updates every April and October for nearly a decade, and earlier this year Microsoft confirmed that their game-changing Windows 8 operating system would be getting its first major update in October as well. If there’s anything that gets a geek excited it’s upgrades, so this week ThinkBoxly will be featuring a special duo of posts covering both new editions of these ...

OStober! Windows 8.1 – Two Years With the New Microsoft

Resident Evil: Revelations – Not About the Zombies (Review)

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Resident Evil: Revelations – Not About the Zombies (Review)

October 11, 2013 /
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I’m tired of zombies. The walking dead have been thoroughly exhausted from their march through seemingly every shooter game to be produced in the last decade, and then some. They aren’t scary anymore. There’s nothing new to be done with them. And no matter how many developers try, zombies just make a bad crutch to lean on when your game is need of some gravity. The fact that Plants vs Zombies exists as one of the better uses of the infected should give ...

Resident Evil: Revelations – Not About the Zombies (Review)

What’s Wrong With Video Games (A Ranting Response)

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What’s Wrong With Video Games (A Ranting Response)

October 03, 2013 /
This week’s post is going to be a bit different than usual. A friend of mine recently pointed me to a certain video by way of Google+. In it, BlimeyCow’s Jordan Taylor rants about what’s wrong with videogames. His arguments aren’t particularly new or original, but it’s worth watching regardless. Take a look: Today I would like to respond to this video and make a few comments to all the gamers out there. Because the fact of the matter is… I Agree… Yes, I agree that games have grown too simple, ...

What’s Wrong With Video Games (A Ranting Response)

Tales of Xillia – “It Just Keeps Gettin’ Better!” (Review)

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Tales of Xillia – “It Just Keeps Gettin’ Better!” (Review)

September 25, 2013 /
There’s never a guarantee that an entry in the long-running Tales series by Namco Bandai is going to make it to English-speaking areas of the world, so when one does show up on western shores people generally pay attention. While in the states the series has always played second fiddle to the quintessential JRPG franchise, Final Fantasy, Tales’ more traditional approach to the genre coupled with a unique fast-paced combat system continues to win over old and new fans alike, especially as gamers ...

Tales of Xillia – “It Just Keeps Gettin’ Better!” (Review)

Nintendo 3DS XL Review – This is (Finally) the Handheld to Have

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Nintendo 3DS XL Review – This is (Finally) the Handheld to Have

September 22, 2013 /
While the WiiU continues to struggle to gain a user base, Nintendo’s other current generation console, the portable Nintendo 3DS, is at last gaining traction and a solid following in both eastern and western areas of the world. Even though the device has been around for a couple of years now, there are still plenty of potential customers out there who are finally finding the growing 3DS library of games enticing enough to consider a purchase. For that reason I figure is still beneficial to release a ...

Nintendo 3DS XL Review – This is (Finally) the Handheld to Have