Top Tools: Transferring an OS Installation DVD to USB

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Top Tools: Transferring an OS Installation DVD to USB

April 07, 2013 /
With an increasing number of PC users no longer finding an optical drive necessary, it has become common to offload tasks normally given to writable CDs and DVDs to more flexible and portable devices like USB flash drives or SD cards. However, there is one operation that still almost universally relies on some form of optical storage: installing an operating system. With so many tools out there available to (attempt to) carry out the task of transloading OS installation files to portable media, how is one ...

Top Tools: Transferring an OS Installation DVD to USB

Why I’m Getting a Tablet (by an anti-tablet guy)

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Why I’m Getting a Tablet (by an anti-tablet guy)

March 13, 2013 /
As you can probably imagine, I’ve had some experience with tablets as they’ve boomed over the last couple of years. But what might surprise you is that a tech guy like me has not ever personally owned a tablet of his own. If you ask me, a smartphone and a laptop completely cover the functionality a tablet offers. What’s the point of a tablet? And yet, despite wondering about the answer to this question, I’ve made the decision: I’m getting into the tablet universe. Why? (+) A Consuming Device ...

Why I’m Getting a Tablet (by an anti-tablet guy)

Tomb Raider First Impressions

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Tomb Raider First Impressions

March 05, 2013 /
Tomb Raider. That name will as surely spell excitement for some as it will disappointment for others. Like certain other long-running series’ of games (e.g. Final Fantasy), Tomb Raider has seen its ups and downs among gamers over the past decade and a half. Personally I’ve enjoyed every one of the games despite their differences, but ever since 2002’s Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness flop, new developer Crystal Dynamics has been hard pressed to create a game that truly pleases long-time fans of the ...

Tomb Raider First Impressions

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Will Steam’s New Big Picture Mode Save PC Gaming?

February 05, 2013 /
I have a confession to make: up until now, I was a PC gamer that didn’t use Steam, Valve‘s mega-popular digital gaming distribution center. Gasp! And why not? Well, simply because from my perspective, Steam was ill-fit in the PC gaming world. To me, playing a game on my PC meant installing an independent program that I could do with as I saw fit (within legal boundaries of course). I didn’t see the sense in installing a program that allowed me to install other programs inside it. That just made my ...

Will Steam’s New Big Picture Mode Save PC Gaming?

What’s up with the Windows 8 App Store?

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What’s up with the Windows 8 App Store?

December 14, 2012 /
Ok, so before I get started, let me make it quite clear that I love Windows 8. Contrary to what many suggest, I would consider it a necessary upgrade from Windows 7 due to increased performance, a more efficient UI, cool new functionality thanks to the new Start screen and its apps…oh, wait. While most of those points may be true, Microsoft may be missing things on one critical level, and if they don’t correct it soon, the damage may be difficult to repair, ever. The Windows 8 app store started out ...

What’s up with the Windows 8 App Store?

Euclideon, Unlimited Polygons – The Future of Gaming?

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Euclideon, Unlimited Polygons – The Future of Gaming?

October 16, 2012 /
Polygons. They’re all around us. Well, when we’re playing games, anyway. And while polygons are generally pretty well regarded in the gaming scene for being the means by which we get all those fancy 3D models, could it be that we’re actually severely limiting our games by using polygon-based 3D engines? Australia-based company Euclideon says “yes”. Last time, I ran a post on how a new technology from a relatively nameless company is seeking to revolutionize the CPU–and how it makes sense that ...

Euclideon, Unlimited Polygons – The Future of Gaming?