GADIG Update
February 2, 2010
Hey everyone, this is Jason, one of the officers of GADIG, and I’ll be taking over blogging responsibility (if it’s cool w/ the other officers).
I don’t know if anyone reads this anymore, but I’ll post blogs as if people do.
Our next event will be held on Friday, Feb. 5th in the Piedmont Multipurpose Room, from 5-9 pm. The list of games that will be featured hasn’t been decided yet. Perhaps Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Gears of War 2, or maybe an Xbox Live Arcade game. OR some Wii or PS3 (obviously I don’t play the latter two as much).
Feel free to leave comments about which games you would like to see at the next event.
General Gaming Event Oct 30
October 23, 2009
Friday, October 30th
7:30PM – 11:30PM
Games Included:
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Beatles Rock Band
Halo 3
Left 4 Dead
Free Pizza and Drink for all attendees.
Please feel free to bring controllers and friends.
Halo: ODST Event Pics
September 26, 2009
Thanks to everyone who could make it out to our Halo: ODST event!
Pics…
Halo ODST Launch Party Sep 25th
September 8, 2009
Come Join GADIG for their first event of the Fall 2009 semester with Halo ODST!
Halo: ODST Launch Party
Friday, September 25th 2009
Piedmont Multipurpose Room in Chesapeake
5:00PM to 9:00PM
Pizza and drink available for all attendees
Questions? Concerns? Contact President Sean Banks (sbanks3@gmu.edu).
Canabalt
September 7, 2009
GADIG Tournament Apr 16th
April 12, 2009
GADIG GAMING EVENT!
Thursday, April 16th
Student Union Building 1 Lobby, 6PM – 10PM
Join GADIG for their Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) event.
Pizza and Drink available for all attendees.
Feel free to bring your own friends as well as controllers (labeled please!), since we might be short a few.
Special Note
Turns out we don’t have enough copies of Left 4 Dead to go around. Anyone willing to lend their Xbox 360 copies will be highly exalted and should contact us ASAP. Thanks.
Questions? Concerns? Contact President Sean Banks (sbanks3@gmu.edu).
OnLive: Raising the Bar, Lowering the Requirements
March 27, 2009
The website <http://www.onlive.com> finally reached zero on its countdown, unveiling a gorgeous, yet simple website (although it was a good 15 minutes more before I could actually view it). OnLive says, “after years of development in stealth mode, we finally expose ourselves to the world.” But maybe you’re asking, just what is OnLive?
OnLive will be an online service that plans to revolutionize the way games are played. In its simplest form, it is a casual gamer’s dream come true. Many students go to school every year with their brand new laptops, only to find that they need a GPU to play just about any game they want. Although older computers may not work with OnLive as well, they claim that any entry-level PC or Mac (yes, that’s right, Mac) will be able to use their service, as long as your internet connection is good enough. There will even be an option to buy a small machine that can hook up to an HDTV, changing the way game consoles may be viewed in the future.
So how does it work? OnLive has the ultimate gaming machines, so you don’t have to. The service streams what’s going on in the game to you, and when you input the controls, it sends them via broadband internet to their servers, which calculate the next move, and send the feedback to you again, and so forth. So basically, you’re playing through their computers. OnLive boasts that you will be able to play on the highest graphics, because their machines can take it. For an HDTV, if you want 720p high definition, you’re going to need at least a 5Mbps connection, whereas at least a 1.5 Mbps connection is needed for standard definition.
There will most likely be a monthly service charged involved, and each game to buy will cost extra (although you can demo them to try them out, or rent them, if you prefer), but it sounds like it could be worth it, since you would not have to spend all your money on a gaming machine. OnLive also promises online gameplay, as well as special features, such as replays. The service is set to launch in Winter 2009, and this summer they will begin choosing for the open beta, so sign up now if you want to try it!
Behemoth’s Third Game
March 18, 2009
With the initial success of Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers, Behemoth games is not one to rest lightly on their laurels. Trailer below is from their new game, which bears no title but will satisfy lovers of epic opera music.
Animated Cooperative Platformer…Niceeeeee
Minimalist Design: 4k Java games!
March 9, 2009
Found these while perusing some gaming stories over at Kotaku. It’s quite intriguing what people can make when they are given constraints instead of limitless possibilities. Below is Left 4k Dead, which is surprisingly a good rendition of it’s beefier and prettier cousin.
