Hey all,

I'm sure most of you have forgotten about Gunny But I just wanted to let you all know Fallout 3 is 50% off for this weekend on Steam (www.steampowered.com).

This is one of those must-own games, like the two original Fallout games, which sadly most people have missed out on due to age or technical limitations. If you're into RPGs at all, or heck even shooters, you owe it to yourself to check it out.

$24.99 USD is hard to pass up; if I didn't already own the collector's edition, I'd be buying it myself.

I hope the day finds you all well!

As you know, I haven't been very verbal lately. I really haven't had much interesting to say. I will be brief.

I really enjoyed Resident Evil 4 on the Gamecube, and have been waiting for 5 for what seems like forever.

Well Resident Evil 5 has arrived, and while some dislike it's gameplay, it was exactly what I was expecting and waiting for, and I'm quite enjoying it, as I'd hoped I would.

In conclusion, if anyone else is playing it and wants a partner or needs help or is just bored, feel free to add me on PSN.

PSN ID= Gunnyhath

Greetings to all who may read this

Hello all. A short while ago I posted about the performance of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky based on my 8800 GTX 768 MB video card. For anyone wishing a reference point to a good upgrade, I went out and purchased a Geforce GTX 280 1024MB video card to replace the 8800 (which sadly is several generations behind after a year).

Well Clear Sky has gone from playable on the stock "high" setting with most of the sliders near the midpoint and a resolution set at 1680x1050, to playable at custom high settings with all the sliders at the maximum and a resolution of 1920x1200. Nothing else has changed in my system except the video card, and the game is now playable with all the eye candy. I should mention that even with this behemoth of a video card, the game does slow down on rare occasion with these very high settings, but could be made perfectly smooth with very minor tweaking (I just prefer the visual quality).

Considering my 8800 GTX cost me nearly $850 after taxes when I got it, and this GTX 280 cost barely more than $500, it's a good trend to see the top of the line coming down in price. Of course, it's still absurdly expensive and I am a crazy man for buying all this hardware, but what can I say, I'm a gamer

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. has always been known for it's immersiveness and it's atmosphere, and with this new engine upgrade the lighting and effects are just gorgeous, and it does give Crysis a run for it's money. The palette is different obviously, this is not a tropical island but the russian plains. Nonetheless it looks great, and gone are most of the small graphical glitches like the visual artifacting during the rainy periods in the first game. KevinV pointed out that there is still no animation between the low-crouch, crouching, and standing positions, you simply snap from one to the other when you push the button. It is lacking some pollish, but I think like the last game it is greater than the sum of it's parts. I may write a full review for this game when I am finished with it, and I plan to upload some video (maybe even HD?) in the next day or two.