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- December 8th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Download Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne Patch 1.24c
Blizzard just released another patch again, bringing up Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne to version 1.24c.Detailed information about Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne patch 1.24c and how it can be obtained a…
- December 2nd, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Ancient Precursors: Before Borderlands There was S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
I got amused that I totally forgot about one of the apparent inspirations for Borderlands. Released in 2007, the first-person shooter put players in the role of a mercenary-scavenger who has to delve…
- November 22nd, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
League of Legends - Wife Ownage
[Updated: Changed the title. Putting up posts when you're bleary-eyed is a bad idea.]My friends and I played League of Legends this night. This was the first time the session was done in a cafe so we…
- November 20th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
League of Legends "Server UNAVAILABLE Are you Connected to the Internet?" Problem - How to Solve
So are you getting this?It's downloading and the error message is driving you nuts.The solution after the jump.Select the launcher then press UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT UP UP DOWN DOWN. Enjoy the game. You al…
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable PC Full Version Freeware Real-Time Strategy (RTS) League of Legends - Installers
Found out that there are two types of installers for the game --- US and UK. I alerted the LoL developers with a query.I've also updated my previous post; I've added the download link for the US versi…
- November 14th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
League of Legends Tips and Strategies
This is by no means a complete guide. I've posted this as a list of things that I keep forgetting ingame. Hopefully others will find this useful as well.I'm using Kayle the Judicator at the moment and…
- November 12th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable PC Full Version Freeware Real-Time Strategy (RTS) League of Legends - First Impressions
Well I don't think now is the time for a review. Clearly, the game is not yet finished, given that the game has only two maps at the moment (one in beta phase) and that the Runes gameplay feature is s…
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable PC Full Version Freeware Real-Time Strategy (RTS) League of Legends - First Victory!
So my wife was still cooking breakfast. I couldn't go back to sleep on an empty stomach. 'Decided to play a practice game online with nine other players.So I finally got on a team where only one was f…
- November 11th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable PC Full Version Freeware Real-Time Strategy (RTS) League of Legends
[Placeholder post for my review of this game.]This DotA clone is from Steve "Guinsoo" Feak, one of the creators of DotA All-Stars.Download links after the jump. The installer installs the latest Direc…
- November 10th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Battletech - MechWarrior 4 Downloadable Full Free FPS PC Game Update
A few weeks back, I wrote about the impending release of several of the MechWarrior 4 games. The release was supposed to be timed with the 25th anniversary of the Battletech games. While it was not re…
- November 9th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable PC Full Version Freeware Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Game Ground Control
[Placeholder post for my review of this freeeware PC game.]A gameplay video with annotations after the jump.
- November 5th, 2009
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- November 4th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Battletech - MechWarrior 4 Downloadable Full Free FPS PC Game Update
So some days back, one of my readers posted on my chatbox (about my article about MechWarrior 4 being released as a downloadable full version free PC FPS game):I felt a bit guilty --- with the Net's h…
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
PC Gaming News: Dragon Age: Origin Gets a 9.5 From Gamespot and Dawn of War 2 Gets a New Campaign
Well I'm once again on a tight schedule so there will be no long-winded freeware game reviews until this Sunday. In the meantime --- exciting news! Dragon Age: Origin gets a 9.5 rating from GameSpot w…
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Freeware Audio PC Utilities Updates: DivX 7.2.1 and K-Lite Codec Pack 5.3.0 Released
Enough said. I'm going to have a heyday this weekend trying out my MP3s with these new versions. :D
- November 3rd, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
VLC Media Player 1.0.3 now out
Yay! Why this news is important after the jump.While Media Player Classic may be the most bug-free freeware media player out there, Videolan stands out as having one of the best audio output in the fr…
- November 1st, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
SITE UPDATE: Downloadable Free PC FPS Full Version Mod Black Mesa
Almost a year back, I made a post about Black Mesa, a mod that recreates the ENTIRE Half-Life one experience from the ground up using the more recent Source game engine. (Yes, apparently, the devs of…
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Glary Utilities - Best Freeware Registry Cleaner?
Licensed registry cleaners are a dime a dozen in the Internet but numerous as they may be, they are really an indispensable part of PC maintenance. (While other friends of mine have their PCs reformat…
- October 31st, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
YouTube Channel Update: Greatest Battles Playlist
Some days back, I launched my "Greatest Battles" playlist on my YouTube channel. I hope to populate it with videos showing me struggling against the baddest, meanest video game encounters.I've already…
- October 28th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Review: Downloadable Free PC FPS Horror Shooter Zombpocalypse
So you've just gone home from the office and all these numbers are swirling in your cranium. Cranium. Yes, to de-stress you want to bash some heads in. You can't do that to your neighbors --- the cops…
- October 27th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
MekTek.net Releases v2.3 of its Downloadable Mechwarrior 2 Remake - Assault Tech 1: Battletech
A few weeks back, I wrote about the impending release of several of the MechWarrior 4 games. The release was supposed to be timed with the 25th anniversary of the Battletech games. While it was not re…
- October 20th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
AMAI 2.54b Now Out (AI Mod for Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne 1.24b)
Since the recent 1.24b patch has rendered AMAI incompatible with Warcraft 3, its creator (a programmer who goes by the alias StrategyMaster) has released version 2.54b.Advanced Melee AI is a third-par…
- October 19th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne 1.24b List of Aspects to Master
(Updated: Included a YouTube link. See below.)It's been a while. Typhoon Ketsana really effed up my ISP, dampening my desire to post the past few days. During this time I immersed myself once again in…
- October 12th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Manually Cleaning Your Registry Can be Dangerous - Back It Up with ERUNT
So I was out of action for several days as I cleaned my registry beyond the usual norm --- I hunted down every trace of VLC, K-lite, and DivX and poof! My PC intermittently froze every time I tried vi…
- October 9th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Nvidia GeForce 191.07 WHQL Hang Crash Desktop Problems
Nvidia's latest WHQL video card driver, the GeForce 191.07 (they dropped the "Forceware" several months back), is not as perfect as its WHQL label claims it to be (one reason why I trust 3rd-party Nvi…
- October 6th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Nvidia GeForce ION 191.07 WHQL Video Card Driver Released
Nvidia just released their ION 191.07 WHQL video card driver. This one supports "GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, and 200-series desktop GPUs and ION desktop GPUs."Details after the jump. This Nvidia GeForce…
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Nvidia GeForce 191.03 Video Card Benchmark Test Results
I finally found the time to feed the Nvidia Geforce 191.03 driver to my bevy of benchmarking software. Surprisingly for a stock Nvidia GeForce driver, this one displays clearer images; the image quali…
- October 5th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Review: Downloadable Free PC FPS Full Version Horror Shooter The Suffering
The Suffering is a third-person horror shooter game from developer Midway Games, the maker of the Mortal Kombat series. In the game, you play as Torque, a man incarcerated for the massacre of his enti…
- September 30th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Update: Imbacore
It's been nearly four days since I last posted. Busy; office work and all. During my absence I've...The list after the jumpDownloaded the latest Nvidia GeForce driver. I'll post my benchmark test resu…
- September 26th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Update: Downloadable Full Version Free FPS PC Multiplayer Shooter Game Alien Arena Version 7.31 is Coming
I just received a letter from the devs of the downloadable multiplayer shooter Alien Arena that Version 7.31 of their full version free FPS PC is coming soon.A list of the features to be implemented--…
- September 21st, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Xtreme-G Nvidia GeForce 190.62 Video Card Benchmark Test Results
As usual this tweaked Xtreme-G Nvidia GeForce video driver delivers crisper colors than its WHQL counterpart.Details after the jump. This tweaked Xtreme-G Nvidia GeForce video driver is a keeper: it p…
- September 19th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
My YouTube Gameplay Videos of the Downloadable Free PC FPS Full Version Horror Shooter The Suffering
I've begun recording and uploading gameplay videos of the downloadable free PC FPS full version horror shooter The Suffering. I'll be posting my review of the game in the next 4-7 days.Gameplay videos…
- September 18th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Leaked Nvidia GeForce 191.00 Drivers
See the download link after the jump.The download link can be found in the forums of Tweakforce. Please take note that this will take you outside this site. The leaked Nvidia GeForce 191.00 are not mi…
- September 17th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Review: Downloadable Full Version Free FPS PC Multiplayer Shooter Game - Alien Arena
(It was late when I made this; might update it tomorrow afternoon.)"Do not run! We are your friends!" so the goblin sappers of Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne are fond of quoting. While millions of game…
- September 10th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
UPDATE: Battletech - MechWarrior 4 Downloadable Full Version Free FPS PC Game Release
MekTek.net, the site responsible for the release of two of the MechWarrior 4 games, has announced the development of a desktop application that will be the "centralized distribution and patching point…
- September 9th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Future-Proof Upgradeable Motherboards - Bad Idea for Budget Gaming PC Owners?
It was all a blasted mistake.Last Saturday, my PC DVD rewriter finally died. I couldn't believe it. My budget gaming PC's on its last months and the son of a gretchin of a DVD rewriter died! One more…
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- September 8th, 2009
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Shazbot has updated his friends list.
- September 6th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable Full Version Freeware Turn-Based Strategy Games Update: UFO: AI August Development News
This downloadable full version freeware turn-based strategy game may be a WIP but nonetheless I'm actively following the development of UFO: Alien Invasion v2.3 --- being an X-Com inspired game, it ha…
- September 4th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
The Harmony Gold (Robotech) vs Fasa (Battletech) Conflict - A Ghost From the Past Floats From its Unmarked Grave
A MekTek administrator publishes his thoughts about the Harmony Gold (Robotech) vs Fasa (Battletech) conflict in light of the former's recent protest about the MechWarrior 5 trailer using one (? 'Not…
- September 3rd, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Where to Download and How to Use Daemon Tools Lite
Several of my posts here are about PC full version downloadable freeware strategy games and FPS singleplayer and multiplayer shooter games. A few of my friends though, have expressed reluctance in dow…
- September 2nd, 2009
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- September 1st, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable PC Full Version Freeware Real-Time Strategy (RTS) Game Battletech - MechCommander Gold
A few weeks back I discovered that MechCommander Gold has been released as freeware. I checked out several screenshots and reviews about the downloadable PC full version Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game,…
- August 31st, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Nvidia GeForce ION 190.62 WHQL Video Card Benchmark Test Results
Fed the Nvidia GeForce ION 190.62 WHQL to my video card benchmark software two nights ago and while F.E.A.R. played smoother this time around, 190.62 displayed some very odd gamma behavior --- in MadO…
- August 28th, 2009
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Shazbot has posted a new entry on: Imbacore
Downloadable PC Free FPS Multiplayer Shooter - Full Game Warsow 0.5 Released
Tired of the usual Quake clones? Want to try something new? What about a full game downloadable PC free FPS multiplayer shooter that lets you---no, not soar the sky on jetpacks, I already covered that…
