Im loving IPX at the moment, the pop in Mumble and say “hey, lets play today, who’s down” followed by a group of “Hells yeah, Im down” is just epic… so props to the ladies and gents of IPX for starting the year off on a high.

This Blog will hopefully add something to that list…

I like my flying, I didnt so much like the crap that was “Jets in BF3, Awesome” stoopidness and epicly failness that it was. Quite frankly the engine couldnt do what a real flyer could, the controls were broken, poorly supported and the “unlock” system was punishing to people who came in late…
To put it up there with good flight games is just wrong, so i’ll move on.
The best flight sim/action series has to be ACE COMBAT by Namco… they get it right and keep improving it. Distant Thunder on the PS2 was seriously one of the best games produced, engine and visually!
Problem was it was stuck on consoles… untill now!

So Steam is on Linux, and Valve look to be making a “Steam Box” console with a Linux base. So us purist geeks can finally game with the rest of you, sortof.

While I sit here and experience Steam in it’s full glory (i.e. wait for it to update again) I thought I should let you know the games I’ve been enjoying.

So far I’ve tried TF2 long enough to know that I don’t like it. I think I could enjoy the vanilla game with friends, but the pub servers seem to be a cesspool.

Mostly, though, Crusader Kings 2 has eaten up hours of my time. If you’re into some serious grand strategy, then give this a go. This review, although very positive, makes it clear who would and wouldn’t like this game.

http://kotaku.com/5972744/why-crusader-kings-ii-should-be-game-of-the-year

Im trying to remember a game… But i cant I’m getting old, and I can’t remember things as well as I should… And when I think that what im trying to remember was about half my lifetime ago… But all that means is I’ve been gaming too long and I’m getting too old!

Help, mainly from Fuzz, Oz and Kazashi… But many of the older IPXers may have played it too!
“It came from a Macca CD”
It was a cartoonie driving game (top viewish). The cars in this context always appeared to me to be like micro machines (no it wasnt micro machines. One was a yellow monster truck which growled when you hit turbo, a black hotrod with flames and a crazy laugh turbo, a police car with turbo siren, a monkey ambulance, a red sports car, school bus with screaming kids and others.
The tracks were crazy: a jungle where you’d race over rope bridges and jump a volcano, a town where you had to beat a speeding train and a port where you’d jump boats!
We used to IPX it up and would love to play again!

It’s finally over! The damn lockout is no more! Woo! http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=649086&navid=nhl:topheads

Well, tentatively anyway….

Wishing all TeamIPX a pr0sper0us and fun gaming year to all…….

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