Posted on Oct 20, 2008 under General Gaming Tips, Online Games |
What qualities or skills do you need to become a gaming expert? Well for starters you’ll need a full understanding of how the games work and be very skilled at playing them. You’ll also need to enjoy solving problems, because I assure you the will arise.
Did you know that are now even schools teaching you how to become an expert game designer? The world of gaming has become enormously popular in recent years, and shows no signs of slowing down. As a result the education market has even decided to tap into this industry. Just do a search on google for ‘gaming schools’ or ‘gaming programming’ and you’ll find there’s a variety to choose from.
You should also look for and apprenticeship and find training programs that are offered in both your local area and the gaming industry as a whole. These are great ways to learn everything you need to know to become a gaming expert.
In order to become a gaming expert you’ll also need to be willing to expose yourself to new games and gaming systems. You’ll want to take advantage of any and all exposure you can get. By doing this, you’ll not only learn a ton of new strategies but you’ll learn to expand your resourcefulness as well.
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Posted on Oct 11, 2008 under General Gaming Tips |
In modern societies, playing video games and computer games have provided individuals with a great form of escape, being drawn into a world that is entirely different from their own. These forms of games have caused a fad that seems to never fade. Thanks to the constant integration of modern computer technologies, these games continuously evolve, becoming more and more engaging and appealing to players. When we thought that these games have provided the society a great form of hobby or means of passing time, think again. Compulsive gaming and many other psychological problems have related computer and video games as a major factor of addiction. Fun and entertainment are the primary factors that cause addiction. While virtual games provided both, they managed to change the trend and appearance on addiction in the modern world.
Game addicts also manifest addictive behaviors, similar to those that are observed in substance abuse. If an individual tolerates long hours of gaming or becomes miserable and irritable when prevented from doing the activity, he is already affected by compulsive gaming disorder. In worse cases, addicts can become violent or depressed when they are denied of the opportunity to play. When an individual continues to play despite being aware of the adverse consequences that are brought by the activity, then the conditions may now be considered a full-blown addiction.
The disturbing fact about this form of modern-day addiction is that it does not concentrate on a specific age group. When a child is old enough to touch and understand the workings of a video game console, he is already at risk of being affected by this gaming disorder. The sneaky thing about video games is that many parents think of them as a harmless way of spending their kid’s free time. Behind the wholesome graphics, the easily attainable reward-system makes them more appealing and engaging to play, sometimes causing children to spend many hours in front of a game console. On the other hand, adult virtual games provide a great way of escape from the realities of the player’s actual life. Playing computer games or online games allow individuals to create and live a new personality in a virtually created world. To some extent, these games displace friends and families in filling a person’s social needs.
Until today, the diagnosis on video game addiction and computer game addiction is still debated and yet to be finalized. However, similar to those in substance abuse, computer game addiction and video game addiction manifests addictive behaviors as in tolerance of playing at an increasing length of time, constantly thinking about doing the activity, the feeling of the need to lie to cover up the growing dependence on gaming activities and the feeling of irritability and moodiness when prevented from playing virtual games.
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Posted on Oct 06, 2008 under Games Cheat, General Gaming Tips, PC Games |
On virtually every server, primals are the primary method of farming. When people level from 60 to 70, they save their primals to sell for their flying mounts. When people need that few thousand gold for their epic crafted items or epic mount, primal farming they go.
If you are like many World of Warcraft players, you don’t necessarily know of the best spots to farm primals. Some think they know, but don’t realize where the hot spots are at. Here is a quick summary of where and how to farm each primal the quickest.
Primal Earth – Hands down, these are most easily farmed from mining. However, if you are not a miner and are in need of these, the second best place would be the earth elementals on the southwestern region of Nagrand. They are the Shattered Rumblers and are level 66-67. They have nearly a 20% chance at dropping Motes of Earth and you should be able to get 3 to 4 Primal Earths per hour.
Primal Fire – There are a few hot spots for these, but in my opinion, one area is incredibly more profitable than the others. With the release of patch 2.4, there are now a whole army of fire elementals in the Throne of Kil’jaeden in the northeastern region of Hellfire Peninsula. Not only are there lots of fire elementals present here, but they are also on a forced respawn. This means that if there are too low of a number of these mobs up, the game will force spawn more in order to keep a minimum amount always up. If you find yourself farming on non-peak times, it is easy to farm 4 or 5 Primal Fires per hour.
Primal Water – There are two good spots to farm these. The first is Silmyr Lake in northern Terokkar Forest. In the lake, there are Shimmerscale Eels that tend to have a decent drop rate of Motes of Water. The only negatives are that you have to kill them underwater and sometimes there is lots of competition. The second spot to farm Primal Waters is fishing in Nagrand. If you can reach at least 380 fishing skill and have a flying mount, then you can fly around the waterways of Nagrand, searching for ‘Pure Water’ nodes. Fishing in these will grant Motes of Water. Both methods, depending on competition, will result in about 3 to 4 primals per hour.
Primal Air – There is really only one place to farm these and sadly it results in lots of competition. However, they are on a forced respawn! But they are spread out over a large portion of southeastern Shadowmoon Valley, thus making the forced respawn only barely beneficial. I tend to only average 2 to 3 Primal Airs per hour. Hopefully, you do not need many of these!
Primal Mana – Once again, just like the Primal Fires, you can thank 2.4 if you find yourself needing to farm these. Simply accept the quest “Maintaining the Sunwell Portal” from Exarch Nasuun in Shattrath City and then head to Bash’ir Landing in northern Blades Edge Mountain. Kill the ethereal until you get a Bash’ir Phasing Device. Use this and you will be able to see Phase Wyrms. Farm these for very quick Primal Manas. You should be able to get over 5 Primal Manas per hour.
Primal Shadow – These are the worst to farm. If you find yourself needing to farm these, it is easier to farm a different primal, sell them on the auction house, and buy Primal Shadows. But if you insist on farming, head to the Spirit Fields in southwestern Nagrand. Around the enormous crystal mountain are voids. Simply kill them for the Motes of Shadow. You will be lucky to get 2 Primal Shadows per hour. I have killed over 30 of them for not a single mote before.
Primal Life – These are fairly easy to obtain. If you have a character who can herb, simply fly around farming herbs and you are bound to get a decent amount of Primal Lifes. If you do not have an herbalist, then head to Zangarmarsh. The best mobs for these are any bogs in the zone. Some can be found in the northeast of the zone in the Dead Mire, others can be found in Funggor Cavern in the south region of the zone, and more can be found in the southwestern region of the zone by Quagg Ridge. All of these seem to have equal droprates. You should be able to obtain 4 or 5 Primal Lifes per hour. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted on Oct 05, 2008 under General Gaming Tips, PC Games |
Online games, specifically video games have been inevitably invading the worldwide web as time passes by. Such games have been very helpful to us especially when we are feeling lonely and bored about our monotonous life. Furthermore, we tend to look for some enjoyment activities just to feel relax and at ease. That is why sometimes, it is good for us to play driving games.
Many online gamers nowadays, choose to play driving games rather than other breath taking war games. It is because driving games are more users friendly and also has some moral values. As a matter of fact, the simplest thing that you can learn in connection with the driving games is about following some traffic rules as well as to be persistent in reaching the finish line. Furthermore, driving games are not only intended for kids but also to adult gamers. Thus, it is safe to say that driving games were created for people from all walks of life.
In this day and age, more and more companies are popping out in the worldwide web to attract online gamers. Most of these companies are inclined with the driving games. Actually, one of the most favorite driving games sites today is the PlayCarRacingGames.ws. This download site in point of fact also offers free download. It has various kinds of driving games in which any one of us can choose from. Thus, there is indeed no reason for us not to try and play driving cars.
Most of the gaming consoles today make it a lot easier for us, the online gamers to play online and video games. They have actually innovated and improved the controllers, joysticks and other buttons which are necessary while playing driving games. Indeed, our tactical knowledge and motor skills are being well enhanced while we play driving games.
As a matter of fact, there are various forms of vessels as well as vehicles which we can use during our playing time. The possible vessels and vehicles are the boats, cars, Jet Skis, motorcycles and trucks. All these forms of vehicles can be modified and configured depending on our own preferences. Configuration of vessel and vehicle settings is just easy because most of the download sites actually let the gamers design their own car. Though the forms of vessels and vehicles may be different, but still the goal for all driving games is only one. That is to reach the finish line with a ranking of being the first among all other competitors. Reaching the finish line will allow us to take one level higher and can give us a somewhat sense of fulfillment.
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Posted on Oct 03, 2008 under Games Cheat, General Gaming Tips, PC Games |
1. They never run out of mana. Being a warlock myself, this is my favorite feature of the class. Whether I solo, group, or raid; I never have to sit down after a fight and drink. Between life tap and dark pact, warlocks pretty much have infinite mana.
2. Warlocks are a pet class. To some people, this is a perk. It gets lonely always being by yourself if you’re a solo player; so having a pet is a nice friend! They are also useful to tank, DPS, or help with crowd control if you’re interested in more than companionship.
3. They are one of the best classes for solo play. Warlocks are by far one of the best classes for solo play. This includes leveling up, beating elite quests, and even having fun in old world content. I have done everything from solo’ing 3-person and 5-person level 70 quests, clearing 10-man instances in old-world content, and being able to pull over 15 equal level mobs at the same time, killing them all.
4. They are also one of the best farming classes. Because of their high DPS, the use of a pet, and having infinite mana; warlocks pretty much can kill mobs nonstop. This obviously makes farming very easy, as there is little to no downtime.
5. They have three different, but useful, specializations. With most classes, there are only one or two viable specs to DPS as. With warlocks, all three trees are useful in the different aspects of the game. Affliction is useful for steady damage over long periods of time, Destruction is useful for high amounts of burst damage, and Demonology is useful for having a pet or the warlock themselves tank.
6. They bring a decent amount of utility to groups and raids. Warlocks are usually sought for in both groups and raids because they can crowd control with fear and their pet’s seduction, they are the only class to have soul stones, and they can summon free health potions for everyone in their group. They can also summon anyone in the game as long as there are two other players to help. They also can cast debuffs on mobs which will help increase the other classes’ usefulness.
7. They bring a high amount of DPS to groups and raids. On my warlock, I almost always top the damage meter in my groups and on my raids. I have done so with different specs as well. I have topped the meter as both Affliction and Destruction. This means that if played well, warlocks can be a group or raid’s best asset.
8. Warlocks are above-average PvP’ers. Once you obtain a decent amount of PvP gear, warlocks are very fun to PvP with. They can easily kill caster DPS classes and healers. Their only disadvantage is against melees, since warlocks have terrible mitigation against melees and melees have counters to almost every warlock’s escape maneuvers. However, I can almost always be on the top of the killing blow list with just a few deaths at the end of any battleground.
9. They can also be useful tanks for certain encounters. There have been numerous situations where I have tanked certain events. With the Demonology spec, warlocks can have a 20% damage reduction and as many hit points as a normal tank. The combination of the two makes them favorites when tanking mobs that deal elemental damage, as their weak armor is not an issue. If you enjoy playing different aspects of WoW, this can be a nice bonus.
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Posted on Oct 02, 2008 under Games Cheat, PC Games |
You know, nobody likes a cheater. But when it comes to discovering video game cheats, “cheating” isn’t what you’re doing. I prefer to think of it as “discovering shortcuts, tips and tricks,” or video game hints.
Video games have gotten so complex, since the days of Rubix Cubix and Donkey Kong, that the game authors have purposely thrown in some back doors and other shortcuts to aid the exhausted players. However there is a problem, most of these back doors are so well hidden that these same authors have to leak the game cheats or no one would ever find them on their own.
Video game cheat sheets, codes and game hints are sort of useless if you don’t own any video games. Well I’m sure if you have games you probably beat them fast with the aid of cheat sheets, but with online video game stores you can beat more and pay less!
Any web site worth visiting will not only have video game reviews and cheats for you to peruse, but they will also have game walkthroughs. Video game walkthroughs differ from cheats in that they actually “walk you through” the process of achieving some goal. Video game cheats, on the other hand, are often cryptic one or two liners like “Enter xx892 in the password field.”
There are different types of video game reviews. Each have their good and bad points. The other most common writer of video game reviews are the actual end users. While an end user will generally have spent a great deal more time actually playing the various video games on the most popular video game systems, you’ll often find that they are men and women of little words. It’s not unusual to see a review that says “Wow! Kick A** man. I love it!” Now, that’s probably actually saying quite a bit about a particular video game, but — your opinion may vary.
You should remember that you don’t want to invest in a video game until at least a couple of people have taken the time to write a review of the game. Of course, if everyone took this advice then there wouldn’t be any video game review on any game web sites, because everyone would be waiting for someone else to write the review.
Right up there with video game reviews are video game previews. A video game preview is a lot like a movie trailer. They bundle all of the really thrilling parts together and give you a quick peek hoping that you’ll believe that the entire video game is actually as cool as the 90 seconds of video game previews that they let you get a view at. Read the rest of this entry »