HardwareWhat Eddie's Playing

Hey all! In an attempt to start a more regular series of blog posts, I thought I’d share my thoughts on the games I’m currently playing. Since I can’t do full review articles on everything I play, I’ll do my best to keep you updated with some bits of info on games that won’t make the front page news, but are equally worth talking...

Hey all! In an attempt to start a more regular series of blog posts, I thought I’d share my thoughts on the games I’m currently playing. Since I can’t do full review articles on everything I play, I’ll do my best to keep you updated with some bits of info on games that won’t make the front page news, but are equally worth talking about.     This week, I’ve been playing Too Human for the Xbox 360. If you’re not familiar with the game, it’s an exclusive for the 360 and one that has been heavily anticipated for quite some time. If you pay attention to the news in the gaming world, you’ll have learned that the game’s developer, Silicon Knights has conjured up a bit of controversy by slapping a lawsuit on the folks who licensed the Unreal Engine 3 to the team for creating the game. According to SK, they got short changed and had loads of trouble getting the game to run efficiently on the engine. Not sure who’s at fault here, and I’m not even sure about the outcome of the lawsuit. But what we do know is that that game finally made it to the store shelves earlier this month.   Too Human is more or less a glorified hack-n-slash game with an equal focus on both melee weapons and guns. While there is a fairly interesting story that you can actually follow, it's overshadowed by the combat sequences which are pretty much the meat of the game. Basically, you're given an interactive story element... [ Read more on www.anandtech.com ]

HardwareThe NZXT Khaos Case

We just reviewed the CyberPower Gamer Xtreme XI system with a 4.0GHz QX9770 and SLI GTX 280s that comes in an NZXT Khaos case. We thought it would be good to provide a separate look at the case since it has some cool features and looks quite nice. The Khaos case has been available for several weeks now. It is a full-tower offering a lot of space, with five...

HardwareCisco buys into e-mail with $215M PostPath acquisition

Cisco plans to add PostPath's e-mail and calendaring capabilities to its on-demand Web Ex Connect collaboration platform.