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August 2, 2010 by Island Dog
GameZone has posted their preview of Elemental: War of Magic.  This is a great overview of the game, along with some quotes from Stardock’s Brad Wardell. “There are a lot of things you can say about Elemental: War of Magic. But the most important thing might have come from Brad Wardell, the President and CEO of Stardock, and the Executive Producer of the game. “In most [strategy] games, it’s really about your empire, your kingdom, your civilization,” he said. “In Elemental, it’s a...
August 2, 2010 by Island Dog
GameZone has posted their preview of Elemental: War of Magic.  This is a great overview of the game, along with some quotes from Stardock’s Brad Wardell. “There are a lot of things you can say about Elemental: War of Magic. But the most important thing might have come from Brad Wardell, the President and CEO of Stardock, and the Executive Producer of the game. “In most [strategy] games, it’s really about your empire, your kingdom, your civilization,” he said. “In Elemental, it’s a...
August 2, 2010 by Island Dog
As we do every month, a new month means a new post your desktop screenshot thread in the WinCustomize forums.  Take a snap of your desktop and post it to show others what skins and themes you are using! August Desktop Screenshots
July 30, 2010 by Island Dog

We are just days away from another summer month, and as we end July we are one step closer to cooler weather, schools back in session, and the holiday season!  This was an especially great week at Impulse with the announcement that Bethesda Softworks’ titles have arrived on Impulse, starting with Fallout 3 and Oblivion.  We all look forward to more releases on Impulse from them! 

The releases this week started off with Need for Speed World, the action driving MMO from EA where you can race with thousands of other players. 

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On Wednesday, The Guild 2: Renaissance was released worldwide on Impulse.  This RPG brings the 14th century to you, along with 8 new professions, plenty of new goods and buildings, new world maps, and all new scenarios.

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Those are jut a couple highlighted releases from the past week, we also had many more including Commander: Conquest of the Americas from Paradox Interactive, and a new casual game from Kalypso Media called KaroMatiX.  As always, keep informed about Impulse by checking out our www.impulsedriven.net blogs, following @stardock and @impulsedriven on Twitter, and joining our pages on Facebook!

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July 29, 2010 by Island Dog
Today we have released the latest update to the ObjectDock Plus 2 beta, which brings it up to version 1.98.  This update brings lots of user reported fixes and some new features.  The v1.98 update includes: Added "AeroPeek"-like functionality to application shortcuts (Brings AeroPeek-like function to XP as well!) URLs no longer open as all-lowercase Tabbed docks no longer show titles of icons at inappropriate times (e.g. dock is hidden beneath t...
July 29, 2010 by Island Dog
The great folks at Neoseeker have published part 1 of their preview of the Elemental: War of Magic. “The aim with mine is to give you as intimate of a feeling for the game as possible without actually having played it. Besides that, there will also be commentary or background from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell along the way on the various components from the game as derived from a recent roundtable discussion.” Check it out at Neoseeker !
July 29, 2010 by Island Dog
The great folks at Neoseeker have published part 1 of their preview of the Elemental: War of Magic. “The aim with mine is to give you as intimate of a feeling for the game as possible without actually having played it. Besides that, there will also be commentary or background from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell along the way on the various components from the game as derived from a recent roundtable discussion.” Check it out at Neoseeker !
July 29, 2010 by Island Dog
ShackNews.com has some exclusive Lore Excerpts  from the lore book included with the limited edition of Elemental: War of  Magic. Head over to Shacknews to check it out! http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64922
July 29, 2010 by Island Dog
ShackNews.com has some exclusive Lore Excerpts  from the lore book included with the limited edition of Elemental: War of  Magic. Head over to Shacknews to check it out! http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/64922
July 29, 2010 by Island Dog
These Journolist documents are just great.  I mean what a fantastic discovery this was, which validates every single accusation about the “liberal media” made by people for years.  As much as the media is trying to hide the story, and even trying to spin it as a conservative conspiracy, the documents tell the story.  The media is extremely biased for democrats, liberals, progressives, etc. “The single biggest thing journolist can do is to lay the analytical framework wi...
July 28, 2010 by Island Dog
As requested, we have a new tutorial up showing how to create animated .png strips for use in a variety of skinning applications like CursorFX, DesktopX, and more.  Creating Animations for CursorFX, DesktopX, WindowBlinds, and More
July 28, 2010 by Island Dog
In catching up with tutorials and guides for users, the first requested one was how to make animated images for use specifically in CursorFX.  However, these can be used a variety of other skinning apps including DesktopX, WindowBlinds, etc. First you have to create the image you want to animate.  The most common app will most likely be something like Photoshop, although I do know some skinners who will use 3D applications to make some of those awesome cursor themes you see on Win...
July 26, 2010 by Island Dog
Hey everybody!  Hope you had a great summer weekend, and today we get the ball rolling with some featured picks from the past few days!  
July 26, 2010 by Island Dog
Stardock announced today that Bethesda Softworks’® titles , which include the 2008 Game of the Year, Fallout ® 3, and the 2006 Game of the Year, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® are now available on Impulse, the digital download platform for PC games. “Bethesda Softworks’ catalogue represents some of the most beloved video games ever made,” said Brad Wardell, CEO and president of Stardock. “We’re thrilled to add these titles to our catalogue.” “We are very excited to...
July 23, 2010 by Island Dog
Woo hoo, Friday at last!  We have an awesome CursorFX skin, icon set, DX theme, wallpapers and WindowBlinds skin in this weeks edition of This Week in Skinning.  Check it out and have a great weekend! This Week in Skinning-July 23rd