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December 11, 2008 by Island Dog
Everyone likes a sale, right?  Well from December 11th to December  14th we have a HUGE sale going on in the Impulse Store ! Project Aftermath - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate - $3.99 Political Machine 2008 - $3.99 Space Rangers 2 Complete - $3.99 Supreme Commander - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords - $9.99 MyColors: Winter Wonderland - $9.99 World of Goo - $19.95 It’s a chance to pickup some great games and softwa...
December 11, 2008 by Island Dog
Everyone likes a sale, right?  Well from December 11th to December  14th we have a HUGE sale going on in the Impulse Store ! Project Aftermath - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations I: Ultimate - $3.99 Political Machine 2008 - $3.99 Space Rangers 2 Complete - $3.99 Supreme Commander - $9.99 Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords - $9.99 MyColors: Winter Wonderland - $9.99 World of Goo - $19.95 It’s a chance to pickup some gre...
December 11, 2008 by Island Dog
After a day or so delay, we're ready to get things going on uservoting for Most Usable & Most Original WindowBlinds s kins and IconPackages.  With so many skins and icons to review, it wasn't easyjudging them.  Icons especially.  But after several grueling days ofexamining entries we have our set of finalists.We've activated the voting pages and added the judges votes andcomments on the individual skin pages.  Click on the big button belowto go to the voting page.  Note ...
December 11, 2008 by Island Dog
The 2008 GUI Championships is an international skinning and graphic design competition where graphic artists from around the world compete for thousands of dollars in prizes.  This year, one of the most popular categories was Icon Packages.  There were tons of submissions and after many hours of reviewing and judging, the nominees for Most Usable and Most Original have been decided. These icon packs, along with other desktop skins, are available for download at www.guichamps.com ...
December 10, 2008 by Island Dog
We have a new contest we are launching next week, and your mission will be to find Stardock’s new mascot, Stardog.   This contest is a scavenger hunt, and will be played as followed: The first clue will always be shown on the Stardog page . Clues are identified by an image of Stardog hidden somewhere on the page. To reveal the clue, click on the image of Stardog, and he will give you a hint for your next destination, where you will need to look for his new hiding spot. ...
December 10, 2008 by Island Dog
We have a new contest we are launching next week, and your mission will be to find Stardock’s new mascot, Stardog.   This contest is a scavenger hunt, and will be played as followed: The first clue will always be shown on the Stardog page . Clues are identified by an image of Stardog hidden somewhere on the page. To reveal the clue, click on the image of Stardog, and he will give you a hint for your next destination, where you will need to look for his new hiding spot...
December 10, 2008 by Island Dog
We have a new contest we are launching next week, and your mission will be to find Stardock’s new mascot, Stardog.   This contest is a scavenger hunt, and will be played as followed: The first clue will always be shown on the Stardog page . Clues are identified by an image of Stardog hidden somewhere on the page. To reveal the clue, click on the image of Stardog, and he will give you a hint for your next destination, where you will need to look for his new hiding spo...
December 10, 2008 by Island Dog
Voodoo Extreme VE3D has Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor, up for Strategy game of the year.  They have a poll asking which was your favorite strategy game of 2008.  Head over and give your thoughts. http://ve3d.ign.com/poll/236/Strategy-Game-of-the-Year
December 10, 2008 by Island Dog
The Holiday season is approaching, so it’s that time to your holiday desktops  going.  The Christmas season is probably the most popular in terms of skinning, as there is a huge variety of winter themed skins in the galleries. Today, we will start out with BootSkin XP .  With BootSkin XP, Windows XP users can change their boot screen to one of the many holiday skins below.
December 10, 2008 by Island Dog
Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor were both nominated for Best Strategy Game in the Best of 2008 Awards on X-Play , which can be seen on G4TV. Sins of a Solar Empire won !    
December 10, 2008 by Island Dog
Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor were both nominated for Best Strategy Game in the Best of 2008 Awards on X-Play , which can be seen on G4TV. Sins of a Solar Empire won ! ,
December 9, 2008 by Island Dog
I’m seeing and hearing from tons of new users, many of which are completely new to the   world of skinning.  It’s great to see new faces around, but I also see some of these users not knowing where to start, or how exactly to use many of the skins found on WinCustomize.com. I wanted to compile a quick list of helpful resources that will be helpful to new users in the quest to make their PC as personal as it can get. WinCustomize Wiki – The WC Wiki is a huge r...
December 9, 2008 by Island Dog
GameSpy.com has voting going on for the Gamers’ Choice Voting for PC  game of the year.  Both Sins of a Solar Empire , and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Anor , are up for voting. Head over to GameSpy and cast your vote! Link: http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/936/936023p1.html  
December 9, 2008 by Island Dog
GameSpy.com has voting going on for the Gamers’ Choice Voting for PC  game of the year.  Both Sins of a Solar Empire , and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Anor , are up for voting. Head over to GameSpy and cast your vote! Link: http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/936/936023p1.html  
December 9, 2008 by Island Dog
GameSpy.com has voting going on for the Gamers’ Choice Voting for PC  game of the year.  Both Sins of a Solar Empire , and Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Anor , are up for voting. Head over to GameSpy and cast your vote! Link: http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/936/936023p1.html