The v2.01 update for Galactic Civilizations II is now out. Frogboy listed some of the notable features, improvements, and more screenshots here . First, the AI is better. I made changes to how the AI decides which planets to colonize and improved how they pick their research projects. The overall "Feel" of 2.01 in terms of pacing and general fun is just much improved really in my opinion. Second, the team fixed some crashes that we had noticed. I'm not sure what c...
Game-addicts.com posted the Elemental: War of Magic announcement news, and also gave their impressions of it. “Since no man is an island, Elemental: War of Magic also does feature multiplayer modes which comprise of traditional skirmish modes and a persistent universe mode (I wonder what that means). The flexibility of submitting your own maps, items, creatures, races, technologies, spells, buildings, environments and much more from right within the game makes the game it...
Game-addicts.com posted the Elemental: War of Magic announcement news, and also gave their impressions of it. “Since no man is an island, Elemental: War of Magic also does feature multiplayer modes which comprise of traditional skirmish modes and a persistent universe mode (I wonder what that means). The flexibility of submitting your own maps, items, creatures, races, technologies, spells, buildings, environments and much more from right within the game makes the game it...
The time has come, and the first voting event for the 2008 GUI Champs is here! Voting for Most Usable and Most Original Animated Wallpaper (.dreams) are now ready. We had 32 .dreams submitted and the judges have narrowed it down to 10 finalists which are now voted upon by the public. Voting this year works a little bit differently than in years past. This year you have three points to distribute in any combination you like to the finalist skins. You must dis...
The Thanksgiving holiday is approaching for many of us here, and although Thanksgiving is not a “big” skinning holiday, there are still plenty of skinners who contribute some holiday inspired works. So if you are looking to Turkify your desktop, take a look at some of the skins below. They will certainly get you started.
Obama introduced his "economic team" today, which consists of more Clinton cronies and leftists who are now set to begin the processing of income redistribution. "We've got to restore some balance to our tax code and the Bush tax cuts were disproportionately targeted to the very wealthiest Americans -- those who were making more than a quarter million dollars a year can afford to pay a little more," the president-elect said. "And it is important if we're going to help pay fo...
BootSkin Pro was part of the Object Desktop 2009 release. It finally allows users of Windows Vista to create and change the boot screen image with a high-resolution image. Whether you either want to change your boot screen, or create your own to share with others, the process is simple. BootSkin Pro allows you to both create and change bootskins, while BootSkin allows you only to change the boot screen. To change the boot screen simply open BootSkin, and scroll through the in...
For Halloween we had a ‘challenge’ for someone to create a version of the WinCustomize mascot, Winky, that is suitable for the holiday. We saw some great entries, but there wasn’t much time given for this, so I wanted to start earlier for the Christmas and Holiday versions. The contest is simple. Create a Christmas and/or Winter Holiday version of Winky that we can use for news postings, articles, etc. You can simply take the image above and use that as your base, ...
Not a bad Monday considering this is a short holiday week for many of us. The popular gallery right now is the new Bootskin gallery for Windows Vista. You can get Bootskin Pro now by becoming an Object Desktop subscriber. Take a look through my weekend picks and tell me what was your favorite skins from the weekend.
I have been using FolderShare for several months, and it has done an excellent job keeping specific folders synced across my PC’s and Mac. It’s seamless, and the sync is almost instantaneous. I read the news recently on the Windows Experience Blog about how FolderShare is being phased out. Taking its place will be Windows Live Sync, which appears to offer the same functionality but with some added features. Here are some highlighted features: More folders...
It’s the weekend! Instead of going outside and doing stuff, take a browse through the wallpaper section and give your desktop a fresh look for the upcoming week. Here are my picks, what are yours?
LIfehacker is having a vote and discussion on the best tool to customize your desktop. "Sure your computer's desktop may be functional out of the box, but some of us need to put the 'P' in PC before we really feel at home at a computer. We love looking at how our readers have customized their desktops , so for this week's Hive Five, we want you to share your favorite desktop customization applications. Keep reading for more details and to nominate your faves in the comments." ...
Neoseeker.com gives their take and initial reaction on the announcement of Elemental: War of Magic. “The story is contained within an "immersive" single player campaign where you are the only person in your kingdom with the ability to channel magic, which you do through mysterious shards scattered throughout the world. The shards are the result of a tremendous cataclysm which occured a century before when "powerful beings waged war across the world" (future prequel/expansion?), ...
Neoseeker.com gives their take and initial reaction on the announcement of Elemental: War of Magic. “The story is contained within an "immersive" single player campaign where you are the only person in your kingdom with the ability to channel magic, which you do through mysterious shards scattered throughout the world. The shards are the result of a tremendous cataclysm which occured a century before when "powerful beings waged war across the world" (future prequel/expansion?), ...
Time is starting to wind down on the deadline for the Most Usable and Most Original Dream categories in the 2008 GUI Champs. At 11:59pm EST tonight the doors for submissions will be closed. After this point, and until user voting ends on these events on November 30th, you will not be able to upload new dreams, or edit existing ones on the site. So if you have any last minute work to do, you better submit it soon! The judging will happen over this weekend, and t...