I am very impressed with the way Theme Manager 3 is turning out. It’s going to the central starting point for all my skins, as I can easily create my entire desktop through Theme Manager 3. There are a few things I would like to see added from a users point of view. Vertical Scroll option. I don’t mind the horizontal scroll, but I would like to see the option for a vertical scroll as well. Scrolling through with my mouse is just much easier. ...
G4TV has a special hands on look at Demigod. Brad Wardell walks through some elements of the game, and shows off the beautiful graphics as well.
Gamasutra has another interview with Stardock CEO, Brad Wardell, about Stardock’s game lineup for the next several years. "What we try to do is we want to release a title every first quarter of every year," CEO Brad Wardell tells Gamasutra. "For as far out as our schedule goes -- that's five or six years -- there's a game coming out." The PC-exclusive studio, which also runs the Impulse digital download service, has a history of skipping the mad ru...
It’s been a while, but I’m glad to announce the next skinners which have been promoted to the rank of Master here on WinCustomize. Congrats goes to ChaNinja and APB . Over the past couple of months, we have had a lot of discussions regarding WinCustomize Masters, and we have a nice list compiled and after hours of voting and discussions these two were voted for as Masters. Both are long time WC members and are very talented artists. Please give them a big c...
WinStep has a deal going today where you can get WinStep Extreme for 50% off the normal price. WinStep Extreme includes a set of enhancement tools including NeXuS, WorkShelt, NextSTART, ‘modules’, fontbrowser, and more. Winstep Xtreme is supported by an active community of themers with hundreds of resolution independent themes readily available for download. Check out the Winstep gallery right here at Wincustomize . This is a limited time sale, and will end later today, so h...
Big Download has an interview they did with Gas Powered Games which discusses various aspects of the upcoming PC game, Demigod. “ First, how did the idea for Demigod come about? The idea for Demigod started with Chris Taylor and John Comes setting out to investigate creating a real-time strategy game in the Dungeon Siege world. From that starting point, John and Chris explored many options, but ultimately settled on a game that was less RTS and more action. T...
IGN also got a preview of Elemental recently, and they give initial thoughts and impressions on what they saw. “Why the excitement? Well, there's the fact that 15 years after its release there still hasn't been a fantasy strategy game that matches of Master of Magic, or MOM as it is affectionately called. Some franchises, such as Age of Wonders, have come close, but they didn't quite capture the gameplay, random maps, and replayability of MOM. If you never played MOM, it could be...
IGN also got a preview of Elemental recently, and they give initial thoughts and impressions on what they saw. “Why the excitement? Well, there's the fact that 15 years after its release there still hasn't been a fantasy strategy game that matches of Master of Magic, or MOM as it is affectionately called. Some franchises, such as Age of Wonders, have come close, but they didn't quite capture the gameplay, random maps, and replayability of MOM. If you never played MOM, it could be...
The folks over at GameSpot take a “first look” at Elemental: War of Magic, the recently announced fantasy strategy game from Stardock. The time they did spend with Elemental seemed to leave quite an impression. “Elemental: War of Magic is one part Master of Magic, one part Civilization, and one part Total War, with a dash of The Lord of the Rings fiction sprinkled in for good measure. And from our brief first look at the game, Elemental is also one of the more p...
The folks over at GameSpot take a “first look” at Elemental: War of Magic, the recently announced fantasy strategy game from Stardock. The time they did spend with Elemental seemed to leave quite an impression. “Elemental: War of Magic is one part Master of Magic, one part Civilization, and one part Total War, with a dash of The Lord of the Rings fiction sprinkled in for good measure. And from our brief first look at the game, Elemental is also one of the more p...
I have talked about how to record screencasts and videos of such things like .dreams, and I always have given the highest recommendation to Camtasia Studio by TechSmith . Today, they have announced the release of Camtasia Studio 6, and along with it brings some slick new features. You can see a video of the new features in action here . “Camtasia Studio records exactly what users see on their computer screens, what they say and how they interact with any website or Window...
Moving right along towards the end of the year, and since it’s the first week in November it’s time to review the .dreams (animated wallpapers) from the previous month. The .dream gallery always proves to be an interesting view of creativity, as some of these animated wallpapers are just wild. Now for this months video! To use .dreams (animated wallpaper) you need to have Windows Vista and Stardock's DeskScapes installed.&nbs...
Object Desktop 2009 is rapidly approaching, and today Frogboy gives us a much more detailed look at the completely new Theme Manager 3. Theme Manager 3 has received a huge overhaul, and the first thing you will notice is the new user interface. However, there is much more in terms of improvement than just a visual look. Check out the full preview for a closer look!
I have been trying to get my desktops changed up for this month, and the wallpaper is something I’m always stuck on. Not because I can’t find any, just because I can’t choose between all the great ones coming in. Here are some of the wallpapers that really caught my eye this week.
Stardock has released a major free update to its award-winning PC strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II. The update adds a host of new features to its latest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor as well as expands on features found in the Dark Avatar expansion pack. Galactic Civilizations II was originally released in 2006 and won numerous PC game awards including “Turn-based Strategy Game of the Year from GameSpy”. In 2007 the first expansion pack, Dark Avatar ...