Entries from August 2008

August 31, 2008

Weekly Video Review #31

It’s time for weekly video review #31!
http://www.wegame.com/watch/Weekly_Video_Review_31/
Today we review 4 videos, talk about Fable II, and get interrupted by a skinny guy named Vivek. Fun for everyone.
Take our new WeGame Quizzes and show us all how ubar l33t you are:
http://quiz.wegame.com/
Here are this week’s videos:
The GMOD Calculator
Garry’s Mod
ief015
http://www.wegame.com/watch/The_GMOD_Cal…
Sniper frag movie
Team Fortress 2
hug999
http://www.wegame.com/watch/Sniper_frag_…
Soul’s Music Extravaganza: Top 10 [...]

August 27, 2008

WeGame Quizzes!

Hey WeGamers!
I just wanted to let you know, for those of you that haven’t noticed, that we released our new feature today, WeGame Quizzes! Find out which World of Warcraft character you are, or how well you know Counter Strike, and much much, more at quiz.wegame.com. Be sure to grab your badge at the end [...]

August 26, 2008

More Teaser Screenshots!

I’ve been working hard on my new movie! I have most of it done and only have one-and-a-half scenes left to go. Will I finish it by the end of the week? I hope so!
Here are some more teaser screenshots to tide you over:

Teaser 07

Teaser 08

Teaser 09

Teaser 10

Teaser 11

Teaser 12

-Ox

August 22, 2008

Weekly Video Review #30

Check it out here:
http://www.wegame.com/watch/Weekly_Video_Review_30/
It is time for video review #30! In it we give you a nice sneak peek at Blizzard’s Wrath of the Lich King, review three great videos, give out prizes and generally have way too much fun.
This week’s user of the week is MovieMak3rz! He gets some seriously sweet WeGame swag. Check [...]

August 20, 2008

Fallout 3 Official Release Announcement

Fallout 3 has been officially announced by Bethsada Software for October 28th. If you’re anything like me, this makes you very, very excited.
I’m working on getting my Macbook to boot into Windows so I can play Fallout 1 and 2 again, and playing through Oblivion in the evenings to get used to the engine for [...]

August 19, 2008

Videogames Tied to Intelligence and Coordination (again)

Browsing the internet today I saw an article that really caught my eye. It’s pretty big, but I’m happy to paraphrase it down for you

Video games help develop planning skills in children
Gaming surgeons tend to perform better (and faster) than non-gaming surgeons of comperable experience.
Gaming encourages team work.
Gaming encourages critical thinking.

Beyond being pretty obvious to [...]

August 19, 2008

Oxhorn’s Latest Movie

Here is an update on my latest movie! It will be called “Mighty Morphin’ Midget Gnomes UNITE!” and I am making great progress. Here are some teaser screenshots for all ye fine WeGame folk:

Teaser 01
Teaser 02
Teaser 03
Teaser 04
Teaser 05
Teaser 06

-Ox

August 15, 2008

Weekly Video Review #29

It is time for Weekly Review 29! Gorndt and I are accompanied today by Peter, our fine Chinadian friend, who is sure to get many emails from females.
This week’s user of the week is Zorlac666! Check out his channel here:
http://www.wegame.com/user/Zorlac666/
Our winner of last week’s contest is BishopInChief! This week’s contest is “Best Character Design”. Does [...]

August 13, 2008

Oblivion

Hey WeGamers!
I recently started playing The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I realize that I’m roughly 2 or 3 years behind the curve on this, but what the heck. When I first saw the game, my friend told me “Essentially you go into towers, take the thing out of the tower, and then do it again.” [...]

August 12, 2008

New NVidia technology

Hey WeGamers!
User theineffablebob uploaded a few videos of the new NVidia PhysX engine.

NVIDIA PhysX Particle Fluid Demo
NVIDIA The Great Kulu Tech Demo Info
NVIDIA The Great Kulu Softbody PhysX Tech Demo

I thought they were really neat. It’s interesting that, as gamers, we’ve seen such an amazing improvement in technology. Donkey Kong came out in 1981, and [...]