Exposing my socks to the world

Over at TotL they have a nice article on overclocking a 486. This is kind of an old article, but it’s still really impressive what they were able to do with marginal hardware.


Quote:The Freezer used is a Lec Power Larder, chosen for its superior freezing ability. Its dial can be raised to a freezing factor of 11, where most freezers can only manage a pathetic 10. A large portion of the success of this experiment can be attributed to this (rather than the skill of the technicians).

Here are some pictures of a simple, yet good looking XBox mod. He made it look like it was carved out of a rock. Good stuff.

Just saw this over at The temple ov thee lemur. They have a sweet Geek Name Generator. It’s fairly accurate too.

I have spent hundreds of hours and have come with a complete strategy guide for all games. This guide contains all the best information, and is the companion to good gamers everywhere. You can find the guide here.




Enjoy!

I have updated the Ultimate Strategy Guide. It now has a search feature, as well as a new layout.

Over at Data Doctorin’ they have some good articles about computers that are worth a read:

Defraggling your motherdisc
Building an desktop

Cleaning your keyboard, and

Changing your graphic card


He has some other computer knowledge just sitting there for the taking. For free!

One of my favorite quotes:

“First you’ll need a well stocked tool-box of data implements.

Things you’ll need are: Data-grinder, USB-wrenches, card tong, cryptokeys (forged), zip pliers, Defragmagneto, BIOS chisel, CPU lubricant, a weld and a datamachine to modify.

Just because the NES hasn’t been manufactured in several years, that doesn’t mean that it’s been abandoned. There are still some sites that have an insane amount of information on it. It’s good to see that I’m not the only NES fan out there.

According to the game’s readme, the premise of the game goes like this… “The legendary superhero Spector has found, to his shock, that he cannot write off all the damage he has caused to the city out of his taxes unless he proves that he has sustained significant damage in the process himself! Now it’s up to you to ‘help’ him with this little detail..”



So what does that mean? Essentially it means that you now have a person standing at the top of some stairs just waiting for someone to shove him off. You score points based on the amount and kind of damage you do, with neck damage worth the most. The game keeps track of high scores and can send them to the author’s web-site so you can see how you stack up against other Porrasturvat players.



This game is pretty fun for a while. It’s (probably) not the kind of game you’ll spend hours at a time on, but it’s an awesome time waster.

In order to spread my vast knowledge of gamers and their culture, I have compiled just such a chart: http://crummysocks.com/articles/expressions.html

Where do I begin? Super Monkey Ball is a very peculiar game. To take a quote from the manual, you have to “guide the monkeys in the balls to the goal.” That simple description really is all there is to the game, but the game it really a lot more fun than that sounds.



The controls are very similar to those Labyrinth games where you have to roll a marble through a maze, only you control the maze instead of the marble. The same is true here. The only controls you need are the control stick and the A button to control the zoom on the handy little map in the corner.



Although the control scheme is simple enough, this game is HARD. They suck you in by putting some pretty easy levels on Beginner mode, but once you start on Advanced, the levels ramp up in difficulty fast. I tried Expert just to see how hard it was, level 6 defeated me and all my continues (I even took the warp from level 1 to level 5), and that mode goes all the way up to 50.



To sum up, this game is a lot more fun than you might expect because of the cute graphics, but it is not easy. If you grab yourself a copy, be prepared to engage in some stress reduction exercises. This game is maddeningly difficult.