Windows 10

     Microsoft has announced their new operating system and it breaks the number scheme we all thought they had going for a little wile... Well sort of.  For what ever unknown reason(as far as I know) they just skipped over the name Windows 9 and went with Windows 10 branding.  I saw a few rumors on why they did it from people confusing it with windows 95/98 to some reason on their Reddit page.  With all honest I wouldn't much believe what I read on Reddit regarding any big company.  I much rather read it from a source like Cnet, PCworld in the case of Microsoft.
   
     If you want to get a copy of Windows 10 just go to Windows Insider and sign up it is free and will only take a few minutes to do so. There are a few different ways to install Windows 10 you could nuke your old OS on install Windows 10 on top of it. Could do an upgrade or what I am trying to do is install it on a virtual machine.  I went with a virtual machine because they are super easy to set up dose not require me to have a decided computer just to run it or to partition out some of my drive.  Of course it being a preview you ARE going to have issues with the OS and it will change a lot.  One thing I will be interested to see is if you have to deal with any part of the whole metro UI crap we did with Windows 8/8.1. From what I seen online so far yes we do, but it is not nearly as bad as Windows 8.  It looks like it will be just on the start menu and I am hoping for there is an option so you can turn that off.

     After a few days of trying to get it to install on my virtual machine(vm) I was able to get it to work.  So far I think it looks pretty nice they are sill going with some live tiles on the start menu but if you want you can remove them all as of right now.  The thing I like the best right now is that they brought back the start menu that for some weird reason they deiced to do a way with in Windows 8

Elder scrolls NDA has lifted

Today Zenmax and Bethesda have announced that the NDA for the beat testers has lifted and we can now talk about the experience of the newest edition of Elder Scrolls game.  So the next time they have a beta you can look forward to see it on Twitch tv and on YouTube. 


For my impression of the game is that it is awesome and worth the $60 and $15 monthly access fee.   When I played it they did not have part of the map done as I tried to go explore Black Marsh to see the home land of my argonian and to see the city of   Lilmoth where the Elder Scolls: Infernal City takes place.  But from the very beginning they put a story line before you and unlike the other Elder Scrolls games they even kinda tell you how you got to this point.
ESO takes place 1000 years before skyrim and almost 800 years before the events of the Oblivion crisis.   The dragon fires went out the the world plunged in to chaos,  the throne is right for the taking.  As the three pacts fight for control they are all oblivious to what is really happening .  Molag Bal is rising an army so he can come to Nirn and enslave the planet.

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YouTube copyright crackdown

Well it looks like YouTube/Google shot them self in the foot this time.  People how make videos  from video games like Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty Ghosts have found them self in some hot water so to speak.  YouTube's copyright engine has flagged thousand's video and the only thing in them is walk though and Let's Play's.  Already some video game company's such as Ubisoft Blizzard and Deep Silver have came out and said they filed no complainant about copyright material, and strongly urged to contest the claims...  Because they are not stupid like YouTube is apparently they know its free ad's for them so we make money, YouTube makes money thou ad's, and companies like Ubisoft get free advertisement and makes money.  Because on how many games have you watched and then bought because of people who do walk thoughts.  But as of right now it looks like some video games are safe but that can change on my YouTube page the Minecraft videos, RuneScape, and Kerbal Space Program are still have monetized. They don't get it if Microsoft was to start something like YouTube and be more laxed about it YouTube would be a "ghost town" with in a few weeks.  Or you can do this to now, prices have come down a lot so now it is possible for someone like me or you to do this, not on this scale but for our own videos.

WTF EA???!!

So right when the new Battle filed 4 came out I bought it, and after it was done downloading which only took about an hour or so to do.  I click the start application excited to play the new game and what dose it do? IT OPENS MY INTERNET BROWSER!! WHY DID I GIVE UP 30GB OF HARD DRIVE SPACE TO DOWN LOAD IT IF I CANT EVEN PLAY IT WHEN I HAVE  NO INTERNET CONNECTION!!! THEN WHEN I HIT PLAY CAMPING IT WANTS ME TO UPDATE A DRIVER TO LUNCH THE GAME, WHY ON EARTH SHOULD I HAVE TO UPDATE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T WANT TO PLAY ONLINE AT THIS TIME AND THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL OF THE GAME!!!  THEN IT TELLS ME THAT I HAVE IN INVALID LICENCE SOME BS ABOUT MISSING A DLL FILE. GOT IT TO WORK THEN UPGRADED MY LAPTOP'S HARD DRIVE NOW ITS DOING IT AGAIN!!!!

What if the Earth had rings like Saturn did?

Okay so I found this random video on YouTube and all I learned form it is that the Earth would look awesome if we had a ring around it.

The Steam Controller

Okay, okay, so I was way wrong about what the next announcement would be.  I just assumed that along with the Steam Machines.  But I was wrong.  When you first see it, it kinds look like ann it may be fun to play with.  Only time will tell.  For me when I kind of a controller I think more like the Xbox controller with physical joystick build in to them, not really a touch pad like thing, mostly what you would find on  laptop.  Valve is saying that this will work will all games they have in the steam store it just fools the game in to think its using a mouse and keyboard.  Having a touch screen allowing you to use certain key from the keyboard such as Quick Save, Quick load, Screen Shot, Chat Massage. Of course if you want to you can still use a keyboard and mouse if it is your choice and I can see why some may still want to.  With Steam OS going to have features that allow you to access places like YouTube(if it is not standard there will be a hack for it soon enough).  With all three of the announcements done, the will be switching tracks and share more of the specific at the Steam Universe Community Group.  Me personally I can't wait to hear more about what the Steam OS is going to bring to the table in the world of Gaming.  What are you thoughts about this?

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STEAM MACHINE!!!

Just announced today on their website there will be a "steam box" in 2014.  Unlike the Play Stations and the Xbox there will be different consoles you can choose to fit you gaming needs.  All of which would be running the Steam OS.  Open Beat will start very soon where you can enter to receive a Steam Machine for free, but they will only ship 300 of these new consoles.  In order to be eligible to win one of these you MUST  have all the following complete by October 25,
     1. Join the Steam Universe community group
     2. Agree to the Steam Hardware Beta Terms and Conditions
     3. Make 10 Steam friends (if you haven't already)
     4. Create a public Steam Community profile (If you haven't already)
     5. Play a game using a game pad in Big Picture mode

If you are one of the lucky few to get one of these your feed back will help shape the new console and the next category of gaming machines.
In two(2) more days Steam will announce one more thing that they will be going and by looking at the picture it may just be Family sharing or streaming, or even the relase of the Steam OS(that one is unlikly but possible)
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