Another game another day! This day? Clear Vision Elite!

Note: I didn’t put the guys in order on the paper. Except for Aace, I put them in order that I beat the mission on. Also, due to Mr. Petroy’s level, I was unable to beat the game. Either I missed something, or there is a bug but I completed the mission but it never gave a success.

Aace Bradley - shoot the one on the middle right on top of the ship. Then shoot the guy to the right of him. Then shoot the next guy to the right and finish them all

Ernst Zimmerman - shoot his hat from the window. He is walking in the middle part of the mansion

Athir Nostri - shoot him after he shoots the other guy in the meeting

Tony Carter - shoot the power cord above his head and game over…

Stanistav Petroy - shoot the sleeping one and then the other guy. For some reason, I could never get a successful mission from this though…

Anders Mognussan - from the left to the right, count the 13th window and shoot

Mike fernando shoot the snipers before shooting mike. I found that going right to left worked best. Get both snipers on the right in view first, and take them out. then take the rest of em out.

Johan Kristoffersson - shoot the goons first, and then take out johan on the snow mobile. I didn’t zoom, I just got him while moving

Care to help a chicken fly?  Sure why not?  How?  By playing CHICKEN IMPOSSIBLE!

I liked this game for its simplicity factor. Nothing insane, just have the chicken hit the following objects.  My strategy was to always use full power and adjust the angles.  The objects move slightly, but here are the baseline angles that I used for each object.  Just remember, the objects move so, change the angles slightly one direction or the other to hit the objects dead on.

Cow - 55 angle
wagon - 60 angle
hay - 54 angle
barn -  15 angle
Dock - 6 angle

Its been awhile for me to write a walkthough, but I just feel in love with Pandemic 2! Game link? You got it!

This game is exactly what I am looking for. You create a virus and then infect the world with it! What can get better than this? Well, here is what I did in order to beat this game.

First, pick your method of virus. I went with Virus but was able to replicate this strategy with all three methods. Then, sell whatever “gift” you get when you start the game. This is generally fever. You want to have 0 ill affects with this virus. Next, invest in the climate you are in. If you start in Cuba invest at least level 2 in heat. Then pay attention to where the airplanes go. Do they fly in warm or cool climates? Invest in at least 2 of cold climate as well. Once finished, activate airborne and water spread methods. Insect and rodent seem to be a waste of time to me. Invest in the moisture in order to infect the water supply. Watch in glee as your virus spreads around the world. At this point, level up your disease level. Invest in whatever you feel will kill best. Fever works as a great foundation. Watch as people die and close down the hospitals. If you are lucky, all hospitals will close down before a vaccination has been invented. If not, pray that it doesn’t cure your disease. If it does, game over man, game over! At this point, grab a sandwich and watch as you destroy the known world!

Good luck and happy killing!

About a month ago, I had written a little piece on DisplayLink external videocard adapters. Feel free to read it here.

Well since then, I have decided to take this product to the next level. Not only did I replace the first adapter, I decided to buy another one and see how two units work in one system. I must say I am pleasantly pleased.

First, installation is a breeze! No removing your computer case or need to pay for a computer guy to come along. All you need to do is insert the cd and hit next! Once the software is installed, plug in the USB cable into your computer and the other side into the external adapter.

*NOTE: for blackberry users, it happens to be the same plug to charge your BB.

At this point, windows see the device like any other videocard and off you go. I like to push the button a little bit and wanted to see if there was any performance degrade by having two units on my system. With both units running, the software only takes 40k worth of memory! In comparison, outlook is taking 73k and firefox is taking 83k. I had just updated firefox, so that number is pretty low. Aim also takes up more resources hanging at 57k. In a nutshell, you wouldn’t even notice a performance issue.

The next thing I tried was to use a wide screen monitor and a standard box monitor. Both screens are 17 inches (along with my traditional monitor that uses a built in videocard) Since I still like to see my text, I have the monitors set at 1280×1024. The widescreen monitor is set for 1440 by 900. I have a lot of experience with multiple displays, and I can honestly say I do not notice a functionality difference between having the videocards internal or external.

The next joy I discovered, is the portability of these units. When I leave at night, I unplug both cards and this also does not affect the functionality of the computer. It barely even takes a hit at all. When the card is unplugged, any windows shift to the internal display. Once the card is plugged back in, I can move the windows back. Windows takes it like a champ and doesn’t complain at all!

The downside? The colors are slightly washed out when I view them on the external card as opposed to the internal one. Your average user will never even notice a difference. I also would avoid playing games on these units because the refresh rate on them is not as good as a powerful graphics card. It does well on playing videos and other “normal” internet stuff so do not be discouraged.

Also, the units get really HOT! I unplug them when I leave the office to make sure that they do not break. I believe this is why the first unit failed. I always left the unit plugged in and I am only use my office computer 3 out of 4 days in a week! That is a lot of wasted time for units that get so hot!

Would I recommend this to clients? YES! I have already pitched this product to a few clients in the hedge fund industry and hopefully they will bite! They wanted to upgrade all of their computers to accommodate dual display and I countered with DisplayLink! These units would work great in the financial district! If you are a huge gamer, stick with your traditional videocards that beef up in internal memory and has huge heat sinks on it to make sure it doesn’t overheat. If you are just looking to increase productivity, and do not want to replace your existing videocard, DisplayLink is for you! For 99 dollars, I say it is a well worth investment!

Another game, another day. Today’s game? PIMP MY CHIMP! Who doesn’t like monkeys looking like thugs!

Well, level 1 is completely easy since they tell you how to beat it. I am nice enough to provide a screenshot of this marvelous feat…

I haven’t quite found out the most winning combinations but feel free to share screen shots. When I have finished the other levels, I will be sure to post.

Any questions? I didn’t think so!

Ever wanted to play salon? Now is your chance! You can play the newest type of these games called Don’t mess with the Zohan Super Spa!

What I find this game unique is the fact that you don’t have the same time management issues you do in most of these types of games. Instead of running around like a chicken without a head, you actually interact per station. For example, you put the person into the drying station and then you actually dry their hair. You don’t just watch a timer go on until they are finished. Of course, this gets frustrating if you find you cannot complete a task. For example, I could NEVER do the face masking. No matter how many times I tried, I always missed a spot!

So far, I have found this game to be the most entertaining of this series. I find that kinda strange, since the game is clearly just a marketing plug for the movie! Meh, who cares, the game is fun as hell! Two thumbs up!

Addictinggames.com has posted a great new flash shooter called Pop Pirates.  This is a top-down shooter controlled by your mouse where you invade a computer system to retrieve your music file.  The score is kept in kilobytes, which is cute. Whenever you kill an enemy, a file is left behind which you can pick up.  After a few seconds, the file starts to lose size, so pick them up quickly.

The upgrades that you get are pretty cool.  I like the anti-virus balls that spin around you.  If they hit your enemy they do damage.  You also get a nice chomping mouth which seeks on enemies.  These upgrades build up as long as you don’t die and are very useful.

The high scores are pretty tough to reach, and the game looks great.  I highly recommend it if you like shooters.

Note: It seems that the videocard I had is defective. I am going to edit this post according and write up a new review after using the adapter for a couple of days.

I absolutely love the concept of a external videocard. Never the need to open your computer again and install that dual head video card. Expand to three monitors on a laptop! The possbilities are endless, except if you have the DisplayLink USB Display Adapter! First of all, the branding for this product stinks!

NOTE: I am told by the development company that this is because they don’t actually brand their product. They sell the ship and other companies brand it. Branding should be better, but that is neither here or there…

I got the unit second hand off of my co-worker and he had lost the drivers for it. It took me several hours to find the drivers because the only thing the unit says is USB Display Adapter. It never says displaylink! I found the drivers by comparing the picture from stores selling the product. Eventually I was like, OMG THAT IS MINE! I download the drivers and everything works well. I am thrilled! Then things start to go south….

Day 0: Excitement!

I just installed the product and it works great! I have had no issues so far!

Day 1: Blue banding

I now see blue streak while doing dos scripting. I don’t mind..its just dos! The blue kinda makes it more fun!

Day 2: Blue takeover

All pictures are now tainted with blue on it. Meh, who cares! I mostly read text from the second monitor anyways. I can live with that.

Day 3: Random pixels

Hmmm it seems I am getting random graphics errors on the display now. That’s weird.

Day 4: Denial

I can make this work! I mean, the pixel errors are getting worse but its ok! I can do it!

Day 5: Project failed

At this point, the second monitor is completely unusable. I have tried to do everything I can think of to get this to work. I tried updating the drivers, uninstall and reinstall, unplug the device from the base stand, unplug the device from the tower. I even read the FAQ for the device and it doesn’t even mention ANY of the problems I am having…

As it turns out, after writing this post, displaylink had contacted me directly and informed me that my adapter is defective and they sent me a new one for free. I am sending back the old one today. The tech support for this company rocks and so far the replacement unit has been working great. After a couple of days, I’ll post up a new review.