Articles

A page for articles both serious and satirical, dating back to the dark ages of 2000 when the site was getting off the ground. Enjoy!,

Sanctum Interview  by TheMarauder (April 21.2011)
Coffee Stain Studios CEO Anton Westbergh talks about the studio and their recently released game, Sanctum.

Godspeed Chisel by TheMarauder (April 16.2011)
We’ll miss you buddy.

How to get Tribes working in Windows Vista or Windows 7 by TheMarauder (Jan 30.2011)
The title says it all.

Forsaken World Developer Diary #2 Analysis by TheMarauder (Jan 9.2011)
A little write up about the new video from the upcoming free to play MMO from Perfect World International.

Chrismas Game Giveaway 2010 by TheMarauder (Dec 27.2010)
Congrats to Pappy-R, Blutsager, Magnus Totten and Fellmc!

New Commodore USA Website and Products by TheMarauder (Dec 14.2010)
Merry Christmas to us, the Amiga is making a comeback!

Gaming Behind the Great Firewall of China by Reverend (Dec 10.2010)
A quick article about the state of gaming in China.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Advertising Controversy by TheMarauder (Dec 4.2010)
Some people need to chill out and realize that it’s just a game.

Microsoft Essentials 2011 and Macs by TheMarauder (Oct 25-2010)
Nice that Microsoft is finally providing some much needed free software for their platform.

RIP APB – The end of an era by TheMarauder (Oct 16.2010)
If you can call three months an era. Grrrr.

Medal of Honor – More than just a game by VA_Killer (Oct 15.2010)

8800GTX/Intel E6600 Upgrade Article by Marauder (Dec 15.2006)
Benchmarks and pondering on my latest upgrade.

ThermalTake Matrix VX Case Mod byMarauder (July 20.2006)
A minor but neat mod for your Thermal Take Matrix Case

World of Warcraft Complaints by Marauder (April 19.2006)
How much can you put up with from a game?

Frequently Used Utilities byMarauder (April 7.2006)
Stuff that’s installed on Marauder’s computer.

ThermalTake Shark Case Mod by Marauder (Oct 5.2005)
We take a Thermaltake Shark and make it sexier!

Fatal1ty Easy Bake Oven by Marauder (Oct 4.2005)
The next big item from Fatal1y?

Flatspace 2 Preview Interview by Marauder (Sept 30.2005)
A quick look at the upcoming game from Cornutopia Software

nVidiaSLI Setup by Marauder (Sept 25.05)
Our first hookup of an nVidia SLI rig

Five Years of FRAGtopiaby Marauder (July 15.05)
A quick look back at five years of FRAGtopia

NVIDIA and Satan by Marauder (July 15.05)
Could it be… SATAN?!?!?!

Tsunami Case Mod by Marauder (Mar 26.04)
Could it be… SATAN?!?!?!

IBM Makeover by Marauder (July 15.03)
Trying to make an IBM not suck so badly.

Savage Interview by Marauder (Dec 18.03)
S2 Games Talks about Savage!

Making fun of mac users by Marauder (Nov 30.02)
It’s just that easy.

Why iMacs are slow! by Marauder (July 7.02)
The truth is at last revealed!

UFO: Aftermath Interview by Marauder (June 12.02)
An interview with the Jiri from ALTAR about the next XCOM style game.

Oldersoftware=Pubdom? by Marauder (May 27.02)
Should older software become public domain?

Sellouts or realistic? by Marauder (Apr 27.02)
Are pay-per-use sites sellouts, or are they survivors?

Biased reviews? by Marauder (Apr 12.02)
Can you actually write an unbiased review? I don’t think so.

Smackdown 2002 big LAN by Marauder (Mar 19.02)
After party report and photos.

Rogers@Hell! by Marauder (Jan 13.02)
@home announces new ‘packet caching’ technology!

XP Press Security by Marauder (Jan 09.02)
There’s no terrorists at Microsoft!

Sierra+Arcanum=CRAP! by Rev (Oct 26.01)
It’s not a review!

XP Press Conference by Marauder (Oct 26.01)
It’s not crap, we promise!

Redfaction Press Release by Marauder (Aug 26.01)
News on THQ’s new First Person Digger!

So you wanna run a big LAN eh? by Marauder (June 8.01)
So you wanna run a big LAN party? Here’s the FAQs from Marauder.

The Future, Baby! by Marauder (May 20.01)
How the future of gaming looks to Marauder the everseeing.

Do it yourself LAN speakers/amp! by Skotos (May 13.01)

MS In the news! by Marauder (May 04.01)
News on Microsoft’s new .0wnage strategy

PVK mod Interview by Marauder (Apr 22.01)
An interview with Monkeyboy, from the inovative Pirates, Vikings and Knights mod.

Tribes 1… 2 years in quick review by Marauder (Mar 29.01)
Alas poor Tribes 1… I knew yea well!

Day Of Defeat Mod Interview/Review by Marauder (Jan 30.01)
An interview with DasJuden, and a quick review of the DoD mod.. Hmmmm. DoD……

More nostalgia and wanderings by Marauder (Jan 20.01)
Does it seem to anyone else that computers used to be much cooler?

An interview with the makers of “Outworld” by Marauder(Jan 10.01)
Outworld is starting to look like it’s gonna be hot!

Merry Christmas Everyone! by Marauder (Dec 24.00)
’twas the night before the LAN party….

Toronto Counter Strike Tournament Review by RedLeader (Dec 2.00)

Responses to “Cheaters” by Marauder (Dec 24.00)
Responses that people have emailed in re: the below article.

Cheaters, God Damned Cheaters by Marauder(Dec 20.00)
Nothing pisses me off more than cheating little bastards. (Yes I’m pissed off!)

The Raven by Iceman (Dec 19.00)
Quoth the machine: Abort, retry, ignore?

3Dfx & Nvidia by Marauder (Dec 19.00)
A few comments on the sad demise of 3Dfx

$1000 CS Tourney Write Up by Red Leader (Dec 5.00)
Red Leader rocks.

Microsoft The Car Maker by Skotos (Dec 1.00)
Wow a spam email worth pasing on because its funny dangit

Damaged Goods by Skotos (Nov 29.00)
Developers that ship unfinished, unworking or just plain crappy games beware !!! Gamers Speak out against Crap.

Zappy: The making of a box by Marauder (Nov 20.00)
A quick write up on a paintball box and some computer parts gone horribly, horribly wrong.

God I hate mice by Marauder (Nov 20.00)
A Sorid tale of mice and man.

Oh crap. Lawsuit time for FRAGtopia by Marauder(Oct 31.00)
Remember all that fun I’ve poked at ION Storm? They’ve taken it a little too seriously. Woops.

Starwars TC for Tribes by Marauder (Oct 27.00)
An exclusive interview with the guy behind the TC, Machine!

Looking Glass Studios is DOA. Damn it. by Marauder (May 24.00)
Just a few of my thoughts and feelings on Looking Glass Studios going under.

What the hell is a spigot? by Praetorian (May 21.00)
Just about anyone and everyone on a cable modem in the Orangeville area has had problems. Well, just to get the “Articles” page started, I thought I’d throw in an oldie but a goodie. I wrote this when my cable service was down for reasons far beyond my control- and used my free @home web page to get it on the net. I love irony.