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March 2009
RPG’s: The Great Escape - by Ralph Hiney
A Primer on Role Playing Games
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February 2009
Game Review: Sacred 2: Fallen Angel - by Ralph Hiney
The Shadow Warrior is one of the six diverse character classes that you can choose to play in Ascaron’s new Role Playing Game Sacred 2 Fallen Angel
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November 2007
PC Game Review: Fate - by Ralph Hiney
I just discovered an RPG that I’m excited enough about to want to let all you PC gamers know about some really good entertainment
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September 2004
PC Game Review: Halo: Combat Evolved - by Ralph Hiney
Halo contains all the thrilling gameplay and rich story that made it a smash hit with gamers all over the world. Now you can take the battle online with all new multiplayer including new maps, weapons and vehicles available only on your PC!
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August 2004
PC Game Review: X2 – The Threat - by Ralph Hiney
The graduated learning curve of X2 - The Threat allows you to get straight into the action-packed, heart-thumping storyline and missions. Featuring a large dynamic universe to interact with and explore, jam packed with thousands of objects such as ships, stations, weapons, commodities, plus a wide range of alien races each with their own agendas and technologies
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July 2004
PC Game Review: Sacred - by Ralph Hiney
Sacred is a huge world full of incredible magic and ancient myth. An in-depth storyline and plenty of opportunities which will not only inspire the role-player but also the action orientated fan
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June 2004
PC Game Review: Manhunt - by Ralph Hiney
Manhunt highlights the sick and gruesome world of cold-blooded murderers. It’s an intense, violent gaming experience, capturing the dark side of humanity more accurately than any game before
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April 2004
Blade & Sword - by Ralph Hiney
A Diablo II lookalike, Blade & Sword packs many hours of gameplay filled with monsters set in China some 3000 years ago.
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PC Game Review: Morrowind - by Ralph Hiney
Open-ended role-playing gameworld allows you to follow
the main plot from beginning to end, wander off in search of adventure in any way you see fit, or any combination of both.
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March 2004
PC GAME REVIEW: Tropico 2: Pirate Cove - by Ralph Hiney
This game is certainly the cream of the crop... It’s been a long time since I’ve had this much fun with a city building Sim.
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December 2003
PC Game Review: Space Colony - by Ralph Hiney
Space Colony is the latest release by Publisher Gathering of Developers and Developer Firefly Studios
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April 2003
Neverwinter Nights: Review - by Ralph Hiney
Role Playing Games are without a doubt my favorite games and here’s a great one that was released during the summer of 2002 and I neglected to review it until now
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March 2003
Solitaire with Flair - by Ralph Hiney
One of the first things most of us encounter when learning to use a computer is to access the solitaire game that comes standard with the Windows Operating System
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January 2003
Game Review: Age of Mythology - by Ralph Hiney
Ever since the introduction of Age of Empires several years ago, the combination of IBM as publisher and Ensemble Studios as developer have produced a series of real time empire building RPG’s (Role Playing Games) that are absolutely excellent. Having spent many hours with each release and expansion set, I can say without reservation that Age of Mythology, once again, offers gamers a real treat
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December 2002
PC Gaming: Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - by Ralph Hiney
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin is the sequel to Hitman: Codename 47 that was released roughly two years ago. Interestingly, this game was release for PC, Playstation 2 and Xbox platforms, all at the same time.
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November 2002
PC Game Review: Mafia - by Ralph Hiney
If this game isn’t selected game of the year then the judges are sleeping on the job. Mafia combines the excellent use of multimedia interaction with a strong storyline that progresses the protagonist from lowly cab driver to a made man in the 1930s mafia
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August 2002
Game Review: X-tension - by Ralph Hiney
Are you a lover of space sims? Did you wile away endless hours playing Home world or Descent? In years past did you enjoy the space sim classic Elite? If your answer to this question is yes then you need to make sure you don’t miss the opportunity to Add X-Gold to your PC game library
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July 2002
Tweak-XP: A worthwhile utility for Windows XP users - by Ralph Hiney
This $30 program is billed as the “Tweaking and Tuning utility for Windows XP” and puts most of the tools you need to keep your PC finely tuned right at your fingertips
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PC Game Review: Grand Theft Auto III - by Ralph Hiney
GTA III is a third person shooter, role-playing game, a driving game, and to some degree, it’s an empire building game.
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June 2002
PC Game Review: Dungeon Seige - by Ralph Hiney
Chris Taylor, the creator of Total Annihilation, is the designer behind this excellent game and, with a crack team of 32, has created an unrivaled hack-and-slash Diablo-like real time strategy game
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May 2002
PC Game Review: Quake III Arena - by Ralph Hiney
To be politically correct, we don’t use the word kill in Quake III Arena. We don’t kill our opponents, we FRAG them
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Quake III Mod: Q3F - by Ralph Hiney
This complete 3d arena is multi-level and complete with see through glass flooring and enough unique sights and sounds to make it well worth exploring
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April 2002
Downsizing PC Game Packaging - by Ralph Hiney
The environmentalist in me praises the decision of many gaming companies to downsize the packages that are used to sell and store PC games
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March 2002
Game Mods - by Ralph Hiney
An interesting oddity of the PC gaming world is the fact that the most popular and biggest selling games on the market are also the ones that are selected by hardcore gamers as the subject of modification. Some of the million+ selling games that boast dozens, if not hundreds, of mods include: Half Life, Diablo II, Max Payne, and the recently released, Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
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February 2002
PC Gaming: Return to Castle Wolfenstein - by Ralph Hiney
This long anticipated release from ID Software is the latest in a very successful series of first person shooters
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January 2002
PC Gaming: Zoo Tycoon - by Ralph Hiney
Build and manage your own zoo, and watch the profits soar, or run yourself out of business and have a catastrophy on your hands
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PC Gamer's Holiday Wish List - by Ralph Hiney
If someone on your Holiday list is an avid PC gamer, these games are some of the just-released or soon-to-be-released must haves this season
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November 2001
Gamer's Link: Stronghold-Defend your castle - by Ralph Hiney
If castle building is your dream, then Stronghold is the game for you. The game can accurately be described as Sim City meets Age of Empires. Castle building and management are strong aspects of game play and Stronghold combines those elements with a real time combat system. This top down RPG is extremely entertaining and brings some new elements to this type of game.
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October 2001
Max Payne - PC Game Review - by Ralph Hiney
If you are a fan of the shooters, dust off that keyboard, get access to a copy of Max Payne, and prepare yourself for a game that will forever change your opinion of what a shooter should be.
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Sept 2001
Game Review- Redmoon - by Ralph Hiney
An online, Anime role playing game that you rent monthly and is sure to get you online and try for the 10-day free trial
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August 2001
Lord of Destruction - The Official Expansion Pack for Diablo II - by Ralph Hiney
Just over a year ago, Blizzard Software in troduced Diablo II, the greatly expanded successor to the Original Diablo. Many of us were trapped in the dungeons and caverns beneath the imaginary town of Tristram for days on end, and just about the time when that game was starting to get a little less exciting, Diablo II was unleashed renewing the addiction to this time consuming interactive Dungeons and Dragons kind of world. Now, just in case any of the millions of Diablo II fans were wishing for more – Lord of Destruction is definitely the answer.
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Bits, Bytes and Beans - by Ralph Hiney
Starbucks nationwide and locally are adding the sweet taste of wireless Internet in their stores
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July 2001
It’s either an eBook reader on steroids or a PDA with multiple personalities - by Ralph Hiney
I’ve got a new handheld device that allows me to download and read ebooks and news (Fox News and Newsweek for example) in several different formats. The unit is a full-featured PDA with Address Book, Calendar, To Do List and calculator. It is also a voice recorder and player, and these audio capabilities also allow you to download and play audio books and MP3 music. And, if that’s not enough, you can expand the memory with multimedia memory cards. What is it you may be asking? It’s the newly rel
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Cossacks: European Wars - by Ralph Hiney
If you are a fan of the Age of Empires Series from Microsoft and Ensemble Studios and you have also spent countless hours battling alien races in Blizzard’s Starcraft, go out and get Cossacks: European Wars, by German Developer GSC Game World, and published by Strategy First. I must admit, when I first saw the game my reaction was something like, "Great, just what we need…another real time strategy war game." Guess what, I was wrong.
There are enough new ideas and features in the game to brea
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The psychology of email - by Ralph Hiney
According to the "Year-End 2000 Mailbox Report" put out by Messaging Online, there were 891 million electronic mailboxes in use worldwide at the end of last year. That reflects a 67% increase over 1999's total of 533 million. A good portion of that increase is due to an explosion of email outside the U.S. but that still reflects an amazing rate of growth.
The entire corporate mail sector grew by 34% during 2000, and in the for-what-it's-worth department, Lotus Notes still has more seats than
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May 2001
Job Hunting Online - by Ralph Hiney
It is nearly impossible to pick up a newspaper or tune into a television news program these days without encountering a story on the worsening of the economy. Company after company is reporting less than expected sales and profits, and the fallout, of course, is the thousands upon thousands of layoffs that are taking place in all facets of the business community from the dot-coms to the Fortune 100. This means that for every job available, there are now more candidates so each candidate needs ev
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