The verdict is in...

Ok, after my much awaited first foray into the world of Borderlands went today...The verdict is now in...Ladies & Gentlemen...Borderlands is awesome! I am waiting to level up some more before pairing up with any other players via co-op. But so far so good. Do I believe that the SecuRom DRM may (if not already) have pushed would be players away? Yes, I firmly believe this is so. Game publishers please listen as we gamer's want to voice that we don't want or need software that is so difficult...

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SecuRom, Borderlands, and lost sleep...A story of woe.

Ok, just everybody knows, this will not become habit. However, I am going to use my little corner of the world-wide-inter webs to ventilate. That's right, hang on tight. It all started yesterday afternoon as I was browsing at our local Walmart. They were running a sale on 'Borderlands' for the PC. It was on sale for $20 bucks. I went home and browsed around the web and found that as of that time, that was the best price I could find on the game. So, I made the jump and went and bought it....

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New Features Coming Soon!

As a new feature to the TechieSmarts Blog, I will be putting together some quick free instructional videos covering some things which have personally caused me to do some research.  I can also now do video reviews of software like Linux distributions and installs, etc.  Look for this coming in the near future!  If you have any topics that you'd like to see covered, feel free to drop me a line in the comments below.  Happy Frid...

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Checkout My New ShopIt Store!

Checkout my new ShopIt Store, where we have listed the Live Linux CD's available: http://shopit.com/techiesma...

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iPhone Game Review: Street Fighter IV

  As a long time fan of fighting games on the consoles such as: Mortal Kombat, Tekken, and of course Street Fighter. I was somewhat hesitant to try out the iPhone/iPod Touch port of 'Street Fighter IV'. And to be fair, I have yet ton play this game on the console as well. Literally, the iPhone verism is my first hands-on experience with this title. And let me say up format, it does not disappoint. I have a hard time purchasing apps from the App Store that cost more than $3 or $4 dollars....

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MMO's: The States of Our Games

The MMO scene has been very volatile as of late. With well-known games going F2P (free 2 play), the upcoming WoW expansion (Cataclysm), and even more news about Guild Wars 2. Anyone who has ever played an MMO (or any MMO's for that matter) can identify with the current environment we are seeing amongst the games we play.  And it is exciting. A couple of years ago I started checking out F2P MMO's. I was interested in getting into an MMO with a good community and have some fun. This of course...

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