FYI — Big News in PC Gaming
August 13, 2008 6:58 pm PC Gaming Industry, PC Gaming NewsThree pretty cool new developments I’d like to share with you:
Instant Action
Instant Action has done a great job creating free, browser-based games. Not the 2 dimensional Flash games you’re used to seeing online, but genuine 3D games that are on par (graphically) with PC games released a few years ago. Yeah, it’s no Crysis, but definitely worth checking out, and if they continue to develop this idea, we might be on the doorstep of a new gaming revolution.
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JACT
Hey, anyone out there wanna get payed to play games? And not crappy games either. I’m talking CoD4, WOW, TF2, etc. Well JACT is doing that right now. The catch is that they pay you in JACT BUX, which can be used to buy things from the JACT MALL. Not to worry though, the JACT MALL is filled with plenty of good stuff like video games, pc components, and much more. How can they afford to do this you ask? “JACT service is funded through its initial investors and traditional site-based advertisements as well as a new, innovative product placement method in the JACT Mall”.
Nvidia: The Force Within
Apparently, the Geforce 8-series GPUs came with special physics processing abilities called PhysX that I (and many others) were unaware of. Fortunately, drivers have now been released that can take advantage of this new technology and they are available for download here. Even more exciting is that Nvidia is also distributing (for free) a bundle of games, demos, and other media that showcase the new PhysX technology.
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August 17th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Thanks for this info - will definitely check out the Instant Action site, and am planning to get a new graphics card, with the GeForce 8xxx series definitely on my list to consider.
Cheers,
Dave
August 18th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Nice, let me know which one you pick.
August 20th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Hey, I downloaded the Nvidia driver (I have an 8600 GT.) My pc crashed once it finished before it was about to restart. It had its own auto restore or something though so my pc is back to how it was, although the drivers never worked. If you’re talking about a new series that they are coming out with, then it would make sense to me. I jumped on the ati bandwagon since the 3xxx series, so I wouldn’t know if I’m doing something noobish.
August 20th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Hey Sarevok,
I’m not sure what’s up with that. The 8600gt is listed as being supported by V177.83 so it doesn’t make sense that it crashed. I actually haven’t loaded that driver yet because I just sent my 8800gts back to EVGA for an upgrade. Once I do, I’ll let you know how it goes. (I’ll pm you in the GDG forums)