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Quake III Arena is a multiplayer first-person shooter computer and video game released on December 2, 1999. The game was developed by id Software and featured music composed by Sonic Mayhem and Front Line Assembly. Quake III Arena is the third in the series and differs from previous games by excluding a traditional single-player element and focusing on multi-player action. The single-player is instead played against computer controlled bots in a similar style to Unreal Tournament. Notable features of Quake 3 include the minimalist design, lacking rarely used items and features, the extensive customizability of player settings such as field of view, texture detail and enemy model, and advanced movement features such as strafe and rocket-jumping. Quake 3 is available on a number of platforms and contains mature content. The game was highly praised by reviewers who, for the most part, described the gameplay as fun and engaging. Many liked the crisp graphics and focus on multiplayer....

Medal of Honor Airborne is a World War II first-person shooter computer game and the 11th installment of the Medal of Honor series. It was developed by EA Los Angeles and was released worldwide on the PC and Xbox 360 in early September 2007. A PS2 and Wii version was set to be released but was cancelled in 2007. A PlayStation 3 version was released late November 2007.The game takes place in the European theater of World War II, and is the first in the series to focus only on paratrooper activities. In the single-player mode, the player takes on the role of PFC Boyd Travers, a fictional paratrooper in the US 82nd Airborne Division.Missions include various insertions into Italy, northern France, the Netherlands and Germany, each one beginning with a jump behind enemy lines, and success requiring completion of given objectives. Airborne also features a multiplayer mode available for online play, where users have the choice of fighting for the Allies and parachuting down to the battl...

With Windows 7 and Windows Live Movie Maker , it's easier than ever to create and share your own movies. It's part of Windows Live Essentials, a free download that also includes tools for photos, instant messaging, email, social networking, and more.  You might have noticed that Windows Movie Maker isn’t included in Windows 7 . However, you can still turn your videos and photos into movies in Windows 7 by installing a video editing program from another company or by installing the new version of Movie Maker—named Windows Live Movie Maker.  The interface is very user-friendly, and you don't need a tutorial to get you through Movie Maker. A movie needs a few elements to become a movie, right? In this software you can add your standard photos, videos, movies, and text. But the interesting part is that you have to mix them together somehow. Windows Live Movie Maker lets you choose between Auto...

Font Installation I’ve gotten several queries in the past week regarding font installation in Windows 7. It seems the old start menu route - the standard installation process going back to Windows v2 - is no longer in existence. Luckily, the new process is actually a pretty big improvement, and is incidentally similar to the way that the system and Fontbook manage type on the Mac OS. Under Windows 7, to install a font, simply double click on the font file itself. At the top of the resulting preview window, you’ll see an option to install that particular font (as well as a button to print a simple specimen); once activated, though, the font may not be available to currently-running applications right away - you might need to quit and restart your apps to have it available. I’ve tested this process with TT, PS and OTF font files and all seem to install smoothly. You can also manually manage your fonts in Windows 7. That particular process also works well - in re...

Microsoft described the thinking around changes being made to the Start Menu. It's a good read and I advise everyone to check it out. I have to say that in the blog post, Steven Sinofsky (I assume it's him) or Chaitanya Sareen, the stated author makes a very profound statement that to me is representative to the new way Microsoft looks at the evolution of Windows. He says: We recognize that to some people, any change to Windows is going to be disruptive, and so we want to make sure we continue an open dialog about those changes. I love that statement. It (and the blog) is reflective of a very open and smart approach to Microsoft software evolution. The article talks about the evolution of the start menu from Windows 95: to Windows 7 (picture at article beginning). They talk about how the stsrt menu is used today: Their quote: It is striking to see how dramatically different the use of the Start menu is in Windows Vista vs. Windows 7. Some of the Special ...

If you were hoping for the next version of Windows to come in only one flavor, you’re probably out of luck.  Digging through registry entries of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, windows 8 beta found references to nine different editions of the OS. The full list (which definitely may change before the final release, if Microsoft decides so) goes as follows:     Windows 8 Enterprise Edition     Windows 8 Enterprise Eval edition     Windows 8 Home Basic Edition     Windows 8 Home Premium edition     Windows 8 ARM edition     Windows 8 Professional edition     Windows 8 Professional Plus edition     Windows 8 Starter edition     Windows 8 Ultimate edition For comparison, Windows 7 came in six different editions: Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Wind...

Recently though, there's been a lot of buzz about Windows 8 and the Windows Store for downloading third-party apps. Microsoft's Metro design language, which was first introduced with Windows Phone 7, and will be the centrepiece of Windows 8, is a total rethink of how Windows looks, feels and behaves: so it's an exciting time for developers! With the launch of Windows 8 only months away, we decided we wanted to get our feet wet and start developing an app for Windows 8. It had to be something that wouldn't take a year to develop, not too complex, but also something we would use ourselves. In other words, what is the first app that we would want to download at the launch of Windows 8? Well, we're all pretty big fans of Reddit and at least a few of us are hooked on the Alien Blue client for iOS (if you use Reddit and have an iOS device, go get it now and go PRO). So, we decided a great way for us to jump into Windows 8 development would be through a Reddit c...