The Best Things In Life Are Free
I was feeling suicidal. I accidentally deleted 3.49 GB worth of irreplaceable data, hard-earned game saves, priceless pictures and other important files. Considering that I store all my passwords in an Access database file, and since it’s gone AWOL, I was probably locked out from many online accounts for good, including this very blog. I […]
Circulate Game Review | Pinball With A Twist
I was asked by Slave Circus Entertainment to review one of their causal games, Cirulate. Developed by PIEYE Games. What the heck, I thought! I am a sucker for free games. Circulate is a very small download, totaling at about 7.6 megabytes. But don’t let it’s small size fool you because it has real potential. […]
The Prospect of a Piracy Free Bangladesh : Will it Ever Happen?
Piracy is rampant in Bangladesh, that’s not a strange fact. Bangladesh has a piracy rate of 92% (according to the Global Software Piracy Study 2006), is the largest user of pirated softwares in the Asia-Pacific and fourth largest in the world. Considering the fact that almost all the software that we use in our PC, […]
How To Fix The Red Ring Of Death?
Today I received an interesting email from a Gamers World Bangladesh Blog reader. He just had the red ring of death. Here’s his original email: Hi, I am one of the few Xbox Live! players in Bangladesh. Anyways to the point, my 360 got that red ring. Now, what should I do? Adnan Ahmed A […]
Buying MMO Accounts : The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Many of us who play Massively-Multiplayer-Online games such as World of Warcraft, City of Heroes/Villains and so on have come across a gold farmer once in a while. These aren’t your average players; many of them are automated bots while some are controlled by real persons, but their main intention is to loot as much […]
Is my Xbox 360 near the end of its life?
I’ve had my Xbox 360 for just over a year but now it’s showing signs of problem. I am lucky that it’s not the dreaded red ring of death. It’s that the console just freezes and requires a restart. This has happened 4-5 times in the last month alone. So, what’s the reason? It could […]
Sirius Broadband / Zip bd ISP In-depth Review
[Important Update] Check the new 512 kbps review of Sirius Broadband/ZipBD here. I had lousy experiences with most of the ISPs in Dhaka. The service is unreliable, the speed is at a turtle’s pace and customer service is downright unprofessional. But Sirius Broadband is none of that. I am currently using the Xpress package for […]
Windows Vista Update Annoyances and How to Fix Them
So, I decided to try Windows Vista when my XP PC crashed. Windows Vista isn’t half bad after you get rid of the annoying UAC prompts. I actually like the simplicity, functions and the cool look of Vista. When I thought I had everything nailed down, I decided to update Vista. THE ANNOYANCEIt was going […]
Give more juice to your PC and get better performance
One of the most important (and often overlooked) component in a gaming rig is it’s power supply unit (PSU). If you have dual graphics cards set up in SLI or Crossfire or a high-end processor, then a good PSU is a must. IF YOUR PC IS BEHAVING STRANGE Often, a slow and unresponsive PC […]
NFS Carbon Giveaway Contest Results
The response that we received to our NFS Carbon Collector’s Edition DVD Giveaway was overwhelming. We’ve had over a 1000 participants. But in the end only 5 were randomly selected through lottery. So here is the news that you’ve all been waiting for, the 5 WINNERS of the NFS Carbon Giveaway contest: Rezaur Rahman of […]
Why Is The Wii Such A Runaway Success?
Did it ever occur to you? With half the processing power and not even near the graphics quality of the two HD-powerhouses, Xbox 360 and PS3, how did the Wii become such a tremendous success? It isn’t exactly next-generation or output high-definition graphics nor does it (yet) have online multiplayer support. So why does it […]
Assassin’s Creed | Not Quite Ready For Prime Time?
Assassin’s’ Creed is set to release on November 14th, which is less than a month away from now. You might think that the developers are putting in the finishing touches – but that’s not really the case. The console versions of Assassin’s’ Creed is facing problem – both on the 360 and the PS3. The […]
Fighter’s Stronghold : The Latest Oblivion Downloadable Content
Bethesda Softworks has released the Fighter’s Stronghold on October 15tth – the latest and the last downloadable content for the Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion. It will be free to download from Xbox Live Marketplace and Bethesda’s official site for one week from the release date. Fighter’s Stronghold further expands the Oblivion empire by giving you your […]
The "Kid" 360 : Xbox 360 Arcade Bundle
Microsoft is finally targeting the casual gamers with its Xbox 360 Arcade bundle – the new “kid” in it’s lineup of the popular Xbox 360 console. It’s been confirmed that the system will come with a composite cable and that both the system and the controller are still white. Included is the arcade version of Pac-Man and Uno games. […]
