First Post

GUS

Yo Yo.
This is yet another blog. I had a few, but now I only have 2 (GUSzilla and webGUS ). But I will probably post some stuff here soon. Or not... STAY TUNED (or connected, or whatever the kids are saying theese days).
GUS

Burnout Dating

Chris

So it's Valentine's Day--if you haven't noticed or had a significant other that wouldn't let you forget--and EA has released a marketing campaign for its Burnout Paradise title.
The campaign includes mock dating service commercials where couples speak to how they fell in love over games of Burnout. Filled with sexually implicit rhetoric, one guy T-bones his mate at over 150 mph...
With their more mature nature, I can definately appreciate the marketing ingenuity--mostly [...]

En Route to Crysis

in$aneELF

I finally finished ordering all of my PC components today. Well, actually, I ordered my last parts yesterday, but I ordered the OS today. So, because I have nothing better to do and I want to make you feel jealous, I'm going to list all of the different parts that I got. I'll start with the basics.
Motherboard: ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core (the new Penryn dual-core processor)

Cloverfield

in$aneELF

I saw Cloverfield today. (Note: I'll try to keep out any spoilers, but you have been warned). I went into the movie with slightly low expectations, knowing that it wouldn't meet its hype. Fortunately, because I went in not expecting much, I came out pretty happy. The movie was decent. It wasn't amazing and lacked an original story and character development, but it was entertaining to say the least. Now that I saw the movie, I'm not at all surprised at how Cloverfield's antago [...]

Happy Capitalidays

Chris

Okay, I'm going to try to keep this short and work as hard as I can to hold my tongue. I just finished watching 2 hours of "Deal or No Deal" with my parents - no one here actually watched the whole thing (father played Brain Age 2; mother slept; and I surfed the Net). This episode sent me over the edge on what kind of capitalist holiday, filled with corporate gluttony, this season has become.
It all began with my disdain for those oportunists who felt like it okay to [...]

The Day of the Eve of the Day of the Eve of Christmas

in$aneELF

So it's December 23rd, meaning tomorrow will be Christmas Eve with Christmas following that the next day, of course. Usually the holidays are a time for relaxation and hanging out with your family, but so far this has not been the case.

Last night, I was up until 3:30 AM getting Game-Spectrum's 2007 awards list up. I'm happy to announce that it is up (if you didn't see already). Check it out here and feel free to voice your opinion by leaving a comment. The Game of the Year category was ar [...]

Videos!

in$aneELF

It's been a long time since my last blog entry. We've been hard at work tweaking the new GS and adding new features. The latest of which (and probably the coolest) is the brand new video section. Check it out by clicking here or just click the "Videos" link above in the menu.
Also, I got that Samsung LCD display I was talking about a while ago (the 226BW). All I have to say is that it's great. If you're looking for a good monitor, look no further. It has amazing p [...]

Mass (in)Effect(ive)

Chris

Ineffective, in the sense that the game hasn't really grabbed me.
So, the quarter is winding down and I find myself with some time and a little 'extra' cash - meaning I was bored and wanted to buy something. What else to do than check my favorite online garage sale that is Craigslist. After thinking about what I could possibly want, I of course looked up games that I'm currently back-logged to play.
With The Orange Box and Assassin's Creed being atop my list I starte [...]

The first of many (hopefully)

Nab

Well, the keenest and most eagle eyes of readers may have noticed that the first of my actual reviews have gone up on the site.
Here's to hopefully the first of many! My position as the only (I believe?) UK writer means I also get an interesting aspect in addition to the writing duties I fulfil. I get to attempt to liase via email with PR for various games companies, which I wasn't expecting to do but I'm finding interesting and intriguing all the same. There's an odd sense [...]

Family, Football and Guitar Hero 2?!

Chris

Let there be no mistake, my parents have never been very receptive of video games in general. They fall into that category of people who feel that it can be a waste of time. However, I must stress that they are not completely against the games.
Long ago - well not that long ago - games were used as a mediating tool for me and my brother. He being the elder of 11 years, and me the younger, we didn't always get along, especially in the early years. Our first thing we could actually get al [...]

Images!

in$aneELF

I just wanted to test the use of images in blog postings.
Apparently, the upload image function isn't working properly. It says file exceeds size limit even though it doesn't. I'll see if we can get it fixed soon. It looks like adding images from other URL's still works though.

Enter the Husky...

Chris

Setting: Lights dimly lit, then a single spotlight, curtain raises and in steps our hero: Chris.
Character: Chris is a broad shouldered, tall, dark and handsome rogue of a figure. Imbued with the power to captivate, Chris enters the scene ready for anything with just a hint of hubris.
Okay, strike all of that...well, except the handsome part.
I apologize, let me properly introduce myself. I am but a humble student in his last year of undergraduate studies. For as [...]

My First Blog post

v1rax

I thought I should start off my blog by telling you guys a little more about me as I wasn't really active on the forums.
I'm Andre Glegg from Jamaica, I'm the web administrator here at game-spectrum, my role is to make the site more user friendly and bug free as well as adding cool new features (user blogs wooot!), I also help to bring you some of the latest news in the gaming industry.
I’m always open to ideas for improving game-spectrum you can contact me at andre [...]

Upcoming reviews

Jamez

As you're all painfully aware by now, the new site is up and we are damned happy. It's been a rough few weeks with changing the site to practically rebuilding it when we saw that it wasn't what we wanted.
Along with the physical makeover there will also be some brand new faces to witness. Right now we've got two new writers, Adam and Chris, as well as a new blogger Eric. While that doesn't necessarily mean you'll hear less from the older, more rugged crewmembers, it d [...]

Fresh Meat

Nab

Partially as a test of the blogging system, and partially as an introduction, I thought I'd create myself a little blog entry.
I'm Adam and, apparently, I'm a writer now.
I think for the most part I'll be sticking to writing reviews and the like, but I'll be sure to throw some stuff in the blog when I'm feeling particularly opinionated.
In terms of my background, I'm English and living in England, therefore on a slightly different timezone to the majori [...]

Long Week

in$aneELF

Wow, it's been a really long week. The GS team has been working tirelessly day and night to get the new website up, and it finally went live today. We're really excited about the new features and plans we have for down the road. My personal favorite of the shiny new features is the blog system.

I'm sure some people will be upset that everything was lost (mainly their post count for the forum), but we felt that it was a necessary sacrafice and that this will be much better [...]

Blog entries

First Post

Burnout Dating

En Route to Crysis

Cloverfield

Happy Capitalidays

The Day of the Eve of the Day of the Eve of Christmas

Videos!

Mass (in)Effect(ive)

The first of many (hopefully)

Family, Football and Guitar Hero 2?!

Images!

Enter the Husky...

My First Blog post

Upcoming reviews

Fresh Meat

Long Week