Archive for September, 2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Benchmark
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games, PC Games on September 29, 2009
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky Benchmark
AMD v Nvidia v Intel
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games on September 28, 2009
A guy on a forum made an interesting point recently that got me thinking. Is there a part of the PC gaming community that wants things to go backwards to nurse their bruised ego’s as their prized gaming rig starts to age and become “mainstream?”. His point was made in relation to Batman Arkham Asylum, [...]
Batman – Arkham Asylum – Morgue/Mortuary Scarecrow section
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games on September 21, 2009
Batman – Arkham Asylum – Morgue/Mortuary Scarecrow section
Patrick Swayze Tribute Montage
Posted by gavomatic57 in Odds & Ends on September 17, 2009
Patrick Swayze Tribute Montage It’s a sad loss, but thanks to IGN for putting this montage together.
The FocalPoint Gallery
Posted by gavomatic57 in Photography on September 7, 2009
If you have read my post on X404 you will have read about the friendships that were forged along the way. One fellow x404er works at a design & printing house in Kent called M & M Associates. One day, I received an email informing me that M&M were heading into the “stock photography” business [...]
The birth of x404
Posted by gavomatic57 in Odds & Ends on September 7, 2009
The people do have a voice and a certain magazine publisher from the UK found this out the hard way. You see, for years they had presided over a stable of magazines – a couple of PC magazines and one Mac one. Each magazine had it’s own website and a discussion forum that was lined between all of them – Mac users would engage in discussions with the PC sides and vice versa. Years passed, friendships were forged, playful rivalries played out and all was well.
Cyberlink Power Director 8 Ultra
Posted by gavomatic57 in Windows on September 4, 2009
Hmmm….the force is not strong with this one and “Power director” seems a bit misleading. I have a 5 hours worth of footage on two DVD’s. Unfortunately there’s a lot of repetition at the start of each block, so I wanted to edit it down and produce an MP4 for more convenient viewing. Cyberlink PowerDirector [...]
The Darkness – PS3, 360
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games, Playstation 3 on September 2, 2009
The Darkness is a game that seemed to arrive and disappear without any fanfare whatsoever, which is a shame because it seems Starbreeze have pulled another fiesty rabbit out of the bag.
If you’ve played Starbreeze’s previous creation “The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher bay”, either on the Xbox or the PC you’ll feel right at home with The Darkness. It has much the same feel to it – a very different story but another oddly gifted and intriguing protagonist.
Add Software Repositories in Ubuntu
Posted by gavomatic57 in Kubuntu, Ubuntu on September 2, 2009
Add Software Repositories in Ubuntu Another linux how-to!


