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Call of Duty 4 does not meet minimum requirements and does not start

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Call of Duty 2, Calvin, Geek

If Call of Duty 4 appears to start with the intro screen and then disappears, it probably means your computer doesn’t meet minimum requirements. What an unfriendly and unclear way to handle this problem.
Here is the computer:

AMD Athlon XP 3200+
nVidia 5900 FX graphics adapter
1GB RAM

700GB disk free
So because it is an Athlon XP and not [...]

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Mac Games

March 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Apple, Games

Well, why not, let’s see if we can’t get some games going for those long trips. Inside Mac Games has the most comprehensive reviews.

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Playing old Console Games

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Games

The iPhone hackers have a bunch of emulators for old NES and other games. There is a whole industry of folks at ROMNation.net which let you load all kinds of old games. The most interesting emulator is called MAME (which runs the old arcade games of the 1980s). Pretty fun to play with. Kids love [...]

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Fritz Chess Program and online Chess

March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Chess

Fritz I’m learning is really an essential chess program for learning. The latest version is Fritz 11 which was reportedly released in November, but no one seems to be selling it. The main feature is that you can input a game you played during a tournament and it shows you from its database of players [...]

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2008 National Junior High Championship

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Chess

Time to sign up, starting March 4, registration costs go up. The National Junior High Championship is next month at the Hyatt Regency at the DFW Airport. Time to sign up. It’s way more convenient being at a major airport, but the thought of four days of airport food are pretty, well, depressing.

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