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Fallout 3 Debuts in North America for PC, XBox 360 and PlayStation 3

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Ahh… It’s October 28, the debut date set for the release of Bethesda Softworks‘ new role playing game Fallout 3 in North America. Bethesda Softworks is the developer of hit role-playing game The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The company says Fallout 3 will be released in October 31 in Europe and December 4 in Japan.

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Screenshot by courtesy of Bethesda Softworks		   Fallout 3 Mac Boot Camp
Screenshot by courtesy of Bethesda Softworks		   Fallout 3 Mac Boot Camp
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So what kind of story line does Fallout 3 have? According to its official website, it’s not totally related to Fallout or Fallout 2. The story evolves around Washington, D.C., which they call the Capitol Wasteland. Survivors are long locked inside Vault 101 after the global atomic war of 2077. The year is 2277, 30 years after Fallout 2 took place. More particularly,

Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you’ve ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.  Continue reading →

Video Tutorial: Hemera Photo Clip Art (Mac) – Having Transparent Background Layer

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As the name suggests, this software gives the user access to a lot of clip art photos stored in 7 CDs. We’ve been using it for the past 3 years or so. We love it. But… We had a problem with it till several months ago. How do you have a transparent background layer? We couldn’t figure it out until something that I did without paying attention turned out to be right.

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Screenshot 01		   Hemera Photo Clip Art 100,000 transparent background layer
Screenshot 02		   Hemera Photo Clip Art 100,000 transparent background layer
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Using Export Assistant, it looks like all you have to do is to choose ‘EXPORT the image to a popular format’ (See Screenshot 01.), choosing a resolution, choosing a background color, choosing a graphic format and then saving the file. As shown in Screenshot 02-3, I always ended up not having an alpha layer. But you CAN have a transparent background even after selecting a background color. So let’s see how to do it.  Continue reading →

Playing FarCry 2 with Boot Camp – FarCry 2 Game Play Video

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FarCry 2 is a sequel to the successful 2004 action/adventure game developed and published by Cryteck and Ubisoft, respectively. FarCry 2 debuted in North America in October 23. It’s a stand-alone game. So you don’t need the original game to play FarCry 2.

There is no ‘Jack’ in this sequel. Instead, you have 9 characters such as Marty Alencar, Warren Clyde, Josip Idromeno, Paul Ferenc, Quarbani Singh, Andre Hyppolite, Hakim Echebbi, Frank Bilders and Xianyong Bai to choose from. And depending on which character to play, the game story and map and available weapons will be a little bit different. You will choose one character from the list. But that doesn’t mean at all that this is a role-playing game.

This QuickTime video shows the first 26 minutes of a game play movie of FarCry 2 with no interruption. After a character is chosen, a long cinematic scene will continue for the next 6 minutes and 30 seconds.  Continue reading →

Microsoft Releasing Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.2 Update and Office 2008 for Mac 12.1.3 Update

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – Microsoft has released software updates for Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, following updates that were released two months ago. According to the company, these software updates are both released partly due to Microsoft security bulletin MS08-057. The link to the security bulletin that is provided at Description of the Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac 11.5.2 Update is broken. (Click here to go to MS08-057.) This security bulletin says that unpatched Microsoft Office Excel might allow a remotely-located malicious user to perform a code execution.






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