Mac Game: Urban Terror Game Play Video – Algiers (Capture the Flag)

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The following is a game play video for free cross-platform game Urban Terror that was recorded at Death Valley (8.12.65.181:27960) around February 22, 2008. The map is Algiers, and the game mode is Capture the Flag. This video follows UncleT‘s game play. Note that the video quality is not very good because we wanted to reduce the file size as much as we could.

So who is UncleT? UncleT is one of the finest game players who regularly come to Death Valley’s Urban Terror server. His game style is somewhat unusual. He often carries H&K 69 Grenade Launcher and H&K UMP45 Submachine Gun with no vest and silencer. His game style is not something that other players can easily adopt. But you won’t waste your time in watching his game play simply because he is good. Continue reading →

Toshiba Officially Retreating From HD DVD Format

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TOKYO (MacHouse) – There were rumors over the last weekend that Toshiba was to end HD DVD support. Today, the company officially announced its decision for retreating from the HD HVD format. According to its online press release, Toshiba will immediately stop developing new products and even eventually close its HD DVD business section by the end of March. Furthermore, the company notes that they will continue to provide customer support to existing product owners.






Click on the button to read Toshiba’s press release (JPN). VTC

QuickTime 7.4.1, Security Update 2008-001 and Snapz Pro X

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Apple, Inc. has released QuickTime 7.4.1 in February 6 and Security Update 2008-001 in February 11. If you use Ambrosia’s Snapz Pro X, beware of these updates. One of them, possibly QuickTime 7.4.1, is likely to disable Snapz Pro X 2.1.0 and 2.1.1 under OS X 10.4 Tiger. The latest version of Snapz Pro X is actually 2.1.2, which we have not tested. Anyway, either QuickTime 7.4.1 or Security Update 2008-001 is incompatible with Snapz Pro X. In such case, if you press Command + Shift + #3, you may not be able to move your Mouse and therefore cannot use Snapz Pro X at all.

Mac Game: Urban Terror Game Play Video – Austria (Capture the Flag)

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This is a game play video that was recorded for multiplayer-only game Urban Terror, which we introduced several days ago. It’s available for free for Linux, Mac and Windows OS.

The person playing this game is Donkey’s Butt. During the game play, he doesn’t play well because

1. he is not good at it
2. recording video had a heavy burden on the CPU
3. he played on a small screen (800×600) merely for the purpose of recording the game play

Donkey’s Butt played the game at a server hosted by Death Valley 4.1 CTF February M on February 9, 2007 (US PST). Continue reading →

Mac Game Review: Urban Terror

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A few days ago, an online friend of mine asked me to try out a game called Urban Terror. He said it’s a great first-person shooter (FPS) game. I told him that I was once addicted to the multiplayer mode of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (Electronic Arts/Aspyr Media). He then said that I should enjoy it. He actually mentioned this game about a month before. If it’s that great, how come I never heard of it before? Anyway, I decided to give it a try. The title of the game doesn’t sound like a first-person shooter game, but it actually is.

There are a couple of aspects against which you want to consider trying out Urban Terror if you like FPS games. Firstly, it’s a free multiplayer game made available by Silicon Ice Development/FrozenSand, LLC. Secondly, this game is available for three operating systems: Linux, Mac and Windows.

As for the Mac version of Urban Terror, the game application is in Universal Binary. If you want to play it, first, you need to download the zip file, whose file size is 719.4 MB. If you have finished decompressing it, then you are ready to play the game. By the way, just like in other multiplayer games, you may have to turn off network traffic utility programs (for example, Little Snitch) so that your terminal is allowed to access a server outside your network. Continue reading →