Australian Broadband – Where to go from here

In the past I've argued that Telstra is not to blame for the entire country's woeful broadband connections, and if competing carriers wanted to supply faster internet connections then they should roll out their own infrastructure. It's also been my point that carriers have no interest in rolling out their own network because it's much […]

"Are you the Matrix?" – astro's thought for the day

Alright, how's this: Time travel is something that has been fantasised about for years. It's something which has made many appearances in popular culture and is part of many people's ultimate fantasy. Although threesomes probably factor in there somewhere too. In the distant future, there may exist a generation of humans who decide that they […]

Fallout 3 To Be Developed And Published By Bethesda Softworks

[image title=”fallout3″ size=”thumbnail” id=”340″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/fallout3.jpg” ]Bethesda Softworks announced today that it will develop and publish Fallout 3 — a sequel to the highly popular Fallout role-playing game franchise. Bethesda licensed the rights to the Fallout franchise from Interplay Entertainment Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: IPLY) in a deal that awards Bethesda exclusive worldwide rights to […]

Review: Star Trek: Tactical Assault (PSP & NDS)

[image title=”stta” size=”thumbnail” id=”467″ align=”right” linkto=”https://irrationale.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/stta.jpg” ]My newest favorite game has to be Star Trek: Tactical Assault for PSP by Bethesda Softworks . Star Trek games in the past have been really hit and miss. Some have been Resonable, but most have been pretty woeful. Bethesda have taken the Star Trek games franchise to a […]

Review: Dungeon Keeper 2 (PC)

Back in 1999, Bullfrog released the sequel to their highly acclaimed God sim, Dungeon Keeper. Similar to the original, Dungeon Keeper 2 (DK2) is set in a dark and evil underground world. Remember all those games where you get to play a hero, questing deep into dark dungeons to destroy the forces of evil? Well, […]

AMD fights back in the battle of the Quad Cores

AMD described its forthcoming quad-core processor, codenamed Barcelona, in a session at today’s Microprocessor Forum. Details of the new microarchitecture on which the processor is based (codenamed K8L) have been known for some time now. Still, the event brought some new info, and here are some highlights that I’ve culled from some of the reporting […]

Upcoming expansion pack for Star Wars: Empire at War

Back in February, there was a revolution in Star Wars strategy games: one was released that wasn’t utterly horrible. Far from it, in fact. Empire at War turned out to be a cunning blend of large-scale, turn-based strategizing and up-close-and-personal tactical battles on land and in space. Forces of Corruption is Empire at War’s upcoming […]

EverQuest II Echoes of Faydwer

EverQuest II has been around for almost two years now and the game shows little sign of slowing down in terms of evolving both the playing experience and the challenge. Coming soon, to a PC near you, is the latest update for the game, the third expansion overall, Echoes of Faydwer. The expansion takes part […]