Category Archives: Video Games

Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield

Posted on March 25, 2007 by Arthur

I was so bored, that I decided to look in my CD collection for older games: I fished out Raven Shield, a game I think I bought in 2004 (originally released in 2003 by UbiSoft). If I’m not wrong, back … Continue reading →

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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Arthur

I‘ve been hesitant writing about the game Oblivion (link goes to Wikipedia). The game was passed on to me by Alfons, who complained that (while amazing) the game concept didn’t really appeal to him: too long and dreary. It appears … Continue reading →

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Empire at War

Posted on November 24, 2006 by Arthur

This is going to hurt so much, so I might just as well throw it out: LucasArt’s “Empire at Wars” rots. I got the game a couple of months ago and was too embarrassed to mention it earlier. Don’t buy … Continue reading →

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X3: week one

Posted on September 3, 2006 by Arthur

I managed to survive fairly well after the first week of playing X3: At this stage, I own 3 Mercury freighters, 1 Iguanu and my lonely Argon Buster. Here the tips: Tip 1: Making money is a slow process. Your … Continue reading →

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X3: The Reunion

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Arthur

I‘ve been hesitating to write a review of the (PC) game ‘X3: The Reunion’. Basically this is because the game has left me with both bad and good impressions. First of all, the graphics (if you have a good graphics … Continue reading →

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Civilization, Part 11.

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Arthur

After many moons of playing Civ 4 (all posts on xsamplex), I finally found out who sings that brilliant opening tune: It’s the Talisman a cappella, a group of a cappella1 singers and students operating from Stansford University. The song … Continue reading →

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Eood

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

Once again, I missed the World Cup Soccer games: England vs. Paraguay(1-0), Argentina vs. Ivorycoast 2-1 and Trinidad vs. Sweden 0-0. Early this morning I found out that my TSN channel wasn’t in my cable package anymore, something I reported … Continue reading →

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Galactic Civilizations 2

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Arthur

I decided to look for GalCiv2 at the local EB Games franchise, which I found eventually. StarDock’s 4X game had so much praise, that I thought it might be interesting to add this one to my (already bulky) HD. The … Continue reading →

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Civilization, part X

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier today, I decided to update my Civ 4 version (1.09) to the latest patch, which is 1.61 (earlier). And yes, this is true (from the readme notes): “v1.52 is a major upgrade to Civ IV and includes numerous optimizations … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (IX)

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Arthur

After playing a couple of quick rounds of Civ4, I noticed that the latest patch had been released last month: version 1.61, which you can grab from the 2K Games site (maps can also be downloaded separately, Europe, US, Asia, … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (VIII)

Posted on November 23, 2005 by Arthur

The Civilization patch is out! Uh. Wait. It was, but it actually isn’t anymore. Due to a bug that slipped through, Firaxis has put the patch on hold. If you installed it, you can uninstall the patch by using the … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (VII)

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Arthur

More good news: The Civ IV patch is supposed to come out really soon. Says someone at Civ 4: Some of the highlights include multiple AI improvements and tweaks, worker behavior tweaks, MANY game play improvements (ex Animal Husbandry reveals … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (VI)

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Arthur

I thought this was pretty significant: most of the visitors finding xsamplex are looking for the Civ IV T&L problems described on this site. It’s awfully quiet over at the Firaxis developer blog.

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