SimHQ member Archatuthis posted up some pictures taken at the Sun n Fun Air show using HDR processing at the extreme level. HDR stands for High Dynamic Range and uses to reproduce a greater dynamic range of luminosity than possible using standard digital imaging or photographic techniques. Click on the image below to see his post […]
Dovetail Games announced a licensing deal with Microsoft allowing them to develop and publish new flight simulation products based on Microsoft’s Flight Simualtor Franchise . Dovetail is currently investigating new concepts in the area and is expecting to release a new flight simulation product sometime in 2015. Dovetail will also distribute Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Gold Edition via Valve’s popular digital retail channel, Steam, […]
PreambleI am just beginning to dive into Elite Dangerous, and to get in the sci-fi mood, I picked up this huge time, universe and species spanning space opera trilogy. The three titles in the Origin Trilogy include Atlantis Gene, Atlantis Plague and Atlantis World, and I made the mistake of reading the first two in […]
F22 Raptor by Ken “Arthonon” Cartwright with a Canon 7D at the Planes of Fame air show on May 3rd, 2014
A quick public service announcement folks: PCAviator.com is having a big 4th of July sale, offer 50% many items. Items such as Airport Enhancer HDX, Rise of Flight: Channel Battles Edition and Mustang P-51D Little Friends are experiencing a pretty deep discount. Some items are only getting a 25% discount, but you can find discounts of up to 55% […]
Europa Universalis IV is about as hardcore as strategy games come. I fancy myself an avid strategy gamer, but the EU series has always been one I have been afraid to really dedicate time to. It isn’t that I dislike the idea of the game. I actually love it, I just know that once I dig […]
Adios wallet stuffed with cash — Hello tons of new games! The Steam summer sale has started and things are grim for my financial future. While Steam doesn’t have all the sims that you could want, it does have a large selection of titles worth checking out. Unfortunately, the newest simulator out there, SPINTIRES, has not […]
Blue Man Falling/Band of Eagles/To Play the Fox, Frank Bernard (Kindle Editions). Frank Bernard titles on Amazon PREAMBLE Frank Bernard penned this trio of great yarns about a fictional American volunteer pilot in WWII, Ossie Wolf, and his adventures in the Battle of Britain, Africa and the Med. True story: I was sitting on a […]
A younger version of myself was obsessed with all things Rainbow 6. I was there when Wolfenstein, Doom, Blood, Quake, Hexen and every other “Unique FPS” showed up. I enjoyed them about as much as I could, but they never held my attention for long. Rainbow Six launched and all I knew of it was the fact that it […]
Microsoft has released a set of Windows drivers for the Xbox One controller making it possible to use the controller on any game that features gamepad support for the Xbox 360 controller. Microsoft is planning to distribute the drivers through a Windows update but you can download them now using these links over at MajorNelson.com. PC Drivers for […]
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen from Matrix games is launching today and you can jump in without having to go through a backlog of older titles. This was the first game in the Commandos or Company of Heroes style of game that really captured my imagination. While I am excited to get in and give the game a shot, there […]
I so, so, so wish I was here to make a “Get in tha choppa!” joke. That is about the level of cleverness that I can bring to the table. Since I am being denied my moment of comedy brilliance, I will instead put my glasses on and go “Clark Kent” all over the article. […]
