Poker is one of the most played card games that requires probability, psychology skills and understanding the game theory. It first played in 19th century in New Orleans, by that time, it spread widely across countries. This game, however, often used as gambling game along with slots, roulette, blackjack, etc. But, there are also many poker tournament after the World Series of Poker began in 1970 in America. Soon, there are several other poker tours, such as World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour, and In 2009 the International Federation of Poker was founded in Switzerland, becoming the official governing body for poker and promoting the game as a Mind Sport.
There are many variations and forms of poker that played by players: Straight, Stud poker, Draw poker, Community card poker/flop poker which includes Texas Hold’em poker. Texas Hold’em poker is a variant of standard poker game that relatively popular nowadays, with so many casinos open Texas Hold’em poker game. Also, another thing that makes Texas Hold’em poker so popular is that many online casinos provide Texas Hold’em poker game and makes it as their primary game.
With the present of online gambling sites, it’s easy for people to play card games, especially poker without having to go out from their home. They just need computer and internet connection to play Texas Hold’em poker directly from their home. But, there are many sites that make online gambling sites involve real money to be traded. This is risky but funny thing of playing Texas Hold’em poker with real cash, but before you decide to play it online with real money, you have to make sure that the site you wanna play poker is a ‘real’ site with good reputation, like PartyPoker, with 30 millions downloads since 2001, prompt payment guaranteed, and “Poker Operator of the Year 2009” from eGaming Awards. PartyPoker is available in French language and English, and available in flash based-game and standalone software that can be downloaded directly from the site.
I just bought a Xbox 360 Arcade console system to spend my time during this holiday. I was using PlayStation 2 and PC for gaming, but I think It would be great playing games from 7th gen console system. There are DVD discs, HDMI cable, the console itself, and 1 wireless joystick. I decided to buy one more joystick for multiplayer gaming. I was playing Gears of Wars 2 directly from DVD when the console getting hotter and hotter, and finally It’s stuck by displaying red sign. I was bit worry about the machine from getting 3ROD or RROD, but It’s fine when I turned it on again.
So, that’s a short paragraph that can explains why I need a HDD to keep my Xbox lifespan. I bought a 500 GB Western Digital Caviar Green, and a cheap 3.5″ HDD enclosure, hopefully the Xbox detects it as a portable device so I can install games to the HDD. The WDC Green costs me about $35 and the enclosure priced about $12 Continue Reading
Call of Duty: Black Ops is the latest game of a Call of Duty series that developed by Treyarch CoD and soon will be published by Electronic Arts. This First Person Shooter (FPS) game is reportedly going through some major changes.
Treyarch seems to have become typical for CoD story taken on the battle long ago. Previously, this American game developers have made CoD 3: World at War which tells the battle in World War era. Similar fate would befall even seem BlackOps.
BlackOps will take place on the cold war era, which ranged from 1985 to 1991. In this game, gamers will play as part of the elite troops who would carry out various tasks confidential.
Serve as a reliable soldier, will bring players to a variety of combat experience that is quite impressive. On one particular mission, gamers will have the chance to ride the SR-71, the reconnaissance aircraft operating at altitude. Continue Reading
1UP posted a video of Crysis 2 in action on its GameVideos.com website. The clip was recorded during GDC 2010 as EA and Crytek were showcasing CryEnigne 3’s capabilities via a promotional trailer. While 1UP’s video isn’t exactly HD quality, it does (finally) gives fans a little taste of what is to come.

The real-time lighting aspect was impressive to say the least, bringing virtual New York to life with uber-realistic imagery thanks to dynamic time of day (watch how the sunlight moves across the scenery), deferred lighting, and color grading. Crytec definitely wasn’t kidding when it said the graphics would be better than the original– it literally dazzles.
Of course, the gameplay was the meat of this clip, sporting the game’s cool destructible environment in an explosive way. Procedural destruction, procedural deformation, and integrated physics were just a few of the facets on display. The clip also briefly demonstrated the game’s advanced AI with features such as a dynamic cover system and hit reactions.
Other CryEngine 3 items showcased in the clip included facial animations, as seen in the image to the top right, which looked incredible, fleshy, almost human. Crytec also offered a small demonstration on how the editor will come into play when making maps for multiple platforms.
