Results tagged “gaming”

From Sand to Silicon: the Making of a Chip

This was passed along to me on Twitter today, thought I’d share it with the Scoop audience. Awesome video showcasing how sand is turned into one of the worlds most innovative use of silicon - the Intel Core Processor!...

Read More »

Intel Extreme Masters - Dubai

The plane ride to Dubai was interesting. I got to the airport about two and a half hours early, and had a connecting flight to Atlanta. The thing was, it was storming in Atlanta, and in order for me to...

Read More »

Intel Extreme Masters - China

We started off our team trip to Chengdu, China on a very high note.  Coming from New York, where the Counter-Strike division had just won the World Cyber Games USA national championship, confidence was high.  After winning the WCG title...

Read More »

My Windows 7 Ultimate upgrade experience rates 7 out of 7!

I’ve been dying to do this upgrade for a while, and I finally did the upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate! Yes, I said “upgrade”, mostly because I just wasn’t ready to do a full OS rebuild on my Core i7....

Read More »

Rock Star Yourself Facebook Contest

At Intel, we know that our Rock Stars are unique; just ask Ajay Bhatt, co-inventor of the USB. You are unique too; and we want to know why you think you’re a rock star. Since we recently launched the “Extreme”...

Read More »

Intel Core i7 Custom Challenge

Intel is celebrating the launch of the new family of Intel® Core™ i7 and Core™ i5 processors by challenging the world's best mod enthusiasts to rock the world in the Intel® Core™ i7 Custom Desktop Challenge. This  challenge rewards enthusiasts...

 

Affordable Performance: How the NEW Intel Core i7 helps you to "Get Your Game ON!"

When people ask me for recommendations on buying (or building) a new PC, my first question is ‘How much do you want to spend’ - because like anything, you usually get what you pay for. Everyone who’s wanted Intel Core...

Read More »

Play the year's top indie games for free

Top indie games according to whom? Glad you asked. Sid Meier, Will Wright, and a panel of esteemed judges helped select the winners of this year's Intel Level Up Game Demo Challenge - showcasing the world champs of indie games....

Read More »

The Intel Core i5 Processor - what's in your gaming PC?

If you've been waiting for the Core i5 Processor - then wait no longer! This CPU was just released and the reviews look pretty darned amazing! The newest Core i5 45nm chips give you multi-threaded performance for faster multi-tasking,...

Read More »

PAX 2009 - Here we come!

The Penny Arcade Expo kicks off on Friday, and we couldn't be more excited. The show is expecting a sold-out crowd of 60,000+, and if the crowds at QuakeCon and BlizzCon are any example, there are sure to be thousands...

Read More »

Intel Solid State Drives - SOLID!

This video gives a whole new meaning to ‘durable computing’… and for those of you who don’t like math… 70C is 158F (that’s HOT!)...

Read More »

Blizzcon Goodie Bag - and a video montage of the event...

Ok - I’ll be totally honest here… when I was first invited to goto Blizzcon - I hesitated. Why? Well, for one - I’m not a Warcraft player, I’ve seen Starcraft, and many of my friends have lost countless...

Read More »

Starcraft 2 Fans - Blizzcon didn't forget about you!

From my previous Blizzcon blogs, you know that World of Warcraft: Cataclysm and Diablo 3 have been previewed already - but many of you are die-hard Starcraft fans too! Whether you’re a Protoss, Terran or Zerg - this to be...

Read More »

Quakecon, Blizzcon and PAX - Oh My!

The busy gaming season is upon us, and I've found myself flying around the country and living out of a suitcase once again.  Thus far I have been to both Quakecon and Blizzcon, with PAX approaching soon....

Read More »

Blizzcon 2009 - Day Two Videos

Day two was even more fun than day one.  Check out the video below:...

 

Diablo 3 at Blizzcon - can't wait!?!

Diablo 3 is one of those long awaited games that is being demo’ed at Blizzcon 2009 and wow does it look great! On the first day, we got to see a short video of a new player class: The Monk!...

Read More »

Update from Blizzcon 2009

I have to say that this is much more than I expected; and despite the occasional Blood Elf and Night Elf walking around in full character, everything else seems to be somewhat normal. In fact, this place is so packed...

Read More »

Highlights from QuakeCon 2009

More than 6,000 passionate gamers showed up in force at QuakeCon 2009 this past week in Grapevine, Texas. In fact, after setting up the Intel booth the night before the event we peeked next door and were amazed to see...

Read More »

Blizzcon 2009 - We're going to Anaheim!!!

Blizzcon - a massive event for the most Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) creator - BLIZZARD Entertainment! Yes - the software monstrosity that brings us games like StarCraft, Diablo, and World of Warcraft is having their annual Blizzcon...

Read More »

Sacramento LANFest 2009 - food, friends and lots of FUN!

I remember attending my first LAN Party back in the mid-90s - a small group of us; maybe 8 to 10 people at a friend's house. We played Quake 2 for about 10 hours... It wasn't so much the game-time...

Read More »

2  
Subscribe to our feed

connect with us twitter youtube  facebook