At a press conference a day before the official start of CES, Intel has announced its upcoming line of processors that promise to offer eyeball-searing HD graphics, improved performance, and several little fancy features.

This week’s comic feature is Deadpool for $1.99. The Mercenary with the big mouth is back and ready to kick butt. In the first issue the planet is being invaded by Skrulls and the only person who can save it is one big disfigured and mentally insane mercenary. That is, If he feels like taking out the Skrulls. Check out the first seven issues to find out if he helps save the planet or not.

Valve wants to speed up development time of games that get ported to Macs. Since Macs and PC’s are like apples and oranges, developers can’t use the same methods when trying to optimize a game on both platforms. Valve has decided it will lend a hand to developers by releasing a portion of its own graphics code.

CVG reports Naughty Dog worked with Guerrilla Games on Killzone 3′s graphics engine. Uncharted and Killzone use different graphics engines. However both games employ the use of Havok for in-game physics.

One Sony representative instructing the demo for Heavy Rain gave a pretty bold statement that challenges Uncharted 2 for best looking game of all time.

As I wandered through the 2008 Scion Slam Basketball Tournament held August 23, 2008 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, I was amazed at all the cool schwag being handed out by the local Scion dealership. I’m simply in love with my backpack filled with CDs featuring the Backyard Bangers, MP3 cases, mini basketballs and different ways I can customize my own Scion in a glimpse.

But another part of the show is the Scion Slammer Car Show held the same day at Fort Bragg and featured many customized Scions. As I walked through the rows of gorgeous tricked out cars I came across one that was sheer beauty. A dark gray Scion XB covered with scenes from Heavenly Sword and Prince of Persia…

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You’ve heard of the “uncanny valley” that is, the fact that the more realistic computer-generated graphics become, the more disturbing their flaws (i.e. the best animated humans look very creepy and weird). Now, an excellent editorial at Gamasutra examines the “graphics plateau” – the point where graphics are basically “good enough” and all anyone cares more »

A PC gamer needs a deep pocket and to be an early adopter of change (of which there is plenty in computer technology). One of the newer technologies out there is the range of 45 nm Penryn processors from Intel that run cooler while providing increased speeds ideal for gaming use. Now Toshiba has introduced the latest and the meanest version of its flagship gaming notebook series. The Satellite X205-SLi has a cogent Penryn at its heart backed by NVIDIA’s SLI graphics, which will combine to give you the…

PNY Technologies, makers of professional grade graphics boards and consumer graphics cards, today (January 7, 2008) announced its upcoming release of the XLR8 Chilled Edition high-end graphics card systems. Each system will be complete, pre-assembled and fit standard size home computer cases. Screw crazy wiring or complicated hardware reconfiguration to fit all the tubing. According more »

The PS3 version of Madden NFL 08 has instigated a fierce defense of the machine from both EA and Sony.

The PS3 is taking fire because, as some claim, Madden looks much better on rival Xbox 360 and has superior AI and overall smoothness. The PS3 version has been reported to run at a yawning 30 fames per second, while the 360 version breezes at 60 fps.

Meanwhile, EA has attributed the inferiority of games on PS3 compared to the 360 versions to the lack of knowledge about the PS3 among game developers since most developers have spent 3 1/2 years developing games for the Xbox360 which has provided them more…