Clive Barker's Jericho

New Clive Barker masterpiece, Jericho. I must say, Clive Baker must have lose his touch. Compare to Undying, Jericho more like action games than horror. Maybe because of the 7 men group... and not solo.. Here link to Wikipedia Clive Barker's Jericho http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Barker%27s_Jericho

The most sexiest lady on the team!

Each 7 mens (or women) have their own skill, in order to complete the mission, you must use all 7 of them. Very nice storyline. Best part, you get time travel to Medieval time of England(1213 A.D), then Rome (38 A.D) and Sumeria (3000 B.C)



Did you know Clive Barker make the movie Hellraiser?


Monster are dsiturbing indeed

WARNING:Spoiler ahead


The last level of the game, here where showdown begin! (just look at DX10 effect!)

The ending quite.. confusing though... sad thing Simone and Jones dies blowing up by The Firstborn. After kill The Forstborn, the rest of the Jericho squad dive into the pool then reach another side with bright light and then THE END.....

Clive Barker's Jericho
Rating (by me) - 8 out of 10
Good thing - Nice graphic, storyline and alot lot lots of bloods
Bad thing - Too many pointer, make the game easy to complete, thus make it less fun.

Half Life 2: Episode 2

Alot of effect and graphical technology been added since the original Half Life 2. Those effect are explained in Half Life 2: Lost Coast, this level can be downloaded free via steam account when you brought Half Life 2 Games. Remember to on commentary from the developer at option to hear the garphical and new games technology. Not much change for me in gameplay from Half Life 2:Episode 1 with this Half Life2:Episode 2..... 1 new enemy (The Hunter) and a new weapon (not exactly a weapon, more like just a bomb that use at the end of the games to blow up strider). AI seem improve greatly, the reaction of alyx, coordination attack. The gameplay of the HL2:Episode 2 seem rather short. HL2 original told the story on Gordon Freeman come to blow up the Combine Citadel, Episode 1 told how Alyx and Gordon get a way from the blast from the Combine Citadel and Episode 2 told how they close the giant portal that was about to open after the destruction of the Combine Citadel. Here are the Link to Wikipedia Half Life 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_life_2

Half Life 2:Episode 2 won't be available separately in retail shop. So you need buy Orange Box to play. As for those who already brought HL2 and HL2:Episode 1, After you installed Orange Box, you were able to free those HL2 and HL2:Episode 1 to your friends.

Half Life 2:Episode 2
Rating (by me) - 8 out of 10
Good thing - Improve grahic and AI
Bad thing - short gameplay



G man look very "ham sap" on the way he looking at alyx (G Man can be spotted in some secret area)





AI reaction seem improved

My Gaming PC Specification

My current Gaming PC Specification (click the link for product info)

Intel Core2Quad E6600 2.4Ghz Processor
MSI P35 Platinum Mainboard
A-Data 4GB DDR-800 RAM + Heatsink (Total)
Leadtek Winfast GeForce GTX260 896MB DDR3 Extreme+
Western Digital 500GB SATA
Maxtor 250GB SATA
Maxtor 120GB SATA
Cooler Master CM690 ATX Casing
Cooler Master M620 620w Real Power PSU
LG w2252TQ 22" Widescreen LCD
Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker
Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
Razer Death Adder Gaming Mouse (EA Exclusive)
Microsoft Sidewinder X6 Gaming Keyboard
Razer Mantis Control Mouse Surface
Cooler Master Sphere CPU Heatsink
Cooler Master NanoFusion Thermal Compound

Cooler Master CM690 ATX, possibly the best casing with the best value

Now i will explain why I choose these spec, The Processor, the heart of every PC. As u all know no one smart enough to upgrade a processor in future (not worth it as it will be almost same as buying a new set of PC) so i choose Core2Quad Family and 2.4Ghz (E6600) is the most lowest and cheapest in Core2Quad family, therefore E6600 is the most valur processor for me.


The Mainboard, the barebone for all PC. I choose Intel P35 Chipset. Intel is a very well trusted by me by the quality and stability. Choose the right chipset and brand is important to a PC. (eg: Core2Quad processor in BTX based mainboard = useless) To choose a mainboard, firstly you need to plan what hardware to assemble in before buy a mainboard (how many RAM, PCI-E card, PCI Slot, IDE ports, back panel ports, socket compatibility and etc) once planned search for the right chipset. Remainder! New mainboard does not have Parallel port on back panel and mostly will have only 1 IDE ports (Support up to 2 IDE devices). MSI design their hardware with a special freature called D.O.T (Dynamic Overclocking Technology), Its a very user friendly and safe overclocking software for all user. Every 3rd party company will have their own freature added, just liek MSI for D.OT. Also the chipset heatsink looks cool! More info on MSI P35 Platinum please click the link >>> http://asia.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1212&maincat_no=1&cat2_no=170


RAM is important for Microsoft Window Vista as Vista "eat" up alot of memory for animation and graphics processing. The max RAM supported for a 32-bits based OS is only 4GB and 64-bits is 8GB. Do remember that 64-bits OS known problem compatibility with large number of software and games. Therefore i highly not recommend 64-bits for anyone. I do remind that 64-bits OS does eat more memory that 32-bits OS does, so is not worth upgrade for. I choose A-Data brand over Kingston and Corsair due to tomshardware latest report. (http://www.tomshardware.com/). Over several testing report Corsair and Kinston ranked middle in every test. Also a friend of mine working warranty dept. in a PC store told me that there are a large number Kingston and COrsair RAM under warranty.... A-Data although look noob but their ram ranked top 5 in most of the test.


Why MSI GeForce 8800GT OC edition? 8800GT GPU is the most value graphic card on the market, since my part getting direct from supplier the cost for a non overclock version and OC version different arounf RM30 only...Why MSI again? again is because of the D.O.T enabled in both Graphic Card and Mainboard. More info about MSI GeForce 8800GT 512MB OC click here >>> http://asia.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&prod_no=1343&maincat_no=130&cat2_no=136








Attention to all Gamers! I been searching for years for a Widescreen LCD that supported both widescreen games and non widescreen games. (widescreen LCD that do not support non-widescreen games will cause distorted image) My search come to an end! thanks to LG W2252TQ a 22" LCD with 10,000:1 contrast ratio and 4:3 Aspect Ration Control. LG may not have better colour than Samsung LCD but the quality ain't so far plus the aspect ratio control is a savior to all non widescreen games (eg: warcraft 3 and NFS carbon) More info click here >>> http://my.lge.com/prodmodeldetail.do?actType=search&page=1&modelCategoryId=050102&categoryId=050102&parentId=0501&modelCodeDisplay=W2252TQ&model=Select+a+model

Others part of the hardware can be depended on individual.eg: CPU heatsink, Hard Disk, Optical Drive and such.Cooler Master Sphere Core2Quad CPU Heatsink

Final inside look of the PC

Officially finish assemble on 8th April 2008.

Here is my previous PC Spec:
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz Processor
MSI 865PE Neo2 Mainboard
Geil 1GB DDR-333 RAM (Total)
MSI GeForce 6600 256MB AGP 8x
Maxtor 250GB
Maxtor 120GB
WD 80GB
Seagate 80GB
iCute ATX Casing
Cooler Master 500w ATX Power Supply
Samsung 17" 753DFx Flat CRT Monitor
Creative Inspire 5300 5.1 Speaker
Creative Audigy 2 Sound Card