Anarchy Reigns, My Surprise Eurogamer Hit

I’ll admit that before the Eurogamer Expo, I had heard very little about Anarchy Reigns. The little I had heard, described it as a “Mental Brawler”, but I had no idea what that meant exactly?

“Mental” as in, the thinking gamers fighter? or “Mental” totally over the top, bat shit crazy? It’s definitely the latter.

100 Posts, Nearly 3,000 Page Views

I have just realised, The last post I made was my 99th blog post.

Which makes this one, my 100th.
To me this is a important milestone, when I started this blog back in February I didn't think I would keep at it.

I generally have a short attention span for anything I try out, well except gaming, so to actually still be excited to write and post something is an accomplishment for me, throw in the addition of my YouTube channel and the fun I'm having making videos to upload, I hope this lasts for another 6 months.

Which leads me to this, I would be very to happy to hear from anybody reading this,

What can I do to improve the blog?

What would make you recommend my site to others?

Would you like to see giveaways?

I want to hear from anybody reading this, you can comment anonymously if you wish to.

So, what do you say?

MineCraft Let’s Play, YogBox Edition

I have just started a Minecraft Let’s Play series, featuring the YogBox compilation mod.

One thing I love about minecraft is the amount of mods, texture packs and maps available for download. While some do not necessarily improve the game, but it will always be different and fun to play.

The YogBox however is attempting to change that, this takes some of the best mods around and packages them up into one installer.

Get the YogBox Here, and also check out the contents, it includes a fantastic selection of mods that promise to:

“enhance and improve the minecraft single player experience without distracting from the enjoyment, atmosphere and general awesomeness of the vanilla game.”

While making this first episode I did actually find myself enjoying the opening day a lot more than I previously did. Hopefully this will be a fun learning experience, getting to grips with what exactly everything does, as well as an enjoyable video series to watch.

Hauppauge HD PVR Test With F3AR

I've just finished uploading my test video for my Capture Equipment, I’m really impressed with how easy it is to setup and use.

F3AR

With this setup i can expand my (albeit small) collection of gaming videos to include PC (MineCraft, anything i find on steam, Project Zomboid, Dungeons of Dredmore,) AND Xbox 360 (I have a co-op run through lined up, for F3AR on INSANITY difficulty, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, maybe some Red Dead Redemption)

I would say PS3 as well… but quite frankly i haven't picked up the control pad for that in months

Tickets Booked for Eurogamer Expo

Just booked my tickets for the Eurogamer Expo this September in London, I'm quite excited already, I haven't been to anything like it before.

Random Stuff

I've only gone and ordered a Hauppauge HD PVR, so expect videos of 360 game's to start popping up on here.

Decisions, Decisions.. Oh and Money Off Codes For Jinx.Com

I have a decision to make, do I purchase a Gainward GTX 550 Ti Golden Sample 1GB GDDR5 DVI VGA HDMI PCI-E Graphics Card, or a Hauppauge HD PVR?

A new graphics card would mean better quality PC gaming & videos , but the Hauppauge HD PVR would mean I can start uploading Xbox 360 footage to my YouTube channel.

Eventually I will have both, but what to get first? At the moment I Spend more time on my pc due to being able to FRAP most things, so the graphics card would be put to good use.
But being able to record Xbox videos would mean more variation to the Minecraft video’s currently occupying my channel

Any thoughts?

Also those lovely people at J!inx Clothing have supplied me with 2 $15 off codes to use on anything bought from their web store, this works out to be roughly £9 off an order for us Brits.
They have a fantastic range of Gaming & Geeky Shirts, Bags, buttons & wallets to choose from.
If you are interested in a code for an order, just like the TactixalGamer Facebook page & I will send them via a DM to 2 random fan’s by the 8th July

Xbox Avatar On Your Bookshelf

Xbox Avatars... personally I love mine, stood on my screen wearing his Black Ops outfit, playing with a Banshee from Halo. Many times I've wished that I could get a little statue of him to put on my bookshelf, for no other reason than being able to go “that’s me that is”...

Well, now I can

2011 The Year of the Comic Movie

Love kick-ass? I sure as hell do. I’ve sat and watched this trailer over and over for the last 15 minutes, The film is called “Super” and is out this year.

This looks freaking funny, and reinforces my view that this year is going to be fantastic for superhero movie's.

This has just shot up its way into my must watch list along with Captain America, Thor, Green Lantern and X-Men: First Class