Nvidia ShadowPlay

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Pretty well anyone who has played PC games has had some moments where they wish had recorded what just happened. There have been a variety of programs out there to help users capture gameplay, but many are resource hogs and severely slow down gameplay.

Nvidia seems to think it has solved this problem. With the launch of ShadowPlay on October 28, Nvidia is hoping they can come out with the ultimate gameplay capture technology. The encoding for the capture technology is already built into the 6 and 7 series graphics cards, so if you are running the latest Nvidia GPUS then you are ready to go.

ShadowPlay continually has 20 minutes of gameplay saved into a temporary video file. When you decide you want to have a hard save of some footage, you just press a button and you are done. The video will be editable in Windows Movie Maker, making it easy to edit.

Although, probably not a real selling point of a Nvidia GPU, it is an interesting new innovation, and could be pretty cool to have if you have a Nvidia card anyways.

There’s an entry on there site here if you want to read more.

Call of Duty Black Ops 2 Review

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The CoD franchise is hands down one of the most successful franchises of all time in the world of gaming. Even five games into the franchise, the makes have yet to screw up the series. That could be a first for any franchise in any industry, because lets be honest most series suck after the second or third instalment. But, Infinity Ward continues to blow the minds of gamers, and Call of Duty Black Ops 2 is no different.

The game play is intense, the graphics are amazing, and the sound quality is mind blowing. As I played through game the last week or so, my gaming sessions usually included me sitting about 2 feet from a 50 inch screen.  Maybe not the best for my eye sight, but it was definitely beneficial to the game.

Bits an pieces of the game play modes were obviously adapted from games like Gears of War. Survival mode is the clearest adoption. Survival mode is essentially you and/or your game play partner being attacked by waves and waves of opposition. Different maps within this mode are harder then others, so if you are no to shooters, or just do not play that much, I would highly suggest starting on the easier maps and working your way up. Survival is by far the greatest part of the whole game. The missions are great if you want a story line. But when it comes to having a mind blowing gaming experience, survival mode is where it’s at.

If you own an Xbox 360, I highly recommend getting this game. You will be provided with hours upon hours upon hours of high quality entertainment. Also, if you ever just want to punch someone in the face after a long way, this is a great way to blow off some steam.

I give it 6 crushed beer cans out of 6.