Oblivion PC review coming soon.

I've been really busy the past month so I haven't had time to write, but the Oblivion review is coming soon.

Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker Demo

A demo for Metal Gear Solid: Peacewalker on the PSP is availible for free here. It was taken from the Tokyo Game Show so it's all in Japanese. Here are the basic controls.


Analog Stick - Move Snake


D-Pad Down - Toggle between kneel and stand, hold to lie down (but not to crawl?)

D-Pad Up - Multi-Use Action Button. Stealth button for hugging walls.

D-Pad Right - Choose Weapon (use Square/Circle to choose)

D-Pad Left - Choose Item (use Square/Circle to choose)


Button Pad (Triangle, Square, Circle, X) - Camera

Right Trigger - Attack with CQC

Left Trigger - Attack with Weapon (use Right Trigger to shoot after aiming)


Select - Toggle Auto-Aim

Start - Toggle Utilities, such as Map, Comm, etc.

Bioshock 2 Release Date

Bioshock 2 is set to release Feburary 9th for the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.

Possible Wii Price Cut

It has been rumored the Wii's price will be dropped to $199.99 during the holidays.

GameTrailers TV New Episode

The latest episode of GTTV was posted today, watch it here.
This episode is all about Lucasarts and their upcoming games.

Monster Hunter on Wii

Capcom has officially announced Monster Hunter Tri for a North American release in 2010. The game will allow up to 4 people to play online co-op and take on prehistoric monsters with a variety of weapons. The has already been successful  in Japan, with 1.6 million pre-orders placed.

How to Install Daggerfall on Windows XP

The Elder Scroll II:Daggerfall is a classic RPG game that was recently released for free, here's a guide to installing and running Daggerfall on Windows XP.

First create a folder on your hard drive titled DOS. Then download and install Dosbox, a free emulator for running dos games, you can get it here http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1.

After installing Dosbox you must configure it to run Daggerfall.
To do this:

1. Open DOSBox's configuration file:


     a) In Windows navigate to Start > Programs > DOSBox 0.73 > Configuration > Edit configuration.

2. .Make the following changes changes to the configuration:

        a) Under [dosbox], change memsize=16 to memsize=32.

        b)Scroll to the bottom and add the following lines after [autoexec]:
 
@echo off

mount c "C:\Documents\DOS" -freesize 1000
mount d D:\ -t cdrom -ioctl
c:

3. Save the file and run Dosbox.

Notes: If you have an LCD monitor, you may wish to scroll up to [render] and change aspect=false to aspect=true.
If desired, change fullscreen=false to fullscreen=true under [sdl] to enable fullscreen mode.

 Install Daggerfall


NOTE: Daggerfall can be downloaded for free from the official Elder Scrolls Web site here http://www.elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm, packaged as a ZIP archive. It is identical to the 1996 CD release.



In Windows, extract DFInstall.zip to C:\DOS.

In DOSBox, type MOUNT C C:\ then C: then start the installer: dfcd\install.

Agree to the license.

Choose "Install the game to your hard drive".

Accept the install size.

Accept the installation directory.

Install. Wait.

Configure sound:

Choose "Select digital" and choose "SoundBlaster 16/AWE32"; set port to 220, DMA to 1 and IRQ to 7. Test if desired, then choose "OK".

Choose "Select MIDI" and choose "MPU-401" at port 330. Test if desired, then choose "OK".

Choose "OK" to quit the sound configuration utility.

Still in DOSBox, run dag213.exe to apply the patch; answer yes to both prompts.

Contrary to the installer's instructions, run Daggerfall by typing fall z.cfg.

Good Luck!                          
Taken from the UESP wiki, edited by Cloud957