Still bummed out that you weren’t able to make it up to PAX this year to participate in the PC Gamer panel? Be bummed out no longer, faithful readers! We’ve uploaded the audio of the entire shindig onto our website for all to enjoy.* In the panel, titled “The Five Wonders of PC Gaming”, we talk about everything that makes gaming on the PC a uniquely awesome experience, including the recent indie blowup Minecraft, StarCraft II, the classic Chex Quest, and flight sim enthusiasts.
PC Gamer 218 has already emerged through the letterbox-shaped portals in our subscribers’ doors. You can now buy it via the newsagent-shaped portals in your town or city. Do you see the rhythm I’m building here? This month we sent Tom to Valve in a plane-shaped portal, and he came back not just with the first information on Portal 2’s brand new co-op, but interviews with Gabe Newell about Valve’s follies, future and Left 4 Dead’s fairy origins. Oh my.
I’m not an achievement whore by nature. In fact, generally I find the very existence of achievements abhorrent. Most of them, in my experience, are just there to reward repetition of mindless tasks or to give me a meaningless pat on the head for doing things I was going to do anyway, like complete a level or build a unit. And I have no patience for most games that force me to do some task X number of times to unlock new content – and yes, that includes Team Fortress 2.
But with StarCraft II, I’m out to get them, but not just to have them. I’m using them for a different purpose: to make the game harder.
This is it, folks: your last chance to win! As our StarCraft week draws to a close, so does our SteelSeries Action Pack giveaway. The action pack includes the StarCraft II-themed Zboard and the looks-tough-feels-soft Terran Marine mousepad.
Congratulations to Thursday’s winner, Igor Pavlenko of Connecticut!
We’ve got one more Action Pack to give away, so read on to enter in today’s giveaway.
As part of our Week of Starcraft, we’re giving away awesome StarCraft II Action Packs from SteelSeries all week long! The action pack includes the StarCraft II-themed Zboard and the looks-tough-feels-soft Terran Marine mousepad.
Congratulations to Wednesday’s winner, Mitchell Ryan of Texas!
We’ve got more Action Packs to give away, so read on to enter in today’s giveaway.
Now that StarCraft II has been out for a bit, you may think about venturing into multiplayer. Our experience is that no one likes being rushed and having their game of StarCraft II ended in minutes, but if you’re new to the game, it can be difficult to avoid. Enter our handy guide with strategies guaranteed¹ to help you fend off that first wave of attackers.
As part of our Week of Starcraft, we’re giving away awesome StarCraft II Action Packs from SteelSeries all week long! The action pack includes the StarCraft II-themed Zboard and the looks-tough-feels-soft Terran Marine mousepad.
Congratulations to Tuesday’s winner, Kristina Waters of North Carolina!
We’ve got more Action Packs to give away, so read on to enter in today’s giveaway.
The day we’ve all been waiting for is here! StarCraft II has launched, and most of you are probobly too busy playing to even read this post. However, we’re here for the unlucky souls who bought the game only to find they can’t get it to run. We’ve compiled a list of known issues that we will update throughout the day with known solutions. If you guys have any problems, feel free to leave them in the comments and we’ll try to help out!
As part of our Week of Starcraft, we’re giving away awesome StarCraft II Action Packs from SteelSeries all week long! The action pack includes the StarCraft II-themed Zboard and the looks-tough-feels-soft Terran Marine mousepad.
Congratulations to Monday’s winner, Josh Littell of New York!
We’ve got more Action Packs to give away, so read on to enter in today’s giveaway.
This week on the site, we want to celebrate some of the heroes of the PC gaming community. People who’ve devoted huge amounts of their free time to making something awesome for the rest of us to enjoy. Today we’re talking to Mike Husky, whose commentary on competitive StarCraft 2 matches makes the bewildering action understandable, exciting and often funny for millions of gamers.
