Many computer peripherals you have to get in order to complete the performance of your desktop PC and one of them that we should not forget about is the speaker. In this era, computer is not only has been used for the job like typing task, programming, and so forth, many people buy the computer because they need the side of entertainment that could provide them with games experience, music as well as movie player. Based on that kind of reason, sound could be the most ultimate need we have to accomplish since those could be nothing with sound, especially when we watch movie through computer.

 

Computer speakers are everywhere. They range from ten dollars right the way up to hundreds of dollars. What should you look for to make sure you get the best computer speaker system and one that suits your needs and budget? Being prepared makes any task simpler, and if you are in the market for computer speakers then a little research before you buy will pay dividends in the long run. There are several factors you might need to think about.

 

Budget you want to spend in buying the right speaker for your device could be the top of list. It’s better for you to buy the highest number you can afford. Speaker systems are described by a number, 5.1 or 7.2 or 2.1 etc. The first number tells you how many speakers you are going to receive and the one is the bass channel. Like other computer parts the speakers will date fast so get the highest number you can afford.

 

Getting some referrals from friends or colleagues could be good since they could give you some considerations why you might need or not to get this kind of speaker. Browsing for the speaker you want to buy on the internet is another great move you might do if there is not enough advice you could use. Check the Internet for reviews. This is an essential part of the computer speaker buying process. It is hard to believe that some people still impulse buy without checking what they are buying first.

 

Freddy Krueger on MK IV

Kemin On July - 22 - 2011ADD COMMENTS

Do you know Freddy Krueger? The American Legendary killer? Yeah, that is right—for Mortal Kombat lover, you should be ready to be able to play this character on this game because it has been confirmed that Freddy Krueger will be part of the game as a fighter and you can download it on the early of August 2011.This character completes other characters which have been released earlier like Skarlet, Kenshi, and Rain.

 

In order to be able to play Freddy character Mortal Kombat IV, you have to spend 400 Microsoft point or $ 4,99 on PlayStation Network. At the early stage, Freddy will come on the center of fire and like what he uses on his film; he will bring knife on his finger and will be suitable if you choose Sub Zero or even Johnny Cage as your opponent since he has capability of doing high-range attack. He has a great fatality-signature moves which incredibly insane like throwing his enemy to the firecracker.

 

Freddy is the main actor in the Nightmare on the Elm Street’s series which comes with black hat, long sleeve shirt, broke face and all over fingered knife. In the movies, Freddy is kind of evil who comes in his victim dream to kill them.

 

 

After learning about the business model of gaming industry in recent article, developers can determine the payment methods. There are so many things you need to know about this kind of business and one of them is Method of payment for the game that had been done among others through subscribe, download, or F2P (free to play). F2P is really suitable for them who want to develop social gaming. F2P also has a variety of options, namely the item mall, Donations, exclusive sponsorship, and In-game / advergaming.

The payment system is an item mall game that is played for free at the beginning but for some specific items, gamers must pay some money. If you choose to continue playing for free, gamers have only limited access to some specific items only. While Donations the payment system allows gamers to donate some money without being given a specific target. Players can transfer within its capabilities.

Then, the exclusive sponsorship of the payment system is that you build a game to use a company’s marketing communications to convey messages of the product. Some companies such as manufacturers of cigarettes and drinks ions never do this to educate consumers about the product at the company closer to consumers. The entire cost of production will be taken care by company and you will be able to make a profit.

The Last one in-game payment or advergaming which you put ad links on the right or left side of the game, or even after the game was over played. The ads also can be a link to your own subsidiary or links to other games that you also develop. This system is commonly called cross promotion. This system was made by Zynga, which makes gamers know all Zynga games are developed without excessive promotion.

 

The Development of gaming industry is not just for entertainment for its users right now. Social network development of media also plays important role in the advancement technology of “social games” and as a result, there are many game developers try to expand their business into social media since it could give them a lot of profits they never imagined before.

It’s kind of important for games developer knows about the business model and gamer behaviors. What do you know about gamer behaviors? Basically, there are four types of gamer, which are: Core Gamer, Status Gamer, Actual Gamer, and the last one is Social Gamer. Before you start develop one game, you know about which kind of gamer behaviors you want to put yourself into because it could be an important factor that plays important role in what kind of game you want to develop.

Core gamers are gamers who spend all their time just to play games. It could even be three days and three nights in front of computer screens or gaming device. The Status Gamers are gamers who just love collecting gadgets that provide gaming applications. Status gamers even never finish every game he plays because it sought only a social status that he is a lover of games and have all the gadgets and gaming equipment from old products to new products.

Actual gamers are gamers who only play games on the sidelines of the activity through the mobile phone, laptop, or tablet hers. While social gamer is a gamer who plays games via social media applications with the goal of expanding the network of friends. People who play games on Facebook are not necessarily categorized as a social gamer. If he does not aim to expand friendships and simply play a constant application, he can enter the category of core gamers.

After learning the types of gamers and their behavior, game developers can start building the game with a focus on one type of gamer. Social gamers is one of the good market at present because of the increasing number of social media users is significant enough to be a target game business.

To build a social media game, a developer needs a minimum budget of 100,000 to 300,000 U.S. dollars with the developing time for 4 to 12 weeks and developing a team total of at least 10 people. Once the game is built and published, the important thing to always do is run weekly feature updates and respond back any feedback from users.

Weekly update feature should be routinely performed, if not, gamers will be bored. However, these weekly updates costly, so you should also think about the mutual money from gamers. Do not be proud of your game is played hundreds of thousands or even millions of users, but if there is no money, it’s useless. To earn income from the game business, developers must determine the business model of the executable. A business model for video games is starting from the developer to publisher, to the end user. While the business model for mobile game developers are starting to firm ported, then the publisher just got to the end user.

The porting company is porting service provider for gaming applications on mobile devices. “The game is finished, it should be ported in order to support for many handsets. Standard ported is 250 times. So, one game alone should be ported over 250 times. So, for developers who want to do business in the mobile application must provide an additional budget ported for this.

Xperia Play, Play Station brand for Sony Ericsson mobile phone, apparently just an initial step to enter the games business. Sony Ericsson is currently developing a new platform of mobile games. Content to be supplied will not only be enjoyed by the users of the Xperia Play only. Sony plans to expand the user because all users of Android-based phones can enjoy the content provided. Hence, Sony plans to make a game store.

 

Anticipating the needs of users, Sony Ericsson has developed a special emulator play station emulator labeled one and is different from the emulator on the PSP. With this emulator, mobile phone or tablet Android users can use to enjoy mobile games Sony Ericsson. Mobile phones or tablet that supports the devices that use OS 2.3 or above. The same emulator designed for next generation PSP2.

 

For devices that do not have the game control, the center developed a touch-screen control system. Through this approach can be expected that all devices used to enjoy mobile games Sony Ericsson. Sony Ericsson itself has opened outlets that will sell the tools you need. So far, not yet known how the price of supporting devices, including the price of each item games.

Two New Products of Lenovo

Kemin On June - 15 - 2011ADD COMMENTS

Lenovo introduces new Y series notebooks, Y570. Sized 15-inch notebooks are designed with a super performance to support the entertainment, particularly gaming. This laptop offers entertainment and performance. It has i5 processor, then 4GB of DDR 3 memory and a 1GB Nvidia graphics card.

 

Meanwhile, from the side view, finishing this notebook is made from metal with a pattern of spots that look classic and elegant. As for color, this notebook is designed with classic colors like black. The keyboard of this notebook is equipped with num lock.

 

There are some games that need num lock so that Lenovo decided to facilitate this. Y570 also has two USB ports, namely 2.0 and 3.0. USB 3.0 is designed to blue, just to differentiate. Meanwhile, the sound quality previously using Dolby, SRS is now wearing.

 

This notebook also includes Lenovo Enhance Experience. Among them can make booting faster, just 24 seconds and shut down just 8 seconds. Can also to arrange so that the boot remains optimal even though many applications.

 

The plan, Y570 will launch the third week of June. Price range is $899. Y570 is one of the most advanced products currently owned by Lenovo. At the same time, Lenovo is also introducing a notebook Z470 which has now been on the market. For entertainment purposes as well, this notebook is designed with glossy designs and colors.

 

Another advantage, surface concave in the middle of the keyboard is designed to fit the contours of the finger. The bottom of the keyboard is also designed not sharp so as to minimize pounding and finger-friendly. You can buy Z470 for $499.

The Sims on Facebook

Kemin On June - 13 - 2011ADD COMMENTS

Social game “The Sims” will go into the social networking game up and the Facebook Users are continuing to up getting spoiled with interactive game that has millions of followers. EA expressed readiness to launch the game The Sims Social, forms an extension of the popular game franchise The Sims. As quoted by Mashable, Social Sims will let gamers create avatars, to interact with each other. The plan, EA, Social Sims as a distributor, will provide a mobile application to accompany the game.

 

The Sims was first launched in 2000. Since then it has sold over 140 million units worldwide. In that game, the players can play the part of a virtual character, as well as interact with each other. The presence of The Sims is a new breakthrough in the game up for this because the games that brought up to the majorities are made by Zynga.