• Guide,  PC Games,  Tech Stuff,  Visual Effects

    ReShade Tutorial: Graphics Enhancement

    In a previous article I explained what ReShade does and how to activate it. Now, since I’ve got a few questions and appreciations regarding the custom presets I use in all my screenshots, I’m offering you a detailed tutorial about this feature and its main functions. If your machine can support it, you can use a specific configuration for some graphics enhancement and even go beyond the already outstanding vanilla effects.

  • PC Games,  Review

    LIMBO Game

    The LIMBO game, developed by independent studio Playdead, is a dark/horror puzzle-platform title (single player) available for PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, PS4, PS Vita, iOS, Android and Wii U. Released back in 2010 as a Xbox Live Arcade exclusive and later made available with a game pack in 2011. After the year-long Xbox 360 exclusivity, Playdead decided to port LIMBO also on Microsoft Windows and PS3. The Xbox One and PS4 versions respectively came out in 2014 and 2015.

  • PC Games,  Review,  Tech Stuff,  Visual Effects

    Nvidia Ansel: First impressions

    Nvidia Ansel is now available with the latest driver update, thus I want to write down my first impressions about its features and available effects. If you own a Playstation 4 you certainly know about the Photomode plugin implemented in some installments (Infamous Second Son, Mad Max, The Last Of Us Remastered, etc). On PC, as mentioned a few times in my previous articles, we can only get unofficial tools to play around with camera, field of view and additional visual effects, in order to get professional screenshots similar to the ones released by video game companies to promote their new product.

  • PC Games

    Final Fantasy Series

    The Final Fantasy series is a science fiction and (obviously) fantasy franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and developed by Square Enix (formerly Square). The first game came to life in 1987 in Japan and in 1990 in North America on Nintendo Entertainment System – NES (then remade for other systems afterwards), followed by many other successful titles in later years.

  • PC Games,  Review

    Mirror’s Edge Catalyst PC Review

    I recently posted an article related to the first Mirror’s Edge game, mentioning this reboot as an upcoming release. Today I want to properly describe and analyze it, since I received a copy as an early birthday present and finished the main story two days ago. Here you are my complete Mirror’s Edge Catalyst PC Review, spoiler-free.

  • Guide,  PC Games,  Tech Stuff,  Visual Effects

    Graphics Settings on PC Games

    We usually expect two things while loading a new game on our machine; quality and performance. A well built computer offers wonderful graphics and opportunities, but sometimes even with a powerful GPU, a good processor and a decent amount of RAM we may get a poor result setting everything to Ultra. Why? In this article I’m going to show you how Graphics Settings on PC Games work.

  • PC Games,  Review

    Garry’s Mod

    Garry’s Mod, also known as GMod, is a sandbox physics game created by Garry Newman and developed by his company (Facepunch Studios) as a mod for Half Life 2 (Valve Corporation), later made into a standalone release in 2006 for Microsoft Windows. In 2010 GMod has been ported on OS X and also on Linux three years later.

  • Guide,  PC Games

    Backup Steam and Origin games

    The great advantage of these two gaming platforms is the everlasting functionality of your games (aka no more ruined CDs) and the possibility of removing and re-installing them whenever you like without occupying additional free space over your shelf. But what happens if you need to reset your Operating System or buy a new computer directly? What if you accidentally delete your game folder(s) and want to be sure your saves can be restored? Let’s see how to properly make a Steam and Origin backup.