Minecraft - The coolest game on the web!

That is the coolest game on the web!!

Developed by Markus Persson, aka "Notch", this 16 bit game is a sandbox mine building game. The alpha version of the game comes with a Singleplayer mode called "Survival", the goal of this mode is survive in the wild from "mobs" or zombies, skeletons spiders, and exploding creatures called "Creepers". You also have chickens, pigs and cows which you can use to your advantage. The map is infinite meaning that it is constantly being generated as you explore the map. There are many different blocks in this game that can be crafted into useful items such as tools or weapons. As you dig down, you will eventually find very rare items such as Redstone, gold and diamonds that can be converted into many precious items. Since the game is expected to move to beta, you can expect a whole lot of new features to be introduced.

There's also a Multiplayer mode currently being integrated more into the game. Survival mode is supposed to be integrated into MP and once this is done, a beta version will be released.

As of now, the game costs about $13 US or 9 EUR. The price is supposed to go up soon so don't miss this chance!

You can read Notch's personal blog here.

Crysis/Wars Keybinds

Keybinds are extremely useful in many games. Certain keyboards and mice allow you to bind a function to a key to server as a shortcut. It can be an autobuy script, switch bind or name change bind.

Crysis in general doesn't allow you to bind a key to multiple functions. You can however edit your actionmaps.xml located at MyDocuments/MyGames/Crysis(Wars)/profiles/(yourprofilename)

In this folder you will find three files and sometimes a folder. I will explain what each file does or contains. The "profile.xml" contains your ingame name. If you wish to rename without changing any setting, simply open this file and edit the name. Make sure to change the folder name too. If you are not interested about this, simply ignore profile.xml.

Attributes.xml stores all your game preferences. Server filters, graphic settings and anything else that is found in the Options menu. If you want to use a custom cfg, it is recommended to do this on your autoexec.cfg as this is usually overwritten by the game.

And finally "attributes.xml", the single file that contains all your key maps. If you have enough keys in your keyboard, it is better to edit any key ingame rather than this file. If you wish to assign a key to multiple functions, this is the place. I only modified Weapon Attachment and added the Nanosuit functions to keys.

This is the weapon attachment code.

  <action name="speedmode" onPress="1">
   <key name="lshift"/>
  </action>
  <action name="strengthmode" onPress="1">
   <key name="e"/>
  </action>
  <action name="defensemode" onPress="1">
   <key name="q"/>
  </action>

Hud_select 1 is Silencer, 2 Laser/light, 3 GrenadeLauncher, 4 Scope/reflex, 5 is not used in MP.
In this file I have mapped Q to attach the Silencer, R for LAM and F for scope/reflex. You can use any key for this.

And the dreaded "keybinds"

  <action name="speedmode" onPress="1">
   <key name="lshift"/>
  </action>
  <action name="strengthmode" onPress="1">
   <key name="e"/>
  </action>
  <action name="defensemode" onPress="1">
   <key name="q"/>
  </action>

Hidden shortcuts of the Nanosuit. As you can see each action name describes the function.
Speedmode is speed and so on. Keyname is the actual key. You can use any key you want here.

That is all ;)

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Bad Company 2: Vietnam revealed

Next week's Tokyo Game Show is the final major game event of 2010. Ahead of the show next week we are getting some info about what game titles will be shown for the first time. One of them, as revealed on the official Battlefield blog site, will be Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam, the upcoming expansion pack to the hit first person shooter.

The expansion was first announced at E3 last June but aside from a teaser trailer there's been no real footage or screenshots. We do know that the expansion is due out in "winter 2010" and will feature four new maps along with new weapons, vehicles and more.


Source: VG247.com