http://www.thelanbox.com.au/ en-us http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/388/the-battle-for-geek-supremecy-continues/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/388/the-battle-for-geek-supremecy-continues/ Fri, 18 May 2012 17:25:31 GMT It's now been three days since the launch of Diablo III and, according to the gameplay stats here at The LANBox, quite a few of us have clocked up our fair share of hours despite the hick-ups. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/385/king-of-the-geeks-the-diablo-3-challenge-begins/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/385/king-of-the-geeks-the-diablo-3-challenge-begins/ Tue, 15 May 2012 09:46:17 GMT Last month I was presented with a prestigious award for dedication to the art of geekery because my boss learnt about how I'd just spent my weekend. A weekend chock-full of awesome things such as a two-night LAN party, floppy drive music and a trip to the Adelaide Showgrounds for Oz Comic Con. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/382/eve-online-a-game-of-drones-sounds-for-flying/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/382/eve-online-a-game-of-drones-sounds-for-flying/ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:08:16 GMT Before heading out into the vast cosmos of space there's one thing I always have to check off the list - music. Up until recently my favourite music to fly to was The Gitch Mob's album Drink the Sea and to be honest that's not really changed it's just been joined by something a little more ambient. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/384/gmod-challenge-4-gyrocopter-or-helicopter/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/384/gmod-challenge-4-gyrocopter-or-helicopter/ Fri, 11 May 2012 14:12:25 GMT It's about time we had another challenge and this one is going to be a doosy. It's time to build a helicopter or gyrocopter. This one's going to have a few levels of difficulty as to hopefully cater to everyone. Details below. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/379/eve-online-a-game-of-drones-corporation-hunting/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/379/eve-online-a-game-of-drones-corporation-hunting/ Thu, 10 May 2012 22:30:40 GMT Let's face it unless you're the most hermit-like of EVE Online players, your journey as a pilot is going to be pretty boring unless you find a group of pilots with a common goal. This is where corporations come in. I've been in my fair share, all quite small, and some even of my own creation. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/378/12-tips-for-portals-perpetual-testing-initiative/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/378/12-tips-for-portals-perpetual-testing-initiative/ Wed, 9 May 2012 23:26:22 GMT Cave Johnson here. If you're gonna come out knowing anything from your time here with the Aperture Science Perpetual Testing Initiative it should be these simple lessons. Well! What are you waiting for? If you give testers somewhere to get stuck they'll find it. Ugggh...why do we let them in here. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/377/eve-online-a-game-of-drones-prologue/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/377/eve-online-a-game-of-drones-prologue/ Wed, 9 May 2012 22:02:03 GMT I've recently strayed away from the EVE universe, not because of any of CCP's wrongdoing but because I've become bored of who I am, for I am a care-bear. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/375/nvidia-announce-geforce-gtx-690-fanboys-rejoice/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/375/nvidia-announce-geforce-gtx-690-fanboys-rejoice/ Sun, 29 Apr 2012 21:01:27 GMT It seems the beastly GeForce GTX 680 was not quite beastly enough for the folks over at nVidia who announced the release of their new flagship card the GTX 690 this morning. As you would expect it's got all the power and shininess of two 680's mashed together into a very slick looking card. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/374/make-portal-maps-with-perpetual-testing-initiative/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/374/make-portal-maps-with-perpetual-testing-initiative/ Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:53:18 GMT The awesome folks over at Valve have come to realise that Hammer is not a fun or even easy way to make maps for games, especially the Portal series. And as such are going to rectify that with the Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative and give us an easier way to create our own brain bending puzzles. http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/373/minecraft-snapshot-12w16a/ http://www.thelanbox.com.au/blog/post/373/minecraft-snapshot-12w16a/ Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:04:34 GMT Another weekly snapshot for our favourite mining and crafting game Craftmine has been released cleverly titled "Minecraft Snapshot 12w16a" and this one is a doozy. There a few new options in the "Create World" menu, such as allow cheats and having a bonus chest at your initial spawn.