A new “most kills in Counter-Strike (Valve, 2003) in 12 hours” Guinness video gaming record was set by Björn “Threat” Pers of Sweden on 15th June at at DreamHack Summer 2009, Jönköping, Sweden.

If you are interested to beat this CS nutz’ record then you got to follow these rules:
1. Have to be played on the same map: QPAD AIM map.
2. 12 hours.
3. First to ten wins the match and meet the next challenger (King of the hill)
4. The player with the most rounds during 12 hours has to beat a total of 518 kills.
5. Players are only allowed to change …read more

Ever heard of crossovers? In comic books, sure, crossovers are a dime a dozen. In the past dozen or so years, we’ve seen crossovers within the same universe, like Superman versus Lobo for the DC Universe and Spiderman versus The Hulk in the Marvel Universe, and between universes, such as the DC versus Marvel crossover, which has resulted in the creation of the Amalgam Universe.
Waitaminute! This blog isn’t about comic books! Duh! It’s about retro and classic video games. So where are the crossovers in the video gaming realm? Believe it or not, the most well known crossover in this …read more

I used to co-own an Internet gaming cafe with a group of friends, and before it was called that, the small shop had been a simple network gaming cafe, where we congregated for serious slugfests after work (yes, we had day jobs).
And by “serious slugfests,” I meant SERIOUS because every member of our eight-man barkada (a local slang used to describe a group of very good friends) needed to vent the daily stress associated with day jobs.
Yes! What better way to de-stress after a hard day’s work than video games. Our favorite “de-stresser” was Counter-Strike, which gave us countless hours …read more