I am officially ending my coverage on Rift and will move on to Star Wars, The Old Republic.  I am looking forward to sharing my experiences while leveling my Sith Inquistor, Sorceror.

This will be the first game I cover from start to end and hope to provide innovative ideas and tips, which include but are not limited to:

     •  PVP – Leveling, Strategies and Tricks
     •  Crafting
     •  How to Make Money via the Auction House.

First glimpse of Battlefield 3.

When I first decided to start my blog I really wanted to explain what was going on in my head during PVP situations through narrative HD videos.  However, I was hampered by my 3 year old Alienware Area 51 with Windows XP.  I decided it was time to invest in a new computer if I was going to take this blog seriously.

Last week with the help of a friend I configured my new Alienware.

• Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit, English, w/Media
• Intel Core i7 960 (3.2GHz, 8MB Cache)
• 12GB Triple Channel 1333MHz DDR3
• 4GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6990
• 1TB – SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 32MB Cache HDD

To be honest, I was really not all that excited as I felt my current computer was just fine playing Rift.  This is also the 6^th Alienware computer I ordered in the last 10 years.  When Fed Ex came to deliver my computer I was surprised when he asked if I could help him unload the box.  When I got to his truck I was pretty shocked to see the size of the box, it was huge.  Together we moved the computer to my house.  

After sitting in the foyer of my house for 6 hours I decided to open the box.  I went to work and after tearing through two boxes I was finally able to pull the computer out.  As I was laying the computer on the floor, one of the side panels flew open.  I was in utter amazement to see a LED light illuminating inside my computer showcasing all of its components.  Keep in mind it wasn’t even plugged in. 

After getting it all plugged in, I finally decided to power it up.  I thought I had seen it all until my computer literally started moving.  The top of the computer was broken up into 8 separate arrow shaped pieces which slowly raised up and revealed these inconspicuous vents allowing air to pass through them.  I know Alienware provides a ton of cool features, but this just blew me away.  What else could I say other than, “WOW”.