PC Perspective Hardware Workshop Video
Subject: Editorial, Shows and Expos | August 10, 2011 - 07:14 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: workshop, video, quakecon, pcper
If you weren't at Quakecon 2011 last weekend and didn't get a chance to watch our live stream of the event, you can still catch it right here. What did we do at 3rd Annual PC Perspective Hardware Workshop? We gave out a TON of hardware and prizes thanks to our many sponsors (listing here) and also showed off some great case mods, some new technology including a 5 display capable Galaxy graphics card and of course, a demo from NVIDIA's own Tom Petersen.
Again, a HUGE thanks goes out to our sponsors for helping out with the event, providing interesting things to show off and prizes for all the gamers. We had a blast as did the 1100+ attendees and 2000+ viewers live online that day!! A big thanks specifically goes out to Corsair, NVIDIA and OCZ for exceptional help getting it all together!
Here is to next year...or who knows...maybe even sooner...? ;)
Introduction, PCPer Hardware Workshop
The third and final day drew thousands of gamers and curious people to Quakecon's exhibition hall and Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC) area. Some gamers were pretty weary from all-night gaming sessions, while others continued to press on by playing Tribes: Ascend, Rage, Team Fortress 2, and Left 4 Dead 2. Others took time out from gaming to make the rounds to various panel discussions with community managers from Respawn, id Software, Bethesda Softworks, and Insomniac and learn more about first-person gaming from id Software's Tim Willits and other developers in the gaming industry.
Each day started with Ventrilo's Rage Quick Drive drawing that gave gamers an opportunity to win $1,000 and tickets for a chance to win a brand-new 2011 Molten Orange Ford F-150 Raptor SVT, complete with the Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SC upgrade package. Today's quick drive drawing started with Marty Stratton from id Software crowd surfing at the main stage in the exhibition hall.
Continue reading the final day's coverage from Quakecon 2011!!
New Rage trailer causes an Uprising at Quakecon?
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | August 6, 2011 - 06:10 PM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: rage, quakecon, id
The most important difference about Quakecon this year is that they can finally, for the first time in years, promote an upcoming in-house title. RAGE was definitely all the rage this year as John Carmack spent the majority of his keynote discussing the technical decisions made during the game for the 360, for the PS3, and for the PC. The biggest take-away that a lead game programmer could learn from the keynote is that you should never tell the artist team when approached about design specifications, “Make beautiful stuff and we’ll figure out how to make it work.” However, for the rest of us not on iD’s programming department, we get to see what a comment like that looks like in the new RAGE trailer.
Reminded of USENET a decade ago, “Syntax Error: Asking for the best computer, money is no object.”
Something has us believing that this will be a very profitable year for Bethesda’s parent company, Zenimax. With two large games, RAGE and Elder Scrolls V, coming out this autumn from Zenimax we hopefully should see them able to reinvest and grow over the coming years. As for the game itself, I get three distinct vibes from the most recent cinematic trailer: The first is Doom 3 which is most felt in the intro as the player is loaded into the pod-like device; the second is Fallout 3 from characters interact; the third vibe I cannot pin against any given game and mostly consists of the vehicular aspect of the trailer. What does it remind our readers of? (Registration not required for commenting.)
PC Perspective Hardware Workshop 2011 @ Quakecon 2011 in Dallas, TX
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Graphics Cards, Motherboards, Cases and Cooling, Processors, Memory, Systems, Storage, Mobile, Shows and Expos | August 6, 2011 - 03:21 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: workshop, streaming, quakecon, prizes, live, giveaways
It is that time of year again: another installment of the PC Perspective Hardware Workshop! Once again we will be presenting on the main stage at Quakecon 2011 being held in Dallas, TX August 4-7th.
Main Stage - Quakecon 2011
Saturday, August 6th, 3:30pm CT
Our thanks go out to the organizers of Quakecon for allowing us and our partners to put together a show that we are proud of every year. We love giving back to the community of enthusiasts and gamers that drive us to do what we do! Get ready for 2 hours of prizes, games and raffles and the chances are pretty good that you'll take something out with you - really, they are pretty good!
Our thanks for this year's workshop logo goes to John Pastor!!
Our primary partners at the event are those that donated a good amount of prizes and also threw in for some of our hilarious new workshop Tshirts! Our thanks to Corsair, NVIDIA and OCZ Technology!!
Live Streaming
Missed the event? No worries, you can watch the replay right here!
If you can't make it to the workshop - don't worry! You can still watch the workshop live on our page right here as we stream it over one of several online services. Just remember this URL: http://pcper.com/workshop and you will find your way!
System Build Contest
To mix things up, we are going to be holding a system build contest where a couple of lucky, randomly selected participants will be brought up on stage to build a computer LIVE and in person - first one to get to Windows desktop gets to KEEP THEIR SYSTEM! Specs are very impressive:
- Corsair Graphite 600T case
- Intel Core i5-2500K CPU
- MSI Z68A-GD65 G3 motherboard
- PNY GTX 580 Liquid Cooled GPU
- Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 Memory
- Antec High Current Gamer 620 watt PSU
- OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD
- Western Digital 3TB HDD
- Thermaltake keyboard and mouse combo
Not too shabby, huh? Make sure you are in attendance for your chance to utilize those PC-building skills!
Case Mod Competition
Along with the Hardware Workshop, PC Perspective is sponsoring and judging the annual case mod contest! There are two categories for the competition: "from scratch" and "pre-fab" that will allow those that build their computer enclosures from the ground up to compete separately from those that heavily modify their existing cases and systems.
On Friday the PCPer staff will be wandering around the BYOC area looking at the various entries for the mod contest (sign up to enter at the information booth in the BYOC) and will then select two finalists from each competition category, "pre-fab" and "from scratch". Those finalists will be asked to bring their systems to the Hardware Workshop on Saturday to show off the designs, explain the detailed work that went into each and what they learned during the modification process. On stage we will select one of the two competitors for each category as the WINNER and all four participants will take home some kick-ass hardware, the category winners will each get a bit more on their plate!!
Have questions? Email casemod@pcper.com!
Prize List (will continue to grow!)
Continue reading to see the list of prizes for the workshop!!!
Introduction, 20 years of id Software, Skyrim, Prey 2
To commemorate 20 years in the gaming industry, several senior members of id Software came together for a “20 Years of id Software” panel to relive some of the history and mystery surrounding the company. John Carmack, Todd Hollenshead, Kevin Cloud and Tim Willits gave Quakecon gamers a fresh and candid look at id Software's humble beginnings and an in-depth view of their philsophies on PC, console, and mobile gaming.
During the question and answer session, the panel was asked about their advice and opinions on becoming an artist and programmer and their vision of the future of PC and console gaming. At the end of the panel discussion, the id Software team thanked the Quake community for their continued support as well as the Quakecon volunteers for their commitment to making the annual event a success every year.
One pleasant surprise was having G4TV’s Morgan Webb as the panel moderator for the event. Webb was her usual smart and sassy self and helped make the event fun and lively for everyone. Overall, the event was very engaging and we got to see the id Software team in a different light that most gamers don't get to see from today's game developers.
Event Kickoff
id Software executives Todd Hollenshead, Paul Steed, and John Carmack provided the opening remarks to kick off the start of this year's Quakecon 2011 today at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas. Quakecon is the largest LAN party in North America and typically draws thousands of gamers from all over the world.
Hollenshead got the crowd going with several announcements for discounted games on Steam and the first public demonstration of The Elder Scrolls V: SkyRim. He also mentioned the first demo of sequel Prey 2. Every iOS game put out by id Software, which includes game titles like Rage, Doom II RPG, Wolfenstein, and others, will be 50 percent off from Thursday to Sunday. Hollenshead also challenges Quakecon participates and stated that if the Rage Facebook pages gets 100,000 likes by the end of the weekend, the Rage iOS games will be free for a limited time. PC gamers were not left in the cold as the Doom and Quake pack that includes every Doom and Quake game available on Steam can be purchased for $29.99. Gamers can also drop some cash for the Quakecon Pack, which includes every Bethesda Softworks and id Software title available on Steam for only $69.99. This price will be reduced for gamers who pre-order Rage, Skyrim or both game titles.
Quakecon Steam Deals: Catch up with iD and Bethesda for $70
Subject: General Tech, Shows and Expos | August 5, 2011 - 03:44 AM | Scott Michaud
Tagged: steam, quakecon
A lot of news is blowing up about the exciting conference happening right now called Quakercon. For those of us not lucky enough to bask in the PepsiCo subsidiary that popularized Amish oatmeal delight there is another, smaller conference going on right now called “Quakecon”. Frankly, I think they’re ripping off our wonderful breakfast food company. Still, if you cannot check out Quakercon treating us to tonnes of steamed meals – why not check out Quakecon treating us to tonnes of Steam deals!
Yes I realize there is no such thing as Quakercon… … yet.
In the event that you are following Quakecon and for some reason do not own many iD or Bethesda games, there is a bundle that will roll you pretty much entirely up to date for just shy of $70. The Quakecon Pack 2011 contains the following:
- Quake III Arena
- Quake IV
- Wolfenstein 3D
- The Ultimate Doom
- Final DOOM
- DOOM II
- QUAKE
- QUAKE II
- QUAKE II Mission Pack: The Reckoning
- QUAKE II Mission Pack: Ground Zero
- QUAKE III: Team Arena
- HeXen: Beyond Heretic
- HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
- Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
- Spear of Destiny
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein
- QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
- QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
- DOOM 3
- HeXen II
- DOOM 3 Resurrection of Evil
- Master Levels for Doom II
- Commander Keen
- Rogue Warrior
- The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
- Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth
- BRINK
- Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Hunted: The Demon’s Forge™
- Fallout New Vegas: Dead Money
- Fallout New Vegas: Honest Hearts
- Fallout New Vegas: Old World Blues
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition Deluxe
QuakeCon 2011: Arrive in a clunker… leave in a beast
Subject: Shows and Expos | July 27, 2011 - 11:46 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: quakecon
If you are hoping for fine cognac or fast storage you may be disappointed to find out that the Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SC is a modified 2011 Ford F-150 Raptor SVT, but if you are into high performance automotives then you've another reason to come to QuakeCon. There will be 100 tickets available for the draw, which you will have to win during QuakeCon, perhaps even through the CaseMod contest that PC Perspective is judging again this year!
July 27, 2011 (Rockville, MD) – Ventrilo, the premier group voice communication program used in tournaments and multiplayer games, will once again participate in QuakeCon 2011, with the sponsorship its 4th annual “Ultimate Power Up” Sweepstakes at QuakeCon. In addition, the Company will also sponsor their newly added “Ventrilo RAGE Quick Drive” contest.
This year, one lucky attendee will drive away from QuakeCon 2011 in a brand-new 2011 Molten Orange Ford F-150 Raptor SVT, complete with the Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SC upgrade package. Attendees will also have the chance to win their share of $10,000 cash as they compete in the “Ventrilo RAGE Quick Drive” contests held throughout the event. The 2011 Ford F-150 Raptor SVT Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SC, valued at approximately $69,719, will be on display in the main exhibition area throughout the event.
“Once again we’d like to say a special thank you to Brian Knapp and everyone at Ventrilo for giving QuakeCon attendees the chance to drive home on Sunday with panache,” said Todd Hollenshead, president of id Software. “This brand new, 600 HP Super Cab Ford F-150 is not only 4WD, but is also supercharged for the best performance on roads or off—and in bandit infested Wastelands.”
“It is an honor to be a major sponsor of QuakeCon once again. We could not ask for a better opportunity to give back to the community that spawned the creation of Ventrilo.”said Brian Knapp, president of Flagship Industries. “The Ford F-150 Raptor SVT was specifically designed to run in the Baja 1000 desert race but can be used for every day street driving. Those wasteland bandits will never catch you when you have 600 horsepower at your disposal.”
The “Ultimate Power Up” winner will be randomly selected after the final “Ventrilo RAGE Quick Drive” contest at 9:30pm CST on Saturday, August 6th as part of the tournament finals event on the QuakeCon Dell Main Stage. A total of 100 coveted tickets for the Ford F-150 Raptor SVT Hennessey VelociRaptor 600 SC will be awarded to attendees throughout each day of the show in QuakeCon contests, random drawings, and other events.
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