Left 4 Dead Survivor for arcades

Left 4 Dead 2 has been popular and on-going with tons of campaigns and DLC campaigns for unlimited fun to play on both Steam and Xbox 360 but it seems that Taito has decided to go further with the arcade version of it with permissions from Valve. Perhaps, the amount of campaigns should fit in the modern arcade games that use of the service with arcade game accounts stored on the servers where you can gain access to newer content as well as to save progress but what's up with the characters in the arcade version? Not to mention that the voice acting combined with the different characters may fit in the Japanese arcades as if there won't be Asia version of those Nesica X Live games anytime soon. But the arcade version? Is that even necessary? How can an FPS game fit into the arcades like that? There was Half-Life 2 arcade version back then with HD widescreen graphics but L4D Survivor may not seem to be using up so much power of Taito Type X3 due to the fact that the graphics may seem to be same under 7th Generation console level in which the game could have been on Taito Type X2 instead. Other games that don't use Type X3's full power may include USF IV to be honest but the thing is, there won't be anymore Type X2 games that the Nesica X Live has to move on to its successor. The main reason is that Windows XP Embedded is likely to expire two years later and the arcades as we know them using PC-based hardware are likely to change as well. Maybe the older games using Windows XP Embedded will either be succeeded or abandoned.
You know, the arcade version is going to be targeted towards those who haven't played the game before on Steam or Xbox 360 but the costs for playing through every missions will be overall much larger than the consumer version price due to so much predicted hogging coming from the amount of campaigns and fun available. But better still, you may as well wait for the upcoming sequel to Half-Life 2 which will be coming in the future. Hopefully, the sequel will look next-gen-ish because the sequel coming out like that at the present isn't going to look evolved anyway.

VAC doesn't record DNS data

We don't know the reason on why do the players want to cheat in Steam games unless there's some sort of difficulty in those games that they have to use the cheat codes. To me, I don't know if recording DNS data of the gamers is a big or medium deal but it may seem that it is for the sake for banning cheaters. However, if this is kind of bad to us, then you may be better off playing similar games on the other platforms instead. Right now, I don't think this kind of action from Valve is kind of bad but the truth is that they're not actually recording the DNS data of the gamers for whatever cheats they use.
Bravos to Valve because if there's any bad technical motive in Steam, there won't be any more point in playing Steam games anymore in Windows, Mac, Linux or even the SteamOS.

SteamOS Beta Update

Now, this update brings some good opportunity to download the beta version of SteamOS as it has the dual-boot feature as well as custom partitions in expert install mode. In case you need some sort of system recovery, there's also an opportunity for you to burn the software to the DVD for that. However, since this is the beta version, expect a bunch of bugs to pop in and especially when you're using the prototype versions of other OSes like I had already used before. Sure, the users may be a little bit annoyed when those happen but then, this is the prototype version and hopefully, more things can be functional in the final version.
Final version? We don't know when but we assume that it should be released sometime this year and we know that Dell's Alienware is releasing their Steam Machines in September.

SteamOS and Steam Machines - Successful or Unsuccessful move?

You know, the only part of this approval for is probably the SteamOS which is Debian based and that is that as well as the Intel Core i3 processors for Intel CPUs which combined are for secure gaming purposes I have come up with. But even then, I don't play so much of Steam games as admitted as the first few games I played on that service before were obviously the indie games on Steam. I don't know what were the interesting games to find on Steam which are not the Indie games back then.
The first problem that makes things backfire about Steam Machines and SteamOS is the fact that they have the dual-boot feature and the connection between Steam Machines and PCs for network gaming. The network gaming like that may be fine but the dual-boot feature is by then a no-no that may cause SteamOS to be IGNORED. This may make you think of the Steam Machines as another kind of gaming PCs and speaking of gaming PCs, they may be extremely expensive and speaking of expensive, the range of prices are from $499 to $6000+.
Your best bet will be to stick back to playing Steam games on Windows or Mac client or have better secure gaming with the Wii U and Playstation 4 as this approach from Valve to me is going to backfire if done incorrectly.

14 companies offering Steam Machines this year with many dual-booting Windows

Dual-booting Windows on Steam Machines? Perhaps not all Steam users are familar with the Linux OSes probably due to how different they are compared to Windows. Sure, certain administration tasks still require that we use the freaking command line and it is still the reason of difficulty spike of OS usage. However, the positivity of Linux nowadays is probably the high security and safer privacy and that not all people know what the Linux OS is.
Right now, the only better reason to buy the Steam Machine will be the fact that it has SteamOS as the main OS along with the CPU processors that don't have the Intel V-Pro technology. That may be the important criteria if you are to decide on buying one Steam Machine for safer gaming.

This year's CES at Las Vegas

Next week is a big one for new technologies of the future. Few things include the upcoming Steam Machines, wearable computing devices such as the smartwatches, Lifeband Touch and even the Google Glass, 4K displays and newer smartphones, tablets and PCs.
For Steam Machines, tons of third-party PC manufacturers will be involved in making their own versions of Steam Machines but we don't know if this is going to succeed or not. Right now, the safer success of using Steam with better privacy protection will be the Linux version of it but even then, you may be better off playing games on the PS4 and Wii U. As of today, the link between SteamOS and Windows and Mac OSX is still not yet available as SteamOS is still in beta stages. Sure, there may be some plans to synchronize your Steam gaming between SteamOS and Windows client version of Steam for example but that will be when SteamOS will be finalized in the future. The worse thing as of today is that there's no way you can try to dual-boot SteamOS along with another OS. Now, that is the reason on why am I not able to give that OS a try on my computer.
Next is the wearable computing devices. The Google Glass is still under beta stages, there will be Lifeband Touch from LG as well as some new smartwatches from Intel.
4K Displays! For whatever reason, this technology is not executed yet although it is already implemented on TVs, YouTube, tablets and computers with 4K resolution support. There will be a new codec for YouTube called VP9 that will allow you to stream such videos.
Other than those new things, we don't know what will Microsoft have in stores for this year's CES and there will be newer smartphones, tablets and PCs in which huge IT technology enthusiasts have nothing much to say about them other than taking those gadgets for standard things. Sure, we may be interested in new technologies but then we still already have our own gadgets at home like the tablets, smartphones, computers and other external computer accessories we already have. Thing is, those gadgets we have are not new anymore but exploring and trying out new technologies and services is a great opportunity for us.

Valve joins Linux Foundation

Maybe next year, I'll probably start using SteamOS straight away as the next year's New Year Resolutions just like using Windows 8 as part of last year's New Year Resolutions. It seems that Valve joins the Linux Foundation like they're trying to promote their SteamOS to ensure that the gaming on Linux gets popular with Linux version of Steam. Games that are on Steam are already playable on Mac OSX and Linux OSes and it may seem that Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions.
Every year, they will be paying between $5000 and $20000 after joining the Linux Foundation.

Steam Machines next year

In addition to the SteamOS that will be arriving, there will be Steam machines that will be arriving next year. They will be low-end, mid-end and high-end machines so take your pick on which one do you want for Steam gaming. Of course, the OS itself is Linux based ever since the former Microsoft employee working at Value had taken Windows 8 for a major product disaster.

But first, those machines are still in development and you can participate in hardware beta-testing. You have until October 25th before the list will be locked according to the official website.

Until then, we may have to know what kind of Linux OS Steam OS will be using and besides, we have to wait until the OS itself is out. Will this be a new opportunity for me to try out on my existing computer as there are way too many Linux distributions to choose from?

Non-game software on Steam

Perhaps Steam is the better service to use on desktop and laptop computers than that freaking Windows Store and the non-gaming software store from Steam may be the answer to Windows Store. The software there is interesting to explore but the apps there are seriously costly. Here are the following titles for you to purchase from Steam:

• Game Maker Studio: The latest program in the family that allows people to make their own games for Steam Workshop, IOS, Android, computers and even HTML5. It saves time in development rather than having to code for native languages but depending on the development quality, the development of the game can take up from weeks to months in order to make the creation even better. Optionally, there can be updated versions of the creations perhaps for better features and bug fixes. The only downside of the free version compared to Game Maker Lite is that the resources are very limited.
• 3D Coat: A 3D modeling CGI program that allows you to model the characters and character dresses. There will be layers to paint with, voxel sculpting, UV-Mapping, Retotoplogy and best of all, the linking with Photoshop. You can use this as well as Photoshop for better texturing processes through multiple layers.
• ArtRage Studio: It may be like Photoshop and Illustrator but damn, it looks kind of professional enough to be on par with them. Even better is that you can import and export PSD files which keep layers, layer groups, blend modes and editable text layers.
• CameraBag 2: The photo tweaking and enhancement program that allows you to enhance your photos even further. Choose from 100+ built-in styles and filters or create and share your own. There are full suites of 25+ manual photographic tools including advanced curve editors. Using Analog Engine, it has high-fidelity, 32-bits-per-channel, non-destructive, multi-threaded image processing which can be fast and smooth. Its old-school looks are particularly high tech in recreating the natural blemishes and random variations which may be one of the hardest digital challenges and that’s where the research of the developers of this program is much devoted. With the Analog Engine, even the most heavily-modified photos will retain smooth, film-like colors. The program may be best suited for laptops but you can also use it for the desktop for advanced multimedia purposes.
• Source Filmmaker: The program that is currently in public beta and it is the movie-making tool built and used by Valve to make movies inside the Source game engine. Because it uses the same assets as the game, anything that exists in the game can be used in the movie and vice versa. You can get started with this prototype program and see the base game assets from Team Fortress 2 along with assets from some of the first Meet The Team short films. Go use it now, you’re gonna want this for advanced video making.