Cooler Master releases another powerhouse PSU offering a whopping 1200W for hardcore gaming and technology enthusiasts around the world. After our numerous tests at the wheel behind this melodious creation, one thing is clear: the Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W, part of the Silent Pro Gold Series matching the 80Plus efficiency standards, satiates a hunger that a quad-SLI/Crossfire X setup can accomplish.

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Creativity. It all starts with the idea to create something simple, and further extends the applications of the idea into a world of practicability and reasonability in the limitations of whatever tools we have to use that puts a pen in our hand and gives us a small area to expand. Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection Edition heralds a tool-set  which includes: Adobe Photoshop CS5 for photography enthusiasts, Adobe Illustrator CS5 for vector inspirationalists, Adobe InDesign for Publishing Needs, Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for PDF Document Lovers, Adobe Flash Professional CS5 for Animation and Keyframe Creators, Adobe Flash Builder 4 for Cross-Platform Internet Applicationists, Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 with Adobe Fireworks CS5 for Website Designers, Adobe Contribute CS5 for Website Specialists, Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 for Video Editors,  Adobe After Effects for Motion Graphics teams around the world, Adobe Soundbooth CS5 for Audiophiles, Adobe OnLocation CS5 for Production Editors on-location, and finally Adobe Encore CS5 for Media Authors looking for that perfect packaging. The amount of products within the tool-set are stunning while being simply remarkable, a feat that no easy list can accomplish. Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection Edition defines the meteoric capacity of a tool-set to revitalize the mind’s concept and allow any designer, developer, creator, inventor to simply achieve an unstoppable performance that is unforgiving to the amount of innovations that a human mind can encompass.

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Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty gives space and consequences a whole new meaning. After 215 hours of gametime with Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, one thing is clear: the game is phenomenal. From the incredible campaign to the tightly balanced multiplayer featuring brilliant variety, Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty is an unremarkable experience to its best-RTS predecessor of the time Starcraft I. The campaign is lively with story elements that make the gameplay feel realistic, the combat A.I. along with the mission structures itself have been revamped into something entirely new and exciting, and the characters themselves make each other more memorable than ever. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty revitalizes a newfound sense of nostalgia and energy that leaves players in the dark and within the formality of a light surprise to find out what else is yet to come in this thrilling reinvention and continuing series of games for the Starcraft universe.

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Long ago, there was a time when 64 KB memory architecture was king and when analog computers were hailed as the premiere of the league. Innovations, however, remain endless in this industry. The Apple iPad is simply the culmination of a group of genius’ that took the ARM architecture and infused it with the SoC (system on chip) technique to deliver an experience that is new, exciting, and undeniably fresh. With a strong suite of products to fit anyone and everyone, and incredible developer support of tools and new innovation each and every day, the Apple iPad 64 GB shows us that it is okay to no longer need our laptops. The compendium of laptop dwellers no longer have to feel boiling heat on the steeps of their laps to feel like they accomplished something. The Apple iPad 64 GB is a device that is simply unheralded in both applicability, design, and most of all usability.

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The megalopolis society of structure that is supposed to gladden the sprawling population of Pacific City has come to an utter brink of war. The streets are ravaged by a viral infection and what once was a unified Pacific City is now alienated between the Agency, the Cell and the Freaks for anarchy and domination. Crackdown 2 undoubtedly takes the pages from the comic book art style and combines it with improved gameplay compared to its predecessor through an unparalleled multiplayer offering, dazzling graphics and moreover the right balance of a serious mood with a humorous tone that makes it an exciting gameplay for anyone that loves freedom of choice and having the thrill of being a superhuman Agent. The Agency is has finally returned and this time with a need stronger than ever.

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Every now and again a game comes along that brings fresh ideas and innovative concepts that makes people stand up and take notice and have genuine belief that what will follow will be the next best thing. However, when these great features are ruined by amateur errors in game design it brings a tear to the eye when you think of what could have been. Alpha Protocol is a game which falls exactly into that category but what is even more sad in this case is it is littered with gameplay letdowns including horrid game design, and moreover a level progression system that leaves a sour taste.

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E3 2010 was a spectacle, due to the opening of admissions to smaller retailers and media publications – with numbers nearing the similar peak. We were there to get every exciting moment: from Dead Rising 2, to KINECT and everything in between the PlayStation Move inundation. E3 2010 was marked through displays of motion and 3D, similar to our coverage of the 3DGS Convention. As always, it was certainly a great time, and now that time is over. It’s time to look forward, ahead to newer and better releases, and to ennoble titles in this year’s WhatIfGaming’s Best Of E3 Awards 2010.

Criteria: The Best of E3 Awards, a subcategory for the WhatIfGaming Prizes, are given solely to those video games that demonstrate a pure excellence in the field for which they are not only nominated but also chosen. These awards only apply to playable games at E3 given a few exceptional categories.

Nomination & Selection Process: Compared with other site awards, the WhatIfGaming Prize nomination and selection process is long and extremely rigorous. This is the sole reason why WhatIfGaming Prizes have grown in importance over the years to become the most important prizes in their field. Forms, which amount to a personal and exclusive invitation, are sent to 150 (2010) selected individuals to invite them to submit nominations months in advance from the latest builds per video game. Self-nominations are disqualified. For WhatIfGaming Prizes, inquiries are sent to such people as developers, industry experts, analysts, among others. After our deadline passes, the nominations are chosen by permanent committee of 5 selected individuals from staff and only the final stage of nominees remain per category. From all of these, a winner is chosen.

The names of the nominees are not publicly announced, and neither are they told that they have been considered for the WhatIfGaming Prize. Some are announced publicly by practice. Nomination records are revealed approximately 2 years after each respective award year.

WhatIfGaming: Don, that was one heck of a show…

DM: That is what we try to aim for and always revealing the Xbox Experience.

WhatIfGaming: I do have to ask, did you find the scripted dialogue as horribly cheesy as I did? It was almost..

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Yes. Microsoft has decided to grace us with a new Xbox 360 ‘Slim?’ Not sure what to call it, and a call to a local retailer had them confused as well. Play in the UK gave us some details for our Euro-folks. Expect some to have them in a matter of a week. As for us, we will have a review out on the product soon – assuming it gets here soon.

More coming up. Interview with Don Mattrick on KINECT goodness and finally some Fable III preview.

As racing games go, they all  follow the same basic concept of  drive fast and win. Very few actually differ in levels of realism and skill they strive to achieve with a passion.  Luckily, Split Second takes the task of start to finish and makes it revitalizing, new, and an overall decent title to play that provides a sense of experience and realism. Split Second pushes for an added new dimension to the basic structure by allowing players to affect the racing environment by blowing up boats, cars, trains, and basically anything that litters the side of the course, allowing for more tactics to come into play. The game can turn from boring, to unexpected and for everything that goes right on a track, things can go wrong. This aspect can both be beneficial and a hindrance when it comes to enjoyment and frustration and it lets the game down to a point. Regardless, the title is some fun as long as it lasts through core gameplay in singleplay and finally the multiplayer aspect that transitions this into the real world scenario.

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