Designing games around a system’s strengths is always a good idea — and Skate It strives to strike a balance between understanding the DS’ limitations while making the most of its strengths. Solid controls, multiplayer options, and creation tools stand out, though some jagged textures and their frustrating side effects hamper an otherwise solid execution.

Bland textures cause the most problems with Skate It, as they tend to smear parts of the environment together, making it hard to determine when a curb turns into a sidewalk before it’s too late to avoid a wipeout (even brushing against small objects in the game results in the same undesirable effect). When compared to other skateboarding games that give the player a more forgiving margin of error, Skate It misses the mark. But despite being more difficult and unforgiving than it needs to be, Skate It’s controls do a good job of making up for some of those frustrations.

Click the image above to check out all the Skate It screens.

You control your skater — displayed on the top screen — by drawing lines across the skateboard deck on the bottom screen, which elicits different effects depending on where and how you swipe the stylus. You push off the skateboard by pressing your stylus to the right of the deck and turn your skater by using the directional pad with your left hand (left-handed players can flip this around), and you execute grabs by holding down the left bumper. Once you get the hang of those basics, more complicated stylus strokes result in increasingly fancier tricks, which are essential to completing events in the game’s career mode.

Single-player progression is similar to other skateboarding games: build your reputation by participating in events against other skaters in the world, eventually attain sponsorship, then go back through said events to boost your score…and that’s about it. It helps that most of the skate parks are well designed, but it’s the multiplayer features that keep the game from falling into monotony thanks to solid single- and multicard play. Additionally, any skate parks you create with the MySpot creation tools are shareable in either multiplayer mode, along with a logo-creation tool to customize your skater.

Skate It on the DS is a decent choice for patient skateboarding fans, but casual players may want to hold out for a potentially more refined future installment.

Gaming computers have high–end graphics cards, processors and lots of RAM—those components needed to enhance your gaming experience. When considering a gaming computer you should carefully evaluate your needs. Most manufacturers provide individual customization, so you can get a desktop that will fit your gaming style and budget.

• Processor – A fast CPU, or processor, will prevent lags in large or complex games like first person shooters or MMORPGs (massively multi–player online role–playing games). Some systems have dual core processors for hard–core gaming.
• Memory – A large memory allows the computer to quickly access frequently used information or programs. This is critical for gaming. A gaming PC should have between one and two GB of RAM memory and a sufficient hard drive.
• Video/Audio – A game is only as good as the graphics card supporting it. Many games have life–like, real–time images that require a high–end graphics card. Most computer manufacturers allow you to upgrade your graphics card. The sound should be a clear as the image.
• I/O Device – Some computers come with various peripherals including a mouse, keyboard, speakers and a monitor while others don’t. This may or may not be important depending on the buyer. Additionally, some gaming systems come with uniquely designed towers with sleek cases and neon lights.
• Value/Price – In this review, we looked for computers under $2000. The leading companies are value oriented—providing a lot of computer for a good price.
• Support/Warranty – The first–class manufacturers provide quality help and support through email, phone and online chat. They also provide practical warranties at no additional cost.

hey its me rskids and todays topic is computer gaming vs console gaming as the title says…

first of all lets start with computer gaming and its pros and cons!

pros: many online games to play and most of all are multi player rpgs..

cons: sometimes you have to buy the game for about $60 if its a new release then you have to pay a monthly fee for membership… ranging from $5-$15 and not to mention that computers are getting updated yearly so you have to keep changing your pc every year and most pcs range from $1000-$7500..

i give computer gaming a 2/10

console gaming:

pros: new game releases varying from 2-10 and they only cost a max of 60 bucks and you can stick with the same console for a number of years no need to wait for the game to download or anything just pop it in and your ready. the game doesnt take up much space but it is always nice to have 2 memory cards which are like 9 bucks..? cheap as hell. also you can sell your games back to stores like game stop even though they buy your game for like $5 and you payed 60 its still good to get money back so then you can buy more games

cons: consoles can be a bit pricy some games can be bad but you can always return them. sometimes your console might over heat and you well have to spend it back to get a new one if the warrenty is still active.. console warrenties are a pain in the ass so dont just say yes to everything the dealer is trying to give you be smart about your buyings you might get ripped off for something you do not need.

i give console gaming a 8/10

thats all for today.

book mark us, rskids.

p.s. before you buy something always look at different stores because you dont want to buy something then go into another store and see that you could of bought it for 100 bucks less..

p.s.s. wait until christmas or one of those major holidays before you go to buy something such as a new computer of a console as the prices drop massively