One of my favorite shows on TV right now has got to be The Deadliest Catch on the Discovery Channel. The show is currently in its fourth season and is full of excitement. It is a very exciting documentary-style reality show which features crews that fish for crab in the Bering Sea and battle the elements of Mother Nature. These fishing crews risk their lives on an almost daily basis just to complete their jobs. So when the game came out on XBOX 360 I had to check it out.

Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm puts you in the captain’s chair in charge of a crew that you get to select at the beginning of the game. You must pick your crew wisely in order to get the job done of bringing back as much crabs as possible to offload at the port. All of this precious cargo must be kept alive so you have to constantly juggle between getting enough fishing time in to getting back to port and transporting the crab there alive and well. The more crabs that you and you crew can safely get back to each port alive, the more money you all make.

The game has some fantastic graphics in it and keeps you very intrigued the whole time. The only thing I don’t like about it is the fact that you can’t get in on the fun down on the boat deck and get your hands dirty. Hopefully a sequel comes out that allows these aspects of the game, but other than that I recommend it to any hardcore Deadliest Catch fans out there.

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A new Graphics chip from Nvidia, the GeForce GTX280 is the latest of a new line of high-end GPUs to be introduced by this leader in graphics chip design. The latest and greatest GTX280 includes powerful 3D graphics and is one of the first graphics cards that can take over application tasks. It comes at an expensive price, however and is definitely in the high-end department of graphics chips. The price comes in around $650.00, which is currently the most expensive single-chip 3D card being sold on the market today.

Besides being the most expensive single-chip card, the GTX280 is also the fastest single-chip for 3D Gaming on the market today. And the card is the newest addition to Nvidia’s push at GPU-based processing cards. Now, if you think you need a $650.00 graphics card and can’t do without it, then by all means go get one! I, for one will have to wait and save up for it all, but I will tell you that this card is very intriguing and the fact that it can speed up graphics-intensive programs and work well with graphics-intensive operating systems, such as Windows Vista has this graphics card in my sights. If you’re thinking on getting this card, drop me a line and tell me all about it. Thanks!

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While browsing through the latest gadgets the other day at my local shop, I noticed something I hadn’t seen yet. It was a backup battery for different cell phones. I quickly began looking at all the different models supported and was very impressed by the list of supported devices. It’s a neat concept because nothing is worse than being away and your cell phone battery running low and about to die on you. Many of us have been in this predicament and it always seems to happen when you least expect and when you can’t afford for it to happen. A very frustrating experience indeed. So, I was very intrigued by these portable throw-away emergency battery backups that gave you an additional 1-2 hours of backup power. It really comes in handy for the traveler in a foreign and unfamiliar place. It definitely gives you peace of mind knowing that you have an emergency backup system just in case. I’ll be taking one with me the next time I travel – you can count on that!

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When looking for a budget PC that performs well and does a fairly good job of rendering graphics quality games and resource-intensive software, the choices haven’t been too great. Most of us that can’t afford the $2000.00 plus price tag of a really nice PC have been forced to buy a budget PC. Most budget PCs have a hard enough time utilizing the Vista Operating System, let alone a 3D quality game or even your favorite software application. Enter the Acer Aspire M5100 Desktop Computer (budget). Coming in at around $700.00, this performance and budget-minded desktop utilizes the AMD Phenom 9500 Quad-Core Processor and sports a robust 3GB of RAM.

The Acer Aspire M5100 is an excellent desktop that can hold its own in the performance department and doesn’t cost an arm and leg in doing so. It is a good choice for thos on a budget not willing to blow their paychecks on a higher end PC. If you’re looking for a PC that offers a step above the standard budget PC, the Acer Aspire M5100 is for you.

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