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Well after years of reading Battlefield news and competing with Planet Battlefield for traffic with my past BF fan sites (heheh), I have finally joined the PBF Staff.

I was brought on board for content and my first article just got published called "Battlefield 3 Daydreaming". The articles are focused on me, Brow and my letters that I write home to the audience or whomever cares to read. The series is properly dubbed "Letters from the Front".

The articles will contain humor, jokes and show the lighter side of Battlefield related news and content. With the upcoming Battlefield Bad Company and possible Battlefield 3, be sure keep checking back here and there for the announcements.

If the articles go well and get a good response, expect more creativity from yours truly over at PlanetBattlefield.com.

Special thanks to ^Scott^ for the opportunity!

You check out my first published article here: http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/…Articles.Detail&id=13
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I just need one more day off! Its been a busy Holiday and we still got one more to go through before a whole new year starts. Since I have been really busy…playing video games…expect to see more postings after the new year blows over. I will have one suprise announcement to make later but I can barley type right now…trying to get over that Xmas break hangover.

Hope you all had a good Christmas and enjoy the New Year! See you on the flip side and enjoy the little 2008 toon that I did the other day.
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Its go time! Forgotten Hope 2 is finally released and ready for download. Well…kinda. For the past 2 hours, their site is not accesible so there is no way to get to the client files.

I have found a couple of links that may be of some help though: http://www.fmjworld.com/images/FH2.rar and/or http://battlefield2.filefront.com/file/Forgotten_Hope_2_Client

Get to dowloading and I will see you on the Forgotten Hope Battlefield!

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I’ve been meaning to post this for awhile because I’ve had the monitor for about 4 months now and loving every minute of it. Not only does it kick much ass to draw on the screen, but its huge! I got the 21 inch screen maxed out at 1600 x 1200 pixels which gives me plenty of room for work.

” Wacom introduces two additions to the Cintiq family to give you options for working directly on screen. The Cintiq 12WX and the Cintiq 20WSX join the Cintiq 21UX as versatile interactive pen displays that combine the advantages of an LCD monitor with the natural feel and superior performance of Wacom’s patented, professional pen technology. ”

Its actually work/job issued so I don’t get to do exactly what I want with it. I love cartooning, but that won’t go over well cartooning in the workplace. I mainly use it for cleaning up product photos, designing fabrics and patterns and some other graphic tweaking.

” Pixel-level pen accuracy provides highly precise cursor control. The Cintiq Grip Pen features 1,024 levels of pressure sensitivity on the pen tip and eraser for precise image editing, accurate brush control, and selective application of effects and filters. The result is an amazingly smooth, responsive on-screen experience that mirrors a traditional pen-on-paper feel. Additionally, the cushioned, contoured barrel of the pen has been designed to minimize grip effort for hours of comfortable use. ”

This thing is awesome. I used an older version of a Wacom tablet, but its much better to actually draw on the screen. It takes less eye and hand coordination and I can really let my creative juices flow.

Another good thing about it is that the monitor can rotate and set flat on the desktop for easier use. Check out the video below for a demo.

Everyday I try to set about an hour aside to play around and learn how to master the tablet with different techniques, etc. Some of my favorite software that I love using the Wacom with is:

ArtRage 2 – Simple, stylish painting on your computer
http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html

SketchBook Pro – An innovative freehand drawing and painting program
http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=6848332&siteID=123112

EverNote Plus – A digital note pad
http://www.evernote.com

Flash CS3 – Perfect for vector art and illustrations
http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/

Check out this video to see it in action. ( This is NOT me )

When I update, you can check out some of my Wacom work here: http://www.webturd.com/photobrow/main.php?cmd=album&var1=artsy/

I’ve got 2 smaller Wacom tablets that I need to get rid of…any offers?
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The guys over at Forgotten Hope 2 have published a big ass news post featuring some of the upcoming maps.

Here is a quick rundown of the maps…

Operation Aberdeen – Oh yeah! Some of you may remember this one from Battlefield 1942. Tanks, tanks and more tanks makes for some armored fun.

Operation Hyacinth – A night map that features handheld flares and mannable spotlights. The spotlights will allow both attackers and defenders to use lighting to their advantage.

Operation Compass – A western desert map in Libya appears to be providing some serious choke points demanding strategy from players.

There are also some screen shots of some more models and a 20mm Flakvierling flak gun is introduced. I have a feeling that I will be spending some time in one of these taking down the plane whores.

At the time of writing this article, there is 22 Hours 4 Minutes 17 Seconds left before the release. Links and mirrors will be posted at that time.

Go here to read the rest of the article: http://forgottenhope.filefront.com/
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What could be the best meteor display of the year will reach
its peak on the night of December 13th and 14th 2007.

Here is
what astronomers David Levy and Stephen Edberg have written of the annual Geminid
Meteor Shower: “If you have not seen a mighty Geminid fireball arcing
gracefully across an expanse of sky, then you have not seen a meteor.”

Generally
speaking, depending on your location, Gemini begins to come up above the
east-northeast horizon right around the time evening twilight is coming to an
end. So you might catch sight of a few early Geminids as soon as the sky gets
dark.

There is a
fair chance of perhaps catching sight of some “Earth-grazing”
meteors. Earth grazers are long, bright shooting stars that streak overhead
from a point near to even just below the horizon. Such meteors are so
distinctive because they follow long paths nearly parallel to our atmosphere.

The Geminids begin to appear noticeably more numerous in the
hours after 10 p.m. local time, because the shower’s radiant is already fairly
high in the eastern sky by then. The best views, however, come around 2 a.m.,
when their radiant point will be passing very nearly overhead.

Read more at article source: http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071207-ns-geminids.html
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The moment that we have all been waiting for is upon us. The most anticipated Battlefield 2 Mod called Forgotten Hope will be released this Friday. Its go time!

" Yes, it has been a long and difficult road to this point.
But we’re extremely pleased to announce that:

Forgotten Hope 2.0 will be released on:
Friday 14th December, 2007 at 19:00GMT

The dedicated server files and passworded bittorrent will be released on Wednesday 12th December.

This is the first of a set of news updates we will be making in the coming week to help you learn about how to play Forgotten Hope 2.

We have tirelessly prepared two resources for you.
First and foremost: McGibs with the vocal efforts of Major and the flawless animation skills of Killi Vanilli have prepared a course of training videos.
We present the introduction to the series here.

More installments to come as the week progresses!

Secondly we have compiled an online manual in the form of a wiki which contains all the information you will need to succeed on the Forgotten Hope 2 battlefield.

Click here to read the combat manual!"

Its been a long time coming.
I have personally been waiting for this mod and cursing at it because of the long wait…the wait is finally over!

Go here to read more for article source: http://forgottenhope.filefront.com/
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