We here at QJ.NET are always on the look out for good point-and-click adventure games such as LucasArts and Telltale Games' Sam & Max. We were pleasantly surprised to know that Akella Games and Litera were coming out with a new one called The Bad, the Ugly, and the Sober for the PC. Much to our pleasure, we were able to give the pre-release version of this game a run through. Want to know what we found? Head on over to the full article for the complete preview.

It's hard not to like Ironclad Games and Stardock's Sins of a Solar Empire. Considering this will be my last post for these beta diaries, I decided to talk about my personal experiences playing the game as well as what we hope to see when the full version is released.

So head on over to the full article to check out Sins of a Solar Empire Beta Diaries Eight: experiences and expectations.

QJ.NET's very own Christopher C. recently snagged an interview with the minds behind Blackened Interactive, the folks responsible for the gorgeous-looking Half Life 2 mod, Project Valkyrie. This mod's gaining all sorts of momentum in, as Christopher C. calls it, the forumsphere, so head on over to the full article to check out the interview as well as a few sneak previews of what lies in Project Valkyrie.

With the release date of Stardock and Ironclad Games Sins of a Solar Empire slowly drawing near, the developers have pretty much set everything in stone with all game's features and gameplay elements paraded during the ongoing Beta 4 test phase. However, this doesn't mean that players from making up their own little wish list of little extras they want to see included in the game before it goes live this February 4.

Read more about QJ.NET's latest Beta Diary on Sins of a Solar Empire after the jump!

I don't know about most of you but I'm tired of playing as the trade-oriented Trade Emergency Coalition (TEC). Their focus on more peaceful means of victory disturbs the inner warlord in me. Thankfully, Stardock and Ironclad Games have come out with a new faction in Sins of a Solar Empire Beta 4.

Want to find out more about the Vasari? Check out this issue of the Sins of a Solar Empire Beta Diaries.

 I'm glad to announce to everyone that the latest build for Stardock's and Ironclad Games' upcoming 4X (Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate) RTS game Sins of a Solar Empire has finally hit Beta 4. This latest iteration packs in a lot of new changes, many of which came from the feedback players have been contributing through the SOSE official forums.

More information in the full article!

Master Chief ordering take out at Burger King? Solid Snake wearing Speedos? These are just some hypothetical plugs that gamers might be seeing in the near future with the way in-game advertising has grown into a phenomenal industry nowadays.

As far back as the early '90s, we've seen games that have plugged, advertised or even coerced gamers into taking a gander at their real-life sponsors, as well as the products tied-in with them. The full article awaits after the jump!

If you have dreams of publishing your own game, but don't have the programming savvy to make your own homebrew script, then you might be interested to know that we have a worthwhile alternative for you.

Developer PyTom has created a Windows-based engine which works on the concept of creating your own visual novel or dating sim. Check out more about this visual novel game generator after the jump!


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 In this installment of Sins of a Solar Empire Beta Diary, this writer learns about the Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate philosophy and manages to exercise the aforementioned virtues, while encountering kamikaze enemy fleets at the same time. All is well and good in the adventures of this budding conqueror in Stardock and Ironclad Games' masterpiece.

Season's greetings are coming in from Telltale Games, as they present us with Sam & Max Season Two Episode One. This latest installment to Sam and Max's adventures will be a retake of Christmas, with homicidal Santas and killer robots being just part of the package PC owners out there can enjoy with their download.

Join us as we give you a quick first impressions of the game, and why you stand to be laughing all the way for this December.