Media Player and Codecs

Watching movies and TV series is one of my daily habits. I've tried a lot of media players out there like the free media player from K-Lite media player, Windows media player from windows and even the bundled media player application from purchased DVD drives or bundled media player on purchased computers but VLC Media Player is the best one that suit all my media viewing.

VLC media player is a freeware application for viewing movies. It can view most of the standard video formats and is very easy to use. For more viewing pleasure and more movie format options, you can also install the codecs packed with K-Lite codec pack which is also a freeware application. For anime lovers, this will be helpful since a lot of subbers prefer to use a codec that has a much compressed image to make the file smaller but has the same or even higher image quality.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Review

After playing the game Kingdoms of Amalur for more than 24 hours which took me two weeks, I've decided to give The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim a try. My younger brother told me of this game even he hadn't tried it himself yet and when I tried checking the gameplay at Youtube, it looks really good so here is how I find the game. You might need around 6GB of hard disk space for installation.

Graphics was really great. The environment was rendered wonderfully, perhaps better than Kingdoms of Amalur. However, I don't know if you have noticed this but when I tried killing some stray wolves they got stiffed immediately - it's kinda funny and a bit distracting for me. Imagine a wolf or a bear killed by a shock of thunder, that is how I see it. Haven't they heard of the rug-doll effect?

Gameplay feels like Kingdoms of Amalur. The game started with a scene on a carriage full of fellow prisoners which got me quite excited because of the thought that I could be using a horse in this game which is also something new. You may also choose to be an evil and good here. For PC versions, you can even get married to a guy or a gal which is a bit awkward for some so an open-mind is required to play this game.

Sometimes Action and Movements were quite unresponsive specially when you are going through the menus. Probably an update patch will fix this. With regards to attacking enemies, I find it hard to attack an enemy using a mouse and like I said it is quite unresponsive to my clicks or probably a delay. I still like the movements or actions in Kingdoms of Amalur specially when using the new set of weapons like dagger and Faeblades - they're awesome. Standard controls are set to keys "a", "s", "w", "d" for walking around the game. This game I think should be played using a gamepad control when played on a PC coz it sucks to play with your keyboard and mouse. I lost interest after playing for 30 minutes. I am considering to buy a gamepad now for more upcoming game reviews.

Story? Well, I really coundn't say much since I've stopped after 30 minutes of playing. From the looks of it, you are mysteriously connected to the dragon that attacked the prison camp on the first cut-scene. I'm probably going to play this after I bought a game pad. It is a decent game and it's probably a game that you'll either hate or love. If you love games like this and you're not irritated to the game controls then you'll probably love this game.

D90 Shots from my New Toy!

At last, I've got my hand on my first ever DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) - the D90. Too bad they run out of D7000 but I guess D90 will do great and wonders probably. I just compensate it with new a telephoto lens. I must say, compared to the Nikon F60's grip, Nikon D90 is quite smaller. I still love the touch and feel of the F60 but I guess I'll get use to it with frequent usage.

I admit I was a bit overwhelmed with D90's buttons which is I think about more than 10. I have already downloaded a few video tutorials about how to learn photography before and I've watched some already. I've had a few basic lessons already that I've used with my F60 and thank goodness it was easy to adopt with D90 controls.

Okay here are a few of my first day shots.

my cute and cuddly youngest son - Noah

March Laptop Deals from Jarir Bookstore

Graduation is coming this March and right now most of my fellow Filipinos and most OFWs here in Saudi Arabia are looking for all their graduating children (high school) are looking for gifts for their children. Well, I have reviewed Jarir Bookstore's latest brochure and checked out their new laptop offers. Here are two of my best picks for all who have a budget of not more than 3000 SR.

First one may be an i3 processor - Satellite L755 M1DW but it is packed with 1GB (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 525M with CUDA™ Technology) video card. This could also be a gaming laptop.

 

Money in Blogging Part 2: Affiliate Marketing

On the first part of my article about Money in Blogging, I've already said that anyone could earn money through affiliate marketing with the use of SEO (Search Engine Optimization) or SEM (Search Engine Marketing) and I can still say that it is still the best way to earn money. 

Tons of affiliate marketing products can be sold in your blogger and these companies are just waiting for you to link them to their customers. Being an affiliate merchant is not that easy, that is why it is also an investment to learn affiliate marketing. It's been years of being an affiliate merchant and I still learn new mistakes I did and learned new tricks too.

Here are some sample affiliate marketing products:

• Google Adsense
• Amazon
• Bidtraffic

Important steps in affiliate marketing.

1. Look for an in-demand product that you are interested too (it is easier to market a product that you love or know already, right?)
2. Find the niche that works.
3. Build a system around it (website or blog, SEO it with your niche).
4. Make it appealing (nice blog or web design).
5. Promote it.

Helpful links to learn more about affiliate marketing: Learn Affiliate Marketing the Easy Way