New Counter-Strike:Source Map - Osama Bin Laden Abbottabad Compound Raid

It's funny, the very first thing I thought of after news of the the terrorist's death, [after WOW!] was...man, that is going to be a sweet map on CounterStrike: Source/Call of Duty/ARMA2/[insert favorite FPS here].

Sure enough, many closet and indie dev's began the task as soon as it crossed my mind. While we have some of the lamer attempts at the mission, curtesy of a clunky, browser FPS called 'Bin Laden Raid', there is still some talent out there giving a more faithful attempt at a mission that's details are obviously still a matter of theory.

Thus, people can now get their hands on the far better [if not dated] game engine of Valve's CounterStrike and download this new map scenario - called "fy_abbottabad" It's available at the website Game Banana. It was added four days ago and has been downloaded nearly 12,500 times by Tuesday afternoon, according to the site.

See full story at NYDAILYNEWS.COM HERE

There...Now you can go enjoy and satisfy all your inner-most Navy Seal warrior fantasies of killing Bin Laden! I know I will!! 

In the level, users can choose a variety of gameplay scenarios that take place at a terrorist's compound designed after Bin Laden's Abbottabad hideaway. (Fletch/GameBanana)



NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 590 Fighting For The Single Card Domination

"Back on Tuesday NVIDIA put out a quick teaser about a new video card that would be launching today. As virtually all of you correctly guessed, it was the GeForce GTX 590, NVIDIA’s latest dual-GPU monster. Coming only two weeks after the launch of the Radeon HD 6990, NVIDIA wants their spot back as the single card king, and it’s the GTX 590 that will fight for it. But does the GTX 590 have what it takes to dethrone the 6990 so soon?" To find out- read the review HERE at one of my favorite sites, AnandTech.