Guaranteeing Fair Casino Gaming
Millions are spent everyday by online casinos gamers……slipping virtual coins into slot machines, placing wagers at the roulette table and piling up the poker chips. However – how can you be sure that you’re getting a fair deal?

RNG technology
In 1994, Microgaming launched the world’s first, genuine online casino – meaning for the first time computer gamers could enjoy fair casino payouts and a real chance to hit the jackpot. Since that time, online gaming has exploded and become a highly successful and reputable industry. It’s fair to say that away from the slick graphics, real-feel gaming interfaces and broadband technology – much of the success has been down to a geeky piece of technology known as a random number generator (RNG). In layman’s terms – an RNG is a piece of software programmed to flicker through billions of numbers every second. When linked up to online casino games, the RNG is capable of triggering completely random outcomes – such as slot icons, shuffles and jackpots. The RNG software can be compared to a constantly spinning, land-based roulette table and shutting your eyes and randomly shouting, ‘stop’.

The RNG is the biggest reason why most casual gamers experience so called ‘hot streaks’ and ‘dead sessions’ – but still commonly end-up with long-term payouts of 95-98.5% and over.

Guaranteeing jackpot payouts
While not everyone’s lucky enough to land a 750.000.00 slot jackpot, which have become a reality with Progressive Jackpot games such as Major Millions – RNG technology guarantees you always have a chance to win the ‘big one’. Somewhere in the huge range of random numbers sits an array of numbers that trigger jackpot payouts. For example, maybe the numbers 23456, 76564 and 765542 all trigger a jackpot icon. The nature of random number generation means that during every ‘spin cycle’ the jackpot will statistically be won.

100% Verified RNG data
Such is the reputation of the online casino industry, that fair gaming has become the number one priority for every leading gaming vendor. Every casino worth playing on the web employs external auditors such as Pricewaterhouse Coopers to independently verify payout results and RNG performance. This data should be freely available on a casino’s website, showing typical payouts in the golden 95-98.5% zone.

RNG technology for different gaming niches
All random number technology works in a similar way, however there are distinct differences in how the software is used from game to game. For example, slots rely very heavily on the power of random numbers, because every icon is linked to a group of random digits. Every spin made on a slot machine is at the mercy of the RNG. In contrast, card games such as video poker use random numbers to control the deal. However, once the deal has been made the games do not rely on the RNG until another deal is required, allowing gamers to integrate independent elements of skill-play into the games.

Most of us who saw movies with superheroes during childhood or early teenage years surely have at least one favorite. If I think well, mine is Superman, and the reason doesn't have anything to do with "who's better," because it's much easier than that - most movies I saw were with Superman, so it remained stuck to my brain, if I can put it this way. Anyway, this is not going to be about Superman, but about the beloved superhero of one of my friends' kids, Spiderman!

Spiderman 3 - the game isn't quite fresh on the market, but it's always good to look back and remember about games that you may have missed. Looking back at Spiderman 3, here's what I found...

First of all, system requirements are almost decent for these days(I say "almost" because there are still plenty of gamers with computers built in 2004 or even a few years earlier) -
* Pentium 4 2.8GHz or Athlon XP 2800+ Processor
* 1GB RAM (1.5GB for Vista)<-125x125 Button - right->
* 6GB Hard Disk Space
* DirectX 9.0c
* 256MB DirectX compatible Video Card with Hardware T&L and Shader Model 3.0 support
* DirectX compatible 16-bit Sound Card
* 2X DVD-ROM Drive

What happens in Spiderman 3 is easy to imagine - you get to roam a dynamic New York City and get involved where you consider it necessary, while being able for the first time to control the legendary black suit, magnifying the strength, agility and resistance of your superhero. The redesigned combat system allows you to perform suit-specific attacks and combo chains to defeat your enemies, including the new bosses with large-scale destructive powers.

As you progress while playing the game, Spiderman also gets better, gaining new combos, swing skills, and improved web moves. To be honest, I was always amused when seeing the kid of my friend I mentioned earlier playing Spiderman, screaming of joy or terror, jumping in his chair, and crashing the keyboard...so I may even try to find some time to check Spiderman 3 - the game, especially since I missed the movie! What about you?

If you didn't manage to get your hands on Gears of War and you're a PC gamer, I have some kind of good bad news for you. How's that? Well, if you can't get Gears of War 2, other PC gamers won't either! The sad truth is that, as far as current rumors go, Gears of War 2 will be released on Xbox 360 and stay there, unlike its predecessor. Even worse, we're talking about a bit more than just rumors...

...because Epic's Cliff Bleszinski himself explained to IGN that even the first Gears of War game was primarily targeting the Xbox 360 platform: "Gears of War is a great franchise first and foremost for Xbox 360, and therefore we're focusing on that platform for Gears of War 2. We've decided we're not going to do a PC version this time around."<-125x125 Button - right->

Epic released a bunch of great games for the PC so far, and I am thinking about the Unreal series, first of all, but titles such as Jazz Jackrabbit shouldn't be overlooked. While the Unreal Engine has been used by a lot of great PC games, it is really a pity to see the guys at Epic Games consider PC gaming "in disarray" and want to focus on consoles, but I am sure this is nothing but good news for console gamers, so not everyone has to lose!