ddrueding
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I suspect Sony. Microsoft, while evil, is just greedy evil. Sony is greedy, horny, and without lube.
PC Gaming = World of Suck
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ddrueding
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Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
If you'll look up about a half dozen posts, you'll see I already linked to that...
I think I am just going to start paying the pirates, since they're the only ones who can bother to release a product I'd even be willing to install on my computer.
I think I am just going to start paying the pirates, since they're the only ones who can bother to release a product I'd even be willing to install on my computer.
ddrueding
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Guess it isn't a rootkit:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...-air-bioshock-does-not-contain-a-rootkit.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...-air-bioshock-does-not-contain-a-rootkit.html
I spoke too soon on that AVG and Bioshock thing. This morning it deleted my Bioshock.exe with a Obfustat.JXR detected. It allowed me to restore the file and then immediately detected it again, which I was allowed to ignore. Wonder if that will happen every time.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Play This Thing has tons and tons of links to cool games of all sorts. Flash games, Freeware, Demos and even tabletop stuff. I found four or five neat titles in about about three minutes of looking at the site.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
The Unreal Tournament 3 Demo was released today. I fully expect it to bring my PC to its knees sometime in the next 40 minutes.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
UT3 Demo: Very very pretty. Runs very well on my gaming PC. Level load times seem long, and the menu system is all console-y and crappy.
The gameplay is just exactly as fun as the previous two games in the series. I've only done Deathmatches against bots so far, but they are a blast.
The gameplay is just exactly as fun as the previous two games in the series. I've only done Deathmatches against bots so far, but they are a blast.
ddrueding
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Seconded. Very fun as well. Still trying to figure out some of the tricks (exact location of the mega-goodies, etc).
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
How will UT3 run on a GIGABYTE GV-NX86T256H GeForce 8600GT 256MB?
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Fine. Looks like I get 50 fps or so @ 1920x1200 with an 8800. You'll probably get half that.
ddrueding
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Where does it report FPS in the game? Or was that an approximation?
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Is that with the graphics jacked up all the way and running at 1600x1200?
ddrueding
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I suspect its with the graphics jacked up all the way and running at 1920x1200. I'm running at 1600x1200, and it's playable (see sig).
I'm really interested to see what Hellgate London is like when it comes out.
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I give no damn about gaming (as opposed to giving a damn).
But, someone I know sent me a link to this, and I thought it to be both ridiculous and hilarious. :rotfl:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260177215240
But, someone I know sent me a link to this, and I thought it to be both ridiculous and hilarious. :rotfl:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260177215240
Crayon Physics Deluxe looks like it might be fun when it's finished.
ddrueding
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Damn, that does look cool...
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
posting from the wii
Will Rickards
Storage Is My Life
You can hook up a USB keyboard? Sweet.
I typed it with the wiimote.
I typed it with the wiimote.
ddrueding
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Just finished Call of Duty 4. Good game with a solid storyline and decent variety for a FPS. Quite short, but enjoyable. I also thought it was more convincing graphically than Crysis while using one and a half cores.
Crysis was fairly lacking in variety, and all the major turning points in the plot were cut scenes. It also only used one core, making my Q6600 feel unappreciated.
Company of Heroes is fun for a while, but very repetitive. It can consume 2 cores, but I don't know why; it isn't that pretty or complex.
Dirt is nice and can chew on 2 cores, but my favorite game is still Test Drive Unlimited. The physics model is fantastic, especially once you turn off traction control in Hardcore mode.
Crysis was fairly lacking in variety, and all the major turning points in the plot were cut scenes. It also only used one core, making my Q6600 feel unappreciated.
Company of Heroes is fun for a while, but very repetitive. It can consume 2 cores, but I don't know why; it isn't that pretty or complex.
Dirt is nice and can chew on 2 cores, but my favorite game is still Test Drive Unlimited. The physics model is fantastic, especially once you turn off traction control in Hardcore mode.
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
My wife & I have been looking to get a Wii. Refusing to go to ebay, I've been monitoring ads and whatnot for several weeks but had no luck. I went to Deep Discount's local store last night to look for a DVD and they had Wiis in stock. Funny how actively searching yields nothing but random shopping hits paydirt.
ddrueding
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I'm really enjoying "Assassin's Creed" despite it's obvious console heritage. It is the spiritual successor to the "Thief" series, IMHO.
Howell
Storage? I am Storage!
ddrueding
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Tower of Goo....20.4 Meters so far. Great game in 1.8MB
I was into DAOC for a long time mainly because a bunch of friends were playing it. But we are all looking into the Warhammer preorder.
Anyone else planning on doing Warhammer?
http://www.warhammeronline.com/
http://www.warhammeronline.com/preorder/
Anyone else planning on doing Warhammer?
http://www.warhammeronline.com/
http://www.warhammeronline.com/preorder/
Gilbo
Storage is cool
My brother was really in to DAOC for a while and I considered joining him, but I was busy finishing up school. I have to admit it looked pretty awesome. Warhammer online looks even better.
If I was going to get into a MMORPG, Warhammer would probably be the one considering Mythic's fantastic pedigree with DAOC. Unfortunately, I've been completely swamped with work the last 2 years. It should get better early next year, but I have a feeling MMORPGs are something I should stay away from until that's a certainty...
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Spore was supposed to be one of the bestest games of all time.
Several gamers I know have told me how completely disappointing it is. Basically, if you take the most retarded parts of a bunch of games you actually like, you end up with Spore.
Several gamers I know have told me how completely disappointing it is. Basically, if you take the most retarded parts of a bunch of games you actually like, you end up with Spore.
ddrueding
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I was really excited about Spore. I'll probably at least try it regardless.
ddrueding
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That is my concern. I got the creature creator when it came out, and played for perhaps 30 minutes. It was cool, but I was bored in half an hour. I'm afraid the rest will be the same.
Chewy509
Wotty wot wot.
Spore
I've been reading some of the reviews, and despite all the DRM issues with the title (which EA could fix in a heart-beat), IMHO it seems like a really boring and tedious game for little result.
Most sites I've read reviews on are giving 1 star (out of 5 or 10)... I don't think I'm going to miss this one.
I've been reading some of the reviews, and despite all the DRM issues with the title (which EA could fix in a heart-beat), IMHO it seems like a really boring and tedious game for little result.
Most sites I've read reviews on are giving 1 star (out of 5 or 10)... I don't think I'm going to miss this one.
sechs
Storage? I am Storage!
It is from the creator of The Sims....
Warhammer open beta was pretty neat, game seems "almost" mature enough for release. I am going to finding my way around for a LONG time, the world is HUGE, about 10x the territory in DAOC classic if I had to say. Even the beta with only tier 1 access seemed pretty large, I know I only got to about a quarter of that territory. Interface is up to date and functions like it is polished quite nicely. Some friends kept saying this and that is like wow but this here is much better, mythic obviously recycling some and improving some as they go along. Something I like is there is a bit of the scifi side to go with the magic stuff because you have guns and engineers and devices. That attracts my attention more than just type fifteen magic pink blast xxxx.
Only issue I had was alt tab to desktop doesn't grantee you can get back into the game.
Looks like it is worth the money. Mostly only plan to play when friends are on like I did with DAOC.
Only issue I had was alt tab to desktop doesn't grantee you can get back into the game.
Looks like it is worth the money. Mostly only plan to play when friends are on like I did with DAOC.
I agree, they certainly have some interesting ideas. Some of the class mechanics have potential.
A couple things that bother me are tabbing for targeting isn't reliable at all.
There's no way to tell if your group mates are close enough to heal or not.
I haven't found a way to tell what class someone is without inspecting them if they're not in your group.
A couple things that bother me are tabbing for targeting isn't reliable at all.
There's no way to tell if your group mates are close enough to heal or not.
I haven't found a way to tell what class someone is without inspecting them if they're not in your group.
ddrueding
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Spores lack of an autosave feature, combined with its tendency to crash, and its inability to allow a manual save most of the time has led me to swear off the game before finishing it once. Lame.