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    World Politics

    So... is Kim Jong Un dead? North Korea is acting mighty strange in a good way I suppose?
  2. Do you feel that gameplay will turn stale if it goes on for 20 hours? (This seems to be a common complaint) Also, I do have Mordor since I got it for about $31.
  3. Seems like the AI is really divisive. It is either really good or really bad. I'm intrigued but like Shadow of Mordor, I'll bite at around $30. So kenshi, the AI doesn't do anything weird? From what I've read, seems like the AI is buggy and spazzes out which includes making some odd attack moves.
  4. Okay, the following phase triggered my $.25. One of the reasons for people to get into PC gaming is because it is so dynamic and diverse. There's an absolute ton of interesting, and admittedly now with an indie majority (not a bad thing though), games that is PC only or make their debut on the PC (e.g., Minecraft for a huge example). Consoles gaming has gotten better in that regard in the last half decade (?) with a terrible start by Microsoft and a very concentrated effort by Sony (Seems like it tied in a lot of people with the PS4 launch). So it isn't all just Call of Final Halo Melee now. Still though, I argue that PC gaming also have improved and continue to improve. With the 360 controller, there is finally a golden standard for a controller which makes. Prior to that you had a crap shoot of Duel Shock knockoffs that may not work well with a game. Terrible times. As of today, you can use a wireless X1 or PS4 controller. Motherfucking wireless! In addition, JRPGs are making a presence on PC, a genre that is normally console/handheld based. There are even Japanese indie games showing up on Steam. A wide and varied taste of East and West on the same machine. The whole gaming scene, to me, is evolving from an option A and/or B to a Option A/B with varying spectrum of both. PC gaming is to video gaming like how gardening/cooking is to eating. They give me options to how I enjoy what I am passionate about. There's ton of crap you can buy and do in each all with results ranging from awesome to absolute shit. A lot of people are okay with the basic staples and that is fine. No reason to put those people down. Oh, and PC gaming got to be the easiest of the bunch*. It is pretty much groundwork research. No different for what I do for gardening, cooking and hell, my thesis work. Speaking of which I should get back to... since you all know how I feel about gardening and geology, the above should help frame a viewpoint on why a person choose PC gaming. Not sure if I really said anything though. *Admittedly, it is quite a sudden jump from consoles to PC since there is really only so many consoles but I feel with this generation it is starting or can start to blur in a noticeable way. I believe that console games may eventually come with option menus that matters. Think FOV sliders and basic option A and B graphic/performance choices. As a person who love choices, I don't any barrier on see why not other than will. tl;dr: PC gaming is for those who want to go further and... perhaps read the damn thing if you care enough to find out what I am trying to say.
  5. I wonder how they are pulling that off. If they can do a penis, I imagine that technique can be applied to say the fleshy bits of an arm. Figure out how to make bone and we'll be golden. And yes, shame about the brain but I'm hoping people will figure that one out in my lifetime since I have a feeling that will be what gets me.
  6. Belkin routers are eating shit and dying due to an automatic update...? I don't recall routers ever auto updating...

    1. TheFlyingGerbil

      TheFlyingGerbil

      that's another reason for me to hate routers.

    2. Mal

      Mal

      The shitty thing is that it appears that the routers are having trouble phoning home to see if they have a connection. Its working but something is telling the routers/server that it is not.

    3. Faiblesse Des Sens

      Faiblesse Des Sens

      >2014

      >not installing custom firmware on your router

  7. Getting it right for me is getting a stable frame rate with graphics up as high as possible. It's relatively fast but with some games it'll take a bit. Shadow of Mordor was a fun one to play around with but I wished it had a auto restart functions when the game needs a restart for the setting to take hold. I'm a tweaker so PC gaming jives well with me but of course I also do well with consoles. However, I often sit there and wonder "How much better can this be if this was on PC?". This was quite frequent during the later stages of last gen. Even now it is a bit like it during the current gen. PT looks amazing though so it is really up to the developers to flesh out the consoles. If they don't do that then well, this might be another long generation.
  8. Alien: Isolation is one of those games where I want to keep myself from watching anything about until I get to it. As kenshi said, the AI sounds great. I want the damn aliens to pop out wherever. I want to see them on my radar to only have them disappear for a moment... right before I look straight up or behind me to spray them with bullets. The aliens are able to take out Predators (in the extended universe) so they better live up to that name. Embrace the xenomorphs with hot lead.
  9. I mean storyline wise. I will progress in it but I don't think I'll pay much attention.
  10. I'm getting murdered left and right. Also they're not kidding when they sound the alarm in strongholds. Must have been about 30 orcs and uruks. Needless to say, I died and that captain that I nearly killed got promoted. One other encounter (Where I was stalking the previous captain) was with a captain that I previously defeated. I think he was fucking hunting me. I nearly got him but a fucking orge came around and stomp me into a pile of shit. Maybe I'll do better with a controller but overall it plays fine with kb+m. I was waiting for it but I never heard it. I think I'll just keep on killing orcs and pretty much ignore the story.
  11. Guys. I have a problem. I'm a graduate student who should be working instead of this. Then again it is hard to pass up it up for $31 (Thanks Brazil)... I'll get The Long Dark during a sale or once finished.
  12. The Long Dark is looking pretty good and polished but man am I burnt on Early Access games.

  13. I'm actually surprised just how exponential defense rises with light level. One small upgrade and then I can stand a blast in the face by the Nexus' hydra. Also luck was on my side. I got my wish of a level 20, legendary hand cannon. Made doing appreciable damage a thing. Now if only I got legendary armor that wasn't for other classes. And fuck hunters in the Crucible. I get a big justice boner by killing one before or after they get me with their daggers.
  14. I'll admit, transmission by sweat is pretty damn metal.
  15. The world of Middle Earth I would imagine have tons of song/legend of valor and similar stuff. The second to last level should slowly reveal the song as you move throughout the level. The climax of the song will be like destroying one of the Dwarven Rings. It ends by recounting your last stand (Think Halo Reach but more badass). The BGM is the instrumental of the actual song.
  16. From what I've seen, I would also worry about repetitive environment since it is Mordor.
  17. Steam sale material right here for sure. It only really got to be slightly reduced for me to bite. That or include it with a new GTX 970 purchase... I will throw my money at the screen.
  18. I've been stuck for over an hour before. That is why I adopted hiding if my teammates all get murdered (e.g., jump out from the boss area of Winter's Run). Dying twice is enough.
  19. Playing Titan is the next thing I think I'll do whenever I get bored of the Warlock. And that sounds about right about people perfecting their roles. That even happens in regular Strike if it is hard enough. The Raid is just much more specific from what I've read.
  20. Seems like the Shadow of Mordor is doing good. Hoping that the Nemesis system is something to write home about. Still, that 6 GB of VRAM is odd no matter how you slice it.

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    2. TheMightyEthan

      TheMightyEthan

      Ah, nevermind, I found it, it's for "Ultra".

    3. Mr. GOH!

      Mr. GOH!

      Reports on the web indicate that some newer cards with less than 6GB VRAM do just fine with the 6GB textures. In aprticular, the new GTX 970 and 980 seem to run the ultra textures with ease despite only having 4GB VRAM.

    4. Mal

      Mal

      That's why I look at the 6GB of VRAM and go "WTF?".

  21. I was in a shitty mood to begin with but yeah. I'm finding out that I'm just not healing as fast as I used to (Children's bodies are quite remarkable in being surprisingly robust). I'm still rational enough to punch a door frame to avoid a hole in a wall. Maybe the house will collapse during the next earthquake. Who knows. Either way, it just feels better to punch something or do something physical. It's odd. I think I got worse with time while my older brother got better with time. I don't think I would attack someone though...
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