TheFlyingGerbil

Is there any penalty for quitting a game early? How do other games handle it? The only online multiplayer I play is splatoon and no one quits that

I really enjoy my Mini. I wish it was more powerful and higher resolution and I'm pretty sure the Mini 2 does both. Great little media devices. It has a retina display and is more powerful. In fact the only difference between the 2 and new 3 is the touch ID reader. There's a few things I'm struggling with because I'm so used to doing them in different ways but I'm glad I decided to keep it.

Yeah, it's impressive they come up with that solution but mind boggling they'd have to.

The guy with the chin is Jay Leno. A lot of the major BBC nature/science documentaries (and some dramas) are now co-produced with American companies so all the major output will be over there.

That's were you're going wrong then Dean. No use trying to be mature with me. Also, I'm currently on the phone with apple support, so that's a great start. Apparently I already have an apple ID with the email i wanted to use, but I've never set one up and it won't send me an email to reset the password so I can log in and see what's going on. The dude on the phone's "genius" solution was to set up an ID on another account. I'm a bit more concerned that someone is fraudulently using my email, and he's being totally useless about it. FFS, they've admitted to me that someone has used my email to fraudulently set up an account, but they can't do anything about it. Definitely made the right decision not selling the ipad on...

Not a Dyson fan. I could buy a Henry and a Hetty for £200 and hope for some cute little handheld vacuum babies. And it was killing me writing hoover, tbh.

The trains in fallout 3 are NPCs with train hats and your train ride is the inside of a helmet. How on earth do game engines like that exist. LINK I'm guessing there are significant improvements in 4. Though from the reaction the trailer got it seems they're not exactly citing edge still

That's weird how realistic the world looks with the very cartoony characters on top

Isn't it easy enough to get your TV remote to control it with CEC control through HDMI. Works fine on my PS3

a weekend away... or a hoover. You certainly present a tempting alternative, but I'll probably keep it.

after my moto g experiences, I doubt I will be buying an android device any time soon. I already have a windows tablet, miix 8 2 or something, by lenovo, so I don't need it. And while I wouldn't spend my money on it, having the £150-£200 or whatever I could sell it for sitting in my bank is hardly more exciting than having the item itself. I'm probably just scared I'll actually like it. I guess it's kind of stupid not to like apple when there;s just as many reasons not to like any of the alternatives.

I have a free ipad mini 2 wending it's way to me as we speak. I did always say to myself I would never have an iDevice even as a gift but I must admit I am curious to try one out and a free one is a good way to go about that. struggling to decide if I should leave it sealed and sell it on or have a fiddle, and sell out.

I'm guessing the difference here is that I'm using my phone line (ADSL), not a cable connection and a combined modem/router. all my other ISPs have given me the login details in the welcome info, no need to ask, but sky are an absolute bucket of arseholes in nearly every respect. Luckily I can leave in September so not too long.

I have the "admin" password to change settings on the router but not the one the router uses to to connect to my ISP which would be along the lines of "username@provider.adsl". If I plugged in my spare router without this I would not be connected to the internet and they won't provide that one so they don't have to provide tech support for multiple routers (even though I wouldn't ask them to support that one)

When I go to speedtest.net I get a download speed of 16MB/sec which is what I've always had, but recently I cannot use streaming video on any device other than my laptop (e.g. smart TV, fire stick, consoles) which makes me think it's my router settings/router. My broadband provider won't provide the username nor password to try another router, but there is a website that will calcutate these details if you enter the LAN MAC and serial number of your router. How ropey is it to give out that info? the website is http://www.ph-mb.com/products/sky-calcand ph-mb.com is the "Home of ExPVR; the Sky+ and Sky+ HD recording copier" I'm guessing no one has heard of it? The other think you can apparently use is wireshark, but I have never heard of that either? What settings could I look at on my router to try and get things working properly?

8 hours is rubbish compared to any standard controller I've used as well though.

Does the DS4 charge while the console is in standby or does it have to be fully on? I hate charging my PS3 controller and I don't want to buy an accessory now it's near the end of it's life. I bought the big battery upgrade. It's best gaming accessory I've ever had. The controller has never run low since I got it.

are you kidding with 8 hours?! My wii u pad lasts that long and has a bloody massive screen on it!

You can definitely meet players, but are unlikely to among the 18 quintillion planets. It's definitely not the focus of the gameplay. "No Man’s Sky will tick and function regardless of human interaction. [...] Heavy freighters will plod through space to their own timetable, following trade routes and visiting planets where smaller ships will peel off to gather resources.[...]While it will be possible for players to mine, trade or fight with others, No Man’s Sky will also accommodate the lone, nomadic wolf." Sounds like there are non-player interactions, which I assume are much more likely to happen. Quotes from this article.

what the heck

Do you mind/like your cat licking your finger? It always felt really disturbing to me.

Had another crack at SoTC. Controller was working which was a good start. Also sorted the camera to an extent - I inverted both axes so it's easier for me to control, but still the automatic movement is awful. I guess I'm going to have to go through it a couple of colossus at a time with a break in between as I murdered/sacrificed the first three colossus before I got too frustrated with the controls and had to stop. I just spent too long hanging onto edges/not being able to jump up* or holding onto fur and not moving in the direction I want or even at all. So... I don't hate it but unless something changes in the game or something clicks with me it will definitely remain below ICO for me. *e.g hanging onto the side of the 3rd one's sword and not being able to climb onto the flat edge, and on the forth, which was when I gave up, grabbing onto the horses "pony tails" and only getting up one or two runs before I'd run out of stamina

Yeah I'll definitely be going back to it, just after all the faffing around with the technical side I don't think I was in the mood at that point. I'll go in a nice open space and have a fiddle with the camera settings and the shitty mess that is the horse riding which had the camera bumping along the ground. Hopefully I haven't soured myself against it. Lucky last of the guardians looks like A carbon copy of ICO rather than sotc so can still look forward to that.