TangledThorns Posted August 21, 2017 Posted August 21, 2017 (edited) I upgraded my 7 year old Samsung LED monitor to a Acer XB252Q monitor with a 240hz fresh rate. They were going for $100 off at my local Microcenter so I jumped on that deal. The higher refresh rate is no gimmick, makes graphics so smooth. On a side note I had to exchange the monitor because the first one had dead pixels. Brick and mortar stores still have their uses https://www.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/predator-model/UM.KX2AA.001 Edited August 21, 2017 by TangledThorns Quote
dizman Posted August 21, 2017 Posted August 21, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 5:18 AM, azrael said: Jurassic Sims? Expand Closer to the Roller Coaster Tycoon series but with dinosaurs that escape and eat people. The original was pretty fun so here's hoping they use it as a starting point of what to do with the new game. Quote
frothymug Posted August 21, 2017 Posted August 21, 2017 Is anyone else completely stoked for War of the Chosen for XCOM 2? Quote
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 7:50 PM, frothymug said: Is anyone else completely stoked for War of the Chosen for XCOM 2? Expand More XCOM is always good, it's definitely on my radar. Speaking of strategy games, remember Ring of Red? Iron Harvest definitely reminds me of it. Man, if only Front Mission had this kind of treatment. Quote
Tking22 Posted August 23, 2017 Posted August 23, 2017 On 8/21/2017 at 1:53 AM, dizman said: A new Jurassic Park game was just announced and it looks to be an updated version of Operation Genesis! Expand I am so on board for this! My Xbox One X and Assassins Creed Origins Gold Edition are both paid off and ready! Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) Breaking: Yakuza Kiwami 2 leaked!!! Release: Dec 17th 2017 Edited August 25, 2017 by davidwhangchoi Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 nice!! On 8/25/2017 at 4:15 AM, dizman said: Expand Half Life 2 writer posts Episode 3 plot online: http://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/ Quote
AN/ALQ128 Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 On 8/25/2017 at 12:07 PM, davidwhangchoi said: nice!! Half Life 2 writer posts Episode 3 plot online: http://www.marclaidlaw.com/epistle-3/ Expand I guess it just confirmed what everyone knew all along. A shame that one of the most famous game franchises meets its end in a blogpost written by the head writer. Quote
dizman Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 On 8/25/2017 at 3:56 PM, AN/ALQ128 said: I guess it just confirmed what everyone knew all along. A shame that one of the most famous game franchises meets its end in a blogpost written by the head writer. Expand Or it could be a setup for a game to reboot the series set further in the future. Quote
Gerli Posted August 25, 2017 Posted August 25, 2017 XCOM2 60% discount on STEAM As we say in Argentina: "Adentrooooo!!! Quote
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted September 11, 2017 Posted September 11, 2017 Front Mission may never get the proper turn based strategy sequel it deserves, but there is Phantom Brigade. Quote
Archer Posted September 11, 2017 Posted September 11, 2017 Just finished Yakuza 0 and was blown away by it. Then immediately started Kiwami and was a bit....surprised (Majima spoilers below): Reveal hidden contents In Yakuza 0, Majima was fairly sane and "normal." Why does he become a complete psycho by the beginning of kiwami? Is there something I missed? Is it cause he can't be with Makoto? Quote
kajnrig Posted September 11, 2017 Posted September 11, 2017 On 9/11/2017 at 4:11 AM, Archer said: Reveal hidden contents Is there something I missed? Is it cause he can't be with Makoto? Expand Pretty much, yes. You might think that's super dumb. ... ... ...I don't have any follow-up to that. Quote
dizman Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 On 9/11/2017 at 4:11 AM, Archer said: Just finished Yakuza 0 and was blown away by it. Then immediately started Kiwami and was a bit....surprised (Majima spoilers below): Reveal hidden contents In Yakuza 0, Majima was fairly sane and "normal." Why does he become a complete psycho by the beginning of kiwami? Is there something I missed? Is it cause he can't be with Makoto? Expand Hmm I'll try at explaining why... Reveal hidden contents In 0 Majima is not sure if he wants to give in to his inner demons and go full blown crazy or just try and get by as a normal guy. At the point when you play as him he is already nuts from the 6 months of torture, letting down his sworn brother and losing an eye probably didn't help. He tries to be an okay guy around town but you can see it in the fights how much he loves hurting others (though never going so far as to kill anyone). At the end he passes on a normal life with Makoto and chooses to become the mad dog of Shimano. Part of why he does this is because of all the people he meets in 0, especially Nishitani and Lee inspire the life he wants to lead. Another reason is he wants to build a strong family for his sworn brother to come back to if he ever gets out of prison (not dissimilar to how Nishiki starts out wanting to build a family to support Kiryu) so he has to be ruthless to climb to the top. At least that's how I rationalize it, the truest answer is in Yakuza 1 he was just some crazy guy that wanted to have cool fights with Kiryu because the game needed a mid boss. He gets more characterization in the later games. Quote
TangledThorns Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 (edited) My company is sending me to Hong Kong this month and I didn't want to deal with a crappy company laptop that they would loan me so I bought a Acer Predator 15. It's slightly heavy but it has amazing specs, mainly the 1060 GTX w/G-Sync. Edited September 12, 2017 by TangledThorns Quote
azrael Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 On 9/12/2017 at 2:06 PM, TangledThorns said: My company is sending me to Hong Kong this month and I didn't want to deal with a crappy company laptop that they would loan me so I bought a Acer Predator 15. It's slightly heavy but it has amazing specs, mainly the 1060 GTX w/G-Sync. Expand Nice. But I would have used the company laptop and have the IT department burn it when you come back. Quote
TangledThorns Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 On 9/12/2017 at 3:28 PM, azrael said: Nice. But I would have used the company laptop and have the IT department burn it when you come back. Expand Last time my company sent me on a business trip was in 2011 and my IT department loaned me a old laptop with a Celeron processor. It was actually heavier than my Predator 15 and was so weak it could barely run Firefox, not an exaggeration. I didn't want to deal with that crap again. The Predator 15 has weight but it cools really well. I think that's the trade-off when it comes to weight vs heat in buying a gaming laptop. Quote
azrael Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 On 9/12/2017 at 4:47 PM, TangledThorns said: Last time my company sent me on a business trip was in 2011 and my IT department loaned me a old laptop with a Celeron processor. It was actually heavier than my Predator 15 and was so weak it could barely run Firefox, not an exaggeration. I didn't want to deal with that crap again. The Predator 15 has weight but it cools really well. I think that's the trade-off when it comes to weight vs heat in buying a gaming laptop. Expand Let me clarify. I wouldn't want to bring a personal laptop behind the Great Firewall of China unless I planned on reformatting it when I get back. Hence, I would use the company laptop and let the IT department deal with it when I get back. Quote
Major Focker Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 i was once issued a "burner" laptop for a conference in Beijing, but not for any of my trips to HK Quote
mikeszekely Posted September 12, 2017 Posted September 12, 2017 On 9/12/2017 at 5:27 PM, azrael said: Let me clarify. I wouldn't want to bring a personal laptop behind the Great Firewall of China unless I planned on reformatting it when I get back. Hence, I would use the company laptop and let the IT department deal with it when I get back. Expand Why not? I take my laptop when I go. While you're there you can't access stuff like Gmail and YouTube, and some stuff that does work like Yahoo is slow as dirt, but it's not like Chinese authorities install spyware on your computer when you go through customs. Quote
Major Focker Posted September 13, 2017 Posted September 13, 2017 i understand there were precedents based on what i was briefed on, but let me qualify that this pertains to mainland China and not HK, and this is from 5 years ago when there was a lot of news about allegedly state-sponsored hackers. my first stop upon arrival was the Beijing office to pick up the laptop (presumably "cleaned" and/or "hardened") and to attend a security briefing. stuff like limit wifi/bluetooth use, access the office network only when within the premises, and i was given a VPN to use should i want to surf on non-work stuff from the hotel. i'm not an IT/security expert so it's not my place to say whether those precautions were warranted then nor if they are still applicable now. my unsolicited advise though is that it's good practice not to mix business and leisure specially when on business trips. not to say one can't have fun while on assignment, most companies will have a defined policy on what is fair/acceptable use of company assets and/or privileges. oh, and always have at least 2 sources of funds. a month will breeze by, that's just 8 weekend days. despite HK's small size, that's still not nearly enough to explore its nooks and crannies. and there's Macau just a ferry ride away i was briefly in HK last month and i'm still discovering stuff (riding the tram was surprisingly fun). Gmail works fine and Youtube on mobile was faster than in my home country, lol! Quote
TangledThorns Posted September 13, 2017 Posted September 13, 2017 I'm going to HK only, not PRC. I work for a HK based ISP so that I was I'm going there for certification training, ugh. I say ugh because it looks like I may not have any real downtime to check out the city while I'm there. I will eat well on the company's dime, that's for sure!! Quote
dizman Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 Swery is back from his quick retirement with a new studio and a new game! Surprise it's a murder mystery RPG but this time with cats, seems like the usual Swery madness. Looks like he is asking for $1.5 Million through Fig and backers (which he probably won't get) to make the game. https://www.fig.co/campaigns/the-good-life#about Quote
kajnrig Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 Aka Hidetaka Suehiro, aka Swery65, creator/director of Twin Peaks The Game Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. All-around lovable weirdo whose (probable) hypoglycemia translates to games where you constantly eat to maintain your strength. Quote
dizman Posted September 18, 2017 Posted September 18, 2017 On 9/18/2017 at 6:53 PM, mikeszekely said: Who's Swery? Expand On 9/18/2017 at 7:16 PM, kajnrig said: Aka Hidetaka Suehiro, aka Swery65, creator/director of Twin Peaks The Game Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die. All-around lovable weirdo whose (probable) hypoglycemia translates to games where you constantly eat to maintain your strength. Expand Yup pretty much as Kajnrig said, he's one of the few game directors I pay some attention to because his games are pretty strange and interesting. Deadly Premonition has been called by many the best worst game they have played and D4 was set up as a multi part game with Microsoft backing but ended up only releasing one part (though it was pretty good). Quote
mikeszekely Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 Oh, ok. I liked Deadly Premonition. Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 Left Alive is spiritual successor to Front Mission. Shinji Hashimoto (producer of the original Front Mission titles), Toshifume Nabeshiba (Armored Core!) and Yoji Shinkawa don't miss the boat on it! Quote
Valkyrie Hunter D Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 The first Zone of the Enders is coming back, but now with VR support. Quote
mikeszekely Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 On 9/19/2017 at 5:05 PM, Valkyrie Hunter D said: The first Zone of the Enders is coming back, but now with VR support. Expand Will like be any longer? You can finish both of the originals into one game and still complain it's too short. Quote
kajnrig Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 Article is wrong. This is the second game in the series, Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner (Anubis: Zone of the Enders in Japan). Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted September 19, 2017 Posted September 19, 2017 (edited) key art by Yoji Shinkawa was going to post the same thing On 9/19/2017 at 9:25 PM, kajnrig said: Article is wrong. This is the second game in the series, Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner (Anubis: Zone of the Enders in Japan). Expand Edited September 19, 2017 by davidwhangchoi Quote
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