Overon wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 14:30:
Man, I never liked this Facebook based advertising contest bullshit.

I don't like the odds of winning and therefore it's not even worth the few minutes it would take to do this. I have my pride and self respect and if I jumped through those hoops I would have my pride and self respect lessened.

Your results may vary.

Halo wrote on Sep 17, 2011, 02:35:

^Drag0n^ wrote on Sep 17, 2011, 01:45:

Crustacean Soup wrote on Sep 17, 2011, 01:39:

^Drag0n^ wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 23:09:

Cutter wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 22:56:

PHJF wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 21:55:
Why the fuck would I need a wireless mouse/keyboard? Do I go vaulting around the room when using the computer or am I sitting at a computer desk?

Exactly. Wired is still the best way to go.

Simple. Media center PC hooked up to your HD tv in the living room. I have a shuttle media center/gaming rig on mine. Most keyboards/mice don't come with 12' cords.

^D^

Long USB cable from the computer to a hub on a side or coffee table. Keyboard/mouse/gamepad/cameras/ipods/etc. connect to the hub. It's nice and convenient.

To trip over. No thanks. But I go with Bluetooth. Unencrypted kb's are a bad thing.

Who doesn't use an mouse/keboard app (either Droid or Apple) to connect to their media Center???

Rockn-Roll wrote on Sep 17, 2011, 02:38:
I build my own mice...I didn't like it when they removed the middle button and I have not found a wireless mouse that still provides a middle button. So I buy large Logitech Mouseman mice and remove the guts and buy the best wireless mouse circuitry available and do some soldering so that the buttons on the mouseman are wired to the electronics of the wireless mouse.

For those of you that have tried wireless keyboards & mice and get disconnects and such then you are buying the cheap ones...which do not have very good electronics. I never get a disconnect and since the large mouseman has more space inside it I replaced the small battery of the wireless mouse with a larger one. A full charge lasts 6 months and I use my computer for at least 80 hours a week (I just looked at my Steam community page and it says I've played 142.7 hours in the past 2 weeks so at least 70 per week just playing games and I use my computer for work too).

Crustacean Soup wrote on Sep 17, 2011, 01:39:

^Drag0n^ wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 23:09:

Cutter wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 22:56:

PHJF wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 21:55:
Why the fuck would I need a wireless mouse/keyboard? Do I go vaulting around the room when using the computer or am I sitting at a computer desk?

Exactly. Wired is still the best way to go.

Simple. Media center PC hooked up to your HD tv in the living room. I have a shuttle media center/gaming rig on mine. Most keyboards/mice don't come with 12' cords.

^D^

Long USB cable from the computer to a hub on a side or coffee table. Keyboard/mouse/gamepad/cameras/ipods/etc. connect to the hub. It's nice and convenient.

Cutter wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 22:56:

PHJF wrote on Sep 16, 2011, 21:55:
Why the fuck would I need a wireless mouse/keyboard? Do I go vaulting around the room when using the computer or am I sitting at a computer desk?

Exactly. Wired is still the best way to go.

nin wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 21:57:

Does the burger menu still work?!?!

nin wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 21:57:

Does the burger menu still work?!?!

Xoxotl wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 20:50:
I wonder if this patch removes the obnoxious advertisements for the Blu-Ray re-release of the Star Wars series from my loading screens.

Krovven wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 14:34:

Jerykk wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 04:26:
Did you enjoy the original DX or System Shock 2? They both suffered from the very same issues (relative to their time, of course).

Of course I did and liked them. But lets fast forward 12 years, suggesting that it's ok for DXHR to have the same issues (along with some of it's own) as similar games from 12+ years ago is ridiculous. DXHR as far as I'm concerned only succeeds at a handful of things, and fails at another handful of things. It's a 7/10 game for me, and one I'm not even sure I'm going to bother finishing.

Edit: I'll give the drivers a try. The games performance is probably the biggest thing preventing me from enjoying it.

Flatline wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 19:12:

^Drag0n^ wrote on Sep 15, 2011, 15:00:
"Destroy your Career in one-click," buttons.

I believe that's called "setup.exe".

Alpha Geist wrote on Sep 13, 2011, 19:43:
Ahh yes! You're right, it was a Matrox Mystique. Sheesh, much time has passed since then. The Mystique was an upgrade to an old Diamond video card with 512k vram. I can't recall at the moment the exact Diamond model that card was though.

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