jacobvandy wrote on Dec 16, 2019, 17:04:
I don't think they could get away with just making up numbers with several multi-billion-dollar companies involved as sponsors.

MeanJim wrote on Dec 9, 2019, 22:20:

WaltC wrote on Dec 9, 2019, 20:10:
Interesting choice of words, "unforgettable," as I seem to have all but forgotten my BioShock experiences to date....;) I own them all, but they're not that memorable.

Pretty much the only thing I remember about the first one was how I had already figured out the plot before the big reveal, and how I got bored with it and never finished it. I never played the second one, but somehow I own it on Steam. I got Infinite for free, I think it was a freebie for voting in one of those game award deals. It was as predictable as the first, but I did manage to finish it.

Dash wrote on Nov 18, 2019, 02:00:
If EA got them? Not long. Not sure about XBox's track record on snapping up and ripping apart.

bigspender wrote on Oct 20, 2019, 17:47:
AMD Drivers still suck, that's a thing going back all the way to the ATI days in the dawn of the 2000's.

I still have to run Google Chrome and Firefox with hardware acceleration disabled. Because the drivers fucking suck.

But if you don't mind a few quirks then you certainly get a lot of power for your money.

recall2000 wrote on Sep 1, 2019, 11:46:

Steele Johnson wrote on Sep 1, 2019, 10:22:
When will the software industry just admit that Agile development is a crock of shit?

Indeed; I work in IT, but not software, and it seems The Management are trying to make everything "Agile". It's an absolute pile of sh1t. I have nfi what use it is within the dev world, but if it works there then great. But for my day to day stuff, like migrating users into O365/FSLogix/new Citrix, or doing some app layering...how the hell does "Agile" help? I spent more time trying to fill "sprints" and "epics" in the sh1te that is Jira than doing the damn work. I left that place after 3 months (I'm a contractor).

But then nearly 25 years in IT has me jaded about all this new fangled stuff like "Scrum", "Agile", "The Cloud" (I actually do Azure/Citrix/Nutanix...so, that last one is more an annoyance at the name tbh). Roll on retirement Now...back to Factorio

Maybe that's why Epic's Roadmap was cr@p too? "Agile".../smh

BIGtrouble77 wrote on Jul 12, 2019, 14:18:
Ballsy move to not include Legendary Axe, Keith Courage or Splatterhouse on the TG16 mini. It's a bold strategy Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for them.

Cutter wrote on Jul 9, 2019, 12:27:
Well duh. Regardless of Sweeny's bullshit posturing it's evident for anyone to see what that motherfucker is trying to do. He wants to be the Amazon of games.

wtf_man wrote on Apr 10, 2019, 14:08:

Beamer wrote on Apr 10, 2019, 13:58:

Cutter wrote on Apr 10, 2019, 13:08:
All this white male bashing is the real racism and bigotry.

Yup, ladies and gentlemen, here we are. Cutter literally, unironically, said the real victims of racism an sexism are the white males.

Technically... he's right.
There is a small percentage of freak groups like "neo nazis" and the "kkk", but all white males (especially ones that disagree with socialistic policies)are labled as "white nationalists" and "racists".

That's like saying every <insert minority race here> is a criminal.

It's bullshit.

The stereotyping needs to fucking stop.

All this "white priviledge" crap also needs to stop. It's taken folks many years to work up to what they have, and saying it's all "white privelege" diminishes what they ACTAULLY EARNED / ACCOMPLISHED.

Which is also bullshit.

afka Rossini wrote on Mar 28, 2019, 14:51:

Kain wrote on Mar 28, 2019, 14:41:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 28, 2019, 13:51:
GRMM should just hand over everything to Scalzi and let him finish it. At least we wouldn't have a type of dinnerware mentioned fifty million times in one book.

Ugh no thanks. Scalzi has no hand for characterization, wooden and every character has the same "voice". Old Man's War was decent but I haven't liked anything he's written since and hes certainly no one to fill Martin's shoes. I don't begrudge him his success but he writes like a Whedon script fetishist.

Joe Abercrombie doesn't have the same stylistic prose as Martin but he definitely shares his penchant for layered plots involving kingdoms and character deaths. Steven Erikson is way too technical and desperately needs a new editor.

As long as no one suggests Mr Magic System Brandon Sanderson then we're cool though

I think Sanderson has already said somewhere he wouldn't do it if asked. Let's get Patrick Rothfuss on the case!

Burrito of Peace wrote on Mar 28, 2019, 13:51:
GRMM should just hand over everything to Scalzi and let him finish it. At least we wouldn't have a type of dinnerware mentioned fifty million times in one book.

Mr. Tact wrote on Mar 12, 2019, 15:01:
Reminds me of something I saw in a science show recently. They were talking about a new telescope and how each scan/picture which was 6 GB of data. The plan was to do that every 15 seconds for 10 years. And my immediate thought was, that's a lot of data to store and keep "safe".

VaranDragon wrote on Mar 5, 2019, 02:52:
What about games like Skyrim where you could play as an assassin? Or Fallout 1 and 2 where you could murder children if you wanted to?

eRe4s3r wrote on Feb 27, 2019, 06:53:
So basically they increase the prices by 16% after they already increased prices in January by 5%

jdreyer wrote on Feb 23, 2019, 21:15:

ZeroPike1 wrote on Feb 23, 2019, 14:38:

jdreyer wrote on Feb 23, 2019, 13:59:
Maybe we should look at some of these countries and see if some of their ideas could improve things in the US.

Having left the US after 35 years living and working in NY, moving to Europe was... man life feels much better. Sure it has its faults. But I do not have to fear for my medical, retirement, or security. All of which I feared for in the US.

And yeah the US is quickly becoming a laughing stock here. I rarely say where I come from, I'm not proud of it at all. Still stuck paying the IRS for the time being. So I have every right to complain.

You live in Europe, but pay US taxes? Do I understand correctly?

Beamer wrote on Oct 16, 2018, 12:01:

wtf_man wrote on Oct 16, 2018, 11:49:
Definitely not worth the $200+ over the 1070 MSRP.

Of course I just bought my 1070 for $230 used, which makes it an awesome bang for buck.

Why compare it to the 1070? Pricewise it's a replacement for the 1080, not the 1070.

I agree, it has awful bang for the buck, but so did the 1080 and some here still bought it.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Oct 4, 2018, 11:50:
I respect his attempt at this endeavor. I accept that he has personal demons that have prevented him from accomplishing all that he wished. I respect his decision to admit that he can't finish this and explain why.

In the end, who didn't see this as the inevitable, logical outcome?

Nullity wrote on Oct 2, 2018, 14:24:

CJ_Parker wrote on Oct 2, 2018, 02:34:

MDB wrote on Oct 2, 2018, 00:25:
LOL. Soldier of Fortune. Shooting people in the dick is always fun.

Yup. And that's pretty much everything the games had going for them: The brutality and the detailed rag doll damage model.
Other than that, they were very mediocre shooters that took themselves way too seriously.

Is this the re-release that makes SoF fun?

(come on, someone had to)