Posts by Esquilax

  • A Day for the History Books

    &quot;Schoolwork takes precedence&quot;?!? What kind of &quot;l337&quot; gamer are you?! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> I´d buy F.E.A.R myself, but my PC isn´t really up to the challenge as the game is reputed be a &quot;resource hog&quot;. Maybe I´ll try Quake 4 which, coincidently, was released yesterday... Meh, maybe. Edited by - esquilax on 10/19/2005 12:47:04 AM

  • X3 goes &quot;Gold&quot;

    Steve - Its supply and demand. DDR400 is cheap, but anything older than that is twice the price because it is allegedly &quot;rarer&quot;. Eg. I can pick up some a 512MB DIMM of Kingston DDR333 for $95 AUD, but a 512MB DIMM of Kingston DDR400 is only $55 AUD or so.

  • X3 goes &quot;Gold&quot;

    Indy - I´ll have you know fella me lad, that <i>Typhon </i> runs HL2 and Doom3 at 1280x960 with good speed at full detail and high detail respectively. Although he is old, I have tweaked the hell out of <i>Typhon </i>, and have overclocked my graphics card. The only problem is my lack of RAM (only 512M<img src=smilies/icon_smile_blackeye.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> which is a bottleneck, but I´m not paying around $100 for another 512MB of DDR-333! Damn cheap MSY RAM that is made up of Samsung chips on a generic PCB *grumble*. ff - Bah, there aren´t enough slots for every spell, and you have to keep swapping items in and out. It becomes annoying after a while.

  • X3 goes &quot;Gold&quot;

    I just hope that my PC will run it well, assuming that the issues that I have mentioned before are resolved, and I end up buying it of course <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. I also found it interesting to note that the controls are being &quot;simplified&quot; in order to allow the ickle Xbox360 gamers to play the game. Compared to the abysmal controls present in X2 this could be a good thing, but I hope that they do not *oversimplify*. &quot;Fable&quot; for example, what the hell´s up with that damn &quot;hold down the ´Control´ key and click to use magic&quot; system? They REALLY should have created separate keys for that, but I digress <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • WoW has spyware?

    Spyware may be everywhere Chet, but it doesn´t mean that I have to like it, or patronise the products that use it <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. As for there being no privacy in modern times... that´s another issue <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • X3 goes &quot;Gold&quot;

    *Considers purchase* Hmmm... Well, tell me what the controls are like when you get the game Chips, because if they are as bad as X2... Oh, and and I would like to see a review of X3 as well. If you don´t post one... *Raises paw* <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>

  • WoW has spyware?

    Glitch - &quot;Chaos Theory&quot; has &quot;StarForce&quot; too?! Bloody hell, things are far worse than I feared *shakes head in disgust*. Well I´m glad that I didn´t pick up the DVD edition of SC3 then <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • Day of Defeat : Source

    So the Aus. version will not have StarForce? Well that´s good news. I´m not going to make the same mistake twice (ie. purchasing HL2 without knowing about that parasite known as &quot;Steam&quot<img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • WoW has spyware?

    I tend to agree with Mike. Some companies go TOO far with copy protection, and programs that install themselves without informing the user prior to the game´s purchase , ie. by stating the use of such tools on the box, are some of the worst. I do not want to have to purchase a game, take it home, reimage my PC, install the game, read the EULA, see that the game uses spyware, and then uninstall the game and try to return it for a full refund. As for Valve and &quot;Steam&quot; Argh... you should know how I feel about them now <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Edited by - esquilax on 10/13/2005 5:29:43 PM

  • Day of Defeat : Source

    Chips - Are you saying that X3 will use &quot;StarForce copyright protection&quot;? *Spits* There´s no way in hell I´m buying THAT game then. Hmm. On second thought, maybe I´ll buy it when the price drops to $40 or less and, more importantly, people develop cracks to disable StarForce <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Indy - Not me. I´m not going to waste my time by asserting the benefits of price reductions and customised cd-checking utilities <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • Day of Defeat : Source

    Zaz - I reimage regularly, but yes I use Steam when I wish to play HL2. I do not like it though, and I always prefer to purify my PC by imaging after I have finished playing it <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Chips - But what about that evil software known as &quot;StarForce&quot;? You know, that copy protection software that installs without a user´s consent? THAT is something that I feel is perfectly ethical to circumvent... if I were silly enough to buy a gme that used it of course <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • A Movie Called &quot;Serenity&quot;, just some good Sci-fi.

    Hey, it doesn´t bother me in the slightest. I just prefer to poke fun at you two and your one-track minds <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Oh, and Grom: where´s me washboard? I can´t find it <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • What are you buying in next Gen?

    That &quot;Nintendogs&quot; game (or whatever it is) reminds me of those &quot;Tamagochis&quot;, or whatever the hell they were called. I hated those damn things. People kept trying to sell them to me (second-hand usually), and then all of the cheap knock-offs came out which only made things worse.

  • The *GASP* VIRUS thread!

    Classics Grom <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. Taw - I hate those damn boot-sector viruses, especially when they end up deleting the boot-sector. Luckily I have never had one <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • Who controls the internet?

    ICANN don´t exactly &quot;control&quot; the internet, but I guess that they are the closest thing to its administrators. Aside from arguing about registering &quot;.xxx&quot; as a domain and whether or not to move to IPv6, I am not certain that they actually do anything <img src=smilies/icon_smile_tongue.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>.

  • Day of Defeat : Source

    Are you referring to playing HL2 without having to be online (ie. &quot;Offline&quot; mode) Zaz, or something else? The only other method that I can recall is the use of the cracked versions of Steam that are around.

  • The *GASP* VIRUS thread!

    *Reads Indy´s comment about Wolfy* Burn! <img src=smilies/icon_smile_big.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle> Grom - The &quot;Bouncing Ball&quot; virus was a program that, once it infected a computer, would display a &quot;ball&quot; which &quot;bounced&quot; off the sides of the screen. It was quite amusing actually <img src=smilies/icon_smile.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>. And then there were classics like the &quot;Stoned&quot; virus. Ah, the good old days... <img src=smilies/icon_smile_wink.gif width=15 height=15 border=0 align=middle>