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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Next gen not very next gen |
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 17:04
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| I hate to say it, but most last-gen games didn't do 60fps either - smoke & mirrors, my friend... I know that, which is why I'm not keen to move on with consoles. Burnout Paradise ran beautifully, though, so it was clearly possible, when the developers went for it. At the end of the day, go by w... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Next gen not very next gen |
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 16:44
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| I don't doubt that there are effects done on consoles that can't be ported directly to PC. And we all know PCs relatively quickly evolve to the point where they do things the consoles can't. I had the impression you where talking about game logic suffering on PCs, though. Anyway, my point is simply... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Next gen not very next gen |
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 15:54
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| So are you actually saying that there are games for PS3/Xbox 360 doing things that are entirely impossible on PC, logic-wise? Really? I think you are going to have to give a very specific example in order for anyone to buy that. Particularly since most games come out on PC anyway. Graphics takes CP... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Next gen not very next gen |
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 14:31
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| Surely, that argument only applies to games that are exclusive to one single console? EDIT: And the same goes for the argument about coding "closer to the metal". No, as the same applies across consoles of similar power. You can write a game for PS4/XBone and have dedicated teams polishin... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Next gen not very next gen |
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 11:16
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| Isn't DirectX meant to tie down a lot of that stuff? DirectX simplifies the interface to disparate hardware, but doesn't change the fact that if the card does not support multiple floating point render buffers, you aren't going to be able to render to multiple float render buffers, aka deferred ren... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Next gen not very next gen |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:38
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| Well here's a pre-built system for £420 that's pretty much an XBoner/PS4 equivalent just using the APU's graphics, chuck a £130 graphics card in there and you're well over the top. I take it you have never actually programmed on a console dev kit? If you had, or had any clue about the commercial re... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits N Bobs 41 |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Thu Oct 17, 2013 15:12
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I am mildly amused by the fact that the Vale of Glamorgan council site, the public portal to our local bureaucracy, is called 'Vogonline'...
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cheap Tablets |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 19:25
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Pod wrote: The difference in screen and CPU could result in worse battery performance, even if the physical battery is bigger. What we need here is BENCHMARKS and STATISTICS.
Hah, like bringing facts into an internet discussion ever helped anyone! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cheap Tablets |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 15:02
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| My daughter got her first pad for xmas when she was 2 (Nexus 7 in a pink BOBJ cover - look em up, vital protection and the thick edges make it easy for small hands to hold) We got it so at night time, Mrs Dom can use the other user (locked with pattern) to browse & stuff, and Little Miss Dom has... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: EvE Online |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:15
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Replies: 1152
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Ack-chewly...
As I haven't even been playing for 24 hours, anyone fancy hitting me up with a buddy thing & split the PLEX or whatever the hell thing it is? Happy to restart as I am an utter gimboid anyway  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: EvE Online |
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Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:03
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Replies: 1152
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| For reasons beyond understanding, I have started the 14-day trial for this now... I was expecting a shiny version of Elite... So far, it's like 'Super Shiny Database Simulator with Layzors'... You don't actually seem to pilot the ship a la Elite, just click the target & say go. Pretty similar wi... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits & Bobs 40 |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Wed Jul 17, 2013 14:12
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Replies: 2971
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Baby |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Mon Jun 24, 2013 8:42
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Replies: 65
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Gratz!
Now begins the scariest, most tiring, and most awesome years of your life  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 18:13
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| So... I have a 'friend' who filled up their car with oil, and #forgot' to put the oil cap on, then drove it a few miles before realising. luckily the cap was still there (wedged between some pipes in the engine), however there was a certain amount of oil splatter all over the engine. :belm: How woul... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue Jun 18, 2013 13:37
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Replies: 10280
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Griff at the weekend - no NG tube & walking!
Yay! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:23
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Little Griff has now gone 2 days without the NG tube up his nose - yay!
He is drinking 20oz a day on his own, so just waiting to hear for the dietician if that is enough - fingers crossed! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Grammar test |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 20:14
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| FFS - Descriptivism won, get over it! Prescriptive grammar is what you teach young children to give them a grounding in avoiding confusion. Descriptive is what grown-ups actually use, often with intentional double meanings. Anyone over the age of 16 who bangs on about prescriptive grammar is either ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Drill-me-do |
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Posted: Sun May 05, 2013 10:55
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| 18v multi speed cordless with hammer action Because : 18v - higher the better. 12v drills will struggle with a wall Multi speed - slow for screwing, fast for drilling Hammer action for drilling masonry However, if you have serious masonry drilling to do, get a cordless for light stuff and a corded h... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Cardiff area restaurants |
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 17:06
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| Jamies is ace. Italian tho, kind of. As in they do pasta & risotto, but I had a meat & 2 veg dish anyway & it was lush |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 12:19
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| Cheers for all the b'day wishes. Unfortunately just after I posted, i had to take little Miss Dom to the doctors, and ended up at the hospital again till about 9pm with her - suspected appendicitis, possibly just an infection. Was not fun spending the day there tho, brought all kinds of stuff back..... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:21
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| He is now eating normally, but doesn't get the idea of drinking so he still has the ng tube. The doctors genuinely have no idea how it will turn out liver-wise, but for now it is working well enough that he has caught up on weight & size (he was on the 0.5 percentile in September, so 99.5% of ba... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 9:59
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Mega-yay, little Griff has had his 1st birthday!
There was a time we didn't think he would ever make it this far, but he is doing really well :-) |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'NAY!' Thread |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 16:14
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Euro Bailout |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 13:56
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| It's not necessarily laundered money, but there is around £20Bn in Russian private investments... Cyprus is far more complicated than a simple bailout, as there are deeper political issues circling it, according to my Dad who has been living out there for quite a few years (they moved for health rea... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits And Bobs 38 |
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 11:14
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DavPaz wrote: But my nugget is staying in my pocket.
.. & the whole world breathes a sigh of relief... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Dreams and nightmares |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:42
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Replies: 1300
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Zardoz wrote: TheFireFaerie wrote: For my birthday this year, please may I have a Beex translation guide? ¥3/\|-| $ü®3 /\() |º®øßz
That makes me feel all cibrushille...  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Party Politics and the NHS Debacle |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:11
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| The Dutch health system is essentially takes a poll tax and gives it to private insurance companies, with all the problems of private insurance and relatively minimal safeguards. The only people who benefit from it compared to the pre-2006 system are the wealthy, who pay less per person than they d... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: death of the guardian |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:52
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Replies: 50
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Psst, Pliss...
Your blog is arsed (server error)
I reckon you've been haxxord good... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: My lovely horse |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:42
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Replies: 343
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Had a burger from a burger van yesterday, they asked if I wanted to put anything on it...
So I said 'Go on then, a fiver each way.' |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 11:02
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| Gratz! I finally did it after 18 years, and by that time it was more 'yeah, whatever' from her :P Mind you, our 'engagement' was pretty much me phoning her up at work and saying 'What you doing in 2 months time? Fancy getting married?' And she signed the registrars book before I got around to buying... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gratuitous Photo of Your Year - 2012 |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 19:07
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gratuitous Photo of Your Year - 2012 |
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 18:28
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| My year was very much dominated by one thing, so depressing as I know it is, this is the picture we took to 'prepare' Griffs visitors for what they were about to see... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Merry Christmas |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:31
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Happy Christmas!
Little Miss Dom is currently running around like an overexcited whirlwind, and little Griff is wearing his santa suit & looking super cute |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon times a billion |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 15:05
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| Do the goods silos do anything? i presume they are from a mod, but can I use them to make the station stock up stuff so the trains are not waiting around, or are they just decoration? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon times a billion |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 14:22
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| I took it out & back in & it worked.. Hmmm Right, next question... How do towns work in terms of goods? I have set up some lorries to nearby farms & a factory, so I am producing lovely 'Tins of Animal'. Do I just make a lorry station in the nearest town & ship them there? Or is there... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon times a billion |
| Mr Dom |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 13:35
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So.. I have a train, it is inside a depot.
I wanted to add 2 more wagons, so i bought 2 wagons at that depot.
If I try to add the wagons to my train (drag n drop), i just get an error saying the train needs to be stopped in a depot!
What am I doing wrong? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon times a billion |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:24
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| My advice for starting is to do it with road vehicles. Get used to setting orders and building the roads and stations. Then move on to the trains. @Squirt: Did it save all my lovely GRFs in a preset (probably called Custom) for every subsequent game you've started? In the default game it takes ages... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: OpenTTD - Transport Tycoon times a billion |
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Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:35
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| Installed & running in 2 minutes - thanks! Played my first game, and went bankrupt in 5 years! yay! Buggered up my crappy bus service (Beeningham to Leeburg) & didn't notice the road didn't join up (found the X key to let me see through trees this morning!) Connected the coal mine to the pow... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Steambox: PC-vs-console tedium splinter thread |
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 15:05
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| Also, chip manufacturers cannot pull magic console chips out of there arses on demand. They are heavily dependant on the normal graphics card architectural development. A console graphics chip will be the next gen from the currently released gen, usually scaled back to be cheaper, but still using th... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Steambox: confirmed |
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 14:56
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Replies: 116
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| Unlikely. PC games = DirectX for the main part still :( I suspect they would look to get a cut down OS thing from MS, at least it would give MS an extra revenue stream to it's OS branch which would probably be looking rather useful just about now. It might be possible to build an emulated thing so m... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Steambox: PC-vs-console tedium splinter thread |
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 14:48
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| DICE in particular have basically said that if you want to know what games will look like on the next generation of consoles, play BF3 on a high-end PC now. Well yes, that's kind of what I'm saying. Consoles cost £400. To get the same performance you need to spend double that, if not more. So a pri... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Steambox: PC-vs-console tedium splinter thread |
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 14:26
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| I'd say possibly yes, depending on what question your asking :) The reason the xbox version of BF3 being gimped is due to the limitation of the box and xbox live. I'd be very surprised if there were different versions of the game for this and for normal PCs on steam. Sure, different levels of detai... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Steambox: confirmed |
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 13:44
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| (1) Yes. There will also be games on XBLA and PSN that won't ever appear on Steam. Steam is not a 'more open platform'. Its a PC games shop (what we in the trade call a 'portal') PC games have a very low barrier to entry, unlike console games, so the number of devs who write PC only games is quite h... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Mince pie review season |
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 12:00
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| I have recently tried: http://images.waitrose.com/images/products/10/LN_680493_BP_10.jpg Hestons, but not the vile pine things... these come with a pack of tangerine flavour icing sugar. Quite generous amounts of it too. I don't understand the formula, so here are my scores out of 10... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Legal advice please... |
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 21:42
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| Mrs Dom says: Wish they would take me to court, as I have good proof! Just annoyed that our insurance company is happy that the accident never happened and the idiots now threaten with "seeing as your insurance firm are not paying out we are now pursuing you in the next 7 days" ( been 7 da... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Legal advice please... |
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 21:26
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| According to some crazy insurance company, mrs Dom was in an accident (over a year ago) with a parked car, in a street she has never been in. Apparently a witness saw it all, and so Mrs Dom was blamed despite being at work 30 odd miles away at the time. Our insurer sent an inspector around (6 months... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Funny pictures |
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Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2012 20:08
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| I have a horrible feeling it's having a heart attack. Dogs and horses do something very similar, which is a stiffening of the neck and involuntary "walking". Horses normally fall over, but dogs and cats have a better centre of gravity. Looks like a seizure to me. My last cat had kidney pr... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: DmC - The new Devil May Cry that everyone hates already |
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Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2012 23:13
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Ian Fairies wrote: Get the first. It's brilliant. Like, really brilliant. That HD remix is out soon init? Get that. And just play the first. Did I mention that it's brilliant? It is.
Psst - I did that
Well, not all of it, but I was lead & graphics programmer for the PS3 port of DMC3SE ;-) |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 12:17
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As requested, here is the little chappy, looking pleased with the news:
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The 'Yay!' thread |
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Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 16:13
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Just seen Griffs consultant, and...
He is officially OFF THE TRANSPLANT LIST!!!
They think he will still need a transplant in the future, as the liver is scarred, but it may be years, maybe never.
It's also Mrs Doms birthday today, so it's the best birthday present she could have |
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