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apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 5:24 pm

You're 1/2 a credit, Dan.

Started getting into Mass Effect, and actually enjoying it this time!

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:18 am

OnLive could threaten Xbox, PS3, and Wii

Post by **huge** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:31 am

jeesus. 5mbit for hi def? not bad.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:44 am

hey, that looks really cool.... but I'm doubtful it's gunna work at this stage...

I even get slight lag through my LAN running a media server (when other people are browsing etc.)... Also, sites like joox.net and megavideo.com are great ideas (although illegal) but rarely work smoothly... gaming with ANY lag would be crap, and would not be any competition with current systems imo

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:50 am

deviant wrote:hey, that looks really cool.... but I'm doubtful it's gunna work at this stage...

I even get slight lag through my LAN running a media server (when other people are browsing etc.)... Also, sites like joox.net and megavideo.com are great ideas (although illegal) but rarely work smoothly... gaming with ANY lag would be crap, and would not be any competition with current systems imo

May work well in other countries, but def wont in Australia.

FoundationStepper · Post by **FoundationStepper** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:51 am

thats what i was thinking...

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:00 pm

I agree!

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:20 pm

I doubt they care too much for the Australian market at this point, our broadband system is poo.

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:31 pm

GDC 09: Exclusive Gametrak Freedom Preview

"Unlike a Wiimote, where you can trick the infrared sensor into detecting full movement by flicking your wrists, the Freedom's ultrasonic detection system requires full physical movement from the user, and we mean that in a good way. In order to really apply force to an in-game object, users must take full swings with a proportional level of force."

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:39 pm

GDC 09: Making Games with Kodu

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 4:43 pm

Stray wrote:OnLive could threaten Xbox, PS3, and Wii

IGN's Impressions from GDC09

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:01 am

Gonna buy a new PC tomorrow (Quad Core ftw). What's the best way to transfer my files? I have an 80GB external, that should do it yeah? Just save all the program to that and upload to the new HDD??

How about my Mum's Outlook emails...can they be transferred?

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:58 pm

mixtress wrote:Gonna buy a new PC tomorrow (Quad Core ftw). What's the best way to transfer my files? I have an 80GB external, that should do it yeah? Just save all the program to that and upload to the new HDD??

How about my Mum's Outlook emails...can they be transferred?

come on kids...easy question for people in the know. Can you help a girl out or what?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:10 pm

They can... what version of Outlook is your mum running and what is the new one you have?

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:17 pm

Outlook 6. Think we'll be using the same version cause we're getting Windows XP Home again.

I'm embarrassed, I should know this shit

thanks heaps btw

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:48 pm

Outlook 6... ?

Second result in Google, and its in plain english, fortunately.

Good luck with it.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:17 pm

legend.

do you suppose Notenboom is his real name?

Cancel that. His picture tells the story

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:26 pm

Wouldn't know. Capped internet is preventing just about any image from loading on my puter.

Wait... jesus fuck what the hell is that. The internet makes everybody look ugly.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:30 am

ok one more question for anyone with the know-how.

Can I just move my old IDE C: drive to the new PC, make it a slave instead of master and roll with that? The new PC has an MSI G31M3 series motherboard with 1 IDE port and 4 SATAII ports. I suspect the new HDD would be SATA II so would this work?

Thanks

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:36 am

Gotta make sure you change the jumpers on the back of the IDE drive to 'slave'. There should be a series of pins on the back joined with a piece of plastic.

Then change to bootup order of your devices in the BIOS.

I think. Its been a while since I dealt with an IDE drive.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:55 pm

Which PC am I changing boot up bios? Old or new?
So basically I'm making sure the old C drive doesn't boot when the new PC is turned on.

Wow I'm so bad at this

thanks for helping

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:51 pm

In the new PC, make sure your new hard drive is set to boot up first, then the old IDE one, then the DVD drive etc etc.

mixtress · Post by **mixtress** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:19 pm

thanks so so much, saved the day

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:30 pm

Recently i've played:

Resident Evil 5 - feels odd at first but is insanely addictive. Awesome fun with heaps of replayability. Capcom always seem to pack a lot of cool extras into their games.

Silent Hill Homecoming - Pretty damn average. I'm a big fan of SH, but this one one was way too short, way too easy, and for a next-gen game looks pretty shit (graphically it looks more like a ps2 or xbox game). It sucks because they were on the right track, but made too many fundamental fuck ups. Puzzles aren't nearly cryptic enough.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 3:56 pm

Hardy wrote:Puzzles aren't nearly cryptic enough.

maybe for somebody with an IQ of 200. they're probably plenty hard for the rest of us mere mortals.

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:02 am

Marvs purchased Super Mario Galaxy on Sunday... having some fun going through the paces with it at the moment... I miss ye olde school Mario biz.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:15 am

http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2009/04/ ... d_too.html

April Fool?

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Wed Apr 01, 2009 9:33 am

happy april fools

Post by **lynt** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:10 pm

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/10/heres ... y-footage/

I'm impressed. I love Bioshock.

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:24 pm

lynt wrote:http://www.joystiq.com/2009/04/10/heres ... y-footage/

I'm impressed. I love Bioshock.

Saw that last week, fucking excited! Bioshock is one of the best games i've ever played... fuck the haterz!

same o · Post by **same o** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 5:33 pm

bio shock is lolz..

need to get for x box..

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:31 pm

hahahahah, sms from a friend: 'I just walked past a bloke with pasty white skin and a ponytail wearing a t-shirt that said 'I do it with Ubuntu'.'

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:16 pm

anyone know why my EEEpc 701's headphone out is soooo damn quiet??? it's actually at phono level, which is annoying as......

Post by **fooishbar** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:21 pm

have you set the master level as well as pcm?

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:23 pm

fooishbar wrote:hahahahah, sms from a friend: 'I just walked past a bloke with pasty white skin and a ponytail wearing a t-shirt that said 'I do it with Ubuntu'.'

wow.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:30 pm

fooishbar wrote:have you set the master level as well as pcm?

not sure... where do I do that? I'm running Easy Peasy Ubuntu...

what's a pcm?

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:35 pm

pretty cool MUTHAFUKKA!!!!!!!

nic · Post by **nic** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:36 pm

per calender month

same o · Post by **same o** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:46 pm

period coagulant minge

Post by **huge** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:34 pm

been playing braid. its rad.

http://braid-game.com/

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:39 pm

Just downloaded tekken 5 dark resurrection. Nice

Kaiproject · Post by **Kaiproject** » Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:19 pm

yeah its been around for a while still good fun hey

kinda regret buying sf4 cos i dont enjoy it as much (and havent played it much and still shit at it)

Stray · Post by **Stray** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:10 am

huge wrote:been playing braid. its rad.

http://braid-game.com/

I finished that game in one sitting.. couldn't stop playing! Rad

Post by **fooishbar** » Tue Apr 21, 2009 2:51 am

deviant wrote:
fooishbar wrote:have you set the master level as well as pcm?
not sure... where do I do that? I'm running Easy Peasy Ubuntu...

what's a pcm?

exactly the same as xp. you should be able to open the full mixer (right-click or something?) and see multiple controls -- make sure both master and pcm are at 90%, or cranked if you really need to.

(ubuntu have been really slow to pick up the one which makes it basically the same as os x & vista, a lot more simple.)

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:36 pm

New footage and interview about Dante's Inferno. Looks fucking SICK. I really hope they don't fuck this up.

http://au.gamespot.com/news/6208330.htm ... es;title;2

Scroll down for vid

*EDIT*

Wayne Barlowe does a lot of the creature and world designs... AWESOME! Check that fucked up monster near the end!!!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 2:42 pm

fooishbar wrote:
deviant wrote:
fooishbar wrote:have you set the master level as well as pcm?
not sure... where do I do that? I'm running Easy Peasy Ubuntu...

what's a pcm?
exactly the same as xp. you should be able to open the full mixer (right-click or something?) and see multiple controls -- make sure both master and pcm are at 90%, or cranked if you really need to.

(ubuntu have been really slow to pick up the one which makes it basically the same as os x & vista, a lot more simple.)

hey, thanks dan!

so simple I feel silly having asked

eN · Post by eN » Thu Apr 23, 2009 3:02 pm

Red Faction promo coming where u can win an 11kg red faction sledgehammer. Hahaha, nuts!

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:44 am

Bought Demigod in the weekend.

Loving it!

Hardy · Post by **Hardy** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:52 am

eN wrote:Red Faction promo coming where u can win an 11kg red faction sledgehammer. Hahaha, nuts!

I tried that demo last night. Fucking GASH.

L-J · Post by **L-J** » Wed May 06, 2009 9:29 am

bought warhammer online last night.

after reading the official forums and seeing the complaints im wondering whether to take it back.

Installing Oblivion again tonight too.