Two things to do to help with motion sickness (I suffered it too... though less with HL2 than with other games) 1) Make sure the games refresh rate is set fairly high (i.e. 75Hz) 2) Enable vsync in the graphics options Those two bits helped me a ton.
The really sad part is, it's guys like that who most often end up being the iconic representation of the military. Fair or not, the stereotype for the average soldier isn't one of an intelligent gentleman but a hive-minded brute. I know many people in the military who are amazingly smart, articulate and well-mannered. Why aren't those ones lifted up and pointed at as a good representation of the armed forces? That said, I know a few guys in
HL2 definitely deserved the hype a lot more than Doom 3. After my first impressions article of Doom 3 was posted (and featured) here, my feel for the game went downhill fast. It was fun, it was tense, but it was also stale and overdone. I've been done with HL2 for a few days now and I'm feeling just as good about it as when I was playing it. In fact I'm replaying parts of the game several times because they were so much fun. I posted a r
Other news is that they've already started preliminary work on HL3... which would make sense as 2 felt very much like the 2nd part in a trilogy.
So last night around 8:30pm, I finished my trek through Half-Life 2, just about two days after it was released. How was it you ask? How did I do it in two days with a full time job and a human need for sleep? Is something else you may be wondering. Well, let me share with you my complete take on Half-Life 2, the hype, the delays and the distribution… The Hype No doubt about it, this is one of the most hyped PC games ever, which is surprising given the fact that I don’t think
It's called "attention whoring" Say you're leaving, wait for the outpouring of your throngs of fans to beg you not to go, how you make the world a better place etc etc etc... People who post these sorts of blogs rarely actually leave as promised. If they really were going to leave, they would just stop posting and not give any real warning or notice. People who are truely fed up and disgusted simply walk away. This is a cry for attention.<
Caffinated beer... excellent! First we had just normal coffee... then specialty coffees... then colas... then energy drinks... then caffinated mints, gum, bar soap (not making that one up) even water... and now, if that wasn't enough... we have caffinated beer. I remember something from my high school health class about the effects of combining uppers (i.e. caffiene) and downers (booze being an example)... <img src="../images/smiles/
Kobrano: I used to build my own machines for the whole bang-for-your-buck reasoning... but I spent so much timg troubleshooting hardware issues that I made up whatever money I saved in blood sweat and tears... With my dell (XPS Gen 2) I don't have to worry about anything... if it really starts to misbehave I make Dell fix it! I don't have time anymore to do this on my own... it's worth the money to me to have a machine that I know will work when I
The redo of HL1 in Source was included with the Steam purchase packages (Silver and Gold)... very unimpressive. As far as HL3, where did you hear that? I haven't seen any mumble or mention of it on any of the news sites.
$2600?!?! Just who at Dell did you have to sleep with for that one?!
A few additional notes on my HL2 game package. I bought the Silver package via Steam and got Half Life Source, Day of Defeat Source and Counter Strike Source. All are pretty much straight conversions of the named game to the new Source engine. DoD isn't available yet, but the other two are and I've had a fair bit of time to play around with each. CS Source is pretty neat, while it's still classic CS, it got a much needed visual overhaul and
It wasn't that it was pathetic... it was just incomplete. If they had just taken a little more time with it, given it more of the foreground in the action they could have filled in the holes. But the ending was pretty lame... though the effect and visuals of it were pretty cool.
I originally intended to do a short write-up when I rolled into work this morning, something to warm me up for the day... but it ended up taking the first 2 or so hours of my day and was much longer than I was planning I really get into games sometimes.
Bravo A! Excellent post. You've managed to sum up all of my feelings about the post-election reaction and all the crap that's going on. I voted against Bush both times, don't think our war is a just one, but do believe we have to finish what we started and have a responsibility to clean up the mess that is Iraq. We should leave when it's the right time to leave. If only we had had the same mentality going in, we'd be better off right now.
Someone else is developing NWN 2 right now... Bioware has moved on to original properties for now.
Bioware is one of the few companies that I buy games from no-questions-asked. Everything they've touched has been pure gold. These modules are a great way to revive the aging NWN platform. I bet in a few months we'll start to see anthology packs on store shelves boxing up all the latest modules for sale. If you think this is cool, evidently Valve is looking to release episodic content via Steam for Half Life 2 eventually (it's in the Final
Whoman: You're really oversimplifying the situation. There is NO WAY anyone would vote to reinstate the draft. You know why? Because almost every citizen would oppose it completely and utterly. Any congressman that votes for the measure has ensured the collapse of his career. Every person of draft age who would get drawn in as a result would resent them for it, and vote against them at every opportunity. The parents of the young men and
My 8th grade comment was based off of both your previous article screaming for the recess rights of middle schoolers (where I'm from, middle school is 6th, 7th and 8th grade... I appologize if you're in one of the areas where it includes 9th grade) as well as your advanced command of the english language and your love of punctuation marks. You obviously have a tenuous grasp of politics and current
quickly get a feel for the general health of my empire and get an idea for what sorts of political actions I could get away with (and afford)
1. Draft rumors have already been completely debunked... try another conspiracy 2. 200,000/yr for that job is peanuts. It's the highest stress job there is. For every decision you hear about in the press, there are dozens you don't hear about. There are decisions he makes on a daily basis that you and I would never want to make ever in our lives. It's a crap job really with crap pay and NO room for being human. $200,000 is undervaluing the j
I meant most of my examples as sort of tongue-in-cheek. I understand the issue of han shooting first, and agree with you on it changing his character... I was more making fun of how many people take that one example and say the entire thing was just ruined. It certainly hurts the film, but the one change doesn't kill all three movies.
If you’ve ever played an game online, be it Halo, CounterStrike, Everquest or even Chess, you’ve probably encountered a slew of people who act and talk like they’ve suffered some sort of massive head trauma and are housed in special padded cells for both their own safety and the safety of others. These not-so-rare individuals are one of a few general categories of pl
Grilled Cheese Sandwich... but not made with good cheese mind you... made with VELVEETA! Strangest substance known to man... it's cheese-like, but requires no refridgeration and has no expiration date. Twinkies, Cockroaches and Velveeta are all that will be left after WW3. The sandwich goes like this: Two pieces of italian bread, one side slathered with dijon mustard, the other with sweet relish. Place Velveeta in middle, close sandw
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I absolutely loved it! I got in to see it on Saturday, barely got a ticket before the rest of the showings for the entire day sold out. The visuals were stellar, there were points I forgot I was watching an animated film (any of the island beach scenes with water and such... looked too real). The characters were really well animated and had amazing voice actors (Jason Lee rocks... no question about it). The story, while nothing groundbreaking was s
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