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Wednesday, December 03, 2008

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Rockstar apparently wanted their little foot in the online pool. GTA IV for PC may be exclusive to XBOX Live (Windows) but since they have it all centralized via their Rockstar Social Club - it all depends on their servers having the stones to support everyone logging in at once.

I guess they didn't expect such a rush. I called support:
Wait, you called before? No... I don't think so. Yeah, for PS3 - not showing 1080p. Oh yeah, yeah I did. So why'd you buy it for the PC too? I had it for PS3, I wasn't going to go buy it for PC too. Well... I guess the graphics, and really liked the achievements in Fallout 3 Oh, Fallout 3 - brilliant game Yeah, I love it
Chatter aside, it turned out their server wasn't prepared.
Rookie mistake, Rockstar.

So if you're playing GTA IV for PC and you're getting an error after the copyright screen in GTA (fatal error MMA10), just pull the network cable, start in "offline" mode and boom - you'll be up and happy in single player.

I guess no one was online making recordings in Multiplayer last night, maybe they'll have it fixed later today. When I called it was 3am their time in the UK, with expected rollout to their masses in about 5 hours so it doesn't look good unless they can get some serious stones, real fast.

Labels: commentary, games, games for windows

posted @ 09:47

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Thursday, May 08, 2008

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So I'm working from home today, collected a few tidbits durring my hours upon hours of meetings:
There is still no concrete info on the Wii pole dance game
EA PR is spinning, Tech is confirming they suck
Ever wonder if your local sewage treatment is up to snuff? Holyoke's isn't.
Kind of a dramatic image of an old Iraqi woman not quite the caliber of the Afghanistan girl from Time, but still powerful.

*update* gotta hand it to MSN, they find some cool stuff, particularly Jott - a free service where you can dictate text messages.

Labels: commentary, environment, games, games for windows, Iraq culture, link

posted @ 17:45

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Sunday, March 02, 2008

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The USS NY was christened yesterday and I saw an article on MSN about it that angered me. So matter of factly they state that the bow hull is made from scrap steel that was salvaged from the World Trade Center and what's emblazoned where. It was the statement about: "Never Forget" - which is "a slogan among New Yorkers" that really flustered me.

Among New Yorkers?!! They were attacking AMERICA, it was an attack on everyone that happened to happen in NY. Now I may be inclined to forgive who wrote this since it's an AP wire, but I sure as hell hope that the writer of this article is not Amercian or I'd like to remind that (potentially) snooty shit hole what they HAVE forgotten.

Pearl harbor was another catastrophe, but there's a difference. They were all Military. I'm sure there were some civilians, but this was all Civilians... innocent people not wishing to take part in a jihad.

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posted @ 09:07

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Saturday, March 01, 2008

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It's been a long time since I needed to download something I couldn't find on a web page, and I guess that's why I've stayed away from Torrents.

I am digging through my pile of older games now and after trying Gothic 3 again (yes, it did the same stuttering crap - guess it's not compatible with the 7950GX2) I tried Aliens VS Predator 2.
I had the CD along with the insert that has the serial key. Apparently there is also a disk 2, as I was prompted for it when I got about halfway through the install. I checked the AvP2 box (one of the larger game boxes) and it's got all my other game manuals in it, but no CDs.

... so I'm not sure where it would be - so I go looking on the internet. I really only need the disk 2 ISO because I have the serial and the first disk, the play disk - so no crack needed and after I get it all installed - fully legit.

If it was easier to call a company and request a disk it might not be necessary... but it's also instant gratification (almost - I've got about 1:30 left)

I came accross this little baby for Torrents - BitComet. I've used all sorts of different ones in the past but this has got quite a bit of stuff and I had to bypass minimal junk when I installed it. If you're in need of a torrenterorer, give it a shot.

Labels: commentary, games, hardware, nostalgia

posted @ 11:02

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

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Check out Esquire's list of how to be a mindless clone.

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Saturday, December 15, 2007

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I think I'm done with computer gaming. I just don't have the money to do it well. I invested for the monitor - and it's served me well, but I just can't believe what NVidia just announced - SLi x 3. I have 3 major problems with this:
1.) Cost - If you want 3 8800 GTX Ultra cards you are spending 3 x $700, that's $3000 just on video cards. I've never been one for building a $5000 PC, and this is hands down the way to do it.
2.) Space - Who has room for 3 oversized, extra long cards that suck 200 watts each? 1000W minimium is going to become 1500W, then 2000W.
3.) I jumped on Quad-SLi and there has been no further development. They're DX9 so that's it... not even next gen optimizations. There's so much more that could be done with them as ususally all 4 are not being used properly... why optimize when you can just throw another one in.

I'm very curious to see what happens with Spider from AMD/ATI. I have not like ATI in the past, but I expect AMD will do good things with them.

Labels: commentary, games, hardware

posted @ 10:22

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Quad SLI gaming in VISTA update:

none, don't bother - even when it works in "Single SLI" mode I see a line between the top and bottom sections of the screen, when I try 4 x SLI alternate frame rendering I see differences in the smoke, and issues when there is more going on in one section then another.

VISTA is a further example of PLRGLMPHLLLLL....

By Josh, at Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:10:00 PM

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

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al·tru·is·tic [al-troo-is-tik] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
2. Animal Behavior. of or pertaining to behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind, often its close relatives.
[Origin: 1850–55; altru(ism) + -istic]

—Related forms
al·tru·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. charitable, generous, philanthropic; benevolent, unselfish.
—Antonyms 1. self-centered, selfish, mean.

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posted @ 21:53

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Saturday, June 16, 2007

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Check out this really amusing article attempting to explain LOLCATS.
You can't do it, more importantly - no one should try.

Labels: commentary, funny, LOLCATS

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Wednesday, May 30, 2007

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I was going to do a whole write up and comment about the 1st of the last 5 Studio 60 episodes. It is a rerun next week so I was fully expecting this to be the last one. I thought they pieced together what they had shot. It seemed like half a show.

Check out the post below for more, I added my comments:
Studio 60 Talkaloo

Labels: commentary, tv

posted @ 08:18

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