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  1. Re:Do video card upgrades even matter anymore by UnknownSoldier · · Score: 5, Informative · on NVIDIA Unveils GeForce GTX 1080, GTX 1070, Faster Than Titan X For a Lot Less (hothardware.com)

    > Do video card upgrades even matter anymore?

    Yes.

    * VR requires 90 Hz minimum (Thank god!)
    * 4K Gaming at 120 Hz requires beefy hardware.
    * ENB mods

    If you can't even tell the difference between 24 Hz and 60 Hz ....

    OWE my eyes @ 24 fps !

    Silky smooth @ 60 fps !

    ... let alone 120 Hz then obviously you don't need a high end GPU. Continue along with your crappy 30 Hz on consoles. The rest of us will be upgrading.

  2. Really? by non0score · · Score: 5, Informative · on Framerates Matter

    Not sure how much it matters to sales, though.

  3. Um, what about Insomniac? by Secret+Rabbit · · Score: 1 · on Red Hat to Coax Code Contributions From Companies

    They've been sharing chunks of code for a while now.

    http://nocturnal.insomniacgames.com/index.php/Main_Page

    Not to mention that it's BSD'd code which means that other companies can actually use it! So, sorry, but RH has been beaten to the punch. And from an industry that's *far* more competitive to boot!

  4. Ask and ye shall receive... by Intellectual+Elitist · · Score: 1 · on A Million PS3s Sold in Japan

    Here you go. Better start saving your pennies...

  5. Re:Unbiased Source by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on IEEE Spectrum On The PS3 Learning Curve

    Sony doesn't own Insomniac. They might as well do so, since Insomniac only publishes on Sony hardware, but Insomniac are at least technically capable of saying "Hey, lets only make dreamcast games from now on!" if they feel like it.

    Proof. See the word "independent".

    Anyway, you real point stands. I'd rather hear about PS3 vs 360 from Rockstar, Capcom or the Ubisoft guys working on Assasin's Creed too.

  6. Insomniac by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on So You Want To Be a Game Designer?

    http://insomniacgames.com/Insomniac Games, creators of the R&C series, is the third best small / medium company to work for in America.

  7. Re:Actually, not quite... by stwrtpj · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Working as a Game Tester
    Maybe some companies are different, but judging from the average quality of games (both in terms of stability and "playability"), I suspect this is the normal policy.

    Some companies are indeed different, and it seems to be that the smaller the game development company, the better the product.

    Case in point: My wife is nuts for Spyro the Dragon (PS) and Ratchet and Clank (PS2), both from a little company called Insomniac Games. After watching her play these games, I tried them myself and got hooked. Man, these games are solid. After mastering them, I started playing games specifically to do the weirdest shit I can possibly think of on them. I found a few bugs to be sure, but very minor ones, the kind that simply make something odd-looking happen and let the game continue without crashing or making the game unsolvable. Also, the playability of these games is great.

    Now compare this to my wife's experience with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for the PS2 from Electronic Arts, or as I like to call it, Harry Potter and the Endless "Loading" Messages. Not only did the constant loading from disk wreck some of the continunity, it locked up several times during disk loads. Electronic Arts is a much bigger company than Insomniac Games, you would think they would have more money for QA testing, but the smaller company beats them out on that score.

    This is, of course, just one example, and YMMV. I remember Electronic Arts came out with some real kickass games for the C64 years ago (but they were a smaller company back then ... hmmm)

    Now pardon me while I go back to Ratchet and Clank and try to do even weirder shit on it ...