A decent gaming PC will run you $2500 minimum, maybe less if you can swap the mobo, have decent RAM already, and you monitor isn't a junker.
What exactly do you mean by decent?
Lets see. By ballpark figures:
CPU - $300
Mobo - $80
Graphics - $300
Case - $60
PSU - $100
HD - $100
Memory - $250
OS - $150
Monitor - $300
Sound - $100
That would get you a VERY decent gaming rig by my book for $1740, if you salvage networking/keyboard/mouse from your current computer. Of course it's still more than twice the price of a PS3....
Scott Adams made a blog entry regarding the whole "civic duty to vote" business. His view is that the only reason people have that opinion is because it has been drilled into their heads from an early age.
You know that Diablo is basically a real-time Roguelike. Also, a neat little game called Dungeon Hack came out in the early 90s which melded Roguelikes with AD&D (Eye of the Beholder style). I still play it once in a while with DOSBox.
I think the real question here is what they mean by "support". Is this the AA type "let's help each other get over this unhealthy addiction/obsession" support, or NAMBLA type "boohoo, nobody understands us, here's how to get little boys in your bed" support? 'Cause, you know, that makes quite a bit of a difference....
Or maybe a trading system so that you can donate a new game and get a used one that some one else has donated in return. That way you still get to play the game you paid for:)
I remember reading of all kinds of bugs in games running on dual-core processors in Windows. Something to do with the OS providing different amount of power to the two cores. Has that been sorted out, or will Valve be compensating in the game engine code?
Funny, I thought that the main point of gaming is to get enjoyment out of it. If you don't enjoy it you have two options - learn to enjoy it, or just stop playing. It's as simple as that.
Hmm, I think that applies to most things in the real world as well....
"I can't have my kids playing this game. This is morally reprehensible. GTA (Grand Theft Auto) is a real man's game, Bully is a disgrace," wrote a poster using the handle spideRRR on GameSpot.com.
However, there are also no studies suggesting that my head is filled with custard. With plants, there have been studies, even the aforementioned MythBusters episode, where the plant appeared to react to thoughts. So does the scientific method involve ignoring evidence based purely on the preconception that "this is rediculous"? How many people thought the same thing about the Earth being round and orbitting the sun?
21 (not counting tabs)
7 PuTTY
1 Outlook (Main)
3 Emails
1 Textpad
1 Eclipse
1 File Explorer
2 Word
1 Toad
3 IE6
3 FireFox tabs
I don't see the point of counting browser tab. I have over 30 files opened in textpad, should those count too? What about the 9 windows in Toad over 4 database connections, which I navigate through tabs as well?
Hey, I haven't seen any studies arguing against the telepathic powers of plants! Why, oh why, are we so quick to dismiss something that seems rediculous without any evidence to it being false?
Of course that's what she told you. For all she knew you might post her response on slashdot for Chinese authorities to see, and then where would she be if she told you the truth?
The last time in recent memory that I bought a game based on a demo was Zuma Deluxe. And really, the demos for these PopCap and ReflexiveArcade games are the the full version that expires after a set amount of time, usually an hour or 30 minutes. I think that's pure genius in marketing, since their games are often something that you might get incredibly addicted to within 1 hour of gameplay, and then never touch again after 5 (Though I still fire up Zuma Deluxe once in a while to see if I can beat that last level of that last temple, which seems to be freaking impossible.)
Previously, I'd played plenty of demos before buying the games, but it's hard to think of a game more recent than Wolfenstein 3D that I would NOT have bought if it weren't for the demo. Maybe Jedi Knight. Oh, and there were Hi-Octane and Rocket Jockey which I'd found in a bargain bin.
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That's funny, I majored in CS but I doubt I will ever do much with anything you mentioned except algorithms.
A decent gaming PC will run you $2500 minimum, maybe less if you can swap the mobo, have decent RAM already, and you monitor isn't a junker. What exactly do you mean by decent? Lets see. By ballpark figures: CPU - $300 Mobo - $80 Graphics - $300 Case - $60 PSU - $100 HD - $100 Memory - $250 OS - $150 Monitor - $300 Sound - $100 That would get you a VERY decent gaming rig by my book for $1740, if you salvage networking/keyboard/mouse from your current computer. Of course it's still more than twice the price of a PS3....
Enough to cover their settlement fee?
Scott Adams made a blog entry regarding the whole "civic duty to vote" business. His view is that the only reason people have that opinion is because it has been drilled into their heads from an early age.
Don't blame me, I voted for Turd Sandwich.
You know that Diablo is basically a real-time Roguelike. Also, a neat little game called Dungeon Hack came out in the early 90s which melded Roguelikes with AD&D (Eye of the Beholder style). I still play it once in a while with DOSBox.
Be sure to remember that next time your social security numbers and credit card info are distributed over the net.
How about "conspiracy to commit "? Until the crime has been committed, it's just words, no?
How about telling Congress that we have slam-dunk evidence of WMD's in Iraq? Another usage of Freedom of Speech!
Boy am I glad the site was slashdotted enough to not load before I had a chance to read comments like these...
I think the real question here is what they mean by "support". Is this the AA type "let's help each other get over this unhealthy addiction/obsession" support, or NAMBLA type "boohoo, nobody understands us, here's how to get little boys in your bed" support? 'Cause, you know, that makes quite a bit of a difference....
Or maybe a trading system so that you can donate a new game and get a used one that some one else has donated in return. That way you still get to play the game you paid for :)
I remember reading of all kinds of bugs in games running on dual-core processors in Windows. Something to do with the OS providing different amount of power to the two cores. Has that been sorted out, or will Valve be compensating in the game engine code?
Funny, I thought that the main point of gaming is to get enjoyment out of it. If you don't enjoy it you have two options - learn to enjoy it, or just stop playing. It's as simple as that. Hmm, I think that applies to most things in the real world as well....
hahaha
From the article:
"I can't have my kids playing this game. This is morally reprehensible. GTA (Grand Theft Auto) is a real man's game, Bully is a disgrace," wrote a poster using the handle spideRRR on GameSpot.com.
Yeah, it's nice to know how people prioritize...
However, there are also no studies suggesting that my head is filled with custard. With plants, there have been studies, even the aforementioned MythBusters episode, where the plant appeared to react to thoughts. So does the scientific method involve ignoring evidence based purely on the preconception that "this is rediculous"? How many people thought the same thing about the Earth being round and orbitting the sun?
21 (not counting tabs) 7 PuTTY 1 Outlook (Main) 3 Emails 1 Textpad 1 Eclipse 1 File Explorer 2 Word 1 Toad 3 IE6 3 FireFox tabs I don't see the point of counting browser tab. I have over 30 files opened in textpad, should those count too? What about the 9 windows in Toad over 4 database connections, which I navigate through tabs as well?
Hey, I haven't seen any studies arguing against the telepathic powers of plants! Why, oh why, are we so quick to dismiss something that seems rediculous without any evidence to it being false?
Of course that's what she told you. For all she knew you might post her response on slashdot for Chinese authorities to see, and then where would she be if she told you the truth?
The last time in recent memory that I bought a game based on a demo was Zuma Deluxe. And really, the demos for these PopCap and ReflexiveArcade games are the the full version that expires after a set amount of time, usually an hour or 30 minutes. I think that's pure genius in marketing, since their games are often something that you might get incredibly addicted to within 1 hour of gameplay, and then never touch again after 5 (Though I still fire up Zuma Deluxe once in a while to see if I can beat that last level of that last temple, which seems to be freaking impossible.)
Previously, I'd played plenty of demos before buying the games, but it's hard to think of a game more recent than Wolfenstein 3D that I would NOT have bought if it weren't for the demo. Maybe Jedi Knight. Oh, and there were Hi-Octane and Rocket Jockey which I'd found in a bargain bin.
Don't worry about parties, any short, fat, black, and ugly Jewish lesbian would serve the purpose.
Yup, and anyone using this to aid the GOP will be given the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Just stay out of sight of armed hover drones, and you'll be fine.
Don't worry, as soon as we figure out the Unified Field Theory, supercomputers will solve all medical problems.
It was in The Dilbert Future. He had a recent blog entry about it too.
You're thinking of the TSA.