Video Games

[Resonator]

Anyone on ps4? I kinda want to get back into destiny, but random people usually suck to play with.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Anyone on ps4? I kinda want to get back into destiny, but random people usually suck to play with.

Yeah... I got bored with Destiny quick unfortunately.
Though all my friends are trying to get me to come back for whatever new expansion is out.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Yeah... I got bored with Destiny quick unfortunately.
Though all my friends are trying to get me to come back for whatever new expansion is out.

I think he was hoping to address someone "not random" ...

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Anyone on ps4? I kinda want to get back into destiny, but random people usually suck to play with.

I'm still playing it. I'm on the last part of the raid. I need someone that wont quit. I love/hate but I still have fun in it.

GT DisturbdChemist (PS4)

 

[Davemci]

Gears of war is forever a favorite. The rerelease of the original is dam good. Any other gearaholics?

 

[Resonator]

I'm still playing it. I'm on the last part of the raid. I need someone that wont quit. I love/hate but I still have fun in it.

GT DisturbdChemist

Nice. I still need to get another 3 month psn subscription and the taken king, but I won't quit on you. I'm a bit busy with my thesis the next couple of weeks, but I plan on getting it soon. I'll add you next time I get on, but if anyone else wants to add me:

PS4 GT: ACiD2800

 

[EcuPirate07]

To all you PS4 people if you want to try the new rainbow 6 game out they have extended the beta until Sunday and gave me extra codes to share. So here you go.

AHP2-TJNG-8B8T
4CRF-4NNG-NCKN
GEJC-DQNK-DRC3
2MEQ-TKN8-BLCF

 

[TheCartelli]

Gears of war is forever a favorite. The rerelease of the original is dam good. Any other gearaholics?

Love Gears. I have been meaning to trade in some games to pick it up. We have a large group that plays Gears pretty much every night lol.

 

[TheCADJockey]

I think he was hoping to address someone "not random" ...

Uh huh... alright then.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Finally beat the raid boss last night. Took forever but finally beat it. He was a bastard.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

uh huh... Alright then.

char

 

[Davemci]

My gamer tag is davemci, look me up. If I'm on I'm playing gears.

 

[Roadliner]

Well.. My Fecking Xbox is lost somewhere in the UAE. Along with 7 games. According to Delta my bag was never checked. Fantastic Hopefully I can get this resolved.

 

[watermelon83]

My boy plays the hell out of destiny on the 360. He's fairly good to boot. I'm a world of tanks fan. Haven't been able to play for months though.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Nursed a solid Saturday morning hangover by putting the hurt on people in Elder Scrolls again. Yet again, another solid moment that I regret that I did not record. I came across one of our keeps being attacked so I ran around and entered the small postern door. I made it to the ramparts and set up a ballista just as the outer keep wall was destroyed. The small raiding party stormed over the rubble of the wall and ate unrelenting ballista fire. By the time they figured out where it was coming from, there was only a few of them left and they scattered.

The whole time, my friends texted me non-stop trying to get me to drop another $60 on Destiny and come join them. Having a hard time justifying that expense when they are all just going to bail and play the new CoD in a month or so.

 

[FatDragon]

After getting fairly burnt out on slower-paced survival games, I decided to install my latent copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum for a fast-paced, mindless romp. Since it was a seven-day holiday for the Chinese version of Independence Day, I engaged in some longer-than-advisable sessions of vegging on the couch with an Xbox controller hooked up the the entertainment PC and beat-em-up all the way through a 100% clearing of the story mode. Skipped the challenge mode, though - what's the point in playing through a bunch of mindless fistfights over and over again just for the sake of getting some arbitrary points and maybe a couple meaningless Steam achievements? Arkham City's installed now, but it'll probably wait for a while or only get sporadic playtime as I clear some of the slower-paced stuff out of the queue.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Playing Soma on the PS4. Great atmosphere for a game. About 1/4th through. Cant wait till I get to the end.

 

[Venari]

games will be MUCH more affordable once I've moved back to civilisation

they're like $90 each up here.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

ended the last main mission in Shadow of Mordor. going back through and doing all the side missions and such.

 

[Venari]

ended the last main mission in Shadow of Mordor. going back through and doing all the side missions and such.

I love getting the captains to duel up to warchief, then having them slaughter eachother

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I love getting the captains to duel up to warchief, then having them slaughter eachother

I like branding as many as I can in one area then killing them all at once. I almost had an entire strong hold cleared out. that and doing the Vendettas.

 

[FatDragon]

games will be MUCH more affordable once I've moved back to civilisation

they're like $90 each up here.

How do you purchase games? Steam, GOG, or other online services should offer the same pricing in Nunavut as they do anywhere else in Canada, and you can basically buy from anywhere you have a credit card or payment account as long as you add the right suffix to the store page in a browser - to buy for a US account from China I think I add something like ?cc=us - I got the link from a Steam support request eight or nine years ago and just migrate it as a bookmark whenever I use a new browser. I suppose you might have limited internet bandwidth and be forced to buy games on physical media, though?

 

[Venari]

How do you purchase games? Steam, GOG, or other online services should offer the same pricing in Nunavut as they do anywhere else in Canada, and you can basically buy from anywhere you have a credit card or payment account as long as you add the right suffix to the store page in a browser - to buy for a US account from China I think I add something like ?cc=us - I got the link from a Steam support request eight or nine years ago and just migrate it as a bookmark whenever I use a new browser. I suppose you might have limited internet bandwidth and be forced to buy games on physical media, though?

If you have the bandwidth to download the games, then yes, Steam is much cheaper. And I do prefer steam games to disk copies.

I don't like paying $20 per gig, tho.

 

[oldstyle69]

Steam is the way to go. hands down. they even have some decent looking hardware coming out. i really wanna try out the new controller. would be great to not play HD games on this small ass 19" monitor when i have this 55" tv 4' away from me.

also, anyone try out the new battlefront beta? seems fun. sorta.

 

[FatDragon]

Steam is the way to go. hands down. they even have some decent looking hardware coming out. i really wanna try out the new controller. would be great to not play HD games on this small ass 19" monitor when i have this 55" tv 4' away from me.

also, anyone try out the new battlefront beta? seems fun. sorta.

My desktop's on a rolling wireframe shelf with an HD cable bundled up with the power strip's cable and ethernet cable running to the TV (and the power outlet and ethernet jack next to it). When not in use, it's in the corner of the room, and it rolls out in front of the couch when we're using it. The wireless keyboard and mouse are on the top shelf for standing use and can be used on a lap desk on the couch when desired, while an Xbox controller is the input device of choice for console ports and such. I highly recommend considering such a setup - there's a millisecond-level lag and minute graphical differences when using a TV for PC gaming so most hardcore enthusiasts abhor the idea (not to mention wireless input devices or console controllers! Gasp!), but as long as you're not twitch gaming online at a professional level, it's not only "good enough", it's downright awesome. In fact, while the wife doesn't like me gaming, she signed off on the setup happily because it doubles as an entertainment system for music (okay, we're not audiophiles), TV, and movies.

Actually, most of the time she's got a Chinese soap opera running on the TV through the desktop while doing work on our laptop. On the positive side, I'm getting a lot of reading done!

 

[DrunkleJon]

Yeah, you should be able to hook it up to the tv directly. Most have RGB connectors, or you could use a DVI->HDMI cable like I do. Hello 46 inch gaming/htpc monitor

 

[oldstyle69]

My desktop's on a rolling wireframe shelf with an HD cable bundled up with the power strip's cable and ethernet cable running to the TV (and the power outlet and ethernet jack next to it). When not in use, it's in the corner of the room, and it rolls out in front of the couch when we're using it. The wireless keyboard and mouse are on the top shelf for standing use and can be used on a lap desk on the couch when desired, while an Xbox controller is the input device of choice for console ports and such. I highly recommend considering such a setup - there's a millisecond-level lag and minute graphical differences when using a TV for PC gaming so most hardcore enthusiasts abhor the idea (not to mention wireless input devices or console controllers! Gasp!), but as long as you're not twitch gaming online at a professional level, it's not only "good enough", it's downright awesome. In fact, while the wife doesn't like me gaming, she signed off on the setup happily because it doubles as an entertainment system for music (okay, we're not audiophiles), TV, and movies.

Actually, most of the time she's got a Chinese soap opera running on the TV through the desktop while doing work on our laptop. On the positive side, I'm getting a lot of reading done!

for sure. I have it connected to the TV for movies and music and what not, just don't have a controller or wireless anything else to game on. it will be happening soon. trying to finish up my brewstand....

 

[TrickyDick]

^^Consider a raspberry Pi to replace the media server music part of what your HTPC is doing. Rasplex is pretty slick.

Curious what the hot new PC games are out there now. I just upgraded my video card and for now I'm able to crank the detail up. Had some older game I bought on steam that I couldn't play very easily with decent detail on my old card that I've been having fun with (crysis warhead).

TD

 

[FatDragon]

^^Consider a raspberry Pi to replace the media server music part of what your HTPC is doing. Rasplex is pretty slick.

Curious what the hot new PC games are out there now. I just upgraded my video card and for now I'm able to crank the detail up. Had some older game I bought on steam that I couldn't play very easily with decent detail on my old card that I've been having fun with (crysis warhead).

TD

You could do what I do: I only buy games on big sales, which means I usually buy them a year or two after they're released, or even later. That means that I can buy an upper-midrange GPU now and play at high settings for three or four years before I need to consider an upgrade. I built my PC three years ago and haven't even considered a new GPU yet because I'm still able to play my games at high- to max settings.

If the Raspberry Pi suggestion was for me, the downside is that the TV is taken up one way or the other, so it wouldn't change anything except maybe the power bill.

 

[mredge73]

^^Consider a raspberry Pi to replace the media server music part of what your HTPC is doing. Rasplex is pretty slick.

Curious what the hot new PC games are out there now. I just upgraded my video card and for now I'm able to crank the detail up. Had some older game I bought on steam that I couldn't play very easily with decent detail on my old card that I've been having fun with (crysis warhead).

TD

I am curious about the same thing; what game this year will make me want to buy a new video card for Christmas? I haven't had trouble playing anything with my 5 year old HD6850; I usually play on high video settings too. The Xbone hardware isn't much better so ports should still play fine as well. However some modded games (Fallout Vegas) give me a hard time when it comes to large texture packs.

I figure that once large texture mods come out for Fallout 4 I will need to upgrade, but until then I think I am still good.