Recent content by Pebkac

Oh neat. I just won a game called Eufloria for playing Jamestown. BTW The Jamestown achievement is really easy, and Jamestown is part of the Humble Indie Bundle, so you can get it for whatever you want to pay.

Things I've received so far: - A crappy shooter called Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops. - 4 Coals. - 50% off Valve - 25% off Valve - 50% off Solar 2 I might use the Solar 2 discount, since it looks like a unique game. I'll trade my crappy shooter game for anything. That way we can both...

This is really no surprise for Square-Enix. I hope this story goes somewhere. What a shame, though. That tech demo looked promising. It would have been nice to see a Final Fantasy where the designers weren't on acid.

I was curious about how the fire spreading mechanics worked, so I used flint and steel on a tree. It was part of a ginormous forest. We grabbed buckets of water and tried to put it out, and chopped down trees before the fire could spread too far... But then gave up after it looked like the...

Oh man, I can't wait to see what these kids built. I've always loved seeing things get built in fast-forward. Dude's blog is awesome too.

Newegg doesn't even sell 8800s anymore. For $60-$100 you can get a slightly better card. So if desktop graphics is all that's holding you back, upgrading isn't too costly.

Find me a same-socket Pentium and Celeron where the Celeron gets better performance. I've known people that made the "upgrade" from a lower frequency Pentium to a higher frequency Celeron... The point is, higher numbers in the product name don't mean better cards. Of course, you shouldn't...

The minimum is a 2600, which is a mid-range gaming card... but even older, so it's even harder to compare to new ones. It has 120 pipelines @ 500 MHz VS the 4250's 40 @ 500 MHz. But the architecture would be very different; the 4250 is newer tech, it's just not made to be powerful. I'd say...

A 3850 is much better than a 4250. "Series 3" vs "Series 4" isn't going to make a huge different, but the 8 in 3850 signifies a gaming series card, while the 2 in 4250 signifies general purpose; ie: high definition movies. It's like Celeron 3.2 GHz VS Pentium 2.6 GHz. Like how those...

Wow. The minimum specs are exactly what my (5 year old) laptop has. Too bad I already pre-ordered the Balls of Steel edition for 360. It'll probably look much better on the 360 than running it on minimum settings on my laptop. I know I need a new gaming rig, but this isn't the game that's...

Making games != playing games. Really, making games can be a fun and rewarding kind of work, but it's not like playing games. At all. I like how these days PC games are made with lower graphics requirements since they usually need to run on a console as well. Everybody wins.

Weird. I find people have no problems admitting to using these services. I used to play WoW and know and lot of people that still do. Some bought gold and power leveling, but they never lost their accounts. The only people who lost their accounts, lost them from logging in to a friend's...

Eye strain, RSI, and a sore-back are all pretty minor compared to lost appendages, death by dehydration, and suicide. With that being said, I doubt gold farming has much room for growth. After all, the devs could just sell items directly to the players like the Korean MMOs do. As long as they...

The design of the phone's back makes it look like it has a strange face. O.- I also like how the term "touch wood" has changed over the years. I never understood how touching or knocking on wood is supposed to be good luck. That is a pretty sweet Xylophone, it would be a shame if something...

This movie sounds so strange... now I need to watch it.