The Computer/Console Gaming Thread

[Hursticon]

Haha, well they're not bad machines! You overclocked yours mate?
I was going to OC my E6550 but as it's on an older Intel mobo it doesn't have the option in the BIOS. Ah well, still good. Got to use my Vista OEM disk again too, took freakin' forever to install all the updates to SP2 though.

Why on earth are you using Vista man, are you crazy!?!

Indeed, they're not bad machines and for all intents and purposes it does and achieves pretty much all that I ask of it, as I don't really play many modern/contemporary games what with Diablo 3, Duke Nukem Forever, Transformers: WFC & Portal 2 being the latest games I've bought and run on it.

Nah, haven't overclocked it dude as I'm not much one for overclocking; I've seen too many people go wrong with it and the way I figure, if the components were originally designed to operate at such rates then they would've done so out of the box - Like a car's engine, I prefer naturally aspirated builds.

[Doubledealer]

Why on earth are you using Vista man, are you crazy!?!

Doooood, it might surprise you to know that my first thought when I got the free PC was "Yes! I have a PC I can load Vista on again!!". Truth be told, Vista SP2 is my favourite Windows OS of all time. I wish I had it on my work PC!

The only reason I have Windows 7 on my main home desktop is for gaming, otherwise I'd have Vista SP2 on there in a heartbeat. Poor ol' Vista had a bad start and received a lot of bad PR but SP2...Man that thing is the best! It is by far the best looking version of Windows out there imo. Just like office 2007 makes 2010 look like a joke, so to does W7 look like a piece of crap compared to Vista SP2. In terms of usability, it's the perfect blend of XP and Widows 7. Some things drive me nuts with W7 for eg. not being able to right click Start > Explore All users and that crappy taskbar (which I've modded on all my W7 PC's to be like Vistas). It's a shame that Vista SP2 doesn't get more love, it truly is a class act.

Nah, haven't overclocked it dude as I'm not much one for overclocking; I've seen too many people go wrong with it and the way I figure, if the components were originally designed to operate at such rates then they would've done so out of the box - Like a car's engine, I prefer naturally aspirated builds.

Yeah fair enough mate, I was pretty nervous overclocking my E6750 (another PC, lol) but the gains of going from 2.67Ghz to 3.4 was well worth it! The fact that the mobo died after 2 years is neither here nor there... >_>

[King Atlas]

Downloaded Sonic CD from Xbox Arcade this week. It was on sale for only 200g. I freaking love it. Right up there with Sonic 2 and Sonic 3 and Knuckles.
Which is better: JP or US Soundtrack?

Also...Techno-organic FTW!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Which is better: JP or US Soundtrack?

Japan all the way. The US soundtrack sounds like it just doesn't care man! Listen to the intro track.

YAWN.

Then listen to the JP track! Toot toot Sonic Warrior!!! Gets you in the mood forsome sonic speeds.

US makes me sleep/poke my ears with a toothpick.

[Gutsman Heavy]

The us sound track isn't that bad, but the jap is better. And it sounds like streets of rage music

[SkyWarp91]

Anyone else playing Day Z from Arma II?

[SharkyMcShark]

I have been for about a month and a half now. It's fairly amusing.

[SkyWarp91]

I have been for about a month and a half now. It's fairly amusing.

It's an interesting game with an interesting concept, though I find it extremely frustrating that you start off with no attack, I don't care if you don't get a gun but no melee? Or even a eating knife? I spent a good amount of time sneaking in the bushes only to be sniped and could not do anything about it.

I'm afraid to go on the official DayZ forum and post anything as the majority of the users are harsh Rocket-fanboys that just discard any legit complaint and say 'oh you should just learn how to adapt to the game better and oh just because you have a problem with this game that means you must automatically be a cod fanboy blah blah blah'.

[SharkyMcShark]

It's an interesting game with an interesting concept, though I find it extremely frustrating that you start off with no attack, I don't care if you don't get a gun but no melee? Or even a eating knife? I spent a good amount of time sneaking in the bushes only to be sniped and could not do anything about it.

I'm afraid to go on the official DayZ forum and post anything as the majority of the users are harsh Rocket-fanboys that just discard any legit complaint and say 'oh you should just learn how to adapt to the game better and oh just because you have a problem with this game that means you must automatically be a cod fanboy blah blah blah'.

It's a great concept but the guy behind it is a prick, and so are most of his acolytes on that forum.

I've found that raiding deer stands for weapons works best. That or barns.

[SkyWarp91]

It's a great concept but the guy behind it is a prick, and so are most of his acolytes on that forum.

I've found that raiding deer stands for weapons works best. That or barns.

Still haven't found a gun yet but did have some fun, I got stuck inside the top of a crane because there were like 5 zombies waiting for me at the bottom. Couldn't really do anything and there was this other friendly who was prone right next to them, unnoticed and couldn't move (otherwise he'd be spotted). I sacrificed myself by falling off the crane, breaking my bones and let the zombies eat me. Then the friendly thought it was a good idea to move BEFORE I fell so we both died