BTGBullseye

That's some mighty fowl language you're using...

Yes, but the bird is the word.

15 hours ago, Plegyvap said:

At best I could see some law which would make game companies hand over code to an archiving institution which could then make it accessible after X years goes by.

That would be awesome, but considering the current state of copyright, it's 70 years past the demise of the company before they could do that. (since companies can claim the copyrights instead of needing a specific person to tie the copyright to) And since copyright holders make up about 90% of all wealth in the USA, and effectively all lobbying, it's not going to change for the better any time soon.

Indeed.

Yes!

23 hours ago, kerdios said:

what made you go with AMD?

A couple reasons...

1. Less expensive for both the motherboard, and the CPU.

2. Better multithreading performance than all but the top-end Intel offerings.

3. Better single-core performance than all but the top-end Intel offerings.

4. PCIe 4.0 capability.

5. Runs at a lower temperature.

6. All AMD processors are unlocked by default, so you can overclock them.

7. Includes a very decent stock CPU cooler.

8. Uses a socket design that will allow me to upgrade for a long time.

9. They actually change their processors between generations, so you aren't buying the same processor 4 times in a row.

10. The 3rd Gen Ryzen processors have incredibly good memory controllers, so you get the best performance out of less expensive (yet still high quality) RAM.

Those just slightly tip the balance towards AMD right now.

Well, I finally got around to getting everything on my system overclocked to the limit...

Ryzen 5 3600: 4.2GHz all-core at 1.35v (this is nowhere near its limit, this is a safe overclock)

G.Skill Ripjaws V RAM: super tight timings at 3600cl16

5700 XT: Reference cooler, but overclocked to "on-par" with top-end custom watercooled models

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/26754278

On 4/14/2020 at 7:07 AM, ym123 said:

Then you haven't used any CLIs  I don't know how many scripts I have lying around that you can't simply (or is pretty much impossible to) replicate with a GUI, or how many oneliners I wrote in the heat of the moment to perform some annoying task

I see you're one of those CLI purists... A GUI is designed to BE those scripts and one-liners, so you don't have to type them. It's so you can click a button to run that script instead of having to type the script name to run it. You have a fundamental misunderstanding of the entire purpose of the GUI, its functionality, and its capabilities.

The Division 2

8 hours ago, Im_CIA said:

Computer Update

What was it updating to? A chinchilla with a screen?

8 hours ago, Gubbins said:

What was the game?

I never found out what, if any, name it had... All I had was an unlabeled floppy, and it didn't have a splash screen or unique file names that would indicate the game name.

1 hour ago, Gubbins said:

Meteor

Top-down military shooter from 1999. I have never played a top-down game like this, it was definitely one of a kind. Would love to see Ross review it some day.

I had something like that for my Apple ][c way back when...

Surprisingly fun for a pseudo-tower-defence game.

Star Trek Online.

On 4/10/2020 at 5:13 PM, Im_CIA said:

I'm so right that I play Quake 2 with the music off

Quake 2 has music?

On 4/12/2020 at 4:52 PM, ym123 said:

do you think they'd like to lose their flexible, efficient but "difficult" interface to a simple one that'd can't do quarter as much?

The problem with that statement is that there is no reason whatsoever that a GUI should have any reduction in flexibility, efficiency, or functionality. The only time that happens is if you're incredibly lazy at building the GUI, or if you're deliberately trying to limit its capabilities.

He is to me.

The original title of this song was actually "Jigsaw Woman", but everywhere says that "woman" is not a word in that situation... Even Google...

Doubt.

Neat video.

10 minutes ago, kerdios said:

But in hardcore culture, bullet hell has random patterns you need to dodge on the fly because there is no way of avoiding getting hit (because no thought was really put into it as much as just hodgepoging things), they are geared towards short playthroughs with prestige mechanics giving you infinitesimal ability to survive longer

Even with a randomization of the pattern, it's still just a button pushing challenge. You push exclusively this button and hold it for exactly this long, or you die... That's not a game.