A gesture I will be using both at the start and the end of any post from now on. So, it turns out that my lovely MSI 6870 Hawk Edition beast of a graphics card is defect. Basically, this happens when I try just about anything. Literally, any game, any internet browsing or editing a video always ends up like this:
Usually followed by a BSOD and a reboot. SO I'm traveling to Copenhagen to the store I bought it from to get it fixed or replaced. Damn, I can never go out and buy something, bring it home, hook it up and expect it to work. That reminds me of a gamepad for PC I bought a few days ago. Didn't work properly, so I went to Gamestop where I bought it the next day, to get a refund. Or well, I paid a little extra money towards a wired XBOX 360 controller. Works like a charm with XPadder.
My crush on this fictional character I have previously mentioned is still present, but not in a severe degree like it used to. Well, you know what they say... or what I say... or what someone else once said: "Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met."
I can do quite a lot of quotes on top of my head and I have a habit of letting people around know that in a conventional kind of way. I just get drunk and shout things. "Death is the solution to all problems; no man, no problem." - Joseph Stalin is amongst one of those I always remember. I think my favorite quote of all time hands down is: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain."
Portrays my perspective on life perfectly. Life sucks sometimes, but you still gotta live it to the fullest, even during times where death seems the easiest way out. Not... that I would know about... such things... *glare*
So lately, because of that damn graphics card, I have been gaming on my laptop which is surprisingly capable for a $600 dual core machine. Of course the processor speed isn't extremely relevant compared to the graphics card in the area of gaming. This specific laptop - the HP G62-A20SO has a very rare graphics card - an AMD Radeon HD 545V. Basically a 4450 or a 4470, in benchmarks it's slightly better than the 5470 512MB prominent in most laptops in the price range. Of course assuming they don't 'feature' a Intel GMA HD Graphics Processor or in other words King of the Hill. King of the Hill of Turds, Piss, and Jizz. In other words, the crappiest graphics card you'll stumble across.
As the title suggests I have had some good times with steam holiday camp sales summer thingy. Yea... basically, Valve, or Steam, are selling a bunch of games and packs with unbelievable discount on them, and the set of offers change everyday. Personally I have bought many indie games for 2-5 euros including Trine, Torchlight, Magicka, Universe Sandbox, Braid, and several others. Incredible deals. I have already put up Part 1 of my first impressions on Solar 2, a game I have grown to like a lot. You should definitely but it, I believe it's still like - 4 euros on steam or so.
Also today I finished my 4th playthrough of the Mass Effect series, which basically concludes playing through the first and second game, this time as a Adept, on hardcore difficulty. Or atleast until I got my hands on an Xbox 360 controller. I then bumped it down to Normal difficulty for obvious reasons. No aim assist = FUCKING stupidly hard on hardcore difficulty. The Arrival DLC proved quite tough as well, with all those prison guards storming your ass all the time. Nevertheless I like playing with a controller for certain games, and got quite some enjoyment from ME2 with that. PC Gaming - Play the way you wanna play. That's what I love about PC.
Speaking of that, I stumbled upon a game called FaceOff Paintball v2. Yes. Don't ask. On the surface it's a boring mod where you shoot fellas with a paintball gun on a really small shooting field, however what makes it so incredibly interesting is the facetracking built into the game. Basically, you hook up a webcam, light your room slightly (nothing professional, I only had one light on and it was behind me :O), and launch the game. The you can use head gestures to look around and peek to the sides.
I was really impressed with the function of it. Incredibly smooth and controllable, and all done with a cheap 20 dollar webcam I had laying around. I also found a program that allows you to track headmovements and translate them to a FreeTrack output, which can be read by over 100 games, such as ArmA 2, the DiRT series amongst plenty of other simulators. I tried it out in ArmA 2, but it didn't work all that well, so if that's your plan, get a Playstation Eye. You can plug it into your computer, download some custom thirdparty drivers and have it working like a normal webcam, but what's so special about it is that it can operate at 120 frames per second, making it extremely accurate and reliable. I can imagine ArmA 2 responding well to that.
Back to Mass Effect, I also recently bought the three books - Revelation, Ascension, and Retribution, currently reading revelation which is a prequel to the first game and seems to handle the story between Captain Anderson and Saren, which you might have heard a little of in the first game already. I'm not far into the book, but it has already grabbed my interest, and honestly, I'm really looking forward to finishing it and moving on to Ascension. Quite simply because it deals with Quarians in case you couldn't tell by the cover:
Anyhow, I'll be signing off now. See you guys later, Keelah Se'Lai - May Keelah be with you.
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