Quoting: ShmerlAnd as a side note, you should learn how to build things from source and use that. You might need it in the future.

While I agree that on a “consumer”-oriented distro nobody should ever have to install from source, I can't understand the attitude that refuses to learn. You might find it useful or interesting in the future.

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Quoting: wvstolzingStill trying to improve my record on NES Tetris (NTSC version), via fceux. Now at 415300; I'll keep trying until I go over 500000.

Just cliking “like” isn't enough; I have to say it: I like this. Proper gamer, right there. :D

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Elite Dangerous: On the upside, it's a 21st Century take on Elite. And that's quite an upside.

But that always-online thing... my connection is rather erratic, and at times the game's just completely unplayable. Which would be forgiveable if it was a pure MMO, but there's a “solo” mode, and that's just as online as everything else. Elite ran on 8-bit machines with 32K of RAM, with the entire game loading from tape in one go. Even in the early '90s, it was unusual - and a deliberate choice - that Frontier came on a single floppy (880K, in the case of the Amiga version). The whole point was that you loaded the game once, then nothing got in the way of your exploration of the galaxy. They've thrown that away with Dangerous, making you dependent on the availability of the server, and... it kind of doesn't feel like Elite any more.

That said, I've put more than 60 hours into it in two weeks, so it must be doing something right. :)

Project Cars: Oh my good Lord. Where has this game been all my life? I need a racing wheel now. And VR. And the sequel. You can live on bread and water, right?

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Quoting: eldaking

Quoting: Duncthe original of which is definitely one of my top 5 360 games.

Wow, that's a lot of games. :D

Hey, I've played a lot of games. :)

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Quoting: Luke_NukemWell, the recommender got me down to a T. Added a few to the wishlist.

Yep. I share the reservations others have expressed, yet it does seem to work surprisingly well. It isn't to know that I've already played GTAV and Just Cause 2 to death on the XBox 360, and 200 hours or so of The Witcher 3 from GoG. Mind you, it should know I'm running Linux and JC3 (its top pick by default) doesn't work under Proton. But it's certainly a game that'd be near the top of my own list if it worked. And if I fiddle with the age controls, restricting it to games released more recently, it comes up with Red Faction: Guerrila Remarstered, the original of which is definitely one of my top 5 360 games.

That's pretty impressive.

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Quoting: shawnsterp

Quoting: DuncSo in the last few years, we've had ... Phoenix Point (which is really X-Com), System Shock....

Wait, I was unaware that we have either one of these games. What am I missing? Heck, I'm still "waiting" for Into The Breach!

Well, okay, they haven't actually been released. But you know what I mean. Remakes and long-delayed sequels seem to be all the rage.

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So in the last few years, we've had Duke Nukem Forever (the less said about that the better but still, it finally came out), the Doom reboot, Elite Dangerous, Chaos Reborn, Phoenix Point (which is really X-Com), System Shock, and now another Bard's Tale. What old game is next for resurrection?

If anyone round here has the ear of Pete Cooke, a new Tau Ceti [External Link] would be nice.

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Quoting: on_en_a_grosHappy baguettes sales to all of you.

What's a Bristol 223 [External Link] doing on there? :P

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Congratulations, Liam. Turns out I've been registered for two years now too (although I've been a reader for much longer). Time flies, eh?

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Quoting: KimyrielleSame. I got my current PC shortly before AMD became a solid option for GPUs again. I hate NVidia as a company and will gladly take my business to AMD next time. Won't happen too soon I guess. I tend to keep my PCs longer and longer these days.

I'm in a similar position. I switched to NVidia around the start of the Linux Gaming Revolution ( :) ), and frankly I'm glad I did. It went against my open-source principles, but then so do most games, and AMD was hopeless back then. The open-source drivers were next to useless for anything other than desktop work (which, to be fair, had been fine until the games started coming), and Catalyst was an absolute mess. The way the NVidia proprietary driver Just Worked™ was a real breath of fresh air.

Now though, if I was in the market for a new GPU (which, sadly, I'm not; I managed to score a GTX960 for free a few months ago, and it'll have to do me for a while yet), I'd definitely be looking at AMD.

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