Oblivion, Elder Scrolls IV came out 11 years ago. I remember what I was doing, I remember my life at the time. My wife and I were not married yet, we were living in a second floor apartment 1 street over from our current house. It was a time without kids. She had a part time job and school, I had a good 5 years or so in with my current company. We had two cats, but really that was the extent of our responsibility. I had my dream car, and had yet to modify it too much. It seemed…
1996 – The Year Alternative Rock Died a Messy, Forgettable Death
Some phenomenal hindsight of grunge, alternative rock, and how it became the very thing it stood against. I remember this year vividly. I was 15, at the height of my angst, and this caused me not only to re-live the period but it also provided a unique subtext I was completely oblivious to. On the radio, Goo Goo Dolls’ “Name” bled into Tonic’s “If You Could Only See” into Dishwalla’s “Counting Blue Cars” into The Verve Pipe’s “The Freshmen” into Matchbox Twenty’s “Push” in a watery bouillabaisse of quiet-loud-quiet song structures and sad-bro earnestness. This has to be the most…
EA Access – Need For Speed PC Preview
Need for Speed is currently loading, I’m going to give the first 10 hours a shot and see if it’s worth it. I appreciate they allowed it to scale to 4k and supported wheel hardware (assuming force feedback) but really don’t think it’s going to be anything earth shattering. They often go far too arcade. I don’t wish to play Ridge Racer. I want good old Road & Track: The Need for Speed Video is a success! New drivers did the trick. 1080p/60 ** NVidia Driver 364.51+ is a MUST for this game ** [update 3/11/2016 10:46] Attempting 4k resolution……
Emulation Nation
I spent much of today scouring the internet (it wasn’t that hard) for ROMs. I have NES and SNES on lockdown, I believe I have 99% of the NES and maybe 85% of the SNES. Choice Genesys, 32X and during my last ROM run a few months prior I even found Dreamcast and PSX. I have all these systems, but they’re in storage, all nicely tucked away not taking up any actual room. I’ve been wanting to play some older stuff but they’re so low bit being blown up to modern TV size doesn’t really make it any more visible.…
Video: The Evolution Of Real Time PC Graphics
I remember all of these. The first thing I did when I got a new card was go to the website to get the demos for the latest hardware. The Evolution Of Real Time PC Graphics – YouTube.
Teaching Through Video Games Becomes Blurred
There are no video games for a 3 year old. They have their shapes in the holes and the identifying patters and exploring storybook games, but there are no real 3 year old games. Fun games that send you somewhere else, driving a big truck, piloting a giant mech, or simply driving around a basic city in a car. They make them to entertain adults and they go above and beyond what a 3 year old needs to see, and should see. Outside of the fact that 3 year olds should have plenty of time to play and minimal screen…
>GOG.com (Good Old Games) Beta Goes Live!
>GOG.com has gone live, you can purchase Good Old Games for 5.99 or 9.99 depending.Descent 1 & 2 (or 3 & Expansion), Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics, Kingpin, Messiah, and Redneck Rampage – remember that one? I also found this little gem: Castles 2 No more trying to get Win95/Win98 working with your new hardware, or break out the old Pentium II in order to play these old gems – they’re all certified to play on XP and Vista (including x64!). Awesome.
>BitComet
>It’s been a long time since I needed to download something I couldn’t find on a web page, and I guess that’s why I’ve stayed away from Torrents. I am digging through my pile of older games now and after trying Gothic 3 again (yes, it did the same stuttering crap – guess it’s not compatible with the 7950GX2) I tried Aliens VS Predator 2.I had the CD along with the insert that has the serial key. Apparently there is also a disk 2, as I was prompted for it when I got about halfway through the install. I checked…
>Video: Ferguson From "Clarissa Explains It All"
>I got Clarissa Explains It All S1D1 in the main today from Netflix and we were wondering what happened to Jason Zimbler… after finding nothing I discovered the following cameo in a recent music video: Video: The XYZ Affair – All My Friends …look for all your favorite red-headed actors such as the guys from “Pete & Pete”, “Salute Your Shorts”, and “Clarissa Explains it All”. Check out the Clarissa Explains It All Drinking Game we made up.
>Delusions of Fester
>So here I am again, watching a movie I’m sure I owned at one point – Gattaca. To save you from having to refer back to the archives:There was one point where I had just moved out, I chose a poor area, I chose a poor roommate. That roommate’s sister ran away from home somewhere out west to come to live with us. I agreed on a temporary basis – get a job, get money, get out. It was 2 months too long when she got bored and started hanging with the local “gang”. The IOP – Indian Orchard Posse…
>MixamasterJ
>Listening to some of Justin’s tracks last night got me a tad nostalgic. Where I may not be able to play guitar, I can play with Audacity =) I’ve done some stuff in Reason, but haven’t really taken the time to really learn it. I’d love to do some collaboration with someone who already knows the ins and outs. I have the ideas, I have the music in my head — it’s just so hard to get it out, just like drawing. I’m a frustrated artist with no skills 😉 Speaking of music, here’s a track I did a bit…