Gamers Thread

[Evil?]

Do you have the expansion pack? The Favoured Soul owns all.

No. I may have to look into that.

 

[Carcassian]

I got given a medal of honor game for Christmas, and thought it would be fucking shite.

Imagine my suprise that MOH:Airborne on the 360 to be a really enjoyable FPS - no classic, but not an utter stinker either.

Also hot on the 360 'o' doom at the moment:-

Oblivion - Thanks to the Shivering Isles add on disc
Mass Effect - Great story, awesome graphics - but dare I say it - so/so game.
Disneys Cars - Because my eldest Lad (4 yrs) is pwning it.
Metal Slug 4 - Got given to my eldest for christmas and we are playing it through together
Guitar Hero 3 - 'Nuff said

 

[genocide roach]

I only own/played Burnout 3, 4 and the latest Dominator game in the series and they're all great. I am not much of a fan of racing games, to be honest, but Burnout is very exciting.

i play burnout revenge alot. i am a crash event master
~gR~

 

[Carcassian]

The crash events make perfect post-pub game play, tbh. They get fairly dull in a single player environment, but play it with some mates once youve all stumlbed bacj in from tha bar, full of guiness and giggles, and it's like gaming heaven.

 

[Pessimism]

Jackass. What's your Steam name?

Seraphim_Belial

 

[Valerie]

It is quite awesome.

Hmm, since there isn't a demo for it, I downloaded it to see how it played. It's pretty demanding, graphically, but my computer ran it alright. It looks really nice but I don't like the camera or controls. I'm not going to keep it. I might buy it some time if I get a better graphics card and get bored with World of Warcraft.

 

[Mort Divine]

Holy shit. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is really actually hard. I was surprised considering that I had been able to breeze through the other 3 that I played. I'm actually having a damned hard time with this.

Actually have to think for once

 

[llamaking]

Holy shit. Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn is really actually hard. I was surprised considering that I had been able to breeze through the other 3 that I played. I'm actually having a damned hard time with this.

Actually have to think for once

I second this.

its difficult.

 

[Pessimism]

Half Life 2 Episode One is shitting on my system with graphical errors

 

[AchrisK]

I am making my way through Halo 3 on Legendary. I just started Cortana (with the Flood in the cave system). Sad thing is I get owned playign my son on Slayer (multiplayer).

I played Guitar hero for the first time this past weekend. It was GH3. That was fun. I got owned by Reign in Blood on the easy level.

 

[Valerie]

Half Life 2 Episode One is shitting on my system with graphical errors

What's happening?

 

[mutantllama]

I played Guitar hero for the first time this past weekend. It was GH3. That was fun. I got owned by Raining Blood on the easy level.

FYP

Sorry but it annoys me when people do that.

 

[AchrisK]

oops

 

[FenriR]

Playing Live for Speed atm. Best (well, most realistic) racing game out there.

 

[Pessimism]

What's happening?

Ever see a video card die while it's busting its ass trying to display everything correctly? Flying pixels, textures fucked out of place, the works! It's now set on the lowest of the low

 

[Valerie]

Ever see a video card die while it's busting its ass trying to display everything correctly? Flying pixels, textures fucked out of place, the works! It's now set on the lowest of the low

What kind of video card do you have again? I have a radeon x1650, and it can run Source games perfectly at most of the highest settings (except filtering, v-sync, and HDR). So if you have a better card than that, I'm surprised that's happening

 

[Pessimism]

nvidia 6800 ultra

It's weird, every time I start a source game it tells me my graphic cards drivers are out of date... even though I brought it up to the latest releases for both my card and my motherboard (nforce 4 board). Kind of suck the big one honestly

 

[Pessimism]

In other news, compusa are shutting down the last hundred stores that were left open:

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Mexican telephone and retail magnate Carlos Slim, in a rare defeat, will exit the U.S. consumer electronics market, shutting the last 100 CompUSA Inc. stores after sinking about $2 billion into the business.

Gordon Brothers Group, a Boston-based retail store liquidator, will oversee a piecemeal sale of the Dallas-based business, the company said in a statement. Financial terms were not disclosed. Stores will remain open through year-end under the supervision of Gordon Brothers, which will also negotiate the sale of real estate and other assets. Two law firms were hired to represent creditors, CompUSA said.

"An orderly and expedited wind-down and asset sale process is the best option for CompUSA and its creditors," Bill Weinstein, a principal at Gordon Brothers, said in a statement. Mr. Weinstein was named interim president of the firm. He was unavailable for immediate comment.

CompUSA did an estimated $4 billion in annual sales last year, but with store closures in February, sales were expected to shrink to about $1.5 billion this year, according to industry executives. The business has not been recently profitable, they said.

Mr. Slim, the powerful chairman of Telefonos de Mexico and operator of a string of retail businesses in Latin America, has long coveted a big name in the U.S. retail market. He took his first stake in the business in 1999 and expanded the business through acquisition. After taking a minority stake in the retailer, he later spent $800 million to take the company private.

In 2003, CompUSA acquired California consumer electronics chain The Good Guys Inc. In 1998, he purchased Computer City from Tandy Corp.

The retailer has struggled for years, hurt first by competition from direct personal computer sellers such as Dell Inc. and more recently by intense competition in consumer electronics. Bigger rivals such Best Buy Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have been able to offer greater selection and lower prices for flat-panel televisions and other consumer electronics gear.

As reported, CompUSA had been in discussions with rivals about selling parts of its retail holdings, and a spokesman for the new management says the talks are ongoing.

"Active discussions are under way to sell select stores in key markets as well as the company's highly-regarded technical services business," CompUSA said in its statement.

People familiar with the situation have said that CompUSA has been talking to TigerDirect, an arm of Systemax Inc., a Port Washington, N.Y., PC maker and electronics marketer, buying stores and CompUSA.com Internet operation. In addition, it has held talks with Hilliard, Ohio, based Micro Electronics Inc. about the sale of about 10 stores.

In early 2003, Mr. Slim made an unsolicited $1.5 billion bid for Circuit City after accumulating about a 9.2% stake in the company. He later sold the shares after being rebuffed by the Circuit City board. Since then, he has pursued investments in retail outside the U.S., recently opening the first Saks department store in Mexico City under a license with Saks Inc.

In February, it announced plans to shutter 126 stores, more than half of its then-total, and accepted a cash infusion from U.S. Commercial Corp., a unit of Mr. Slim's holding company, Grupo Carso. The money was intended to finance a turnaround effort that targeted small businesses and affluent consumers.

They will more than likely not tell any of the employees until the day they close, which is exactly what happened to the store near my house.

 

[cookiecutter]

Ouch. I used to go there fairly often.

 

[The Ozzman]

In other news, compusa are shutting down the last hundred stores that were left open:

Link


They will more than likely not tell any of the employees until the day they close, which is exactly what happened to the store near my house.

Kind of hard around here when they all have STORE CLOSING! signs on the wall.