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Good year for gaming!

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
What can I say?

Wii, PS3, DirectX10, not to mention the games:

- Supreme Commander
- ArmA
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
- Command and Conquer 3
- Grand theft auto 4
- Spore

Incredible!

What was the best gaming 'thing' of last year? In comparison it was so dull! I dont think I got any games last year, never even bothered playing the demo of bf2142 because bf2 was still bugged to hell.

Just a rant really, but when you think about it, gosh. The new graphics cards coming out this year, at least the ATI/AMD Radeon x2800, will have TWICE as much power as the x19xx series. That's quite incredible imo.

2008 certainly seems to be the year of the geek :)

Intel announced they have a working 80 core processor that will be ready for production in as little as 5 years. The average enthusiast monitor is going from 19" to 22" now, everything is just moving on!

It's exciting, no? :p

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  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ShyBoy wrote: »
    It's exciting, no? :p

    :yes:

    never mind the advances in quantum computing that're being made. they wont be comercial viable for a long while yet, but they're getting there :)

    cant play any of the new games though, PC cant handle it! *starts saving*

    ooh, and you meant GTA 4, right? :p
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The Godfather: Back hand edition and Tiger woods golf, both on the wii are highly anticipated in this household :D
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Replicant wrote: »
    :yes:

    never mind the advances in quantum computing that're being made. they wont be comercial viable for a long while yet, but they're getting there :)

    cant play any of the new games though, PC cant handle it! *starts saving*

    ooh, and you meant GTA 4, right? :p

    Oh yea :p at least I'm not calling the Ps3 the Ps2 anymore. Bah, numbers :p
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6376479.stm

    soon how will we know whats real and what's virtual??
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ShyBoy wrote: »
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6376479.stm

    soon how will we know whats real and what's virtual??



    theres a lot of research going into this at the moment. the "uncanny valley" has yet to be crossed and can also be applied to things like robotics. if something looks really human like, it becomes creepy before it becomes indistinguishable from the real thing. (this forms part of my course at uni, it's rather interesting :) )
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    its still all about cs1.6 :)

    new games cant compete
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Right this is the second time Shyboy has mentioned it so I thought I'd say something as well -

    HOW FUCKING HARD IS ARMA!!!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Very, you need to tweak it first though. Force vsync off :thumb:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    How does that stop me getting shot?
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Spore looks great :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Jim V wrote: »
    How does that stop me getting shot?

    Dunno, they do seem a bit too accurate. They are as accurate with an assualt rifle as a sniper rifle.

    TBF, it's *really* a multiplayer game with SP added on as an extra :(. Will have 100+ player games going because the bandwidth consumption is so small :)
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I dont really care about the games. I'm just looking forward to getting a Wii!

    Which is all purchased and paid for but I dont get for a month until I see my brother again. :grump:
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You'll like this then freeallangels19 :)link.
  • Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    Replicant wrote: »
    You'll like this then freeallangels19 :)link.
    Amazing! Simply amazing! :lol: These guys got burnt!
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm looking forward to...

    -Star Wars : Force Unleashed
    -Halo 3
    -GTA4
    -MOH: Airborne (not long now!)
    -Mass Effect
  • Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Well, I did make a thread on the games we were looking forward to a while ago.

    But I just can't believe how incredible this year is!!!
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