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Would like to add myself to the pile. I'm logged out constantly lately. At least once a day it seems like.

I've been having a problem with videos on chrome when using the youtube player on the site. It seems like it has the GB player layered under it, and when you hit play that underlayer video starts playing, so you get the audio but no video, then pressing play on the video again plays the youtube source video correctly but the under layer audio keeps playing in the background.

Happens about half the time I start a video, and I'm pretty sure it's only with the youtube player.

It's me!

I've found rockets work really well. It seems that the damage done to the skulls that way is capped somehow depending on the launcher, so you're better off aiming for the ground and nailing all of them with splash damage than going for a direct hit. 2-4 rockets this way (depending on the launcher and splash damage luck) tends to take care of things. On this particular mission C4 works well also, as the skulls will shamble toward your position but they won't actually detect you until you're very close or open fire, so you can lure them away from the truck and get a good C4 blast on them at the same time, then mop up with rockets.

I think the crucial thing that isn't well-explained in the article is that Digital Eclipse is trying to popularize the "Eclipse Engine," which would then be a static platform that could itself be ported to new hardware and bring all its earlier emulations with it.

One of the main problems with preservation through emulation is the lack of a clear standard, which results in multiple port jobs throughout technology changes (as we've seen a ton in the last 5 years).

This is a really good step towards an emulation standard that could lead to really solid preservation coming into place in the next few years.

The writing on this could be clearer. It's hard to keep the acronyms straight, even as someone mildly familiar with EVE.

It's absolutely fascinating, as well, by the way.

Just a little hard to follow at points.

There's a PC horror game called "Blindside" that I haven't tried yet but came in Groupees Halloween bundle last year and is entirely done with audio, as the protagonist wakes up blind.

You can get it on Desura, and it's apparently on iOS, as well.

Could be really interesting.

You are correct in that you do seem to be having a very difficult time remaining calm.

@Chumm said:

Scoops you're a professional writer, whether you like it or not. Does GB seriously not have a copy editor?

No:

Within, players will meet of an “enigmatic Triad operative,” sent an alien ship off course, and somehow battle aliens “in the skies over China.”

Yes:

Within, players will meet an “enigmatic Triad operative,” send an alien ship off course, and somehow battle aliens “in the skies over China.”

I like to imagine that Patrick slips one obvious typo into every news story to screw with us.

Because there is always one obvious typo. In every news story.

@Brad: Thanks. Got QGXTR-GTTJT-24XFX-VJ64K-66HXZ