mongoose

Hello bombers,

got a copy of Civilisation 5 on Steam when I pre-ordered X-Com and I thought I'd ask around here if anyone wants to trade (apologies if a trade thread exists). Doesn't have to be equal value or anything, the issue is I think I have everything on Steam :)

Hit me up if you're interested.

Hello fellow waiters. Over in Britain here, and I think I'll have to call its night. Too tired. Will grab Bombcast then. Catch you on the flip side.

Hey buddy,

now, as other people have informed you, it could well be the power supply. What I've found through many years of computing experience however is that 9 times out of 10 it is a software issue. I'd say you'd be far better served doing a nice clean install of Windows and going from there. The hassle is your data, I know, but when you think it through - for me anyway - there isn't a huge amount of stuff that is critical. I have my music and photos backed up to a portable drive. My games, I have a lot installed but if I'm being realistic, I don't need 95 games installed as I'm only actually going to play 5 or so, and they can always be re-installed/downloaded. That's really all I care about. Anything else can be backed up to a little memory stick/drive.

I'd definitely recommend trying to re-install/clean format Windows before shelling out on hardware. Then if the issue still persists, you lost nothing but perhaps half a day and are a little wiser as to the cause. If you buy new hardware and find that it still has a problem, you're money down and then have to do the clean install anyway.

Hey guys, I'm going to renew my yearly subscription and I was wondering if the members tee 2013 (awesome design Buzz_click, big part of my youth here also) is the shirt you get for renewing? The reason I ask is that the "Paypal Membership" section still shows the 2012 members tee.

Thanks for any info.

Genuinely saddened about this one. Wipeout, Destruction Derby, Colony Wars and Puggsy (admittedly Puggsy was a bit shit, but I liked it) were some of my favourites back in the day.

Pouring one out for Psygnosis.

LOL!

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I'd say a 6870, or a 5850 if you can find one. I use a 5850 and it runs BF3 on High/Ultra at 1920x1080. Although I do have an i5.

The following is a post I made in Patricks' topic, E3 needs to grow up. Posting here just to keep it somewhere.

I totally get what this is about and care. I hope more people do too.

Too many times have I felt the need to pause/switch off/divert attention from some game that is on my screen when a family member walks in. Not just because there is nudity or sexually explicit content, after all these things appear in legitimate, serious artistic ventures, of which I include games.

The reason for the embarrassment is when it serves absolutely no purpose other than to stimulate a male audience. When my partner asks me why that woman is dressed like she's on a beach in Rio during a "serious" encounter or situation e.g. Zombie apocolypse, nuclear holocaust etc. and the best answer I have is "because video games", it's just embarrassing and I get why people do not respect them as much as they perhaps should. They understandably see them as some adolescent kids pastime.

Aside from that, there is the anger I feel at being treated like some emotionally devoid sex fiend male that will only like a game if it has scantily clad woman and boobs. It's not the case and it's insulting.

I would re-iterate, I'm not a prude. These things in a contextually relevant scenario are no problem whatsoever, however uncomfortable the topic. It's the insinuation that we are all idiots that really irks me.

I don't think the fact that the vast majority of advertising for any product or service does this is justification, or at least it shouldn't be. Wouldn't it be great, if this industry could stand proud and be all "Yeah, we don't need that shit. We sell our stuff on it's quality". A lofty goal perhaps, but something that could happen should we wish it.

The thought of trying to play a DS or it's games whilst it is strapped to some attractive woman is frankly absurd at best, deeply offensive and hurtful at worst.

Anyway, that's my input. Let's talk.

@Dookysharpgun: Man, I had this big post about your points and had some good discussion, but then the thing didn't post. Shit.

In summary: Good post, good discussion, but I disagree. Please see my post a few down for clarification!

Can't believe it disappeared!

I totally get what this is about and care. I hope more people do too.

Too many times have I felt the need to pause/switch off/divert attention from some game that is on my screen when a family member walks in. Not just because there is nudity or sexually explicit content, after all these things appear in legitimate, serious artistic ventures, of which I include games.

The reason for the embarrassment is when it serves absolutely no purpose other than to stimulate a male audience. When my partner asks me why that woman is dressed like she's on a beach in Rio during a "serious" encounter or situation e.g. Zombie apocolypse, nuclear holocaust etc. and the best answer I have is "because video games", it's just embarrassing and I get why people do not respect them as much as they perhaps should. They understandably see them as some adolescent kids pastime.

Aside from that, there is the anger I feel at being treated like some emotionally devoid sex fiend male that will only like a game if it has scantily clad woman and boobs. It's not the case and it's insulting.

I would re-iterate, I'm not a prude. These things in a contextually relevant scenario are no problem whatsoever, however uncomfortable the topic. It's the insinuation that we are all idiots that really irks me.

I don't think the fact that the vast majority of advertising for any product or service does this is justification, or at least it shouldn't be. Wouldn't it be great, if this industry could stand proud and be all "Yeah, we don't need that shit. We sell our stuff on it's quality". A lofty goal perhaps, but something that could happen should we wish it.

The thought of trying to play a DS or it's games whilst it is strapped to some attractive woman is frankly absurd at best, deeply offensive and hurtful at worst.

Anyway, that's my input. Let's talk.