DevWil

What?!?!

I really, really hope this isn't the end of Vinny and Alex talking about things on the internet.

I haven't been following the west coast content for a while but Brad leaving is also shocking to me. I've been a fan since the original office, so Vinny and Brad leaving Jeff as the only original duder is really... yeah, it's just shocking.

Hey everyone,

For a class I'm teaching, I'm going to be having students record "Let's Play" videos (or, as we know them here, Quick Looks). In preparation for this, I want to screen for my students a Giant Bomb Quick Look, so everyone knows what these things look and sound like.

I was hoping I could count on the Giant Bomb community to nominate a handful of classic Quick Looks for me to choose from. I could go from my own memory, but why trust it when I can ask folks for their input?

Ideally, the Quick Look would be accessible, entertaining, and between 20 and 40 minutes. Accessibility is pretty important here: the game should be pretty easy to understand for someone completely unfamiliar with its genre, and I'd prefer that the commentary wasn't dripping with inside jokes and dirty language. Nothing against inside jokes or dirty language on their own: again, I'm just interested in accessibility.

Thanks!

Just kinda ran out of hit points in the jungle.

Got my second consecutive six-figure run, and improved on yesterday's score. Got kind of blindsided in 4-1, I think it's fair to say.

Finally got a decent run. I'm sure it's in no small part due to my re-orientation towards money rather than survival. (Sorry for the late post.)

More poor play from me!

I beat Olmec for the first time last night, but that didn't stop me from losing today's daily like someone who had never touched the game before in his life.

This is my third video-recorded run... I've been doing terribly!

This is not my Kickstarter, nor have I even personally committed to backing it at this point (though, I'm leaning towards it). (Also, I don't know the person running it, etc... not involved!)

Giant Bomb seems like the kind of community (with the kind of staff, particularly @jeff and @alex) that would appreciate a book about the history of wrestling videogame development.

Someone is trying to write just that, and he needs some money to do it.

Check it out: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/654436224/wrestling-with-pixels-the-world-tour-of-wrestling

Hey duders...

I got a new graphics card, but it's not working. Well, it's less that the card isn't working and more that it's somehow breaking my computer.

Here are the (I imagine) relevant specs, first of all:

• Windows 8 Pro
• Core 2 Duo 2.66 gHz
• 2 GB RAM
• Intel DQ965GF Motherboard
• Asus GT 430 (ENGT430/DI/1GD3(LP))
• 420W PSU

At first, I was just working with onboard video. That worked fine. Then, I plugged in the GT 430 and it got (and still gets) stuck on the BIOS splash screen, showing a 5A POST code. Then, I unplugged my (IDE) HDD, and it can get through POSTing no problem in this situation (but, obviously, it's not the most useful configuration). About 20 minutes ago or so, I plugged in an old PowerColor ATi X800 GTO card (PCI-E as well) and I'm seeing these very words through that configuration right now. Booted up no problem.

Now, I've already done all of the obvious stuff: updated my BIOS, cleared the BIOS settings, set the BIOS to its "optimal" settings... I have no idea what to do! The video card works, but somehow it breaks my machine's ability to boot into Windows or even finish POSTing.

I posted this problem on Tom's Hardware earlier today and I've gotten no response whatsoever... so hopefully somebody on GB is an expert with this stuff and has some idea of what to do! I've been banging my head against this issue for like 16 hours, it feels like...