Re: Sexual Contents in (Serious) Video Games

Posted on 2011-03-01, 20:01

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by BigBodZod

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In any event, there should always be advance notice to potential purchasers of questionable content by labelling the packaging and allowing parents to filter the material that gets to their youngsters as they see fit. There is, it's called RATED M for Mature, if parents are illiterate then there …

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Re: Sexual Contents in (Serious) Video Games

Posted on 2011-03-01, 02:10

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by BigBodZod

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Another game Trailer that seems to be making the rounds is Dead Island as the CGI trailer shows children dying too. The thing to remember is that thes are works of *fiction* and should not be taken as real life events. Hopefully we will not see anything like a ZOMBIE APOCOLYPSE but just in case I …

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Re: A good day at the dump...

Posted on 2011-02-04, 04:53

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by BigBodZod

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Malik wrote: What we treasure, others take for granted. 😀 True dat, many folks treat their old PC and other Technology as a commodity, basically a throw away item. I'll just get another one that is faster and cheaper then this hear model....

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Re: Desktop Computer running hot while running dosbox...

Posted on 2011-02-02, 20:57

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by BigBodZod

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It sounds like it's desktop board with the IGP that maybe running on the warmer side or just like dosfreak mentioned, the power management may not be properly configured. My guess is you are using a motherboard based on the AMD 780/790G or GX chipset as it appears to have the onboard Radeon 3xxx …

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Re: A good day at the dump...

Posted on 2011-02-02, 19:43

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by BigBodZod

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If you want to really test out the components then download and burn to cd the UltimateBootCD. It has tools like Prime and Memtest along with other diagnostics for testing. This way you can attempt to verify the compnents appear to be in working order.

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Re: A good day at the dump...

Posted on 2011-02-02, 07:27

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by BigBodZod

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It's sad to think how much usable stuff is being throw away every day. Yes, not just working older tech but the fact that it wasn't properly recycled to begin with :pppt: We have a couple of local groups that recycle older computer tech that the volunteer's test and retest and make usable working …

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Re: Change HDD from 48-bit to 28-bit addressing?

Posted on 2011-01-30, 01:38

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by BigBodZod

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Do you only have an IDE I/O board ??? If so then it maybe that you have to see if their is a CLIPPING LIMIT jumper on the HDD. Some manufacturers would use one or two pairs of jumpers to clip the HDD to a 2GB or 8GB HDD. This article may help.

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Re: Anyone ever used a 3dfx Voodoo5 Mac edition with a PC and widescreen LCD?

Posted on 2011-01-24, 20:17

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by BigBodZod

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I have this same card, I flashed the firmware to the PC version and used it in many boxes for testing. I can not remember wether I noticed this or not, sorry.

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Re: SSD in a retro PC

Posted on 2011-01-21, 20:36

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by BigBodZod

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It's amazing how many older IDE drives I have in my collection that are still working even with bearing noise :pppt: I have some from both Seagate and WD and one from IBM before they sold their storage division to Hitachi. Strangely, one of the older drives I have is a Quantum Fireball that is still …

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Re: Neverwinter Nights 2 sound volumes are all messed up under Win7

Posted on 2011-01-21, 20:31

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by BigBodZod

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You could be right about that, I think it depends on how the create the soundtrack to begin with, what instruments are used and how much, if any EAX features they use.

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Re: Neverwinter Nights 2 sound volumes are all messed up under Win7

Posted on 2011-01-21, 08:07

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by BigBodZod

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I can confirm too that Alchemy has fixed my sound issues with NWN2. Thank you. The neat thing about the Alchemy App is that if you do no see any EAX and/or Sound Hardware Acceleration, you can manually add the game to it via the add button and just copy/paste the install directory where the …

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Re: Neverwinter Nights 2 sound volumes are all messed up under Win7

Posted on 2011-01-20, 22:44

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by BigBodZod

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I can confirm that Alchemy works fine with both Neverwinter Nights 1 and 2 on both an Audigy and an X-Fi card 😉

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Re: My PC failed... how to diagnose?

Posted on 2011-01-19, 20:37

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by BigBodZod

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There are some manufacturers of both passive and active PSU testers. They connect up to some of the connector ends and then test the static output voltages and notate if any rails are missing. Of course the active testers are more expensive as they test under load. I like the passive testers for …

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Re: Soundcards vs onboard audio for games

Posted on 2011-01-18, 20:50

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by BigBodZod

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Agreed. SATA all the way. Well if the host controllers were cost effective then I would opt for SAS all the way, can use both SAS drives and SATA ;) Back On Topic: I have not seen any onboard codec use anything above EAX2 unless it's one of the aforementioned X-Fi Onboard Audio CODECS instead. I …

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Re: Interview with GOG.com on the usage of DOSBox.

Posted on 2011-01-16, 21:30

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by BigBodZod

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Thanks for the link, I'm going to check it out now. I finally created a GoG.com account yeasterday, wanted to get the Kingmaker Premium Module for NWN but it was no longer available. I checked with my local Fry's where I had purchased a copy fo the Diamond Edition for my father last year and they …

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Re: A Farewell to the ATi Brand Name

Posted on 2011-01-14, 20:04

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by BigBodZod

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I have been a dual-fanboi for a long time, both nVida and ATi/AMD have there pluses and minuses ;) Same goes on the CPU front too, although I tend to lean more toward AMD cpu's even though I live next door to where the new Intel cpu's are designed... I'm currently running a HD5850 in my gaming rig …

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A Farewell to the ATi Brand Name

Posted on 2011-01-13, 06:59

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by BigBodZod

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On Toms Hardware... http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/561- … hics-cards.html

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Re: AWE64 and DOS/ Win98

Posted on 2011-01-12, 20:39

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by BigBodZod

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I can verify that the AWE64 ISA bus card will work properly under Win 98-SE, ME and Win 2k. I have a dual-boot box with both Windows 98-SE on a drive and Win 2K on the second drive. This is running fine on a Soyo Socket 478 board with ISA bus slots. One thing I always do is to disable the onboard …

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Re: STEAM xmas sales has started!

Posted on 2011-01-02, 19:19

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by BigBodZod

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Last day of Steam holiday sales is up. I recommend the STALKER pack if you like Fallout 3. I picked it up when it went on sale the other day, and it seems to be a decent open-world/nonlinear post-nuclear FPS/RPG series. The first game also has a mod called "Stalker Complete 2009" that upgrades the …

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Re: BIOS release date

Posted on 2010-12-31, 20:49

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by BigBodZod

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this reason is so sweet and awesome that if you knew your head would explode! Qbix saved your life just now, be thankfull Haha, just like the Monty Python skit about the funniest joke in the world ;) Back on topic, there really isn't any reason for having any virtual machine be able to read the …

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