other gamers here?

[Premium Parrots]

.......its getting kind of gamey in here dudes. you might want to open a window.

[sgreger1]

i finally finished mass effect 3! now im back to playing minecraft

I just started playing mass effect 3 yesterday. I wasn't too into mass effect 2 but ME3 is pretty awesome so far. The graphics on full are BEAUTIFUL though, this game is major eye candy. I really like the mixture of action/rpg too, though I would like more RPG elements to it.

[skynyrdfan4]

i finally finished mass effect 3! now im back to playing minecraft

[sgreger1]

You all need to check out the game STACKING. It is so unique, and is frankly a work of art. It is a completely unique game based off those russian stacking egg things. Really, this is one of those games where you are like "wow, this is genuinely a type of game I've never played but it totally works". It's mainly a puzzle game, no shooting or anything. It is really ****ing fun though, this is probably the best indie game i've seen this year. Highly, highly recommend this. I've only tried it on PC but it's on xbox too.

If anyone wants to "try it out", hit me up and i'll give you the link to the direct download.

[voodooman]

i've been playing syndicate on the 360. pretty awsome shooter. it reminds me of crysis 2 in many ways. campaign is completely linear, but engaging. haven't tried it online yet, as the game hasn't been released (to you normals) yet.

[sgreger1]

I love this game. If anyone likes immersion and adventure style games like MYST you may want to check it out. It just came out, I am on my third play through. 10 bucks on steam.
Dear Esther

http://youtu.be/7xd8x5Esf48

This is a really cool game. If anyone wants to test it before you buy it, PM me and i'll give you the link to direct download the cracked version from my server.

Edit: It's a really cool game but it's boring and not worth the $10 imo. I haven't finished the whole thing but all you do is walk around very slowly as the narrator narrates some story which never really pieces itself together. The narration is randomized so it makes it different on each play-through, but I wish they would have instituted a damn run key or something, the guy walks so damn slow.

[sgreger1]

Well, folks, my new Alienware X51 arrived last Wednesday, but I didn't get the chance to do a serious test of its gaming capabilities until this weekend. It appears sgreger1 was right -- it runs every game I own at the highest graphics settings, without a single slowdown or stutter, even during long sessions. Plus it is extremely quiet. The fans are audible, but just barely, whisper-level. And the detail level with high graphics settings is nothing short of astonishing.

It's not a system that will satisfy a hardcore gamer, but then, it's not aimed at that market. For a casual gamer like me, however, who is accustomed to attempting to run games like Skyrim on a general-purpose PC, it's a major step up. I really can't find much to criticize about it. No doubt others may feel differently, but that's OK. For me and my usage patterns, it gets 5 stars out of 5.

Glad to hear that PipenSnus! I knew it would run great, that's a nice computer and should handle everything with ease. Enjoy playing on Ultra! I went back and loaded all of my old games that I could never run on my computers when I was younger just to max out the graphics setting and be like "LOOK AT ME NOW BITCH".

[GoVegan]

Does Angry Birds count?

[chibre]

I love this game. If anyone likes immersion and adventure style games like MYST you may want to check it out. It just came out, I am on my third play through. 10 bucks on steam.
Dear Esther

http://youtu.be/7xd8x5Esf48

[PipenSnus]

Well, folks, my new Alienware X51 arrived last Wednesday, but I didn't get the chance to do a serious test of its gaming capabilities until this weekend. It appears sgreger1 was right -- it runs every game I own at the highest graphics settings, without a single slowdown or stutter, even during long sessions. Plus it is extremely quiet. The fans are audible, but just barely, whisper-level. And the detail level with high graphics settings is nothing short of astonishing.

It's not a system that will satisfy a hardcore gamer, but then, it's not aimed at that market. For a casual gamer like me, however, who is accustomed to attempting to run games like Skyrim on a general-purpose PC, it's a major step up. I really can't find much to criticize about it. No doubt others may feel differently, but that's OK. For me and my usage patterns, it gets 5 stars out of 5.

[Los ßnus]

Well, Cube World is looking amazing...

Way better than minecraft in every way. Notch tried hiring the guy but he decided to go independent.

Edit: Los Bnus, hook me up with one of those trials my nig!

damn that looks sick!

also, one nigerian eve invite inbound!

[sgreger1]

Well, Cube World is looking amazing...

Way better than minecraft in every way. Notch tried hiring the guy but he decided to go independent.

Edit: Los Bnus, hook me up with one of those trials my nig!

[Los ßnus]

Hey is Eve online any good? I've been looking into it and was thinking about picking it up but wasn't sure since I had never played it myself.

Hell Yeah, it's good! I normally get bored of games in about 2 - 3 weeks. Been playing eve for 9 mths straight now.

If you ever give it a go, I'm the CEO of Big Tobacco and we're always looking for fresh meat for the grinder

edit: I got a few 60 day free trials if you are interested send me a PM

[PipenSnus]

Damn a month's delivery time? Are they gathering the raw materials from the forest to custom build it from the ground up or what? Are they assembling it atom by atom in the Large Haedron Collider at CERN? lol

New product line + failure to accurately anticipate demand = inadequate production capacity = delays. At least that's my theory.

[sgreger1]

I'd characterize myself as a skeptic rather than a pessimist, but I don't particularly object to the latter classification, either. You are correct that maxing out the settings is not as important to me as simply being able to play whatever game I choose without worrying whether my rig will run it. I figure the X51 will not only handle any of the current crop of games, but will likely have no problem with future releases for quite a while to come.

I'll be only too glad to post my opinion of the X51, once I've had the chance to try it out. I've got an estimated delivery date of 21 February, however, so it will be a few weeks yet, unless Dell ships it early. (unlikely)

Damn a month's delivery time? Are they gathering the raw materials from the forest to custom build it from the ground up or what? Are they assembling it atom by atom in the Large Haedron Collider at CERN? lol

X51 will be able to play every game without exception so you won't have any worries there.