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Posts by blackdog

  • Let's talk VR

    • blackdog
    • October 13, 2020 at 7:02 PM
    Quote from dux

    4 hours ago, dux said: Simple, don't buy an oculus.

    Yes, after seeing and thinking of these things, seems like the only way to go. Seems they shooting themselves in the foot unless they damage control.

    shame tho cos the new devices look good and they are cheaper, the appeal is there in that sense.

    Are the Oculus devices being sold at a loss?

    ~ Dunno why a video was embedded in my post, originally was showing a Reddit page – edited

  • Let's talk VR

    • blackdog
    • October 13, 2020 at 11:02 AM

    Now I get the problem with Facebook accounts… eek! ? also what, if they were to ban my account because I wrote something stupid I can’t use the device anymore?

    Reddit story from a mum perspective

  • The cost of games

    • blackdog
    • October 12, 2020 at 9:52 PM

    Amazon cancels / interrupts support for Crucible, the game that tried to offer ALL the game modes from the most popular eSports… the writing was on the wall on this one

    https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/10/10/ama…be-coming-back/

    https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-w…o-why-hasnt-it/

  • I love me some Quake!

    • blackdog
    • October 12, 2020 at 9:48 AM

    Quake in 2020, WAT!

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  • What have you watched recently?

    • blackdog
    • October 10, 2020 at 6:45 PM

    Since I posted about Halt and Catch Fire in July I binged on both seasons of The Purge, which was way better than I expected: they had a different take from the crappy sequels and really works. I could also see the IP work as a couple different type of games, I'm surprised nobody announced any tie-in yet.

    I also went through the last season of Fear the Walking Dead... yes I did A LOT of rocking the baby during lunch "breaks" this summer ?

    As serious watching we finished last night the new season of The Boys, still great, and we are also almost through Hunters.

    In the meantime South Park is on the ball as usual.

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  • Hammer, Meet Anvil - CS:GO customs interview show

    • blackdog
    • October 10, 2020 at 4:45 PM

    Just wanted to clarify what I meant with "gameplay inserts"; I wasn't referring to that as a way to just showcase custom maps, but a visual way to punctuate the discussion (read: a screenshot would work just as well)... is something like this works perfectly in podcast form and leverages the YT video aspect. I didn't mean to suggest all videos should be in-depth walk-throughs on a private server with the dev, like you say people are busy and I can imagine few people could also go through this on top of finding the time to chat, but something to keep in mind ;)

    Otherwise everything sounds interesting @Pr0nogo, looking forward to see what you'll come up with!

  • The cost of games

    • blackdog
    • October 10, 2020 at 4:30 PM
    Quote from dux

    2 hours ago, dux said: Wow as if no one saw that coming I am so shocked oh my goodness

    Don't think Anthem performed this bad, so I thought it would last a little longer than one month.

  • Hammer, Meet Anvil - CS:GO customs interview show

    • blackdog
    • October 9, 2020 at 10:28 PM

    Just listened through the interview and well done @Pr0nogo, interesting format and topic choice. If there something I would like to see improved would be editing in bits of gameplay to show what it's being discussed (just walking around and pointing at stuff would be good enough) -- I think the host of Level Design Lobby does that, or at least he used to in early videos. Maybe have the mapper point stuff themselves on their maps (like 3Klik did with Bubkez for Mirage). It's something that would still work just in audio for those who know the maps, but if you are watching you might as well watch something proper.

    OT: Is not like I'm babyfaced but... damn @poLemin, you gave me beard envy! :D

  • The cost of games

    • blackdog
    • October 9, 2020 at 10:13 PM

    Wow, Avengers the game is already below 2K players daily, with dips below the 1K and 30 min wait for matchmaking... it was released a month ago!

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  • Let's talk VR

    • blackdog
    • October 9, 2020 at 5:42 PM

    @ThunderKeil I agree with what you are saying, the whole TOS practice all tech companies employ is pretty much disgusting in terms of fairness.

    I heard about the phasing out and I just thought that if you don't have an account, creating one just for the VR can't be considered "burner" as no one can force you to post stuff. Not sure about if you already have an account how they'll verify you have a second account (and some people have multiple accounts already for business purposes).

    In regard to the kids, if they are not on FB they are on Instagram... which is bascially the same. If the accounts are not merged yet, I'm expecting they'll allow for a one-login type of thing in the future.

    I listened to the video below recently and in terms of vision, what they want to do for VR/AR is very interesting and I guess unfortunately they are among the few companies that have money to throw away experimenting.

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    I haven't had the time to watch the Facebook Connect keynote, there is this supercut:

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    Carmack also had a section for himself... I thought he was leaving FB when I read he was moving to work on AI

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  • PlayStation 5 Reveal

    • blackdog
    • October 9, 2020 at 5:28 PM

    There was an interesting thought I heard from one of the big tech youtubers: the design (and size) could also be intentional for marketing purposes in the sense that when that stuff is in the background of their videos, people will notice, while something stealth will just go unnoticed.

  • Cyberpunk 2077

    • blackdog
    • October 8, 2020 at 9:47 AM
    Quote from leplubodeslapin

    15 hours ago, leplubodeslapin said: There must be more modern solutions now i guess?

    I think the nVidia shield was allowing Steam streaming, not sure if it still the case with latest models (don’t see why not but who knows)

  • de_pithead WIP

    • blackdog
    • October 7, 2020 at 3:10 PM

    Congrats @Sick_TwinN, you make it look so easy ;)

  • Mafia Trilogy

    • blackdog
    • October 7, 2020 at 3:08 PM
    Quote from dux

    2 hours ago, dux said: That race was easy. Why are there steam reviews saying it's bad and really hard? I beat it first go on a keyboard and had fun?‍♂️

    [...]

    I'm walking this girl home and the game inhibits my characters faster walking speed so I stay level with her while the dialogue happens. Like I said, it's the little thing like this that I appreciate. Nothing twists my nips more than having a character that walks faster than an NPC and I keep having to stop start to wait for them. 10/10

    I was really wondering about the race, in the interviews the devs said it had been "fixed", then I was reading that it was still a bit frustrating.

    The second bit is the type of situation that I really hope at some point in the (near) future we can make skippable when replaying the story a second time.

  • PlayStation 5 Reveal

    • blackdog
    • October 7, 2020 at 3:02 PM
    Quote from DMU222

    4 minutes ago, DMU222 said: I know very little about console hardware, but this feels like a ton of plastic around an average amount of internals. They could have made it much smaller, right?

    Yeah, I wonder if is an engineering need or if it marketing strategy.

    I'm referring to cooling problems and the inevitable "slim" version they release through the cycle: can they not cool it so they make it bigger, then they find solutions, or they purposedly make them bigger so they have the excuse for a refresh to sell later?

    But like I said since the announcement, if I was to get a PS5 before a slim version is released, I would definitely do it if I can find a way to make it smaller/source a modded version. This is not just big, but also really ugly.

  • de_pithead WIP

    • blackdog
    • October 6, 2020 at 6:53 PM

    You’ve done a really great job with the art and composition, it’s not the most original setting but I like it a lot.

    Is it the first project you completed/released?

  • Cyberpunk 2077

    • blackdog
    • October 6, 2020 at 3:26 PM

    Anyone ever tried the Steam Link?

  • Prodeus - KICKSTARTER LIVE!

    • blackdog
    • October 6, 2020 at 1:27 PM

    Get your #blocktober hoodie on for the contest

    https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/prodeus/prodeus/posts/2977013

  • Sawmill (WIP) (wingman)

    • blackdog
    • October 5, 2020 at 12:40 PM

    Seems a bit dark but I like how serene the environment looks.

    Can’t stop thinking of HL2 Ep2 looking at this ? a remaster with CSGO tech would be pretty enough

  • I love me some Quake!

    • blackdog
    • October 2, 2020 at 3:40 PM

    I discovered this (download)

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