Stealin ur Megahurtz » Entertainment http://stealinurmegahurtz.com Politics, Technology, Humor... You know, a general waste of time. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:09:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Art of Game: The Pathhttp://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/03/art-of-game-the-path/ http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/03/art-of-game-the-path/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:53:50 +0000 rfdeshon http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/03/art-of-game-the-path/ I celebrated the Indie game sale on Steam this week by purchasing The Path, a game by Tale of Tales. The game is a short “horror” game adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood, very much intended for adults. It’s a very immersive game from the beginning which is good because the game also plays out rather slowly. This is a game that tells a story, not some mindless run and gun shooter. There’s lots of subtlety and parts of the story are left up to your imagination. The artwork is amazing and really draws you in. The game also encourages not following instructions. The first thing it tells you to do is to stay on the path. If you do, however, you will be greeted with an instant failure and will have to start over. I recommend anyone that enjoys a good twisted tale to check the game out. Considering that it’s about the cost of a movie ticket, I don’t think anyone should pass this up.

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Shut the fuck up and eat

How come any time I use power tools to do even the simplest of home improvements I feel more manly? All I did was mount a power strip on the wall and attach the keyboard tray to my desk but since I used a power drill I suddenly feel like Chuck Norris. Speaking of which, always remember kids, Chuck Norris doesn’t sleep, he waits.

Also, I know it’s not Monday technically… but I haven’t slept yet so in my mind, this still counts as a Motivator Monday post.

pixelstats trackingpixel]]> http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/03/manwich/feed/ 0 Misty Lyn and the Big Beautiful – The Fallhttp://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/01/misty-lyn-and-the-big-beautiful-the-fall/ http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/01/misty-lyn-and-the-big-beautiful-the-fall/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:53:30 +0000 rfdeshon http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/?p=106 Misty Lyn and the Big Beautiful – The Fall

Of all the things I experienced in college, being introduced to the independent music scene was probably one of the most influential. (Thanks Mikey and Eder) One of my favorite artists I first heard in those frigid Michgan Tech winters was Misty Lyn. Her music is moving and beautiful. Everyone should check her out and go see her if you get the chance… and buy the CD, it’s amazing!

Misty Lyn and the Big Beautiful

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This is relevant to my musical and recreational interests.

pixelstats trackingpixel]]> http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/01/big-d-and-the-kids-table-little-bitch/feed/ 0 Mass Effect and Nvidiahttp://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/01/mass-effect-and-nvidia/ http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/2009/01/mass-effect-and-nvidia/#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:27:23 +0000 rfdeshon http://stealinurmegahurtz.com/?p=90 After hearing soooo many good things about Mass Effect, I decided to bite the bullet and purchase it (via Steam, of course) this weekend. This game is massive, it took me upwards of 24 hours for Steam to finish downloading it. It doesn’t help that Steam likes to flake out mid-download, but that’s a different story. Anyway, after all that time downloading I finally get in to play it only to find that it crashes… ALL… THE… TIME. I couldn’t play the game for more than 45 minutes without it hard locking. I found this to be very frustrating.

Anyway, after a few Google searches I find people recommending downgrading Nvidia drivers to the 175 release. Apparently most people only experience these crashes with drivers 176 and above. So I pop on over to Nvidia’s site, grab the old drivers, install them, reboot twice and sacrifice a chicken to the dark lords of Microsoft. Okay so I made that last step up, but you get the idea. Bingo, I’ve had one crash since and I’ve put in a ton of time on the game.

Now then… for the point of this article. I don’t know whose fault this is considering that neither Nvidia or the makers of Mass Effect seem to want to acknowledge that there is a problem, much less fix it, nor do I really care. Both Bioware and Nvidia have been a massive disappointment lately in this department. Both companies have been releasing buggy software that never should of made it through quality control but somehow did. I mean, c’mon Bioware… people have dubbed your company Buggaware… what is it going to take to convince you that no matter how cool your games are, if they crash all the time people aren’t going to want to buy them?

As for Nvidia, just because you’re the dominant graphics card manufacturer doesn’t mean you can slack off on your drivers. I just hooked my computer up to my TV, expecting to use the video overlay that I love so much, just to find out it’s been stripped out of your drivers and/or my card. That kind of thing is completely unacceptable. If you don’t shape up, my next upgrade will be ATI. To be honest, the only reason I’ve given you so many chances is because of your superior Linux support. That’s not even going to be enough to save you though if you keep putting out drivers that strip out features and crash games.

I’m ashamed of both of you Bioware and Nvidia. This is the kind of crap that I’ve come to expect from Microsoft. That is NOT a compliment either. If I could ditch Windows completely, I would in a heartbeat, sadly I enjoy playing video games and WINE just isn’t quite there yet. The two of you don’t have that kind of grip on me though. I don’t have to buy your graphics cards or your games.

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