Author Topic: Video Games (2015) (Read 7440 times)

Slateman · « **Reply #50 on:** April 21, 2015, 02:07:57 pm »

I'd trade for Arod and put him at third, moving Rendon to second. That 1.055 OPS would look good in the lineup

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #51 on:** April 21, 2015, 06:54:37 pm »

Latest trade?

Orioles send: Adam Jones, Steve Pearce and Delmon Young for Scherzer.

Lineup vs. RHP - LF - Span, 3B - Rendon, RF - Werth, CF - Jones, 1B - Zimmerman, SS - Desmond, C - Ramos, 2B - Espinosa

Lineup vs. LHP - 3B - Rendon, 1B - Zimmerman, RF - Werth, CF - Jones, C - Ramos, LF - Pearce, SS - Desmond, 2B - Espinosa

Bench is AROD, Young, Lobaton, Ian Stewart and Span/Pearce.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #52 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:44:04 pm »

Nats ended up losing to the Mariners in the World Series in six games.

Slateman · « **Reply #53 on:** April 21, 2015, 07:48:20 pm »

The Marines?

Slateman · « **Reply #54 on:** April 22, 2015, 04:15:48 pm »

So Star Wars Battlefront is going to be, basically, a game from 2006 with improved graphics. Linear maps, limited environment destruction, AT-AT and other vehicles will be on a set path

Slateman · « **Reply #55 on:** April 22, 2015, 09:29:53 pm »

Vega · « **Reply #56 on:** April 22, 2015, 09:31:07 pm »

Quote from: Slateman on April 22, 2015, 09:29:53 pm

That is pretty damning right there. And I'm sure the DLC packs combined will cost roughly a bazillion dollars.

UMDNats · « **Reply #57 on:** April 22, 2015, 09:47:53 pm »

Wasn't it reported that there were more than 8 maps?

Anyone who expected EA to actually break out with a great, in-depth feature was fooling themselves. I know that this is going to be a Battlefield re-skin but am cool with that because I'll enjoy it most likely. I'll still complain about it the entire time, though.

varoadking · « **Reply #58 on:** April 23, 2015, 07:22:41 am »

Quote from: Slateman on April 22, 2015, 09:29:53 pm

I have no idea what this is about, but the last line made me think "Back to the Future."

Kevrock · « **Reply #59 on:** April 23, 2015, 11:43:05 am »

OOTP 16 is the best version of the game in ever.

UMDNats · « **Reply #60 on:** April 23, 2015, 12:25:23 pm »

Quote from: Kevrock on April 23, 2015, 11:43:05 am

OOTP 16 is the best version of the game in ever.

Slateman · « **Reply #61 on:** April 26, 2015, 04:03:53 pm »

Wife wanted to buy Thief for Xbox. I pointed her to Skyrim instead. Figure this will buy me months for the home improvement projects.

Nathan · « **Reply #62 on:** June 01, 2015, 11:40:01 pm »

Heroes of the Storm is actually really fun.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #63 on:** June 02, 2015, 07:00:14 am »

Nathan, I was interested in the commercials... what exactly do you do? Is it a RTS?

Nathan · « **Reply #64 on:** June 02, 2015, 07:21:22 am »

It's a MOBA. Like LoL or Dota2

Slateman · « **Reply #65 on:** June 02, 2015, 07:53:00 am »

And how are those compared to Halo?

dracnal · « **Reply #66 on:** June 02, 2015, 09:07:18 am »

Nothing like it. Halo is an FPS.

MOBA from what I've seen I'd call a frantic RTS without resource management.

Nathan · « **Reply #67 on:** June 02, 2015, 03:03:40 pm »

Worth mentioning it's free to play.

Slateman · « **Reply #68 on:** June 03, 2015, 04:33:40 pm »

I just jizzed my pants

dracnal · « **Reply #69 on:** June 04, 2015, 10:35:11 am »

There are pills for that young man. To quote a long ago sitcom, 'It doesn't happen all the time and IT IS a big deal!'

Slateman · « **Reply #70 on:** June 04, 2015, 11:34:16 am »

Yes, well so is a Fallout 4 trailer. I think I'm going to dig up some graphics mods for New Vegas and start a new playthrough.

dracnal · « **Reply #71 on:** June 04, 2015, 11:36:39 am »

Ah... I'm with you on that one actually. My wife watched me play parts of New Vegas. My 19 y/o daughter is insanely psyched for it (she played FO3 and New Vegas). I actually hooked the laptop up to the TV last night and will play FO1, 2, 3 and NV for my wife who's never seen any of them except a few snips of NV.

Lintyfresh85 · « **Reply #72 on:** June 05, 2015, 12:35:05 am »

Nathan, or anyone that knows computers...

Should I be excited about a Steam Machine?

How long are they going to last before they are obsolete? Are they going to require constantly buying new internal parts to upgrade? Would I be playing with other CPU users or those that only are using the Steam Machine?

dracnal · « **Reply #73 on:** June 05, 2015, 12:38:28 pm »

Personally, I am -hugely- skeptical of set top box solutions. I've lost count of how many of them were either vaporware or produced with massive marketing campaigns and absolutely garbage product. Toss in things like Sega's multiple failed attempts to go from software vendor to hardware. Or Atari.

I'd give it at least six months after release to see what people have to say about them before I'd even consider touching one. Valve has a LOT of die hard fan boys. I'm not saying Steam is a bad product/service, but essentially they started out making software, created a digital distribution service and have been resting on their laurels ever since, raking in massive profit from their cut of Steam sales. They don't have to ensure the games are bug free. They don't have to give refunds or take heat from customers. They're simply a profit making distribution channel.

I like Valve's past products well enough. I think Steam is a DRM laced piece of filth that encouraged publishers to push DLC harder than ever. But I view the Steam Machine as analogous to Burger King opening up a line of Burger Tax joints designed to help you e-file and get maximum refund. Two completely different animals trading on good will regarding their name (okay, assuming BK has any name related good will)

Nathan · « **Reply #74 on:** June 05, 2015, 05:55:30 pm »

"Steam Machines" are for the most part PCs in a tidy form factor running Valve's Linux distro. The ones that aren't are essentially low powered ARM based machines designed to stream the game from your gaming PC to your TV.

SteamOS (Valve's Linux distribution) is freely available so you can put it on your own PC. You'll get massively better performance per dollar that way, rather than buying a pre-built.

Upgrading? No more so than a PC, which all depends on how powerful it is when you build it and if you're fine with turning the graphics down as newer titles come out. Not that they'll look bad by any stretch, you just won't be always able to push everything to max.

For perspective, my PC is over 5 years old. I recently upgraded the GPU because new titles had to be dropped to medium or low graphics even sometimes. Still playable, but I like to push things up.