Hi I am Borris and I am addicted to Technology
Much to the disdain of my fellow posters, I am always upgrading my PC. Always, I am the worst or best kind of consumer depending on which camp you subscribe to. I have recently gone thru a minimalism phase. I set myself the challenge of making my main gaming PC a small mini-itx box that still had enough grunt to drive my 30" monitor.
Spec sheet is below
Zotac Z68ITX-A-E Z68 MINI-ITX WIFI LGA1155
Intel Core i7 2600K Processor LGA1155 3.4GHz CPU
Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3
Antec KUHLER H2O 620 CPU cooler
OCZ 60G Vertex II E Series SSD x2
Gigabyte GTX590 Dual-GPU 3G PCI Express
SilverStone SG07B-W w 600W PSU Mini ITX case
What was the main drive behind this? Well I was sick at looking at a massive clunky tower. And I had recently found myself enjoying the old school lan. So I wanted a machine that was portable.
The next phase of this project is a custom paint job and trying to make it quieter. Hey I don't like noise either!
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Jumping on a bandwagon
When it comes to Planetside 2, my biggest problem is with the gaming media, gamers in general and the term 'I played this to death back in the day, and therefore I have this opinion that you must listen to <insert idiotic opinion here>'. No, you almost certainly fucking didn't play Planetside in any meaningful way 'back in the day'. If you played Planetside for 10-20 hours, that's about the total time I spent at a terminal weighing up certs. If you played for 6 months, that's about the total time I spent at sanc in a Gal waiting for people to load up. (I suppose in hindsight that this complaint applies to any game that was so awesome you lost a whole swathe of your life to it).
Suddenly, somehow, it became trendy to pretend you played Planetside 'to death', yet the population was never strong enough to support the notion that so many people played Planetside regularly. I know this because I was there for 6 or 7 years and I don't remember any of these people. It's as if the skinny, unpopular guy with glasses grew up to found a very promising tech company and now all the people who stole his lunchbox are pretending they were great mates 'back in the day'. Fuck those people. I almost hope no-one plays PS2, just so I can continue being so elitist about it.
Terraria 1.1 Patch tomorrow and why you should care
If you don't know what Terraria is, I assume you are either retarded or came to this site by mistake. The fact it has been a HUGE success is an understatement. The 1.1 patch drops tomorrow and it almost would be considered an expansion pack in the old days. Or some bigger companies would push it out as DLC. Here is a link to the new features coming in the next patch below is a video preview of the content. I want one of those drills!
PS2 News
Interesting little article over at FPSGuru. I can understand how people who never played the original planetside think this all seems new and shiny. The original planetside gave me gaming experiences that have never been replicated to this day, and that was 8 years ago. PS was ahead of its time for sure.
Monday, November 14, 2011
F1 2011 made me swear in front of my children
I like racing games, especially since I purchased a Logitech G27, so I thought I'd share my initial reaction to playing F1 2011 last night. After 30 minutes of driving at high speed in Time Trials and one 3 lap race, I think the session could best be described as "OH GOD JESUS MARY JOSEPH AND ALL THE ANGELS THIS IS INSANE!".
I know as I grow comfortable with a new racer that things will settle down and I'll get more of a feel for driving smoothly and consistently, but seriously, this is the first time I've felt as if I'm doing less 'racing' and more 'simply keeping an uncontrollable beast on the track and out of the wall'. I'm not sure I've said "whoooaa shiiiiiitt" more times in a 30 minute session as I did in F1 2011, and I think that's a good thing. Also, my young children learned a few new words - like apex, downforce and fuckdamn.
Since I purchased this in a Steam special I now have Dirt3 to look forward to this evening. Good times.
Planetside 2 Update - NC
File under, no-one cares coz real men played TR anyway. Seriously, why do game companies think this sort of media release shows anything? Woohoo some 3D spin arounds of some models, let me get my top hat and cane and dance in the fucking rain.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Planetside 2 Update
The sequel to the best online multiplayer game I have ever played is coming out .... some time. I was aroused by the following video.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Syndicate Remake
Apparently this is supposed to be a homage to the actual game it is based on. I call it pissing on the fans and calling it rain
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