Recent content by Torgo

Ah, the memories. Sorry for the bounce on this old thread, but I'm making plans for QuakeCon and started thinking about that year I reported on the whole thing and did a quick forum search. I still have my piece of the smashed console (among other things). I need to check to see if my NDA on...

One item that I didn't see addressed is why the 1700x was chosen for testing over the 1800x. (I can already hear Brent's moan of "Another round of testing? I'm not a robot!" but we can't get enough numbers, can we?) Even if the 1800x was used, I don't think it change the end result: you...

Need some feedback to see if a display issue is something I'm doing, or something to RMA. I have a two month old HIS Turbo IceQX2 R270x that works perfectly fine with my flat-panel on the DVI and DisplayPort (via adapter), but fails to work with HDMI. By fail, I mean it displays a mottled...

^^^ This. I'm also disturbed at the recent rumblings in the game publisher circles that they are pushing the "Free To Play - Pay To Win" concept in the next generation of games. Both consoles are looking like giant micro-transaction pay sinks. I expect both consoles to be released before...

It's been awhile, this old curmudgeon has an insight or two to share. "Good Ol' Day Syndrome" arguments have always persisted; arguments about 1989 being better than 1999 in terms of story and gameplay. Heck, I've participated in several of those threads. The two main difference between...

What if you need to use the restroom? You'll need to take it off and put on other shoes. (I'm certainly not going into the bathroom barefoot.) Now if this thing came with a built-in catheter... yeah, now we're talking. Then I could work and pee at the same time. Sure beats using the...

I know this is two weeks old, but I'm still just... stunned. Even though It's been a long, long time since I worked there, I didn't ever dream of MS dropping them like that. I only found out when I started getting hits on my LinkedIn account since I have ES listed in my bio. That gave a clue...

Boy, this does bring back some memories.

What is old is new again. So many posts are reminiscent of this topic when Kyle switched to the new methodology five years ago. I'm half-way tempted to repost something I wrote on the subject then. Others have posted comments that cover what I wanted to say, but there were a few people with...

Kyle, for a followup, is it possible to assemble a meaningful chart or graphic outlining the product lineup? To be totally honest, I haven't been paying close attention for the past year or so to the model names and letter extensions. Now it's really getting mucked up with Nvidia moving from...

Oh, this is so easy... just put video games up against other media and you can easily get him trapped. For example: What has the greater influence on youth: Media like television and movies or video games? Why do countries like Japan and Korea, who have greater penetration of video...

Favorite: Ensemble Studios. For obvious reasons. Least Favorite: Ensemble Studios. The producer turned out to be a total dick and made some key mistakes.

Truth be told, most of the people (namely Tim Roberts) have left the company so it isn't as it used to be. That's all that I can say for now.

It's obvious that the transmute cooling process is a time sink. I never fully realized the full impact that it really has. (That's one thing you gotta love about WoW, is the mechanical depth to it. Of course, that just also adds to the complexity of everything which is a positive and a...

Henry Bernis approves of Ellen's gift. /obscure, but funny as hell if you get it.