ab.aeterno
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Also occasionally ground yourself to avoid static electricity between you and your components. Some people are super paranoid about it, but just touch the metal of your case from time to time and you should be fine.
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Giant Bomb #9 | More Dan Meets The Eye
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TheBaronOfNA
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Is funny because the GB gang started to prefer the PC but they are clueless about a lot of stuff (just like me!)
This gif is giving me a heart attack :lol
Kerbal Space Program was worth it before it was even on Steam, and even more worth it once it was added to Early Access.
That's pretty much the only Early Access game I can think of that was unquestionably worth the money.
I got a lot of enjoyment out of Prison Architect but it was missing a lot of stuff and was pretty buggy. Not sure if it's gotten any better since I last played.
What the others wrote. The upside is, nowadays this is pretty much the only part where you can really screw up.
SlowRevolution
Member
air force gator sounds anime as fuck
TharpDaddy
Member
Prison Architect puts out a big patch monthly with new content and bug fixes. I forget which alpha number they're on now, but they are definitely adding new stuff.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
Man, I want to have a competent Gaming PC in the future but I am really afraid of screwing things up.
Zombie James
Banned
If you're that paranoid about messing something up, you'll be fine. The fear will protect you.
Embrace it.
It isn't that hard.
If you are somewhat organized and plan ahead its really easy.
Something Alex and Vinny haven't really done.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
Naw man, you can spend an insane amount of time trying to get the PC case cables (for lights, buttons, fans, etc.) into the right spots on the mobo. And, depending on the mobo, you might have to take parts off of the mobo just to be able to get to the case pins.
also, fuck case cables/pins. that shit needs its own usb/hdmi revolution.
Same. Like do they not know there is a little triangle you line up to prevent this?
I forget the exact details, but my mobo had like a little plug thing you popped all the case pins into (that you could do out of the case in good lighting), that then plugged into the MOBI like one big cable.
Zombie James
Banned
The worst part of any build. I always get the polarity of the damned hard drive indicator light wrong.
Yea, Kerbal Space Program is unequivocally the best use of Early Access, and the reason for that is probably their ethos, "We treat every update as if it might be the last one we ever get to do" (paraphrasing). It really shows; it felt like a fairly complete game of its own right even during its earliest stages.
It also helps that they followed the Minecraft style of charging less for their earlier versions. The idea of paying full price for the mere promise of what the product will be is kind of ridiculous. I was actually interested in Spacebase DF9, but their price point was way too high for a product in beta.
I don't think Early Access is a bad thing, it's just that there are rules to follow for it to work effectively.
Backfoggen
Banned
Just make sure to properly lubricate the pins.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
I suck doing manual stuff, even when is designed as being as streamlined possible...
But I want to be able to one day play Astrabreed without my laptop screaming in agony...
If I pay for a flight going to LA, I'm gonna be pretty pissed off if they drop me off in North Dakota and pretend like it was our destination the whole time.
I don't know if this is always the case, but my general rule of thumb: If there is text on the connector it always faces with the text outward. As in, readable when plugged in. Works for me every time.
AuthenticM
Member
So did they break that processor or not ? I couldn't tell if they were inserting it properly or not.
MiniBossBattle
Member
I didn't say MacArthur Genius Grant recipient.
"Published Author" Dan Rycert. I still love him and the way he talks about games doesn't sound like it coming from an insane person. However my co-worker believes he is method-acting as an idiot with moments of great clarity to test our tolerance for human opinion/life style. "No man could have not have tasted Mayo." or "I don't believe the eye glasses story. It has to be fake".
edit: WTH are you doing Alex?!
I highly doubt they did.
Backfoggen
Banned
Nothing broke, people are being overly dramatic about it.
Its like somebody holding a baby by its feet.
ratcliffja
Member
It's one of Sandler's best and Nicholson's worst... and I'm not even that big of a Sandler hater.
AuthenticM
Member
Then why was Alex saying that Vinny "didn't want to do another live video" of them building that PC ?
Because they forgot to buy the heatsink. I guess Vinny didn't want to do another stream of them just installing the heatsink, which I can understand.
Zombie James
Banned
Won't know until they try to boot it.
ratcliffja
Member
Yeah I suck at putting together computers, but you should always read instructions first before installing anything... and I'm pretty sure any CPU will tell you over and over to not touch the bottom part. I just wish I knew why my new SSD isn't getting detected. I plugged in the power and data cables, but it doesn't show up in my drives and I can't figure out where the drive list is on my BIOS. Oh well...
SteveWinwood
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this literally hurts me
LurkerPrime
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Now we know your true form.
I bet they missed the Titan news.
Agghhhhh!
Yup, early-ish I hope. They recorded yesterday.
TharpDaddy
Member
It's the most likely that Patrick would end up playing it, I think? Maybe Brad. I'm really enjoying it, curious to see if they'll feel the same way.
Did you format it in your Disk Management utility? If that's not it, then try swapping the SSD with one of your working drives, (obviously not the one you boot from) and see if you can read it then.
Zombie James
Banned
Try a different SATA port. One time I flashed my SSDs firmware and the drive didn't get detected on the next boot up. Switching to a different port cleared it up.
Did you check with Windows Disk mangement tool? You usually format your drive from there and assign a drive letter
They almost always record on Monday, never expect Tuesday news to make it in.
fierrotlepou
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Fattony12000
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NUH-UH
What could have possessed someone to commit such an act?
Brutal.
EmCeeGramr
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He already confirmed on Twitter that they missed both Titan cancellation and the Steam redesign stuff.
LurkerPrime
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There's no doubt it's worth $40. The question is, will you enjoy it? The easiest way to answer this is to ask yourself if you like old fashioned RPGs, because it has a lot of older design philosophies that could be off-putting to more... modern-oriented players. It's the sort of game where you can easily spend over an hour creating your first party, only to immediately reroll once you get into the game. It's not a game where you can do everything, and it can be a little janky at times, which may be offputting to some people.
If you're looking for a post-apocalyptic, party-based RPG with a wicked sense of humour, you can't go wrong with Wasteland 2.
The Wasteland 2 |OT| can answer any specific questions you have, since I t hink it will be a while (if ever) before that Giant Bomb cover it. I mean, they barely covered Divinity, and a couple of them really liked that game.
They could easily cover the Steam redesign by adding "and the new Steam layout sucks" to the bombcast description.
The Dear Leader
Banned
PSA To anyone who wants to know how to install a CPU
- Make sure CPU is properly lined up with motherboard
- Hold the CPU by the sides
- Lightly lower CPU into the motherboard
- Lower tension rod
- You're done
Do not touch the bottom of the CPU or the the pins on the motherboard, I have made a gif to demonstrate how simple it is, and how horribly wrong Alex did it.
- Make sure CPU is properly lined up with motherboard
- Hold the CPU by the sides
- Lightly lower CPU into the motherboard
- Lower tension rod
- You're done
Do not touch the bottom of the CPU or the the pins on the motherboard, I have made a gif to demonstrate how simple it is, and how horribly wrong Alex did it.
That sounds right up my alley. Something like a post-apocalyptic version of Ultima VII. Or more simply, a traditional sequel to Fallout 1 and 2.
Just make sure to properly lubricate the pins.
Christ, I thought that was a cake.
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