This thread is for stupid GAMING questions that don't deserve their own thread

What's the optimal way of using the LB/LT/RB/RT and L1/L2/R1/R2 buttons? Do you keep the index fingers on the bumpers and such with the middle finger on the LT/RT or just use only the index fingers for all four buttons?
 
vidal said:
What's the optimal way of using the LB/LT/RB/RT and L1/L2/R1/R2 buttons? Do you keep the index fingers on the bumpers and such with the middle finger on the LT/RT or just use only the index fingers for all four buttons?
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It depends on the game. I only use four fingers on the shoulder buttons if I'm playing a game like Warhawk, which requires that you use them simultaneously. Otherwise, I find that using the index fingers only a generally much more comfortable solution.
 
vidal said:
What's the optimal way of using the LB/LT/RB/RT and L1/L2/R1/R2 buttons? Do you keep the index fingers on the bumpers and such with the middle finger on the LT/RT or just use only the index fingers for all four buttons?
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I can't think of any specific games where I've used my index and middle finger for triggers at the same time, but I'm sure I've done it once or twice (Maybe Vanquish? never played Warhawk). The controllers just aren't designed to do that comfortably IMO. That's one thing that interest me about the WiiU controller, the Z triggers are a ways down the back of the controller, which presumably would make it easier to use with your middle fingers.
 
For Persona 3 Portable, how much would I be missing if I played it on Easy? I typically play games on normal, but I don't have too much time for games nowadays. Knowing how long the game can get, I kinda want to make sure that I'm always making progress.

Is this the sort of game you'd want to play for the challenge?
 
bkw said:
Is this the sort of game you'd want to play for the challenge?
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Is not that challenging if you're used to playing Japanese RPGs. Once you get the hang of the basics of the combat system you'll be fine playing on normal difficulty. If you only want to experience the story and breeze through everything else, go with easy.
 
Does anyone know if Nintendo's filed trademark for "it's on like Donkey Kong" managed to stick? Any online link about that?
 
I went halfsies on LA NOIR and I didn't get the included code for ??? (gamestop purchase) mission. Are all the store exclusive DLC's available in the marketplace and how much are they each?
 
GAF Please help me decide, I recently upgraded my GPU in my PC, my old Video card is a 9600GT, and there's a guy who's willing to buy it off me for $60 today! last night I decided to try to use the card as a Physx card, I successful installed it; Windows 7 and my motherboard seems to not mind the two Nvidia cards I got runnin simultaneously, I didn't notice any performance difference on Portal 2 and Just Cause 2 I played...I don't have any games installed at the moment that support Physx.

My question is, what should I do? should I keep it, is it really a good thing to have a dedicated Physx GPU? My Main and current GPU is a GTX 560 Ti by the way, it's a decent card and by itself it's more than capable of running games alright.

So what's a better option? $60 for my old 9600 GT? (probably the best price I will get for it.)

Or leave it in my PC and wait for Batman Arkham city etc. or Battlefield 3 to utilize it?

Is there a huge performance difference (boost) with a dedicated Physx GPU?
 
Does anyone know the name of the Tv / display Nintendo has been using for their coverage? I really like how it looks.

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Strive said:
Does anyone know the name of the Tv / display Nintendo has been using for their coverage? I really like how it looks.

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I have to imagine that entire photo is manipulated. It's a very nice looking TV but unfortunately I doubt it has ever existed.
 
What happened to that PlayStation - Coca-Cola partnership?

Did this happen? Was it just a US thing?

I remember Dille at E3 last year saying it was "the largest brand partnerships Sony have ever had".

Was just thinking about it.
 
I’m having trouble getting the audio for my Xbox360 to play out of anything other than my computer monitor speakers. This is my setup:

Xbox 360 Slim
HDMI cable
Acer H233H(I think that’s the right model number) monitor
Subwoofer and two speakers – has the red/white audio cable outputs

The only way I can get sound to play is through the monitor’s speakers, and plugging anything into the headphone jack on the monitor does nothing. There are no audio settings that I can find on the monitor itself. Is there some different way I can rig up the audio to play on different speakers? Is there some setting on the xbox or the dash that will allow for a different audio setup?
 
I'm sure I could find the answer by checking one of those PSN Welcome Back threads, but are the Japanese freebies available yet?
 
I keep reading here about 60 FPS, and this got me to wondering: How would you get 60 FPS on ur HDTVs? I have a Phillips HDTV but have yet to play any of games running in 60 FPS.
 
Tizoc said:
I keep reading here about 60 FPS, and this got me to wondering: How would you get 60 FPS on ur HDTVs? I have a Phillips HDTV but have yet to play any of games running in 60 FPS.
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To get a game to run at 60fps on an HDTV, you plug a console up to the HDTV and play a game that runs at 60fps.
 
Tizoc said:
I keep reading here about 60 FPS, and this got me to wondering: How would you get 60 FPS on ur HDTVs? I have a Phillips HDTV but have yet to play any of games running in 60 FPS.
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You probably have played 60Hz games, lots of sports games, some downloadable things like Super Stardust, retail games like Call of Duty, Ratchet and Clank, Ninja Gaiden etc.
 
Sometimes when playing games on my Vizio TV the screen goes dim when the scene is dark (same thing happens with movies) but not when I'm playing them on other television sets. Is something wrong with my TV or does it do it for a reason? Is there anyway I can get rid of this "feature"?
 
KevinCow said:
To get a game to run at 60fps on an HDTV, you plug a console up to the HDTV and play a game that runs at 60fps.
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...but what would count as a game that runs at 60FPS? SSF4, MvC3, Castlevania, for example, are these 60 FPS?
Mind you the closest I got to 60 FPS is the movie cutscenes in KOEI games, those always run at 60 FPS when I view them O_o
 
Bentendo said:
Sometimes when playing games on my Vizio TV the screen goes dim when the scene is dark (same thing happens with movies) but not when I'm playing them on other television sets. Is something wrong with my TV or does it do it for a reason? Is there anyway I can get rid of this "feature"?
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If I read you well, that seems to be a kind of "dynamic contrast" (a system designed to give you darker blacks at the expense of consistency). Usually, it can be disabled, but it can depends (some Samsung require you to enter the service menu for this, which void the warranty).

I especially don't like this 'feature', that's one of the first things I disable on a TV set.

You should search in the menus for "dynamic contrast" or anything that seems similar and try. I failed to find informations on this using google for Vizio TV sets.
 
Don't know, but I'm running an ATI 5800 card that in some games seems to give me some issues where I get random big flashing white blobs on the screen. It only happens in some games, like it happens alot in BC2, Arma 2 OA, EVE Online, but I get no such problem at all in Crysis 2, SC2, COD BO, etc.

Been searching long time but read once one person with a similar issue in BC2 and they said it was a problem with HDR and AA not working well together. Is this a known issue or any work arounds?
 
I've been a 360 owner since launch, but have less experience with the system overall than on my PS3.

There was a video I downloaded from the Video Marketplace for free; if I understand this right, I have to log into Zune Marketplace every time I want to view videos that are sitting on my 360's HD or MU?

On my first attempt, the login failed, and I couldn't even launch the video from the Memory window. It worked the second time from within Zune though.

What is this shit? I must be missing something.
 
Question about Microsoft Live Points, or Xbox Live points, or whatever they are: are there ever any deals where you can earn points or get free points for signing up for this or that? Or do you pretty much have to pay for all your points?


Also, what are some good same-screen 2-player games on the 360 that aren't first/third-person shooters? Live Arcade games included. I'm interested in getting Dishwasher Vampire....does it have any real depth and replayability?
 
I'm playing Super Metroid for the first time. I got all my power ups and abilities, and I wanted to backtrack on getting missing items, and I got stuck in some area where there's green bird like creature that has the dash ability and jumps up. It hits its head on a bunch of blocks that disappears when you speed dash.

I'm stuck. I wall jumped all the way to the top and it's blocked by the speed boost blocks. I tried everything, even using the x ray.

I can't reload my game because I haven't saved in awhile and I'd lose my grappling hook and x ray powers. If there's no way to get out it, then I'm just gonna quit, lol.
 
Are there any good ways to get PSN funds besides getting a card from a store?

Jason's Ultimatum said:
I'm playing Super Metroid for the first time. I got all my power ups and abilities, and I wanted to backtrack on getting missing items, and I got stuck in some area where there's green bird like creature that has the dash ability and jumps up. It hits its head on a bunch of blocks that disappears when you speed dash.

I'm stuck. I wall jumped all the way to the top and it's blocked by the speed boost blocks. I tried everything, even using the x ray.

I can't reload my game because I haven't saved in awhile and I'd lose my grappling hook and x ray powers. If there's no way to get out it, then I'm just gonna quit, lol.
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That's the Shinespark. You start running until the Speed Booster kicks in, then crouch. If you do it right, Samus should still be flashing from the booster. Then you jump while holding a direction, and you'll go flying.
 
Jason's Ultimatum said:
I'm playing Super Metroid for the first time. I got all my power ups and abilities, and I wanted to backtrack on getting missing items, and I got stuck in some area where there's green bird like creature that has the dash ability and jumps up. It hits its head on a bunch of blocks that disappears when you speed dash.

I'm stuck. I wall jumped all the way to the top and it's blocked by the speed boost blocks. I tried everything, even using the x ray.

I can't reload my game because I haven't saved in awhile and I'd lose my grappling hook and x ray powers. If there's no way to get out it, then I'm just gonna quit, lol.
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When you're using the super dash, you can duck while running, which will keep your glow. Then you hold a direction and jump, and you'll launch yourself in that direction until you hit a solid wall. This lets you blow past aerial Speed blocks.
 
demon said:
Question about Microsoft Live Points, or Xbox Live points, or whatever they are: are there ever any deals where you can earn points or get free points for signing up for this or that? Or do you pretty much have to pay for all your points?


Also, what are some good same-screen 2-player games on the 360 that aren't first/third-person shooters? Live Arcade games included. I'm interested in getting Dishwasher Vampire....does it have any real depth and replayability?
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http://rewards.xbox.com/

Anything else is too shady for my tastes.
 
So I'm doing a presentation and I need an image/poster showing a game title and all the platforms its on (would be nice if the game was out on PC/PS3/360). The ones that appear at the end of game trailers would be nice.
 
I just reinstalled Oblivion and I've got a few questions. I haven't played in a while.

-I'd like to make my first character an Argonian monk, will the default monk class be sufficient or does it have glaring weaknesses?

-Any must-have mods I should check out? Someone mentioned OOO elsewhere so I'll probably be getting that.
 
demon said:
Question about Microsoft Live Points, or Xbox Live points, or whatever they are: are there ever any deals where you can earn points or get free points for signing up for this or that? Or do you pretty much have to pay for all your points?


Also, what are some good same-screen 2-player games on the 360 that aren't first/third-person shooters? Live Arcade games included. I'm interested in getting Dishwasher Vampire....does it have any real depth and replayability?
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Try Bing Rewards to earn MS points for web searches, don't think you get many though. Xbox rewards is also worth doing you sometimes get 5% rebates on MS points spent, points for renewing Live etc.

Try Lara Croft:GOL for a cool co-op experience, great fun.


Does anyone know is there is any disavantages to putting a HDD from an "old" 360 into a Xbox Slim? Mine has recently red-ringed & instead of getting it repaired I was thinking of buying a 4gb & using the old HDD.
 
I found a copy of Diddy Kong Racing for N64 (obviously the greatest console ever created)at a local used toy store yesterday and I'm wondering if I should get it. Is it just a copy of Mario Kart64 though? What sets it apart from other kart racers of the era like MK or CTR?
 
Small Mailman said:
I found a copy of Diddy Kong Racing for N64 (obviously the greatest console ever created)at a local used toy store yesterday and I'm wondering if I should get it. Is it just a copy of Mario Kart64 though? What sets it apart from other kart racers of the era like MK or CTR?
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I loved DKR. The other vehicles and the tracks are excellent. Multiplayer is very fun as well.
 
Not sure if this was covered in the PSN thread, (I'm sure it was but...) couldn't find it: As a Canadian with only access to the Canadian PS Store. Is there free movie rentals available for us in the "Welcome Back" package? I got me my free games, but when I go to the Video section of the Store, nothing about free movie rentals...was this US only? Can someone shed a light on this, pretty please.
 
How often does Amazon have deals like this? (Buy a PS3, get $60 credit) I'm in the market for a PS3 but was planning on buying one in August since I'm leaving the country for 2 months this weekend. Dunno if I should jump on this or wait.
 
Gravijah said:
What's the question? This isn't a stupid statements thread!
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I know a little about football but mostly I don't know the controls dude nor well much else, I thought these tecmo super bowl games were simpler and stuff. Damn gamefaqs has a snes guide not gen guide.

so help?
 
why does my ps button on the controller not 'wake up' the controller, when it is plugged in via a usb?

Faulty controller or what? I mean it works when I take the usb out, so it's a bit of mystery...
 
NotebookJ2 said:
Is there a reason why up is the jump button in 2D fighting games?
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I'd say the movement of the body is mapped to the D-Pad. When moving left and right the mass of the character body moves in that direction. When pressing down they lower themselves. Thus when pressing up, instead of standing on tip-toes, they jump. I guess?
 
Eye Drop said:
I'd say the movement of the body is mapped to the D-Pad. When moving left and right the mass of the character body moves in that direction. When pressing down they lower themselves. Thus when pressing up, instead of standing on tip-toes, they jump. I guess?
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Now I kind of want a fighting game where you can stand on tip-toes...
 
Hey, guys. So I'm trying to install AC: Brotherhood, and it's asking me to install DX9. I tried to do so, and it'll freeze at the "Initializing install" phase every time. I tried it twice through the game, and once by downloading the exe from microsoft directly. No luck. :\ I don't understand why it won't work.

According to my laptop, I have DirectX 11. Naturally, I'm a little confused as to why AC: B wants a different (older?) version of DX and even more confused as to why the attempted installs force me to forcefully shut down my laptop.

Any help would be met with gratitude and adoration.
 
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