| Gabe from Penny Arcade Says... |
[19 Nov 2009|09:37am] |
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THE FOLLOWING IS NOT WRITTEN BY ME, but as a person who plays PC games I can really feel for Gabe from Penny Arcade...
"I was very excited about Gyromancer and I decided to grab it on the PC since I saw it right there in Steam when I went to play Torchlight. I remember now why I quit playing games on the PC.
I installed the game game but when I tried to launch it would fail. I got some ambiguous error report about how the program encountered an error. I tried deleting and re installing the game a few times to see if that did anything. When that didn't work I went and checked all my updates and drivers. My machine was up to date so I tried re-starting a few times. Still no luck, so I hit a couple forums and found a thread full of people with the same problem. One of the suggested solutions involved altering the .exe file and forcing it to run at 640x480 via the compatibility sub menu. When I tried to do this, Windows 7 launched some sort of compatibility wizard. This thing started asking me questions about my problem and none of them really matched. I ran through it a couple times but no matter how I answered the questions I couldn't get the game to launch.
I went back to the forum and dug a little deeper in the thread. Towards the end I found a post that suggested changing your desktop resolution to 800x600, loading the game and switching the in game video mode to 16:9. This got me into the game but after I changed the video mode in game my mouse didn't work. I was able to use the arrow keys to save the settings and back out. I re-launched the game and now it ran in a little window.
I moved a couple of gems around and then quit."
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| Black Friday (Left 4 Dead 2) |
[15 Nov 2009|06:10pm] |
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Supposedly Left 4 Dead 2 will be 40 bucks on Black Friday at K-Mart.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it there or not since we'll be at Cait's family's, but... yeah. I think that's the best place to get it for 40. You can get it for 50 if you pre-order at Best Buy (it comes out on the 17th.)
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| The Pitt |
[09 Nov 2009|03:44pm] |
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I finally completed "The Pitt" and I found a majority of the Pittsburgh references to be pretty amusing.
ONLY READ THE FOLLOWING IF YOU WANT ALL THE LITTLE EASTER EGGS SPOILED FOR YOU!!!!
Apocalyptic Skyline/PPG Building, Steel Tower, Mellon Arena, etc. was pretty accurate. The PPG AKA Glass Castle is a really famous piece of architecture, it's highlighted in a numerous amount of movies. Very cool.
The whole "steeler" comment, while indeed is a reference to steel workers is most probably also a direct nod to our "We love to win the Superbowl" football team.
When they're talking about one of the Auto Axes killing Trogs and Ghouls from here to Monroeville is a nod to the Dawn of the Dead movie filmed in Monroeville Mall.
The Tribal Power Armor being Black & Gold as well as the robots in the factory being B&G, that's our city's Sports team colors.
The "Cathedral of Learning" is turned into "Haven" a lead base of operations for the city's leader. Cool.
Lulu gives you noodles for being a good pet. Lulu's Noodles is a popular Pittsburgh restaurant.
O-Dog is a reference to the "Original Hot Dog Shop" which is the nastiest fucking place to eat in the world ([i]it's just a dive[/i]) but it's nicknamed "The O".
Reddup's name is a reference to a clean up initiative from 2006 initiated by the Mayor of Pittsburgh.
Phantom's name is probably a reference to Phantom of the Attic comics and/or Steel Phantom, a local rollercoaster.
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