This blog has been even more inactive than it usually is. So here’s a post breaking the silence.
And for some actual content, here are some pictures from my Instagram (username: spetznatz) from 2012 so far.






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This blog has been even more inactive than it usually is. So here’s a post breaking the silence. And for some actual content, here are some pictures from my Instagram (username: spetznatz) from 2012 so far.
Is awesome. I haven’t played a game like this (role playing game) since I was about 12 years old. I love how flexible and open the game world is. I’ve logged 20 hours and have only scratched the surface of what’s available in-game.
Skyrim lets you develop character traits and skills based on your use of them. For instance, I liked the idea of destructive magic (fire/lightning/frost) so I saw my destructive magic skill go through the roof. However, over time I found myself losing interest in the magic-related parts of the game universe and doing thieving quests. Sneaking around, pickpocketing and picking locks. All those skills raised, and soon enough I was seen as the conniving thief I’d become. One adapts to the massive world around them.
I posted this elsewhere in a Battlefield 3 forum:
With Battlefield 3 on its way in October, I may have accidentally been struck with a bout of nostalgia over my PC gaming, and tech support days. The process of putting together a whole bunch of new, shiny parts, or upgrading a system is something that’s been deprived of me for the last 4 years of exclusive Mac ownership. Macs are great computers. Their laptops can’t be beaten. But their desktop computers are relatively underpowered, and lets face it: gaming on Mac OS X is okay at best, and frustrating or limited as usual.
On the other side of the OS coin, Windows 7 is a rather fine effort by Microsoft. After the initial (pre-service pack) Vista being a disaster, I’m surprised they were able to pick themselves up relatively respectively. Windows 7 still drives me insane in many ways, but so does OS X. And Windows 7 is lightning fast, somehow. I have it installed on this same Apple Macbook Pro and it performs wonderfully. Even games that are natively supported by OS X (like many of the Steam platform games such as Team Fortress 2) run like a dog on the very same machine compared to their Windows operation. Sorry, OS X gaming still isn’t there yet. I don’t want to wait any longer for it either. And I’m tired of thinking to myself “I’ll play a quick game for 20 minutes!” then proceeding to shut down OS X and sitting there for 5 minutes while the computer restarts into Windows 7. I have to say, I’m also tired of having to turn the graphics settings of all games to their bare minimum so I can play on this laptop. And this is on games that are more than 3 years old. Forget playing anything newer. I’ve been stunted as a gamer for almost 5 years now! Time to change. I’ve already received my first order. My current 20 inch LCD monitor is horribly faded. It was a present for my 21st birthday, over 5 years ago (oh gosh I’m getting old). It’s been wonderful, but it had to go! Enter a Dell 3-day sale and an impulse buy on their new model 24″ Ultrasharp. It has a quality IPS panel too, like the ones graphic designers use because they’re clear and accurately reproduce colour. Pictured here with my work Macbook.
Some people will know that I intended on holding off getting a new computer. Just a couple of weeks, closer to the release of the aforementioned Battlefield 3. Some people also know that sometimes self-control gets the better of me. As I went to the computer parts site to tally up a total today.. and after seeing a rather nice and affordable total, I threw caution to the wind (yeah, this is as crraaaaazy as I get) and hit the ‘buy’ button. So what did I get? Non-computer nerds stop reading now. This case. In white! You can take the Mac-fanatic out of the man.. Corsair Graphite 600T The best value processor on the market. Don’t need no fancy i7 hyperthreadin’ sir! Intel Core i5 2500k Superfast Nvidia graphics. Gigabyte GTX560 Ti Again, a GTX570 is available, but not for $120 more thanks! This particular Gigabyte model apparently punches close though, and is more than adequate. No, I’m not going to post saucy photos of my motherboard or RAM. However, another part of this build highly notable is the Solid State Drive. Put your Windows 7 and apps on this. Watch the computer boot in 5 seconds flat. Watch apps like Photoshop, and new games load in that long! At 120GB they only supplement your main hard drive, but just like the new Macbook Airs, I’m going to get some serious performance out of this thing. Corsair Force Series 3 They’re the main parts. I’ll put it together in the next couple of days. I can feel the 100 frames per second in new games, right now. I can also feel myself laughing at this post in 5 years because this stuff will be sub-par at best! But that’s future Steve. Present-Steve is chuffed. And for anyone who made it this far, the rest of my purchases: Antec Earth Watts 650 Power Supply, LG DVD Burner, Logitech Desktop Mic, Windows 7 Home Premium.. |
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