Blackmist

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[–] Blackmist 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The first is a bit rough. It got a remake with Black Mesa which used to be free, but I don't think it is any more.

I'd honestly just start with 2. It's a better game all round. You can always go back and play Black Mesa later if you like it.

If you have a VR headset and a decent rig, Half Life Alyx is well worth it. I'd definitely play HL2 plus Episodes 1 and 2 before heading into that one.

[–] Blackmist 1 points 1 week ago

I do wonder how much higher that would be if GPUs targeting 4K were £299 rather than £999.

Although some of it is down to monitors being on desks right in front of you and 4K not really being needed. It would also be interesting to for Valve to weight the results by hours spent gaming that month (and amount they actually spend on games), rather than just counting hardware numbers.

[–] Blackmist 2 points 1 week ago

I can honestly see that person surviving downsizing rounds.

No manager = nobody to name them on their "pick 10 employees to get rid of" lists.

[–] Blackmist -1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Maybe not monitors, but certainly they are standard for TVs (which are now just monitors with Android TV and a tuner built in).

[–] Blackmist 3 points 1 week ago

An the issue for PC gamers is that Nvidia has spent the last few years convincing devs to shovel DLSS into everything, rather than a generic upscaling solution that other vendors could just drop their own algorithms into, meaning there's a ton of games that won't upscale nicely on anything else.

[–] Blackmist 22 points 1 week ago

He does if he wants Agent Orange to see it.

[–] Blackmist 23 points 1 week ago

Who is this loser? Where is Tim Microsoft? Tell him to do whatever we tell them with no compensation or I'll shut them down and turn them into Trumpsoft!

[–] Blackmist 1 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I just don't get whey they're so desperate to cripple the low end cards.

Like I'm sure the low RAM and speed is fine at 1080p, but my brother in Christ it is 2024. 4K displays have been standard for a decade. I'm not sure when PC gamers went from "behold thine might from thou potato boxes" to "I guess I'll play at 1080p with upscaling if I can have a nice reflection".

[–] Blackmist 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Matchbox were always better.

[–] Blackmist 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
  1. Yes.

  2. They would fight back, buy all our media sources, and buy our governments to make sure 1 didn't happen.

[–] Blackmist 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How many browsers open it natively?

[–] Blackmist 23 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy however is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must be removed immediately!

--Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord

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