another news thread: the drudgery report

Youpi · Joined: 01 Mar 2011

wait there's only 105 keys on a keyboard get out of my mind tim
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Toptube · Anti-cabbage Party Candidate Joined: 23 Apr 2007

If you have an HD 7 series Radeon, you may want to download the new beta Catalyst drivers:
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst1211betadriver.aspx

I have a 7870. The release notes mention that they fixed the lower than expected GPU utilization issues plaguing the HD 7 cards. This looks to have improved performance/consistency in nearly all games. Dark Souls is running higher minimums for me and the Final Fantasy IV benchmark no longer shows HUGE dips every few seconds in its on screen performance graph. Fraps benching the FFIV benchmark also shows higher average framerates and higher minimum.

It also quotes pretty nice performance improvements in some newer games.

Awesome!

probably fine · Joined: 27 Apr 2011 Location: Malkland, Plant World

Final Fantasy IV is a benchmark for current graphics cards?
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thestage · banned Joined: 27 Sep 2011

mode 7 intro, dawg

Toptube · Anti-cabbage Party Candidate Joined: 23 Apr 2007

probably fine · Joined: 27 Apr 2011 Location: Malkland, Plant World

I kinda forgot there was a XIV.
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Gironika · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Dragon Range

remote · Joined: 11 Dec 2006

Anybody else thinking of checking out Wizardry Online? Yeah it's an MMO, but supposedly there is permadeath. The weird bleak fantasy look of it is appealing, too. The beta starts in a few days and I only just signed up, so we'll see how that goes.
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allensmithee · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 9:43 pm

so y'all can get a classic Greyfox Cyborg Ninja DLC skin in MGR:Revengeance

that's fucking 'citing!! ;D!
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Felix · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:48 pm

Rock of Ages for samosa prices this weekend buy it you shitheads:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/22230/

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probably fine · Joined: 27 Apr 2011 Location: Malkland, Plant World

I'm so happy to see at the end of the North American trailer for Fire Emblem: Awakening that the typography for the title is keeping with the spirit of that found on the Japanese box.
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GrimmSweeper · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: Canada

Schwere Viper · Joined: 14 Feb 2007 Location: Western Australia

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Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Pathologic is part of the new Indie Royale bundle.
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sharc · Joined: 05 Dec 2006

at least something good has come from this eurogamer scandal: the return of consolevania.

great news. greatest news.

RobotRocker · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 12:32 am

special blend · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

y'all got that journalism

Persona · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2012 5:08 am

It's a good informative article but it could've really used an editor to cut a third of it out.

Glad to know Silicon Knights is as bad as they seemed. Unfortunately, that kind of stupid power mongering leadership isn't that unusual in game development.
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Moogs · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Half that Kotaku article was references to Metacritic scores.

BotageL · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:34 pm

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Talbain · Joined: 14 Jan 2007

Thought this was an interesting article about journalism and videogames, particularly as it relates to intimidation practices and extraordinarily poor pay. I'm still honestly surprised that access to information is guarded so heavily. Original source code and the like I can understanding wanting to protect, but refusing to advertise seems just plain stupid.
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Persona · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2012 12:57 am

I... I can't tell who this is supposed to be advertising to at all

Is it for Japanese fanboys? Is it for American fanboys? Is it some bargain PR videomaking where they're trying to appeal to both for the lowest price?

I'm confused and also fascinated.
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sponkmonkey · Joined: 24 May 2011 Location: Berlin

It honestly took me almost the entire clip to figure out what was going on, even with the D3 logo right at the start.

I feel like something amazing happened.
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Rud31 · forum ruler of Iraq Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Location: SanAnTex

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THERE ARE DEFINITELY WORSE VIDEO GAME PODCASTS

Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

http://www.pidgame.com/

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BotageL · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:00 pm

Dracko · a sapphist fool Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Too bad it's OLD like TOUPS!!!!!
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RobotRocker · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:31 pm

boojiboy7 · Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:03 pm

bow before dew

Swarm · Joined: 09 Jul 2011

Dreamfall creator goes independent, licenses his old games back

Hell, it's about time.

Talbain · Joined: 14 Jan 2007

Norberton · banned Joined: 11 Apr 2011

Please link the video source of that Mountain Doritos promotional image.

Dark Age Iron Savior · Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:04 am

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=497024

the entire epic, for the most part. Video, new stories, reactions, commentaries, some photoshops, etc

Mikey · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Location: endless backlog

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/ea_weekend_promo_02_11_12

So, is this GOG sale as hot as it seems? Or, which check boxes do I uncheck?

Moogs · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

Okami HD is out.

It's twenty fucking dollars

Moogs · Joined: 06 Dec 2006

i am also playing the METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGENCE demo and I AM CUTTING THE FUCK OUT OF EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIIING