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    Advice on Uncharted

    I just picked up a PS3 on a Black Friday sale... Playing last of us and the new Batman... LOVING it. My friend told me about Uncharted. WOW watching the videos. Here are my issues. 1. Should I get/start with Uncharted one? 2. Should I start with 2? a. If I start with 2, should I go...
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    Try and be gentle As a this appears to be a simple question.

    But looking at the last few pages.... This question is SO grade school, but here goes. It was time to re-up for cable. Vios did ZIP for me, Optimum did well. So I went with them, and treated my self to the next level of net. 50/25 I believe. 2 things.... Numbers prior to upgrade. 18/5...
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    Any good Turn Based Strat games

    Like HOMM or Age of Wonders? As I get older, these RTS games seem to be faster and faster. Cause surely I am not slowing down. :P So I was just wondering..... What is out there? Even if its an oldie? I prefer fantasy, like HOMM and such but am open to most. Did ALMOST all the Civ's too..And the...
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    PC Games and Best Buy

    Just had a WEIRD experiance. I had 20 bucks in reward zone points. So I said the HECK with it... Let me pull the trigger on the new Tomb Raider. Walked around.. Looked.... Read... Enjoyed myself. Went to the PC game section :eek: Two TINY shelves. Went to the free standing Tomb Raider...
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    ARRRGH To pick one

    If you had 60 bucks burning a hole in your pocket.... Would you. Buy Assasins Creed 3? Dishonnered? Or put the money away and play the BACKLOG of games I have already? And buy BOTH one day soon for 60? This storm (Superstorm Sandy) kicked NY ass. So many store were putting stuff on...
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    Was going to make the jump to Windows 7... HELP

    OK, I was finally going to make the jump. Did research, etc etc.... Have a processor that can handle DX10, a new video card... Skyrim glory. Went to Micro Center. WOW, the kid talked me out of it. LETS BE CLEAR..... My PC, 90% gaming. I was buying the OEM version. 64 bit. That "codes" to your...
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    Gaming HARDWARE question

    And it involves multiple parts so I didn’t post in "Memory" or "CPU" section of this forum. I am playing Witcher 2. Loving it. Game play was VERY smooth with some toned downed tweaks. I can live with that. I don’t have to watch a pristine image to enjoy the game. NO AA and no bloom...
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    Round 2 ff 13

    I beat ME1. GOOOO Me. And needed a break from that niche.... ME1 was GAMING GOODNESS. If you look at my prior thread I bought 3 used games for New Years Day. My second adventure..... FF 13.... O M G Huge change. I am 4 hours into it and still gettting tutorials? HUH? Will the...
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    Mass Effect 1 & 2.

    WOW, just picked these up used, for my Xbox (Kids bought me one for Christmas last year). VERY NICE SO FAR. Playing one obviously. One thing I am CONFUSED over. I player KOTOR and KOTOR2 on the PC till I wore out the CD. So I get these games. I cant queue up my party memebers actions...
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    I am going to drink the Kool-aid. Can you save me? Should I be saved?

    I am an OLD GAMER.... Lets say 50 plus.... My three sons and I have played everything and anything often. 1 is a PURE console gamer. 2 are half and half. Me? Pure PC. So my interaction with the one son is always at his house. Sports games. Coop op etc... YES, I started on consoles as we all...
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    Heros V

    Did Ubi soft ever remove their version of DRM? I remember a HUGE up roar over it, but then I seem to rememeber them dropping it on subsequent pressings. The reason I ask is I loved I-III... Was not a fan of IV..... I saw this game in the No Frills $9.90 section (Small packaging, just a...
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    Witcher and the UK Version

    OK, EASY question... Being OLD and a cynic, I trust sales people abot as far as I can throw them. Are ALL versions, sold in the UK the uncensored version? I know SOME stores here in the states SOMEHOW got them and they REALLY have no clue how to tell the difference..... I have seen...
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    GOODBYE CREATIVE

    Hello on board sound:D OK, I just did a low-end budget build... Gearing up for the NEXT wave of games and DX10 when Vista is corrected... I put in an Nvidia GT8800 with 512 2 gigs of Dual channel GOLD OCZ meme 3.4 Intel Chip Gigabyte P35 board. 180 GIG SATA Drive Samsung DVD...
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    Is there a web site for benchmarking

    CPU's of different VERSIONS? I.E. I am presently running a AMD XP 2800 Clocked to 3090 (I think) and I am getting ~2.3 in the "real" clock speed.. I keep seeing deals on chips like AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Toledo 2.2GHz Socket 939 I know I know faster mem, PCI video cards ETC etc etc...
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    Hot or not... And Opinions On Game Please

    Circut City has Titan Quest on sale for 14.99 IF you buy the expansion for 24.99 the main game is 4.99 I have had my eye on it...... Worth 15 as a stand-alone? OR Does 30 USD bring more goodness... I am NOT a huge Expansion Pack player... I seldom get the "thrill" or the hook...