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  1. Karstein

    PC Gaming at Christmas

    I picked up a copy of The Complete PC Gamer Reviews Guide recently, and it got me thinking back to gaming of Christmases past. For me - excluding remembrances of playing Christmas Lemmings et al on borrowed/other peoples' PCs, or games on other non-PC computers - my first real taste of PC...
  2. Karstein

    Scrolls

    Went Open Beta today. You can get in for $20. Haven't picked it up yet but am interested, particularly based on my liking for PoxNora, HOMM, etc. Anyone in yet that has some opinions?
  3. Karstein

    List Append Issue (Python)

    On the project I'm currently working on, I'm running into an issue with appending results to a list through iteration, in that the entire list is overwritten with the last result found each time. I'm iterating through a list of filenames. For each iteration, I create a new object instance...
  4. Karstein

    The Showdown Effect

    Anyone pick this up? It's by the guys who made Magicka and currently in Beta, but you can pre-order to get in. There's currently only 1 (edit: 2) maps and a handful of characters, but so far it's been an enjoyable experience. Gameplay-wise, it's a 2D multiplayer arena brawler/shooter, focused...
  5. Karstein

    10000000

    Steam Link. Anyone pick this up? I grabbed on Steam on a whim as it's currently $4. Got home last night and remembered to give it a go. 3 hours later, I was still playing, and only stopped as I needed to go to sleep. It pushes all the right 'one more go'-buttons that I have. RPS has a summary...
  6. Karstein

    Retro City Rampage

    It's finally out, after ~10 years in development. And it's on Steam. Anyone picked it up yet? Thoughts?
  7. Karstein

    Rise of the Triad is coming back

    And it has a trailer! Fond memories of this one, being one of the first true FPS titles I ever played. Looks like they're staying true to the original thus far. And it seems to be planned for PC only right now. LUDICROUS GIBS!
  8. Karstein

    Best string search method in Windows Forms (C++)?

    I'm currently creating a tool using Windows Forms (C++) and wondered if you guys could give some advice on the best way to search/extract info from strings. Basically I'm parsing a log (which is entered through an editbox and saved to a System::String^). I then want to search through the...
  9. Karstein

    Some code feedback (C++)

    I'm currently dusting off the cobwebs with my C++ and making a real concerted effort to learn how to make some small games. With my most recent breakthroughs I was able to create a small Tic Tac Toe game in C++ & SFML. It works, and does what I originally set out to do, but was looking for some...
  10. Karstein

    Wargame: European Escalation

    First I saw of this was the massive splash on Steam's front page, and became a little more interested when I heard it was an RTS. However, there seems to be pretty much no reviews of this game right now and no demo, so I haven't bitten yet. Is anyone playing it? How are you finding it so far...
  11. Karstein

    VX2453 Settings

    Picked up a Viewsonic VX2453 (LED backlight) recently and while it's certainly bright and vivid when it comes to colors & white, blacks are really not dark at all. I have a Samsung 2233rz and Samsung P2250 (which I was intending to replace as it's a bit too small) and they both handle blacks...
  12. Karstein

    Good recent metal?

    It seems over the last few years especially, I've periodically trawled through lists of new and upcoming releases and most of it ends up falling into the following three categories: a) generic, overproduced garbage b) some kind of 'extreme' metal (which usually just means it has an...
  13. Karstein

    Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

    I apologize for the apparent topic spam today, but holy crap there's a lot of exciting PC gaming news abound: Click Here's hoping every person they've called in to give them advice is giving heavily 1.6-based requests in there. No CoD/BF clones either, please.
  14. Karstein

    Trackmania 2

    Click Been waiting for this one for quite some time - definitely putting in my pre-order next week. Anyone else?
  15. Karstein

    Planetside 2 Announcement - 07/07/11

    http://www.planetside-universe.com/news-planetside-2-facebook-page-2491.htm SOE are making a Planetside 2 announcement on 07/07/11 @ 7PM. Apart from Tribes: Ascend, this is probably the only other FPS I've been looking at with interest for a while. Spent a lengthy period of time in the...
  16. Karstein

    Tribes: Ascend

    Shazbot! Some actual gameplay footage has emerged: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oevWde_F-yU Looks like a return to the great outdoors which is a good thing. Keeping my eye firmly on this one.
  17. Karstein

    Carmageddon is coming back

    http://www.joystiq.com/2011/05/21/carmageddon-site-registered-to-square-enix-updated-with-countdow/ Dunno about you guys but I played the hell out of the first couple of games, so I'm glad it's back in business. Just as long as they don't come up with anything like the PS/N64 abominations...
  18. Karstein

    Making tools with Python (or C#?)

    I'm currently looking at making a tool in Python but am really more of a designer than a coder when it comes down to it (I'm the sort who spends ages making wireframes look nice). In this case, I would like to explore some of the options that are offered with Python to assist with general dialog...
  19. Karstein

    Turn-Based Strategy Games

    Almost posted on this thread but felt it was perhaps a bit old to resurrect. Since it's been a couple of years - anyone got any other recommendations for turn-based strategy games? If I had to add one to the list it would be Poxnora. I know you probably do get the most out of it by throwing...
  20. Karstein

    Best (Worst) Gaming Stock Photos/Flyers/etc.

    There have been some pretty atrocious attempts at making the image of games/gamers as far away from Huey's favorite cuboid shape as possible. But who can find the worst? Here are some to get us going: Exhibit A - PC Gamer Guy: Where to begin? Let's start with the PC itself... uh... where is...