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Musings on the Red Dead Redemption ending |
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Anyone who knows me will tell you I'm an avid gamer, I love gaming, I get properly involved in the story, the setting and the characters. The latest offering from Rockstar is a very fine example of modern storytelling, it is also a very good example of where the modern games industry is in comparison to the other major media channels (Books, film and TV).
I've read a few negative reviews of the last section of this game, and having just finished it I thought I'd document my spin on it, be warned though, if you haven't finished Red Dead Redemption this article may spoil some elements of it for you.
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Adding a Blu-ray Player to Your Harmony Remote |
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I recently purchased a Blu-ray player and the picture on my TV has never looked better. I suspect that at some point, many of you will replace your DVD player with a Blu-ray player like me. So, I wanted to share with you the steps on how to add a Blu-ray player and to your Harmony remote using Logitech Harmony remote software.
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New Ati cards cause boot issues on Nvidia nForce chipset motherboards |
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I recently had two Nvidia graphics cards go pop on me (article here: Link) because of this I needed to replace those cards with a new one. I consulted with a friend who's into PC Hardware and he recommended a few of cards out of the current ATI lineup.
So I bought an ATI 5770, which looked like a good all round desktop and light gaming card.
It is a great card, but it seems there is an issue running it on some of the Nvidia nForce motherboards. The card causes there to be a 20-30 second boot delay. The card appears to spin up a few times, like there is a seek issues with it, then it loads fine.
I've raised Forum topics in both the AMD and the Nvidia forums, but the only solution seems to be flashing your motherboard, which isn't going to happen for me, as I have an Abit motherboard, and they went bust two years ago.
XFX 5770
Link to XFX 5770 on aria.co.uk
AMD Forums:
http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=133694&enterthread=y
Nvidia Forums:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=169038
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Scotch On the Rocks – day two review |
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Following quickly on the heels of my first article about the 2010 Scotch on the Rocks, is my run down of the second day. I'll apologise now for this being quite so wordy, but I've tried to keep things succinct. I'd also like to say up front how much I enjoyed this years Scotch on the Rocks. It was a great venue, with great speakers, covering a very wide variety of topics.
It was a very intense two day thought explosion, where your left feeling kind of drained, but also with a ridiculous amount of 'development energy'.
