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  1. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    That's a great point, and I didn't consider it only because the 3D graphics but absolutely agree M&M3 and even the Ultimas, I started with Ultima 3 and then went back (or tried to) to the earlier ones on my Apple IIe. I will need more space to full deploy my maxima mea culpa. Daggerfall may be...
  2. rhinohelix

    The Secret World

    I got into Legends, My guy Shotgun/Hammer guy was in the Desert; I can't remember before or after the big fight at the hotel. I would assume before, since I am still with the rebels. That train mission in Egypt still stands out to me as AMAZING. All of Kingsmouth is fantastic, especially the...
  3. rhinohelix

    Starfield - Fallout fallout that isn't ES6

    I bought the full fucking boat version on like 17 different platforms, so surely I have it somewhere it can be modded. (Really just Steam/Upgrade from Gamepass/MS Store, and Xbox; I also bought a Starfield Xbox controller, Super Deluxe edition(s), and and upgraded my 3080 to a 7900XTX to play...
  4. rhinohelix

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    I used a literal regular long "shoebox" cassette recorder for the tape drive with my TI-99 4/A; when I moved up to the Apple IIe I got 5.25 floppy drives, first one and then another like Vuuxo.
  5. rhinohelix

    Destiny 2 - Clan Link 1st Post

    OMG, they don't let you play through the Light and Dark Saga? It legit was one of the (most milked but) best long running stories in gaming; Destiny basically invented the Game-As-A-Service (GAAS) genre. I first bought a PS4 only to play Destiny. If they don't have a way for new players...
  6. rhinohelix

    The Secret World

    I have a bunch of archived emails, looking for where I potentially reset this password; looked through various traunches, got back to where I was in the beta in 2011, where I was recommending the game to friends, where I bought the box from Amazon, various comic book-esque "issues" from Funcom...
  7. rhinohelix

    The Secret World

    Password reset for classic server is 404 :(
  8. rhinohelix

    The Secret World

    OMG I loved this game, even with all the FunCom™ bugginess. One of the few games I played all the way through and made it halfway through a second faction character. I will download this and see to what I have access. I THINK I got a lifetime sub as well. Someone is making a TTRPG version for...
  9. rhinohelix

    Xbox Megathread

    Those were some AMAZING memories of getting my Xbox 360; I wasn't much of a console guy AT ALL. I was way late to the party, in June 2007 I was switching jobs and had a couple of weeks off, it was my birthday, summer just starting. They delivered that big white box, firing up the 360 with XBOX...
  10. rhinohelix

    Battlefield 6

    Yet we don't have any awesome Soviet Armored Bears in these games? Where is the Bear representation, BIGOTS? By the way, what was previously called ESG: Environment, Social, and Governance investment, is being rebranded to "transition investment", so when they pay gaming companies millions to...
  11. rhinohelix

    Battlefield 6

    Yeah, Soviets were the most egalitarian in their gender policy, mostly out of necessity and had had the most women participants, with about 8% of their total military of 34m being women. They still had super-low numbers of women in combat roles, this Reddit post goes in depth into (his)...
  12. rhinohelix

    Xbox Megathread

    If they cancel the whole project, guaranteed there are provisions that pay AMD something big for their work and loss of expected income; AMD isn't designing a chip expected to bring in multi-year revenue for a promise. But for MS with like 12% market share at this point and no real plan to win...
  13. rhinohelix

    F1 (2025)

    This movie was awesome. It's a classic sports movie told through the lens of F1 racing. I mean, we had the talk about liking bad things and that's ok but knowing they are bad; I guess now we need to have that flip side conversation about just because you dislike something doesn't make it...
  14. rhinohelix

    Console services have destroyed the market for consoles - Switch to PC Now

    HDR isn't an issue for me but I use a 43" LG C4 as a my only monitor, and it switches on and off as games implement it.
  15. rhinohelix

    Xbox Megathread

    The whole market push has been for PvP competitive low latency/High FPS experiences; more people are staying on 1440p and going for 240/360 fps; hence the high refresh monitors. I don't like it, as I have been playing on big (43") 4k monitors since 2008?ish (all hail 30fps) and am not going...
  16. rhinohelix

    Kickstarters

    Not only is that super well done, I really wish I could have bought into this game at that backer price. It looks AMAZING.
  17. rhinohelix

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    The tale of a woman's husband coming back to bed after getting high, told in 4 images:
  18. rhinohelix

    Xbox Megathread

    Just now on the X dot com:
  19. rhinohelix

    Dirty Harry (1971)

  20. rhinohelix

    Dirty Harry (1971)

    He's just about efficiency, IIRC. I may be conflating it with a Spielberg quote here, but if has what he needs, he doesn't feel the need to get the last 10%; I know he doesn't put a lot of stock in Kubrickian takes. Easy mistake to make; Burt was hoping audiences made that same mistake in 1981.
  21. rhinohelix

    Xbox Megathread

    There is a faction that wants to keep doing what they are doing, and a faction that wants to get out of the games business (as much as they can, they just bought a 70B publisher; they haven't even written off the bribes yet) altogether because its too capital intensive and not providing ROI...
  22. rhinohelix

    Dirty Harry (1971)

    I mean, you can see the way they filmed; lots of movies looked much like TV because of the need to be sure they got it right; the lighting, mics, etc in tthe 40s and 50s were limiting. You can watch the tech advance and gloves come off in the late 50s and 60s, the craft [Edit: the comment about...
  23. rhinohelix

    Dirty Harry (1971)

    All of the Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry Movies are great, although they swung back towards Lefty politics a bit with the sequels: Magnum Force was about a Cop Vigilante Murder Squad; The Enforcer tried to split the difference with the villains being hippy communists but Harry training a new woman...
  24. rhinohelix

    New World

    This had such great potential, I don't know if its tech or time or ideological but looking at this map I can imagine a game where the narrative, skills, factions, world and economy comes together to make this a BRILLANT experience. Sadly we don't live in that timeline.
  25. rhinohelix

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    We have built-in handles, not built in slots.
  26. rhinohelix

    Path of Exile 2

    I am still fairly new to POE/POE2, didn't enjoy .1 but came back for .3 and enjoyed LA/LR Deadeye as a starter, went all the way to through campaign and started maps with it. Saw some videos and went through again with a Empowered Leap Slam/AfterShock Titan and OMG has been the best experience...
  27. rhinohelix

    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

    Never played but I always heard about this from my British buddy (I mean, he talked about it on the regular; it was a formative part of his life growing up seemingly). Pic unrelated.
  28. rhinohelix

    Ghost of Tsushima

    MS desperate to kill/get out of the (other than PC) game business, the billions they make from the space not enough for the investment. Watching internal corp fights play out on the screens of millions.
  29. rhinohelix

    Console services have destroyed the market for consoles - Switch to PC Now

    It's amazing that from 5 years ago at the pinnacle of console hardware, with three diverse approaches to the market (MS PC/Gamepass; Sony 1st/3rd party Exclusives, Nintendo Walled Garden/Distinct IP) Only Nintendo remains standing. MS has completely cratered as a business operation; they are...
  30. rhinohelix

    Deus Ex Remastered

    Need Mass Effect in 2008 but otherwise I don't a single issue with this list. Every one of these (I didn't play a few, like GOWs, Metro 2033, or a few of the others) were amazing gaming experiences. Edit: I didn't get the context of the post, I thought we were talking about how Deus Ex BELONGED...
  31. rhinohelix

    Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    Well, until the Blockbuster Era started with Jaws, almost every sequel was a cash-grab remake of the original. Sequels weren't bigger and better, they were diminishing returns on the originals. You didn't get many Godfather 1&2s or Star Wars OT, you mostly got Friday the 13th 1-9, Herby Goes...
  32. rhinohelix

    Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

    Their cuisine never got over WWII. It's a joke but its also serious. Those Youtube Brit's (Fake Edit: JOLLY who have 5m subs now, sweet mother) who came to America trying American Food™, mostly in the South, then brought that back to the UK for other Brits to try never get old. Also, they have...
  33. rhinohelix

    Elder Scrolls VI

    Gay ass threads? Or Gay-ass threads? You decide, dear readers! Bethesda Blue Hairs thinking about the Message™ and looking at your hard drive right now.
  34. rhinohelix

    Elder Scrolls VI

    That would be great! This time make it with a modern engine, also so that its not Woke and lame, and the MSQ/World Lore isn't completely, utterly broken. Hopefully Zombies and multiverses are tropes left to the 2000-20's.
  35. rhinohelix

    Elder Scrolls VI

    I can't wait to hear your review at the next Ut Discord Drunken gaming night after you help the 5th gay couple.
  36. rhinohelix

    Elder Scrolls VI

    Mathilda May is French; I celebrate her whole body of work or at least her body. She still looks good at 60, or at least French good. Mancini Soundtrack is amazing. You can see what they are going for, alien invasion/gothic vampire/zombie/horror/suspense-thriller/love story and it just is too...
  37. rhinohelix

    Elder Scrolls VI

    There is nothing wrong with enjoying bad things as long we acknowledge they aren't good; I have this conversation with people about music and movies all the time. I like any number of bad things. When I was 15 I loved the movie "Lifeforce": A lot of that had to do with Mathilda May walking...
  38. rhinohelix

    Elder Scrolls VI

    Congrats on coming out, btw. Starfield released on Sept 6, though. I was super-hyped for it, bought all the swag and even got a 7900XTX to upgrade my 3080 so I could play it at a great framerate. You can read that thread and slowly watch my enthusiasm die until you get to a certain point in...
  39. rhinohelix

    Elder Scrolls VI

    I just canceled my GamePass Ultimate over this:
  40. rhinohelix

    Borderlands 4

    Ut and I are in Group 1 on the FOH Discord server now in the Lost Ark channel now. Saturday night UT DRUNK Gaming! Its going down! Edit: Now with Music For Fish!