For some reason this one just makes me laugh and laugh.

That's pretty neat. What's it from?

I'm guessing a Futurama comic book.  Never acutally seen one.

Perhaps mentioned already.  I was wondering what the next video game to movie adaptation was going to be.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1702315/

I have the original GalCiv 2 and am looking for race/ship mods as well as any good gameplay mods that are for the original GalCiv2.  Most of the mods I've found so far only work if you have Dark Avatar.  I'm also looking for a good map creator/editor as well.  Any suggestions?  I'll probably get the expansions at some point but its not in the cards right now.

One last bump.  The search continues...

Ok, it seems that I had to manually edit the 'Prefs' config file and set it to my current resolution.  Problem solved.  Thanks for the suggestions.

I have seen it at a couple of Targets in the $9.99 section a couple of times.  Was a month or two ago though, but worth a look maybe.

I'm in Canada so Targets are out unfortunately.  Buying isn't an option for me either at this time.

OK.  I installed Startdock and updated to latest patch but original problem still exists.  It could be a display problem but my vid card drivers are at their latest.  Its not like its a particularly graphically demanding either.

That would be cool, as I can't seem to find it anywhere around here.

NNOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

The auto update from the splash screen you mean?  No, but it just brought me to the GalCiv2 sight anyway without automatically doing anything.  Is there something else that auto updates?

Its been updated to v1.2.  It will load the splash screen but when you hit play, a black screen appears in the upper left corner of the monitor and then it just freezes.  WTF?  I'm using win Xp, & a 7800GTX w/latest drivers.

Any help?

Looking for Freelancer for the pc.  I have no money to buy but have some older games to trade and will give up a few to get it.

For trade(all pc):

SW:Jedi Outcast
Dungeon Seige
Nexus:The Jupiter Incident
Battlefield 1942 GOTY
Unreal 2K4
Baldurs Gate 2:SoA
XIII
Medieval Total War Battle Collection
Dawn of War Winter Assault
Splinter Cell:Pandora Tomorrow
Red Orchestra
Planescape Torment(4 disk, /manual only)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein(JC)
Tron 2.0(JC)

New one:  "The dishes are done, man!"

That'd be "Don't Tell Mom, the Babysitter is Dead"

Hmmm...let's see.   Another movie in my collection:

"That's Cochrane, F.E., US Army."
"Cochrane, F.E. What's the "F.E." stand for?"
"Fuck Everybody."

I believe that would be Blue Thunder?  Good oldie.

Mine;

"We don't even care...wether or not we care."

nope, that's it.  over and done with.







just kidding    There's going to be 3 more 16 episode seasons.

That will be interesting to see.  I wonder how they will be able to draw it out another 48 episodes?  I hope that they can fill in answers for all of the unexplained things like the 'black smoke'.

I just finished season three tonight and have been glued to the compy screen for the last 6 hours watching the final episodes.

Is that it?  Is there a season four?  Please tell me there is (I have no cable, I snatch from the internet).

I assume by the end scene that Jack and Kate are in the future and have gotten off the island but have done it by leaving everyone else behind.  Jack is not taking it too well, and Kate is getting by.  I am already jonesing for another Lost fix and its only been an hour.  If there is more there is hope for me, but if not...

Sounds like there's some kind of auto-level compensation going on.  I'd go into the monitor options and turn off anything "auto" - auto color, auto level, noise reduction, black correction, etc.  See if that helps.

Thanks for the advice. I guess its just the way it is .  What a piece of $550 junk. Do not buy LG.  Fortunately, the purchaser is sending us the receipt.  It really is too bad.  It was really thoughtful of mum-in-law, but I just can't watch different shades of black and call it entertainment.

After watching a few more movies, it seems to be the design.  The tv simply drops the light level during dark scenes, the result being almost total blackness on the screen.  I can't find any way to stop this.  What a stupid and obvious design flaw.


Screen goes light.  Screen goes dark.  Screen goes light.  Screen goes dark.  Screen goes light. Screen goes dark...

My wife and I just recieved an LG 20" LCD tv (#20LS7D) for a christmas gift to replace out aged 13" crt.  We set it up and threw in a movie (Man on Fire WS) to give it a test run.  Right away we realized that the picture is quite dark.  The LCD backlight was set to max and the screen brightness can really only be adjusted so far before it simply causes black to turn white. We could barely see anyones face -particularly Denzels- during most of the movie. Ok that is the first thing, and maybe it was just the movie.  What really got annoying however was during certain scenes that had lower light levels the whole screen would fluctuate between light levels, as if it was automatically changing power levels (low power adjust was set to 'off').  For example if it was night out and the scene was changing from a lit street to someone hiding in a dark alley, the tv would flick to an even darker setting in the alley until you couldn't see anything.  Even the menu screen would go darker when I had it open during these scenes.  I haven't found any settings that prevent this and the manual seems pretty usless for troubleshooting.

Anyone have on of these tvs or have come across a similar problem?  I've never experienced anything like this on my PC monitor(though its a Samsung bnot LG) an am not sure what to do. If its going to be doing this all the time I'd rather have the 13"crt.

 


There is no funny.  Sicko.

Have to trade(PC):

Bioshock
Supreme Commander
Stalker
Prey
FEAR
Dark Star One
Tomb Raider:Legend
Star Wars:Jedi Outcast

Complete with boxes.  May do 2-4-1. Make an offer. Trade only at this time.

 

Looking for Hellgate London or The Witcher for PC.

Have to trade(PC):

Bioshock
Supreme Commander
Stalker
Prey
FEAR
Dark Star One
Tomb Raider:Legend
Star Wars:Jedi Outcast

Complete with boxes.  May do 2-4-1. Make an offer. Trade only at this time.

<updated with a few more games to trade>

Cute.

 I'm replaying Oblivion right now and looking to expand on some quest content.  I'm already running several other types of mods (Francescos, Natural habitat, Open cities, Rens NB pack) but am looking to get into some interesting exploring.  Can anyone recommend a few?

HL2 officialy claimed and sent.

What the hell kind of drink is 'Pibb Zero'?

Oh yeah, congrats too.

Ep1 claimed and sent.  HL2 pending.

This made me laugh.

Hilarious!

He probably got an achievement for that too.

If you have it still available I Ragnarok I will take HL2 off your hands.

Sure thing. PM me your email address associated with your Steam account.

I still have a HL2/Ep1 gift available.

I should have the Orange box a few days too.  I'll post here again with HL2 and Ep 1 when I get them.

The word on the street is that the store bought game doesn't contain the main .exe file, among a few other very vital files. THIS is what the PC owners 'patch' when they try to install.

So, in short - unless you install somewhere you have a 'net connection (or get the missing files from somebody else), you're screwed.

So it sounds like I only need the internet for the initial install.  I have a small window of opportunity that I can get my pc hooked up for a long enough period to do just that.  There may be a chance yet.

...from someon without access to teh intraweb.

I'm currently in transit on a cross country move and am going to be landing at a vacation cottage for a month starting sept. while we look for a place to live.  The cottage has no internet access so I will only be able to play offline games.  BUT I WANT TO PLAY BIOSHOCK NOW! 

Does it automatically load into my Steam account(I bought a box copy for pc)?  If so I guess I'm screwed, but if anyone knows a workaround I have an email...

Damnhell, guess I need to upgrade. Things would be so much easier if devs would just learn to scale all games for exactly my pc specs. But they're too lazy and selfish! 

Agreed.

AMD dual core 4400
2GB ram
7800gtx video card
onbord sound(has always been good)

Hmm.. this is the farthest I've fallen behind in recommended specs in a while.  It should still run decently enough.  It has to, damnit!  An upgrade is a long way off. 

Ban the mellonfarmer!

wow, yet another way for cat lovers to show off their lame cat pictures.

or is this is something internet nerds do to please their fat girlfriends? getting in good with them so they can spend a few more days online without bitching. spending time with teh fat girlfriends is not as fun as reading message boards.

Cat hater.