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I've been running Vista Business that I got from my college, and I don't really like it that much. Though, I didn't like Windows 2000 when it first came out because it didn't support directx, but later I found that it was my OS of choice for a few years just because it ran so well after they got all those patches made for it. Similarly, Vista has its share of problems. Performance-wise, I have a gig of ram and a 2.4 ghz Pentium 4 processor and it runs relatively decently. The problem that's been coming up is that annoying prompt that asks permission every time before you run a setup program or a configuration tool. I haven't yet found a way to shut that off. That aside, the next problem that came up was when I went to install Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, only to find that it was incompatible with Vista, and it's cd-checking protection came up and was denied by vista because it is unsupported. Blah.Another thing I miss is mplayer2.exe. Mplayer2 has been used as long as I can remember as a bare bones compliment to Windows Media Player. This vista apparently doesn't have it. And only has the bulky Media Player 10. Bleh.Overall, I think I'm going to switch back to Windows 2000 again, just because of it's reliability. XP has too many bells and whistles which slows it down. Windows 2000 is just right for what I use it for... If it weren't for some programs like Dreamweaver or directx, I'd totally just switch to Linux

I know I was doing a spinoff fan game based on the Hitman series with Gamemaker, and when I went to release a demo of it to the Hitman community forums, no one could play it but my computer for some odd reason That was a couple versions ago, but I haven't made any games with it since just because of that odd compatibility issue. I saw the Gamemaker book at borders, and I actually thought of picking it up, because I have a great idea for a game, but the book didn't seem to go into the GML script as much as I'd like it to. I wish they would come out with a 3D engine that was as easy to use as Gamemaker. I know they made "mods" for Gamemaker that use Doom-like 3D graphics, but I'm looking for something more modern. I've been too busy to learn Directx or OpenGL programming, though I do wish I had learned it when I had the chance.Life has a way of keeping you occupied

Oh I know some of the missions are a beeyatch to complete, but I try to never use cheats until after I beat a game, unless, of course, the game itself is so dang hard, it is universally frustrating to all gamers, or if the game is just taking to dang long, then I'll use cheats. Like Elder Scrolls Oblivion. I was playing through that just fine, with no cheats and whatnot, but when I realized how much of my life I wasted sitting there battling things, I finally said heck with it and upped all my stats to the max and flew (literally with a noclip cheat ) through the game just so I could be done with it before I retired San Andreas rocked though. I didn't use cheats for that, though I did invest some time in mods, though now I can't recall which ones they were. Stupid little things like speedometers and whatnot.

Ah, Vice City My favorite GTA until San Andreas came out. I miss the 80's and loved the music they had for that game The first memory I can recall from playing that game was the pizza delivery missions on that bike. Man I don't remember how long it took me to get through that, but it was fun. That and the Taxi driving missions. I heard awhile back that someone was designing a mod that would import all the cities from GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas into the San Andreas game, which would be totally awesome. I'll have to see what the progress is for that mod, because it just might give me a reason to reinstall San Andreas.

I myself have been sticking with Gnome for the past few years. Not really sure why, now that I think of it. haha. I started out with KDE when I first hit the Linux scene, but found Gnome to be a bit more ...professional looking, I guess.

I definitely fall into the "Escapist" category. The daily humdrum of life is enough to get anybody down, but when you sit in front of that computer and start off with nothing and all of a sudden, you are given objectives, not matter what game you're playing, you are suddenly given a higher purpose. In real life, we're stuck doing things just to get along, and there is never really any motivation for doing anything other than to get through the day, sleep, and begin again. But with video games, you're suddenly in charge of saving the world... avenging the deaths of your loved ones (Max Payne)... trying to stop a rogue Artificial Intelligence (System Shock)... or just do whatever the heck you want (GTA )I love starting off in a game with nothing (Such as typical RPG, Grand Theft Auto, and the like) and you work to earn more powerful items and money. In the real world, you work your butt off at school and whatnot, and at the end of the day, you're just tired Oh I wouldn't give up reality for video games, of course, but there's just more motivation to do well in the games because the reward factor is higher.

As far as combat flight simulators go, look around for Nova Logic's F-22 Lightning 3. Should be dirt cheap nowadays since it's really old, but you have the option of launching with a global thermonuclear weapon. Oh man, get me some cheat codes for infinite weapons and god mode, and watch the mushroom clouds grow Multiplayer was rather fun, but that was back in '98

I remember reading about MenuetOS years ago, apparently it's still available. It's an OS written entirely in Assembly and fits on a 3.5" floppy to boot from. It's not based on any particular pre-existing OS, but it has a web browser and some stuff, from what I can recall. The site has screenshots of people playing Quake and Doom, so it has some 3D capabilities. Here's a link to its homepage. http://www.menuetos.net/

Thanks for the link. I've tried Fedora Core 6 and Mandriva, and both of those supported my card just fine (Even better than Ubuntu because it enabled the 3D desktop effects by default, whereas Ubuntu and I had one hell of a time trying to sort that out, which resulted in utter failure and system crash). Fedora Core 6 wouldn't let me connect to the internet, and Mandriva didn't seem to have the software available for downloading like Ubuntu does, so I ended up trying Windows Vista which I just recently got from my college. I think it's rather funny how Microsoft seems to have made Vista's gui look a lot like the windows in the Linux distros. If it weren't for DirectX and my Windows programs (such as dreamweaver) that I can't find decent opensource substitutes for in Linux, I'd probably stick with linux for good.

Day One with Windows Vista.I just installed the Windows Vista "business" version I got through my school, and installed it on my desktop, and so far have had no problems whatsoever. I've been on an OS binge, trying out several flavors of Linux and windows trying to see which combination I want to keep for awhile. I'd been using Windows 2000 for the longest time, but I figured it was time to upgrade and keep up with the times.First thing was installing Windows Vista. The installation has been extremely "dumbed down" from the Windows 2000 version, giving the administration hardly any need to enter input while it's installing. Just booted from the dvd and it pretty much handled itself for the most part. Reading through the new license agreement was rather scary, just because they sound like Big Brother with all the information they warn you that they will be sending to Microsoft and that if I don't like it to shut up and turn off the computer. So past that, I entered my license key and all that and it pretty much took as long to install as Fedora did the night previous. (OS binge, I've been going through a few every day ) It took quite awhile to "configure" stuff, and preparing the desktop took awhile, but once everything was set, and it only needed to reboot once (which is amazing considering how many times the older windows versions needed to reboot) I was presented with Windows Vista's GUI for the first time. The first thing I noticed was that the GUI looked a lot more like the Linux distributions that I had been tinkering with for the past few days. The default mouse pointer is a little stubbier than the old ones I remember...First thing that happened, before I even had a chance to click the new "start" menu, was a popup saying it was automatically downloading a whole bunch of security and windows patches. Once done, that required one restart, but I must say, that's a lot better than the older windows versions, which had you downloading patches for patches and making you restart a dozen times!Overall the new GUI is very swank. The new start menu is rather odd, and I had to change it back to the "Classical" settings because I don't like how they set it up. Instead of a tree-line menu interface with the start menu, you click "all programs" and instead of a collapsible tree, it simply opens up in the same popped up menu, forcing you to hit a Back arrow instead of simply moving your mouse. Thankfully, they kept a lot of options available to get "Classic" views back, which I did in most cases because the new stuff simply wasn't efficient in most cases. Stuff is there, but harder to find, buried under a pile of menus.Once I had everything looking aesthetically the way I wanted it, I got right on to downloading Firefox, Winamp, and Norton Antivirus. I haven't had any time to try installing any games, but I'll be sure to post a review on that once I get on that. I have newer ones such as Half Life 2, and old ones such as the original System Shock (made for DOS, but we'll see how I can get around that!).I'm happy to see that DirectX 10 is already installed. I'm really psyched for the game "Alan Wake" from the makers of Max Payne. Unfortunately, it's required to have windows vista installed so I'll probably stick with it till then, though the release date has not yet been announced.

The thing I don't like about Linux is when you get some software that you have to compile, and it asks you for additional packages, which in turn require other packages .... Ugh! I was trying to get some opensource 3d engine installed (Crystal 3D or something along those lines) and I spent literally 2 hours scouring the internet for working dependencies to install, and in the end I just got frustrated and wiped the drive with zeros in frustration All else considered, I've had the most success with Ubuntu. Easy to install, and easy to navigate. Using the package manager is a breeze, but be wary installing software that needs to be compiled

Windows XP has always been a pain in the neck for me. I bought a HP laptop that came with a legal XP serial and installation disc, and when I re-formatted my laptop a year after I got it, I found that annoying activation popup kept popping up and it eventually wouldn't let me log into my own computer and I had to reformat it. Ugh, I understand what Microsoft is trying to do, but it makes it so difficult for those of us who actually get their software legally. I heard Vista is way up the wazoo with security measures (I'm going to pick up a copy from my school's computer center, I heard they're free for students ) and give that a shot. I'm running Ubuntu linux at the moment, because my Windows 2000 installation caught a very nasty bug and completely corrupted all my files. Thankfully I had just made a backup (ALWAYS do periodic backups!). Thanks for posting the info above. I'm sure it'll come in handy for me once I get my laptop out and back in order.

Odd your writer can't write boot cds... Perhaps it's your software? What burning program are you running? Perhaps you could try downloading a trial of Nero Burning Rom.You're not technically burning a boot disc as such... You're burning an image, which most burning programs can do, and it just happens to be a boot disc. And if you have access to Ubuntu, I know for a fact that it can burn iso's with the right software. I just tried what you are trying to do, by downloading other flavors of linux looking for live cds to try them out. Unfortunately I had no luck in this. I tried Debian and Fedora and after downloading both Live cd iso's at 700 megs a shot, then burned them to CD-R's, they both gave me some weird error message when I tried booting from them.I guess I'm sticking with Ubuntu for now, just because I don't have any hardware conflicts. I tried Debian tonight, and I couldn't get X windows to work with my Radeon device, bleh. All the distro's I've tried (Mandrake, Redhat, Debian, etc) Ubuntu has the easiest installation. Now all I have to do is install VMware to get Dreamweaver and Photoshop back on

I'm sure the move on ebay's part was smart, just to get it out of all the legal hassles that can come about with buying virtual items and the scams and whatnot that can come up... but overall I think it won't really dampen the amount of items bought with real world money just because people generally find other means. Forums are probably one major way of doing business, though it isn't safe just because you can get scammed doing business directly with another member, and that time you won't have ebay's rules and regulations and fraud protection to help back you up.I think the game companies need to create a sort of market in and of themselves that enables gamers to trade their items with other gamers for money. The time value of money is what they're really trading for. Sure, the items themselves are virtual, but people invest lots of time to gain these items (or even in-game currency), so they indeed have some monetary value. Supply and demand will always apply, whether to real or virtual items, as long as the two people trading both achieve something they desire. One wants the cash for their time and work, and the other wants to get ahead in the game by buying a rare item, or in-game currency.Considering how long it takes to really get a good level in most of these online games, I think it's a big time-saver to buy virtual gear... I mean, you play this online game with no actual ending... and you get tired of it and want to leave... What consolation is it that all your work and time was wasted because you're not allowed to sell your gear and get some sort of reward back for it?The game Project Entropia (which I now believe is called Entropia Universe) lets people deal with real world money, but most of the avenues of activities that are supposed to generate cash usually result in gambles and a loss of money. But the principle is sound. After you gain so many credits, you can cash them in for real world money. I think if more game companies implemented some sort of variation on this system, not only would they make more money, since users would be able to have the choice of putting more money into the game than the typical $9.99-14.99 a month (some entropia members I knew put in thousands of dollars every MONTH! thinking they could get ahead). Then users who want to quit the game would be able to somehow "cash in" their character and get some sort of monetary reward based on how good the skills are, so all that time wasn't wasted and the character isn't left to die in the virtual world with no one to play it.Whew. I hope this is logical enough

I just bought Liberty City Stories a couple of weeks ago for the PSP. It's been fun, but I prefer the use of a mouse in the PC version. I love how they have so many inside jokes going on from all the other games. I admit, it's sort of cheap how it's the exact same in terms of level design, but it's still fun to go back and relive the old days of GTA3

I played it around the time when it first came out, but I didn't enjoy it as much as I did the first SOF. I don't know, it just had a different feel to it. The first one was more fun because it was a bit over the top with gore, but the second one made things more realistic so it lost its novelty or something. Hah, maybe I should buy it again now that I have a better graphics card, that might have been a contributing factor, the fact that my old gfx card was crap

Hey, I just tried loggin into cpanel tonight and got this: ------------------------------------- Sorry for the inconvenience! The filesystem mounted at / on this server is running out of disk space. cPanel operation has been temporarily suspended to prevent something bad from happening. Please ask your system admin to remove any files not in use on that partition. ------------------------------------- Ftp and my actual site are still working. I went in through FTP and deleted over 50 megs of old files, so it should be better now, whatever the problem was. So if any admin over there could please turn me back on, that'd be great In the meanwhile, keep up the good work, this hosting is awesome. http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Ahhh, Oblivion. I had almost forgotten about the game once I finished the main plot. I got tired of running around I guess. Started Hitman Blood Money and haven't looked back haha. But then I beat Blood Money, and I'm busy as heck working and stuff, so yeah, not much time for video games anymore... Oooh how I wish it was simple enough just to level up in real life, and loot dungeons and sell the stuff, no matter how crappy it is, to any vendor and make a million dollars haha.

I don't know if anyone had been following the comic at all these past couple months, but I'm up to Episode 13. With Episode 13, make sure if you're using IE that it doesn't resize it, since this episode is larger than usual. The basic story is consistent, so it makes more sense if you view the comics in order. Enjoy http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ '> http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/

Oh come on now, you people haven't played this game or what? Where's the feedback? I saw a review for this on G4 online and they hammered it, but they didn't mention any of the positive aspects or improvements they made from the previous Hitman games. If you're a fan of the others in the series, this is a must have. Blood Money is by far the best in the series, both graphically, and gameplay.The levels are immersive... The AI is still a bit ...meh, but it's still fun I wish they'd come out with some editors, either IOI or the modding community themselves, because there's so many things I wanna tweak that I just don't have the knowledge for... Like having 47's white suit throughout the entire game

Sweet. They just released a patch for the demo, and a patch is on the way for the game (which hasn't been released yet, but some people have it, damn pirates). http://support.eu.square-enix.com/ ^ for the patch Oh wow, this game runs smooth now, and it freakin rocks.

Man, I've been waiting for this title to come out for 2 years now, and I finally got the demo last night, and it ran at 7 frames per second because there's some problems with certain video cards... My computer is more than well equiped to run this... ticks me off Game hasn't even been released yet, and it already needs some sort of patch, because there are tons of posts on the Hitmanforum.com's forum of people complaining of poor performance... while other people are saying it runs fine... So I dunno. The game looks sweet, but it ticks me off that PC users have to suffer because they made it more for Consoles than for us. Anyone else try the demo? Post your specs and whether or not you're having problems so maybe we can figure out a solution.2.4 ghz P41 gig DDR RAMATI Radeon x800 Pro (AGP)

I tried the demo of that awhile back, and I found myself shooting out a lot of kneecaps to get them to surrender, because I'd yell for them to put the gun down, and they'd shoot at my party, so rather to see him "get off easy" by shooting him, I'd want to cuff em and put him in jail. Not always as easy as it sounds

Yes sir, this game is worth the money. Compared to other games where you get 10-15 hours of gameplay for $40-50, I've gotten over 70 hours so far with the $60 collectors edition. Get more bang for your buck. Plus the availability for mods makes the game slow to get boring... Gives you something new to play with almost every day. I recommend this site for mods: http://filter.adsparkmedia.net/filter?q=oblivion+source&i=5Qcn6p0AtzU_0&t=629403239&f=458903844

Wow, what's it coded in? Assembly?And even more importantly... How's the plot?