Computer games.


navidson said:
Anybody played 'The Beginner's Guide yet? Loved The Stanley Parable so looking forward to it
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DualityNSNO said:
Tell me more about this.
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navidson said:
Good review of it here

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/10/07/the-beginners-guide-review
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RFUS said:
It's really weird. Very thought provoking, experimental and downright dark.

I imagine many people will love it and many will think it's pretentious tosh. Depends if it resonates with you.

Me? I thought it was great. But be warned, it is nothing like The Stanley Parable.
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Watched Quill18 play through this on YT. Very strange and he got really introspective and almost depressed due to the way it made him look at his own life. Was very weird to watch, and maybe even weirder to play! :o
 
gaino92 said:
@Dylan I'm looking at getting a gaming PC but only want to start cheap, £300-400 any ideas on a good one for around that price or where is best to look?
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Befriend a local nerd and ask them to build you one. You can get a PC easily good enough to play most games for around £350. Especially if you nick a monitor off someone.

Befriending the nerd is important because they'll probably have spare RAM and stuff lying around that they'll donate.

I'd recommend joining your local table top DND group or maybe hang out in a Games Workshop for a bit and chat them up.
 

gaino92 said:
@Dylan I'm looking at getting a gaming PC but only want to start cheap, £300-400 any ideas on a good one for around that price or where is best to look?
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You will struggle to get anything that plays(especially newer games) on anything but low spec/low resolution for that price mate. better off with a console for that price.

I recommend PC gaming though, just no point if you can't run to a decent spec. That's a problem I had for years and it makes a massive difference running at good spec.

Have a gander on overclockers uk for a whole price range of gaming PCs.
 
gaino92 said:
@Dylan I'm looking at getting a gaming PC but only want to start cheap, £300-400 any ideas on a good one for around that price or where is best to look?
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Cheap computer:

CPU: Pentium G3258 (only a dual core, but for games will be fine with its decent clock speed and overclocking potential) 52.10GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Penti...&ie=UTF8&qid=1444862854&sr=1-1&keywords=g3258
Motherboard 35.67 GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA...&ie=UTF8&qid=1444862854&sr=1-2&keywords=g3258
RAM 35.98GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ...1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444862978&sr=1-1
GPU 99.99GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeFo...ie=UTF8&qid=1444863091&sr=1-1&keywords=nvidia
Case 28.98GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fractal-Des...1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444863249&sr=1-8
PSU 37.99GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-VS5...1_9?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444863312&sr=1-9

TOTAL: 290.71

You will still need a mouse/keyboard/monitor to play, but like @heatmeiser said, source a cheap throw away from some geeky mates.

I just built this using Amazon, there could be much better deals out there if you look. I just couldnt be bothered ;)

Some things about above. This will only get you into it. The CPU is decent for gaming, as *most* games don't require the multi-core madness. 8GB of decent RAM should be enough *for now. The mobo is a cheap 'un that won't give you much room to upgrade.....but its cheap right!!!The graphics card is decent enough that you will be able to run most games at 1080p with medium settings and a half decent frame rate.

Token case and cheap decent power supply finish it off.

This setup also has more juice under the hood than either the PS4 or the Xbox One... @Blue Cheese
 

Dylan said:
Cheap computer:

CPU: Pentium G3258 (only a dual core, but for games will be fine with its decent clock speed and overclocking potential) 52.10GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Penti...&ie=UTF8&qid=1444862854&sr=1-1&keywords=g3258
Motherboard 35.67 GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gigabyte-GA...&ie=UTF8&qid=1444862854&sr=1-2&keywords=g3258
RAM 35.98GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CMZ...1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444862978&sr=1-1
GPU 99.99GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nvidia-GeFo...ie=UTF8&qid=1444863091&sr=1-1&keywords=nvidia
Case 28.98GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Fractal-Des...1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444863249&sr=1-8
PSU 37.99GBP:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-VS5...1_9?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1444863312&sr=1-9

TOTAL: 290.71

You will still need a mouse/keyboard/monitor to play, but like @heatmeiser said, source a cheap throw away from some geeky mates.

I just built this using Amazon, there could be much better deals out there if you look. I just couldnt be bothered ;)

Some things about above. This will only get you into it. The CPU is decent for gaming, as *most* games don't require the multi-core madness. 8GB of decent RAM should be enough *for now. The mobo is a cheap 'un that won't give you much room to upgrade.....but its cheap right!!!The graphics card is decent enough that you will be able to run most games at 1080p with medium settings and a half decent frame rate.

Token case and cheap decent power supply finish it off.

This setup also has more juice under the hood than either the PS4 or the Xbox One... @Blue Cheese
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Crikey, My old one was similar and I'd started to struggle to play games on even medium for some and res turned down. Just spent £1700 on a new one
 
Blue Cheese said:
Crikey, My old one was similar and I'd started to struggle to play games on even medium for some and res turned down. Just spent £1700 on a new one
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I am mucking around on a 'gaming' laptop with a GTX850M and it runs most things in 1080p and high/ultra presets.

The GTX750 is about twice the card that I have in this laptop, so it bloomin' better run stuff well!
 

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