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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #40 on: October 26, 2011, 04:54:33 pm »
Anyone play Lineage II?

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #41 on: October 26, 2011, 05:34:48 pm »
the only MMO i'm remotely interested in playing is the Warhammer 40k one

also if anyone wants frozen synapse i have a spare copy and am open to trade, this includes TF2 items :)
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #42 on: October 26, 2011, 05:35:22 pm »
Anyone play Lineage II?

and someone should probably create a rawk group on steam.
Yes, I'm a bit busy this evening but I thought that shortly after setting this thread up on here, a Steam RAWK group is a must. I'll get on it over the weekend unless someone else does it first!

Oh, and to Mr Laptop man - that sounds like a nice GFX card, more than enough to play Skyrim. But it's not just your GFX card that affects performance, what's your CPU speed, and what's your RAM in particular?

If you've got 2gb or less RAM I'll bet that's slowing you down with older games etc - anything that does a lot of certain types of calculations will eat plenty of RAM (Football Manager is THE classic RAM hog) and it's also relatively cheap to upgrade. If it is only 2gb bump it up to 4 and I'll bet you see a huge difference. It also makes everyday PC stuff much, much nicer to do.

Re: SW:TOR

I'm also quite looking forward to that, though I've been wary of the time-sink potential of MMOs given how much time I spend on the PC anyway.

But the original was bloody awesome and I'm well up for more of that, even if I do think Bioware are hugely over-rated. (They are excellent, don't get me wrong, but critics and others talk about them as if they are perfection, especially in terms of the 'deep relationships' and 'quality writing' which, IMO, are nothing of the sort. Not bad, but incredibly cliched and predictable in every one of their games I've played apart from (from a very, very brief go) Baldur's Gate.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #43 on: October 26, 2011, 05:37:26 pm »
the only MMO i'm remotely interested in playing is the Warhammer 40k one

The game I want to come out, apart from real new versions of X-Com, Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper and all the other classic, awesome, still never-bettered and ridiculously still highly original ideas of nearly 20 years ago, is Necromunda.

It's slightly smaller scale would make it absolutely stonking on PC, it's like a gang based 40k and would be an absolute beast of an MMO type game.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #44 on: October 26, 2011, 05:39:24 pm »
Was gonna build a new PC here soon to get ready for the imminent release of awesome games coming up (BF3, TOR, Max Payne 3 etc etc) but then I saw this prebuilt:

AMD Phenom II X6 1065T(2.9GHz)
8GB DDR3
1TB HDD Capacity
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB

For approx. £430

Not so bad I reckon   :wave Gonna order it when I get my next payment in a few days
That's more or less what I bought 2 or 3 years ago for just over a grand, only with a 5870 when that first came out. That'll see you fine for a few years yet, I should think.

Also goes to show that PC gaming really isn't more expensive than Consoles - if you factor in a big game collection, say 50+, all the other stuff you can do with it, and the complete badassness of the PC (that spec will rip any console to bits), and that's without even going into mods...

anyway, gotta go, see you all soon!
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #45 on: October 26, 2011, 05:42:40 pm »
pc gaming is much cheaper these days due to the fact you don't need to upgrade as often since the consoles are holding it back, it's the same towards the end of most console cycles, when the next xbox comes out we'll all need to upgrade again :)

i welcome it
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #46 on: October 26, 2011, 05:47:10 pm »
Also goes to show that PC gaming really isn't more expensive than Consoles - if you factor in a big game collection, say 50+, all the other stuff you can do with it, and the complete badassness of the PC (that spec will rip any console to bits), and that's without even going into mods...

That's the most annoying thing about consoles. The games are so fucking over-priced. It's really hard getting a real bargain, whereas with PC-games they're available for reasonable money after a couple of months...

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #47 on: October 26, 2011, 06:14:04 pm »
Was gonna build a new PC here soon to get ready for the imminent release of awesome games coming up (BF3, TOR, Max Payne 3 etc etc) but then I saw this prebuilt:

AMD Phenom II X6 1065T(2.9GHz)
8GB DDR3
1TB HDD Capacity
AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB

For approx. £430

Not so bad I reckon   :wave Gonna order it when I get my next payment in a few days

Badass rig, but is there anyway to change the 6850 GPU for the 6870? I have the 6870 and it's quality, it's only slightly more expensive, that's why I'm asking.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #48 on: October 26, 2011, 06:36:25 pm »
The game I want to come out, apart from real new versions of X-Com, Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper and all the other classic, awesome, still never-bettered and ridiculously still highly original ideas of nearly 20 years ago, is Necromunda.

It's slightly smaller scale would make it absolutely stonking on PC, it's like a gang based 40k and would be an absolute beast of an MMO type game.

X-Com I'd love to see a sequel to, but so far no luck. Dungeon Keeper there's a spiritual successor to it, Dungeons, which tries to emulate the feel, which may be worth a go, if you've not tried it already. And as for Syndicate Wars, believe there's a sequel in the works, but development is kinda quiet at the moment. And unfortunately, its been turned into a bloody FPS. typical.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #49 on: October 26, 2011, 06:59:06 pm »
The game I want to come out, apart from real new versions of X-Com, Syndicate, Dungeon Keeper and all the other classic, awesome, still never-bettered and ridiculously still highly original ideas of nearly 20 years ago, is Necromunda.

It's slightly smaller scale would make it absolutely stonking on PC, it's like a gang based 40k and would be an absolute beast of an MMO type game.

Necromunda is a great shout for a game.

I'm looking at building a new system, my current one (below) is 3 years old now. Before I do, am I likely to get any mileage out of upgrading the ram and gfx card? I'm mostly playing Starcraft 2 at the moment, but although it would be nice to be able to play Rage or Dead Island, I wouldn't mind saving money if an upgrade is viable.

- Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3GHz Socket 775 4MB Cache 1333MHz FSB
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #50 on: October 26, 2011, 07:08:08 pm »
Badass rig, but is there anyway to change the 6850 GPU for the 6870? I have the 6870 and it's quality, it's only slightly more expensive, that's why I'm asking.

Saw a similar build on Newegg today. Usually you can't swap out what comes bundled. But if you look up the 6850 specs, you can easily overclock it to near 6870 spec's.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4002/amd-radeon-hd-6850-overclocking-roundup-asus-xfx-msi/6

I've got that ASUS and it's great.

Looking forward to Mass Effect 3 and Arkham City. Also need to play Borderlands, haven't gotten to that one yet.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #51 on: October 26, 2011, 07:57:52 pm »
Necromunda is a great shout for a game.

I'm looking at building a new system, my current one (below) is 3 years old now. Before I do, am I likely to get any mileage out of upgrading the ram and gfx card? I'm mostly playing Starcraft 2 at the moment, but although it would be nice to be able to play Rage or Dead Island, I wouldn't mind saving money if an upgrade is viable.
ARe you running windows XP? If so you can't go above 4 meg anyway, and with that processor I doubt there's any point going above that, but it looks like you could do better with the graphics card. I've got a nVidia 9800 1gb in my GFs (my old) pc and it made a big difference and was cheap.

There's a limit to how big a card it's worth getting - for example my rig would already be pointlessly overpowered if I didn't run things in 1900x1200 resolution. Still, that processor is getting towards the end of it's top gaming shelf-life I reckon.

That said, I'm personally not even close to being an expert, so best check someone else's advice, hopefully this thread will attract some techie geeks! :)

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2011, 07:58:54 pm »
Ok, so as per the suggestion earlier I've set up a Steam group.

It's pcgRAWK, and here's the link:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/pcgRAWK

Hope to see you there at some point! It's public for the time being just for ease of access but I can probably make it private if people prefer, once there's a few of us. Doesn't really matter if it's public or private if it's just me on there!
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #53 on: October 26, 2011, 08:37:19 pm »
Saw a similar build on Newegg today. Usually you can't swap out what comes bundled. But if you look up the 6850 specs, you can easily overclock it to near 6870 spec's.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4002/amd-radeon-hd-6850-overclocking-roundup-asus-xfx-msi/6

I've got that ASUS and it's great.

Looking forward to Mass Effect 3 and Arkham City. Also need to play Borderlands, haven't gotten to that one yet.

That's exactly what it is off Newegg, or the HP one. They usually have really good deals on quality prebuilts. Hard to pass them up
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #54 on: October 26, 2011, 10:11:30 pm »
whoever astroman is in the strem group you like yourself some Team Fortress, i've only got about 300 hours total on it (steam for some reason doesn't count my early years so it looks like i've less)
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #55 on: October 26, 2011, 10:13:38 pm »
Saw a similar build on Newegg today. Usually you can't swap out what comes bundled. But if you look up the 6850 specs, you can easily overclock it to near 6870 spec's.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4002/amd-radeon-hd-6850-overclocking-roundup-asus-xfx-msi/6

I've got that ASUS and it's great.

Looking forward to Mass Effect 3 and Arkham City. Also need to play Borderlands, haven't gotten to that one yet.

Ah yeah forgot, good shout lad.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #56 on: October 26, 2011, 10:23:55 pm »
whoever astroman is in the strem group you like yourself some Team Fortress, i've only got about 300 hours total on it (steam for some reason doesn't count my early years so it looks like i've less)

Only started in 2009 i think, 2 years after it was out? Most likely missed most of your playtime.

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #57 on: October 26, 2011, 10:27:30 pm »
i was playing it from the beta if i remember, put a couple of hundred hours in it by 2009
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #58 on: October 26, 2011, 10:44:42 pm »
http://www.indieroyale.com/

different indie bundle every few weeks, nice and cheap
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #59 on: October 26, 2011, 11:28:53 pm »
finally renegade ops is released on steam, it's been out on xbox for ages, useless shits
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #60 on: October 26, 2011, 11:47:26 pm »
Nice one OP, not sure why this thread didn't already exist!

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #61 on: October 27, 2011, 12:35:06 am »
whoever astroman is in the strem group you like yourself some Team Fortress, i've only got about 300 hours total on it (steam for some reason doesn't count my early years so it looks like i've less)
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #62 on: October 27, 2011, 07:12:25 am »
ARe you running windows XP? If so you can't go above 4 meg anyway, and with that processor I doubt there's any point going above that, but it looks like you could do better with the graphics card. I've got a nVidia 9800 1gb in my GFs (my old) pc and it made a big difference and was cheap.

There's a limit to how big a card it's worth getting - for example my rig would already be pointlessly overpowered if I didn't run things in 1900x1200 resolution. Still, that processor is getting towards the end of it's top gaming shelf-life I reckon.

That said, I'm personally not even close to being an expert, so best check someone else's advice, hopefully this thread will attract some techie geeks! :)

Vista. Yeah, I was concerned that the processor would bottleneck. I'd like to be able to run all games, including new ones, in as high a resolution as possible (1680x1050 is the max). This is the system I've priced up:

- Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz
- Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (default choice)
- G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL)
- Corsair A50 CPU Cooler
- Cooler Master CM690-II Lite Dominator Case & GX 750W Power Supply
- MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

Total £648 if I buy the parts separately, £688 if I buy the first 4 parts bundled with an overclock to 4.40GHz from Overclockers.co.uk. Is it worth the extra £40? I'll be playing Rage, Dead Island, Battlefield 3 etc.

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #63 on: October 27, 2011, 08:07:06 am »
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It's stupidly easy to OC the CPU's these days, the only tedious part is the 12 to 24 hour burn in tests to see if the system is stable.  Still if you don't want the hassle it's better to just drop the 40 bucks and let em do it.  Also get a 1920x1080 monitor, that rig displaying at 1650x1050 is like buying a Ferrari and only driving it to the corner store.

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #64 on: October 27, 2011, 08:27:03 am »
Vista. Yeah, I was concerned that the processor would bottleneck. I'd like to be able to run all games, including new ones, in as high a resolution as possible (1680x1050 is the max). This is the system I've priced up:

- Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz
- Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (default choice)
- G.Skill RipJawsX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL)
- Corsair A50 CPU Cooler
- Cooler Master CM690-II Lite Dominator Case & GX 750W Power Supply
- MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Supplied with FREE Batman: Arkham City PC game**

Total £648 if I buy the parts separately, £688 if I buy the first 4 parts bundled with an overclock to 4.40GHz from Overclockers.co.uk. Is it worth the extra £40? I'll be playing Rage, Dead Island, Battlefield 3 etc.

Have you had a look at Scan?

You would save £30 on the graphics card alone and they do a i5 2500k OC bundle with 8GB Corsair memory for £333.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #65 on: October 27, 2011, 10:16:06 am »
Kinell you've mentioned scan and I've taken a look at it and it has some seriously competitive prices !

The Acer monitor I was particularly keen on is a £100 straight cheaper than off Overclockers. It's a big fucking shame they don't ship to Europe though, which is why I look into OC that much, it's the only company I know off that ships to Europe. We have Scan here, but the prices are so ridiculously overpriced when compared to the same scan.uk that it's ludicrous. Over here they do have a SCAN Price Match Policy with shops all around Europe that offer more or less the same service so maybe I'd get a little bitchy with them over the phone.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #66 on: October 27, 2011, 11:04:15 am »
Since everybody else is measuring their dicks builds...  I'm a big modder, love making mods for games, even if I don't release them to the public.  Skyrim's release just happened to coincide with needing a new machine so I built one back around July.

i7-2600k @ 4.3ghz liquid cooled
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1tb Spinpoint F3
64gb Kingston SSD
Coolermaster Storm Scout
24" Asus HD monitor (Hope to add a couple of 22" after the 6950 upgrade for eyefinity, if it's feasible)
Windows 7 Ultimate

Speaking of modding, anybody here good with skinning models??  I've actually got a big mod in the works for skyrim and due to just moving to the UK and not knowing my set job schedule, it's literally going to take me about 2 years to do it by myself.  Would take off a good 4-6 months maybe if I had a person skinning my models for me.  3 sets of armor, 2 swords, 1 axe or hammer, 2 bows, 2 clothing outfits.  Haven't done the models yet, they'll be done in about 7 months (if I'm on schedule).  Can't offer money, just your name in the credits, this is not a labor of profit.

PM me if interested, if you're great with photoshop or whatever but don't know how to skin models, I can link you to a crash course guide...

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #67 on: October 27, 2011, 11:08:03 am »
Out of intrest how quiet is liquid cooled? Fed up with the fan noise mine makes.
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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #68 on: October 27, 2011, 11:15:19 am »
Out of intrest how quiet is liquid cooled? Fed up with the fan noise mine makes.

Can't hear it at all.  I don't have my graphics card on the loop so I hear it, and I still hear my case fans barely, but mainly because they're AP-15's and I keep them running constant at 60%, but I never hear my pump.  Believe it or not, I hear air bubbles going through the radiator more than the entire machine when I tip it for whatever reason.

Kit I use is the RASA 750 rs240, btw.

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Re: The PC Gaming Thread
« Reply #69 on: October 27, 2011, 05:35:43 pm »
Total £648 if I buy the parts separately, £688 if I buy the first 4 parts bundled with an overclock to 4.40GHz from Overclockers.co.uk. Is it worth the extra £40? I'll be playing Rage, Dead Island, Battlefield 3 etc.
Unless you fancy doing it yourself then yes, I would say so. But then I've got an overclockers machine. The kind of games your talking about are very GPU intensive, and the extra oomph from the CPU will be very useful.
It's stupidly easy to OC the CPU's these days, the only tedious part is the 12 to 24 hour burn in tests to see if the system is stable.  Still if you don't want the hassle it's better to just drop the 40 bucks and let em do it.  Also get a 1920x1080 monitor, that rig displaying at 1650x1050 is like buying a Ferrari and only driving it to the corner store.
Or this, and he's bang on about the monitor. It's absolutely pointless buying a toppish-end rig and running it at 1650x1080, my old dual-core Dell machine from, what, 5 or 6 years ago, which was middish range back then, can still run most modern games on low to mid settings at that resolution.

Plus for the first few months you have it it will be utterly fucking awesome.

I highly recommend Hanns G - definitely not the best picture quality (not that I think you'd notice, I couldn't notice anything different unless I put it beside a pin-sharp monitor) - I got 28 inches (phwoar) at 1900x1200 for, what, £280 or so? That was two years ago and they've got nicer models out now. It's hard to argue with a 28" monitor at around the average price of a 24" monitor.

If you can run the high resolutions, the big screen will also make the most obvious, impactful difference compared to what you used to have - it's certainly what I noticed the most, far more than any fancy anti-aliasing or bloom etc etc type effects. Those things certainly add up to more beauty, but a big, fuck off goddamn massive screen is unbeatable for insta-wow factor. It will also make other geeks and even non-geeks mildly envious and sexually attracted to you.*

*This last claim should be treated with caution. It may be due to my cat** periodically spraying my screen with it's hormones.

**I don't actually have a cat. It's actually me who does the spraying***.

***Not really.
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« Reply #70 on: October 27, 2011, 05:43:55 pm »
Guys, let me know on the Steam group if you're happy to admin. I don't need any sort of commitment, it just gives you the power to arrange events and that sort of thing, there's no way I'm going to be on it enough to do all that stuff myself.

Oh, and I notice Battle-fucking-field three is out today, just saw it in the shop. Wouldn't have bothered pre-ordering it off Amazon if I knew it was coming out a day earlier at only £5 more in shops.

Though that said, I dislike the local game shop, I don't have time to play it today anyway, so really I'm just moaning about nothing, probably because I'm a bell-end. Oh well, you live and learn.

Anyone play Lineage II?
Never heard of it, what's it like?
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« Reply #71 on: October 27, 2011, 06:51:33 pm »
Just checked my pre-order off Amazon as well, and it's still saying "dispatching soon."
If it still says that tomorrow, I'm going to cancel the order. Pricks.
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« Reply #72 on: October 27, 2011, 07:25:37 pm »
steam halloween sale started today

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/scary_sale_2011
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« Reply #73 on: October 27, 2011, 07:34:56 pm »
steam halloween sale started today

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/scary_sale_2011

I was scrolling through that and noticed "Train simulator 2012 - Trains vs Zombies".. that is one title I would never have predicted

Nice one for setting up the steam group hesbighesred. I'm Manny Calavera..must install TF2 again to join some of you. I haven't played it for about a year now.
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« Reply #74 on: October 27, 2011, 07:52:02 pm »
Some good games on that Steam sale. 

It's a pretty old game but if you're into RPG's at all you should pickup Vampire TM: Bloodlines.  Resident Evil 5 and Devil May Cry 4 are also very good PC ports.

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« Reply #75 on: October 27, 2011, 08:00:26 pm »
Ding-dong.

Steamgroup joined.
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« Reply #76 on: October 27, 2011, 08:08:09 pm »
Just checked my pre-order off Amazon as well, and it's still saying "dispatching soon."
If it still says that tomorrow, I'm going to cancel the order. Pricks.
Let's get together and set fire to the warehouse too, oh, oh, and piss on their mother's corpses.

That'll learn 'em. Pricks.

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« Reply #77 on: October 27, 2011, 08:08:37 pm »
Never heard of it, what's it like?
Addictive as hell :)
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« Reply #78 on: October 27, 2011, 08:20:04 pm »
Addictive as hell :)
hehehe. I might check it out.

We'll have to do a 'my top 10 games of all time' list in a bit, though I can't be arsed now, hehe. :P
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« Reply #79 on: October 27, 2011, 08:21:08 pm »
do i win "gave the most money to steam" award, with my 183 games :)
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