Kow wrote:

Paradise Killer is overwhelmingly nuts. How long before it makes some sense?

It never stops being overwhelmingly nuts, but it makes sense in its own way.

Aye. It's also on ps+ and gamepass atm. A cunning move with a sequel coming... but I do wish there was less clumping

May I have Cepheus Protocol pls?

Ta muchly.

Wariospeedwagon wrote:

I don't suppose anyone's tried Cruelty Squad?   Currently on sale.  Overwhelmingly Positive on steam.  It looks... a little garish.  Is it like when people pretended to enjoy a Garfeld racing game on Steam a couple of years ago?  I'll do some research.

Gman (not our one) has a video on this, your post reminded me to watch it, which I have just done:



Looks... interesting. Not sure I could stomach the aesthetic for long, but certainly sounds unique. Civvie has a video on it too but it's way longer and I can't be bothered to watch it.

Remember me moaning a while back about w10 instability due to w10 updates causing screen issues on my laptop?
Well yeah, some of the updates probably did cause bsod's. Also, I was an idiot testing faulty batteries (didn't know at the time) which in hindsight somehow left trace static residue on the motherboard if that makes any sense. The result is: you guessed it : garbled screen output, random screen flicker and the pc occasionally bsod-ing. The symptoms even persisted when booting into linux/clean w10 installs which confused the fuck out of me at the time. I assumed  my pc was dying and in dire need of a repaste. The repaste worked of course but not because of the repaste. The real thing that fixed it was me getting rid of the static when touching the motherboard (duh) while getting at the pc innards.

Solution: get rid of the residue static by touching the motherboard while earthed and the pc switched off. Worked the first time and worked the second time as well. Fuck me, I'm an idiot etc....

hunk wrote:

Remember me moaning a while back about w10 instability due to w10 updates causing screen issues on my laptop? Well yeah, some of the updates probably did cause bsod's. Also, I was an idiot testing faulty batteries (didn't know at the time) which in hindsight somehow left trace static residue on the motherboard if that makes any sense. The result is: you guessed it : garbled screen output, random screen flicker and the pc occasionally bsod-ing. The symptoms even persisted when booting into linux/clean w10 installs which confused the fuck out of me at the time. I assumed  my pc was dying and in dire need of a repaste. The repaste worked of course but not because of the repaste. The real thing that fixed it was me getting rid of the static when touching the motherboard (duh) while getting at the pc innards. Solution: get rid of the residue static by touching the motherboard while earthed and the pc switched off. Worked the first time and worked the second time as well. Fuck me, I'm an idiot etc....

Final update.
I'm officially a massive idiot. I was re-researching the w10 bsod flicker bug and decided to check which apps or drivers were likely effecting/causing it as I didn't like the idea of constant bsod's frying my hw. It turns out it was a legacy win7 touchpad driver which somehow caused the screen to flicker randomly. Uninstalled it and went with the default generic ms touchpad driver and no flicker/bsod for the last seven days. You lose multitouch and gesture support, alas. W10 runs stable now tho which is what matters most. So, if you're on a w10 laptop experiencing random screen flicker, check your drivers and see if getting rid of your legacy ones solves the issue.

End of rant.

Any monitor recommendations, chaps? Looking for something that can double up as a TV too, I think, even if just by using a fire stick. Probably 27"? Maybe up to 32? Need to check how that feels.

Is 32 a bit mental at a desk? I could easily be sold on a 32...

n0face wrote:

I use a 55 inch TV at a desk. It is a bit big but I like it

Yeah basically this. I can't go above 40" on my desk because of the speakers but that is exactly where I want to end up, in time. If someone created a great 37-40" OLED monitor I would be glad to spend silly amounts of money on it.

It will, of course, depend on the desk. But 32" works on just about anything. And after that you will wonder how you ever thought 27" was enough. I wouldn't go below 1440p, though, if you're going the 32" route. Otherwise pixel density is likely to be an issue.

This is if you're aiming for a single monitor. If you're multi-monitoring, then - well - the situation and configuration need will be different.

tigersgogrrr wrote:

Surely that's just mental. Can you even take in what is going on?!

4k tv works quite well as a massive monitor and when I play games I lean back in my chair and it's great.

I have more humble keys too fml

But if I cancel and then they have a good month, it'll cost me twice as much! I do pause it quite often, mind...

Yeah it’s not an argument or anything, just noticing that between Humble and Game Pass I find myself not touching anything in the former service. Some of it goes to charity though, which is grand.