Holiday soundtrack for one particularly memorable break. Nice to revisit.
Sniper Elite 5. I played V2 way back and fancied an updated experience. Going reasonably well so far and that x-ray cam experience remains gnarly.
Half-Life was my introduction to FPS gaming; I loved every game in the series that I had the pleasure to play - Half-Life, Opposing Force, Blue Shift and Half-Life 2 (Lost Coast, Episode One, Episode 2). I never got round to playing Alyx; I didn’t have hardware that would cope!
Half-Life also spawned the CounterStrike series; I sank way to many hours into them.
My favourite game remains the original; I enjoyed the narrative and the occasional puzzle. I purchased the upgraded graphics pack (which also fixed a few glitches) and prefer the original with this pack to the remastered version of the game (Half-Life: Source).
Things have changed a lot.
And you’re probably right about the crypto thing; if my defection had happened in ‘10 - ‘11 due to price increases that would have been more crypto and less financial crisis. Memory blurs a little.
You used to need to upgrade … every year or two
That’s what took me out of PC gaming; that and a price increase (possibly crypto related, possibly financial crash related).
I’ve got my eyes on AC Mirage.
Super helpful; also thanks for the channel recommendation.
I’ve never actually tried VR; a friend has offered to let me try their console VR at the end of the week so I’ll be taking notes.
I’ve certainly been tempted by pre-build (thank you for the link) but with parts costs (gradually) coming down some are becoming less competitive.
Thank you for the link; will take a look at that as well.
Sorry, I should have specified; I already have the 4K monitor that I would like to use.
The above build (with a suitable NZXT H7 case) can be built for around £3,800; such a generous budget might be doable but deep down I know this build is over the top and that I cannot really justify ploughing that much into something like this. Thank you for the PCPartPicker recommendation; I will try that.
I have little doubt that the above setup is overkill for my purposes. My difficulty is that I am so far behind and out of date in my knowledge of what constitutes a decent baseline specification that I am having to approach this from a position of embarrassed ignorance.
A couple of folks have recommended PCPartPicker so I will give that a go.
TBM are pretty neat. I wouldn’t let my post hold you back from posting your preferred track!
They posted this little history; amazing to have come this far (and still going) but the talent was always there it seems.
It’s on the tip of my tongue; there was a whole series of ghost pirate themed “hidden object” point and click puzzle games. I’ll update the post when it comes back.
Edit: Nightmares of the Deep
I found out about her through the trailer of a video game years ago; ended up listening to a lot of her music.
The video game trailer was for The Witness.
They tried to sell me a game and I bought the music instead.
Bought the game more recently and found that was pretty good too; I like puzzles and don’t mind the repetition.
Your work and effort is very much appreciated. I had noticed the live version thing (I’d posted Burn by The Cure as a rare live performance) but having the studio recording is enough - those who want to see how a track might have sounded live will be able to find it (e.g. for some of the Alestorm tracks that have been shared recently, there is a very good live mix available under their label on YouTube).
Not being able to access all music via just one streaming provider seems to be a feature of the services these days. Sad and frustrating, but it doesn’t detract from the value and quality of this playlist.
Thanks again.
I think much of Geocities remained accessible until 2013/2014 before going completely (apart from Japan 2019 or so).