Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....

https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:
> Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....

> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

Wow. Let's see a PC setup version for us PC gamers. ;)
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, DMP
wrote:

>Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>
>
>https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

yes. yes! SELL your soul to Mario. Mario is life. Mario is all.

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On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 6:39:55 AM UTC-8, DMP wrote:
> Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>
>
> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

I think I'd have a hard time using those giant switch controllers
Also they suck and are ugly, I wouldn't want to display those
next to my TV/monitor. The rest of the setup is kind of neat,
but if I were doing it proper I'd have everything hooked up
on some kind of switch if possible so I didn't have to plug/
unplug everything.

Besides PC Master Race. /i

- Justisaur

On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:

>Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>
>
>https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

(summary: animated gif showing a flat-screen TV mounted on wall, with
extending side-panels on either side shapped to look like Nintendo
Switch that hide a variety of video game consoles and gamepads within)

This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
gadget addict.

We video-game addicts don't need stuff like that. That's money better
spent on more video games. ;-)

On 17/01/2023 14:39, DMP wrote:
> Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>
>
> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

Part of me says that's cool and part of me says that's just so sad!

>> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x
> Part of me says that's cool and part of me says that's just so sad!

What's sad is how small the screen is for how far away he's sitting....

rms

On Wed, 18 Jan 2023 10:16:04 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

>On 17/01/2023 14:39, DMP wrote:
>> Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>>
>>
>> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x
>
>Part of me says that's cool and part of me says that's just so sad!

And part of me says, 'I can't imagine sitting so far away from the
screen' (although that's probably more a defect of the camera work
than actual distance). But I'm sorta spoiled, I guess from using a
big-screen TV as a computer monitor.*

* and failing eyesight ;-P

Justisaur <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, January 17, 2023 at 6:39:55 AM UTC-8, DMP wrote:
> > Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
> >
> >
> > https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

> I think I'd have a hard time using those giant switch controllers
> Also they suck and are ugly, I wouldn't want to display those
> next to my TV/monitor. The rest of the setup is kind of neat,
> but if I were doing it proper I'd have everything hooked up
> on some kind of switch if possible so I didn't have to plug/
> unplug everything.

> Besides PC Master Race. /i

For me, I have disabilities and use controllers in mid air. I prefer big
clicky (Model M ;)) simple (PC104) keyboards and basic mouses. :)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:

> >Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
> >
> >
> >https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

> (summary: animated gif showing a flat-screen TV mounted on wall, with
> extending side-panels on either side shapped to look like Nintendo
> Switch that hide a variety of video game consoles and gamepads within)

> This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
> gadget addict.

> We video-game addicts don't need stuff like that. That's money better
> spent on more video games. ;-)

Well, hardwares. That part is expensive! ;)
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On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:

>Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>
>
>https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x

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On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 11:29:04 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
>gadget addict.

I'm a video game addict and I did not care one bit about what was
shown in this video so I tend to agree with you.

On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:08:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> >Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>> >
>> >
>> >https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x
>
>> (summary: animated gif showing a flat-screen TV mounted on wall, with
>> extending side-panels on either side shapped to look like Nintendo
>> Switch that hide a variety of video game consoles and gamepads within)
>
>> This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
>> gadget addict.
>
>> We video-game addicts don't need stuff like that. That's money better
>> spent on more video games. ;-)
>
>Well, hardwares. That part is expensive! ;)

Bah, a real addict plays on a potato PC if we have to. Just because
it's not a /good/ hit doesn't mean it isn't a hit. Gaming at three
frames per second is still gaming ;-)

On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:47:45 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:08:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>
>>Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> >Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x
>>
>>> (summary: animated gif showing a flat-screen TV mounted on wall, with
>>> extending side-panels on either side shapped to look like Nintendo
>>> Switch that hide a variety of video game consoles and gamepads within)
>>
>>> This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
>>> gadget addict.
>>
>>> We video-game addicts don't need stuff like that. That's money better
>>> spent on more video games. ;-)
>>
>>Well, hardwares. That part is expensive! ;)
>
>Bah, a real addict plays on a potato PC if we have to. Just because
>it's not a /good/ hit doesn't mean it isn't a hit. Gaming at three
>frames per second is still gaming ;-)
>
Oooh! Oooh! Turtle in Quake on a 486DX. Yes!

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On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:13:31 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:47:45 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>>Bah, a real addict plays on a potato PC if we have to. Just because
>>it's not a /good/ hit doesn't mean it isn't a hit. Gaming at three
>>frames per second is still gaming ;-)

>Oooh! Oooh! Turtle in Quake on a 486DX. Yes!

Been there, done that. I remember running Quake on my 486/33. To say
it was slow would be an understatement. I think my /high/ was 5FPS. I
tried playing the game that way, but I don't recall that I got very
far (like, not further than the opening map where you select
difficulty levels)

Later I got a Pentium 100. My framerates went up to a whopping 10fps
average; amazing! And surprisingly playable.

But Quake didn't become /enjoyable/ until I added a 3DFX card (with a
whopping 6MB of video RAM). Silky smooth framerates at an unbelievable
640x480 resolution. Would technology ever get more impressive than
that? ;-)

All of which may explain why I have little tolerance for people
bitching about not being able to get 120fps in their games nowadays.
;-)

On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 11:26:37 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:13:31 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>>On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 10:47:45 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
>>Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
>>>Bah, a real addict plays on a potato PC if we have to. Just because
>>>it's not a /good/ hit doesn't mean it isn't a hit. Gaming at three
>>>frames per second is still gaming ;-)
>
>>Oooh! Oooh! Turtle in Quake on a 486DX. Yes!
>
>Been there, done that. I remember running Quake on my 486/33. To say
>it was slow would be an understatement. I think my /high/ was 5FPS. I
>tried playing the game that way, but I don't recall that I got very
>far (like, not further than the opening map where you select
>difficulty levels)
>
Same. My first PC was a Dell 486DX 33. I think I eventually put an AMD
DX100 in the thing. Didn't help much.

Ah, the days of passive cooling for the CPU. The heat sink on the DX100
was silly, but still passive.

>Later I got a Pentium 100. My framerates went up to a whopping 10fps
>average; amazing! And surprisingly playable.
>
>But Quake didn't become /enjoyable/ until I added a 3DFX card (with a
>whopping 6MB of video RAM). Silky smooth framerates at an unbelievable
>640x480 resolution. Would technology ever get more impressive than
>that? ;-)
>
Oh, I remember the 3dfx MiniGL OpenGL driver. Quake instruction set only.
I think I used it for Half-Life at the time. Good times. 3DFX finally
came out with a full ICD when I had my Voodoo Banshee, IIRC. It played
Quake 3, though I used it for Heavy Metal FAKK and American McGee's Alice
at the time.

Yeet. Driver nostalgia.

>All of which may explain why I have little tolerance for people
>bitching about not being able to get 120fps in their games nowadays.
>;-)
>
Are you kidding? The new hotness is 576Hz refresh. ;^P

https://www.digitalview.com/blog/vesa-display-performance-certification/

I have a 20-something gamer friend. To quote him, "All you need is 60
fps." Anything higher is only of use to a competitive shooter player or
someone having a d__ measuring contest.

I have my card capped at 75 fps these days, and all I'm noticing is that
the card runs at a lower clock speed with less heat generation.

But if you have those 50ms twitch skills, you need those frames. That and
about 14 120mm fans in your case.

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On 1/19/2023 7:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:08:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>
>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x
>>
>>> (summary: animated gif showing a flat-screen TV mounted on wall, with
>>> extending side-panels on either side shapped to look like Nintendo
>>> Switch that hide a variety of video game consoles and gamepads within)
>>
>>> This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
>>> gadget addict.
>>
>>> We video-game addicts don't need stuff like that. That's money better
>>> spent on more video games. ;-)
>>
>> Well, hardwares. That part is expensive! ;)
>
> Bah, a real addict plays on a potato PC if we have to. Just because
> it's not a /good/ hit doesn't mean it isn't a hit. Gaming at three
> frames per second is still gaming ;-)
>
Chess works just fine at 1 frame per second!

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On 19/01/2023 16:46, Zaghadka wrote:
> I have a 20-something gamer friend. To quote him, "All you need is 60
> fps." Anything higher is only of use to a competitive shooter player or
> someone having a d__ measuring contest.
>
> I have my card capped at 75 fps these days, and all I'm noticing is that
> the card runs at a lower clock speed with less heat generation.
>
> But if you have those 50ms twitch skills, you need those frames. That and
> about 14 120mm fans in your case.

The whole framerate thing seems to quite divide people into to the you
must have 100FPS+ and it doesn't really matter. Personally it's only
when you get into to the 20's that I think I really start noticing
although part of that is I don't tend to play the type of games that
require a high frame rate.

The more important part is having a consistent framerate.

On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:13:35 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
wrote:

>On 19/01/2023 16:46, Zaghadka wrote:
>> I have a 20-something gamer friend. To quote him, "All you need is 60
>> fps." Anything higher is only of use to a competitive shooter player or
>> someone having a d__ measuring contest.
>>
>> I have my card capped at 75 fps these days, and all I'm noticing is that
>> the card runs at a lower clock speed with less heat generation.
>>
>> But if you have those 50ms twitch skills, you need those frames. That and
>> about 14 120mm fans in your case.
>
>The whole framerate thing seems to quite divide people into to the you
>must have 100FPS+ and it doesn't really matter. Personally it's only
>when you get into to the 20's that I think I really start noticing
>although part of that is I don't tend to play the type of games that
>require a high frame rate.
>
>The more important part is having a consistent framerate.

^This

Which is what capping gets me. Wish I had done it years ago, but was
snowed by the moar frames (!!!) marketing line.

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On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:08:11 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Dimensional Traveler wrote:

>On 1/19/2023 7:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:08:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>>
>>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x
>>>
>>>> (summary: animated gif showing a flat-screen TV mounted on wall, with
>>>> extending side-panels on either side shapped to look like Nintendo
>>>> Switch that hide a variety of video game consoles and gamepads within)
>>>
>>>> This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
>>>> gadget addict.
>>>
>>>> We video-game addicts don't need stuff like that. That's money better
>>>> spent on more video games. ;-)
>>>
>>> Well, hardwares. That part is expensive! ;)
>>
>> Bah, a real addict plays on a potato PC if we have to. Just because
>> it's not a /good/ hit doesn't mean it isn't a hit. Gaming at three
>> frames per second is still gaming ;-)
>>
>Chess works just fine at 1 frame per second!

What's the name of this newsgroup again? Lol

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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:13:35 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
> wrote:

> >On 19/01/2023 16:46, Zaghadka wrote:
> >> I have a 20-something gamer friend. To quote him, "All you need is 60
> >> fps." Anything higher is only of use to a competitive shooter player or
> >> someone having a d__ measuring contest.
> >>
> >> I have my card capped at 75 fps these days, and all I'm noticing is that
> >> the card runs at a lower clock speed with less heat generation.
> >>
> >> But if you have those 50ms twitch skills, you need those frames. That and
> >> about 14 120mm fans in your case.
> >
> >The whole framerate thing seems to quite divide people into to the you
> >must have 100FPS+ and it doesn't really matter. Personally it's only
> >when you get into to the 20's that I think I really start noticing
> >although part of that is I don't tend to play the type of games that
> >require a high frame rate.
> >
> >The more important part is having a consistent framerate.

> ^This

> Which is what capping gets me. Wish I had done it years ago, but was
> snowed by the moar frames (!!!) marketing line.

I'm OK with 30 FPS. LOL.
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Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:08:11 -0800, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
> Dimensional Traveler wrote:

> >On 1/19/2023 7:47 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> >> On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 04:08:39 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> >>
> >>> Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 09:39:52 -0500, DMP <mungemaid@nospam.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>> Couldn't believe this when I saw it.....
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://imgur.com/gallery/EbrNM1x
> >>>
> >>>> (summary: animated gif showing a flat-screen TV mounted on wall, with
> >>>> extending side-panels on either side shapped to look like Nintendo
> >>>> Switch that hide a variety of video game consoles and gamepads within)
> >>>
> >>>> This looks less like the work of a video-game addict and more like a
> >>>> gadget addict.
> >>>
> >>>> We video-game addicts don't need stuff like that. That's money better
> >>>> spent on more video games. ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Well, hardwares. That part is expensive! ;)
> >>
> >> Bah, a real addict plays on a potato PC if we have to. Just because
> >> it's not a /good/ hit doesn't mean it isn't a hit. Gaming at three
> >> frames per second is still gaming ;-)
> >>
> >Chess works just fine at 1 frame per second!

> What's the name of this newsgroup again? Lol

We need an action based chess! I wonder if it exists. :P Actually,
American McGee's Alice games had chess elements.
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:24:15 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 11:13:35 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, JAB
>> wrote:

>> >The whole framerate thing seems to quite divide people into to the you
>> >must have 100FPS+ and it doesn't really matter. Personally it's only
>> >when you get into to the 20's that I think I really start noticing
>> >although part of that is I don't tend to play the type of games that
>> >require a high frame rate.
>> >
>> >The more important part is having a consistent framerate.

Damn straight. Once your eye gets used to a framerate, you only notice
its deficincies if it suddenly goes up or down. And you're more likely
to notice that happening if you chase after the highest frame-rates.

>I'm OK with 30 FPS. LOL.

Me too. One of the advantages of aging is that the eye is easier to
trick. And - while I'd notice it - I can tolerate 15fps. Or even
lower, depending on what type of game I'm playing (10fps might be hard
on a 3D FPS game, where each frame could equal 30+ degrees of
movement, but with a fixed-camera platformer? It's doable. Just ask
those hundreds of DOS games I've played ;-).

On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:25:06 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

>We need an action based chess! I wonder if it exists. :P Actually,
>American McGee's Alice games had chess elements.

"BattleChess" (and its endless remakes and knock-offs)!

I was personally always fondest of Quess, a mod that merged Quake and
chess. The fiends were the knights* and watching them leap across the
board and tear into their victims was always fun. Alas, it was
multiplayer only, as it had no AI engine to play against. Still fun,
though.

"Battle vs Chess" seems to be the most modern take on the
"Battlechess" idea.

* translation for those only passing familiarity with either game: the
leaping demon monsters in Quake were the horsie-pieces in chess

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 18:25:06 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

> >We need an action based chess! I wonder if it exists. :P Actually,
> >American McGee's Alice games had chess elements.

> "BattleChess" (and its endless remakes and knock-offs)!

Is that really considered an action game? Sure, it had neat animations.
It's still a turned based strategy game. :P

> I was personally always fondest of Quess, a mod that merged Quake and
> chess. The fiends were the knights* and watching them leap across the
> board and tear into their victims was always fun. Alas, it was
> multiplayer only, as it had no AI engine to play against. Still fun,
> though.

Ha, I remember that Quake 1 mod!

> "Battle vs Chess" seems to be the most modern take on the
> "Battlechess" idea.

> * translation for those only passing familiarity with either game: the
> leaping demon monsters in Quake were the horsie-pieces in chess

:)
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