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• Half-Life 2 gets official Oculus Rift support

• silentbob 11/05/2013

  @TheApologist The opening chase sequence is heart stopping I can tell you. :) Reply +1

• silentbob 11/05/2013

  @Melonfodder It's much better as you're missing out on the FOV surrounding lenses that fill encompass your peripheral vision.
  
  Check out out site www.roadtovr.com for some informed, up to date coverage . Reply +4

• silentbob 11/05/2013

  Also Dishonored support is provided by Vireio open source injection drivers which can be found here:
  
  http://vire.io
  
  ..and nothing to do with the user that posted the video. Reply +4

• silentbob 11/05/2013

  Cymatic Bruce's video isn't the official Valve Half-Life 2 Oculus Support - it's a video of a mod that was posted ages ago. Reply +7

• Team Fortress 2 played on omnidirectional treadmill and Oculus Rift

• silentbob 21/04/2013

  @persus-9 Check out our article which explains it all:
  http://www.roadtovr.com/2013/04/16/virtuix-omni-kickstarter-omnidirectional-treadmill-4906/2
  
  ..also, never thought one day my site would be covered by Eurogamer. ;) Reply +1

• Saturday Soapbox: Stop Motion

• silentbob 20/10/2012

  Called it. Reply 0

• Oculus Rift impressions: It's amazing until it makes you want to hurl

• silentbob 06/09/2012

  As I'm a bit mental over the rift, I started a website some of you might be interested in: www.riftvr.com
  
  ..loads of stuff over there, including some thoughts on this article and the issues it raises. Reply 0

• Snazzy VR headset takes to Kickstarter with the Oculus Rift

• silentbob 01/08/2012

  $300 pledged! Small price to pay for something I've always been fascinated with. Jesus, even if it didn't take off I'd be happy tinkering in Doom 3 'til it broke!
  
  Very excited! Reply +6

• Blizzard addresses Diablo 3 account hacks, outlines security measures

• silentbob 22/05/2012

  They're basically calling the EG contact who had his account compromised a dopey little bitch with all the IT wherewithal of a gay sponge! Reply +1

• Always Online: What Diablo 3's Battle.net Does Wrong

• silentbob 18/05/2012

  @5h1nj1 And some people have difficulty in believing or understanding this game wouldn't work as an offline entity. I think connectivity is key to the way the system doles out rewards in-game and then balances other player's rewards based on this.
  
  Now, could they have developed and balanced a truly single player, disconnected experience, of course. I just think combined with the other factors anti-piracy, always available co-op) they felt it wasn't a compelling enough reason to spend development time on.
  
  I think my main point is, until Blizzard candidly respond to the question "What exactly is my Internet connection used for when playing single player?" a lot (not all) of criticisms and 'solutions' are completely pointless. Reply 0

• silentbob 18/05/2012

  I find articles filled with assertions based on technical assumptions pointless, especially when those people seem to have little in the way of technical nous.
  
  Further, I find articles using those assumptions to then assume a developer who has worked on a game for a decade hadn't perhaps considered the options available and have good and valid reasons for opting for choosing this route. A particularly crass example is the "Hey! Why not keep shit offline, dur!" statement which negates the particularly obvious problem of: "If it's offline, it's a file. If it's a file, people can get at it, If people can get at, they can hack it!".
  
  I personally that believing D3 is an offline game (or that indeed it would work as well if it was) is proceeding from a false assumption. I reckon the loot drops are key to why this is online only, not just DRM and not just the auction house itself.
  
  However, none of the above is an excuse for poor execution and aside from first day server clogging, there are fundamental issues with the way character data is stored on a per session basis. A random disconnection should not result in the loss of your loot for example, this is unforgivable.
  
  My 2p. I now await the rampant hordes of comment muppetry to smite me with their -2 sword of 'reason'. Reply 0

• PlayStation 4 codenamed Orbis, has anti-pre-owned system - report

• silentbob 28/03/2012

  The PS4 will apparently be capable of playing games at a resolution up to 4096x2160 ..

  Oh FFS, not this shit again!
  
  On Pre-owned software, why on earth do they not adopt a trade system, where you can transfer ownership to someone else that incurs a fee, a portion of which goes to the publisher? I'm sure there were rumours of such a system being developed for the Steam platform.
  
  Any other draconian attempts to stem the trade of games will increase the thirst for pirated software and mark the enforcer as anti-competitive. Neither of which is overly desirable for an ailing consumer electronics giant. Reply +9

• Sony HMZ-T1 Personal 3D Viewer Review

• silentbob 26/11/2011

  @JahB I think you may be missing the point. Reply 0

• Hardware Focus: Acer HN274H 3D Monitor

• silentbob 11/10/2011

  120Hz FTW! Beyond the usual GPU / CPU upgrades, it's been the most apparent upgrade I've made in the last 12 months.
  
  Seems the 3D crosstalk issues however are not to be eridicated any time soon. I shall wait until my dual 120Hz projector setup* arrives until really exporing 3D gaming in earnest.
  
  *Sometime after winning the lottery I don't play Reply 0

• Rage footage from Jackal Canyon

• silentbob 29/09/2011

  For want of a better turn of phrase, this looks "fucking immense"! The production design is stellar, the areas are clearly designed so that you can exercise your markmanship and the scripted events break up the action. That's without mentioning the fluid animation, the scale of some of the environment and the fact that they seem to have got vehicular combat 'right'.
  
  Want. Now. Reply +4

• Sony: 3D visor to "revolutionise" games

• silentbob 23/09/2011

  Also, want! Reply +1

• silentbob 23/09/2011

  "I prefer waiting for 3D without glasses instead"
  
  It is, by definition, without the glasses y'dumb shit! Reply 0

• Games coming to Google+ - report

• silentbob 24/07/2011

  On topic: even after all this time I'm still not sure what social networking is actually for or why people are so taken with it.
  Yes. It really is completely unfathomable that one. If only some key descriptive words were included to help you work it out. Reply -2

• Live Nintendo E3 press conference

• silentbob 07/06/2011

  He totally does look like a fat Ponch from CHiPs Reply 0

• Live Sony E3 PlayStation Conference

• silentbob 07/06/2011

  I cooome frooom the Iceland. Reply 0

• silentbob 07/06/2011

  Greasy, sqeuaky Joe Pesci is creeping me out too. Reply 0

• silentbob 07/06/2011

  BORED! Reply 0

• silentbob 07/06/2011

  I'm thinking, the Doctor from ER that died of cancer.
  
  amirite? Reply 0

• silentbob 07/06/2011

  Fuck me those celeb endorsements are excruciating. Reply 0

• silentbob 07/06/2011

  As in the tedious, 2.5D platformer? Really? Reply 0