The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Gaming

Been playing a new old game of the Serious Sam variety.

I’ve recently been playing Serious Sam Classics: Revolution. And I have to say that even though it’s in early access it’s seriously fun. Basically imagine the original First Encounter and Second Encounters merged together, then add extra content and Steam workshop: You have the ultimate classic serious FPS.

Here’s a screenshot of me playing in survival mode.

Yeah, they added survival mode to a not HD version of the game. It’s seriously awesome! I always liked the trippy level designs of the original games and felt it was lacking in the newer versions. I’m not sure if it’s something they took out in the newer games or if it’s just something no one has utilized. But playing that space ball map was fun. It’ll be interesting seeing how this game rolls out when it nears completion. I suggest getting this (and the other Serious Sam games if you’re looking for a “serious” FPS to play).

Computing

A backwards upgrade is on the rise.

Well, I’m finally going to get my hands on an Intel Xeon Processor and an ASRock X58 Extreme. Yes, I’m going backwards a bit to get better performance. It feels a little weird but for the cost it’s well worth the upgrade to six cores. I could have gone with an ASRock Extreme 6 setup with an Ivy Bridge based Xeon, but the cost wouldn’t have been worth it for what… a 10 frame increase in performance? No thanks. For a little under $300 this is an excellent performance upgrade.

So in a few days I should get my new parts, and my R9 290 should be returning from MSI around the same time. Can’t wait to get rid of this unstable mobo and game with a six core Xeon.

Computing

My motherboard needs viagra.

Well, it appears my motherboard is getting more and more sick. Every night when I get home from work and turn the system on I’m finding that I have to restart it multiple times before finally making it into windows. I’m also having to let it idle in safemode for 10 to 15 minutes so it gets warm enough to restart and go in properly (lol I guess the R9 290 was keeping it just warm enough to not crash 😛 ). The amount of restarts seems to increase every time I go to turn it on. If this keeps up I might have to use my laptop for awhile until I can find what I’m looking for. So far x58 with a good Xeon hexacore processor seems to be the best solution for price and performance.

This is still a major piss off since I only got the motherboard off NewEgg last winter. :shakes fist disapprovingly:

All in an Overlord's day / Work

KABOOM!

So lunch time finally happens. I take my laptop downstairs and plugin at the cafe, which was then followed by a nice well sized electrical spark. I looked to see if my laptop shorted or if my power supply exploded but it seems the damage was done inside the outlet. It was a bit of a surprise and luckily I didn’t get hurt as well as my equipment.

Hopefully something gets done about it. Leaving it like is just begging for someone to sue you.

Work

The calm before the storm

It has been ghostly dead at work the last few days I’ve been in. I’m noticing a trend that as it gets closer to the end of the month fewer people come in. Obviously people are running out of money, in fact I imagine Wal-Mart will have an even worse turn out as they’ve been noticing far worse trends. This will change when the first of the month arrives, and people get their govt checks, foodstamps, retirement money, and stomp our asses on Geriatric Tuesday.

Murica’, fuck yeah.

Food/Drink / Gaming

Open Thread

I was going to work on some footage, but figured since I only had one day with not much to do I’d just troll teh interwebz and chill with friends. I’ve been playing Drunken Robot Pornography which is super addicting. Actually all the indie games I got lately have been addicting now that I think about it. 😛

Made my Hungarian dishes with much success. The tomato and sausage stew turned out nicely, and the cherry dessert soup was nice as well. Basically it’s tart cherries in a light homemade syrup (sugar, water, cinnamon and arrowroot) mixed with some wine and cream and served chilled. Soooo good.

I still have some of my rice dish left, so I’ll bring that to work today with some salad. I made some honey sriracha dressing to top it, plus some green pepper and pineapple to top the leaves. And for my daily tea I have green tea with spring cherry blossoms. I’d say I’m good to go. 😀

Food/Drink / Work

The foods that keep me going

I got lucky. Someone switched a day off with me due to some plans they have. So I won’t have to work 10 9 hour work days straight! My days are split but at least I get a short break. I’ve done a good job bringing my lunches regularly and not forgetting to make anything. For most of the week I brought salads and some Mexican rice. For my “Friday” I’m bringing a nice big slice of pizza. Because FPS and pizza go hand in hand. Just ask anyone who has ever been to a LAN party.

I’m thinking for next week I’ll make a Hungarian dish. I’ve been reading one of my European cookbooks to try and come up with something different. One of the things I found was a recipe that mainly consisted of a homemade tomato sauced kind of stew with sausage and seasoned with sweet Hungarian paprika, then topped with an egg. There’s also a recipe for a cold cherry soup (which is more of a wine punch) that I’ll make during my off time. I still have some leftover rice though, so maybe I’ll make some soup with it and some vegetables I have lying around.

Oh, and as if I haven’t talked about food enough I tried some watermelon hibiscus tea tonight. I thought it was delicious. Not enough to order online but as a free sample I found it to be quite refreshing. My tea for bed tonight consists of green tea and delicious dried cherries. I really like this and the green tea blueberry one. Hopefully my refill for it will arrive soon. I’m already running low. 😛

All in an Overlord's day / Work

Taking it easy.

I haven’t had proper sleep the last two nights, today when I looked at my reflection in my laptop I could tell I looked very corpse like. The first thing I’ve been doing when I get home every night is making dinner, putting some tea on, taking a shower, doing a little gaming, packing a lunch and getting my clothes and other stuff ready for the next day. I think the playing can wait until tomorrow at least (I did a bit during lunch anyway). Need to catch up on some Z’s so I can actually function properly in a game. 😛

It also looks like I’ll be getting full shifts for another two weeks too! So I still won’t be around as much but at least I’ll be making an extra bit of cash which is always good. People can also take a good break from me in the meantime. Unless they’re reading these posts, then they’re just nuts.

Are you fucking serious? / Gaming

Wow, talk about a sore loser.

Have you ever been so pissed off at losing a multiplayer game that you call in a SWAT team? You should probably have your computer/console taken away…

Long Island police dispatched helicopters, emergency vehicles and an army of cops to a home where someone called in a bloody rampage on Tuesday.

They arrived with guns drawn and ready for war — only to find out the call to cops was an act of revenge by a gamer whom the teen who lives inside had just beaten in an online Call of Duty battle.

Amazing what happens when you let children do whatever they want.

Computing / Gaming

So I guess I’ll be going extreme.

After taking out my video card I got rid of the black screen issue. I’ll be doing an RMA on the card so I can get a new one (hopefully one with some nice shiny hynix). I still have an issue at startup though where it locks up and makes a high pitched scream through my speakers. Pressing reset doesn’t work either when this happens. I’m thinking the motherboard might have some issues with it. One of the things it likes to do when it restarts is verify the RAID over and over again. Which is strange because the stuff I have isn’t on the operating system. It’s weird.

Since I have my tax rebate though I’m thinking about just upgrading to a hex-core processor and an extreme series motherboard. I mean I already have the R9 290. I might as well go complete balls to the wall insane. Well, maybe not insane. If I was insane I’d go with the newly released R9 295X2 which is basically 2 cards in one with a slightly higher clock speed. I’m happy with just the 4 gigs… For now. 😛

On another note I got another present from my evil friend Yutram (I’m only responsible for 50% of the evil). Hentai Octodad Dadliest. That game is much more difficult than I thought it would be. Can’t wait to check out what people created for it in workshop. 😛