Looks like Valve has another sentry gun! The TF2 one that was given to them a couple years ago won’t be lonely at least.
Well, today is a good day to have off.
All the fun gaming stuff seems to happen when I either have a 3 day weekend or a vacation. During the last two vacations I had awesome stuff happened in TF2 (meet the pyro, the release of SFM, MvM). I have another 3 day weekend to burn now, and part of it looks like it will be related to Black Mesa Source! I wonder if I should record some gameplay from it for my pootube. I haven’t posted anything there in awhile.
Early Morning Open Thread
So I made the mouse a little heavier tonight and lowered the DPi for sniping purposes, seems to help me a bit with my trigger finger. The weight holder can hold up to 6 little weights. There are two sets, 1.7g and 4.5g. I decided to fill all the slots with the heavier type. Yeah I’m really enjoying this.
Also I had pizza tonight. It was nom.
The joy of Alt F4
My new coworkers now think I’m god. They had a program they couldn’t close (quality corporate programming at it’s finest) They let me look at it, pressed Alt F4. Bam, done. They wanted to know what sorcery I had to conjure in order to close the program. 😛
Another Early Morning Open Thread
Well, I managed to play some L4D with the new mouse. I feel a lot more accurate when picking out Special Infected. I also played a new map for a review I’ll be doing (still collecting footage). So far everything I have planned to review so far has been either funny or awesome… with just one ridiculous one.
I also played some Lara Croft and the guardian of light. The game is fun, but I always seem to have issues with some of the buttons. I feel like it would be less awkward to use a joystick or some kind of controller. Whenever I go to play I forget what certain buttons are, or I’ll always confuse alt and space… which makes jumping from one place to another rather interesting.
Black Mesa Source to be added to Steam
The people have spoken and Valve has delivered. People will be able to play Black Mesa Source through Steam in the near future!
Early Morning Open Thread
So far the Logitech G500 has been working out for me. I played some TF2 tonight with and without the weights. The reviews I read by people said they were difficult to insert into the mouse, of course I didn’t have a problem. Proving that most people are total morons. Anywho I played as a heavy tonight and felt immersed. I even spawned pumpkins out of it. :3
Won’t be bringing my laptop to work tomorrow as I won’t be getting a lunch. It’ll be a short shift due to an excessive cut of hours… Lovely stuff.
Steam’s Big Picture Mode: Aka AntiMetro
In case you haven’t heard (and you probably have) steam has a “big picture mode” for people using TV’s to game on.
So far it’s been very easy to understand. Unlike metro, it isn’t shoved in your face upon launch. Also the interface is pretty straight forward even for a beta. You can even type to your friends using a controller!
Not something I would use everyday (I game on a regular large monitor) but still a very nice option.
Overdue Open Tech Thread
So I’ve kinda been slacking off with my blogging because 1: Last night when I was in the mood I was drinking and got distracted, 2: Portal 2, 3: I had nothing to post about.
But today I do! I’ve been playing with my new Logitech G500 gaming mouse.
I’ve been playing with it a bit. Feels very comfortable. It has weights you can add to it but so far the mouse feels fine without the weights. I’m thinking of playing with the profiles later (make it so I can spawn supertanks with the press of a button.
The scrolling on the G500 is nice. You can go between smooth and classic “click in place” for web surfing. All in all I’ve been enjoying it.
On one final note, I completely topped out the RAM in my laptop. Now my portable gaming machine is fully maxed out.
Saturday Morning Open Thread
Today at work I managed to get plugged into power during my lunch break, so I was able to stick around a little longer. I chatted with one of my friends in mumble for awhile and even did some slight BSing on Steam.
Did some TF2 tonight but wasn’t really feeling up to it. I’ve been coming home exhausted just about everynight. Nothing to complain about, I put in a hard days night. It was extremely busy due to weekend traffic and women destroying fitting rooms.
Fun shit.