The native controller support is what I find enticing.
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figmentPez
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I suppose that depends on how far from your PC the TV you want to game on is.
figmentPez
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And then you have to run USB cables to get your game controllers working, and USB doesn't like being extended that far.
No, this is for a pair of transceivers placed at both ends of a Cat-5e cable of the desired length that multiplexes and extends both an HDMI 1080 signal AND a USB 2.0 (though only at up to USB 1.0 speeds - it’s for keyboards, not HDDs).
Here’s a link to one such device, there are many, many more.
—Patrick
Well, my computer is one floor up from the huge TV in the entertainment room. So, yes?
Though, I suppose I could buy some fish tape, run some wire through the wall of my computer room,
My math may be off, but I think $157.00 > $14.00 (link plus shipping)
Shipping ain't free, yo
I know. It just bumped it out of impulse purchase range for me.Shipping ain't free, yo
Nah, it’s not off. We just already had to solve this problem for a friend of mine who likes to game (on more than just Steam) after his wife has gone to bed BUT who didn’t want to move the computer back and forth to the other room every time.My math may be off, but I think $157.00 > $14.00 (link plus shipping)
—Patrick
Cat5 cable is dirt cheap, and can extend a pretty long way, whereas HDMI cables are expensive and require repeaters to boost the signal beyond a short range. Plus, being able to connect controllers to the steam link box (be it through usb or wirelessly through bluetooth) is a lot more convenient when using them in another room than the pc is in.
And if you have a really bonkers fast wifi setup, you can do it wirelessly through that.
It seems I approached this from a different angle.
I live in a one bedroom apartment.
The computer and TV cannot help being near each other.
But the controller aspect is nice for some games.
I live in a one bedroom apartment.
The computer and TV cannot help being near each other.But the controller aspect is nice for some games.
I enjoy it, it's a more customizable Roller Coaster Tycoon, and they release free updates still.
Also, the workshop has SO MANY CONTRIBUTIONS of custom stalls and rides and it's so wonderful.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/493340/workshop/
I like RCT a lot but the graphics are seriously dated. Planet Coaster looks like a no-brainer...bought 
figmentPez
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Humble Bundle is giving away copies of The Bureau: XCOM Declassified free for the next couple days.
I found that game to be solidly meh.
So...worth every penny, in this case!
Basically. If it didn't wear the X-COM moniker, I wouldn't have cared at all. It's pretty inoffensive, except in how it tarnishes they X-COM legacy by it's meh.
Yes, it was. Then it got turned into a third-person cover shooter that wasn't all that interesting ether. Again, this would have been a passable game without the the X-COM branding. With it, it's a slap in the face of the series by having nothing to do with it and not PLAYING like an X-COM game.
Then they made the new X-COM game and everything was fine.
Then they made the new X-COM game and everything was fine.
Yahtzee did a great review of it.
It used to be common in the Humble Bundles. You might have got it there.
Two reasonably good games for free...but on Uplay. Choose how you will.
Assassins' creed 4 - black flag
World in conflict and its expansion
As far as I know, they're both considered really good on their respective genres.
Assassins' creed 4 - black flag
World in conflict and its expansion
As far as I know, they're both considered really good on their respective genres.
GasBandit
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The consensus on Black Flag was "lol buggy as shit and I wish I could just do the sailing parts forever and forget about the story." I didn't play it myself, so I can't corroborate.
World in Conflict, however, I did play, and it's a pretty decent RTS for the most part, but with absolutely zero base building. That might be a selling point for some people, but for me, base building has to be part of the experience.
You minus all the bullshit Assassin's Creed shit out of Black Flag and you have a turbo fun pirate fun. You take it as is and you have the best Assassin's Creed game because of all the turbo fun pirate stuff. It's still an Assassin's Creed game though, so it's got SO MUCH TEDIOUS FUCKING BULLSHIT you have to do in between all the turbo fun pirate stuff.
The pirate stuff was so much fun that I still give the game a thumbs up. It's about a 70/30 ratio of fun pirate stuff to bullshit assassin crap.
It also has THE GREATEST GLITCH OF ALL TIME.
It also has THE GREATEST GLITCH OF ALL TIME.
I didn't find AC4 to be too glitchy, or at least it wasn't the glitchiest AC game I've played (that honor would probably be a tie between AC3 and Revelations).
I also didn't mind the Assassin stuff too much. After all, I like being an Assassin.
But yes, best pirate game I've ever played.
I also didn't mind the Assassin stuff too much. After all, I like being an Assassin.
But yes, best pirate game I've ever played.
Heh, no no, I'm not saying there were a lot of glitches. I ran into a few small ones. But that one in the video is EPIC.
GasBandit
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GOG's got a Team 17 sale going on
https://www.gog.com/promo/20171206_team17_sale
So if you wanted to pick up Worms games super cheap, now's a good time.
https://www.gog.com/promo/20171206_team17_sale
So if you wanted to pick up Worms games super cheap, now's a good time.