November 1, 200916 yr But you did get why I think it's weird, right? Well, I am assuming that you believe games should look as photorealsitic as possible and that if someone doesn't shafe that view it's weird. I'm just guessing though. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
November 1, 200916 yr Because you're weird, but you think others are the weird ones? Giveaway list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DgyQFpOJvyNASt8A12ipyV_iwpLXg_yltGG5mffvSwo/edit?usp=sharing What is glass but tortured sand?Never forget! '12.01.13.
November 1, 200916 yr But you did get why I think it's weird, right? Well, I am assuming that you believe games should look as photorealsitic as possible and that if someone doesn't shafe that view it's weird. I'm just guessing though. I believe that you'd want a game to look as good as possible while still running at a decent framerate, as close to the developer's original vision as possible. This has nothing to do with photorealism. If I crank Prince of Persia's settings up it doesn't get more photorealistic, it looks more like a watercolor painting, for example. Edited November 1, 200916 yr by Purkake
November 1, 200916 yr But you did get why I think it's weird, right? Well, I am assuming that you believe games should look as photorealsitic as possible and that if someone doesn't shafe that view it's weird. I'm just guessing though. I believe that you'd want a game to look as good as possible while still running at a decent framerate, as close to the developer's original vision as possible. This has nothing to do with photorealism. If I crank Prince of Persia's settings up it doesn't get more photorealistic, it looks more like a watercolor painting, for example. I've tried running games on slightly higher settings from time to time. The difference is pretty minimal. Either way it still looks like a computer game. Just smaller. If I drop down to 800*600 though it does start to look more blocky than I like. Although if there's no choice then running games at as low as 320*240 is fine, such as XCOM or Daggerfall. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
November 1, 200916 yr You're just conservative while I reach for the skies. I have old eyes. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
November 1, 200916 yr We aren't getting any younger. How much longer till that direct neural interface, damn it?
November 1, 200916 yr Oh boy I can't wait until my vision is augmented. Edited November 1, 200916 yr by WILL THE ALMIGHTY "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
November 1, 200916 yr My friends think I'm weird because I've never hooked up my PC with my 55" HDTV after spending $20 or so extra for a gfx card with native HDMI output. But I blame Galaxy for not supplying me with a free HDMI cable!
November 2, 200916 yr lol. Do I even want to know? Probably not. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
November 2, 200916 yr I'm a 1024x768 gamer too. Though I have a CRT. Otherwise I'd use a native resolution of my monitor. Even at 800x600 I have to look for aliasing though. I'll notice it if I'm scanning a horizon or need to look at the model edges. But that's rare I find.
November 2, 200916 yr CRTs are the devil! And I though I was behind the times when I switched to LCD back in 2005...
November 2, 200916 yr I like variable resolutions, and at the time it was significantly cheaper. WHen I bought my CRT, I couldn't afford an LCD monitor that could do 1600x1200
November 2, 200916 yr I feel so antedeluvian with my vanilla NEC lcd. Notice how I can belittle your beliefs without calling you names. It's a useful skill to have particularly where you aren't allowed to call people names. It's a mistake to get too drawn in/worked up. I mean it's not life or death, it's just two guys posting their thoughts on a message board. If it were personal or face to face all the usual restraints would be in place, and we would never have reached this place in the first place. Try to remember that.
November 2, 200916 yr I play most everything at 1920x1080. Went widescreen sometime earlier this year, replacing my the old CRT I had for about 8 years. I love my slim, sexy LCD.
November 2, 200916 yr Alan works at Bio? "Your Job is not to die for your country, but set a man on fire, and take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."
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