Trust-worthy? https://www.facebook.com/1572314966185922/p...6897462366/?d=n 799 for Arctis 7X.

When we can create a reality that look AS REAL, what is "real"?



This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Dec 13 2021, 11:25 PM

Nice! Pre-ordered!

Agree. For me, the demo, since it's a game, I get the same spin-tingling feeling of disbelief "is this real?" from it when I first saw the first Metal Gear Solid 2 demo for PS2 (Snake camoflage then jump from Golden Gate bridge into the tanker below). I even have the DVD of the demo that I kept playing on repeat, on the PS2 (last time no Youtube )


Nice! I'm glad I waited it out.

Guys, the Dolby Atmos license on Xbox is tied to the same account on Win10/11 PC, right? Don't tell me I've to buy it twice on PC and Xbox?

Just in preparation of the arrival of my SteelSeries Arctis 7X mid next month.

Hard-wired to the AVR via HDMI2.1 CABLE, Atmos plug-and-play onboth the XSX and PC. The Dolby Access app just shows "Ready to use" with AVR as default audio processor.

Waiting for the Nitho battery pack + charging station for controllers ship from China, I would not suggest this if you're used to standard shipping speeds.

Imagine "shipped out" on December 10th, still not here yet. The seller did mention up to 35 days, shipping by kapal tongkang. Little Xbox controller battery packs can bring down planes in 2021.

Everything regresses to the previous state of things in pandemic times. Including level or quality of service. My only hope is overall intelligence of people doesn't regress, although I'm not holding much hope. I'm already being bombarded with anonymous idiots peddling messages about TikTok recruiting and hiring. I'm not touching that shit with a ten foot pole, thank you very much. I like my level of intelligence right where it is now. Smarter please, not dancing like idiots.

As for the old man nostalgic talk, I'm staying anonymous about my age. I follow Commodore PET restoration videos of the 8-bit Guy and Borderline OCD's Nintendo VirtualBoy restoration adventures with the same level of enthusiasm as Lumen, Nanite and Niagara systems of Unreal Engine 5 that requires not being stuck in the past and being updated & cutting edge with your PC hardware of today.

Age is just a number. How you approach things determines how youthful or how much an old soul you are. Nothing wrong with either two ends of that spectrum, youthful energy of the young or wisdom that comes with age. My age will not change how I approach things, that includes gaming. I may lose the reflexes or energy of the youth, but that's not stopping me from gaming. Preference on games that emphasizes reflexes of the mind, than the reflexes of the hands.

Finished premiere episode of "Book of Boba Fett" on Disney+. In 4K Dolby Vision & Dolby Atmos.

Caution: SPOILER territory ahead! Click at your own risk!



The way this respects the original source material from the original trilogy, is encouraging. Most importantly, it RETAINS the exact feel of The Mandalorian. The only vestiges of Original Star Wars left. Stay that way, and let's erase the horrible sequel trilogy from our memories.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Dec 29 2021, 06:42 PM

That's why prefer immesely built-in batteries like in the DualSense. Made for the controller and none of these bullshit variables like good batch bad batches of rechargeable batteries nonsense. I've had my DualShock4 for years since PS4 released, and I still can get at least half a day charge, that's 6 hrs, on it while gaming. I mostly use my DS4 on my Androids, now mostly as controller for Remote Play or XCloud.

The only Xbox Controller with rechargeable batteries built in I like is the Elite V2. I'm not touching those after all the QC issues I read online. My two Elite V1s (except the kept-BNIB Gears of War 4 Elite V1) have been put through its paces, the side textured surfaces have peeled away. I've even DIYed repairs on both of them, the shoulder buttons have failed a few times on me. And the V1s STILL needs crappy batteries in them. I've got a few Microsoft official Play-and-Charge battery packs in them, but wires everywhere while charge. Messy!

Hence my interest in the Nitho battery packs with the Charging tower I can keep away from the gaming area if needed to keep that clean look. I wonder if I can charge those Microsoft Play-and-Charge battery packs in them. Probably shouldn't risk it. But the 35-days to ship from China is burning away my patience slowly bit by bit.

Oh, dont get me wrong. I still have my Eneloops. Along with the charging receptacle with LCD readout for their charge level for the fastest charging time. But the whole process of charging and replacing the batteries into the Xbox controller is tedious, pisses me off! I have other electronics that require battery swaps as well like remotes for my streaming devices, but those dont eat batteries like starving hyenas like these Xbox controllers. So battery swaps for these other electronics only happens rarely, far and few in between them losing charges, unlike Xbox controllers when I heavily use them for gaming.

To each their own, I guess. I just want to get on with the gaming, not having to peel off the back cover and swap batteries in. Pet peeve.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Dec 30 2021, 10:24 AM

That is why I have two controllers of each console/platform I game on. One die, the other takes its place, while the dead one recharges. Also why I prefer rechargeables. Plop them down into their charging cradle/receptacle, swap it over when your other controller's dead.

With the amount of electronics I have that require charging or battery swaps, I'm trying to minimize the amount of work required to keep them alive. It's becoming routine to me already. For heavy gaming, I can live with two full charge controllers for a week, with the DualSenses no need to fiddle with battery swaps, with the Xbox controllers however, one extra step of peeling the back cover and swapping in the battery pack.

I chose not to go the route of getting those battery packs that requires battery cover changes. F-ing ugly looking those controllers looking upside down charging, or those battery covers with holes in them. Why I went Nitho.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Dec 30 2021, 01:27 PM

With 2021 less than 3 hours left, how was your 2021?

This linked collage represent some of the interesting new adventures I had, enjoyed and still enjoying, in 2021.

2021 is not that bad.

I'd post my crypto adventures too, the ups and downs, but I think that's for a different subsection of these forums.

Auld Lang Syne, Happy New Year everyone!

Wow, really? Xbox players are fed up with forced crossplay against PC gamers.

Pardon my ignorance, as an exclusively offline player only, I don't know how bad the situation is. Even in Halo Infinite already.

I mean, I game on PC too as well, exclusively offline as well. Just personal preference, I cant stand how quickly online multiplay turn a person's behavior into a douchebag. My last online multiplayer experience was Titanfall 2. Not gonna elaborate, just enough to say THAT online multiplay experience totally sour all my interest I have in playing anything multiplayer. I'm in it for the fun, not become your verbal punching bag.

I still play multiplayer though, only when face-to-face IRL. Like the Tekken 7 tourney I was at, in BTS a few years back. Even then at the tourney, players still behave like a mob when they're in a fighting team, group or clan. Nothing wrong with supporting your team/group/clanmate, not at the expense of other players. Fair play and sportsmanship goes a long way, if not for making friends, to bring in players who are hesitant in playing together after poor experiences online.

It's weird & effective to see how an online douchebag stop being a douchebag when they're face-to-face against a real human opponent behind a controller. Seeing a real life person behind that controller fighting against you, it humanizes that person, instead of being an anonymous target to hurl insults at. If you're not, I guess you have thicker skin than I am. "Walk a mile in my shoes" and all that jazz.

Online anonymity empowers douchebag behavior. De-anonymize them. Watch them suddenly behave. Same goes with online cheating.

Just drawing from my own personal experiences.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 11 2022, 10:31 PM

I guess I'm not missing anything by turning into offline player only exclusively.

I still remember my very first online match on Xbox. On the big ass OG Xbox. With the big ol' Duke controller.

It was then upgraded to the experience online on the first Gears of War. I still remember how I was accused of "camping", because my weapon of choice being a sniper rifle. I prefer the finesse of killing you silently over a distance where you can't touch me, versus the rowdy visceral kills with the Lancer Assault Rifle. Sure, chainsawing someone always feels good, but I'm the type that don't like to feel exposed, I dont trust anyone but myself to cover for me when I'm running-and-gunning-and-shotgunning or splitting you in half with the Lancer.

Hence being accused of "camping" and preferring headshot kills by sniper rifle. This way, if I die, it's by my own fault, not others.

See? Even back then people are being douchebags online, telling you how you should play instead of you choosing yourself how you want to play.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 12 2022, 03:28 PM

Because of work and other responsibilities, I'm online at weird hours. I cannot set time like normal people to come online at set time at set day. I play when I can, when I have free time.

That's why I mostly play on my own terms, on my own time, resulting in playing mostly against the general population online, who are unfortunately majority douchebags.

Of course if there are friends online you invite them to play together. But that's the best case scenario, and life is never "best case scenario".

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 12 2022, 04:07 PM

Downloading Mass Effect Legendary Edition on Game Pass while preloading God of War PC Steam. I need to decide what to remove on the XSX if I wanna keep ME:LE. Haih......



This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 13 2022, 02:06 AM

The only controller issue on Xbox I face is the Elite V2's spotty quality control. If you're lucky, you breeze on no issues whatsoever. If you're unlucky, you get problems like left or right bumper submerge and refuse to bounce up back, resulting in multiple button presses or no button press register at all.

I chose not to take that gamble/risk, and I'll wait for Elite V3 before retiring my V1. My V1 I self repair myself the submerged bumper button, but the rubberized section have now peeled off. Not too bad I guess for a 6/7 years old controller. Still hardworking.

The Series controllers? Perfection so far, but I miss the Elite features.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 15 2022, 12:54 PM

Eenie meenie, miney mole,
One permanently for Series X, the other for PC & the white console.

One is planar magnetic, the other dynamic driver,
Both to game quietly at night, after everyone's gone to slumber.

Which do I like most, which do I prefer?
I like them both equally, like siblings like brother.

But why get Xbox version for both, not the other?
Coz only the Xbox version works on both console, making it better and superior.

*Any matching rhymes was purely coincidental*

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 15 2022, 05:20 PM

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2022/01/18/welc...crosoft-gaming/



Microsoft buys Activision Blizzard.

All Call of Duty, Warcraft, Candy Crush, Tony Hawk, Diablo, Overwatch, Spyro, Hearthstone, Guitar Hero, Crash Bandicoot, StarCraft and more goes into Microsoft Gaming.

The price ActiBlizz has to pay for its CEO Bob Kotick scandals. Sexual harassment and sexual misconduct summore la. Some Kotick itch just should not be scratched. Pun intended.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 18 2022, 10:17 PM

Watch Sony make noise, monopoly this, antitrust that, company too big must be split up like what happened to Microsoft in '98.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 18 2022, 10:25 PM

Wait a minute........is Sekiro coming to Game Pass now too!!!?

developed by From Software, but Activision published. I'm confused........

https://t.co/fG8009c0fd

via Bloomberg sources:

"Microsoft plans to keep making some of Activision’s games for PlayStation consoles but will also keep some content exclusive to Xbox"

Which franchise will be shared with the "Play Has No Limits"-neighbor and the stubborn-weirdo-in-his-own-bubble, which will remain exclusive to Xbox?

Industry pundits are wary about acquisitions , citing historical example of acquisition like these usually means killing off franchises. They cite the example of Disney's acquisition.

To me, I only see good thing coming out of this. Most if not all IPs under ActiVision Blizzard has been languishing , with either zero development on them, or spitting out the same shit every year, like COD.

I see MS taking over as a chance to revitalizing these dormant franchises, a chance to revive these dormant IPs, because AB has been pushing developers to work in the COD mine for so long, creativity and chances of something new is lost.

For example, Raven Software has been whipped to work in the COD mine, in the "support" capacity, when they are the co-IP holder of franchises like "Quake", and the IP holder for "Heretic" game franchise.
Imagine MS reuniting Raven with iD under this acquisition and they make the new "Quake" and "Heretic".

I'm sure there's plenty more franchises AB has been sitting on and let it rot in storage. I hope MS can free these studios from working in their COD mine like slaves, and unleash their real potential.

True potential, not working as support for a game like COD. That's a shameful waste of talent.

This post has been edited by KomradMikhail: Jan 19 2022, 10:12 AM