Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts
I may need to see this if the Drafthouse runs it
The original Star Wars...created faithfully (sort of) by over 400 fans...each producing 15 seconds of it by any means...
Here's an extended clip. You'll see how it works. I found it awesomely ADD.
Here's an extended clip. You'll see how it works. I found it awesomely ADD.
This IS the Droid I'M looking for
So. Very. Want. An R2-D2 "droid" as in a droid (the phone) that's also a droid (the Star Wars type)? No seriously, I must have this.
It's about time somebody did a special edition of one of these phones that played on the Star Wars name connection.
It's about time somebody did a special edition of one of these phones that played on the Star Wars name connection.
Getting Ready for Star Wars MMO on the Cheap
I was mentioning to Randy the other day that I would need to build a gaming box from scratch since all I have is a laptop these days and told him I thought I could do it for $400. It's not a top of the line rig by any means, but for a casual gamer that doesn't mind turning the eye candy down a hair, it should be fine.
The Star Wars MMO guys are saying they want to follow the WoW model of making the game playable on almost any computer and pretty on mid-high systems. Top of the line boxes should only be needed if you just have to have 1080p with EVERYTHING turned all the way up. This box should play SW on mid level settings without a hiccup without the video card. It should handle being on high (but not uber) with the optional video card added.
With the video card you're getting 85-90% of the performance of a gaming machine twice as expensive. Without the video card, you're getting a fairly high power PC for other tasks (photoshop, etc) for a damn low price that just happens to be able to play most games on "acceptable levels" so long as they aren't high end first person shooters.
I dunno if it was merely polite conversational interest or actual interest, but for anybody who wants to take a look, here is my potential build if I were to pull the trigger right now:
This build assumes you already have an OS (64 bit required for this much ram, drop to 3gb if you need 32 bit OS), case, monitor, keyboard, mouse. All components at least 4 of 5 stars on newegg customer reviews.
$100 - AMD Athlon II X4 - 2.9ghz x4 (quad core) - newegg (free 10ft HDMI cable included, shrug)
$50 ($40 after mail in rebate) - ECS AM3 mobo - 2 DDR3 slots, onboard GeForce 6100 video, PCI-e x16 - newegg
$97 - 4gb RAM - (2x2gb) g.skill ram ddr3 - newegg
$39 - Western Digital 160gb HDD - SATA 3gb/sec 8mb cache 7200rpm - newegg
$20 - LG DVD burner - Sata - newegg
$30 ($20 after mail in rebate) - 450 watt power supply - 2 PCIe, 20+4 connector - newegg
Total - $336 (does not include shipping or rebates)
Effective total - $328 (includes rebates and shipping, yeah mail in rebates were more savings than the cost of shipping)
Optional video card upgrade (very suggested)
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$70 ($55 after mail in rebate) - ATI Radeon HD4670 - 1gb ddr3 ram, HDCP support, vga/div/hdmi - newegg (yet another free hdmi cable with this one)
Total - $406
Effective total - $383 (includes rebates and shipping)
The Star Wars MMO guys are saying they want to follow the WoW model of making the game playable on almost any computer and pretty on mid-high systems. Top of the line boxes should only be needed if you just have to have 1080p with EVERYTHING turned all the way up. This box should play SW on mid level settings without a hiccup without the video card. It should handle being on high (but not uber) with the optional video card added.
With the video card you're getting 85-90% of the performance of a gaming machine twice as expensive. Without the video card, you're getting a fairly high power PC for other tasks (photoshop, etc) for a damn low price that just happens to be able to play most games on "acceptable levels" so long as they aren't high end first person shooters.
I dunno if it was merely polite conversational interest or actual interest, but for anybody who wants to take a look, here is my potential build if I were to pull the trigger right now:
This build assumes you already have an OS (64 bit required for this much ram, drop to 3gb if you need 32 bit OS), case, monitor, keyboard, mouse. All components at least 4 of 5 stars on newegg customer reviews.
$100 - AMD Athlon II X4 - 2.9ghz x4 (quad core) - newegg (free 10ft HDMI cable included, shrug)
$50 ($40 after mail in rebate) - ECS AM3 mobo - 2 DDR3 slots, onboard GeForce 6100 video, PCI-e x16 - newegg
$97 - 4gb RAM - (2x2gb) g.skill ram ddr3 - newegg
$39 - Western Digital 160gb HDD - SATA 3gb/sec 8mb cache 7200rpm - newegg
$20 - LG DVD burner - Sata - newegg
$30 ($20 after mail in rebate) - 450 watt power supply - 2 PCIe, 20+4 connector - newegg
Total - $336 (does not include shipping or rebates)
Effective total - $328 (includes rebates and shipping, yeah mail in rebates were more savings than the cost of shipping)
Optional video card upgrade (very suggested)
-------------------------------------------
$70 ($55 after mail in rebate) - ATI Radeon HD4670 - 1gb ddr3 ram, HDCP support, vga/div/hdmi - newegg (yet another free hdmi cable with this one)
Total - $406
Effective total - $383 (includes rebates and shipping)
ZOMG! I'm totally freaking out this so ridiculous awesome imma lose my shit gotta play this now lucasarts can have my soul for this game or how about a two year old I have a two year old son you can have for this game can I play it now?
I will be playing this.
The vid is worth playing in 720p in full screen if your computer can handle it. Not sure why it's titled 1080p since youtube doesn't even do 1080p.
Star Wars sitcom?
There's talk of it happening from the Robot Chicken team.
Sounds like a bad idea to me, but I did crack up over this Robot Chicken Star Wars bit that was embedded in the article...
Sounds like a bad idea to me, but I did crack up over this Robot Chicken Star Wars bit that was embedded in the article...
Darth Vader Smoking Wall as Mentioned
flipped horizontal to put image on right, cleaned up jagged edges and resolution artifacts, added gradient and imperial logo to make it balanced and more dynamic. Click the images below for big wallpaper size.
wide:
lame, outdated 4x3:
wide:
lame, outdated 4x3:
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