I think a lot of Wes's style comes down to the fact that he does his own storyboards, and if you've seen them you'll know that he isn't a very good illustrator. They always have a very crude, classical symmetry about them which gets transferred directly across into film. It works great, and is definitely a big part of the charm of his movies.
I loved The Life Aquatic- but I think it really is one of those movies you need to watch at the cinema rather than just on DVD. It had me in stitches all the way through
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=214w5Bh9mp4
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High recommendations
The Monkey Island series
Day of the Tentacle
Sam and Max (original)
Recommended (slightly less so)
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers
Space Quest series
Errr..... heaps more- but I gotta go to the market now
One of the best Adventure Games sites around
http://www.adventuregamers.com/
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Obama speech + Songsmith
There's a few more interesting chord changes in there due to the fact that he's not singing.
There's a few more interesting chord changes in there due to the fact that he's not singing.
My girlfriend and I finally settled on a Marantz amplifier (PM6002) and CD player (CD6002), and some very nice B&W (685) bookshelf speakers. I'm excited because it's been years since I've had any kind of decent stereo.
When I was younger I used to scour the op shops when they had speakers for sale (these days its rare to find stereo stuff in op shops because of new laws(?) regarding resale of secondhand electrical stuff). Because I wasn't exactly versed in electronics/audio engineering my test was to simply pick up a speaker and if it felt heavy enough, I'd take it home to see how it actually sounded (very scientific I know). I went through tons of speakers, and finally settled on a beautiful pair of lovingly built no name speakers that I'd bought for $10. Most op shops back then didn't know how to price electrical stuff and I liked to imagine I'd snagged a real bargain. My amp at the time was a "cheap" second hand B&O from the 70's, with very unique 'bulldozer' track controls- you'd slide the tracks up or down the vertical length of the amplifier, the left side track controlled the volume and on the other side was the tuner for radio. It was a bizarre thing, I really loved it to bits.
When I was younger I used to scour the op shops when they had speakers for sale (these days its rare to find stereo stuff in op shops because of new laws(?) regarding resale of secondhand electrical stuff). Because I wasn't exactly versed in electronics/audio engineering my test was to simply pick up a speaker and if it felt heavy enough, I'd take it home to see how it actually sounded (very scientific I know). I went through tons of speakers, and finally settled on a beautiful pair of lovingly built no name speakers that I'd bought for $10. Most op shops back then didn't know how to price electrical stuff and I liked to imagine I'd snagged a real bargain. My amp at the time was a "cheap" second hand B&O from the 70's, with very unique 'bulldozer' track controls- you'd slide the tracks up or down the vertical length of the amplifier, the left side track controlled the volume and on the other side was the tuner for radio. It was a bizarre thing, I really loved it to bits.
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Shopping around and doing some research online for a new stereo system recently, I came across a YouTube video about a Greek Audiophile club...
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=xs1aUws0Lrs
Hilarious and awe-inspiring in equal measure, these guys are truly 'nuts' about audio. The systems themselves... what can I say???
Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
Everything is made from dreams
Time is made from honey slow and sweet
Only the fools know what it means
Temptation...
Anyway, thought this would make a nice inclusion to an old thread.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=xs1aUws0Lrs
Hilarious and awe-inspiring in equal measure, these guys are truly 'nuts' about audio. The systems themselves... what can I say???
Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
Everything is made from dreams
Time is made from honey slow and sweet
Only the fools know what it means
Temptation...
Anyway, thought this would make a nice inclusion to an old thread.
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Grid was fine if you played with keys (ie, under no pretense of getting into the thing on a realistic level) and have a long memory of what arcade racers used to be. It does one thing spectacularly - crashes.
DX10 mode in FSX really cuts the frames down and for what you get with it I never found it was worth it. FSX is one of the only games on my computer that has fairly average performance- I'm running an overclocked quad core and 8800 GTS512 (1900 x 1200) and while leagues ahead of my old system, FS still manages to bog down to unplayable levels on occasion. Part of the problem is that FS is a very hard disk intensive game, so you might want to look at upgrading your HD if you're still getting poor performance with your new hardware. I doubt you'd ever quite reach 'blown out of the water' performance though.
I've got the same pair myself, and yes they're a very nice set of headphones. They're also so comfortable that I can sometimes find I've been wearing them for hours at a time at the computer without listening to any kind of audio!
I would tend to go for a decent pair of stereo headphones- I haven't experienced any of the 5.1/7.1 phones but would imagine that the quality is lessened over so many speakers, as opposed to having two really nice good quality speakers. They look interesting though, and I'm curious to hear what they actually do sound like, because I'm pretty skeptical. Surround sound seems much more suited to games than music or even movies, so perhaps this is the way forward?
BBman,
I've run out of internets for the month but if I signup for a key now from the Microsoft site and download the beta from somewhere like Fileplanet afterwards, will that still work?
I've run out of internets for the month but if I signup for a key now from the Microsoft site and download the beta from somewhere like Fileplanet afterwards, will that still work?
Ahh, Hard Drivin'! We had that at our local fish and chip shop, around about the same time my friends and I were right into 4D Sports Driving (Stunts). The arcade game had much better fps than our computers could handle at that time, and slightly better graphics.
I haven't heard much talk about 'Crazy Machines 2' so it might qualify as an underrated game. It's basically The Incredible Machine, but with very convincing and fluid physics and great graphics, lots of puzzles to get through, and a level editor. Quite a brilliant game IMO.
I haven't heard much talk about 'Crazy Machines 2' so it might qualify as an underrated game. It's basically The Incredible Machine, but with very convincing and fluid physics and great graphics, lots of puzzles to get through, and a level editor. Quite a brilliant game IMO.
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Thanks Velociround
Amazing!
Amazing!
What are the experiences of you guys with other games on Windows 7? If there are a few positive replies here I'll be mightily temped to install the beta.
Personally I haven't had many problems with Vista, for all intents and purposes it works fine, but I've never been wowed with the performance of Vista over XP, and I've noticed instances where XP is definitely faster, even on an older computer.
Personally I haven't had many problems with Vista, for all intents and purposes it works fine, but I've never been wowed with the performance of Vista over XP, and I've noticed instances where XP is definitely faster, even on an older computer.
XP / Vista / 7 performance comparison of various tasks.
1 is first (best)
For a beta that's already looking very very good.
1 is first (best)
For a beta that's already looking very very good.
That's from a Movie called The Cars that Ate Paris, by Peter Weir (The Truman Show, Witness, Mosquito Coast).
PS, got my sig from something I read at the Flat Earth Society. Yeah it's pretty funny.
PS, got my sig from something I read at the Flat Earth Society. Yeah it's pretty funny.
The Association - Cherish
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Men Without Hats - Safety Dance
Yup, it's obvious that there needs to be a change, and moving out is probably a smart move if you can manage it- it sounds like you've overgrown the family nest and are ready for the next thing. You'll probably develop a new perspective on your mum after you've spent some time living apart. I get along better with my mum now than I ever did as a teen, because I'm not fighting for my independence anymore, and she doesn't have to play the nagging mum game so much. That's a big relief for the both of us!
That would be awesome. As long as it was a decent stereo, and turned up loud.
90.928 is my best score so far.
no beats 89. av miss .03
PS, go Gezmoor!
no beats 89. av miss .03
PS, go Gezmoor!
I could never get into the Harry books, although I did make it through the last book as I exceedingly bored at the time, and I felt like I was participating in the 'phenomenon of Harry'. The movies on the other hand are pretty entertaining.
Same with the LOTR. I loved the Hobbit and read that about 3 or 4 times, but I always struggled with LOTR, don't think I ever finished it.
BTW, whatever happened to the 'books I'm reading now' thread?
Some bands simply demand that the sound is loud, and wouldn't work otherwise. I think anyone who's concerned about the health of their ears invest in earplugs- if you go to a lot of loud gigs or work in that kind of noisy environment then that's just sensible. The best way to avoid ear damage (and still have your loud concert) is to give your ears a large rest after any prolonged aural assault. The real damage is done when your ears haven't had enough time to recover. AFAIK.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/ ... /12/30/1230399195271.html
Even though the article sounds like an add for Odyssey House, there may be wisdom in seeking a professional opinion on how to manage alcohol withdrawal.
Even though the article sounds like an add for Odyssey House, there may be wisdom in seeking a professional opinion on how to manage alcohol withdrawal.
The good thing about The Mist is that it will one day soon turn into one of those great cheesy movies that show up on TV occasionally at 3am in the morning after you've been out all night drunk/stoned etc to provide you a few laughs before falling into bed. Thank God for those movies.
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