The PC gaming Thread. Steam/GOG/Origin/Etc. Game/Software/Hardware talk

Is there any benefit to crafting badges? I been selling most of the cards I get for chump change.

I got fb manager, reus, prison architect and skyrim cards to spare if anyone wants it. Managed to buy torchlight II, Borderlands 2 dlc and MK9. Though MK9 requires a lot of power to run, I got to change the settings.

ePeen status

Hang on to those summer trading cards a little longer. Prices are starting to go up a bit. Might be able to snag couple more nickles for them in the next few days

Iā€™ve noticed it when I sold one of my doubles. The price has gone up by a few cents. Would love for it to go as high when the sale began.

They tell you which of your friends have the cards you need, I hit some up and traded and completed my setā€¦

then learned you can go to level 2 and above by crafting more! lol

For completing the set, I got a badge, a background image for my profile page, and an emote for chat (mini airplane wtf) and of course experience to level up (+5 friends on my list)

Guys, Rise of the Triad 2013 comes out next week!

http://riseofthetriad.net/web/app.php

^ Pre-order bonus on their site gives you the original RoTT for free+the Blake Stone games.

^ Video of the campaign.

^ Multiplayer video.

Iā€™ll be getting the GOG.com release, but Iā€™ll keep Steam open if you guys want to get some matches going. Game looks like the #1 arcade/arena style FPS to come out in a long, long time.

Q3 and especially UT04 are among my favorite multiplayer shooters but for some reason Iā€™m not that hype for RoTTā€¦maybe itā€™s the gun sounds or their lack of impact but it just doesnā€™t have that visceral feeling those games do.

Enemies and players explode into ā€œludicrous gibs!ā€ when they die to an explosion. You donā€™t get a better sense of impact than that, and thatā€™s about as visceral as it gets. Iā€™d say RoTT is gorier and a in lot of cases more off the wall than Q3 and UT2K4. It looks that way to me anyway, I canā€™t wait to play it.

This entire generation has gotten very few arena/arcade-style FPS games, and RoTT looks way better than them all.

I just preordered rise of the triad, so Iā€™m definitely down for getting a group of srk members and getting some games in. Iā€™m also down to play any of the Unreal tournaments (99,04, and 3)as well. Steam ID: FadedRevolution

Got a 50% off Alan Wake franchise coupon from crafting a badge. If anyone wants it add me on steam and send me a message. http://steamcommunity.com/id/D1rtyMcN4sty/ Iā€™ll be on for a little while longer tonight. The coupon expires on the 29th.

I sold most of my cards so can barely get enough to buy Giana Sisters.

I bought a mid-level Sager almost 2 years ago for around that budget and it plays Planetside 2 about as well as I could hope for, as poorly optimized as that game is. Great price for gaming computers and no bloatware on it. I know a lot of people donā€™t buy i7ā€™s in desktops unless they stream to save some cash, but laptops arenā€™t the same cpus.

Anyone using mechanical keyboards? Iā€™m about to head to my local PC enthusiast store and see if I can touch one before ordering this from newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823129003

http://www.bjorn3d.com/Material/revimages/Keyboard/CM%20Storm%20Quick%20Fire%20Pro/cm-storm.jpg

My current keyboard is straight. A Logitech K350 but the keys are getting sticky and itā€™s making typing annoying. Plus itā€™s rather big on my desk. Still works 100% fine but I think I want something moreā€¦ tactile.

Thatā€™s my keyboardā€¦almost its a slightly different make I believe. Iā€™ll check when I get home though. Iā€™m not a keyboard enthusiast by any means, mostly because I am ass at KB+M controls, but I like mine a lot. Typing on it feels great, hasnā€™t given me any trouble in 8 months.

I have a 9 dollar Logitech K120 and its money.

Magical Drop V freezes up when I start the story mode. Anyone else has that problem?

^ Pre-order bonuses are up on GOG for Rise of the Triad: 2013.

I use a random-ass keyboard that Iā€™ve had since 2001. The WASDZXCVBFGE keys are all completely faded from all the gaming I did on it over time, combined with the 1 key, caps lock, tab, alt and ctrl on the left side being completely faded too. Thingā€™s a beastā€¦I have a spare keyboard lying around somewhere but I will never change keyboards until this one magically breaks/dies, but I donā€™t see that happening ever.

I used a random-ass Creative branded mouse, but the right click died, so my brother gave me his stock HP branded mouse. It works fine. Iā€™ve gone through 2 mice and 2 PCā€™s but I still use the same keyboard, PSU, PC case and fans.

Iā€™ve never played the game myself, but all the reviews I read about Magical Drop V complain how buggy it is.