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OK, i got it to work!
WARNING!: This will make your Computer WISH for MWLL on Tripple Screen with maxed settings!
Put THIS:

@echo off
java -client -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -XX:+UseAdaptiveGCBoundary -XX:MaxGCPauseMillis=500 -XX:-UseGCOverheadLimit -XX:SurvivorRatio=12 -Xnoclassgc -XX:UseSSE=3 -Xincgc -Xmx2048M -cp Minecraft.exe net.minecraft.LauncherFrame
exit

Into a .bat file that is IN THE SAME FOLDER as your MINECRAFT.EXE.
With this, you can play without running into the OUT OF MEMORY Error.
Unless you really DO run out of Memory. Seriously. I got MineCraft to use up all 8 Gigs of RAM in my Computer.
Gonna try my Laptop with the 16Gigs next!

People still play mine craft?

I thought mine craft was so last week.

Hell, people still play the Sims and Super Mario World ROM Hacks.

After a certain point the fanbase for a game doesn't reasonably decrease any further unless it gets replaced by something.

I just rented Warhammer 40k: Space Marine. I am bucking my trend at playing games on the wuss setting and put it to medium this go'round.

A couple of things:

1. Orks are a lot more coherent than I imagined in my head from reading the flavor text in the WFB/40K books.

2. I appreciate that the main character is polite to his allies.

3. Fuck Squigs. Seriously, fuck them repeatedly.

4. Fuck the dropship on the train...

I bought Just Cause 2 yesterday.

This is by far one of the most fun premises I've ever heard of for a game.

"There's a corrupt government on this island nation. Knock it over."

It'd be quite a decent point for a sandbox campaign for a tabletop. All you need is a map and a few factions and heyo, you're in business and just tell the players to have fun.

Also, the island is flat-out gorgeous.

Just Cause 2 is absolutely a fantastically excellent game.

RiotGearEpsilon wrote:Just Cause 2 is absolutely a fantastically excellent game.

My only major issue is...ammo is sort of scarce.

And flying planes are a bit of a pain. But that's just me sucking at it (I'm pretty good with the helicopters).

So, to the suprise of absolutely no one except crybabies on the Escapist forums and the trained schedule monkey at Blizzard, Diablo 3 will not be released on time.

Playing through Leafgreen as part of a back to back continuous play of the Pokemon series (without my usual Action Replay shenanigans. fucken grindin'....).

I just took on the entire Viridian Gym with a single Gyarados (lv. 40ish). Trainers and Giovanni. Didn't even get knocked out (though there was some between battle healing, of course).

I don't know whether to be proud, or if this is normal... but a gym really shouldn't be that easy...

name_here wrote:So, to the suprise of absolutely no one except crybabies on the Escapist forums and the trained schedule monkey at Blizzard, Diablo 3 will not be released on time.

If Blizzard makes me wait too much longer, I'm going to forget I like Diablo 1 and 2, and not buy 3. I'm just sayin'.

Count Arioch the 28th wrote:

name_here wrote:So, to the suprise of absolutely no one except crybabies on the Escapist forums and the trained schedule monkey at Blizzard, Diablo 3 will not be released on time.

If Blizzard makes me wait too much longer, I'm going to forget I like Diablo 1 and 2, and not buy 3. I'm just sayin'.

Because 11 years is okay, but fucking 12? How can I be expected to remember that?

I'm getting back into Minecraft and just started fresh.

Already in love with the map generated from old ID number from a Pokemon game (39396, if you're interested.)

Heavily forested steep hills with long curving lakes amid them...Thinking about arching bridges and castles. And glass. Tons and tons of glass (there's a huge-ass sandfield to the north. With surface lava in it!)

Well, I think I've proven that identical seeds produce identical geography on Minecraft. No matter how far you go.

I started one, went until I found a really identifiable piece of land (valley almost completely enclosed by connected mountains, hanging piece off a mountain).

Then used the same seed, and found it after more than a full game-day of travelling.

There's a few bits that don't match up--ravines and some lava patches. But otherwise...It's identical.

Holy shit, Dark Souls is amazing. Best RPG released this gen, with absolutely no contest. The setting is fantastic and really well done(and beautiful), and the game itself is incredibly fun as well. It is very hard, but it rewards careful thinking rather than just running in and mashing.

The biggest problem with the game is optimisation. Some areas run like absolute shit, and Blighttown is one of the worst areas in the game because of it. Blighttown is a poisonous swamp, and while if you prepare yourself and act smart about it you can get by, the slowdown problem makes the area a giant fucking pain. If you do it without the items(like I did) god fucking help you.

The writing is really good, you can kill pretty much every npc you meet(except that giant eel that just goes away when you try), and it has a really good multiplayer system(you write messages on the ground for people, summon others to help deal with bosses and invade people to kill them and steal humanity(also for shits and giggles). There are a variety of interesting factions with cool rewards, awesome boss fights, and a huge open world system that is really fun to explore(looks fantastic as well).

Seriously reccomending this to anyone who can play it.

Dark Souls is as good as the buzz. I really like its melee system, there is enough depth that you can't just go around mashing buttons, and each weapon feels different without some being useless and others being uber.

I borrowed Force Unleashed. I know, old news, but...

The lightsaber fighting is boring and the force powers come down to 'Shoot it with lightning to win!' and the shlub of a main character...well, don't get me started on him.

But I tell you something the game does right: The telekinesis and how effortless it appears to be for this guy is pretty damn cool. Opening doors without touching them seems to be as unconscious for him as the other way is. Throwing enemies around is fun and easy. Force push is rather handy in a Jedi fight.

I also like how many structural features to exploit in a fight with these. I screwed up a squad by force-grabbing a laser arm on an assembly line and pointing it at them.

So, damn you Star Wars for showing flashes that you could be truly, truly awesome again if you weren't run by a bunch of money-grubbing incompetents. You made me wish for a sandbox game featuring a telekinesis hero. Hell, I'd probably rather play that than Infamous.

Holy shit, there is activity around the MW5 Reboot!
Anybody else waiting for this game? O.o
Also, a Mechcommander 3 using the WH40K DOW II Engine would be perfect!

Stahlseele wrote:Holy shit, there is activity around the MW5 Reboot!
Anybody else waiting for this game? O.o
Also, a Mechcommander 3 using the WH40K DOW II Engine would be perfect!

Awesome. And yes MC3 would hit the spot, MC1 is one of my all time favourite games.

THey are releasing bits of a bigger picture.
This is the last one trying to piece them together

We are thinking it may be an Atlas, based on this picture:

Stahlseele wrote:THey are releasing bits of a bigger picture.
This is the last one trying to piece them together

Whats the source on those?

Draco_Argentum wrote:

Stahlseele wrote:THey are releasing bits of a bigger picture.
This is the last one trying to piece them together

Whats the source on those?

This :
https://twitter.com/#!/InnerSphereNews
This :
http://www.classicbattletech.com/forums ... 8.330.html

And the Picture used for comparsion with the jigsaw-puzzle-pieces image . . i don't really know who did that one, but it's awesome . .

So, watching the Unskippable of Metroid: Other M has led me to conclude that the problem was not giving Samus a voice but giving her an internal monologue. Because it sounds perfectly fine when she reports that she obliterated Zebes and exterminated the Metroids.

Like, that is exactly how I imagined her sounding.

Having read some plot summaries, I think it's not that her voice acting was bad, but rather what she was saying and how she acted once given a character past "shoots bad guys in really big armor."

@russ_bullock: Okay #MechWarrior fans have a great weekend. Keep spreading the word on @InnerSphereNews big news coming down the pipe! < 2yrs promise

And another person who can't figure out how these < > work it seems . .

Arkham City...

Well, it's a bigger map than Arkham Asylum, but isn't -quite- hitting me with the same appeal AA's map had. It's more crowded and also more sprawling. It's easy to get turned around.

You basically start off with the AA gadgets and get some more as you go on.

Playing as Catwoman is fun, though. Instead of using her whip to grapple up to things like Batman, she uses them to snag onto the wall, and then you have the climb-leap your way up. Her gadgets are fairly different from Batman's so far, so you get a different style there. I actually use most of hers every fight.

They also improved the combat system to provide a lot of contextual uses. So if you counter someone by a railing, Batman will throw them onto it. Or smash their head into it, one.