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by Kluden
August 20, 2014, 11:44 am
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Oculus Rift DK2 - Initial Impressions
Replies: 9
Views: 5737

Re: Oculus Rift DK2 - Initial Impressions

They had a small stand setup at GenCon this past weekend. It was pretty cool, but as you noted, it ain't high definition enough yet. I will be looking for this thing to be a "big deal" in about 3 years I would guess. Yes...that long...for it to be compact enough with a good enough resoluti...
by Kluden
August 4, 2014, 7:34 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Guardians of the Galaxy
Replies: 31
Views: 8812

Re: Guardians of the Galaxy

saw it friday as well, imax 3d. I didn't think the imax3d brought anything to the table, so cheap asses go for 2D, you'll be fine. Great, fun, summer blockbuster. no doubt. Villain was kinda wtf who cares...but its not really about him being evil, its about Thanos. They just didn't really portray th...
by Kluden
August 4, 2014, 7:31 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Video Card time..
Replies: 23
Views: 7998

Re: Video Card time..

yeah, I think that's the only Maxwell desktop GPU...so that would be the low power part, and the performance part :)
by Kluden
July 17, 2014, 11:06 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official NextBox Thread!
Replies: 1335
Views: 253983

Re: The Official NextBox Thread!

Still waiting to see official sales volume worldwide, but MS is showing significant growth of sales in North America after they dropped the kinect and lowered the price of the box.

Maybe a lesson is to be learned....nah, nevermind. They will fuck something else up.
by Kluden
July 14, 2014, 12:14 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: World Cup 2014
Replies: 65
Views: 27649

Re: World Cup 2014

That dude was on the mat so much during the extra time, it was almost sad! I thought he was flopping on the that face scratch, because at speed, it looked like nothing, but then he got up and I was like wow. Now I'm thinking when he was on the ground rolling around that he was tearing it open! Eithe...
by Kluden
July 7, 2014, 7:53 pm
Forum: Computers/Technology
Topic: Video Card time..
Replies: 23
Views: 7998

Re: Video Card time..

I can't believe at 1080p a 770 can't max everything!
by Kluden
July 1, 2014, 8:49 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6913

Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk

I don't need to watch a documentary. I'm Ukrainian. I imagine I have a better understanding of what Communism actually is than you ever will. Lets look at the "lower class" in communism. Today you make x...because x is what we determined the masses need. Not Y. Just X. You don't want to ma...
by Kluden
July 1, 2014, 8:32 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Transformers: Age of Extinction
Replies: 10
Views: 2602

Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction

If I would have given up on Xmen after the stupidity of the third one, I would have missed two splendid xmen movies :) So you can't just discredit, although, I would agree that anything that has Michael Bay attached, you can probably discredit before its even filmed. That new planet of the apes movi...
by Kluden
June 30, 2014, 4:56 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Transformers: Age of Extinction
Replies: 10
Views: 2602

Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction

Wow...how disappointing. Sounds like they rushed to release to a specific date, as to not go head to head against other summer releases.

They did make some cool trailers though! Guess I'll be waiting for dvd.
by Kluden
June 30, 2014, 2:19 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6913

Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk

I'm just using the term thrown around most by anti-capitalism folk. But I would think that the most common answer to someone identifying exploitation in the capitalistic society, is the worker who does his job, gets paid what he gets paid, and sees the amount of money the company makes "off his...
by Kluden
June 30, 2014, 1:45 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6913

Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk

Land of the Free doesn't work with any form of altruistic behavior. Its impossible to stifle what the US is. Communism, Socialism, they don't work for the majority of us. How many of us watch Star Trek, and think "yeah right" with that altruistic approach to life/work. I would argue, that ...
by Kluden
June 27, 2014, 2:47 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk
Replies: 20
Views: 6913

Re: A rich guy speaks out to other rich folk

Read the entirety of it. Its a good op-ed piece, agree with it mostly. But prying money from old hands is an impossible task. He's "young" in the grand scheme of the super rich, so his ideals are in tact. Its great to see new ideas and their implementation, and subsequent success, in citie...
by Kluden
June 25, 2014, 2:24 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: World Cup 2014
Replies: 65
Views: 27649

Re: World Cup 2014

I guess you haven't watched a match with Japan in it yet! hahaha They were the worst so far.
by Kluden
June 23, 2014, 12:27 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139928

Re: Poll: Obama rating slips

Spang wrote:The problem isn't one president or all presidents. The problem is capitalism.
its a presidential discussion thread. But you are right, its every politician. Vote in the self serving, get nothing in return.
by Kluden
June 22, 2014, 11:38 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139928

Re: Poll: Obama rating slips

I don't think we disagree. Just saying when it comes to blame on Clinton personally...its not just him. Its every single damn one of the suits we've elected since 1977...and counting. On the 2001 dealio, I'm using that as the turning year for the conventional vs. sub prime loan writing uptick. Up un...
by Kluden
June 22, 2014, 11:36 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: World Cup 2014
Replies: 65
Views: 27649

Re: World Cup 2014

That was so disapointing after waiting an entire half for US's shots to start hitting. Oh well, not like they are done yet! Germany looked very human against Ghana. If US pushes pace like 2nd half tonight, they may pull out another tie.
by Kluden
June 20, 2014, 2:53 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139928

Re: Poll: Obama rating slips

Sort of true. The Community Reinvestment Act of 1977 (Clinton didn't create the act, it just started being paid attention to early in his era) was created to ensure and help low income families get a mortgage due to banks denying families of low income status. Early Clinton era, a study was produced...
by Kluden
June 20, 2014, 9:55 am
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Poll: Obama rating slips
Replies: 489
Views: 139928

Re: Poll: Obama rating slips

I don't see how Hillary loses, tbh, with the way things are right now. I will be voting for a third party, so my vote won't determine shit as usual, other than hopefully splitting up that free money they throw to these useless parties for elections. They should get nothing. Although I will give kudo...
by Kluden
June 18, 2014, 7:27 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: Game Deals (No Canadians Allowed!)
Replies: 499
Views: 120504

Re: Game Deals (No Canadians Allowed!)

Well, pre-emptive post to remind folks of Steam's summer sale tomorrow.

here's a linkie poo: http://steamdb.info/sales/

The countdown has started!
by Kluden
June 16, 2014, 5:18 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

Well, his fatness aint gonna let them get ahead of his books. So he will ruin this show eventually, either by forcing them to go to 1 episode long "seasons"...or filler, fluff, sit around and drink wine episodes. Remember, he wrote soo much for book 5 he was done with most of 6...hahaha......
by Kluden
June 16, 2014, 9:33 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

I'm all for changing the small details from the books. Like Cano said, the books are spitballed together, out of order jumble de bumble. Not good for TV, so they fixed it. The finale was fun, wrapped it up nice with a little brown bow...see what I did there? he was on the crapper, teehee! I will giv...
by Kluden
June 11, 2014, 6:04 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: E3 - 2014
Replies: 60
Views: 22503

Re: E3 - 2014

You have to have a low bar for console makers. They promote everything like its theirs, when the real geniuses of E3, are the game makers. In my mind, there is no winner of a console presentation, because most of their presentation is some other person's/company's hard work.
by Kluden
June 11, 2014, 4:28 pm
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: E3 - 2014
Replies: 60
Views: 22503

Re: E3 - 2014

I think Microsoft "won"...because their presser was basically a giant admission to just being ridiculously stoopid and wrong last year, on what the xbone is/was to be. Its a gaming machine...they just took an extra year to realize that, and so fashioned their presentation around a gaming m...
by Kluden
June 10, 2014, 9:27 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

Totally agree that will be the finale's cliff hanger,
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Lady Stoneheart...and then cut to Arya sailing east...and then cut to The Hand on the shitter...

I guess THIS was inevitable. I laughed.
by Kluden
June 9, 2014, 1:21 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Edge of Tomorrow
Replies: 12
Views: 3915

Re: Edge of Tomorrow

Winnow wrote:
Kluden wrote:I liked it a lot too, except for one thing...
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The fucken scoobie doo ending...it didn't need it.
Well, they had to show the cleavage shot just one more time!
Excellent point. Also, Yoga is awesome.
by Kluden
June 8, 2014, 10:58 pm
Forum: Sports
Topic: World Cup 2014
Replies: 65
Views: 27649

Re: World Cup 2014

World Cup is fun, but I actually just prefer premiere league. I'll watch the matches, and pray the US pulls some amazing play out of their rears.
by Kluden
June 8, 2014, 10:54 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Edge of Tomorrow
Replies: 12
Views: 3915

Re: Edge of Tomorrow

I liked it a lot too, except for one thing...
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The fucken scoobie doo ending...it didn't need it.
by Kluden
June 2, 2014, 1:52 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

And another item, did they run out of production money...as in I don't remember the dragons just being gone at Mereen...so what's up with that? they ate the shepherds goats...then nothing for weeks. and sadly, we are in for wasted 5+ minutes a week for the foreseeable future with Grey Worm/Hot Chick...
by Kluden
June 2, 2014, 11:46 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

Yeah, the Mereen shit is just dumb after they moved in. Not sure how they will redo book timelines to make things more interesting. Actually, it appears they will make things more interesting by inventing a love story with a dude with no junk (and an uber hot girl, no doubt)...and the exile of Sir F...
by Kluden
June 2, 2014, 8:48 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

What the fk is with adding the dumb useless stuff to storyline? I don't remember the whole grey worm and hot chick stuff from the books. Were people really clambering for more storyline with grey worm?

The arya part was great. I LOL'd too.
by Kluden
May 20, 2014, 7:06 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Godzilla 2014
Replies: 5
Views: 1707

Re: Godzilla 2014

I'm excited to see it, just haven't had time. plus spiderman...and xmen coming out...too much shit to see at the theatre.
by Kluden
May 20, 2014, 9:40 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Guardians of the Galaxy
Replies: 31
Views: 8812

Re: Guardians of the Galaxy

Gah! You know that guantlet is massive power...because it has comic lens flare!
by Kluden
May 12, 2014, 2:02 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

They are dragging a bit...his fatness must have told them he has no intention of releasing another book for a decade or so. :) I'll take it though, at any speed, with these actors. Its just so much fun to watch, with the skill that is on display with these scripts. This could have easily been a fkd ...
by Kluden
April 29, 2014, 10:05 am
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

I was curious as well...but what I think happened, is that the show writers told GRRM how shitty of a job he did trying to write like Sir Doyle, and told him for TV, you're just going to have to come out of the closet with it. Well, at least after GRRM told them now, he didn't have any further plans...
by Kluden
April 28, 2014, 6:26 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

Well I guess last night's episode clears up all that madness :)
by Kluden
April 25, 2014, 9:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34902

Re: E Cigarette

if you're looking for the premium shizzle, its Alice and Vapeland, NiteLiteVapor, and Prime Vaping. No matter how good though, taste is everything, and taste is subjective. So happy hunting!
by Kluden
April 24, 2014, 10:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: E Cigarette
Replies: 93
Views: 34902

Re: E Cigarette

I use high desert vapes. I only vape two of their flavors though. Chocolate coffee and Dueling Banjos. They also have a coupon going all the time for 40% off...its typically just FORTYOFF for the code. dueling banjos is my daily use. I like the mild tobacco flavors with caramel. They make and mix in...
by Kluden
April 24, 2014, 8:43 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

OK, i rewatched ep2 before this weeks episode. I see now. Yeah, that's not in the book at all, all that handling. So I guess GRRM decided to show it, since he never wrote it well enough :) Yes they do. They specifically mention that Tyrell adjusts Sansa's hairnet. Later on, Sansa says that one of t...
by Kluden
April 23, 2014, 7:37 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

OK, i rewatched ep2 before this weeks episode. I see now. Yeah, that's not in the book at all, all that handling. So I guess GRRM decided to show it, since he never wrote it well enough :)

On this past week's episode...did anything happen, or is it just me that it was like a week of nothing?
by Kluden
April 21, 2014, 2:29 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official PS4 thread!
Replies: 1348
Views: 245494

Re: The Official PS4 thread!

It would appear that console sales themselves are also following the games available trend. Microsoft isn't saying the amount sold, only shipped at this point, of 5 million. Sony has said its sold number is 7 million. But the same articles also show XBO's game attachment rate is about 3 games per co...
by Kluden
April 14, 2014, 6:10 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

Yeah, I remember all that in the books, but it wasn't all straight up in the least. So circumstantial. So when did she put this gem in the cup, in the wine? The cup was thrown around that the last person to grasp it, beyond Tyrian, had to be it, no? So if the grand mama put it in the cup, than the p...
by Kluden
April 14, 2014, 4:15 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: Game of Thrones - Season 4
Replies: 53
Views: 12439

Re: Game of Thrones - Season 4

That episode was one I was waiting on for a long time.
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Reason being, the book never said who done it...so I was thinking it would be easier to spot once played out visually. I felt after watching the episode, that it was clearly the battered ex who did it.
by Kluden
March 26, 2014, 11:33 am
Forum: Video Game General Discussion
Topic: Diablo 3!!
Replies: 288
Views: 80011

Re: Diablo 3!!

the expansion is now out...played it for 5 hours...leveled way faster than I thought it would be...and naturally, in standard blizzard fashion of expansions, they just make the HP of mobs super high, and the old "great" gear is trash. :) Having fun so far. Died a few times on Master diffic...
by Kluden
March 25, 2014, 8:41 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official NextBox Thread!
Replies: 1335
Views: 253983

Re: The Official NextBox Thread!

OK...maybe now its worth it. Xbone is $399 on amazon with code XIAMAZON...well, when its not sold out. I assume it got slick dealed...but that's the right price.
by Kluden
March 21, 2014, 5:22 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official NextBox Thread!
Replies: 1335
Views: 253983

Re: The Official NextBox Thread!

"Inferior" is just what I used to shorten what I mean. Its probable the wrong adjective to use. What I mean by using it, though, is that the xbone and ps4 have the same APU, one has more cores/gpu units, etc. This would take more power, more circuitry, more design, more everything to utili...
by Kluden
March 21, 2014, 4:16 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official NextBox Thread!
Replies: 1335
Views: 253983

Re: The Official NextBox Thread!

I'll still wait for the next round of drops, the $299 xbone that doesn't have the stupid kinect, and takes into account the inferior hardware, and is priced accordingly vs the competition! I'm not interested in titanfall. Since its just a partial game, I would be ok with it at $20 or less, like a DL...
by Kluden
March 21, 2014, 4:14 pm
Forum: Movies/DVD/TV
Topic: True Detective
Replies: 6
Views: 3125

Re: True Detective

Agreed. Its wierd, the show progression, that's for sure...but definitely a can't miss in my opinion. Well written, dark as a mofocka, and down right nasty at times. Love the actors/characters chosen. Unbelievably well casted.
by Kluden
March 21, 2014, 2:29 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: The Official NextBox Thread!
Replies: 1335
Views: 253983

Re: The Official NextBox Thread!

Yeah, that's the third retailer now. I'm thinking the $50 price drop is hitting the states, and tigerdirect, walmart, and others are jumping the gun a little on the official price drop.
by Kluden
March 15, 2014, 9:51 am
Forum: Consoles
Topic: FFX/FFX-2 HD
Replies: 22
Views: 3163

Re: FFX/FFX-2 HD

Yeah, same mistake, meant 13...the one with Lightning. Hated it. 14 is the mmo, so i preclude from judgement :) What exactly did you hate about 8? I said it wasn't great...as in I could play it through...and not regret paying for it. I regret paying $20 for 13.
by Kluden
March 14, 2014, 9:47 pm
Forum: Consoles
Topic: FFX/FFX-2 HD
Replies: 22
Views: 3163

Re: FFX/FFX-2 HD

FF7 is the obvious call...but I liked FF8. It wasn't great...liked it as much as FF9. FFX I didn't care for but still played it through. X-2 never bothered. 12 was lots of fun, hope they HD that one up. Great political story, vs stupid downtrodden boy gets strong story (although that's obviously the...