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[Mr_Eggy]

[Mr_Eggy]

[Mr_Eggy]

[Mr_Eggy]

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[GraphicX]

what the sh!t is that puzzletron thing :/

[Mr_Eggy]

GraphicX, on 05 December 2013 - 11:17 PM, said:

what the sh!t is that puzzletron thing :/

It's JonTron featuring in a YTPMV of the song "Puzzle Plank Galaxy" from Super Mario Galaxy 2.

YTPMVs are a form of video where the creator samples sounds from ANY video and uses them to dub over or replace music, normally using one sample for the bass, one for the lead, one for each of the drums, etc. Although it's common for people to use a set of samples for the lead or other main tracks. Some videos also feature "sentence-mixing" whereby lyrics (or jibberish) are made by stiching together many vocal samples. Visuals are also an important part of the experience, and visual styles and effort vary greatly between individual videos.

It's not an easy thing to explain.

[Axe99]

Well explained, Plunger Thieves, they're very funny stuff, that's for sure .  Where are you from and what's your angle on gaming?  Beyond YPMTVs of course .

[Mr_Eggy]

Well, I'm a PC gamer from Victoria, Australia. My angle? Next-gen still doesn't feel next-gen, and Linux needs more AAA games. If I ever get off my ass and install Linux again, I might even write up some of my experiences with Steam and games like Metro: Last Night running under Linux. I'm aspiring to be a OpenGL graphics programmer in the game development industry too. Beyond all that though, I'm just a regular guy.

[Axe99]

Nice one Plunger .  You're right about next-gen, beyond the built-in social integration, it's really just console catching up with PC.  I'm good with that though - I game a fair bit on PC (what's your steam tag?) but I prefer the ease and reliability of console, so I'm still smiling .  The good thing for PC is the new gen will raise the bar for everyone, so PC games are designed to work on the PS4/XB1, rather than the PS3/360.  Nice work on the graphics programming - by the sound of what you write, I'm guessing you're pretty interested in SteamOS?

What kind of games do you play on PC?  Oh, and if Saintsy has taught me anything, it's that people with fluffy pink unicorns in their avatars are anything but regular .

[Mr_Eggy]

Yeah, SteamOS looks to be a great thing for gaming - but getting studios to dump DirectX is another thing entirely. I don't have high hopes that it'll get a great market share though, due to the reasons I have preventing me from switching to Linux: I need Photoshop, I love a lot of games that are Windows only and Linux can almost spontaneously combust every now and then. Anyway.

Next-gen graphics won't be here until everything is ray-traced. Real-time reflections yo.

I updated my sig with my Steam profile, I've really only been playing PAYDAY 2 lately. Finished Overkill Framing Frame solo last night for a challenge. Like everyone else though, I have a massive backlog of games on Steam - as one would expect with owning over 400 games.

Also, I'm regular! I swear!

[Axe99]

Aye, SteamOS deffo has some challenges ahead of it, but Valve have money and talent, and you really need an organisation with resources championing a games platform for it to do well, be it Microsoft (DirectX), Apple, Google, the console platform holders or Valve.  I'm dreaming of a day when I can leave Windows behind for SteamOS, but also don't want to lose photoshop, or access to my Steam catalogue either (backlogs aplenty there too ).

CurseOfThePlungerThieves, on 08 December 2013 - 02:23 AM, said:

Next-gen graphics won't be here until everything is ray-traced. Real-time reflections yo.

Haha, that's mighty impressive .  It'll get there, but not until they can do it in a piece of hardware they can sell for $400-$500, to get the install base to get the sales to support the dev costs.  Will be great when they do .

[Mr_Eggy]

Yeah, if there's anything Valve's proven - it's that they like to play the long game with things and tend to succeed with it. The only thing stopping me from going Linux right now is PAYDAY 2, buuut I don't think it'll be a problem because the Windows version apparently runs flawlessly under Linux. Also, when you have a file system poorly organised as me it can be a little hard to switch when you have to run around for a couple days making sure everything is backed up.

All that said though, reinstalling/changing operating systems is very "cleansing" in a way, or; if you accidentally deleted that one really important folder, rage-inducing.

I think these are the issues SteamOS will face, when it's so much effort to change operating systems - why switch at all?