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 Topic: Merry Christmas |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 19
Views: 278
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 Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 24th Dec 2025 19:16 Subject: Merry Christmas |
Merry Christmas men  |
| Topic: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) [May 27th, 2026] |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 77
Views: 10421
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 24th Dec 2025 00:07 Subject: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) [May 27th, 2026] |
| Fun fact: Not a single developer of Hitman: Silent Assassin is left working at IO Interactive |
| Topic: Nvidia Shield? |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 20
Views: 339
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Tue, 23rd Dec 2025 18:56 Subject: Nvidia Shield? |
| The Shield passes through all audio formats. The Cube is also able pass through both DTS:X and TrueHD Atmos to my Q930 soundbar. |
| Topic: Nvidia Shield? |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 20
Views: 339
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Tue, 23rd Dec 2025 18:10 Subject: Nvidia Shield? |
FEL is gone when i convert it too profile 8. Is FEL that important?
You really don't want to go down the FEL rabbit hole.
TLDR it makes a difference on a handful of BluRays but most do not pro ... |
| Topic: Nvidia Shield? |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 20
Views: 339
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Tue, 23rd Dec 2025 12:27 Subject: Nvidia Shield? |
Shield is 2019 but it got the most recent update in November 2025.
Apple TV and Fire Cube are 2022, also still getting updates. New Apple TV is supposed to come out in 2026.
You can theoretically us ... |
| Topic: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 54
Views: 5191
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 23rd Dec 2025 12:17 Subject: Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 |
Vince Zampella, co-creator of Call of Duty and Respawn Entertainment, has died
https://www.theverge.com/news/849297/vince-zampella-dies-call-of-duty-titanfall-respawn-battlefield |
| Topic: Ozempic |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 17
Views: 1935
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Forum: The Bitching Session Posted: Tue, 23rd Dec 2025 12:01 Subject: Ozempic |
| Of course people are lazy and don't want to adapt their lifestyles, but we're reaching a point where we can trick our ancient flawed biology and so shortcuts can actually work. Our bodies are shitty m ... |
| Topic: The GPU Discussion thread! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 23254
Views: 1514982
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Tue, 23rd Dec 2025 01:25 Subject: The GPU Discussion thread! |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUrJVdF2me0
As I (and many others) predicted, 2026 will be the start of the era of consumer hardware dystopia.
 
Future looks bleak.
... |
| Topic: Nvidia Shield? |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 20
Views: 339
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Tue, 23rd Dec 2025 01:07 Subject: Nvidia Shield? |
| I direct stream everything up to 50mbit bitrate to a Fire Cube via WLAN. Huge 4k BluRays I put on external drive plug it in the Cube and play back via Kodi. Its also possible to connect a LAN cable bu ... |
| Topic: Spartacus |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 762
Views: 74119
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 13th Dec 2025 16:02 Subject: Spartacus |
It's good old Spartacus. Oh how I missed the dialogue, the nudity, the gore.
It's like they said "ok we'll force in a black gladiator woman for the modern audience but everything else stays the same ... |
| Topic: Spartacus |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 762
Views: 74119
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 5th Dec 2025 11:54 Subject: Spartacus |
Spartacus.House.Of.Ashur.S01E01.Dominus.2160p.STAN.WEB-DL.DD_5.1.Atmos.H.265-playWEB
Spartacus.House.Of.Ashur.S01E02.Forsaken.2160p.STAN.WEB-DL.DD_5.1.Atmos.H.265-playWEB |
| Topic: Stranger Things (2016, TV Series, Netflix) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 454
Views: 98345
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 28th Nov 2025 15:11 Subject: Stranger Things (2016, TV Series, Netflix) |
| https://imgur.com/ZZT2QDU.jpg |
| Topic: Frankenstein (Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix Film) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 16
Views: 1507
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sun, 9th Nov 2025 12:09 Subject: Frankenstein (Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix Film) |
This is just a small part, there is a 40min documentary about this.
Sets were great but the fire, explosions and many animals were vfx and looked really bad. It's even more jarring when everything el ... |
| Topic: I downloaded the wrong file (a virus) wanna take a look? |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 10
Views: 403
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Forum: The Useless Void Posted: Sat, 8th Nov 2025 01:38 Subject: I downloaded the wrong file (a virus) wanna take a look? |
| Try to upload it to virustotal.com then do some research from there |
| Topic: Stranger Things (2016, TV Series, Netflix) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 454
Views: 98345
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 7th Nov 2025 16:46 Subject: Stranger Things (2016, TV Series, Netflix) |
| Don't ask questions, just consume product |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 44833
Views: 3116018
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 27th Oct 2025 00:44 Subject: The last watched movie. |
Poltergeist (2015) - 7.5/10
For a movie rated 4.9 on imdb I expected the worst but in the end it was a positive surprise |
| Topic: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1744
Views: 228633
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 15th Oct 2025 16:44 Subject: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
| Yeah I believe it is only monitors so far... |
| Topic: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1744
Views: 228633
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 15th Oct 2025 15:22 Subject: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
| Didn't they announce OLED panels at CES that aim to mitigate the VRR Flicker issue? In any case, they are aware and working on it I expect by 2027 it won't be a big issue anymore. |
| Topic: I will be gone a while...soon. |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 85
Views: 13422
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Forum: The Useless Void Posted: Wed, 15th Oct 2025 14:11 Subject: I will be gone a while...soon. |
| Good luck |
| Topic: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1744
Views: 228633
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 15th Oct 2025 00:53 Subject: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
| OLED can never reach brightness levels of an LCD with a backlight; it's just not technically possible without burning the diodes. On the other hand, you are stuck with shitty local dimming solutions f ... |
| Topic: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1744
Views: 228633
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 14th Oct 2025 21:03 Subject: Prey (Arkane Austin) |
| Awesome game, but lacks enemy variety. |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 952
Views: 91035
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Tue, 14th Oct 2025 20:50 Subject: The AI Thread |
https://x.com/sama/status/1978129344598827128
What are most people using AI actually for I wonder? We have wonderful tools of knowledge and creation at our disposal but the majority apparently choo ... |
| Topic: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One / Final |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 114
Views: 20641
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 14th Oct 2025 20:23 Subject: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One / Final |
| Got around to watching this finally, more high stakes action/thriller than classic MI but alas it was the grand finale (supposedly). Not much to criticise about it. Better direction and less CGI-y tha ... |
| Topic: Sony will explore bringing more exclusives to PC |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 360
Views: 67062
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sun, 12th Oct 2025 11:36 Subject: Sony will explore bringing more exclusives to PC |
Development times are just too long, there are still games yet to be released that were conceived during peak woke. 2 more years of ugly lesbians  |
| Topic: The Last Frontier (TV Series, Apple TV+, 2025) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 2
Views: 508
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 10th Oct 2025 11:26 Subject: The Last Frontier (TV Series, Apple TV+, 2025) |
The.Last.Frontier.2025.S01E01.Blue.Skies.1080p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.H.264-playWEB
The.Last.Frontier.2025.S01E02.Wind.of.Change.1080p.ATVP.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.H.264-playWEB |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 952
Views: 91035
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Thu, 9th Oct 2025 09:08 Subject: The AI Thread |
| Nothing ever really collapsed since 2008. How often did crypto allegedly come crashing down for good? When Gold? When the housing market? We are living in an inflated fantasy world. Small dips rebound ... |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 952
Views: 91035
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Sun, 5th Oct 2025 21:10 Subject: The AI Thread |
| The truth is: Slop already started before AI, AI just accelerated the process. It really took off with those creepy Youtube Kids CGI videos that were handmade back then. |
| Topic: The AI Thread |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 952
Views: 91035
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 1st Oct 2025 14:06 Subject: The AI Thread |
| The problem is: The more talk there is about the Gartner Hype Cycle, the more people are aware of it and adjust their behaviours accordingly, the less likely it is to happen. It's like a reverse self- ... |
| Topic: Alien: Earth (TV Series, Hulu FX, 2025) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 172
Views: 20726
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 27th Sep 2025 12:55 Subject: Alien: Earth (TV Series, Hulu FX, 2025) |
I don't know, the criticism is mostly valid but it wasn't THAT bad. It's yet another case of writers not talented enough but presentation was very good.
Some earlier episodes were written quite well ... |
| Topic: Futurama back again! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 327
Views: 50692
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 16th Sep 2025 13:55 Subject: Futurama back again! |
| Both S13 and S10 are correctly describing the new season, there's apparently two ways to list the episodes and each group does it differently. |
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