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 Topic: Assassin's Creed Mirage |
Shocktrooper
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 Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Tue, 3rd Mar 2026 17:11 Subject: Assassin's Creed Mirage |
Everything points to TPM 2.0 as next step for Denuvo. They don't care anymore if some hardware gets locked out and always online is seen as a feature by the stupid shortsighted publishers anyway.
And ... |
| Topic: The last watched movie. |
Shocktrooper
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Views: 3310157
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sun, 1st Mar 2026 14:48 Subject: The last watched movie. |
Killers of the Flower Moon 5.5/10
The Brutalist 4.0/10
Two overtly long mostly boring pieces of cinema, made solely for the critics and award grabbing.
I want those 7 hours back. |
| Topic: 28 Years Later / The Bone Temple |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 75
Views: 10779
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 23rd Feb 2026 06:57 Subject: 28 Years Later / The Bone Temple |
| It was great and the ending even managed to connect with the older movies. |
| Topic: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) [May 27th] |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 92
Views: 12556
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Sat, 21st Feb 2026 13:14 Subject: 007 First Light (IO Interactive) [May 27th] |
And consume faster, the servers will likely be gone in 5 years  |
| Topic: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 38
Views: 1978
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sat, 21st Feb 2026 12:59 Subject: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Drinker is right, it is "their vision of what Star Trek should be".
In the early seasons of Discovery or Strange New Worlds they still had to contend with actual sci-fi elements and logic and ration ... |
| Topic: Monitor thoughts! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1330
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Fri, 20th Feb 2026 13:07 Subject: Monitor thoughts! |
Here are some new articles about potential issues with OLED monitors:
Grey Banding:
https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/exploring-the-grey-banding-issue-affecting-some-tandem-woled-panels
Black C ... |
| Topic: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 38
Views: 1978
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 18th Feb 2026 02:31 Subject: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Rumor has it the show was cancelled internally already (good riddance).
But since the geniuses filmed two seasons ( ) this will be a prolonged suffering.
They had to redo the S2 ending to ma ... |
| Topic: Call of Duty: Vanguard |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 89
Views: 16442
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Thu, 12th Feb 2026 00:17 Subject: Call of Duty: Vanguard |
It is actually downloading the textures! I enabled the traffic monitor to check and indeed it is filling up the xpak_cache folder in the main game directory. Already downloaded almost 7gb of ... |
| Topic: Call of Duty: Vanguard |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 89
Views: 16442
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 11th Feb 2026 20:45 Subject: Call of Duty: Vanguard |
Great gaming future ahead of us. As it stands the majority of recent Singleplayer games will apparently be partially broken, miss content or be downright unplayable within the next 10 years. |
| Topic: Call of Duty: Vanguard |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 89
Views: 16442
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Forum: PC Games Arena Posted: Wed, 11th Feb 2026 18:48 Subject: Call of Duty: Vanguard |
I'm playing the cracked Campaign of this right now.
Does the On-Demand Texture Streaming of this game work when cracked? And if so, what the fuck is that setting? When servers are shut off in the fu ... |
| Topic: Monitor thoughts! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1330
Views: 162757
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Sat, 7th Feb 2026 18:54 Subject: Monitor thoughts! |
So after reading a bit more these would be the gaming OLEDs I'd get in 2026:
27'' 1440p - Tandem WOLED Gen4 e.g. Gigabyte MO27Q28G or ASUS PG27AQWP-W
27" 4k - Wait for V-Stripe QD-OLED or RGB-Stri ... |
| Topic: Monitor thoughts! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1330
Views: 162757
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Sat, 7th Feb 2026 12:52 Subject: Monitor thoughts! |
My mistake, I meant this one:
https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/lg-announce-the-32gx870b-their-first-32-4k-tandem-woled-monitor
LG 32GX870B (not A)
It's not even out yet, so there can't be reviews |
| Topic: Monitor thoughts! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1330
Views: 162757
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Sat, 7th Feb 2026 12:08 Subject: Monitor thoughts! |
Yeah, the 32'' LG is getting the 4th gen Tandem OLED, the 27'' version of this should be in the PG27AQWP for example which was reviewed here:
https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/asus-rog-swift-pg27aqwp- ... |
| Topic: Monitor thoughts! |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 1330
Views: 162757
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Forum: Hardware Zone Posted: Sat, 7th Feb 2026 03:10 Subject: Monitor thoughts! |
I'm thinking of getting a new monitor sometime in the latter half of the year...
Since I got a QD-OLED TV I'm never going back and will only get an OLED now. I don't believe there is much babying lef ... |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 35
Views: 1350
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Fri, 6th Feb 2026 16:46 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
https://i.imgur.com/FJ2B2vw.jpeg
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| Topic: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (GoT Prequel Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 92
Views: 4339
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Fri, 6th Feb 2026 13:02 Subject: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (GoT Prequel Series, 2026) |
A.Knight.of.the.Seven.Kingdoms.S01E04.Seven.2160p.HMAX.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.Atmos.DV.HDR.H.265-FLUX
earlier than expected |
| Topic: Fallout (Amazon Prime TV, 2024) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 300
Views: 41162
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 5th Feb 2026 17:40 Subject: Fallout (Amazon Prime TV, 2024) |
| Postponed watching this until now, binged both Seasons at once. I enjoyed it, very impressed. Feels just like the games. 9/10 |
| Topic: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (GoT Prequel Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 92
Views: 4339
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Tue, 3rd Feb 2026 14:05 Subject: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (GoT Prequel Series, 2026) |
I'd say the set-up is done. Only 3 episodes remain  |
| Topic: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 38
Views: 1978
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 2nd Feb 2026 23:42 Subject: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Still watching it We're knee deep in cringe territory by now, it's getting worse than Acolyte
If you just want a recap for shits and giggles I recommend the Nerdrotic videos
https://www.yo ... |
| Topic: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 11
Views: 319
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Wed, 28th Jan 2026 07:37 Subject: Gen Z is the first generation less cog. capable than parents |
| It's called the Reverse Flynn Effect and it is caused by smartphone and social media use, third-worldization of western societies and environmental factors like microplastics poisoning. |
| Topic: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 35
Views: 1350
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Forum: General chatter Posted: Mon, 26th Jan 2026 13:40 Subject: 'Hate speech’ censorship in Europe |
Pieces are moving around, so I will post a couple of updates once in a while
Australia's under 16s social media ban
https://news.sky.com/story/australias-under-16s-social-media-ban-how-will-it-wor ... |
| Topic: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 38
Views: 1978
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 22nd Jan 2026 10:28 Subject: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Star.Trek.Starfleet.Academy.S01E03.Vitus.Reflux.2160p.ATV.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.DV.HDR.H.265-RAWR
It's out, my mens...uuh queens  |
| Topic: The Night Agent (Series, Netflix, 2023–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 12
Views: 2448
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 22nd Jan 2026 10:21 Subject: The Night Agent (Series, Netflix, 2023–) |
| For a moment I thought this was about The Night Manager, but it is The Night Agent and last week when I tried to watch Echo 3 I downloaded Echo instead, but then later that day I searched for Landman ... |
| Topic: "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI |
Shocktrooper
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 22nd Jan 2026 10:18 Subject: "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI |
| It's like with plastic surgery. The best doctors make it so you don't notice. |
| Topic: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (GoT Prequel Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 92
Views: 4339
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Mon, 19th Jan 2026 15:37 Subject: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (GoT Prequel Series, 2026) |
The novellas it is based is a smaller story within the universe, mainly for fans of the worldbuilding and lore. I think when expectations are adjusted accordingly this could work very well.
The firs ... |
| Topic: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 38
Views: 1978
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Sun, 18th Jan 2026 02:57 Subject: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
| Nothing will change until the average IQ of the writers rises above midwit level and the amount of women involved drops to <40% |
| Topic: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 38
Views: 1978
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 15th Jan 2026 22:56 Subject: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy (Paramount+ TV Series, 2026) |
I watched them both
The first ep was pretty ok actually, obviously big budget and lots of action to hook the viewers.
Then ep2 rather meh, massive downshifting and the young adult romance cr ... |
| Topic: Pluribus (Apple TV+ Series, Vince Gilligan) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 84
Views: 5090
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Thu, 15th Jan 2026 15:49 Subject: Pluribus (Apple TV+ Series, Vince Gilligan) |
| The Leftovers was the biggest con in TV show history. It completely disregarded the main premise after a while and became some pretentious character driven drama. It was a plate of nothing but present ... |
| Topic: Pluribus (Apple TV+ Series, Vince Gilligan) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 84
Views: 5090
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 14th Jan 2026 22:34 Subject: Pluribus (Apple TV+ Series, Vince Gilligan) |
Kinda underwhelming for a finale. There's still massive potential there but 50 ways to fuck it up and only 8 ways to make it work. It all hinges on the writing now.
The cinematography and visuals ar ... |
| Topic: Hijack (Series, Apple TV+, 2023–) |
Shocktrooper
Replies: 28
Views: 3732
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Forum: Movie & TV Sparks Posted: Wed, 14th Jan 2026 22:28 Subject: Hijack (Series, Apple TV+, 2023–) |
| I watch most shows weekly and quickly get back in but for this I'd rather wait and binge |
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