New Intel CPU looks very interesting. Is this the BEST NEW CPU for 2013 ? - Page 3

What's the controller issue ?

I thought most just use an xbox360 controller ?

Someone (the OP) is obviously butt hurt that everyone does not blindly bow down to his demands.
Edited by cybrsage - 12/5/12 at 10:47am

There's rumors of a Steam game controller and a Steam box. I get a lot of questions about Steam Big Picture and emulators for HTPC -- in a different forum of course.

I am a mouse and keyboard player... That is why I use my desktop.

My HTPC is great for NES and SNES emulation though.

Right there with you. I just found out that we're going to continue using WMC because XBMC doesn't change channels fast enough. I was incorrect in thinking that everyone likes to look at guide data before switching channels

lol.

Do you use XBMC or Mediabrowser?

I just got back from my honeymoon. Your not painting a pretty picture





Edited by Mfusick - 12/5/12 at 5:43pm

This would make me sad. I like you the way you are.
I like the balance you provide. Just don't take things so personally. It's just PC talk, not life or death.

I laughed when I saw this thread.. probably the first time I actually laughed at a thread starting out. You did good. I stayed out and let it go a while, laughing all the while.

AVS has a pretty serious demeanor and business like approach. I might not fit in as well. I often type like I am texting, and post impulsively. I take it very informally. I don't even bother using the built in spell check even though it is right there in front of me.

Ever been to a younger male oriented forum like the MISC section at Bodybuilding.com - Almost every thread is just pure laughs. I'm getting a little too old for that but it was fun back in the days. Forums that do not censor or give our infractions are pretty funny.

This forum needs some good humor sometimes. AVS in general. It's full of geeks, but lots of geeks have a awkward sense of humor I don't understand. lol.

In contrast- I once posted a you tube video and thread for it that switched to getting Rick Rolled in this forum and received an infraction with a comment "not welcomed at AVS"



haha...

Eh, some games can map easily enough to a 360 controller, but there really has yet to be a viable replacement for mouse+keyboard for most games. One reason there hasn't been much in the way of cross-platform multiplayer is simply because PC players would dominate console players - the mouse is just so much more accurate. Unfortunately, using a mouse+keyboard while sitting on a couch is not a very effective solution.

Give it time, she will eventually tell you to go have "alone time" on the PC, time she then spends knitting or some other girl thing.


I have been married over 25 years now.

Nah, you just have to accept people hitting back as hard as you hit. Personally, I find it great fun.

Same here. 100%. I'll NEVER use a controller. But I now have a quite capable HTPC as well, and that's why I built myself a lapboard. PC gaming on the big screen was never easier!

Well how in the heck have I never seen that before? My wife is not going to be happy - now I have the itch to go ahead and upgrade my HTPC to be fully gaming capable...

Congrats, dude. (if that means what it usually means when someone says that -- if not then, sorry to hear that . )

I think he already has kids. Perhaps I am wrong.

Might be a job change too. Both could qualify if I had to guess .... Either way I think congrats works

I know man....it's awesome. Playing Skyrim, BF3, all that stuff on the big screen is awesome. You gotta try it.

This is why HTPC and gaming PC are so cross over friendly... geeks and gamers are more likely to build a HTPC than normal people. The attraction of playing on a big screen and theater sound system is significant.

This is why HTPC and gaming PC are so cross over friendly... geeks and gamers are more likely to build a HTPC than normal people. The attraction of playing on a big screen and theater sound system is significant.

Totally agreed. I still have my main gaming rig. But now that my HTPC is also gaming-capable...its opened a whole new can of worms! Good worms.

I don't game on my HTPC simply because I am a mouse and keyboard player and I am very particular about that. I have a $60 Razer mousepad- Razer gaming mouse- and a Razer keyboard with Macros on the fly. I enjoy the high amount of control. Can't get that sitting on a couch with a lap pad.

While some games will probably never work as well sitting on a couch with a lap pad as they do sitting at a desk, I do intend to try this setup out at some point. The funds for a gaming-capable HTPC are not going to show up for awhile - need to buy another set of hard drives for the server first, and my wife's desktop is getting long in the tooth. Oh, and then there's all those other expenses like "rent" and "utilities".. and don't even get me started on that "food" nonsense. Why must this hobby be expensive?

what's a good gaming mouse? ??