Big thanks to Kazashi who gifted me with a steam copy of Half-Life 2 to play with.

Because I don’t “do” Windows, I had to find a way to run this, and Wine (http://winehq.org) provided the solution. Steam runs fine, and HL2 runs in 1680×1050 with all “High” graphics settings (without HDR lighting) at high framerates.

This also meant I could try out Insurgency, which I did with a little less success. The game runs fine, but the framerates are very choppy even with low low settings. I’ll be getting a minimal config and trying that at some stage. I’ve heard that beta 3 is a bit of a performance hog on Windows, wheras beta 2 wasn’t, so possibly future updates will make this more playable. Any comments from more experienced Insurgents?

L4D is also purported to run just fine on Wine these days, so I might break down and buy a copy (when I finish HL2).

L.

Sorry for the short notice but I’ll be taking the site down for 30 to 60 mins at 5:15PM today.

Reason: To resolve

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Regards,
Fuzz.

4:41pm Shad’s misses waters just broked!

eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

a few days ago i left to go to the snow. it was my 1st time. i was riding a snowboard. i was going alright for the 1st 2 hours but as i was going down a run i went into a soft patch of snow. the front of my board dug in and i went forward but my leg didnt, then something happened i cant remember because i slammed my head into the snow. i woke up to find myself on the back of a skiidoo (snow mobile). i was taken to the 1st aid place. a few hours later i had to hobble to the bus. i got in and i had to lie down in the middle to keep my leg straight. the 4hr trip home was Xtremely painful. when i got home i went straight 2 hospital. i got an x-ray and it shows i fractured the bottom part of my leg (dont know what its called) underneath my nee-cap. i also had ligament damage. i am now on crutches.
if my leg repairs itself im going back next year :)