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Gaming / Re: Wii 2: Nintendo begins the E3 Hype

« on: April 19, 2011, 03:55:07 AM »

As PB said, all reports, not to mention simple logic, point to an addition rather than a replacement.

I sure as hell hope so. As an addition it isn't a bad idea, except that additional controllers will probably be like 100$ now.

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Gaming / Re: Wii 2: Nintendo begins the E3 Hype

« on: April 19, 2011, 03:03:58 AM »

Do you own a Wii?

If yes, then shut up.

If not, then carry on.

If you dont know the difference between adding and removing functionality, then shut up.

Oh darn, it looks like you don't get an option to carry on.

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General / Re: Computer Problem Thread

« on: April 18, 2011, 02:51:38 PM »

Boot sector corruption is possible. What exactly does it do, step by step, from the time you turn it on to when it stops working and shuts off? I'm guessing there is a blue screen somewhere in there, in which case it'll tell you what is wrong. Write down/snap photo/whatever, just get that message and post it here.

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General / Re: Computer Problem Thread

« on: April 18, 2011, 03:40:32 AM »

I'm not sure if anyone can help me with my problem. Here's the TL:DR version:
Other TL:DR version: http://amethystviper.deviantart.com/journal/39873424/

I installed Malwarebyte's Anti-Malware and Avast, while my brother installed AVG, which was after the fiasco. All of the viruses and malware that was in the PC was dealt with already, but my brother's worried about the infection that's in the 1TB external hard drive and I need to know if there's a way to purge any remaining viruses from it.

As a precursor; there is always a risk of infection from a virus even if you have the latest virus definitions. No virus protection is 100% effective. You lower the risk by keeping things up to date, but new viruses are made every day and until analyzed there is no anti-virus solution for it. This procedure always carries a risk, as you are plugging a potentially virus infected file system into your PC. That said, let's continue...

Make sure you have anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-adware programs installed and all up to date on the PC you will be using to plug the external harddrive into.

IMPORTANT
Before you plug the external harddrive into the PC, go to your control panel and DISABLE auto play for everything. Some viruses will try to automatically launch via Window's AutoPlay feature.

Next, plug the drive in and wait for it to recognize. DO NOT OPEN THE DRIVE IN THE FILE BROWSER. Then you want to use your anti-virus to do a scan on the external harddrive. Repeat for anti-spyware and anti-adware programs. There is no way to tell what was infected without doing this, and no way to recover files damaged by the virus. Whatever is damaged is damaged, you can only get back what is there to get back. That said, this is your best shot for getting anything back at all.

That's pretty much all there is to it.

Posted on: April 17, 2011, 08:35:41 PM

So I was in the middle of playing a game when my laptop suddenly went to sleep on me. After managing to wake it up, it just went back to sleep again. Fed up, I forced shut-down. When I booted it back on, it kept turning itself off before it even finished loading Windows. At some point or other I also got a BSoD. I think I still have a warranty, and I just backed up most stuff I care about yesterday, so really all I'd like to know is a rough idea of what this might be: Hardware failure, or some sort of virus?

EDIT: A friend said to hit F8 on start up. After doing it twice, everything is working. Weird. Now to run a virus check

Forcing the shut down probably damaged a system file, or caused a configuration file to be cut short. When you used F8, and I assume you selected "Last known good configuration", it restored a previous version of the file you cut short by forcing the shutdown.

Hard to say what caused the laptop to go to sleep on you suddenly though.

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General / Re: Computer Problem Thread

« on: April 17, 2011, 05:54:06 PM »

The amount of people who believe that having to reformat means the loss of files is amazing. As long as your laptop can boot from a CD, and you have a flash drive or other USB storage medium, there's a fairly easy way to go about getting your files back before reformatting the PC.

If you'd like the details, send me a PM. That is unless you've already gone ahead and wiped everything.

And yes, I do this kind of stuff for a living.

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Gaming / Re: Wii 2: Nintendo begins the E3 Hype

« on: April 17, 2011, 05:44:46 PM »

This notion of replacing buttons with a customizable touch screen setup does not appeal to me. I will not play a game with just bumpers/triggers. I want physical face buttons.

Yes, it's a deal breaker.

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Gaming / Re: DD

« on: April 10, 2011, 12:28:17 AM »

I'm poor.

I spent all my student money on games for systems I actually have.

If you saved just 5$ a week since the Xbox360 released 6 years ago, by now you'd have enough for BOTH systems AT THEIR ORIGINAL PRICE and still yet some left over for games.

Doesn't anyone know how to save money anymore?

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Fan Creations / Re: Rockman Remix

« on: April 09, 2011, 11:20:48 PM »

That's pretty uncommon to see; the final battles of the later X series getting remixed, especially in orchestral style. Really cool.

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Gaming / Re: DD

« on: April 08, 2011, 07:45:54 PM »

Wait, this is going to be PS3/360 exclusive isn't it? Fuuuuuck...

If you don't have one or the other by now, there is something wrong with you.

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Gaming / Re: Tower of Pandora (Wii)

« on: April 07, 2011, 01:20:50 AM »

Liking the whip action. Consider it on my radar.

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: March 29, 2011, 05:50:05 AM »

The hinge on my screen is a tad lose, giving it a little wiggle room. It's not too bad since the angle I hold it at will keep it from ever really moving, but it sort of irks me that it is already like this out of the box.

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Gaming / Re: Nintendo Vs. Capcom: Here We Go

« on: March 26, 2011, 02:53:19 PM »

Nintendo doesn't publish games that have/involve/imply the use of realistic firearms.

Didn't they publish Goldeneye and Perfect Dark?

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Fan Games / Re: Mega Man X: Corrupted (flash fangame)

« on: March 25, 2011, 02:43:40 AM »

Really gotta hand it to you guys on the music. Sounds very authentic and the tunes are really rockin'.

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Gaming / Re: Nintendo Vs. Capcom: Here We Go

« on: March 24, 2011, 09:59:07 PM »

Does PB like Daisy more than Peach?

I think that's HS.

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Rockman Series / Re: Megaman New Horizon shuts down.

« on: March 24, 2011, 04:17:22 AM »

Capcom would never ever glorify a GBA rom project regardless. That would be validating roms and emulators as an acceptable practice, which Capcom will NEVER do since they are in the market of SELLING video games.

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Rockman Series / Re: Megaman New Horizon shuts down.

« on: March 23, 2011, 11:40:01 PM »

Ya know, reading this now I notice;

and Capcom didn't show much interest.

Um, duh? Why should they?

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Gaming / Re: Castlevania

« on: March 23, 2011, 05:03:23 AM »

It seems like it's 10$ and that wouldnt have been too bad in my eyes EXCEPT...

(click to show/hide)

apparently the teased boss doesn't even get to be fought, because it's not in this DLC, but the NEXT one. Meaning this DLC is just a giant teaser for the next one. Go [tornado fang] yourself Konami.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: March 23, 2011, 04:44:41 AM »

Behold TEAM MEAT-WALL

Good matches. Lag wasn't too bad, only had spurts near the ends of matches.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: March 23, 2011, 04:24:25 AM »

Wanna give it one more shot before I head out?

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: March 23, 2011, 03:51:51 AM »

Ah. I was looking over to my PC trying to identify any running services sucking bandwidth while still fighting, haha. I didn't find any so that must be it.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: March 23, 2011, 03:24:24 AM »

Friend request sent to you PB. Ready for some matches.

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: March 23, 2011, 01:17:30 AM »

Perhaps in an hour or two.

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Gaming / Re: Metroid Discussion Thread

« on: March 21, 2011, 11:51:32 PM »

What about John Marston from Red Dead Redemption? I look at him and I see "ugly man" all over him.

I see manly badass childhood role model. Hes rough but he isn't ugly. Chicks dig the bad boys.

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: March 21, 2011, 05:06:09 AM »

May? It doesn't work out of the box?...

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Gaming / Re: Metroid Discussion Thread

« on: March 21, 2011, 04:44:38 AM »

It was a little loose, but it worked. It was fluid enough, and I adjusted fairly quickly. The aiming was sometimes a little wonky, but I never had any trouble finishing a fight. Ducking around and crawling through vents seemed pretty natural and flowed well. Overall I liked it a lot. One of the best damn games of this console generation to be frank.

Oh and thank god they had enough sense to give you unlimited ammo.