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composer submission

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:43:47 -0500

hi,
here is my portfolio, tell me what you think or if you need a demonstration of a different genre.

Video Games

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:48:20 -0500

Which is your Most Favorite Video Game?

Im Back

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:01:50 -0500

I R BACK, NOW WITH OVER 9000% MORE INSANITY

Windows 7 Leads to Murder

Wed, 12 May 2010 22:25:27 -0500

Didn't write this, but it's quite an amusing article Bijak found for me. Certainly worth a read-through if you want a huge laugh. It's worth your while, trust me...it's VERY hilarious. If you do read it, make SURE you pay attention to some of the screenshots. They add a LOT to the humor.

WARNING: Contains minor cursing.

A Review of Windows 7
By: Chris Bucholz October 6th, 2009

The official release of Windows 7 is only a few weeks away, and if you’re anything like me, you’re probably asking yourself what effect this will have on your lives. Will the gates of Heaven open up and a consort of large breasted angels descend to guide you into computing heaven? Or will it be more of a low key affair, maybe involving the cast of Friends and a degrading video?

So I decided to apply my powerful brain to the problem, and find out what Windows 7 would mean for you, the average user. With only pre-release versions and betas available for download, to get a copy of the actual release version, I had to turn to eBay, where leaked copies have shown up recently. $150 and two days later, a package of bubble wrapped, technological delights arrived on my doorstep. I giddily tore open the packaging to reveal the contents.

Son. Of. A. *****.

Also included, but not pictured, was a small note from the seller, making some pretty inflammatory claims about my mental capacity. I took the matter up with eBay Fraud Protection, but they had similarly unkind things to say about my Internet savvy, only they used longer words. So, my attempts to get my money back from UR_a_Ediot67 were at a standstill. Unfortunately, I still had a column to produce, and as “23 Reasons Punching a Wall Really Hurts” didn’t have the sort of broad appeal I normally like to include in my articles, I decided to plow ahead with my original plan. So below I present my review of “Windows 7.”

Installation
Very difficult. The install for Windows 7 comes on four floppy disks, and as my laptop doesn’t have a floppy drive, I was worried I’d have to travel 10 years into the past to find a computer that did. Fortunately, my local Best Buy was offering a USB floppy drive for $80, which, not withstanding certain recent software purchases, struck me as the greatest ripoff the world has ever seen. I’d advise anyone wanting to install Windows 7 on their own machine should make sure their hardware can support it.

After that rocky start, the rest of the installation went relatively smooth, although I had to fiddle with the BIOS settings to get the floppy to boot. I chose to install all the options, including something called Microsoft Fax, simply because it sounded ***** amazing. After the install, the computer rebooted without incident, and I was up and running.

Hardware Support
Terrible. I don’t have any particular exotic hardware on my system, but Windows 7 still struggled to find drivers for basically everything. Screen resolution was limited to 640 x 480, and my external mouse didn’t work because apparently Windows 7 doesn’t have USB support. Bizarre. I’ll spare you the details of what I had to do to get the wireless working, but let’s just say it involved 27 hours of crying.

Finally got the Internet working!

Included Software
Windows 7 comes packaged with Internet Explorer 2.0, which I will admit to being a little disappointed with. It can render text and images however, which if you think about it, is probably the most important 40 percent of the Internet anyways.

The flying Window icon lets you know the Internet is working.

Set Up The Microsoft Network
Right in the desktop was a link to something called “The Microsoft Network” which the instruction manual promised would provide the unheard of ability to use chat rooms or check the weather. Unfortunately, the set up didn’t seem to work–it evidently requires a phone line to work, and I don’t actually have one of those. So be advised that to fully utilize Windows 7, and experience all of its weather checking glory, you’ll require some pretty specialized telecom equipment.

Long File Names
While checking the manual, I noticed that it also promised that Windows 7 would be able to handle long file names. I honestly didn’t know we were limited before, but I guess this isn’t a bad thing.

My Briefcase
This is a little synchronization tool that lets you keep files in sync across multiple computers when transferring files by floppy. I don’t have any other computers with a floppy drive, so couldn’t test it out, but I guess this would be a useful tool for the Amish.

Start Button
The classic Windows Start button is back, and it works pretty much the same as you’re used to. You click it, and a list of programs comes up in a branching menu. If you can’t figure that out, no amount of Matthew Perry videos will help you.

Taskbar
The venerable old taskbar is back in Windows 7, looking a little retro, but otherwise in good shape. Definitely a “If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” situation here. Curiously, the useful Quick Launch bar seems to have disappeared. I guess with limited room on the floppies, space had to be made for the popular Microsoft Fax.

Windows Explorer
I was very disappointed with this. The improvements made to the most recent version of Explorer were one of the bright points of the whole Vista debacle. The version on display here in Windows 7 is remarkably spartan, lacking many features users look for, like thumbnail previews or frequently used shortcuts. I think Microsoft definitely crapped the bed on this one.

Multitasking
I was very impressed here. To test performance, I ran a stress test consisting of a word document, two Internet Explorer windows and Minesweeper. Everything worked pretty smoothly.

Stability
Terrible. Possibly related to the previously mentioned hardware difficulties, I found stability to be a real issue with Windows 7. Crashes were frequent, including Blue Screens of Death. Error messages were cryptic and meaningless to me – see below.

Overall
In general I was highly disappointed with Windows 7. Although performance has improved since Vista, major features appear to have been lopped off the OS to meet these performance marks. Additionally, the hardware incompatibility and stability issues that have long plagued Microsoft OS releases appear to back in full force. Unless you’re one of those deviants who always has to have the latest OS, or have very specialized faxing needs, I’d strongly recommend avoiding Windows 7 until at least the first Service Pack is released.

Two stars.

Screenshots and Renders

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:26:56 -0500

These pics are a little on the old side, but I figure they'd be good to hold you over.

Steam gaming

Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:08:08 -0500

Who here has a Steam account and plays games through steam?

If you do add your account name so we can possible game together. Add a game list if possible. I will keep the first thread up to date with all of the account names and mark if they have a game list.

My account name is: rolex2424

Assassin's Creed - Mad World

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:06:07 -0500

I just thought you guys might like to see a music video I created.

Submitting...

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:48:05 -0600

I have some experience in modeling aka Blander. Some experience in GIMP. Mostly just freelance and hobbyist. But I am willing to devote some time to the project. I have most experience in weapons and shields ( armor is my next attempt at animations, which I am not very literate as of yet ). Anything in-animate can be done modeling wise, however, my tastes in texturing may be a bit lacking. I may be in and out at times due to RL, but that's a given. I have kids to feed and spend time with, they come before project, but give me time and plans and it can be done. I can also count and I have a GED.
See my name in PES under Morrowind Mods/Weapons. I will have a link up soon. I will also need to know what format and scale you are needing these models. Thank you.

Aaaar

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:05:52 -0600

This looks like fun. Hello

VGC: From phpBB to MyBB - Complete!

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:23:25 -0600

Hello Users!

I'm sure you have noticed there has been a dramatic change on VGC's home forums. And indeed, there has been quite a mighty one.

VGC has successfully converted from phpBB to MyBB! (thanks to Evil Eye)

In other words, we have converted our Forum Software.

phpBB was quite an annoying system to get things done around this forum. Installing mods on it took 15 min or more, simple theme edits had to take place within the depths of our servers, and it wasn't equipped with the largest essentials a forum would need.

MyBB has this. And we can install mods easily in under a minute. Along with the fact that it's easy to make theme and style edits. And as such, we felt the switch was the best way to help us and help serve you as the users.

Passwords, and posts have all been retained. And additionally, we have been able to easily remove the more unprofessional elements of VGC (using a forum to display affiliates, using redirect forums to get to other sections of the site, etc)

Anything that you could access via the redirect forums that were once here, can now be accessed via the forum navigation bar.

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You may experience a few bugs at the start. These aren't really a problem though.

*You may login only to be seemingly kicked out
-Soultion: This is a bug that comes with being logged into phpBB at the time of the switch. To fix this, simply log-in, and if it seems that you never even logged in, simply click VGC's banner.

*Unfortunately, Avatars that were too large in size for the default MyBB (which has now been remedied) were removed. Simply re-upload an avatar of your choice.

*Some BBCodes may be messed up since MyBB's BBCodes and phpBB's BBCodes aren't the same. Posts that used phpBB BBCodes in the past will not be remedied, but you can easily amend your signatures to MyBB's BBCodes.

*When you first login, you'll likely be displayed as hidden (you'll know this if it displays a * next to your name on the "Who's Online" statistic on the index page) You'll have to remedy this via the User Control Panel.

Any others, please report to me, here.

Want to Affiliate with VGC?

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:46:45 -0600

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Please bear in mind. Voodoo Gaming Company does not accept affiliates with adult-rated material, your website must be PG-13 at the most!! Additionally, any website that goes entirely against our rules will be rejected outright.

VGC also holds the rights to reject any affiliation request that we feel do not suit our best interest.

Thank you.

I return

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:21:17 -0600

Hey everyone. I finally remade my account here. Hope i am still welcome or has my time on other forums made me an undesirable Anyway I am here now and happy to spread blatant advertising about my reviews over on PLE

Music Section

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:14:42 -0600

Lalalalalalaal that's Right, MUSIC SECTION PLEASE!?

Art Section

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:36:30 -0600

Titles Self Explanatory I also want another competition

Im back, with a cat, In my hat! (uncle fuzzy's the cat)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:26:36 -0600

Hai everyone, im back the guy with an obsession with bunnys, now i have an obsession with doggys and unicorns, Look at my Deviant artz page and soon it will have pictures of Unicorns and Dogs http://milrata.deviantart.com/

Horses

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:38:00 -0600

So what do you guys think about the idea of horses? They sound fun to me, but then there is the issue of mounted combat. Also, with horses you would go faster making the game world feel smaller. What are your thoughts on horses?

Sup?

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:33:16 -0600

Hey guys, what's up? I'm new here, but I've read a little about (and watched the video.) the game that you guys are making and it sounds cool. So how are you?

Random Discussion

Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:28:26 -0600

Well, it appears that this shiny, new non divisible by zero board doesn't have one of these threads.
Basically if you have something to talk about that doesn't really warrant making a new thread, here's the place to put it.

so... zero, interesting number huh?