BioShock [NO SPOILERS]

[Furiously]

And five hours until the steam version unlocks?

[Signe]

Mine won't be delivered until this afternoon.  PC, since we don't have a 360 yet.  I've canceled several game orders because they're making the same games for the 360, though.

[Ironwood]

Please, sir. Some of us are still in our early twenties and driven by the almighty penis. It isn't my fault that your wife sapped you of your will for sex. :)

Trust me, young man, you'll eventually learn to accept IOU's.  Even if they have to be redeemed with a shovel.

[WayAbvPar]

Started the Steam download before I left for work. I am praying I can get decent FPS on my aging machine. Everything is above min spec except the processor, which is 2.2 instead of 2.4 ghz. Watched my buddy play through the demo on my 360 last night...he was blown away.

[Furiously]

Wait, I didn't come over last night....

[Sky]

UPS guy brought mine in while I was eating lunch. Good deal. One of the games I built the new PC for, should run nicely at 720p.

[schild]

Oh. hey. I get to make fun of Sky's tv. AWESOME.

720p doesn't do it justice. Sucka.

[Bunk]

Ok, I downloaded the demo on the 360 last night. Just picked up the PC version at lunch. Only $49.00, I was amazed.

Here's hoping it lives up to the hype.

[Big Gulp]

It isn't my fault that your wife sapped you of your will for sex. :)

Children sap you of your will for sex, not wives.  Wives just stop giving out sex; there's a difference.  Those morning wake up blow jobs?  Those are gone, as are any other moments of spontaneity in your sex life.

But the good news is that you'll die eventually.

[Raging Turtle]

So my graphics card gave a big ole' NO to that demo.  And my system is top of the line!  ... or maybe that was four years ago.  Sigh. 

[schild]

What's your system?

[sigil]

It isn't my fault that your wife sapped you of your will for sex. :)

Children sap you of your will for sex, not wives.  Wives just stop giving out sex; there's a difference.  Those morning wake up blow jobs?  Those are gone, as are any other moments of spontaneity in your sex life.

But the good news is that you'll die eventually.

You will find some wives that will give the early morning  BJ after kids. However,  I have determined that most of those women are not simply mentally  imbalanced, but actually batshit insane. It's a choice you have to make, and most of us chose safe and boring. That and the alternative of messy divorce leading to hooking up with someone who'd make you regret thinking with your dick in the first place.

I'll second the children sapping the will for sex. First it's because you're too damn tired, later it's that fear of being walked in upon.  You and the missus swinging from the chandelier only to see little Timmy  at the door is enough nightmare fuel for all concerned to last through years of psychotherapy.

This day is advancing at a crawl, I want to go home  and play.
 
 There's one thing about Vista, the scoring breakdowns make it real easy to see if something  will or won't run on your computer. I'm assuming if I can run LORTO at very high quality with no Slowdown, I should be ok for Bioshock.

[Velorath]

I'll second the children sapping the will for sex. First it's because you're too damn tired, later it's that fear of being walked in upon.  You and the missus swinging from the chandelier only to see little Timmy  at the door is enough nightmare fuel for all concerned to last through years of psychotherapy

Lock the door?

[MrHat]

Hell, we can't even get it on with the dog in the room.  His eyes burn holes in my soul.

Re: Vista, that's pretty awesome about the scores, has that always been around, and how does it work?

I want to go home and not come in tomorrow.  But I have so little leave time now :(  Also, I'm dreading walking into Circuit City at 8pm tonight, only to find that they are sold out of Bioshock.

[schild]

These last 3 hours of work seem like a fucking eternity.

Hell, we can't even get it on with the dog in the room.  His eyes burn holes in my soul.

You sir, are a pussy.

[Bstaz]

Lock the door?     Then you get to hear  "Daddy, what are you doing to Mommy?" through the door, which also ruins the mood for some reason.

Edit:  I 2nd that the day is dragging, wife bought me the 360 version of the game!

[Raging Turtle]

What's your system?

Dell Inspiron 9100 (fat gaming laptop)

From the System properties info:
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80Ghz
2.79 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM

Graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 - have had trouble getting recent drivers or ever non-official drivers like Omega that work.

[Nonentity]

I have the PC version of the game in my possession. It is now a matter of waiting out these last two hours.

BANG BANG.

[schild]

What's your system?

Dell Inspiron 9100 (fat gaming laptop)

From the System properties info:
Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80Ghz
2.79 GHz, 1.00 GB RAM

Graphics card is ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 - have had trouble getting recent drivers or ever non-official drivers like Omega that work.

This is the exact same laptop I have but with 2 gigs of RAM. I wonder if I could run it on my laptop. (Mine's the 8600 though).

[sigil]

Hell, we can't even get it on with the dog in the room.  His eyes burn holes in my soul.

Re: Vista, that's pretty awesome about the scores, has that always been around, and how does it work?

I want to go home and not come in tomorrow.  But I have so little leave time now :(  Also, I'm dreading walking into Circuit City at 8pm tonight, only to find that they are sold out of Bioshock.

I dated someone that liked to keep the dogs in the room during relations.  It wasn't so much the eyes, as the fact the he realization  that she :really: liked her pets that ended that relationship.

Vista does a performance check on your system whenever you install  or run the computer for the first time. It keeps a numerical score  for  CPU, Memory, Video and Hard disk  performance. Games under the Games for windows banner come with a number for minimum performance and recommended. The score for your system is the lowest rating of any of your components.

[squirrel]

I have the PC version in my bag - partially because they were sold out of 360 copies and partially because too many people watch my tv to let me get enough 360 gaming done.

Oh and I got a free baseball hat with my copy. It says "I PWN". I kid not.

[schild]

Lulz. Picture of the hat is necessary.

[Bunk]

I'll take one later if I remember, got the same hat from Future Shop. I lol'd.

[Big Gulp]

It wasn't so much the eyes, as the fact the he realization  that she :really: liked her pets that ended that relationship.

What's with the crazy cat ladies?  It must be encoded into the female genetic code, because I can't count the number of women who'll drone on and on about their fucking cats.  Even women in their twenties.  It's disconcerting, and tells me to stay far, far away.

So the question is, do old crazy cat women have the cats because they're alone, or are they alone because of the goddamn cats?

[Sky]

These last 3 hours of work seem like a fucking eternity.

Thirded. Mine came in at 1pm, so it's been a four hour wait. Over now! :)

[Samprimary]

I been playing it on pc on high graphical settings.

Shit, y'all it's the next robot jesus

i mean shit

[Signe]

It came a couple of hours ago and I played for a bit.  I think it might be a little too creepy for me to play while the house is empty so I stopped for now.  I have manly hands.  On an up note, my specs are a bit below the required and well below the recommended, but it seems to run like a dream even on high settings. 

[schild]

at 640x480?

320x240?

[Evildrider]

I'm running it pretty well on 1280 x 1024.

I only have a P4 2.8 ghz
2 gig ram and a Nvidia 6800gt.
On Windows XP.

Awesome game so far, although I only got to play for an hour.

[Bunk]

Good to hear. I was a little worried seeing that my 7900 is the exact "recommended" spec.

[Morfiend]

The PC demo ran great on my system at 1900x1200 at all settings on high.

[Fabricated]

PC Demo ran like dogshit on my system at almost any setting for some reason.

AMD 4400+ X2
2GB of RAM (DDR1)
GeForce 7900GT.

Tried the beta drivers, no real improvement. 1680x1050, largely unplayable at max settings, barely playable at medium.

[JWIV]

Just a note.  AVG hates the install program on the DVD.   Had to kill Resident Scanner before it'd install.

[hal]

To report in. Downloaded over night and during work day via steam. Come home from work. It has downloaded. A new version of steam is available. Would I like to upgrade? Sure. After upgrading bioshock starts deincripting. OK, couple minutes. It gets done. I go to my games. Select Bioshock and it starts downloading? Started at 80%. Been 2 hours and it is at 92%. I am not an unhappy camper at this point but it is kinda unexpected. I will report again when I can launch the game. Just to let all know who might consider steam as a purchase option.

[hal]

Launched. Wow just Wow. I am 2 seconds into the game and I am allready shrunk up to my knees. As in scared shitless. Great art, great atomsphere. This is a rich dish, to be savored. Was about a 3 hour down load. Let me be clear. I bought on steam last night. i selected preload. After 3 hours I was around 50%. Slept, went to work. Ill guess 6 to 8 hours would have downloaded the game. At any rate 18 or so hours later when I get home steam thinks its done. New version of steam and the game unencrypt. I go to my games, double click Bioshock and it starts downloading. HUH? 3 hours later and I have the game. I really hope the guys that made it do well. It just reeks quality.