I purchased this Humble Bundle without realizing I already owned most of those “games”. I now have spare keys for:
These keys are free to good home. If you’re interested PM @jj5 on libera.chat and I will send to you. (I will cross them out of the above list when I give the key to someone.)
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In this video I unbox and install my new CORSAIR HS55 Surround Sound Gaming USB Headset with Microphone made by CORSAIR and sold by Amazon.
If you’re interested in buying a headset yourself you might like to know that CORSAIR has other models. I am very happy with my new HS55 headphones. They sound great and they feel great too.
In the video I install the iCUE software from CORSAIR and the NVIDIA App from NVIDIA.
The NVIDIA App is used to install the drivers for my RTX 4060 graphics card in my gaming rig ‘treat‘. NVIDIA maintains a list of games supported by the NVIDIA App.
We also install the NVIDIA Broadcast software following this setup guide.
I had some trouble I think with the compatibility of the NVIDIA Broadcast software and the iCUE software. If I had my time again I wouldn’t have bothered with the NVIDIA Broadcast software, I don’t intend to use its features (it can filter out background noise on your microphone, but I don’t care about that). The only reason I installed the NVIDIA Broadcast software at all is that the iCUE software seemed to suggest that it integrated with it, but if it does it didn’t work for me. After I reinstalled the iCUE software it seemed to work properly again, so not really sure what happened there, but I think it all worked out in the end. Also I seemed to have some trouble when using VNC to connect to my gaming rig that didn’t happen when I used it directly (via the ATEN CS1922 2-Port DisplayPort KVM on my desk).
There were some YouTube videos from CORSAIR which played during the iCUE installation:
While reading about the NVIDIA driver options I learned about WHQL Testing:
The Windows Hardware Certification program (formerly Windows Hardware Quality Labs Testing, WHQL Testing, or Windows Logo Testing) is Microsoft’s testing process which involves running a series of tests on third-party device drivers, and then submitting the log files from these tests to Microsoft for review. The procedure may also include Microsoft running their own tests on a wide range of equipment, such as different hardware and different Microsoft Windows editions.
There is some more info from Microsoft about the program over here: WHQL test signature program.
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I’m such a good little consumer. Today I got myself some surround sound headphones with microphone attached. I got the CORSAIR HS55 Surround Gaming Headset which was a step up from the CORSAIR HS35 v2 option.
I am interested in getting a VR headset but honestly I don’t know anything about that technology yet, so I am holding off for now. I don’t understand why the price differentials are so drastic, there are $20 thru $3,000 options. I think some of them are just straps which you attach your smartphone to.
Also I am planning to get the Logitech G X56 Throttle and Stick Controller but I haven’t hit the buy button on that one yet either. I want this so I can play my Descent games (see below, I got Descent 1, 2, and 3).
There is a sale on games at the moment over on Steam and I got a bunch of games while they were up to 90% off:
A few days ago I got Prey which I have been playing on my new gaming rig ‘treat‘, that’s been a bit of fun.
Today I purchased The Descent Classic Collection. I’m looking forward to playing these, but not before I get my Logitech G 4021846 H.O.T.A.S. RGB Throttle and Stick Controller X56.
In another life I would totally take the time to do this: PS1 Programming with MIPS Assembly & C.
Note to self: check out StarCraft: Mass Recall. Apparently it’s a remake of StarCraft in the StarCraft II engine. I’m not exactly sure where to get it or how it works, but I can probably figure that out.
My mate @drakonis referred me to the following:
For the record:
At the pub the other night I met the guy who made this computer game: Kusan : City of Wolves.
Today I found Quake ported to Arduino Nano Matter and Sparkfun Thing Plus Matter Boards via this article from Hackaday: Quake In 276 KB Of RAM.
The code is on GitHub and there’s a YouTube video with a high-level explanation.