Dragontology
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Supernatural sure does bring people back a lot, and in weird ways. I just caught up with that. Marathonned it this whole year. They really seem to be playing to the ladies, first adding Cass, then Crowley. But I had an interesting reason for watching it. Long story short, I caught part of an episode on TV I really thought was Supernatural but didn't know. So I started watching and got hooked. Caught up and found out that episode wasn't in Supernatural's run. So the mystery continues.
I've been a Steam member almost since the beginning. My first computer's motherboard came with a download for Half-Life 2. I had to register with Steam to get it, so I did. Computer couldn't run it. So I uninstalled Steam. Six or seven years later, I had just built the current computer, and I got Skyrim on sale. It was my third game—I caught Portal 1 on a one-day giveaway. Now I have about 140 games on Steam. I've had a couple gifted to me on forums, and I've gifted a lot more myself. I get the Humble Bundles (well, some of them) and give away duplicates, and games I don't want. Some forums have a problem with this, so I like to make sure before I start offering. As a personal rule for myself, I offer no game that is currently in a Humble Bundle. Get your own, support charity, you know. After the bundle's over? Open season. If it's not allowed here, that's cool. Do you know if they have a rule here?
For me, Steam kinda snuck in as the de facto PC gaming platform for me. It used to trip over its own SteamGuard because of my DSL (Dynamic IP) but they've since fixed that. I've turned on family sharing so my wife can play, though she prefers consoles and their exclusives. Rockband 3 on the Xbox 360, and Pokemon X on the 3DS. For me, a second DRM service is redundant and unnecessary. For the Humble Origin Bundle, the only game I was interested in was Burnout Paradise, and that had a Steam key, so I just activated it there. And Mirror's Edge but I already owned it. So I don't hate Origin. Not really. Just don't want to make another online gaming profile, have my games in a second place.
I've used the default Handbrake profile for 720p (downsampling from 1080p) and the configuration I have doubled, almost tripled the transcoding time. If you Google for Handbrake settings and get into the video enthusiast forms, they post their setups. One guy had a pretty good story about how his was the best and I went with that. If I were a serious YouTuber/game commentator, I'd probably research what each setting does and experiment to get my own settings. But what I have works well.
I've been a Steam member almost since the beginning. My first computer's motherboard came with a download for Half-Life 2. I had to register with Steam to get it, so I did. Computer couldn't run it. So I uninstalled Steam. Six or seven years later, I had just built the current computer, and I got Skyrim on sale. It was my third game—I caught Portal 1 on a one-day giveaway. Now I have about 140 games on Steam. I've had a couple gifted to me on forums, and I've gifted a lot more myself. I get the Humble Bundles (well, some of them) and give away duplicates, and games I don't want. Some forums have a problem with this, so I like to make sure before I start offering. As a personal rule for myself, I offer no game that is currently in a Humble Bundle. Get your own, support charity, you know. After the bundle's over? Open season. If it's not allowed here, that's cool. Do you know if they have a rule here?
For me, Steam kinda snuck in as the de facto PC gaming platform for me. It used to trip over its own SteamGuard because of my DSL (Dynamic IP) but they've since fixed that. I've turned on family sharing so my wife can play, though she prefers consoles and their exclusives. Rockband 3 on the Xbox 360, and Pokemon X on the 3DS. For me, a second DRM service is redundant and unnecessary. For the Humble Origin Bundle, the only game I was interested in was Burnout Paradise, and that had a Steam key, so I just activated it there. And Mirror's Edge but I already owned it. So I don't hate Origin. Not really. Just don't want to make another online gaming profile, have my games in a second place.
I've used the default Handbrake profile for 720p (downsampling from 1080p) and the configuration I have doubled, almost tripled the transcoding time. If you Google for Handbrake settings and get into the video enthusiast forms, they post their setups. One guy had a pretty good story about how his was the best and I went with that. If I were a serious YouTuber/game commentator, I'd probably research what each setting does and experiment to get my own settings. But what I have works well.