The Video Game Thread

[Maclowery]

Pre-ordered and pre-downloaded Diablo 3. Even took the 16th as my day off this week for a mega-play session.

Couple nerdy concerns - the Launcher is still a glitchy PITA. Doesn't get along with win7's administrator stuff. I had to enable the global administrator account to get the thing to work correctly, which is pretty obnoxious. I don't want to have to log over to that account every time I play. Stupid.

I hate, hate, hate the privacy on the game. I've already changed my BattleTag garbage off my beloved Maclowery, since it shows all over the place in game instead of your character names. And the battle.net armory thingy is going to display everything in the damn world about your entire account - playtimes, all character progress, etc. Nothing can be hidden. Basically, I want to be able to play as much as I want without someone saying "Hey, dude, you should go outside, last night you played your wizard for 6 hours."

[Jocephus]

i finally got d2 to work on my laptop though i can't see any of the cinematics...but man its just as addictive as i remember

[Jocephus]

can someone tell me if my laptop:

Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Display: 15.6-inch HD display (1366 x 768) (LED)
Processor: Intel® Core™i7-2670QM Processor (2.2 GHz)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M with 1GB of DDR3 VRAM Graphics
WLAN: 802.11 b/g/n
LAN: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
Memory: 6GB DDR3 SDRAM,2 x SODIMM Sockets (up to 8GB)
Storage: 640GB 5400RPM hard drive

can handle D3:

http://us.battle.net/support/en/article ... quirements

[cpebbles]

Looks like yes, but it's going to suck on a laptop.

[Jocephus]

what do you mean...just because i'll be on a laptop?

as long as i can run it smoothly i won't mind

[cpebbles]

Diablo 3 doesn't seem to have very stringent requirements, but it's still going to run poorly on a laptop that isn't a dedicated gaming laptop.

[Jocephus]

ok i guess i wont get it

[Maclowery]

Bugger that. With an i7 and a 1gig 540, I would expect you'll run it at standard graphics settings just fine. Soon they're releasing a free-to-play 'starter edition' so you'll be able to get that and see how it runs before you buy.

I am very excited for it to be 3am.

[cards2468]

ok i guess i wont get it

if you know anybody that's buying it, or if you wait 30 days, you can download a free trial that takes you thru act I of the game

I'd probably try that out and see how it works. I think your laptop should run it fine, though. I can't imagine DIII is too intensive on a graphics card.

[Jocephus]

sweet, thanks guys