Recent content by esplin

I will agree that the lack of connection to HL1 was one of the weakest elements in HL2. We saw familiar faces and we assumed that the Portal Storms had something to do with the Resonance Cascade, and that was pretty much it. However, the story in HL2 is good enough on its own that this is only...

Where did my FREAKING GIANT ROBOTS GO! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNu6_dxWbNo

"Still think there's nothing to chaos theory?" "Shut up" -Scientists, HL1

I find that the massive amount of positive reviews for videogames really sours me. Even when its a game I enjoy, the massive amount of "this is the greatest game ever, by it now!" reviews make me notice a games flaws much more than I normally would. It's brutally obvious that gaming websites...

Marc Laidlaw is much more content watching you squirm as you devise your own crackpot theories.

I'd also like to point out that the barnacle gibs most large npc in ep2, rather than eat them whole.

I could only imagine what that scene would have been like if it was Magnusson instead of Eli. "What do you think your doing Freeman? Get off that wall and kill this thing. Oh it has psychic powers you say, well I'm sorry if my..........."

I remember the exact same area your mentioning, but all the barnacles do is "taste" the body and drop it to the floor. Barnacles do not die from eating anything dead. (Though oddly enough, the refuse to eat the body of zombie as well).

Not being a big fan of multiplayer, I haven't even installed it. :)

Ok, I'm looking up how to change the bios now. I just have two questions. 1. How many mbs of shared memory should I use? 2. Will changing the shared memory put added stress on the video card? Edit: I checked my BIOS and it doesn't have an option to change my shared memory. However, it does...

I do have 1GB of RAM, my system says 960MB and I just copied it. The computer itself I got in 2005, though it wasn't top of the line.

I hate to be the only one to post in my own thread, but I think I figured out what was wrong with ep2. According to Windows Task Manager it is using 100% CPU Power! None of my other steam games do this and it can't be healthy for my computer. Does anyone know how to stop this? I already...

I have the same problem. I actually assumed this thread was dead and started my own in the help section. I'm starting to think it might be the sound card, but I seriously doubt it.

I apologize for having to ask for assistance but I've tried everything and it just won't work. EP2 and Portal both randomly restart my computer. I've turned down the settings and gotten rid of AVG, which helped both games last quite a bit longer, but the problem still persists. My specs are...

I will agree that the Combine soldiers do have good AI. One of my favorite pass times is to spawn Elites and Rebels on the lighthouse map in HL2 and watch the carnage. I was very surprised when I played SMOD and the Combine actually lived long enough to flank me and use suppressing fire. I...