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Mind of UPSLynx: July 12

Bobby Miller July 17, 2009 4:10 AM ET in Tech

Mind of UPSLynx for the week of July 12. In this episode:
The mission is Street Fighter 4
Life.Icrontic!
Windows 7 is teh pwnage

(I know I rave about not having problems with Windows 7, but as a matter of fact I ran into a crippling codec-related error in Win7 after I shot this episode, and am still working on it. It’s not perfect, but still awesome.)

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18 Comments:

  1. Koreish
    Agent of Chaos
    17 Jul '09, 4:11 am

    He finally got it working.

  2. Bobby Miller
    The Dean of Computer Graphics
    17 Jul '09, 4:23 am

    sort of...

    my system is still very broken, I'm going to have to find a solution to this soon.

  3. DrLiam
    FoxtoN
    17 Jul '09, 6:47 am
    "Thrax ... was right"

    Amen.

  4. Nemikan
    Chat with me!
    17 Jul '09, 8:42 am

    SUX!!!1 @ Creative lawl.

    The beginning sounds with a black screen + you playing the game = 25 seconds. A bit too long for an intro without any talking in my mind. 3 seconds of black screen + 8 seconds of you playing would have been plenty in my mind.

    Otherwise a good weekly review! Also - grats on the comp working!

  5. primesuspect
    The Icrontic Guy
    17 Jul '09, 8:51 am

    "week of June 12th?"

  6. wahay
    New to the neighborhood
    17 Jul '09, 9:06 am

    That ending struck a personal chord with me.

  7. fatcat
    sasquatch wannabe
    17 Jul '09, 9:11 am

    it man.

  8. RyderOCZ
    OCZ Guru / IC Groupie
    17 Jul '09, 9:51 am

    Another winner, nice work Bobby.

  9. Thrax
    Cad
    17 Jul '09, 10:01 am

    Why yeeeeees, yes I was.

    Great as usual, Bobby.

  10. Myrmidon
    Who loves you, baby?
    17 Jul '09, 11:35 am

    I'm glad to see I'm not the only one that is thoroughly frustrated by Creative.

  11. Cliff_Forster
    Keepin it real
    17 Jul '09, 11:58 am

    Bobby,

    What stick are you using? How would you rate it?

  12. Bobby Miller
    The Dean of Computer Graphics
    17 Jul '09, 12:23 pm
    Quoting primesuspect

    "week of June 12th?"

    no.. NO.. NO!

    eff.

    That happens all to regularly. You watch a piece your working on so many times that you don't pay attention to details. Lord, my director at work would KILL me if he saw that mistake, I'd never hear the end of it.

    ...Then again I was wrestling with the Win7 COM Surrogate error for five hours. I was stressed, tired, and not paying enough attention.

    man Creative sucks.

    Cliff - I'm using Madcatz Street Fighter IV Fightstick SE. I would rate it garbage. They put very cheap components in it for the joystick and push buttons that generally break within weeks. (the rest of the stick, however, is top quality). I actually bought the stick so I could strip the cheap parts and replace with authentic Sanwa parts, which will make it a top tier custom stick while still looking great.

    The Sanwa parts have yet to come in the mail. When they do, I'm making a video tutorial of how to swap out parts.

    So if you're planning on modding the stick, the SE version is totally worth it. If you're not modding, it's a risky buy.

  13. Bobby Miller
    The Dean of Computer Graphics
    17 Jul '09, 12:29 pm
    Quoting Nemikan

    The beginning sounds with a black screen + you playing the game = 25 seconds. A bit too long for an intro without any talking in my mind.

    Wall-E is 45 minutes without talking, and it's heralded as one of the greatest animated films ever.

  14. Thrax
    Cad
    17 Jul '09, 12:36 pm

    Are you asserting that this is the greatest web video ever?

  15. Snarkasm
    The Photographer.
    17 Jul '09, 12:38 pm

    I think Tim would have something to say about that.

  16. Thrax
    Cad
    17 Jul '09, 12:46 pm

    It's not the longest-running, though. Bobby didn't say that!

  17. Bobby Miller
    The Dean of Computer Graphics
    17 Jul '09, 1:16 pm

    dangit, your right. I retract that statement.

    I've got a good 9 years to go yet.

  18. Gate28
    Resides in your bowels
    17 Jul '09, 6:24 pm

    Speaking of Wall-E, what is that behind the monitor when you fall and get KO'd?

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