Recent Purchases Thread...

[SoF'nAwesome]

The Wolf Among Us is great, sad that there are not many games like that.

[el badman]

But a Bluegate Bluetooth adapter. I already have one that I use in my car for all the music on my phone, but I tried it on my 5.1 receiver at home, and it works great on that too, so might as well get another one.

[Lean]

Had it on a double-post later on.

[KrazyTomKrazy]

On Black Friday I purchased NBA Live 2006, NBA 2k8 and NBA 2k9 for 3 bucks total. All used but not a bad deal. Bringing back the memories. Nice playing with some older rosters and having Ben Wallace in a game!

[el badman]

I got tired of my Logitech solar-powered keyboard, it's convenient but the keys are way too low to be comfortable for gaming, and it tends to lose juice much faster than advertised. So after checking a mechanical keyboard review on tomshardware, I ordered the Gigabyte Aivia Osmium:

[shadowgrin]

That's a manly keyboard, none of that ergonomic design nonsense.

[NovU]

I thought you didn't like backlit keyboards grin.

BTW are mechanical keyboards worth the price tag? Aren't they bit noisy? Biggest reason I been staying away from them are primarily the price & noise. What are the real perks?

[shadowgrin]

badman is old and french, he needs all the lighting he can get and it's way better than a solar powered keyboard.

[NovU]

First thing I used to do when I had a backlit keyboard was turning the lights off when I turn on the computer every single time, unless friends were over at my house and I wanted to look cool, lol. #nerdsfeelme

[el badman]

BTW are mechanical keyboards worth the price tag? Aren't they bit noisy? Biggest reason I been staying away from them are primarily the price & noise. What are the real perks?

Some of them are particularly noisy (like the Razer BlackWidow for example, I tried it at Best Buy, and it was like using a fucking typewriter), and that's definitely something I was trying to avoid. It's supposed to be the best choice for gamers because of the responsiveness and feel of the keys I guess. The one I ordered is actually not supposed to be very noisy for a mechanical keyboard. This is the article that I came across and that made me decide.

badman is old and french, he needs all the lighting he can get and it's way better than a solar powered keyboard.

It's true, I can't even see if I need to change my catheter with this damn thing.

[Lean]

I have bought a new phone.



Honestly I don't appreciate the looks of touchscreen phones. They all look the same to me.

[Ese]

I just bought a Nike Presto and Nike running shorts plus I got my 7th tattoo on my arm.

[NovU]

Haha...aha.

[el badman]

I was looking for some good wireless headphones for a while now and didn't want to fall into the Beats or Skull Candy hype, and I found that those Sony MDR-10RBT got some pretty good reviews overall:



Surprisingly Best Buy had them for much cheaper that anywhere I could find online, most likely because they're apparently being discontinued.

[Lean]

Those headphones are damn expensive here. Nice buy. I always relegate to the cheaper in-ear headphones.

[Sauru]

best headphones i have ever had are the sony ones for playstation. they were far better than i expected

i have recently upgraded both mine and my wifes computer set ups for the upcoming ESO launch. got us both a new desk and chair. new keyboards (she got the corsair z70 i got the razer blackwidow), new mice (she got razer deathadder i got the logitech g500s). i also built a new computer thats far more powerful than what this game requires but i always build them that way.

[shadowgrin]

Aw Sauru so sweet but what would you do if you find out your wife was using the computer that you upgraded for her with your own blood, sweat, and tears just so she could watch Lakers games and participate in Lakers forums without you knowing it?

[SoF'nAwesome]

lolz that's d evil

"blood, sweat and tears"

[Sauru]

Aw Sauru so sweet but what would you do if you find out your wife was using the computer that you upgraded for her with your own blood, sweat, and tears just so she could watch Lakers games and participate in Lakers forums without you knowing it?

i assume no judge in the world would side with her if she did something so horrible

[SoF'nAwesome]

For real though? Your whole family bleeds green?

[shadowgrin]

I was looking for some good wireless headphones for a while now and didn't want to fall into the Beats or Skull Candy hype, and I found that those Sony MDR-10RBT got some pretty good reviews overall:



Surprisingly Best Buy had them for much cheaper that anywhere I could find online, most likely because they're apparently being discontinued.

Time to test that sonuvabich: http://www.audiocheck.net/soundtests_headphones.php

[el badman]

Interesting stuff. I downloaded those files on my phone to try to test them wirelessly but they wouldn't work for some reason. I'll try them directly from my PC using the cable that came with them I guess.

[shadowgrin]

afaik that test is for wired headphones/earplugs.
Something something for accuracy something sound quality conversion something [/sound engineer would say]

[el badman]

Finally got to try this, and while I'm no sound engineer, those headphones did seem to pass all the tests with flying colors, so I'm pretty happy with my purchase here. That binaural test at the end is fucking crazy, it's literally as if someone is knocking at the door from each side.

[Oznogrd]

Finally bought NBA2k14 on sale on Live this week..

Will be buying Valentines stuff for the ladyfriend later.