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Modern Family, why me why?

Yeah I finished watching modern family, all four seasons. In a month. First of all, what the hell is wrong with me, second, damn that shit is watchable.

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Hey, what is this? A Weekly Website Feature?

YEEAH here it is.

 www.hackertyper.com

 Open it next to the CIA website and look like a real hacker.

 Yeah that’s it bye.

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LG 34uc97, how’s it in the long run?

I’ve had It for a while now, and, spoilers, I love it. But, let’s see how it holds up in three criteria. How is work on it, is it a suitable office companion? What about content creation. How do Photoshop and Sony Vegas hold up? And, finally, is it good for gaming.

 First things first, I’m typing this review on it right now, with Neflix open on one side of the monitor and word on the other. The whole screen size thing is very good for workflow. You can even divide the screen into three or four parts, to really work efficiently.

 Now, sadly, I don’t own Sony Vegas, however I was able to test Photoshop. Once again, the aspect ratio is fantastic for content creation, and the curvature is super for not having to hurt your head and eyes looking at the corners of the display. Also, although the monitor is curved there is no distortion on the image at all, and obviously IPS panels are awesome for Photoshop and other content creation.

 Gaming, this one’s difficult. The monitor has 60hz which is fine, however you obviously can’t compare the refresh rate to something like that Acer 144hz monster, but it is still fine. In my opinion everything north of 60hz is ok. The experience with 21/9 is fantastic. Games that do scale very well like borderlands the pre sequel and GTA 5 are absolutely spectacular on the monitor. However, it must be considered that my computer is super overkill, and is actually able to run GTA 5 north of 60 fps on this monitor. This monitor is not suited to lower end computers if you want to game. Games that scale less well like tf2 and Metal Gear Solid 5, MGS5 not even having 21/9 support at all, still wow the used with the awesome IPS colours of the panel, and the higher-than-1080-resolution.

 Overall, I would definitely recommend this monitor to everyone who uses a powerful gaming pc but still wants to create content and write stuff. It’s a definite all-rounder, and a super good compromise.

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Quick Update on the G910...

Yeah, from normal use, I broke it. On the first day. A little component broke. Luckily it was the Scroll Lock. But seriously, that quick?

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Office 2016 Review. Is the Monopoly worth it?

Damn I love office. I love excel. The amount of shit you can do in excel is just insane. Also outlook, oh outlook. Anyway, let’s get to the point.

 So, let’s start with word. On Windows at least, the program looks very smooth. It has really nice formatting options for essay papers or similar stuff and just generally works very well.

 Power Point is a definite strong point of the package. The formatting options are seemingly limitless and allow for super nice presentations. Also, the built in rulers are super useful for making nice data representation.

 Excel, my favourite. There are no tweaks or new features that I use, but there’s too many anyway. The program is super smooth though, and seemingly is hard to crash.

 Access is something I use surprisingly often. Access also works fine and is just a smooth as excel.

 OneNote doesn’t really have any improvements I can see, it’s pretty much the same. It’s still as useless as it was, also.  

 Outlook is definitely one of the best, it looks super nice, the calendar is much improved, and it allows for dozens of receiving folders which is awesome.

 And that’s it. Overall, yes, it is worth it. I like it. It even works fine on Mac now, which I guess is good. Yeah, not much more to say.

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Logitech G910 Orion Spark, worthy of the mighty G710?

To be honest, I did have second thoughts standing in line with the huge keyboard box. I mean, I already have a G710+. But, to be honest I think it was worth it, more about that later. I took the keyboard out of the stunning box, chose the pre-installed wrist-rest from the two (they’re pretty similar, and I would have appreciated a more static one for typing but I guess I need to suck it up). I plugged the keyboard in and updated the software. Off I was.

 I began testing in Metal Gear Solid 5, where the keyboard performed very well. The keys are extremely responsive, and hardly need to be pressed to actuate. This made the experience very responsive. However, I noticed that sometimes the shift-key would stick, and this caused Snake to continuously run. I turned off sticky keys, thinking it was the problem, however, they were not even on. I then noticed it had something to do with the Press-to-change-the-colour setting. As soon as I turned it off, everything was fine. What a shame.

 Anyway, my second test was a competitive test, something this keyboard was made for. I played TF2 and CSGO, and the experience was pretty good. Having used Cherry MX Brown’s before it was kind of refreshing not hearing that load clicker clicker noise all the time. But the keyboard was super responsive through it all, and my fingers didn’t get caught on the high ledges of the keys.

 Something I initially thought would be a problem, the keycaps, which are super angular and oddly shaped, turned out not to be that bad, and I actually think they’re not that bad. Overall, I really like the keyboard, until using it I had no idea how much Cherry MXs pissed me off and how unresponsive they were. By the way, the keyboard is also awesome for typing. Fun fact.

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METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN FIRST THOUGHTS

Wow, I’ve only played it for an afternoon but, wow, the game is absolutely amazing.

 After seeing it at my friend’s house, said friend has about 200 hours on the game, and is playing it RIGHT NOW, I instantly needed it.

 So after buying it in the evening, installing it overnight, and playing it at 7 in the morning, I was, at first, pretty unimpressed. The prologue is annoyingly long. Seemingly uselessly extended. Also, suddenly, there was some sort of weird cross between John Wayne Gacy and the pyro from tf2 that greeted me into the game. What the hell, is this not the realistic military shooter I played as a kid on my DS? Well, no. No you move around with a horse (other options are available, later) and have some kind of tranquiliser weapon, that tranquilises enemies. These enemies then get balloons tied to them and fly into the air for extraction. This, then, makes them part of your private army, I know right.

 Now, set aside the games ridiculousness and that butt crack you need to watch for the entire prologue (play the game and you’ll get it), and the game is absolutely fantastic, and shows a lot of potential.

 Keep it up, Konami!

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The Steam Controller, what Valve Promised?

Ahh, yes. The Steam Controller (I will refer to it as the “SC” from now on), has been teased by Valve for a couple of months and has been on sale for about a month now, and, admittedly, looks very attractive in the ads. But, should you buy one?

 Well, to be honest, I don’t think so, as of now. But more on that later. So, first let’s talk about hardware. Hardware is by far the biggest strength of the SC. The controller is seemingly made of very high quality plastic and the glossy part doesn’t attract finger prints as much as I thought. The triggers, at least according to the Valve software, have tens of thousands of press-stages which do update pretty quickly and the trackpads have a fantastic tactic feedback that make the controller feel very streamlined and almost competitive. The trackpads are by far my favourite part.

 When It comes to software, however, the steam controller really shows its weak spots. When testing in Portal 2, I noticed the controller was very difficult to aim, as, like a trackpad, the mouse keeps accelerating even after the finger no longer has contact with the trackpad, making accurate and competitive aiming almost impossible. And no, you can’t turn this off in the settings. This makes the before mentioned tactile feedback completely useless. This makes it seem as though Valve is trying to make this device seem more like a trackpad, than a controller. This in my opinion is complete madness, as it is, clearly, a replacement for your Razer Sabretooth or Xbox Elite controller. Another complete let-down in my mind is the sensitivity. It took me a full half hour to set up the sensitivity just right, and even then, the sensitivity was usable, but far too slow for competitive play, one of the biggest selling points of the controller.

 So, in conclusion, I think that the steam controller shows a lot of potential. And, if you payed attention earlier, you’d know that all of the controller’s flaws are in the software. The hardware is pretty much perfect. However, I am sure that Valve will improve the software issues in the future, as their entire steam-machine program relies on them. If you want to buy a controller for someone for Christmas, then do. However, make sure that the recipient understands that the controller WILL improve in the future, and is definitely not set in stone.