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So for the past week or so I've been experiencing far worse than usual latency on my home network. We're talking pings over 500 ms being common and going as high as 1500 ms. Sometimes it can drop a bit lower but not often enough! This has the adverse effect of making online gaming nigh-impossible. Source engine games won't even connect at all.

So far I have tried two different routers (wireless by necessity, too much space to cover in this house amongst the multiple machines) with the same result. I have also done a test with just the cable modem wired into my NIC and all the latency was gone. Logic would suggest this means there is something not quite adding up. Download/upload speeds are still fine, this problem seems to exclusively do with ping times. I have also since set my wireless channels to the clearest based on an InSSIDer reading of neighbouring connections.

I'm a little stumped at what my options are. I don't really want to buy a new router even though 5 Ghz is mighty tempting. I already have Wireless N in the router I'm using now (newly upgraded to DD-WRT in the vain hope that some effect could have come of it).

So, I'm looking for any suggestions people might have for things that could be done with this issue.

I don't really like to do this on here but my sister could use a new car so it's worth a shot.

TLDR: Virgin is holding a baby contest and I contest that my nephew is the cutest.

http://vancouver.virginradio.ca/Showcase/CutestKid/View.aspx?ID=193731

Please vote 10s and also I am not outwardly against sabotaging other babies for our gain cause I mean, fuck them right?

From a GDC panel listed on the schedule, Generative Audio in THIEF

"Innovative audio has been at the heart of the original THIEF titles and Eidos Montreal's new THIEF is no exception, this presentation will mark the first time that the game has been spoken about publicly"

Not much more yet but it is now a thing.

 



http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/09/03/see-duke-nukem-forever-revealed-maybe/

I want to be cynical about this but it actually sounds like maybe it could be good. A mix of browser game but with turn-based tactical combat built in on the local map layers.

Tactical Turn based Action in 3D isometric graphics with parameterized maps for fresh challenges
Management of mercenary company with extended RPG system
Synchronous and asynchronous online PvE, co-op and PvP
Build up your own HQ
Players can choose to accept campaigns, which are essentially a string of missions on a specific map that need to be resolved within a given time frame.
Players can support other’s campaigns by renting mercenaries for a certain amount of time and can also bolster their roster by using their ally’s mercs.
The game can be played as a normal browser game, managing mercenaries and sending them on missions or players can dive into the action on the tactical map, improving their chances and rewards.
The game has three core layers of gameplay:
o   The tactical map, where players control their mercs directly in turn based/real time combat.
o   The management level, where players run their company, rent out mercs and choose missions or campaigns as well as build up their HQ facilities.
o   The social layer, where players may support or fight others on campaigns or missions.

http://jaggedalliance.com/index.php?id=25&L=1

Thought I'd get a thread started to get excited way prematurely, but basically: This is the codename of what the Irrational Games team is developing next. The big reveal of what exactly it will be isn't till August 11th, but in the meantime I thought I'd get the hype train rolling with a game of massive uncontrolled guessing. Note that it will be an original IP according to known info. Me, I'm hoping for something leaning more towards the RPG side but really with a history like theirs it could be anything.

I just saw this has finally launched and was surprised it wasn't mentioned before. It's rather quite fun, lovingly designed, and possibly one of the finest examples of mastering GameMaker I've ever seen.

Basically its an oil drilling sim (although rather action packed as well) and you must reclaim old islands to drill on, buy and upgrade equipment, and so on. You also can operate the machinery manually and conduct repairs, which are mainly puzzle-like minigames. Rather fun and there's a demo out on their page (full version is only $15 and DRM free, though).

http://www.vertigogaming.net/game/oilblue

The sparse art is quite pretty and the design in all reminds me a lot of the Art Deco of Bioshock.

Check it out, I'm getting a lot of fun out of it myself!

Wolfire Games and friends are at it again, this time with an all new 5 pack of great Indie games. The price?

Whatever you feel like! By default, half the proceeds go to charity (Child's Play and the Electronic Frontier Foundation) and half to the devs, but you have the option to split it whichever way you'd like.

Set your own price and get Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos, and Revenge of the Titans.

Freaking sweet!

http://www.humblebundle.com

Get it, DRM free and for all 3 major computing platforms, for whatever price you choose