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Hey all, I never worried about this as much because I had a Mac, but I've recently switched back to a Windows machine at work, and I'm now a lot more concerned about how much my industry loves putting presentations on give-away USB sticks, which has some pretty obvious malware concerns. Aside...

My work just ordered me an MSI GS65, and while I'm pretty pumped, I've heard a lot that it (and the other thin-and-light gaming laptops with 8th-gen intel CPUs) get really hot under load and: 1)Throttle super hard, and 2) regularly hit 95-100C in internal temperatures, which has some...

I thought about putting this in tech or gaming, but figured this might get more answers here. I am trying to get a sense of what people actually use in terms of hardware/software-wise for *capture* and publishing of livestreams (as opposed to what platform you're livestreaming to). The world...

My parents are getting new Windows laptops, and while I've been using Avast for years, I hear that it is no longer considered the best. That said, I've also heard that Norton, Kapersky and McAfee are just giant piles of bloatware, and I'm not too familiar with BitDefender or some of the others...

Hey all, My lady is a surgeon, and she needs good quality earbuds as she does her rounds walking around a hospital or in the OR. She is content with cheap-ish ($30) ones, both because she is not an audiophile and because she is concerned with knocking the about in her pocket or bag, but with...

So thanks to a blizzard on the east coast, a work trip of mine to Europe is taking place a day earlier than before, so I need a quick answer. If I were to load up only one new JRPG onto my Vita to travel with, would people suggest Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky or Legend of Heroes: Trails...

So I've never read any of the Elric books (or any Moorcock in general, actually), and they had been recommended to me before, so I feel like giving them a shot. The problem is that the books/novellas/novelettes have been re-published and re-packaged so many times I literally have no clue where...

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/food/2015/01/chili_history_there_are_no_beans_in_san_antonio_s_specialty.html Reading this was like having flashbacks.

Has anyone here tried making a dedicated streaming box for Steam running either SteamOS or some other version of Linux? I have messed around doing it with an old Macbook from 2009, and while it worked okay-ish even over Wi-Fi, I really want something that I can just slip into the back of my...

So my game group has grown substantially over the years. We started from GM+3 and are now standing at GM+7/8 with the occasional GM+9(!). We *could* just switch to boardgame night (and do sometimes), but it would be nice if we could play tabletop RPGs without descending into...

Hey guys, (@Dave graciously gave his permission for me to post this) Some of might remember that I work for a consumer research company that does focus groups on a variety of different things including video games. We're currently trying to recruit US-based 18-24 year-old female gamers...

Just picked up the PDF and reasonably intrigued. I'm not sure if the gift XP concept will jive with my game group (we tend to create inter-party dynamics based on character concepts anyway, adding meta-gaming to it may not work well), but really down with the setting and the pared-down...

So my dad is a professor and professional consultant. Technically, he's retired, but all that really meant was that he could be pickier about where he lectures or whom he does consulting work for. He's been toying with the idea of new laptop and recently asked me to make a few recommendations...

So I picked up a 3DS a few months ago for SMTIV and Fire Emblem (and then MarioKart, and OoT and TheaterRhythm) and because I tend to walk with it in my bag to work to pick up StreetPass miis I've completely maxed my play coin totals. Other 3DS owners out there, what do you actually do with...

Okay, so I've mentioned it obliquely in a couple other threads, but I work in market research for the game industry. This means that I tend to travel a lot (cross-country 1-2 times a month, sometimes more or internationally in crazy months) to talk with gamers and developers. And I also tend to...

So my job is in qual research, but I have enough of a stat background that my boss wants to start bringing me into the quant side, but he says that I need to learn SPSS first. The company can get me a licenses for program, but we have no internal process for training someone into SPSS (we've...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/01/02/sandy-relief-congress-reaction/1804153/ I'm actually massively pissed about this, and my community got off super clean compared to most of Southern Jersey. I'm not even sure who specifically to be pissed at, but this bill has been in the...

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-democratic-senator-daniel-inouye-dead-88-230111941.html Your service and dedication to your country will not be forgotten.

You know, the "advanced gaming glasses" folks? While the "gaming performance improves!" crap is pretty well walked back on their site, they actually double-down on claiming that their glasses are actually very good for combatting eye-strain in situations where you look at screens all day...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevensalzberg/2012/12/03/congress-holds-an-anti-vaccination-hearing/ And so it continues.... This kind of thing makes me fear for friends with small children.