Archive of ‘computer gaming’ category

08
Oct
2023

This resolved itself much quicker than I’d thought!

categories: computer gaming; word count: 150 words

After only an additional day of investigating, I have the second monitor hooked up and functional!

Entirely as expected, all I needed was a different cord because another HDMI cable and splitter was not cutting it giving me the results that I wanted in order to be able to game and stream on a second monitor.

I’ve set up almost everything that I want (and, in the case of streaming, need) on that second monitor, and am deliberating upgrading our computer’s webcam after so long. I’m also considering getting a streaming keypad to be able to queue things up even more easily and with no more than single button presses. That should cover just about everything “professional” I’ll need to stream, and stream well, at this point in time!

With luck, I should be able to take pictures of these things as they come along over the weeks and months!

06
Oct
2023

One cord, and then world domination.

categories: computer gaming; word count: 60 words

It seems like I need a cord that I don’t have to hook the second monitor up to the computer.

So I am one cord away from world domination… er, improving my ability to stream and use the computer.

I should have access to that cord soon, and then I can use it to hook the monitor to the computer.

01
Oct
2023

As soon as I saw this, I had to post it here.

categories: computer gaming, personal; word count: 81 words

I am currently looking into setting up two monitors for the gaming PC, as I’ve more or less mapped out what will sit where on the desk. I’m also going to work on making the light sources a bit better, moving them around too. That isn’t something that’s never been done, though, so the second one on that list isn’t going to take up a significant portion of my time at any point. This should make gaming and streaming much easier!

24
Aug
2023

Look at these hard drives just dying in these streets.

categories: computer gaming, personal; word count: 151 words

One of the external hard drives supporting Bub’s gaming computer, and one of the things that makes him happiest in the world, seems to have… for lack of a better way to put it, “died of old age”. I’m currently having someone I know look at it to see if anything can be done to repair the mechanism by which it consumes power — I do science, not technology. It’s an old 1TB HDD from like… 2011 or 2012, I want to say, so it can’t just be dropped into new, functional hard drive casing. Best case, with the games that (are? were?) being shuffled onto our newest and largest hard drive, I’ve made room for some more games for Bub… and anything else that I might want — or need — to put somewhere! Everyone wins, but especially my wallet.

Being wired has its advantages, because re=downloading these games is not taking that long!

09
Jul
2023

Steam continues to throttle itself. No surprise.

categories: computer gaming; word count: 101 words

It continues to perplex me why Steam game downloads take longer than EA (Origin) and Epic Games, even when they’re being downloaded on the wired computer… you know, the one that’s supposed to go faster for a reason? I would get more games from EA (Origin) and Epic Games if I could, but a lot of the best ones are only available for download on Steam, so I just have to suck it up and let Steam continue to throttle itself until Hell freezes over and the games and updates are finally done downloading. It is what it is, I guess…

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