Supreme Commander

[Nick]

I'll warn you now BM as far as graphiics are concerned the game is a resource hog. Your best bet is to get the latest graphics drivers for your card.

Try here as it also does game optimised drivers:

www.guru3d.com

I have a HD 2600 XT and got the latest drivers on installation... it seems to fly along... 

He is doomed for sure  

[Barman]

I'm guessing you are only on the early stuff. Wait till you get loads of units on the screen. 

Indeed... first battle, VICTORY TO ME! 

[Grumpmeister]

If you do end up hooked on this game there is also an expansion pack for it.....

I still say you are better off playing C&C 3 though. 

[Grumpmeister]

Grumpy's recommended pc games:

FPS

Call of Duty 4
Stalker
Half Life 1,2 & expansions
Bioshock
Postal 2 - if you have a really twisted sense of humour & have had a lousy day
System Shock 2 - Old school game now abandonware. Download available on Home of the Underdogs
Doom 3
FEAR
AVP2
Tron 2.0

RPG

Neverwinter Nights 2
Elder Scrolls Oblivion

Driving

NFS Most Wanted
Colin McRae Dirt

Strategy

C&C 3
Company of Heroes
Dawn of War
Starcraft
Total War series
UFO series
Homeworld series

Sims

Mechwarrior 4 Mercs
Mechwarrior Venegance & Black Knight
Freespace 1&2

Third Person

Assassins Creed
John Woo's Stranglehold

That should be a good starter for you BM

Where do you find the time?

And how do you remember all the controls? 

I think we may have to nominate him for the Virtual Pub "Geek of the Year" award

I'm not a geek, these 2 are geeks:

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - The bride and groom grasped one another's dart launcher-clad wrists and stared into each other's starry eyes.

Fifty armour-clad guests, including several "Jedis" and a white caped "Elvis" in a rhinestone-studded ammo belt, stood reverently at attention. A couple of superheroes showed up late.

What better place to hold a "Star Wars" themed wedding than a green patch of grass just outside the famed Comic-Con convention where thousands of fans have congregated this week to revel in all manner of superhero and sci-fi lore?

Friday's wedding ceremony, based on the language, costume and lore of a fictional Mandalorian race in the "Star Wars" movies, was the brain child of Tenille Kuhlman, 30, and Thomas Kuhlman, 39, avid fans who decided that the convention was a perfect place to gather far-flung members of their close-knit "Star Wars" fan club to celebrate their special day.

The couple met online two years ago, said Tenille Kuhlman, who said she was at first was hesitant to embrace the Mandalorian lifestyle. "When I met him I knew what every Joe Blow knows about 'Star Wars.' It just sort of turned into life for us."

Last winter they married in a civil ceremony and settled in Yuma, Arizona, yet Thomas Kuhlman longed to receive a Mandalorian blessing of their union. "I said, 'Hey, that's never going to happen,'" Tenille Kuhlman said.

But according to clan creed, Mandalorians don't make threats, they make promises. The wedding quickly began to take shape. Yet 10 minutes before the ceremony was to begin, despite her careful planning, Tenille found herself still wearing her "I Love Nerds" T-shirt, nervous and without makeup.

Friends stepped in to help. "Hey, come on guys I've got jobs for you to do!" one Mandalorian shouted. "Bounty hunters are all about jobs!" an eager warrior replied.

With that friends quickly set up a makeshift arch and helped the bride, blushing from the heat of the hot summer sun, into her homemade armour, which included metal thigh plates, metal collar, cape, belt, and plastic cuffs known as gauntlets which in movie lore, are capable of shooting darts.

The guests -- in full regalia including helmets, boots and jet packs -- formed two lines and created a light sabre arch leading toward the altar.

"I don't have my fake gun!" somebody shouted. "That's OK," said another guest. "This is a wedding ceremony. I left mine in the car."

The crowd fell silent as Tenille, escorted by armour-clad P.J. Reindel, a police officer from California who she met online, walked her down the aisle toward Thomas, who stood under an archway decorated with white faux roses.

The bride and groom held their helmets in their hands, a solemn sign of Mandalorian respect. As they grasped wrists, Tom Hutchens, a 30-year-old IT professional and erstwhile Mandalorian preacher, began the ceremony.

"Vodas," he said, using the Mandalorian word for "friends," "Outsiders, Jedis, everybody, welcome. This is a contract between two Mandalorians who made a journey and future together and bled together and will continue to bleed together until their last day," he said.

After reciting their vows in both Mandalorian and English translation, the jubilant crowd shouted: "Oya!" which in Mandalorian language means "celebration."

"I now pronounce you Mandalorian husband and wife," Hutchens said.

I do have some standards hound 

[Barman]

Slightly off topic (but I’m sure Admins will allow it), I watched and episode of the Long Whine Down the other day – Ewan McGregor on another motorbike holiday with his ‘friend’ Charlie…

Anyway, they stopped at some site in Africa where they filmed the original Star Wars – it is now a tourist attraction. Charlie and Ewan spend some time inside taking pictures of themselves in front of Star Wars posters and pictures of scenes from the film – Ewan had a ‘t’ shirt with ‘McGregor’ emblazoned across the back…

Not one bugger recognised him – gutted he was!