Mark Fassett

Demigod fails to create d3d after switching primary displays in Stardock Games Stardock Forums

So, just in case anyone else is experiencing the problem that I had, I plugged my laptop into my HDTV and played Demigod and it was super cool. However, when I wanted to play again, after unplugging the HDTV, my laptop screen didn't support the resolution the HDTV was at, and the D3D device just fails to get created. I fixed it by going into the My Documents\My Games\Gas Powered Games\Demigod folder and edited game.prefs. There was a line in it: primary_adapter = '1920,10

Reply to PC Games sales decline: Piracy vs. Quality? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

I think the biggest issue in why the PC games sales are in decline is that there are only so many FPS and RTS games a person can play before they've seen it all. And since that seems to be about all anyone produces in retail any more for solo players, of course people are going to move on. I used to buy 15-20 games a year for the PC from retail. Now I buy 2 or 3, because I've either seen it before, or they just look so complicated, that I know I won't