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Denuvo DRM and Intel hybrid core architectures

Denuvo DRM and Intel hybrid core architectures

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12th Generation processors are built on a new hybrid core architecture of big and small cores working together. However, it turns out that some DRM software has issues with this hybrid

“Certain third-party gaming Digital Rights Management (DRM) software may incorrectly recognize 12th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors efficient-cores (E-cores) as another system. This prevents games implementing that DRM software from running successfully. Games may crash during launch or gameplay, or unexpectedly shut down.”

However, there is already a workaround for this issue with Denuvo DRM. Give it a try if you find you have one of the affected games:

  • Power-up system and enter system BIOS setup.
  • Enable switch Legacy Game Compatibility Mode to ON (one-time only) in BIOS.
  • Save BIOS setup changes and exit.
  • Boot to OS.
  • Toggle Keyboard Scroll Lock key ON.
  • Launch affected game title.
  • Toggle Keyboard Scroll Lock key OFF after ending game title.
ASUS Hyper M2 x16 NVMe Quad RAID card

ASUS Hyper M2 x16 NVMe Quad RAID card

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My current computer is about 6 years old so I’m currently setting up for a 12th Gen Intel system build. While looking at all the new motherboards, I found that ASUS has a really interesting RAID card for up to 4 NVMe drives. I found this an intriguing bit of hardware, and the fact it seems to get near linear doubling with each drive you add was even more impressive.

BuildOrBuy shows the somewhat confusing steps of how to set this beast up.

Crosstrek maintenance schedule

Crosstrek maintenance schedule

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Oil change places and shady mechanics are all over in the industry. Oil change places especially LOVE to scare and upsell people on services they do not need. All one has to do is look in their manual to find out they’re being peddled services that are often unnecessary. The NTSB and various manufacturers even issued warnings that these services often damage your vehicle.

Honestly, this info is all over in the manual, but it was great to find this info in one place.

Metpoh!

Metpoh!

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Metron (МЕТРОН) is a full motion video adventure game made in 2004 by a Russian ‘garage game developer’ Korban Laser Games.

Set in Korenevo, Kursk Oblast, Russia. Polina, the protagonist, finds herself investigating a series of murders committed by the evil Metron and trying to avoid becoming a victim herself.

The game was made extremely cheaply. The actors all basically teenagers, obvious ketchup as fake blood, and some pretty funny and inventive ‘special effects’. The story itself…well…it sure reads like teenage sci-fi fan fiction. It was never exported overseas or translated to any other language – a relatively common situation for lower-tier Russian game developers before the GFC and Steam. Nevertheless, it has become a popular title for Russian “Let’s players” due to how infamously corny it is, and videos of it can be easily found on YouTube.

Bad Games are the Best Games

Bad Games are the Best Games

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While the retro gaming crazy has been playing itself out, there’s still a section of old games that I find is almost always more fun. Even during Games Done Quick, the bad games block seems to be one of the most popular sections.

But what if you had a WHOLE game-a-thon that’s just bad games?

Big Bad Game-a-Thon

The Big Bad Game-a-Thon comes around every year and gives some great performances. Give some of their videos a watch:

https://www.youtube.com/c/BigBadGameathon/videos

Here’s a list of the games played in the 2021 session to whet your appetite.

https://horaro.org/bbg2021/schedule?key=2021

Don’t Make Us Bored

Another great series of people playing bad games is the ‘Don’t Make Us Bored’ variety show run by Brossentia. Players come onto his show and play through some truly bad games. It’s a whole lot of fun.

Space 1999

Space 1999

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Space 1999 was one of the few sci-fi shows you could see on TV in the 80’s. As a fan of Star Trek, Twilight Zone, and some original Battlestar Galactica I was surprised to catch this one randomly playing on reruns one day.

One episode in particular terrified me when I was a kid. I must have been about 10-12 when I saw it. It was the episode titled Dragon’s Domain. It contained a tentacled creature with a single, gigantic glowing eye. It devoured people by sliding them underneath itself and then spit out a gnarled and blacked corpse! I remember the glowing eye and the character hacking at it with a hatchet. That one stuck with me for years.

Sadly, the rest of the series was too slow/uninteresting for my pre-teen self. Not to mention the fact even I could see the wires ala Dr Who of the era. But hey – it is probably the one episode that really stuck with me so that’s saying something…

https://youtu.be/–3Che2WhaI