The Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide Gaming Setup

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The 86" LG Ultra Stretch Digital Signage Display has an aspect ratio of 58:9, making it relatively wider than just about any other display we've tried to game on. How well does it game? The answer is more interesting than you might think, and depends much more on how the game was made than when.

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY
iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712
Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI
Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw
Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana

Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/
Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0  https://geni.us/PgGWp
Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4
Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:19 The Loooooooong setup
1:52 What is "Digital Signage"?
4:14 CounterStrike 2 and F1
6:11 WideScreen Gaming Woes
7:10 Quake II
7:46 Mario's Widescreen Adventure
10:22 All 3D games are widescreenable?
10:56 PSP, but wider
12:35 Max Payne is short (for Maximum Payne)
13:24 Hitman: Blood Money (ran out for ultrawide support)
14:21 Hacky Widescreen Fixes: A History
16:48 Horz+, Vert-, and Worms WMD
18:07 Borderlands and Battlefront 2
19:43 HUDS and UI
21:16 Geese, Blizzards, and Conclusions