Crysis Memes

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A New Benchmark Standard Has Arrived
Gamedev Hardware Programming Testing
14 days ago 175.3K views 0 shares
A New Benchmark Standard Has Arrived
Remember when we used to brag about our rigs running Crysis? Fast forward to 2025, and we're still using poorly optimized games as hardware benchmarks. Borderlands 4 is the new "but can it run Crysis?" — the question that separates the budget builds from the second-mortgage-required setups. The circle of tech life continues: developers release unoptimized code, hardware manufacturers rejoice, and our wallets quietly weep in the corner. Some traditions never die, they just get more expensive texture packs.

Never Thought It'd Happen But...
Hardware Gamedev Windows Testing
4 months ago 161.7K views 0 shares
Never Thought It'd Happen But...
The mythical moment has arrived! After years of being asked "but can it run Crysis?" as the ultimate PC benchmark question, someone finally leveraged this meme into an actual job offer. Crysis (2007) was so notoriously demanding that even modern systems struggle with it at max settings. The formal frog gentleman's announcement perfectly captures that surreal professional victory when your obscure gaming knowledge suddenly becomes a legitimate technical qualification. The interview probably went: "What's your experience with hardware stress testing?" "Well, I've been running Crysis since 2007..." "YOU'RE HIRED!"

Attempted Running Crysis On My Graduate Cap
Windows Microsoft Programming Debugging
4 months ago 130.2K views 0 shares
Attempted Running Crysis On My Graduate Cap
Four years of higher education and your graduation cap blue-screens. Classic. The "99% Complete" progress bar is the chef's kiss of irony - so close to freedom yet still encountering fatal errors. Every CS graduate's nightmare realized: even your academic achievement needs to restart and install updates before you can use it. At least it crashed with a smile.