This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum.
You can talk about games. Or movies. Or politics. Music. Food. Science. Sport. Insert your own miscellaneous off-topic discussion here. Just keep it clean.
I’ll be promoting this post each morning until Sunday to let the conversation continue all week. Makes more sense than starting a new comments thread every day.
Talk amongst yourselves below…
YapoWapo
October 5, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Go the Storm!
Report PermalinkGobbo
October 5, 2009 at 9:41 AM
It’s the monday of a long weekend and I’m still here? Bah.
Decisions decisions – whether to play PS3, head to parklife, or sleep all day?? Hmm…
Report PermalinkChuloopa
October 5, 2009 at 9:49 AM
Ok guys a few questions!
1. Has anyone actually picked up a PSP go
2. I’ve been thinking (yes it hurt – smartass) about how sick i am of sissy vampires and even more so with the talk of a twilight MMO (where i suspect you slay beasts by telling them about your emotions or suffocate them with hairspray).
What i want to see if the return of Vampire the Masquerade! I freakin loved that game and it sits among some of my favorite western RPG’s. Who else would like to see such a thing?
3. Zombies – I freakin love zombies. But i’m sick of having games that are inaccurate to most other sources. I want to see a game with old fashioned, slow moving mass zombies (yeh i know, dead rising), but i also want only to be able to kill the zombies by ‘removing the head or destroying the brain’. Perhaps as a 1st person rpg that can be switched to 3rd person if you so wish. (ala fallout, oblivion and vampire the masquerade). I want to have limited ammo, but the ability to use almost anything around me to bludgeon my foe. Who else would like somehting like this?
So what do you guys and gals think?
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 5, 2009 at 2:20 PM
1. No. I’ve got better things to spend my money on!
2. The Vampire games were good fun. Been meaning to hunt them down to play again (a Steam re-release would be amazing). Borrow the Fallout 3 engine & slap a Vamp: Masquerade game over the top? For sure!
3. Dead Rising 2′s out soon.. Otherwise L4D fills this void nicely, even if they do move a lot faster than your traditional Zombie horde.
Report PermalinkChuloopa
October 5, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Yes but L4d and dead rising still don’t follow the zombie essentials.. you can still kill by hitting anywhere on the body.
I’m talking about a game where only headshots/decapitation count!
Possibly even similar to what dead space did where you can knock off limbs to slow the zombie down, but not to kill it.
Report PermalinkQumulys
October 5, 2009 at 2:27 PM
1. No, but have been thinking about a umb one maybe.
Report Permalink2. God, I am sick of vampires, which doesn’t help when your daughter is all into twilight and she insists on telling you the whole damn story, over and over again.
3. Zombies will always be ace, all those new hollywood types are pretty good looking too, paris, lindsay etc….
Chuloopa
October 5, 2009 at 2:42 PM
on #3 – lol nice.
on #2 – this is exactly what i’m talking about. Vampires USED TO be cooler/more core.. but now they are a dumbed down fad. I want to see the comeback of the traditional vampire.
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 5, 2009 at 3:10 PM
If you’re sick of pansey Vamps, check out Tru Blood.
Report PermalinkChuloopa
October 5, 2009 at 3:22 PM
Yeh i gotta say true blood isn’t all that bad.. but it still does involve at least one pansy vamp..
Then again so did queen of the damned in a way.. but god did that movie ever kick ass! lol
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 5, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Queen of the Damned? You actually enjoyed that? Guess there’s always going to be at least one person who likes horrid abominations ;) Think I managed 7 minutes of QOTD before turning it off in disgust and returning the DVD – Horrible acting and that stillborn of a script bastardising the Lestat & QOTD books.
The Anne Rice Vampire books I can handle because unlike Twilight, she doesn’t try to ‘pretty up’ her characters: They kill, cheat and do unpleasant things.
Report PermalinkChuloopa
October 5, 2009 at 5:41 PM
haha i do agree with you in a sense – it is a complete bastardisation.. but if you put that aside it’s an ok movie for a brain dead watch.
Plus the sound track is pretty killer (if you’re into metal and the such that is)..
It’s entirely predictable, but still way better than twilight ever will be :P
Report PermalinkMr Explody
October 5, 2009 at 10:34 AM
No “Guess The Game” today?
Report PermalinkDavid Wildgoose
October 5, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Remember This? will return tomorrow after taking Labour Day off.
Report Permalinkphilomglol
October 5, 2009 at 3:26 PM
Think about all of us who live in WA and VIC!!
Report PermalinkQumulys
October 5, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Why is it my washine machine blew up, and then my dryer died later on the same day??? $1400 down the drain (haha) which could have been spent on a new flat-screen, or hookers (not really, they scare me)….
And, as crazy as it sounds, this also happened which made my week complete.
I am reasonably good friends with my local glazier as I make fish tanks as a part time income, so I see him every few months for supplies, anyhoo.
So, I am playing billiards and I make an incredible jump shot over the black ball, unfortunately things then went pear shaped. The jump shot made the white ball come off the table. Which the dog thought would be a laugh to steal. So, I’m yelling at the dog as he bounds away with his new ball, which being weighty and slippery, and him being small and feeble, slipped out of his mouth and bounced down the hallway hitting my front door side window pane breaking it! So after my week, I figure a busted window aint too bad in the grand scheme of things.
BUT (story takes a big 90 degree’s here)
So, I am in Mitre 10, picking up some teflon tape as the new washine machine hose is leaking somewhat, no major biggie. As I come out of Mitre 10 and start putting my wheelchair in my car an old lady approaches me and tells me that a car backed into my car and then drove off. So I reassemble my wheelchair, get out and inspect the damaged to my front end. At least there was only the smallest of nicks in the paint work, which I guess I can live with but here’s the kicker. When I ask what the car looked like, she’s tells me it was (name with-held) “Pa***** Glass”, my mate the glazier.
Report PermalinkSo, I have a busted window, a glazier who is/was a friend who is also morally bankrupt. Am I cheating on him if I get another glass company in? Would you still aquire someones services if they did this to your car and drove off? Is this story too long for kotaku? Is it petty of me to call him up about the scratch/accident, thereby leaving me without a local place to get my glass from at a cheap price?
philomglol
October 5, 2009 at 3:30 PM
No, No, Yes and Hell No.
And tough break about the white goods
Report PermalinkfORS4kEN
October 5, 2009 at 11:19 AM
What should I get for lunch?
Report PermalinkQumulys
October 5, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Jeeze, you should make your lunch at home and take it with you, sheesh, learn to pac man!*
*apologies
Report PermalinkAndrew Low
October 5, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Seems there’s some good deals to be had with 360 elites atm. I picked up an elite with ODST, World at War and Lego Indy/Kung Fu Panda for $389. After trading ODST for $77, that comes to $312 for an elite console, 1 game and a frisbie … I’ll let you decide which was the frisbie ;)
Anyone else get some good deals last week?
Report PermalinkPaul McManus
October 5, 2009 at 11:59 AM
Is there any way to get email notifications when someone replies to your comments on here?
Report PermalinkScott Heald
October 5, 2009 at 12:05 PM
does anyone know how to fix the problem with playing COD4 multiplayer under Windows 7 RC, it doesen’t won’t to load…
Report PermalinkPeter Richards
October 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Flat screens scare me too.
Report PermalinkPeter Richards
October 5, 2009 at 2:05 PM
How do you trade ODST for $77? It is only $68 at BIGW brand new.
Report PermalinkAndrew Low
October 5, 2009 at 3:46 PM
I know, what a steal. EB gave $70 + 10% with an edge card. I almost went and bought a few bigw copies after that!
Report PermalinkNath
October 5, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Where’s Tracey these days?
Report PermalinkCameron Chu
October 5, 2009 at 4:51 PM
You know what- I was going to ask the same question too! Where in the world is Tracey Lien?
Actually, I did see her at the Night in Fantasia thing a week and a half ago recording something during the intermission and called her name out really loudly in shock and awe =\
Report PermalinkDavid Wildgoose
October 5, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Tracey is very much alive. She had a change in her work schedule that meant she no longer had the time to pitch in on Kotaku. We’d love to have her back and, who knows, maybe someday!
Report PermalinkCameron Chu
October 5, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Ah that sucks, it was interesting seeing her here, even if it was only very brief.
By the way, how does one work for Kotaku anyway?
Report PermalinkBish
October 6, 2009 at 8:24 AM
I hear having a talent for getting locked in stairwells and on balconies is a well sought after skill.
Report PermalinkChuloopa
October 6, 2009 at 9:11 AM
If that was the case, i’d be running the place by now….
Report PermalinkBish
October 6, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Quite clearly your skills are far too great for the meager Kotaku offices, and are needed elsewhere.
Report PermalinkBecause you know, in this current economic situation, people with skills who are willing to work for significantly less than they would pre-2008 are few and far between.
Cameron Chu
October 6, 2009 at 11:47 AM
zz The GFC is overrated in Australia. The only impact that the GFC would have on gaming journalism is the possible drop in advertising revenue. Which, as I look to the right and bottom sides of this page, is live and kicking.
Report Permalinkk'Fox
October 6, 2009 at 5:13 PM
actually… the GFC would affected Australia by either going up or going down in the number of ads… but chances are… if they do decide to advertise any where, including Australia, in which Australia would be milked for every $$$ since they are desperate for money…
dammit… I just ranted again….
Here’s another one… Import time! >D
Report PermalinkMatt
October 6, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Hey. Off topic, but whats everyone running internets wise? I’m looking into naked dsl when moving into new house. That ok for psn and live? Cheers
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 7, 2009 at 9:30 AM
Absolutely. It’s just ADSL without phone lines! I’d suggest hitting up http://www.broadbandchoice.com.au for a decent comparison of what’s available in your area, including what each ISP offers in way of extras (eg. iiNet count uploads on some plans, but don’t count XBL traffic etc).
Report PermalinkQumulys
October 7, 2009 at 9:30 AM
I’m with Pacific, have 20gb peak (8am-8pm) and 75gb off peak. And, I’m still speed shaped towards the end of the month…. Speed is not great (around 5000 on speedtest) but thats the best I can get in my area anyways. Psn is so-so, many big downloads drop out from time to time. I guess I can’t really recommend them :/
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 7, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Unless you want to get, er, linux ISOs.. I’d probably avoid any ISP (TPG, Comcen/Spin etc) that offer massive quotas for not a lot of cash, as the gaming performance will quite likely be shite. Even though there’s copious amounts of whinging, browsing Whirlpool’s forums can give you a good indicator of what you’ll be signing into gaming wise.
Report PermalinkGmBH
October 7, 2009 at 11:08 AM
Naked is the way to go because generally you get better quotas. I’m with iiNet and the service is pretty good and as a bonus I get free Xbox Live content. I think most gamers consider Internode the best alas they don’t serve my area.
Report PermalinkMr Waffle
October 7, 2009 at 10:03 AM
“Share” button menu popup thing above the “next page” button fffffffff
Report PermalinkIndefinite Implosion
October 7, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Any fellow Kotaku readers going to BDO Sydney?
Report PermalinkHow did you go with getting tickets?
Sing Nguyen
October 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM
My friend managed to get four tickets for four of us from the BDO website shortly after midnight. He said he got them at 12:10, with tickets selling out at 12:16 or something like that. Tough break for everyone on the Ticketmaster screwup though. It’s pretty much gonna be my first festival, so I’m pretty excited about it.
Ding!
Report PermalinkIndefinite Implosion
October 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Yeah I got 3 tickets for me and friends in the Ticketmaster “screw up” and can’t wait, it’ll be my 4th BDO :)
Report PermalinkI don’t think you’ll be disappointed, though the line-up is heaps similar to the ’07 BDO (my first) but I had heaps fun at that and the bands were awesome!
Aaron Clement
October 7, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Oh boy, what’s with the horrible site shitting PSP-Go stuff? At least it’s not quite as horrid as the dump the N97 took on Gizmodo.au a while back (encapsulating the entire site in a small browser frame/window), but is still jarring enough. Guess it’s a trade off for Kotaku being free to view, but it just doesn’t make those sorts of ads any easier on the eyes..
Report PermalinkQumulys
October 7, 2009 at 3:39 PM
I dont get any ads from Kotaku anymore, so much nicer with adblock. Can’t remember exactly how I did it, but someone here on Kotaku explained how to do it once, all I know is it works!
Report PermalinkMr Waffle
October 7, 2009 at 4:16 PM
It’s kind of amusing to read all the negative PSPgo articles via a giant oversized novelty PSPgo though, you have to admit.
Report Permalinkk'Fox
October 7, 2009 at 11:22 PM
A PSP-Go sell out are we now? :P
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 8, 2009 at 9:28 AM
That’s part of what grinded my gears about the whole thing. Maybe I’m just used to Penny Arcade’s stance of “we won’t advertise stuff we don’t like/haven’t played”, but this largely works because of their position in the industry. Still…
Report PermalinkRyno
October 8, 2009 at 4:16 PM
if you know penny arcarde’s policy you know they lose vast amounts of money doing so, and lucky for them to be able to afford to. go listen to the “dangers of exposure” podcast from PA to have gabe and tyco themselves explain how the PA ad model is a failing model that loses money, not earns.
the entire PA franchise levrages how the guys are percived by their audiance. that leverage is what makes them money, way more than ad space, by contracting themselves out to developers for their imput(eg todays PA news post about doing consultancy work on dragon age in addition to the comic tie in). they lose money on ads to make even more money from developers by levraging the respect in the gamer community that losing that ad revenue earns them(i suspect Khoo is behind this).
regular sites need to rely on pageveiws for money becuase they dont do contract work for developers. since ugly ass ads like that PSP one are worth more per pageveiw i am willing to accept them. site tie in ads are far more acceptable than other news sites and their full page “clink here to continue to X” ads.
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 9, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Actually no, I didn’t realise that they were losing money by taking the stance they did. Will be honest and say that I’ve never listened to any of their podcasts (largely because until now, I’ve never had an iPod or a device I’d actually want to use to listen to these things on). Puts things into a bit more perspective. Guess I’ve had something against ‘site shitting’ by products ever since IGN let Ronald McDonald take a massive red dump all over it many years back.
Report PermalinkAaron Clement
October 9, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Getting off the site advertising topic..
Anyone seen the new range of Activision/Atari 2600 shirts at Jay Jays?
Our local one had 3 in stock when I walked past last night – a Pitfall “8 bit 4 life!” shirt, a H.E.R.O shirt and one with the box art for Grand Prix on it. For $20 they’re quite good, as long as you’re a XXL or smaller that is.
I grabbed the Pitfall one, although tempted to hunt out a H.E.R.O one in XXL next time I pass a JayJays – http://twitpic.com/kr0ij
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