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I left my knitting on the floor and now the dog has decided to make it his pillow. =/
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This is a good thing about dogs. Because they spend most of the time on the floor, if you pick your stuff up, it’s safe. Not so with cats. If I don’t put my clothes away and just leave them on my bed, they often become nice cozy cushions for my cat…
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the dog also lays on the couch and bed.
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Ohhh. There’s probably something wrong with my dog then, because she doesn’t xD
Or maybe I just forgot that not all dogs are as small as mine 😛-
Yeah, Sid can easily jump up on things. He likes resting his head on everything.
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Greetings TAY!
First of all I want to say that the Meat was awesome. I also want to apologise to everyone at the Meat for being quiet and such, was a bit overwhelming meeting you all for the first time.
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It’s always good to put a face to a name man. Good to meet you too! I’m just glad we all made it through rape-park unpenetrated.
MGS4 continues to be awesome. Infiltrating Shadow Moses Island is interesting, particularly because I still haven’t played MGS1. Which I will have to rectify by getting some PSN moneys.
Mornin TAY! Hope you all enjoy your day off! WHY NOT ENJOY IT MORE WITH A HEALTHY DOSE OF POTAKU EPISODE 2?! http://soundcloud.com/docwhat/potaku-episode-2
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I don’t have a day off! Argh!
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Fine, Shiggy! I’ll abandon study and listen to it today. For science!
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SHIGGY! I listened to it on Saturday and loved it! I love the format. Two regulars and two guests. It works so well. It means that each episode is going to be different, so you never quite know what to expect. GO YOU GOOD THING.
the latest ep of legend of korra was soo god, finally got to see aang being a badass
young justice was a little predictable, most of the way through that episode i was thinking that the twist at the end was coming.
So I went for a frolic in minecraft. I was bouncing around when i jumped into Nob’s sugar cane farm, only to find a creeper.
I high tailed it out of there, lamenting at my thing being destroyed. When I checked though, the creeper was still alive and hadn’t blown up. Thank goodness. I’m currently hiding in Nob’s storage shed.
This is what i get for playing without headphones on.
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If you are creative or the terrain allows it, you can do what I did against creepers before I quit out of frustration: dig down down down down down… Then straight and build a tunnel, from there start digging down. You have effectively created yourself either a subterranean tomb where mobs will come to chew your lower rear or a quick escape route to flee fast! 😛
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I think it’s the former, rather then the latter
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Boss Fight gig this week. Wednesday 13th of June @ The Zoo, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. Starts at 8.
Video game music live.
Epic weekend was epic. (Yes, it’s still the Long Weekend, but as a uni student sitting here doing assignments I don’t consider today any different from a regular weekday! I prefer to think of this weekend as being without work!)
I have a mini-writeup of the latest little Sydney meat but I’ll probably wait until tomorrow so it can get more exposure. Suffice to say it was awesome and Pez got some kickass presents.
Potaku was great again.
Now, back to work…
Seems I left the cans of Pepsi Max in the freezer over night. They exploded. The freezer is a winter wonderland of brown. 😛
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sounds like my bathroom the last time i got food poisoning
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Sounds magical, man… 😉
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Hi guys, I have no idea what to talk about. Hmph.
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Golfing and housing?
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My net’s too slow to watch that. 😐
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How about that Commercial Banking and Finance? Guys? No? Nothing?
Usually after an exam I’d just chill, I’ll be in too much of a cbf mood for anything but I have an exam tomorrow… so no chilling for me 🙁
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Poor bub!
Actually… I shouldn’t joke because I’ll be in that exact same situation tomorrow night. haha It’s not good.
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Haha exams. I thought I had finished with those bastards, but then I signed up for a grad dip ed. Fortunately I only had one exam a few weeks ago.
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I gots Maths tomorrow and Physics on Friday. I know that feel, bro.
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(if you’re still here)
How’d your first exam go? 🙂
I remember my first exam at Monash… It was accounting (gross) and I seriously thought I failed but ended up with a 74 :P, exams are weird!
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My first two exams were good, I think. Biology was both easy and hard, and chemistry was weird… but I think I did well. Et vous?
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What are you studying, if you don’t mind me asking? You seem to be doing an odd mix of things!
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Science Advanced with Honours at Monash 😉
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Oh I didn’t realise they did general science degrees (thought you had to split off into specific areas). Cool!
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Good to hear, HDs all round!
(had to Google et vous :P)
Yeah not too bad :). Had to learn everything a week before each of my Finance exams and I HATE it when they don’t give solutions on blackboard (I can use cool Monash terms cause you’d understand them!). I swear one of my units is ran by an absolute idiot. Apart from that s’all good! -
All my units use Moodle 😛
(Also, you a monash dude too? cool!)
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Wow. Public holidays make for a really slow TAY day.
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We should be on page 4 by now!
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I’m here to help out! *revs up MoTAYbike*
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Howdy Tayberinos!
I finally knocked Brutal Legend off my pile of shame. It was… competent. A little bit more and it’d be a classic.
I also took the plunge and bought PS plus. I like thus far, I hope we get Just Cause 2 in the game library though.
A public holiday Queen’s Birthday question: Best royalty in video games? I’m backing the Prince from Prince of Persia (Sands trilogy)
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Best royalty in games… Ganon! I would say Bowser, but his ambitions are always small and fail, but in OoT, Ganon took control of Hyrule for seven years, in which time he managed to completely reshape the land. Then, when banished to the Sacred Realm, he completely corrupted that place too!
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Um… Marle. Obviously 😛
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The King of all Cosmos from the Katamari series. That guy is just weird.
Hi guys.
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Duuuuuuude. Awesome. Hope you guys have an amazing time!
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Man, don’t do this to me!
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since everyone is doing it…
Damn neighbour’s roof blocking my view of the mountain!
The Meat was awesome. We consumed meat from animal bones, drank some booze, went for a walk through a park, DAN! did a wee in a bush, then we played more video games. Everyone is better at Trials than I am.
Hi all,
I am powering through Sen’s Fortress. Expect to hit the rooftop bonfire tonight. \o/
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And as we seem to be sharing our current views: http://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/wiki-api.ign.com/dark-souls/2/2a/12.7.jpg
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The last time I played (before the line on our TV made it next to impossible), I made it to just before that bonfire but did something stupid and died. Next time I get to play I’ll have play through the first part again. And probably again and again and again. 😛
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Haha, how much fun* Sen’s Fortress is if you’re oblivious to the existence of that bonfire.
*may not be the correct word
I hope the other uni bums here are having a better time studying. IT’S ALMOST OVER, GUYS. I’d rather do a second research essay than do an exam. I study history, yet all of my units have exams. Best part, they spend the semester telling you that you can’t bang out a good essay in a few hours and then at the end of it you have to put out 3 or in some cases 4 in 2 hours!
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Same for me with computer science subjects. Writing code on a piece of paper in an exam is just weird 😛 Luckily(?) I only have theory subjects now, but they have exam essays…
So glad the days of multiple essays in a single exam are behind me, though. (Sorry! :P)
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Yes I’m so glad that’s over too (also sorry!)
It killed me in the final exam of high school where I had to pump out 3 essays for English :(. My hand hurts and there’s ink all over everything (not a euphemism)
The two exams I just did are short answer theory ones so there’s not too much writing but for marketing (my next 2) there’s going to be essays and longer answered responses :(.
HANG IN THERE
McGarnicalUNI EXAM BUDDIES
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I only have one exam, and it’s tomorrow.
I can’t stop freaking out over it.-
Is it your first Uni exam?
(if it is)
From my experience with Uni and its exams, they’re really not too bad. Some of my friends don’t even do half the exam because they have no idea what’s going on in and they still pass. As long as you show some form of understanding and did well for your coursework (depending on how much the exam is worth) you’ll be fine :). Try not to stress too much over it and sometimes during the exam you’ll randomly remember information you picked up throughout the semester.HDs all around!
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Hi everyone. I hope your day is going well.
My day has been going well, it has been nice just having a day to relax. I’ve been watching some TV Shows-Legend of Korra and The Ricky Gervais show if you must know.
I might also play some games later, maybe some LBP 2 if my PS3 decides to download the patches and not get an error 80% into the download. Using a wireless connection in the rain is not the best.
Play it without the patches you say? Well I usually feel off playing a game when I know it has a patch or update. It’s always in the back of my mind.
If that doesn’t work I still have some progress to make in Infamous 2. I’m really enjoying it so far. It’s more infamous with some new powers which is fine. I still wish Cole moved faster on the ground though. An electric hoverboard of some sort would help I think.
Finally, I have to call someone tonight and borrow some money. I hate borrowing money but something came up. That will be one awkward call.
Anyway that’s my update for the day. TAY seems to be quiet today.
NB: Finished watching the season 2 finale of LAID on the ABC and what a twist. The third season can’t come fast enough. One of the best local shows I’ve watched in a while.
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Post #1000: CJ on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at 2:16 AM
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Post #2000: Harli on Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 10:11 AM
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Post #3000: SmurfyDog on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 12:16 AM
Weird… today, I’m even having to Ctrl+F5 to see my own new posts.
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34 place with 34 posts.
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Apparently Mr Freeze and I have to wrestle for the coveted position 20.
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OMG 1st! I just want to thank the academy, and…
My Meat Report, by Strange.
Rock up to Bunny’s street and start looking for 6/19*. I’m sure it’s Unit 6, Number 19 but Mr. Strange confuses me when he says it might be Number 6, Unit 19. After some debate we decide I’m right (of course 😛 )and he dumps me outside number 19 and runs, leaving me to find Unit number 6 by myself and hope to god it’s the right place, but thinking I have the pan full of food to leave as an apology if it isn’t. 😛
Thankfully, when I get to unit 6 the door is open and I can see TheLastQuestion standing there. Phew!
I hand over my offering of vegetarian food to Bunny who puts it in the oven for me. It’s a dish with rice/wild rice, dried cranberries and butternut pumpkin, by the way. I then start drinking because even after meeting these people on numerous occasions I still get nervous.
Nobody introduces us, but there’s two people I don’t know so I assume they’re Freyr and NoobHeadshot. I wave and say “hi”. Bunny, DAN! and Lamb are there too. People are playing Trials.
Welbot and then Sughly arrive and some Rock Band is played. Freyr steals the song I wanted to sing (Alice Cooper’s Poison) but I don’t care because she sings it well and I’m not drunk enough to try singing yet. 😛 And then I got drunk. The end.
Oh, wait…there were ribs. Huge caveman-like beef ones that were made of awesome and yummy pork ones that made me feel like a dog chewing on a bone. I think DAN! and Lamb liked the dish I made for them but they may have just been being polite. On the plus side I didn’t notice them surreptitiously spitting it out. 😛
There was also gossip (Question’s admirable ability to keep out of this silly conversation is awesome), discussion on the Hitman and Tomb Raider trailers, more Rock Band(DAN! can make songs I hate sound great), more Trials, Street Fighter or something and DAN! wanting to know everyone’s real names and Hi Bishy! But yeah, mostly I just drank and laughed so hard my old lady bladder couldn’t take it anymore so I texted Mr. Strange to come and pick me up. Everyone walked me out to the car and I was scared my husband would accidentally run someone over. I don’t think that happened though.
*not the real number, obviously
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Sounds like fun! I’ve never been to a meat at someones house before.
I might get to meat QLD TAYbies if I can make it to this gold coast meat in December, though!
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HI STRANGE!\
I am sorry I didn’t introduce myself, I think I’d already said “hi I’m Freyr” a few times and so I just began assuming people knew. YES THAT MAKES SENSE.
And I’m sorry I stole your song /o\ BUT THEN YOU WERE DRUNK ENOUGH TO SING AND IT WAS GLORIOUS.
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I’m sorry that was the only thing I said about you. I suck at Meat write-ups.
Hey everyone! Freyr is all cool and stuff! 😀
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I don’t like gossip! I just want people to be nice to each other and get along 😀
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So I just realised there was a new TAY.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawkward.
HI STRANGE!
I like Dan (!). He’s super polite when you make him terrible attempts at vegetarian food. Not to say yours was terrible. Sounds nomlicious!
My kitty is sick again. 🙁 Badly abscessed tooth, probably into the bone. She’s always had bad teeth but I hadn’t realised it was so far advanced until she started acting oddly last week so it must have flared up pretty quickly.
Sadly she’s 19, has a thyroid condition, heart flutters and possibly has issues with her kidneys as well, so there’s a better than even chance she wouldn’t survive the anesthetic for dental surgery and I don’t think it’s worth it even if she could. So she’s on antibiotics in the hope that’ll kill the infection off. Here’s hoping. 🙁
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Aww. *hug* Hope the antibiotics work.
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Sorry to hear that! 🙁
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Hope everything turns out alright for you and your pal. You’re in my thoughts.
Oh my god. Greenius… There’s something odd about that picture you just posted…
You need to get out of there! And bring your nice weather with you!
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Hahahahahahaha
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O.O
So I’m not sure which name to go with…
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I like this one but there’s no “green” in it, which is what I’m all about
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This contains a bit of “green” but I’m more needy than greedy
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Guess I’ll go oldskool
I can’t go Greenman(g) and stuff because apparently there’s already a “Greenman” cruising around Kotaku… 🙁
Sorry for the spam (procrastinatingggg) and this page is totally all green 🙂
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“N-vious”?
I dunno, cause it’s all “green with envy” and whatnot… -
C-c-c-combobreaker!
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Oh, Crazyguy beat me to it…
*grumble grumble* Stoopid TAY not updating and making me look silly *shakes fist* -
fool of a took
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Posting on my phone to change back to Greenius
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CJ’s Log, Week 2
“All I had to do was catch the damn train. But I couldn’t.”
After the success of my first week in TAY I stepped confidently forward to face the coming weeks onslaught, I was not prepared.
Things first went awry when my first log someone went public and it was swiftly demanded I make more and stay forever. Now a slave to my own creation I set about careful observation of the events and people around me and with the E3 festival almost upon us I thought it’d be easy to find appropriate inspiration and wonder. In a way I was right.
If week one had taught me anything its that this small village can quickly erupt into a chaotic frenzy of multiple simultaneous discussions some overlapping and others worlds apart. Even so, many manage to elegantly shift between the sections of banter swiftly adapting like a chameleon pumping red cordial through its veins.
As E3 hit I braced myself only to be quickly toppled over by the wave of information coming in, not just from TAY. It was not long before I decided to cut my losses and retreat waiting to emerge when all had settled down.
It was in the fetal position I lay on the floor of my hide spot that I noticed an unusual individual or perhaps individuals wandering the communes of TAY. One Lamboman/girl. Continued observation proved fruitless as I am still unable to tell if they are separate people or a being capable of bending its gender at will.
Finally as the week drew to a close and I slowly emerged the newly implemented Potaku arrived. It mainly spoke of E3 as to be expected however it did also inform of several birthdays within the settlement that I had missed. But I figure being new here I could get away with it.
I suspect the coming week to be quieter, but even so I would not be willing to bet money on such a prediction.
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CJ logs! 😀
Oh that lambo… before I posted in TAY I knew I’ve seen an Xbox avatar cowboy lamboMANn but suddenly there’s a lamboGIRL, lambo used confusion and it’s super effective!
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He’s managed to confuse most people. Including himself.
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Wait, you mean I’m not a jellyfish? /o\
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Dont raise furthur questions
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You summed TAY up pretty well right there.
TAY is… a moveable feast if you will… an ever-changing spectrum of delights.
TAY is like the best book you ever read – you laugh, you cry, and it will change your life.
TAY is like having your toes sucked by an over-excited platypus. Wonderful and weird and a little bit scary all at once.
TAY is home.-
That Platypus comment is heading up next weeks one.
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I don’t know why, but I’ve had this in my head for the past five minutes: (NSFW language)
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/150791/fat-abbots-advice
@ Virus__ Re: your post last night about managing bands.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-166/comment-page-17/#comment-709616
Includes a link to a great article by Steve Albini about the potential pitfalls of major lables.
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I saw that before, got distratced by dad whilst reading it. Finishing it now, it’s a pretty insightful read!
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It also reminds me alot of when I read ‘The Dirt’ by Motley Crue, a lot of the stuff depicted here sounds a lot like what the guys in the band went through, they eventually bought their master recordings back and fucked off from Elektra. Alter Bridge did a similar thing TWICE.. Now they are on their own label so they govern what they do, giving them more control over their future and music.
My local supermarket was completely out of tonic water on the exact same day that I was also completely out of tonic water. What do I drink my Gin with now? 🙁
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Vodka!
http://www.ginvodka.org/
I have a quest for TAY, should you choose to accept it.
So I’m really annoyed to find out moving color don’t ship to Australia. =(
I also found a really nice tap set that changed colours depending on whether your water was hot or cold. That is until I realised that it was the attachment and not the tap. =(
So anyone seen any awesome bathroom stuff?
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I am pretty sure Think Geek sell this what you’re talking about!
They do! But they don’t recommend buying it if you live outside of the USA since it might not fit, http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/kitchen/8122/
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That’s the one I was thinking of, but I’m not sure if it includes the tap or just the add on
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It’s just the bit that makes it colourful. No taps included.
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Yeah, I thought so. I really liked the tap itself. D= Easier on Mums hands too
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It’s too quiet. We need a song.
I’ll start.
I want to be the very best,
Like no one ever was…
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BUM BUM BUM
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SWEEEEEEEEET CAROLIIIIIINE
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‘Cause you’re his cheeseburger
His yummy cheeseburger
He’ll wait for yo-u, yeah,
He will wait for yo-u
Oh, you are his cheeseburger
His tasty cheeseburger
He’ll wait for yo-u
Oh he will wait for you-
Veggietales is about the last thing I’d have ever expected to see in TAY.
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But it fits in really well though 😛
I need to have a veggietales marathon, watch all the old ones.Those were brilliant. I also need to see if I can get my hands on their Lord of the Rings parody episode.
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If it doesn’t have a tail, it’s not a monkey,
Even if it has a monkey-kind-of shape,
If it doesn’t have a tail, it’s not a monkey,
If it doesn’t have a tail, it’s not a monkey. It’s an ape!Ooga booga, isn’t that a monkey? (monkey chant)
Booga looga, maybe it’s an ape. (monkey chant)
If it’s a nickel, or a salad, or a pillow. If it doesn’t have a tail, it’s not a monkey. It’s an ape!-
What.
The.
Fuck.-
Don’t ask.
Don’t tell.Just back away slowly, and hope the cage holds
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Don’t make any loud noises or sudden movements. You won’t like what happens. I’ve still got the scars from last time The Lambo was unleashed.
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Keep walking, but you won’t knock down my wall
Keep walking, but it isn’t gonna to fall!
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My god… Its happening.
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Hey mister, do you have a tail?
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Don’t touch it. Thats not for you
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Awww! I wanna play with the tail!
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Maybe if you’re a good girl, clean your room, leave the world alone and eat all your vegetables, maybe one day you’ll have a tail of your own too
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Really?? 😀
But…eh, that just seems like a bit too much effort. I don’t think a tail’s worth all that 🙁
*goes back to plotting world domination*
Now, let’s see. Should I send the 23rd Bambi Legion into Germany via Russia or satellite drop? Hmmm…
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Why is it that I lack motivation?
I just seem to be apathetic towards things that would have usually piqued my interest…how can I fix it?
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Find something completely new to interest you? Something you know nothing about, where you have to start from scratch. Try it out for a while and see if something clicks. Worse case scenario, you know a little bit more about something you didn’t before
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I agree. Take a break and try something new!
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Pretty much this.
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I tend to force myself ^^;;
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You already have the motivation to know you lack the motivation. See, you’re already curing yourself.
Hi Friends!
Who wants to join Rize, Klutar, Fled and myself for some Lord of the Rings Online shenanigans on Tuesday nights*?
It’s a 12GB download on Steam, but we thought it might be fun to get a few TAYbies together to play it. Because it’s F2P we’re thinking we might only play together one night a week. But the more the merrier!
*Probably. WoW/Diablo maintenance night.
Also how is everyone? I’ve spent most of today in bed sleeping. Damn this sickness.
I hope all you uni kids are studying hard and blitzing your exams!
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And by 12GB I mean 15GB
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Oh! Me! Me!
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MEMEMEMEMEMEME!
I think I have it downloaded already…but that was ages ago, who knows how many gigs of updates there’s been since then. -
I’m kind of a bit over MMOs at the moment 😐
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WELL, I’M OVER YOUR FACE THEN.
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HOT
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I DIDN’T THINK THIS THROUGH.
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You’re acting like this is something new for you.
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And of course Shiggy beats me to it.
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That’s either really mean, or really sexual. Just sayin’.
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Baby, that’s the only way I know how to play it. PEW! PEW!
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Uh-huh
*alt+tabs back into WoW*
I might be up for that. I’ve got the game sitting on an external hard-drive but I don’t know how up to date it is. I assume we’d be starting new characters?
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Yeah, we’d probably all have to start the same race too? (I’m unsure with it, but I assume races start off in their own areas)
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I’m going to be a Night Elf Mohawk! 😀
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This could be the best suggestion I ever made, but if people end up disliking the experience, IT WAS ALL CAKESMITH’S IDEA.
Y U No create steam event so I could have downloaded it yesterday.
Interested but probably won’t be able to make it tonight
So I made one of the best burgers i’ve had today for lunch, photo evidence! http://instagr.am/p/LuBSNnvj0h/
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I had burgers for lunch today as well. Had enough for 2 but one was so filling that i needed up having it for dinner as well
Can’t see your picture (worst evidence ever) but mine was sour dough roll, think patty, vintage cheddar, cos lettuce, bacon, tomato and an egg.
GET HYPE for Mechwarrior Online!
Also, ORIGIN 2 on WEDNESDAY!
Suck it, you damn dirty blues.
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*hisses*
We will prevail….-
GO THE ALL BLACKS!!! wait…
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GO LOCAL SPORTS TEAM!
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SPORTS \o/
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Out. NOW!
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It’s a pity the Wallabies have been in a bit of a decline for a while.
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Haven’t you lot been saying that for the last six years? =P
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Also also, England vs France in EURO 2012 tonight. Go England!
Last episode of season 5 of Mad Men tonight =(
Woo yeah, hallucinations! I just saw both pages of Tay on the one page!
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I know I’m tempting fate, but none of this stuff happens to me. No bad refreshes, no combined pages. I wonder why…
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Burn the witch!
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Can’t burn a fire-type
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Blastoise go!
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Will Squirtle do?
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Sen’s Fortress, fare ye well. Iron Golem, you were a pushover.
Anor Londo tomorrow!
Well its about time. Just got an email saying my Runescape account has been permanently banned due to numerous infractions. The number of emails I’ve been getting about these infractions, I’m surprised it didn’t happen sooner
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I’ve had similar emails before. And yet I’ve never owned a Runescape account, to the best of my knowledge.
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Sounds similar to my so-called Aion account and I’ve never ever owned Aion before.
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Yours finally got banned? I’m still getting emails on mine 🙁
So, after listening for a week, I declare that Billy Talent is awesome. The best part is I discovered that they are the band that did a bunch of songs I already liked. Win!
So far, my favourites are Try Honesty, Surrender, This Suffering, Red Flag, Saint Veronika, and Pins & Needles.
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Is awesome? Gah. *are* awesome.
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Awesome, another person converted!
http://shanewsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/coversm.jpg
What thoughts please, TAY?
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Before the bottom half of the pic loaded I thought you were releasing a CD. Because it really did look like an album cover.
There is something that bugs me about the picture though, I can’t quite put my finger on it….maybe because everything looks collage-y, the people look suspended and not grounded.-
As soon as I figure out how to mask my singing voice and learn how to make digital music, I intend to make an album of some sort. It’s on my maybe-bucket-list.
Thanks for your comment! I might see if I can add shadows under the people tonight, that might help with that issue.
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Pretty cool stuff mang.
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My only criticism is that the orb thing is right over the top of her genitals. so it looks like she has a big hole there. Maybe lower her down a little? IDK thats my opinion anyway.
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Alright, I’m with Strange, needs more connectivity, possibly set the light source to be in the centre, where the glowy thing is, though you may want a second source on the female’s face, as a low light usually looks bad. Is the stencil edges on the tree leaves purposeful, or accidental? If you have a good reason, they can stay, otherwise, I’d recommend getting rid of them. If possible, I’d also recommend adding more leaves to the tree, and changing the tint on some, to give more variation. On the guy on the left, the black stands out, but I think the red is too dim, again if possible, could do with being slightly brighter to help distinguish it from the back, the colours on the guy to the right is fine, even if his leg is clipping through his armour.
I’m being a bit nitpicky, so don’t take the above too harshly, and don’t fret unnecessarily.
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There’s some major clipping on the guy on the rights leg. It’s quite noticeable.
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Sorry, never been a fan of this style. Can’t really give any recommendations to improve because it just doesn’t work for me.
So, guess who didn’t realise that there was a new TAY until just now?
Totally not me, because that would be silly. >.>
Morning everyone!
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I didn’t even think to check yesterday :p
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Generic blaghs is up at some ridiculously early hour post.
MORNING SIR.
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Morning RocketFriend!
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How are you this fine morning?
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Tired. Couldn’t get to sleep last night, so at about 2:30 I got bored, got up, and played inFamous until 5:30.
Then I tried sleeping, gave up after another half hourish, derped about until it was light, and had a crack at the Wysteria, which I need to cut down.
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Whoops, forgot to add the necessary “But that’s dull, how are you this morning?”
I’m a monster.
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I AM SURPRISED INFAMOUS DID NOT PUT YOU TO SLEEP
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BECAUSE I AM IMPLYING IT IS A BIT OF A BORING GAME
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I’m enjoying it. Seems to be a bit of Crackdown, a bit of Assassin’s Creed, and a bit of “impossible to aim with the freaking Dualshock.”
Oh, and it took the “numb repetition” part of AssCreed(at least thus far though it’s less bad).
And you feel less powerful than the Crackdown Guy.
And the main guy’s voice is stupid in game, but sounds fine in the animated cutscenes. No idea what’s up with that.
But apart from that, I am enjoying it.
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Oh, yeah, I think it’s kind of actually fun, but it’s not very deep at all.
Can’t fault it, I guess. Got it for free with the PSN outage.
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WOO, FREE!
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My meat write up:
There was a meat. We ate meat. There were meat hats. It was a meat.
I’m kind of exhausted still. Was fine right up until I dropped Freyr off at the airport on Monday and then my body just decided that it was done being active.
Oh and Strange, I’m fairly sure Dan liked your food. He was raving about it after we dropped Nobshot off at the train station.
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I liked the part that had meat.
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You always like it when guys talk about their meat.
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Yay! Oh and if anyone’s interested, I have a vague Meat write-up on Page 1: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-163/comment-page-1/#comment-709852
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I was going to reply to it but it’s on a previous page!
I saw you mention unit and house number and I was thinking, I don’t live in unit 6. Oh wait. That pesky asterisk. I get what’s happening now.
Damn this coffee needs to kick in.
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And now this is a previous page too. Guess if people want Meat details they’ll have to go looking for them themselves. 😛
Thanks for hosting, by the way Bunny. I hope your housemates weren’t too traumatised by us.
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I think they were just shocked that I was capable of socialising with people who could be louder than them.
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Dammit, now that the meat is over, I don’t have any excuses to procrastinate on the shameless gaming stuff.
Which means I need to come up with shameless gaming stuff to procrastinate on!
So, that Enslaved game is pretty good, right?
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It’s pretty DAMN good, seems it’s slowly but surely developing a Beyond Good & Evil-like post release cult! I liked it so much I went back and bought Heavenly Sword to see if it was just as good. (It wasn’t. :P)
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Sometimes I’m convinced you actually exist in the past and post here via some temporal portal to let us know how good games that have been out for a year or two are.
On the other hand, I now really want to replay Enslaved.
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No, it’s just me being cheap and not wanting to buy games until they are absolutely in the lowest priced bargain bin of them all.
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I was really enjoying it before I got stuck. I’m still sad I can’t finish it. 🙁
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Do yourself a favour, start again on easy and finish it. The gameplay in this game is hardly worthwhile, but the story and characters are worth it.
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Morning all!
Long weekend was good, spent most of it watching movies and playing videogames.
Saw Indie Game: The Movie and Prometheus.
Indie Game: The Movie was better 😛
I also started playing Armored Core V this weekend, it’s different but it still feels like an AC game. Although it does feel like there are less options for AC body parts and the parts don’t look that distinct, so they all tend to look alike. I guess thats the trade-off for the slightly more realistic style that ACV went for.
Also while the game focuses on a lot of multiplayer and team play I am glad that it gives you the option to merc yourself out to teams who are down a player for some online matches. I’ve only played a couple of online games so far but I hope to play a bit more later on.
Mornin’ TAY!
Got a lot less gaming done over the weekend than I’d hoped to do, but DID manage to eat a crapload of tasty food, and catch up on all the cleaning and work around the house I needed to do, so that’s a plus. I also found out the next multi update to ME3 will have a tonne of Earth content, which might help make up for the lack of it in the campaign…
Gunna give LotR Online a look tonight, and possibly a play, depending on….stuff.
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Morning Rize!
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Morning Doc!
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Morning people-who-went-to-meats-that-I-wish-I-could-have-attended!
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MORNING RIZE AND DOC!
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*waves*
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“Morning rise” heh!
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MORNING. I LIKE IT WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT FOOD
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Weekend foods included:
Craploads of bacon.Oh, and an awesome paella.
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NONSENSICAL MEAT POST!!!
STRANGE!!!
We gossiped?
Did I start it?
I started it didn’t I…
Also your food, holy crap. Sooooooooooooo amazing.
The rest who were there, good times.
Sorry for being so radical.
Noob, you’re alright.
Sughly, you’re garbage.
Love,
Dan
P.S. Sooooooooooooooo much of that evening I have no recollection of. I keep finding tweets & photos on my phone that kinda fill in the blanks, like Sughly pointing at a Ute’s back window and an unposted Tweet of Frejyr & Trjn playing Rock Band with their serious faces on.
P.P.S Next time we do this, we’ll order that metre pizza.
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We’re going to need about three times as many people if we’re going to try to eat that metre pizza.
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DAN!
I APRECIATE YOU (and the others) WALKING ME THROUGH THE
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Let’s order it in December.
Pez’s birthday bash was the SHIT!
Much groping of my manly beard.
Many shots.
I got a beer in a brown paper bag and pretended to be a drunk hobo.
The next day I bought this: https://p.twimg.com/AvAM3EsCAAAgfae.jpg:large (hope that works)
On Monday I finished of Dragon’s Age II (AT LAST) and played Dungeon Defenders on PS3.
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I have always wanted to try the brown paper bag thing and keep on swigging from a bottle of milk.
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WHERE FROM!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I NEED THAT VERSION!!!!!!!
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JB Hi-FI!
Finally finished off a collection that started 10 years ago!
https://p.twimg.com/AvAlnUgCQAAe2oA.jpg:large-
HNNNNNNNGHHH!!!
I need them all.
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Hi Gentleman What?!
Just don’t read aloud from that thing….Now that I’ve finished ME3 should I start Dragon Age II as my 360 game? I played for about half an hour once but that was it.
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It took me a while to finish. TH estory is interesting. A lot of intrigue and events get set in motion which lead towards a war starting which is kinda cool.
Ultimately, I miss the Darkspawn and the threat of the blight. Also, I prefer my Warden to FemHawke.
I felt like DAII was a bit of a slog. In the end, I finished the game rather than do all the sub quests I still had to do.
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DA2 was interesting, but the thoroughly recycled environments was frustrating after only a short while. Still worth playing, though.
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I sort of liked how it didn’t really focus on the Darkspawn. The Darkspawn are cool and all but they’re very typical bad guys who are evil for no other reason then they are evil. I liked how DA2 was less about things being evil and more about people having different views on certain subjects.
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One thing I did like about DAII is that the main focus seemed to be on character/party interaction. If you blow through the main story, you’d get none of that, so patient players are rewarded with a better game
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Hmmm, DAII was okay, but it had so little to do with the original DA:O that it almost feels like a story taking place in another universe. The combat was okay, but well dumbed down. The story was okay, but at times, you really have to go digging for the best bits. If you’re achievement hunting, be prepared to see the same places over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
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Could have been an awesome game if they didn’t rush it out the door
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Reading /r/starcraft after MLG is always fun. There’s a thread up talking about how Socke (decent but not great German Protoss player) was the only person to beat DRG (this MLG’s champ and probably the best Zerg player going around right now) this whole weekend.
Top comment is a guy saying that he was derping around at another tournament looking lost, Socke picked him out of the crowd and said “do you want to get really drunk with me?” They hung out all weekend, getting hammered and whatnot. Socke sounds like a pretty awesome dude because of this but it gets better once you see the picture of the two together (Socke on the right).
Pretty much a perfect match, no?
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Barbarians! *swoon*
I watched the first episode of Dollhouse last night. It was good but it didn’t feel very Whedonesque. It was all super dark and serious and there were no jokes.
Also, lotro is currently patching. Is that playdate still happening tonight? What time is it starting? What server are we rolling on? Are we all going to play the same race so we’re together from the start?
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Now you should skip to the second season….
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Which doesn’t make sense without the second half of the first season…
Actually, it still doesn’t make sense but it comes closer to resembling sense.
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The first six episodes are pretty shit. You have to endure quite a lot of stuff that feels like executive meddling before you get to the Whedonesque moments (the start of season 2 with Whiskey and Topher is so incredibly Whedon). Not necessarily worth the hassle, but the payoff for some of the stuff they set up during the terrible moments is rather nice.
Season 2, episode 4 (I think it’s called Belonging) is probably the entire reason to watch that show.
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As a sidenote, Eliza Dushku really sucks.
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She really does. Especially in that singing/dancing episode…the third one I think? That was so very awful.
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OMG I AGREE SHE CANNOT SING
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Don’t you ever say anything bad about her. I love her! With love hearts and everything!
Also Dollhouse is pretty good. I enjoyed it, first few episodes were a bit slow.
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There’d be positives to being whatever race you want, but it depends on how long it would take to get together. Doing that WOULD give people the option to learn the game at their own pace, but obviously getting together quick would be good too.
I suppose we could all go dwarves, and just act really, really racist towards other non-dwarf characters…
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Unfortunately, the season 1 storyline is full of holes, another Whedon tradition. Inconsistency didn’t matter so much in Buffy or Angel, where the characters and metaphors were the important elements. But in Dollhouse, when the story is serious and is basically front and centre, it was unforgivable in my book. Never watched season 2.
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You’re a holist! I bet you don’t like swiss cheese, either! 😛
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As I said, I can forgive it when the plot isn’t the main focus 😛
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And I love swiss cheese… .as long as it’s already melted and I can’t find any holes.
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This is one of those comments I need a favourite/like/upvote button for. 😀
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@Shane re cover:
Too much colour.
I vote for washing out all colour to very faded, except for the lady – leave her full colour.
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Thanks man, and thanks everyone for your comments. I’ll do some playing with it, and see what I can come up with. Currently learning the ropes with some new elements of this software.
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I think the cover is looking good, I like the overall concept of it. Now that the niceties are out of the way (just didn’t want you to think I hated it) on to the criticism.
Minor detail but where the staff looks like it should be imbedded in the ground it looks more like it is floating
The centre of the staff looks too bright to me, or if it is supposed to be the centre point the secondary light beneath it looks strange.
Maybe the pattern of glow around it should be the same the light, not brighter at the bottom .Also I agree with Strange, maybe it is due to the lack of depth in the background but if you look at the knight guy their is a very clear distinction between him and the sky behind. It looks like he was stuck onto a back drop rather than existing within the scene.
I also don’t like the blue blur behind/around the letters, just seems to almost clash with the tree. Either make it clearer that that is part of the text or leave it off. Or it could just be my personal preference.
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Watching the Starcraft 2 new expansion gameplay:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/watch-starcraft-ii-heart-of-the-swarms-upgraded-protoss-and-zerg-units-duke-it-out/
Finally! An actual count of how many workers on each nexus! :’)
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Blizzard had a huge setup of demo stations for Heart of the Swarm at MLG this weekend and some of the dead air (at least during Day 1, when I actually got to watch) was eaten up by showing matches like this. Fairly sure they covered all match-ups except mirrors with games that were setup to show early, mid and late game changes.
Dat Mothership Core. Dat Hydra buff.
I’m pretty keen.
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It’s too bad I probably won’t get it though, I just haven’t picked up Starcraft 2 again for a long time
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I’ve noticed the majority of people I know that were really keen on it when it came out have all kind of drifted away from it. Are people getting over it, or just keen for new content?
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I mainly got Starcraft 2 to see what the fuss is all about but stayed longer for the custom maps too, which are all awesome
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In my case, I played over 1000 Starcraft 2 games, I beat the campaign three times(though I was always too slack to actually finish my Brutal playthrough), and I wasn’t really talking to people who were playing it.
So, she and I just separated. It’s still fun, so long as I’m playing with people, but I rarely get a chance to do that.
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There’s a huge time investment needed to get to the point where you feel like you can play with other people and even then there is a lot to do. Very easy to get intimidated and simply decide to not play.
Starcraft: Brood War has an amazing reputation for being a very good game but most people (myself included at one point) simply didn’t understand how mentally involved RTS games are. Multi-tasking is rather difficult to master.
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Hearing about online Starcraft is like hearing a scary story about going through a haunted park. Most people would end up never going near said park. Me included
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Bronze league is full of one base turtles and the dumbest attempts at cheese you’ll ever see. Really, it’s more like off milk than cheese.
Stepping into that level of play isn’t that difficult. You just have to be willing to expand and attack. Things are intimidating because they kind of expect to be playing people above that level. People who have actual build orders or some idea about how to win a game instead of just trying not to lose.
It’s all a bit odd.
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Well I can’t beat any AI above Medium sadly, I’m always too slow in getting something up and ready in time before the first attack. I think my main issue is consistency with multitasking. While I focus on one thing, another deteriorates.
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All this RTS talk makes me think I’ll probably get back into online DoW:DC at some point soon…
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Hah I’d be up for that maybe, for the greater good with my dark armies or with the necrons whom I adore!
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A lot of people are like that. If you want to try playing, I can give you a hand over TS. Just sit in your base and focus on probes and pylons. Probes and pylons. Probes and pylons.
Do that a few times and then move on to production buildings and managing production cycles. Focusing on one thing until you don’t have to think about it as much in order to do it at all really helps.
I’m still terrible when it comes to missing probes and getting supply blocked but definitely doing well enough to beat Hard/Very Hard AI simply by having strong enough macro to survive the initial assault then counter-push for the win.
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I do really want to get into RTS to get my mind working a little better. Sure LoL is good at that too to a point but when things go wrong, stress levels rise again so I want more choice on what I could play if I need to take a break from one game 😛
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So, i have been wasting too much time in minecraft and have been incredibly unproductive the last couple of days.
I’m still trying to do sewing and such, but I find myself on Minecraft way too much and half the time I’m just standing there deciding what to do next
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You on a server somewhere or alone? I’ve been looking for peoples to do projects with in minecraft 😛
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TAY server. And it’s more of a what to I build on my “thing” next. I’m currently working on a guest room, but I’m always happy to work on other things too.
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Is this cakesmith’s server? Last time I was there it all ended in lava
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Well it has got a little better. There are still just as many penis’ (if not, more) but less lava killing everyone.
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(Assuming you’ve been playing on the server…) Have you been exploring? There’s some creations way away from the main town. There’s paths to most of them, though!
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I’ve seen Gorzy’s place, Blaghman’s, Bish’s and Nobs.
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Eh, it’s alright. If you’re into that kind of thing.
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HI SCREE!!!
Hey tay…
Waddup?
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Something of mine. If you know what I mean. Wink.
Wink.
I mean my ceiling, to clarify.
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Oi, before you leave: get to downloading Lord of the Rings Online. It’s F2P on Steam, and a bunch of us are gunna give it a whirl.
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Rightio sounds awesome… Will start downloading when I get home
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It’s 15GB…I hope your net is working 😀
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Ha… Haha… Define working? 😛
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Good Morning TAY.
Diablo talks:
Finally cracked the 20k damage mark on my Witch Doctor, then read the pre-patch notes this morning. The incoming IAS nerf is going to hurt, but changes to elite packs mean I can just farm earl y Act 1 stuff without really needing to progress into Act 2.
Pokemon talks:
Oh man. I don’t know whether I’m surprised at how much the meta has changed after a year, or by how much it has stayed the same. I’ll make sure I register an account name so I can take part in battling funsies.
Kickstarter talks:
OMG. Gaben in the Neal Stephenson sword-fighting kickstarter.
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That IAS nerf is going to destroy so many Life on Hit builds for Monks. Deadly Reach (with Keen Eye runes) is necessary for a lot of Monks to be tanky enough. Without enough attack speed, they have very little damage output using that and can’t generate enough spirit to do much else either.
Then again, I’m still at the 5.5k damage mark at level 55/56.
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Wait? They are nerfing monks AGAIN!?
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Attack speed is being dropped slightly. I exaggerated but it will make a difference to Life on Hit and Deadly Reach builds.
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@Poketalk: I wouldn’t get too worried about re-learning everything, I think we’ll just be playing for fun. Random battles seem to be the most popular choice (at first, anyway. Depends how into it we get I suppose xD)
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I was more worried that I’m already getting back into the swing of things and I’d be playing too serious for the rest of you and become a big old fun ruiner. Sounds like I am already being too serious (spent a chunk of time on Saturday plotting out some team mockups and working on some counters for common picks – particularly DrizzleToed and DroughtTales, but also stuff like Shell Smash Cloyster, which is new to me) so I’m happy to just play random teams.
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Don’t worry, I was actually looking up all that sort of stuff as well (though admittedly for the first time xD). What a coincidence that you mention Shell Smash Cloyster though, because I made a Cloyster using that move for my team of ‘Pokemon with interesting abilities’ (not really for anything, just for fun :P).
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Shell Smash
Razor Shell
Protect
You probably don’t even need a fourth move.Although Water Absorb/Dry Skin counters pretty well. Toxicroak gets STAB on Fighting, which is effective vs Ice. It’s the “best” counter that comes to mind. I’d assume Ice Shard goes in 4th slot, so Water Absorb Lapras would be a good Bulky Water to pretty much wall/sponge Cloyster and force a switch.
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Geez, I think I might have just hit the 10k damage mark, although I might be just below it.
As it currently stands, I have… a few problems with the Act 1 elites. But, at least the attack speed nerf won’t affect me in the slightest…
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If anything, the IAS nerf is a buff for Wizards.
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I’m levelling new heroes as well, will decide between Barb and Wizard to push to 60 first. It’ll probably be the Wizard, since I can offload gear from the WD.
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THAT WAS GABEN!!!
i was like “that guy looks so freaking familiar…”
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Yup! I bet he’s going to use the CLANG API for full motion-controls integrated into crowbar fighting for HL2:E3!
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Hey Shane, can I buy both Lesser Evil books directly from you? I’ve had some really long delays with Fishpond when the books come from a USA supplier.
Do you have a paypal or something? DM me on twitter, if so.
I have another meat write-up. Shorter this time, though! I like recounting this stuff for some reason.
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Weekend at Pez’s 2: The Baconing
Not really a proper write-up, but a highlight reel of the memorable moments from the weekend, hopefully in chronological order! P.S. this was my first ever night of drinking in the city. I’m a very inexperienced youth. It didn’t disappoint, though.
-We begin in Kinokuniya and people slowly file in. A few people buy stuff and I manage to stop myself from joining them.
-Beer cafe! Most people order litre beers but I, being young and inexperienced, only get a half litre. I feel very inadequate once the waitress brings all the drinks over.
-Bish starts a thing wherein he periodically demands that people with their phones out tell Strange he says hello. I dunno why.
-The two best birthday presents are given to Pez by Heather and Hollie: 1) a Guess Who game featuring a variety of TAYbies in place of the normal characters (http://t.co/QuNjUiw9), and 2) this, um, really interesting picture (I don’t have a link!)
-Shiggy and I play the Guess Who game while we wait for food. My character was Pez, his was me. He won because he kept stealing all my questions. I am really bad at games.
-Harli and #35 scheme to buy a metre of shots for Pez, opting for the ones with the highest alcohol percentage. This place brings out shots on a metre long stick and they ring a cowbell too for some reason. Everytime it rings we get more anxious until they finally show up and Pez downs four of them in the span of two or three minutes. Initially Harli is like ‘no slow down you’ll die’ but then she just starts yelling ‘hurry up damnit’ at him.
-Half the table takes picture of their food. It’s pretty exciting.
-Lots of shots later, our bill comes out at $610. A lot of that was alcohol.
-#35 acts as our navigation system and leads us through the streets to a dark alleyway. I’m sure somebody said ‘oh god we’re gonna die’ at this point. Maybe it was me. But the bar in the alleyway had a queue and standing around is for losers, so we went elsewhere.
-Quote of the night; Me: “I only had a half litre one, so I’m good”, Hollie: “I had a hernia once!” There’s context to this but it was still hilarious to me, so shh.
-The next place was behind an art gallery or something, and the bouncer was just like ‘hey guys go on in!’ I thought bouncers were meant to be all angry and such. The bar is really poorly lit and everyone stumbles around for a bit. I’d say it was a very…modern place, others might consider it hipster or something. But it was pretty cool.
-Bish has alcohol! I’ve never seen that before.
-Pez is still drinking, which is kinda scary.
-Ladies love the Doc What beard. Fellas, take note.
-Also, his beer comes in a brown paper bag. Hobo Doc What! They still love the beard.
-Eventually we steal a booth. We are like How I Met Your Mother if it was filmed in near darkness.
-General note: I got in some really nice one-on-one conversations with most people over the course of the night (but mostly in this bar). Thanks for the good talks, everyone! Nice to get to know you all better.
-Midnight comes and the bar closes so we wander around for somewhere else. #35 leads us in a semicircle to nowhere, but it was good because some people needed the fresh air. Pez stumbles around so Bish has to start steering him sometimes.
-Random note: I’d describe #35 as kind of stoic (not a bad thing!), he’s the cool guy who keeps a straight face all the time. So it was amazing when he lit up like a Christmas tree and started beaming and dancing around after Harli told him he looked like the Doctor.
-FISH BIKES. They’re bikes…but they’re dressed up and covered to look like glowing coloured fish. I named the blue one Billy. He got separated from the pack. Poor Billy.
-I don’t remember the name of the next place because I didn’t go inside – some of us split off for 1am Hungry Jacks. I was hungry, but then as soon as we sat down I stopped feeling hungry, so I nibbled on some chips and stared into the distance. Pez was really winding down at that point.
-Those of us crashing at Pez’s take taxis there – side note: I don’t know how I should feel for taxi drivers who listen to 2am drunk passenger conversations. Ours was about boob and beard hierarchies.
-Pez has a table in his apartment now. Swanky.
-Inflatable beds! Bish sleeps cramped up in a corner on the floor. We crash pretty quickly, although we do sneak in some dumb conversation that makes everything seem like a high school camping trip or sleepover.
-Shiggy snores. Usually that makes it hard for me to get to sleep but alcohol helps to solve that problem (is there anything alcohol can’t do?). Also, inflatable beds are very loud things, and they deflate too quickly.
-It’s about 10am when we wake up. Bish has covered his face with his jacket, still sleeping, or maybe just pretending. The instant someone mentions food, he sits up (jacket still over head), says ‘who said something about breakfast?’, goes to wash his face, and heads into the kitchen to start cooking. I dunno what is up with this guy.
-Samurai Power Rangers is a terrible show.
-Nobody is good at Trials.
-Bish takes bread, bacon and eggs and turns it all into a great breakfast. Kudos to that guy.
-We watched some Haruhi Suzumiya. Pez, still slightly out of it, had no idea what was happening.
-Everyone left at about 1pm or so.
-None of us visitors got bed bug bites. As far as I know, anyway.
That went much longer than intended.
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Anyway, I hope everyone else had a great long weekend (or normal weekend if you didn’t get the public holiday). It sounds like the folks at the Bunny meat had a good time, too.
Come to think of it, I didn’t really get to play any games.
It’s quite scary to see TAY so quiet on a Monday, by the way!
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I’m still waiting for my breakfast, Bish.
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I don’t know, with the dinner you had on Saturday, I’m pretty sure that’s all the food you’ll ever need in the next 16 years.
Wouldn’t want you to get tubby, hey?-
Fair call. I’m on a slippery slope.
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This is shorter?!
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Hahaha!
Yeah, about that…
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So that’s the Guess Who thing people were talking about.
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Which I didn’t make it in. After 2 years of being on TAY, two weeks away from it is all I need to be forgotten ;(
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^who’s this stranger?
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sorry. needed to be said :p
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/CHOKED SOB
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nice write up Mr Pants!
was indeed a great night & I do indeed look forward to the next one.
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dammit. double use of indeed. what a stupid sentence.
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Indeed.
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THANKS BISH
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I’M HERE TO BACK YOU UP, BUDDY!
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ALWAYS BISHING. WHAT A GUY!
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Bish is the best at bishing. Nobody bishes like Bish.
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Fun!
Though maybe I should be concerned that I wasn’t really feeling like “Man I missed out!” until you mentioned you started watching Haruhi. Man I missed out! haha I need some priorities…
I’m going to have to make a real effort to get to this Canberra meat, now. Damn you fun people.
Shiggy and Doc,
You both get 1000000+ internets for using a The Emperor’s New Groove reference in Potaku episode 2.
Glorious.
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Dammit – I was meant to listen to Potaku #2 last night! Damn!
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It’s the song that pops into my head whenever i hear that it’s someone’s birthday!
So… I started playing Saints Row III
Expected to plow through it. Get it done and dusted so I was fresh and commitment free for the onslaught of new releases.
… I got a little sidetracked
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Also, saw my local GAME yesterday, all boarded up. Pretty sad.
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It’s pretty scary to see how quickly they shut down. Although I’m sure the EB that was right around the corner from my old local GAME is probably having parties about it all.
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Even though I’ve only ever bought two games from GAME (and one of those was from the website), it is a shame.
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I’m still not sure what’s going on around Canberra. The Queanbeyan one has closed and the Hyperdome one is open, but I could have sworn it was the other way around when they released the list of stores closing…
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My local GAME is doing that 40% sale thing. I was weeping at the sight of it. I was also buying a bunch of cheap games.
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Welcome to Saints Row!
Was it anything in particular that sidetracked you, or did you just go on a rampage?
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I have no idea…
I like flying around in a chopper.I managed too knock over a chunk of the story. I’ve scored the power plant and brothel and upgraded them. Not sure how far in that is.
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Bahaha!
Further than me, man. I don’t have the power plant. I’m pretty sure I’m close though. Granted, I’ve emptied out nearly two of the three islands in terms of activities and purchases. I’m most of the way through the collectables, too.
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If I wasn’t determined to finish the game fairly quickly I would be in the same situation as you.
I start cruising for collectables and stuff and then have to remind myself to get back on track.Also, Level 4(?) Shepherd pistols are badass.
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I really should go back to that game. I think I only got as far as taking over that first ‘crib’.
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Morning TAY. Yay for short weeks.
http://www.indiegogo.com/bearlovegood
This is awesome. Theoatmeal is awesome!!! Go support it.
Also I finished Max Payne 3 on the weekend. It was enjoyable.
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I was just reading the article, i chipped in, pretty amazing stuff. I have always liked their comics.
Man, this server update needs to freakin’ hurry up. I’m hungry…
Brissy Meat write up.
I arrived at Trjn’s at 1:50. Trjn was in the kitchen with some lady who I first assumed was either his girlfriend or one of his housemates…turned out it was Freyr xD
After we were properly introduced, Freyr sort of implied that I look like a girl. Not really though, she just said she’s amazed how much I look like my avatar even though my avatar is a female. 😛
Trjn and Freyr were making fairy bread. A whole loaf of it. We ended up with two really high stacked plates of the stuff. On the table was Trjn’s laptop with MLG(?) on it. After the fairy bread was made, Freyr, Trjn, Trjn’s laptop and I migrated to the lounge room, where we watched the second half of Star Wars Episode V. Apparently Freyr had never seen the star wars movies before, so Trjn was making her watch them. So there we sat, watching Star Wars and eating fairy bread, except for Trjn and his laptop who watched MLG.
Towards the end of the film, Nobshot showed up! After introductions were complete, Nobshot joined me, Freyr, Trjn and Trjn’s laptop in watching things and eating fairy bread, except Trjn’s laptop didn’t eat any fairy bread because, well, it’s a laptop.
After the movie had finished, we got out trials evolution. We turned bailout finish on, so there were a lot of flying riders at the end of the tracks. Some of them didn’t make it though. They just laid there, trying to wiggle their way to the finish line.
And suddenly, DAN! showed up! And TheLastQuestion too!
And then we tried playing custom tracks. And we learnt we should probably read the track descriptions and ignore the user ratings. We tried this one track with heaps of loops in the sky, but that ended up in a horrendous mess. It was really buggy. I think we even ended up with all of us crashed, and it wouldn’t go back to the last checkpoint. Turns out the discription said that it was a track for testing out making different things, and the guy had abandoned it…it had a user rating of 4 stars.
And then Dan convinced us to play gigacross, the gigatrack of multiplayer. That took us about 15 mins to finish. For some reason Trjn ended up far behind, practically offscreen at each checkpoint. And I was far in front. And whenever I tried slowing down and waiting for him to catch up, I kept ‘crashing’ even though my dude was completely upright and not colliding with anything :/
Dan got bored soon after. So we stopped playing trials and started playing rockband. There was no Barbie Girl! /o\ So I had to sing Lady Gaga’s Poker Face instead. I only sang it once though. Sometime around this time Strange showed up, and then welbot a bit later, then sughly a bit later still. (am I forgetting anyone?)
We kept playing rockband, and then some people went out to get the food. A short while later, those people returned with the food. So then we ate. Most people ate the ribs, and Dan and I, the weak armed vegetarians, ate the food strange had brought. And yes Strange, you were right. I was just being polite. The food was disgusting. JUST KIDDING! It was delicious. 😀
Afterwards, we went back to rockband. At one stage there I was playing both the bass and singing at the same time. Sughly was holding the mic for me, but he kept smacking me in the face with it. I got a score of 98% though. 74% for the bass and 24% for the singing 😛
I also sang Bohemian Rhapsody, which Sughly decided he’d try to mess up. “Hey lambo, do you want to die?” *me singing* “I don’t want to die!” things like that. I got revenge in the ending though, “Sughly is an idiot, that is plain to see. Sughly is an idiot…Sughly is a real big, dummyyyyyy!” 😛
A bit later we started playing Street Fighter. I beat Trjn in one round, then never won again…
So we played that for a bit, then we got out trials again. Around this time a big conversation about children started, although I didn’t hear much of it because I was concentrating on trials. Then they started talking about e3, which was funny because after a race, I would try and say something, but by the time I started talking, the next race had started, so I had to split my concentration a bit…which ended with me crashing a lot and missing bits of the conversation.
Not long after, nobshot had to leave, so everyone decided to walk him to the station. My dad was going to be there to pick me up sometime soon, and he probably wouldn’t have appreciated me walking around Brisbane at night, which I told everyone. So Freyr and Strange stayed back to ‘babysit’ me while the others went and romped through rape park 😛
Freyr and I played some more trials. Strange wouldn’t, for some reason. She avoided that game like the plague, like the way Sughly avoided singing.
Not that long after, my dad showed up, and I had to go.
The end.
Soooo, when’s the next meat? 😀 I have an idea of something we need to try out. 2 TVs, 2 Xboxes, 8 controllers and Minecraft. That could be pretty interesting. And fun too. 😀
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On Gigacross, I would be off screen (maybe you could see my head and/or shadow) as soon as I spawned from a checkpoint. It was only when I was the only person alive that I could really be seen and then as soon as I hit a checkpoint, I’d be pushed back offscreen again.
Custom tracks are probably best avoided.
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next meat: Perth meat, everyone come to perth, we just got this new game called super mario bro’s, we could all play it on our crt tv’s!
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Are you one of those fancy types that has a colour TV? You might be a bit too ritzy for me.
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i am always up to datee with technology, of course i have a colour tv!
i also have a mobile phone, the latest model, the most sleek design available! Look at this picture of me with it!
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Well laa-dee-daa, Mr Fancypants McRichface.
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You’re older than I was expecting you to be…
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hahahahaha!
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actually that’s a good idea for you guys, have a “perth” meat were all you do is play games from the super nintendo era and back!
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Include the N64 and I’m keen 😀
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Freyr and strange emasculating men since 2010, its cool lambo they would do the same to me. 🙂 Glad you had fun buddy.
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“Apparently Freyr had never seen the star wars movies before,”
OMG A KINDRED SPIRIT!!!!!!!!!!! ♥
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She has seen the three that matter now! Theatrical release too because, dammit, I know how to show a girl a good time.
Now you need to be educated.
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IT’S GUY LOVE
A LOVE
BETWEEN
TWO GUYYYYYSSSSSS-
HI BISH o/
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HI CAKE!
How’s the illness?
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HI HARLI!
How was your first solo week at Gamespot?
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HI CAKESMITH
IT GOOD
FUN
I HAS TEAM BACK NOW, WE HAS MORE FUNS THOUGH.
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With the fairy bread, we were joking about it being crushed fairy souls while making it. Later on in the night when my housemates had wandered into the kitchen and people were playing Rock Band again, we were joking about the same thing and how it was how people celebrated the repression of their people (if you don’t get it, I won’t explain it :p).
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Fairy bread is awesome.
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Delicious crushed fairy souls.
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So, I may need to make a trip down to Melbourne in the coming weeks, cause I may be buying a car from a dealership there.
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What’s wrong with Canberra cars? Also, i remember hearing something about a meat in Melb on the 21st of July.
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It’s a used car and it meets what I was looking for almost perfectly. The only Canberra-area one that came close was the same, minus bluetooth (which I can live with), and is $5000 more expensive. Still not sure why, cause it was a lower model, too…
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Canberra tax.
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I don’t understand the Canberra Tax, I mean , we have to deal with politicians, surely that’s taxing enough?
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You can finally give Pixel his copy of Diablo 3.
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Oh, I got that posted a while back…eventually.
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My sister still registers her car in Melbourne and refuses to change
Good morning afternoon everyone!
Feeling much better today, but still sick. Based on the current improvement rate I should be back to normal tomorrow \o/
So yeah, Lord of the Rings Online tonight for anyone who is keen and has the client. Thinking an 8pm (AEST) start.
How is everyone? You meat writeups make me very jealous.
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Good to hear you’re feeling better!
My game client should be done by now, so as long as I don’t have a crapload of updates on top of the Steam version I should be OK. Considering it came out on Steam on the 7th(?) that shouldn’t happen.
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Yes, I am keen to check it out a bit more!
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I love the idea of people on TAY playing free to play games.
If the LOTR night is successful maybe we can take a dive into Steam’s free to play library as well. Realm of the mad dog for example seems cool- http://store.steampowered.com/app/200210/
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Best typo ever!
A fair few people have given that game a go, and at least 10+ people liked it, if I remember correctly.
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Forgot to mention, I’m also a big supporter of getting more TAY into F2P games. The best part is (ignoring download limits) it’s the best way to get people into games together without excluding individuals based on money they may or may not have.
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http://store.steampowered.com/genre/Free%20to%20Play/
Pick ya poison.I think I currently have TF2, puzzle pirates, rusty hearts, DC universe and the mad dog install.
Would also be interested in checking out fallen earth at some stage.
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Oh god, I can’t leave!
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RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNAAH!
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Barrels of wine. Amazingly cruel if you’re paying attention.
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Where soldiers came to hide
In barrels filled with wins
Never to escape
These tombs of oak
Are where they died
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Come and have a taste
A rare vintage
All the finest wines
Improve with ageIt’s about a real person, that the band met while touring.
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Last section of that song is the best.
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Great song off of an otherwise meh album.
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The Best of Times is my favourite off the album. Such a deeply personal song.
It’s better than A Dramatic Turn of Events though.
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I like A Dramatic Turn of Events. Feels much more like a Dream Theater album than Dark Clouds.
Best of Times and Shattered Fortress were great songs but the rest of the album just doesn’t work and it doesn’t tie together that well.
Awesome as Portnoy is (and was), after hearing Dramatic Turn of Events, it feels like having a major change like that has really helped. It’s still not as good as Metropolis or Images and Words but it’s good.
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Just finished reading all the Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk stuff.
Why don’t people just source stuff correctly on these sites? I’ve been to places that don’t source and it always frustrated me, cause I’d see something I like and want to see more, then go hunting for clues to what the site was. This happened with Cyanide and Happiness and The Oatmeal for me…
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It’s pretty amazing how far they’ll go to steal this content.
Reddit is pretty bad, especially with everyone just rehosting on imgur but at least people make an effort to show the source (if only in comments). FunnyJunk seems to go out of their way to not cite sources. You (apparently) now can’t search for The Oatmeal there or Cyanide and Happiness (but you can search for Cyanide and find many links with “happiness” included in the tags…).
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Same with 9gag. It’s one of the reasons I don’t like it. They never make the source known. They have even removed watermarks and replaced it with their own.
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I don’t like any site that puts their watermark on someone else’s content. 9gag is just yesterday’s r/funny front page but without the source.
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I liked 9gag about a year and a half ago, but with it’s growing popularity, more and more stuff like that is coming into effect. Plus, eventually, seeing content on 5 different websites repeatedly gets a little tiring.
The watermark shit they’ve been pulling is the last nail in the coffin.
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Hey dudes.
Work is crazy right now so no real contribution from me at all. Sucks really, but i’m completely out of the loop in here.
MokoTAYbikeu is still running but unless you follow me on twitter you will miss it. @fatshadylive. Still a good little competition going on in there but would like there to be a bit more rivalry going on (or maybe I dont see it? Also, I hear that the person on the leaderboard just above you was talking about your mum… so you know, show him who’s good n stuff!. this weeks track is Moto Madness. Be sure to tell me who you are competing with!
Congrats to Batguy, Puppylicks and Lambo for winning stuff. Sughly also won a week, but then i sent him an autographed piece of procrastoonation so he should be happy!
Oh I also wrote up an article for the redlyynx guys on their blog and facebook so if you want to read about it, there should be a link posted around at some point.
Lastly, MAN that Amnesia.. seriously loving that game, such atmosphere. Only about 1-2 hours in and so damn great. Can’t wait. I only play this game at like 10pm with all light off and headphones on and everyone asleep in the house.. I’d love to attach a heart rate monitor for a session.
Hope everyone is good, glad to hear that potaku is taking off and sounds great guys.
I really want to organise a session of trials Evo supercross in a private match so bailouts are enabled and get a party going… let me know when as im always on!
Sorry just blurting out all my thoughts into one confusing post. bye!
Nob Meat
Old Man Nob Meat
Meat of a Nob
Mouth full of Nob Meat
Title Pending…
I decided to make the absolutely stupid decision to catch the train to get to the BrisMeat. I arrived at the train station at 1(ish) and got on the train. “So far so good, I haven’t been mugged / stabbed / killed, so I am doing better then most people that catch the train in Queensland” I thought to myself. Shortly after this thought a bunch of kids got on the train and the coversations they had went something like this (talking to eachother) “Hey F—head, I saw this car near where we are getting off the train we should F—ing breaking into the C—“*. (*Note this is a toned down “clean” version of the conversation). Looking back I have no idea how I didn’t get stabbed/shot/killed/mugged.
Anyway I made it to Fairfield Station and walked to Bunny’s house/unit-complex-thingie. I walked up to door 8 (well I assumed it was door 8) and knocked on the door. I was told to come in and VERY (please note the word “very”) awkwardly introduced myself. After intro’s I sat down and watched the ending of Star Wars. I then played some Trials for the first time ever in my life and I got instantly hooked (thanks a lot Bunny), “bail-out” finishes are the most stupidly fun thing ever!
Eventually DAN and TLQ arrived. (after introductions) We continued to play more Trials then SOMEONE got the bright idea of downloading custom tracks. This caused Bunny’s Xbox to kinda-sorta-die. I then think Strange and Welbot arrived. So with Trials dead we went to Rock Band, as the night progressed DAN got cranky at everyone for not “Rock Banding” while playing Rock Band. LAMBO seemed pretty keen to sing (especially “Poker Face”) and I think I saw a hint of disappointment in his eyes when he realised there was no “Barbie Girl”. It’s OK LAMBO, maybe next time 🙁 Also Sughly kind of appeared during the night while we were played Rock Band … GOOD TIMES!.
Eventually we got food \o/! and I swear these ribs where from some kind of prehistoric animal that is now extinct. (Oh yeah those “La-de-da” fancy pants “vegetarian” people got some delicious looking food, although the lack of meat turned me off it). After the food it was back to Rock Band. Unfortunately Welbot had to leave /o\. In our crippling sorrow we turned to Street Fighter (which I failed to win one round at) and then back to Trials \o/!!!
After a couple of games I had to go, Bunny kindly offered to show me a shortcut and DAN/TLQ/Sughly came along for an adventure! Freyr and Strange stayed back with LAMBO because he is a babby (Just joking man :P). We managed to adventure through the “rape” Bridge / Park completely unscathed and we got to the Train Station. We all hugged and said goodbye, which when you catch the Gold Coast train is something along the lines of “Please don’t get stabbed and/or shot Nobshot!”.
THE END
*please insert token(s) to play again*
TL:DR
All in all it was an awesome night which I can sum-up as:
+++++++++ Got to meet some of the awesome TAYbies!!!
+ Got addicted to Trials (I assume it’s good)
+ Didn’t get thrown out of taxi / get sticky tape thrown at me by Freyr
+ Didn’t get mugged/stabbed/shot on the train
+ Delicious Ribs from some kind of prehistoric monster
– Didn’t get to drink (Cause I’m stupid and didn’t plan ahead)
– Had to leave early (See above)
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Prehistoric ribs were the best. I think we must have eaten mammoth ribs.
I HAven’t done one of these in a while but
DUB STEP INTERLUDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxqh4soP_4U
I usually am not a massive fan of dubstep remixes of non electro songs but this is good, actually srtike that, this is pretty fantastic.It doesn’t kill the original and it still sounds amazing. Hope you guys like it.
Plan for today:
– Catch up on TAY
– Do whatever the hell I want because my next exam is 9 days away
YEAHHHHHHH BOIIIIIIIIIIIII
(if it’s already been mentioned then ignore this)
Was reading Potaku 2’s article and there’s going to be another Uncharted 3 night? I only played it once and I experienced hardcore lag making it unplayable but I’ll be down for trying it out again with some TAYbies :). Seems like it was a lot of fun last time. GreenCOD on PSN if you don’t already have me 😀
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Hey greenmang,
In a crooked little town, they were lost and never found
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground
Run away before you drown, or the streets will beat you down
Fallen leaves, fallen leaves, fallen leaves… on the ground-
*guitar riff*
I hitched a ride, until the coasttttttttttt
To leave behind, all of my ghostsssssssssss
Searching for something, I couldn’t find at home-
Can’t get no job, can you spare a dimeeeeee?
Just one more hit, and I’ll be fineeeeeee
I swear to God, this’ll be my one last timeeeeeeeee!dodododododododododododooooo
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<3 this new Billy Talent TAY club we have
THANKS BURNOUT!
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I like the band a fair bit, but i really just have nothing else i know about you so i just talk about billy talent or make racist jokes at you. Come to think of it that is also my relationship with bish 😛
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Hotross
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GRRRRR
😛
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Except with me, there’s a notable lack of Billy Talent discussion.
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🙁
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Alright everyone calm down. CJ is here now.
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I have a better idea:
CJ is here, everyone go crazy!!!! -
Phew!
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Thank god i was starting to get the shakes.
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haha, whats happenin TAY?
Shamelessly linking my “Meat Write-Up-Thingie”
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-163/comment-page-3/#comment-710746
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Best titles
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Can we get all these write ups on the Tales of TAY site? I’d love to read through them all but don’t always have the time. Then they disappear into the abyss that is “previous pages of TAY”
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I don’t have anything to add except this:
😀
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Random comment.
Well, that was interesting.
Went out to do some stuff and have lunch and when we came home there were policemans directing traffic at the top of our street because the lights were out. And when we got home we tried to open our garage door but it wouldn’t work. Guessed our power was out too so we went in the front door…which set off the alarm and scared the crap out of us. Apparently the alarm system does not run on the same power as everything else. 😛
And then just as I was panicking because I have no fun stuff to do at the moment that doesn’t require power, it came back on. Phew!
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Thats a good thing it doesnt run on the same power.
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SCORE, well the power coming back on not the rest of the tale. I had to go into work on a saturday a little while ago and nobody told me there was a alarm code. The whole building went off for like 2 minutes then the police and the security company rocked up. SUPER HAPPY FUN SATURDAY MORNING.
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Alarm systems tend to work through the phone lines so that opportunists don’t take advantage of power outages.
The more you know.
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That explains what went wrong last time. So, you need to cut the phone lines…
Thanks man!-
Helping!
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Are your lines above or beneath the ground?
What? I’m just asking for no reason.
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That’s cute. You think I have an alarm system.
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If you don’t, I have no idea what happened last time!
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Some alarm systems can have a SIM card and a GSM dialer. No phone line required =)
Also If you cut the phone line at the wrong time, the unit won’t be able to test call the monitoring station and thus trigger an alarm at their end.
they don’t get power through the phone lines btw.
They have battery backup and will still use the phone line to call out, either to a monitoring station or a private phone.
I install alarm systems.
It’s my side business along with home automation, cctv, and audio visual distribution.
Yes alarm systems run on battery backups, the backup time varies but usually around 5-8 hours of battery time. It does run on mains power when available =)
I somehow made it to TAY page 4, where there are no comments. Am I in some crazy Narnia-esque land?
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Annnnd it fixed itself. typical.
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Basically the only way to see new comments is to post. Ctrl-F5 or Ctrl-shift-R don’t seem to help matters much.
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are you sure?
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Unless others are posting really slowly.
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I think it’s hiss and mit at the moment.
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Gonna be honest, was kinda hoping for Narnia. Down with the White Witch!
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I am slightly bored, so I thought I would write a few words about Sen’s Fortress.
Vg jnfa’g nf onq nf V gubhtug vg jbhyq or. Gurer’f fbzr ernyyl pyrire yriry qrfvta gurer gung onfvpnyyl shaaryf lbh va gur evtug qverpgvba… nyzbfg ab znggre jung. V arire tbg xabpxrq bss n jnyxjnl ol fjvatvat oynqrf… V guvax gung gurl zhfg or n ovg sbetvivat gubhtu, orpnhfr V fjrne gung V jnf gbb fybj sbe bar bs gurz, ohg yrncrq sbejneq va qrfcrengvba naq nccneragyl pyrnerq vg. V ybirq gur ryringbe genc; lbhe bayl pyhr jnf oybbq nyy bire gur sybbe bs gur ryringbe. Oevyyvnag fghss. Nsgre nyy V urneq nobhg Zvzvpf, V jnf rkcrpgvat n gbhtu svtug, ohg uvf uvgf oneryl qragrq zl fgnzvan. Yvtugavat fcrne! Gura V tbg gur Pbirgbhf Frecrag Evat. V’yy or jrnevat guvf bar creznaragyl sebz abj ba!
V xrcg jnvgvat sbe fbzrguvat gb unccra gb renfr nyy zl cebterff, ohg znqr vg gb gur obasver naq haybpxrq gur fubegphg jvgubhg nal vffhrf.
Arrq gb trg zber zntvp erfvfgnapr, gubhtu. Gubfr zntrf qvq qnzntr jura V pbhyqa’g qbqtr gurz.
V bayl qvrq bapr, evtug ng gur fgneg jura V tbg n ehfu bs oybbq naq qrpvqrq gb whzc qbja naq gnpxyr gur onfrzrag nern. Vg jnf n zvfgnxr, naq vf abj ba zl guvatf-gb-pbzr-onpx-naq-qb-yngre-jura-trnerq-hc-orggre yvfg. V fhzzbarq gur thl sbe gur obff onggyr, naq xvaq bs erterggrq vg, orpnhfr ur raqrq hc znxvat vg n yvggyr gbb rnfl. Nsgrejneqf, V jngpurq n lbhghor ivqrb jurer ur gbbx qbja gur obff ol uvzfrys – nccneragyl V qvqa’g arrq gb qb NALGUVAT. Nznmvat.
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Don’t think this needs ROT13:
Mimics – you will learn to fear them after you get insta-killed by one.
Sen’s Fortress is also not as bad if you know about the upstairs bonfire – it’s a lot more challenging / frustrating if you don’t.Congratulations on clearing the fortress.
That level (alongside the first in Demons’ Souls) has the distinction of me now knowing them like the back of my hand from so many playthroughs. -
Lightning Spear 😀
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DAT SPEAR 😀
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Anyone out and about know if Lollipop Chainsaw broke street date?
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Just took a look. Didn’t see it in Jb or EB where I am, sorry!
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Thanks Alex! Thanks Alex’s Pants!
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My pants say ‘you’re welcome’.
But I don’t say that!
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If it does, I know what you’ll be trying to do after listening to Potaku 1 😛
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I will be haxoring the game so everyone sounds like Bruce Campbell.
Groovy.
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I was more talking about the guy that got red in the face with anger at EB(?) but yeah this too! 😀
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Shop smart, shop S-Mart!
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I still haven’t decided whether to import the JP release or buy local. Really should get onto that.
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Is Lollipop Chainsaw this week?! That snuck up on me!
Big exploit in Diablo Auction House right now.
Do not bid on any auctions. Buyout is still okay but don’t bid. There’s a decent chance that you’ll lose your money.
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does this affect things you’re currently trying to sell?
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I’m not entirely sure. People are basically manipulating the times on auctions so that they can collect the money from bids but keep their items.
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just read up on it. considering how much in this game is server-side, I’m a bit surprised that they read the time on the client pc…
anyway, thanks for the heads up!
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That sounds like a really poorly implemented system 😐
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Especially considering they’ve been in development for what, ten years?
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Is this with in-game currency or real-world currency?
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In game.
Real-world currency isn’t active just yet.
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A friend was saying something about changing the date on your computer lets you cancel auctions?
Is this what you’re referring too?
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Basically, yes.
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He said something like that came up with a “Auction was cancelled by Administrator” (I haven’t read anything on it), but wouldn’t this refund the gold?
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I knew there were going to be issues when such a huge playerbase was going to slam the servers at the same time trying to login… but now I’m really starting to get surprised as to how many holes are actually showing about this system that Blizzard has put together. Aren’t you guys getting a little worried about this? Just asking cuz I’m a little concerned is all
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I guess the announcement of perma-bans this morning was not a coincidence.
Personally, I’m not worried coz I dont really use the AH that much, but I can totally understand why some people would be. seriously, this is a pretty big oversight & needs to be remedied.
I can only imagine the shitstorm if this glitch/bug/cheat/loophole came to light after the real money AH went live…-
The ban wave today was to catch out the various bots and whatnot before the RMAH turns out.
It actually is a coincidence. Blizzard tends to do big waves of bans instead of catching people as they’re reported so that botters and whatnot have to start again from scratch instead of making gradual improvements.
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We can only hope that’s the only problem, but I’m too cynical to believe that to be the case. Usually when something goes live you see something happen that wasn’t planned on.
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I’m a bit too afraid of the Blizz Ban Hammer. Considering that blizzard doesn’t usually ban people that often. They are no EA.
But when they do – it’s pretty serious. Stealing people’s money via auctions is pretty bad.
So it turns out if you say negative things to the ACL on Twitter, there’s a good chance people will retweet it. I could have a lot of fun with this.
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They complained about an “unfair media” not holding the Greens to account for saying the ACL is representative of nobody. I’m tempted to say that a fair media would only deal with reality, something they’re very unfamiliar with.
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HAHA, I so want to see this happen
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I won’t get a response. Just in a bit of a shit mood because I’m still tired and turning that into trolling seems like a productive use of my time.
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Say that they have bad music taste. Enjoy terrible food or beverages. That their hair is bad today. I can see myself having fun with it too.
Maaan, what are people listening to lately? I am in a drought of new music. Usually every month sees a few new cds go on the ipod but I am very much in a slump!
Any and all genres plz.
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Anno 2070 OST, I’m really wanting to get my hands on that recently
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I am currently listening to the Original Broadway cast recording of The Lion King.
But that’s only because I watched that movie earlier today, and it’s rad on Blu-Ray.
Apart from that though, I really can’t help. I mostly listen to musicals, and stuff from the 80s.
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Man, Lion King on Blu Ray is the tit’s nipple. Everything is so crisp.
Considering getting this album now. Thanks blase.
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If you haven’t already seen it, Beauty and the Beast is equally fantastic. Both the HD movie, and the Broadway musical.
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I’ve just grabbed a whole bunch of Two Steps From Hell, Immediate Music and Future World Music. Its amazing, as per usual for them. Also got the Journey and Aquaria Soundtracks going to mix it up a bit
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Billy Talent because of the discussion in the previous TAY 😀
Since people are saying game soundtracks, Xenoblade is amazing.
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Nier! The soundtrack for Nier is amazeballs.
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Those are my top two favourites. Followed closely by Banjo Kazooie and Chrono Trigger
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And Lost Odyssey. I love that soundtrack.
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Yes LO too! Woo
The boss theme is so good 😀
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Ok, I need to check this one out. You have good taste, I can trust you on this
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As soon as I heard the final boss music I paused the game and went online to order the soundtrack. Usually I won’t even pause a final boss battle to pay attention to my kids. 😛
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Omg I love Nier’s!
That gibberish Gaelic fusion language is beautiful
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Gibberish languages can be awesome. Ever heard the vocal stuff from Ar Tonelico? The games are kind of average (I liked them a lot but I’ve decided I have fairly terrible taste) but the music, especially the vocal stuff, is amazing.
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Yeah, terrible taste not liking Xenoblade and all 😛
I’ve heard of the series but never played them.
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I just want the new album already. That said, I and II routinely come up in my playlists.
Oooo game soundtrack discussion.
You know what game has the best soundtrack? TIE Fighter. iMUSE was the shit. Dynamic soundtrack that reacts to what’s happening in the game. It’s all low and moody and then suddenly that classic fanfare as a rebel squadron drops in and the music starts to build then kicks into full as you get into combat range etc.
Modern games can have their awesome high-quality digital music loops all they want, but when it comes to immersion, that sort of dynamic soundtrack is miles ahead and I still don’t think anyone has done it as well as Lucasarts did with TIE Fighter.
I am also still listening to Billy Talent.
Just recently discovered Nightwish: Imaginaerum. It has taken a place in my top albums of all time.
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It’s so panto!
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Yeah, I love it too. Not much this year has topped seeing Nightwish live three times in one week and songs like “I Want My Tears Back” were most definitely a highlight each time. 😀
New Sabaton! Carolus Rex. I got the set with both English and Swedish lyric versions so it’s like two albums in one. Plus they’re my favourite band so obviously everyone should listen to them. 😛
As most people here know I usually just listen to metal so I’ll tell you my two favourite metal releases of the year: Epica’s ‘Requiem for the Indifferent’ and Eluvietie’s ‘Helvetios’. Both pretty much masterpieces. I have trouble listening to much else these days because I crave these two albums.
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Epica has a new album out? How did I not know this?
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Because you don’t pay attention to me? 😛
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Clearly. I normally read everything, I don’t know what happened /o\
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I probably didn’t talk too much about it here in TAY because it arrived when I was busy with quilt madness but I did rave about it on twitter as well.
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Ah that would explain it. I don’t get onto twitter that much. At least I know now
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I read that as new “Sabbath”. Took a moment.
Requiem for the Indifferent is pretty amazing. Listened to that far too much lately, if such a thing is possible.
RFTI is so great. That’s been spun quite a bit since release. It’s so long though, I cant even listen to the whole thing on my commute to and from the lab (about 30mins each way). I like finding a good hour or so and just settling in with it. Have not listened to Eluvietie before though so, this has potential. Thanks lady.
OH! I typo’d it. It should be Eluveitie.
Stoopid unpronouncable, unspellable names. 😛
I tried to buy a recording of Arvo Part’s Symphony #4 on the weekend.
Damned US iTunes exclusives!
KNIFE CITY
Brilliant working music 😀
http://knifecity.bandcamp.com/
Rango soundtrack
Lloyd Spiegel – Twisted brew (blues)
Currently I have my PVP Playlist going which consists of a lot of Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer & early Metallica. Then throw in some AC/DC, Motley Crue, Van Halen, Alter Bridge, Slipknot, Stone Sour, Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Dope & a few other ‘heavy’ bands =P
I have returned from Univershitty. Exams are bad, but I didn’t do too badly! There was a question about online retailers: we had to explain how they can offer cheap prices, etc and give an example. The only thing I could think of was Ozgameshop! I had a complete mind blank of more mainstream places…
So yeah, one of my exam answers basically fawns over Ozgameshop and bags out EB Games. It was fun to write!
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lemme guess- reduced overheads, economies of scale, lack of local taxes?
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Yep pretty much. Waffle on about that sort of stuff and you’re home free.
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Not this topic, but it’s how I blagged my way through strategic management.
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Well they can’t mark you wrong. Not your fault they didn’t bring up the most important example in the lectures 😛
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They probably mentioned that other big online retails
rainforest.com, no that isn’t it. femalewarriors.com close but still not quite right.I’m sure somebody will think of it eventually
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bookdepository, right?
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That too
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Woo 😀 good to hear
You still have one tomorrow dontcha? G’luck!
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Let me guess: People hate dealing with the upturned noses at EB?
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We’re slowing down every car, just so we don’t hurt the horses feelings.
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Better not say that last line around any Bronies, they might take that literally. D:
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@scree re taps
Not sure if it helps but this place http://www.exclusivehardware.com.au is just around the corner from me so if you have an example of what you want I am happy to drop in one day and see what they have that is similar.
Some of there stuff is quite pricy but who know they might give you another brand name that you can source cheaper
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Thanks. Oh god, the website burns my eyes.
Not your fault, of course.
I’ve decided to leave it go for now, mainly because there are other things that need to be done first (Oven, fire and stuff)-
…Minecraft?
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No, real life unfortunately. I don’t know how to make that stuff in minecraft though
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@Strange
Heya! How’s The Last Story going? Did you ever get Pandora’s Tower?
I still haven’t played either for months so was wondering what you thought on The Last Story :). Maybe a discussion might give me the motivation to play it. I still haven’t tried out my brand new golden nunchuck!
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The plan is to play The Last Story this week. I’ve finished ME3 so I don’t have any other major games going now to potentially distract me.
Although I was considering getting the FFXIII-2 DLC….-
Have you started it yet? I think I was about half way through the game (chapter wise at least) before giving up 😛
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Yeah, I played for a half-hourish a few weeks ago. I’m really looking forward to sinking my teeth into it.
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Let me know how it goes 😀
My first impressions weren’t that great but it sorta grew on me
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I haven’t used my gold nunchuk yet either! I thought I would get to use it with Other M but nope: sideways Wiimote. 😛
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Stop teasing me D= I still don’t have it ;_;
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Sorry!
Got any GAME stores near you that are closing down? Might be able to get a copy for cheap! The game isn’t as bad as people say it is (pretty good actually).
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I meant the gold Nunchuck =P And no, I don’t have any GAMEs near me
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Ohhhh. My mistake! I remembered you wanted Other M a while ago so I jumped to that. xD
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I managed to get it
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So how’s this lotro thing going to work tonight? Are we gonna jump on teamspeak before hand to decide of servers and stuff? I don’t have a mic but I can listen in on you all.
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If Cakesmith (who was the organiser, I think) isn’t on TAY I think you should ask him on twitter. He is @a_sharples
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Thanks, I’ll send him a message.
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Anyone in here a CSS wizard?
We have a Potaku website but with both Shiggy and I being newbs at this, we need help here!
Anyone?
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I can help if nobody else wants to 🙂
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I can make CSS do things sometimes.
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I’m in the same boat as NegZer above…
Ok, so a few people who were keen for Lord of the Rings Online haven’t actually finished getting the client yet, while others are just being jerks and playing console games instead 😛
So, I vote we start it another night.
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*cough*Thursday night*cough*when I’m done with exams*cough*
Oh, dear. Seems like I’ve caught another cold.
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Don’t lie!! You’re sending coded messages!! Who do you report to?!!!!
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But Thursday is Pokemon Online battle day!
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Or we just do that now
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Good idea Nova!
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I’m in a server called “Unova League” all by myself if you want to join. Figured it would be easier if we stay away from the crowds of the main server
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Are we battling tonight? :O
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We can do some more later in the week as well if you cant make it
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Screw studying. I want to be the very best!
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This guy gets it
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It’s an mmo, so it’s not like it’s that important that we all start playing at the same time. Just so long as we create a fellowship together (I think that’s what guilds are called in this game) and friend list each other.
FINE
I’ll go back to DayZ then
HI GUYS!
I went camping/4WD on the weekend! Was pretty fun. Except for my friend his 4WD/ute got pretty beat up. The back bumper got ripped off a bit, and then one of his ute’s doors got ripped off. But we made the best of it and I jumped in the back with the door gone and went 4WDing anyway. I’ll put some pics on the twitters, but I only had my iPod so the quality is pretty crap.
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4WD is more fun when things break 😛
For the record, I’ve only been 4WD once, and witnessed a badly scraped door, and a snapped belt of some sort in the engine area.-
Its less fun when your car breaks and you get stuck in Darwin for 3 weeks. Every day being told that the parts will get here tomorrow. Every day 35+ degrees and about 500% humidity. And no wind. And the caravan park’s pool has been emptied to get re-painted.
Plenty of memories though. Just less fun 🙂
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4WD is fun if its not your 4WD that breaks :p
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Maybe you should not have parked it in the city where all the fighters of the street go to beat up cars for point bonuses.
Just saying.
For those who did read the chain above, Nova and I (and Greenius when he hurries up!) are playing Pokemon Online right now. “Unova League” server. Come and join us if you’re free!
(We’ll probably play it again later in the week, so if you can’t make it now then don’t worry!)
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What’s the site?
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Download from here
http://pokemon-online.eu/
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Can’t make it tonight, let me know when you’re on next and I’ll see what I can do!
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I was showering!
When Nova said “or we could play now” I downloaded it, opened it and had no idea what was going on. I’ll play later tonight, I’ve got a date with Trjn and Freyr (Farts) on Diablo at the moment 😀
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We’re just doing Challenge Cup, you don’t need to know whats going on 🙂
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Games are over for tonight, dudes and dudettes. (Just so anybody doesn’t hop on and nobody is there :P)
We’ll have another one on another night, so stay tuned!
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I have the best luck.
It’s fun guys and you totally don’t need that much knowledge of the Pokeverse to do well, you do however need quite a bit of luck. Still good fun though!
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are you guys using a teamspeak server for it or?
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sooo, i think eb left me a message saying that i can pick up gravity rush?
i mean, they left a message, but my message bank doesn’t record the voice, it instead turns the voice into text and sends me an SMS of it, and i received “Hi Bradley, it’s Ben from EB games in Don Ella. Just a courtesy call to let you know that your gravity Russian install. Thank you.”
so, my translation of that is “Hi Bradley, it’s Ben from EB games in Dianella. Just a courtesy call to let you know that your gravity Rush is in store. Thank you.”
however, i’m not sure if it was them calling e that it is indeed ready to be picked up, or that they got my order (as i ordered it online).
so whatever, after my final exam tomorrow i’ll swing by and see if i can get it whether that was the case or not.
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also, gravity russian sounds like a fantastic game
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How were your first uni exams? 🙂
Gravity Russian does sound awesome
I inadvertently started something on Twitter by posting my janky little desk setup to show how weird a position my third monitor was in. Then everyone else started showing off their desks. I’m a trend setter me!
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And I was a filthy bandwagoner!
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People didn’t start doing it until I did it.
You were just a hipster. I was the real trendsetter
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You were just copying me.
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HI GUYS
I AM SUPER BUSY BUT WILL EVENTUALLY POST A MEAT WRITEUP
AT SOME POINT
CLEARLY YOU ALL WANT TO READ IT
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FARTS
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I want to know about the food.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4xjfk7xTH1qdlh1io1_400.gif
Found from an Aidan retweet of a retweet of a tweet
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Ducks: 10
Kid: 8
Well, my exam didn’t go too well. 🙁
And I left my pencil case in the exam room. 🙁 🙁
But I got it back. 😐
After waiting for half an hour, waiting for the security guy to come back. 🙁
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That sucks :/ Hopefully you did enough to pass! Also, you can take pencil cases into your exams? We have to use clear zip lock bags. No labels on water bottles either 😛
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They had to be clear pencil cases, which I wasn’t aware of.
And I don’t think I passed. 🙁
Anyway, now I’m focusing on building my tower, so that I can use it for uni work. 🙂-
Speaking of towers, what would be a good PSU for around $100?
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To counter all my general negativity I will post something useful! I would highly recommend this one for around 100 bucks unless you have some sort of 500 dollar video card.
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15_972&products_id=14393
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I never had a NES growing up, yet this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPkhhLC1tf8 still makes me all misty eyed and nostalgic every time I listen to it. It’s very quickly become one of my favourite pieces of video game music. It makes me want to smile because it sounds like adventure and it makes me sad because I’ll never be 12 again.
Excuse me, but I think it must be raining… on my face…
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I’m in the same position, wasn’t around in the NES days. But it’s still a classic piece of music. Love it.
Is anyone going to pick up Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion today?
Have a wicked case of what I call Playstation hand, and what you probably call wanker’s cramp, so am attempting to mouse with my left hand today. It’s curiously frustrating.
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And yet I can never ‘get’ a page-get when I want one 😛
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Hahahha aww poor Shane 😛
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I dont understand how people can mouse with their left hands, one of my bosses mouses with his left hand whilst the mouse is on the right.
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Witch!!! Burn them!
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Yeah, my boss mouses with his left, with the mouse on the left, but configured for the right hand, which he occasionally uses
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@CJ on the previous page:
We didn’t use Teamspeak last night, but we plan on using it next time. There’s a Teamspeak server set up to use for TAY, but I’m not sure of the details (I’m sure someone can help me out here and let you know).
But yeah, we plan on using it in the future.
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i have them if you want them just chuck as a email rossfear(at)msn(dot)com
It turns out that auction house exploit in Diablo 3 was a hoax. Those wascally kids… *shakes fist*
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Kotaku is currently unblocked at work…. NO PRODUCTIVITY FOR ME \o/
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HI POXOL
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*Waves* OHAIGREENIEHOWAREYOU?
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IM GOOD HOW ARE YOU?
IM LAYING IN BED DOING NOTHING PRODUCTIVE. OOOOO YEAH
at least I was when I typed something similar to that and Mobile Kotaku went crazy and didn’t submit it 🙁
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TAY no update.
I be sad.
What up TAY?, I may actually have a day without various bosses circling me like hungry, hungry vultures.
So… how’s things?
I have played a few hours of Dragon’s Dogma and I am really enjoying it. It’s certainly no SKYRIM!, but then what game could possibly compare to SKYRIM! 🙂 but it does have its own quaint little charm.
Like the fact you can climb up a cyclop’s back and start wailing on his single eye, while trying to hack of its tusks so you can use them to upgrade equipment.
FUN!
Plus I picked up Rage from GAME the other day for about $18. Very glad I didn’t get it day one, but certainly can’t complain for this price.
Also, I finally got to see Avengers! Went to Rouse Hill on the weekend to see it and it was sold out! WTF its been out for weeks yet it was still sold out. Ended up seeing it in Blacktown and the cinems was packed, couldn’t believe it,
Awesome movie though so it was totally worth it.
So, when’s the next group shenanigans on Xbox Live? I suggest Minecraft, though I am sure most people have that on PC and not Xbox… *sigh* still it is worth a try.
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wait Minecraft is on Sexbox as well now? man i’ve been out of touch for too long…. well i already own it on PC and Android, so maybe i should go 3 for 3 😛
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I also got a whole bunch of stuff from my local GAME
Dark Void
Knight’s Contract
Enslaved
NierAnd then i went and got RAGE and Binary Domain in the 2 for $40 thing at JB
Yay for games!!!
I just read a kotaku article about a Digimon game coming out soon (Re;Digitise?). Am I the only on who is looking forward to it? From what I could gather it’s similar to the original “Pokemon World” game that was released on the PS1. Plus battling the original series characters with your own Digimon! AWESOME!
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Pokemon World, heh
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haha, yeah just noticed that. “Digimon World” obviously
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ALSO HI GREEN MAN!!!
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HI NOB I’M GONNA BUST THROUGH YOUR WALL AND CREEPILY FLOAT AROUND IN YOUR HOUSE, WATCHING YOU
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THATS COOL! ARE YOU GOING TO LIGHT SOMEONE ON FIRE TOO?
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Similar to the original Digimon World but with modern game mechanics*? I’M IN.
*I find that Digimon World hasn’t aged very well. I tried replaying it a while ago and it never went anywhere. 😛
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Yeah the game hasn’t aged all that well has it /o\
It does seem like they are keeping some things close to the original game, for example they have: raising your digimon through all the stages (Baby,intraining,rookie,champion.Ultimate,Mega), your digimon CAN die if you don’t take care of it and things like that. Also online battles!
I don’t want to go to work. I hate it there. It’s stupid, they don’t even have any games *sulks*
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Convince your boss to get a PS3 for the eh….kids to play while they’re waiting.
Making plans for Shameless Gaming Month.
Well, I’m making plans to make plans. That counts.
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I remember that from last year. It was a noteworthy endeavour and I’d be happy to participate again this month. I have a huge pile of shame as well, both digital and physical.
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Oops, I meant next month.
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Yay, participants!
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Here’s my shameless gaming pile!
Metroid Prime 3
MGS3 (About half way through)
MGS Peace Walker
Steel Diver (Only played like 3 missions :P)Not too bad!
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Oh dear god, my list is huuuuge.
I’m keen to be involved. Should I set a goal I can meet, or just list everything and see how I go?-
I made a list, picked out a handful of games that I wanted to beat and then focused on them. Worked pretty well for me.
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I think finishing 5 would be a realistic goal for me 😛 One of them has to be Bioshock. I just need to stop being a big wuss.
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I’m actually terrified to do it, but I’ll be in on it. D=
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I might see about going about joining it this year..
Potaku podcast feed is (I hope) working.
The site layout is just a default template and will be fixed eventually.
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Does iTunes pick this up yet? B/c my iPad is my podcasting device and if I can’t see it through iTunes on my iPad I can’t listen 🙁
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(Granted I could download it and transfer it over but that requires effort)
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Not yet, but it’s next on my list
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Are any of the other Sydney TAYbies going to the Canberra meat on the morning of the 23rd by coach? I don’t exactly trust my old Toyota lemon SI 1998 to make it all the way. If you are. Let me know, we may as well book the same bus. (I was thinking about leaving around about 8am-ish)
Alternatively, if you have a car that actually works and a spare spot (or a reasonably sized trunk) i promise i won’t criticise a single game on the entire trip over.
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I was planning on some sort of public transport, but I’m not sure yet… Murrays Coaches does Wollongong – Canberra for $33, so if anything I’d be on that. (Otherwise I’d have to make a 2hr trip into Sydney, then the 4hr trip back the way I came to get to Canberra. xD)
While we’re on the subject, what’s the accommodation situation in Canberra?
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YOU SHOULD GO WITH GREYHOUND, THEY’RE GREAT.
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But I’d be almost doubling my total trip time! Do you want that!?
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Where did the greyhound drop you off in Canberra?
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We sleep at Blaghman’s place.
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All in a big bed like in Willy Wonka? 😀
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Yea, I’m thinking Murrays as well. According to their site, they have 3.5 hour direct buses from syd to Canberra.
If i bring my DS, that time will go by instantly.
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Stupid people going to stupid Canberra to have fun. I’ll have my own meat with hookers and texas hold ’em poker! I DON’T NEED YOU.
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sounds good, where do I sign up?
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Mornin’ TAY!
For those that are interested, I had a bit of a play around with LotRO last night. Initial thoughts are that it’s very much a standard MMO in terms of gameplay. I honestly can’t say how long it’ll keep people’s interests, but hey, it’s free!
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Where lotro really shines is its story and the sheer amount of stuff they’ve got in the game (player housing, playable instruments etc). It really feels like an MMO that heavily supports roleplaying. I also love how old school it feels when compared to more modern MMOs.
I got about an hour of play last night. I made a female elf warden called Tavrien. I’m only level 3 so far.
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I’ve made my Man Captain…for party stuff.
I’m probably going to create a second character (most likely Elven hunter or loremaster(?)) and push ahead to learn a few things.
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Just to confirm, you’re on the Elendilmir server, right? I was talking to Cakesmith the other night about how that seems to be the unofficial Oceanic server for the game.
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Yeah, looked up that and figured it was the best choice. Klutar and Cakesmith are also on there.
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Hmmmm I wonder which server I am on, haven’t played since my install glitched and I needed to re-install the full thing
Hobbit burgler with the pie runner title was my crowning achievement
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…the kids at the school I’m at have decided I’m Jack Black.
They’re in year 3.
I’m not sure how I feel right now.
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Are you going to kidnap them and take them to perform at a rock concert?
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DO IT!
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And put it on youtube!
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You do look like Nacho Libre
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Wooonderboooy… What is the secret of your power?
Also, LOTRO has finished downloading 😀
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Yay!
Give it a whirl and let me know what you think. Just FYI, the main menu does NOT scale well with higher graphics. No issue once you log in, but prepare for ugly menus…
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Also, if you hit ctrl and \ at the same time you can reposition some of the menus on your screen. Just hit ctrl and \ again once you’re done to exit the menu edit.
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LOL love it.
Who’s going to Supanova?!
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When and where is it because i do love me some comics and hot chicks in cosplay
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I’ll take a ton of pictures you can add to the wank bank.
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Well that or i could
a) go myself
b)use the internet
c)Use my IMAGINATION
d) do all those things in some sort of combination-
WANK BANK
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Cmon i am try to be good, you are making this difficult (notice i used the word difficult instead of hard)
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I’m sorry I’m giving you such a HARD time about this.
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Its fine, that statement makes little to no sense in context anyway. 😛
The problem is i dont think i am very funny without absurd penis jokes. I will just have to be the boring guy.So How was your morning?
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SHIGGY
Hello!
I’ve been thinking about this for a while and maybe someone could answer me.
If someone wrote a book or made a film about transforming furniture or other transforming utensils would that infringe on the Transformers copyright?
Is the transforming concept exclusive to Hasbro?
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I’d put my educated guess at “no”, but in terms of transforming stuff and using the word “transform” (or variations) would probably get unwanted attention.
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I don’t think so. The unwashed masses would probably view it as a cheap transformers knock off though.
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Like Mattel and Mars Bar Quick Energy Chocobot Hour
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Thanks for the answers guys.
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Sorry to be a pain, but does anyone have an old External hard drive they no longer use that they could sell to me? Ideally, I would prefer it to be over 100gigs but under 500.
I am willing to pay, but I’ll only take it if you no longer need it.
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I have a old 500gb one i dont use , you can have it.
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I got your deets i will send it through to you later today.
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I’ll take that as yes. Thank you.
Finally I can stop my computer from resetting 5 times every time it starts up-
wait are you after like a external hardrive or a internal one that will fit into your computer. I have one of each but one might have stuff on it that i will have to get rid off.
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External. I need to backup my stuff
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No worries, will ship it this afternoon.
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Horse porn?
(that’s a Rocketman response)
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Are you sure?
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No scree i am not sure, not in anyway, actually i am reconsidering. 😛
Of course i am sure. it just takes up desk space and it has nothing on it. I have a newer one and a 2TB hardrive in my computer. SO its all good. I will send it this afternoon
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No scree i am not sure, not in anyway, actually i am reconsidering. 😛
Of course i am sure. it just takes up desk space and it has nothing on it. I have a newer one and a 2TB hardrive in my computer. SO its all good. I will send it this afternoon
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Oh god, I’ve confused you so much you posted twice. =P
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Double kill!
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I’m not sure about your budget but you can get a new 500GB drive from Office Works for $79
http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Data-Storage/Pocket-Hard-Drives/TB105AK3AA
I might have a 250gb external at home, I’ll see if I can find it when I get home and let you know
I’m a bit slow now that Rocketmang has offered one, but FYI a 250GB USB2.0 external is only $30-$50 in most stores these days.
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Most places sell a 500gb as the smallest possible hard drive
Hey dudes and dudettes
Usually I like to watch something while eating and I’ve just finished getting through Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (friggen awesome!). I have my weekly shows which I download whenever they’re out (Korra, Tosh.0, Adventure Time etc.) but I also like to have a ‘main’ show that I’ll watch during the week in between releases.
I’m not really in the mood for anything too serious like a drama or anime but I’m up for some stupid sitcoms and cartoons. I’ve been recommended The League and Bob’s Burgers so I’ll acquire them but in the mean time, is there anything else worth watching?
As for my weekly shows Futurama starts on the 20th and Breaking Bad on July 15th, am I missing anything?
Thanks in advance for reading this/being cool and thanks for suggestions/imput/replies. It’s weird how we get bored with so much free time 😛
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YOUNG JUSTICE
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But I’m not really a fan of super hero stuff because I’ve never really read comics 😛
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GET OUT
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Hmmm… I did like that Teen Titans cartoon as a kid (sort of the same I guess?)
From what I’ve gathered with you and Trjn’s discussions is that Young Justice is still currently airing meaning I’d run out of eps in a few days 🙁
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There is like a full season out and a half.
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Wow 33 eps, I thought there would be like 10-15.
Okay guess I’ll check it out 😀
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Wow 33 eps, I thought there would be like 10-15.
Okay guess I’ll check it out 😀
(forgot to change my name, d’oh!)
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From now on whenever I see you staring in Minecraft, I’m just going to assume you’re eating.
That’s creepy, Creepius.
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Well it is better then him lighting you on fire
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THANKS GREENMAN 😛
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Sorry, I didn’t know how to put you out or help D=
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Fight fire with fire?
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Yeah, I ran out of shows so I just watch people in MC 😛
(TOTALLY NOT CREEPY)
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You should just shower for longer.
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I’m watching you watching me.
Bob’s burgers is awesome.
For other animated series, you should check out:
1. Archer. If you haven’t done so it’s a great animated series.
2.The life and times of Tim on HBO is pretty good as well.
For good comedy series check out:
1. Episodes. It’s the new Matt Le Blanc show. It’s not a sitcom like friends or Joey, it’s more cerebral and funny.
2.Girls on HBO is pretty good as well. The episodes are usually 30min long. It’s more drama but it has its funny moments.
3.House of lies. A comedy series about con-men with Don Cheadle is really good as well.
Also check out LAID on the ABC. Season 2 just wrapped up last week so you have two seasons to catch up on. It’s one of the most enjoyable Australian shows I’ve watched. I’m even tempted to say it’s one of the few local shows I’ve enjoyed.
Hopefully, you enjoy some of these, they’re pretty good.
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Yeah Freeze and you recommended it to me I think 😛
I love Archer and something along those lines would be great. I had a look at all the shows you listed and none seem that interesting to me except for maybe The Life and Times of Tim (based on the imdb rating) but the animation style looks pretty horrid, but I shouldn’t judge a book by its cover 🙂
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The animation of the life and times of tim is terrible but I think it fits with all the problems he finds himself in.
I suggest you at least try the first episodes of the shows I’ve suggested, you might enjoy them.
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It’s a bad system but I looked them all up on imdb and they all had what I consider, fairly low ratings for a TV show (low 7’s) except for Tim which had low 8’s (what I consider reasonable).
I think I should be fine with The League, Bob’s Burgers and Young Justice for now but thanks again tater masha! 😀
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WATCH THE SHOWS I SUGGESTED DAMMIT!!!!!!!!
Kidding aside, I understand. I have my own set of criteria to watch shows as well.
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CLONE WARS! 😛
Or how about Horrible Histories? It’s funny, AND EDUCATIONAL! DOUBLE WIN!
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Educational!? Damnit lambo I don’t want to learn!
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BUT SESAME STREET!!!! HOW DARE YOU?!?!
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You could get a non-serious anime? A lot of why I still watch anime is because there’s a lot of low-effort fluff shows you can watch while doing other stuff.
Nothing too serious.. Well I can’t suggest anything then, damn. Since 95% of the stuff I watch is either some form of educational documentary, some joke of a reality show on discovery or a drama like Mad Men =P
FRIENDS!
Does anyone have recommendations for a good set of headphones for listening to music on the train/in the office. Unfortunately I broke my old headphones and while the sticky-tape is still holding it together I was thinking of buying a new pair during lunch.
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Beats by Dr Dre
hahahaha
If you look at something from Senheiser and are willing to fork out about $100 you ussually end up with a decent pair.-
Yeah, definitely not a pair of Beats 😛
I might not know much about headphones but at least I know that much.
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Do you prefer ear buds, inner ear, outside ear, or ear covering headphones?
Your response will determine your fate.
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Are you going to proffesionally fit him for a pair of headphones. OH GOD NOT THE EAR LUBRICANT
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Ear covering headphones!
also obligatory “OMG GLAHMAN IS AWAKE BEFORE 12”
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Senhen-germanword-er are pretty good. I had a pair that cost $100 that lasted 2 years and they were the most comfortable headphones ever.
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SENNHEISER \o/…
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Okay so maybe I’m a bit obsessed
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Cans.
Cans everywhere.
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It’s funny cause it’s true cause you live near Fyshwick
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I like having them covering the sides of my head. They keep me warm. Plus, they look really nice.
…wait, what are we talking about?
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Nah keep going, I’m pretty sure we’re talking about the same thing
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While I think of it, I need to organise to visit Fyshwick…
Specifically, I need to get back on to upgrading my computer, and there’s a bunch of stores there…
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I got a pair of Audio Technica headphones (ES7, if I remember correctly) a while ago when they were on sale. Good quality and they look awesome. All mirror-like and such 😀
I’m with rockets on this one… Sennheisers have amazing sound and comfy too… Might be on the pricier side but so worth it
Things for Shameless Gaming Month are actually kind of shaping up already.
Been talking to Serrels and there are a few things in the works. I’m really excited about what he’s going to be doing (no spoilers). Shiggy seems responsive to me dropping in on Potaku to talk about things as well. I’ll be doing weekly blog posts to summarise things and there should be something else running on Kotaku that involves everyone.
Going to try and do one piece of video content as well. Haven’t quite worked that out. Might need to sit down and look at the games that I’ll be playing in July to pick something out. Possibly harass Dan for a little help because his editing skills are far superior to mine.
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I know there’s a website for keeping track of the games you haven’t finished. I can’t remember it, but I should probably put all my unfinished games on there
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Backloggery is the one that I’m going to be making use of.
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http://www.backloggery.com/cakesmith
o_o
I tried using it once but you have to input each game and that’s just too much effort for me to bother with :P. I think I’ll just use a notepad/word file and just type out a quick list of what I’ll like to get through
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That is the problem I have with that too. If someone can think of a better site to track your games, I’m more than happy to hear about it.
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There’s also gamebacklog.net (in beta) and Darkadia. I’m liking the look of Darkadia but I can’t play about with it right now.
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I use Raptr, it seems to track everything successfully. Doesn’t say if you’ve completed it though sadly…
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Yeah, I think I may give that a shot too.
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Do a Let’s Play of Hydrophobia and make water puns.
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Or a flight simulator and talk about legend of korra
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Who would be silly enough to talk about Avatar during an unrelated Let’s Play?
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Water you doing in this game?
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This is painful to SEA
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I’m not really shore.
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Just going with the flow.
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I hear that game gets messy. You’ll need someone to tide-y up the place.
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I hear there’s a splash of horror in that game, too.
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But for a game about water and drowning and stuff, it’s apparently a pretty shallow game.
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Oh man, remember when the devs attacked Jim Sterling when he sent out a brief tweet saying that he didn’t like the game much? That made waves.
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What did his tweet say? You need to be more Pacific
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Come on Bish, be strait with me here. What happened?
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Actually screw it, I’ll surf the web to find out
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You are such a drip bunny
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Its so shellfish of you not to help out those people.
And so the packing begins…
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Jelly! Have fun exploring all those volcanoes!
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Remember Nova, we need you to give lifts to the Canberra Meat to approximately 2 dozen people. I hope you’re ready to do that in the middle of your trip.
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ME TOO! See you at the airport Nova?!
I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve just managed to refresh these comments three times in a row without having to press any fancy extra buttons. \o/
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I’m doing hard refresh by default :p
I did send in a thing yesterday mentioning that it was still happening. There’s a good chance that Ben might have finally gotten to the bottom of it.
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Haha yeah I still do CTRL+F5, JUST IN CASE
I’ve found that Mobile Kotaku refreshes fine though and it hasn’t been crashing as often as it used to on full pages (lots of comments)
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He sent me an email saying he’d managed to have the time to take a look at it this morning and made some changes.
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So far as I know, the problem stems from if you leave the page, and in the same session, return to it by following a link on the main page, at least, that’s the only times I’ve ever faced it. As such, it’ probably there to help facilitate with future uses of the “minimise” option, but currently it’s just a vestigial bit of code, that hinders far more than it helps.
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Nope, I almost never do as you just described and I had the problem all the time.
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I had a similar error to what people described once.
When that happened though, it reverted Kotaku back by about a half hour, so I saw posts disappear. This was before anyone had complained about it, so I just sat here, scared.
Other than that though, I have never had the problem in TAY.
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I should clarify by adding that I’ve had the page not fully updating all the time on other parts of the site, when I did as described above.
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Oh god, I’m being moderated.
I… I don’t know what I did to deserve this fate. Did I wake up to late in the morning? Did I mock Serrels’ inability to respond to my inane emails one too many times? Is this justice?
A cruel twist of fate, to be sure. *Begins crying*
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Okay, so just my singular post above is being moderated. Now to work out which word in it is bad. Is it “hope”? “You”? Or maybe even “Canberra”.
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Maybe you just spelled your username wrong? 😛
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Ha, I haven’t had to type my name in months!
Actually, that’s a lie. My cache had a problem last week, so I had to re-enter my username and password.
But that was last week.
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It’s Canberra.
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It’s not.
Which is surprising.
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BUT ROUNDABOUTS
AND CHURCHES. I have been to canberra that’s all i got.Also don’t be to upset that people laugh at Canberra Jordi looked up Ayr
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Which was funny cause it was like the first time i had seen my car on street view.
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What, I’m not upset about people laughing at Canberra. The place is a hole.
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hehehe Hole
well move away, find a job in Sydney move into a place with Bish and let me film it.
THE ODD COUPLE 2.0
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Pshh, less of a hole than many other places, so I’m cool with it.
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Bish and Blaghman make a porno
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Nope, nope nope
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Queanbeyan ruuuuuuules!!!
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So how is everyone on this slightly wet Wednesday morning? Wait, no, it just turned into afternoon. Uh, how are we this afternoon? :p
I am sitting here listening to some of Pez’s music and contemplating what to do for lunch. Trying to steer clear of delicious greasy takeaways, but the temptation…
@Trjn: I mentioned on the twits that I’ve had ideas for setting up a backlog site, thought I’d throw out the idea here and see if it sounds retarded or not.
Basically the idea would be similar to a few other game collection sites, where you’d have an account and add games to your collection and so on. My main idea was to set everything up around ‘goals’. Every game in the library would have a set of ‘standard’ goals associated with it – finish the campaign, get all the achievements, etc – and when you add a game to your collection, you can import any or all of the standard goals to work toward. Additionally you could set your own ‘personal’ goals as well. Additionally, there would be goals which require completion of other goals. Effectively it’s the same idea as achievements, but focused toward setting out what you personally want to get out of a game before you feel you’re ‘done’ with the game. The idea is that you’re ‘finished’ with a game once you’ve finished all the goals you’ve set for yourself.
Further extensions would be to get the site to randomly select a goal for you to work toward, to try and work around that “what do I play now?” anxiety you get when you’ve got a huge pile, some kind of ‘difficulty’ metric for goals (perhaps only for the standard ones, if there’s enough people with the game in their collection you could simply look at how many players have completed certain goals?), ranks, some kind of automated tracking for any goals which might be associated with achievements / trophies, and so on.
I don’t know if it’s a good idea or not honestly. I’ve had pileofshame.net registered to use for it for over a year but never gotten around to actually developing the idea further.
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It’s a good idea. The only issue is setting up the database because you need to make things incredibly easy for people to enter their games or it simply doesn’t work.
I have seen a similar idea executed poorly at some of those other backlog tracking sites. If you can do it and do it right, it should be awesome.
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Well the idea was to pull a game info database from giant bomb’s big ass database of games. But yeah, setting up ‘standard’ goals for each thing requires some communal effort.
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The two sites that I’ve seen that look rather likely to be useful both have a thing saying that they’re powered by Whiskey Media. Meaning that they are making use of that same database.
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Probably going to be lost now with the flu debarkal of page 6 but rather than start a new thread I’ll just post here.
Of the sites I have had a look at I have found the best was http://howlongtobeat.com
Has a listing of all previously logged games so you just start typing and select. The main difference between this a a lot of other sites is that when you complete a game it asks for a few bits of info.
– How long it took
– How much of the game did you complete (Main quest, main and side quests, 100% all achievements)
It then uses this info along with your backlog to create a total time it will take to finish off your entire backlog.
The other nice option is the ability to add custom tabs, so I have a separate tab for games I have completed but are still playing to get achievements.So my newly updated (hey I found a new game in my steam account) backlog can be found here http://howlongtobeat.com/userpage.php?username=Tigerion&show=backlog
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Hi everyone,
Am home now \o/ Blaming my Playstation wrist
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/28754200/cover2sm.jpg for your further comments, please?
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(Original for comparison: http://shanewsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/coversm.jpg )
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It’s heaps better. The hair looks a little odd, but maybe that’s the look you’re going for? Also, I still can’t tell if the expression on the woman’s face is one of pain or pleasure.
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What is the work of fiction about? Maybe I missed an earlier post, but I’m not feeling it for some reason.
Is the woman ‘redeeming’ the two men? If so I think the background should be darker(think, a night without a moon) with the light shining on the two men.
Also is the light coming from the woman or the staff?
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Thanks Dire Wolf and Masha!
Intentions: The expression is one of pain. The light is coming from the staff. The woman is caught up in the winds of fate against her will, and the men who love her are basically powerless to protect her.
http://shanewsmith.com/works-in-progress/triumviratus/-
If pain is the intention then I think you need to re-draw the three characters. At the moment the men look like they are kneeling down in reverence of the staff/woman not like they are in pain.
Maybe have one of them (the one on the left) flat on the ground with his arm raised towards the staff like he’s trying to stop it and his face visibly grimaced. For the guy on the right, maybe he should be clutching his chest in pain.
The woman’s face looks suitably pained but I think her body should be more contorted if she is ‘caught up in the winds of fate against her will.’ At the moment she looks like she is in pain because she is performing a tough task not because something is happening against her will.
Finally, what is the significance of the tree? If it doesn’t need to be there then maybe have the scene restricted to the three characters and the staff.
I hope this helps. I wasn’t trying to be negative, just some of my thoughts.
NB: Is this your first time doing the drawing/Photoshop stuff? If so, it’s really good.
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Thanks – never thought you were being negative, and I really appreciate the feedback.
I tried the image without the tree… it looked kind of flat without any kind of landscapey features. I might experiment with making it less prominent though.
Clarification: only the woman was meant to be in pain, and even that’s more of a despair than physical agony. The guy on the left is definitely meant to be depressed (mainly because he caused all this), and the guy on the right is kind of just wrapped up in servitude.
I’ve been experimenting with the 3D modeling software I used to create The Lesser Evil. I really only scraped the surface of its capabilities to make that book, and am trying to learn a little more. This image is the result of that tinkering.
Thanks again!
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You’re welcome.Keep us updated.
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I had so much fun playing Halo Reach with The Cracks last night. It reminded me that I love Halo and that I never finished ODST despite really enjoying its atmosphere. I also have the Anniversary re-release unfinished. Sounds like some shameless gaming month fodder! Going to start now though.
Also want to finish Resident Evil 4, Dead Space 2 and GTA IV.
And if I don’t finish Max Payne 3 soon it’s going to start being in SGM territory…
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I need to finish GTA IV as well.
I think we should have a PC/PS3/360 multiplayer gaming night for GTA IV. The game had some fun moments as you played with others in the open world.
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Excellent idea. Cops and Robbers was such a fun mode. All it takes is four people and you’re in.
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I actually played some GTA4 online with friends on the weekend, I forgot how much fun that game can be. It’s not perfect but to run around this giant sandbox with your friends creates some hilarious and awesome moments.
Also deathmatch in GTA4 gave me a real Hunger Games vibe 🙂
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Yeah good idea 😀
I’ve never played it online and my gold runs out soon so might aswell. I also have Episodes from Liberty City if that means anything (different modes or anything?)
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Yeah, I’d love to play the Episodes from liberty city multiplayer as well. I never got a chance to do so.
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I have mixed feelings about ODST. I didn’t really like the levels where you played as the Rookie and had to run around the city but I loved the levels where you got to play as other members of the squad. The game also felt like it had a huge lack of enemies compared to the main Halo games. From memory both the Brutes and Hunters weren’t in the game. I guess they felt those guys were too tough for normal humans to face but I’d have loved to try and take down a pair of Hunters as just a normal guy.
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It’s the barren lonely feel (with subtle jazz-like soundtrack) that I loved.
I always prefer my FPSs to be slower less-epic affairs.
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ODST does have Brutes and Hunters in it. It just doesn’t have Elites, for story reasons.
I agree about the bits playing as the Rookie, it sort of felt a bit repetitive after a while. Other than that, it was still pretty good though.-
Ah, ok. It’s been a while since I played. I knew it was missing something. I thought the Elites where still part of the Covenant at that point. Doesn’t the game only take place about a day after the Chief’s being there?
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My copy of anniversary is still Shrinkwrapped. 🙁 And I’m a Halo fan from back when Halo was Marathon. Lapsed superfan.
I think I lost interest because I was only ever middling in skill in the multiplayer, and Halo 2’s multiplayer was awful and everyone kept playing it despite it being awful.
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I find I do averagely online and then very well in custom games with friends. I am curious how I go against Kotaku folk.
As for the Halo 2 multiplayer, I’ve really enjoyed all of the different games’ multiplayer. Halo 2 got a bit “rush to the power weapon” but apart from that I thought it was great.
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Halo 2 took all the skill out of the game by giving everyone that goddamn pea shooter SMG.
Needs more no-shields pistols-only CTF on Hang ’em High.
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True. That is a lot of fun. But that’s always been available in custom games, and is available now!
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Not with the Halo 1 pistol on a proper map though. Closest you can get in Reach is a custom Hang em High map and the DMR, but the problem there is the spawns are all broken. The game will spawn you in weird places like inside the other team’s base when you’ve already got the flag and stuff.
Maybe it’s possible with the Anniversary stuff.
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I heard they brought the classic pistol back recently. Haven’t tried it myself yet. And the Anniversary Hang em high is amazing.
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This reminds me that I still haven’t finished Anniversary. I think I got about halfway through before stopping…hmm…
Oh man GTA IV, we could have so much fun in multiplayer. I’m loving the sudden influx of potential gaming nights!
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Halo 1 peaked with the Silent Cartographer IMO. That level basically encapsulates everything that was awesome about Halo. After that the
ZombiesFlood appear and the whole series goes to shit.-
I enjoyed the Library at the time. Am curious what I think of it now.
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But the level where the Flood appear is awesome. I loved watching that headcam video and then suddenly being swarmed by a bunch of Flood.
I think my favourite level had to be Assault on the Control Room though. That was fun.
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RE4 is worth seeing to the end.
I’ve been productive. This feels wrong.
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Well coming to TAY is the right way to go about addressing that.
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Oh, I’m all too familiar with that. What I need to do is stop emailing people about stuff. That’ll slow my productivity right down.
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TAY seems really slow this week though. Monday was a public holiday but it still feels barren. I guess people are really busy.
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I’ve been playing games. It’s an odd feeling, as usually I avoid the damn things.
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*GASP*
Careful, I heard those video games are bad! They are the works of WITCHES!!!
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Witches? WHERE? CAN WE BURN THEM?
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Yeah! Set nob on fire!
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Hi Bun Bun!
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Hi Harli!
I’ll be writing my Enslaved review and posting it on TAY hopefully sometime today. So if you’ve ever wondered how i make up my mind about games. Then you can read it and we can argue.
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I keep seeing your Enslaved posts when catching up but it’s too late to reply. Guess I’ll say some of my thoughts here:
– I liked the story/setting/characters (except for the end)
– Combat was average but still fun
– The platforming/climbing/jumping sections were a bit annoying and it was weird having the sparkly ledges telling you where to goAll in all a good game for what I paid for it (~$20 about a year ago). That’s my price range for a game I consider fun but flawed. I have this feeling a sequel could’ve improved on these aspects but I guess we’ll never know.
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I thought the combat was janky personally. Repetitive, frustratingly close camera, demanding too much precision from controls that are not that precise. Enemies took too much time to beat down, making you feel kind of weak. Miss a dodge/block at the wrong time and some enemies could wipe you out in a single combo. Also I seem to recall some kind of issue where you couldn’t cancel out of an attack animation into a block. Felt like it needed more depth basically.
Liked the game a lot aside from the combat though.
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Are you going to send it to mark for community review?
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Maybe, I asked on twitter if the game that old still qualified and he said it did.
I’m super bust at work so i’ll have to do this when i get home.
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SUPER BUST YO!!!
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I don’t know if anyone else has posted or discussed this already, but damn this is fascinating.
A guy who has been playing the SAME GAME of Civilization 2 for around ten years has asked reddit for help as his world has fallen into a complete nuclear hell and he has no idea how to solve it.
http://mashable.com/2012/06/12/civ-2-reddit/
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Yeah, I was reading about that. Pretty fascinating.
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I still got my copy of Civ2 with a multiplayer mod too sitting on the bookshelf 🙂
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Yeah, read the Kotaku article about it. I’ve tried out Civ before and it didn’t really grab me, but reading about that stuff really made me want to get into it!
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I feel like taking up Civ 5 again at some point
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So the Potato Sack Reunion bundle on steam is looking pretty impressive. $20 for all the following
1..2..3…kick it
AaaaaaaaAAaaaaAAAAAaaAAAAAAAaaaAAAAAA!!!!
Amnesia
Audiosurf
BIT.Trip Beat
Cogs
Defense grid
Killing floor
Rush
Super meat boy
The ball
The wonderful end of the world
Toki Tori
Plus for a nice change any games you already own can be gifted.
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Yeah, most indie devs allow giftable copies in bundles.
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Also, anyone who doesn’t have Killing Floor should grab it. It’s a really worthwhile purchase!
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Good point Rize, all of the games listed are 50% off as well if you only want to grab the one.
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I’d be up for a Killing Floor night too!
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But…But…But… Shameless Gaming!
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Get prepared now, build that backlog so you have a bigger incentive going into it
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Trust me, it needs no help.
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If you leave yoghurt, unrefrigerated, for around 36 hours it’s still good to eat, right?
I mean, it’s basically “off” to begin with.
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There is logic behind what you’re saying that I do not disagree with.
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It tasted fine.
I certainly hope there was supposed to be shredded coconut in it, otherwise something was very wrong (initial mouthful was quite a shock).-
Uhoh. I think I messed something up.
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(Not with the yoghurt, with the italics)
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Eeyup.
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Dammit Flu. You’re meant to be better than this.
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Humans…
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heh
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i wonder if that will fix things
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I don’t think so, Flu.. I mean you could probably eat it and not be sick if the room temperature is cold enough, but I wouldn’t trust it personally =P
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The room temperature probably wasn’t cold enough, but I ate it anyway.
It’s been pretty cold anyway, don’t see why it wouldn’t be okay.
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Usually I wouldn’t think twice, but it spent quite a bit of time in heated rooms.
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Seeing as you haven’t complained about feeling like death 40 minutes after asking (and I assume, consuming), seems you might be ‘k. Off dairy usually hit fairly quickly, doesn’t it?
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Ok so packing has got nowhere. First thing I tried to do was charge my camera. But wouldn’t you know it, the battery had completely died, so I’ve spent the last couple of hours trying to get a hold of a replacement or two. One task successfully completed. Now I can start packing… Unless something else goes wrong. Fingers Crossed
Is this the Iceland trip?
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Yep, leave on Friday. Should really get stuck in, otherwise my parents will be panicking tomorrow. I’ll be fine, but they will be freaking out. Its not like I haven’t done this before.
PS I like what you’ve done with the place
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I recommend Cafe Loki http://bit.ly/LI9Tgr
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I think I read about this in the newspaper recently. Looks good, and not even 1km from where I’m staying. I’ll check it out
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Flu did you just break this page?
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Perhaps.
Tenendo in linea con la natura del freno pagina, penso che ho intenzione di parlare nella lingua corretta fino a pagina successiva.
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Italics and strange languages? This page has it all!
Also, HI RIZE o/
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Ciao Pantaloni!
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I have no idea what language this is, but ‘pagina successiva’ is clear enough for me. Onto the next page!
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He. Pagina.
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woooo, spooky TAY.
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</i >Italic not Italian man.
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Se fosse in grassetto, probabilmente sarei parlare tedesco o qualcosa del genere. Sto aspettando un reindex database per finire in modo da poter far funzionare un server di nuovo: P
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No google translate for you
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i should really start learning Italian again.
umm… something… something…. I may talk …something… final database something something a new server something something and whistled for a baboon.-
Bapada bipi?
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Oh, Flu.
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn
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You called?
Bah weep granah weep ninni bong
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I love you!
Page 7 or bust
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Mmm…mi piace busti…
I was going to post this amazing emotional and iconic picture that many of us might not have seen before (I know I haven’t) but I don’t think it fits in with this italic page 😛
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Is it the Hang in There McGarnical picture?
This page is very emphatic.
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I think it’s just condescending
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I think it’s biased. There is an obvious slant to the right.
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I think its part of a very long citation.
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I think it’s inner monologue.
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I think it’s unstable… can’t even stand up straight anymore, is it drunk?
Bets page ever!
I’m finding that as I read further down this page my head is tilting further and further to the right
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It’s like reading a News Limited publication!
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ZING!
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wp, would laugh again
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Mine tilts to the left as I read it, I don’t know why. I think my body hates me.
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Burn the witch
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Well this is an effect commonly associated with watching the ABC.
#restoringthebalance #donttellharlithatiusedahashtagoutsidetwitter
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#ItsOkayShesLeavingSoonAndThenWeCanHashtagAllWeWantBecauseWeWillBeFreeOfHerOppressiveReign
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Tilting to the left fixes it, tilting to the right makes it worse.
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It’s a little odd, because while I’m typing, I tend to lean slightly to the left, and when I’m browsing, I tend to be to the right.
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*sob*
Why can’t you guys leave all the breaking to me? :'(
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I believe I still broke TAY the worst a few weeks ago.
I’m still proud of that.
Don’t know bout this slanty text thing though….
Why are we still on broken page six?
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Because it’s hardly broken, and spamming is for boors.
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I don’t know, is it that bad?
All things considered, I find Italics probably the least straining, of, say, all bold or all strikethrough.
Maybe just me.-
I think all strikethrough is the worst 😛
Although I find bold less annoying than italics
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Mass text went out to people on our database without a current address to call and update. Guess what I’m doing all afternoon.
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Oh oh I know, drinking coffee? What did I win?
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Nothing!
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/o\
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LAST EXAM WAS TODAY! YAY!
but i did fairly bad…
BUT I GOT GRAVITY RUSH! YAY!
man, that game is sooooo pretty
Everything looks like it’s being whispered…
I like it.
Indie Game The Movie is on Steam for $9.99 folks! Get on it!
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Does Phil Fish get money from it if I buy it?
We made it!
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lets pop the champagne and celebrate!
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*pops champagne & party poppers*
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*stripper emerges from Cakesmith*
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WHAT
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*Cakesmith emerges from stripper?
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best response. Made me laugh and spill my cider
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Thanks Farts!
Sorry about the spilling of the cider though 🙁I’ll tone down my hilarity
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Must resist urge to use italics….
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Guys it’s still broken! D:
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ಠ_ಠ
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SO i could of just nearly died.
Well not really but i was playing around trying to splice into power for a toyota landcruiser. I pulled a panel of that had the airbag in it and i was like “oh this is bad” it didn’t go off so i assumed it was safe and i went under the dash to see if i could find power. Then it went off. BOOOF. Scared the shit out of me and the apprentice helping me. Lucky it didn’t hit anyone. But it was fucking scary. I told my boss and he laughed at how unlucky i have been today, cause i also fell in the mud and got yelled at by a customer. So yeah. Nearly died and still feeling meh.
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D= poor Rockets, do you need a hug or something dude? At least you’re not hurt!
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haha yeah that’s true, i don’t need a hug, i need to be more careful.
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Kay well offer still stand man =P
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It’s like that dancing movie starring Kevin Bacon: Flashdance!
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hahahahaa
That is amazing. nice one blaghs
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*could have
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*probably wouldn’t have, just using death to make my story more exciting.
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Well shit, if that was the steering wheel then a lot of cars you’ve got to do a whole heap of extra work to re-stow the airbag properly. Like on some of them the entire steering column has to be removed and inspected for damage. :\
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Pssst NEGATIVE ZERO i am aware,
anyway it was on the passenger side, but the care does need to go and get it re stowed. It is a lot of work.
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Apparently the douches who repaired my old car after an accident weren’t. They insisted that the steering was just ‘different’ because they’d had to do some structural work. Yeah. Because your wheels are supposed to be 30 degrees shifted to the right when your wheel is straight. :\
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ouch that sounds crap, that is a pretty dodgey place.
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So who is hosting Uncharted tonight?
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Good question, I totally forgot about that.
I might play this time 😀
Highlight #2 of Pez’s Birthday Meat:
Getting a Shiggyback ride.
I recommend it to all.
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It gets interesting if you pay him the extra $50
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He must have liked me. I only paid him $20.
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Not so Highlight #17 of Bunny’s Meat Meat:
Don’t give piggyback rides to Dan.
He weighs more than me.-
I still think I probably could have done better than you and you are taller and heavier than me :/
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So my pile of shame list is over 30 games and that doesn’t include the games that I have “acquired” through not so legal ways, or games I’ve rarely played but just can’t be bothered. Many of these games haven’t even been played yet 😛
Damn you TAYbies and your bad influence!
I just charged my 3DS after not using it for a couple of months so I guess I’ll try to finish Resident Evil: Revelations off first but I doubt that will happen. So many games to play but I just don’t feel like playing them… First world problems.
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Thirty doesn’t seem too bad, it’s not achievable in a single month, but it definitely could be worse.
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I dunno, if you do one a day…?
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Only 30?
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Same boat /o\
Only 30? Hahahahaha. You’re fine
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You just reminded me I need to finish LoZ OOT.
I hate cold weather… hurry up, Spring!
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Also, is it possible to take the hard drive and DVD drive out of an old computer and put it in a new one?
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Is the space pope reptilian?
It is usually a pretty easy job but it depends on the computer you are fitting it into.-
As long as it’s not a DELL. They are annoying to pull apart.
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Eugh so all I can hear coming from the neighbours is “How the world owes me rant” and the word “fuck” used over and over..
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Block it out with music, my friend…
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I was trying haha. Deep Purple seems to be working..
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NoobHeadshot. Just so you know I left a present for you in one for your spare mincraft farm pens.
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Is it cats? Fire?
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C’mon Techy, it’s Minecraft.
I will say that I’m impressed that you managed to fit a giant penis into one of those pens, Gorzy.
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Amateur. A giant penis, made out of cats, that was on fire is what you need.
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Fire cats?
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I’d love one of those 🙂
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You probably could, for like, 5 seconds.
And then get charged with Animal Cruelty. -
It’d be a pretty memorable five seconds, though.
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THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID.
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Oh no, I didn’t think of this, people are joining minecraft expecting to see something amazing. Now I’m trying to work out how to ignite the cats without them dying.
MAybe if i keep feeding them fish while they burn…
It’s been ages since I played Minecraft. Just tried to jump on the TAY server but it says “can’t reach server”. What’s up with that? Don’t we have a server anymore?
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We have a new one, it’s new! You’ll need to contact Cakesmith to get whitelisted, the IP address is in the <a href="tinyurl.com/taynames"Taynames doc.
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I really should add my name to Taynames but I can never remember all my IDs and Tags.
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Ha ha ha, I only just noticed how badly I failed my html.
Wow. That is dreadful.
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So, I just found out that the shipping from Centrecom is half of what it would be from PC Case Gear!
\o/
And I can get what I want from Centrecom for three dollars cheaper!
😀
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Savings!
Possibly dumb question that I could probably find out by consulting teh googles: 3DS is backward compatible with DS games, right? Does it somehow enforce regioning on those or are the DS games still region free?
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Still region free.
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Awesome, that’s what I thought. Eyeing off one a bit recently, might take the plunge and also pick up some of the DS games I missed. And maybe replace some of the ones that went missing when I moved last.
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mostly still region free
Pokemon Black, White, Black 2 and White 2 are all region locked when played on a DSi, DSi XL or 3DS.
Maybe there are other titles, but not likely.-
Typical fucking Nintendo. Can’t make anything simple, always got to make you jump through hoops to enjoy the content you pay for.
Just as well I don’t like Pokemon.
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In case you hadn’t heard, I freaking love Pokemon.
I also love Nintendo.
I have 7 DSs (ranging from DS through to DSiXL) and a 3DS.
My problem is I don’t have enough appendages to play them all at once. -
I have honestly never played a Pokemon game.
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You need to play some Pokemon then!
But which generation/game would be the best for a newbie? Hmm… I’m thinking HeartGold/SoulSilver 🙂
But Xenoblade first.
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Black/White. You’ve only got the one generation to contend with til post-national dex, Much of the structure is very similar to Red/Blue – 151 (approx) pokes, most of the dex structure is mirrored (eg roggenrolla == geodude, down to trade required for third stage evo), etc. Only after you’ve beaten the story and completed the dex do you have to start worrying about the huge backlog of existing pokemon.
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Except generation 5 is extremely fugly 😛
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Oh look at me, just repeating the same point in different ways to make it sounds like my argument is better.
That being said, the advantages of the self-contained generation include no silly breeding rules to obtain pre-evo/baby forms, team roles and types are all filled appropriately (as much as I love 3rd Gen, it was Water Heavy – a delicious pun – and even at the time was difficult to field a truly competitive gen-only team); my only complaint would be that Gen 5 is a bit heavy on both Fighting types (which, in part, has made them the new meta) and some poorly stated pokes that should be cool new type combos and/or designs (solo dragons, hydreigon, heatmor, bravairy). -
5’s tiny experiment with Ghost types was pretty cool. Nothing too crazy, but hey, variety, right?
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Get some Pokemon up ya!
Mna, you beat me =( I have 4 DS’. DS Phat, DS lite, DSi and 3DS. I didn’t bother with the XL even though I did consider one for Mum.
I think that’s only for different language versions? I remember a thing where the japanese version didn’t work on a US DSi, but my AU(/probably modified EUR) version of black happily works on my US 3DS.
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Listen to Smart-Guy Bish, his words will serve you well. -
NEVER EVOLVE YOUR POKEMON THEY WILL LEARN MOVES FASTER AND THEREFORE BE STRONGER!!!!11!
The 3DS region locking is straight forward, but they really mussed things up with the DSi ‘region locking’. My Pokemon Black considers my 3DS as a Dsi, so let’s roll with that.
As I understand it, DSi region locking wasn’t implemented in the traditional sense. Apparently there are only a few games that actually region lock fully, and they’re specifically DSi games, not DS-compatible ones. It sounded stupid so I never read much forther into it.
But generally speaking, English DS games should work on English consoles.
PEa and Ham soup, and crusty bread!
And South Park on blu-ray…
I call this a good night…
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Except for the fact that I just tried to turn off my air con with the tv remote…..
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I’d be more worried if it worked
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The TV remote here works the air conditioning.
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Piss and Pork as my Dad used to call it.
Currently remoting into a machine that has 24 cores and 256gb physical memory. Hardware boner.
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*swoon*
Been reading up on ACIII: Liberation.
There’s some interesting stuff regarding combat. Apparently a guage fills during combat, which, when maxed, slows down/freezes time and you instakill guys using the touchscreen.
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FLU!
i got gravity rush today!
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Depending on how its recieved I may get a Vita just for Liberation
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Oh god that sounds awful. 🙁 Just because the damned system has a touch screen doesn’t mean you should use it.
We Pokemon Onlining tonight?
Pow? Nova? CJ? Jugsy? Anyone?
I don’t mind but just holla if you are 😀
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I just got home and am eating my celebration dinner 😀 I’ll play tonight if you want. Not for a bit though.
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What is the pokemon online of which you speak
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Battle simulator. You can create your own teams on the spot, pick out the moves, items, IV’s, EV’s, natures, everything, and then use them against anyone from around the world. You can download it from here . There’s also a mode called Challenge Cup which randomises everything I listed before, including which pokemon you get on your team, which can be a lot of fun, but you need to get lucky. There’s next to no skill involved in CC.
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Well you need to know which types are super effective against each type otherwise you’d go nowhere :P. And even if you did know you need the luck to get those type moves!
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Thats generally the thing you can rely on everyone knowing 😛
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One problem I have is that most nights unless something else is happening I jump on BF3. So I’d need to know a pre aranged time.
Trying to write a meat writeup but cider is meaning that hope is fading fast
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Write a cider-infused writeup then!
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am doing!
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And then share some cider with me.
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ONCE YOUR EXAMS ARE OVER YOUNG LADY
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Naww, Freyr’s getting all motherly.
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So, Target is advertising the toy sale already. I’m getting very excited…And my hopes have just been dashed D=
I just remembered that Target and BigW don’t stock PS Vita’s so I can’t layby them at the giant Toy sales.
Consider me thoroughly annoyed.
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But don’t those sales usually exclude systems (consoles/portables)?
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Not really. It’s how I got a 3DS the year it was released.
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MY MEAT WRITEUP OF AWESOME AND BELATEDNESS:
Saturday:
– flew to Brisbane
– it was not cold. This was surprising
– the airport was shit, and I realised that THIS was the crappy Australian airport that I’d actually associated with a small rural town but instead it’s associated with a major city
– Bunny picked me up from this crappy place and we went and got food and alcohols.
– apparently Bunny drives like 50m between the alcohol and the food place and the game shop instead of walking :/
– we played Lego Indiana Jones. There was a LOT of derping. Bunny is not very good at being Indiana but I am AWESOME at being Short Round.
– then pizza was acquired and also hot Rekordelig (WINTER CIDER) only the hot Rekordelig was kind of shit
– and then I had to watch Star Wars for my education or something
Sunday:
– MEAT DAY
– apparently Bunny does not break out of his weekend routines for anyman (or woman) and so I watched some very out o f order cartoons (Legend of Korra and Young Justice which are now HORRIBLY SPOILED FOR ME AND I BLAME YOU RABBIT)
– I then had to watch more Star Wars
– Leia does a much better line than the later movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4bd3O4SVIY
– Bunny watches MLG and I actually watch LoL instead of Star Wars for a while but then am told off and have to rewind and rewatch /o\
– Lambo arrives at some point during this and we make FAIRY BREAD omnomnomnom (only I don’t eat it but whatever) http://instagr.am/p/LreW6Txbo5/ – may mercy be had on those poor souls
– also we prepared a sink of alcohol (by the way a lot of pictures were posted on the internet somewhere. Instagram maybe?) http://instagr.am/p/LrcSJcRbnK/
– I then make Lambo watch Star Wars with me so I am not the only one while Bunny watches MLG http://instagr.am/p/Lrh-yUxbrM/
– THEN NOBSHOT SHOWS UP AND AWKWARDLY INTRODUCES HIMSELF AND IT’S NOT CONFUSING FOR ME AT ALL ALSO HE DIDNT’ SAY WHY ALL NIGHT AND I WAS SUPER DISAPPOINT
– and THEN I think we broke out Trials? And lots of bailout finishes were had.
– And then Dan! and TheLastQuestion arrived and MORE THINGS HAPPENED (mostly bailout finishes and eating of fairy bread) and custom tracks were played and they were kind of SHITHOUSE
– also I think Strange arrived at the same time as TLQ but I had started drinking and am becoming unsure on timeline (I am also drinking now) (BY THE WAY HOW COOL IS STRANGE)
– and there was a lot of Rock Band playing (I am not very good at that game and was kind of bored sooooo I’ll just skip over that part)
– wellbot showed up around now
– also MEAT HATS http://instagr.am/p/Lr2qEjxble/
– and then Sughly arrived and he was super sick and I felt bad because I am probably bringing new diseases to Queensland which will ultimately result in their extinction
– we picked up dinner but regrets were had that it was not a METER WIDE PIZZA http://instagr.am/p/Lr5OLQxbmM/ and they wouldn’t even sell us the box and apparently we have to give notice so anyway NEXT BRISBANE MEAT THIS IS DINNER
– we got back and more games were played and then people started leaving:
– nobshot was walked to the trainstation so he didn’t get raped (and they didn’t get raped! \o/)
– Strange and I stayed back to look after Lambo because he is a Babby and then he was picked up
– and then Strange and I gossiped about TAY with the help of DAN! who then became fixated on various things such as my real name and ruining games for other people
– then some weird stuff like seeing Dan!’s nipples happened http://instagr.am/p/LsdQuiRbhP/ also slapping by Sughly
– Also I got to meet Mr Strange and the little Stranges and that was not weird at all (Also how cool is Strange??!)
– and then everyone slowly left
– and then I had to watch more Star Wars /o\
Monday:
– more Lego Indiana played
– some cleaning done
– some episodes of Avatar were watched
– I caught a plane home and Sydney is cold and kinda shit
THANKS FOR HAVING AN AWESOM EMEAT BRISBANITES
I AM GLAD I TRAVELLED INTERSTATE FOR THIS
(PS the last bit kind of petered out because the cider is beginning to hit me)
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I definitely need to get to a QLD Meat at some point. They sound almost as good as NSW Meats 😛
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I am not going to compare the two :p
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I ENJOYED THE ENERGY IN THIS WRITE-UP.
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FARTS REQUIRES A LOT OF ENERGY
CWUTIDIDTHAT?
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… No? And your grammar didn’t help.
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you ALWAYS need more energy
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I’m awesome?! \o/
The Meat was fun. Next time I will bring pretzels.
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Pretty awesome!
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yes, you are awesome! \o/ I wish I knew more people like you!
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This was a good story.
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I feel that you’re mocking me and this makes me sad
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I like the bits where I was awesome. It’s there. In the subtext. Honest.
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NO YOU WEREN’T
YOU MADE ME WATCH ALL THE STAR WARS
AND THEN YOU SPOILED YOUNG JUSTICE AND LEGEND OF KORRA-
Geez what a dick this guy is!
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I didn’t spoil, we just watched the latest episodes before she had seen any of those shows at all.
Not my fault. Had to watch my cartoons :p
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I am rather sad I couldn’t make it =( Sounds like bags of fun!
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…. Or funbags?
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Both?
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Woo! Uncharted 3!
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Oh! What’s happening? PS3?
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… I just realised what a stupid question “ps3?” was… 😛
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Ha Ha. I smiled at that.
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COME PLAY, POW-POW.
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DAMMIT MY MEAT WRITEUP IS AWAITING MODERATION
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=( lame!
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and if I had scrolled up I woulda noticed it is out of moderation, derp!
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haha, I didn’t notice it was out of moderation until people started commenting on it
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Cakesmith
Trollsmith
Caketroll
Trolltroll
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Greenius
Needius
Creepius-
Bish
Dish
Fish
Wish-
NovaCascade
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ChevyNovaCascade?
NovaCascadeBrewery?Nah they don’t sound good =(
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I wins \o/
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NovaCascadePremiumLight?
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NovaCascade.
Novakiin.
DovahCascade.
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You promised you wouldn’t tell
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Upgrading my PC, part by part. I added 16gb RAM in April, now I’m ditching the old 5850 for a 670 OC, and also replacing my case with something a bit quieter. Plan is to upgrade CPU & Motherboard in 2-3 months (currently have an i5 750 so it’s the least necessary to upgrade).
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Nice system you have man 😀
Anyone else watching State of Origin?
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Stats on extended monitor, TAY on laptop screen, State of Origin on TV.
How good is this?-
Jennings just saved the try for us! \o/
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Not my thing, so I am watching repeats of Burn Notice on One =D
Just finished Arkham Asylum 3 years late! Soooo good. Now to get Arkham City when the sales hit =D
Cause i’m a cheap bastard atm!
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What will you get it on?
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PC! Don’t have one of those fancy console thingies =P
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Forward pass by Queensland!
Game over!
The series is tied!
Thanks to all who joined in on the Uncharted 3 shenanigans tonight! It was heaps of fun when we weren’t getting raped by a team full of level 75 players.
ROCKETS AWAY!
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That rockets only game was the best of the death-matches. Even though it boiled down to whoever saw the other first.
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god damned rockets and their god damned exploding in my face…
that was good fun though 🙂
@Freyr, I am one good lookin’ babby though, right? 😛
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I can’t answer this question :/
Trying to take the hard drive and DVD drive out of my old computer… why does it have to be so frustrating?!
I have an exam in 10 hours. This makes me sad =(
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Get some sleep!
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Sleep is for the weak! CRAM LIKE A BOSS THE CAKE!
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I second this.
Get a good night’s sleep, and wake up early.
That will give you enough time to revise.-
I prefer to just sleep without the waking up early 😛
I don’t work so well when tired
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Can not sleep =( Think i’ll just go over these auditing and assurance standards.. Fattest book ever.
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Good luck mate!
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Omg we all totally need to play iSketch sometime soon! Haven’t played that one in a while 😛
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This. This so much.
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I approve this motion
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Morning all. #TAYRefreshPost?
We got some amazing family photos taken last Sunday. We haven’t gotten them all back from the photographer yet, but she sent through a couple.
Here’s one: http://db.tt/hFheUDDF
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It’s a lovely picture Shane. I meant to ask but forgot, I hope you sorted out all that crap with Bupa
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Thanks, we got an email from the PHIO (Ombudsman) about two weeks ago, saying that Bupa/MBF had caved (somewhat) and said that if we paid the difference of $1919.35 in fees, they would consider our cover upgraded to include maternity.
But by that stage, the birth was only three weeks away, and we’d had to make other arrangements (the public system came through for us in the end), so turned down their sort-of-not-so-generous offer. As soon as things settle, we’ll be changing insurance providers.
Thanks for asking. I totally forgot to update you guys as it all unfolded.
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What a bunch of wankers.
Oh well, glad it’s kind of working out for you in the end.
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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+1
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You shouldn’t need to post to refresh TAY anymore. It works properly for me as of yesterday.
I like that picture, it looks timeless. Plus you’ve got your crazyhair on which I always liked.Is your wife okay with posting that pic here?
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Yes, but thanks for checking.
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I just realised I sounded a bit patronising. 😛
Maybe it’s because I’d be mad at my husband if he posted a picture of our family on a public internet site. I’ve got to learn to stop imagining everyone thinks like me.
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And I’d say sorry but Rockets would yell at me. 😛
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No worries. She has a blog with photos of Annie. Internet exposure is not too big an issue, as long as we’re selective with what we put up 🙂
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Typing without your left index finger is damned weird. Why did my knife skills have to fail me? First time I’ve ever cut myself in the kitchen 🙁
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knowing nothing of this story leads me to believe you cut off your left index finger?
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And it fell into the cooking, and you ate it.
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and it was delicious but now typing without it sucks?
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coz theres no more delicious finger stew left?
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Pretty much.
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It’s just in a bad spot that makes using my finger rather difficult is all. A few days and all will be well.
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This is my last full day at work for nearly 12 weeks. Tomorrow, half day; Monday, half day; Tuesday, my son will be born and I take the next 11 weeks off!
\o/
My TAY presence might decline slightly. Sorry.
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WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE SORRY FOR, STOP APOLOGISING ALL THE TIME. Especially when something so amazing is happening. Congrats shane 🙂
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I didn’t realise the apologising was upsetting you.
Sorry, man 🙁
😛
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You will be sorry the first time someone posts “Who’s this guy?” in response to your venturing back in. 😛
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Who are you again?
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Man, look at this guy. Takes the First Lady tag and suddenly he’s too above people to even remember them.
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Who’s this guy?
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Bish is our resident Author.
He does an awesome Sci-Fi graphic novel series called The Lesser Evil.
You should check out out sometime.
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Never heard of it. I don’t think I’ll bother.
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That’s good timing, shameless gaming is coming up, you can condition him from an early age \o/
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oh and… CONGRATS MAN
*Manly Chestbump*
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Hehehee, yeah my husband spent most of his paternity leave playing Valkyria Chronicles. It got to the point where our son almost wouldn’t go to sleep without VC’s music.
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I played Oblivion while on leave with Annie. Logged about 50 hours and got all the achievements except for the branching one in Shivering Isles. Oh well.
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OHOHOHOH the lullaby for your little new one should totally be “Dragonborn” from the Skyrim! OST, DOOOO EEEEETTT
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Nah should be age of aggression. At least that can be sung more softly to be an actual lullaby 😛
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The branching one in Shivering Isles is the only one I haven’t got, also!
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HI5 for incompletion!
I was so burned out on Oblivion that the last 10-15 achievements felt increasingly grindy, so I sold the game and never went back 😛
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Ambitious. I think containing our two-year-old will eat up my leave 😛
Expecting not much TAY, and less writing, and even less gaming.
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2-year-old meet cattle-prod <—- good parent i am
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Congratulations man.
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Cheers!
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Congrats man 😀
Keep us updated! (On Dark Souls)
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Will do!
I decided to backtrack before hitting Anor Londo, and got hit by a swinging blade at the bottom of Sen’s Fortress. Not my finest moment, but I was suffering from Playstation Wrist at the time. #ConvenientExcuse.
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And on the baby too!
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Best excuse for being away from TAY.
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It’ll do until I’m too busy ruling the world to post here.
So TAY once again appears to be unblocked, lets see how long it lasts this time
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Lets take bets!
$10 from one of Bishy’s stories says 7 minutes.-
You must be psychic!!! It is now blocked again… What kind of witchcraft be this?
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At a rough guess, you’re being blocked after 9am? Could be a policy to allow peons to do personal stuff before a 9am workday?
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BEGONE with you and your logic stuff :P… It is very possible
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You’re making the most of it. Self-cannabalism, toddler cattle prods, and chestbumping.
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\o/ this is true, awesome time management skills 😛
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I have to say, I’m somewhat offended. =(
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/watch-two-scared-girls-play-a-horror-game-for-six-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-712521
Project Zero is one of my favourite games. I play for the story generally. So to hear this is a little insulting. It’s not like it’s COD.
Ah well, that’s just his opinion and it doesn’t matter to me.
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I have no idea why you are offended?, Like none at all. If you are offended just offer your opinion in a logical manner in the article and move on with your day. Who cares if people said something mean or hate something you like. They arent you , you dont value their opinions why should it matter. Thats is just my opinion also so just like those guys you are free to not pay any attention to it. I just think its a little to much work to care about what everybody thinks of stuff you like.
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As you can see, I got over it by the end of writing.
I think the reason it affected me is because I have worked hard to try and get the Project zero games released here (joined a club, wrote to Nintendo Australia and many other things). So to hear someone say that is a little annoying. I’ll just buy more copies to offset his negativity! =D-
If you really had gotten over it by the end of writing, you wouldn’t have posted it. The fact that you posted it makes it seem like it still offends you.
Just stop worrying overmuch about what other people think, life’s easier that way. 🙂
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I only really posted it as something to say I guess
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It’s Brian Ashcraft, like Luke, just ignore him 😛
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It was the commenter, not the article. I’d love to see more Project Zero stuff =P
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See how much I’m paying attention while coffee has not run its course yet? lol
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MY GOD, coffee works on robots too? THAT’S AMAZING, imma try that on my nxt at home
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Only on my model, human. Coffee is a good agent to increase hardware efficiency and processing power. Tea works too but I prefer coffee.
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No need to get upset scree, I think the commenter was having a go a bashcraft rather than project zero. Their point was that if you are writing an article maybe you should get the basics of what you are righting about correct, certainly if what you are writing is 3 sentences
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I’d love to see a proper article on the project zero series. It’s a great game.
All I saw from reading the title (didn’t bother watching it) was silly girls screaming to something is “scary” and avoided it. I suggest anyone do the same when “horror” and silly girls are involved because all that is involved is screaming at anything and everything that moves on screen.
My team won all 3 games of bowling last night! The team we were up against were full of bowling elitist sooks, if they don’t get >250, they start kicking things, throwing the ball in frustration and swearing while pouting. Seriously the guy I was up against in the team, he bowled a 300 game once and still looked disappointed and sooked… why?! It’s a fricken perfect game! No pleasing some humans sometimes, seriously 😛
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Wow. Sounds like they were acting like spoiled little brats.
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Doesn’t happen often, I got him 3 games out of 3 too. Granted I have a huge handicap compared to him with his godlike average but I did well considering 😛
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Best kind of people to win against.
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Especially someone as low skilled as me at it! \o/
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Glad you had a good time buddy. Winning against douche people in any kind of sport or game is really fun. I am a horrible person.
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No, I think it’s right. Playing against douches sucks the fun out of the game itself, so the win becomes the highlight of the event, and increases the winner’s faith in karmic justice. Delicious.
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Oh it is a good feeling for sure, just don’t rub it in their faces about it. If you do that, THEN you’re a horrible person. Re:LoL players boasting about their win calling the lost team “noobs” or worse 😛
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A bat and ball cost a dollar and 10 cents. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Gur nafjre vf 5 pragf. Zbfg crbcyr whzc gur pbapyhfvba bs 10 pragf (juvpu vf jebat). Tbg guvf sebz gur Tvmzbqb negvpyr “Jul Fzneg Crbcyr Ner Npghnyyl Qhzo”. V unq gb rira Tbbtyr gur nafjre nf gb jul vg jnf 5 pragf vafgrnq bs 10 orpnhfr V pbhyqa’g svther vg bhg ol zlfrys…
qrec!
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5 cents.
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Oh well I derped by not reading your ROT13 first. Can’t win this riddle either way 😛
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dammit Shane, spoilers! :p
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It’s what not-smart people like me do best 😛
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Where the hell are you getting a bat and ball for $1.10. I don’t think it would be anything great quality, so i dont really want it that much. SO working out prices for individual items in not a priority.
DO I WIN?
also hey greenmang!
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HEY HOTROCKS
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Found tennis ball and tree branch is best cricket set
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Mini-rant
I am sick and tired of being called a prude and other names just because I don’t like skimpy armour on female video game (and comic book) characters. I hate how people think this derogatory stuff towards women is still okay. I hate the whole attitude of “Don’t like it? Leave. You’re the one with the problem”. It’s attitudes like that that mean discrimination towards people based on what they’re born with is going to keep happening for ever, whether that discrimination be about race, gender, sexuality or something else (like hair colour). I also hate that people assume I’m a prude just cause I don’t like that sort of armour. I’m not. If someone, male or female, wants to run around wearing skimpy clothing in real life I’m fine with it. If they want to run around naked I’m fine with it. Hell, I even think society has a problem in that men can walk around topless but women can’t. It’s just that, when you’re supposed to be a warrior, when you’re supposed to be fighting against other warriors and giant freaking monsters, you should be wearing the proper equipment. Unless the character’s supposed to be some sort of hulk like barbarian then they should be wearing armour that actually protects them. It wouldn’t be so bad if it were equal opportunity skimpiness, but it never is. Developers who think it’s ok that armour fully covers a male character and then that same armour is turned into a bikini when a female character wears it are the worst sort of developers there are. They’re even worse than devs who push for microtransactions and make social games, because all they are is greedy, which is a lot better than being a chauvinist.
Sorry for all that, just had to let off some steam. Feel free to ignore my post.
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In lighter news, things I did in Minecraft last night:
Looked at all the creations people had made (I was impressed)
Dug a tunnel to the bottom of the world
Made some stairs out of leaves
Died 1000 times (sometimes it was even on purpose)-
Met Creepius
By the way how did you get the leaves? I thought they were a creative only thing.
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Shears
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Huh! Didn’t know about that!
Also got a quick engineering lesson from Bish, nos and Nob :D. I never bothered with anything other than mining stuff in MC.
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I AGREE WITH YOU! \o/
I think Women’s armour is pretty silly. Especially when certain games get criticized because they do something that breaks realism. when this breaks it all the time.
Do what i do. just laugh at how stupid it is. A game created an armour that covered the women fully except a small diamond of skin showing where her chest was. I made a quip about it’s being like the glowing red eye on Zelda monsters. “Stab here to kill me!”
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I really liked that article where people who make real armour were talking about how impractical armour with built-in-boobs is, not necessarily because of what it doesn’t cover, but because any armour that isn’t flat there doesn’t work.
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But then how would you know which of the armoured people was a girl?
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The moment they take off their helmets, like a boss!
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That was one of the fun things about Samus.
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That really took me by surprise too
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Yeah that was well written. Armour that guides a blade to the centre of your chest isn’t a great thing.
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I think collegehumour sum this up quite nicely.
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Yeah I’ve had the same view as you for a long time and every time I spoke out about it, I got talked down the same way you did. It really makes me shake my head when devs do this and the majority cheer for it :/
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Huuuuuummmmmaaaannnnnnnnnsssss…. ? 😀
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This guy gets it 🙂
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I think what you said was amazing and I have an internet boner. But also I wouldn’t want to walk around topless because it would be embarrassing and weird.
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Firstly, I think you need a little perspective about this stuff, yess alot of companies whore out the female gender to sell products, but this has been going on for alot longer than you or I have exsisted for. You know why it keeps happening cause it is a money spinner. It generates a shit tonne of money for relatively no effort on the developers part. I also am not a big fan of the attitude of don’t like it leave. I think being vocal about your opinions to try and stimulate change in these areas is a really good thing to do. But i am not sure you have the right audience in TAY. I mean i will bet you nearlly have 100% of people agreeing with you. Its easy to tell your opinion to people agree with it. It is slightly harder to do it to people who will openly mock you for it. Anyway thats what i think.
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I agree with what you’re saying about audiences but the thing is, I have been telling my opinion to people in the “right” audience and they’ve been disagreeing with me. That’s why I made this post in the first place, to rant about no one listening. I wasn’t trying to come in and change any ones mind, I just wanted to let off some steam in a safe enviroment where I’m not going to get sworn at for my opinions.
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The point that’s has been touched on in recent weeks is that just because it’s being going on for lord knows how long, doesn’t necessarily make it okay. It’s a regular part of marketing, but does having a long history make it actually acceptable?
Also he’s posting in TAY. He’s not necessarily trying to invoke change, he’s just speaking his mind.
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Completely agree, i don;t mind when people vent, hell everyone has to put up with my shit, so i am more than happy to hear other peoples opinions.
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And mine especially on TS! 😛
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Finished by playthrough of Lollipop Chainsaw, I got the bad ending for some reason the game actually isnt to bad, alittle short but is what you expect for a game that RRP’s for 69(But than again GOW3 at release in JB also sold for that =/)
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Well.. that didn’t take long 😛
BOREDOM INDUCED POORLY WRITTEN MINI REVIEW:
So that Krater game on Steam. bought it last night, played it for 30 mins. its pretty damn good on first impression. I’d describe it as a hybrid of Torchlight, Dawn of War 2 & Fallout. Which is a great combination, coz I loved all three of those games.
Its pretty to look at, with the exception of some flickering textures, but I’m sure thats a crossfire issue with my hardware more than anything else. Characters a re varied & detailed.
Dialogue & story has a bit of a sense of humour to it, sort of like Borderlands, but a bit more subdued / subtle.
There seems to be quite a bit of depth to it. according to the games website, ~50 hours of gameplay, different party members to hire & level up. Bit of a loot-fest as well.
So, rather than an arbitrary number out of number score, I’m gonna rate stuff based on what id give the personification of the game for their birthday.
SCORE : A jumping castle.
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Well you sold me to at least check it out, since I enjoyed 2 out of 3 of those immensely, the other 1 I never played
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this is just based in initial impressions. if, after playing more, I think that the game deserves something other than a jumping castle, I’ll update this & give reasons for why its changed.
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This is the best scoring system ever!
Also, this game now has my interest…
Hello you handsome people.
For the benefit of anyone who likes to know stuff in advance (and for those who aren’t playing anything else): Who’s up for some gaems tonight? 😀 We can play Pokemon Online OR iSketch OR something different! Let me know if you’re interested!
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Nobody ever includes me in their greetings. :'(
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Hello Jobless fat and ugly people,
you should do something about 2 of your problems. Fixing ugly takes to long.
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Who’s this guy?
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I’ve never seen a TAYbie who wasn’t handsome….
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I don’t like using the word handsome to describe girls… so I have.
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I quite like being described as handsome. It implies strength and enduring beauty as opposed to the fleeting delicacy of pretty.
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I understand your point, but in my mind, it’s a masculine word and is just as likely to cause offence as not when used to describe a woman… though it does mean the things you said.. As an alternative, I prefer ‘attractive’
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I’m not sure about ‘attractive’. It seems to instantly sexualise it, and being good-looking is not necessarily about sexiness.
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Words are weird.
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They are indeed.
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That’s interesting. Although I agree with you to an extent, I still think that – biologically speaking, at least – the primary purpose of good looks is to attract equally good looking compatible mates, in order to procreate and keep the species going. In that sense, looks and sex are inextricably linked. The word handsome means to me what attractive seems to mean to you: a verbal marker that indicates genetically desirable traits that should be passed on.
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you havent met me :p
#TotallyAverage
#HashtagsforHarli
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Ha Ha. All the Hash tags for Harli.
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Noooooooo. Harli disapproves.
Having only met one taybie IRL, I don’t have enough data on this
Oh stop miss Strange, you’re making me blush! 🙂
*activates head cooling protocols to prevent overheating*
Freyr sent a picture of me to Rocketman from last weekend’s meat. When Rocketman was asked “What does Nobshot look like in real life” his response was “ehhh, pretty average”.
Thanks Rocketmang … I guess 😛
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Sorry, He is super buff and makes me want to splosh everywhere.
That better friend?
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But… C Chords lady killah!
At least he didn’t say “FUCKING UGLY” or “EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL”, the former would’ve been mean and the latter somewhat creepy 😛
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This one time I actually tried to call out to Pants and said “Handsome” instead of his name.
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“CAKE CAKE CAKE”
Bish at some random train station in Sydney CBD into some kids ear. 😛 -
Totally not a real life Creepius…
Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder
I’ll be down :). Pokemons and iSketchies gets my vote (but that’s cause there’s no other options at the moment :P)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 is $15 for the next 24 hours: http://www.mightyape.com.au/product/Xbox-360/Final-Fantasy-XIII-2/19267487/
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I’m not sure if I should thank you for letting me know, or yell at you for adding to my pile of shame…
I think I’ll buy you a box of chocolates, then hit you with it.
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Good compromise.
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I should probably finish Final Fantasy XIII before buying this right?
ahhh well, guess that’s another game to add to my pile-o-shame
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XIII-2 has a movie/cutscene summary of each chapter of XIII
Honestly if you cbfed with XIII then there’s no real point in finishing it first other than fleshing the story (which isn’t that good to begin with :P). Gameplay wise I found XIII-2 to be better 🙂
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The gameplay is only slightly different, though, and I’m yet to notice much of an actual story in FFXIII-2. If you lost interest in the first one, you might well do the same again.
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That’s too expensive!
Must get case …. must get power supply…
How is everyone, by the way?
Anyone else checked out the Internet Explorer 7 “Tax” article on Gizmodo / Lifehacker?
I’m curious as to what other people think about it.
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I assumed it was a joke. If it’s real, I don’t think I like it.
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I’m in favour of a user pays model so I full support that.
There is a bunch of extra work that goes into making things backwards compatible so if people insist on being able to do use your stuff with outdated technology then they need to pay.
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Working in dev, I think it’s:
a) Hilarious
b) AwesomeI’ve wasted SO MANY hours mangling perfectly valid css/js to make it work in IE 6/7.
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I love it. I usually hate Kogan but this is gold.
Although I do believe it should be a “surcharge” not a “tax”
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS PLAYING TAYBIES!
I want to enter this LoL comp but my clanmates are like lawl, LoL.
So yeah I’m trying to organise a team of interested LoL players. This is a Sydney based comp as well. PC’s are provided so no need to bring equipment. Who wants to join me!?
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So wish I could but I’m still not ready for competitive play, I’m getting there, trying to get my full roster of champions that I can use plus appropriate rune pages.
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dude I’m no good but I still really want to enter for the fun of it! It’s all about the fun!
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I like to have fun too, but I don’t like to go into tournaments looking like the fool. I want to prove I can put up a fight like any other who enters. For honour and glory, I shall smite my enemies on the fields of justice! I’m just not ready to do just that yet 😀
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Just select smite as your summoner spell and you are set
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That doesn’t work on champions! 😛
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Will there be a stream to watch the event? I don’t play but I wouldn’t mind watching guys on TAY competing.
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Not sure about that Masha, i’ll find out and let you know closer to date!
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OK.
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Would be keen, but I’m already coming down to Sydney in August and won’t be able to afford another trip.
Also lawl at your clan – I have the same problems trying to get my Dota mates to play LoL.
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Hurr Durr creep denying? Can’t stand those kinds of arguments I get into with others.. seriously, LoL is the playstyle I enjoy, I’m sticking to that. You’ll never get me touching DoTA2 or HoN ever again 🙂
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I do want to start playing Dota 2 more, because I do enjoy their greater variety in champions and abilities. But I’m really enjoying LoL lately though, especially since I’ve started jungling, plus I find the Dota2 U.I hard to get used to.
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Yeah, I think the whole added stress to trying to creep and turret deny the biggest turnoff for me, too much to concentrate on in lane IMHO. I dunno, if I get into practicing with 4 other friends I might get into it. I never got that beta key so, oh well
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I think it’s easier if you started off with those sort of mechanics. i.e. i learnt to moba from dota1. also helps you are always playing in pre-made groups, so much easier to coordinate.
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Agreed, going in solo once in HoN made me terrified to touch it ever again.
I only ever played DoTA for one night, in a very outdated version, where Naix the lifestealer could feast off minion/hero corpses to regen faster than normal
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lol
While we have a LoL thread also:
Don’t know if I’d fork out cash for it, but I like how much effort they’ve not only put into the skin itself, but the release.
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OH… MY… GOD!!!! So getting!
I’m interested.
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w00t! So far it’s you and me, Mawt.
Also Harli – I know you’ve got your feelers all over this sort of thing – are there any similar online tournaments for LoL?
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I think those have a possibility of happening as part of season 2 according to forums.
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Pretty much what Techy said! there could be a lot of smaller under-the-radar type tournaments organised though.
I reckon the taybies should organise a 3v3 round robin tournament, would be fun to watch ;P
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Twisted treeline TAY tournament? I’d be so up for this!
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Do Australian 7-elevens sell LoL RP cards? Cuz I could get three lots of 10$ RP gift cards and those can go to the winning team if that’s the case. I know you can do that in the US (My US buddy gave me a $25 RP code for my bday last year)
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They should do. You could also try your luck with Australia Post, EB, GAME (if you’ve still got one near by), or other vidja ennertainment outlet. The LoL prepaid cards having been showing up alongside the other popular online credits, so maybe even coles/woolworths/etc. not sure if they sell them yet?
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I’ll check it out when I go get my eyes tested this weekend or at least try to. Thanks for the tip
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We would have like 3 teams
I CALL NOBSHOT AND STEVO TEAMMATES
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We might have enough for 4 or maybe even 5 teams if we could have an RP prize for 1st place, with the grand final a best of 5! I could try commentating and recording matches too with one other 😀
Interesting question I just received about Shameless Gaming Month: if you borrowed a game from a friend and finished it, then bought it and didn’t finish it, is it a part of your pile of shame or not?
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No, because you’ve already completed it.
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Depends what you want to do with it 😛
I’ll take something off my pile if I finish it, so if I borrow a game from a friend and finish it then I’d already consider it completed, even if I buy it again.
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No way. That game is done, friend!
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Good to see everyone agrees with my answer 😛
Is there going to be a Kotaku announcement about SGM? I think we should try to make it a big thing here.
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One of these days I’ll go through my 20+ PS3 games and update all of them. I’m sure many of them won’t have any patches or updates but I’m sure some of them do.
At this rate I think my hard drive will fill up fast.
What’s up TAYBIES! I figured I would post this here first 🙂
http://www.alluremedia.com.au/jobs#creative_go_to
It doesn’t really matter if you’re fresh out of uni (everyone needs to start somewhere right??) or you’ve been in the field for a bit and want more of a challenge – the most important skills in this role are a super high attention to detail and willingness to learn and adapt.
TLDR; LET’S WORK TOGETHER YAAYYY.
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Sounds interesting, but I’m more of an artist then a designer.
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As awesome as working with you guys would be, somehow I don’t think my particular talents are suited to that role :p Good luck finding someone.
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This is actually very interesting… Hopefully ‘fresh out of Uni’ includes ‘only doing 1 subject in my final year of Uni’. 😛
I may have to crack out and update the ol’ resume…
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Good luck powalen, you certainly should send it in
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Thanks! I just sent my application in.
This is the most nervous I’ve ever been submitting an online form!
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All the best dude =D
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I can provide a reference for you if you’d like.
I’ll tell them about the time you fought off that invasion of space vampires using your laser beam eyes and then the king of earth gave you like a billion crystals and the deathkiller sword and said you could marry his daughter, if she hadn’t already been kidnapped to the dark dimension dungeon and when you went to rescue her she wasn’t there, because she never existed and it turned out the king of earth was actually the supreme devil god beast who was trying to destroy the world but then you killed him because he already gave you the deathkiller sword and then you were the king of earth.
I’m pretty sure with qualifications like that you’d definitely get it.
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I don’t have any nessesary skills
I can’t spell
I probably would stuff it all up and make the sites look crap
i would post pictures of boobs all the time
I would laugh at marks accent
I hate learning new stuffWhen do i start ?
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Naaaww….I don’t have the skills to pay the necessary bills…
If a job comes up where you need someone to look really busy, but not really do much, I can do that! I think it’s usually called “Manager”, or something like that.
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I could apply for this, since I meet the requirements, I think.. But I don’t live anywhere neaaaaaaaar Sydney =(
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WANT!
Discussion incoming
Reposting from the article about the future of consoles.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/david-jaffe-the-next-generation-of-consoles-will-be-the-last-generation/
Personally I’m not a fan of “streaming” games, least not any time soon in Australia. But digital distribution is only going to grow.
Personally I think the industry should start converging on a standardised hardware platform. Kind of like a steam box. Think optimised PC running something like Windows 8 hooked up to a TV with full support for controllers, wheels, kinects, moves etc
At the end of the day a console is a PC with limited non game capabilities. I predict a single piece of hardware that could be your home PC, your Console, your Home Theatre device, link easily to your tablet and smart phone and connect to all other network devices.
The benefit would be developers and game designers would have a single standardised platform, but I doubt this would ever happen because of the competition in the console market.
I think it’s a utopian solution, ideal but ultimately unreachable.
Thoughts?
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Based on the way portable devices are evolving (it’s a phone, camera, browser, gaming device, etc. etc.), and assuming people will want to continue with that degree of centralised control in a home environment (likely), I’d say it will.
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I forgot to mention: One key point of evidence supporting this is the decline in profits from console sales with the more recent hardware. Sony, for example, lost craploads on the PS3 when it first came out and planned to make it up through games. It’s starting to look beneficial for the Big Three to focus more on software and less on hardware, which is (essentially) the idea of a PC.
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is that a pricing thing though? The PS3 was like $800 when it came out. It’s $250 now…
The blu-ray player was the big sell point back then as a stand alone blu-ray player was $600+ at the same time.
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This is so terribly awkward. I’m more amused than I should be.
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Hahaha that’s hilarious
“Me with ____” and they’re just in the background with his head on the side of the frame 😛
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hahahhahahahaha
Love the hover hand, I have only seen that with chicks in cosplay or celebrities before
I know I’m constantly asking for help (I’m sorry /o\)
But I’m trying to find a tutorial on making lovely handmade birthday invitations.
I can’t find any I really like though.
I would love a hand if anyone has any free time to help me find some appropriate ones.
It’s for Mum’s 60th birthday
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Have you looked on instructables?
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No, I haven’t. It’s difficult though because I keep finding “weddings”
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Take the wedding one and modify it to be a birthday themed one, be creative! =D
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Same skillset though, just different themes. How to make a wedding invitation is the same as how to make a birthday invitation. I made my own wedding invitations, it’s pretty easy. Cool paper, a computer with word processing software, a printer and double-sided tape are all you really need.
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We made our own too. What we ended up with would have cost us almost $1000 if we’d gotten them professionally done.
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Focus on Youtube, and you should find a fair few instructional videos.
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I made this one for my wife for her 30th birthday which she really liked
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU-3kbHuSFELooks a bit complex but is actually fairly easy, the hardest part is making sure you join the flowers up at the right place.
I would highly recommend using cardboard for the main card rather than paper.
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Or you could be looking for invitations in which case this reply would be totally pointless.
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Wow that’s really cool
Totes going to make my future wife that!
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How did I miss that back at the start of June?! Looking under “Related Stories” I see “Why Kotaku Australia Should Never Work With Children… Or Robots”, that made me cry to see the headline! :'( Damn it Darren you make us all look bad!
@Harli
HI HARLI!!!!!!
I’m up for a LOL tournament and am willing to fly down for a couple of days it we get q full team. Count me in!
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* if we get a full team.
Sorry I’m posting from my phone.
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I’m with NobShot, I might be able to rock up from Canberra, if a spot needs filling.
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I COULD PROBABLY ACT AS CHEERLEADER OR SUB IF YOU GUYS NEED IT
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HI THANKS NOBSHOT!
THAT MAKES 3 OF US SO FAR!
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I WILL TOO HARLI
I WAS TRYING TO RESPOND AT WORK BUT IT WASN’T WORKING /O\
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Hi everybody!
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Dear James Mac,
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Kind Regards,
Bish-
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Hey dude, how goes it?
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I’ve… I’ve missed you guys.
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We’ve missed you!
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It’s the nights… the nights have been the worst.
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James Mac! 😀
How are you?
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Trooping along Strange… more importantly, how are you?
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I’m all right.
I do miss you coming in here with your killer stealth one-liners, though.-
But that’s what makes me so good.
My humour can be a bit much if you’re continually exposed to it.
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Well, I don’t only miss the humour side of you, you know. 🙂
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I’ll bet you say that to all the people on the internet.
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Nah, just the James Macs. 😛
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So thanks to Lifehacker posting an article about an app that tracks your music collection and informs you when artists you like are touring in your area I just found out Everclear are playing a local establishment!
Here’s the article in question if anyone was interested.
I want to go home. Someone ring my work with a fake emergency. My long lost evil twin (who is all positive about games) needs a kidney transplant. Yea, that’ll do.
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I can pretend to be your Mum and say you left your lunchbox at home? 😛
@Rize
Is there going to be a Kotaku announcement about SGM? I think we should try to make it a big thing here.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/tell-us-dammit-132/
(in case you haven’t seen it)
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Not sure how it would work or if it is even feasible but had a random idea for this. I remember last year when this happened a large number of people had the same game on their list.
maybe there could be some sort of match-making (typo of t instead of k makes that a very different idea) system where they can discuss/compare/challenge each other or even arrange play-dates for co-op games.Like I said, not sure how it would work but throwing the idea out there
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Yeah I like this idea.
I find myself having more motivation to play something when I can discuss it with others or I’m playing it with others. Not the best way but we could just read each other’s piles (on the article) and find out who’s got similar games, but I’m sure there’s an easier way to do this.
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Announcements will be announced announcing announcements that might announce and announcement about what you’re suggesting :p
I’m rather excited about the things that might happen this year.
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Excellent, everything is proceeding as I have foretold
Also not sure if you saw my other post but another site is howlongtobeat.com which is the backlog site I use
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Had not seen. Thanks for the heads up!
I need some guidance. I read that The Dark Knight Rises has 50 minutes of IMAX footage. I suspect that this footage will be downgraded to ordinary movie stock for ordinary cinema releases… but somewhere I read the word ‘exclusive’ and now I’m confused.
Does anyone know if I’ll be missing out on content if I see DKR in Canberra, or do I need to make the journey to Sydney with a four week old baby in tow? 😛
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I think what they mean is “shot exclusively in IMAX”.
Seeing as 90% of the IMAS scenes are the action scenes, I imagine quite a few people would be annoyed if the movie was all talk.
So no, you won’t miss anything seeing it in normal vision.
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Thanks dude. For some reason, I became convinced that there was an extended cut for IMAX theatres only and was starting to get a little frantic.
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Actually I’ve been meaning to ask you something Shane.Have you seen X-Men First Class? And if so, what did you think?
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Yeah, I saw the first 3 flicks.
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While I think we all can agree that 3 was terrible, did you like them?
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I’d problem recommend checking out First Class then if you get the chance. There are some strong characterisations.
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Check out First Class if you get the chance. The end does get very action movie but the arcs of both Charles and Erik are excellent.
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Ah, I thought it ate that first comment. Also, wow “problem” instead of “probably” Coffee! STAT!
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Thanks, if I get a chance during my time off work, I might just do that! 🙂
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If I remember correctly the opening bank sequence of The Dark Knight was shot in IMAX? All I remember was my mate say this when we were in JB looking and the pretty Bravia engine tv’s whilst showcasing this and remembering how beautiful it looked.
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Holy damn, I remember seeing the 15 minute preview for The Dark Knight at the London IMAX. It was amazingly good.
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Scenes shot in IMAX in The Dark Knight:
1. Bank heist
2. Hong Kong scene
3. Chase scene in Chicago
4. Final fight scene in the skyscraper
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All this talk about the prettiness of the IMAX shots makes me want to watch it again!
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Are they the action scenes? In 2Bat 2Man it was mostly the panoramic scenes I thought (like the sweeping shots of Hong Kong).
I don’t know, I would find a Batmang actual detective movie kind of thrilling.
A murder can happen, and then he can brood about it abit, sip some coffee in his Batcave, and brood a bit more as he detectives his way through a web of lies and old newspaper clippings and poorly lit rooms full of cigarette smoke and bourbon.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy meets Batmang: mostly because Gary Oldman is in both and he is a rad dude.
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Man, how good is Gary OIdman
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Oh man, so good!
I haven’t seen a majority of those movies but he legitimately looks and acts different in most of them.That can’t be said for many “actors” these days…
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“Drewski
Don’t forget Reznov!”
Hahahahahahaha, but yeah, Reznov was totally a bro, too.
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I would love it if Gary Oldman took up the cowl.
Like, that would be seven thousand types of amazing.
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You know who else is awesome? Michael Sheen.
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It’s interesting, IMAX have a real branding problem at the moment. There’s the specific theatres, designed with massive screens, that we all know as IMAX’s. But they have both Camera’s designed for them(thus the appearance of terms like “shot in IMAX” or similar), but they’ve also got a range of licensed digital projectors, which have allowed a whole bunch of smaller cinemas to claim that they’re “IMAX” without actually being, well, IMAX.
HI FRONDS!
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HI CAKEMON!
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A WILD CAKETROLL APPEARS
FLEE
FLEE
FLEEEEE-
/kick Greenius
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*moves channel and cries*
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Crying in your shower channel, eh?
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IT WAS GOOD
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…ius.
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Nah, it’s cool, he beat me fair and square.
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How was your shower, Greenius?
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Heya!
So I never really used Steam until earlier this year and I keep hearing about these “Summer Sales”. What are they like? Would I expect individual games/series to go 75% off or would it be more collections/bundles (similar to Publisher deals) that have a whole bunch of games for really cheap, or both? I have about ~$50 or so in my PayPal balance and I’m wondering whether I should add more or not.
I’m mainly interested in PC only games that I may have missed out on (Witcher, Witcher 2) or just anything that’s cheap. Are decent games like them expected to drop or is it really just older titles? Also when would these sales hit? July?
Lotsa questions but thanks in advance :). This really isn’t helping me reduce my pile…
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The thing with Summer Sales is that you never know what to expect.
Anything could happen! ANYTHING!
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This. But expect a lot of publisher deals, full collections for <$100 stuff like that. And yeah, mid summer in the US so probably July sometime!
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Steam Summer Sales usually cause my wallet to take a severe hammering.
Based on what happened last year, It was publishers catalogues all x% off for the duration of the sale, with random titles discounted further each day.
Also some random games discounted that werent part of any particular catalogue.as for start date, usually the first week of July.
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Ooooh….SHEEEEEEEEET.
Summer sale is coming up.
Prepare your wallets.
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Worst timing for Shameless Gaming Month 😛
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Yeah, this is going to get interesting 😀
Also, possibly the best time for shameless gaming, for those who want an extra challenge? (not me)
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Yup but I made it July so I’m committing to July.
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Damn… looks like I’ll need way more money! Those publisher deals seem really good but I’ll never play half of those games. Can you gift unwanted games or is it considered a package?
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but I’ll never play half of those games
Wait… what’s your point?
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Did you really need to quote something I just said above?
(a reference to something no one will remember)
But… I like to play the games I buy! Or at least that’s what I tell myself… staring at them can be just as fun.
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but to answer your question no you can’t gift the ones you don’t want or already have (unless is says otherwise like the indie potato bundle just released)
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Generally last week of June-first week of July.
The Steam sales is how my collection started. Before that there was only like 10 games on my Steam account.
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It’s a bit of all of those things.
Publishers will drop their entire catalogue or specific franchises heavily for perhaps a day or two, but most publishers have in the past offered a % off for the duration as well. Last sale, the first witcher got to $2.50
for 50 you’ll be able to get a bunch of great titles.
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http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd405/WNxTigerion/Steam.png
The basic way sales have worked recently is that almost the full catalogue will be on sale, probably around 25% – 50% off
They they will run daily deals where around 10 games would be on sale for 24 hrs only with a countdown. What I have found is that if you are planning on buying games wait until the last day and get everything you want otherwise the moment you buy it at 50% off it will pop up on the daily deal for 75% off the next day.
There is also generally packs on sale which if you are new to steam can be great value, like the THQ complete pack which contains almost 20 games from THQ which will be down to about $50.Recently they have also been running competition type stuff (tickets last summer, coal over christmas) where you can gain achievements that give you a ticket that can be redemmeed for prizes (DLC, games cosmetic items). Possibly a chance to win grand prize as per christmas which was winning the entire steam catalogue.
But for those specific items I would expect you to be able to pick them both up (certainly witcher 1) for around 75% off as a daily deal.
Hey TAYbies sorry for the spam but it’s a good deal and I thought I’ll help y’all out.
http://dicksmith.com.au/product/YG5400WEB4/
Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Console + Kinect Sports + 3 Month Live Gold Card for $199 + $9.95 shipping (it’s online only). Before this the cheapest I’ve ever seen the Xbox was $149 last year during boxing day sales and that was just the 4GB. The extras seem more than $50 worth so it’s definitely the cheapest deal I’ve seen 🙂
It’s very tempting to upgrade my fat launch model that’s on the verge of breaking down but I rarely play it anyway so there’s no point. Hopefully one of youse can benefit from it 😀
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That is really cheap. I am sorely tempted, just for the Kinect and wireless capability. But I still have no money so will have to let it go. Thanks anyway – that is a really nice deal!
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Says out of stock now…
Also isn’t 4GB really bad? Sounds like bugger all space for XBL downloads and games that require extra installs.
So, looking into Pile of Shame assisting sites, and the two that have caught my attention are Backloggery and HowLongToBeat. Anyone got any thoughts/opinions about either one?
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Backloggery is a pain in the ass to manage your collection. I tried using them and have been rather disheartened.
Considering Darkadia but I haven’t had a chance to muck about with it to see if it works for the purposes that I have in mind.
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There was some discussion on it a few pages back and Trjn found 2 other ones (can’t remember their names). I’ve looked at both of the ones you’ve mentioned but only signed up to BackLoggery. Only problem I have with it is that you have to individually enter each one in which can be a hassle. But then again if Cakesmith can do it then ANYONE can do it 😛
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Yeah, my biggest concern is the lack of automation with the currently available options. If I had the capability, I would get a website up and running that had as much automation as possible.
A good example of this would be something that hooks into you Xbox account to grab info on achievements (somewhat of a method to track progress for the average game) which could do so without Xbox account credentials. Obviously there are limitations to this, I’m just using it as an example.-
I think Raptr has something along those lines but I’m not familiar with it and it seems a little… much? I’m not sure. I want a site where you can track what you’re doing, not a site that tracks you.
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I just played about with Darkadia and it looks like it might be exactly what I’m after. Search for a game, mark it as owned. It goes to your library, where you can say what platforms you own it on, if you’ve played it, it’s unplayed or you’re playing it. Most importantly, you can mark as finished or unfinished.
Simple. Elegant. Shareable.
This is the benchmark. If anyone else can find something that is better than this, let me know. I’m going to keep mucking about with it and try out some other sites.
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See that’s good and everything, but IMO you can be ‘done’ with a game without ‘finishing’ it and vice-versa. Which was the basis of the ‘goal-based’ idea I had. Set your expectations for what you want to do with a game and track yourself against that, not uncountable arbitrary terms like whether you’ve ‘finished’ it.
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More options than finished/unfinished would be nice. Having just a simple thing like this is very nice though. You can put your definition of what you’ve done to finish the game in the notes section.
I’m thinking simple is more important than precise at the moment. I will be trying to get participants to join one of these sites so that we can all share what we’re doing in a way that is consistent.
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I prefer howlong to beat and had a bit of a gush about it here
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-163/comment-page-6/#comment-712055The time to complete and the overall number it assigns your backlog was a big draw for me, as was the time ratings for different playstyles (main quest, speed run, 100%)
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I’m definitely checking it out. Just worried that might be a bit intimidating to most people. Hard to draw that line.
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Yeah I know what you mean. Having a look at darkadia it is very much style over substance.
However what it does (these are my games, these are the ones I’m playing, these are the ones I finished, this is my pile of shame) it does very well.
Which could be all you need. Signed up and started adding immediately, but I would say it would probably take about the same amount of time as hltb once you get past the first round of popular ones you select and are having to search for each game individually. but certainly much nicer to look at.-
That’s pretty much while it appeals to me.
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I use howlongtobeat for my purchasing decisions. I usually like to know long a game is before I buy it. I’ve never signed up though I only browse it, so I don’t know how it works on the back end.
So I just checked out the LoL website and holy ^&$* that Pulsefire Ezreal skin.
Jesus, I knew they said they were going to make the skin amazing but I didn’t think it would be this amazing. DAY 1 PURCHASE!!!!!
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its 25 bucks, Its pretty expensive for a skin :/ I wish they would make a lux one like that. 🙁
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It’s the standard price of a Legendary skin (except it is 1000x better then every other legendary skin) and for the first 4 days after release it’s going to be 1/2 the price of a Legendary skin.
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Astronaut Teemo.
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$25 for a single skin!? WHOA
No idea what normal Ezreal (I assume that’s his name) looks like but I did see this skin for some sad mummy guy and he was all robot like and had emoticons (^_^ xD etc.) flying around him. I assumed skins would just be basic palette swaps but it’s cool how they change the moves as well. I now get the appeal of LoL skins 😀
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Well there are the cheap ones that just change the colour pallet of a champion. But these are legendary skins, pretty much the champion completely remade on the artistic level and sound level all the way up to the voice acting. His skills and stats are the same, always are for any skin
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Golden Alistar is best skin.
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He’s basically your skin now xD
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I can’t stop watching that video… I want that so so bad! It’s the main reason I got Ezreal and tried to learn him. After seeing Steve-O do a good AP Ez I might try that instead of AD
Day 1 Purchase for me too!
The thing that annoys me about skins in this game is that the resolution and model detail is so low that sometimes you end up a few pixels of different colour. Hardly worth it.
Give me LOL with diablo 3 style graphics and I’ll be in heaven.
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I’m sure the summoner’s rift map update was a step in the right direction in that regard. Same with the Ashe art and model remake too.
So I feel like Running this INTER TAY LoL Tournement
I think the fairest way to do it is to group people with similar skills and group them all up. Then at random (pulled from a hat i guess) group 3 people up. Once everyone has a team i will make a round robin draw up so that everyone knows who they are playing and when. Then once everyone has played each other at least 2-3 times whoever has the most wins can play a best of 5 match and whoever wins that will win a prize of some RP or another prize that i can think of.
If you are interested please inform me, i might even see if any non TAYbies in the community want to join SOUND GOOD?
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I’ll put my name down for it. Although if people are intimidated by my wins number (in all honesty most of you guys are probably better then me) I wouldn’t mind putting my hand up for some shoutcasting instead.
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Aw man, I sounded like an complete twat then. I should have chosen my words better /o\
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If you, stevo, faction and mawt all want to play, you guys can be teamed up with others. I am not gonna group everyone together like that.
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Says the guy who wanted Nobshot AND Steve-O on his team 😛
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We should have somebody who can record these for others to see, not necessarily streamed but able to be VOD’d so that all of TAY can enjoy this, not just the ones playing.
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Oh yeah, and count me in too
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I’ll have LoL Replay going. I wonder if it works in conjunction with Spectator mode?
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We should test it tonight, I’ll make a custom
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I can probably fraps most games and upload them to youtube. I do have the full version, the problem is anybody who will want to watch these games will be the people who are in them
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And? I’m sure everybody in the tournament would want to see it
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Sure count me in.
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If you need to handicap a team count me in
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Any skill level is welcome human 🙂
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IF YOU NEED MORE NUMBERS TO ROUND OFF THE TEAM, MY AXE IS UP FOR GRABS HUR HUR!!!
Also this would be awesome, omg i would totes make a highlights vid for this.
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I wouldn’t mind having a game. I’m ok but haven’t put too much time into it. I think I’m level 12 or something
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I’m in, like a hotdog down a mixed metaphor.
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I’d be in 🙂
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I WILL
Man, I really want to apply for that Allure job!!!
But I think my shitty full week job will still pay more than an awesome part time one 🙁
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Listen to your heart when its calling to you, listen to your heart when there’s nothing else you can do, I don’t know where your going and i don’t know why, listen to your heart before it tells you good buy
DROP THE BASS
WUBWUWBUWBUWBWUBWUBWUWBWUBWUBWUBWUWBSeriously though, do whatever makes you happy. If you do get it you can finally update the TAY picture to something that doesn’t make me want to rip the heads of crickets.
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I listened to my heart.
It told be Bubdub…bubdub…bubdub…bubdub
It’s a nice message, but the guy’s kinda persistent at it.
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Sadly there’s more to it than just doing what makes you happy.
I loved working at the animation studio and doing design work and other random, awesome jobs like attending voice recording sessions.
But when it was done I was in a mess financially.
If I got the job, I could be losing almost half my wage.
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Can you request part-time in your current job and work 2x part-time?
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Sorry mr What, i can’t really help you there. You gotta look at all the facts and see what would be best for you in the end. GOOD LUCK
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After watching Prometheus last week I decided to watch the Alien movies this week (well, actually, I put on Predators to watch, because I’ve never seen it, and there was an ad for the Alien blu-ray set so I was all “I’m gonna watch Alien!”).
Some spoilers for those people living under a rock who haven’t seen these
Alien – Still holds up. Still looks glorious on blu-ray. Not much else needs to be said about this one. (Watched the 2003 director’s cut)
Aliens – Still an awesome action movie. Hudson is one of the greatest characters ever written. My personal favourite of the series. (watched the 1990 special edition)
Alien 3 – Haters gonna hate, this actually isn’t THAT bad. Sure, it’s flawed as hell story-wise, but the art direction, the lighting, the cinematography is all amazing. The stedicam alien POV shots are brilliant. I would love to see David Fincher remake this film today with all of the creative control he wants. (Watched the 2003 assembly cut)
Alien Resurrection – I said on Twitter last night that the first half of this movie wasn’t as bad as I remembered. Joss Whedon’s dialogue is there. The film wants to set up these characters. Then the aliens break loose and Jean-Pierre Jeunet derails the thing. In the original Alien you only ever see the alien kill Kane and Brett. All the other characters are implied deaths (Dallas, who if you watch the directors cut you find out his fate in a later scene) or the bodies are stumbled upon by other characters and it works! In AR however, you see every single little detail, of every single kill (with a couple of exceptions). It’s violent for the sake of being violent. And then there is the new born. In the script it is described as a pure savage killing machine. In the film it is shown to be an empathetic creature who just wants to be loved by mummy.
In the film Ripley begins as a dark, almost sinister character. You don’t know how much of her psyche is intact, and you’re unsure of where her true loyalties lie. The problem is that, as opposed to the script, in the film Ripley ends up in pretty much the same place character-wise. The connection she feels toward the new born, the fact that she’s crying and apparently pained to witness its destruction at the end leave questions of just what the fuck is going on with her character. However, in the script Ripley starts out even more dark and questionable and monstrous, but through the course of the plot she actually changes. She makes a choice as to which part of her heritage she sides with, fully embraces her fledgling humanity, and rejects the “beast” inside her as well as the new born. There is no imprinting, no motherly instinct. It sees Ripley as nothing more than its next meal, and she sees it as just another alien posing a threat to humanity that needs to be destroyed. (Watched the 2003 special edition)
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GET AWAY FROM HER YOU BITCH
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Don’t hate me, but I’ve only seen the first one and ten minutes of the second.
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The second movie is a slow burn. You’re over an hour into the movie before the aliens even show up. It’s well worth watching. Chuck it on the pile of things to potentially watch when you have time off 😛
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Fully agree with your assessment of all of the movies… I believe 3 is misunderstood because I think it’s very well put together… Well the directors cut anyway not the theatrical cut
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I have the Blu-Ray set but have only watched Alien so far. I’ve seen them all once, generally at around release time. Really loved the quality of Alien on Blu-Ray. Really incredible. Keen to watch the other three actually. Nice to see some positive things being said.
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I’ve always liked Resurrection. But then, Aliens is the only other one I’ve seen.
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So I shouldn’t be mentioning that I’ve never seen any of these movies?
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Who has seen Prometheus? I saw it last week and honestly I walked away thinking “MEH”.
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YOU’RE DEAD TO ME!
*runs away crying*
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So I just found this on YouTube (full concert of Slash & The Conspirators from New York the other month pro shot) good to see about 5 new songs from the album played live! Good mix of songs from all the Slash stuff.
Did anyone catch “Life’s Too Short”?
Liam Neeson attempting improv comedy: “I have contracted aids. I’m riddled with it.”
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It was brilliant.
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HA! Too good!
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Oh, that clip is so bloody good 🙂
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I wasn’t crazy about the rest of the episode, though it was all right, but this clip was totally fantastic.
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It’s a funny clip. He’s got an epic voice too 🙂
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Ha Ha. Life’s too short is a brilliant series. I cant wait for a new season next year.
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Why have I never heard of this show before? That clip was gold!
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Watch it ASAP. There’s only one season so far with 7 episodes. You should be able to watch the whole thing in a day or a weekend.
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Ha Ha! Oh, Dilbert:
http://www.dilbert.com/strips/comic/2012-06-13/
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I really need to start reading dilbert again. It seems to lose some of it’s appeal once you become the boss though 😉
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It loses all appeal once you realise what a tool Scott Adams is.
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Didn’t want to know this. Will now proceed to unread it.
There, that’s better.
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You read it, you can’t unread it!
I like Dilbert, even though Scott Adams is definitely a tool. The cartoon series was pretty decent and the comics occasionally provide a mild chuckle. Nothing worth going out of your way to enjoy though. Just something that’s there and doesn’t necessarily suck.
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That gave me a good laugh 😀
Had a quick look at Darkadia. I’ve seen that bookshelf layout around before, so I guess a few people use it 😛
Not sure how it’ll go with handling people with a library like mine (on Steam, if I only count non-indie games, that’s about 300), let alone Cakesmith (approximately EVERYTHING).
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It uses the Giant Bomb wiki database thingy, which is about as comprehensive a games library as I can find.
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Just realised I wasn’t very specific 😛
What I meant was, it’s a nice way to display games, but if you have a huge list, it kinda defeats that idea.
From what I’ve seen with playing around with it, it’s pretty nice through. I love how easy it is to add games.
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Only issue I have with it so far is the lack of community focus. Could be that I haven’t looked hard enough, but it seems to be very focused on the individual, and then you can share you profile link with people.
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I added a few of mine and it just seems to add new pages that you slide between.
http://darkadia.com/member/Tigerion/library-
Not bad. A list view would be nice though.
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I just added 129 games, apparently. Took around 5 minutes, cause I just expanded the “most popular” list to full.
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So it’s basically just a collection manager then?
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Yes.
A communal aspect would be nice. Being able to add people as friends, get updates when they make changes to their collection. That might be a little much to ask though. Being able to form groups would be right out, but rather excellent.
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Even just a friends list for easy navigation would work well.
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I don’t see why you’d bother making a site without those features. No one will use it for more than a week or two.
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Can we get a link? *too lazy to look*
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Thanks, will post when done
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I was gonna go get myself a coffee this morning, get up all early and such. Have breakfast someplace. But I didnt got to bed till 5:30am then when I hit my snooze button at 7:30 I didnt wake up till 1:30. And I still dont have my coffee, such a waste.
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I have not slept since my 1 hour nap yesterday. Audit exam killed me. Now i’m deciding whether I should have a nap before my basketball match later /o\
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You’re lying.
*Ba dum tish*
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Well if you check my post on page 8 from last night, you would know that I spent the night going over accounting standards.
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knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-cake-is-a-lie
😉
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My life is a lie =(
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Life full of lies?
http://www.gamesprays.com/images/icons/Thumbnail_icon264_sm.jpg
Old memes are fun.
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Where is everyone?
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Working
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Sad but true…. =(
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Over there, having a party, without us.
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They don’t like nerds, i would let you in but you would ruin my cool kid rep. Nothing personal.
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That’s cool. I’m used to it.
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So! What’s new guys?
Anything going on that I may have missed? And Community Playdates?
Any meats in planning or stories that need told?
Anything you think is relevant or stuff you think isn’t anyway, post underneath or email me and we’ll read it out on Potaku!
Think of it like a seperate Community Kudos if you will!
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Also: Listen to Potaku!
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My, that is a sweet-ass looking website. Also Rocketman is planning a kotaku 3v3 LoL tournament and Harli wanted to compete in an official tournament.
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Pyrean and Gorzy are planning a house-warming meat for their bachelor pad, I will be in Sydney August 8th and hope to meat up with peeps, Shane is welcoming a new edition to his family and I want to say hi to
Strange and BishStrish! (Bange?)
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*uses crickets chirping sound effect again*
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I want you to tell Bishy on Potaku that I said “Hi!”. 😛
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DONE!
On one condition! You listen to the first two episodes!
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Wait! I’ve listened to the first two! You should tell Strange that I said “Hi!”!
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…I’ll get around to it eventually. 🙂
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I have SO many sound effects!
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Do you have a toilet flushing? All podcasts should have toilet flush sound effects.
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With the exception of the E3 HYPE TRAAAAAIN I find sound effects in podcasts get overdone and get really old, really fast.
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Our playdate for Uncharted last night went well, we played some online team deathmatches (getting slaughtered) and some closed matches (where I definitely got slaughtered). We also played 2 levels of the Adventure.
I’d love to try a Space Marine playdate, as now it’s on PS+ a bunch of people should have access to it.
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I also want to know how Dr. Nic’s salmon smoking went on the weekend. Not sure if he even listens to Potaku but he promised to let me know! 😛
So I’m good at preparing for this shameless gaming month. Today I bought 2 new games \o/
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Don’t worry. Last year, one of the games I finished (Alice: Madness Returns) was purchased a few days before I decided to make SGM a thing. The package arrived from ozgameshop mid-month.
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One of the games was Soul Calibur V, so that’s not really a game I’m interested in playing through the single player of heh.
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Don’t worry Cakesmith, over the course of SGM last year I reduced my pile of shame by… -16 games? Or was it -14? Something like that. Pretty abysmal, given I did actually finish two games…
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You’re better at this than me, I only got the one (On the plus side I still have a list half your size)
Taking bets now: will my new graphics card & PC case arrive tomorrow in time for the weekend or will it annoy the crap out of me by arriving on Monday like usual?
Coming from Melbourne (Mulgrave) to Melbourne (Southbank) via Australian Air Express.
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$5 says Monday
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I’m expecting Monday as well.
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Will be pushed from the back of the plane and come crashing through your roof at 4:08 pm tomorrow
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$5 on Tuesday.
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My phone doesn’t know the word “Pokemon”. Instead, it suggests “Poemmon”.
Words cannot express my disappoint, phone.
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Maybe you need to train your phone some more?
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Maybe it needs to be a higher level?
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Maybe your dictionary needs to evolve with the times?
Can you think of any more?
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These puns are Onixceptable.
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You’re just Krabby because your phone is full of Houndoom and Gloom
(3 for the price of 1)
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Absol-utely terrible.
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I’m sorry /o\ I really Muk’d this up didn’t I
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Haha, I kid. No Shaymin Pokemon puns!
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Oh good, for a minute there you were acting a bit Oddish
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This is trubbish
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Look out Bish, we got ourselves a copy-caterpie
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Me, not appreciating puns? Pokemon puns? You should have known. It was a little Farfetch’d.
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These puns are a Meowthful.
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Don’t go Slaking off
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But it’s Eeveening! There’s nothing to do but relax!
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Don’t forget to Gulpin down some food too
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Morning! Still a bit Drowzee /o\
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…your pokemon references are evolving?
When I search up “Poemmon” in Google it suggests “Pokemon”. I’m proud of you, Google. Have a poffin.
Ruh-roh comments are being silently gobbled again
Been listening to Potaku Ep 2 again this afternoon. RE: Assassin’s Creed discussion.
I have only played 1 & 2, so maybe I’m wrong, but I think I recall, or someone was telling me about Brotherhood or Revelations, that Desmond starts having more frequent flashbacks/waking dreams, which was touched on just a little in AC2. My understanding was that Desmond starts being able to tap into the memories of his ancestors much more easily. So maybe in AC3 Desmond doesn’t need/use the Animus anymore? From memory AC1 touched on there being other test subjects, so maybe one of those is tapping into the memories of this female assassin?
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I haven’t listened to Potaku (can’t get it thru itunes on my ipad yet) but assuming you’re talking about the assassin in the upcoming Vita game, Ubisoft have said that Liberation is not told from Desmond’s perspective so she’s probably not one of his ancestors.
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Aveline won’t be a descendant of Connor/Ezio/Altair.
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What this guy said.
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Just to be pedantic: she could still be an ancestor of Desmond without being a descendent of Ezio or Altair – she’s contemporary with Connor so there’s nothing stopping them hooking up, or any of her descendants. However Ubisoft says her game isn’t from Desmond’s perspective. Maybe Subject 17?
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I was gonna suggest this.
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Didn’t they also say she is not a Desmond ancestor?
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NERD RAGE!!! Desmond is subject 17, your thinking of 16 who we met in Revelations but was mentioned in AC1 (wrote on the walls) and was behind the glyph puzzels in AC2 and Brotherhood.
But yes Avaline has no relation to Desmond. They may not even have an animus in the story for her, but I doubt it.
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My Assassin’s Creed prediction: You’re actually playing as one of Desmond’s descendants who’s hooked into an animus and is looking back at Desmond’s life.
Maybe that sort of “twist” is too obvious and cliche but I think they’ll do it.
> ping -6 facebook.com
Pinging facebook.com [2a03:2880:10:1f02:face:b00c:0:25] with 32 bytes of data:
I see what you did there
HAY!
Another shout out for any questions you want asked or announcements you want made on tonights Potaku!
Looks like we’ll be announcing a PS3 Space Marine playdate. Any days suite people better!?
Any 360 games you wanna play online next week?
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Suite? Yes. That’s the word I meant.
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I just want you to submit the feed to the iTunes Store 🙁
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Submited and pending! \o/
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“Dear Podcast Owner
Your podcast feed, [ http://potaku.podbean.com/feed/ ] was successfully added and is now under review.
Sincerely,
The iTunes Store Team”
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NICE
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I’m down for Space Marine from the 21st onwards 😛
(that’s when my exams end and I’ll buy it)
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It’s free for all PS+ subscribers!
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By buy it I mean buy PS+ 😛
Not a subscriber yet! If you do want to play during the week I could just buy it whenever 🙂
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I’d so be up for a 360 Space Marine playdate, either that or SPEEEEEED HALOOOOOOO
@Shane
I hope you noticed that the Potaku site has an RSS feed! THAT WAS ALL FOR YOU!
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LIKE! +1
SUBSCRIBE
Ola from Sintra, Portugal!
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What are you doing in Portugal, HotDamn!?
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Hi Strange!
I’m on holiday with my ladyfan. 2 weeks traipsing around the UK, now a week here in Portugal and then off to France for a spell. Fun times. 🙂
Hope you and the rest of the AU gang here are well. I’m reliant on wifi, so my access is limited.
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Oh, sounds fantastic. Have fun! 🙂
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Just finished Potaku ep 2 (loves it) and thought I heard something about more discussion after the featured song in the first episode and was like ‘Oh, I never finished the last 10 minutes’. So went and tracked it down (not on SoundCloud anymore?) and there was totally no more discussion? Where are my hidden-track extra bonus DLC comments?! Maybe I misheard haha :S
Meanwhile I wasn’t as sold on the Portal song when I finished the game – funny and all but not an amazing specimen of video game music. Anyway that’s probably been discussed already.
Liking the whole Potaku initiative – keep it up please! (great listening to make work a little less boring for one hour)
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There was some talk of “nailing it” at the end of Potaku 1. That’s pretty much it.
Glad you’re enjoying the show!
Tonights potaku will be about video games and Hollywood. And storys or trivia?
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movie to game or game to movie or random easter eggs?
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The greatest ever video game representation in movies was in city hunter.
Soooo, I was buying a new pair of work shoes this evening, and the girl running up the transaction started hitting on me and I was kinda like “that’s nice” and was a bit freaked out and it was awkward.
And that’s my story, I didn’t even find $10 – I actually ended up spending money.
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Dames, what can you say. She has only just started hitting on you and already costing you money
http://darkadia.com/member/Virus__/library
So I filled out a Darkadia thingo of my unfinished & finished games!
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I like the bookshelf concept of displaying games.
Also, is And yet it moves a good game? I’ve always been curious about it.
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From what I remember it was alright.. Was something I played at TAFE mostly, that humble indie bundle was well worth what I paid for the amount of time I wasted with it at TAFE haha.
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I tried to reply to this ages ago but The Reply Button must have been hungry.
Anyway, all I said was “I didn’t like it very much”.
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well, as it stands now though its a bit conditional. only put in current gen consoles & pc stuff & of that I’ve totally forgotten a hep of games that I own… I’ll get back to it at some point I suppose, but til then, I;ve got to do something about these 69* unfinished games i’ve got listed…*teehehe
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What is with the box sizes. Does the site do that automatically? Because it looks weird when one box is taller, another is wider etc.
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http://darkadia.com/member/NegativeZero/library gave up after I ran out of stuff that was coming up in the first 250 or so entries in each category, cbf manually searching. That’s only about half my current-gen collection I suspect.
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@Powalen (is that right?) any pokemans happening tonight??
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Well that was the plan. I was hoping to get a couple more people though. It’s just Me, You and Greenius at the moment. Anybody else keen for some Pokemon Online? (The other option is iSketch if the majority prefer)
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I’ll jump in, what server?
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Also, are we getting on Teamspeak?
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If its TS i still need the info, rocketman hasnt quiet gotten back to me with it yet.
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There’s in game chat. I don’t even have a mic, I just use TS to listen.
I’m on it now but just talking to the other TAYbies
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creepius
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Not Unova unless one of you guys was mistressbitch :/
Awks…
So I joined and immediately left when I didn’t see a Powalen or NovaCascade
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The ‘Ever Grande City’ server looks empty. Cool? I’ll be there in a little bit so you guys can get started if you want.
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Alright I’m in there now 🙂
Will await youse
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What do I need to do to play?
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The program from the site (pokemon-online.eu if I recall)
Then just pick a server and you’re good to go 😀
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Eh, as stupid as it sounds I’ve changed my mind about playing tonight. Sorry! I’m not too good with battling anyway.
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Neither am I!
It’s more about luck and just knowing which types are super effective against the other. The mode we play gives you 6 random Pokemon with random levels and moves. A whole lot of fun 🙂
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Boooo!
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FINE. I’ll be there soon or something. :p
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Hi Farts!
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hi greenman
I’m watching Heston’s Feast on SBS, and he keeps saying cocks & balls.. I am concerned.
Heh heh.
I get it. 🙂
HI TAY
I am a little stressed about my “get into surgery” interview this weekend. Kind of regretting going to the Meat last weekend because I did like NO study for my interview and minimal practice :/
I JUST WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW BECAUSE AT THIS RATE I WILL BE STUCK AT THIS LEVEL OF DOCTORINESS FOREVER.
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I DOUBT THAT YOU WILL BE STUCK AT THAT LEVEL FOREVER, AND EVEN IF YOU DON’T GET IN THIS TIME, THE SURGERY CLIQUE IS NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TO GET INTO, SO IF YOU GET IN IT’S AMAZING, AND IF NOT, THEN IT’S NOT THAT BAD.
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I am sure you will be fine! All the best. So how do you study for an interview exactly? Something I am rather unfamiliar with /o\
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G’luck Farts I’m sure you’ll be fine! 😀
I would say something like “better work hard and study” but that would be very hypocritcal of me 😛 (I have an exam I know nothing for in a few days and I haven’t studied yet). Best work ethic
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I accept no blame for this.
OK, TAY keeps eating my posts. 😛 Let’s try this ONE more time…
Thanks to Greenius, Nova, CJ, Mawt and Alexpants for the awesome Poké-battles tonight. ‘Twas a lot of fun! For those interested in joining us in the future, download the client here: http://www.pokemon-online.eu (No competitive knowledge required!). The more the merrier!
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It’s good fun guys and you pretty much need no knowledge of the Pokeverse!
The mode we play is random Pokemon, random levels, random moves. Most of it is just luck based rather than skills 🙂 (except I totally had the
luckskills tonight!)-
No, you had it right the first time. You totally had the luck tonight.
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All I have is toxic! Fear me!
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WHY WON’T TAY REFRESH
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Nocturnal self touching, clearly, Freyr.
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Sorry…
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Hahahaha….darknesssssss….
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Morning TAY, hope you all have a better start to the day then I am. (wake up you lazy….)
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Hi CJ! How goes things?
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Better now I’ve jacked up on caffeine and it was 5 degrees warmer this morning too
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HI AEF
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Hmm…
Hi AEF CJ~<2+2=4 Lt. Colonel Mustard
Close enough?
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Yup
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Wife and I went to see Missy Higgins last night. It was my Mother’s Day/baby-birth present to her. We had front row centre tickets, and we were so close we could almost see up Missy’s dress (well, not really, but we were close was the point I was trying to make).
I’ve always been on the fence about her music, neither disliking nor particularly liking it, but I really enjoyed the show. I’d hand in a man card, but I’ve long since run out of them.
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Shes pretty okay, her voice is a little annoying at times. But her music is still not terrible. You can keep your man cards.
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Thanks. Want a hug?
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Eh, I’ve always liked Missy Higgins. I don’t give a flying fuck if folks thinks that’s unmanly. What do I care? 😛 I remember hearing The Sound of White album over a sound system at a shopping centre and I wandered aimlessly listening to the entire thing.
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(Excuse the language. :P)
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Some people might consider taking away a man-card for that. 😛
Also, where do you live? I’m totally getting Mr. Strange to pick you up for the next BrisMeat….
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Good luck with that. I’m so damn anti-social even the three friends I’ve managed to keep since Uni don’t know where I live. 😛
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Is it over there? *points generally northwards*
I think I’m right.
Do I get a prize?
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You’re onto me. That’s my cue to leave and never come back. 😛
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But I don’t have any friends. 🙁
I need you to be my friend. I won’t even make you talk to me! 😛
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No talking: the foundation for the strongest of friendships! 😀
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\o/
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Man-cards are over-rated. If I was single I’d likely go for the guy with the least man-cards, anyway. 😛
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I hear this a lot.
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Meant to add that I agree, and I like not feeling constrained by some arbitrary set of rules. I feel like I would be missing out on a lot of great stuff if I let the expectations of ‘man behaviour’ to influence my decisions.
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And this is why you’re awesome, Shaneasaurus.
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I’m comfortable with who I am most of the time. Man-cards are great as a joke to show that you’re aware that what you’re comfortable with goes against what is expected or for poking fun at a friend.
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Yep, they’re a frequent joke in the Walsh-Smith house.
My brother lives by the Man Card policy. When I tried to convince him that Gilmore Girls is a really well-written show and is ridiculously funny, he looked down his nose and raised one eyebrow like there was no way that could be true for a man, and almost as if I was letting down the entire fraternity. He just didn’t get it, and wouldn’t even try it, for fear that even accidental exposure would threaten his manhood. Long story short, he’s missing out and I feel bad for him.
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Been there, man. I remember defending my love of the show Felicity in high school. It was before Lost, before Alias and before Star Trek but it was still J.J. Abrams writing. Any one judging it on the title is missing out.
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I really liked season one of Felicity, but lost interest wicked fast in season 2, never went back.
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You’re missing out, man. You’re missing out. 😛 Tell me you atleast saw the high concept Twilight Zone episode?
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I loved both of those shows and even girls looked down on me for it.
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People paid me out for watching Buffy too. People are fucking idiots. 😛
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Such snappy dialogue!
I wasn’t too keen on all of the relationship stuff but I did love the dialogue and character interactions in that show.
I’ve had issues trying to get people to watch The Princess Bride and Dr Strangelove simply because of the names.
Yeah, if you can’t live for yourself than what’s the point?
Hear that Blaghs? All you need to do is break up Strange’s marriage and you have a shot with someone!
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Heh. My marriage is unbreakable, Mr. Strange is stuck with me forever. 😛
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Would you necessarily be opposed to a cloning procedure?
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POTAKU IS ON iTUNES!
http://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/potaku/id536107020
Feel free to rate it as being awesomely awesome and stuff!
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\o/
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Excellent! This will make everything much easier.
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Downroading on my iPad right now. I know what I’m doing on the way to/from work today.
Good morning everyone. I’ll be leaving to go to the airport in a few minutes and wanted to drop in and say Farewell. I’ll miss you all while I’m away. I’ll see you all in a month. Stay awesome (not hard for you)
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Aww, have fun. Don’t forget to take notes so you can give us a write-up when you get back!
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Yes! I haven’t seen a giant Nova post since our Xenoblade discussions.
Have fun Novahkiin!
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Have a good time, man.
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Might be too late, but BAI HAVE FUN
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Enjoy your overseas sojourn! (fancy words :D)
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Bye Nova! Have fun, and bring back plenty of presents for me, cause I’m materialistic!
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What! Rize is getting a present? I want a present!
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Have fun and enjoy yourself.
Sometimes I’m tempted to just respond to repeat offensive commenters with “I don’t like you”. It would make me feel better, but they’d probably just wear it as a badge of honour. 😛
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I rarely notice them any more. I find I only read comments from people with gravatars with names that are familiar to me. 😛
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Plus if you did it often enough you’d probably become known as a troll to a majority of Kotaku commenters and they’d ignore any legitimate posts you make in response to an article.
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You’ll need some alternate account. TFFL for example (The First First Lady)
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I thought you meant The Fucking First Lady for a sec there and I was shocked at you. 😛
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I’m equally shocked at your use of language! 😛
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He doesn’t like you.
I don’t like you either.
So, I went to the doctor to get an odd lesion checked out. He took a look and said “Well, it looks like you’ve got a blood-sucking parasite with its jaws latched onto you”
I said “Shyeah I do! It’s called my ex wife!”
Not really…
Found a tick on my person this morning and removed it with little fuss. The end.
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CLAP CLAP
a ex wife joke, You are amazing flu flu 😛
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I hope you got all of it. Also, how did you manage to get ticked? Sleepbushwalking?
According to the tracking system, my PC parts were delivered to work this morning \o/
Can’t confirm for an hour or so, taking my mother to the airport.
Bish is going to the doctors today for some surgery. Lets all pray to the bacon gods that he comes out of it alive GULP
But seriously he is getting wisdom teeth out today.
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Aww, good luck Bishy! *hugasaurus*
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Getting a normal tooth pulled was bad enough. Bish isn’t going to be able to bish for a while after this. That makes me sad.
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Ah, man. That sucks. Was only about five weeks back I got three out. Doesn’t hurt all that much, just a whole lot of discomfort. KFC gravy is your friend!
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Not so wise now, are ya Bish?
But seriously, ouch D: Get some drugs up ya.
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Good luck Bish. Make sure you make the most of having those holes in your gums. Once the stitches heal, they’re fun to roll your tongue around… but they don’t last long!!
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Good luck to you Bish!
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I eagerly await the drug addled puns that are sure to come post surgery.
But seriously, hope he feels better soon.
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Good luck Bosch!
I have removed the band-aid from my finger and can type semi-normally again.
Also brain wrinkles, I have them.
Got a rude shock when I checked my bank balance yesterday. Turns out having a baby is expensive. No one told me.
Anyway, I have prohibited any new-game purchases. This is unfortunate, as Shuggy looks really interesting. And I am playing Gemini Rue and loving it and want to go get Resonance and Blackwell. Good timing for Shameless Gaming Month though. I think the next game I buy will be RE6 or Dishonored.
So, Pile of Shame post:
Gemini Rue
Dead Space 2
Doom 3 (really)
Skyrim
Bioshock 2
Mass Effect 2
Resident Evil 4
Assassin’s Creed 2
Rage
GTA IV
Deus Ex HR
Dragon Age
Syberia
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Syberia was nice enough, but lacked interactivity. I missed being able to look at things and have Kate comment on the world. Still a damn fine game, though, with an artsy but cool sort of story. Deus Ex was my game of the year for 2011, can’t recommend it enough. In fact there’s fun to be had in all those games you mentioned.
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Kate? As in, The Longest Journey? I’ve got that too but for some reason like Syberia a lot more.
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Never mind, I have no idea what I’m talking about. Just looked on Wikipedia. Yeah, it’s been a while since I’ve played these.
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Ah, April Ryan my friend. 😀
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McGarnical, I feel your pain. Do you have Space Pirates and Zombies? I can send you the code, penniless future father to penniless future father.
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Very nice of you to offer, Shane! I’ll politely pass, as I have looked at the game and although it looks interesting I think it wouldn’t be for me.
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I’ve got Doom 3 on my list as well. I bought it during a Steam sale but never ended up playing past the first level. I might wait until the HD version comes out and then just play through that.
If I were you I’d play through Deus Ex HR first. It’s an amazing game.
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I WAS NOT AWARE OF A HD VERSION WAS IN THE MAKING TILL NOW… I LOVE DOOM 3
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It looks pretty sweet.
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Yes, they do 😛
Though we bought a heap of cloth nappies, so much cheaper than constantly using disposables. My girlfriend also knits a lot of things.
Most of the other stuff was given to us anyway, crazy grandmas.-
I bought a heap of cloth nappies before my first kid was born. But then it was way too much work to try and wash them all the time. Babies go through a ton of nappies each day and I was struggling just to take care of the baby, let alone do all the washing. So for me, the extra expense of disposables was completely worth it.
But the cloth nappies still came in very handy for keeping around in case of babyvomit, and also for laying the baby on when you’re changing nappies. I always kept at least one in my bag when we went out anywhere.-
We got these sort: http://snappynappy.com.au/images/modern-cloth-nappies-purple-hip-snap.jpg
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We bought modern cloth nappies, which worked from about 3 months of age to about 2 years, but always kept disposables on hand as well. Disposables are better at dealing with nappy rash, as they are more absorbent, and they are easier to take out with you and when you go on holidays.
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Ah yes, this too. There are very few MCNs (terminology!) that can handle a full night.
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That’s not the half of it either. I forgot to add Halo Anniversary and ODST. And I’ve got Diablo 3, Battlefield 3 and CoD to distract me too.
So I really don’t think I actually need any new games, to be honest!
So, I’m in a bit of a rut. Someone complained about my Stewie Griffin shirt design, (based on the one in Matthew Reilly’s book) and it was taken down.
I don’t mind that too much, but I was told that if I gave a counter argument that I would be held in court in the USA. Now, I think this is a bit excessive, seeing as I made maybe $40 from it. Like I said the issue isn’t taking it down, it’s the suing that freaks me out. I also took down it’s sister artwork as well.
This isn’t the first time this has happened to me. I drew Rex the dog, the owner complained, I took it down.
I’m thinking that I should remove all my artworks, especially fan art. The idea of being sued is terrifying and it’s not worth the extra $20 I get maybe every 6 months if I’m lucky.
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Yeah thats always freaks me out, i left a bill unpaid for a while because i dodn’t recieve any notice of it. I knew the bill should have been coming but i never saw it. 6 months goes by and i got a letter from a debt collection company that was like, WHERES MY MONEY I WILL BREAK YOUR LEGS (or something to that effect) i paid the bill straight away but it still freaked me the hell out. Taking down your art that you believe has copy write infringed is probably the best idea.
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Yeah i just had a small panic attack over it. Mainly because if I’m sued in America, they don’t have legal aid, I’d be screwed.
But pretty much everything that sells probably infringes copy wright in one way or another.
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If a debt collector actually threatens you like that, you can complain to the police. That’s way beyond what they’re allowed to do legally.
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Trademarks are tricky. Fan art is generally okay but making a profit from it means you run the risk of getting a legal slap in the face.
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Yeah, I know. But it’s really frustrating because I know there are others out there making a massive profit from fanart, where as I don’t make that much.
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I think the general policy is that they (they being everyone from the shirt distributors to the studio who owns the IP) will let it go until someone brings it to their attention, and then they are pretty much legally obliged to act upon it.
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It can be a fine line. Sometimes if you give more than a nod and a wink that it is the character, even if it is abundantly clear what the drawing is of, you’ll get hunted down.
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I don’t think you should destroy your account yet. Maybe this incident will encourage you to make your own original works. Stick with your account for the rest of the year and try developing your own unique stuff. See how it’s received and if no one bites then you can move on.
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My original stuff is pretty much ignored.
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I got a cease and desist from Universal Studios a few years back putting together a not-for-profit DVD comemmorating Joss Whedon’s Serenity publicity tour of Australia.
Here’s another semi-relevant example from that time that I wasn’t involved with: http://whedonesque.com/comments/11688
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Bloody hell. It is ugly and terrifying.
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Yep. From what I’ve seen they rely on intimidation more than anything, and I wouldn’t expect any trouble, especially given that you’ve only made a handful of dollars. It would cost them 100x that much to try to recoup that from you, so they probably won’t bother unless you kick up a stink.
That said, if you do provoke them, they have the resources to bury you. I advise rolling over and laying low.
If you want to feel better, you could always report other people for copyright infringement, might increase the market for your original stuff 🙂
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http://www.redbubble.com/people/luckydog
The original stuff is the paintings, animals and zombies.
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But it’s understandable too, tbh.
The Serenity one was a bit of an overreaction, because there was no Firefly/Serenity merchandise out at that time (though there is now). But when marketing relies on a very specific look and/or set of images being pushed onto the public, any other prominent work (famous fanart for example) can muddy the marketing plan, and might affect the bottom line.
In addition to that, in your case, there is a lot of official Family Guy stuff out there that your work is pretty much directly competing with. If you’re not a licensed vendor, then they do have a right to seek recourse for lost sales.
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I can send them the $40 if they want. That’s all I made (It might actually be less)
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I wouldn’t offer that off the bat, but it’s good to have it up your sleeve 😛
Seriously, I wouldn’t worry about this – you took the shirt down, it’s what they wanted. In their mind, I’m sure it’s resolved.
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You know what’s annoying…. Plant’s Vs Zombies Merchandise. Until very recently there was never any officially licensed stuff so it was all crappy knockoffs. So not only do you not get official merch, you have to put up with crappy quality.
I wonder if any of the companies making T-shirts, toys and plushies ever got in trouble from popcap.
Yep, you’ve got to be real careful when it comes to copy righted stuff. It’s easier just to stay on the safe side and not copy anyone’s work at all if you intend to profit off it. Or you can always move to China and copy other peoples work until your hearts content.
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No one buys any of my original stuff. That’s why I wasn’t going to leave it on there if I took the copy righted stuff done.
Did you make the image used from scratch?
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Yes, I just used a reference photo but I drew it from scratch. I have the grey lead outline somewhere
Where is Chuloopa?
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Probably partying since he finished his exams 😛
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I noticed that too, i havent seen him on TAY or twitter, i hope he is mmkay.
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Hah, I might one day try it afterall
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You won’t need a oil change for a while at least.
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lol, that’s the plan 😉
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I missed it the first time. But I won’t Like KFC just for the chance. There’s a Facebook principle at stake.
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Ditto
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Not sure if want.
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Those things were so amazing.
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Agreed!
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This news has just made my day. 🙂
I’ve been meaning to ask this on TAY for a while now but forgot, and have lost some of the details. But here goes.
My parents received a letter (I haven’t seen it, but it was summarised to me over the phone) and it said something along these lines. We have detected a virus on your computer. If you do not install our anti-virus software, we will suspend your internet access. It gives a web address for Optus Internet Security Suite. That software looks legit (http://www.optus.com.au/home/digital-life/internet-security/) but the rest reads like some sort of scam. Also it’s weird to push their own software. Surely any antivirus should be OK, and also also, what do they care if you get a virus? And how do they know? I don’t get it. Any thoughts?
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I’d say it’s a scam. They can’t detect a virus on your computer. And they’d never contact you, you have to contact them.
Leave it go and if they suspend your internet, then sign up with someone else. They don’t deserve the business.
I would say it’s definitely a scam though.-
But if it’s a scam, it’s a scam by Optus. That’s some A Current Affair stuff right there.
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They won’t view it, you’ll get drowned out by “Rag on rival show” stories and “Plugging their own channel’s programming” stories, not to mention “Humans screwing over other humans, SHOCK HORROR with slow motion shots of the guy with evil music in the background” stories or “
Who are we sponsored by to tell you what product is ‘best for you’Research on what is the best quality product for a certain task”.
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They should not just sign up. If they think they’ve been infected and their current AV isn’t picking it up, it’s worth getting a computer technician in to take a look. They should also call Optus directly and talk to someone there about it. They should also check the terms of service for the internet plan they’re on, and take a look at the circumstances under which Optus can cancel their net access.
It definitely sounds fishy.
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Sounds dodgy but I think what happened is that they signed up for a free trial of the software through Optus and now Optus is being rather shitty about things.
It’d be nice to know the exact contents of the letter, but I imagine that a call to Optus customer service to opt out of their virus protection scheme would be the best solution.
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+ 1, I’d call them up first before doing anything and get it officially confirmed
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Yeah, and then don’t install the Droptus software because $7/mo. for F-Secure is 100% not worth it.
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Sounds like a scam.
If your parents PC already has anti-virus software installed then they should be fine.
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There are plenty of free virus software out there, if you are concerned about it I would install one of them and see if it can find a virus.
Before installing anything based on that letter I would be calling optus directly and asking to speak to somebody about it. I believe that the ISP is able to detect if your PC has become part of a botnet so that may be part of what is going on.
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Thanks team!
Friday seems to be my depressive day. Last week I was miserable and today is the same. Gah, it doesn’t help that I’m not well so I can’ really just go out for a walk.
Maybe I should buy a game, I guess that might cheer me up.
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You wanna talk buddy, you has my cheezbugrer i mean my email. I am bored so i am available to chat with.
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You’ll find his rates very reasonable. Unfortunately, the reflect the quality of the service provided :p
It’s just what happened up above. It’s just made me feel so depressed.
I am considering getting SH Downpour to perk myself up, but I really can’t afford it. I could borrow savings money until i get paid, but then I’d probably feel guilty >_<
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A survival horror game to cheer up? You and I have very different ways to raise our spirits 😛
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Yeah, I was about to say…that’s a very interesting way of cheering up! Hahaha
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Nah, I completely understand what you mean. Just musing on the particular game of choice here. 😛
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Survival horror is my favourite genre though.
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Survival horror five o/
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\o o/ High fives all round
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Wait, murdering things doesn’t cheer you up Techy? I thought death to all humans was something a robot dreamt of though! Or maybe just Bender from Futurama.
I buy stuff when i am depressed, i ussually buy comics it fills the void for a few hours but it comes back. I think you need to stop getting down on yourself all the time. I think your little insecurities about this stuff and other stuff needs to be addressed if you wanna stop being so down all the time. I am here if you need to talk and i promise i wont yell at you this time.
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I see a psychologist once a month. She’s trying to help with my self esteem issues. It’s going to take a while though unfortunately.
I think I know what you mean. I find immersing myself in an environment that is significantly worse makes everything so much better. Lone Survivor is an excellent survival-horror game if you want a cheaper one than SH Downpour. Also Dead Space is usually pretty cheap on Steam and it’s amazing.
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I can send you a steam key for Lone Survivor if you want. Also comes with Super Meat Boy and Braid. I got the key in the Humble Bundle and don’t need it as I own the games already.
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Only if you don’t need it. Alpha was going to buy me Lone survivor in the summer sales.
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Thanks. I appreciate it.
Given the general consensus on Downpour’s quality, you might be less depressed if you don’t buy it.
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Yeah I heard bad stuff but it can’t be any worse then Homecoming
Buying games / movies is always the best way to get rid of the blues. In all honesty I don’t really think its actually the game / movie it’s more of the feeling of “buying” the product and now you own it which is the best feeling.
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I totally is. It’s the buying part.
Cracked did an article. The buying of new games can actually be addictive.-
It is addictive. /o\
My pile of shame will confirm that. 😛
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So will mine /o\
I will hopefully get everything on my Darkadia soon
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Retail therapy! \o/
Ok, here is THE ULTIMATE CHEERING UP THING THAT WILL 100% PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE
Rocketman’s Facebook display picture.
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That’s a good one, Rockets says he doesn’t have Facespace!
Hi guys,
I got infamous 2 from this month’s PS+ offerings and I’m enjoying it so far. One thing though, I can’t access the user generated missions. Every time I log in I get a server communication error. My internet connection is fast enough so my question is, has Sucker Punch disabled the servers?
Have any of you played the game lately and were you able to play or create a user generated mission?
I’m also getting similar problems with the festival of blood DLC.
Thanks.
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I would test it, but I’m at work. 🙁
Do they have a twitter account? I’d message them there.
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Done. It’s sometimes easy to forget how easy it is to contact companies these days.
That being said, I doubt they’ll reply soon so if anyone has any experience I’d love some info.
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It worked for me about three weeks ago, but I haven’t tried since I started playing Dark Souls.
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I was on it very briefly on, like, Monday, I think, and I seemed to connect to it fine. I’ll admit I wasn’t paying attention to the messages, but I’m quite sure I didn’t see anything about server communication errors.
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I’m at home and I can try it out if you really need an answer ASAP. It’s a launch disc though and I’ve never put in the PS3 so I’m sure there’ll be lots of updates that I’ll have to download first 😛
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If you don’t mind, that would be good.
I can create my own missions, it’s just accessing other people’s missions that’s the problem. And that’s the important stuff because I doubt I’ll be interested in my own missions.-
Alrighty I’ll have a look now. I’ve never played the game but I assume you want to know whether I can access and play the user-created levels?
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Ok so it’s currently updating inFamous 2. It says 1/4 and 100mb but I’m not sure if it’s 100mb for all 4 updates or just for one of them but I won’t be able to check for a while. I’ll give you an update when I can 🙂
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@Scree
I posted above about your redbubble issue but you may have missed it.
I was wondering if the stewie griffin shirt was drawn by you or did you use someone elses artwork?
There are a few people who seem to think it’s okay to use pictured they found on the net (Sometimes with slight tweaking, but not enough to make it original) and sell it for their own profit.
If you created the image from scratch, then it seems a little much.
Then again, Family Guy is a FOX show… So maybe not. They’re not exactly the friendliest of corporations.
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I responded so I did see it.
I made it from scratch. I have grey lead drawings in one of my art books of it.-
Then sadly it’s probably just down to Fox’s aggresive lawyers. Your other stuff should be fine.
And don’t worry about the legal threat. As you don’t live in the US and I seriously doubt they would/could extradite you to face charges in the US, you would never face court there. Even if you did, of course America has legal aid. The fourth part of the Miranda Rights as read in every movie/show about cops is they have the right to have a attorney and if they cannot afford one, an attorney will be provided.
Anyway, most cease and desists never go that far. Even when ignored. It’s just scare mongering.
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Yes, but that’s criminal law. Fairly sure Miranda rights don’t apply to civil suits, which this would probably be.
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I realised this when it was too late 😛 . I think they still have Legal Funds you can apply for though.
Point is moot really as there is no way they’d take her to the US to go to court.
Some lawyers go way to far to protect their clients IP
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Thanks for the reassurances Doc What?
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Someone in our complex is blasting John Paul Young’s Love is in the Air.
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If you aren’t singing along we aren’t friends anymore.
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It’s part of my shower repertoire (although I know 2% of the lyrics)
Now they’re playing What About Me!?
I think it’s the original Moving Pictures version.-
I know
“love is in the air, everywhere i look around, i don’t know if i am being foolish, i don’t know if i am being wise, but it is something i must believe in and its there when i look in your eyes”Motion picture version is pretty good, don’t know if it is my favourite though.
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I watched Predators last night at Blaghmans insistence because I’d never seen it, yet I have it in my Blu-ray collection. It was better than I thought it would be and I actually enjoyed it.
Sure the characters were just cardboard cutouts that probably should’ve just had numbers slapped on them letting us know the order they would die
Anyone familiar with Predator will figure out where the story is going to end up ahead of time, but the film still manages to hold interest by having a few…unpleasant moments
Adrien Brody and his nose were a decent action hero, even if he has gone to the Christian Bale school of dialogue delivery. The cameo from Laurence Fishburne, while short, was effective.
Some solid action scenes and the effects were good as well. I like that they seem to have gone for the “if you can do it practical, do it practical” approach.
So yeah, overall a solid movie and a sequel worth of the original.
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Good film. I enjoyed it too.
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I thought it was alright. Not sure I liked the whole Predator civil war thing they mentioned. I liked listening to the Directors commentary afterwards. That had some interesting stuff in it, like how that flying thing the Predators used was supposed to be like a hunting Hawk.
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I’m surprised you didn’t expect it to be good.
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I’m not sure I’d rate it as a worthy sequel but definitely enjoyable – better than AvP:R (man that thing was not worth going through a movie marathon for…)
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Predators was way better than any other movie in the Predator series. I mean, the first one is a classic, but Predators was much better written & was actually suspenseful at times.
The second was just stuipd.
AvP 1 & 2 arent even worth mentioning.Though, the original script for Predators had a much better ending :
The survivors defeat the remaining predators…. then they start questioning how they’re gonna get off the planet.
While they’re standing there, they get lit up by dozens of the Pred’s laser pointer things.
Then a whole bunch of Pred’s uncloak, surrounding em.
The leader of the pack steps forward, and begins to remove his mask… revealing Arnie!
He says something witty & roll credits.-
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unfortunately, Arnie didn’t want to get involved coz at the time he was a ‘respectable’ politician. so the ending was re-written to what was filmed…
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Curse you Flu, all I can think about now is KFC!
My half a ham and cheese sandwich just doesn’t seem as appealing as before 🙁
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Is the bread component of your sandwich actually fried chicken? Because if so my friend I think you’ll find you’re way ahead of the game.
If not then… bummer.
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And order what, a glass of water and a 1/3 of a piece of lettuce from a burger.
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Even the water is deep fried! 😛
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My PCCG package had a plush Mario head in it, unexpectedly.
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Are the “Ninty Mafia” trying to extort some kind of protection money out of you?
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That made me lol so much, ahh nobshot you are awesome 🙂
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Severed Mario head in your mail… It’s amazing how far they go.
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HAHA!
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Or perhaps it was an offering. Since it was sent to me at work. At Microsoft.
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I think it’s starting to hit home that in a few days, I have to let someone cut my wife’s guts open with a huge knife and I’m supposed to do nothing.
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Shoot, first.
It will be okay mang, cesarian sections are kind of the norm these day.-
Really? I’ve never had one.
._. Maybe there’s something wrong with me.
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When we have our baby, you can have one then.
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That is pretty hardcore.
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It’s quite nerve wracking.
My girlfriend had a bit of a reaction to all the drugs too, and was shaking violently.
Also I heard them saying something about watching her blood loss and she had already lost a litre. I was like D:-
Though I should note, I was probably a little more stressed than normal, since it wasn’t planned to be done that way.
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You’ll be okay. For you, it’s really just the same no matter how she gives birth. Something is happening to your wife that will cause her a great deal of pain and you have no control over it. The only thing you do have control over is how you support your wife at this time. And I’m sure you’ll be great at that part so don’t stress too much. 🙂
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SMILEY 🙂
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Was that her choice though?
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We were considering it after the trauma of the first birth, but in the end the decision was taken away from us by a wonderful condition called placenta previa, which means that the placenta is blocking the fire stairs. Emergency exit is the only way out now.
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But isn’t it what she chose? Or do you want to be the one wielding the knife? 😛
And birth may be a natural thing but it sure as hell doesn’t feel natural.
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Even though I can remember exactly what it felt like when my son was born and I have some other problems that arose from actually pushing two kids out, I wouldn’t change it for someone cutting me open. For me, that’s nightmare material.
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DEFINITELY NOT HELPING
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See above. 🙂 *hug*
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Really gotta start putting smilies on everything 🙂
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Dont stress mate.
Caesareans have been going on for ages, so the techniques has been pretty much perfected.
Not to mention that the surgical staff doing it are experienced professionals & are good at what they do.
C-sec’s also apparently lead to a shorter recovery time.
& as a bit of anecdotal evidence, of the four kids my parents had, I was the only natural birth. the other three guys were c-sec & everything went 100% smoothly.
I’m sure everything will be fine 🙂
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I’m sure too. Thanks. I was just bored and wanted something dramatic to post. Also, from a purely sociological viewpoint, I think it will interesting to see how I handle having to suppress my instincts to protect my woman from sharp weapon like things.
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I didn’t see anything. There was a curtain up and I was sitting next to my girlfriend’s head.
So unless you try to take a peek, you don’t really see anything 😛-
and from what I’ve heard from friends / friends partners who have had c-sec’s, is that they really encourage you to not take a peek.
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But what’s the point if you don’t get to see innards!*
*I don’t really want to see innards I just love the word ‘innards’ and wanted a chance to say it. 😛
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C-Sec?
Garrus is going to deliver your baby?
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After he’s done with the calibrations obviously
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Then he calibrates your baby
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My mum had c-section for all three of us and she said the worst part is the nightmarish hallucinations. Perhaps you should get your wife to write ’em down, fodder for future writing works? 😛 (In all seriousness, I’m sure it’ll go well. Good luck man and congrats!)
As the doctor…
*hugs*
My advice is, if you’re in the room, look into your wife’s eyes and hold her hand. She needs you there to be strong for her and to talk to her. She’s trusting that you’ll be there and you’re protecting her by being there and supporting her.
Morning and/or afternoon TAY!
Awesome Borderlands fun last night!
Been playing around with Darkadia and I think (overall) that I like it for the purposes of Shameless Gaming Month. It’d be nice to have a bit more (read: any) community focus as part of the site, but the simplicity is one of its major draws.
Has anyone else given it a look?
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Thou I agree, it needs more community integration.
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thou? verily.
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Indubitably.
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just checked out the Darkadia roadmap page & it looks like they’ve got a bit of a social netowrk idea in the works.
also steam integration \o/
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…sigh… This is why I don’t bother with reality tv…
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Also because it’s shit?
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My argument right there!
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Jersey Shore is absolute shit but I still watch it 😛
It’s funny though!
Don’t judge me…
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I’m judging you.
I’m judging you very harshly.
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It’s probably a good thing I’m leaving the country, otherwise I might do something I wouldn’t regret 😛
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I used to work on Big Brother, reality TV is a god send for the local industry but I agree we should all be aiming a little bit higher.
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I don’t mind reality TV. Things like that “please marry my boy” thing are kind of execrable though.
I prefer things like Masterchef or The Block where it’s kind of a skills contest. And I can sit there and wonder what I would do in that situation.
Top Shot is the best though. Everyone should watch Top Shot. Because guns. And I don’t even like guns. 😛-
I love The Amazing Race. Haven’t really watched the local version, but that’s the show that sets the bar for me. Fine line between reality and game show, though. I can’t stand fake drama. I used to watch L.A. Ink and then suddenly it got all crap. (ie. spontaneous phone conversation where there just happened to be a camera on both sides. :P)
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Haha, yeah I watched the first couple of seasons of Miami Ink way back, and then I watched the first season of New York Ink and got a shock. It was so obviously scripted in places that it was ridiculous.
But yeah, go watch Top Shot. Trust me. 😉
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I watch reality TV… But it’s usually the stuff that revolves around cars.. Like Jesse James’ new show & then there’s Sons of Guns & American Guns. Actual educational reality TV! Not that scripted shit!
So we had a biggest morning tea as fund raising for the cancer council today.
OMG so much food.
http://pic.twitter.com/qVRmCQfx
My body is way out of sorts because it is lunch time and i can’t even finish the chocolate crackle I have on my desk. Now the question is how to keep working without slipping into a food coma.
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We had our work one yesterday.
It was a similar experience.
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Now you’re making me want to go out and get lunch before I finish this ticket, darn you Tigs!
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Sorry Techie, I shall dedicate the piece of mint mars bar slice I’m about to eat to you
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Thank you sir 🙂
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Just commenting on the redbubble thing upthread. I am not a Lawyer, and I’m certainly not your lawyer.
The Miranda rights thing DOES NOT apply to civil suits, it’s for criminal proceedings and I believe can even be waived for non-US citizens.
The takedown/violation notices are issued under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. They are obliged to send you a takedown letter (which is what I imagine you got) and give you an opportunity to take down the infringing content before sending in the lawyers.
Most companies nowadays ignore fan art, but not when it’s being used for commercial gain. A one-off drawing of Spiderman being sold to someone is probably OK, selling prints of your spiderman drawing is probably not. I imagine that’s where they’re coming from.
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For some reason, that reminds me of people in non-American courts “pleadin’ da fif” :p
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Oh gods.
Seriously, people, LEARN WHAT YOUR LOCAL RIGHTS ARE.
For example, Police in South Australia can search your property on ‘reasonable cause’ without a court warrant.
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So i won’t be getting a new game. =( We’re not going anywhere near a game store and I’m too scared to ask to borrow money.
Probably just as well.
But thanks for all the suggestions everyone.
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Great game!
Time to dig into your pile of shame, scree!
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YES! That game is the most fun “The Simpsons” game I have ever played. Maybe I should dust that gem off and start playing it again.
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Was that PS1 or 2?
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I believe it was on the Gamecube. Well that’s the console I have it on
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D.C,
The simpsons hit and run was on the PS2, Gamecube and original XBOX.
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Thanks, buddy.
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If you like you can have a copy of company of heroes on steam, I have a spare floating about
http://store.steampowered.com/app/4560/
Let me know if you want it otherwise I’ll open the offer up to anybody else who is interested
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Thank you, but no thank you. It can go to some one else
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Step 1: Get the Spider-Man rights back from Sony…
I’m thinking of logging into the Minecraft server … but I’m to scared as to what cakey / greenmang did to my castle/house/thingie.
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ME!? I didn’t do anything wrong!
Caketroll is the culprit :/
Last time I was on there was villagers raining from the sky (your roof) and entering this random chicken coop on your farm. Caketroll spawned like 10,000 zombies in my house as well…
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I was exploring the tree village and the game locked up because there were too many villages on the screen.
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I didn’t see any structural damage…
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I just logged in and it didn’t seem that bad. Found like maybe 10 or so villagers just wondering around but nothing too bad 😛
I was hunting them down but SOMEONE joined and I ran away in fear
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There’s so many in my castle! D: Also a waterfall coming from nowhere.
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Just ran four km, rewarded my self with two choc chip muffins. Feel like I need to start again. 😛
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Why? Didn’t you eat them properly the first time?
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You know, there ARE two more sitting just over there… watching me… tempting me… :S
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My co-worker walks up the stairs multiple times a day. Yesterday, during the morning tea thing, she had similar issues :p
@Masha
Ok so the lack of a menu is annoying… was the first inFamous like this? It’s been a while since I’ve last played it.
As soon as the updates finished it made me start a new game and I couldn’t quit or find any menus. I assumed after the first intro/tutorial level I’d be able to find the option to player user-generated content but nope!
So that was a whole waste of time and sorry I couldn’t help out :P. Maybe I need to be further in the game to access it but they really should let you do it from the get-go. Anyways all that did was make me dislike inFamous 2. Guess that’s one less game on the pile of shame 😀
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“Ok, here is THE ULTIMATE CHEERING UP THING THAT WILL 100% PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE
Rocketman’s Facebook display picture.”
You are such a prat, i love you for that.
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I refuse to believe that, that picture was taken recently 😛
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Try pausing the game, then scroll down to the user generated content menu option and choose connect to UGC server.
Thanks again.
*sigh* I can finally go and get my stuff for my computer… took long enough…
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@Hugo the Hungarian Barbarian – I have the greetest idea (not a typo, a futurama joke)
You said in what are you playing this weekend that RAGE was on your pile o’ shame. It is also on mine.
Maybe we could look into doing the co-op stuff? Only issue is that I think these missions are not career story based but another sub set of missions.. either way, let me know on XBL if you want to try it out.
Hey, another thought, is there perhaps an Amnesia support group that we could start up. Im really letting myself get immersed into that world and it is seriously tough to push on at times. There are parts where i am truly scared. It is a sign of a great game that can get into your emotions like this. Makes me realise there is a whole level of immersion in games that we ordinarily dont get into.
If you have not tried it, do yourself a fav and get it. Im loving every minute of it. : )
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Oh man, I couldn’t even get through the demo of that. So creepy!
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I could whisper sweet nothings to you over TS
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but the game already does that… however they are less sweet and more tear your ears off nothings.. but thanks.
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I could come to your house and scratch at the window when it’s dark outside
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I know how you feel about that one. I only got about an hour into it before turning the lights on & vowing never again.
but I know thats not gonna hold. I’ve decided that Amnesia is one of my SGM priorities.
also, I’m pretty keen on finishing it in time for A Machine For Pigs…-
Thats the Squeekwel right. If so, Im throwing my job at the monitor (Job is where i get money from and Im therefore throwing all the monies at this!). Sorry for bad jokes type things, just bored and had a tough week at work!
But yeah, if these guys make another game similar to this im all over it! Just hope my PC is capable of handling it.
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yep, its the sequel.
and it runs on the same engine, so I guess you’ll be able to run it.& from what I’ve heard about it so far, I’m pretty hype 🙂
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Just got the Humble Bundle V, can’t wait to finally get into Amnesia 😀
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I bought that bundle too. Not touching Amnesia :p
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This is my response also.
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I love a good scary game, the kind that has me looking over my shoulder every five minutes.
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If I start this based on your recommendation will you hold my hand?
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Please do, both because its a great game and I like hand holding.
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Oh mang I’m hearing ya… That game is brilliant but holysheet it’s frightening… Don’t think I’ll ever be able to beat that game but I’ll sure as hell try
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i have amnesia from the last humble indie bundle, i’m too scared to play it…
So, according to an online test on the the BBC science website, I think like a girl. Who’d have thought? 😛
*throws away all the man cards*
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Half the time I see you online, you *are* a girl.
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Just so you know, Neo-Kaiser is not my boyfriend 😛
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You’re a monster for toying with his emotions!
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Man, feels like it has been a long week even though it was only four days in total. I feel like I have not at all participated this week, this is not good news. I have had to prepare for talks and meetings and do SCIENCE all week. But, enough about that, no more complaining.
How the hell is everyone? Are we all disappointed its only a two day weekend this week or what?
In game news: I started Dark Souls last night. I predict I will be turning my phone off this evening and completely disregarding all human contact this weekend. Any tips/must do’s for the first couple of hours in the game world or what? Shane? He around? Strange?
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It’s a several-week weekend for me! Holidays, go!
/gloat
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The jealousy, it rises!
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So jealous.
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Thank you for the words, friends!
I found ten dollars!
Codeine, you are a pretty cool guy!
Exclamation mark!
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Quick, go to an ice cream place and get free ice cream! Just make sure to ham up your performance with like a full neck brace or something.
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Someone get this man a packet of Minties!
HI BISH!
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I EXPECT ALL THE STEAK AND MINTIES WHEN I SEE YOU NEXT
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The day after my dental surgery was the Queensland election. People coward in fear as I approached.
Codeine is pretty damn incredible, ain’t it? 😛
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Hope you feel better too and resist the urge to vomit blood as tempting as it seems. 😛
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Asked someone to send me some paperwork. They sent a screenshot of the open pdf.
What.
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Hahahaha, oh man do you work with computer illiterate people?
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This is someone from another company.
But yes. Yes I do. Part of the reason I got this job is because I’m a tech savvy youngster.
I’ve had to teach people the wonders of copy/paste.
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I see, you youngsters with your grand theft auto’s and idoohickeys!
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HAHAHAHA! Oh man that’s brilliant… too bad it wasn’t a photo of the screen, those are even more hilarious
Hey guys! Guess what today is premiere of season 6 of Burn Notice! Don’t care what anyone says I love this show! I like to think of it a bit like MacGuyver but more resourceful and not cheesey! 😛
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There’s something punchable about that actors face, though. I don’t know why. :S
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D= Jeffrey Donovan is awesome! His smugness makes his character perfect =P
Also the show has Bruce Campbell, so it makes even more awesome.
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He’ll always be the dirty cop who screws over Angelina Jolie in The Changeling to me. 😛
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Never seen that movie =P But fair enough.
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Is it Nicholas Cage? Man that guy has a punchable face
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OMG really? Sweet. I know what I’m doing this weekend. Thanks for the info. Great show.
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No worries man!
Funny thing how i’ve turned all my friends on to it (well the ones who aren’t lazy) i’m like the person amongst my friends that finds new shows to watch (apart from Breaking Bad, that was my teacher who turned me on to it) and then tell them they’d like it =P
I need to go out and buy the 4 season boxset of Burn Notice, since I spotted it in JB other day, just hope they release Season 5 on disc here soon! On Blu-Ray would be nice tbh, I know it exists!
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Has this what our school’s have become? Rather disgusting.
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Schools*
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Wow, this is the first time I’ve ever seen the Illawarra Mercury linked online. Local newspaper represent?
Anyway, I don’t think I’m old enough to say “back in my day” but playing tackle Red Rover was so much fun in primary school.
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I remember us calling it Red Rover though… Kids, amiright?
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We called it Red Rover too. Something screwy must’ve happened somewhere along the line. 😛
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Possibly. You guys north of the Murray are a bit weird so that could explain it
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Red Rover and Bullrush (British Bulldogs) are slightly different.
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Is that the same as Bull Rush?
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We called it Red Red Rover as well. You call individual people out (or groups) and they have to make it through. If they get past everyone they can call Bull Rush and everyone can go.
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BULLRUSH!
I can sort of see where they are coming from but it depends on if the school version or the parent talking to the paper is true.
They would likely be in just as much trouble with the parents if they didn’t do anything about the fact they had multiple broken bones and a concussion in the space of a week or two.
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Whenever I got hurt at school, my mum could only complain to herself. 😛
HIGH FIVE o/
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Well this is incredibly stupid…
I understand the banning of real rough contact sports like rugby* but to ban a high five? …really?
*they banned rugby at my high school because we (my friends, not so much me) kept playing against older and younger students and everyone would get destroyed and our uniforms would be ripped almost beyond repair at every recess/lunch making some very unhappy parents.
They need to stop wrapping the kids in cotton wool.
Back when I was in grade 6, I’d play footy with some classmates at lunchtime, we had jumpers for goalposts, and full contact.
If you got hit, you just got back up and went after the ball.
Let kids get a few scrapes and bruises,
It’s part of growing up.
I wish there was some sort sort of software I could use to read online articles for me. I want to read some interesting stuff but I can’t push myself to read them.
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You mean like a dictation software? I’m sure it wouldn’t be too hard to find one.
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I guess, but the robotic sounding voices will probably put me off. I’ll Google and search for some of the software but I think I was just being lazy. I
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I dont mean to be rude or anything, but can you elaborate? (Im Curious)
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C.J,
I have about 10 tabs open with some feature articles I wanted to read(some gaming & EURO 2012 related stuff) but some of them are really long and I’m feeling a bit lazy. I was just dreaming of having the articles in podcast/audio book form so I could have them read to me as I do other things.I know I’ll just end up bookmarking most of them by the end of the day at this rate.
All things considered it’s not really a big deal. I guess I was just putting my thoughts out there.
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Discussing gun ownership on Reddit was a mistake. Someone mentioned that you can’t own a gun for self-defence here. I strongly agree with that saying that the scenario someone presented as an excuse to use one in self-defence (violent home invader) was so unlikely that it barely deserves merit and that alternatives (home security systems, strong windows/doors) would act as a deterrent without putting yourself in harm or making you have to make a terrible decision.
This has sparked some debate with a guy who now thinks that I’m influenced by Hollywood movies and the media into thinking that guns = crime (when I’ve been saying that access to guns make crimes more violent, crime will happen one way or the other but I’d much rather be mugged from someone with a knife that I can run away from than a guy with a gun that can shoot me in the back).
Americans and their fucking guns.
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British love their monarchy, Americans love their tipping and guns. No good can come from arguing about it, man. 😛
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I know. That’s why I hesitated before making my initial comment. The idea that people need a gun for self-defence is simply ludicrous to me.
I can imagine some situations where it might be true. It’s not common and it’s definitely not something that I would believe is true for the vast majority of those that claim they own one for self-defence.
The simple fact is that allowing people to own guns for that reason dramatically increases the amount of guns available. More guns, more criminals with access to guns, more idiots thinking they need their own gun to defend themselves.
Violent crime is actually amazingly rare. Yes, it happens. The odds of finding yourself in that situation is pretty rare and the odds of finding yourself in that situation and being able to defend yourself with a gun is even rarer. I’d be too busy shitting myself to pull out a gun, let alone aim it. Pulling the trigger is right out.
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The biggest issue I have is that if it is a criminal offense to have a gun then people with guns are criminals. To me that makes it easy for the police, oh look he has a gun, boom lock up.
When they (pro gun lobby) start with the “criminals have guns therefore I need a gun” arguement, that means that criminals still have access to guns but now the police can’t do anything about the fact they do.-
If guns are illegal, only criminals can have guns!
If lollipops are illegal, only criminals can have lollipops!
I don’t want to take guns away from people who have legitimate reasons to own them. Hunters, sports shooters, farmers. To them, a gun is a tool. I’m fine with that and have no ill feelings towards them. If you’re using a gun in self-defence, it’s a weapon. I’m not okay with that.
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They’re weapons that can be used as tools. There’s a very fuzzy distinction that not everyone will agree on.
If used against a person, for any reason, it’s a weapon and a deadly one at that. There’s no need for private citizens to have that.
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I agree and would never propose a blanket ban of all guns.
I guess I hate that argument because it is used to try and justify having an uzi or an assualt rifle.Also. BAN ALL LOLLIPOPS!!!!!!
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But that would make being a vigilante so boring if the thugs didn’t have guns 😛
I have shot a gun sideways to be like a gangsta kill shot
in short the recoil fucked my arm and my aim. Don’t shoot sideways kids.
Also if someone ever lets you shoot a shotgun don’t do it. You will at best bruise your shoulder and at worse dislocate it. You don’t know how powerful the recoil is.
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Sniper rifles are pretty cool though.
I don’t dislike guns. They have a purpose. Self-defence is not that purpose. Self-defence is defusing the situation, reducing possible harm. Throwing a deadly weapon into the mix does not defuse anything.
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Wrong. Throwing a deadly weapon into the mix usually defuses one of the present people 😛
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But what happens if a wizard-ninja-zombie-vampires attacks you? and their only weakness is being shot. YOU ARE DOOMING US ALL BUNNY!!!!!!!!
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I’m pretty screwed when it comes to any enemy that has a weakness other than sarcastic comments.
Gun ownership in Australia is back up to where it was pre-Port Arthur
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I didn’t think gun ownership was that high pre-Port Arthur. Somewhat exaggerated but not really that high on a global scale considering the rural population.
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That’s because the whole concept of the gun buyback was not to reduce the number of guns. Very few australians have ever really had guns for anything other than sport or hunting.
So if you say sorry that semi-automatic that you use for rabbit shooting is now outlawed you need to turn it in, that guy is then going to go “Well i still need something to shoot rabbits, guess I better go buy another gun”.
Net result equals the same number of guns but a slight change in the type of guns owned.-
That’s right- most guns owned now are significantly less powerful than those owned before Port Arthur.
I don’t think gun ownership nor the culture surrounding them is anywhere near the US, but I’d be alarmed if that figure suddenly spiked. There’s also the illlegal ownership side to consider.
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And that’s the difference between regulation and prohibition.
We think of the US as gun loving nuts but even some of the US states are very strict on gun control. Yes it’s in their constitution, but in California for example the restrictions on automatic weapons are much tougher than say Texas. Yes they still have access to guns, they always will, but it’s more regulated.
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I like guns, I enjoy firing guns, I however have no interest what so ever in owning guns and if I ever did, there is no way in the frozen pits of hell I would ever justify gun ownership with “for self defense”.
Maybe in a war-torn country, but no way in hell could that be justified in Australia, except in the case of an alien/zombie/Britney Spears invasion.
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I’m pretty set for a Britney Spears invasion. I’ll just set my housemate on them. His rabid fanboyism will serve as a good distraction, giving me plenty of time to get on a plane to Canada.
When I get round to it, I’ll get my gun license, but yeah it’s not for self defence. It will be a rifle, officially for “hunting” (as its the only real legitimate way to get a gun unless you’re a farmer) but unofficially for going out with mates to the country and shooting bottles, cans and TVs…
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Sports shooting is a legitimate reason too. Fairly sure you can buy a gun to use on a range or similar setup if you jump through the right hoops.
That and pest control if you’re rural.
Self defence isn’t a great reason to own a gun. Least not in Australia.
In america it makes more sense, if everyone has a gun, why shouldn’t I? And if I’m more likely to get mugged with a gun not a knife then I might as well have a gun too.
As far as self defence goes – It’s a bit crazy that Australia ban’s tasers and pepper spray. I would have no reservations tasing or spraying some big drunk idiot in the city if he was getting violent. Unfortunately police can’t be everywhere at once. It’s the same with knives. It’s getting harder and harder to buy knives, especially expensive, good quality folding or flick knives. Australia customs have started classifying any knife that can be opened with one hand as a flick knife, and therefore a prohibited weapon. Fact is, anyone can walk into Coles or Bunnings and buy a large variety of knives, saws, axes, machetes without any bother.
But for those of us who want a good quality folding or hunting knife have to jump through hoops.
At the end of the day its not the guns and knives that kill people it’s the user. Sure some weapons make it easier and more deadly but you can do just as much damage with a shiv, bottle or screwdriver (compared to a knife anyway)
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Tasers I can understand, misuse of those can be pretty dangerous. Pepper spray I don’t get. That’s a pretty damned good self-defence tool.
The whole kerfuffle with knives is a bit odd. I don’t agree with the practise but the general idea behind dealing with concealable weapons is something I can understand. They want to make it difficult for people to walk around armed, which is where I think that the problem really begins. You wouldn’t consider using a gun for self-defence unless you think there are other people out there with guns.
So if people are confident that others don’t have weapons, they won’t feel compelled to have their own. If they did feel compelled, then things would snowball to the state that America is now in.
And yes, most people can MacGuyver up a deadly weapon from anything given the right motivation.
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Capsicum spray shouldn’t even be allowed in my opinion. Mainly because if someone like my father was attacked with it, he could very well die due to his allergy to capsicum. Apparently a decent percentage of people also have a mild to severe reaction to capsicum (or bell peppers) when ingested or when they come in contact with it.
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It is psychologically ‘easier’ to kill someone with a gun than with a knife, as the knife is more intimate, whilst the gun allows for distancing yourself from the crime. Hence a higher likelihood of violence/injury in gun-crime than in knife-crime.
Oh I tweeted about this yesterday but whatever, Ive not spent much time in here recently and the stupid american post above made me remember about it..
I was on XBL, speaking to a 17yo from the US who lived in California, 45 mins from San Fran. By all accounts was well educated. I informed him that it was like 4pm here while it was 11pm where he was, the day before. He really struggled to grasp that fact. When I told him that it was winter here he nearly lost his mind. Then he asked if we have Christmas here now because its winter.. then he asked if we still have frosty the snowman of did we have something else like sandy the sandman.
Im not making this up and in the context of the conversation, he was dead serious. This kid has FINISHED high school or thereabouts and somehow made it through life without learning about the rotation of the earth on an axis or when Christmas is (yeah i know its a pagen holiday or whatever, but thats not the point, he thought it related more to the seasons than the date!)
XBL is becoming my source of comedy and I like it.
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Did you tell him we all have pet kangaroos and we ride them everywhere? We also use their pouches to hold babies and other various objects.
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As if they would fall for that. Everybody knows that kangaroos attract drop bears which is why you can’t keep them as pets
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Atleast he was curious and didn’t dismiss you as a damn lier. 😛
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*liar. :S
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Well to be fair some things do change between countries so it is possible that we did Christmas at a different time (If you consider it more of a holiday/retail extravaganza rather than a religious celebration of the birth of Christ)
Also the Sandy the sandman comment is fair enough, I have never equated frosty the snowman with Christmas. You could have really freaked him out and started telling him about 6 white boomers.
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I have been asked, through the medium of the internets, if we have electricity in Australia.
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Don’t get me started on people who ask me if I have a pet lion or if I swam to Australia.
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I still think my favorite is at the end of this – 1:35 to be exact
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Ha Ha. That was funny.
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That’s pretty funny.
I did hear a while back that until recently Americans were simply not taught world history or geography in school. I’m not saying that’s an excuse to be that stupid, but pre internet days you pretty much have to believe what you’re told. As for why this generation still has no clue…. I got nothing.
I do remember the reaction of my grandparents in Poland when we sent back the first photos when we moved here, and they saw the Trams in Melbourne…. that was quite funny, But I think 20 years ago, Australia was still fairly unknown on the other side of the world.
It’s like talking about Madagascar now…. Sure I know off it, and I know where it is but that’s a bout it.
That being said I’ve travelled HEAPS in my life and seen alot of amazing things on every continent so not much surprised me any more.-
oh also
everyone go read this
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/senior_year
The first part is relevant to this conversation, and the last one is pretty funny too.-
This whole discussion reminds me of the song Political Science.
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Meetings are fun.
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Meatings are more fun 🙂
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unless this is a meeting that involves you getting a large number of puppies in the office to assess their patability, I call BS.
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That sounds like a pretty awesome meeting…
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its awesome even if you have to take the minutes.
“I move that we pat the black Labrador next.”
“seconded”
“Motion succeds. Please note : ‘pat black Labrador. action to be taken by Rize’”
“Any other business?”
“I submit a request that we extend the duration of this meeting for further assessment of puppy patting.”
“Seconded!”
“Please take note : ‘duration of puppy pattinig meeting has been extended for a further severl hours. Action to be taken by all.”-
“I think we need to establish a contingency should our current level of puppies not meet client requirements for the next meeting. I propose that we GET MORE PUPPIES.”
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ok. you & me Rize. we are starting a business soley for the purpose of having meetings like this.
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@Masha
When I pressed pause (start) all it had was like:
Resume
Options
Help
Load Game
There was no “connect to ____ network” option. I exited the game and started it up again but it never came up with that option either. It would just play the usual start up movies (Sucker Punch, Sony logo etc.) and go straight into the game with the cutscene of them arriving at the swamp (where I was up to when I quit).
Sorry I couldn’t help out 😛
@Everyone
Indie Game: The Movie :D! Funny and emotional and it definitely gave me a new perspective on the game industry and on the games themselves (Braid, Super Meat Boy, Fez).
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I think you need to complete a bunch of missions before the UGC stuff unlocks. No need to bother any more though.
It’s fine. Thank you for trying. I’ll just try again tomorrow and maybe hope Sucker punch replies to my tweet.
The UGC missions are probably not that good anyway and I should probably focus on finishing the campaign first. -
I don’t think you’ve reached the point where you’re able to connect with those servers though – community missions don’t show up until a few missions later, so you might not be getting any of this information at all to begin with.
I’ll go have a look now and see if it works for me.
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Seems to be working fine for me. I just played a UGC mission with no problems (except for the part where it was a stupid mission).
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Thanks AlexPants. It’s probably an issue on my end then.
Thanks for the help guys.
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You downloaded the game off PSN Plus, correct? Since it’s working for me running it off the disc, that might be the problem.
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You’re right my version is the PS+ version. Hmm, maybe that could be why.
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Hmm yeah I figured that was the case, that I needed to do more missions before unlocking it but that’s kinda silly :/
Case and power supply obtained!
Now all I have to do is put everything together! \o/
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I need to have a look at a few things to determine if I can just rush a new computer through before the end of the financial year. Gunna write it off as a tax expense 😀
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Full Specs:
– Thermaltake Commander Ms-III Case
– Master 650 watt power supply
– Gigabyte Z68P-DSP motherboard
– ATI Radeon HD5670 graphics card
– Intel Core i5 3450 processor
– 8 GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 RAM
– BenQ 18.5 inch widescreen monitor
– Logitech K200 keyboard
– Logitech M100 mouse
– Logitech Driving Force GT wheel
– Logitech Attack 3 joystick
– Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (May use Vista as a temporary placeholder.)
I asked this in the GAME sale article but I’ll ask it here too, would it be worth risking buying some pre owned stuff online since they already closed down my local GAME or is the chance of me actually seeing any purchases I make so slim I just shouldn’t bother?
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I would’ve loved to have picked up some 3DS games, but I didn’t for this very reason
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Well, I decided I’d take the risk. The items had been sitting in my cart for a while though so by the time I hit the button to pay for them it came up saying my cart was empty. Had to re-add everything only Crysis 2 was no longer listed online /o\ Decided to grab another game instead. I got Saints Row 3 (Xbox), Battlefield 3 (ps3), Perfect Dark Zero (Xbox) and SPACE MAUREEN!(Xbox). Hopefully they all arrive.
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@ LoL people
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NszJKkaEYk&feature=player_embedded#t=137s
Even when Pulsefire Ezreal dies it is awesome
So of late i’ve been all /o\ as to what days the shows I watch air and are available for acquiring here in Australia, so I decided to make up a little spreadsheet in Google docs, thought I might share it with you guys as well!
Any suggestions to make it easier to read/use would be accepted!
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Comprehensive! I don’t really keep track of my shows though. I usually just save them up for a while and watch them all at the same time.
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Here’s what I would do, not sure if it’s helpful but:
I don’t think the genre is necessary seeing as it’s for you I’m sure you know which show is what. I’d put the show in the day (where the genre is now) so Breaking Bad would be under Monday where Drama currently is (if you get what I mean? :P). You could move the list of shows and their seasons/when they air/season somewhere else and colour code them using the genre.
I dunno 😛 that’s just me, not sure what else to say. Hope that kind of helped and wasn’t too annoying.
I like it simple so I just have a notepad file titled “stuff” that has when the shows air in the US and what episode I’m up to.
MONDAY adventure time – 8
TUESDAY tosh.0 – 12
WEDNSDAY Futurama – 0*** JUNE 20th
SATURDAY korra – 9
SUNDAY breaking bad – 0*** JULY 15th
WEDNESDAY south park – 7***** SEP 26th
SUNDAY dexter – 0*** SEP 30th
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Actually not just for me, it’s for my mates as well =P
Was my mates idea for Google docs so a bunch of us had access to it =P
Also what’s the go with the stars in your stuff?
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That looks good. I need all the suggestions to help manage my show watching schedule.
Alternatively, I could stop watching so many shows. However, we all know that is not an option.
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Yeah, I just keep finding more that seem interesting and adding them to the pile =P
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* = Not airing yet 🙂
Usually I won’t put something on the list unless I know the date but if it’s really far away (South Park, Dexter) then I’ll put it below the list.There’s a bigger gap between breaking bad and south park but it just didn’t show when I copy/pasted.
Maybe you can also add the current episode or whatever the show is up to. I know some of my sitcoms in the US will air 2 eps in a single week so it can get a bit confusing :P.
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Was thinking that, but wasn’t sure =P
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Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
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Thanks, I doubt I will (exams :/) but I hope you and all the TAYbes have a wonderful one too 🙂
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You’ll pass, don’t worry.
One good thing about exams, they end.
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Cheers I dunno about that at the moment though 😛
The exam is on Thursday so I’ll spend the weekend trying to learn stuff but I had a quick look today and it was complete gibberish. I only went to one lecture :/ oops!
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Thank you Mash Mash! You too!
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Ha Ha. One of the things I like about TAY is every chance people get, they put a new spin on someone’s username.
Thanks Powy Wowy, the Mash mash thing made me smile.
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Hahaha Powy Wowy
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Less than 26 hours til the Tricolor waves for the start of the Le Mans 24 hours!
Anyone else here going to watch it?
Started a Darkadia account, since it’s the cool thing to do. Began by adding whatever came to mind. Turns out that’s not a very efficient way to do this sort of thing. I’ve got PS3/360/Wii and apparently 3DS complete. DS is probably half done. Do not want to even consider PC yet.
http://darkadia.com/member/mawt
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Ha Ha. I like how despite all the games you have to add, you still had to add Radiant Historia to your wishlist.
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Here’s mine http://darkadia.com/member/scree/library
I’ve only done Gamecube, most of the PS2 games (some weren’t available), PS3 and wii
I’ve still got xbox, xbox360, psp, ds, 3ds and older games to go-
You’re forgetting PC games 😛
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Virus is riiiiight! How could you?!? D: LE SIN!
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I’ll only do the PC games once I’ve got all the others in.
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And can’t you do all at the same time and fill them accordingly? Liek, poor PC 🙁
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It’s so I know what I’ve already put in, duh
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You just select what platforms you have each game on under platforms =P So if you have them on multiple platforms you do so at once!
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It’s easier for me to do it this way D=
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My mate posted this on facebook, hilarious. I laughed hard at the part below!
HIS HONOUR: —–I order – I rule—–
DEFENDANT: Well, you can fuckin’ order what you like.
HIS HONOUR: —–that Ms R —–
DEFENDANT: Order me a fuckin’ pizza while you’re at it.
Has anyone seen this BS!?!?!?
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-06-06-david-demartini-origin-wants-to-be-the-hub
Article headlined as : “Steam sales “cheapen intellectual property” says EA Origin boss….”
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Haha, yeah saw this the other week. Steam is great I wouldn’t own some games if they never came on sale tbh.
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Yeah, the Steam forums are in an uproar because of this and no, I believe this is pure BS too. If anything, it has given me access to a VAST library of games otherwise I would’ve NEVER been able to purchase for the simple fact retail just doesn’t nearly exist here and piracy is rampant. Steam actually converted a huge portion of the people who used to pirate into legitimate customers, even if they are cheapskates, they are still paying now! That’s Steam biggest success, among many other things.
What I hate the most was this: “Also what Steam does might be teaching the customer that “I might not want it in the first month, but if I look at it in four or five months, I’ll get one of those weekend sales and I’ll buy it at that time at 75 percent off.” It’s an approach, and I’m not going to say it’s not working for Valve. It certainly works for Valve; I don’t know if it works as well for the publishing partners who take on the majority of that haircut. ”
I don’t even know where to begin…
Morning TAY! \o/
Just getting in a jaunty greeting before it all collapses in a heap of stink for me.
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morning?
So anyway, that Big W toy sale is coming up, and they have a 3ds console for $188 and MK7/SuperMario3D for $48 each. Total together is $269.80 with my massive 5% Big W staff discount. Whaddaya reckon ppl, should I buy one or not considering I bought myself a Vita. How are people liking their 3ds’?
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I love my 3DS. One of my favourite games is Nintendogs. No idea why, but I want to collect everything. Also, Spirit camera \o/
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I agree with scree (rhyming!), I really like my 3DS. It all comes down to what type of games you like though.
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I like my 3DS, street passes are addictive, doesn’t have that many games, but that’s okay because I can’t afford them.
If you don’t have a DS(which admittedly, I was probably the only person in the world not to own one), then the backlog is great, but that’s probably not relevant.
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You never had a DS?!
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Price aside (assuming you think it’s good enough) and based on the console itself, I’d say picking up a 3DS is worth it. Seems like you’re a Nintendo fan so you’ll enjoy the software lineup. And like Blaghs said above, if you never owned a DS there’s so many amazing games for that system so you’d be more than happy with your purchase 😀
If you’ve never seen the 3D effect it can be really good at times and meh at others. I’m generally fine with viewing it but some people get headaches and whatnot. Overall it’s not really necessary but I like it.
As for negatives? Probably the worst thing about the 3DS is the battery life. You’ll only get 3-5 hours depending on your level of brightness/3D/volume. You can buy a battery extender thingy but I can’t comment on them cause I’ve never used one. But it’s a significant drop from what the DS used to offer (and I hear it’s less than the Vita’s)
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Thanks a lot guys, but I still dunno, aside from those two games I mentioned, what are your favs. And I never bought a ds either, so all the games released on that I have no clue of. Thanks again guys.
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Other than the Marios, Kid Icarus is probably my favourite (though I hate the controls :P). I’m looking forward to fire emblem, luigis mansion and paper mario as well.
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Oh god I could go on and on about all the DS games but I’ll let Bish do that (whenever he appears). Depends on what genre you’re into.
3DS doesn’t have that much so it’s easy to recommend games. Ocarina of Time: 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations, Pullblox/Pushmo (downloadable title but a MUST HAVE), Tales of the Abyss (if you’re an JRPG fan). I haven’t played it but I also heard Starfox 64 3D was good.
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Not really a fan of jrpgs, and if star fox 64 is the same one as on the N64, instabuy. Loved that to death.
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I hear it’s the same but better!
I’ve never played any Star Fox games so I can’t comment but it should be fairly cheap now.
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Is the price any good? That isn’t exactly pocket change for me.
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The 3DS price looks good but the retail prices of the games are just okay in my opinion. I prefer to import my games (UK 3DS games will work on Australian consoles) and if you look around at some UK importing sites like Zavvi or OzGameShop you can find the games you listed, and others for around the $44 mark.
$48 is a fairly good price though so I probably wouldn’t bother but when you consider the usual price of 3DS games in Australia ($50-69) then it’s pretty significant. I remember seeing Star Fox for ~$30 or so during the Dick Smith ‘sale’ a few months back but I had a look earlier and it seems to be gone from the website.
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Ozgameshop has those two for $48.99 each so it’s better through retail here. (theres something i thought I would never say.) I’ve got a week or so before staff can put away stock so I’ll decide then. Thanks for ur help Greenius mate, ur awesome 😀
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Hah thanks and no problem 🙂
Don’t forget all the others that helped out too!
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Cheers everyone. Thanks for the help
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Good morning, people (night for me, heh), did anyone get the Indie Royale games? This one surely is awesome! NoituLove2 is great and PixelJunk Eden is also very good. Gotta try the other games too.
PixelJunk Eden, what do you guys think of it? It’s stylish and smooth as silk, quite enjoyable and tricky but the falls… Man, those high speed falls when you are at the top of the screen and you can catch anything. I suffer vertigo and, I can’t explain why, the gravity+falls in this game truly made me a bit dizzy.
Minor gripe for an overall quite sweet game.
The bundle comes with the Alpha of Iconoclasts. No idea what that game is about either. Did anyone play it?
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Buy it for me and I’ll tell you =P
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HI ALPHA!
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HI VIRUS!
Greenius: Please, please, please, please, please don’t you ever say that again. You can’t imagine the amount of cool stuff that sadly isn’t on Steam atm. In fact, if you give it a pass you might be effectively forfeiting it from coming to Steam in the first place! What we gotta do is to play the game and probably blabber around how we want it in the STEAMZ. DEM STEAM KEYZ ARE POWER.
Else, it’ll be like Radian Games or Firebase Inc. who got rejected by Valve and that would suck 🙁 (Hopefully they might be re-submitting, Radian Games are awesome, same for Firebase!)
Oh, GOG is having a sale as well! Plenty of neat stuff in there too.
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Well for the previous Indie Bundles I bought I just downloaded the games and didn’t bother with the Steam keys because I never used Steam back then. But now that I do it’s nice just having everything all in one place :). I know I could always unofficially add it to Steam as a non-Steam game but I dunno… :/
Also it technically doesn’t matter in this case because I still bought the game anyway. But then again it’s not like I would’ve played it (or other games) anyway even if it came with a Steam key. Who plays games nowadays?! 😛
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Actually I did buy this one!
I usually ignore anything that isn’t Humble Indie Bundle because the games generally don’t interest me but I liked Auditorium on iOS so I bought it for that :). PixelJunk Eden was one of the very first games I wanted on PSN but never got. A friend gifted it to me a few weeks ago so I gifted it back to them. I haven’t played the other 2 games but the goat one looked interesting, however, the lack of a Steam key for it means I’ll give it a pass.
Last one before I go to sleep…
A Machine for Pigs trailer was shown. Bricks were shat! Amnesia’s glorious return!
P.S.: Did anyone check this game?
Are we getting a survival horror revival?
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I think it might be
i am in no way supporting piracy in saying this, but for diablo 3 owners who are sick to death of lag, the server emulator mooege has been released so u can play offline for no lag, just thought i’d let u know
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That’d work if you have a legit copy I assume anyway, yeah? I’ll just assume it doesn’t connect you to Battle.net and whatnot.
IT’S SO QUIET!
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Shh, you’ll wake the baby.
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What?
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You were yelling, and if you tell, you may well wake the baby. Clearly.
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yell*
Dammit.
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Sorry!
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That’s Scree’s job, bad Greenius *whacks with a rolled up newspaper*
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I knew nothing about said baby!
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Think back to Paris, the sunlight filtering through the trees on the boulevard, dappling across the ground- across your face.
How we laughed, the fun we had. We grew up, and so did something else.
I have a- We. Have a child now. And I thought you should know now. He needs you in his life, and, I think you need him in yours.
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I think I shouldn’t stay up past 2 am, it does weird things to my mind.
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That it does. o_O
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Less than three hours until Le Mans.
I have everything set up for it:
Streaming on my TV and live timing on my laptop.
All I need is drinks and food and I’ll be set…
And then I have to get up early to get a new hard drive for my tower…
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Ooh is it that time of the year already, enjoy dude!
I’ve really lost interest in motorsport over the last few years, I really only watch Bathurst in the V8’s now, Melbourne in the F1’s & Phillip Island in the Moto GP.
I use to love all aspects of motorsport now i’m all “eh” I think it’s all because how Channel 7 really bastardised the V8’s for me on commercial TV, having everything the commentators say a product placement & how they get excited over something that isn’t remotely exciting =/
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Yeah, once Seven got the rights, V8 coverage went down the toilet.
Get Leigh Diffey back and give Ten the rights!-
Yeah and at least the Ten commentators know what they’re talking about.. Well Skaifey does, but god, matt white sure doesn’t >.<
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I hit up my local GAME for some 60% off action.
Picked up Dead Space 2, Just Cause 2, Nier and Alpha Protocol for $46. Would have been less if they’d let me redeem my loyalty points (wouldn’t even do the 10% value thing), but I’m certainly not going to complain about those prices.
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There’s a lot to like about Alpha Protocol as long as you’re in a forgiving mood. Dead Space 2 is a damn fine actiony romp too. Nicely done, man.
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That’s a good haul. I haven’t played 3/4’s of those games, but Just cause 2 is fantastic fun.
It’s a really good sandbox game. The missions later on are not very varied and it’ll become repetitive but you won’t care because you’ll be causing all the CHAOS. -
Good find!
I have a feeling you’ll be a Nier fan. It’s one of those underrated, flawed but awesome games. I know I thought it looked like complete ass from the launch trailer and from one random video review I watched from (insert big biased website here). Gameplay was a little bit average but the story and music made everything worth it IMO. Can’t complain for that price :D. I paid $15 for it and was more than happy with my purchase.
I also agree with what Peyj said above about Dead Space 2. Good fun!
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Nier! \o/
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Would probably not have even looked at it if not for your Chuloopa-esque advocation for this game.
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Tex Murphy fans rejoice, the Kickstarter has ended and the project’s a go! Those who don’t know what Tex Murphy is need to make a detour to GOG.com. 😛
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(If you only play one, make it The Pandora Directive. 😛 http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/tex_murphy_the_pandora_directive)
Le Mans 24 hours is underway!
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Audi 1st & 2nd ,Toyota currently 3rd overall, nearly two and a half hours in.
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Also, RIP Gareth Roberts.
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Rally car dude? RIP Gareth.
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Morning everyone *sleepy*
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Morning scree, going to follow Shane’s lead and check out Game’s 60% sale soonish.
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Eh, range seems pretty depleted. Might just buy Mass Effect 3 for 360 at Big W. Finish off my console playthrough. 😛
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D= I wish I could do that. Might be able to pick up a few games I’ve been after for cheap. Pity there are none near me
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All the GAME stores in my vicinity are closed 🙁
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There’s one literally next to JB at my local Westfield with a EB games a few stores down. Seems like bad planning. Still open for now, though.
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Still watching Le Mans… #48 Nissan looks like it’s out of the race.
Audi still 1,2 and 3 with ten and a half hours to go.
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#2 Audi pits, and is back out.
About to go to sleep here (gotta love inverted time), I hope it’s not as freezing as it is here. ’cause it’s really freezing.
Anyone preparing the soul for the impending Steam “Summer” Sale? (Let’s call it Winter Sale for us.)
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Added some moolah into my PayPal account and I’m holding off buying anything on Steam in case it drops in price 😀
I’ve never experienced this fabled “Summer Sale” so we’ll see what it’s all about…
Six and a quarter hours to go, looks like a car has stopped at the exit of Mulsanne.
Audi still leads from first to fourth.
So Gametraders reduced the price of Pandora’s tower. I’m a little peeved about it, but nothing I can really do.
They’ve also dropped the price of Siletn hill down pur from $70 to $40. I’m seriously considering getting it if I can afford it.
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IMPORTTTTTTTTTTTT
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Err why are you annoyed they dropped the price of something? =/
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Because I layby’d it when it wasn’t cheap D=
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And that’s why you don’t layby games. Just put the money aside and buy the game when you’ve got time to play it, and/or when it’s on special.
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It was already on Special when I bought it. But it’s was suddenly marked Clearance and considering they had none left anyway it wouldn’t have really mattered
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Just saw Prometheus. It was pretty good! I recommend it if you haven’t seen it yet. Left alot of questions unanswered though.. Check out the trailer for Wreck it Ralph. A movie about video games!
My computer is nearly ready! \o/
All it needs is a DVD drive and a copy of windows 7, and then I’ll be all set!
And it looks like Audi are unstoppable in the Le Mans 24 Hours.
It’ll take a miracle in the final four hours for any other team to come close.
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And now two of the Audis are in the pits, after suffering major damage.
OMG I actually finished a game. Grotesque tactics 2 – Dungeons and donuts
Was actually a decent game let down by the sheer number of bugs. Multiple times I had to save then reload the game just so that I could move a character. Annoyances like that aside it was an overall enjoyable experience.
Currently $25 for the 2 pack of 1 + 2 which is ok value, going into it know there will be bugs I would recommend people pick it up over the steam summer sales that are likely to be coming up soon.
The dialog it witty, the combat isn’t overly challenging (select hardest difficult when give a choice) but you will die if you don’t pay any attention (or occasionally due to cheap shots).
Story was strong enough to get me through, mostly just a piss take over the fantasy RPG genre
G’day TAY! How are we all? I’ve been disconnected for the best part of two weeks, which were filled with too much alcohol, a surprising amount of sociophobia/(social claustrophobia?) and bum-pinching grandmothers. Aside from that, nothing much :3
Can anyone fill me in on what I’ve missed?
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Stuff! 😀
If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to, why don’t you go where gaming staaaaaaays
Logging on to TAY!
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