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Morning all!
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Morning!
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Beavwa! Hope you’re well, man!
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Been sick the last few days, dragged my fat ass through a corporate ‘triathlon’ yesterday… Should get better from here.
Got a 3DS XL on Friday and spent most of the weekend playing Animal Crossing on Wii.
About it for me. How’s everything going for you?Edit: me no type so good.
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🙁 Hope you’re feeling better now. 3DS? Now you’ll have to attend many a meat to get street passes and the like. (Or just go to PAX.)
I’m good, man. Nothing new to talk about, but good. Haha!
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PS4 ANNOUNCEMENT THIS WEEK! ALL ABOARD
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*boards the train*
I hope it is still a while off though, I still don’t have the PS3 I asked TAY I should buy
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Vita discount pleeeeeease!
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Looking forward to seeing the games! 😀
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So Hype! I’ll probably be buying from the US. Damn blu-ray regions!
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Yeah me too, I’ll probably also end up using my US PSN account unless they dick us over somehow with that, since I suspect PS4 / PSV integration will be a thing.
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*Surfs train*
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On board the Anticipation Bus, making the trip to the Hype Train station.
Morning everyone.
This hot weather is slowly killing me.
In other news I got the my little pony game on my phone. Loving it so far but let’s see how long that lasts
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Something, something, in-app purchases
Hey good morning everyone 🙂
So yesterday in that Star Wars fighting game article a whole bunch of people expressed interest in playing Jedi Academy. Who wants to actually get a couple of games going? I still have the game installed (on 4 computers at home, actually…). It’s pretty cheap on Steam ($10)
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Oh man, Jedi Academy was great. I’ve only done a couple of games of multi.
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Hey buddy! Haven’t seen you around TAY before! Welcome!
I love the KotOR games, but the other Star Wars stuff hasn’t really interested me.
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The Jedi Knight/Academy series contains, hands-down, the best lightsaber battles in the Star Wars gaming arena.
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Can you throw your green lightsabers and then they fly back to you, KotOR-style? Cause that totally won me over! 😛 I’ve got all those games, just never played them alas.
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Yes. Yes you can.
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Hey, thanks for the warm welcome =) I’ve previously avoided TAY because it seemed so daunting and difficult to follow conversations but with the new account system it seems to be more manageable =)
I really need to get back into KotOR…I’m still at Dantooine in the first game! I don’t think it’s aged well…but as a Star Wars fan I owe it to myself to get through it.-
The best part about Dantooine is when you’re crossing the fields and then the game hangs for a half minute, after which it then rockets you to the other side of the map.
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As much as I would love to see that happen, I’m just glad it hasn’t happened to me =P
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I played it this gen and loved every minute! Such a good two games. Even my playthrough and a half of part II was mostly glitch free! 😀
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Man, if only I had internet.
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I hate TAYing by carrier pigeon too.
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I’m using telepathy
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Smoke signals.
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Joy
The computer system we use to do everything is again, down
For who knows how long
I literally have nothing I can do, I have already done all I can do without the system
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YEAH COMPUTERS!
..I’m sure I’ve said that before.
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<3
Doesn’t matter got love?
Can I fucking go home now?
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Hey fronds!
Spent majority of my weekend playing Don’t Starve. It’s really a great game! How’s everyone else going?
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If you’re not playing as the robot I am disappoint…
Getting back into Dark Souls in a big way. Have cleared the Parish and cleaned out Valley of the Drakes. Now trying to decide whether to skip ahead to Blighttown, or to tackle the lower Burg and Depths. Or maybe clear out the forest of nasty butterflies and hydras. Or maybe go back and make Havel dead. Also there’s a loose end Black Knight just past the Hellkite Dragon that I need to deal with. So many choices!
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Solution:
Kill everything!-
Yeah, I know, but I’ve done all this before. I’m torn between your strategy, and just pushing ahead to where I stopped on my PS3 playthrough 🙂
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Forest.-
Yeah, I don’t much like butterflies either.
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Re: Black Knight.
Do what I did, lure him the the Mecha Boar area(after its cleaned out) and get one of the fire pits between you. As long as you keep stepping when he does to keep the fire dead centre, when he attacks he burns himself.-
I remember beating that guy in toe to toe combat on my first playthrough. Was awesome. Best moment. Want that again!
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So tired. Moving that involves 4 flights of stairs and awkward furniture movement is hard. Then I had car problems and I thought my battery was flat. Called battery world guy and he said it was fine now. He didn’t charge me for looking at it either such a nice gentlemen.
Also been feeling super homesick. I hope my job starts soon or I find a new one not so much to have a income (which would be nice) but because it’s a distraction and a purpose.
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Thanks a lot for everything on the weekend. I was pretty exhausted by Saturday night and then there was all of Sunday to go. Fun times.
Mainly it’s my legs that are sore now. Damned stairs. Although I think I have some bruises or something on my forearms because they’re sore whenever they come into contact with anything. Just nothing visible to show the abuse they’ve been through.
Just so everyone knows, Sydney parking inspectors are jerks.
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Man we are so manly.
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The manliest.
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Have you moved for good yet? Or still in the process. New job or anything?
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I haven’t moved anything yet. We were getting things out of her old apartment. I’m still in Brisbane for another two months. Haven’t even told work that I’m going yet.
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This is why I love TAY, we help each other like bros 🙂
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Rockets, you’re awesome. You’ll settle in soon enough. I hope the home sickness passes soon.
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I hope it does, im sure it will. I just need to take it one day at a time.
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Yep. A rough day is rough day regardless of what city you’re in.
Make sure you get out of the house and do stuff.
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I did lots of stuff last week.
just not enough apparently
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You need to TAY more
That is all
Spaghett’s word is also law
*note, Spaghett’s laws not realised in most states, countires or realities*
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Give me money jerk.
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I just did, 20 bucks mang
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Youre a good man. I like you. Lets kiss.
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Let the kissing commence!
Edit* It’s alright, I have $140 dollars to live on until next Wednesday and nothing I need to buy, also my brother owes me 80 bucks*
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This morning I woke up feeling super-alive and excited for the day. This is awesome.
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jelly…
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I didn’t.
Don’t let that kill your buzz though. Enjoy your day of excellence.
I have a request:
If anyone sees me playing Civ 5 multiplayer on a Sunday ever again, I want you to yell at me to quit. Dear god, I think I lost like 7 hours of the day with @cakesmith and @blaghman.
Fun, though.
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Ok, I saw it, and continued playing Skyrim
I have a request
Never yell at me to quit playing Skyrim
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It’s so easy to do that in multiplayer. Bunny and I fell into that trap a few times and I kept going to bed way later than planned for work the next day 😛
While Bunny was going for the boring science victory, I was conquering other city states and nations 😛-
And remind me, who won by launching a rocket before some other nation on another continent did?
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Hahaha! Yes on the very VERY last turn before you won by SCIENCE that you nuked a beachhead city of our most threatening enemy 😛
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Spaghett reviews stuff!
Watched: The Matrix for the millionth time this weekend – Review score, 10 billion out of 10
Played: The Elder Scrolls Skyrim: Dragonborn – Review score 9 billion out of 10
LAST SONG PLAYED GAME
Lotus Feet by Steve Vai
Because you can never have enough Vai
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Ducks Don’t Need Satellites – Kate Miller-Heidke
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Flux pavilion ft childish gambino- do or die
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Great Canberra band we played with on Saturday night.
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Im not sure why i wasn’t expecting this. My headphones were also up loudly. Im now awake for the entire day.
Im not sure why but it grows on you and im not a massive fan of this sort of music.
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You know what my band plays, we obviously didn’t play with an indie rock band.
We actually did, like 3 weeks ago. The crowd wasn’t super pleased.
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hahaha really i wonder why?
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By the way, it’s not Metal. It is safe to click, people.
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Anything these dudes do i mean anything
I cant stop listening to them. one of the best bands in recent history.
Funeral is my favourite album of all time.-
Yeah, I’m hooked on that album. The others are great too, but I keep going back to Funeral. Neon Bible’s so damn cool too!
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Train in Vain (Stand by Me) – The Clash
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Man Steve Vai is awesome.
Soldierhead – Newstead
i’m hoping for a full album from Jason, this EP is awesome, but it’s just not enough damn it. Easily his best work since he was with Metallica. His last studio release with Metallica was close to 16 years ago now too :S
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So it’s good? I shall have to listen to it
And yeah man, Vai is amazing
Him and Satriani are among my favourites
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Yeah man! Totally worth it. Especially if you like Jason’s gravelly vocals.
I hope he is able to tour, but I won’t hold my breathe since he’s had 2 shoulder reconstructions from years of abuse of his playing with Metallica. But he’d be a good fit for Soundwave I reckon!
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He would be a great soundwave fit
And I love gravelly
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I would’ve loved to have seen him & his band there this year, and seen him join Metallica for a song or two. A lad can dream.
Also here’s the single from the EP! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kRWwxCPyjw
Edit: I must say it always looks like he has internal bed hair these days.
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After today I’ve started my final playthrough of Mass Effect 1 with the Soldier. Sadly I can’t play LoL this week as I’m on recall again and I have horrible luck, seems I get recalled way more than the rest of the guys combined to help with fault fixing :(.
Edit: Also good morning everyone! 🙂
I need moar sleep!
Judas Priest’s “Breaking the law” is the best song for making up your own repetitive words to make everyday tasks that much more fun. Like this morning, for example, whilst i was shaving a certain spot while having my shower.
I like saying whilst.
And whom.
Also, Bee and I had our engagement party on saturday! No boring details, but it was a great night, as tiring as it always is playing host. We did a wishing well rather than gifts and it worked wonderfully, which will make paying for the wedding that little bit easier.
PLUS, last night Bee and I made lasagna from scratch, including a home made bechamel sauce. Damn it was good.
How is everyone?!
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Too bad I missed that engagement party, cuz I’m really happy for the two of you 🙂
Lasagna?! WHY WASN’T I INVITED!? 🙁 lol
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Your wishing well worked? my sister did that at her engagement party and wedding and she was still trolled with gifts.
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We had a wishing well at our wedding, but knew that a lot of our family didn’t want to give money (in terms of olden-day-type-tradition, asking for money is apparently actually rude), so we set up a registry as well. We got a mix of presents and money.
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The problem is that we already have everything we need. I mean, we’ve already been living together for something like 3-4 years. So more than anything we need help with actually paying for the blasted wedding. lol
But yeah, there is the certain stigma that cash=rude… but really it’s so much more practical.-
Might be because some people can’t afford to spend as much as others and don’t want to feel cheap. You can work around that with physical presents. I understand why you guys would want money instead, though. Weddings are crazy expensive! D:
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Oh man, they sure are.
To build upon your argument, it might be that some people see engagement parties as cash grabs, and want to get out of them cheaply without appearing cheap, saving up the big kahoonahs for the wedding gift 😛
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Dude.. not only did it work, but we didn’t receive a single gift!!
We didn’t even stress the wishing well thing, but everyone that gave a card did it.I suppose it is much easier for people just to do that than to find a gift, though
Bought Max Payne 3 on the pc. Pure awesomeness. Excellent story and gunplay can’t wait to get home and play it. Good call shiggy.
ALL THE FUN AT WORK!
“We are incredibly low on staff today and over the next week or so. I am expecting everyone to knuckle down and monitor some decent numbers today – everyone who is solely monitoring today should be monitoring over 50 ads at a bare minimum.
I don’t want to see huge gaps in people’s monitoring records today without a valid reason.”
Oo-er!
In other news, I went back to Final Fantasy XIII at the weekend. It’s definitely growing on me more this time around. Where I’m at (minor spoilers?)
Just kicked the Pirmarch’s ass and learned what our focus is (end of chapter9?)
When does the game open up? I think I heard around Ch 11.
Made a major breakthrough in the battle mechanics while fighting the boss. Before I was using a Com/Rav/Rev or Com/Rav/Med team to stagger (which took ages) but now I’m alternating between Com/Syn/Syn to get the buffs (Esp Haste) then staggering with a Rav/Rav/Rav team and following up with a Com/Com/Rav team once staggered to do the most damage.
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Running with an all Rav team can be risky cuz with a Com the stagger meter depletes much slower and and all Rav team the stagger meter can go back to zero before you can attack again, which is annoying at times.
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Not if you use Haste 😀
Stagger bar is only half depleted before my Ravagers go at it again (on the rare occurrence that they don’t get the job done on the first try)
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Yeah I don’t use Syn until bosses, hence why I never noticed before. Good to know, it might actually get me past where I’m stuck in the most stupid situation.
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Yeah, so you have an extra set which is Rav/Rav/Com so you can stabilize the stagger meter. When you’re in stagger-building mode you open with Rav/Rav/Rav then immediately switch to Rav/Rav/Com and get the quick-switch bonus and fire everything off and the Com will stabilize everything.
Then have two identical sets of Com/Com/Rav to do the same when you’ve staggered. You swap from one to the other to leverage that quick switch time boost as well.
Then have your healing set and your buffing set. That’s how I was doing it at least and it worked really nicely.
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I think I have a Com/Rav/Rav Paradigm but never needed to use it. Keeping it set up anyway.
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I guess it depends how quickly you’re filling the stagger meter. You could probably use your Com/Com/Rav set to stabilize it too if you needed.
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Rav/Rav/Rav + Haste fills it pretty quick. I had a Com/Com/Rav team too, but I only needed them for damage after staggering. I did use a Com/Syn/Syn team to start the battles so the Com’s first few turns would slow the bar a little. i had other Paradigm’s to slow the stagger meter, but never needed to use them. In saying that, I only just started working with other set ups. Up till now I was really only using Com/Rav/Rav to stagger and a Com/Com/Rav team for damage. No buffs. Incredibly slow. Haste has made a massive difference to how I’m playing.
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Synergists are fantastic. Wait till buffs and debuffs abound, then unload!
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ALL THE BUFFS!
From memory I think you are very close to where you get a bit more freedom. I thought it was Chapter 10 but I could be wrong.
Haste is pretty amazing in that game, IIRC.
And yeah, the battle system is good like that. I don’t really think you gain much from grinding in the game if you’re stuck, it’s more that you aren’t adapting yourself to the enemies. I understand that the class mechanic in RPGs is a sort of standard and gives characters a role, but I certainly think that the freedom in tactics is very nice to have.
Chapter 11 is where you get to Gran Pulse, where the game supposedly opens up. but still not in a super pseudo-open world the previous FFs had. It’s more of a really big space you can wander around in. It’s not game-changing.
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It’s when you can start farming items to upgrade weapons though. 😀
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But you can choose where to go and what to do. And you finally get sidequests.
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I suppose it depends on how you feel about the linearity.
I never had a problem with it. And when I hit Gran Pulse, I sampled 2 sidequests, and just got bored and headed pretty much past all the open space to go back and confine myself to linearity.I don’t want freedom! I don’t want choice!
I AM THE CANCER KILLING THE INDUSTRY
HAMBURGER HELPER etc etc-
This is how I played it too!
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Funnily enough this conversation has made me want to replay FF XIII. I went to get it but then I remembered I lent it to my mother. 🙁
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I have a copy you can borrow! HK version! English text with Japanese voices! (I lost my HK save when my PS3 borked, but still had the PAL one, so I went back to it)
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Japanese voices? Is Vanille less irksome in Japanese?
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Very much so!
Video proof:
http://youtu.be/T6moSSGvc5w
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Oh, and the first thing I did on Gran Pulse was get lost. 😛
I didn’t have a problem with the linearity, it worked for the story they were telling.
My only problem was that it wasn’t Final Fantasy. I missed towns and shops and stuff!
I’m replaying FFVII now on the Vita and that game is surprisingly linear at the start. The Midgar section especially. But it’s the moments in towns where you talk to people and steal the savings of a sleeping kid etc, that make it all worth while. Also visiting the Honeybee Inn and dressing Cloud up as a woman.
When it opened out my OCD set in and I wanted to do all the hunts and then couldn’t do all the hunts because they were boring as fuck and made me feel like I was playing an MMO.
So I stopped playing entirely. Too much choice 🙁
I used com/rav/rav until the com made a hit than used rav/rav/rav until a stagger than com/com/com and would occasionally enter a turtle paradigm to heal.
Seemed to destroy the game despite it’s simplicity
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I do similar. Start with the Com/Syn/Syn team. While the Synergists and applying the buffs, the Com gets in a few hits and slows the stagger bar. Rav/Rav/Rav can usually stagger in one turn.
I’m using Lightning/Sazh/Hope so no Com/Com/Com Paradigm available. Using a Com/Com/Rav instead, but it does the job.
It’s in interesting mechanic that I’m only just starting to get my head around.
YAY FUN AT WORK
Wait a minute…that’s not fun! You’re a liar!
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How would you know?
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Oooh, right in the unemployed feels.
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I only lash out because I’m jealous.
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The game only sorta kinda opens up. Don’t get your hopes to high.
I used Fang, Lightnin’ and Hope. These three make the best team imho.
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I DID use them, but swapped Fang out for Sazh because he can cast HASTE!
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He annoys me almost as much as Vanille. I was so keen on him before he opened his stereotypical mouth too.
I’m sure someone else learns haste eventually.
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Hope is WAY more annoying. Second most annoying character in the game.
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I reckon Hope actually improves. He just starts annoying so that he can grow as a person. Is very mature come XIII-2
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I should hat Snow too, but he looks just like my IRL mate Michael.
Everyone who knows him thought so straight away.So in conclusion:
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Fang is da kewlist! (cc @ash )
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Lightning>Sazh>Vanille>Snow>Fang>Hope
I didn’t mind Hope in 13-2 though so now looking forward to what became of him come 13-2. hopefully Alyssa had his babies.
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The entire cast is varying degrees of annoying.
Are you playing the JP dialogue Asia release or the US dub release? I feel this may have an impact on your perception of the characters.
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WESTERINO! (not by choice, because I didn’t know I had a choice)
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“Rest of Asia” version is Japanese language with English text. Dubtitles IIRC, but no Welsh accents. 😛
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@Doc_what Yeah I know that NOOOOW, but I aint buyin agian am I?
After Ni No I maaaaay get back into WKCII!
Waaa :'( I was working so missed the FF13 discussion D’:
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I check back! Feel free to join in!
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Um I don’t know what to say now?
My main tema was Lightning b/c good COM, Sazh because good RAV and Vanille b/c good MED. I didn’t find Vanille annoying at all.
I like to stagger with COM/RAV/RAV so it doesn’t take for ever but doesn’t drop too quickly either.
I liked the linear sections and the gran pulse sections.
I’m so excited for Lightning Returns that I could piss my pants!
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I will buy Lightning Returns in an expensive collectors edition because of FF love.
I didn’t finish 13 because I lost my save ON THE LAST GODDAM LEVEL. and Im at the end of 13-2 but Ni No Kuni.I fully intend to finish them all. But before I do I will prolly rebeat 7,8&9 because Vita.
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I will also buy the most expensive version of LR:FF13. I have even puts aside the JB vouche ri got for my bday in october to start my LR fund. i will also buy DLC outfits for Lightning, just like I played dress ups with Noel and Serah in 13-2. I”M A GROWN MAN PLAYING DRESSUPS WITH ELECTRONIC DOLLS – GET OVER IT!
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I loved dress-ups in X-2 but I refuse to pay for that sort of DLC in any game.
You don’t order games from Ozgamehop.com?
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I was hoping they’d go on sale 😛 No luck.
I will also be buying the set because GOD DAMN! FINAL FANTASY!
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Yes I order most things from ozgameshop. Um confession i got FF13 for $20 from ogs 6 mths after release, likewise FF13-2 for $40 from ogs about 3 mths after release? Point is my fav games this gen I got on the cheap. Time to spend big! I figured JB so i could just walk in and get on day 1. I’ve not had an experience pre-ordering from OGS so feel free to convert me.
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@ash I payed $130 for the collector’s edition of FF13 from EB because I didn’t know about ozgame yet…
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Have you played Resonance of Fate!? SO MUCH DRESS UPS! Also, GREAT GAME! But, y’know, THE DRESS UPS! the first thing I did each chapter was check out the clothes store to see if there was any new outfits 😛
@Strange will back me up here 🙂
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I wasted all my cash ion dressups and got stuck because I spent nothing on guns. Only borrowed.
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Yeah RoF is one of the games on my ‘next buy’ consideration list.
basically I have promised myself not to buy anothe rgame until I have finsihed 5 that i have already got. Since that promise I have finsihed Kirby’s Adventure on the Wii, and gotten ending A on nier whihc is close enough to completed for these pruposes (doesn’t mean I won’t play through for ending b, whihc i have infact started).
I am now working on Eternal Sonata (about third fo the way through I think), and playing through Rayman Origins with Mrs.
I may need Tay’s help to decide what the 5th game I finsih is. Also deff need your guys help to decide what to buy next. Considertaion list is as follows:
Xenoblade (@greenius)
RoF (@strange)
Dark Souls (@freezespreston)FYI LR:FF13 is an exception in that if I haven’t finsihed 5 games by her release I will buy regardless.
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@ash I will most certainly back him up!
I also think your shortlist of games you can’t really go wrong with(I love all three), but you should get Resonance of Fate first because the other two will take way more time to finish. Dark Souls you never really finish with anyway because when you finish you immediately want to start again. 😀
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I thought 13-2 really improved the battle system. Little tweaks made significant differences imho.
But I would still love the return of the traditional ATB. FFX-2 had an awesome ATB system! 😀
I miss ATB.
Playing the old FF games on the Vita. Less strategy, but that’s good. I prefer less thinking 😛
Less strategy than what?
Yeah battle system and overall game were much better, platinumed them both, even though doing that in FFXIII means fighting 1 billion Admantoises, at least XIII-2 didn’t make u grind for 1000 hours on the same damn enemy.
I wish I had time for that sort of thing. I still haven’t beat the end boss /o\
I dunno, I got FFXIII on launch and the crazy expensive CE of FFXIII-2 with the 4CD Soundtrack and stuff, but I might skip Lightning Returns at launch and just grab the Asia release when it comes out because it looks kind of eh and I still haven’t finished FXIII or played XIII-2 and it’s a fair way away from bubbling to the top of my pile (want to get through at least Xenoblade and The Witcher 2 before it, plus keep on top of new releases, plus when Tales of Xillia comes out I’m playing that immediately)
I went the normal CE fo 13-2 for $60 from ozgame
So i should seriosuly just pre order from ozgameshop? How close can they supply to release date (i’m seriously gonna book a day off work and ask mrs to take kids away soemwhere 🙂 )
Also that would mean i could use my JB voucher to buy Dark Souls Prepare to Die edition now (@freezespreston)….
About a week?
Best plan.
A week to two weeks, sometimes they ship off preorders early since you won’t get it til after anyway, soooometimes Aussie release is actually earlier so you luck out. Depends how patient you are really.
Get some Saboteur(?) up in their face for the debuffs!
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no Sabs in my current party (Lightning, Sazh and Hope) although I might swap Sazh for Fang if Hope can learn all the buffs.
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I found Lightning, Fang and Hope were the only way to go. I couldn’t build the paradigms I wanted any other way.
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They were my guys up until the Primarch boss fight. Needed the extra buffs. (I actually saved an extra time so, if swapping Sazh didn’t work, I could reload the other save and not have to do all my Paradigms over :P)
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news.com.au… are you really surprised about this?
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And he erased his hard drive before the shooting – to hide what games he played and who he played them with?
Oh dear.
There’s a good reason I switched to ABC News website some time ago. It’s not perfect, but it’s a damn sight better than fucking news dot com dot au.
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I’ve just stopped watching the news entirely! If something major happens Aidan or someone will mention it on Twitter and I’ll look it up then. Don’t care what any of our local media has to say about any thing.
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Pretty much what I do and have done for many years now. I read the Herald Sun newspaper cuz 1: my parents buy it and not me, 2: I use it to keep informed of anything major. The opinion pieces plainly just suck though, and the comments made by people on text talk or 50/50 just make me sick as well. So much complaining about nothing I feel like I’m reading a Seinfeld book.
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@aidan is best newsman
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I get my news from him and Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom. There was an oil spill, huh? 😛
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welcome to tabloid news in webpage form. The one place you go to, to lose any faith you had left in humanity
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HE WAS A CRAZY PERSON WITH A CRAZY MOTHER WHO LEGITIMATELY BELIEVED SHE NEEDED FIREARMS FOR WHEN THE WORLD ENDS. IF HE EVEN PLAYED VIDEO GAMES, WHICH EVERY TEENAGER IN THE FIRST WORLD DOES, THEY WERE PROBABLY AN ESCAPE FROM A NIGHTMARISH WORLD WHERE HIS FAMILY IS WAITING FOR THE DAY THEY HAVE TO IMMEDIATELY KILL THEIR NEIGHBOURS AS SOON AS THE SKY STARTS FALLING.
I am grumpy and unwell today.
But I still have to make my son’s Birthday Cake. But the kitchen is a nightmare because the dishes haven’t been done all weekend. So I have to do the dishes before I can make the cake. But I don’t have anything to have for breakfast to give me the energy to do anything.
Today is going to be interesting. 😛
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🙁 Hope you feel better and less grumpy.
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I propose a visit to the Cheesecake Shop instead.
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Oh man, now I want a French Cheesecake from there. You monster! D:
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The Foodworks up the road from us used to sell mini Cheesecake shop cheesecakes. It was dangerous. 😀
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I’ve got a proper Cheesecake Shop in walking distance! D:
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What are you waiting for,then?! Go go GO!
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Haha! You enabling my unhealthy diet? 😛
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Cheesecake has more nutrients than M and Ms. Probably. 😛
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Strange seems like the kind of person who would never buy a pre-made cake.
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That’s definitely the kind of person I’d love to be. But sometimes I’m too lazy to be that person. 😛
You could get a housemaid. I work for board 😛
It will get better mum, you can do it.
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I’ll be doing that if I don’t find a job by the end of the week. My lease runs out next Monday :\
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*hugasaurus* 🙁
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Sorry to hear that sire 🙁
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I have no space to board anyone at the moment. My sewing room/spareroom has been overrun with junk.
We’re having a guy from Sweden stay with us for a week in July so I should probably figure out a way to sort it all out sooner rather than later. This year is already going way too fast for my liking.
Oh, so that’s why you’re arguing with me on twitter 😛
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Nope. But it’s why I’m getting cross with you. 😛
Seriously though, I love that you love PCs, I just think PCs have no place in a “What’s the best console” discussion.
In my house, my wife cooks so that means i have to clean up. Fair division of labour and all that.
Point I’m trying to make/ Make Mr Strnage clean the kitchen.
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This is a rule I grew up with but Mr. Strange thinks that because I don’t work I should do it all.
I was sick this weekend and he washed a couple of things, but left all the big pots and pans and icky things for me. He also “washes” the dishes in lukewarm water and with the light off. Pretty sure he does it so I’ll tell him not to bother doing it at all. 😛
Just lick the dirty dishes. That way you’ll gain sustenance while cleaning.
Two Birds vs One Stone
FIGHT!
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This is why you’re my hero. 😀
I live in a two bedroom apartment constructed of brick. This is great in the heat, unless you have 2 or more days of 30-35 degree plus days. Then the entire structure heats up and becomes an oven, from which you cannot escape.
This is not normal for Melbourne. It’s been 30+ for a good week now – which in itself is not a high temperature, but since I feel like a poorly made cake baking in my own place of residence, I am displeased.
WHAT THE SHIT MELBOURNE I LOVE YOU BUT WHERE’S THE RAIN. THERE’S A REASON I LIVE HERE, AND IT’S NOT JUST BECAUSE NSW AND QLD ARE POOR SUBSTITUTES. HELP ME HELP YOU.
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Give it time, Melbourne will go back to it’s batshit random weather soon I’m sure of it
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The rain is here. Please come and get it. I don’t want it anymore, everything’s soggy.
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At least it’s not hot! So sick of heat
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Yep, Im enjoying the rain.
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Sorry but with this temperature it’ll just be hot and humid again here, no thanks :P. I’d never hear the end of it form my step dad lol
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my god – i seriosuly feel like i’m about to expire – i can’t handle this much straight heat.. plus it’s going to be 30+ for the entire week too…
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I concur.
Blergh.
Howdy Tayberinos
First off, obligatory heat/sleep comment.
I had a quiet weekend- went out Friday to some friend’s birthdays, went mini-golfing and bowling.
#RedIsPartyAnimal
Other than that got up to not much, played a fair chunk of Far Cry 3
So a Monday Morning Question, apropos of little: Given that the big sony announcement is expected to be PS4, what else could Sony possibly announce?
My bet is they’ve found the Loch Ness Monster.
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They’re disbanding!
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That they’re not abandoning the Vita!
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#Shakespearean
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Vita hardware update, I think.
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Microsoft buying out Sony. And Nintendo.
I’m in a gaming rut. I could have put some serious hours into games on my pile of shame this weekend but all I do is play Binding of Isaac over and over until I get mad, rage quit, then go back half an hour later. I need to find a way to wean myself off this nonsense.
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I suggest methadone.
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…Spaghett?
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HEROIN!
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I don’t do things by halves. So, heroin it is.
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Methadone is hardly half heroin
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What’s a classic game/series you enjoy?
Anytime I need to get out of a rut I will hit up Fallout 1, or 2
And some Just Cause 2
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I don’t even know anymore! I logged into my Xbox for the first time this month thinking I might play Alan Wake or Dishonored and all I did was play Pac Man. I think I’m turning into a dirty casual.
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UGH!
Alan Wake on my PC is amazing, same with Dishonored
Get back into it man
You know your TAY brethern are here for you
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Same. I go to put a disc in the Xbox, then just end up playing Geometry Wars for hours! However, if you find playing Binding of Issac or pacman fun, don’t get upset about it. Gaming should be fun, it doesn’t matter what you play!
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Hows that a rut? I wish I was so obsessed with a game 😀
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I’m obsessed in a sick kind of way that’s preventing me playing other games!
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You are, with Platinum!
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PARADOX! How can Pokeemans ever be rut related?
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Oh wait, you mean I’m obsessed? Haven’t been for a while. But for a while I was.
Everyday I’d check in for swarms and the trophy garden and maybe to take on a random gym leader in the cafe. So good ^-^
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Yeah boiii!
Get up to the next big boss yet (after Mom)? Keep us (me :P) updated! I love discussing it.
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No. I’ve beaten Mom a couple more times but I haven’t made it to the next level after the first womb level.
Every time I think I have a good setup to beat Mom I get screwed by the rooms before the boss room, usually swarms of stuff I can’t kill fast enough.
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Sofa king bored
Sitting here twiddling my thumbs until the system comes back online
Least our work has been allocated to us
Sam started her job today
Pretty exciting
In other news *see my review above*
DRAGONBORN
Totally revitalised my love for Skyrim
Also helps I am playing it on my PC with my Batarang Xbox 360 controller
Then I can jump back into the main quest and a lot of the side quests
Wanted to be a higher level before I joined the Dark Brotherhood
And this time I went with an Orc who spends a lot of his time swinging two war axes
Oh Orcy, you are so much fun
Holy crap i’m so tired… it’s like my head and eyes have some horrible venereal disease… yuck..
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Every Sunday I get that feeling that my eyes are being constantly pulled, it’s really painful to look around when that happens 🙁
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I suggest you wear a condom on your head henceforth. We don’t want you passing it around now, do we?
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I was so close to bursting out laughing with my manager nearby. Thanks Aleph! 😛
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Sharing is caring.
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Sughly and Beardy are awesome. Thanks for hanging out with me! (And thanks for opening your house to us, Hellscream. Be sure to thank Amber too!)
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In honour of this pageget, I’m retiring the “worst hermit” joke for good. I think it’s served its purpose.
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Maybe it should retain it’s purpose as a term of endearment.
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But now DC is a social butterfly and http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-212/comment-page-1/#comment-1057348
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:'(
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I’m totally joking, man. You’re one of my favourites, and I think it’s great you’re getting out and about. Serrelously!
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Awwww, right back at you Shane! You’re awesome, man!
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aren’t they awesome. Amber and Matt are awesome. 🙂
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What kind of ridiculous handles are those, use their real names please.
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No worries Andrew.
Bunny started calling me Ross on the weekend.
I was freaked out because i didn’t know how he knew.-
I was talking to Berkid and the name Amber slipped out and I felt weird for a couple of seconds, but all was right with the world. Haha!
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I know her as Amber so i think its okay.
Im honestly okay with everyone using my name but it doesn’t matter that much, all the guys at work used to call me rocket so I respond to it fine. -
Took a while for D.C. to feel comfortable, but it works now and seems right since we’ve got another Dan here anyways.
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It’s cool, too. Like John Dorian shortened to JD.
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@shane: You’ll always be Canberra Boy! 😛
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I accidentally called Bish the other day because he’s listed right next to my dad on my phone.
He’s a stalkius. Like half of TAY.
… Only half?
The other half haven’t been outed as stalkers yet.
What was that, Shane?
You forgot to post my full address too, Lambo.
ALSO HE LIVES IN CANADA
i would post your full address but i don’t know it 😛
I wasn’t meant to know your real name, Hotross?
Its a secret that has been shrouded in mystery.
Who is Ross? Bunny must have mistaken your name for Ross. How embarrassing, everyone knows your name is Ho Tross.
Did you just call Rockets a Ho?
I couldn’t go because of @dc’s hat.
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Maaan, I wish I was able to wake up on Saturday…
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I cannae see the yootoobz at wurk
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Anytime dude, and I mean that! Thanks to you and Sughly for coming along to my birthday shindig, and for putting up with Triddy and myself being vulgar and drunk afterwards. 😛
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Haha, you guys were drunk? I can never tell! D:
See @spaghett
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I saw that on old TAY
I am sticking with WP
Anyone who gets their ribcage torn out by a bear deserves it
Probably insulted that bears mum
How mean
And I fart like that on a regular basis, I don’t actually ride the train to work
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Jokes on you, there aren’t any bears in Australia and the roaming charges for using the iRibcageRepair app internationally are enormous.
System still down
Spaghetts last game played game
Skyrim, mucking around killing Ash Spawn with dual Ebony War Axes
How about you?
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Ni No Kuni on Friday!
I did play Nintendo Land for five minutes on Saturday too…
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Five Minutes? I’m guessing you were playing that dancing game with that Game & Watch Octopus I can only tolerate that game for five minutes.
3. 2. 1. Release The Kraken!
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Nah, this was the Zelda thing at Hellscreams place, people taking it in turns. Here’s a weird fact. I don’t like playing games in public. I always get too self-concious that I’ll play terribly and also don’t like that I have to put my glasses on. 😛
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Playing games on public can be great. I played Trials for the first time at my first meat (which was at @trjn ‘s). It was really great, I even won a game set thingie!
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Quantum Conundrum. It’s pretty good. Though I hear it gets worse, which is disappointing.
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I played it for a while but it seemed for almost 2 hours I played it every solution was turn on fan make staircase out of safes.
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Yeah.. That’s about where I’m at now. I assume other things happen. And by assume I mean hope.
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Last game played … It would either be the five minutes of borderlands 2 I played yesterday or Jetpack joyride I’d played while waiting for my fish and chips.
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Both very good games! Loving Jetpack Joyride, great little game I can play while on the train.
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DARK.
SOULS.
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Don’t Starve, my character was standing near a fire in the middle of the night trying to fend of insanity!
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Then a shadow monster thing appeared from the Darkness and killed me. \o/ ?
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I just pre ordered it
When it comes out I will have another copy to gift
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You should be able to play it right away. Preordering gives you access to the beta game!
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Not at work I can’t man 😛
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Well you probably could! But you may not have a job at the end of the day if you do. =P
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Sounds like a regular night for @dc 🙂
Sonic Transformed on the Wii U
Risk Boost! Trick Boost! Drift Boost!
1st Place! *Puts on Shades*
All I saw was System Shock.. damn bbbbbrrrain
Real Racing 3. It’ll have to do until I can play Forza again, as disappointing as it is.
Mass Effect, finished off my Engineer playthrough last night. Gotta say, best troll class by disabling EVERYTHING on an enemy before they can even respond, no weapons, shields or abilities they can use, with a 13 second cooldown. Can even hit enemies around corners 😛
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That, is awesome!
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Yeah Engineer is now my favourite of ME1 when it comes to making your enemies defenseless except for the rachni enemies, cuz they CAN’T be disabled and go through your shields, bloody OP, but Infiltrator still has the cloak, which is hard to beat for 2 and 3 when I start using them
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I actually booted Mass Effect 3 back up last night. I’m getting back into my Renegade Femshep playthrough. She’s just rekindled her romance with Garrus, and is pretty close to starting another war between the Salarians and the Krogan.
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I booted Gears of War 3 back up on the weekend
I really enjoyed kicking Glowie ass
Tekkit Lite! (Minecraft mod pack)
I started AND finished two games over the weekend, then began a third!
My last played game was Ys: Oath in Felghana.
Question: Am I pronouncing Ni No Kuni right.
Nee No Koo-nee
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I would think it may sound like
Niii No Kunii
Short and sharp
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Ni! As in, the Knights who say Ni!
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(On a more serious note, “Ni no Kuni” gets said during the Japanese trailer 😛 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=IEyHWzMplDY#t=73s)
also
Last person I said I love you to was Sam
Last person I texted was my sister
Last thing drank was Orange Juice
Dinner last night was Teriyaki Stiry Fry
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My wife
The godfather of my youngest
Coke Zero
Homemade chicken burgers.
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Last person I said I love you to was: …..
Last person I texted was my younger brother
Last thing drank was Orange Juice *Pulpy aswell my favourite*
Dinner last night was Ribs
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Ribmates!
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last person I said I love you to was my dad
last texted was … my housemate
Last thing drunk was water mixed with the few drops of powerade that were still in the bottle
Dinner last night was chips because I had to raid my change jar and it was the only place open.
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My son.
My husband.
Can of coke zero.
Beef ribs and garlic bread.-
I may play this game every day
People seem to respond
What do you think?
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I think this one might work better just popping up randomly every now and then. 🙂
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Good idea
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LittleJJ 🙁
My mum
Coffee
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My wife, I think. Or my daughter.
My wife.
Water
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Mrs Tigs
Mrs Tigs
Tea
Cold meat and salad
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Leek and potato soup
Leek and potato soup
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Artemis my love that’s half way across the planet.
My manager about a change I did this weekend.
Mocha… I might need another cuz I still feel drowsy today.
Leftover Pastichio with chips on the side.-
Your girlfriend in portugal is named Artemis
THAT IS THE COOLEST NAME EVER NEVER LEAVE HER. 😛-
She told me once her English name is actually Diana, but Artemis is infinitely cooler to me so that’s what I call her 🙂
She’s called me Techie a few times as well xD, best feeling!-
Still cool
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Does signing a letter “with love” count? if so Kat.
Again that was Kat lol…
Water
Corned beef & veggies! god damn so tasty.
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1. Mum
2. My mate Jimmy (Rimmy) (Jimmy Encore) (Whatever)
3. Water
4. Chicken burger w/ a fried egg
So, harlem Shake videos… not many of those around.
The pure hilarity of them, however, is balanced out by what could be one of the WORST songs ever made…
Ever.
More so than Friday.
Maybe.
#typelikespaghett
<3 you spaghett
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Love you too
I still type like this
I are broken
Steampunk Harlem Shake
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I thought “this is kinda lame”
Then i was like “HOLY SHIT! THAT DUDE HAS A FLAME THROWER!!”
THEN i was like “HOLY SHIT!!! A BEARDED MERMAN!”Clip redeemed.
But still no where near as good as the fat dude.-
Its my favourite one
Except for the fire fighters
Which was the first I ever saw
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Dive team was awesome
Have you seen the Slender man one?
I have not seen the fat guy
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Seemingly blocked :S
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I like to avoid these internet trends. Haha! I’ve never seen that Korean dealy the world was obsessed with in full…
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Starcraft?
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I raise you one dead Korean leader looking at stuff with his succeeder looking at stuff! http://kimjongunlookingatthings.tumblr.com/
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Sadly not done by the original guy
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Yeah I found better ones on Imgur the other night. Wish i could find that album >.
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Oh well
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Yeah. Damn internets!
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Nuclear Weapons?
Same here 😛 I have nfi what this Harlem snake thing is and don’t even want to know. Internet trends are always stupid anyway.
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They are – but can often be good for a chuckle
Ughhhh, worst nights sleep ever. Have the accommodation services never heard of fans or flyscreens. Seriously, it was so hot! There’s nothing planned for today and I probably should go out and mingle but fuck that, it’s already like 25 degrees. I’ll do it tomorrow when the max is 18! Only in Tassie would it be 35 degrees one day and 18 the next.
I wish I had a tv though. I can’t afford one until March 11th 🙁 I also wish I had more than a box of cereal. Either that or I wish I had some milk…
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Before you know it, you’ll be eating M&M’s for breakfast and bowls of chips for dinner!
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Ahaha funny that, I’ve got a bag of Freddo frogs and had a couple of them 😛
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…only in Tassie?
MELBOURNE WEATHER BRO.
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*Only in Tassie and also Melbourne so Greenius doesn’t feel left out* 😛
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I want to know who won the Aliens: Colonial Marines games!
I also want to know who will be excited about winning what sounds like an average game!!
But dude – PULSE RIFLES! 😀
I’d play any game just to listen to those sweet sounds.
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My entry was done in Binary unless the judges have a decoder I don’t like my chances.
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Binary jokes are always good jokes
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if I win it I’ll play it anyway.
I’m always excited to win things.
I want to talk about Ni No Kuni. But the trouble is that it would be spoiler-riffic. And at the same time I want to avoid spoilers from people who are further ahead in the game than I am. So I can’t talk about it. Guh.
It’s a lot of fun so far, though. Very charming. I can feel that this is the kind of deep game system which I’m not going to do more than scratch the surface of (like basically every Japanese RPG ever).
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Any article that’s from Tina Amini, just avoid… don’t even take the chance, just don’t.
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If you’re far into the game, just put a disclaimer before your spoiler tags saying you shouldn’t read unless you’ve finished the game. People are usually respectful not to spoil any thing after what you put in the spoiler spaces too…
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Use spoiler tags
And let people know where you are so they don’t spoil anything for you.
Time to finish Ni No Kuni. I think I’m right at the end, so I’ll see soon enough! Catch you on the flipside, home slices!
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Blurst!
Guys
I have three giftable full games to give away on Steam
They are as follows:
Don’t Starve taken by @tech_knight
Civ 5 taken by @ash
Magicka taken by @freezespreston
Anyone want any of those? Edit* all gone
One per customer
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Civ 5 me brother!
Oh but only if you want – I feel guilty otherwise.
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I want to
InsanityAwaits is my steam log on, friend request me or whatever
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Added – Gash31
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Then, one day, you can repay the favor 😛
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Yeah man – I owe you big time!
Now, you wanna play Civ5 PBE?
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Well, currently at work, without Steam installed, nor Civ 5, nor a computer good enough to play it
So, Raincheck?
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Why giev away Civ 5 if you don’t have it yourself, or did I totally misunderstand?
Also, totally Noming you this week for being a bro!
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Bro, I have Civ 5, I don’t have it at work 😛 is what I was trying to say
I got a nom on Monday, better put it in now before you forget 😛
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Thats ok because I am also
currently at work, without Steam installed, nor Civ 5
, but I do have here acomputer good enough to play it
Ok so here is the deal. We enter a Civ5 communtiy forum seperatly. I’ll fine a PBEM thread and be all like ‘yes I’d like to join’ (has to be PBEM because I don’t have a straight 7 hours spare for any other type). Then you come laong and say ‘oh this seems interesting maybe i’ll give it a go too’.
Then publically we’ll be all like ‘grr @spaghett get away from my borders’ etc but secretly we will be all like ‘bro her eis open borders and all my tech etc etc’ – the other players wouldn’t knwo what hit them!!
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Dude that sounds awesome!!!!
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If no others cash in by the deadline, Don’t Starve. But only IF no others come forward wanting this, just so you can get it off your gift list and also cuz I want to give it a small go 🙂
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InsanityAwaits is my steam log on, friend request me or whatever
My picture there is the same as my picture here
I’ll take one so I can ignore it for Dark Souls which I’ve already finished multiple times like I am all my new games.
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Have Magicka? If not then its yours
I just read the top 10 JRPGs story and realised how neglected the PC market is in this category.
Can anyone recommend some JRPGs (that aren’t final fantasy) on the PC? List as many as possible please!
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The Last Remnant is the only more recent one that comes to mind. I’d only bother if you can get it cheap though.
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Ys Chronicles are on steam, @negativeZero just finished them so can tell you if they are worth looking into
Might not be what you are after but consider Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax Ultimate Boy. Takes most of the standard jrpg tropes and puts a 30 second time limit on stages. Rather amusing at times
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Final Fantasy 14…eventually.
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FF14 is very much a WoW-style MMO now, not really a JRPG.
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Yeah, JRPGs aren’t a PC thing really. You’ve got to remember that Windows wasn’t big in Japan until the 2000s. The home computer market was dominated by the PC-88 and PC-98, a bit like the Commodore 64 in some markets in Europe. There wasn’t even a proper JP version of Windows until 98 SE. So consoles and handhelds are always where they’ve been.
However almost all of Nihon Falcom’s games were originally on PC (they started out developing on the PC-88 back in the 80s) but unfortunately not many of them are also in English.
In fact the only ones that are are the Ys games. And Ys are action RPGs. You can get them on Steam – Origins, I, II and III (Oath in Felghana). I & II are basically 16-bit remakes of the old 8-bit games and they’re amazingly fun because of how simple they are (you basically run into enemies to attack them, it’s satisfying like popping bubble wrap). Falcom expanded the gameplay in Ys III and V (they didn’t make Ys IV originally, it’s complicated) so that you had to press a button to attack. They made a new engine for Ys VI and Ys Seven which they then used to remake Ys III as Oath in Felghana, and also make Ys Origin with it. They’re fully 3D with pre-rendered 3D sprites for the characters, have lots of jumping puzzles and stuff. Also really really hard boss fights that require a lot of timing and reflexes and learning patterns and stuff, so I guess from the Dark Souls school of boss design?
Oh, and the music, especially in Ys I&II is incredible. Falcom has a full band (Falcom JDK) who tour and stuff, and they do most of the music in the games. Think like… instrumental hair metal I guess. Blazing guitar solos and stuff. I linked some over the weekend in Old TAY.
If you were going to start anywhere I’d say Ys I&II or Oath. Origins is the better game but Origins will make a lot more sense if you’ve already played I&II since so much of it references I&II directly (you visit the same locations with remixes of the original music and basically set everything up for Adol’s journey in I&II).
I’m personally really hoping that the Ys games are successful enough on Steam that XSeed decide to consider porting the Kiseki games as well. Especially Trails in the Sky since the chances for that series are not realistic for PSP, but the whole trilogy was originally on PC so that seems like it should be an option…
So when we moved we were chuffed to find out there was a Civic Video that was walking distance from our place.
Now it has a giant CLOSING DOWN sign on it. Such a shame to see movie rental places going out of business 🙁
BUT they are clearing out their stock, so i though “oooo need to look”.
Picked up Robin Hood Men In Tights and Black Dynamite for $5 each, while bee got 2 J-Lo movies.
Stoked.
So much awesome there, too. I’ll definately have to go back – may have to pick up a copy of fanboys too, really enjoyed that movie.
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When my friends store shut down we walked out of there with 40 movies
I could have got more but figured that was enough for the moment-
Dayummm
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Well they had a package offer thing going. 20 for 50 bucks.
For $2.50 a movie I figured I might as well get anything I was interested in as it would cost me more than that to hire it if I wanted.
So picked up a bunch of animated things I hadn’t seen (despicable me, how to train your dragon, a few others), I got a few action/war movies (Hurt locker, beneath hill 60, green zone), Mrs Tigs got some boring drama movies (Tailor of panama, joshua) adn then some random probably crud but for 2.50 why not (bedtime stories, suckerpunch)
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They are quite possibly #1 and #2 in my Funniest Movies Ever list.
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Robin hood is one of my all time favorites.
I’m still yet to see Black Dynamite, but from what everyone on here says, i know i’ll enjoy it.-
Hot Shots Part Deux!
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I’m so glad I’m not the only one who slept terribly last night and has their cranky pants on this morning.
I think it’s just because I had such a great weekend that the normal daily grind seems like punishment in comparison.
It was my birthday on Saturday. I had an awesome day. The morning was kind of good, because I spent it cleaning, playing WoW and watching Beast Wars (Season 2 – Transmetals and Fuzors for the win!).
When Mum came to pick us up to take us to dinner I said quite possibly the nerdiest thing I had ever said.
Mum: “How was your day?”
Beardy: “Not bad. I’m almost Exalted with the Order of the Cloud Serpent. I spent most of this afternoon hunting down Onyx Eggs on Windward Isle, but they’re on a really long respawn timer so….”
And then I stopped talking. Mum gave me a $50 EB Games gift card and a sweet Star Wars birthday card with a light-up lightsaber on it.
@sughly and @dc came back to our place after dinner and we played some gaems. I got a little drunk. We were all mesmerized by my constantly shifting wallpaper collection caused by my popcorn brain. Mario Chase with Facecam is hilarious. I made them watch Game Grumps animated.
On Sunday I shook my hangover pretty quickly and got writing. I’m officially past the always terribly difficult middle section of my novel, and have started on the final act. The whole conflict is coming to a head. It’s kind of hard to believe that in about thirty thousand words the story will be done, and it’ll be time to start editting before I self-publish. Scary and exciting.
I took a break around lunch time and went down to EB Games to spend my gift card. I picked up Bulletstorm for PS3 and Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure for the Wii.
#BlogTAYku
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How are you self publishing- Kindle store?
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Yeah, it seems to be the easiest, least expensive way of self-publishing. I’m also tossing aroud the idea of doing a Pozible campaign, just to see if I can! There’s a local self-publishing place here in Brisbane that I’ve investigated previously who have a lot of great inexpensive publishing packs.
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2 things.
1. Is this the sci fi book you were working on or something else?
2. Disney Princess?
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Now now, we don’t judge here
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No, no. Genuine question. What’s the deal?
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It is the SciFi Horror book!
My friend from Adelaide challenged us to play the Disney Princess game on Beardeogame Bros. So that’s happening.
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Someone just farted in the office and I can taste it D:
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Oh great Sandy’s hacking accounts now? 🙁
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No, this really just happened.
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Eww…
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“It’s a bit nutty”
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Thicker
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I managed to watch all of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret over the weekend (mostly on Sunday night). The title is the most accurate description of the show that you can come up with.
It’s an idiot, being put or putting himself into some dumb situations and then getting his comeuppance. It’s good if you like Arrested Development or either version of the Office (although more similar to the British than the US version). It’s only a dozen 20 minute episodes, so pretty easy to burn through the whole thing.
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So basically what would happen if a camera followed me around all day.
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If you were Tobias Funke.
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So had a good weekend gaming wise. Managed to get out of work earlier than usual so was home before Mrs Tigs got home. That gave me time to finish Spec Ops: The line before she got home. Wow, everybody should play that game. I might write up some spoilerific stuff later when I’m not at work.
Then on Sunday I managed to 100% containment: A zombie puzzler and then finished Overlord 2. So all in all a fairly productive day. Also progressed in my Elite Berserker run of Torchlight 2, getting very close to finishing the game with that character
The alchemist has been defeated
So all in all a good weekend for me.
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I’ve yet to finish the game once yet do an Elite run, I need to catch up! 😛
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I’ve finished it a few times but this will be my first elite run.
I was too hot and frustrated to play my hardcore character which is going to be the next challenge. Currently trying on Normal so see how I go-
Can you up the difficulty on New Game Plus? For example you played a character on Normal and you want to use the same guy for Elite?
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I know you can if you start a new multiplayer game but not sure about going for new game plus. By default it starts you at the same difficulty. Send me a messsage on steam if you see me logged in of an evening and I’ll try it out. Think my engie is still waiting to start NG+
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Will do, cheers
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I got stuck in Cave Story because
That little robot shit told me he could make bombs but never asked for the ingredients. I wandered around like a dick for half an hour until finally consulting a guide. He still didn’t mention it until I found two of the three ingredients. Little shit!
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That bit and the next bit with the dogs took me ages! Trying to remember where they all were.. so good though!-
I did alright with the dogs for some reason. I’m now at the bottom of the sewer dungeon thing with low health and I was too tired to be bothered.
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…since when did The Morning Show (on… 7, I think?) become Tosh.0?
I didn’t think morning television could get any worse.
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It’s always been tv shopping with a few stories/interviews thrown in.
Just wait til it’s over! You’ll be bombarded with life/death/funeral/income insurance ads.
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I’ve come back to the safe haven of the internet, what with it’s life/death/funeral/income/pet insurance adsBUYTHESEFUCKENPILLSTHEYLLMAKEYOURDICKGROWANOTHER11INCHESMAKEWOMENMOANHOLYSHITYOURETHE1000000000THVISITORYOUVEWONSHITGIVEUSYOURCREDITCARDDETAILSRIGHTNOW.
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@sughly
SURVIVOR HAS FINISHED!
@ others
SO HAS GRAVITY FALLS!
…I haven’t watched either :/
Expect the Survivor discussion tonight!
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Haven’t watched Gravity Falls yet, only one I could find was 4:3 version. I demand 16:9! *shakes fist* 😛
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New The Amazing Race too! I’ll watch this time for sure!
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Watch Survivor!!!!!!!!!
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NOPE! 😛
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I know I posted it yesterday but I’m just so damn excited by it.
New setup in the bedroom after using the store credit from the 920.
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Nice! A beautiful setup for some Dark Souls action.
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No no. Dark Souls gets the 55″ with the 7.2 surround in the lounge room 😀
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Yes, that is a much better set up.
DARK.
SOULS
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NICE CHAIR DOES IT COME WITH LUMBAR SUPPORT
OH SICK BURNS-
I get it.
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Im sorry i was too harsh on you.
I hope you and your chair are very happy together.PS i also sit on a chair identical to that
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Certainly does, we provide support from multiple branches across the country!
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Quick question, Does anyone here actually enjoy the TAYlist? I feel like it’s just me blathering on about music you guys don’t really like. I’d like to hear your opinions on the TAYlist as a whole
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I don’t like it when you refuse to play all the hardcore metal stuff 🙁
Just kidding bro. It seems fine to me and sparks up discussion. I don’t see any problem with it!
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I like it, you like cool 80’s music with a little bit of newer stuff
You are like the station that plays the best of the 80’s, 90’s and now aka the only radio stations i listened to from ages 2-15They are cool man.
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Yes but needs more Dusty Springfield
*puts on D.C. hat*
Chips, the breakfast for champions!
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*Grabs @dc hat*
Lets have meats and not include Freeze!
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*grabs @dc hat*
Lets have meats and
wait no i havent been wronged by dc
carry on-
*grabs @dc hat*
I don’t plan on leaving the house all week!
I’m no longer sure whether or not this is applicable to D.C…. either way, hermit mode has been activated!-
I am disappointed that your spoiler didn’t contain “Attends 4 social functions during the week”
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🙁 Hope you’re not serious, man. You’re making me anxious. Haha! The only meat I’ve planned was ParaNorman and I remember you being there. 😛
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You do realise you’re talking to Troll S. Preston one of the nicest trolliest guys evar!
Of course he’s joking, ya bum!
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I too had chips for breakfast.
Unlike you lot though, I’m already a blob.
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You know when i got up techy that time cause he was always so negative, well techy is all positive and happy now
keep up your shitty self deprication and i will bring the verbal beat down.
I HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO WITH MY TIME JERK FACE-
BAM! He called you Jerk Face! Things just got Seeris bizns!
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It’s still there, it just doesn’t get to me as much when I’m around you guys.
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Bring it Rocket, you bring that verbal beat down.
Then we’ll see who leaves a crying wreck.
I promise you.
IT WILL BE ME.
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There’s a difference between self deprecation and negativity.
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Is there?
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Self Depreciation:
I can make fat jokes at my own expense because I’m comfortable with my appearance. Sure, I can lose weight, but I recognise the humour in my situation
Negativitiy:
I’m fat and worthless
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In our little “click” (hahaha remember when you tried to organise us into cliques), yes. We tend to typically use it as a form of humour.
Or hey, maybe I’m wrong. maybe Blaghman does cry himself to sleep at night over what he sees as his weight issue, and in turn just sits there eating tubs of ice cream to comfort himself.
And then he will say that he does indeed do that, and we will all have a jolly laugh at the imagery of the situation, whilst he sheds a single tear because for once he was actually being serious. -
Crying yourself to sleep whilst eating Ice Cream is a pain. It’s really freaking cold.
I know you didn’t suggest exactly that, but I just wanted to throw it out there.
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You mean… you can’t eat while you sleep?
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Ugh…I think I have a cold or something.
I’m going to attempt to solve this by having a bacon and egg roll for lunch.
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Cures everything.
Except high cholesterol
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You better run egg! *shakes fist*
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The grease lubricates your arteries and veins so that the blood can flow better,
It’s science.
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I felt lightheaded and drained yesterday I convinced myself I was dehydrated and drank some coke.
The fresh air seemed to help more.
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Drinking water would probably be a better idea if you are feeling dehydrated
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Logic to the rescue!
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*presses evil laugh button*
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Hope you feel better, Rize!
Hmmm, Patricia actually wrote an interesting article without resorting to the over the top feminism that is usually in all her articles. I’m scared!
Crappy sleeping seems to be a fitting pattern around here today, and here I am to continue said trend! Woke up few too many times last night, it’s not even bad sleeping weather, it’s nice & cool, what’s the go?!
So Destiny looks pretty interesting. There’s a few points that concern me though, such as the always online. I get why that would be a requirement, but I’m not really a fan of always online for consoles. I also wonder how the online features will work with Xbox Live. Bungie says they won’t be charging a subscription, but are Xbox users going to be required to get a gold membership to use the online features? Or heck, even play the game at all? That it’s so far only announced for 360 and PS3 is also a bit worrisome. I mean, it’ll probably be released on the Durango and Orbis, but if it’s not, I wonder how successful and long lived the game is going to be if it’s only on last gen consoles, and even if it is released on next gen I also wonder how that segregation across four consoles will effect the game, unless they plan on having some sort of cross console compatibility.
The social aspect is also a bit of a concern, in the sense that these things sound cool on paper, but they never really tend to work out when put into practice. The story of them getting attacked by aliens and then another player speeds up on a bike, saves them and then helps them do a dungeon sounds cool, but from my experience playing MMOs, which almost all claim will have similar situations, stuff like that rarely if ever actually happens in the game worlds. A far more likely scenario to the story would have been the player with the bike seeing the others being attacked, hiding, and possibly laughing at their misfortune, until they were dead and then speeding off to attempt the dungeon solo.
I really like how they seem to be putting a focus on story and character customisation and how that customisation is in the form of different visuals and playstyles rather than just stats. I’ve always been disappointed when developers claim their game is full of customisation and then that customisation is all just stat related. Extra health and damage is nice, but I want to be able to change my characters appearance.
The thing about there being no constructed story end and the player helping build the ending is interesting. I figure it either means the game will just keep spitting random missions out at you like in Skyrim, or hopefully, and more interestingly, they’ll develop future titles in the series based on the information collected from people playing the previous game. If one alien race kept killing a lot of players, in the next game that race is even stronger then before and is close to wiping humanity out. If the players kept killing a different race and there was a zone in the game that was almost always in player hands then in the next game humanity has built a base there. To me, that sort of development would be interesting, but I doubt it’s going to work out like that.
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It’s Demon’s Souls with a real budget and guns.
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In regards to the social aspect, in a lot of MMO’s played, players have usually help eachother. Like in Guild Wars 2 I have been saved / rez’d by people just wondering by.
That isn’t to say that there aren’t dicks in the game. They will always been in the online community.
(Haha, for some reason I find the fact that my phone autocorrects “dicks” into “ducks” hilarious.)
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The thing about GW2 though is that it’s better built than most MMOs in that regard. There’s no mob tagging or competition for nodes and everyone can res everyone. Plus, if I’m remember correctly, you get xp for ressing someone. GW2 is, in my experience, not typical of most other MMOs.
Now if Destiny also incentivises helping people in a similar manner to GW2, no mob tagging, offering rewards for helping other players etc, then yeah, I can see people helping each other out more, but if that stuff’s not present, then no, I don’t think you’ll see people really helping each other outside of friends. A lot of devs seem to assume that players will just naturally team up and and help each other out so they don’t bother adding an incentive to do so, but that’s not the case. Unless extra rewards are offered, people will at best ignore each other, at worse start being dicks to each other.
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It sounds like they’re making the Halo game they initially pitched back at Macworld in ’99 to me. The tech finally caught up to the ambition.
Also it’ll be the first Bungie game I ever skip since Operation Desert Storm because fuck other people, I hate playing FPS multiplayer over the internet with racist 11-year-old american twerps.
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Bungie pitched Halo to you in ’99!? Man, bet you’re pretty bummed you didn’t cut a deal.
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Who said anything about me? They pitched the game at Macworld in 1999 – they were a small indie studio at the time and they showed off an ambitious concept video hoping to get more funding because at the time they were struggling. It was unveiled during Steve Jobs’ keynote for the conference even. They were saying it would be a persistent online world where everyone would play as part of one of two factions and try and take control of the Halo and stuff. Basically what they’re saying about Destiny, except rewind the tech level of what was even thinkable let alone possible.
Over time they realized what they wanted to do wasn’t possible with the tech they had, especially on consoles, so it shifted away from a third person perspective, they dropped a lot of ideas and weapons and stuff, and eventually it became what Halo is now, effectively a spiritual successor to Marathon.
I was a big Bungie fan since way way back and so I wasn’t upset at all that what we ended up getting was kind of Marathon++ since I have clocked probably thousands of hours playing the Marathon games in my life and even got into level editing and stuff with Infinity. Had a scenario pack I was working on with a friend and stuff too, custom enemies. But I always wondered what would have happened if Bungie had launched the Halo game they originally designed instead of the one they shipped with in the end. Sounds like Destiny might answer the question.
(Probably also answers why the game is called Destiny in the first place, i.e. it was their Destiny to make it)
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Uh, I was just joking around (“they initially pitched back at Macworld in ’99 to me”).
Edit: Yes, I know it wasn’t a very good joke.
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re Xbox users going to be required to get a gold membership to use the online features
I’m sure they will.
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The game’s not playable at all without that so it might be a situation where MS cuts them a deal.
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Seriously, whoever it is must have shit themselves. The smell is not going away!
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Maybe… It’s you?
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I actually, very seriously considered that. I mean it was foul! But whenever I get up to go to the kitchen the smell was gone.
(I also took care of that this morning, if you know what I mean)
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Also, @dc, didn’t watch that Voyager video you linked last week. Clicked on it, saw the title, new it was from an episode I hadn’t seen and so exited. Saw that episode on friday, and it is the greatest episode ever. Could not stop laughing through the whole thing.
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When I think of Voyager, that’s the scene that instantly comes to mind for whatever reason. Seven of Nine and The Doctor are awesome! 😀
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Yep. Voyager’s my favourite Star Trek so far because of them, and for some part the rest of the crew. TNG is arguably the better show, but I think Voyager has much better characters so I find myself prefering it.
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TNG is probably better written and has deeper, more thought provoking stories. Voyager seems to be more than the sum of its parts. Has a sense of adventure and a closer knit crew.
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Guys
I HAD three giftable full games to give away on Steam
They WERE as follows:
Don’t Starve (reserved by @tech_knight)
Civ 5 taken by @ash (Now Gifted to him through Steam
Magicka taken by @freezespreston (Now Gifted to him through Steam)
I will let you know if Unky Freeze knocks back Magicka, his comment seemed rather sarcastic but I hope he plays and enjoys it
Don’t Starve, @tech_knight only wanted it if no one else asked for it before the deadline
But its his, because there was no deadline, first come, first served with delicious gamey goodness
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I think you should instantly get a copy of Don’t Starve in your steam inventory.
Also @tech_knight, just a word of warning, you can’t play as the robot right away. You need to unlock him first. =P
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I have it in my inventory, I just mean he hasn’t Steam friended me yet to recieve it
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Pfft! Fine, I guess I’ll be the meatbag until I unlocked the robot
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you need to friend me
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What is this game and how do I play?
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Thanks again. I think it is a wonderful game, but alas my existing version didn’t allow for multiplayer >_>
You just made me legitimate @spaghett
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So romantic
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“Everything I Know About Destiny”
Here’s the entire script and every twist there is.
And here’s every Easter egg.
Here we have all the cool cutscenes there are.
Oh, don’t forget the shock post credits scene which changes everything.
(I haven’t read the article. Just assuming.)
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Everything i know about Destiny:
She has stretch marks on her stomach, so she’s obviously a mother
She works at the Men’s Gallery
She is ok with 20’s
She isn’t ok with change adding up to $20
$50 will get you a private show
$100 will get let you show her your privates…i still don’t know her real name, though
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Just so you know for next time, stretch marks on a stomach does not necessarily mean someone is a mother. Unless you want to think all those boys out there that have belly stretch marks have been pregnant at some point 😛
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I have stretch marks on my upper arms for some reason and to my knowledge I’ve never been pregnant.
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I know i know.
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This isn’t about being politically correct. Just correct. 😛
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See: Junior starring Arnold Schwarzaarnaggegraner
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Everything she knows about Destiny turns out to be not much at all. Don’t be afraid to read it, there’s not really any details about the story aside from the basic setup, and it offers some interesting information about how the game’s going to play and what Bungies plans are for it.
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Check out this hot girl.
Look a Sword!
Let’s see if you can spot this sexual symbolism.
Sniper Rifle for the discerning player.
Here’s some cleavage.
Name drop successful titles we had nothing to do with.
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Everything I know about Destiny:
The mass density or density of a material is its mass per unit volume. The symbol most often used for density is ρ (the lower case Greek letter rho). Mathematically, density is defined as mass divided by volume:
ρ = m/V
where ρ is the density, m is the mass, and V is the volume. In some cases (for instance, in the United States oil and gas industry), density is also defined as its weight per unit volume,[1] although this quantity is more properly called specific weight.
Different materials usually have different densities, so density is an important concept regarding buoyancy, purity and packaging. Osmium and iridium are the densest known elements at standard conditions for temperature and pressure but not the densest materials.[which?]
Less dense fluids float on more dense fluids if they do not mix. This concept can be extended, with some care, to less dense solids floating on more dense fluids. If the average density (including any air below the waterline) of an object is less than water it will float in water and if it is more than water’s it will sink in water.
In some cases density is expressed as the dimensionless quantities specific gravity or relative density, in which case it is expressed in multiples of the density of some other standard material, usually water or air/gas. (For example, a specific gravity less than one means that the substance floats in water.)
The mass density of a material varies with temperature and pressure. (The variance is typically small for solids and liquids and much greater for gasses.) Increasing the pressure on an object decreases the volume of the object and therefore increase its density. Increasing the temperature of a substance (with some exceptions) decreases its density by increasing the volume of that substance. In most materials, heating the bottom of a fluid results in convection of the heat from bottom to top of the fluid due to the decrease of the density of the heated fluid. This causes it to rise relative to more dense unheated material.
The reciprocal of the density of a substance is called its specific volume, a representation commonly used in thermodynamics. Density is an intensive property in that increasing the amount of a substance does not increase its density; rather it increases its mass.-
Upvote for science.
Also Iridium is pretty badass. I want to get some iridium jewelry made some day. It’s the geekiest non-radioactive element – it’s extremely rare on earth and most of the iridium on the planet came from meteorites.
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Destiny is an extremely old Ancient/Alteran spaceship, sent from Earth hundreds of thousands of years ago, planting Stargates on planets that it finds on a several billion light year journey that can support life.
That series sucked btw 😛-
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No. No it did not.-
Sorry Strange :(. I was starting to enjoy it during the end area of season 2 though, but then it got sadly axed, like Atlantis
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It’s a shame Atlantis got cancelled to make way for Universe.
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TJ and Camille were my favourite characters. Seemed they just wanted to continuously write Robert Carlyle stories, though. That started to change. Was getting very good too. I liked it more than Atlantis.
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Rush was the best character.
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I didn’t hate the guy, it just seemed like some of the ensemble suffered because of his screen time. I understand it, though. He was the big name actor of the cast.
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It was all Lord of the Flies in spaaaaaaaaaace. Then they stopped doing that and I lost interest.
Infinite Ryvius remains the best Lord of the Flies in Space show.
Apparently it cost a fraction of what the other Stargate series cost to make though.
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The world needs:
Skittles ads made by Quintin Tarantino
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“Taste the rainbow!”
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You forgot the “Mother F-er” or “Bitch” at the end
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I think you forget it would be starting Samuel L. Jackson.
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I was thinking more Christoph Waltz.
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That’s a rainbow!
That’s how you say it yes? That’s a rainbow?
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So it would be a 50 second shot of feet, then the skittles logo?
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I was thinking more like a skittle packet tied to a chair while an unnamed asailant slowly cuts it open and eats whats inside to the tune of “Stuck in the middle with you”
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The characters of the Reservoir Dogs were using colour alias’s.
I see potential.
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“taste the bloody rainbow”
scene: massive gun shoot out every who gets shot spurts out skittles instead of blood.
I’ve eaten enough pieces of crunchy nut from the box that I’m full… Obviously I’m just another crunchy nut!
I’ve been playing Animal Crossing Wii. It’s the oddest game that I can’t stop playing.
ps. Hello 😛
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I have the GameCube and DS versions and can easily obtain the Wii one and all this recent talk makes me want to play it again! :O
The thing is I’d probably just give up on the town (again) when the 3DS version comes out so I might as well wait for that. HYPE HYPE
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I kept hearing how Animal Crossing is either a love it or hate it game, so I wanted to try it before New Leaf comes out just in case I hated it 😛
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Add my friend code so I can come trash your town.
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I don’t think I can do the whole friend code thing. I may or may not be playing a naughty copy via Dolphin… 😛
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D: !
(briefly considers doing the same)
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My best attempt at explaining it – it’s kinda like Harvest Moon minus the farming and any time constraints. You sort of just potter around.
Her: “So it’s Old Man Gaming then”-
My Mrs was unwell during her twin pregnancy. She was on bed rest for like 16 weeks. She played ALOT of Animal Crossing on DS during that time.
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I had it for a while, but I think it’s way more suited to handhelds than a console. It’s too much effort turning the tv and everything on just to check up on your town 😛
Although I went to Kmart and they had like 20 copies of the bundle with Wii Speak for $15 and I was tempted to buy it again!
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Yeah, I said last night that it would probably be way better suited to handhelds for that reason. Can’t wait for the 3DS one now.
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Just so you know, my daughter hasn’t stopped playing that game for years, and I lost a full year of my life doing errands for the inhabitants of my village on the Gamecube.
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Uh oh…
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Wednesday 13’s new album get! I quite like it, heavier than his last effort Calling All Corpses. Not as campy and full of horror movie references like Calling All Corpses, but I like what I hear.
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Which brings the total number of substantiated video-game inspired massacres to:
Nope, still zero.
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Apparently owning a lot of guns and being of slightly less than sound mind has been ruled out as a cause due to the overwhelming evidence on him destroying his hard drive. [/sarcasm]
I now have Season 1-4 of the original series of TMNT. This is awesome.
I also have season 1 of the 2012 series. It’s…. weird. And that godawful rap they use for the theme song. Bletch!
I had no idea what Todd Margaret was until today.
Now i’m a convert
this was bloody brilliant. – NSFW!
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That’s from the pilot. Dave’s even more of a twat in the series version.
Why no PC version for Destiny, Bungie? 🙁
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Because they don’t know how to use a keyboard and mouse over there.
The entire game was programmed using a 360 controller with the messenger attachment. Quite the impressive feat.
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Even more amazing they managed to do all the 3d modelling the same way.
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Because PC is for fat nerds who cant get girlfriends and who cares what tet think anyway? Console kids are cool, hip, jive cats who know the score know what I’m saying.
TESTIFY!
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Console kids must be hot studs with all the sex they’re having with my mother.
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Sorry about that, I got the wrong bedroom
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More like the Mouse & Keyboard players would have a massive advantage and all the console kids would lose and then cry about it
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Console kids get aim assist though.
PS I am seriously too uncoordinated to play FPS with thumb sticks. i won’t touch an FPS console game.
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I thought they said they probably were going to get it on PC?
I finished Dead Space 3.
So, uh, fuck dead space 3.
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Completing a game out of spite? Oh my, they do grow up so fast!
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Least it wasn’t Fable 3.
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You sure showed them!
Unless you got a naughty copy. You probably got a naughty copy 😛
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No, mooched off friend, although that does not make it any better.
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Changed my mind on Destiny. It sounds and looks pretty rad. Not an MMO either, it sounds like they’re taking the seamless matchmaking of something like Journey or Dark Souls and basically dropping other players into your game while you play. Dunno if it’ll work but it’s interesting at least.
Plus the concept art and visual style looks amazing. And I’m a Bungie fanboy since way back so I’ll have to get it anyway 🙁 My main issue is I don’t like to just play one game all the time so I’m not sure how much I’ll get out of it.
EDIT: Also how about that soundtrack? Marty O’Donnell working with Paul McCartney?!
Also also, it sounds like they’re taking the whole Ten Year Plan thing really seriously. Talking about planning plot lines and mysteries that won’t be resolved for years and stuff. No subscription fee so I guess they’re intending to run on a model where you buy a new version of the game every year or so that unlocks new stuff.
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I’ll admit, I wasn’t sold on “FPS MMO,” but what I’ve seen interests me.
Again, in my case, it doesn’t help that I’ve been a Bungie fanboy for a very long time.
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Being a Bungie fanboy is awesome. It’s like being a Nintendo fanboy except you actually consistently get good games. #troll
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Anyone here played the game Vindictus? It’s an action with RPG elements MMO kind of game. My brother is trying to get me into it. I’m enjoying it so far, not sure how long it will last.
So I have a problem (as usual). I had been avoiding a friend who had been upsetting me a lot but today she rang up and pretty much demanded an answer. I have no idea how I’m going to approach it because I can see her verbally attacking me as it has happened before. My anxiety is going insane thinking about it. Any suggestions? I should probably mention that she has double standards. Stuff that is fine for her to do is considered rude when anyone else does it
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A bit hard when you’re that vague.
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You might not want to share but giving us a brief summary of the situation might help provide some context but only do it if you don’t mind sharing.
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Sorry I replied fail below.
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Bit hard to comment when I don’t know the question or the answer you’re giving, but maybe have another friend who supports you standing by you when you confront her?
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But be subtle about it, if you think she has a hair trigger or, well, you do.
.. well, maybe, if dire’s suggestion fits the situation you’re in. 😛
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Could it all be organised over the phone / SMS / Internet? I usually just email / SMS people that are complete dicks and make me want to punch them in the face.
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It’s going to be done via phone but the worst thing is that she wants me to tell her what she’s done wrong. Mum won’t talk on my behalf
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It’s probably best you do it yourself. All I can suggest is trying to be calm and be nice with the criticism. If she starts to get angry and you feel overwhelmed then you can always just remind here that she asked for whatever it is to be critiqued. If that doesn’t work just tell her to call back when she calms down.
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And if she refuses again just tell her nothing is wrong and everything is perfect.
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she’s like my aunt, so I’m terrified of repercussions
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I think you should just duck her phone calls and avoid her forever. If she runs into you, pretend to be someone else and not speak English.
Worked a charm for me after high school.
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demanded an answer
What was the question?
Any suggestions?
Offer her a free copy of Cherry Tree High
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she was asking why I was snobbing her
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@freezespreston potential storms for Saturday, oh how the fun that awaits us..
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It will only make the rides more fun! Those of us that survive them will have a blast!
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He means Soundwave. Dreamworld is the weekend after.
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I’ve been on The Claw during rain. It’s like a continuous slap in the face. Haha!
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I’m not even sure I can get the day off 🙁
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Take it anyway?
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Call in sick say you have gastro or something from bad seafood.
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No boss will ever question spitty bum. Best excuse.
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I used to push her around the shops in a wheelchair. There were a few times where I really hurt my back doing so. She never once thanked me.
One time when she gave us a lift home, I was busy getting Mum’s walker out of the car and putting shopping in the house so I forgot. She told my Mum “Doesn’t your daughter know it’s rude to not say goodbye?” She actually called me to ask why I avoided her aftrr that and I explained that I thought she was angry at me. She pretty much tore strips off me while telling me how I was wrong.
This is just one of the bigger incidents.
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You should pee on her to assert your dominance.
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Not sure how helpful this is but in my situation I’d just tell them to go eff themselves and hang up.
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I’m not that straight forward. I have no idea what to do
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Tell her you are starting to feel attracted to her. Say these feelings don’t gel with your religious views, therefore you must stay away, you know, to keep your purity of heart intact.
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But straighforward is the best way. If you’re afraid of hurting someone’s feelings it usually hurts them more if you’re not honest with them.
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Hope you don’t mind me asking, but does she suffer from anxiety too? It could always be a case of both of you over thinking things and interpreting each others response as something else. Amplified emotions and all that.
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she does not and she knows I do
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You should not consider her a friend?
Harsh but just my input
You do not deserve to be treated like that Scree 🙂
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I don’t want to be her friend anymore and that is part of the problem
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But that is what I mean
Straight up tell her
“I hate you, we aren’t friends anymore and from this point in time I no longer wish to speak to you”
She may hurl abuse at you, if so then you come console your self with TAY 🙂
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Not before I have a panic attack. I mean, I’m fighting it off now.
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Good
Stay calm Scree
I know what they feel like
And we are all here for you
If she yells at you, just try to nod
Or, yell back at her, you have nothing to be anxious about if you want the friendship to be over
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But I’m too nice for my own good >_<
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Sometimes a letter can add too much gravity to a situation. You look back later, realising you over thought things but now its all locked away forever in thsoe words. However writing does give you more time to think about what you want to say. May I suggest a short email? The less you say the less she can pick apart. Perhaps something like:
Dear X,
My understanding is that you wish to know why I have not been speaking to you of late. Regrettably, I have not enjoyed my encounters with you for a while now. You seem to view me with much negativity. It would be best for both of us if this email was our last contact. I wish you all the best.
Regards, @scree.
She will likely respond. You can read the response out of curiosity if you like, but I recommend resisting the urge to respond to her response.
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Sorry scree, i can see this is really bothering you. We are giving tongue in cheek suggestions to lighten the mood and aleviate your stress.
Honestly if I were in your position I’d just not return her calls. It is a cowardly way for sure, but I can tell you from experience that eventually they just stop calling.
Alternate option is to accept that this person can be a bit prikly, and just not take the negative comments personally. Focus on her positive attributes instead.
good luck – let us know how you get on.
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You see, when I get upset it can make me a while to recover.
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You need new friends. When is the next TAY meat in your area?
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The way I see it, you’ve got two options.
The first option is you confront her about how you’re feeling. That you feel underappreciated for your efforts. That she has being making you feel anxious with the way she’s treats and speak to you. If you go for this option, I still maintain my original suggestion that you have another friend with you when you do it. Either she’ll accept what you’ve said, or she won’t. You could potentially lose a friend, or your frienship with her may improve.
The second option is to just ignore it. Take the slights knowing that she’s not intentionally trying to hurt you, don’t let them bother you too much and don’t fall into a pit of angst worrying whether you did or said the right thing at the right time.
Look, the thing about avoiding her because you thought she was angry at you, I get those feelings, I really do, but you can’t let yourself think like that. You have to try and overcome them. In this situation I think you’ll be confronting yourself as much as you’ll be confronting her, because ultimately, whatever you do, you’re going to have to change the way you think, or you’ll fall into a dark place. Now that could just be me making poor assumptions about what sort of person you are, and if I am right off the mark, I apologise, but based on the sorts of things I’ve seen you post before, the problems you’ve had, I think I do have a bit of an understanding about what sort of feelings you’re having, because I’ve had them myself.
I know how it sounds, someone else telling you they know how you feel, or that you should just get over it or, worst of all, toughen up. My father used to say to me “you just need more self confidence”, and he said it in a way that implied it would solve all my issues and I hated him for that, but in a way, he was right, and I think that’s what you need here Scree, more self confidence.
In the end, how I suggest you deal with the situation, or how I suggest you help yourself emotionally, it’s not going to matter much. You take what I’ve said on board, or you don’t, but in the end, it’s all got to come from you. Not really a very helpful thing to say, but it’s the truth.
Now once again, I may be misinterpreting things, making the wrong assumptions, or I may be stepping over a boundry. And if any of that is so, I apologise. Just tell me, I can delete my post and we’ll never speak of it again. But if I am right, even somewhat, and you are comfortable with it, I’m here to talk if you need it.
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I actually spoke to my psychologist about it and she agreed that no longer being her friend was a good option. She would get angry and be sneaky at me over the smallest things. For example if I spoke about doing something on the internet she’d snap “Why is everything always the internet with you?”. At Christmas she told me that I should only buy my mother one Christmas present. That really annoyed me. She would say things to upset me, I would excuse myself and then she would tell my mother I was rude. Everything I did seemed to offend her and she wouldn’t tell e, but my mother. I have gotten to the point that I don’t want the negativity.
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Sounds like you do need to end the relationship. Have you talked to your mother about all this? It sounds like if you do break things off with this friend, no matter how you do it, she’s just going to harass your mum about it. If you get your mum on your side though, things will be a lot easier.
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Mum’s on side. She doesn’t want anything to do with her either. She’s more Mum’s friend then min but she seemed to pick on me
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In that case, I’d suggest getting together with your mum and coming up with a plan on how to break things off, for both of you. Personally, I think it’s better if you let the woman know you no longer want to associate with her than just ignoring her and hoping she goes away. Meet with her in person, or call her and if she starts getting angry at you you can pass her over to your mum.
Whatever you decide to do, I think the important thing is that your mum is with you when you do it. Aside from this woman being mainly your mums friend, you mum being there will hopefully boost your own confidence and you can use her for emotional support. You can use each other in that way in fact.
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You just about need your own area for this scree, as I know all the different ideas getting chucked around can be a little confusing.
Anyway, just been thinking about things. You mention she is wheelchair bound. Is there any possibility that her life is kinda hard due to her disability, that she maybe has a bit of a chip on her shoulder because of that, and she takes it out on you because really she thinks you guys are really close and that you will take it? I’m not trying to justify her behaviour, but maybe explain it. I can picture a senario where you are all she has friend wise, and she is very unhappy with life (disability or otherwise) so she dumps it all on her friend. Putting you down to make her feel better etc.
Not saying you should have to cop that, but I wonder what we can learn about the issue by thinking about it from the antagonists point of view.
Hi TAY ,
I hope your week has started off well. My week has started off fine, I just woke up after my Sunday night shift.
Unfortunately over the weekend my TV stopped working 🙁 It just makes a continuous clicking noise whenever I try turning it on. Some quick Googling and I found out that it was a common problem. I’ll be needing a new TV soon I guess, so if anybody here has any suggestions for a good, affordable television please let me know. I was lucky that someone gave me their old TV for free because I have never bought a TV, so all advice is appreciated. It’s basically for games and some light TV/movie viewing
Alternatively I could look into getting a decent desktop computer with a good monitor. This way I can play my PS3 games on the monitor and also see what this ‘master race’ thing is about. This might also be helpful since I’m not sure how long my laptop will last (It’s at the will-not-work-unless-it’s-plugged-in phase) /o\ The problem with this choice is I have basically no idea how to build a PC or what parts to get. I guess I could learn.
So now the question is do I get a new TV and continue playing my games or do I get a new desktop computer?
Suggestions for any options are welcome.
If you know about TVs what would you recommend? My TV was 40 inches so anything of that size or larger is preferable.
If you think I should go the PC route, what are the specs for a ‘good’ PC nowadays. I’d prefer to spend under $1000 for everything but if that does not cover a monitor as well, I can wait a bit and save some more.
Thanks.
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Did you use your TV for more than consoles? If you didn’t, you could build a PC and just use the monitor for the consoles, meaning you don’t need as big a screen (you know, what with being physically closer).
Anyhow, to build a PC, right here has all the information you need.
Find a build that fits your budget from there. Find a local place that sells the parts. See how that goes with your budget and then if you need to trim, maybe post here to see where some savings are to be had.
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WIth the next gen approaching building a PC seems like the best approach. Unfortunately I have an irrational fear of building computers. I know it’s not as hard as it seems but I just have to get over it.
I’ll definitely look through the forum you linked to and see what I decide on.
Thanks.
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I’m sure someone can help walk you through it. It’s amazingly simple. Just find where things fit and if you have to force them, that’s not where it has to go.
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Ha ha, thanks 🙂
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The LG 42″ I got yesterday seems like a pretty decent TV for the price. Only used it for a few hours but the colours and clarity are nice. It has 3D and all the smart TV features (no idea). $648 we got it for.
Think the model is 42LM6410.
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That looks good actually, thanks.
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Be aware that using a monitor with consoles isn’t perfect. The video often looks less good than it does on a ‘normal’ TV, plus it can be a pain to get the sound out to another device esp. if you’re using HDMI. With mine (Dell U2711) I have to run a line-out cable through to my PC and then use the PC’s speakers. Before that I had a Dell 24″ which had no HDMI at all and I had to output the audio over optical to a dolby decoder.
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HDMI in and a headphone jack are all you need to check to see if your console and monitor will play nicely together.
But yes, most games are made to be played on a TV viewed from ~3m away, not a monitor ~50cm away. It still works pretty damned well though. It’s a fairly common setup to just hook consoles up to monitors these days. I do it.
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No idea about all the specifics like whether it’ll look worse or if it’s easy to set up but I’d probably vote on going with a PC/Monitor for games. It doesn’t sound like you use the TV for much else and you’ve always wanted a good computer. Since you download and watch shows anyway you can still do this on the PC without having to worry about converting stuff and whatnot.
Ni No Kuni, why must you have difficulty spikes. I’m midway through a part and I’ve run out of supplies. I either have to go back to buy supplies, refighting all the enemies I’ve just fought. (Then fight them again on the way back.) Or try to press on without any mana or food or the like, most likely getting my ass kicked. :'( So fun, but so annoying at times. Haha!
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Wait, that game has supplies?
I have never used an item.
Admittedly, I’m not at all far in. But still.
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Greenius said the same thing. Now I feel inadequate. I guess I just play differently, primarily using Oliver and his magic in boss fights. D:
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Before I got a Ghiblimon with a revive move, I spent most of my money on Phoenix Feathers 😛
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Maybe I just use magic too much, because that requires mana too so I can’t use their healing abilities either when I’m out. Bah! 😛
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There’s merit stamp awards that can help with that!
In the third row, there’s one that decreases the amount of MP used by spells and another that gives Oliver an additional 100HP and 100MP (the last one)EDIT: There’s no ‘wrong’ way to play though. Items are there for a reason.
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Just have the annoying side quests left that I’ve intentionally avoided. 😛
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Yeah, hence why I don’t really like MP/Mana/Magic in games :P. I just attack and heal when necessary.
Like I said, haven’t used a single healing/helpy item thingy and when my characters just died and I couldn’t solo the boss then I’d just restart 😛
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I found that the others weren’t effective at healing, so Oliver would take care of that and fight from afar with magic, heal when neccessary as they use the Ghiblimon. Works most of the time, but situations like this makes me think I need to change my strategy a little. 😀
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Does anyone have Tropico 4?
I caved earlier this morning and bought the bundle Steam have on sale
Because it looks fantastic and sounds like a lot of fun
Thoughts?
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Not on Mac. Don’t care.
Edit: Not really, it looks fantastic. I’d play it if I could.
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Damn
Still not going to leave Mac? and join the master race?
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Honestly, I have every intention of building a gaming PC. When I have the cash to spare. So not yet. Or even soon.
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That sucks man but its good to hear you have the intention
Mine cost 1400 and runs Skyrim *with high res textures pack* Battlefield 3 and Max Payne 3 at ultra level graphics
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I played tropico hmmmmm maybe 2 and it was enjoyable. Haven’t had another in the series since.
Hi, TAY!
It’s stupidly hot, and I didn’t get to sleep last night until after 3am.
Screw Mondays! \o/
Also, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is boss!
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Crazyguy! It’s all cold and rainy in Brisbane!
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Yes, TTGL Is the tits!
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BOSS? IT’S THE BEST- NO, IT’S THE ABSOLUTE EPITOME OF MANLINESS AND HOT-BLOODED SPIRIT! IT’S THE DRIVING FORCE THAT MAKES A MAN EXCEL FURTHER AND FARTHER THAN HE SHALL EVER GO, TO GIVE HIM A DRILL THAT SHALL PI-
Whoof, I’m sorry, I forgot I was still wearing those Kamina glasses.
My hello kitty pumpkin phone charm broke today 🙁
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Awww.
🙁
Hope you can find another one.-
It was a gift from a girl I know in Japan. Came from Universal Studios..
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That sounds like a bad omen…
@ash
DARK.
SOULS.
I don’t understand why you keep acting as if there is any other answer.
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I was thinking this would be my next game after Ni No Kuni, but DAN!’s twitter conversation last night put me off the game for now! Haha!
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In the early stages of the game it can be very hard not to play it like a standard hack and slash as it looks exactly like one. Once you get over that and click into the groove of it (patience and timing) it starts making a lot more sense.
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Unless its the Capra Demon.
Fuck that guy.
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Well I’m nervouse about it, and anxious about my own performance issues.
I’m worried that your progress is tied to experience not as in my character gets lots of xp and becomes more powerful, but rather the player themself improves. Anytime I have to take a significant break from the game, won’t I be starting back from square 1?
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Yes, you will be starting back from square one but things will be easier as you remember little things. You’ll get back into the swing of things and all shall be dandy.
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Not so much. It’s a very slow paced game and its less to do with skill than it does memorisation and patience. Once you learn where everything is and don’t rush through it it gets pretty easy.
At its core Dark Souls is a game about exploration and discovery. Combat is more just included with it. You’d be surprised how many of your deaths come from the environment rather than enemies.
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Just get Pokemon Platinum, @greenius will* back me up!
*won’t
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Finished it 🙂 (well, to an extent that I’m satisfied with anyway)
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@ash
@freezespreston
XNBLD
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That’s the novelty answer.
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DRKSLS ? 🙂
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Slightly off topic but I just spent 20 mins trying to find this comment b/c Kotaku notifcation said ‘greenius has mentioned you at a post’ and then when i clicked it, it dropped me in at page 3…
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Yeah, first comments on pages have been messed up for a while. As you’ve noticed replying to one will set you back to the previous page, and notifications will do the same 🙁
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ah yeah the reply sent me back too. Glad that’s explained (I though maybe TAY was trying to tell me soemthing).
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Been gettin’ that sheet aaaaall daye.
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New rule guys! Whoever gets the ‘page get’ must post a place holder comment that no one can ever reply to. then we start afresh fromc omment two. B/c this hunt for comment sis doing my head in.
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But you just did it again!
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HI JIMU
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Ha! It’s working today! neenerneener neeeener!
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TAYlist for the 18th of Feburary 2013 TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by Lucifer9783 (Does anyone even read this anymore?)
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
Brook Fraiser – Something In The Water
The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men (By request from my mate Jimmy)
QED – Everywhere I Go
Blue Oyster Cult – (Don’t Fear) The Reaper
Pink – So What (This one went out to Thomo the Fisherman)
Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls – Before Too Long
Billy Joel – Still Rock And Roll To Me
Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls (A request form a listener named Aaron)
INXS – Dancing on the Jetty (the first of 8 songs requested from employees at the local Pellet Plant)
The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
ACDC – Heatseeker
Wham – Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
Bon Jovi – Wanted Dead Or Alive
Doobie Brothers – China Grove
Credence Clearwater Revival – I Heard It Through The Grapevine
Cold Chisel – Star Hotel (the last of the 8 songs requested from employees at the local Pellet Plant)
Steve Earle – Copperhead Road (one last request, almost didn’t make it in)
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That reads eerily like one of my mums playlists..
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BREAKING:
Lucifer9783 IS Welbot’s mother.
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED \o/
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Steve Earle! I only know him through Treme and his This City song that Lucia Micarelli covers AWESOMELY. I like reading the playlists, man. People might not like some of the songs and talk about it, but that doesn’t mean they don’t like the posts. 😀
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Been hearing Bitter Sweet Symphony a lot these days. Don’t know why.
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Also, since I relate everything to Adventure Games (Ripper) and Stephen King (The Stand), excellent choice with Don’t Fear (The Reaper.) *cow bell*
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Still not enough Dusty Springfield
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Next week, the Dusty Springfield edition of TAYlist
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\o/
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Hey, I actually know some of those songs! (I usually don’t know any of them) I like that Brooke Fraser one.
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Also, you misspelled Brooke Fraser. 😛
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Bugger, sorry Lambo
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Thats a pretty awesome list. Especially Billy Joel and Doobie Brothers. Nice picks
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I cannot take credit for The Doobie Brothers song, that one was a request
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REPOST
Does anyone have Tropico 4?
I caved earlier this morning and bought the bundle Steam have on sale
Because it looks fantastic and sounds like a lot of fun
Thoughts?
Also, Shenanigans
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Yep, haven’t played it yet though. I have 3 and it was awesome, so if 4 is similar in any way…
Handy hint: if it’s anything like 4, the humour will be pretty great.
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I do. It’s fun!
So apparently my band is playing a show at Queanbeyan pool in a few weeks. That seems like a really weird place for a show. I’m not sure how I feel about this. Pool mosh could be cool I guess.
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Odd.
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It’s a cull. Good bands walk off stage. Bad ones get drowned.
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I’m imagining this playing out like that one episode of Community. Old people swimming in the pool during your show, etc.
I’m back on the crunchy nut. This shit is like a drug. Only better.
I’m also really bored. I went for a walk around and came across nobody :S Looks like I’ll just spend my time playing Theatrhythm today!
Remember when games were fun?
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No.
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Remember when we had more time to sit and enjoy them and were more tolerant of the wasteful bullshit they were saddled with?
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Yeah, it was yesterday.
Probably today, but I haven’t played any yet.
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Pepperidge farm remembers.
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Yesterday morning?
Yesterday, Freya and I were in Bunnings when I got a text. She told me that she thought “someone else has the same tone as Bunny” before realising it was my phone.
Edit: She’s the smart one in this relationship. We’re doomed.
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lol! Oh dear 🙂
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You’ll be right Bunny. I am sure of it.
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Smart people often say dumb things :p
(Semi-repost from Twitter with more information)
3DS XL friendssss:
Where’d you get yours from and for how much? I’m thinking of getting one pretty soon (I don’t mind waiting for a sale) so I just want a rough idea on the price ranges.
The standard XL seems to be going for $200ish and a bit more if pre-loaded with games. I was interested in the just announced Fire Emblem one but that’s around $330 or so on Amazon UK so it’s not really worth it.
I have most of the pre-loaded games being offered so I’d rather not pay for them again and if possible, I’d probably avoid the pre-loaded ones so I have the option of transferring the contents of my 3DS to it.
And does anyone know of any deals/promotions with them? I know the EU ran one in January where if you purchased and registered an XL you’d get a free download code to a few games. The US currently have a similar deal if you purchase an XL and one of two games.
Thanks!
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Winnar of raffle.
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You know, as I was typing that I was thinking that you’d post that you got yours for free 😀
CanPredictTheFutureius
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I just got a 3DS XL starter bundle from JB. From memory it was around $240, came with a case and a $20 game.
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I got the $268 White 3DSXL with Mario 3D Land pre-installed.
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I got my special Pikachu 3DSXL from Amazon UK for about $240AU.
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Yeah whatever you do don’t buy one with a pre-loaded game. You’ll lose all of your Streetpasses!. Oh, and remember that the fully black 3DS XL is coming out with Monster Hunter if you want that colour (I assume it’ll be sold separately too).
And no deals or promotions for Australia. We don’t get access to that European free game thing either (I tried :P)
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Oh shizz! I didn’t even think about losing my Mii and all my like 12 puzzle pieces D:
@jordi did the promotion thing by just registering it to the UK Club Ninty since she imported hers. I assume Nob would’ve (or could’ve) done the same.
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Wait, what? Free stuff? WHY NO ONE TELL ME! /o\
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But we did… :/
I know at least Powalen and Freeze tried it. Jordi had the same Pikachu XL imported from the UK and she got Professor Layton for free.
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More questions:
Did anyone else upgrade from a 3DS to an XL?
I know @powalen did and so did @ynefel but he didn’t like the XL. I haven’t held one but I prefer the look of it and I’m sure it’ll be fine for me. I really liked the upgrade from a normal DS/Lite to the DSi XL and the bigger screens are great.
My main issues is that it’s not a necessary purchase, it’s still a bit pricey and I’d have to rebuy accessories and whatnot.
So, JP PS Vita conference in a little under 3 hours.
I predict:
– New color Vita
– Ports of some games
– Whole bunch of awesome looking JRPGs which will never come out in English
– Now is the Winter of our Discount Content #shakespeareantragedy
On the upside there’s rumors that we might see a Vita port of FF Type-0 and if that happens we should also see it in English and it could well be a system-seller in western markets since apparently it’s very good.
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There’s a Vita conference? Cool 😀
I’d love a FF Type-0 and Tales of Hearts/Rebirth R announcements but I doubt it :'(
EDIT: Just saw that you’d miss it :(. Guess I’ll watch it and try to understand what’s going on! 😀
If anyone else was interested it should be on at 7pm Melbourne time http://www.jp.playstation.com/cp/2013spring_psvita/
And since this is Vita related, do you know if they added anything significant to Muramasa on Vita or is it just a straight up port? I enjoyed it on the Wii but probably won’t buy it again if it’s the same.
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It’s a Japan conference so they’ll probably talk up Hearts R but that’s not coming west any time soon because Namco are buttes.
I’m betting on a Vita Idolm@ster game because that shit makes crazy crazy money for Namco, incidentally.
Muramasa Rebirth is a straight up port but they’re adding four extra new character campaigns which will be DLC I think.
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four new characters four new campaigns all DLC no prices confirmed. I want em FREE.
Japan are getting preorder bonuses which include bromide card or whatevs
boobies!-
I think they’re busy doing the ports and doing the extras as DLC allows them to deliver them after the game ships.
Also Kamitani’s style certainly does emphasise Life and Hometown… :V
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I predict: support for cfw, because it was one of the most used features on the psp.
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I wish! I’d use the shit out of that, dump my PSP games to ISO and use it to swap my PSN accounts.
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Upvote for #shakespeareantragedy.
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I”M ESSITED
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They should port a bunch of sweet PS2 games like Odin Sphere which I own but never play cos it’s in the study and Ni No Kuni & Friends.
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Oh yeah, PS2 support would be great!
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I dunno how viable that is, but if it’s poss then yes. I’d be happy with a bunch more ports like the HD collection etc of “ke”* games.
*games wot I liek
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I don’t understand what you said 😛
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From what I’ve heard/read PS2 emulation isn’t really possible on PSVita, you need even more power. To do it well they would have to port, which is more work, so I don’t expect every game.
So I would settle for more stuff like MGS HD Vita & FFX Vita. Yeah?
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Also those doods who did the port of MGS HD should do a NEW Silent Hill HD collection including original voicecast & The Room. Then, when this superior version is succesful they can do HD versions of Origins & Shattered Memories. Sweet.
Plus more HD collections of stuff please, like Onimusha etc.
PLUUUUUUSSSSS!!!
Crisis Core & Peacewalker & Portable Ops with plus built in for Vita, thanks guys. Kisskiss hughug & all that.
😀
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Crisis Core should be on PSN.
I believe FF Type-0 plays similarly to Crisis Core but I’m not sure (haven’t played) so don’t quote me on that.
My ideal situation: surprise Valkyria Chronicles 3 Vita port. And it’s coming out in English.
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Really need to get on Valkyria. Does 2 work on Vita? Do I need to play 1 first?
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Yes, but 2 is really disappointing and you should just play 1.
With 2 they decided to make a quick cash-grab on the popularity of the first one and the fact they had an anime going at the time, so they shat out a terrible game that used the Valkyria setting and gameplay without the storybook visual style and the large areas, and shakled it to a generic anime “battle school” plot. You know, the cliche one where the generic high school’s classes are ranked based on their academic or other strength and the Potato-kun gets assigned to the Worst Class and has to help them shape up and become the Best Class by beating all the arrogant other classes. And building his harem at the same time, naturally.
So. Fucking. Disappointing.
FWIW Valkyria 1 and 3 are nothing like that.
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So the PS3 one is better? I think I can borrow that…
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Oh cool. Is this like a ‘Nintendo Direct’ sort of conference or an actual mini-E3 with an audience type of thing? I haven’t heard about it until now.
Also wasn’t there something going around about a Vita hardware update? Could be that too.
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third anal-log stick :p
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I’m thinking they’re announcing a bunch of Vita stuff so that they can focus on PS4 on Thursday.
SPINAL SWOOOORD!!!
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I think they’re fucked if that game is given more than an in-passing mention or a quick trailer. It’s out in a few weeks. They need to show stuff longer-term to get excited about.
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That’s true, but I wouldn’t mind some new footage.
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Another possibility: Gran Turismo for Vita.
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Let’s hope it’s far better than the disappointing PSP version…
@ash You replied to me but I can’t find it, glitchy TAY
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God knows what I said. At least this will work. I better make it good. um…
um….
Sorry, that’s all i got.
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Jimu! Sup man!
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Ordered my Vita, pickin up tomoz, you?
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Not much, man. Not much. Listening to Ni No Kuni OST. 😀
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Music recommendation update
So a few weeks ago I asked for some suggestions of music and @freezespreston, @chuloopa, @mythamphetamine, @spaghett, @effluvium-boy, @strange, @beavwa, @jamiedeecee and @virus__ kindly offered some suggestions.
My initial thoughts of them below
Dragonforce
A bit fast and guitar heavy for me. Didn’t mind it but many of there songs all started to sound the same. Might keep a track or two in the playlist but wouldn’t listen to a full album
Electric Wizard
Not my thing, didn’t grab me and didn’t really like the vocalist
High on Fire
Too much rawr
The sword
This needs further investigation, I think me likey
Alestorm > not on spotify
Hammerfell
Bonus points for their name and cover art. This needs further investigation, I think me likey.
Sonata Artica
Fast but not stupidly so, although the first track I listened (Tallulah) to was very slow. A definite possibility
Apocalyptica
Could be just what I was looking for. There metallica stuff reminds me of fourplay unsuprisingly. Although a fairly different sound without the violias. Not sure, will listen to some more
Northern kings
Not modern top 40 hits, hmmmm. The missus might hate me if I start playing dire straits covers, but there is something there.
Avatar
Musically maybe but vocals too much for me
Dunderbleist
A bit meh on this, nothing that stands out as wrong but just didn’t grab me.
Children of Bodom
Nope
Finntroll
Starts alright. I don’t like the vocals and the rawr, but it is surprisingly accessible. Or maybe it was just that track, seems to have gone downhill since???
Turisas
Maybe. Will try again and see how I go. This fence is comfortable. I think I picked a side, yep I like em.
Iced Earth
Very power ballad like. Not sure about the ac/dc cover though. Could be worth a bit more investigation.
Gamma Ray.
Much lighter, but works well. Sounded like something I would have on my playlist, even the first time I heard it
Helloween
While not directly suggested figured I would give it a try. Expected lots of rawr but was suprised. I want out is a pretty cool guy. Next one not so much.
Unisonic.
Nice, Some of this will end up on my play list for sure
Kiske/Somerville.
Pleasing but nothing really grabbing me. Although when they start harmonising it is very nice.
Avantasia
Liked the start of it but only listened to a little. Will revisit tomorrow. The start of Another angel down sounds like vidya game music.
Orphaned Land
I listened to them another time you recommended them so thanks for adding them in, I can never remember their names
Battlelore
Couldn’t find
Maybe also Tristania
Sounds like the character my LOL account is named after. Positive connotations backed up buy the music.
Therion
I like. Will require more investigation to work out how much I like
Van Canto
WTH?
Who the hell recommended Die Antwoord and George Watsky
Camille
Not sure where this recommendation came from but I don’t mind her work
Purity Ring
Not really what I was looking for
Iron Maiden
The classics are classics for a reason
Eiserne Jungfrau
Couldn’t find
Nightwish
Easy to listen to, still not sure how much I like it. Will listen to more
Lacuna Coil
Unsurprisingly very similar to nightwish. Same result as well
Tyr
Pretty cool for a bunch of whale killers. I think I like but will have to check it out further
Grand Magus
Interesting, the vocals taking a backseat to the music is something I could get into
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I can’t even recall was I recommended. I guess Children of Bodom? lol.
Though I recall mentioning RUSH & Dream Theater to someone recently..
Edit: I would’ve also suggested Alestorm.
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Definitely worthy of mention too.
Dream Theater is a bit weird though because James LaBrie (the vocalist) is very polarising. Still, Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence and Metropolis Pt 2 are amazing albums that have to be listened the whole way through.
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Their last album A Dramatic Turn of Events was also quite awesome. Personal favourite.
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I liked it a lot more than Black Clouds and Silver Linings. Felt a lot more like their good stuff but it didn’t have a consistent feel to it that their best albums have.
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Yeah I hear that.
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I’d wager I recommended Die Antwoord, George Watsky and Purity Ring ;P
Camille? That’s gots to be Aleph!
\m/
Re: Therion, IMO their peak was around Secret of the Runes and Lemuria / Sirius B, so try that stuff first. Their main dude went fully batshit mental at one point and started effectively a pagan cult and IMO everything went sideways after that.
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I’ll check those out. I mostly just listened to what was listed as the top tracks which could be across various albums
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I haven’t listened to much of their recent stuff so it may be they got their shit back together again
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Sitra Ahra is my favourite. Pretty sure that’s a recent one.
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Read that last one as Grand Angus. I thought McDonalds must have made a promotional band for a second!
So you’re obviously looking at Metal but what sort of elements do you like in your music? Are you an instruments person or a lyrics person etc.
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It all started when strange got me addicted to Sabaton.
So I was looking for something similar which doesn’t seem to exist. I’m much more of an instruments person, so leaning more to the symphonic style. Don’t like the rawr rawr lyrics.
Who recommended Electric Wizard. Isn’t that like hardcore Drone/Doom Metal?
Reply fail was meant to be @Tigerion
Sonata Artica
Fast but not stupidly so, although the first track I listened (Tallulah) to was very slow. A definite possibility
These guys mix it up a bit like that. They have a fair few acoustic versions of songs that are pretty neat. The newer albums sound distinctly different from the older ones though, so you may end up only liking some of what they do.
Apocalyptica
Could be just what I was looking for. There metallica stuff reminds me of fourplay unsuprisingly. Although a fairly different sound without the violias. Not sure, will listen to some more
Cellos*
A lot of their stuff is very pop-like.
Northern kings
Not modern top 40 hits, hmmmm. The missus might hate me if I start playing dire straits covers, but there is something there.
This was the four Scandiwegian guys doing covers, right? Only heard snippets of them.
Another one to add to the list: Epica. Like Nightwish/Lacuna Coil (more Nightwishy though) but they tend to have some rather heavy handed political messages in there. Still sounds good though..
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Violias*
Fourplay use dual violas and while the cellos that Apocalyptica use remind me of fourplay they do have a very different sound.I actually started the requests by saying that I had listened to some epica and I like the sounds of it but there was a bit too much rawr for me so was there similar stuff without the rawr.
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They have stuff with less rawr.
Also Opeth has some rawrless albums (Damnation and Heritage).
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Opeth is amazing.
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Yes.
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iSketch ft. @mythamphetamine
English Easy UK
GOGOGOG BEFORE HE LEAVES YOU AGAIN
tis over :/
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An “H” looks weird with a strikethrough.
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It does!
“An H” sounds weird too
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It’s fine in my head, but in text it looks dumb.
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Ok gonna go home soon… and approach that noisy neighbour :S Wish me luck!
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Break a leg.
That should shut them up.
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…until they start screaming loudly about the broken leg.
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HEY NERDS.
Uhh… if anyone’s got spare time, and is interested in learning mechanics behind Binding of Isaac, LethalFrag is streaming with room-by-room/play-by-play commentary on tactics, patterns and more.
Definitely check it out if you’re interested in upping your BoI game!
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NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Post meat blues!
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And shaver’s remorse.
It’s a rich tapestry of feelings. 😛
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You should try getting some reversal. Have pre-meat anticipation(I am constantly in this state, even while at meats, though a better term for anticipation would be “complete and utter terror”), and pre-beard excitement. Think of the stubble you will soon have.
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Where do you deconstruct every moment then and work out what you did wrong, jokes that backfired and general awkwardness, real or otherwise and then feel bad about it? 😛
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I choose to spend every moment reflecting on every failure I have made.
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o/
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No, D.C., I’m afraid I can’t.
I’ll probably miss, and hit you in the face.
Well, actually, that’s not that likely, while I’ve missed while high-fiving 156 times(made up number), I’ve only hit them in the face on 4 occasions(not a made up number).
There was also one time where I hit someone in the face while attempting to high five someone else. That was… something.
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Haha! I’ve done that thing before where we’ve missed high fives. We laughed. It was a good moment. In line for the Tower of Terror 2!
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@dc When you draw blood, the laughing tends to be kept to a minimum…
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D: Poor, awkward Blaghs.
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@dc Funnily enough, by this point in life, I’m kind of used to it.
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avant garde!
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:'(
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You don’t.
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Downvoted, since I can’t understand such a concept, so it scares me.
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Hey, everyone… look at this mentally well adjusted guy! 😛
@benj
OMG THE CHUBBY GUY WHO BROKE HIS ANKLE THING ON THE FIRST EP D:
EHMERGHERD
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Tosh.0? 😛
Karma’s getting every person who ever wore a livestrong bracelet! They play that bit in like every ad break on the comedy channel, I hope nobody watching all the other stuff on the channel is squeamish 😛
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And yeah, I don’t like the new set as much but who cares 😛
That 9 year old thing >_>
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34 degrees in Hobart feels a lot less than 34 degrees in Launceston… I didn’t even notice it was over 30 degrees until I looked. Interesting.
Finished Bastion
Man…that game.
So good.
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Excellent OST too!
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the whole game actually had a modern day Secret Of Evermore vibe to it. And i was really digging that. Currently on my second playthrough.
Also, yea the soundtrack is awesome.
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Hi TAY regular guy!
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Hello green person.
How are you?
Green, i’ll bet.
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Man…that game.
So good./!\ SECURITY ALERT! SOME IMPOSTER BROKE INTO RUFFLEBERG’S ACCOUNT /!\
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That or it’s some kind of cry for help! D:
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I’m allowed to like any game that reminds me of SoE. Those are the rules.
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Hmm, starting to realize I’m starting to act like a jerk online a bit lately. Becoming coarser and more, well, jerky. It’s not like me and it is actually upsetting me a bit. Maybe I should shut up for a bit and settle myself before I upset someone.
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You have been?
Though i’m probably not going to notice because well that’s me…
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Alternately, do what I do.
Become far more of a jerk.
Create a shell of jerkiness to surround you.
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I havent noticed a difference.
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You’ve always been awesome and you still are!
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248th worst person on the site 😛
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Channel it into your alter-ego/s. 😛
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Ugh Yellowius banging all those Swedish super models (of an unspecified gender) and partying non-stop and not shutting up about it!
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I haven’t noticed it in you, but I’m feeling the same way about my recent online behaviour. Feel like maybe I got a little too comfortable, and this side of me that usually stays buried comes out to play. Realise why I prefer being shy.
TOO MUCH TAY!
Obligatory ‘I’m not dead’ post.
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Who’s this guy?
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Some kind of jerk who disappears for stretches at a time. I definitely don’t have experience doing that. Nope. Not at all.
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I’m the Ghost of TAYmas Past.
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What’s new, man? Stuff? Teaching still fun?
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Indeed. For the moment anyway 😛
Disappointed in Revengeance delay 🙁
Oh well, more time to finish Colonial Marines (eugh) and Ni No Kuni (^_^)
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Been listening to Two Steps From Hell’s album Skyworld all evening. Not a bad song amongst them. I know their music isn’t something that a lot of people listen to, but I love it. Just wish you could buy their older collections
VITA CONFERENCE THOUGHTS
EDIT: After considerable thought, I believe my initial response was perhaps too harsh in that I expected too much from a spontaneous conference such as this, and even though I am still in the personal opinion that it did not give me any reasonable excitement for the vita for the future (price drop is good, however, and I am quite pleased at one or two of the offerings) I have to make a fair comment that reflects a more even-handed tone that is less likely to offend others or hasten my thoughts far too early to create a proper opinion of.
something something Shakespearian tragedy.
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But FFX footage! It’s alive!
The same can’t be said for The Last Guardian, FF Versus XIII, Half Life Episode 3 and others though…
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WAIT WAIT WAIT FFX HD FOOTAGE I NEED TO SEE THIS CONFERENCE NOW
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Like 10 seconds of Tidus and Yuna standing there.
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that’s enough for me…
i… really… love that game…
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@jimu might be interested too!
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I looked at some screen shots. Looks the same?
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Admittingly, it wasn’t the game, but just models and a background; I believe the game is still in development. Pretty, though.
and all those games you mentioned will be shown at the PS4 revealing anyway
there was a vita conference?
god, their advertising of conferences is just as good as their advertising of the vita…
but seriously, i’d like to know what happened in said conference and if a video is available
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Video? Not sure but there’s no real point since it’s all in Japanese. Major sites SHOULD have an update by now but @cvxfreak (on Twitter) live Tweeted it with English updates, so you should be able to get the gist of it from his feed 😀
I posted this in the wrong TAY so i’ll just leave it here.
Been playing Absolution.
Anyone else find it weird that 47 has an instinct meter that runs out as he puts his hand up to his face. That’s ridiculous. How can you run out of the ability to cover your face with your hand? I’m actually not digging the whole instinct system and i’m not using it. But that’s easier said than done.
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Everyone knows that you lose all of your instinct when you facepalm.
Where the hell is everyone?!
I’m so alone, so alone…
But better than I ever was, better than a just laid cause…
CarthWatch 2013: Carth was just in The Good Wife! Thought you guys should know @thecracks, @strange… (He had about three lines, though. :P)
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CarthWatch. I fully support this initiative.
http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/real-trailers/real-trailers-new-super-mario-bros-u
oh god I can’t stop laughing, it doesn’t help that most if not all of what he says is true. . .
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This is my shit nigs 😛
The DMC one is pretty good too! http://www.screwattack.com/shows/originals/real-trailers/real-trailers-dmc
It’s still 28 degreeeees 🙁
I wanna work on my game but it’s too hot to think. I think I’ll just watch a movie or something then go to bed :l
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Show us the secret game art! 😀
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Nooooo not yet! There’s so little! I really wanted to make a concept drawing and introduce it like that.
A few things I’ll say though. It’s (meant to be) an RPG. I still haven’t decided on real time or turn based combat. Creating a turn based system would be worth it, but will take ages, whereas real time I could put it together in a couple of days (if that).
My inspiration is the Mario and Luigi series, ie. not serious at all and hopefully a little bit funny. Whatever it ends up being, it’s definitely not going to be a “traditional” kind of RPG.
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Sounds great! I just wish I could see more of it 😉 *hint hint*
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Eh? Turn based should be much easier to code than a good real-time system…
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Oh it’s not hard to make a turn based system at its most basic level, but to make it look good and function well is another matter entirely.
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You’re making a game eh? Sounds cool.
What software/engine ya using for it?-
Just Game Maker 😛
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Noice, keen to hear about your progress 🙂
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That’s crazy money for a 3″ vinyl!
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Limited Edition, though.
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So you’re not really paying for the toy at all 😛
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@crazyguy1990 – You mentioned how owners of ArtRage 3 could get a free upgrade to 4, how do I go about doing this?
Thanks!
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@greenius
Direct from the ArtRage website:
Upgrading To ArtRage 4.
If you already own a copy of a previous version of ArtRage (such as 2, Studio, or Studio Pro) and you want to upgrade to ArtRage 4, you may be eligible for a discount.If your copy of ArtRage came with a Serial Number or Registration Key that information can be used to register the product with us and claim a coupon where available.
Some copies of ArtRage Studio Pro purchased in the month before ArtRage 4 release are eligible for free upgrades to the new product. When you register your Serial Number in the Member Area you will be informed if you have a free upgrade.
Goodnight, TAY!
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Goodnight. Control yourself and wait before getting the figurine 🙂
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Don’t worry, it’s been sitting in my wish list, and will sit there until the time is right…
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Ha ha.
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I was watching a few documentaries last night and this ABC mini series was really good. It’s an ongoing series called Making couples happy and it’s about 4 couples hoping to make their lives better.
http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/makingcoupleshappy.htm
The first episode aired last week and the next few are every Thursday at 8/30 on ABC or you can catch up later on iview.
The show demonstrated that relationships are not easy and how small things just build up to cause chaos. Even one of the couple-the newly weds are having troubles during what is supposed to be a happy period.
I’ll be watching the next few episodes to see how he couples progress.
It’s a good show for anyone single or in a relationship.
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Who’s this guy?
Talking about relationships? Who are you and what have you done with crazy masha?
I should probably stop talking to and about myself and go to bed.
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Who’s this guy?
Talking about who’s this guy?
Then again who’s this guy?
Talking about talking about who’s this guy?
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Swinging. The answer is swinging.
Hoping everyone slept better last night?
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Nope!
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It’s 4PM and I haven’t even been awake for 4 hours.
I am the new Blaghman???
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Oh, Bish.
I pass this mantle to you with great… something.
Definitely something.
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I went to sleep at 4pm yesterday, and woke at 8pm last night.
…it’s almost 7am and no sign of sleep o.0
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I went to bed at about 9:40, so even though it took me ages to get to sleep, I got up at 6.
I consider that to be good enough.
Hey, Everyone!
To the Moon is only $3.39 on Steam today.
You should go buy it.
Shut up, I’m not obsessed.
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Speaking of obsessions, I’m hoping that this will finally shut @greenius up.
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NO! I have To the Moon and you don’t have Xenoblade, that’s not fair :'(
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But I do have Xenoblade, I just took that screenshot of it.
Look at it, and its pretty high definition resolution.
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Or did you just get an image of the title screen? Will need first impressions pronto!
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Here, is this better proof?
Initial thoughts:
The grass is very pretty. Most of the rest of what I’ve seen really isn’t.Main character guy has a very small head.
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The starting area isn’t super pretty so wait until you see the later areas :O so awesomes! One of us, one of us
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The starting area when you finish the Tephra Cave and end up on the cliff overlooking Colony 9 is pretty stunning. But yeah, I think Bionis Leg and the Eryth Sea have been the most visually stunning areas I’ve seen so far.
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I wish my PC was faster so I could play it emulated instead of on the Wii. It looks stunning for a Wii game, but that’s the problem: it’s a Wii game. 🙁
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I think my biggest problem with it graphically, is that I’m mentally comparing it to Wind Waker(the last game I played on Dolphin), and Final Fantasy 10 and Kingdom Hearts 2(the previous two games I’ve fiddled around with emulating). And with the latter, while its draw distance and the detail in that regard is far far better, its character models fall very short.
And it doesn’t have a chance of comparing to Wind Waker, which, even at its worst, still looks decent.
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@blaghman: the Xenoblade character models are pretty low-poly it’s true. They don’t look fantastic. The mecha designs got the bulk of the work.
Wind Waker is going to make anything look bad against it, because the art style is so timeless (and this is why I was so upset that Nintendo seems to be throwing away the cel shading for their Wii U remake)
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And $10.27 for those of us with an aversion to Steam /o\
https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=3072606
Morning gang
Computer system ok, so Spaghett is back to checking TAY once every hour
Last song played game
Stein um Stein by Rammstein
Catch you all later
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Justify – The Rasmus
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Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out) – Arcade Fire
Probably Laika before it!
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This is a War – Confession
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Philmont’s acoustic cover of We Found Love: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sbKGpO6kAaw
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Build That Wall from the Bastion OST!
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Sabaton – Wolfpack
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Socio by Stone Sour, one of my favourite songs by them. Those bass lines so badass.
Thinking of buying a cat.
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Do you have enough room to swing it?
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You may want to buy two, just in case you want to skin it differently next time.
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…cat got your tongue?
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Ok, I’ll stop meow.
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I want to crawl under my blankets and cry from your posts 🙁
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do it!
though go for a purebred if you can. they tend to be a heap more friendly & personable.
my cat is a random mash-up of breeds, & is nice enough, but he sometimes is an antisocial little jerk.
also, purring. best thing.
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He’s an antisocial little jerk because he’s a cat, not because he’s a mixed-breed 😛
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nah man, its genetics. purebreeds are nicer.
dunno why.but my kitty is pretty damn cool regardless. coz he purrs & sometimes meows & is stripy.
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I’ve had five cats in my life, all of them with awesome personalities, none of them purebred. You just got a dud, Mr. 35. 😛
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You may be right Mrs Strange.
I adore my kitten, regardless of how much of a jerk he can be sometimes.having said that though, most of the times he’s quite happy to jump up on your lap & be patted & purr. thats all I want from a cat.
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Yeah, I’ve only ever had the cat equivalent of mutts and they’re lovable little urchins full of amusement and shenanigans!
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Don’t buy from a petshop. Adopt. Please. There’s always cats and kittens looking for loving homes.
tortoise shell?
Yesterday –
Wake up at 6. Catch train at 7. Get to work at 8. Leave work at 4. Get to game production meeting at 5. Leave meeting at 6:30. Get train at 7:30. get home at 9. crawl into bed at 10.
Whole day gone! just like *that*!
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Wake up at 5, leave house at 5:25, catch train at 6, get to work at 8, leave work at 4, get home at 6:50
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Profit?
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Wake up at 0900, get out of bed at 1200, eat breakfast at 1500, fall asleep at 1600.
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Pshaw
24 hour time
What is this, an army base?
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Good and bad, mostly good 🙂
I have a genius idea for a new weekly Kotaku article:
Talk Amongst Yourself.
Everyone who posts is only allowed to reply to their own post, inner-monologue style.
Do it, Serrels.
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@markserrels
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You saw NOTHING.
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Blog Amongst Yourselves?
I vaguely recall a particular TAY was entitled Talk Amongst Yourself, if only in the URL
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I remember “Talm Amongst Yourselves”. I don’t know why, but I still find it funny.
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There was once a Talk Amongst Herself too xD
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That is not genius, that is Facebook. 😛
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HA!
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COOL CHANGE HAS ARRIVED!
I can do things again. After i write this god damn letter requesting a cease and desist of friendship
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I upvoted before I saw that you’re writing nasty letters, and then I felt guilty.
Then I realised that you’re a lovely person and wouldn’t write nasty letters, and now I feel better ^.^-
It’s not going to be nasty, it’s going to be polite. but if you read what she’s done to me, you would understand
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You shoudl post a draft of the letter here and we can all have our 2 cents on it like we did yesterday 🙂
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You’re breaking up with a friend via letter?! Harsh.
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I can’t speak to her. It causes my anxiety to go mental. She reminds me of someone else and it just makes it so much worse
I know it sounds like I am making excuses, but I have ended up in hospital once before and I don’t want to repeat it. However, just thinking about talking to her freaks me out. It raises my blood pressure and could possibly make me pass out
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Good luck – let us know when you send it ok so we can send you good vibes.
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I have been a bit of a dick to her.
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Oh Ho Tross…
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You will be receiving a letter in the mail shortly. =P
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I prefer via catapult… it gets the point across
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and creates the much needed distance!
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for 24 hours, then it’ll get hot again apparently 🙁
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…. FFFFFUUUUUUUUU
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Least it’s looking a little cooler in Melbourne today, thank shitfuck.
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What did I tell you?! 😛
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I know, right… i’m wearing shorts again just to enjoy the cool air.
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It gets cooler if you don’t wear them 😉
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HI THERE.
Melbourne was hot. I can usually deal with hot. But 2000-3000 people crammed into a warehouse / hangar looking building with no air circulation in 35 degree heat is pushing it.
Saw a heap of awesome bands at the All Tomorrow Parties festival.
Bands worth seeing if you get the chance : Godspeed You! Black Emperor, My Bloody Valentine, Swans, Harmony, The Drones.
Other than that, met up with Jordi for coffee, met Sarcasm Fairy for about 20 seconds, hid from the hot in a few stores & pretended to be interested in stuff they were selling. (I was really just taking advantage of their their air con.)
Flights back to Sydney last night were delayed. got home about midnight. got to sleep about 2. opening shift at work today…. so coffeeeee will be required!!!!!
not much gaming has been done since thursday for me. but tonight, I intend to make yet another character in Dragons Dogma & finally get into that.
hows stuff with you lot?
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Im okay.
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being okay is better than being not okay.
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Very true, looking forward to your party too. Gonna be awesome.
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Wait a sec, @Jordi ditched us so she could hang out with you. Then made excuses about it being too hot. Harsh.
Wait till @beavwa and @princesspipster find out
Glad you had fun and you will be pleased to know it is a nice cool and relaxing 20 degrees now
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nah man, Jordi ditched you coz it was too hot. I met up with her early in the morning.
also, damn melbourne weather waiting til i leave to become bearable again.
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A likely story, why are you taking her side 😛
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Boss Fight gig this Friday at The Waiting Room, Brisbane, West End. Live video game music, you can check us out here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Bossfighttunes
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Boss-Fight/300215303346383
http://www.facebook.com/WaitingRoomBrisbane
Got my exam today for Trimester 3’s Management… I’ve got to admit, i’ve been really slack with this subject due to the amount of general knowledge stuff in there coupled with it being a distance ed unit… i’m actually pretty worried i may not get through this one.. i only scored 50% on both essays, so i really need to do well here, and yet i still haven’t been able to work up any motivation to really study for it… If i fail i know it’s all my own doing, which is really going to suck – but it’s just been such a damn boring subject…. *sigh*
On the plus side, it is a multiple choice examination, so even if i don’t know the answer i’ll have a 1/5 shot…
Well… wish me luck, i guess…
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Good luck human!
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Thanks mate 🙂
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Good luck, Loops. You’re going to do awesome!
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Maybe i’m an idiot savant – i don’t need to study to do well. I just know it.
Otherwise i can just remove the savant part! 😀
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Just write ‘definitely’ Rainman style after everything. It’ll give the illusion of confidence! 😛
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I get the results back and all they say is “Definitely an F, Definitely”
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Crush that exam like it is the fallen
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Good luck! Pretend it’s a competition (actually, it kinda is) 😛
Feeling much more positive about stuff yesterday and hopefully it carries on throughout the week.
I got to keep reminding myself that
1) this isn’t life and death.
2) i always have a backup plan.
3) i did this to make myself happier.
Not everything can go my way all the time but if i take a leaf out of gorzy and pyreans book and stay positive everything wll be okay.
seriously these two are the happiest and kindest people. its crazy in a good way
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Have you tried the bagpipes yet? 😛
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They are in tfor repair because gorzy broke them in a really weird way.
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I’m still waiting for stories for when you and Gorzy go to a bar to try and pick up chicks.
Best Sitcom!
Everyone say hello to @gutsoup
He has like a kajillion Platinum Trophies.
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I saw you say hello to @gutsoup once before. A friend of yours, Jimu?
Hello @gutsoup! Is your name in any way related to Berserk? Because that’s what I think of when I see it. 😀
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Berserk was part of my names inspiration, I love that anime. So brutal
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Should read the manga, local lending library has em 🙂
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I still need to watch the remakesemakes, they look more pretty and less gritty. I liked gritty. Unless it’s gritty kitty, then ” No sir, I don’t like it” look prehave to watch the movie remakes
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Yeah, haven’t seen em either. Might wait till they’re all available. Unles s they already are in which case I should get on it.
Mangas quite good, reading it atm, starts off with old one-eyed, one-armed guts and hasn’t flashed back at all yet.
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I’ve decided I like you, then. 😉
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Haha, thanks, now to convince more people I’m likeable 😀
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‘sup @gutsoup, I suspect Jimu’s conspiring against you!
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He better not be, I know where he lives :/
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@DC lives somewhere in between us!
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Hello @gutsoup welcome to TAY.
How did you get a kajillion trophies? Teach us 🙂
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Ha, @jimu is exaggerating I have 15 platinums and am really close for another 3. I have friends with over 40 platinums, I need lessons
Now I know who all the nice people are. EVERYONE ELSE IS JERKS (or not here…obviously)
Welcome to TAY @gutsoup! (Although I saw you post here before. Or somewhere on Kotaku.)
Hey, @Doc_What if old ATB FFs seem to easy, turn on Active instead of wait?
I did it once and died from PETRIFCATION!!! In FF7.
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Who said they were easy? I said I miss them. And that they require less strategy 😛
Also, I play on Active. Wait is for cowards and ladymen.
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I do both depending on my mood (sometimes my mood is “ladyman”)
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I meant to ask: Have you checked out the fem playable characters for Dragon’s Crown? The witch puts Code of Princess to shaaaame.
A quick google search will answer any questions anyone may have 😉
bewbz-
Life and Hometown in one package.
Also the amazon or barbarian lady or whatever she is is pretty ridiculous as well.
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Eh? “Life & Hometown”?
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Silly internet meme originating with Kenichiro Takaki, the designer of the Senran Kagura games.
“Tits are life, ass is hometown.”
(Said in English, not a translation error)
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A man of my own heart 😉
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So, according to the latest newspolls (which, lets face it, are a crock of shiz) Tony Abbot is Preferred PM by quite a sizable margin now.
If this is true i’m movie to The United States of Bish Canada.
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Say hello to @Gutsoup *shakes kit phisto*
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Hi everyone,
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But he’s so baaaad. I’m pretty sure if both parties got new leaders today Labor would still win by a landslide.
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You mean liberal would still win by a landslide don’t you? I’m pretty sure it is impossible for labour to win the next election.
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Actually, yes … That is what I meant. Damn lack of caffeine.
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According to newspolls, dinosaurs are alive and well and living in Paul Keating’s attic.
You know who’s awesome and should post more, not less… @freezespreston!
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Yes. Come back @freezespreston
Also what is going on the past few months with people taking breaks from TAY? I guess too much of a good thing can be problematic.
Maybe we should all organise a TAY break, a single day where we all take a day off TAY. It can’t be a weekend because most people are away then anyway. Most people need TAY on Monday what with the start of the work week and weekend gaming stories. A Tuesday or Wednesday might be good.
I don’t know just thinking out loud.
This always puts me in the best mood. My god i love this song like woah.
So after a bunch of delicious drugs medications yesterday, last night and this morning, I feel a hell of a lot better today.
Oh, and @greenius might want to know that I picked up a copy of a game he likes yesterday. Some blade thing or another.
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Soul Blade?! That was my favourite game for years!
😛
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Blade Runner?
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Do Greenius’ dream of Electric Sheep?
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Bushido Blade was pretty cool…
I swear TAY reads like a support group at times.
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Wanna talk about it? We’re here for you.
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Would you like me to be unkind and uncaring, I’ll do it. 😛
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We’re not here to judge you, man. This is a safe place!
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Oh and you’re the guy in the support group who says we sound like a support group.
You are one of us 🙂
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Maybe he’s only here because of some court order! You’ve got to want it, man!
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I been here one week and ranted about problems 8 times…. pretty sur eit is a support group.
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Ynefel comment is strangely missing a curse word.
Is there something wrong?-
SHUT THE SHITTING FUCK UP YOU SHITTY DICKFUCK
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Just know that everyone here loves you.
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I love how everyone takes the “be a smartarse route”
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Do you need a hug, Nef?
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Hold me you great spunk of a man.
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*manly embrace*
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HOW BOUT DEM VIDYA GAEMS!
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Whats a vidya gaem? Oh is it those boring articles that kotaku posts to pad out the site between cosplay?
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Lurve dem, u?
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Except for jerks like me. I LOVE BEWbZ!
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Interesting…
And how does that make you feel?
Feeling sick, tired, sore, stuck at work, cranky at myself, cranky at everyone around me, feeling undefinably trapped, in a mood that can only be described as morose.
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🙁 Not good. Hope things get better, man. You’re awesome.
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Book a meeting room, hide and play handheld games for an hour – works for me!
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Sadly his store consists of a centre stall in a shopping centre, and he’s the only one who runs it D=
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Only one there?? oh the possibilities!!
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haha, yeah.
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Our meeting rooms have giant windows 🙁
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That’ll teach you for doing naughty things at work in the board rooms.
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🙁 damn dude. I might be in Centro today btw soo I shall drop by and say hi and stuff! Sounds like you need some cheering up.
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Read that as Monroe and was going to photoshop your head onto a picture of miss monroe. I couldnt find a picture of you, you jerk. 😛
Feel better freezy.
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That sucks man, just remember at the end of the day you have something to go home to. Something that’s always been there with you, through the good times and bad and although you may occasionally fight you always make up in the end.
You have …
DARK
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Yeah okay. You managed to get a giggle out of me.
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I hope so feel better soon.
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*hugs*
dear *,
You asked why my mother and I had been avoiding you and if you’d done something wrong. The truth is, there are so many that I can’t remember them all. there were many times when I would think over things you’d said and it would depress me. I would end up not being able to do much, unfortunately it’s the nature of the disorder.
I don’t blame you, i think it’s rather a clash of personalities. for this reason i think it might be better that we stop being friends. I’m sure there are times that i have angered or upset you as well, so I think that this is for the best.
I’m sorry that I had to write this in a letter instead of telling you, I couldn’t handle the stress.
scree.
sound okay?
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Daaaaaaaaaaaaaamn!
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My initial reaction is that you should at least try to provide an example of something they’ve done wrong. Especially if you’re going to say “yes, you’ve done lots wrong.”
Alternative sentence:
“The truth is,
there are so many that I can’t remember them allbeing around you is very stressful for me, and it’s not necessarily something you’ve done wrong.”-
I agree with what Shane has said. I think I’d use his alternative sentence rather than trying to list the things you feel she has done wrong, but it’s up to you. Additionally, your capitalization needs some work for the final version of the letter.
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I agree with Shane;
there are so many that I can’t remember them all
may be a little harsh.
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I also agree with Shane’s alternate line.
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i know you have anxiety but scree that is cold and a little heartless. If this person has upset you try and talk to them about it. Cause if someone sent me that letter i would cry.-
I do tend to agree with this. I would feel sick and sad (and for a long time) if I received a letter in the post that said “I don’t think we should be friends anymore.” Especially if it was in response to phone calls I’d been trying to make.
And if it had the original wording which blamed me for it, I would be pretty angry too.
Ultimately, though, as sad as Dear John letters are, they’re part of the cultural landscape. So it’s your choice. If you don’t want to be friends with this person anymore, you probably aren’t especially concerned about how they respond.
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Given scree’s lengthy posts yesterday, especially given her anxiety issues and this other persons especially storng personality, i think the letter mgiht be the best option for her. It doesn’t sound like scree could handle a confrontation at the moment.
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Letter or not, this is very likely to end in a confrontation.
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Might bring things to a head instead of the limbo she is in now.
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Pretty much this. From what scree has said, I think the situation’s already at the point where it’s pretty much inevitable.
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Also from what scree has said previously, I’m pretty sure she is off having an anxiety attack atm.
🙁
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I agree with this. Also, judging by what you’ve said previously, this is likely to escalate things further with this person rather than resolve them. I don’t think a letter is the best way to go about this.
Like Shane said though, it’s your choice.
Scree, I think that is a good letter, and takes my earlier advice of keeping it short, simple, and not giving her alot of ammo to argue with. It isn’t cold imo because you say that you don’t blame her and call it a clash of personalities – basically saying you don’t expect her to change to suit you. I also respectfully disagree with the other TAYbies suggetsing you provide examples. Stating your feelings is sufficent.
in summary: too much detail can just lead to a messy response from the recipient. there is nothing in there she can really argue with and you have focused on talking about how you feel and how you have to do this to look after yourself, especially given you anxiety issues.
I vote for send!
As the above people have noted, it does off as cold but perhaps that’s the correct response. It’s all ‘maybes’ and ‘ifs’ to how they react. Chances are, no matter what you write their response will be rocky, so you shouldn’t dwell too long on how to word the message.
So is it support page 6?
I think I need to just vent? I dunno something like that.
As some of you may of read from a post I made the other day, at the moment I have a friend who’s quite close to me going through a tough time. I kind of feel helpless with helping her because of the physical distance that’s between us. It fucking sucks I just can’t go over and give her a hug and make her smile 🙁 I’m about the only person at the moment she talks to as well, so I just want to make it all better for her.
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Support page six it is!
Feel free to vent. The physical distance might be excruciating but you talking to her on the phone/texting is helpful. Hopefully she will feel better soon.
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I’d join the fun, but by the time I finished venting, we’d be on page 12
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haha oh Welbot. I hear you man. Some days I could probably make a million pages about the shit that goes on around me that is vent worthy..
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You know I’m always up for a chat Welbot if you want somebody to at least listen. 🙂
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DAD JOKE PAGE SIX
I tried support, but the elastic snapped.
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I’ve never met a psychologist that hasn’t needed his head examined.
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I welcome the hilarious yet horrible puns you bring with you sir. Everyone bow down to our new overlord!
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What? My puns weren’t good enough?! 🙁
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You know I love your puns Tad. TAY MORE DAMN IT!
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But he only TAYs a little… some might say it was just a tad.
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This is exactly my issue currently, and it’s with my overseas girlfriend. She’s going through really hard times as well, like with her grandmother not being well, to all her friends leaving and being unable to get a job to keep afloat. I’ve barely been able to talk to her at all for the last few weeks. She’s mainly been avoiding me cuz she’s nowadays in a depressed mood and doesn’t want to bring me down too with negativity. I feel helpless too man, it’s a horrible feeling wanting to help someone you care so much for and you can’t do anything other than text support, and it certainly stops me from sleeping at night. I’ve been sending her videos and messages via facebook but lately she hasn’t being responding as much as she used to.
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Every litlle bit helps, as the one on the recieving end of people trying to cheer me up. Its not so much what you say but the fact that you cared enough to say anything at all.
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Which is what I’ve been doing. I’m never going to turn my back on her, no matter how bad her attitude gets. The whole reason I got my apartment plan set up was cuz of inspiration for greater ways of life thanks to her. I love her, always have and always will
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Sorry I guess I kinda derailed it into my own venting @virus__
All you can do is keep supporting her as best you can from where you are, keep talking to her.
I find skype video convos help a lot more than simple texts and phone calls., so if you’re not doing that, start!
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S’all good man.
We pretty much text constantly when we’re both awake, and when she doesn’t have work to do (works from home so it’s pretty easy for us to constantly chat) just the time difference is a bitch, her being in England 11 hours behind sucks.
Yeah she wants to skype but not until she feels better with herself. i’m not going to push it, just want to show my support.
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Yeah good, I’m never pushy on skyping either, only if she’s comfortable
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Yeah, it’s the way to be about things.
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Yeah it truly sucks man. I hate feeling helpless. Even though I know i’m helping by just being there, listening and making sure she’s okay I just feel like I could do more.
But it puts a smile on my face when she’s cheery from chatting to me or , it just sucks her friends have ditched her in a time like this =/
Hope your situation improves soon man. Long distance relationships of any kind hurt a lot when you care so much for the other person and you can’t physically be there for them.
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I know how you feel sire. It’s the same with me, last time I skyped with her I got her smiling and even laughing which was the best feeling to have compared to worrying earlier.
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Yeah, I fucking hate distance so much. In a perfect world I wouldn’t have such haha.
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🙁 Sorry to hear that, man. You’re a good friend though, for what it’s worth! 😀
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Thanks DC.
Yeah, she’s glad i’m here for her this time around and doesn’t feel isolated. It’s just lovely to have the effect on someone where you actually improve life for them in a dark time.
Can you organise a surprise visit?
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I wish man. I’m possibly going to Download Festival next year (bank account permitting) since we both share out love for Slipknot & Stone Sour (where I know her from) and concerts.
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Well invite to hang out on TAY Page 6 support page then 🙂
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She’s not much of a forum person, or wanting to be online much at the moment. I’m sure she would love the thought though.
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Sometimes all you can do is provide words. It’s up to the individual to understand that, but yeah, I know what you mean. Distance can really put a dampener on things.
Just make sure the words with which you provide her are supportive and heartfelt. She’ll understand.
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Yeah man for sure. Because I genuinely care.
Thanks everyone for your kind words!
4000 words is probably a little long for a single chapter, yeah?
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William Gibson would say yes.
Terry Pratchett would say no.
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The real question is: What would Michael Crichton think? :p
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I don’t care, he was a fucking hack writer.
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I don’t ever recall him writing a book on computer hackers…suspense he did mostly :p
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(I was havin’ a dig, notice the colon pee, what’s with the swears, dood?)
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Isn’t colon pee another name for…never mind.
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Because when you’re studying nanotechnology and everyone’s read Prey it gets really annoying.
Also, every Crichton SF novel can be boiled down to MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO KNOW and that’s a really annoying attitude.
MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO NANOTECHNOLOGY
MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO DNA
MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO QUANTUMAlso, State of Fear is one of the worst diatribes on Climate Change as it works entirely on discredited data, and is a pretty stupid caricature of ‘libruls’
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MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO DISCOVER ALIEN SPHERES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN THAT ENDED UP THERE AFTER A SPACESHIP FROM THE FUTURE WENT THROUGH A BLACK HOLE.
(I actually kind of enjoyed reading Sphere though)
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MAN WAS NOT MEANT TO EXPLORE.
Which is bollocks. Crichton read like a scared old man who thinks no-one should do anything new.
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Love Sphere, awesome book.
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They’re just cautionary tales. Not meant to be taken literally. 🙂
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One is a cautionary tale, a career’s worth is someone with an anti-progress bent.
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@redartifice But he couldn’t have written any of that without being interested in the sciences, surely?
I’ve learnt bits and pieces reading, but then, I don’t study nanotechnology.
(How is MGS’s take?)
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Depends on the total length of the book and the audience it’s aimed at.
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Three separate groups of characters are doing things at the exact same time. I’ve got a ‘bomb’ scene (one where something unexpected and catastrophic happens out of nowhere which completely shakes up the expected sequence of events of the book) and my characters are all reacting to that at once.
I’m tossing up between make it one single chapter, or a smaller, shorter chapters for each set of characters. But I want it to read like all of these events are all happening at the same time.
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Use the length of your other chapters to help you decide. I think it’s a good idea to try and keep all chapters at a consistent length, rather than having a few short chapters, then one big one, then another short one and so on. If your other chapters are around 4000 words, feel free to make this one 4000 words. If the other chapters are only 2000 words, then it might be best to split this one up, or alternatively join previous chapters together so they’re all around 4000 words.
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I would be more inclined to assume simultaneity in separate chapters, tbh.
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Likewise. As long as there is a perspective shift and something at the start of each chapter to indicate that it’s still at that same event.
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Sell it as DLC.
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That’s what the appendices are for! 😛
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You’re a year older and you’re already rambling in your novel 🙂
Just kidding, I’ve never written a book but if the chapter needs to be that long then it is fine. This was the chapter that the bomb went off in your story, right? If so then it’s a major plot sequence so leave the chapter as is. Maybe you can edit it during the final editing process.
#SupportPageSix
#HashtagsForHarli
Hi @harli I hope you’re doing fine. 🙂
I wouldn’t say that.
Personally, I like books with longer chapters, as long as they’re kind of self-contained or thematically constant… proper chapters, in other words.
It’s not necessarily too long, especially if it feels right.
(That’s what she said)
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that was a “spoil”er…if you know what I mean 😉
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I do not.
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It went bad…
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4000? Nope.
Some Peter F. Hamilton Chapters extend over at least 10,000 words…
Send me a draft and I’ll tell you 😉
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This is really rough stuff at the moment dude. I’m just writing at mach speed to get the rest of the book done. It’ll need a hefty coat of polish before it’s ready to be digested by anyone else 😀
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I was jesting but errrr…SURE! 😀
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Oh man, this Ni No Kuni area is making me sad. Haven’t made any progress from yesterday. Keep getting my ass kicked and taken back to the checkpoint 15 fights ago. Do those 15 fights again, then taken back again. Kind of just want to finish the game now or atleast get to the fun area again. :'(
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Which area? If it’s the one I’m thinking of then yeah, that area sucks 😛
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Ivory TowerI just want to talk to party members, explore, watch some pretty 2D cutscenes… 😛
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Ah, not the area I was thinking of then 😛 Thought you meant
the swamp area before Shadar. Was going to drop some advice bombs on you! Like using the Levitate spell to avoid all the poison in that area (I only figured this out after I completed it -__-)-
Haha! Nah, worked that out too. Took longer than I care to admit, though. 😛 I actually really liked that area. Had fun. Was purdy looking. This one I’m at now is pretty, but I can’t enjoy it through all the ass kickin’… starting to think I’m playing the game wrong or something. D: -
Well I’m no expert at this game, but what’s your basic battle strategy? Where do you think you’re going wrong?
EDIT: Might be a bit late to change how you play now anyway, but eh 😛
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I’m fine as long as I have mana.
Primarily use Oliver in boss fights and the Ghiblimon in random encounters. I find the others aren’t effective in healing and stuff, so it’s better to let him take care of it. Got the best equipment, leveled up Ghiblimon, got a combination of different types for different party members. Just think I’m playing it like a western RPG and it might not be effective for a JRPG.
That, or the game might be hard. Haha. Just Greenius and Blaghman have said they’ve never used supplies and I’ve used thousands… maybe I’m not playing properly.
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DC. Gets. OwnedInGames.
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Back to the ass kicking! 😀
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Hm… Well maybe you’d benefit from giving your teammates dedicated healing guys?
I use a Greater Naiad and a Tropical Bubbud (though there’s lots of options). And have both of my teammates set to “Keep Us Healthy” which seems to work for me. I almost never have to heal myself (they usually do it for me) and I just focus on either attacking with Oliver’s spells (same as you do) or choosing the right Ghiblimon to take on a specific enemy. When I do have to heal myself, I use items to save MP.
So my team looks like:
Oliver: 1 Attacking, 1 Magical Attacking/Healing, 1 Defence.
Esther: 1 Att, 1 Mag Att, 1 Healing (Bubbud)
Swaine: 1 Att, 1 Defence, 1 Healing (Naiad)BUT, seriously you shouldn’t have to think too hard about it. If your strategy has got you this far then it’s not a dud 😛
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@powalen: Haha, yeah everyone has got a healing one, they just don’t use it efficiently. All that seems to be okay. Anyways, I just got my ass kicked again and am back to where I was yesterday afternoon. So I think I’m going to stop for the rest of the day. 😛 I honestly love the game. Best I’ve played in a long time and there’s so much to love. Would be lying if I said I wasn’t kind of riled up at this point, though. Which sucks!
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Go grind levels on those tokotokos!
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Technically I am grinding unwillingly, getting my ass kicked and having to go back continuously. It’s the only reason I’m ‘continuing’ instead of reloading a saved game. To keep the leveling up. 😛
This is one of my pet peeves with JRPGs and something I wish would go away: Save Points. There’s no need for them any more, they’re a vestige of game designs from a time when you had extremely limited storage space for saved games. That’s not a problem on any current or future system.
Went downstairs to see a client.
Finish doing that, come back upstairs to have a call from reception telling me another client came in
Joy.
Still, at least I get to see Sam for lunch
Apropos of nothing:
Hi all! I’m new.
Not really, I’ve posted on articles before but only just decided to register due to a slow work day.
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sup guy?, hope you are well. nice to see a new face. 🙂
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Thanks. I’m not too bad, except for a sore neck which I’ve had for over a week now. Might have to see someone about that.
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Ouch that doesn’t sound fun. Might be the way you are sleeping. i know i had neck troubles for a while when i stacked pillows on one another rather then just using one.
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Hmm I do that because I find it easier to sleep that way, but yeah it’s probably not good for the neck.
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Ventign about a sore neck… page 6 support group.. you got the swing of thigns already!!
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Cruxis what? Isn’t Crux a constellation?
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It’s a Tales of Symphonia reference 😉
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Hiya!
Tell us a bit about yourself like what games you’re into. Specifically Xenoblade.
😛
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Actually I’ve been looking for that game lately but it looks to be all sold out here.
I try to play most games, except sports ones… whether I have the time is a different matter altogether 😛 Lately I’m spending a lot of time in Halo 4 MP but looking forward to upcoming releases like Tomb Raider and Injustice. Currently my pile of shame is sitting at about 400 games :/
Also into board games and comics (mainly DC).
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Ooh, have you read Gotham Central?
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Gotham Central is great, Brubaker & Rucka OH YEEEAH!!!
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Montoya is so good.
I didn’t like
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Did you see what happened to Montoya?
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@redartiface Agreed. They need not have fucked with them after the fact.
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Nope, but I’m actually looking to expand my reading, so maybe I should check it out 🙂
MARVEL IS BEDDA! (nah, but yeah. I read allthecomics but am a Marvel Fanboi)
How’s the Nu DC U going for you? I only like Batwoman :-/
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I actually only got into them last year so lots of reading of older stories is happening, but I am keeping up with:
Green Lantern
Aquaman
Action Comics
Superman
Justice League
Batman
Wonderwoman…and various other Batman-related new 52 titles.
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I didn’t really likehow they handled the whole theing. All new continuity…but not sometime maybe?
Morrison’s run on Batman Inc. continues even though Bats is younger?Confusingly confusing.
I like Marvel Now’s approach. New directions same continuity.
I haven’t read everything of course, so there might be something better Ive missed.
You should read the image comic: Saga. Do it!
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Saga is fantastic. Anything by Brian K Vaughan is brilliant. The man must shit pure platinum.
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Don’t like his super hero stuff at all. Except Logan, which isn’t really a super hero thing but stars a super hero.
Otherwise, yes, everything else is PLATINUM ( @greenius )
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Sorry, @jimu you’re right of course. I meant his creator-owned stuff: Y and Ex Machina (edit: and Runaways). Couldn’t stand his Batman/Wonder Woman stuff, but I’m not especially up with superhero comics in general.
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He’s even said himself he didn’t feel comfrotable writing other people’s characters.
I quite like what he did with The Hood (which seems to end premeturly)
And Runaways is critically acclaimed but haven’t read it properly to say for sure.
That was two Superhero books he invented himself.
(Bendis did some nice stuff with the Hood in the pages of New Avengers after)
Probably less of an issue for me seeing as I only jumped on last year and wasn’t too familiar with what was happening.
Re: Marvel… Superior Spider-man. Thoughts?
Spidey is my favourite super hero over all. I’ve seen it all done before. I have no problems with what Dan Slott is doing, I think he respects Spidey more than anyone, draws from a large knowledge of Spidey’s history.
So I don’t care?
But am not against it in anyway.
Sounds like fun, for anyone who hasn’t seen all the shit Spidey’s been through.
If anything at least it will change Spidey status quo back to him being hated by the public rather than adored which I think works better. 🙂
I wasn’t a fan of the conclusion to Dying Wish’s plot progression in Amazing, mostly because I felt the ideas in the final pages should’ve been given more time to develop. But I guess that’s a completely different issue.
I do like what’s changed for Superior even though I’m really a fan of the “new” character. But reading the first few issues, I feel that it’s just going to revert back soon anyway, which is kind of lame.
You like comics?
You should totally check out The Lesser Evil. It was written by some guy, and it’s AWESOME
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I didn’t even know books had trailers. That is mindblowing.
I’m actually pretty keen to check this out so may have to order it soon 😉
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Hit me up with an email. I’ll fix you a good price. And I’ll even scribble on them for you.
shane at shanewsmith dotcom
Welcome aboard! It’s crazy here. Just so you know. Leave your sanity at the door, and you’ll fit in just fine
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Want some rye? Course ya do!
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Here’s to us!
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Hi!
Howzit?
Greetings to TAY, human!
Welcome to TAY.
So you post from work? So you come to TAY? So you don’t ever want to get any work done again? 😛
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You should’ve asked whether I ever do any work in the first place 😛
(jk, I’m a good employee but there’s seriously not much to do today).
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Well TAY is very handy at killing time 🙂 Welcome!
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He knew what he was signing up for 😛
Hello and welcome.
Welcome! 🙂
@puppylicks
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Is the TAY Screaming Goat of Welcoming a thing now?
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It’s the TAY Screaming Goat for All Occassions!
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Printers are the devil.
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FAX …
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Equally demonic but less vexing.
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Yep, but a lot more “faxing”..
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Especially if they’re of the Epson brand!
Wooo! WORK!
“Hi all
Great numbers from everyone yesterday, thanks for all your effort.
We aren’t out of the woods yet though so I am asking you again to please put in an extra effort today, I want to see big numbers and no unexplained gaps in people’s monitoring record”
Uh oh!
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Unexplained gaps in your monitoring record?
That’s a paddlin’.
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I like the fact that the email basically says “Thanks for all your hard work yesterday! 😀 NOW DO IT AGAIN OR ELSE! D:<“
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Just start headbutting people. You’re Scottish, you’ll get away with it.
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I wonder if I could implement this…
I’m technically Scottish, though have never been out of Australia…
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put some big gaps in your monitoring record. then explain them as obscure shit like ‘oh, i was abducted by aliens for 73 minutes.’
believability was not a requirement of these explanations.
“So, take your time with this data. Double-check it. Triple-check it. Make sure it’s right. I don’t want any mistakes. And a detailed summary.”
[Ten minutes later]
“How are you going with that data? We kind of need it right now.”
Edit: Now I’ll get the blame if there’s an error, because I was told to triple-double-check it. Gah. FML.
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CHECK IT SIX TIMES
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So they want the job done properly but they also want it rushed. Well it’s one or the other, bleh. People!
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Don’t get me started on PEOPLE. They’re the WORST.
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Good old triple constraint.
Low cost
High Quality
Fast.Pick two.
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Pick one, please. I’m earning a lot of money here 😛
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That cost thing could mean get another guy working on it too.
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We were super lucky when we did the first lot of renovations on our house, we managed a blistering zero out of three.
Then again, what do I really expect from builders?
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Have to admit, I giggled out loud quite a bit at this post.
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Exactly!
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@jimu: bombs away!!
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Oh, dood. Thanks! 😀
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They rekon thursday so thats pretty neat, but personally i think if you get it friday we did well.
Also person in background is the postman, not me 😛
PS – I hope you like it!
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TA!
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Hi TAY!
Have been so very, very sick the last few days. Probably should not have gone to work today, the giant floating purple mongoose is giving me the finger.
In my delirious state I have been having the urge to play some of my older games.
Been having a blast with the first Saint’s Row. Though I did find myself playing the side missions for hours without touching any of the main ones.
Even played some of Prey, giggled hysterically for a few minutes every time I changed gravity.
Drugging up like crazy so I will be in good Clubbing state for Saturday.
and finally.
SKYRIM!
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Aw man, hope you feel better!
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Hope you feel better soon.
I remember the first time I played Prey I was blown away by the graphics. Especially the bar at the start.
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All the drugs in the world have helped me so far, so keep going and you’ll be fine.
All the drugs.
TEAM POTAKU! SHAVING OUR HEADS TO FIGHT LUK…LUI… CANCER!
We need money, yes. But you guys are also welcome to join our team and help us!
http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/TeamPage.aspx?TSID=22045
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I’ll never shave. But I will donate. On payday.
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I’m not shaving my head because I’m not convinced it would grow back.
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When’s the big shaving day? Trying to decide whether my commitments over the next three months are bald friendly 🙂
Edit: just saw 14-17 March. That… doesn’t really suit. I’ll be en route to Adelaide then. But if timing is flexible, I can shave after!
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So is Shiggy taking on the Max Payne look? I hope so.
I shall donate if I can!
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He sure is!
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Donated!
Sorry it wasn’t much 🙁
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Don’t be silly, dude! Every penny counts! And I understand a lot of people have other commitments 🙂
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Boom, donated
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You’re awesome!
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You’re awesome!
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We’re ALL awesome!
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High fives all round!
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So last night I had the old man tell me he reckons I look like i’m going to join the Amish people.. and all I am missing is the stove pipe hat and correct attire. Him and his sense of humour lol.
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That ain’t amish!
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That’s what I was thinking!!
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You should have said: “This isn’t Amish, this is SPARTAAAA!!!” and then booted him down the nearest manhole.
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Someone at work said they’re possibly going to Belize for their honeymoon.
“That’s un-Belize-able!” I say.
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I’ll pay that cos page 6
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The podcast Planet Money actually set up a shell company in Belize called that
Oh god I fucking love that double kick breakdown in Angel of Death by Slayer. It just showcases Dave Lombardo’s insane talent. I am torn between when asked who is my favourite drummer because it always comes down to him & Neil Peart of RUSH.
It’s all cold and rainy in Brisbane today. It’s good. Almost hoodie weather. (The best damn kind of weather! :D)
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@dc! How are you?
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I’m good, man. I’m good. How are you? 😀
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I’m well, boring day at work though. How’s the adventure games? Or are you too entranced by Ni No Kuni?
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Things are good on the adventure gaming front. Best time for adventures since the golden age! Not playing any at the moment, just Ni No Kuni! (So damn fun, so damn pretty, so damn frustrating.) How’s the Soviet era arcologies? 😛
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Rotting due to mismanagement.
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I heard “hoodies”!
I like them.
Silly D.C, every weather is hoodie weather.
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If only that was the case, man. :'( I did wear one the other night, though! I missed them! 😛
@Jimu
Crichton uses enough science to sound plausible, but it’s mumbo-jumbo, although that’s not where the issue I have with him lies- plenty of authors do that.
MGS is a fantasy.
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SO with MGS, not close at all? (I have no idea)
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The Nanotech as described in Metal Gear Solid is not at this stage anywhere close to feasible, and it’d be my guess that the technology will never take that specific form.
“Nanomachines” are a bit of an SF dodge these days, you can use them to explain anything. it’s what “Genetic Engineering” was in the 90s and “Microprocessor implants” were in the 80s.
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Are you a Stephen Baxter fan?
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I’ve not read Baxter, other than the one he wrote with Terry Pratchett. He’s on my list
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I can’t tell, cos I never studied to be an astronaught, but I think his science may be spot-on. He’s pro-future, pro-science mostly so I think you’ll dig him.
They seem to call him HARD SCI-FI, I’m guessing cos the concepts are quite full-on.
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I’ve got him and Alistair Reynolds on my hard SF to read list.
Hard SF usually means the author has shown their work
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Shown their work?
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The stuff they write about is scientifically plausible or justified, as opposed to “This happens because quantum and now we can travel FTL”
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Yeah, yeah, cool. I get it. He starts off with the scientifically plausible and takes it too untold heights that are pretty much fantasy but, y’know, seem plausible because of his scientific reinforcement.
So good.
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I don’t know what my problem is, but I don’t often laugh at humour when reading. I can fully get the joke and still have the reaction of: *robot voice* “Oh yes, that was a joke” so h funny books never do it for me.
The only one that I really laughed at was Incompetence by Rob Grant, the funnier of the Red Dwarf duo.
So yeah, Pratchet has never clicked for me. A disability I wish I didn’t have :-/
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Early Pratchett went more for the jokes, later pratchett is more situational.
That said, please tell me you laughed at The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Sometimes, not as often as I should have. I think the part of my brain that reads and my funny bone do not have an attachment.
I enjoyed Hitchhiker’s but not as much as I should. I would find parts pointless because they were just the joke and not the developing story /o\
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Gave up on Good Omens early on. Partly due to business, but mostly because I just wasn’t laughing. This was even worse because I have very little religious knowledge or private school knowledge so it was mostly over my head.
(Love American Gods)
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Good Omens is probably not the best starting place for either author.
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I read em both previously. Read most of Gaiman’s work. I’d read American Gods and some comics beforehand at that point.
@freezespreston: DREAMWORLD!
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@freezespreston: DREAMBOAT!
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@freezespreston DREAM
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Dream.jpg-
@freezespreston: DREAMFALL CHAPTERS!
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Morpheus (stop thinking The Matrix you plebes!)
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Oops, 20 mins late…
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There is no spoon
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SPOON! – The Tick
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Mini meat featuring @freezespreston & @virus__
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Awes
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Oh man, another meat Freeze attended without D.C. because of hat. 😛
(Tables have turned! >:D)
Got to have lunch with Sam – Yay
Got back to office and the first lot of clients I had seen in the morning were back
I hadn’t been able to get something from them when they were here, and didn’t realise till they had left
They actually hopped on a train and came back
Still, got it sorted
TLDR
I love Sam, also fuck work today
Shenanigans, Heroin, last song played
So that Sandy Hook article is fun. Some guy doesn’t seem to want to accept that I’m telling him that the supposed impact of violent video games is completely irrelevant. He seems to think “anything can influence unhinged people, therefore we should be wary of violent games” while I’m saying “anything can influence unhinged people, therefore videogames are irrelevant.”
The problem is that he is so worked up about the whole thing that he’s just repeating his points over and over again because he didn’t get what I said the first time.
Fun.
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I now want to join, while arguing that “anything can influence violent games, therefore we should be wary of unhinged people.”
WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE VIOLENT GAMES?
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I saw the headline and didn’t venture into the article. I regret nothing. 😛
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Chicken – me and @spaghett had a crack. TAYbies gotta stick together 🙂
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Made the mistake of going into that date rape article, though. :S
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I read that just after it was posted.
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Yeah that article has a wide range of views in it too: Particias vs everyone elses 😛
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I honestly don’t understand Patricia as a writer or a person. Couldn’t get my head around what she wanted us to feel in that article.
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I’ve got an issue with the amount of ‘opinion’ pieces that seem to be appearing on Kotaku lately, as the people writing them have no more qualification to express said opinion than anyone else posting in the comments section.
What I expect from a gaming news site:
1. Gaming journos writing game reviews,
2. Gaming journos writing game previews,
3. Gaming journos writing up interviews with people of industry significance,
4. Peole of industry significance writing opinion pieces.If you have worked in the gaming industry for many years, or worked on significant projects, or have a specific insight such as running your own studio, etc then yeah I’m intersted in your opion.
If you are a general member of the public, just like me, posting in a comments section, then yeah I’m (probably) interested in your opinion too.
If you are a journalist with medium level of experience, and try to pass your opion off as a story or worse delibertaly focus on contraversial topics to get hits, then you are not advancing your career and not contirbuting usefully to the industry, but you are wasting the readers time.
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Kotaku is a blog.
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@negativezero
Oh, I didn’t realise that. Seriously. How embarassing.
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I thought my answer was short and succint
Even games with horrific violence never put kids in it
In Fallout 3 you cannot shoot children dead
In the famed COD MW2 scene at the airport I do not recall seeing any children
There is no big name release that involves the murder of children at the hands of the games protagonist
Nor one that says “These kids are evil, go shoot them”
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Yeha when i played those games it made me want to shoot up an elementry school full of adults… but i couldn’t find any.
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When I played those games it made me want too…..
Well, nothing
MW 2 sucked and I hated it
Fallout 3 made me wish for an apocalypse so I could live that life and barter for shit
But it didn’t make me want to drop the atom bomb
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I lied again man, sorry 🙁 I haven’t played MW2 or Fallout3 :'(
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Play Fallout 3
Don’t apologise for lying
I didn’t know until you told me
And it didn’t damage our anon internet friendship status 🙂
What about the evil babies in Dante’s Inferno?
Evil babies also in Dead Space 2
But I wouldn’t consider them human anymore
Once they grow a kajillion tentacles or occupy the 7 levels of hell then they aren’t human or defenceless
He called you a jackass.. I’m worried he is beocming unhinged.
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I actually called him out on that, said something like “if you did one of those aggression tests right now, it’d show that talking to me makes you more aggressive.”
If you did one of those aggression tests right now, you’d show an increase in aggression from talking to me.
Great line bunny
@tech_knight You need to friend me on Steam to get your copy of Don’t Starve
@freezespreston, I hope you enjoy Magicka
@ash, Hurry up and claim Civ 5:P
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But I don’t have enough quota to dl this month – I gotta wait unitl closer to the 28th 😛
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That’s fine man, that is all you had to say 🙂
It stays there until you claim it 🙂
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You can claim without d’loading
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@tech_knight Incentive: Friend him by Friday or I’m totally stealing that game (of which I know nothing about and can’t really influence where it goes).
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That is influence enough man, if he doesn’t friend me before then you can have it
Look it up first, see what you think
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Awww…I was mostly kidding, and now I feel bad 😛
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Don’t feel bad
Robot boy needs to get his act together and friend me 🙂 😛
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game looks rad… and downloadable on small quota!
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Looks like Ash is sneaking in @rize @tech_knight
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Give it to ash then, remember what I said
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@tech_knight
Dude, you got in first, the game is yours
Seriously
Just friend add me on steam
Name there is InsanityAwaits
Same picture there as here on TAY
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Too much TAY to catch up on.
Dear all sad people,
There, there…
Kind regards,
Effluvium Boy
Dear Cruskits (@cruxis),
Welcome.
Kind regards,
Effluvium Boy
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Dear Flu
are you joining us on Saturday?
Sincerely,
#35
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Dear #35,
Hello.
Sincerely,
Bunny
P.S. I just wanted to join in the fun.
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Dear Trjn,
‘sup?
Kind regards,
#35
PS: I almost signed that off with my real name. how odd.
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Dear TAY,
We doing this for all of page seven?
Your friend,
D.C.
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Dear @dc
yes, @dc, i think we may be.
Sincerely,
35
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Dear TAY,
I missed out on the last time this happened.
Kind Regards,
Greenius.
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Dear Greenius,
That’s because you defected. Don’t leave me again, I need you.
Love,
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Dear Mythalephetanullamine,
Says the guy who demanded me to play iSketch (in all caps) and left the moment I joined.
From,
Sadius.
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dear god!
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Dear @dc,
@dc? @dc.
Sincerely,
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Aleph,
How goes life on Groote Eylandt?
Your friend,
D.C.
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Dear #35,
Watchin’ the game, havin’ a bud. How ’bout ‘chu?
Cheers,
Bunny
Dear #35,
Don’t invite him.
He smells.
Insincerely,
@Blaghman.
Dear #35,
Okay.
Warmest regards,
Flu
Dear Tay,
Words.
Kind Regards
Red.
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Dear Coloured Friend,
This is quite similar to my post above, and that’s pretty rad.
Sincerely,
Greenius.
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Dear Greenius,
Me too?
Regards,
Ashley.
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Dear Man Without Xenoblade,
Both Red and I’s comments began with “Dear TAY”, had words in the middle and ended with “Kind Regards” and we’re both colouredbros. Sorry, but you’re a member of the black and white brigade.
Your friend,
Man With Xenoblade.
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Dear Greenius.
Monochromobros are greetest.
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Dear Xenoblade master.
I see, how unfrotunate.
If I buy xenoblade will you meet me half way?
I await your reply with anticipation.
Yours Truly,
Bluntblade.
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Buy Xenoblade,
Buy Xenoblade.
Buy Xenoblade,
Buy Xenoblade.
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Dear person-of-a-different-colour,
I’m judging you and your kind based on preconceived generalisations and stereotypes.
Kind regards,
Rize
Proud member of the Black & White Brigade. -
Dear Rize,
I’m thinking of converting to the coloured brigade because they seem to have more fun.
what sya you?
Reluctanly,
Black&White.
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Rize,
I am enthralled by the thoroughness of your convincing argument.
This correspondance will go down in history alongside the other great letter writers of our time.
Colour me impressed,
Ash
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Dear Ash,
I’d like to congratulate you on attempting to catch ’em all AND for taming the locals with your boom stick. Keep on keepin’ on.
Your buddy,
D.C.
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Dear @dc,
Once I got confused, and instead of throwing a pokeball I shot pikachu in the face with my double barreld shotgun.
You shoudl have seen the letter i got from the poke-league after that.
Remorsefully,
Ash.
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I’m a man with a wasted Xenoblade #worse
Dear Greenius,
Coloured friend might not be the best of greetings.
Your pal,
D.C.
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Dear D.C.,
NONSENSE.
Your NTSC,
Greenius.
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Dear Greenius,
Word play!
D.C.
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Dear NTSC,
I grew up thinking that stood for Never The Same Colour, because my NTSC consoles never seemed to replicate colour with any degree of consistency.
True story,
Happenedtoafriendofafriendofmine.
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Dear @spaghett,
I’m sorry that I am a liar.
I only do it for comedic effect though.
But I’m not that funny.
I hope you can forgive me.
Yours Sincerly,
Ashley.
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Dear @ash
I can forgive you
Hell, I ain’t even mad
Why are we all writing like Spaghett
That guys crazy
Yours Sincerley
@dc
Oh wait….
Spaghett
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Dear Squiggly Spaghetti,
We are writing this way because of page 7 flu effect.
You must comply.
First to not comply doesn’t get gifted a steam game from @spaghett.
Regards,
Ashley.
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Dear Ash mash bo bash, bannana fanna fo fash
If I don’t comply I can’t gift myself a game I already own
That is the blurst!
I shall comply!
Regards
Arctic Monkeys
Errr….Spaghett
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Dear Spaghett,
I saw the Arctic Monkeys in ’07. They put on a good show.
D.C.
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Dear Ash,
Don’t believe a word @spaghett says. He is a filthy whore who will break your heart.
Yours in heartache,
BDKIAF-
Dear BDKIAF,
have you seen First Wives Club?
I haven’t either.
Let’s start a F@C (hint, the ‘@’ stands for @spaghett).
Hold me,
Ashley
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Dear Ash,
Initial googling seems to suggest that a F@C (where the @ stands for @spaghett) would involve wearing skirts, stockings and heels.
Count me in.
Yours in killer heels,
BDKIAF
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Dear @bdkiaf and @ash
I love you both so much
It fills me with pride to know how well you are suceeding in life
And it fills me with love to know I am the last person you both think about
I hope you both whisper my name upon your eventual death
*whenever the mayans predicted it will happen next is fine as a date for then*
Love
Notting Hill
Err….Spaghett
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Dear Greenius,
I’d like to congratulate you on an awesome choice of colour.
That’s it,
D.C.
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Dear D.C.,
Thanks! I commend you on your choice of humanoid pig.
Keep on rocking,
– G
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Dear Greenius,
Remember when we used to post letters on page seven?
Simpler times.
D.C.
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Dear D.C.,
No, I forgot, but thanks for reminding me!
What brings you here?
Times.
– Greenmeister
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Dear Greenius,
Dunno. A little lonesome, I guess. Backtracking on TAY, Ni No Kuni-style.
Your pal,
D.C.
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Dear TAY,
I apologise in advance for the verbose nature of this communique, but I figure if I’m going to go to the trouble of sending out a letter, it better be worth the effort. And you have to open it at the other end, unfold it… after all that effort, you might want more than a single line of hilarious text.
I really, really want to get back into Dark Souls tonight. I’m getting that old obsessive feeling back, where I pore over the wikis by day, and slay demons by night. Kind of a nerdly avenger, you might say. I felt like such a rock star when I beat Demon’s Souls – I know that’s stupid, but I can’t help it. Gonna be twice as proud when Dark Souls falls before me. TWO ROCK STARS.
I made the mistake of checking sales figures for my books on Book Depository. Rank 209000 or something in its genre. OUCH. I put up a pathetic plea for help on Twitter that I kind of regret. But at least it comes across as tongue-in-cheek pathetic as much as genuinely pathetic, so I’ll leave it there. Really hope this writing career takes off sooner or later (sooner would be better), because the current situation isn’t quite what I’d hoped for (first world probs, eh [Canada]).
What else has been going on? My son is eight months old today? WTF – how did that happen? He’s almost standing unaided. He’ll be walking in a month. Little terror. He’s into everything too, much worse than the girl. We’re actually going to have to babyproof the house this time around. Gah. Oh well, at least he’s cute, and so damn happy.
I miss Page Six. Dad jokes, you know? I didn’t even get to share a good one this week. Oh well. I’ll keep it in reserve.
Hope you are well. Give my love to the fam(iliars, @dc).
Write back soon.
Sincerely,
Shane
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Dear Le Funar,
TL;DR
Read it anyway…-
Dear Greenius,
I continue to assume that TL;DR means ‘Too long, did read’
yours in ignorance,
Ashley.
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Dear Shane,
I feel like a monster for thinking about posting Scree’s letter here as a response.
With remorse,
D.C.
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Dear D.C.
You’re a monster.
Regards,
Dire Wolf -
Dear
@dcmonsterWhat did I do wrong? I’M SORRY – please don’t unfriend me 🙁
Sincerely,
Desperately seeking friends-
Dear Shane,
You’re awesome, man. Have you been posting less? It seems that way? :'(
Friendly neighbourhood,
D.C.
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Dear D.C.
I would need a TABTOL to be sure, but yes, I think I am posting less. Have been killed with impossible deadlines at work, and very tired at home (being killed, after all, is kind of exhausting). Also, I had a Freeze-esque moment about two days before he did, where I realised that most of what I did on TAY was bait people, and especially you. And I felt like a jerk.
Taking stock of myself and life etc. Trying to be the guy I want to be. It’s not easy.
TL;DR: *shrug*
Sincerely,
Shane J Smith (J is for jerk) -
Dear Shane,
Both you and Freeze are awesome. Friends are supposed to tease each other and the like from time-to-time. It’s a good thing. Familiarity and all that. No need to feel bad about any thing, jerk!
D.C.
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Sh-hey-nnn,
You’re quite good at baiting people. A Pro baiter. Some would call you a great baiter.
Fantastic, even.
– Rize
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Dear Rize,
MASTER baiter!
Sincerely,
MBPS: I totally get joke.
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Dear Rize,
Master baiter.
Don’t beat around the bush when it comes to puns.
Just grab hold of it.
Yours inappropriately,
BDKIAF -
Dear BDKIAF,
Sometimes, it can be hard to get to the root of the matter. Sometimes you just gotta feel around in the dark before it comes to you. Though being a master baiter is a bit of a dick move.
Sincerely,
MBPS: You didn’t italicise bush. Ladies can bait too.
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Dear @shane,
Fuck.
Yours in self-disappointment,
BDKIAF
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For last week:
2: @shane 164 posts, (4.92%, 3855 words, avg 23.51 words/post)
Sincerely,
f. J. led (the soft J is for Yerk, kind of like Yogging)
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Dear @Fled,
Thank you for that.
Sincerely,
Shane___
Dear @dc,
What are you complaining about?
Sincerely,
Shane
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Dear Shane,
Every page can be page 6 in your heart.
Yours in perpetual puns,
BDKIAF
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Dear BDKIAF,
I’d give you a letter, but you already have six.
Sincerely,
Shane-
Dear Shane,
I don’t approve, but who am I to dictate how you conduct yourself.
D.C.
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Dear Shane & BDKIAF,
Letter rip!
Love and puns,
Aleph.-
Dear Null,
BEYBLADE! LETTTAA RIPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!
Who knew a show about tops could be so badass?
– Beyblade Master
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That has been on TV every morning before work for the last couple of months.
It is so dumb, yet I am finding myself slightly intrigued by it all.Except for the main character’s voice acting which bugs me to no end.
PEEEEEGAAAAASUSS!!!!
PEEEEEGAAAAASUSS!!!!!!!!
PEEEEEEEEEEEGAAAAAAAAAASUUUSSSSSSSS!!!!
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Dear Shane
so i’m going to eb to pre-order persona 4, and seriously considering picking up dark souls as i believe it’s on sale…
i’m also getting ribs for lunch, because ribs are awesome
in ribs i solemnly swear,
The Funkster
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B-Funkleton,
CCCCC-COMBO BREAKER? Persona 4 is awesome! So is Dark Souls!! AND RIBS!!!
– Green
PS. Pesky Editer!
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Dear Greenius
i have a flight to Sydney that I believe will mostly consist of persona 4 🙂
this post was also totally not edited,
B-Funk
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Dear Grandmaster,
Dark Souls is awesome. GOTY 2011.
Shane
How proud were you when he first stood. I don’t think I’ve ever been so proud about anything (the birth was a myriad of emotions the full spectrum of which I find impossible to explain)
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Dear jimu,
It’s SO DAMN AWESOME, even the second time around. And he’s wicked proud of it too. That smile on his face – he knows a milestone when he gets to it! 😀
Shane
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If my cold, black heart could register emotions I’d say I was so damn proud of you guys!
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Our children and your happy for us, shirley?
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Dear TAY,
Soemthing has been bugging me.
I posted said bug in repsonse to something @dc said mid block, so no one will ever see it 🙁
I want to know whether you all think I’m a whinger or not.
Read this and reply, if you want, on page 6: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-212/comment-page-6/#comment-1059791
Blargh,
Ash
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Dear Ash,
Support page 6 is over. Sort your own shit out.
Yours in jest,
BDKIAF-
Dear BDKIAF,
just you wait until page 6 next week,
Just you wait.
Waiting,
Ash.
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Dear Ash,
I’m going to help the shit out of you on the next page 6.
Yours in introduction to psychology,
BDKIAF
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Dear Ash,
there’s no “r” in my name.
Trours yuly,
Blaghs
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Dear Ash,
I have noticed something about you. You say what we all think. Sometimes. Or not. But I pretty much agree with you. Maybe we’re both whingers. Maybe not. Maybe the world is really a secret ball of cheese. Who’s to say? We might all just be a drop of water on the inside of a dog’s eyelid. There are days that I feel that way for sure. Other times I’m not quite so certain.
Sincerely,
PerpetualExistentialCrisis-
Dear Shane,
All i really want to hear is that I fit in. Your post just validated me in a very primal way.
Also i am jealous that you are a writer and I am not.
Thansk for scratching my itch,
Ash.
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validated me in a very primal way
Thanks for scratching my itch
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Dear Ash
I feel that a gaming /opinion blog is well within its rights to seek a wide range of opinions and focus on diverse issues within the gaming community.
That said, Patricia Hernandez does have a pet issue or two that come up quite often that’s not necessarily the discussion I’m particularly interested in. but I can always ignore and drive on.
Yours SATAYbully,
Red.
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Dear Red,
Lets hash out our differences over coffee.
Differences being that i prefer tea to coffee.
Lots of love,
Ash.
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I was actually in the Barossa Friday, went to Barossa Bowland and minigolfed/bowled
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Rad, it is alright in there. Had a few of my nieces’ b’days there. prob take my own boys there for thiers when they ar eold enough.
BTW i got a meeting in Kent Town tomorrow – is that anywhere near you?
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Unfortunately not
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Waaa no SATAY meat ever 🙁
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Dear @sughly,
I have watched the season premiere of The Amazing Race!
D.C.
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I havent. Still no net :'(
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🙁 How long you guys have to wait for?
If it’s a while I can put them on a USB and give you the eps at the Dreamworld meat? That goes for Survivor too!
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You have to watch it (Survivor) too though!
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Its meant to be connected already but theres some kind of issue, guy is apparently fixing it end of next week :/
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Dear @sughly,
I have watched the season premiere of Survivor!
Greenius
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Dear @greenius
i hat you
Sughly
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I refuse to conform. 😛
Halfway through the little man’s 4th birthday and I’m already exhausted. Still gotta decorate the cake and make funny-face pizzas. Think I need caffeine. I haven’t had a chance to have any yet. D:
My husband took two umbrellas to work in the car and my daughter took the other one to school so I couldn’t take my son to the Museum like I’d promised. Worst parent.
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Strange,
Is he having an awesome day otherwise? I’m pretty sure you’re one of the best mums ever. 😛
D.C.
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(That’s not sarcasm either. Any one who knows you can see you’re an excellent parent!)
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He is having a pretty good day. He helped me make the dough for the pizzas this morning and then we made colourful cake pops (apparently purple tastes better than green, by the way ) and he watched Journey to the Mysterious Island “On Blu Ray” as he requested. He’s now watching Happy Feet in his bedroom instead of a nap.
He also heard a weird noise so he wants me to make a “NO GHOSTS ALLOWED” sign.
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To Strange
Funny face pizzas
that sounds awesome
B-Funk
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Strange,
With reference to your comment:
I refuse to conform. 😛
And your subsequent unconforming post, I hearby advise that @spaghett shouldn’t gift you a game unless he really wants to.
Also, why don’t you like fun? Or TAY?
Also, have you considered your lack of umbrellas karmic punishment for nto conforming?
Regards,
Umbrella Corp Pty Ltd
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Dear Umbrella Corp
You suck
written with my huge muscles,
Chris Redfield-
Dear Chris,
We at Umbrella Corporation value our customer feedback.
i think you will find our new Boulder (TM) product more to our liking. testing has found 9 out of 10 BSAA opperatives cna not punch our boulder out of the way!
Regards,
A Wesker
COO Umbrella Corporation -
We went to an “Alternative Market” on the weekend (it hada lot of steampunk and gothic clothing and jewellery) and there were two guys dressed up in Umbrella Corp gear. I wanted to get my picture taken with one but was too chicken to ask.
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Don’t be chicken! you shoudl have done it.
Back yourself strange!
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Dear Strange,
YOU RUINED IT, WE WERE SENDING AMICABLE LETTERS TO ONE ANOTHER, AND YOU RUINED IT.
I hope The Dude is enjoying his birthday, regardless of looking at old stuff.
Best wishes,
Aleph. -
For some reason I’m imagining Mr Strange taping two umbrellas together to keep himself double the dryness from the rain.
Take that jerks, I’m too much of a hipster to conform with the “sheep”.-
Like Darth Maul (both the Umbrella and the hipster comments)?
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Dear Strange,
I hope the mini-Strange enjoys his birthday enough that he collapses into bed in a sleepy heap immediately after dinner. Even without a museum visit.
I seemed a bit strange (hi @strange!) that your husband needed two umbrellas. But then I thought about it, and decided there must have been a sensible reason. Like one umbrella keeping the other one dry or something.
Sincerely,
ShanePS: I downvoted you for not conforming. It’s tough, but fair.
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I downvoted you for downvoting me, and then I upvoted you because I felt bad. 😛
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Dear Strange,
That’s fair, but tough. 😛
Hope to receive a letter from you soon.
Sincerely,
Shane -
Dear Strange,
You’re awesome.
Your buddy,
D.C.
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Dear DC,
You’re funny. And awesome. And you get bonus points for correct usage of your/you’re. 😛
Your buddy,
Strange.
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What sort of person needs two umbrellas?
One for each arm?????????
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Dear Bish,
I imagine Mr Strange offering umbrellas to shivering waifs on the streets of Brisbane, Oprah-style. Male waifs too, just beause Mr Strange is an equal-opportunity nice guy. And not for any other reason.
I probably shouldn’t have written this letter.
Sincerely,
Shane
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Sorry, Stange. I didn’t expect it to catch on again…
Dear everyone
I just wish to thank you for being one of the most amazing groups of people on the internet
I love you all, in varying amounts and degrees of severity
I wish I was at home right now
I want to play Just Cause 2
Sincerley
Hallmark Card company
Err….Sopphett
I mean, Spaghett
Timothy
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Dear Spaghett
Here’s a B-Funk Fact for you!
i started posting in TAY because i wrote a reader review for just cause 2!
The More You Know
yours eternally,
B-Funk -
Dear Spaghett
Why?
Just Cause.Red.
Dear TAY,
C-c-c-combobreake-oh wait, Strange beat me to it…
😛
Dear @greenius
Despite us being colourbros, I think we need a better term, as it sound too much like one of Rainbow Brite’s gang.
Yours resplendently
Red
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Dear Red,
How about ‘polychromatic’
From,
B&W bro.
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Deer John,
How about “Prismatic”?
DnD, yo.
– Rizzle
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Dear World,
@rize wins.
Regards,
Loser.
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I understand you’re a man who knows how to get things
*Shawshank :D*
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Dear Spaghett
What did you have in mind?
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Dear Red
Rita Hayworth
And a small rock hammer
Love
Kittens, Supreme Cat Overlord
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Dear Spaghett,
Damnit @spaghett editSincerely,
REDACTED -
Dear USPS
Just because Ms Hayworth is dead, doesn’t mean she can’t be acquired.
Also, I will be using Fed-Ex from now on.
Regards
Grave Robber Red.
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Dear REDACTED
Stop editing your posts, it makes my replies look weird.
Regards
Miffed off.
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Dear Miff,
I apologise
Sincerely,
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Dude,
I totally just saw your moff.
Keep that thing covered up, man.
Kind regards,
MY EYES!
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Dear Sucker( I mean @shane)
Sucker!
Sincerly and eternally yours in love
Kittens, Supreme Cat Overlord
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Dear Spaghett
Check the post.
Red.
PS: Get busy living, or do the other thing
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Dear Red
Thanks
Sincerely
Awaiting eagerly at the mailbox
Dear Red,
Coloured Folk.
Signing out,
Green
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Man, Spike Lee will be issuing a public statement on you any minute now!
Oh man, that letter writing thing made me feel like a robot. NO MORE!
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Dear @dc
This is the most fun TAY has been in ages. No offence everyone, but I love me a good gimmick from time to time.
Son, I am disappoint.
Love,
Dad?-
That’s just what my real parents think! (Probably. :P)
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Dear DC,
If they do, they’re jerks. I’ve never met them, and I’m sayin it.
Sincerely,
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Dear Shane,
What’s new, man?
Your buddy,
D.C.
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Dear DC,
You’re living in the glorious past. Hope what I said about your parents didn’t offend.
I hear there’s a PS4 coming. That’s new.
Not much else. Same ol’ etc. What about you?
Sincerely
Shane -
Dear Shane,
Nope, definitely no offence taken at all.
Also nothing new, man. PS4!
D.C.
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Dear @DC
It looks like you’re trying to write a letter, do you need help?
Regards
Clippy
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OH GOD NO /o\
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Dear redartifice,
I am writing to you in regards to a serious matter: Soviet Arcologies.
Your pal,
D.C.
Dear everyone,
How does the Mario theme song go again?
From,
I’m in your head right now
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Dear Rize,
Doo Doo Doo doddododo Doo do do do do do-do-do-do
Sincerely,
Mario Theme-
Dear Mario Theme
Why, when written, do you sound like the vocal harmonisation from Walk on the Wild Side?
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Dear Red,
…
Gottago.
*RUNS
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WITCH
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Dear Rize,
I don’t really know and currently I can’t get the music from Ys II out of my head long enough to remember.
Regards,
NZ -
Not really sure implanting an idea in one’s head really outweighs the terrible terrible shame you should feel for implying that you have forgotten how the Mario theme goes.
Dear work,
Fuck you. I’m writing letters.
All the best in the future
Shane
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Dear Jane Jensen!
My name is Dan and I’m a huge fan of the Gabriel Knight games.
[Insert rambling paragraphs here]
Thanks for making them,
D.C., 16. 😛
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Dear TAY,
I apologise for my unfun refusal to write letters. I am too old for fun.
All my love,
Strange.P.S. Not a replyfail, just trying to help Ash fulfill his no next page wish by not starting a new comment thread.
P.P.S. I made the aforementioned “NO GHOSTS ALLOWED” poster but when I gave it to my son he said “I don’t need this anymore. I’m doing magnet stuff now!”.
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He’ll be sorry when the ghosts arrive come night fall. D:
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Dear TAY,
I don’t want to get accidental Page 8 so I’m writing this letter and posting it in the same envelope. Or something. Digital etc
I’m leaving work in five minutes \o/
\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/
Sincerely,
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Dear Shane,
Can we aks the TAY night watch to push this over to page 8. I don’t want to be ehar when ti happens, and when i get to work i’ll already be sad so it won’t matter.
Regards,
A.
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Dear TAY,
I hope page 8 never comes.
Yours wishfully,
Ashley.
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Dear Ash,
Personally I’m hoping for a page full of hat.
Page h8, coming at ya.
Anticipatorily abusive,
BDKIAF
Dear TAY
Spaghett is processing a claim for a laptop so this girl can study while starting Year 7
Aren’t parents thoughtful
My mum knows I would have just lanned if she bought another computer
Because fuck studying
Sincerly
Dave’s not here man
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Dear Spaghett,
I used a laptop for the entirety of my high-school years, thus losing the ability to write by hand with any degree of legibility.
Sincerely,
[illegible signature]-
No man, Dave’s not here!
Dear illegible signature (assumably John Hancock)
I wrote
My handwriting is shit though
It was so bad back then that when I asked if I could have someone write my exams for me
They deemed it ok
Signed
Why did I just admit that?
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I bought my daughter a laptop for starting Year 8. Because I hate sharing. And because it really is necessary these days.
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You bought you a laptop and gave her your old one 😛
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It was only a couple of months old. And all the school computers have the same OS as my old laptop so it worked out perfectly. She got the better deal, too. This laptop is awful and I’m not sure if it’s just because of Windows 8 or if I need to get it replaced.
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If slow, staggers = computer.
If anything else, Windows 8.
😛
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So…Windows 8.
Dammit.
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I’ve been using it a few months and I’ve grown to not hate it, so give it time and it may become less of an issue.
In the interest of full disclosure, I specifically mean “not hate”, as in I still don’t really like it (on my laptop).
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To whom it may concern,
I have 3 bloody swipe cards now :l So annoying!
We’re heading down to the beach at 4 for some reason (it’s pouring and really cold), and I’m not swimming. But there’s a BBQ and I still have no food (because it’s been pouring).
We were all taken into the dining room and made to watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV-Fr3ppb3o
Best. Video. Ever.
And my goal for the year is to be able to walk up the massive hill going from uni to the accommodation without having to take a rest 😛 Can’t wait for the bus service to start next week!
Yours in faith,
Ben(J).
Dear @Dire_wolf
told you your entry was good.
Sincerely
35
PS: I’m referring to the entry in the A:CM comp.
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Dear #35
It’s @dire_wolf, and thanks. Despite the bad reviews, I’m pretty keen to give the game a shot. In fact, the bad press makes me want to play it even more.
Dire Wolf
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Dear Mr Wolf,
I intended to try every combination of your handle until I got it right.
Seems I got it on the second go.
anyway, congrats to you & anyone else who wonkind regards,
0.5×70
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Dear Dire Wolf,
Be sure to share your thoughts when you eventually receive your prize. I’m tentatively marking 19/02/2015 in my diary.
Yours in long-term anticipation,
BDKIAF
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Dear markserrels,
Delibertly not (@’d)
Why you not give me any prizes?
I’ve entered two comps now.
Undeservingly,
Ashley.
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Dear Ash,
Mark hats you. And me. He’s never given me a comp prize either.
When clearly we deserve ALL THE PRIZES.
Boycott Kotaku.
Sincerely,
Not-Shane-someone-else-
Dear Not-Shane
I’d say something soothing, but this is the third comp I’ve won in as many months
Sincerely
Never had a winning streak like this before -
Dear Shane,
Given the reviews for aliens, I think maybe Mark hats the winners.
And loves us.
Regards,
S. M. Artarse.
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Dear E. Mi
So much letter writing is going on I feel I just might feint (to the left). When I am standing on the right I may just hit you with a trouserbruiser, the likes of which you will have never felt. There will be bruises upon bruises. Bruised Willy himself will even be heard to comment on the paticular shades of purple that he had never seen shining unabiguously from said trouser area. Sure, there will be parties had and it will go down in the annals of time, but who is to say if it ever really mattered?
I am, because when I follow up with a cross-hook, you will know my name is the law because @markserrels linked me to a Pulp Fiction article today. Not me personallyt but I was one of the (I’m sure) many who followed said link right into the arms of interesting personified.
Only it wasn’t personified it was in fact an article. An article, I’m sure of which, you all have encountered the likes of before. Am I repeating myself?
Anyhoo, to sound off, here goes the usual:
Platinum is better @greenius.
I like bewbs @doc_what
And say hello to @gutsoup or consider my spam to continue well into the next page.
Yours in-sin-sirrily
Emeror Jimu AKA jimu
PS: Monkey!
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Dear Jimu,
What’s an ‘Emeror’?
Regards,
S. M. Artarse
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Kinda like an Emperor but without all the pee?
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Dear Jimu
We should hang out more.
I need to plan a holiday away from work and come visit you and @Strange and all those other Brisbane TAYbies.
Regards,
@Gutsoup.P.S. Hello @Doc_What.
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Is the bulk of this real? Cos Im keen to touch boobs 😉
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Not with you @strange that would be innapropriate.
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Why is this regards me? I was all like, hmm, haven’t written a letter, then i saw that and was like whoo I did it, but wait that’s not me
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NAH
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Your just not trying anymore, I thought we had something, mang.
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I WEANT A 3DS XL GIMMMEEE
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You’ve a a 3DS normal right?
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Yeah. But the XL ones I’m interested in (Fire Emblem, maybe MH) are pre-installed which is STUPID STUPID STUPID since it pretty much locks me out of transferring my 3DS contents unless I want to lose the pre-installed software…
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Hearing “Tim, Help!”
I was like…. “What?”
“Help, I’ve started typing and it did this”
Somehow the manager of the Trust Service Centre *my sector here at work* had managed to start typing in Windings
Good times
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Dear @spaghett,
Even though you forgot to address your letter, I upvoted because technologically-challenged folk at work are good for a private laugh.
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Dear @spaghett,
Nice of you to help him even though he asked for some Tim guy.
Tell him next time to come straight to the @spaghett.
He has ot pronounce the ‘@’ though or you shouldn’t help.
Regards,
A.
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Dear @ash
She is female
She asked for some Tim guy
Spaghett moonlights as Tim
Answers the phone as Timothy
I can imagine that though
@tim @tim
@help me
Regards
Doodums
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way to tag a random person Spaghetti :p
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Dear Spaghett
I laughed when @tim is someone. Hi Tim.
Dire Wolf
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Dear Timothy aka @spaghett,
I knew your true identity, but was trying to turn a blind eye to it.
You will always be @spaghett to me.
Unless I meat you IRl.
Then you will be ‘Timmy baby’.
Regards,
A.
xox
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Dear NASA,
Your mum thought I was big enough.
Sincerely,
Pluto
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Dear Pluto
Dude, it’s over. Move on. We’re messing about with Mars now.
Sincerely
NASA.
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Dear NASA,
Did you get the meteoroid I sent you?
Yeah you did.
Cut the shit or you’ll get another.
– Pluto
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Dear Pluto
Stop that, it’s immature and some russkies got hurt.
Also, I hear you got like two new moons that are getting named. Aren’t they enough to keep you occupied? It took us ages to get ours walking on the leash.
Regards
NASA
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Dear Pluto,
you dont have the required mass to clear out your local area of debris, let alone enough mass to manipulate the orbit of an asteroid. [Edit: at least, not enough to project a rock fast enough to reach Earth in the time since your planetary status was revoked.]
Stop taking credit for Jupiter’s work
Sincerely,
NASA
PS: unless you threw that rock before you were demoted. if that is the case, then you can expect an appropriate response within the next 20 years.
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Burn.
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Dear science
stop being so smart
A Dummy
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Dear Emeror Jimu,
I was making shit up man.
Sincerely,
35 (a fellow dummy)
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Dear TurtyFife
Oh nice, you should write Sci Fi. I was fooled again!
Your NTSC
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I mean A Dummy was fooled…not me!
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[Edit: Dear whoever,]
Gizmodo commenter community is weird. And slow.
made a few comments there this morning on the swapping iPad for a cat article & I’m getting notifications about replies just now. Seriously guys, it was 4 hours ago. Shouldn’t the comments be up to page 3 already?
[Edit: sincerely, 35]
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Dear #35,
Upvoted for the edits.
The rest was TL;DR.Kind regards,
Aleph.
Dear TAY,
I’m going to play Ni No Kuni for a while.
You guys? Awesome. :’)
Your friend,
D.C.
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Dearest D.C.,
I think it would be in our best interests if you would be so kind as to check out Survivor. It would provide us with a point of discussion and give you something to do on a weekly basis.
Please carefully consider this proposition.
Yours sincerely,
Greenius
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Dear Greenius,
NOPE.
Your buddy,
D.C.
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Man what a shit of a day. Friend of mine needed someone who’s known him for a while to fill in some paperwork for his visa, so I agreed to go meet him (he offered to buy me lunch and pay for parking). All that was good and fine.. but I parked in the Myer Centre (by far the cheapest parking in the city), and I was there all of an hour and a half, and they charged $30 for it 😐 My mate only had $20 on him, so I had to shell out my last $10 just get out of the carpark 🙁
Doesn’t seem to matter what I do these days it costs me money.
(apologies for not putting this on Page 6 where it belongs 😉
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How was lunch?
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It was ok… just a food court fruit salad. (Partly cos I didn’t want him to spend much, but also cos it’s still a bit tender to eat some things due to my tooth extraction)
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Tooth extraxtion!?
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had wisdom tooth pulled
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Dear TAY,
I’m worried about @scree. She never came back.
I wish I didn’t offer advice now because how would I know anything? I once cut off all contact with every friend and all family members apart from immediate relatives (parents/ siblings) though.
Not my finest moment, but also a pretty complicated scenario.
Also, the voyuer in me wants to know how this all pans out.
Good luck @scree,
Yours Sincerly,
Voyuerger 1
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It’s okay, I’m fine.
I was on team speak, but I was rather depressed last night. Not about the situation but the fact that people said it was cold and heartless of me.
It cut deep. this person obviously doesn’t care abut the feelings of others ad especially mine. Why would i want to be friends with her? also, I know that if i called and tried to explain, she would just talk over the top of me. She is older then me and so treats me like a child. =(-
Hey scree, no one here thinks you are cold and heartless. They were just trying to give thier view of the letter as they saw it. No one knows the situation better than you though, so I’m sure whatever you decide will be best. Hit me up on slipgate[dot]explorer[at]gmail[dot]com if you want to talk about it more privately.
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Or, you could come on team speak =P
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@Crazyguy1990
Aww man, apparently the grace period for the free ArtRage upgrade was before January 7th. I checked my emails and you gifted it to me on January 8th 😀 ha!
Oh well :P, thanks for the heads up though and once again thanks for the freebies! May you win many cheap South Park auctions 🙂
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NOOOOOO!
Edit: I didn’t actually read your post. I’m just upset that page 7 is over.
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I didn’t want a page get either :'(
IT’S NOT OVER IF YOU KEEP POSTING THERE!
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Too late. You ruined the fun for everyone. Way to go Greenius.
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You’re welcome, and thanks. 🙂
Well, that was interesting.
On second thought, let’s not go to Page 7. It is a silly place.
Man, I was having fun on page seven
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With all these comments in a row, I feel like page 8 should be dedicated to reminiscing about page 7.
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Remember that time we posted letters on page seven?
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Those were pretty good times.
Though I think, technically, I only posted “letter” on page seven. Though my memory is a bit terrible, so anything could be true.
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go to pre-order persona 4 and maybe get dark souls, left with dark souls, blazblue continuum shift extend AND they were already selling P4, so i grabbed my copy!
it was a good day!
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But how about that Page 7!?
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i miss page 7, why can’t every page be page 7?
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Dear B-Dawg,
It can.
Nostalgically yours,
BDKIAFEdit: It’s not the same.
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8 > 7.
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I’m not quite sure on that maths.
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Apparently I missed some fun.
So that PS4 announcement thingo is this week, right? I’m actually pretty excited! I’m definitely not buying one at launch, but it’ll be cool to see anyway. I’m still in the less-than-$500AU camp! They priced the Vita very competitively (at least until the 3DS price drop) so I think they’ll try and do that again.
Anyway, I have no news to share. Continue.
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I think I heard Thursday, 9 AM for the Sony thing.
Should be interesting.
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Finally, a presentation that I don’t have to stay up until 1am to watch 😛
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Oh right, I forgot to translate Queensland time to pretend time.
Well, more pretend time.
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Thursday 10am Melbourne/Sydney/Canberra.
If the launch games are good I will be buying at launch, but from the US or Japan because Region A Bluray and probably cheaper.
If the system has regioning on games or only allows one region PSN account or has anti-used games stuff then I will potentially re-think this decision. Used games less of an issue though since I buy new most of the time anyway.
Hells yeah, got past the section I’ve been stuck on with Ni No Kuni. Now I can stop and pretend that the next area is going to be easy. 😀
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Ni No Kuni may be good, but it’s no page seven
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Out of curiousity, who’s finished Ni No Kuni?
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@distantdrop @powalen @alexpants !
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Where you up to, Greenius?
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wanted to reply to this thread but dunno how to do the hide spoiler thing, so I’ll say that I’m up to the bit where you have to cast a spell to make that thing do the thing it does. Pretty sure that’s near the end.
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There’s an eye symbol above the comment box that adds in spoiler tags (it goes B (bold), I (italics), U (underline), speech bubble (quote box), megaphone (@ mention) and then the eye (spoilers)).
Alternatively you could just type them manually with [s] SPOILERS [/s] but replace the [ and ] with < and >.
Hi @jimu’s friend!
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FINALLY! Upvote for saying hi to @gutsoup That was a PLATINUM move right there and you are no longer Jerkius, jerkius :p
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@jimu
BITCH I WAS SLEEPING DURING THE ORIGINAL HELLOS
And yes, that was PLATINUM TROPHY worthy!
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< s > text < / s > (Only without the spaces!)
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I wanted to get all the trophies and such but I haven’t played in over a week 😛
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I want to play Animal Crossing again and I want Fire Emblem now… THANKS POWALEN.
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I want Fantasy Life. Teach me Japanese, thanks bru.
THINGS I LOVE ABOUT NI NO KUNI:
The world. The story. The characters. The art direction. The 2D cutscenes. The bright shiny colours. The score. The attention to detail. The creature design. The sense of exploration. The charm.
THINGS I HATE ABOUT NI NO KUNI:
Party management. Grinding. Handholding. Lack of checkpoints in boss fights. Replaying sections over-and-over again. Erratic difficulty levels. Balance feeling off. Respawning.
The good outweighs the bad and I love the game, but can’t help but feel with a little more polish and care it could be even better. Maybe I’m just not used to JRPGS, who knows…
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So basically the game isn’t properly tuned. That’s been my experience with other Level 5 RPGs as well.
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That’s exactly it. Just the gameplay mechanics that lets the game down, otherwise it might be one of my all-time favourites!
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I must have a backwards sense of gameplay mechanics.
My spider-sense is tingling, did anyone call for a webslinger?!
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This is the first JRPG I’ve played since Final Fantasy VII, might just be the jarring differences between western RPGs and JRPGs that’s bothering me. Probably just be a taste thing.
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Yep, Im the only guy that just likes em. Everyone sees problems, Imma sit inna corner by my lonesome now :p
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That’s cos none o ya’ll played Dragon Quest IX propers. respek!
Summary:
Love: Ghibli movies.
Hate: JRPG stuff.
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GHIBLI MEAT!
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At @gutsoup house he owns them all and LOVES it when I invite strangers around 😉
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Who is this gutsoup. Is it you, Jimu? >:|
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Nah, bloke. He’s real. i known him since Hikescool
Surely that spoiler he posted above indicates he is much further than I am in Ni No. Much!
I should be playing it now, instead imma watch a moofie
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So I’ve just been told that in the coming weeks I’ll be going to our Melbourne office to implement a procedure that should have been followed YEARS ago. They are the only office that isn’t following this and I am fully expecting open hostility. Pray for me, TAY.
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As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life and realize there’s nothin’ left
‘Cause I’ve been blastin’ and laughin’ so long that, even my mama thinks that my mind is goneTAY be with you.
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I feel stronger already!
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Thank you, Old Man.
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Do we have a codified list of what each tay page theme is? I know we’ve had dad joke page six and sexy page 18
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I think letters page 7 needs to become a permanent thing.
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Agreed
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We briefly had Feelgood Fouteen which totally doesn’t sound wrong.
WE NEVER HAD AND NEVER WILL HAVE TALK LIKE JAR JAR PAGE 2X
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Mesa wanta Jar Jar page, itsa BLAMMMMM
Sorry, just shot the hand that typed that.
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Id do it
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group help page 6 today – its clahsing with dad jokes! one has to move but both need pages.
letters page 7
Yo TAY, I’m going home.
You were great today – except for that time where you distracted me so i got nothing done all day.
The turds across the road didn’t play loud music last night. Fingers crossed for another quiet night!
bye /hugs
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But TAY is your home, ash…
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He’s going to be the very best, like no one ever was.
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Oh man.. that exam… that exam was brutal.. 😐
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:(, damn, sorry to hear that
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I assume your proctologist’s words weren’t positive, then?
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Exams again already?!
GOOD LUCK.
Man, TAY sounds so interesting today and I miss out on almost all of it 🙁 *cry yourself to sleep page 8*
The last few hours have been epic though, and tonight sounds even better 😀 I fuckin’ love this place.
@dc
Text me sometime bro
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Haha! Why? 😀
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So we can talk man
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D: That’s not the hermit way.
😛
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Just do it
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Seriously Dan, do it 🙂
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Nah, not much of a texting guy, Tim.
Mainly only use it when I gots plans or need to communicate when I’m out of the house. Got an old, screwy dumb phone Nokia where you’ve got to tap buttons three times for letters and the like. 😛
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@spaghett can’t you just TAY/Tweet him? Pretty much the same thing 😛
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You suck 😛
How are we supposed to have serious conversations outside of TAY?
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Twitter DM? Still limited to 160chars, so it’ll feel just like an SMS 😉
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All the cool kids Twitter DM D.C.!
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Old Nokia bro! Twin
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Every time I see a smart phone at a meat, I’m always slightly jealous. Then I remember how little I actually use my regular one. 😛
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@Dc
I barely used my old crappy phone too but I used my phone a butt load more as soon as I got a smart phone 😛
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@greenius: I suppose it’d be like an iPad. No one knows how useful it’s going to be until you’ve got it, then you find you use it every day for every thing. 😀
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You’re a really bad hermit though so it’s fine.
Luckily you’re not a hermit.
Hey, before the Movie World meat, I hadn’t hung out with any one socially since April 2012. 😛
Anyone interested in a free Hitman Sniper Challenge code for the Xbox 360? Hitman HD came with it and of coarse I already had one from before with Hitman Absolution.
The mission is actually pretty fun and strangely isn’t in Hitman Absolution for some odd reason.
Internet dating metrics with a far-too-small dataset.
800 word “about me” profile.
4 images shared.
1100 questions answered (for use with “match algorithm”).
100 profiles “rated” on a 1-5 scale of accuracy/desire.
20 people contacted, min message 200 words, max 2000, no CTRL+C/CTRL+V.
22 people viewed my profile.
2 responses.
As far as males in online dating goes, I think that’s good odds? Again, too early to tell, really. As always, I’m second-guessing whether it’s the right thing/whether I’ve portrayed myself accurately/whether I’m appealing in the slightest sense etc.
It’s interesting, once I remove my emotional investment in it. Seems cool, and I’d say that the search results definitely fit what I’ve stipulated as my desired match. Pity they’re all 12-15,000KM away 😛
Possibly though not likely related, I’m really, really tired. Like… closing in on 24hrs-no-sleep tired. Things are starting to look funny, which I’m no longer familiar with as a state of being 😛 It’s sorta fun!
I’ll be interested to see whether it works (the dating, not the sleep) for someone as passive as me… I have my reservations but hey, weirder shit has happened before!
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Hope it works out for you, man!
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I’ve been tempted to try internet dating now and then but the stigma attached to it always puts me off. I’m interested to see how you go. I’d worry I’d bee to honest about the bad things about me and forget to put any good stuff.
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Honestly felt like I was lying by throwing in positive stuff/neglecting to mention insecurities. Every time I got to that point, I’d step away for a while and cool my head.
The stigma is huge, and I’m trying to counteract it by openly discussing it here. On the other hand, the user base is seemingly endless (provided you’re not looking for Australians only) and seems to cater to all sorts.
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I think you need to simplify what you’re saying on the site. I recommend something along the lines of “Yo, wimminz, my name is Aleph, I am mega ripped, twice as awesome as you, and my penis is huge. Call me.”
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This reminds me of the IT crowed episode where they tried to get a date on a dating site by being as much of an asshole as possible.
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I wouldn’t worry about stigmas, man. People might think it’s weird meeting folks from the internet in general, but most of us here have! Some of the best people I’ve ever met! If it works for you, who cares what others think! 🙂
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Yo, D.C., my name is Aleph, I am mega ripped, twice as awesome as you, and my penis is huge. Call me.
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You crazy deviant. 😛
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Don’t worry about it. I tell people I met Bunny on the internet and they are all like “oh…well you seem happy!” and lots of them tell me about their friend’s success story with online dating.
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Hey, thanks Freya!
I’m not sure whether anything will come of it, but hey, I’ve gotta start somewhere, and the pickings are rather slim where I am currently!
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Good luck with the online dating. I considered it for a few minutes once, panicked and didn’t bother moving past the home page.
So what site are you using if you don’t mind me asking? Going the free route or paid?
It would be nice if you posted regular updates about your experiences(remember you wanted to write more 🙂 Of course you can keep people’s name private etc)
Maybe this might be useful if you need some help with your profile http://www.datingadviceguy.com/2010/02/27/step-by-step-online-dating-profile-creation-guide/ Have a look around the site as well there seem to be some good tips about dates, communication etc.
Here’s to a dating Aleph. *Raises water bottle*
P.S.
Use protection for everything even oral. Of course once you get to know each other and get tested regularly go wild.
Why am I typing this at 1am? Your guess is as good as mine, Also I’m catching up on TAY and just got to this page 🙂
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Go to sleep 😛
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But I have to be at work soon. You want me to get fired? 🙁
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I also recommend safe sex until you really trust the other person. And then still don’t trust them.
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Safe sex is best sex, unless you want babby.
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Or herpes, I suppose.
Procreation doesn’t discriminate, although if you’re having unprotected sex to make herpes, I think you might be doing it wrong.
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Wow we should do a study on this. @trjn, can I be part of this study?
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What.
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😀
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So it’s decided. Screw Windows Phone. I’m getting an android phone or even possibly an iPhone. The wi-fi options are lousy and I can’t connect to any of the uni’s access points or even the internet in this place. It doesn’t allow for any kind of authentication beyond a password. Even my old dumb Samsung phone could do it.
Now I’ve just got to find $500 for a Galaxy s3 or something. It might have to wait a while…
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Go the Nexus 4 route! So long as you don’t want a good camera, it’s a great phone(I’m now a fanboy, how very sad)!
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Nexus 4 is a pretty great phone. JOIN US BEN
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I DON’T WANT TO
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YOUR ONLY NAME IS POWALEN, DON’T BE RIDICULOUS
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DOES THE R STAND FOR YOUR REAL NAME!?
MIND BLOWN
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Notorious Rudiger
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Reginald .GIF
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That’s how I roll.
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SO HARD TO GET THOUGH!! Plus I want a camera better than one available 10 years ago!
*may be a little bit very drunk atm*
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Drunk BenJ’s still pretty coherent! Way to go! 😛
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My spelling is awesome! Always will be 😛
@dc hit me up on Twitter fool
So I’ve finally finished all the good endings for Katwa Shoujo.
Order of what I think are the best stories.
Emi
I thought her story was well written. Was the most dramatic of all the stories and you see both her and Hisao develop as people both in growing up and coming to terms with their own disabilities (or more accurately the emotion trauma surrounding the her disability for Emi.) I know some people complain that one of the sex scenes in this route is out of place and awkward. I agree that it is awkward but I don’t think that makes it out of place. The story follows young people learning about love and sex is included. Sex can be awkward especially when first learning.
Lilly
My personal Favorited of the girls only gets second place because I admit that as a story Emi’s was better. Lilly’s also well written. As she been blind from birth she is already well adjusted to her disability her evolution as a character is more focused on her family issues. She’s also naturaly concerned about others around her so you also get to follow more of other characters storeis in particular her best friend, Hanako.
Also, she’s the only character with an epilogue.
Rin
I though Rin’s route was well written but I didn’t like it much it is very tense and confusing though this really does fit Rin’s character very well. It’s also rather depressing and I was convinced I was heading to the bad ending right until the very end when suddenly everything was OK. It felt like if I had gotten the bad ending the whole story would have finished without poor Hisao ever being happy. At best he was content for a day.
Rin does have some of the funnies non-Kenji moments in the game. The first time you meet her an Shizune runs into her cracks me up every time. There is also this gem
I’m having my period and I need some help regarding that. However, I don’t feel that our relationship is yet on the level where I could allow you to pull my underwear down in the girls’ toilet even if you offer to.
Hanako
Hanako’s story was pretty good. It was also well written. Much like Emi, Hanako strugels with the extreme emotional trauma. I liked the writing in this one and it had some nice moments but the main reason it’s this far down the list is Hanako actually seemed to have a better ending in Lilly’s route.
Shizune
Shizune was my least liked girl so my own bias may play into this but hers was the only route where I felt the writing was lacking. They story contradicts itself several times, there are characters in there who’s reason for existence is never relay made apparent but the worst is how it ends. It felt like nothing was ever resolved at the end. None of the characters showed any real sing of growth and in a story supposedly driven by the growth of some young people into adults this is terrible.
The end of all the other routes felt like the end of a chapter and the start of something new. In Shizune’s route it felt like the end of the start of the chapter. I went back and did the bad ending for here and actually liked it more. At lest when she tells you to fuck of it’s some sort of resolution.
Note: When talking about the story I left out the most signification part, the growth into adulthood and falling in love. This is because it’s in every route and of little use in differentiating them from each other.
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I need to get back to that game. I think I’ve only got Hanako’s story to go.
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Lemon Lube =)
Anyways I love Katawa Shoujo it is definately very unique game, my favourites being Rin & Hanako it’s always interesting to see peoples take on the game.
Sorry I can’t be more elaborate but I did play it more than a year ago so it’s hard to discuss it.
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I like Rin a lot but I just found her route so terribly depressing.
Made me want to go and talk to the worry tree.
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my friend convinced me to play it, as honestly, i wasn’t particularly interested in playing an eroge about crippled girls.
instead i got a completely heartfelt game with some really good themes in it.
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Yeah, they seemed to put a lot of effort into making sure it was a story with sex in it rather then a story about sex. Much the same applies with the disabilities as well. They are a big part of the story but at the same time it never treats it as if that’s all that matters.
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Agreed. I was more than a little skeptical when I first heard about it. A game/story called ‘Cripple Girls’ with sex scenes and it’s made by 4chan members? No chance I’m looking at this!
Then I read a reader review here on Kotaku and I became intrigued. I told a friend about it and he played the whole thing by the time I saw him again a week later. He couldn’t stop raving about it, so I had a look. Glad I did.
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You know that’s a pretty standard thing for most Japanese visual novels right? The ones that are just wall-to-wall sex are generally a minority.
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Wow I wanted to post about this but wasn’t sure how the others would take it. Thanks for breaking the ice for me! Anyway I’m working through Rin’s route now – she’s my last one. Can’t believe how much time I’ve spent with this freebie.
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Was game of the year for me last year. Only partly because most of the mainstream games I played last year really underwhelmed me.
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Nice review. Maybe spoiler tag it though Gman.
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Soory, I thought I’d stayed vague enough not to spoil things excluding the direct quite which did get the
spoilertag..
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I really need to stop making such big posts.
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Nonsense!
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ditto
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I love a big post.
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Maybe it IS the size that matters…
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This movie looks awesome. I can totally see why it was made.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1985017/
Hello friends who know about computers in which I require some help from!
I’m thinking of getting a new HD watchamacallit because I’ve had a lot of problems with my computer. Stuff like randomly pausing for a few seconds now and then, constant buffering issues in VLC, games glitching up with out of sync audio etc. – all of which I’ve posted a lot about before. I’m currently on an oldish WD Green and I’m hoping that upgrading to a WD Black will fix this.
I plan to have both of them in my computer at the same time and my question is, how easy is it to make it so that the new harddrive will have the operating system? (and therefore use it to boot up). I hear that computers can only use one harddrive to boot up so I want to make it so it only uses the new WD Black for it.
TAYbies have also said that Greens are good for audio/video so I plan to just keep everything else I’ve got on there and make the Black have the OS (Windows 7 64bit) and games. I assume transferring the games is as easy as copy/pasting from one to the next but I can also just re-download them through Steam, although if there’s an easier way I’d like to know.
I hear there’s some WD program that can copy the entire contents of one HD to another. However, my problem with this, is that while I’m pretty sure my problems aren’t due to viruses, I don’t want to copy everything over in case it does cause problems. Better to start at a clean slate so I know what the problem is.
Thanks in advance! Forgive me if my terms are all blergh because I don’t know too much about computers. TAYbies have suggested in the past that a clean install would be a good option but since I don’t want to lose all my stuff, I figured this is sort of the same thing.
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Your best bet is to do a clean install. If you have the disc for your OS, just unplug your old HDD and install the new one. Your computer will boot from the CD drive if there’s no OS on the HDD, and will install etc.
Then you can plug your old HDD back in as well (most computers already have the necessary cables and ports to run multiple HDDs, but you might want to check if your motherboard uses master/slave configurations, or whether they run parallel to each other (not sure if that’s the correct terminology there)), and copy what you want over to the new one. Then format the old one, and you have a secondary HDD for storage \o/
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The OS stuff always says something like “you can only install it once” or “on up to X amount of computers” … or something so I wasn’t really sure how reinstalling worked 😛
So if I understood your comment you recommend taking out the old one, putting in a new one, installing the OS, then putting in the old one again and reformatting (after getting what I want).
Would there be any risks in not reformatting the old one? Like can viruses transfer over? Mr. -0 would back it up but I’ve only ever used Microsoft Security Essentials and it doesn’t detect any viruses so I’m pretty sure it’s a hardware issue.
And if I did your above method (without reformatting) would the new one be considered the C drive or something else?
Thanks FUNERAL
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If it’s a hardware issue, you probably don’t want to keep it. Bad sectors might remain bad forever, and could cost you important data.
If it’s a software issue, the problem could resurface (if it’s a virus, it could conceivably infect your new HDD just as easily), so reformatting would be recommended.
Honestly, I don’t know a whole lot about this stuff. I only can say what I did with my new comp. I took out the old HDD, installed the new HDD and left it in, and it became the C drive. The old HDD, once I reinstalled and formatted it, became the E drive. I don’t think there is a D drive. That’s how much you can trust me :\
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Your D drive could be your recovery partition of your C drive (if you made one
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And of course it’s possible you just don’t have one 🙂
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OEM licenses are tied to the computer they’re first installed on.
HOWEVER the ‘computer it’s first installed on’ is defined by the hardware profile, which is usually the combination of motherboard, CPU and graphics card. Hard Drives die all the time and putting a new drive in and doing a clean install on the same hardware will usually not cause issues re-activating.
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I’ll help you when I’,m sober if you want 😛
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Yes pls you Uni party animal, you!
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I would definitely get this if I didn’t already have a 3DS XL, but than again I’m not much a fan of pre-installed games.
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Oh, so it’s up on their site now? I looked it up yesterday and it wasn’t there. I’m more interested in the Fire Emblem one (will probably pick up MH on Wii U) but it’s much cheaper than what Amazon UK had both of them for.
Problem is I already have a 3DS and so pre-installed is a giant “FUCK YOU” for those wanting to transfer their content 🙁
I haven’t seen that Black before, is it a new colour?
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I told you Black was the new colour! You never listen! ;_;
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It’s a new colour for the XL and isn’t a eyesore dual colour which is a big plus.
Edit: I also noticed Pokemon Mystery Dungeon is finally added to the preorder list I really should start getting involved in the spinoff games.
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I was never a big fan of the dual colours which is why I originally went with the “Cosmo” Black 3DS.
Are all XL’s Black inside? I actually don’t mind the Silver one so I was leaning towards that.
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All the XL dual colours are black inside so SIlver/Blue/Red will all have black interiors the new White one has a white interior and this new black one will most likely have a black interior.
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Pre-installed = ewww.
Also, I already have a 3DS.
Game Informer are reporting Quantic Dream might be announcing their new game (seperate from Beyond: Two Souls) at the Sony thing! 😀 Quantic Dream’s my Space Maureen!
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honestly they are a company who i think could show of how good a next gen console could be, so i am also a tad excited.
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Definitely. If it’s based on the Kara tech demo, I’m going to be psyched. (Although I’m pretty sure I’ll be psyched either way. Two Quantic Dream games!)
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Oh man, I am getting my karma for using a piratical version of Xenoblade.
So, when I first started playing, I was getting random crashes, sound issues, yada yada yada, so after playing for one and a half hours I downloaded a new version of Dolphin, and started playing on that. So I had to sit through the opening cutscene(again) and it drags on and on, but it’s cool, I’m a patient guy.
About 20 minutes ago, it occurred to me that there might be a way to try and convince Dolphin to run the old save state, so I could at least skip some of what was there. So being the clever guy that I am, I backed up the relevant files, and had a crack at it. Sadly, it didn’t work.
You know what else doesn’t work? When you take your nicely labelled backup, and put it in the recycle bin, before clearing said bin. Why would I do this? Because I can’t read, apparently, and got the backup confused with the main version.
But that’s okay, there’s recovery stuff for this. So I download a recovery tool, and get it running. I look through the files, and notice that about 6 of them have been overwritten in that short period, but that’s cool, because of the 800 odd files, what are the chances that the one I need will have been overwritten by the download of the program I got specifically to try and recover it?
Oh, right, Cosmic Karma. 100%.
If it weren’t for the fact that the Wii looks terrible, and I can’t be bothered setting up stuff for it, I would actually consider getting a legit version now.
Here’s hoping third time’s the charm. :/
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XENOBLADE
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Yes, thank you Greenius.
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Truly profound.
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And no thank you Yarghman!
Just play it on Wii :(. That’s why I keep talking about the game, because people throw it aside just because it’s on the Wii. Some of the areas are pretty enough, even on the Wii! D:
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But they will look far better at a nice resolution(and with the framerate at 30 fps, not the 25 that the PAL version is locked at).
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The Wii version doesn’t look THAT bad!
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I should point out, Pow, that my head sits a mere 2 handspans away from my monitor.
I’d give you a more accurate number, but I have no idea.
So Wii games, in their standard definitionness, look terrible.
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Yay for Powalen thinking the same as me (I didn’t refresh and see his message)
You should probably sit further back…
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It’s a monitor for a computer, and a relatively small one at that, the distance I sit from it is not a problem, assuming I’m using it for its intended purpose.
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Some games on the Wii are the exception of that rule, look at Super Mario Galaxy 2 for example.
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Nope.
The resolution kills it.
Edit: I should clarify further. Yes, games can look fine on the Wii. Here, look at this, stretched to my screen’s resolution: http://i.imgur.com/RjWbNIg.jpg
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But then, if you have the opportunity to play it so that it looks like this: http://barbarella.deadendthrills.com/imagestore/supermariogalaxy/1920/beyondthemoon.jpg
Why wouldn’t you?
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Playing it in dolphin shits on the Wii version as long as you can get the audio to play properly 😛 I finally got it playing right and there’s no way I’d settle for Wii resolutuon anymore
But one thing noone thought about was The D would rise again.
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Just like the phoenix! We’ll fucking RIIIIIIIIIIIIISE AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN!
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The fiery heart of the champion cannot be quelched,
by a failure or an embarrassment no way no.
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Hey it’s night time TAY. You know anything goes, in the dark.
Is that my first page get or is my phone browser glitching out?
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Everyone remembers their first time.
Usually happens while drunk and it’s full of fumbles.
I DECLARE PAGE 9 TO BE NO THEME PAGE 9!
Which itself is a theme… PARADOX
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PARADOX!! call Noel Kreiss.
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Based on my post above, it is ’embarrass yourself page 9′
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Or… suggest a theme for page 9 theme!
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PARADOX PAGE 9!
THIS STATEMENT IS FALSE!
I think I might just turn the difficulty down for Ni No Kuni, pretty sure I’m at the very end. It sucks that the last five minutes will be played on easy, but atleast I can press on with the story damn it. It’s not the combat or difficulty or gameplay mechanics I’m playing it for any way.
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Do it man. No point getting frustrated.
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Haha! I don’t want to turn the difficulty down, though. Now I know how @freezespreston feels about Spec Ops. 😛
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You shouldn’t feel bad about lowering the difficulty on RPG’s where you can cheese the difficulty with overgrinding.
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The thing is all I need is more provisions and I’ll be fine. It just requires backtracking and fighting the same fights to get to a town, then fighting those fights again to get back. Not sure I want to do that OR lower the difficulty. Haha!:'(
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Don’t have that. Investigated. Realized I completely forgot about Horace’s quest! Left him standing in Castaway Cove hours ago. That WOULD make things easier. Maybe worth backtacking for that and skipping the enemies on my triumphant return.Haha! Thanks, man!
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Oh man! 😀
Didn’t want to have to translate the inscription without a pen and paper in front of me and never went back. Damn!Holy crap, I have been playing the game wrong. Haha!
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I’m curious as to why you think you’ve been playing the game wrong. Unless the answer is a spoiler? 😛
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Haha! Oh, DC! Horace gives you some of the most useful spells in the game! He appears in every major area, in order. Might be worth visiting 😛
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Embarrassing Page 9! \o/
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Maybe I’ll take back some of my balance rants then. Maybe. 😛
If any one asks, I pretty much completed the game without all these things on purpose. As… uh… a challenge of some variety. Cause I’m hard core when it comes to gaming. 😛
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I personally turn down difficulty in RPGs quite often. It’s rare to find one where the tuning is right (Tales games are the only ones I’ve found to be consistently well-tuned) and I’m usually playing for the story and since I’m devoting 40+ hours as it is, I never want to get stuck on a boss for hours or anything.
Wait, midnight? WTF? How did that happen?!
Good night all.
#EmbarrassingPage9 @ash
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Catch you on the flipside, home slice!
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Goodnight.
Almost fell over while trying to sit down :l
I MET SOME GUY WHO KNOWS MY MUM BETTER THAN HE KNEW ME! BUT NOW WE’RE GOOD FRIENDS TOO!
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Your new friend, mum and you should all totally hang out! 😛
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We’ll take a trip up to Launceston some time 😛 Seriously it’s insane how many people from Launceston are here 😛
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SUP.
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Virus! How went your meat with Freeze? Heard from your friend at all, feeling better? What’s new?
Edit: Oh man, I’m sleepy and might get some shut eye. Take it easy, man! 😀
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Well I just got back from Freezes haha.. He invited me over for the evening was swell!
Am chatting to her at the moment she’s okay, but it’ll take some time for her to be back to her old self, She’s off to London today to see the Sound City Players! (two thirds of Nirvana and possibly Corey Taylor on vocals!) so I hope that cheers her up.
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REPOST… For science!
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Hello friends who know about computers in which I require some help from!
I’m thinking of getting a new HD watchamacallit because I’ve had a lot of problems with my computer. Stuff like randomly pausing for a few seconds now and then, constant buffering issues in VLC, games glitching up with out of sync audio etc. – all of which I’ve posted a lot about before. I’m currently on an oldish WD Green and I’m hoping that upgrading to a WD Black will fix this.
I plan to have both of them in my computer at the same time and my question is, how easy is it to make it so that the new harddrive will have the operating system? (and therefore use it to boot up). I hear that computers can only use one harddrive to boot up so I want to make it so it only uses the new WD Black for it.
TAYbies have also said that Greens are good for audio/video so I plan to just keep everything else I’ve got on there and make the Black have the OS (Windows 7 64bit) and games. I assume transferring the games is as easy as copy/pasting from one to the next but I can also just re-download them through Steam, although if there’s an easier way I’d like to know.
I hear there’s some WD program that can copy the entire contents of one HD to another. However, my problem with this, is that while I’m pretty sure my problems aren’t due to viruses, I don’t want to copy everything over in case it does cause problems. Better to start at a clean slate so I know what the problem is.
Thanks in advance! Forgive me if my terms are all blergh because I don’t know too much about computers. TAYbies have suggested in the past that a clean install would be a good option but since I don’t want to lose all my stuff, I figured this is sort of the same thing.
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Is what Shazza said (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-212/comment-page-8/#comment-1060541) pretty much it? Also, won’t copy/pasting selected files also carry over any supposed software or viruses?
Thanks again 😀
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Leave the dodgy drive unplugged and do a fresh install on the Black. See how it goes. If everything seems fine, connect the green in as a second drive and test further – run your OS on the black, try and play videos off the green, etc.
You can boot off any hard drive as long as it has an operating system on it, and is usually determined by hard drive boot order in your BIOS. Master/slave doesn’t really exist with SATA, it’s just a matter of which has been told to boot first by the BIOS.
If you want to check the drive further, you can download the Western Digital DLG (Data Lifeguard) Diagnostics, which is usually a bootable iso, and it can test your drive for faults. If it finds them, depending what the issue is, it can attempt to repair them, or it could just confirm for you the drive is fucked.
It’s true green drives are slower (that’s why they’re green) to the tune of say, a standard drive being 7200rpm, I think greens are around 5900rpm from memory. Depends on the brand. End result is they’re slower, but they use less power as a result. They generally just get used as a storage drive for videos, music etc. The operating system should be running on the fastest drive possible.
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With the games, you’ll want to take your steam folder, as well as your profile folder for windows, as some save games can be stored in your Saved Games folder in there.
If you want a clean install of windows, I’d recommend disconnecting the sata cable to your green drive before you install on the black, otherwise you may end up with weird drive letters (you might end up with windows running on D:\ for instance). I have to say though, that I play movied (full HD MKV’s) off a green drive that I have, and I never get any stuttering or anything like that.
Green drives may be generally considered to be slower, but I think it’s a bit of a misconception. Green drives operate at a slower speed by default in an attempt to save power (can be in the low 1000’s in terms of rpms), but they are actually dynamic drives, so when you actually try to play a game or a movie, the drive can spin up to 7200rpm when it needs to. Simply replacing your drive may not solve your issue. I’m happy to help you out if you do decide to go through with it, but I don’t think you’ll find that doing so will solve all your issues unless your existing hdd is so overloaded with crap and bloatware that it’s slowing EVERYTHING down.-
Yeah, I’m not convinced it’s the hard drive. Sound more like a software or graphics card issue.
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@greenius, wake up. You’re getting good advice here!
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Morning all.
Watch this. Get hype. Give money.
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Will that music play while I read the book?
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Yes.*
*Marketing truth might differ from objective reality.**
**Not that objective reality exists.***
***Or not. I don’t know. Just buy the book.-
Oh Shane, why would we buy the books, when history has shown that we can just get you to gift them to us for free? 😛
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But… I… well… but…
Oh, man /o\
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Approximately halfway through Dragonball Z. After getting halfway through DBZ Kai and stopping after being thrown off by the new (dodgy) animations and slightly disjointed editing. As much as DBZ gets shit for the fluff and fillers, it’s really not all that bad. I mean except for Frieza – that whole thing was just plain retarded, it went on for far too long. OH LOOK FRIEZA HAS ANOTHER FORM.
Even the fillers aren’t all that bad, I find – modern series like Bleach take fillers to the extreme and is probably the main reason I quit watching it.
I’m well into Cell Saga at the moment ( I have seen DBZ in it’s entirety before, by the way, just watching again) and holy shit DBZ is awesome. Seriously. I think Cell Saga would be my favorite, followed by Majin Buu.
Ascended Saiyans are fucking badass.
Anyway, my point is, the show is immense quantities of fun, and aside from Frieza, it doesn’t carry on nearly as much as people make out it does.
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It really doesn’t
I mean, ok, Season 1, Goku running Snake Way shits me up the fucking wall
But other than that it is indeed awesome
Except each season is 60 bucks :/
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Yeah I think they were still learning when putting the Saiyan/Namek/Ginyu/Frieza Sagas together, and they really hit their stride with Cell Saga.
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Morning Folks
Spaghett’s Last Song Played Game
Ptolemy by Aphex Twin
Even his ambient stuff is funky
Found myself wanting to dance Christopher Walken style, except I had no hotel lobby to fly around
How are we all??
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Barker of the UFO – Bee Gees
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Apparently.
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Cool
How’s it going lover?-
Not a great start.
Cut my finger while opening breakfast avocado.
Also, I miss page 7.
Also, apparently I’m you now.
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You clearly are me
How did that happen
Sunday, Soundwave man
Email me your mobile phone number?
spawn1_666athotmaildotcom
Page seven was amazing
If you cut yourself while eating breakfast though
That goes with Embarrassment page 9
Only asking for your number so we can meet up at the mightiest of festivals
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Which Soundwave? I’ll be at Brisbane one
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Sydney one 🙂
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Brisbane soundwave \o/ if you see someone wearing this ‘Tallica shirt, it might be me!
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Ritual Union- Little Dragon
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Such a great band 🙂
According to my iPod which I shut off at 5am, Chemical Warfare by Slayer!
I’m alright considering I stayed up till 5am, chatting with Kat to keep her company on her trek to London to see the Sound City Players.
Lifehacker has a guide to tweaking Graphics settings.
Ctrl + F “Bokeh”
0 of 0 matches.
Worst. Guide. EVER.
Morning
The ht weather is going to start again and i am not looking forward to it.
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Morning scree! How are you set up for air conditioning or fans? If nothing, I recommend storing wet washers and face cloths in the freezer. Life savers.
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Mum’s going to the hospital today, so we’ll probably freeze, but the rest of the week I believe the evaporative air cooler will get a workout
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Hoooraaaaaaay! Wait, the other one.
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Nooooo?
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That’s the one.
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Morning folks. I’ve got nothing to ramble about at the moment. What’s new with you? 😛
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Nothing.
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Same here
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Just this, my good man.
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VIDYA GAEMS?
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Hungry already, it’s only 847…
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2013
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Oh, that’s OK then.
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Who here has Resident evil operation raccoon city and for what system?
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I did have it for PS3, and I played the absolute shite out of that game. Has some serious flaws, and I wouldn’t even bother with it unless you have people to co-op with.
Single player gets boring as hell and the AI is flat out retarded at times.
But if you DO have people to play with, and they’re interested, it’s an incredibly fun game, despite it’s flaws. It also helps if you’re an RE fan.
Also, bear in mind the game ships with the Umbrella Security Services campaign, but if you want to play the other side, the Spec Ops – you have to pay for it. Capcom effectively shipped it as half a game, and made you pay around $30 for the Spec Ops missions, which was a massively dick move.
I’ll stress again though – I played huge amounts of this game with 2 mates, but be aware of it’s glaringly obvious flaws.
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I was asking about it so I would have someone to play with
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Is “Gamepad Thumb” a real medical condition? Because I have that.
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Its common name is actually Nintendo thumb.
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Haha that sounds way worse than the ‘feels slightly bruisey but not really that bad’ feeling I have.
File me under W for Wuss.
EDIT:
See Also:
Cello scrotumHeh
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Or ‘Monster Hunter Hand’ was a condition first recorded after marathon sessions of MHFU using the PSP’s god-awful analog nub. This didn’t affect the thumb, so much as cramp the crap out of your entire left hand.
MH3U is coming out next month, I’ll be buying it for WiiU and 3DS, and my hand is sobbing like a creature abused in anticipation.
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THE CLAW.
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I get that after playing the DS for too long. Tiny controller, huge hands :/
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You know what they say about big hands
big gloves
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I get it from too much PS3… except I get it on the outside of my hand running up between my ringer and little finger. Those controllers are just too small for me.
Still exhausted. May spend all day trying to finish Tales Of Graces so I can start Ni No Kuni. Oh wait…I can’t. I have to clean up all the mess from yesterday. Worst thing about kids’ birthdays is the day after. 😛
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My Mum had all my birthdays at Hungry Jacks so she didn’t have to clean up.
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MAKKAS BIRFDAIS R BETTA
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Im sure we can both agree that if KFC did kids parties that that would be the most awesome.
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Most regretful*
KFC has a breakfast menu in Singapore D:
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Some countries get it HOME DELIVERED!
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I don’t really get KFC regret. I think it depends on the restaurant you go to though. If I eat those dried up peices of shit that have sat in the hotbox all day, then yes.
The Double gave me KFC naptime
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Getting into Brutal Legend finally (thanks again @shane)
I’m not very good with strategy games so I’m easing into that aspect of the game, but this game has a lot of character, and it is metal as f*ck, which is awesome.
I hopped on last night, jumped in the Deuce, cranked up some Motorhead and just thrashed around the landscape for a while, love it.
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It’s a pretty great game 🙂
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DECAPITATIOOOOOOON
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I was tempted to pick that up when I saw it on Steam, but I vaguely remember people calling it a pretty bland game…
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I really wish it stayed action/adventure like the demo indicated. That gameplay aspect was badass but then it gets all… :'(
… 🙁
I feel like a sequel would’ve improved on it
but…
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This. If it had just been a straight up brawler / god of war-alike it would have been a far better game. That RTS bullshit killed everything for me.
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What’s doin’?
Emails are stressful.
Having to tell somebody ‘no, I won’t run your review because it’s 5000 words long and spoils the entire story of a game not even out in Australia yet’ is not fun. And now I’m flailing around hoping I didn’t sound too harsh and asadfjskjaslas;
*Kermit arms*
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Give it to me straight, man. I can handle it.
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SO MUCH HAT. INDESCRIBABLE.
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I GOT YOUR DAMN EMAIL. I KNOW.
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Ha ha! I know who and which game. Who else would it be? Ha ha!
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I figured it out. Yep. Took that long.
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Harsh but fair (again)
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This makes me feel better.
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I thought you were talking about my email for a second and was like D:
Tip: Lead with something nice 😛
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Shakespearean review?
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Spolier:
Finkle is Einhorn,Einhorn is Finkle.Einhorn is a MAN!*cue tragic shower scene*
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Best comment.
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I don’t think you *could* be too harsh in that situation…
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Just do what you did with my lint review- never reply to the email, and never think about it again.
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He clearly thinks about it often.
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It was an unforgettable read.
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So you had to read it and were spoilerisated? 🙁
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I don’t have any interest in the game, so that didn’t bother me, fortunately! 😛
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Reminds me, I was going to send you a duel shock email.
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Reminds me, I’ve been failing to write a reply to a duel shock email for ages.
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Just backed that Gametee Kickstarter Luke Plunkett was talking about yesterday. Really wanted to go a high tier because all the shirts are incredible, but went for a tier where the reward is one shirt and one print because there’s no way I want to miss out on that FFVIII shirt.
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I missed that…Could you please link me? Sounds interesting.
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Something, something, Google, something.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/888422079/gametee-premium-t-shirts-for-video-gamers
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Jerk
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You got in first and had time for snark? Impressive. 😀
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I googled “Gametee Kickstarter” and it didn’t give a single Kickstarter result.
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It was the top result.
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S’not for me, I just checked again. Still not giving me any results for the Kickstarter part either.
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Edited the link out because for some reason it felt redundant. 😉
I don’t usually wear nerdy/game t-shirts but some of them are pretty cool. I like designs without too many words otherwise people spend too long reading them staring at my amazing chest
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I’d stare at your amazing chest even if you weren’t in a nerd shirt (You’re a guy right?)
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Of course, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have a killer pecs and abs
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LIMERICK TIME:
At work, Tad was feeling some pain,
His workload had begun to wane,
he’d met all his KPI’s,
had no more work to try,
and was bored out of his brain.
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Then, Tad played Solitaire.
Like a spring breeze of magnificent stupendous splendour.
Cupcakes.
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A haiku thread this is not,
so perhaps you should attempt to jot,
down a few notes,
so you learn (almost-rote),
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I was being contrary.
God.
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That’s just a normal day at work
No need to feel like a jerk
Just take some time
And think of more rhymes
So you’re not stuck with words like bjlurk-
You are the Stlurst
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Stlurst sounds like some kind of new Starburst product. I want to try it!
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Shane raised a point that was good,
thought Tad sitting at his desk of not-wood,
“Rhyming will keep me sane,
As long as at work I remain”,
So did that as much as he could!
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So, Revengeance. I just realised it may be necessary for me to complete MGS4 before playing this to avoid being spoilerised. Anyone know if this is the case?
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I thought it was a origin story?
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It’s a post MGS4 world where you basically get to play as Raiden doing the things he did in MGS4 because he’s a kickass cyborg now.
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It used to be. It’s been changed a lot in the last few years. Now it’s post-MGS4. I’d be surprised if there isn’t some flashback of some sort though.
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Having not played Revengeance, I can’t say for sure. The setting is definitely post-MGS4.
In terms of story, though , I genuinely don’t know what to expect. They certainly aren’t pushing the story-laden trailers that the core MGS games have done. There might be nothing spoilery in the entire game…
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If you haven’t completed MGS4 yet I’m not sure why you’re here and not playing MGS4.
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Hour-long cutscenes don’t exactly work well when you’re looking after children. 😛
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Sure they do, they give you an hour to get things sorted.
Worried about the exposition you missed? Don’t worry, it boils down to “nanomachines” nine times out of ten.
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I could tell you but it’s a controversial opinion.
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from what i ‘understand’ of the MGS series, the story makes very little sense at all, even if they’re played in the right order.
I’m not overly concerned about spoilers for MGS4 on the grounds that I wouldnt get it anyway.-
It makes sense if you throw “Logic” out of the window
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I like em for the gameplay, not the story. thats mainly because I’ve only played 2 & 4, and even then didnt complete em.
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GO COMPLETE THEM
LITERALLY HITLER
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Ouch dood, awesome stories. So ridiculously impossible theyre good!
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I dont doubt that they’re good stories, just that I missed 1 & 3 & the rest, so I’ve got lots of plot holes I cant fill in.
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PSNNNNN & HD versions! Get on it! 😀
(while your at it, get a Vita and you can do it on the go!)
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A certain Blue guy bragged about beating the game already. I don’t know how (apparently a review copy?) or why he obtained it, but he can probably answer your question if you want to talk to him 😛
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Don’t talk to him. Spoilers.
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Don’t talk to him* ?
😛
I don’t think they were friends anyway.
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Yeah, I’m not talking to that asshat. Don’t really need my day ruined, thank you very much. 😛
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I think this is the first time I’ve ever seen you talk negatively about someone.
Not that I dont agree…
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Im obsessed. I just can’t stop it.
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http://leglesslegolegolas.com/
You’re welcome.
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They left the top of the legs on. Why?
ERMAHGERD
I woke up around 4am and couldn’t get back to sleep until around 5:30am and I always have the craziest dreams when I’m tired. Crazy dream was had and it was kind of like this epic movie/game and I was in it and it was one consistently long and interconnected dream.
IT EVEN HAD A MASSIVE PLOT TWIST AT THE END WHICH TOTALLY SURPRISED ME! I like how after the big reveal I immediately woke up, like it was the end of it all. I was all “dayummnnn”
Brain you crazy.
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PUT THAT LAST PARAGRAPH IN SPOILERTAGS!
Dammit, Greenius. 😛
Hungry, bored
Doing a calculation to see how much of the school fees we actually need to pay on this invoice
Yay excel 🙁
Edit of my edit* Maybe the page theme could be boring?
This is TAY though, so that isn’t even possible 🙂
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Edit: this has looked like a moronic post for the last three hours apparently :\
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Good idea, I edited my edit
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FROM THE MAKERS OF THE HIGHEST RATED FIRST PERSON SHOOTER OF ALL TIME*
*Based on Metacritic.
I lol’d.
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Yeah, I laugh whenever I see that.
Still, it was a cool trailer. Though that can be said for pretty much all of the Bioshock Infinite trailers.
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Which new amazing game is this?!
EDIT: Nevermind, thanks Blaghs 😛
Eugh i have been really slack with looking for jobs.
Its not that i want to stay unemployed.
No i mean its definitely that 😛
no i want a job but i feel i wont get it because my resume is horrible and i interview terrible. Ask anyone who meets me 😛
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Less QQ, more pew pew.
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You’ll be fine, Rocketpony!
YOU JUST GOTTA BELIEVE!
BBBEEEELLLLIIIEEEEVVVVEEEE!!!!!!!
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Can i beliebe instead
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No.
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… unless you plan on giving him a seaweed moustache I’m going to be very disappointed, Blaghs
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You’ll be fine.
The longer you wait the more difficult it will get.
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Or the easier it will get in reverse.
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Eh?
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I know the feeling, I’m terrible at interviews, I’m usually great at every job I do, I just lack the abilityto appear confident. I never get jobs I want, but because people know I’m capable I usually get given jobs I don’t want. I seem like a nervous unconfident person in every aspect of life, except gaming when I’m playing I am the man,
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I am amazing at interviews and I don’t know why. As soon as I walk in my brain goes into overdrive and I come up with answers I would never have thought of outside this situation. This is kind of hurting me at the moment as two different job agencies have interviewed me and told me I will be more suitable for a more senior position than I applied for and there aren’t any appropriate vacancies yet, but expect them later in the month. They don’t believe me that I’m happy with what I am going for – I just want to get out of my current shitty job dammit.
TAD’S “I’VE GOT NO WORK SO LET’S DO SOMETHING ELSE” TEXT RPG!
You are in a room. There are no windows and the walls are dank and wet with some unknown slime. Mossy bricks judd out of the soft dirt at your feet.
To your LEFT is a grue.
To your RIGHT is the exit.
FORWARD is a pink hippopotamus in tights.
What do you do?
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GRUE! GGGRRRRRUUUUEEEE!!!!
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You tuen LEFT. The grue informs you that it has just joined Jenny Craig and is cutting back on it’s calories. It lets you pass.
You are in a shady glade. In FRONT of you is a MAGICAL UNICORN. To your LEFT is A COPY OF THE NEVERENDING STORY ON DVD.
What do you do?
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NEVERENDING STORY!
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You watch THE NEVERENDING STORY ON DVD. It never ends. You die of starvation.
YOU WIN.
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Oh well, still ended faster than the book. Christ that thing dragged on.
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Who are you?
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I am the game-master.
Let thre Grue and the Hippo mate, wait the approprioate incubation period, Got myself a brand new Grippo. Sell Grippo on eBay, retire.
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You sell the GRIPPO on Ebay. It sells for $10, 000, 000, 000.00. Unfortunately, PAYPAL thinks you are a SCAMMER and blocks off access to your PAYPAL ACCOUNT. You are now broke.
What do you do?
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I pool my entire life savings, 57.94 and employ a crack team of commandos to launch a raid on the compound in which the reclusinve owner of paypal lives. The money would be nice, but, revenge is sweet, sweet, like a jelly doughnut
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Your crack team of commandos includes Danger Mouse, Val Kilmer (he needed the money) and Blinkey Bill.
They fail in their quest.
You are now completely broke.
What do you do?
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As the pink hippo and teh Grue has now moved along, due to the mating, I carefully step over the disdarded tights (so that I dont trip and fall, thus avoiding the reaper). I move forward
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You move forward. You are standing in a white room with three exits. FORWARD is THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. To your RIGHT are THE SPICE GIRLS. To your LEFT is THE END OF THE GAME.
What do you do?
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Before I answer, Spice Girls now, or Spice girls when they were HOT?
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Move Forward
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The pink Hippopotamus sits on you. You are dead.
In front of you stands THE GRIM REAPER, guarding the gates to the afterlife.What do you do?
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Pick up Grim Reaper
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You pick up the grim reaper. He kills you. But you are already dead.
YOU WIN.
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WOO!
Can I play again, or is it a one play per day kind of thing?
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One per day, depending on how little work I have, hahaha.
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Eat some slime.
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You eat some slime. It tastes like chicken. You eat some more. You turn green. You now have a SUPERPOWER.
What do you do?
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Pocket some slime for later.
Punch the pink hippo.
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You pocket some slime. It dissolves your pants. You are now PANTLESS.
You punch the Pink Hippo. It dies.
YOU WIN.
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I’m trying to decide if I won for killing the hippo, or for being pantsless. Either way, \o/
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I go backwards.
Possibly moonwalking.
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You moonwalk BACKWARDS. You moonwalk very well – even better than MICHAEL JACKSON. So much so that MICHAEL JACKSON’S GHOST gets jealous and stabs you.
You get eaten by a grue.
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I use the knife Mr. Jackson stabbed me with to cut my way out.
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You use the knife to cut your way out of the GRUE. In your haste to exit, you drop in through a GRATE in the floor you hadn’t noticed before. The KNIFE is out of reach.
You get eaten by a GRUE.
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Remember those stories we wrote in high school where we kept trying to kill each other in every sentence? I feel like you’re getting revenge here D:
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The game-master has no need for revenge.*
*but the game-master will have it nonetheless. *Evil laugh*
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Compliment Grue.
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You complement the GRUE. It turns to you, flutters its eyes at you and says “You’re only saying that! You don’t really mean it.”
The GRUE is FLIRTING with you.
What do you do?
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Flirt back at Grue.
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Tell the hippopotamus that the Grue has been gossiping about him behind his back.
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The hippopotamus is female and gets offended that you think she’s a man. She sits on you, killing you instantly. You die.
YOU LOSE.
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Reload save, activate god mode and punch everything!
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Point of order: since the presence of the Grue suggests the Zork setting, shouldn’t it be a Hungus instead of a Hippopotamus?
MONSTER HUNTER 3 ULTIMATE WII U FRIENDS:
I think I’ll keep my Rayman Legends pre-order since it’s the cheapest I’ve seen it anywhere ($42) but I will look into it closer to release and maybe just cancel it then depending on how they implement the touch screen controls for PS360 (possibly PC?)
I just realised that isn’t really relevant but I was going to use my Rayman monies to buy Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate but… umm… so yeah, pretty much who here is getting Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate and where from?
After some quick browsing I think OGS is the cheapest at $57.49 and Zavvi should be around that at 38ish pounds. I don’t mind waiting and there doesn’t seem to be any exclusive local pre-order goodies so importing is the way to go.
I know online region locked but is it safe to assume AU/NZ will be grouped with the rest of the PAL region? Anyone know?
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I’ll be buying the the absolute shit out of MH3U. I’ll actually be buying two copies, one for WiiU and one for 3DS because apparently the save files can be shared between the two.
I fucking love Monster Hunter, yo.
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I’m not a huge MH fan mainly because I never had buds to play it with. Played the first and some PSP ones a tiny bit and only put in some relatively decent amount of time (10 hours :P) into MHTri.
So the online play aspect of the Wii U is what I’m mainly interested in (TAY friends? :D) but a friend expressed interest in maybe picking it up and a 3DS XL so now I’m tempted to do that as well :/
Too bad it’s friggen pre-installed on the XL >:(
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I think my MHFU save file is at 150 hours plus, and 98% of that was solo. The game’s infinitely more enjoyable with friends, but even solo I got sucked in. The challenge and the drive to improve yourself is tangible. It’s such a unique game in that you don’t level up per se – you get improved armor and weapons which assist, but the rest is left up to you.
The level of satisfaction you get when you topple a particularly difficult monster that you’ve been punching on with for 40 minutes straight is just incredible.
You have to improve, learn how to use different weapon types effectively, and learn each monster’s behaviour.
I love it! =D
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Aren’t the WiiU and 3DS version cross compatible? So if your friend gets it on 3DS you can still play with him on the WiiU?
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Apparently the save files carry from one console to the other. – don’t know about cross compatibility though, I wouldn’t think so.
If anyone knows for sure, feel free to clarify.
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“Wii U players will be able to enjoy the hunt with Nintendo 3DS players via a local wireless connection”
– From the ozgameshop description -
‘local wireless’ sounds suspiciously like it’s just ad hoc, ie, not over the internet. Which is still good, but not exactly amazing.
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Yes, it’s this. You can have one person play on Wii U and another on 3DS as long as they’re on the same couch as you, i.e. ad-hoc wireless MP between Wii U and 3DS. No online, and the Wii U version can’t act as an online bridge either which is unfortunate.
Also it’s region-locked. US 3DS can’t play with AU Wii U and vice-versa.
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Oh yeah true! But I was also interested in getting a 3DS XL and the MH bundle is tempting except for the whole pre-installedness…
Ok, shared save files is awesome. Justifies 3DS now and Wii U later.
Depending on price I may buy locally cause I hate waiting forWHERE THE HELL IS MY FIRE EMBLEM.
Also, I haven’t played previous Monster Hunters but this was has me interested.
Probably not. Unless we get some major TAY Marketing once it’s released 😛
DANGIT I would love to get on board, but finances and all that, y’know.
I’ll be getting my MH3 from JB Hifi since as you know I’m pretty anal about getting the Australian retail versions or maybe EB Games, depends on the price.
I’m waiting to see if they fuck up completely and region lock the ad-hoc play too. If they do, not buying. Otherwise I might get for 3DS.
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Do you mean the Wii U to 3DS ad-hoc?
Won’t buying it for the 3DS also probably lock you out of PAL 3DS to US 3DS local gameplay? Any updates on your plan for a PAL 3DS? (I’m currently looking for a PAL 3DS XL so we can help each other out if we notice a good bargain)
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That system transfer stuff where you take your game from one platform to the other only works if both games are same region.
I’m assuming that the adhoc MP will be regioned as well since it’s Crapcom.
I have no plans to get a PAL 3DS because the 3DS is shit and has no games I care about. I have never regretted a tech purchase as much as I regret my 3DS.
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Happy Birthday Kenneth Scott!
Let it be known that @shane is the best. Ever.
That is all.
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All the downvotes.
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All of them?
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ALL of them. Every last chicken n gravy one of them.
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I know my shit’s awesome but I’m not a rapper,
I’m just a shit talker with a lot of swagger.Oh.. sorry.. wrong thread…
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What did he do this time? Save an endangered kitten from a house fire? Cure butt cancer? Discover an infinite source of renewable energy?
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All of these things, and more!
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Yes
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And all before lunch.
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He gave me Brutal Legend, so I endorse this message.
He should be the new pope.-
Thank you, my child.
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Hey, Puppylicks is pretty awesome himself! Something something Omikron something something David Bowie!
Oh man, was totally going to hand Omikron over to @sughly last Sunday. Was in my backpack and every thing… Next time! 😀
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Hey did ya end up getting the game working at all?
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Nope. :'( It’s alright, though. Sughly’s got an nVidia card, so he should be fine!
Might try again one more time or so, just in case! *shakes fist at ATI cards*
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Really, Steam?
I manage to find ONE person to give DotA 2 to as a gift. ONE.
I wake up and you’ve given me SIX more copies?!
Let this be a warning to everyone. Don’t try to give away any DotA 2… it only makes it worse /o\
–Aleph, 18 copies and counting
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Also, I’m getting my upvotes in unchallenged it would appear.
@dc, where are you?! :'(-
In his absence I shall take over the mantle of manly upvote fairy
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Damn Tofu, nice work!
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EVERYTHING IS GREEEEEEN!!!
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Manliest of phrases.
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The tiara and wand are pretty cool … but the leotard rides up enough to punch a hole through time and space
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I noticed a lot of Tofu upvotes!
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Had to finish Ni No Kuni, man. HAD TO.
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DEEEEECEEEEE!
how’s things? How was Ni No Kuni? did I make a good replacement manly upvote fairy?
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Tofu! I’m good, man. Ni No Kuni was excellent. Still plenty of gameplay mechanic stuff I don’t like, but one of my major criticisms was fixed after finding out about something I missed! How are you? I have to catch up on TAY, so haven’t seen upvotes! D:
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Is there some sort of digital landfill where we can place our extra copies?
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are these DOTA2 keys for the Beta & then you have to buy the full version when its out?
coz seriously, I have no idea how Valve will turn a profit from this if they keep giving out keys…Edit: silly me. micro transactions and hats. of course.
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The game will be free to play once it is released. In game there is a store that lets you buy equipment for heroes, new courier skins, HUD skins and announcer packs. All cosmetic, all really overpriced at the moment.
EDIT: they also sell tickets to tournaments that you can view using the game client.
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I haven’t got a single gift copy :'(
I GOT INTO THE EARLY BETA AND EVERYTHING TOO
SO MUCH HAT
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Yeah, no copies now is probably punishment for uninstalling the beta.
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Hmm, something doesn’t seem quite right.
Sister got booze and shoes for birthday from parents.
I get cleaning products.
Sister gets taken out for lunch by parents for birthday.
I might get a phone call on the weekend… maybe.
No, no, certainly no favouritism in my family 🙁
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your birthday is saturday yeah?
You’ll be doing something better than family lunch on saturday.TAKE THAT HUGO’S SISTER!
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Shut up and clean the house, I’m sure your sister doesn’t want to come home to a mess.
Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAN!
Have you got anything planned for it? -
So your parents have basically said “Daughter, we can only stand you when you are drunk … take these shoes so you might fall over and entertain us as at lunch” “Son, we value your hard work and wish that your house was as clean and amazing as one such as yourself deserves. While you are clearly our favourite child, we cannot say this over the phone because we are at lunch with your sister and she will hear”
We still love you Hugo
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HAPPY SKYRIMCLUBDAY
Eating shapes @dc Flame grilled steak and onion flavour
Waiting for Sam to email me, we are having lunch today and she thinks it will be after 12
12 is usually when I go to lunch
It isn’t a problem, I am just hungry
Still bored
Doing my third submission in a row, this time for the closure of a trust
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Haha, what’s with the Shapes notification. I don’t think I’ve ever talked about Shapes here. Unless it’s an unhealthy diet makes me think of D.C. notification, then carry on my friend. 😛
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Thats why man, unhealthy diet
Just had mad mex for lunch
Because its my late day *Designated day to stay late and answer god damn near all the phone calls* I had to rush my lunch with Sam, made it back before 12:30 😀
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Does this mean we can have a party?
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So, the spreadsheet was worth it?
Looks like Persona 4 Golden broke early I now have 7 Vita Games =) next up on the Vita acquisition list is DOA5+ or Sigma 2+ whatever comes out first.
Let’s see if I can finish this before Rising.
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What else do you have and I assume you’re not counting PS+ games (digital only 😉 )
I only have physical copies of Persona 4: Golden and the card for Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation (no case in the bundle :'( ). Poor P4 is sitting in its lonesome in my Vita section…
I hope Disgaea 3 (maybe 4?) will join soon.
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Physical copies?
Persona 4 Golden
Assassin’s Creed 3 : Liberation (Havn’t played yet)
Blops Declassified (Havn’t played yet)
Gravity Rush
Little Big Planet (Havn’t played yet, was also bundled so prob never will)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus
Uncharted Golden Abyss-
Thank god PS+ has Gravity, Uncharted, Wipeout and Lumines!
They included everything else I was interested in, saving me monies 😀
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That moment when the girl you like tells you she into girls, but then later on corrects her self stating she bats for both teams. That made me a bit worried for a moment haha!
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I would still be worried.
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Nah. No point in being worried.
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From worst scenario to best in three seconds. Nice.
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“I got shot in the face yesterday, but then I discovered the bullet was actually magical and, well, now I’m an immortal, godlike being.”
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I know right?! Things have been going my way of late!
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So basically the ending to the movie “Dodgeball”
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Virus Vaughn
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Without the class!
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No, baby, you’re money.
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Sounds cash, if you ask me.
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You and Ben J should compare girls who turn out to like girls notes! 😀
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It’s not so great if there’s already emotional investment 😛
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I read Virus’ post and thought”hang on…” 😛 The girl I liked did the same thing! She told me she was bi the next day!
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Haha, I was all confused because I was all “Hey wait a moment her last relationship she said was with a guy..” then she cleared it all up, I was confused 😛 I deserved to be confused for staying up until sun rise then functioning on less than 5 hours sleep haha.
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Ni No Kuni? Completed. Now I can rest. 😀
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Go celebrate with a 7-11 Slurpee, sugary sips of satisfaction.
Why is it hot =(
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It’s not too hot here in Brisbane weirdly. Thanks for the heads up about that thing I missed, man.
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I wanna go home and finish Ni No, dam work, why you gotta be my only source of income. Wish I had a job in the game industry.
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No you don’t, then you’d never have time to play games for fun. 😀
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Hmm, true. I need a way to profit from playing games for fun, there should be more tournaments with cash prizes, there’s a couple games I can hold my own in.
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STUDIO GHIBLI MEAT! We should have one eventually!
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Blurst Hermit Ever
@shane, Reviving this joke because clearly, he is a horrible hermit
@dc, we love you, all of us do
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Awww. :’)
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Its true man
The one thing I hardly do is lie
And that wasn’t a lie
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Unless you’re a pathological liar! :O
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Smart ass DC
I really don’t lie
I never see the gain, so I just don’t 🙂
And don’t worry, I know you weren’t insinuating that I lie
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Thanks for paying for my tickets D.C.!
Depending on what they end up being, when the next round of Ghibli blurays are announced in Japan, if Ghibli ever get around to it (it’s seriously taking fucking forever this time) I’ll send you my deprecated DVDs if you’d like.
If they follow the expected release strategy that will be Porco Rosso and either Pom Poko or Ocean Waves.
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Haha! That’s alright, man. Thanks for the offer, though. So damn kind!
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No seriously. I’ve given away all my previous deprecated Ghibli DVDs, mainly to TAY people.
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I think @Dc is trying to say he doesn’t want to wait that long and will immediately watch ALL THE GHIBLI
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If @dc wishes to do that that’s fine too.
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Thanks for the offer man. I just feel weird getting things for nothing. Just ask the anonymous Dark Souls gifter. Haha! Also, really interested in seeing them soon after playing Ni No Kuni! 😀
Really cool of you to think of me, though. You’re awesome! 🙂
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@dc: they take up valuable shelf space and once I get the BD there’s literally no reason to have the DVD so they become worthless to me. I’d rather give them to someone that wants them than throw them away or sell them.
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There is no better way to rest then playing …
DARK
SOULS
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Hells no, man. Ni No Kuni could be punishingly hard at times. Definitely not following it up with Dark Souls. Haha!
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Do as the man says, DC. You’ll never get any rest until you do.
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Dark Souls is not punishingly hard, by the way. Stop listening to people’s hyperbole and judge for yourself. 🙂
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DARK.
SOULS.
Edit: This is why you should read the entire thread first, Shane. Anyway, pretend it’s for emphasis. @dc, play Dark Souls already. Someone gifted it to you – don’t make their money be wasted (best sentence)
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We need @freezespreston & @strange to back us up!
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Already on it. 😀
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I’m pretty sure now it was you who gifted it and once again, I’m sorry for my reaction. I feel weird when people give things to me, but I should’ve just said thank you instead of having a psychotic break. 😛
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Wasn’t me, man.
Edit: Or was it?
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Well, whoever it was… I’m sorry. :'(
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THE MYSTERY LIVES ANOTHER DAY
Edit: I foresee an increasinly paranoid TAY attempting to find out who
ate the cookiegifted the game. @bish will chronicle the event
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It wasn’t. He didn’t have to spend money, he wanted to send you his spare copy. Could have been anyone, but it definitely wasn’t Shane. Or me for that matter. I still feel kind of weird for benefiting from that whole situation.
Mad Mex for lunch with Sam
Had to leave a little early, but she came with me and know hows how to get to my building
Stupidly close to each other
Me thinks lunch with Sam every day
I managed to get back to my desk in my allotted 30 minutes, and the phone, which I am supposed to be answering, didn’t fucking ring when I wasn’t here
Then, just then, it rang
And it isn’t even a call I can/should deal with
Lucky me 😀
Part 2 of my day after party series: the best part is leftovers!
I made a loaf of bread from the leftover pizza dough filled with ham and melty cheese . Tasted incredibly good.
Then I ate a bunch of M & M Minis leftover from decorating the cake. Speaking of cake, anyone who can drop past my house can have some. I have no idea how it’s going to be finished off, otherwise. 😛
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M&M’s for lunch! Not very healthy, Strange. 😛
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Haha! That wasn’t lunch, that was morning tea. Totally acceptable. 😛
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FINISH LEFTOVER CAKE MEAT at Strange’s house! =D
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I’m just going to assume you murdered Cakesmith and you’re going to finish eating him during some funky ceremony in Strange’s livingroom.
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I had a big bunch of jealousy for lunch, watching other people eat yummy restaurant food. I hate having no money. I’m tempted to sink my depression into a salsa tuna/macaroni cheese monstrosity and just accept my place in society.
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Go here: http://www.craftsy.com/classes/food-craft and enrol in the free Perfect Pizza class. Make up a batch on the weekend with different toppings, bake and freeze. Reheat for lunch at work and have everyone else be jealous of your yummy food. 😀
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You want people to have leftover rocket cake and i cant have any.
im weeping.-
I’ll tell you a secret, Rockets.
It was all show. Looked pretty but the trade-off was taste. Tasted really boring. It was just Buttercake with Buttercream frosting. Pleasant, but nothing special.-
IT WAS SHAPED LIKE A MOTHERFUDGING ROCKET
I COULDN’T GIVE 2 SHIPS THAT IT WAS BUTTER CREAM (which is delicious anyway)
ITS A LOVELY GESTURE FOR YOUR SON
Your kids are so lucky.as much as i say how my mum is terrible when i was a kid she made me a batman cake and got black icing everywhere in the kitchen. To this day i still thank her for that cake
i was 9
HE WILL REMEMBER-
Mum made me a Worm cake (huge worm with candy worms coming out of the ground around it) and a Thomas the Tank Engine cake when I was younger ^.^
This year was an “Age of the dinosaurs” (because old, apparently) cake with maltesers (meteors?) and candy dinosaurs. Candles were a “21” candle followed with a “3” candle, because we didn’t have 24 standard candles.
I may be a manchild, but I fucking love my mother ^.^
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Yet it was still cake.
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Oh my god buttercream I love buttercream. It’s amazing.
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Ni No Kuni ending spoilers.
I really, really liked the story but thought the entire arc with Shadar had more resonance than the actual ending. It was all kinds of fun, but felt like a weird extension of the main plot, with most of Oliver’s arc concluding after the previous fight. Was cool seeing him step up, though. Really liked the whole mother storyline too.
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I did feel however the White Witch and Zodiarch and the appointed Council story was a little rushed not to mention Princess Peas reason for constantly destroying humanity made no sense since it sounded like she was the one who caused it?, felt regret? than kept doing it? I’m sorry that makes no sense.-
Think it was almost parallel with Shadar’s story. Good people who find themselves doing terrible things after losing faith in themselves. Might not be realistic, but kind of worked with the whole restoring pieces of the heart element of the story. Haha. Also incentive for Oliver to move on after the stuff that’s happened to him instead of letting it destroy him. Might not make sense, but I didn’t mind all that much. Just thought sense of pacing was a little screwy after the Shadar fight.
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I have 13 more PPP reviews to do
The manager of this little sector just went home sick
One of the other staff is at lunch
And the fourth and final staff member had a half day of training at Parramatta and is making her way back to the office now
I am currently all alone
Horribly bored
Only bored because fuck PPP reviews
They are the death
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As boring as it is to do the boring reviews imagine having to hear about them
4 times today
i hate your job and i don’t even work there
go play ping pong
or ride a rhinoBy the way because i know you have anxiety
i am kidding sirGIVE ME A INTERESTING STORY
not about cocaine either 😛-
Hahaha, thanks very much for clarifying your joke Rockets man
Interesting story?
Nothing too much interesting happens
It’s all death and taxes
Now go and get a job!!
I do apologise for posting about it more than once, there are just currently A LOT of them to do
Ugh!
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At least he has a job.
Bum.
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I want interesting stories from you! The Batman cake one was pretty good :’D
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Favourite DIY pork crackling/dry rub?
@strange @freezespreston @bish, lookin’ at you 😉
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Oil. Salt. Oily salt.
I assume, I don’t eat crackling, that’s just what it tastes like to me.
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crunchy oily salt.
and fat.
and its delicious. in an artery-destroying kinda way.
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Yeah, I usually do just the oil and salt, which is awesome, but I wonder what alternatives might be nice 😀
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Bit of fresh rosemary or thyme and fennel seeds smashed up together with your salt work well. Basically just think of the things you like that go nicely with pork and experiment. 😀
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I agree!
I don’t really think I would be able to pin down some sort of ‘best’ recipe, because dry rubs are so flexible.
I’m a fan of anything with paprika really; Smoked paprika with a pinch of salt, pepper, chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder.
Asiany flavours with five spice also works.
Also herbs!
Experimenting is a pretty cool guy.
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I must mull this over and stew in contemplation.
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Because there are a few grate options.
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Rest assured, I will answer in thyme.
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All these recipes are a strain on my noodle.
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*groan*
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I admit, there’s mushroom for improvement.
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This place just wouldn’t be the same without you Bish! You’re such a fungii!
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With your usual sage advice?
Either I’ve never had good crackling, or it’s way overrated 😛
Last Christmas everybody lost their minds over how good crackling is and I’m just sitting there eating a crunchy bit of old skin.
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Yeah, I’m not a fan either. There are more delicious ways to break your teeth.
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If it’s done right it breaks off in a crunchy potato chip kind of way, no teeth-breaking required. 🙂
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I guess I need to fire my mother then.
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That’s a bit extreme, don’t you think?
Demote her first and see how she goes.
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I’ve never understood the appeal either. Tastes gross.
Hey waitaminute… Where be Zetrox?
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Defected to a former USSR country?
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Meteorite strikes Russia this week, Zetrox goes missing, looking a little suspect to me!
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Went grocery shopping for the first time today! I spent more at Subway than I did at the shop. 😛
Some stupid lady in her stupid little Corolla also barrelled through the traffic lights and missed me by about a foot :l Some expletives may have been yelled in her stupid fucking face.
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Were you on foot? :S Glad you’re okay…
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Thanks man 🙂 Yeah I was on foot and the walk light went green and she just floored it round the corner :S The car made an impressive sound for a Corolla though 😛 (Dunno if you’re into cars at all to care!)
Mum told me to watch out for Hobart drivers. Funnily enough it’s happened before when I’ve been down here!
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Hurrah! If Virus goes to England he gets free accommodation with his friend Kat! Virus really wants to go to England for the metal festivals!
I have no idea why I am talking in third person, it seemed like a good idea t the time your honour.
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D.C. warns you not to look scruffy, the police will accuse you of doing drugs. 😛
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I’ll just brush up on my fancy law sayings then! and accuse them of discriminating against me!
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I just went home feeling sad. 🙁 Your way is better! 😛
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Can’t be sad man! No point life is too short to be sad.
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Take me with you.
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I can’t say no to that voice.. Damn it Flu!
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In mother russia, USSR defects YOU!
God damn it.. das reply fail
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In mother Russia, reply fail you!
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In mother russia, soviet russia meme fails you.
Mini meat with @freezespreston which I intended to be just lunch and hang out for a few hours at his place of employment (I am such a rebel loitering) turned into dinner and an evening full of fun discussion and bad TV watching at his place of residence! Good times! 😀
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Is he okay? Seemed a bit down the other day and hasn’t posted as much. :'(
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Yeah he’s not bad now, he said was a real upper I popped in 😛 It’s his day off today so he’s off spending it with the wife who also has a day off!
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😀 Good to hear! Nicely done, Virus! o/
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Does anyone know if OzGameShop vouchers be created by one user and then used by another?
If so, I currently have 4,800 points but you need 5,000 for the lowest voucher ($5 off). I was wondering whether anyone could temporarily let me use their $5 off voucher which I’ll use to buy Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, which would put my balance above 5,000 which I’ll use to generate them a code and pay them back.
It does take like a month before points are credited though as long as you don’t mind the wait.
Anyone interested? 🙂
Alternatively if anyone has any spare codes I’d be happy to take them 🙂
Thanks!
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Nope, stuck to the account they’re created with. But they expire 6 months after creation. Also they don’t stack so you can’t use multiple at the same time.
@dc – caught silver linings playbook last night with my sis. You were right, reaaally really good, loved it! Bradley Cooper was surprisingly great. Jennifer was typically amazing.
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Such a damn good movie. Nothing like the trailer, huh? 😀
Kind of got a bit movie-like towards the end, though — felt all grounded and restrained before that. Lots of it hit close to home for me. I’ve totally had a screwed up friendship like that with someone. Haha!Sister liking Brisbane?
Edit: Look at me, recommending movies to Sughly! Who’s a movie imposter now! 😛
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You still are 🙂
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:'(
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We love you
And I didn’t mean it
I haven’t seen Contagion
And lately when I buy stuff I don’t even always get around to watching it 🙁
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Contagion was pretty cool. Hard science, fly-on-the-wall documentary feel. I hear they’re adapting it to a TV series.
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You going to dreamworld sire?
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DREAMWORLD! I’ve been psyched for weeks! 😛
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kickass!
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They both seemed less crazy toward the end but DeNiro seemed even crazier? It just went normal romance from the parlay onwards I felt. Still, really good flick.-
Yeah, I agree. Was one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time, though! Unexpectedly good. I really liked how they kept each other grounded.-
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Really glad he didn’t get back together with his wife too. In another context, that might sound like a horrible thing to say but I think it was well over and the obsession was driving his bipolar. Not sure it was necessary for the others to get together either, but definitely better than his obsession with the wife. 😀 -
no-one should ever get back with a cheating whore. So no that wasn’t horrible on your part in any way. She doesn’t deserve a second chance.
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Couldn’t have been easy for the wife, though — living with him and all that. (Not that that’s any excuse, you’re right!) She kind of felt weirdly like the villain of the movie too. Not just about the cheating for me, more that she was something that distracted him from getting better. I had a feeling they weren’t really going to get back together and even suspected the girl of writing the note. Haha! Haven’t read the book!
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Yeah, it was all pretty predictable, I think the strength of the movie comes from all the emotion. Everyone was in top form.I don’t care how fucked up your partner is, you can’t handle it, you seek help and if that’s not enough you divorce and move on. I see it as totally her fault for just fucking around. Seriously, that’s never the answer.
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@DC Yep, I read that too, big reason he took the project
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but seriusly, all the characters werew done really well, Tucker stepped up, I haven’t seen him for aaaages. DeNiro was as usual good, but shit like his bro mentioning how good his life is and the mate having rage over his responsibilities. Just kinda showed that everyone is crazy but some people are better at hiding it than others.
Also, her butt excited me a little more than I am used.
I usually want to punch Bradley Cooper right in the face, but he was cool here! 😀
I’ve been paying attention to him since Wedding Crashers, I’ve noticed he can do a diverse range of characters. Not too diverse but when the top-dog is Bruised Willy more than one is pretty good. If you know what I mean.
Possibly as opportunities arise we will see even better performances from him.
He was excellent in Alias back in the day. Just a smugness about him, I can’t stand. Haha!
FUCK YES!
Pun time:
A shade of blue from Italy walks into a bar.
The bartender says “We don’t serve blues”.
“I’m not’a blue!” says the Italian shade of blue.
“You sure?” asks the Bartender.
“Of course’a I’m azure!”
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God, people who pun are the worst.
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Also, I don’t get it.
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“a’sure” and “azure”
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I don’t think “I’m a sure” makes much grammatical sense.
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you dick
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I said “Italian” twice.
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New page
Need a new theme
@number35 won’t be able to make the festivities with the TAYbies this Saturday man
Got mum coming over for dinner with my girlfriend
Yay parents :/
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@ 35, damn it 😛
@tech_knight, enjoying Don’t Starve?
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I’m going to give it a crack on Thursday after I download it tonight 🙂
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@35!
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@#35 damn it!!
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Someone link 35 for me please?
@dc?
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sucks man. oh well… next time.
Edit: other than @dc, i’ve probably got the easiest handle here. & I like how many attempts you had.
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I fucked it up so much, I don’t know why
Yeah, next time
I think @doc_what is trying to organise a laser tag meat which I am totally down for 🙂
Edit @35, see I got Doc What first go
What is wrong with me 😛
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I disagree. Although 35 is easy you do have a fair few variations like number35, #35 etc. 😛 (although it was funny how many attempts Spags took)
Easiest ones are just people whose @ s are just their handles 😛
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but… i havent used anything other than #35 in months. except on twitter where hashtags arent acceptable as usernames apparently.
Edit: happy now @greenius? :p
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number30five on PSN and on Twitter :P. I tend to think of people’s handles as their Twitter ones or TAY usernames but variations make it harder to remember which one it is. But at least there’s no space in the name, those are the ones that are hard to remember D: (GRANDMASTER B-FUNK!)
umm…
@grandmaster-bfunk ?
Also Freya/Freyjr/Freyr etc.
But it’s fine because @dc will cover for us when we mention wrong!
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@grandmasterb-funk ?
DAMNIT DUDE
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i am so ashamed
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@DanForTheAges, you mean
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FUN FACT, that was his handle for a brief period of time!
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As stalkius as it is true!
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You waz all “blah blah old email something something” 😛
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REPOST FOR ATTENTION:
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Does anyone know if OzGameShop vouchers be created by one user and then used by another?
If so, I currently have 4,800 points but you need 5,000 for the lowest voucher ($5 off). I was wondering whether anyone could temporarily let me use their $5 off voucher which I’ll use to buy Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, which would put my balance above 5,000 which I’ll use to generate them a code and pay them back.
It does take like a month before points are credited though as long as you don’t mind the wait.
Anyone interested? 🙂
Alternatively if anyone has any spare codes I’d be happy to take them 🙂
Thanks!
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All I know is that if you cash in your points for a discount and then the order gets cancelled, you do not get your points refunded.
EDIT: Thanks, Obama.
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Downvote for that being stupid
Upvote for .gifSIDEVOTE
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When you cancel yourself? Ive been awarded a voucher in the past when it was their fuckup.
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It was their fuckup. They may have offered me another discount code as a peace offer but it expired before I had a chance to use it.
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I used one of my own $10 codes once. Went through paid, game was delivered. Then in a month (or however long it takes) I was emailed telling me to make use of said code before it expired. So I did. Score!
But yeah, those expiring dates are a bit much.
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Was that for my Hitman statue
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I don’t think you can transfer those points. Pretty sure I tried to give someone a points-redeemed voucher before, but it didn’t work for them. Or they tried to give one to me. Or something. Either way, I think it’s account-locked.
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Not the points but the code for the vouchers (like XXXX-XXXX-XXXX)
@chuloopa gave me a spare Kotaku Christmas $10 off code a few months ago but I think that was before they had player points and user generated coupons/vouchers, so I have no idea if the generated ones would work.
Hell… I’m not even sure if they still have it :P. I think I saw something about it adding credits to your account instead, who knows…
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I know what you meant, I just worded it bad.
Pretty sure it’s locked to your account.
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@chuloopa any Kotaku Kristmas vouchers left from 2011?
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No, sorry buddy 🙁
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Email customer support, they always get back to me within 24 hrs even for the most pitiable requests.
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I contacted their customer support once and they never replied.
And it doesn’t sound like the sort of the thing they’d support or encourage so they’ll likely ignore a question about it 😛
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Really? I’ve never been ignored. Even the Twitter account would eventually get back to me.
I’ve even asked dumb shit like “Will you be stocking X game” and they’d reply with something along the lines of “Dunno, will pass it on to procurement” or some shit.
Unlucky.
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That’s the same answer they gave me!
My question was about a website error, but still. 😛
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Caught up with my bro today at lunch. He was doing a test to become a Fireman (the putting fire out kind, not the starting kind). Apparently he and a few friends are going to the snow sometime in August and invited me.
One of his friends parents own a cabin down there so free accommodation! All I need to worry about is throwing about $100 when we get there for groceries and fuel!
Nob is excite!
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Ooh, which snow will you be going to?
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The cold kind! (It had to be said)
I’m not too sure, I will have to check he’s visiting me / parents tonight.
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That sounds awesome. I want to ski too.
I will have to plan something for myself late this year or early next year 🙂-
… Ski Meat?
Ski Meat.
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Oh man, sounds awesome! (Though arsonists always turn out to be firefighters. It’s a known fact. :P)
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Only time will tell I guess. =P
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Doesn’t necessarily follow that all firefighters are arsonists.
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Anyone watch Black Mirror last night?
It was odd. Not just odd in the way that the show is odd, but odd in that it felt very different to the other episodes.
The initial setup with the hunters and watchers being warped by some bizarre signal gave off a very Year Zero feel (the Nine Inch Nails album). Even the symbol used reminded me a lot of that. They then spent a long time focusing on that aspect without really going anywhere. Sure, she was trying to get to the transmitter to destroy it and stuff but there was a long time where nothing actually advanced the plot.
After the twist came, it made a lot more sense. The perverse justice of making her go through what she put the little girl through had an appropriately warped feeling to it. Maybe the most interesting thing about the whole episode was the bit shown during the credits from the audience perspective. If there had been a way to tie that into story at an earlier point, I think the episode would have been a lot stronger.
Of course, with the amnesia stuff going on and the people filming things with their phones, there was a strong Truman Show vibe. So the twist at the end definitely wasn’t a shock. Having the simulation all unravel would have allowed us to see things from the other side earlier on and I think would have made it better overall.
The acting was also a lot weaker than it had been in previous episodes.
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Every time you say Black Mirror, I think you’re an adventure game fan and get ready to talk about it… then reality hits. 😛
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or arcade fire…
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I’m surrounded by bloody hipsters.
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says Mr I-watch-an-obscure-late-night-arty-television-series-and-go-on-about-how-great-it-is-also-I-was-into-it-before-it-was-popular
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I’m trying to make it less obscure. Also, one of the episodes has already been sold off to be made into a Hollywood movie.
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I jest Mr Rabbit, I jest.
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Bloody hipster.
I want to be outraged at someone or something.
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Love Black Mirror.
Didn’t watch it last night though.
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Boourns.
I’m back! What did I miss?
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dinosaurs, cake, and bacon.
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A mysterious mystery.
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Did scooby solve it?
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JINKIES!
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My dance routine, never to be repeated.
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An elusive Pokemon! Sorry, man!
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Goddamnit. My shotgun doesn’t have the range to take it out form here either 🙁
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Virus the ladies man.. Or something to that effect.
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That sounds gross. You need a comma in there I think.
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Virus the ladies, man.
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Wanted to buy Lego Heroica for son.
Work near reasonably large shopping center (for Adelaide standards anyway). Checked Target, Myer, Kmart and Big W – no dice. tried Toy World… not there either. Checked online, reports of it going out of print etc. Check Lego website… they still sell it, but $30 shipping so works out at like $70 for Castle Fortaan :S
Go to ebay, make my first ever ebay purchase! Yay. Feels good.
Driving bakc to work after meeting in the City this morning. Driving past big arse Toys R Us. i checked their website. they deff don’t have it. Pull in anyway.
They have like (nearly) the whole range of Herocia games, multiple copies, including Castle Fortaan for $10 less than I ordered from Ebay :S
There was only one way i could cope with my purchasing failure… i bought the other sets (Draida and Nathuz) they had there 😛
#kidsspoiledrotten
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I hear behind Lego Heroica, young children like their parents playing Xenoblade!
Just ask @strange :P!
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I’m not having much lcuk on the video game front. We played castle crashers together on the weekend, and he picke dit up really well, although some boss came and kicked our arse he he started freaking out a bit and woudln’t help fihgt just syain g’u better do this bit dad’. I said ‘ok thats enough’ and turne dit off and he started crying! I’m hoping re Heroica I can add enough RPG elements to keep it interesting for me, without the tantrums that seem to follow every video gaming session.
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Did you show no mercy in the duels for the princesses? 😛
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Gee not sure we even got that far 😛
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Toyworld Nuriootpa?
My first job.
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Toyworld Parafield
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Castle Fortran?
Is it full of COBOLds? Maybe a Mail Daemon or two? Do they talk with a LISP and hoard Perls?
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Sorry 🙁
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That is terrible.
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But it is pun page 11… so he deserves upvotes.
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Yeah, I clicked upvote on it when I commented, but it clearly failed, which made my comment sound nastier than I intended.
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The creators of ReBoot would disagree. That shit would have gotten me a gig on their writing team.
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I wanted to have a garden party, but wasn’t able to.
The neighbours wouldn’t lettuce turnip the beet :'(
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upvote for puns page 11
downvote because I’m sensitive re noisy neihbours atm
extra downvote for noisy neighbours b/c too soon.
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Upvote because awesome.
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I dug up the dirt on him, but I don’t want to spill the beans. If you’re a vegetable, you may leek.
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New Zealand accent joke?
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“Bret”
“Brit?”
“Bret.”
“Brit?”
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Pick a day of the week.
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Monday
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On Monday I will try to not make a single mention of Xenoblade!
I’m not writing this down anywhere other than here so I’ll probably forget come Monday but… I’ll try if I remember!
It’s going to be difficult :/
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Just try page 1 no xenoblade as a first step.
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I think I’d have to avoid all forms of communication to pull it off D:
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Pages only last five minutes here in TAY.
Of course he can’t do it.
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I really, really hope we get a surprise Xenoblade sequel update on that day.
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FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Actually, technically that’s not Xenoblade so I can still talk about it ;D
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I’m going to play more Xenoblade over the weekend since I’m coming down from my Ys high now, so will post about it on Monday.
You will have to reply to posts about Xenoblade without talking about Xenoblade. GREENIUS CHALLENGE.
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Friday!
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Friday, gotta get down on Friday.
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Will be Ni no Kuni day!
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I finished it today, man. Hurry up so we can talk plot points! 😛
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I want to know why you thought you were bad at the game!
Unless it was just that whole Horace thing?
Don’t let this turn you off JRPGs, man!
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Not spoilery for you, Greenius. Spoiler space just in case it is for others…
Horace gave some really helpful spells that would’ve made some areas a lot less stressful, but there’s still a whole lot of gameplay stuff I didn’t like. Loved the story, world, characters and charm though! -
If I recall you would’ve had something like 45 hours or so which seems like a lot considering you didn’t do some of the sidequests and any bounties. Out of curiosity, how come it took you so long? Did you talk to everyone in town? Stop and stare at the sights? Just wondering!
I can’t remember what compels me to talk to everyone but I do it in some games and don’t do it in others. There’s too much people in Ni no Kuni so I didn’t bother but in games like Skyward Sword I talked to everyone multiple times in a row at multiple points in the story, hoping for something new 😛
I do it in Pokemon too when they give freebies ;D
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DC. Gets. Lost.
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I did end up doing all the bounties and most of the side quests eventually, after I realized I’d be grinding any way so might as well do story stuff too. I took in all the sights and talked to people, but I didn’t have the vacate spell so backtracked heaps in the dungeons. D: Took 50 hours.
Spent a long time just flying around on the dragon with a grin on my face. A LONG TIME. Haha!Most games I play slower than most people. I’ve got time to take in the detail and not rush through, so why not? 😀
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@dc, play Dark Souls. There are some seriously stunning views, and characters who just stand there looking at them. You can stand next to them.
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SUNBRO!
It’s not very colourful though, not that it needs to be but colourfulness is quite pretty!
Any interest in Skyward Sword @dc? That game is pretty az
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@shane: I’ll play it eventually, just not straight after another sometimes brutal game. Might play an adventure game or something next. 😛 I do like taking in the view. In Uncharted there’s a stat for how long you stand still. It’s insanely high for me. 😀
@greenius: Only Zelda I’ve ever been interested in is Wind Waker!
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I’ll play it eventually
PROGRESS!
You’ll like Wind Waker, it’s pretty easy though (which I didn’t like). Out of the 3D Zeldas I can’t decide whether I like Wind Waker or Skyward Sword more for 3rd and 4th place (first two are OoT and MM and last is TP).
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It’s funny, looking at your list, Greenmang, because OoT is at the bottom of my list.
I don’t know where to put WW, because that god-awful stealth section near the start killed me a little inside(and I haven’t played all that much of it), but TP is my favourite, with SS after it.
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I’ve played and didn’t really like Twilight Princess.
Edit: Should say only for an hour or so. 😛
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@dc Did you play the start, or just jump in somewhere? Because while I liked its start, the fishing minigame was terrible, and not explained at all well.
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Played at the start, yeah. Stopped after the wolf part in the dungeon… uh… dealy? 😛
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@dc Fair enough. At least you almost gave it a shot.
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Funday!
Tomorrow.
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I’ll think of adequate replies to “Funday!” and “Tomorrow.”
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“…tomorrow.” Missed opportunity to get at least one of them out of the way.
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You’re clearly too young to know that Sunday is his Funday.
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His “I don’t have to run” day
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Just another Manic Monday
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The last day you hada bowl and had cereal and had difficulties choosing between the front or the back seats on your friends car.
Counting down gang
Pump some music through my brain box and sleep on my way home, could it get any better?
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Are you counting down to boarding the HYPE TRAIN?
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I think I might be slightly more excited about the Quantic Dream announcement more than the PS4 announcement, but I know that’s going to change tomorrow. Especially if they show a new Naughty Dog game too. Psyched! 😀
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Nah, I am more excited to LEAVE WORK 😀
Bigger Microsoft fan I am anyways
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I was probably a bigger Xbox fan too earlier this generation, but not so much any more. D:
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Not just Xbox
My preferred OS is Windows
My phone has it
My tablet is a Surface RT
Windows 🙂
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Same as me. I also had a launch Xbox and launch X360 and it was my primary console in both cases. I own twice as many games for 360 as PS3. But my PC has basically taken over the 360’s place and the stuff that I can’t get on PC eg JRPGs is mainly on PS3.
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I am absolutely the opposite of hyped for MS’ offering. Everything I hear about it sounds awful and my experience with the current dashboard and stuff is so bad that they’ll have to have some amazing stuff to attract me over.
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The Nextbox will generate rainbows and satisfy your desires
#ChooChoo
Nah, it’ll suck.
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If Xbox vNext has localized versions of all the JP games I wish I had been able to play but which never came out here I might consider it. Otherwise my desires are not satisfied and the hype train shall not be boarded.
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@blaghman – how much Zelda games have you played?
@dc – only an hour?! Unfortunately 3D Zelda games take FOREVER to start up, especially Twilight Princess 🙁
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@dc – I was on my phone and was too lazy to elaborate but I’m pretty much saying you’ve barely touched the surface of it! PLAY IT SOME MORE DUUUDE
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No, Zelda’s never appealed to me. I played enough to know that’s not going to change. 😛
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BOOO
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Okay, I’ve never finished a 2D Zelda, that said I got most of the way through Minish cap, got frustrated at the first boss in LttP, have only finished one dungeon in Zelda, not gotten very far in 2, and got an equal amount through one of the ages/seasons games, but I can’t remember which(whatever’s left is untouched).
For the 3D ones, in order of playing them, I’ve finished Twilight Princess, Ocarina of Time, and Skyward Sword, and gotten up to wherever I am in (The) Wind Waker.
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Yeah, I’ve found newcomers to the series prefer Twilight Princess to the older ones (@negativezero is also like this). What do @doc_what, @shiggyninty and @sernobulus (are you a big Zelda fan? :P) think?
The Legend of Zelda series is my favourite and I started with Ocarina of Time and Link’s Awakening when I was younger and pretty much played each instalment as they came out until now. I’ve finished nearly all of them and played a decent amount in the others. Some of them like Majora’s Mask and Link’s Awakening, I only finished pretty recently but I like to think I can see them for how they are without being blinded by nostalgia goggles.
Obviously each game has their flaws but I just found the newer ones have had more 😛
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Zelda games are awesome.
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Same! 😀
I always have Zeldafests before a new instalment is out, or big news of one surfaces.
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Ocarina was my first one though, I’m not really a ‘newcomer’.
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Ocarina was my first one though, I’m not really a ‘newcomer’.
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‘newcomer’ would imply getting on the bandwagon with the Wii release or something but if you want to be an elitist about it I guess not. And honestly, I wouldn’t want to be anything but a newcomer if that’s the attitude of the people who played the original.
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It was a joke, Neg.
KEEP CALM!
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My first Zelda (and first game I bought myself [well, I handed over my Christmas money to the shop lady]) was The Legend of Zelda. My second was Zelda II but my favourite was A Link Tp The Past. Ocarina did a great job remaking LTTP in 3D but the majority of the beauty of the game was lost/replace with bland 3D. Just look at Hyrule field. in OoT it’s virtually empty. In LTTP it’s vast and sprawling and almost every screen contains some secret to be discovered. Other games since have brought new and interesting things to the table, but LTTP is the table.
I played every game in the series in the order they were released and the third one has always been the best one to me. I do love OoT but if you swap “future” for “dark world” it’s pretty much LTTP. I really enjoyed TP and TWW as well. Skyward Sword was a bit meh. I will say that Fi made Navi seem comparably less annoying so it made OoT that little bit better. At least Navi never interupted my game to tell me the controllers batteries were low. Because the flashing empty battery icon clearly wasn’t enough.
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Fi was incredibly annoying. So was “YOU’VE FOUND A FUCKING GRASSHOPPER OMIGOD” :/
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And not just the first time!
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With reference to my post below re TP, i actually started TP and then gave up on it… then came back to it like 6 months later and must have been in a totally different headspace because wow.
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I have done that with three Zelda games.
TwiPri, Wind Waker and Skyward.
TwiPri I left for nearly a year before finishing. Turns out I was in the last dungeon anyways 😛
Wind Waker was only a few weeks break.
Skyward was a month or so.
Since I’ve seem to have started some Zelda discussion…
RANK YOUR FAVOURITE 2D AND 3D ZELDA GAMES! 😀
RULEZ:
– DS ONES ARE CONSIDERED 2D
– NO CDI ONES
– ZELDA GAMES ONLY
3D Ranking:
– Ocarina of Time
– Majora’s Mask
– The Wind Waker
– Skyward Sword
– Twilight Princess
OoT and MM are pretty close and I’m still not sure on the order of TWW and SS (they can be swapped)
2D Ranking:
– Link’s Awakening
– A Link to the Past
– Oracle of Seasons
– Oracle of Ages
– Minish Cap
– Phantom Hourglass
– Spirit Tracks
– Four Swords Adventures
– Four Swords
– The Legend of Zelda
– Adventure of Link
Unlike my 3D ranking which is pretty set, I’m not too sure about my 2D one. I’ve barely played Four Swords Adventures but it just doesn’t feel Zelda-y enough for me. However, it does seem more polished than the eShop Four Swords Anniversary Edition. While they were probably amazing in their time I’m not really a fan of the NES entries because they feel incredibly dated compared to later (2D) entries in the series. I kind of want to put those terrible DS entries lower… 😛
I hope isometric 2D Zelda goodness doesn’t die!
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well here’s the thing, i’ve only passed the “toon” zelda games (wind waker, phantom hourglass, spirit tracks) however, i haven’t even played one bit of ocarina of time or the other 3D zeldas, and i’ve barely started link to the past…
thus was my life growing up without nintendo consoles.
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YOU NEED TO BUY OCARINA OF TIME 3D NOWWWWWW
Also LINK’S AWAKENING
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I SAID NOW @GRANDMASTERB-FUNK
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i’m gonna borrow it off of one of my friends.
ARE YOU HAPPY NOW!?
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I’M NEVER HAPPY *grumble grumble*
But yes, I am :D. Let me know what you think! OoT IS DA BOMB DIGGITY
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Beyond Good & Evil! 😛
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Barely like Zelda 😛
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Over on Adventure Gamers when the game was released, people kept on comparing the two. 😛
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People are wrong :P.
It’s an action adventure, sure, but they really don’t have too much in common 😛
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Probably the heart/life system and the kind of sword gameplay. (Or staff dealy in Jade’s instance.)
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Limiting to only stuff I’ve played:
3D:
– Wind Waker
– Twilight Princess
– Ocarina of Time
– Skyward Sword
2D:
– Phantom Hourglass
Phantom Hourglass was kind of average and I never finished it. I hated Skyward Sword so much that I gave up halfway into the first dungeon.
The other three games I have completed. I 100%ed Twilight Princess and I’ve finished Ocarina twice, and yes I have those in order.
Wind Waker at the top because of visual design and because I love the sailing so much.
3D:
Ocarina of Time
Wind Waker
Majora’s Mask
Skyward Sword
Twilight Princess
2D:
Link’s Awakening
Four Swords Adventures
Oracle of Ages
Oracle of Seasons
Four Swords
Minish Cap
Haven’t played Link to the Past, Legend of Zelda or Adventure of Link.
Phantom Hourglass is way, way below.
Spirit Tracks is below the floor. Worst. Zelda. Ever.
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Did you play FSA with a buddy or solo? I feel like it’ll be more fun with buds but 🙁
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Played Four Swords with @hindenlagen, and played through FSA with him and another friend (or was it two others?). So much fun with friends. So much trollage.
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No nearby friends who like Zelda or have the relevant equipment (FS on DS, GBA link) T__T
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2D
Link to the Past
Link’s Awakening
Oracle Games
Adventure of Link
3D
The Wind Waker
Ocarina Of Time 3DS
Majora’s Mask
Twilight princess
I have no goddamn idea how anyone can afford to be an adult. Seriously.
Rant (spoilered for your convenience) :
I’ve been looking at properties again. Nothing fancy, just want to find a 1 bedroom apartment (not a studio) somewhere near a train station less than an hour out from the city. It is borderline impossible for someone working in the public sector on a single income to achieve this. Paying $400/week minimum for that sorta thing to rent, double that if you want to buy a place. That means no savings & no social life.
I’m gonna have to find a new place pretty damn soon, and at the moment, I have no idea how I’m gonna do this without ending up in a shitty cardboard box in the blue mountains. its frustrating.
/rant
sorry.
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400 a week?
Oh, right, Sydney
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@35 should move to Adelaide. Who needs facilities anyway, am I right @redartifice?
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Plenty of facilities in Adelaide
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Toilet
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Ouch. You might find that the one bedroom places are all priced up for the market, and there may not be that much difference to a 2 / 3 bedroom place. Might be time to look for a housemate?
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theres not really much of a difference between a 1 or 2 bed place. I’ve got a housemate for the moment. but he’s buggering off pretty soon. & I really dont like the idea of living with random people, so its either go solo, or find someone I know whos also looking. or get a better job that pays more.
I’d happily move to melbourne where its slightly cheaper, but getting a job would be stupidly difficult coz am absolutely unqualified to do anything other than library work. & 90% of library work pays peanuts.
I dunno. I’m just venting. shouldnt bother you guys with this crap.
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The beauty of living in the country is property costs. I pay the bank just over $400 a fortnight for my place. (That is a 30yr loan however). I could never afford anything in a populated city.
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…i dont think i could live anywhere that wasnt a big city. I lived in the NSW central Coast for 18 years & that was something I dont wanna do again.
I think I’ll just have to take to a life of crime to get the cash.
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Yeah I’m running into the exact same issue trying to find somewhere that isn’t a shit splat.
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I remember, when I was living in London, sitting on a train with some mates and we were looking at Eastern European properties in a newspaper (there was a big boom in poms buying reno opportunities on the mainland, which was leaking east from the pricier France/Spain).
There was one place in particular we were looking at. The guys were talking about us all chipping in.
I realised I could buy the place on my own.Cash.
To be honest it was probably a crap-heap, but just the idea of being able to buy a multi-story house, in your early 20’s, while renting in central London, and still have a bit of change left in your bank account… It was weird.
I don’t know why I’m mentioning this. I’m just reminded of it whenever I ponder HOW FUCKING EXPENSIVE IT IS IN SYDNEY.
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Hey man,
I’ve done a fair amount of shopping around and the only way you can really do it is to share. Although to be honest I do live in the inner West (which is probably further in than you need to be).
Also. Ask Rocketman or someone I guess.
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Come move to Orange, we have… umm… Trees and uh… grass and…….. Me
Am I right when I see that the only difference with the “Wii U Limited Edition Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Premium Console Pack” – is that (apart from a different and slightly more expensive game) it comes with a ($52.99 at OGS) controller for an extra $60?
What’s limited edition about charging exactly the same as buying it separately?
Filling in the gaps at OGS prices and rounding things off, I could buy the normal premium console for 430, and monster hunter + controller for 110, bringing the total to 540.
I could buy this console pack for 490, and then spend another 50 to get Nintendo land, which makes it 540.
What is the point of this bundle? They haven’t even gone and stuck some sort of nice Monster Hunter design on the console, the tablet or the controller.
(Or have I missed that it still comes with Nintendo Land, it’s just not listed at EB or JB?)
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Apart from using the box to increase it’s resale value in ten years time I don’t see anything special about it.
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I still wish I could find that GameBoy Player box! 😛
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Well it says “Wii u premium pack” which elsewhere includes Nintendo Land… but I’d ring and check if I were you.
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Scratch that, it doesn’t include Nintendo Land
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Pretty sure it’s just for MH fans who don’t have a Wii U yet. The Wii U looks normal to me and it doesn’t seem to have Nintendo Land.
It’s okay since you could probably go without Nintendo Land but I’d price the Premium around $388. $388 + $110 (for the controller and game separately) and you’d get the same stuff + Nintendo Land so eh, no real point 😛
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I’m pretty sure the 3DS XL bundle is similar – just a black 3DS XL with MH3U preloaded.
Seems kind of pointless, really – but i guess for those on the fence about a 3DS, MH3U will convince a few, and it’s a good bundle for that.-
I don’t think you can get a Black XL separately though so that’s somewhat special.
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You can’t?
Yet another reason I think 3DS XLs are rubbish. Who the fuck doesn’t have a handheld in black?
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You get the privilege of having a digital copy of the game pre-installed on your system.
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You’re kidding right? They wouldn’t do the pre-install thing on Wii U yet, would they?
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People talking above about Zelda ran out of replys… so….
I LOVED TWILIGHT PRINCESS AND I LOVE MIDNA SO TAKE THAT!
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That Stallord fight, so unique! 😀
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Speaking of Zelda, the first time i really got stuck into one was Ocarina when it originally came out. @jimu convinced me I’d like it cause he’d played em lots before, we played it non stop for a little over a weekend, barely slept, when one of us got lazy we’d pass the control over. We pretty much did everything in that small time. By the end we’d become so engrossed that on our way to the local 7-eleven or some such to restock on caffeinated products we realised that we were still searching for Golden Skulltulas in trees and bushes, was pretty funny in our sleep deprived state. Anyway to cut a long story longer, I am a big fan of the series and have devoured every one since then, except spirit tracks, I kinda just forgot about that one. Huzzah!! 😀
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I’m beginning to suspect you and Jimu are the same person, but aren’t aware of that fact — Jekyll and Hyde kind of deal. Not that there’s any thing wrong with that! 😀
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Is gutsoup the coherent less crazy one who thinks Soul Silver is DaBest?
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@Gutsoup prolly thinks Blue is da best
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But if I’m him how come he beat me at Mario Kart so bad 🙁
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Own worst enemy? :S
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makes sense >:?
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Man, I wish I had a second personality so I wouldn’t have to go to work. Or I wouldn’t remember being at work or whatever. Either way…no WORK!
(Tyler Durden rules!)
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We also shared a Majora’s Mask save cos we were both too cheap to buy our own copy…
I couldn’t handle those strange wolf sections so Midna nevr even got a chance to grow on me.
Review of the games i bought yesterday, IN HAIKU FORMAT!
Blazblue did not try
Dark Souls is really damn hard
Persona is great
(in non-haiku format, i already have 10 hours in persona… help me…)
We received a phone call from one of our NZ clients the other week, to the support department – from a man named Ben. Ben has called several times before, and has a rather pronounced NZ accent. My less than intelligent co-worker answered the phone (I didn’t know it was Ben, obviously) and proceeds to talk to the guy and find out what his issue is so we can fix it.
He starts asking for his name and number, etc after a rundown of the issue, and the conversation went as follows:
Coworker :
‘Okay, so what’s your name again?’ (about to log a job in our system)
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‘Bin? did you say bin?’
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‘Is that B-I-N?’
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‘Ohhhhhh…. BEN! Yep, got it.’
I very nearly lost my shit, and sincerely hope Ben doesn’t think my coworker was taking the piss. Which he wasn’t, he was honestly confused. /facepalm
NZ talk from earlier reminded me.
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My teacher in year 4 used to call me Bin due to her Malaysian accent. Closest thing I had to a nickname in primary school 😛
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Or maybe she called you bin because you were trash.
OOOoooOOo BURNNNNNNN
Also, didn’t you go to a bogan school? She would’ve got destroyedddd, we were so mean to our Indonesian teacher at my primary school and I even threw a paper plane at her head once…
BEST STUDENT
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I went to a very nice primary school, thank you very much. Well, nice by public school standards I suppose 😛
The worst thing that ever happened there was Pokémon cards being banned.
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My cousin called me Dib.
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‘Sea Sheperd ‘rammed’ by Japanese whaling ship’
I’m sorry, but I had to laugh at this. I mean regardless of whether you agree or not with the Sea Sheperd organisation, they’re crying because they were rammed by a Japanese vessel, after all the crap they’ve done to the Japanese vessels over the years?
Pot, meet kettle.
so does anyone else operation raccoon city or is anyone else playing the my little pony game on their phone. I need friendship points =(
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No on both counts.
Raccoon City doesn’t really interest me, and I’m not a brony (even if I was, I have a Windows Phone).-
But, friendship
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I was singing that song to myself earlier today…
It’s a very lonely song when you’re by yourself.
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TENACIOUS D ARE COMING TO AUSTRALIA IN MAY.
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WAT WHERE OMGFGFGOM
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The only ship we need is friendship
(obscure reference to a book I read)
Also, friendship points? I totally made up a system like that and awarded “friendship points” to friends a few years ago!
@smurfydog – still interested in having that Japanese dish? (forgot the name :P)
@beavwa we could exchange the game then as well unless you were still in the area on Sunday
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Impromptu meat!
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Okonomiyaki.
Fried vegetable pancake.…
I will show myself out-
Okonomiyaki is delicious
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*grabs*
Why would you show yourself out? We want you at the Okonomiyaki meat!
Also vegetable? :(. The video he linked had meat, can’t be a meat without meat!
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The video I linked was Hiroshima style Okonomiyaki. Not really available outside of Hiroshima 🙁
And yes, still interested 🙂
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Thanks for organising it @scree :D!
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I’m sorry I actually forgot all about it. I’m sorry.
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No need to apologise, it was postponed until later! I forgot about it too until just then and you don’t have to organise it if you don’t want to.
I’m not doing it because I’m the worst in the city and know nothing but I’m sure someone else would be happy to help 😀
I can help by tagging the relevant Melbourne TAYbies if and when we’ve got something going on.
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@scree That sounds like a great idea!
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Greenius told me you’re good at organising stuff, so I jokingly nominated you to organise a Kickstarter to fund an Osaka meat. Naturally, you’d be organising the meat too 😛 -
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@scree I’m all for ryokans! You got the gig! 😛
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What’s a ryokan!? T___T
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@greenius A ryokan is a traditional style Japanese inn. They’re mostly only in the countryside now but it would be a pretty cool place to stay if Scree can arrange it 😛
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I thought it was another type of food! 😛
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I would totally attend an Okonomiyaki meat (Okonomiyakeat?) in Melbourne. Doesn’t even have to be Hiroshima-style.
Okonomiyaki is the amazingest
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NOVA! I need your address at some point. got to send you the ape once I sew it up to see if it fits. Might be a delay with the stupid hot weather though
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No worries, I’ll email to it you. Can’t have Stalkius being any more Stalkius-y than he already is 😀
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You’re getting an ape?
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I speak fluent typo. Its the cape from my cosplay 🙂
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Thanks. I managed to screw up the most important word
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Its cool, if I can decipher my friends drunk messages at 3 in the morning, I can deal with a missing letter 🙂
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Sure on either count.
Where / When?
Love me some Japanese food.
(Someone has convinced me to go on a 30km hike on Sunday, so it’d either be 7 in the morning when I’m half asleep or sometime after 5 when I’m tired/dirty/smelly)
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Just let me know before 😛
How we all on Night TAY??
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I don’t know about anyone else, but now that the King of Shenanigans is here…
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I’m good-
Thanks 😀
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Eh, y’know.
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My pestilent buddy!
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Well that sounds like me to a T.. Everyone knows me so well /o\
Example: Kat last night knowing I was gonna keep replying to her texts if she kept texting me lol.
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Hahahahaha, its a dangerous cycle
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It is.. Oh well!
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Pretty good, man. How’s my favourite Spaghett(i) Monster?
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I am content, and you my blue dog buddy?
My mind won’t shut up and I’m feeling all kinds of anxious! So about normal, man!
How are you? 😀
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I am good bro, I am good
You mean afternoonTAY.
It’s not even eveningTAY over here.
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You gotta stop living in the past, and live in the NOW man
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shaddup
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Its morning TAY now man
You are cracking up
Well I wanted to play on the Xbox but it seems to have hung itself mid update :S
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Hey, same! It’s either updating super slowly or froze 😛
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Luckily ‘B’ was able to cancel out so I’m able to play, just not logged in.
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I sang this song a lot while playing AssCreed Rev.
Well, actually, I could only remember the chorus, so I just repeated that a lot.
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Haha! Me too, man. Me too. Also when I replay the start of Uncharted 2. 😀
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Oh, man! They’re coming out in a couple of months!
I was so excited when I heard about the tour, and then I missed out on getting tickets to the first Melbourne show which my friends are going to 🙁Any Melbourne TAYbies interested in going to the second They Might Be Giants show? Tickets at The Corner Hotel website.
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Mrs Tigs will be going
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I may end up asking her (through you) to tell me how much awesomeness it was if I can’t find someone to go to the second show with me.
I’d feel weird going to a gig by myself.
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Should come to the Bris show with Batguy and me!!
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I would love to, but just not possible. 🙁
Also, I haven’t looked, but it’s probably sold out by now. (if it’s not then there’s something wrong with Brisbane on a deeper level than even I suspected ;P )
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Aww! Disappointing. First Rob Caggiano left Anthrax now Charlie Benante has to sit out the tour due to personal reasons. Sucks
It’s like Slayer Soundwave 2011 all over a again where Jeff Hanneman fell critically ill who was replaced by Gary Holt of Exodus then Tom Araya fell sick the day of the Sydney show forcing Slayer to pull out all together.
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Second drummer for Soundwave to go down…thesethings usually happen in threes so who will be the third? 😛
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Anyone else thinking of Spinal Tap right now…?
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Naturally. :/
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Yeah =/
Well to be fair Six Feet Under had to pull out due to their drummer not being fit for travel after he was in a dirt bike accident. So three drummers out this year, wow…
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Online dating, day 3.
I’m putting far more time this week into it than I plan on in the future, more because I have the week off than anything (which means updates will be fewer and farther between. Should anyone wish that I don’t post this crap, PLEASE tell me. I’m already debating whether this is appropriate/welcome anyway :P). I expect results to drop significantly in coming weeks. Still only had 2 people respond, although have been chatting on and off with one of them since I messaged her on the first day.
I’m also learning a bit more about myself, in particular my prejudices. It’s weird, but I like being able to discover new things, especially (and narcissistically) about what makes me tick. I like finding out what others think of me (as vain as it is, I know) and this is one way I can shed some light on that.
So far it seems to be a very low signal-to-noise ratio, the amount of people I contact compared to the amount that respond (I don’t believe I’ll ever have another user initiate contact) is pretty discouraging.
It’s still a novel idea, and I plan to stick with it for at least a month, I see no point in investing this much effort only to abandon it so quickly.
@masha_2932
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@masha2932
One of these days I’ll get it right.
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I got it right \o/
BRB, off to buy a lottery ticket.
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@masha2932
Oh, right. I’m going the free route, as I think I’d rather put money in a slot machine than a dating site. The odds are probably more favourable 😛
I’m using OKCupid, the interface is pretty damned sleek, and there’s no limitations on communication (Apparently this is a common and acceptable practice to force memberships? Hmm). Search “Synthetiquette” if you’re interested in dating me 😛
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I like that you posted up about trying to find somebody for a relationship and then you next post is about artificially inflating your, well I don’t need to go into any more detail
Good luck man
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Thanks for the reply man.
Ha ha I wasn’t asking so I can search for your profile I just wanted to know and maybe push myself to try it one day 🙂
Also to answer your question from the message above, keep posting the updates. You are being considerate by putting them in spoilers so anyone who doesn’t want to see them can skip them. I say keep posting them as long as you want to. Also, I think it’s only me who asked so just tag me if you have to 🙂
So you did you win the lotto? 🙂
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Fun fact:
I met my wife through RSVP.It’s true.
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One of my oldest friends (longest known, not oldest age) met his girlfriend on RSVP.com or some other dating site. They’ve been together for about 5 years now and are going to get married later this year.
The whole idea still seems a little weird to me. Not sure why really, as many of my friendships are online these days.
@mythamphetamine I hope it works out for you, mate.
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My father met his current partner of 8-9 years on RSVP.com.
…she scares the living fuck out of me 😛But hey, good on them, proof that it works.
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I know what you mean. I’ve met people on TAY and they’re from the internet so why does online dating seem different? I guess it’s one of those stigmas one has.
I can’t find my little sewing scissors. I have threads to cut, dammit!
This puts my whole sewing routine out of whack because instead of snipping thread ends as I go, I’ll have to do it all when I’m done(if I find my scissors D: ) which is weird and messy.
So yeah, because of this, I’m procrastinating on the internet instead of doing the sewing I need to finish off. 😛
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Don’t resort to using your teeth!!
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Haha! Not an option I’d considered…hmmm…. 😛
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Procrastination is awesome 😀
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Especially when it’s this late at night and your husband is in Sydney so you just give up altogether and have a cider. 😛
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Skirts with roomy pockets are the best.
I popped my iPod in my pocket with Eluveitie on Shuffle which means my music has been following me from room to room all night. 😀
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In Strange’s house, noone can hear the kids screaming!
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That’s why I have it in my pocket. I can have it closer to me which means I can have it at a reasonable volume but still hear the kids in the background and also not wake them up with it. I’m not using headphones, I never do when the kids are around.
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Port Arthur ghost tour. What a crock. Even being drunk couldn’t save it. Why is this a popular thing for tourists to do here? You go around about 5 or 6 buildings, hear about the ghosts in the “other” buildings, but unfortunately you can’t go in those buildings so we’ll move on. There’s absolutely nothing the slightest bit spooky in it at all.
I should’ve just stayed here. The drinking games beforehand were good fun though I guess.
What was really startling was going through the areas flattened by bushfires last month (or was it December?). It was a bit devastating seeing so many half burnt houses and shops, and especially the school :S There’s temp buildings up at the moment but I feel terrible for the kids. The whole land around the buildings is just dirt and black trees. Spirits can’t be very high there.
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Coming soon: Port Arthur Roast Tour.
I suspect I’ll be deleting this post come morning, so enjoy it while it lasts /o\
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Ahahaha no don’t delete it 😛
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I went on a ghost tour in Hobart once. I think it was an old Gaol. That one was creepy.
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Being locked up in an old gaol in the pitch black is quite scary 😛
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Was there any history, or just ghost stories?
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It was almost all history, completely throwing out what he said at the start “If you want the historical tour come during the day”.
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Yeah, Mum likes both history and ghost stories so i reckon she’d like it.
(i’m hoping hat we may eventually get to tassie on day =P)-
I guess that’s probably the pull of it for tourists 😛 I already knew the history behind it, but I’m sure the majority of people who aren’t Tasmanians would only be hearing it for the first time if they went.
The whole place is pretty awe-inspiring. I’ve seen pictures of it before, but actually being there, it’s quite a sight!
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Yeah, sounds like what mum would like. Was there disabled access?
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Hmm, I’m not sure. You’d have to ask them.
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WTF, almost one o clock in the morning? Oh man, I’m going to be wrecked tomorrow… not much later today.
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Start wearing sunglasses in the office.
Bonus points for holographics, esp. eyeballs.Then, sleep your way through work!
(But don’t. We need you hear on TAY)
So as some of you may have known (thanks to drunk tweets a while back perhaps :P) Runescape’s #1 player in terms of experience points has essentially capped. Currently, the maximum possible experience available is 200M per skill, with 25 skills, totaling 5,000,000,000exp. This is the culmination of a seemingly insurmountable 30K hours (assumed. The number for the particular player “S U O M I” is likely higher, though he has not divulged any information since showing that he had clocked 1,000 days in-game time) playing at an assumed 75-80% efficiency throughout that time.
As it stands now, he has 4,999,999,999exp, and achieved that a little over a week ago. He has held off from gaining the last experience point at the request of Jagex, the company behind Runescape. It’s rumoured (I believe the rumours, though have no real source aside from SUOMI himself, and confirmation from other top players, yet no Jagex staff) that the company were going to host an in-game party tomorrow, 21-2-13 in which he would finally get 5B exp. In addition, Jagex would fly him from Finland to the UK to do it on livestream in the Jagex offices. So far, so good, right?
Welp, here’s where the drama of the last 6 hours comes into it.
SUOMI received a temp. mute (can’t use in-game chat for 24hrs) from a player-moderator (rentacops, for ease of discussion. The reason for the mute has not been made public at this point), at which point SUOMI posted this video in which he types abuse directed at the company in the in-game chat due to being muted. Seems like a kneejerk reaction, although what Jagex did in response… I don’t know.
They cancelled the flights, postponed the celebration for “a few months”, believed to be after they release a new skill (thereby raising the maximum possible experience to 5.2B, with an expected 5.4B by the end of 2013). SUOMI has never been known for his appreciation of the company. He’s been in direct communication with staff on and off for quite some time, and most know of his opinions. Why go to such great lengths to prevent what would have been a great PR opportunity?
Perhaps I’m too invested in seeing SUOMI finally reach his goal. It’s obvious he’s already managed it. I’m thankful I no longer play the game. I invested a lot of time and money into it, and enjoyed it for the most part.
Oh well. This is how the world ends; not with a bang, but a whimper.
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Sorry for the arbitrary wall-o-text, I know no-one plays the game and therefore likely has no interest in the community around it 😛
If you are interested, click here for the current discussion. It’s a thread that’s been going for 3 years or so, and I’ve been following it from about page 5… it’s currently on 1111 pages, so you might want to set aside some time 😛
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i remember when sezima (or however you spell it) was the top player in runescape… what happened to him?
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Zezima still plays, though stopped playing hardcore ages ago. I think he was eventually overtaken by… Nerchylidae? Yogosun may have managed to snag rank #1 off him prior to Nerch, though I can’t recall, this would’ve been ’07-’09ish, I think.
Seriously though, Zezima was a god 😛
No-one was near him in terms of total exp. Hell, I remember attending Madgamer’s max-skill party, and he was the 8th person to achieve it. Absolutely huge at the time.
There’s lots of ‘old school’ players that still tinker about, though not to the same level they used to, or play solely on the classic servers, and don’t touch RS2 whatsoever.
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In hindsight, the dude’s an idiot. Within his rights, but an idiot. Essentially turned down a holiday to the UK.
Good on him for standing up for his ideals (in a somewhat hypocritical manner), but still… Iunno, I’m tired and blabbering. -
Too long
Did read
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What moron acts like that when Jagex is about to fly you overseas for free and throw you a party?
Good on Jagex for putting their foot down – just because you’re a celebrity in the Runescape world, you shouldn’t get special treatment when you act like a prat.I liken it to Riot banning/suspending top players from LoL for being dickheads.
Welp, good morning Taybies.
Once again apologies for my radio silence, but between my current job, and discussions for a new one, I’ve been too busy.
But, not too busy to play games…
Anyone Playing Dust 514? I’m intrigued by it, its got the same addictive quality that Eve has (one more skill upgrade…) but I find it frustrating, possibly because I have little way in skill in FPS, but I still like it. will gladly spend an hour or two on it when no-one is home.
Next game I’ve been playing with – Gemini Wars – Only got it a couple days ago, but seems cool initially – I think its easier to understand than endless space, but feels like its got a bit of a Supreme commander feel to it 🙂
Also – my friends and I have been having a bit of a supreme commander 1 and 2 revival lately, if anyones interested in a game let me know, we’ve been playing most nights.
Also Also – Happy Mardi Gras to everyone, even if you’re not LGBTI I love you all muchness
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I played Dust 514 a bit, and while it’s still in Beta – it feels too rough for my liking. It looks pretty rubbish, and I found the controls (mostly aiming) to feel clunky and unresponsive.
They’ll likely be able to address control issues later on, but as the game looks (graphically) now, I don’t think it’s going to improve greatly when it goes final. I want to be interested, but I’m not feeling it.
I’ll probably keep trying periodically to see how it’s being improved, and who knows – I could be wrong! In fact I hope I am!
Morning TAY
It’s Thursday *obvious*
King of Shenanigans got all that filing done
All that filing I got caught out on
It’s done
I DESTROYED IT
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sounds like the best plan. =D
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It actually has a destruction date
12 years after the filing date
For our Estates we keep those for pretty much forever
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you are ruining my fun here =P
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Filled what?! Destroyed what?!
You filthy beast
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Filing… Right
I’m tired okay! 😛
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Pretty filthy 😉
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Sharpest Lives – My Chemical Romance
Edit: no, that’s not a reply fail. What are you talking about?
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@dc and Shane, my anxiety brethern fucking up as usual 😀
Love you guys
No homo
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When You Believe — Prince of Egypt OST. You heard me! 😀
Edit: Also not a reply fail, just wanted to make Shane feel comfortable. 😛
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Thanks man, you’re awesome.
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Also, last song played game time
Today it’s two songs last played
Because right as one finished another started and got a decent way through
Also, it shows the massive variation in my music
Appels and Oranjes by Smashing Pumpkins
It made me think of their gig last year, which was amazing
And then
Parade by Tyler the Creator
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Sorry, can’t hear you on the HYPE TRAIN!
CHOOOO CHOOOOO!!!
Seriously though, Police Cops – The Sweet Apes.
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Next time respond to my text man 🙂
Hype train running fast man, I am just keen to see what gets announced
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I did!
You respond to mine! Dick.
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I never got a response from you!
Elbow!
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supersonic by Bad religion
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Your music taste really isn’t what I had thought it would be Scree. Not sure why.
This is a good thing by the way.
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Blame my brother. Bad religion is his favorite band. I like them too. I’m amazed at the harmonies that they produce. reminds me of the Beatles to some degree.
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The Coelacanth Sighs- George Hrab
Played a bunch of Colonial Marines campaign last night. Burst out laughing when I realised I was enjoying parts of it, and suddenly the whole game looked better. Goes to show how much an opinion on a game can be hurt when you can’t avoid people calling it crap every 6 seconds.
No, I’m not saying it’s a great game, but I stand by it as being playable. People are treating it like Hitler, and it’s a bit too much.
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Same old shit – storm in a teacup. It’s not a great game by any means, and has some glaringly obvious flaws, but nor is it as bad as everyone whined it up to be.
Courtesy of the internet, it became legendarily bad in about 2 days flat, and it really doesn’t deserve such status. I reckon it’s about a 6/10, but the way people talk about it, it’s the worst game ever created.
The sad part is, the people that haven’t played it will likely listen to all the other people who likely haven’t played it or given it a fair go whining about how bad it is.
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Anything below 7/10 is obviously the worst game ever.
Seriously, fuck review scores.
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I say fuck people who seem to relish in the fact a game’s getting panned, and will go out of their way to spread the word on how bad a game is, but when it’s brilliant, people rarely say much.
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Y’know, I just realised this is one of the reasons why I never really got into FFXIII…too much negativity drowned out the people offering praise.
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FFXIII is my earliest and greatest example of this type of issue. It was so universally panned that it’s now a legend in it’s own right. I’ve played Final Fantasy for a long time (since import FF3 on SNES) and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It was far from Squenix’s finest moment, nor did it even come close to the heyday of FF7-FF9 – but it wasn’t nearly as bad as everyone made out. It was an enjoyable game, with an innovative and highly enjoyable combat system, it looked amazing, and it played really well.
It did have some issues with character design/development, an admittedly rubbish/nonsensical storyline and a certain lack of freedom, but these were secondary to all the things that made it fun.
You know you’re talking to a parrot when they use the word ‘linear’ with regards to FFXIII, or that age old reference to a 20 hour tutorial.
Absolute crap. Most of the people I’ve heard/spoken to that canned FFXIII have never been able to give me any good reasons apart from ‘linear’ and ’20 hours’.
Dislike the game – that’s fine. But at least have the decency to do it with a good reason. Not because some potato on the internet told you something was the case.
Also, good on you for admitting that may have played a part in your decision to play/not play it.
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I’m not the biggest fan of FFXIII, but I actually liked the linearity. The progression of the difficulty curve (including the so-called ’20-hour-tutorial”) was the best-designed one I’d ever seen in a game at the time. It looked gorgeous and the battles were fast-paced and frenetic.
I actually don’t mind an RPG with no towns. I don’t even like talking to pretend people (@dc, take note. I wish I was a hermit – I could be good at it). I honestly think the only place the game really fell down was the story, which quite honestly bored me throughout. But just that’s my opinion.
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I still have no idea what the fuck was going in that story for the most part. I had a vague idea what was going on, but by about halfway to 2/3 through the game I was going ‘Whuuuu…?’
Still enjoyed it massively though. The combat system was so fluid and satisfying. Once you get your perfect party and your paradigms set up, brilliant.
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Yup. Sales will/have been ruined by it.
To be fair, the parts I liked could have been brilliant, but they were still fun.
Mid-game spoilers:
When you get captured and have to crawl through the sewers around all the boilers was pretty good fun. I found it hard to call the game crappy (though the sewers were…hiyooo!) when I was on edge for most of it. That and the section with the smartgun, firing down a pitch black corridor at like 30 xenos.
Hey fronds!
I’m super sick and tired today. Long story short don’t ever eat chicken from a fast food place, your body will thank you.
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Oh well, atleast the time I’m not spending on the toilet I can watch the PS4 thingie. If someone wanted to watch a stream, where would one go?
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Dude, get off the toilet.
No one wants to watch your stream.
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All the regret?
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Hope you feel better, man. 🙁
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KFC?
PS4!
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What’s that?
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Persona 4, obviously!
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I feel the same way about SC2…
Soul Caliber 2, what else?-
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GoW!
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SKYRIM!
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
I hope for a cloud of happiness after the Sony thingy today. No negativity thank you ANYONE!! *stinkeye*
Where’s everyone watching this Sony dealy?
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Fuck the hype train.
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I’m on the optimism train. They don’t crash as often! There’s room for more!
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I have a good feeling about fitting more people in, anyway…
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I prefer the “Bitter disappointment” train that seems to be a very reliable train line transfer at the Hype train’s destination. Wonder why…
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And when? Has it started already? I know nothing, but now I don’t want to be left behind.
Choo choo?-
Starts at 9am QLD time, 10am your time I think…
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Yep. 10am in real time @shane.
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9am real time. We’re not the ones that have to adjust our clocks.
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I assume that when you’ve moved, you’ll be adjusting that attitude to a correct one?
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Nope. I shall be bitching about living in an imaginary time zone.
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Something something intransigent Queenslanders.
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@Shane someone has to worry about the curtains fading and you Southern folk seem too preoccupied with your lattes and your global warming and your things.
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But seriously, any one know a good place to watch? One that won’t stop working three seconds in and make me sad? :'(
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/watch-sony-announce-the-next-playstation-right-here/
It’s cool watching the numbers of people watching climb higher and higher. 😀
Direct link to the video here! http://www.ustream.tv/PlayStation
Always seems to run more smoothly for me when I watch it direct from UStream 😛
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That ran less smoothly for me 😛
The Kotaku one seems to be the best so far, this isn’t supposed to have sound, right?
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Haha! Ran less smoothly for me too! XD No sound, I don’t think…
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Literally 2 pieces of allocated work today
2
AWESOME!
Then I can get these done super quick and move onto my estate work
Some of my estate files have been reviewed recently and that stuff needs to be actioned!
It’s all coming up Spaghett
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Where do you work? is it real estate?
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Deceased Estates
I work in Estate Administration
Also in Trust Administration (That is money held for children)
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Hm, damn.
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Damn?
I like it
It can be morose, but whatever
Doesn’t phase me
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Cthulhu!
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You have time for PS4 announcements.
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I do
I prefer Microsoft
But I shall be watching
The truth is out there
HAPPY PLAYSTATION DAY!
30 mins to go!
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My computer at work has no speakers what do I do!
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headphones?
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Too sensible. What have you done with our nob?
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Run home, don’t look back!
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Do I sing “I gotta Golden Ticket’ on the way back? perhaps it makes you move faster.
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I don’t know what that means. :S
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I thought your comment was a reference to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory :S
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I don’t steal advice from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Atleast on purpose. 😛
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Quit. You have twenty-four minutes to find a new job with a better computer.
PEE ESS FOR
OMG THERE’S STUFF HAPPENING BUT THERE’S NO SOUND AND IT’S CONSTANTLY BUFFERING
NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I had to watch the mobile version for the Vita conference, I need decent quality for this one though! >:(
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What are you talking about? I don’t see anything. WHAAAAAAA!! 🙁
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And someone’s scheduled a morning tea for 10am?
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
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Run home, don’t look back… x2
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I ducked out and am listening now. I missed the PS4 reveal, but should get the rest.
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As is the norm for some reason, SBS at work has had the subtitles turned on. So during the Ford ad I’m monitoring is the bright green sub reading “have? Because I haven’t had my genitals removed for”
Just watched a hour intro of the new mmo Defiance, related to the SyFy show.
It actually looks pretty nifty, may have to keep my eye on this.
OH GOD IT’S STARTING!
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P… S…. *screen goes black* I think I jizzed a little…
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Playstation Kinect and Dual Shock 4 with sensor bar
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tell me about it as i can’t watch it =(
maybe spoiler it though-
PS4 OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED! Also, something about bringing the Vita to the livingroom.
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Platform for game creators, by game creators.
Architecture is like a super computer.
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Cross game chat! ‘Bout damn time.
Man, Vegeta is such an irrepairable cock. Seriously. I want to like the guy, and there IS something cool about him – but he’s such a fuckstick it’s impossible.
I AM THE MOST POWERFUL WARRIOR IN THE UNIVERSE! Which I don’t think he really is at any point. He’s always exceeded by Goku or someone else. Yet off he goes, each and every time, makes a dick of himself, gets all mopey and sad because he’s not as powerful as he thought he was. Then he comes out screaming I AM THE MOST POWERFUL WARRIOR again, with zero basis for this statement, makes an ass of himself again, rinse, repeat.
He doesn’t even really have moments of endearment – there’s only exceedingly rare occasions where he’s slightly less of a wanker.
Looks like I’m still sticking with Trunks and Goten as my favorites.
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This is why I prefer the Dragonball Z Abridged interpretation of his character. He’s an asshole surrounded by incompetent assholes. Much more enjoyable.
Everything. Everywhere.
I assume people have gone in to PS4 comas?
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If so, that’s unfortunate
So the HYPE TRAIN has pulled into the station
All the passengers are disembarking
Their loved ones are holding up signs with their names on them
And then, slowly, the HYPE TRAIN leaves the station
It blows its whistle
HYPE! HYPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Not to be seen for many more years
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Are you saying the PS4 isn’t awesome? D:
I’m on the hype train and this trip won’t end till Nov!
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I am not saying that at all man 😀
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Sounds like you did since people got off the hype train 😛
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It’s just a metaphor for the hype train arriving and all the devs talking about what is coming out
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THEY DO THAT ON THE TRAIN! AND THEY MAKE IT GO FASTER! LIKE IT’S A RED TRAIN!
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I truly don’t understand some things in this world. Applied for financial hardship with my credit card provider due to being out of work, and today I got a letter saying they rejected my application because I’m financially insolvent… like NO FUCKING SHIT CUNT! WHY THE FUCK DO YOU THINK I APPLIED IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!!! wtf is wrong with this world?! 😐
on a totally unrelated topic, I just had 2 hot women come in to my house and climb ladders in their short shorts to check my smoke alarms! :p
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That really sucks man 🙁
Well at least you got a plus in your day… I like short shorts too 🙂
NEW INFAMOUS
HNNNNNNGH
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With new voice actor and everything probably 😛
Just woke up. What have I missed? Oh, right, that Playstation 4 thing. Oh well, I’m sure no one was/is watching that. PS4, it’ll never catch on.
In all seriousness though, I am excite. Managed to catch the end of the Infamous trailer. That was pretty cool. Reminded me of the Prototype intro.
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y u no set alarm? :O
So far not as excited about the PS4 as I thought I would be. i don’t think it’s entirely the PS4’s fault, but I’m just kind of shrugging.
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I’m loving the technological leap it represents, but I’m not inspired to buy one. Just having fun watching the pretty vids! 🙂
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It just feels like the line between console and PC is further blurred – which is far from news to anyone, I know.
The two were distinctly separate once – both filled completely different needs in my life. PC was where I went for the ‘hardcore’ experience, and consoles were for when I just wanted to switch something on and play a game. I never found one to be superior to the other, they both just pushed different buttons for me depending on my mood and convenience.
It’s not so simple anymore. I have consoles with digital versions of games, DLC, required internet connections (in some cases) and all kinds of shit. People say ‘but PC’s have been doing that for years!’ Yes, they have. But I didn’t buy a console to do it all over again. I want my consoles for simplicity.
No PS3 backwards compatibility means yet another console I have to have, and this bothers me too.
I dunno, maybe I’m just getting old, but it’s all too fucking complicated.
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Part of this presentation said that they’re looking to develop the system to make all previous gens playable somehow. Part of the everything everywhere thing. I might have misheard, but that’s what I got out of it.
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That’s pretty much my take on it.
Not trying to be negative, nor take away from the hype for those keen on it. It’s all just starting to look like too much hassle.
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Yeah I’m the same – I don’t want to come across as needlessly negative. It’s mostly my take on it – PS4’s relevance will differ greatly from person to person.
At the end of the day, it’s new tech, and new tech is good!
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We’re both just jaded from having good PCs, and we all know they’re clearly greater than consoles.
*walks back under a bridge*
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Ha! I’ve got a great PC now, but it’s the first time I’ve had a new, decent PC since I was a teenager. (Had this one for maybe 7 months?) After working with PC’s every day I got tired of them and didn’t want one at home for anything other than innarnetz. I was more than happy with consoles, but then when I started noticing how badly they were dated, I got the PC bug again.
I wouldn’t run to PC willingly and loudly, though – I still hate that PC’s need upgrading, fixing, troubleshooting, all that crap. But that’s the nature of the beast, and it always has been, that’s never changed.
But consoles are heading somewhere (have been for a while) and I don’t like it.
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Then again I was completely uninterested in the WiiU until launch day.
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Yeah I’m waiting for the actual release and us consumers discovering what it can ACTUALLY do on launch before I decide whether or not I should care about this
Not enough games shown yet I think.
Watch Dogs looks pretty cool, but that camera alignment. I prefer my characters to be on the right of the screen.
Also, holy shit, what’s Blizzard doing here?
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D3, should have seen that coming. Talk about bringing it to console for a while now.
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When I first fired up The Witcher it took a while to get used to the camera alignment (I believe default was over his right shoulder, but you could change it). I assume it’s because Geralt is right handed in the game, and figure it’s probably the same deal for Watch Dogs.
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I liked the way Alan Wake did things, where you could switch just by hitting tab.
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I know in Uncharted and Resident Evil 6 (and probably others I’m forgetting) you could hit R3 to swap the view. I generally prefer a sort of ‘character on the left’ alignment for shooters when aiming but they should otherwise align to the middle for third person games, otherwise it feels wrong.
Anarchy Reigns is a third person beat em up/brawler but the character is permanently to the left of the screen and it feels weird 🙁
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Some games have exceptions a little like Uncharted where it’s directly behind them until you aim down sights then goes over their right shoulder since that’s the arm where they’re shooting from. Maximum view area of what’s in front of you.
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So I just got called a Sony fanboy… How adorable. I didn’t know I could be a fanboy for not believing the rumours the new Xbox is better and waiting for actual facts to prove to be so.. Also it doesn’t help calling me one when my last PlayStation console I bought was a PS2 back in 2003.. In fact that was the last console I ever bought.
I uh.. Okay?
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Let the console wars begin anew. Accusations of fanboyism will be flying from both sides.
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I love this part of it.
No, wait. The other thing.
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Yeah I don’t care for such. Sony might have the catalogue that appeals to me, but I really don’t care if I can keep gaming on my PC for cheaper then I will. All I care about is price.
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So you’re not a card carrying member of the SDF?
Everything I thought I knew about you is a lie!
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Nah lol, sorry to disappoint you Bunny!
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I’m not disappointed, I’m just very, very angry with you.
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Oh well, can’t win ’em all!
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Ooo Double Fine, From Software, Grasshopper, Level 5 and TellTale on that list of PS4 developers.
EDIT: OMFG HOW DID I MISS PLATINUM!?
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Does anyone know of a link to a site that has all the developers shown on that picture and what were some of their most well known games? (some of them look familiar but I’m not sure what they made)
I’m sure some sort of gaming site has run an analysis of it already 😛
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Patricia is putting out articles on US Kotaku 😛
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Actually I was just looking at that pic as well and there’s some interesting stuff on there in terms of more niche developers. What I recognise:
– Nippon-Ichi Software (Disgaea etc)
– CD Projekt (Witcher / Cyberpunk)
– Gust (Atelier, Ar Tonelico) (interesting they’re listed separate to Tecmo Koei)
– Idea Factory (whole mess of JRPGs eg stuff like Neptunia)
– Marvelous AQL (many more JRPGs)
– From Software (Dark Souls)
– Platinum
– Grasshopper Manufacture
– Falcom (Ys, Trails)
– Tri-Ace (Star Ocean)
– Imageepoch (bad JRPGs)
– Starbreeze (Syndicate, The Darkness)
– Kadokawa Shoten (big media conglomerate that does anime and manga and magazines) is listed and also several subsidiaries:
— Kadokawa Games (anime tie-ins)
— Chara-Ani (not a games developer, IIRC they’re an anime broadcaster?)
— Ascii Media Works (another part of Kadokawa, does Visual Novels)There’s one other company down the bottom with a JP name and a Tree logo that I don’t recongize, may be another Kadokawa subsidiary?
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Oh, that company is Tose. They mainly do stuff for Nintendo usually? Developed the Game & Watch back in the day, most recent game seems to be RE Revelations on 3DS.
EDIT: They’re one of those ‘ghost’ developers that does a whole shit-ton of games for various publishers on the sly but isn’t directly credited for developing them.
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‘sup TAY? Hope this day finds you well?
So that PS4, huh?
That conference hasn’t made me all hyped to buy one, just more hyped up about what next gen games will be like 😀
I really want an open world Mirror’s Edge 2 now…
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Yeah, I think I’m hyped at what it means for gaming more than the actual console itself. (Which looked all kinds of awesome too…) I love the controller!
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Me too. I love the technology – it’s very exciting conceptually. And there are some interesting ideas as well – the Move demonstration probably wasn’t system-taxing, but it was fascinating.
Don’t feel a real particular urge to upgrade yet, though 🙂
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That sculpting thing looked awesome but I’m not so sure about that weird dancing/music thing they showed. I don’t even…
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I think – hope – they were demonstrating some content creation tools for everyday users that’ll just be part and parcel of the PS4 experience.
Obviously, something of that level’s going to be a bit beyond a casual user (and the music was obviously pre-recorded and the whole thing rehearsed), but to me it seems like it’s LBP2 tools to the next level, the next gen version of Mario Paint, etc.
This might be a gateway to educational gaming for kids. Could be anything. It was probably the thing that excited me most about the whole presentation.
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All that sharing stuff reminded me of Steam sort of, central hub where you post videos and screenshots. Not sure I’m going to be streaming myself playing games, but it’s cool that I can if I wanted to.
(Except for the whole thing with my internet barely being able to stream the presentation let alone their cloud stuff. :P)
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I like those online concepts but I really hope it doesn’t end up like ass because of my internet 😛
Feels like a huge improvement over MiiVerse and that was a cool feature!
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That’s the thing, isn’t it? Australia is going to be left behind on a bunch of this stuff because internet speeds and download quotas.
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DON’T TEMPT ME FRODO
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Level 5! Ni No Kuni 2? 😀
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Nah, they need to be focusing on games like Ace Attorney X Professor Layton.
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I’m not sure if you saw but they did say they’d be interested in a sequel if it did well in the West.
(It did well in the West)
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platinum….
PLATINUM?!?!?!?
PLATINUUUUUUUUUUUUUM!!!!!!!if they are maing a ps4 exclusive game, then i will buy a PS4, mark my words, i’m that much of a rabid fanboy
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I’d say a new exclusive from Platinum or double fine would probably push me over the edge into buying one.
I’ll probably have to wait for a hands on with the controller and more info though
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I just streamed the whole PS4 presentation at work, so i gues si better go do soem actualy work now 😛
Best bit – the suspend function. will be rad for someone like me because I won’t have to worry about how far to next save point etc I cna just drop it anytime the kids start crying etc.
Rudest bit – Square Enix cmoing out, playing a year old Tech Demo, then saying ‘please come and see E3 where we will make a real announcment’
Worst bit – no actual picture of the box wtf?
^^ my 2c
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Haha, that Final Fantasy guy seemed like he showed up uninvited so he could be streamed on the internet!
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Worst-planned bit: Bringing Jonathan Blow onto stage and allowing him to bag everything that had come before him. 😛
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Haha, he seemed a little surly, but his game sure looks purdy lookin’ and that’s from a guy who wasn’t really into Myst at all…
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yeah I’m most intereste din the witness from all that was shwon!
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A bit like with the Quantic Drams guy: “look at all our polygons”, followed by the Media Molecule guy saying “lets overthrow out polygon overlords!” (or somehting tot hat effect).
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One cool thing was showing Beyond: Two Souls was technically better than the Kara concept demo. I would’ve thought it was the other way around. (Though I guess that says more about art direction and the like.)
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The suspend function is amazing for me too and I don’t have to take care of anybody but myself 😛 There’s been so many points in Ni no Kuni where I just wanted to stop playing but there’s no save points around…
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Playign ES last ngiht and I got to a save point and thoguht ‘I’d really like to playf ro another 20 mins but who knows where the next save point is so I better just stop now’
… so last gen eh?
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Save Points are an archaic vestige of console design from the 16-bit era and need to go away. You should be able to save anywhere.
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I’m all for the idea of ‘heal points’ where save points would be instead.
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Yeah, they signal to you “hey dude, boss fight around the next corner”.
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Dark Souls already has that feature. Persistent save states. @dc, take note.
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Orly? i was under the mis conception you had to return to a bon fire ot save.
Also one fo teh things that made FF13-2 sucha great game for em was the ‘save anywhere’ approach…
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Whenever you load it, you’re standing exactly where you were standing when you quit (unless you were halfway through a boss battle). Bonfires aren’t save points, they’re heal/upgrade points
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Xenoblade has that!
Different in Dark Souls. It’s not so much save/reload anywhere but autosaves all the time. Which can be bad since if your console breaks or turns off during it (like mine did!), as it can corrupt your save (thankfully mine didn’t!).
Good in the sense that you have to live with your decisions but I don’t really like it. Made me very, very careful to try and not accidentally hit an NPC and ruin the game 😛
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Bunch of games are save anywhere. This goes right back to NES days. It’s not a new feature, it’s just missing from many new games 🙂
That should have been my argument but I wanted to pimp Dark Souls again.
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Riding the hype train non stop, all the way to “HOLIDAY SEASON”
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CHOO CHOO
PC MASTER RACE OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I’M RIGHT AND EVERYONE ELSE IS A FANBOY.
I’m glad it was an announcement of “this is what we’ve got” not “this is when it will be released and for this price” because it gives me time to simmer down instead of throwing money in every direction in the blind hope of attaining this intangible PS4.
On that note… anyone else get the feeling that it’s less about the product, and more about the service that we’ll be buying? That worries me with Australia’s infrastructure as it stands now.
Either way, some of those games look damned pretty. I hope this means we’ll see a boost to the PC gamer’s market too, with increases in graphical quality et al.
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I think we’ll get more tangibles at either E3 or Gamescom
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Definitely at E3. But it’ll be for MS as well and there will be an enormous dick-waving contest over who has what exclusives and stuff.
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tellme about it…. nbn isnt even on the radar for my area for at least the next 10 years according to the new rollout plan i just received….
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I’m constantly surprised to discover that I have substantially faster speeds than some others in Aus.
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The next generation of consoles will be defined by their services, not their hardware. We’ve known that for a while really.
Australian internet is going to put a damper on some of it, but things like using Gaikai tech in the system itself for streaming stuff out to a Vita? That should work perfectly regardless of where you are.
And I am *so* glad that’s what the Gaikai stuff ended up being about.
So, Watch Dogs huh? Looks pretty schmick!
It’s funny though how the presenter guy was describing a world where everything you do is monitored, after they announced the PS4 records everything and learns from your behaviour 😛
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I’m thinking there was a little disconnect between the presenters in a lot of ways. See above re: Jonathan Blow 😛
Real surprise is Paradox Interactive on the dev list- as far as I can tell they’ve only done 1 console port.
Magicka PS4?
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i’d hope it’s a new game, magicka was really fun and creative, i’d like to see them do something else to impress me.
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It’s just odd given their bailiwick is grand strategy
That said, they also distributed War of the Roses- War of the Roses 2 on PS4?
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PS4 thoughts :
I’m in.
Edit: Also, I wanna finish the InFamous games & Killzone 3 now.
Edit 2: Hopefully Microsoft have an equally strong presentation when they reveal, coz I have room in my life for 2 consoles.
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totally in…
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I’m struggling to think of a scenario where I don’t eventually own one. Just that I don’t see the point in getting hyped up now when it’s months away. Once a good handful of games are out and people have a better impression of how it all goes, that’s when I’ll think about picking one up.
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I think it’ll be on my xmas wishlist for things that I’ll get myself. Hopefully that way, it’ll have been out a month or so & any teething problems will have been ID’d &, hopefully, fixed.
Also, saving up for stuff will take that long anyway…-
I’d probably end up buying one around this time next year.
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I’m not hyped for it, but i’ll definately get a PS4 either at launch or somewhere down the track.
Now to delete all my tweets that make no sense out of context. D:
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STOP EDITING THE PAST
ONLY FASCIST REGIMES DO THAT
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Truth is he is keeping secrets to himself.
SHADOWBROKER.
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Sup everyone? what you all up to?
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hype
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HYPE
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ps4 huh? yeah…. AMAZEBALLS… may have to eat canned beans for the next few months and wrap up rocks as christmas presents 🙂
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You mean Pet rocks, don’t you?
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You’re back! Hey man, how’s things?
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pretty good man! ill be on more frequently here-on-out. just been busy with heaps of NBN crap, have been writing proposals and doing meetings and stuff trying to get a fibre product spec’ed in on the NBN network… was a tricky process as it needs to be run with every inch of fibre going into all premises so had to give them reason to actually justify it…. all good though, proposal was successful!
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A wild ZETROX appears.
TAY uses welcome
It’s mildly effective.-
ZETROX uses “Pretend you never left and just sneak back in”.
“Its not very effective…”
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Slightly sad we didn’t see a Naughty Dog game, but I guess there’s really no need with all the anticipation for The Last of Us.
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Probably wise that they don’t announce until after Last of Us is out. I also imagine that given Last of Us was delayed they’re kinda busy
Gamescom announce?
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That’s true, but Naughty Dog have two teams now. So Amy Hennig’s team is working on something. I guess it’s good to have their priority on polishing The Last of Us, though. Would’ve been nice to see a PS4 Quantic Dream game too, but you can say exactly the same thing about Beyond: Two Souls. No need to build hype when you’re already plenty hyped at their other stuff!
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Did Sony not even show the console? That’s a bit odd.
I wouldn’t say I’m that hyped for it, but it does sound pretty impressive. The screen of developers was probably the most exciting bit, and I’m interested in hearing about the streaming services in Australia. It seems like a big draw to the console, so it should work well worldwide, not in just the biggest markets.
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When things like this are omitted, one of two things has usually happened:
1) Things haven’t been finalised yet (design, price, etc); or
2) There’s some bad news they are going to break as quietly as possible.My guess is they aren’t yet ready to answer questions about used games, and can avoid it as long as the hardware hasn’t been revealed. Not saying it’s the whole reason, but it might be a factor.
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its probably just a case of having finalised the hardware, they’ve gotta now finalise the design of the case. dont think its too big a deal.
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I dunno… If they’re announcing the ps4 and having a big 2 hour event for it, I think something should be shown, even if it’s not finalized. They don’t have a “ps4” to show for the “ps4” event.
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I agree. It was conspicuously absent.
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Why does it seem the majority of naysayers are PC gamers? If you only play on PC what does a console release matter to you?
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Because MASTER RACE CONSOLE ARE FOR TEH KIDDIES CONTROLLERS SUXXORS
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CONSOLES ARE HOLDING PC BACK IF NOT FOR CONSOLES WE WOULD BE LIVING IN UBER FUTURE AND CANCER WOULD BE CURED BY BLOWJOBS.
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Don’t blame me, I voted for Kodos.
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I’m a PC gamer mainly. & I’m pretty damn keen on getting a PS4 at some point.
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This.
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Because exclusives steal games from PC.
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For the same reason Xbox fanboys hate Sony, Ford drivers hate Holdens, the list is endless.
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It feels good to feel superior.
That’s why I own all platforms but the Vita and Wii U.
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That just sounds like you enjoy having systems with games.
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He hats Shakespeare, obviously
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That guy was a jerk.
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It makes me feel superior.
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Yeah, next gen consoles is good news for PC too. It means things are going to take a jump forward with games in general. Even if you don’t play them on the console, it’s good news! 😀
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MY 2000 DOLLAR COMPUTER IS SO MUCH MORE ADVANCED THEN THE PS3 LELELEL
GET ON MY LEVEL CONSOLE SCRUBLORDS.
damn, i mean, i prefer PC, but i still want a ps4….
and shouldn’t they be happy that these consoles are gonna push up the quality of games to the levels we see on some pc exclusives now?
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They should be the lot that care the most if you ask me. Sony going the x86 route for processor architecture is excellent news. The cell (power PC based) processor was a bad move, I think even Microsoft using a power pc/cell based processor in the 360 (whilst easier to work with) was a mistake in it’s own right.
In a perfect world the three major platforms (okay 4 if I include Nintendo) are at most almost interchangeable in terms of coding. It was bound to happen, hoping this cuts down the delay with some games getting a rather delayed windows release.
Watch Dogs will be coming out on Wii U.
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That would be awesome depending on how well the integrate the touch screen with the hacking.
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If they show they’ve done it well, that’s the version I’ll be buying for sure.
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I loved how in ZombiU that the broadcasting went through the controller aswell they should do something like that.
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Oh, so you’re saying they had announcement stuff through the Wii U’s speakers? I’ve never played it and I have my controller’s volume turned down (I even forgot it had speakers :P) but that’s sort of a cool feature.
I remember certain Wii games like Twilight Princess and No More Heroes used the WiiMote’s speakers (NMH did it well, using it as a phone for phone calls) but the speaker and sound quality was so terrible 😛
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Ill be preordering this PS4 baby as soon as i can… make some regular payments to avoid having to fork out a wad full of cash in one go…. specs havent really been anounced, but im glad the machine has 8gb memory…. that is huge.
what confuses me however is why they would choose a x86 architecture over x64…
so theoretically (@negativezero will correct me if im wrong 😀 ) the max memory a process can address is 4GB. so a game will only utilize max 4gb, the other 4gb im going to assume will be split between shared video memory, and background processeslike cross-game voice chat, etc…
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Magic.
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If I remember correctly, an x86 system will be able to use more than 4 gig if it has a Physical Address Extension, which is essentially guaranteed on modern hardware.
Edit: here’s a Wikipedia link, though it’s a tad dense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension
The notable thing is that, for instance, Windows Server 2008 Enterprise, Datacenter(that’s a mouthful), is able to support a full 36 bit memory structure, and so allows for up to 64 gig of RAM.
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‘x86’ means that it uses an Intel instruction set. It’ll be a 64-bit processor. They’re not crazy. There are literally zero 32-bit only Intel/AMD processors on the market. ARM is the only major processor player that’s still stuck at 32-bit.
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and this is what i meant about correcting me 🙂
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http://www.siliconera.com/2013/02/20/playstation-4-specs-straight-from-sony/
Main Processor
Single-chip custom processor
CPU : x86-64 AMD “Jaguar”, 8 cores
GPU : 1.84 TFLOPS, AMD next-generation Radeon™ based graphics engine64-bit.
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I know that negativezero has already mostly explained it, but x86 referrs to a series of CPUs from Intel, rather than their bit designation.
It goes back as long as I remember computers being around, with Intel having CPUs popularily known to as the 186, 286, 386 and 486 before changing to the Pentium name. (pent meaning 5, so essentially a 586)
I guess page 13 TAY is PS4 page?
I am so bored right now
Not with PS4 *sounds good, couldn’t watch any vids*
Just bored
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Tell us a hilarious true story!
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You put me in a difficult position, now I need to think of something hilarious
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WORST PERSON EVER, NO HILARIOUS STORY YET
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Nothing yet brother
Oh, I sent something to someone because I had gotten it signed back in January and hadn’t done anything with it
Turns out, it didn’t have to go to them
I panicked and sent it to them because it had been sitting in my tray and I was like “Fuck, I think this has to go to the courts!!”
So this afternoon I went down and sheepishly collected it
Lucky they weren’t there
Saved some embarassment
Got some strange looks from the manager
Like “Why did you do that?”
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Worst brother ever. I forgot it was my bros birthday because I’ve been so hyped about this Sony thing. Thanks a lot Sony. 😛
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What kind of idiot has his birthday on a Sony conference day.
God, some people.
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It’s only midday in fake time. You can call him now, and tell him you just woke up.
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I told him the truth. Haha! He didn’t seem to mind. Not the closest of brothers. Then talked video games! 😀
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We can discuss Persona 4: Golden since people are playing it, right!? 😀
I think I’m the furthest of the peeps here at 71 hours but I assume (hmm… let’s hope this is right) @grandmasterb-funk would catch up really quick if he put in 10 hours in one day!
PERSONA 4 DISCUSSION GOGOGOGO
I’m sad that the game really starts to slow down towards the end 🙁
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At least it isn’t as depressing as Persona 3’s ending!-
I haven’t finished it!
Around Jan 16th 😛
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persona 3 was a depressing game haha, i mean, they shoot themselves in the head to attack people…
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From what I hear it’s no Xenoblade
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It’ll probably be really close (or win) the best JRPG this generation for me if it wasn’t just a port of a PS2 game with small extras. Doesn’t count!
Are Vita and 3DS considered next-generation? I guess it would be kinda considered the best JRPG of next-generation if it wasn’t just a port of a PS2 game with small extras. Doesn’t count!
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The Wii is barely separated from the PS2/Xbox/GC generation either really. So Xenoblade and Persona 4 could be considered contemporary.
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I’ve only played it for a hour and a half I am the worst ,I must admit though I love that opening theme such a joyful happy cinamatic you would never imagine the game was about murder. Anyways I’m up to the bit where they enter the TV world for the second time.-
I’ll watch that opening like once a week! So good 😀
EDIT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H5pYCw4ET4 :D!
EDIT 2: Wow it sounds really different on computer with proper sound/bass
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i’m afraid i might finish it before i go to sydney D:
although, i have a feeling i’m gonna play it again immediately after i finish it 😀
i just beat Kanji’s shadow-
Holy shit man, slow downnn 😛
How many hours is that? I spend too long grinding in dungeons and thinking about my Persona fusions.
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i really like persona games…
i did have to grind a bit for that boss though, it wrecked me at the start D:
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For the first few dungeons I found myself being pretty underlevelled (like consistently 7 levels under), so I started to grind levels while catching up on TAY 😀
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Finally get a bit of a break today! Gotta suit up for the formal commencement dinner tonight though. I hate wearing a suit :l
Now to catch up on everything that’s happened on the interwebs this week.
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As if, wearing a suit is cool, makes me feel all proper and smrt n stuf
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If I had the choice I’d rock up in trackpants and a hoodie 😛
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I’ve never worn a suit, I imagine I’d look terrible and lanky in one. Haha!
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You’d look dapper as fuck!
Suits are magical man
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I feel like I look so stupid in one! I’m too small to wear suits 🙁
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I hate suits too, man. You’re not alone. I even fought it (a little) wearing one to my wedding. @greenius is obviously trendier than us.
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I can wear green ties!
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Things that were not answered that need to be answered re: PS4:
– Region Locked?
– Can it play used games?
– Price
– How much longer will dirty Australians have to wait to get it since we always get the shaft?
– Is my PSN account migratable?
– How is this PS3 Backward Compatibility bullshit over Gaikai supposed to work? Do they expect me to re-buy the games? Are they only going to offer a limited selection? Seems really shit so definitely going to have to get a second PS3 at some point as a backup when mine YLODs.
– Will having PS+ enable anything extra on the new system?
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I’d love if PS1 & 2 used a subscription model, PS3 was a fee
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A lot of these are really important questions, and have been identified by many folks as deal-breakers. Sony must have been aware these questions existed. My guess is that the answers for most of these is not going to be good news.
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Region Locking is the big one for me, I don’t mind if games are tied to my PSN account (I don’t buy used games) but I want to be able to continue to use foreign PSN accounts, and be able to import games from anywhere and still play them.
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Observation: in Japanese, ‘4’ can be read the same as ‘Death’ and is unlucky.
So basically Vita is Playstation Life, PS4 is Playstation Death? :V
EDIT: Pageget ha.
(I didn’t get to watch the conference as I had meetings all morning T_T)
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🙁 conference live stream hype/non-hype is the best bit!
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Vita means life?
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Yep, I think in Latin?
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Have they specified anywhere if they’re using Shi, or Yon, though? Using the latter would certainly be useful for bypassing the connotations.
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Fo (four) I believe. The last two consoles were Tsu (2) and Suri (3).
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Yeah, that makes a whole lot of sense.
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Playstation Death huh?
I am surprised that they didn’t call it “Orbis” or something to avoid the unlucky affiliation with death
Aren’t Sony on some kind of decline anyway?
How about that PS40? With it’s integrated holo-projection system, quantum-entanglement cloud delivery, and Final Fantasy Versus XIII on launch, I’m sure to pick it up on Day Nanosecond 1.
In all srsness It’s looking pretty solid. I’m much more hyped for Watch Dogs, although what was shown was on PC and so perhaps not as indicative of how it might on the PS4. Also, Wii U release! Nifty!
Looks like you can already preorder the PS4 on EB Games, the placeholder price made me break a sweat though.
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That’s the first time I’ve seen the PS4 controller from the back. Looks nifty.
My prediction for the final Australian price is $599.
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Holy. Shit.
But I guess they’re just hedging their bets at this stage.
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Meanwhile, in Canada
“HA UNLIKE AUSTRALIA WITH THEIR $899 CONSOLES I BENEFIT FROM LIVING RIGHT TO THE US, WHERE ALL IS CHEAP AND-”
“$898”
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Hahaha, oh man, I wish I lived in the land of the maple leaf.
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Holy fuck I just realised…
Like, I know they’re just placeholder prices, but if people are stupid enough to pay that much and there’s a big enough interest/pre-orders they might actually charge it.
LOWER YO PRICES
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What was the PS3 there?
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I believe it was 499 for 20GB, 599 for 60GB. Definitely not as expensive on your side of the pond I’m guessing but still enough to be a dealbreaker here.
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If it’s not $700 or under, there’s no way that I’m even considering it for a while.
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The Witness is a downloadable game, though. No way it’s going to be $118. Haha!
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We are in Australia…
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US PSN WIN!
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News.com.au coverage:
PS Snore: Two hours, no console
OUTRAGE as gamers are forced to sit through two hour PlayStation 4 launch in which Sony failed to unveil a new console.
Didn’t click on the link. Closed the window. Stop trying to invent controversy. 😀
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Did not need that shit reposted here, would’ve been happier being unaware of crap like this.
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Then, ‘Recently on Gizmodo – Sony just had a two hour PS4 event with no PS4’.
/headdesk
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Good point. Just weird, man. I know my twitter feed is a walled garden, but it was a fun morning. Lots of excitement and anticipation. No collective sense of disappointment or any thing. I would’ve liked to see more, but I also liked what we did see. 😀
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Yeah that came off a little harsher than I intended, apologies.
I just can’t stand that people and the internet find something to complain about with everything.
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Don’t apologize, I understand what you mean.
Felt dirty just copying and pasting text from that site. 😛
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…”forced”?
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OMG Gamers were forced to sit through it. KIDNAPPING
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Okay, I just glanced at the article. The vast majority of it is pictures of tweets showing people’s reactions. I knew they were lazy but damn are they lazy.
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“PS Snore” haha
Such a bad pun, but I love it.
Anyone got any cleaning products? Bleach or similar?
I made the mistake (again) of believing that people were capable of maintaining constructive and civil conversation.
PC MASTAHRAYCE V. Dirty Console Luddites hath commenced, and I’d much rather just sit on the fence. Seriously, why do people feel the need to claim superiority?
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I thankfully haven’t seen any of the fandom yet, mostly because I don’t go anywhere but TAY, as far as comments go.
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Hold me.
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If it turns purple again, I’m out.
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ZOOT REVIEW
Aleph talks TAY™ DetergentAleph, you’re a busy Internet guy. How do you ensure your mind stays uncorrupt during major console wars?
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What do you think of TAY™ Detergent?
TAY™ Detergent is very high in alkylbenzenesulfonate compounds and these compounds are good because they keep my eyes feeling cleaner for longer. I’ve compared TAY™ Detergent to other leading brands and it is definitely the least toxic. It’s a great fanboy-free start to my day.
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10/10 Shiggys.
Bravo sir, bravo :’)
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Well as a member of the master race I don’t feel the need to listen to the bleating of the console peasants
Hey, good thinking past me! I didn’t delete whatever I had of The Walking Dead before I stopped watching 😀
So I guess I’ll start watching this again sometime. Good going TAY marketing…
Hi Powalen!
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Might want to mark that spoiler a bit better just in case 😛
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I didn’t mean delete it! Arrrggghhh
It just looked like one of those non serious spoiler tags people sometimes use!
Heh heh heh-
I know what you meant but whatevs ;D
I figured it was a bit vague but I was talking about The Walking Dead TV series and there was a spoiler tag. That friend did kinda spoil it for me too though but it’s not like I didn’t see it coming. I stopped at the mid-season break of Season 2 (after episode 7 believe) so I’m not sure what happens from there on!
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Please tell me those PS4 game prices are a place holder EB Games =X I don’t think I can handle another price hike.
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Unlike the price of the console itself, I’d take the price of those games to be indicative of what EB intends to try and charge us.
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Shop at JB instead? Or Ozgameshop?
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Oh yeah, I’ll definitely be getting a majority of my PS4 games from ozgameshop. I was just saying, given EB’s track record, charging $118 for new games seems like something they’d do.
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This is an honest question:
Why do people still go to Newsdotcom? There’s been a few references from a number of TAYbies about it this week, and I’m curious: do they actually have content there that doesn’t come across as sensationalist, or is it a habit that you go there, ooor…?
No judgement here, honestly curious.
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I avoid them, just was checking out the mainstream coverage of the Sony event. Went to CNN too, which seemed a little more grounded in facts. 😛
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Uhh.. Because it’s newsdotcom? Obviously the best source for news.
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They wouldn’t be allowed to have that domain name if they weren’t the best place for news!
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Exactly! The media would never intentionally mislead the public!
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It’s kind of a habit thing for me. They still have news, you just have to take out the sensationalist crap yourself. I don’t really know of a better national news site (don’t say ABC, I don’t care about bowls and grand openings of sewer plants)
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Because even if the articles are terrible, it does still let me know what’s going on in the world, and sometimes the sensationalism is fun to laugh at.
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Habit – bit of a lull in the working day, it’s one of the few sites that isn’t blocked on a work computer.
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I go there to laugh at the people who write into the advice column.
Also, newsdotcom is easy to remember. My brain barely remembers my home address and I regularly forget my phone number. Things gotta be easy.
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Luckily you remember your email!
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and my website link http://smithwshane.com
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Get to ride the ferry home to Sam’s
Avoids the traffic of George Street 🙂
And I get to be on a ferry
Yay ocean!
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Steal it! Pick me up on the north side by the bridge!
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GTA Sydney
Timothy “Spaghett” Watson, 5 star wanted rating
Equipped with baseball bat and uzi
Get the fuck out of the ferry asshole I need it!
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We can kill hookers for points like all the kids.
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!!! Free money!
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Only time I’ve been on a ferry was to the Statue of Liberty and it made me sea sick. Haha!
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We’ll it is a sickly green colour…
OH! You mean the ferry!
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Yesterday myself and Mrs Freeze were wandering around looking at shops and decide to go into EB to get a few games for her. She picks up New Super Mario Wii, Zoo Tycoon 2 and some hidden object murder mystery thing. Ok, I think. If that’s what she wants. Waiting to pay for them and she appears again and says I want this one too. It looks cool. I look at it and she somehow stumbled on a new copy of Okami for the Wii.
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Mrs. Freeze is awesome! Should introduce her to point-and-click adventure games! 😀 (Especially if she’s into those hidden object games…)
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Also got myself Aliens Vs. Predator (can’t be worse than Colonial Marines right?), Mass Effect 1 (finally see where it started) and the Artorias of the Abyss expansion (bad Freeze! Why haven’t you got it already? *smack*)
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Not an FPS fan, but I really enjoyed AvP!
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I don’t have the expansion yet… Is it available non-download, is it worth getting the ‘complete’ edition with both, etc. etc. (I have Dark Souls on PS3)
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I don’t think it is available without downloading.
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This. You can buy the Prepare To Die edition of the game, which includes the DLC bit. But if you already have the game, DLC is the only option… unless you’re like me and wanted to own two copies of the game. (You can get the PTD edition for about $30, which is only I think $10 more than the DLC by itself)
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It was on sale a few months ago. @strange picked it up then and I considered it but decided not to…
ALL THE REGRET 🙁
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I love your wife.
I didn’t even know there were still any new copies! The Zoo Tycoon games are a blast to play as well. They were my favourite games when I was younger.
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Whoa dude! She’s married.
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Ben J’s heart wants what his heart wants. Freeze is gonna have to fight him. :'(
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There’s just something about a woman wanting Okami, you know?
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What’s with the Harvey Norman ads where they have “customers” talk about how they love the Harvey Norman brand and stores.
I get that they want customers, but to blatantly lie? I’m pretty sure there are laws against that.
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It’s just force of habit at this point for them.
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I hear it’s the best place to purchase a leisure computer.
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But they hate the leisure computers and the leisure games. I hear at some stores Gerry has been trying to convince people to buy an abacus and note book instead of work computers too.
And by notebook, I mean a stone tablet and chisel. Obviously.
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It’s such a brute force attempt at changing their public appearance. The whole thing comes off as really lazy to me.
“Isn’t Harvey Norman generally shit and useless?”
No.
“THANKS HARVEY NORMAN.”-
It does seem really forced. I’m not sure you can fix an image problem by paying people to pretend it doesn’t exist.
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Time will tell. It actually worked for McDonald’s on a number of occasions.
But then McDonald’s does run a charity, so you might believe the sick children.
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With all the PS4 hype, I almost forgot there is a (Japanese) Nintendo Direct on tonight at 10PM Syd/Can/Melb time! Focusing on third-party games, so it should be pretty interesting.
Running Time: 3 minutes.
(Not really :P)
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Nintendo is all PLEASE REMEMBER US TOO. Puppy-dog eyes and everything.
This PS4 show has left me all psyched and I’m not sure what to do with the enthusiastic energy. D:
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Channel it and store it! Don’t let those negative ninnies drain it from you with their hype drainers!
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Go outside!
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Draw! Write! Play an instrument! Profess your love to someone!
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Draw an instrument writing its love for DARK. SOULS.
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Play. Dark. Souls.
obviously -
Cook a real meal
Okay, I’m taking a break from TAY for a while. Enough shit to deal with without it.
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🙁
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I’ve been off TAY all day, did something happen?
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Dammit Doc! Stop scaring the newcomers away! 😛
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I’m the worst.
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o.0 you alright man?
I bought green pants… why the fuck did I buy green pants!?
Also they’re wayyyy brighter than they looked in the picture online. Nothing from this site has been the same colour 😛
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…because Greenius?
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Now you know how my Sportsball shirt turned out to be so blinding 😛
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I’ve actually been wearing them around the house and they’re not too bad 😛
Wouldn’t dare to wear them in public though D:
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You gotta wear them to meats though! 😛
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But I acquired green shoes, shirts and jumpers instead! I can’t go fully green, people will stare T_T
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Worst. Greenius. Ever.
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I’d look soooo hot
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Green pants buddies!
You probably pull it off better 😛
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Quantic, a game developed Heavy Rain, was particularly impressive. The game will feature over 30,000 polygons per video game character. That delivers as close to a photorealistic video game experience as we’ve seen.
You so crazy, CNN. 😀
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@markserrels 😛
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By the looks of it p2p is throttled here :l Either that or the internet’s really slow. I want my tosh.0 and Workaholics damn it!!
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Survivor is really slow for me too 🙁 (@sughly)
All that PS4 hype has made me want to game
I want to play Don’t Starve
And some more Skyrim!
Why am I stuck preparing an Affidavit of Non Defacto when I could be staving off insanity next to a dwindling fire in the pressing darkness
As if I’d fend off insanity, I’d welcome it like a long lost lover
We would probably get horizontal pretty quick
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I’m stuck at work hating every minute when I could be at home playing Dark Souls.
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Can we rebel?
Wait…no
Operation Officer Freeze comes to fruition soon
Can’t rebel
Get arrested
That would be an intersting development
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An arrested development, you might say.
Edit: was going to link to relevant clip from the show with Hot Cops, but decided that my work might not like that coming up in search results 😛
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SHANE.GETS.JOKES.
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Filthy lies.
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I hinted at the joke
You made it
FILTHY FILTHY TRUTHS
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So did anyone else find Jonothan Blow’s opening comment at the PS4 meeting to be extremely smug and irritating?
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/12r9cs/the-witness-playstation-4-debut
I know crap like this shouldn’t bother me, and that Jon Blow is known for saying stuff like that, but I didn’t expect him to throw out something condescending like that live while on stage at the bloody PS4 announcement.
But what would us peasants know about fun and entertainment, right?
BRB, going to eat a dog food.
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Atleast The Witness looked pretty lookin’, can’t wait to go exploring on that island!
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Yeah true dat, videogames!
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Unfortunately, I wasn’t paying attention to what he said to get annoyed.
I ended up listening to David Cage though, which is always a bad idea for me.
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Did he really say anything abrasive this time, though? (Or was it just residual pretentiousness from last time. Haha!) I really like the guy when he’s doing his own thing, but I agree the way he expresses himself is always a bit patronizing.
I’m a fan of his games, though.
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Abrasive? No, not really.
But the bit where he talked as though technology was literally the only thing that stopped games in the past from eliciting genuine emotional responses was stupid.
Also the bit where he said that games would allow me to feel emotions that I had never felt before.
Like, entirely new emotions.
That we’ll discover, through gaming.
They’re not just emotions. They’re interactive. They’re interotions.
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Maybe Beyond: Two Souls will teach me this emotion you call… love.
Ellen Page! We’re halfway there! 😀
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What is this “love” thing?
The only emotion I know is sadness.
And man, Too the Moon already showed me that one.
(I should add, I love how much you can love David Cage, while still accepting that he appears like a bit of a knob. I wish I knew what he did to offend me so much, because in all honesty there are much better things to get annoyed about. But for some reason, I am simply filled with hat.)
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I’ve eaten dog food before.
It’s not as good as they say, you know.
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depending on the ingredients, you’re either eating meat that’s pretty much garbage by regular meat standards, or you actually end up eating better than other people.
So, no, not that great.
Yes. Smug and irritating and a bit of a dick move. I have already commented a few times about it. I particularly noted that it was bad planning to allow him to come on and start bagging everything that had come before him.
i honestly left to get something to eat when he started talking…
Jonathan Blow is generally smug and irritating.
http://www.youtube.com/user/PlayStation
HD trailers are up on the Playstation YouTube channel!
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Also, I feel like I should tone down all my PS4 ramblings for the day. It’s been fun though! 😀
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Yeah, you’re the only one still going on about it. Damnit, dc.
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Keep going. Don’t let people bring you down if you’re happy about something like this! The world needs more positivity, DC!
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PS4!
DREAMWORLD!
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ADVENTURE GAMES!
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Has to be Dangle, as long as you arrest Terry
Rollerskating Prostitutes are the Blurst/Best!
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Use both, that way you can’t lose.
‘Why were there no women presenters at the Playstation 4 event?’
Oh, get fucked. Seriously. WHAT THE FUCK ELSE COULD WE CONJURE TO BITCH ABOUT OR PICK AT TODAY, JESUS. Screw you internet, I’m out for today.
EDIT: So there’s a new console announced, and whether I’m impressed or not, that’s big fucking news. The games certainly look the goods, some new and interesting technology ideas being touted, it’s a big deal. Then, for the rest of the day, we’re bombarded with articles or ‘news’ picking, bitching, pissing and moaning.
Holy shit, what the fuck is wrong with people? Why do people feel the need to be such negative, defeatist, whiny, pessimistic shitstains? Obviously not everyone is guilty, and it’s probably a minority, but somehow it bleeds over and affects everyone.
OHMAIGAT DIABLO 3 FANZ R UNHAPPEE
NO PEE ESS FOR AT PEE ESS FOR EVENT
NO WIMMINZ AT PEE ESS FOR EVENT
*rabble rabble rabble*
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Because their small hands and lack of spatial perception impairs their ability to play games.
Besides, how can they play games from the kitchen?
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I’m sooo sick of that woman. The only person on Kotaku who actually does any gender bashing is her.
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I used to be glad that Patricia would post articles like this, because I think sexism is a problem in the industry and it was good someone was talking about it, but lately I feel she’s crossed the line from a feminist reasonably discussing the issues to someone that’s clutching at straws and looking for any excuse to be offended.
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I was about to post this exact thing. I was wondering if the articles had changed, or if I had.
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This pretty much sums it up. She’s not fighting for anything or exposing problems, she’s just looking for attention. She’s doing more harm than good really.
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Let’s turn this around. Which female dev should have been on the Sony stage? Which female devs are working on PS4 projects atm?
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How many female devs can we even name?
Now, admittedly, the majority of the “names” in games are from the very male-centric design period in the late 80s and 90s, but from the top of my head(though I’ll be checking their names):
Kim Swift, Kiki Wolfkill(best name), Amy Hennig, Jade Raymond. Without googling “female game developers” that’s all I can think of, and there’s probably a good reason for that.
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Jane Jensen! Though she doesn’t like AAA games any more! :'(
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Fantastic name.
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And of those the only one you’d really have expected to see at a Sony event is Amy Hennig.
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Who wasn’t there for very good reasons.
That said, I think Kim Swift could have been a possibility, given the focus on smaller devs there.
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Roberta Williams?
Is she even still active? Or alive?
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Haha, she’s alive. You hear from her husband from time-to-time. 😀
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According to Wikipedia(the most trustworthy source of information), despite having not made a game since 1998, she’s working on “Odd Manor.” Which looks to be some sort of social game or something, and there’s no mention of her name on the site, so I’d take that wiki entry with a big ol’ bowl of salt.
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I don’t like the sound of this Kiki woman.
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If you didn’t put “(best name)” there I would’ve thought you were joking.
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Don’t forget Rhianna Pratchett
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The game developers chose who they got up to present at this event, yet Sony is labelled as sexist.
Wat?
Edit: Although to be fair, Patricia is not accusing sony of being sexist herself, she even admits to not noticing that there were no women presenters.
It’s all the twitter comments she posts that are losing their shit, and most of those users are known to have a knack for jumping the gun to label something as sexist without rational thought.
Perhaps we need some bleach for the gene pool
Oky, did at any time during the PS4 conference did they mention a vita price drop?
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No, only mention of Vita was about streaming PS4 content onto it Wii U style!
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Which is so damn cool. That was the only reason I was considering a Wii U.
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No, they didn’t. Vita got a bit of talk earlier about cross-play.
Generally they didn’t talk about money at all.
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I think that was at a separate event a couple of days ago
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That drop was only for Japan though
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And I think it was to roughly $200 USD. The Vita was under that during November’s Black Friday sales so it’s not too impressive of a drop.
Although I do suspect that means a (worldwide) drop relatively soon considering they want to integrate it with the PS4. I’d wait a bit @scree and @masha2932 (and anyone else wanting to pick one up)!
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Thanks. I do wan to grab on for so many reasons.
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Nope.
EDIT: Damnit Greenius, catch up on TAY faster! 😛
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It wouldn’t be a good idea to do it. Mixed messages etc. The event had to be 100% focused on PS4.
NO! I DON’T WANT A PAGE GET
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It’s to late the Jersey Shore beckons the call of the page get.
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I don’t know what you’re talking about. You so crazy!
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Regret is clouding your memory.
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You’ll have this page get and you’ll like it.
Back in my day pagegets meant something … mostly because they happened on actual pages. In books.
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YOU GOT ONE NOW EAT YOUR PEAS
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NO, I HATE PEAS!
Not really “hate” per se but they taste funny! I avoid them when I eat fried rice >:P little fiends!
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Formal dinners are a dressy affair so for boys; suit up (if you don’t have one, you can wear a nice shirt with jeans)
I know what I’m wearing…
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Food stained shirt while you stay in your hermit cave? 😀
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Ahaha I wish 😛 I’ve got a nice black stripy shirt that’s been worn once so that’s good enough for me!
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A pretty dress that compliments your natural body shape?
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Now that you mention it…
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Greetings taybies … it’s 4 o’clock on the rocket clock and I’ve just gotten to have lunch. A new hamburger place opened up down the road and I decided to give it a try … $20 later I walk out with some delicious crispy thick cut chips, a bottle of solo and a burger as big as my giant head.
The burger was awesome and fresh except for the cardboard patty they used, so that ended up sitting on the paper as I chewed through some delicious salad, tomato relish, jalepenos and gooey cheese.
Is it weird that the highlight of my day was making a joke about porridge in the PS4 live blog and getting more upvotes than ever before?
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That was a pretty awesome call
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What was the mood like in that live blog? I intentionally stuck to twitter and am not game to go in there now in case they harsh my mellow. 😛
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Don’t bother. silliness
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My brother summed up the PS4 stuff on twitter perfectly:
Oh please. The least important thing about the Playstation 4 is how it looks on your $18 Ikea TV cabinet
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Ikea has $18 TV cabinets?!
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“Cabinet” might be a bit of a stretch.
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dust collector
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Well apparently I’m a terrible person according to the internet because I wanted to see the new console today.
How dare I!!
(not directed at you or your bro red)
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Mainly just a curiousity thing for me aesthetics wise. I get that people want to know stuff about the technical side, though.
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We can be bad people together, Ash
Apparently I’m scum of the earth because I didn’t really enjoy Ico or Shadow of the Colossus
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Seeing the console is important because it makes it real for a lot of people.
It is just a detail, as is pretty much everything else they showed today.
I’m fine not seeing it but I can understand why some people would want to see it.
Also, $18 IKEA TV cabinet? I’ll take 8!
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I don’t really mind not seeing it, I just think it’s a little strange. That said, I think people would have appreciated some semblance of what’s actually being talked about. Something to actually assure people “This is what you’re here for. Introducing the Playstation 4.”
Plus I’m a sucker for looking at new tech. The box would be more interesting than spec sheets.
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The box would be more interesting than spec sheets
i’m with you – I knida want to see how futuristic it will look. I want it to look like it feel through a warp hole form the future!!
That said, I’ ve expressed my curiosity here and elsewhere, but egenrally kept out of comments sections as much as possible. I’m getting the impression that some people in some forums are getting really nasty about no console being shown, hence why maybe some people are a bit sensitive to people saying even causally ‘oh it would have been nice to see the console’.
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What it looks like in no way is a deciding factor in a purchase but the curiosity of knowing the design of it is killing me.
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But Uncle, what if it is like 6 ft tall?? what if it comes in a life size shape of Kratos? Where will you keep it?
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Life sized Kratos? Probably in my bed next to me while I sleep. Wifey can have the couch.
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Just don’t ask where the move controller is stored….
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Except it’s easier to lust after something if you know what it looks like….
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What if the PS4 is the size of a TV cabinet?
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Was it actually touted by Sony as a PS4 reveal? Or just a announcement that people then guessed was a console reveal and are now disappointed that what they assumed was going to happen didn’t?
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From what I know, people guessed/hyped it as a console reveal (which it still was despite them not actually showing the physical console) but they did show a few videos leading up to the event about the “evolution” of the Sony Playstation, starting from PS1-Vita so it was highly likely that it would be related to their next-generation console.
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Observation: Dual Shock 4 no longer has a Start button.
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Swipe to start!
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make your own unique start gestures with the inbuilt software to ensure security… everyone uses the konami code
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Several hundred people will use their penis.
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that would certainly stop console sharing
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Explains the whole tying the account to the controller patent thing. No one else would want to use that controller.
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Together?
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I really hope not.
Yeah! Just saw the option and share buttons on the official pictures! Options probably is a better name than select anyways. Different though. 😀
They’re going to run out of places to add buttons soon!
I really want to see a game that works with that touchpad though. It doesn’t look like it’s big/well positioned enough to be useful to me, but who knows!
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Actually… playing with my PS3 controller now, I can comfortably reach the touchpad area with my thumbs and do little swipes and pinches. Here’s hoping it gets used for something more inventive than just “Use the touchpad to climb up this wall!” sort of things.
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I’m assuming it allows them to shoehorn in all the horrible touchscreen bullshit they had in Uncharted on the Vita into every game on the system. 🙁
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Fuck… that’s the absolute worst shit I’ve seen in some Vita games.
Seriously.
NO DEVELOPERS.
NO.
BAD.
*whacks*
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\o/
Now just need to find out if it’s regioned or not.
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I’d assume downloaded stuff might be region locked … but if they’re sticking with bluray I couldn’t see them introducing region locks just for the sole purpose of that.
I just realised that this would be the first sony console to not use a new proprietary format.
PSOne had cd
PS2 had dvd
PSP had UMD
PS3 had bluray
Vita had it’s memory card things-
Was the format actually confirmed? My stream kept cutting out so I can’t be sure.
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no, but the details on the dev boxes have blu-ray drives on them
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It’s a much faster BD drive too, 6x speed vs the IIRC 1x in the first PS3s. Should remove a lot of the need for installs.
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They didn’t really go into the format thing for games, from what I saw. I couldn’t really see them dropping blurays though as the main format for games considering the new xbox is going to be using bluray disks and it would make it easier on developers if they all had the same format to use for retail releases.
Plus there’s the whole thing of not all internets being equal and rah rah rah that hopefully puts a dampener on a digital only, cloud based console.
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CD and DVD and Bluray all are not proprietary to Sony. CD was a Phillips & Sony joint venture, DVD was Phillips, Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic, and Bluray is a massive group including Samsung, Pioneer, LG and stuff alongside Sony.
But yeah, it’s true they’ve shifted formats every time previously.
I think there’s a good chance they won’t region stuff again. It didn’t seem to hurt the PS3 much, and Vita is unregioned. I just really hope they don’t require you to use a PSN account from your own region as that would be a killer for me.
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I know the format’s not proprietary to sony … probably bad phrasing on my part. Just meant that each new console had utilised a new format for their media.
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And the account thing…
We’ve talked about it before but the PS3 does it perfectly IMO. It lets you access content from any region/account relatively easily.
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Yeah I really hope they don’t fuck it up.
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EB are taking preorders already? Half tempted just to plonk $100 on one and start paying bits of it off. I might hold off until physical media is confirmed. If not I probably won’t get one. Can’t see that happening though. Would kind of ruin an entire industry. Also put a lot of people out of jobs. Would just mightily suck all around for almost everyone involved.
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It has a BR drive.
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Are you trying to put me in the poor house?
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Sony’s tried to go all-digital before and the market just isn’t ready yet, it’ll be physical. It has a BD drive.
Also I wouldn’t start putting down money yet, wait until we have a release date and a proper price.
I was so caught up in the hype that I didn’t play or do anything significant today :P. Planned to play some Ni no Kuni but it’s getting stormy and I don’t want to have a black out during it causing me to lose progress!
I also watched the last episode of Jersey Shore (The Reunion) before…
Right at the start it hit me and I was all… “what the fuck am I doing!?” and I felt myself becoming stupid(er) with immense levels of regret.
Watched it anyway.
….
:/
AT LEAST THAT’S DONE!
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I was supposed to be dealing with help desk requests, but ended up spending most of the day gushing over games with one of the developers and our general manager
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I’m having crazy De Ja Vu here 😛
Why is playing Ni No Kuni is stormy weather a bad idea? you can save anywhere in the game from the menu.
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Except for dungeons. Though you could use vacate… if you have it… *shifty eyed*
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I’m scared of black outs causing me to lose progress, man!
And I tend to go for long stretches without saving (not too long but like 30-1 hour) and I HATE replaying stuff immediately after
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That makes two of us! (Who did nothing significant, you’re on your own with Jersey Shore :P)
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I dealt with a whole bunch of bullshit and didn’t get to have lunch and I put my back out and it’s sore and I am absolutely exhausted and sick of life and everything right now.
And I have a 9am and a 7pm meeting tomorrow. 🙁
I am envious of you not having to do anything at all.
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🙁 aw man, sorry to hear that. I hope I didn’t contribute to any of the online stress!
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That is shit timing on the meetings.
I understand after hours meetings but 7 is pushing it. Backing up from a 9am just sucks.
Was going to ask if they at least let you leave early but looking at the clock I guess not-
Redmond / Melbourne time overlap is in the mornings, Melbourne / Israel in the evenings. Not much we can do 🙁
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Fair enough, just sucks they happen on the same day. Or for the same project having to get both teams input
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I guess I’ll continue adding to this which seems like a random thoughts post 😛
I was derping around with a friend last year when I went to Singapore and he showed me a store called Foreskin for shits and giggles and they actually had some pretty rad clothes. So I bought some t-shirts from there and they were comfy as and fit pretty well. Went back to Singapore last week and didn’t see it once (saw it a few times, in a few places last year) :(. Kinda sad since it had a loltastic name and I liked their t-shirts…
OH WELL!
(I had an unopened t-shirt from them I’d been ‘saving’ but just opened it then because reasons. I looked pretty smexy in it and that reminded me of the store)
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Smexy t-shirt and green pants?!
Did you find your own EB girl to try and impress? 😛-
That would imply me leaving the house 😛
Don’t be silly Strange!
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Wow all I can say at the moment in regard to Dave Lombardo not playing Soundwave is FUCK KERRY KING. I always looked the other way when people spoke ill of Kerry, now I see why they did it. He’s a slimy money greedy prick.
What I am referring to is the post Dave Lombardo just posted on Facebook regarding how he was informed he won’t be the drummer in Slayer for the Australian tour because he wanted to be paid for the touring he did last year with the band.
@spaghett
So first it was Charlie Bentante from Anthrax along with Travis Barker from Blink-182 then Six Feet Under pulled out due to their drummer not recovering in time from an accident, now Dave Lombardo one of the best drummers to grace metal won’t be making it. This sucks man!
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The way I read that was if they didn’t sign the contract they wouldn’t be playing and Kerry wanted to play and get paid, ie do his job.
Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t it Lombardo who didn’t want to play unless he got more money? Wouldn’t that make him the greedier one?
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He hasn’t been paid for their tour last year apart from a small advance and Kerry doesn’t want to review the Slayer business model and how it operates so money isn’t wasted and everyone gets paid more. There’s been a drummer hired to replace him, he was told a week ago on Feb 14th by management he won’t be coming to Australia and he has been replaced for the time being.
Like fair enough he hasn’t been paid and would like to, he’s not free labour. Also the fact them wanting him to sign a contract that doesn’t disclose his % and such is also pretty wrong. It’s the Bill Ward & Black Sabbath saga all over again, where it was never made clear to Bill Ward what his cut of anything was, so he told them to shove it.
Dave is essential to Slayer just like Jeff Hanneman is, they sucked without Dave and if he does leave it could very well mean the end of Slayer, might not be bad thing since Kerry can’t even tell you how his supposedly best buddy and bandmate is 2 years on after he contracted necrotizing fasciitis. Sucks. I’ve seen for years people say kerry King is exactly like this never really thought it, but it does show his ethics.
Dave is loved by the metal community and he’s also brilliant to his fans, Kerry not so much on the other hand. He also talks a lot of shit about other musicians, probably why he has only ever been in Slayer and played with them heh.
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FUCK!!!!!!
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Yep =(
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@andy – you bought Ni no Kuni from the US store didn’t you?
Want a free DLC code for the Gold Hurly familiar? The code came as a bonus with the guide and that particular piece of DLC was offered free for PAL regions, so I already have it and have no use for it.
I thought about going on GameFAQs and giving it away for free or something but figured I’d give it to someone I knew first!
If anyone else wants it, it’s yours! Just holla but keep in mind I’m pretty sure it’ll only work for a US store/copy though 🙂
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Don’t need a code. Was browsing last night looking to spend money and Draggle and Golden Hurly are on the store listed as free.
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Yeah, they’re free for PAL regions but not for the US (hence why I don’t need the code)
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I was on the US store last night.
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hmm, last time I checked only “Draggle” was offered for free. Kind of defeats the purpose of this “EXCLUSIVE DLC CODE” :P!
US store only shows Draggle as free.
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AU/PAL store shows Draggle and Golden Hurly as free.
Also, look at that price difference… dayumnnnn!
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YOUR FACE IS WRONG!
*runs crying to my bedroom*
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I AM NOT AN ANIMAL
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*muffled shout through the door*
NO! ANIMALS ARE NOT AS MEAN!
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Yeah mate, purchased from the US. And thanks but managed to get the code for Hurly from a mate. Appreciate the offer though.
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No problem!
What to do with this code then…
😛
What a day…
Now to go home and check out this PS4 malarkey everyone’s been on about.
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No console shown. Who launches a console without a console? Besides the pixie folk I mean.
Worst. Launch. Ever.
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Am I bovered?
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It’s amazing the amount of people that seem to have confused announcement with launch.
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HOLY ANCHOVY!
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This ranks up there with Drama Llama. There was another animal one I liked but I forgot it… I think @strange said it once.
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Scary canary?
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YES, YOU’RE THE BEST!
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Just saw Ten News’ coverage of the PS4.
Apparently it drove us crazy and we’re outraged! Okay then! 😀
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That’s outrageous.
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Absolutely livid. God has nothing on my wrath.
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I’m definitely outraged.
How dare they show me things that make me want a PS4! 😛Edit: You edited a line break in?! Wow,you really are addicted to that edit button. 😀
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To be fair, it was probably irresponsible for Sony to expose a hermit to this much enthusiasm. What were they thinking? Were they even thinking at all? :'(
Edit: I liked the aesthetics after the line break. I over think things, okay? 😛
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Wait, weren’t you an Xbox fan?
Oops sorry. Got to get in the spirit of this.
Ahem.
U SUXXOR LYING NOOB. U R XFAG LIK IR MOM IS WHO I DID
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Xbox 360 has gotten worse as the generations progressed. If Xbox 3 fixes those issues, you best believe I’ll be hyped for that too. Also, I just want to play games damn it. Who cares about picking sides. 😀
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Well my mouse is stuffed, time to get a new one tomorrow
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Yeah, mouses die too often
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Worst. Pets. Ever.
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SEMI-RELEVANT STORY I JUST REMEMBERED:
In year 7 we split up into groups and we all had mice. I don’t know why, but we did. Anyways… they all had weird names and our group had Paris and Hilton. You’d think they’d be the sluttiest couple ever but while everyone else’s mice had cool babies ours had none. NONE.
While everyone got to see and play with cool baby mice we had to sit there and pretend we were having fun.
:'(
Worst. Pets. Ever.
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http://au.pc.gamespy.com/pc/sega-alien-rpg/1227456p1.html
Obsidian’s Alien RPG. Might make you sad. Understandably not at all polished, though.
Looks really different from any thing else they’ve done.
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Looks interesting, but I’m not sure Alien would translate well into an RPG, unless they were going to include a bunch of non xenomorph related stuff.
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Xeno
RPG*ears perk up*
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I assume it’d be personal character arcs going on at the same time. I notice all the character creation screens involve Weyland-Yutani, so you might have some specific colony objectives. Too bad it was cancelled. :'(
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So, PS4 huh?
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You know it!
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CHOO CHOO BITCHES!
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You’re not meant to know about that for another 10 years, the PS3 announcement is coming up in a few years you!
So has Sandy ever directly replied to anyone before or has @dc received that dubious honour?
Wait, is that, I think I hear wedding bells. 😛
Evening, TAY!
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Good evening master Crazyguy1990.
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Crazyguy!
Hi peeps, been away at my parents place for a week, so I decided to have a TAY break as well. Had a weigh-in today though, and I lost 2.6 kilos this week!!!!!
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Requisite “on target” joke.
(Good work!)
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Bravo good sir!
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On the flipside, I gained weight! 😀
Only like a kilo though and I’m pretty sure I already pooped it all away 🙁
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Sandy? 😛
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Hells yeah, you’re doing excellent man!
You can’t say thanks on the Internet anymore without it sounding sarcastic. Ie: Spaghett gifted me Magicka. Thanks Spaghett.
Thanks Obama.
So shit. I just applied for a job with a fuck ton of responsibility, and best of all I have all required qualifications. It’s quite nerve racking honestly! But if I did get it is a step in the right direction for me!
Fuck, nervous as hell now o.o
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Good luck, man! Hope it all goes your way!
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Thanks man! If I land this job the possibilities are pretty much endless if I want to progress higher up.
It was my mates job before which he landed back in ’08 but he’s gone to uni now to further his skills elsewhere. IT support job, 35 hours a week at a local school, downside noisy kids. Upside 11 weeks paid holidays a year and weekends off!
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Oh, I remember you talking about that a while ago! Sounds awesome, man!
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Yeah I mentioned it a few times lol.
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Posting from my new Nokia 😀
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Congratulations?
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UI! What colour?
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White phone with a blue (cobalt) UI right now. The Steel colour looks pretty awesome too. Gonna have to keep changing between the two I think 😛
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Nokia still exist? Who knew!?
DREAMWORLD!
This SuperDAE story is interesting I sorta feel bad for the guy because these multi-billion dollar companies aren’t known for doing ‘slaps on the wrist’, Microsoft are going to go after him to the full extent of the law.
Ahh well.. You reap what you sow.
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You do feel a little bit for him but its not like he didn’t know it was illegal. And Microsoft did approach him and got told to “Go Eff themselves”
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Also his claims that it was his way of helping them is all kinds of stupid.
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Listening to Ni No Kuni’s OST. Really liked it. (Probably spoilers, don’t play unless you’ve finished the game.)
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Also prefer the Japanese version of this. (Once again, spoilers!)
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Oh man and I love this so damn much! Probably one of my favourite parts of the soundtrack, up there with the theme — the start especially. So damn atmospheric!
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Probably the only song I remember beside the Battle Theme lol.
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Sometimes I hated that so damn much. Other times I sung along. Haha.
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Vita has been ordered.
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Now you’re set for PS4 streaming! 😀
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I’m more looking forward to DOA5+ that game looks stunning on the console and is going to be just as great on the Vita.
Definitely a step up from DOA:D.
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Tekken fan over here o/
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What amazed me is that DOA:D had more story then all the console ones.
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I’m thinking I might grab that too, since I still haven’t gotten the console release and I like DOA a lot. Not sure how the cross-play thing works on it though.
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Gimme da deets bro!
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Ugh, Pushius 😛
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238 from Smith’s Dick with Planet Little Big
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Tragedy etc
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A NEW VICTIM FOR OUR CAUSE!!!
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Welcome, brother.
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Fang Q
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Is there no video of the conference to watch again at home? Can’t find any 🙁
Cool! Just found out there’ll be demos for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (3DS) and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS and Wii U) up sometime tomorrow!
MH FOLKS:
Know which version you’re getting? They announced online play for the 3DS version but I’m still not sure how that works (missed it in the stream) 😛
CASTLEVANIA FOLKS:
I really liked Lords of Shadow but was disappointed with Mirror of Fate since I wanted/expected a new 2(.5)D Metroidvania game. It doesn’t really look like one and I didn’t think it looked pretty good but Vook Tweeted that he played it and liked it so, eh, I dunno!
I guess I’ll get them all and see 😀
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@powalen – thoughts on MH4? Were you impressed? I like their trailers but I’ve never really put any decent amount of time into MH 😛
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Eh. No matter how much I see of Monster Hunter, it just doesn’t grab me.
Oh, and the Castlevania demo was for the AU eShop? Awesome.
EDIT: The Monster Hunter 3DS online play works via an app on the Wii U. If you’re going to go that far though you may as well just buy the WiiU version 😛
EDIT2: Ooh, looks like there’ll be a Monster Hunter demo on the 3DS/WiiU anyway. I’ll see what it’s got.
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Aww what about ant killing tank game? 😛
Yeah, I know that much but I think there’s also something about needing a LAN attachment? I dunno… Also one per a console :/.
I already pre-ordered the Wii U version and it has better grafix newai
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Monster Hunter 3 is gonna be all up in my Wii U. But I think I’m going to get the 3DS version too so my wife can play multiplayer with me 😀
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Demo for mirror will decide its fate
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That, reviews and TAYpinions for me.
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Macaroni and Cheese is good eatin’…
Hahaha @dc you must be bored, but I’m honoured to have been selected :’)
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Oh man, too much backtracking!
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Glad to know it wasn’t just me, then. I thought I’d been singled out for some reason!
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If I singled you out it’d be because you were awesome, nothing to worry about either way.
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We were chosen as his best friends. No need to worry Smith!
Unless you don’t want to be friends with D.C….
MONSTER
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Might’ve also been RedArtifice. And Jimu. And Strange. And Aleph. XD
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WHY??? /o\
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MAKE IT STOP T____T
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All the downvotes!
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OH GOD HALP.
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OH GOD, POPULAR MEME!
I HATE THAT IT IS SO POPULAR
Watching some old home movies, and getting all morose that things have to change.
@dc you’re going to LOVE The Wind Waker! Get hyped right now.
RIGHT NOW!
I’m looking at art of it in Hyrule Historia and I’m remembering how pretty it was :’)
EDIT: OoooOO unused stuff! PUT THIS IN THE GAME NINTENDO!
Highly likely that they won’t though :'(
EDIT 2: Actually maybe they’ll be smart and listen to criticisms about OoT3D and actually add in new content! It’s easy enough to do with little islands here and there (Wii U Island?)!
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You can’t use :’) and :'( in the same post.
Game looks purdy, that’s for sure.
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You can’t tell me what to do! :'(
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@dc you into Monster Hunter? No, of course not! 😛
Going to download the demo? Try it out! Why not! Gives us something to talk about 😀
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No, my Wii U’s still having internet issues but not really into JRPGs. (Still. :P)
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Not a JRPG 😛
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Really? What is it then?
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Hard to describe, really. There’s monsters and you go kill them! 😛
If I was to take a guess I’d probably say action/adventure? Huge landscapes with huge enemies to find and hunt. Sort of like “bosses” with smaller ones throughout.
I’m probably not the best person to ask about it as I’ve barely played the series (a couple to a few hours in some entries) but I think @ynefel @thecracks and @hindenlagen are the resident experts! So maybe they’ll help recruit members on the Monster Hunter Express!
They’re fun though and are pretty! PRETTYNESS D.C.!
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Go download the demo!
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Wii U connects to the internet about 10% of the time then drops out after three minutes. 😛
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Then it’ll download 10% of the time in the background!
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@greenius; The Wii U is only on for about a minute a day these days. No games, you see. 😛
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Excuses, excuses!
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Good thing Rayman comes out in a few d… 🙁
Play the demos! I haven’t used my Wii U at all since the start of Feb but the demo will give me something to do! Also downloaded Tank! X3
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I’m not exagerrating about internet. It WILL take days for it to download. 😛
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When doing the initial system update Hermes suggested moving the Wii U closer to the router. I couldn’t do this unless I unplugged it and just plugged it in at a closer powerpoint a metre or so away from the router. It’s good because you can use the gamepad to navigate 😀
I’d suggest doing that but something tells me you’re wayyy too lazy to do it for a demo you don’t even know you’ll like 🙁
Btw @powalen – did you get the demos? Thoughts?
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I think of monster hunter as very similar to the action part of Dark Souls, but every fight is a boss fight. Like Dark Souls, there are RPG elements such as weapons/classes (but no levels – it all depends on your armour). Again like Dark Souls, these RPG elements are a poor second to your skill in the game. Skillful people can (and often do) Hunt harder monsters naked just for fun. A highly geared person with no skill will still die very easily.
Unlike Dark Souls, each “hunt” is episodic – You pick the monster you want to hunt from a menu, and you have 50mins max to get him. Rinse and repeat. Carve those monster hides to make some armour and weapons!
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Too bad @dc hasn’t played any Souls games so he can’t really make that comparison!
Looks like we’ll have to compare it to things he knows… umm…
It has pretty sites!
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Looks like F-Zero for the SNES will be released for 30 cents tomorrow on the Wii U, more looking forward to Kirby’s Adventure and Super Metroid but I’m not complaining.
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30 cents? For reals? SNES games for 30 cents? That is awesome.
I just finished Super Metroid again last year. Such an amazing atmosphere for a game with almost no dialogue. Need to go back and play the whole prime trilogy. I only ever finished the first one.30c!!!!
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Yeah it’s part of some promotion they have going. Not all SNES games will be 30c unfortunately 😛
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Downloading now! Also the Monster Hunter and Castlevania (3DS) demo. Apparently one Tank! Tank! Tank! DLC is 80% off for the next few days as well (Buying one DLC removes the free-to-play restrictions), but I can’t tell if $3.45 is the normal price or the sale price :\
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Seems like a sale price since everything is wayyy too expensive in Australia.
Let me know because $3.45 doesn’t sound too bad for a game!
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Sleep time! Good night, folks! 😀
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Goodnight, D.C!
Datin’ on the innernette, episode 4:
Metrics are way too slow to really do daily updates, I think I’ve done the right thing thus far in only reporting on day 1(or was it 2? God I’m hopeless /o\), and instead relaying my thoughts/experiences.
So, what’s new today? Ummm, pretty much standstill, which is to be expected. I’m also noticing a few things that allow for less-than-ideal results, although I’m not sure how to improve this entirely.
The matching system relies heavily on users answering a seemingly never-ending series of questions (I’m up to 1200 answered, currently). Obviously, the more questions you answer, the higher the chance of finding an accurate match in terms of numbers.
Occasionally the results are skewed though, say, if one person in a match result has answered only 50 questions (which are divided further into subsets of Ethics, Sex, Religion, Lifestyle, Dating and Other). Perhaps this could be circumvented by adding a minimum-answer limit? I don’t know.
When browsing other profiles, it also shows a blue, green, yellow, or red symbol next to the “message” button, to give you an idea of how frequently they respond to messages.
Blue = no-one has contacted this person in 7 days.
Green = Responds often.
Yellow = Responds selectively.
Red = Responds VERY selectively.
The issue I have with this is again, potential inaccuracies/misleading information. A blue symbol is (of the… 4-5 I’ve come across?) more often due to the person having a full inbox (therefore I cannot send messages to the individual) or the fact that the profile hasn’t been signed into for 2-3 years or more. I suppose it’s still an accurate statement though.
The other colours have less and less to do with anything though, as there’s so many other factors. How many losers are sending pictures of their cock or a single-word message in the first place? Sure, I understand the idea with the latter, as you need to approach any avenue that seems fruitful, I suppose. Personally, I see no value in it, and wouldn’t particularly see myself valuing a person that did, in which case of COURSE that person is going to “respond very selectively” compared to the majority of messages they receive.
In looking over this, it looks rather negative. Not what I was going for, I’m still happy as Larry!
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Good luck mate!
I’m curious – You live on Groote, so who are you hoping to date? Ladies on Groote Ladies in Darwin? Looking further afield?
You just got a new job, so long distance relationship? Abandon job and move to the mainland?Just askin’ is all 🙂
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Right now I’m keeping options open. Hell, as it stands, overseas isn’t necessarily a limitation. I live in a place of transience, and whilst I’ve just started a new job etc, I don’t see myself staying here forever. I *will* be leaving here, I just don’t know when, or to where as yet.
If I can find someone that helps sway my decision? So be it 🙂I couldn’t ask long-distance of someone, I couldn’t expect them to neglect their own emotional/physical needs for some far-off promise, that seems really unfair.
I think I’m hoping to just find someone I really enjoy talking to, and see where it takes us.I… I don’t even know, man. Just promising myself not to give in to the self-doubt just yet :3
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That seems like a really healthy attitude to approach this with.
I said above ‘Good luck mate’. You probably don’t need it – It looks like you’re taking action to make your own luck 😉
I really hope you find someone you click with.
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Thanks man, much appreciated 😀
If my track record is anything to go by though, I need all the luck I can get 😛
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I live in a place of transience
Ha ha, I imagined you saying that as you inhaled some smoke from your vaporizer 🙂
Once again good luck. even if prospective partners are far away you can still chat daily etc .
EDIT: Spelling errors and corrections
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Ugh, PSN purchases will not carry over to the Playstation 4.
http://www.destructoid.com/psn-purchases-will-not-carry-over-to-playstation-4-246229.phtml
I kind of expected this to happen since it’s a different system architecture on the PS4 compared to the PS3, it’s just disappointing. Hopefully they figure something out and the ‘purchase’ of digital content is maintained in case Sony decides to make PS4 compatible versions of PSN favourites ( Journey, Flower, Sound Shapes etc)
Oh well, I’ll still be keeping my PS3. I just hope I didn’t make too much of an investment in PSN. More incentives to play through them now I guess.
Also, it’s early days so we just have to wait and see what Sony will do closer to the system’s release date.
By the way, have Sony or Microsoft ever announced what would happen to your PSN/Live games if their network services were completely shut down or they went out of business? I know your PS3 has to be activated to keep playing your PSN games.
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This has been a big thought on my mind as well, what happens to all our PSN/XBLA games in the next gen?
If they are abandoned then I bet people would be more wary of purchasing downloadable games in the future.
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It’s one of the things I’m most pissed off about – I’ve spent several thousand dollars all up on PSN over the years. I always had a funny feeling this would happen. Obviously digital games are only viable as long as they’re compatible with current hardware, and they’re actually hosted on servers for download, but it’s still pretty shitty.
It doesn’t mean they’re not going to take away my digital titles as soon as PS4 hits, but by announcing they’re not compatible with PS4, it goes without saying my PS3 downloads have just been given a time to live. Doubt they’ll host it all for much longer once PS4 comes in.
So this also throws into question all that DLC you have for your games – what happens to them?
I have various PSX, PS2, GBA, etc games in my collection, and I know they’re not impacted by the passing of time. The complete game is right there, in the case. But my PS3 games? In ten years time when I decide to get a game out for nostalgia and play it, I bet my DLC won’t be generously hosted by Sony anymore. My games will be effectively missing content.
That’s fucking shitty.
I mean comparitively, my Steam library is worth thousands as well – but the games aren’t bound to particular hardware or a generation. I’m fairly certain my Steam library is safe as long as Valve is around.
The digital complaint is hardly unique to Sony, but it’s a good way to illustrate the issue that all digital content is rented.
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Surely there’s a way the transaction records can be transferred to the new PSN? Assuming accounts are consistent across networks.
I’m never that bothered by a lack of backwards compatibility and what-not, but this seems like one scenario where they can actually do something about it.
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I think they could transfer the transactions, but I’m guessing it’s more an issue as to whether they’ll make the games available to PS4, and whether they’re compatible straight up or require some adaptation.
It’s going to be a pretty big shaft for people like me if they don’t at least make the more expensive/important stuff transferrable.
Then again, it’s pretty early days, so who knows – history has taught me not to be too optimistic though.
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I think they’ll slowly update the best of them over time to run cross-platform.
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A new day!
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CHULOOPA!!!
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Monty Python’s Flying Circus?
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@virus__ @chuloopa @redartifice
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for the lazy 😛
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Morning TAY
No last song played today
Caught the bus in with Sam
I guess I listened to the bus while Sam slept on my shoulder
Wait!!
Buddy Holly by Weezer
Last night 😀
Redemption!
Heroin!
Shenanigans!
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Morning dude!
My last song (currently listening to is) Realign – The Mayfield Four..
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Morning man 😀
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How’s life treating you man? Soundwave tomorrow (for Freeze & I!) Sunday for you. Tell me wasn’t Sydney Soundwave at Eastern Creek the previous 2 years or more not Olympic Park?
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Last 2 years was Olympic Park
Before that Eastern Creek
I like it at Olympic Park
But thats the only Soundwavbe I have ever known
Life, ehh, alright, bit sore this morning though
My neck is acting crazy, I think I slept wrong
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Ah right, thought it was at Eastern Creek up until this year for some reason!
Sounds like your body is already rejecting what Sunday is going to throw at you, the joys!
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Well
I weigh 120 kilos
And wear glasses
So, probably not getting into the mosh any time soon
My feet will be killing me at the end of the day
So much standing
So. Fucking. Worth. It!
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Aww come on! I’m bout the same size and yeah wait you’re right fuck the pit.
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Wow you’re almost double my weight >_>
This isn’t meant to make you feel bad, I’m pretty sure I’m underweight and I’m about average height :P. I assume you’re much taller and stuffs
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@greenius
I am short, like 5′ 5 maybe, I am not sure
Sam is the tiniest bit bigger than me
But I am a heavy set dude
And I wasn’t insulted by what you said
After all, I put my weight up here for all to see
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Phew, good to hear, I didn’t want it to sound insulting and I thought about not saying it just in case 😀
*fist bump*
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*bro-fist bump*
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Yeah, I have to work that week, see clients if they turn up, bruises and cuts is a negative 😛
I am not really keen on the pit
My anger is a problem and I know I would take being slammed into a little too personally
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Hahaha, yeah I hear you there man.. Only pit I would get back in again is Steel Panther’s so awesome.
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For Lamb of God last year *one of my all time favourite bands* I was up the back
Singing along
Out of the pit
And with a clear view of the stage
And my hearing still intact
Which is pretty bad as it is
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Haha, yeah least with open air concerts/festivals your hearing doesn’t get as blasted as it does at an arena gig or small club.
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I went deaf at CombiChrist
Deaf at cKy
Deaf at Turbonegro
Semi deaf at Smashing Pumpkins
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That’ll learn ya! =P
Last time I went ‘deaf’ at a concert was Dope in ’09 but that was a tiny ass club and I thought next to the PA was a brilliant idea!
Anytime I go deaf at a gig I won’t wear my headphones directly after
Don’t want to subject myself to any more damage 😛
Haha, pfft! What’s more hearing damage on top of more =P
I got my Soundwave collection playing on random loop….. preparations have been in place for Sunday for a while now….. slowly getting pre-festival excitement, but cautiously watching the weather hoping for a good day on Sunday….
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I’ll have an umbrella in my bag
A smile on my face
And headbanging in my heart
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It stormed like a bitch last time I saw Metallica, so it’s only fitting I guess, you know tradition and all that.
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Seth Sentry covering Punch in the Face by Frenzal Rhomb.
(Also, you mean Buddy Holly?)
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I did, and now I fixed it, thanks 😀
Same as Rize. Punch in the Face – Seth Sentry.
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Strange occurence…
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You might think so, but it was on Triple J on the way in to work.
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I freakin’ loved it.
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You would, I guess….
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You had to be there.
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Fist pumping all the way to Manuka?
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It was so good. I’ve never really listened to him before, caught a bit of his set at BDO and he seemed pretty good.
Oh….
I kind of forget stuff like radio exists
Also, WWE 2K14. Get hype.
I am so hype bro!
This is my jam right now:
http://pselodux.bandcamp.com/
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what kind of music?
Tis blocked here at work
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Kind of electro/chiptunes/80’s synth rock
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Done and done, so checking that out when I get home
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Last song – Digging the Grave – Faith No More
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Yeah, Faith!
Don’t risk spoilers. If you haven’t played, don’t listen my friends. Beautiful song, though. :’)
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Dan! My twin!
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Tim! I’ve never cared for heroin, though. Some might say I hate heroin… :O
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Nor do I man!
Nor do I 🙂
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Something from Tarot’s The Spell Of Iron album.
Vilify by Device (David Draiman’s new band)
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I am keen to hear it
Am always at work when I think about it though
Any good?
I am really hoping it is good
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Yeah man I enjoy it. Sounds very similar to Disturbed, but has a bit of a NIN feel to it.
What time do you knock off today? I’ll @ you to remind you to check it out.
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Knock off around 4 man
I’d be chuffed to have you @ remind me to watch it
Thanks 😀
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Sabaton – The beast from Primo Victoria
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/serridge.jpg
MWOOOHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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Bloody brilliant
Finally started playing Arkham City last night, having owned the game for like 6 months. So far, looks like just as much fun as Asylum. The one minor complaint I have (which will probably end up moot) is that the upgrades are a bit over the top. Pumped up resistance to guns, now I just walk up to armed thugs and pummel them. This is after about 2 hours of gameplay.
Ugh…fire alarm…I’ll be back!
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Don’t worry, as the game goes on, the bad dudes scale up and then you’ll be wondering why your armour is so ineffective. You don’t need the armour early game, that’s why it’s so damned good.
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I currently have (I think) 75% decrease from gun damage with room for one more point…I assume melee fights will get tougher, but how could guns become a threat again?
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I’m currently reading some of IDW’s ongoing Transformers comics, and they’re really good. I loved the Infiltration and subsequent -ation titles, but when they started releasing Transformers Spotlight comics and blended them with the ongoing narrative it kind of lost me.
But now they’ve split the Transformers into two titles. More Than Meets The Eye, and Robots in Disguise.
More Than Meets The Eye follows Rodimus, Ultra Magnus and whole other bunch of Autobots as they leave Cybertron, looking for the mythical Heroes of Cybertron. It evokes feelings of the scene in the 1986 Transformers film where Hot Rod, Arcee, Ultra Magnus, Springer etc go to the Planet of Junk. Kind of weird, but really awesome at the same time.
Robots in Disguise tells the story of what happens to Cybertron once the Autobot/Decepticon war is over. Megatron has been defeated, and Optimus Prime has renounced his leadership of the Autobots, leaving Bumblebee and Prowl in charge. But all of the non-affiliated Cybertronians come back to Cybertron and go all, “Guys, WTF did you do to our planet?”
So now there’s a power struggle (and possible election coming up soon…) between Bumblebee and Prowl, Starscream (the leader of the Decepticons) and Metalhawk, the spokesperson for the non-affiliated Cybertronians.
A lot of people gave Robots in Disguise a lot of flak for being about the more political side of Transformers, but I love it. IDW are back on track!
So, Apparently i’ll be doing a Skype DnD for the first time ever.
I’ve never played DnD before, so it should be interesting.
I’ve picked a Dwarf Bezerker… Because, you know… Dwarfs!
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ALL THE UPVOTES FOR CLERKS!
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ALL THE UPVOTES FOR UPVOTING FOR CLERKS
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You know who loves Clerks 2? @shane!
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Hey, that’s true!
I also love the original Clerks.
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I can’t wait for Clerks 3 😀
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Neither!
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Speaking of Dwarves.. these guys look REALLY familiar!
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I’ve contemplated a number of times trying to do something like this with some old D&D friends but never really ended up trying it. I’m keen to hear how it goes for you!
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If it goes well we could try TAYDnD
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wouldn’t that be TAYnD?
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I thought that was always the plan.
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I’ve picked a Dwarf Bezerker… Because, you know… Short!
Fixed it for you 😉
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You magnificent bastard
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Morning folks, hope this day finds you well?
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It doesn’t
My eyes hurt, and my neck is sore
I dunno what I did
#swag #yolo #hopeyouseetheirony
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Upvote is for weird hashtags, not the other stuff. Hope you feel better.
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Okay so I know what #yolo is, but the #swag just goes right over my head. Old.
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It’s a good thing you don’t know. It’s why you’re awesome! 😀
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Gotta have swagg to know what swag is
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I learned two important lessons last night:
1) I have no idea how to get an early game advantage in Dota2.
2) Christoph Waltz knows how to wear a beard magnificently.
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His name is King. He had a horse. Along the country side, I saw him ride!
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Early-game advantage is based on good team work and the right hero picks. Generally it doesn’t happen too frequently to such a degree that makes the game unwinnable for the opposing team.
OR
Pick Drow.
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We played a 3 vs 4 KvK last night. I was on the team with 3 as Magnus laning against @blaghman ‘s Skeleton King.
I had to get an advantage in lane, by myself, before he hit level 6. I did not.
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Magnus vs. Skele isn’t exactly an even match-up, lol. SK generally had the advantage their, unfortunately for you.
SK has two lives at level 6, so if he hasn’t been shut down by then, he’ll generally need a gank to have him killed. Generally, Lifestealer is the bane of SK. DPS heroes work also!
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It was single draft.
We had Magnus, Chaos Knight and Venomancer up against Skeleton King, Windrunner, Earthshaker and Crystal Maiden.
Try and find a single lane pairing that works out well :p
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Veno against SK would have worked. So long as he maxxed his poison sting and slow first, SK couldn’t do much.
I would then match up Magnus mid against WR. A somewhat safe-lane where he can farm in relative peace. Which leaves CK solo top against ES and CM, which also works, but depends on the CK being ultra-conservative.
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By ultra-conservative, I guess you mean not even attempting last hitting at all… cuz I got punished every damn time I went in for a last hit so staying far far back was the only way i wasn’t getting harassed. Since in DoTA2, using abilities on creeps is a stupid idea given how small everyone’s mana pool is… I didn’t have many options other than stay behind creeps and run backwards when they clear the creep wave (I was CK btw)
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Using abilities on creeps isn’t always the worst option. I was doing it for a good chunk of the game because I was also using it to take pot shots at Blaghs and only needed to have enough mana available to use my E.
That’s definitely just something to work out as you go along though.
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Magnus vs WR works but beating SK with Venomancer relies on knowing how to use Veno and Cakesmith took about 20 minutes to find out you could have multiple wards down at once.
Having him be safe vs Windrunner seemed like the better idea for some reason.
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In the last two games you’ve had fairly poor match-ups, and I don’t really think there’s a lot you could do about it. Thinking about it, Dota is a whole lot more fluid in terms of lane movement than LoL, so while I tend to sit in my lane until I’ve knocked down the enemy tower, or they’ve knocked down mine(and I for some reason expect basically everyone else to do the same), your best bet is to whinge a lot, until someone in your team comes to help. I spent too long that game with a slight 1v1 advantage over you, which allowed me to snowball hard.
Post six though, yeah, you were pretty screwed(although, I think a gank about a minute after my ulti was popped would have done well, at level 6 that thing has a massive cooldown, to the point where I had upgraded it again by the time it came up).
That’s my advice. Not that I really know how to play against me.
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The problem with calling for the gank was that everyone else was trapped in their lanes. I love to move about the lanes, get ganks or get temporary advantages. You’ve seen me do it nearly every game that I had a chance to.
The lane matchups were bad enough that it didn’t work in either of my last two KvKs.
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You need to whinge more.
Its my super top secret.
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It’s not exactly secret.
Cakesmith was usually too busy being near death against Windrunner to be able to help Bunny against you the entire laning phase, and since it was 1v2 for me, leaving the lane was almost never an option. I got lucky on that one and only time I ganked mid, though my tower would’ve been swearing at me for letting it go down to half health in a single push..
I always seem to get stuck in an infinitely unfair matchup where I can’t even get into autoattack range without being struck by something that hurts badly, even if I’m a ranged character. I’ve never truly enjoyed one game of DoTA2 yet.
What’s that? Watch Dogs and Killzone are apprently launch titles for the PS4? Well, that’s fantastic.
That price cut for the Vita? Not coming outside of Japan. Not as fantastic.
Oh shit, Daft Punk is releasing a new album this year? FUCKING A!
Also tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches are good together whoda thunk it
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WHAT!?
That is bullshit. Hm, I think i will buy it when everyone is trying to get rid of them-
Get rid of what?
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Vita I believe.
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No one’s that daft, surely?
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NEW BOWIE
NEW DAFT PUNK
NEW PLAYSTATION
2013 AMAZE
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Bowie’s new song is ace.
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Had to get the train, from Potzdamer Platz…
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New Daft Punk?! Are we 100% sure it’s all new stuff?
I remember when I bought Discovery on launch day. I played that album over and over constantly for at least 6 months straight.
Good morning everyone
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Good morning, how are you scree?
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I’m okay. But no one is giving me hearts on my little pony =(
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I… don’t know what that means 😐
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Is that the iOS one? If so ill tell my daughter to give you some.
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XD
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iOS and android.
My gameloft id is scree06If you’re trolling, =(
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I’m not. My eldest plays it on the iPad a fair bit. Even gave @dc a fairly in depth tutorial on it.
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So damn manly!
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So why aren’t you playing it dc?
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@scree because D.C.’s manliness will explode the game
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Scree! Hope you’re well!
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As I said, I’m okay
Best Movie you’ve seen so far this year?
Probably Silver Linings Playbook. So damn good.
Best Game you’ve played so far this year?
Ni No Kuni! Zombi U was decent, so was The Cave! Ni No Kuni was something really special though, flaws and all…
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Best Film: DJANGO
Best game: Far Cry 3
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– Wreck-it Ralph
– Dark Souls (second playthrough :P)
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I haven’t absorbed any 2013 content, so I’m just going to go for ‘consumed in 2013’ as the question definition.
I… don’t actually think I’ve watched a movie this year :\
And Dark Souls. Or The Walking Dead. Man, that’s a choice and a half.
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Django
Dark Souls.
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DARK.
SOULS.DARKSOULS
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Hmm, best film? Not sure. Might be one of the Ghibli movies I’ve been watching recently.
Best game? To the Moon.
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I might have to play that next!
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Three votes for Dark Souls ignored? And you already own it. Damnit, dc 😛
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Definitely won’t be the next game I play. 😛
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It’s only yourself you’re hurting
And every single one of us.
So much hat.
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You have an obligation to whoever bought it for you to play it….
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I’ve relieved that particular gift guilt, though. 😛
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No you haven’t…because I didn’t give you Dark Souls. For all you know, theperson who gave it to you might not even like me which means you’re doubly required to play and enjoy Dark Souls. 😛
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That’s not even possible. Strange is loved by all, feared by none! (Except for me in early 2012, you scared me! :P)
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Apparently I scare loads of people though. Which scares me. WHAT DO I DO THAT’S SO SCARY!!!?
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Authority figure who I assumed hated me. 😛
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Would it help if I said that it’s basically an adventure game?
Though, let’s be honest here, it’s really just a story with occasional input from the player.
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I’ve played about twenty minutes and liked it. Not a puzzle in sight. That’s not bad, though. Story is good! 😀
I think the only movie I’ve watched this year it Life of Pi. So I guess that?
And Ni No Kuni, since it’s the only game I’ve really played. And I haven’t played much of it.
Dunno.
Dunno.
Best game I’ve played this year: Pokemon X
I know I haven’t played it yet, but it will be 😛
Django Unchained.
Game: Not so sure, maybe Sleeping Dogs? I don’t recall playing much other than Minecraft this year so far.
Hey gang. I’m at home today, ‘looking after sick wife’
Last night, I was up until 2am-ish putting together a secret present for her – a DVD of home movie highlights from 2011. We looked so damn happy in those clips.
Edit: I also played some Dark Souls this morning.
Darkroot Garden cleared. Man that boss battle is easy if you summon. I didn’t even get a chance to swing my sword once before the summon killed the boss butterfly. Ridiculous 😛
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Nawwww…
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You are a good man, Shane. 🙂
As for Dark Souls:
Did you summon an NPC or a real person? I’ve never had the courage to summon a real guy. I have put my sign down to be summoned a few times but nobody wanted me. *sniffle* 🙁-
I don’t have Xbox Gold,
so I’m just going with NPCs. Upside I guess is no risk of being invaded (except by scripted NPCs)-
For some reason I thought you didn’t have to have Gold for that. Stoopid Microsoft.
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@dc – stop reading the spoilers!
I miss the PS4 reveal. It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times. 😛
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Play Dark Souls.
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Prepare for the same thing all over again during E3!
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I remember last year I ignored the hype train and rambled on TAY. Talked to Shane and Strange about Quantic Dream. Was one of the first times I really felt like I fit in here. 😀
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Won’t make that mistake again.
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^ Who’s this guy?
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Xenoblade update.
I’ve finished the story part of Colony 9, trying to get all the collectibles and sidequests done.
Man, it is really hard not to spoil myself on this game. I have a bit of a compulsion to read up about games as I play them, as I’m more a fan of “the journey” than I am of the end result, but for some reason I’ve decided to try to avoid spoiling more of the damn story than I already have(I know moderate amounts about some characters, but not that much about the actual story). So yeah, I’m a little hooked. Not sure whether I should keep playing it now, or if I should Ni No some more though… Games are hard.
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One of the characters you meet later in the game is a massive spoiler so be very careful with looking at character FAQs and stuff. I got spoilered 🙁
Also keep playing because the zone after the Tephra Cave which is after the Colony 9 bit is one of the most visually impressive areas in the game IMO.
EDIT: Will be playing more Xenoblade this weekend. Assuming I escape from Ys.
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Just don’t read anything :P. There’s spoilers everywhere and I got a few major things spoiled.
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You won’t be able to get all the sidequests done. You finish doing stuff for people and they just keep asking for more. I guess it’s the game’s way of punishing you for being nice to people. 😛
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Not true. They just have more quests later in the game.
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So. Damn. Proud.
I have heard whispers of the third book in the KingKiller Chronicles being released this year at some point. I am excite.
Also, once I finish the Void Trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, I think I’ll go back and re-read the first two again (for the fourth time, lol)
Given @dc’s general hat for all of us and Dark Souls I hereby christen him Big Hat Logan.
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Dunno what that means, but it cut deep!
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Just looked it up, the game is ruined! 😛
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You were supposed to play the game to find out. Not be lazy and look it up!
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I didn’t even know it was a Dark Souls reference though! 😀
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Page 19 Shenanigans!
I remember once, I was coming home on the train
Got a text from my dad telling me he would be picking me up
Not my mum
So I asked why
His response was “I’ll tell you in the car”
I was nearly crying by the time I got off because I imagined that at least one of my close family members had died.
Turns out, my car started to die on the way to picking me up so my mum went home with it when she was half way to get me
TL:DR?? Fuck my dad is an unthinking moron
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Yeah man, I don’t get along with my dad all that well either.
That’s so damn stupid though. :S
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So stupid
Me, in all my anxiety, sat there going “Ben could be dead *youngest brother* or Justin *middle brother, I’m eldest* my mum could be dead, because she isn’t coming for me
My nan, grandmother, aunts, uncles, anything
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@powalen
did you ever get Denpamen? It looks weird mannnn, know of any thoughts on it?
I was skimming through 3DS demos and it had a 5 star rating so I’m curious/curius/curiousius!
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I bought it the other day and have had a quick play, but not a proper sit down yet.
Think of it as kind of like Streetpass Quest, but you can get people (npcs) to go to dungeons with from pretty much anywhere. Plus you actually navigate the dungeons and bump into/get chased by monsters, etc.
Looks like a heap of fun so far, and everything I read prior to buying it was pretty positive.
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Haven’t bought it yet. I’ve got a heap of eShop games in my wishlist waiting for proper accounts and/or a sale. Try the demo, it’s pretty cool.
Also, @ the Tank! Tank! Tank! DLC. I dunno if you’ve played it yet, but I would give it a go before buying the DLC (even for $3.45 :P). It’s a console version of an arcade game so it doesn’t have online multiplayer and is pretty shallow. Pretty fun for a quick play though.
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Oh what? I thought you meant the free to play version didn’t have online play, not the whole game itself D: (booo!)
Demo is downloading but I should probably just cancel it, I remember it getting poopy reviews.
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Dear @negativezero, with reference to this comment: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-211/comment-page-16/#comment-1055149 I believe I have reached the part you were referring to, namely the death of Claves.
If so, please accept my apology for suggetsing you were offering up a spoiler. I neither saw it coming, nor predicted which character you were referring to, and the impact of the event was not spoiled for me in the slightest.
As an aside, I found the scene quite moving actually, so i guess the protracted nature was there for the melodrama fans such as myself. To be honest, it reminded me of an old lone wolf and cub movie I saw as a kid, where a guy gets choped and then did a monologue to camera about the impact of said chop on his life and ambitions etc – how uniquly japanese!
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Spoiler tag is “<“s “>” minus the “
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I don’t know what you are referring to sir???? >_>
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Wait what?
Isn’t saying someone dying is a spoiler 😛
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Well thats what I suggested, but he wa slike ‘nah’ and I was like ‘um yeah’.
But as it turned out it wasn;t spoiled for me so I guess @negativezero was right. Least i coudl do is let him know.
Now, trying to spoiler tag something but actually putting it in as a quote.. thats a spoiler!
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Can you please elaborate, I don’t quite get what you mean? How isn’t it a spoiler? Unless it was one of those joke ones like how Chopin turns into a t-rex and eats everyone! D:
I’ve played the game and probably won’t ever return to it but just curious how saying someone will die isn’t a spoiler 😛
Now, putting spoiler tags as quotes… I don’t know what you are referring to sir???? >_> (I didn’t see the mess up but I clicked the spoiler tag anyway :D)
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No literally there is one character who gets completely unexpectedly killed and then has a really really really really long protacted death scene where they talk and talk and talk and it’s almost comical how long they take to die.
I didn’t mention who it was, their gender or when it happens or anything and you literally will not see it coming so my argument was that it’s so mild and vague as to not really construe a spoiler in that you can’t actually be spoiled.
EDIT: Also I would argue that Eternal Sonata is getting old enough that the statute of limitations on spoilers can be relaxed a little.
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Also I would argue that Eternal Sonata is getting old enough that the statute of limitations on spoilers can be relaxed a little
I can’t argue about that but I ask that people still keep bargin bin heroes like me in mind.
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Are you playing it on PS3 or 360? I want to get the PS3 version some time and finish it because IIRC I liked the game a lot, but the PS3 version seemed better.
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i don’t have a PS3 🙁
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@ash: my understanding was that the diff was that the PS3 one had a expanded version of the extra dungeon and extra playable character plus some fixes. Don’t know if it still does the bullshit thing where if you enter the EX dungeon it permanently remaps all your controls like the 360 one. That rolling difficulty thing. 😐
At least the 360 version is dual voice! The JP cast for the game is really strong.
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Sorry @negativezero ran out of replys. Re your comment above, I’m not sure about the EX dungeon – haven’t gotten there. If that si tied to new game plus I will probably just be satisfied by playing to to conclusion fo the story anyway and am unlikely to replay. Doesn’t mena I haven’t enjoyed it mind you 🙂
Also, I am playing with Jpa voices and it sounds great 😀
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@ash: the thing they have with the game system slowly getting more complex, like how at the start you couldn’t move characters around IIRC, then you get the ability to move them, then it goes real-time and so on? The final step of that is unlocked when you enter the bonus dungeon and it remaps all the buttons. Dick move IMO.
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@negativezero yeah i heard rumour about the controller remap – I don’t get it. Do you have to do the bonus dungeon/ i guess I just answered my own question by saying ‘bonus’. To me the part fo the game I am enjoying most is the characters and story, and the battle isn’t my favourite part. So i prob won’t bother with a bonus dungeon if it is just to do more battles.
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@greenius So what is your conclusion? Did we do spoilers or not? We need a third party arbitrator in here!
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Sorry, was watching Survivor 😛
Thoughts:
I still believe it’s a spoiler. Whether you see it coming or not doesn’t matter, it still sounds pretty significant and knowing about it before means you will at least see it coming. At any point during the game you’ll know someone (significant) will die.
As for the game being ‘old’, yes it’s fairly old but it’s not that old and people may still pick it up in the bargain bin (like ash did). I said it before but I didn’t care about the spoiler itself (because I’ve already played the game but I won’t go back to it or finish it), however, what I think doesn’t reflect what others do and someone might not want to see it. I was just curious as to why you guys thought it wasn’t considered a spoiler.
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I’m just happy peolpe are tlkaing about a game I’m playing now 🙂 I’m usually so far behind everyone else 😛
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@ash – how about that Final Fantasy XIII? ;D
And there’s plenty of people currently playing Xenoblade, you could always get that 😉
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@greenius – I haven’t seen xenoblade instore for a while now. you think i might have missed the boat?
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Just knowing someone(besides Chopin) dies is a spoiler. And your detailed description of how they die is especially spoilery. It’s really easy to use the spoilertags so I don’t see why you wouldn’t.
There is no statute of limitations, Especially not here. There’s lots of people who haven’t played older games yet so it’s just respectful to spoilertag everything that has details about games.
And please don’t take this as you not being wanted here and decide to take a TAYbreak. I like you, I like you a lot, I’ve just noticed you have a really relaxed approach to spoilers which is not shared by everybody. You may not think certain things are spoilers, but others do. So out of respect to them, spoilertagging things like your descriptions of game events would be greatly appreciated.
Just knowing someone(besides Chopin) dies is a spoiler
That was my initial objection.
I don’t agree.
She’s a super minor character that IIRC was barely around before suddenly she dies. Has more dialogue in her death scene than she did before that scene. And it’s not something you’d ever see coming and which what I said would have had no bearing on anything. You’d know that a character dies in the game.
If you saw the trailers for the game back when it was being promoted, there are far larger spoilers to the plot in the trailer material!
Major Eternal Sonata plot spoiler. Don’t click if you’re @ash: The trailers showed Polka attempting suicide.
Also anything more specific than what I wrote, I would have spoiler tagged, but I still would have needed a vague description like that at the front because otherwise he’d have clicked the spoiler not knowing and had a really explicit spoiler that would have actually spoiled him.
Just spoiler tagging stuff isn’t enough, you need to be able to at least vaguely give people an idea what part of the game you’re talking about otherwise someone actually playing won’t know whether it’s safe or not to click. I had the ending of 999 ruined for me this way, with someone correctly spoiler-tagging it, but not calling out that it was a spoiler that would completely ruin the game for me if I read it, and since I’d played through the game and gotten several endings already I assumed I’d be safe since it was like a half-line spoiler. 😐
Yeha thats why I’m kinda wiht you and @strange at once #fencesitter. I intially objected to what i saw as a spoiler, but found it interesting when i actually got to that bit it wasn’t spoiled at all!
BTW i almsot clicked on your second spoiler wihtout looking :p You got 3 spoiler tags in there. I assume boht the 2nd and 3rd are unsafe for me – thanks for thinking of me!
Finally, you poor bugger re 999 – true ending was surprising!
@ash: someone else here asked why I never finished 999. That was the reason. No point when I know who Zero is. 🙁
@negativezero – now thats a spoiler. it isn’t striaght forward though so would have been good to see the ending. the final scense thoguh take forever and are more visual novel style than anythign before, so i guess you really gotta want to see how it pans out.
To be honest I kinda almost forgot myself :S
Also I object to the assertion that I have relaxed approach to spoilers, when I absolutely don’t and I spoiler tag just about everything that could actually be a spoiler aside from this one time.
If you’re going to make that sort of accusation then you’re going to need to cite other examples.
No fighting @negativezero and @strange! I couldn’t handle if I caused discord in TAY.
Now kiss and make up. Actually, both just kiss me 😡
Comment wasn’t directed at me but I can think of one example:
AC3 Spoilers:
You’ve said stuff about Haytham being a playable character and him being Connor’s father and a Templar outside of spoiler tags. I had finished the game by the time you made those posts but as someone who didn’t know anything about the game going in, I didn’t see any of that coming, so I assume others might not either. Not necessarily huge per se but still spoilers you didn’t hide.
@greenius:
I recall mentioning that Haytham was a more interesting character than Connor and that I preferred playing as him, but I don’t see that as a spoiler since you begin the game playing as him. I don’t at all remember the other stuff and I know for sure that the Templar thing was inside spoilers.
@greenius now you have to kiss me too
if my longest thread in TAy tunrs into a bun fight I’ll just die!
@ash: Will you have an extended overly melodramatic soliloquy while you do so? 😛
@negativezero
Prepare yourself for 45 minutes of outloud self reflection about how my life choices brought me to that point, how things could have been different if I made a different dicision, but ultimately that it is better the way it is, and I finally will come to a sort of acceptance of my fate and conduct once final act of redemption!
It will be Epic (hope someone is aroudn to see it though – wouldn;t want to just tlka to the air woudl i? 😛
It wasn’t an accusation, it was an observation. It’s about the kind of things you don’t see as spoilers that others do, like this ES thing, and the ACIII thing Greenius mentioned. And we’re not debating, so no I don’t need to cite examples. 😛
It’s very clear even from those two instances that there are things you don’t view as spoilers that others do which is why I referred to your more relaxed approach and was suggesting to spoilertag even things you yourself don’t consider spoilers. Better to be safe than sorry,and all that. Especially when it’s so easy to do.
@strange: That’s ridiculous. I might as well not discuss anything at all on TAY then.
Ah OK well if I got from the beggining, it went something like this:
1) I said “I’m playing Eternal Sonata”
2) @negativezero said “Yeah I played that game and one thing that I remember is when a character spoke for like 20 minutes upon thier death”
3) i replied saying “hey thats a spoiler”
4) @negativezero said “I don’t think it is a spoiler becuase you know that at least some characters will die as it is a game about death, and I haven’t said who will die or when”
5) I said “grumble it is still a spoiler”
6) i played eternal sonata last night and someone died and spoke for like 20 minutes upon their death,
7) I didn’t see it coming nor guessed they were about to die, nor was the emotional impact of their speech lessened on me, therefore at its conclusion i thought:
a) this must be what @negativezero was tlkaing about, and
b) that wasn’t spoiled for me at all,
8) i posted in TAY, linking @negativezero’s original comment and saying “hey bro you didn’t spoil it for me afterall”
9) well you know the rest from there.
Btw I’m pretty sure that that’s the scene I referred to. Couldn’t remember any of the character’s names though so I’m not 100% confident. Everyone’s all musical names and it gets hard to separate the Polkas from the Salsas from the Jazz when a) I never actually finished the game and b) I played it over half a decade ago.
Noisy neighbour update:
I could write a bunch about this but um, lets get straight to the point:
Music at 10:30 when i wanted to sleep. I went and asked them to turn it down and they were pretty polite about it and did it straight away. No parents insight, not sure what the young fellas were up to but kinda go to the impression they did want anyone calling the cops 😛
Bonus Mrs was so happy with me for sorting it out that she Yeah you know what she did 😉
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She made you breakfast in bed?! What a woman!
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Things good with you and the Mrs?
You over your jealousy?
I’m jealous she has you
So is @bdkiaf
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I told her I got jealous and it made her feel good that she could stil make me jealous, so it all worked out 🙂
I haven’t told her about my secret love triangle with @spaghett and @bdkiaf, and given the current climate (read below) I better not!
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It’s all good buddy
I am happy for you
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“I didn’t take out the rubbish because I was daydreaming about my handsome man friends” probably won’t fly as an excuse. Even if it is true.
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HALLO
Is this link broken for anyone else?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/au/
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Aye, page not found.
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Yeeeeeeep. The search is also broken 🙁
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Didn’t knwo there was suhc a thing as au au
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Helps filter out all the US articles that come through 🙂
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omfg thats aweosme i didnt know bookmarking now!
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Classsssic @jimu letters!
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Jimu’s awesome! We once had a drunken conversation on a train. True story! (I was sober. :P)
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thanky
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WOOOO NEW STATIONERY!
@SCREE
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thanks
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FIST!
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*bump*
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Bad husband update:
After good review last night I was pretty happy. Get to work, and recieved a very negaitive review via email. What went wrong?
As a man i feel asleep promptly last night, which includes forgetting to take out the rubblish. Got up in the mornign and found rubbish bags in laundary and under the sink. Collected them all to take out. got distracted by soemthing and hung them over nearest door nob. …
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Never came back wtf? I woudl have even wlaked past them.
Mrs gets up after I leave and find stinky garbage bags hanging off a door in the kitchen, kind alike a reverse air freshner.
She um wasn’t happy.
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Married life sounds super. Can. Not. Wait.
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Marriage is fine, but a highly sturng person (her) coupled with a very forgetful person (me) can present soem challenges.
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Wooooops!
I don’t want today to exist. Been awake since 6am, feel like utter shite. Though there have been two positives today; Soundwave tomorrow & talking with Kat where she said some absolutely outstanding and heart warming things about me which lifted my mood for a while, then I was all grumpy again 🙁
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feel like utter shite.
maybe you have got a virus?
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ICWUDT
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Hahaha, muscles are a bit achy. I never did anything to aggravate them D=
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You know what they say, gotta catch ’em all!
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TAY is nuts right now. Variants on text size. moving buttons. If I didn’t know any better I would have thought I dropped acid!
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Oh god no, that link was horrible /o\
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Wut?
What time is it?
ADVENTURE TIME!
SURVIVOR TIME BABEHHH! :DDDDD
…I miss @sughly , no one else will discuss Survivor with me.
:'(
*scurries away*
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Porridge time!
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I watched the first season, so I can probably do this.
Oh man, how about when that person was lazy and everyone was annoyed?
Or when that one team won that challenge for those things.
Or that secret alliance.
Or when that person got kicked off at tribal council, so saw that coming.
How’d I do?
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Or when that annoying piece of shit was extremely rude and made me want to punch him in the face!
UGH
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Right?!
Ugh, how could he say that to that person?!
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She was a lovely and she cried :'(
And now he’s being all ‘nice’ and religious. He’s proper crazy.
And they totally did the lazy thing immediately after I read your comment
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Haha, havent even watched it and i know exactly who youre talking about XD
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Brandon cuntface
I liked watching Russell and I didn’t like Brandon at all in his first season. Seriously dude wtf…
You’ll hate him so much in this season. He’s the new Abi but you don’t feel sorry for him.
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I love survivor… but aren’t up to date.
greatest survivor ever? Rob winning redemption island with style – what a man. Rob and Amber is best celebrity couple ever <3
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Didn’t… Rob come second on All Stars? 😛
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I edited again to type the correct seaosn 😛
Seriously the season he won wa slike watchign a lecture in psychology!
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I remember Rob and Amber from The Amazing Race. Everyone hated them. XD
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No way, they were great. they were unlucky to not win that!
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Nah, I thought they were amusing but lots of the other teams hated them just because of the Survivor thing. They were one of my favourite teams that season. 😀
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I love the internet ebing anon becuas ei can say that I’ve got a secret crush on Amber without getting in to toruble, but i can also decalre I have a huge man crash on Rob wihtout even further embarassment!
Also, @greenius my TRUE survive crush is Elizabeth from Survivor Australia – I’ll even sit through the View for her 😉
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Her stomach is weird though D:
I have little crushes each season :3. One that always stands out is Parvarti though, mainly because she has a weird/unique name.
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I hated them. He was so desperate, it was ugly to watch. I remember him pulling her across these rocks towards one of the pitstops, and she fell, and he kept half dragging her :/
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Oh, for real?
I don’t even remember that. I just remember everyone being so obsessed with Rob and Amber and they didn’t give a damn at all, which made me laugh. That sounds pretty screwed up though! D: Maybe it’s because I didn’t particluarly like any of the other teams that season…
Still no interwebs? I’ll put the Survivor and Amazing Race on USB for Dreamworld meat if you’re not connected by then…
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WATCH SURVIVOR PLS
NEW DISCUSSION FRIEND <3
JOIN US
@sughly make him joinnn
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Haha, I gots no interest in Survivor. The only reality show I can stand (besides Big Brother for nostalgia reasons… :P) is The Amazing Race. Maybe you should watch that! 😛
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They really love each other though. Not sure – just watch their wedding special!
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…nahhh
When he makes his triumphant return, we’ll be talking The Amazing Race. Maybe… even adventure games! 😛
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NO! YOU HAD YOUR CHANCES IN PERSON 😛
SHARE THE SUGS!
SURVIVOR TALK:
“I’ll pee in the rice, I’ll pee in the beans, I’ll burn the shelter down”
Seriously what the fuck is wrong with this guy!?
For those not familiar with the show (everyone :'( ) this guy will have massive crazy rage anger fests one minute and then be calm and apologise the next stating he wants to do the right thing and play the right game for Jesus.
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I read the bible. 40 days in the desert – Jesus was the ultimate survivor! That’s why all these religious nuts go on teh show, but i think they are egtting confused :S
Sony by The Onion http://youtu.be/m1s792Rr3M8
Oldie, but a Goodie 😛
http://i.imgur.com/dhtkoXk.png
Is it really left blank if you state so?
So apparently Sony sells more digital stuff on PSN on Vita every month than they do on PS3.
Is it just me or does that sound really bad on the PS3 side? A system that has no games (Shakespearean Tragedy etc) and which no one actually owns sells more digital content every month than the platform with a 76 million install base?!
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Doesn’t sound right does it.
It isn’t something dodgey like on a per unit basis?
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Well on the other hand:
– Sony did manage to sell some Vitas
– The bulk of Vita purchasers were ‘core’ early-adopter gamers who will buy lots of stuff
– Everything is available digitally
– Digital purchases make a lot more sense for portables since you can put it all on a memory card and take it with you
– They actually were initially surprised by how much demand there was for memory cards. The 32gb cards sold out in Japan and they had to redirect Europe’s supply of them to Japan to keep up, which is why we only had 16gb cards at launchI know I’ve spent next to nothing on the PS3 PSN, just a bit of DLC here and there, plus PS+ for my AU account. Whereas I’ve spent probably close to $250 USD on PSN on my US account, buying PSP stuff on PSN. I still prefer to buy physical copies of my games though.
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I wonder if that is a contributing factor.
People still want physical media for there consoles, as a lot of taybie have said during various discussions. However with the portable it makes a lot more sense to have downloadable (smaller games and no need to lug a bunch of physical media about.
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I think it’s just a simple matter that the Vita is portable, the PS3 is not. I went pure digital on Vita and PSP because I loathe carrying games around, and changing them. I want everything on my memory card. Whereas with the PS3, I’d rather buy retail.
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Yeah, I think that’s a big thing.
I wish they had bigger memory cards so much. 32gb makes this sort of thing barely viable.
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More digital stuff = More $ or More “Units”?
If it’s more units, then all the el-cheapo little games on the Vita probably counts for a decent chunk.
I suppose, also, customers are more likely to buy physical copies for consoles due to CE’s/retail bonuses/etc.
PS3 things I want to start / finish before the PS4 lands:
Killzone 3, inFamous 1 & 2, Dragons Dogma, Dark Souls, Demons Souls, Resistance 3, Okami, Ni No Kuni.
PS3 things I want to play through again before the PS4 happens because I enjoyed em:
Killzone 2, Red Dead Redemption, Heavenly Sword, God of War 3.
Ps3 things I want to play through because I switched PSN IDs & I’m a trophy whore:
Uncharted 1-3, Prince of Persia SoT trilogy, PoP’08, Assassins Creed 2 / Brotherhood.
Anyone else set deadlines for PS3 stuff?
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Yep, buy a PS3
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I just want to finish what I started or bought and haven’t played.
I do want to get through certain games again though like Uncharteds, God of Wars but I doubt that’ll ever happen 😛
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In an effort to save cash I have put a hiatus on any videogame purchases for a while.
This decision has turned into a great opportunity to plough through some of my pile of shame 🙂Right now I’m enjoying Brutal Legend, deciding whether to move on to Rage, Bioshock 2 or DmC after that, and I have so many more options after that too, yay to saving money! 🙂
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yeah, saving cash is also a secondary motive in this. I have so many games in my pile o’ shame. good opportunity to get through em.
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Your mentioning of brutal legends isn’t helping my hiatus on any videogame purchases
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Anna Torv’s in Heavenly Sword. 😀
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yes. yes she is. also Fringe is damn awesome.
watched the episode Snakehead the other night. Damn John Noble…. so good in that tearjerker scene where…
He gets lost in the city & spends all his bus money trying to call Peter, but can only remember what digits make up his number, but not what order they go in.
Then he just sits down, scared & confused & then breaks into tears when trying to explain the situation to an old Chinese lady who sat next to him.
She cant even understand what he’s saying… so sad.But then theres a Crowning Moment of Heartwarmning immediately after when this random lady who cant speak the same language, takes him back to her home & dials every combination of numbers Walter knows make up Peters number until they get through to him. AND she even gives him tasty noodles to nom on while they wait for Peter to turn up.
Edit: Spelling.
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It’s only been finished for about a month, but I miss Fringe so badly. :'(
John Noble steals every scene he’s in and Anna Torv steals every scene she’s in. 😀
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I think I have beaten Dragon’s Dogma like 6-7 times
Funny thing is that I don’t even like the game that much -.-
I’d be happy to finish the ten or so PS3 Games I haven’t finished but no I’m not going to make it a deadline or anything.
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I like it, but I’ve never been able to commit to it for any length of time. Always restarting…
but I fully intend to get through at least one playthrough.
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Dark Souls is the one game in my pile that I’m not sure I’ll finish before PS4 arrives.
Did you get the platinum trophy in ACII?
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yeah, I might have a hard time getting through all of them.
No, I didnt get the Platinum for AC2. the only trophies i didnt get were the one where you spend 5000 florins on courtesans, collecting all the feathers, wearing the black / white capes, & wearing the auditore cloak into every city… just couldnt be bothered wit the feathers.
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Wait… Maybe I’m thinking of Brotherhood.
Got the ACII one.
Brotherhood’s MP trophies were a bitch. Couldn’t be bothered.
Revelations MP ones were much easier.Anyway…
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I have zero platinum trophies. come close a few times, but just cant be bothered doing the tedious ‘collect 1001 hidden items for no real reason’ trophies. or multiplayer trophies for that matter. not a big fan of them.
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If you want to whore it up – Sly 1’s is incredibly easy.
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I’ve got a massive stack and there’s a fair number of games in the pipeline for the system too, so I hope Sony don’t throw the PS3 under the bus like the PSP was.
POP ’08 *swoon*
I like this idea though of finishing and playing through games again. I’ll think of a list later.
@spaghett Jon Dette who replaced Paul Bostaph when he left Slayer in ’96 for a year will be playing on the tour.
Slayer (Kerry King) do not agree with what Dave has said about the whole thing as well. It seems Tom is either staying out of it altogether or he backs Dave as well from how it read yesterday. Since Kerry was the only one to object.
Edit: Dette is also playing for Anthrax as well for this tour. Heh.
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Wish I knew what the real story is. That’s fucking sad regardless. Lombardo is an immensely talented drummer (haven’t seen Slayer live, but I have seen Fantomas) and it’s a bummer for the fans.
Although I have heard continual reports for many years from different sources that Kerry King is an arrogant fuckwad who thinks he’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. While I’m aware most of it’s probably just heresay, I’ve heard it so much I wonder if it’s actually true.
Lombardo’s statement makes it sound like he and Araya agreed something was amiss, and when they sat down with King he told Lombardo to fuck off. Makes me wonder if King’s just getting a bigger cut. Where was Araya in all this anyway? Lombardo’s story makes it sound like he did nothing while King told him where to go – which is a shame because it sounds like Araya was in agreeance with Lombardo initially.
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Of all the stuff I have read in interviews and heard from fans that have met Kerry he is exactly that. He only cares for himself, the worst thing I heard him say recently was he has no idea how Jeff is doing, and he hadn’t spoken to Jeff since he joined them on stage for 2 songs something like a year or more ago. Fucking sad. Kerry is the only one who seems to be allowed to be interviewed as well which is obviously his way of controlling what gets out about Slayer.
I would love to see Tom, Dave, Jeff & Gary Holt break their ties with Kerry and form a band that’s Slayer but without the bullshit.
And we all know Kerry would be more than likely FUCKED without Tom fronting the band, so it seems like he puts up with him, cause he admits he doesn’t speak to him outside of Slayer as well. It’s funny because he has said he has been writing and recording demo’s with Dave for the new album and all and it’s shaping up great. I don’t want to believe that now this has come about.
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Yeah it’s a little harder to dispose of the vocalist than the drummer. Kind of sad, I hope they sort their shit out and this is just a Soundwave hiccup. Regardless of what I think of King, he’s part of the band and I hope they can all just play nice.
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Yeah, he needs to treat his band mates who have been by his side for 25+ years fairly, and not like they’re easily replaced so he can have his way.
At the end of the day Kerry has to realise he is also replaceable, infact quite replaceable. He should remember that Jeff wrote all the popular songs with the memorable riffs and he is also the solo player, Tom well his voice is unique and Dave, he’s probably the best drummer to grace music along with Neil Peart and dare I say Joey Jordison.
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Dette is gunna be fucking buggered
I hope Tom is backing Dave
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Same man.
Dette has a 3 hour break or so between sets here, so he should be alright since Anthrax only have a 45 minute slot and Slayer an hour. It can’t be as bad as Angel (drums) from Dope doing a back to back set with his band Team Cybergeist & Dope on the last Dope tour lol.
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Not sure I want to see Slayer without Lombardo
I love Tom, but without Lombardo I am just not sure
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I’ll watch them from Metallica’s stage now 😛
If only it was Kerry King they had have a bitch fit and Jeff was well enough to tour and play! I would be happy if Gary Holt became a permanent member of Slayer and Kerry left =P They’d finally have TWO good players! Not just one and a wanna be biker lol.
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He should go and join a biker gang lol
I am not sure if I will be there until Metallica
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Who am I kidding? 😛
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Haha, he wouldn’t last 5 seconds as a real outlaw biker. He’d only be suited to a joke club like The Laffing Devil’s in the “reality” show The Devil’s Ride.
I would be disappointed if you didn’t stay for ‘Tallica =P
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DREAMWORLD!
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7 days of work to go. And that includes today
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Worst hermit.
BABBY TIGERS, so cute
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You’re pregnant? :V
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There was a Giz article at the bottom of TAY
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/02/camera-equipped-elephants-film-wild-baby-tigers-for-the-first-time/
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They have Tigers at Dreamworld get hype!
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Why do you think I am coming. I’m just upset that all the ‘experience’ things are sold out. Was so keen on the tiger walk but next time I guess
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You beautiful bastard. Just rechecked the site and they have updated the sessions
Tiger feeding booked in \o/
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I can supply the neighbours for feeding time!
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Reading Shiggy’s article on Potaku about playing games with friends. I honestly get really self-concious about playing games in public. I refuse to! (Just ask Beardy from last Saturday.) I understand exactly what Shiggy’s saying, it’s cool watching other people play but gaming’s something I don’t do in public. 😛 Any weird folks like me out there? :'(
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It depends. Four people, off in a corner, playing split screen? Sure, I’ll join in. Sitting there with a friend, while they play a single player game? Yup, I’m up for that.
Larger groups than that? I’d much rather sit in the corner watching.
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I think it might also be that I’m too distracted to play. Might not look like I’m doing any thing sitting on the couch, but believe me, that ain’t the case. I get so damn scared being in groups of people and spend a lot of the time just psyching myself up mentally and pretending to be normal. 😀
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Why not?
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When people are playing games in the living room, I go hide in the kitchen because, ew, people.
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When people are playing games in the living room, I wonder what the hell people are doing in my living room.
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Man, if we ever manage to meat it’s gunna be so awesome!
For me, cause I’ll get you multi gaming and you’ll like it, damn it!-
No. Multi. Gaming. 😛
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Except that time you played co-op with Greenius! 😀
I’m honoured!
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Haha! We fetch quested together for five minutes! Good times! 😛
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Never, EVER give @freezespreston the trollpad.
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Yes.
No wolf…
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makes flu a dull boy?
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… make it ok great but not ok good just great ok bad.
What time are people heading into Sydney for the meat tomorrow?
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The morning, or something!
I don’t know.
I should probably talk to Rize.
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I know, right?
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More specifically, was thinking about it last night, possibly resulting in us being in Circular Quay at lunch with @cakesmith. Girlfriend will be dropping us somewhere in Sydney and then heading to Newcastle to see a friend, so a lot of things are going to be winged when we arrive.
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Cool, cool. So long as trackwork isn’t being done, we should be right to make it up as we go along.
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I shoudl probably leave now I guess.
@dc @bdkiaf
y’all watch Ghibli yet? 😀
There were a few others (@rize @thecracks ?) who haven’t watched Ghibli films either. Has playing Ni no Kuni changed that?
Was catching up on TAY and immediately thought of Django as the bestest movie I saw this year but Blaghman’s comment about Ghibli films reminded me I also watched Princess Mononoke, Castle in the Sky and Porco Rosso, all of which I loved!
Ghibli <3
@strange YOU TOO! WATCHHHHH
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Don’t forget the uplifting tale that is Grave of the Fireflies!
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:'(
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Didn’t see that this year (forgot to say out of the movies I saw this year)!
But I think I like the others. Less “I HATE EVERYTHING T___T” inducing.
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Terrible admission: Grave of the Fireflies doesn’t sadden me. It really pisses me off.
Stupid kid basically kills his sister and himself because he’s too proud to humble himself and go back to his aunt.
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GHIBLI MEAT! I’m serious! I’d love to hang out with people and talk about the movies! 😀 I’ve been listening to the Ni No Kuni OST all day, apparently Joe Hisaishi does Ghibli stuff too? AWESOME. I think Strange said she’s seen Ghibli before and liked ’em fine, but doesn’t think they’re the second coming or any thing. Haha!
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Oh, I couldn’t remember about Strange. Thought she hadn’t seen them?
I want to attend Ghibli meat :(. Better idea (for me :P)! – we watch them at the same time/day and discuss them on TAY :D. I’ve been meaning to re-watch some of the ones I liked and I think Spirited Away is an awesome place to start. I know @bdkiaf didn’t mind starting there!
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But Spirited Away isn’t on BD yet. 🙁 Also the R4 DVD is crap, everything is tinted red.
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Yaargh! 😀
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Joe Hisaishi does most of the Miyazaki films for Ghibli, but a lot of their films aren’t scored by him.
He’s worked on non-Ghibli stuff before too. If you want to hear something completely different from him, he wrote the theme for Venus Wars. Pop song. Has a guitar solo.
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Haven’t gotten there yet. I was in JB a week ago and saw a bunch of stuff there, but it was all overpriced as hell and didn’t grab anything.
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Yeah, same here. Very expensive, especially for the blurays. :'(
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Rent, borrow, YARGHHHHGHGHGHGHHGHH? 😛
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I have most of their movies, so I could give them to you on a hard drive or something, just so you can get a taste.
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Might have to do that some time, cheers!
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In relation to this, thanks to Rocket mentioning it earlier this morning, I just finished rewatching Howl’s Moving Castle.
Damn that is a fine movie.
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That and Spirited Away are the first two I saw and I really want to re-watch them.
D.C. GHIBLI SIMULTANEOUS VIEWINGS MEAT!
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I love Ghibli – everyone come to SA to watch for me SUEPR SATAY MEAT!
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I LOVE SATAYS!
And if there’s ever a reason I’d travel interstate it’ll be to Adelaide and Perth since I have family in both. However, both places are some of least meaty locations 🙁
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Come here and we will get our SATAY MEAT on dude.
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But SA…
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Meanie!
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I bought Princess Mononoke last night. Yet to watch it.
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Awesome flick!
Awww yeah
It’s Friday
I was again afflicted with repeating the word “Fun” in a monotone
People in the city were shouting “Partying, Partying YEAH!”
ALL the busses turned yellow
And any convertible that stopped, the driver would suddenly start rapping
Breakfast was suddenly important and I found myself having to clarify that yes…Friday is the end of the week
It is the strangest thing
I am, looking forward to the weekend
I missed the bus, my friends picked me up, but I couldn’t decide where to sit
I sat with my legs in the front and my torso in the back
My crotch was in the middle
Edit* My page get ended with “My crotch was in the middle”
Mass Effect done.
That it took me almost a year too finish is not a reflection on it’s quality because it was AWESOME. Oh, my god.
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I love the first game and the second… and the third.
Way to go, Batgirl! 😀
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now go play ME2 & have sexy time with Thane.
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She’s earned it!
My Shep was all about Ashley Williams. 😀
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Do you know the enjoyment I got from
ordering Ashley to her death?Hoepfully her sacrifice makes up a little bit for her grand fathers disgrace, surrendering to the turian fleet.-
Subtle spoilers for all three games, kind of…
I’ve never understood the Ashley hate. She was prejudiced, but that was a product from a sheltered, Earth centric childhood that you can call her out on and she’ll listen. I thought her arc throughout the series was awesome. Learning to befriend the crew and all that. Plus she was cool. COOL. 😛 -
Totally agree with you DC. I liked her character and felt that she really grew throughout the game.
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THIS.
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Idk, it’s not like I joined an internet hate group, I just didn’t like the looks of her or what she said etc.
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Space racist! 😛
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I think you misspelled Garrus.
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No @batgirl is still too scared of @Harli to go near him
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Garrus! /wistful sigh
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Garrus is all about the [edit: platonic] bromance.
Thane is the ladies man.-
Also it’s barbed. Like a cat’s.
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He sounds *so* dreamy
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He’s no Ashley Williams! 😛
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Don’t talk to me about Ashley!
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Did something bad happen to her? You monster! D:
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If I was the sort of guy to declare a fictional character my waifu, Tali would be my waifu.
She’s totally my waifu
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I thought Shep and Tali had a brother/sister kind of relationship. Which made it weird when she hit on me. Haha! -
Me and Tali in ME2 was my dream!
@dc @powalen
Yeah… MH demo is pretty terrible :P. Drops you right into the game without a tutorial and you have no idea what to do. DON’T PLAY IT D.C.
Since I’m still relatively new to MH, I didn’t know what I was doing either (I forgot) and just gave up. Still buying it though! 😀
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However, play Dark Souls 😀
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NO! 😛
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Okay. I, as one of your best friends will support this decision. 😀
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Haha! I’ll play the game. Just not yet. 😛
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Fine, play Demon Souls then
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Haha! NOPE! 😛 I’m going to try to get Omikron working one last time before handing it over to @sughly, but otherwise will probably play TO THE MOOOOOOOON! 😀
Also, Puppylicks? AWESOME.
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Dark Souls.
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I always thought Monster Hunter was an open-world hunt-whatever-you-see game 😛 Didn’t expect missions. I’ll give it another go one day now that I kinda sorta know what I’m doing.
I want to like it but didn’t have much fun at all in that demo.
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The main game should be a lot better at teaching you how to play at a gentle pace… As an MH fan I apologise for the terrible demo. Some good books have terrible blurbs though right!?
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If I recall aren’t there other sort of missions as well like gathering etc., rather than just pure HUNT THIS BIG MONSTER?
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Yep there are. The HUNT THIS BIG MONSTER quests are the core of the game. The gathering or small monster quests are used heavily in the beginning to gently introduce you to the game. Later on you will probably do them for various reasons. For example, if you don’t have any health potions, you’re gonna have a hard time, and you will need to gather/farm the materials.
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I couldn’t figure out how to drink the health potions in the demo 😛
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I don’t know the MH3U controls, but you would have to press the “use item” button after putting away your weapon.
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after putting away your weapon
Ah 😛
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Argh! They did this with MH3. These half arsed demos aren’t going to get any new fans if they don’t TELL YOU HOW TO PLAY.
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Ni No Kuni demo?
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Never played the demo so I don’t know what it’s like. Is that demo bad as well?
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It’s OK if you’ve played JRPGs before. It’s pretty much two boss fights with no tute and little of anything else.
So yeah, not great.
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Was pretty enough to catch my attention. Also after a couple of plays I had adjusted to the combat. Not exactly newbie friendly, though.
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CASTLEVANIA THOUGHTS (@powalen):
Played a decent amount of the demo but didn’t finish it because I couldn’t be bothered and it did its job. I’m definitely interested in it now. Plays a bit like a standard Metroidvania but it’s sorta 2.5-3D and the 3D works well. Has the combat of Lords of Shadow which was interesting but I kinda like it. Makes it slightly better than the button mashyness of older games.
Have you played it yet @beardymcmuttonchops ? I think you were semi-interested in it?
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How Metroidvaniaish is it? That would make the game for me.
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The demo level was fairly linear, but there were two or three places that required a power-up to access. It’s got a lot of features to leave notes on the map too so it’ll probably have a lot of backtracking.
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@jimu – I’m sensing it’ll be like Lords of Shadow in that it’s pretty linear but there’s little nooks and areas you can go back to once you’re powered up. Works well for that but not so much for this 🙁
I’d much rather prefer it to be open map classic Metroidvania but it was hard to tell from the demo. It was more small interconnected areas more like Order of Ecclesia but I’ll wait for some reviews before buying it.
It’s good though! I thought it was going to be complete ass.
@beardymcmuttonchops (might as well combine the reply) – hard to describe but it’s on a 2D pane. Combat does feel like Lords of Shadow though with combos and ‘smarter’ enemies. Definitely a different feel from the standard Metroidvanias but I’m not sure I completely like it yet over the standard combat of the older games.
Still a bit bitter we didn’t get a Metroidvania 😛 but it’s not bad!
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Hmmm. May have to download the demo now.
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Tell us your thoughts 😀
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I’ll play the demo but not sounding to promising for me.
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I don’t think I’ll like it as much as classic Metroidvania but it’s certainly a whole lot better than I was expecting!
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Haven’t played it yet. How does the gameplay compare to Lords of Shadow?
Topic: Don’t Starve
Anyone else played this?
I only played to the night time of day 1
My character was standing by the dwindling fire when I Save/Quit
He seemed a tad edgy
I really really like it so far
I don’t like that it makes me anxious
But, I shall overcome that to play it
And it may not have any tutorial, but a little menu at the side pings when you have collected the elements you need to create something specific
It also tells you how much of something you need/have left to collect
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Sounds great! you should gift someone a copy.
Oh wait, you did! Such a bro 🙂
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That’s right
Tech_knight friended me and was therefor gifted a copy
Don’t forget you want to nom me
Ugh, I feel bad for saying that lol
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Already done it brother!
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Hahaha yay
Noms
They are warm
Thank you
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You dirty nom floosy 😉
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The dirtiest!!!
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I played til day 3, though have no idea what I’m doing. There’s no end-goal, and I’m none too good with a sandbox setting (something something no imagination something).
While it looks pretty, I think it needs some more structure perhaps. There’s talk of a story-mode being put in place in the future? That might be more for me.
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I don’t mind the lack of an end goal
I don’t like the idea of dying
I do like the idea of going cray cray though
Story would be a good addition though
Thanks for your input Myth
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More Zelda on 3DS? This is in no way a bad thing.
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I’ve never played the Oracle games either!
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Did you ever beat Link’s Awakening and was it your first time playing it on 3DS? Thoughts?
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LA was my first proper Zelda (I played both the NES games for a while at mate’s)
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I can’t remember whether LA or OoT was my first (I’m pretty sure it was OoT) but I had the best of both worlds growing up with 2D and 3D Zelda, and they are pretty different from each other so it’ll be sad to see em die.
Although there’s always indie 2D Zelda type games so that’s always a +
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3D Dot Game Heroes.
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Was fun!
But I want more games like it 🙂
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It’s actually good? There you go. That cover is trash!!
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It’s great. Funny too.
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Pretty challenging as well!
(too lazy to reply to your other comment below)
But what did you mean by played it first on Advance? Did you mean 3DS?
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Sorry brainfart, I meant LttP @greenius
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@jimu
Me too! Except A Link to the Past released before I was born
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@Greenius Before you were born? Jeezuz!
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@jimu
Feel old yet? Good >;D.
Wikipedia tells me 1991/2, I was born in 1993. I remember heading to the local dodgy market as a child and they were selling these CDs with 4 games on it. To my amazement there was this awesome Zelda game in one of them! A Link to the Past! I didn’t even know it was a real game until I saw it coming out for GBA and noticed it was the exact same thing. I didn’t realise until a few years later that I was playing a SNES rom of it on PC :P.
And I didn’t even beat it until like last year!
Still find Link’s Awakening to be the better 2D game though 😀
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Fun fact: Never saw OoT around, played it first on Advance.
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In reference to Oracles or something else I don’t know about? 😀
Things I want and will most likely happen:
– Majora’s Mask remake on 3DS (probably won’t have extra content though 🙁 )
Things I want and might happen:
– Four Swords 3DS/Wii U – online play and cross platform stuff too!
Things I REALLY want and will most likely not happen:
– Still having proper 2D/isometric Zeldas. We haven’t had one since Minish Cap and Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks were bleh and played a lot different from “classic” 2D Zeldas. Now that the 3DS can handle 3D Zelda games (OoT) I really, really hope we don’t just keep getting 3D ones on both the Wii U and 3DS and the 2D Zeldas die :'(
– The Wind Waker HD to have a significant amount of new content!
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I really want Majora’s 3D. I also want Donkey Kong 64 3D. Rare should step up, like they did with Diddy Kong Racing DS.
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I don’t really want Majora’s 3D (I only finished it somewhat recently a few years ago) if it’s like OoT3D. I want more extra content!
I’m more keen on The Wind Waker HD having more content plsplsplsplsplslssss have more content! There’s lots of unused stuff in Hyrule Historia and it’s easy enough to just plop in islands or another ocean (and islands) with new content!
I believe they re-did both engines completely so it shouldn’t be too hard.
But Nintendo…
Lazy…
Stupid decisions…:'(
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A Donkey Kong 64 remake (and sequel?! :D) would be amazing. Too bad Rare are arse now 🙁
Do you know if DKCR3D is just a straight up port or has any new content?
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I just want an excuse to replay MM, portable makes it more accessable…to me.
I doubt I’ll even buy a Wii U after my dissapointment with Wii, early days yet so we’ll see. Extra content would be nice in WW but of course, I’d prefer a portable vwersion over a HD version.
Rare were arse when DDiddy Kong Racing DS came out and yes they fucked it a little(locked multi-player levels replayability away in the online only section, I still haven’t got my DS online because it’s so picky) but they also added some coll new extras (level editor was so so)
DKCR3D from what I can tell is just a straight port, removal of the roll shake to roll will make it a far more playable game. Extras would be nice but I’d just be happy to have Diddy playable is single player (unlikely, fuck you Retro. Metroid Prime 3 was a stinker!)
handhelds!
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Miyamoto has already said that they’re talking about Majora’s Mask, but they want an original Zelda game on 3DS first AND that he wants to do either a remake of LttP on 3DS or an original LttP sequel (depending on the director). I’m hoping for both.
I also think that an original Zelda game set between OoT and MM would make it a great little trilogy and justify the release order.
People love trilogies, right
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I can see a 2.5D LttP remake but I don’t think they’d do a 3D one. A 2.5D sequel would be sweet :D!
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It’s gonna be multiplane 2D. So same 2D graphics, but on multiple levels I believe. So 2D sprites still like the 3D Classic games
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Woooop!
Oracle of Ages was my first Zelda game, and it’s still my favourite. Awesome news, assuming Australia will get them.
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Well, we’re talking about Nintendo, so you never know.
Funny story (not really) My copy of Seasons is Australian and Ages is American. Got both from a game store in Glasgow that sold imports because they were delayed in the UK. The passwords were compatible with each other.
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I think there’s a clue for Scribbletaku in there.
Fuuuuuuu, Wife was meant to pick up Vita but seems to have forgotten and made other (non-specific) plans.
Now I have to leave work a bit early to make sure I can catch the train that will match up to the bus so I can go and pick it up from the middle of nowhere (cos nowhere convenient has stock) then hope like hell I can get back to the bustop before the next bus arrives or have to wait an hour for the next next bus.
Because of course they’ll only hold it for 24 hours so Saturday isn’t an option.
FuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuUUUUUUUU!!!
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:'( Aw, man. Couldn’t get it from Strathpine?
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No stock left. If I had the money when the deal started I could have. So frustrating. I can see my plan all falling to pieces because of one mis-step/late train etc.
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Hope it all works out, man! Could be an adventure!
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How come you went with Dick Smith? I thought you wanted to import an Americano one.
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Cheaper price for same shit.
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Yeah, I just had a look at Amazon and it was $250 😐
Did it come with a memory card or just Vita + LBP?
Super UFO is good 🙂
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No mem card, didn’t want any of that small shit anyway. Don’t tell anyone (I’ll just announce here myself) but I ended up paying full price for a 32GB because I am impatient(breaking all my rules). If you count the money I make from fencing the LBP to @doc_what then I still shoul’ve waited and ordered online.
Thanks for the tip though.
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NOOoooooOOooo! The bargain hunter in me cries!
I know you were interested in Vita for months and I told you about the memory card a while ago so you could’ve ordered it back then and you would’ve got it by now!
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Didn’t have the cash. It was tied up in bullshit shit. (technically I always have cash, but a responsibilty to my families safety etc overides my petty desires)
I still have a bunch left over for games even!
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Normally I’m with you, but I’ve already waited however long it’s been. I just want to play my goddam Vita tonight.
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Saturday morning? that’s within 24 Hours.
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I ordered it yesterday and the likelyhood of me getting out of the house on a Saturday morning is low.
I’ll make it, gonn slip outta work a tad early.
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Slow-mo guys? *clicks link* Slow-mo guys.
The beginning of the end. My phone has been disconnected. 🙁
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D:
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If only my apartment was completed now rather than next year, I’d totally offer my place to stay at with your own room and everything 🙁
Revengeance shall be mine!
As a matter of fact it is!
Fun fact: Revengeance is a terrible word to type into a phone. Autocorrect hates it.
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Revengeance is a terrible word altogether.
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Revengeance is a terrilbe word altogether.
Terrilbe is a terrible word altogether.
EDIT: YOU EDITED IT… LAME!
Downvote for editing your comment and ruining my joke!>:(
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Anybody seen the Kickstarter for Cyanide and Happiness?
I put down $25 bucks
A lot of what I backed isn’t coming for ages though which is really annoying
2:41pm and all is quiet
Just proccessed a Telegraphic Transfer for a Trust
Now! Onto filing!
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Have you got those TPS reports?
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They fell down the elevator shaft :/
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Dead Like Me was a pretty ok show.
Edit: I assume thats what you were talking about, otherwise…. how the hell does that happen in real life?
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It is what I was talking about
I think it could happen
Stumble, spill all the paper
Watch the paper glide
Go straight down the crack between the elevator and the floor
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A friend of mine lost the keys to a rental truck down that gap
FYI it is expensive and take a long time to get anything out from the elevator shaft
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It doesn’t surprise me
Can we start up a business of just stealing stuff from the bottom of elevator shafts
Probably a bit of money in it
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Can not stop listening to this.
Although it’s pretty hard to believe to be honest.
I mean, martians attack earth and Liam Neeson runs away? Nawwwww dude.
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Also I can’t listen to this line without thinking of TAY now.
Congratulations.
The full version as far as I’m aware:
I got game lst night and play while. i look for wolfs n only have bad guys atfer me. i shoot them dead n colntinue to find no wolfs. i got game to be wolf or shot wolf but no wolf in wolf game. otherwise it gootd game but no wolf make it ok great but not ok good just great ok bad. if you want wolf no get if like shoting bad guys ok great get.
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Oh man. Now you’re going to get Shane started again.
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It’s ok I’ll distract him. He might have heard that the Whittlesea Council has issuing $200,000 in fines for overgrown grass. Now we know what the government meant when they vowed to be tough on lawn order.
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http://www.amazon.com/review/RH82K6GJM1JVX
In case anyone wants context.
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He has a Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta(?) review as well. Just as horrigood
Okay. I’m out.
@ me if you want to talk about stuff but I don’t think I’m going to be in here much any more aside from that.
I’m so very sick of this week. Got a three day weekend, shall use it for the important things in life: leftovers and sleep.
My thoughts about the Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Date demos are scattered all over the place but since I wrote up some thoughts in another article I thought I’d repost it here in case anyone was interested.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS):
BAD DEMO for newcomers. It drops you right into the game without a tutorial and you’re left not knowing what to do. This is not a very good way to convince newcomers to the series Capcom! I’ve only played a few hours here and there of various Monster Hunter games (so I’m still relatively new to the series) and since I haven’t played it for a few years, I forgot how to play and what was going on. I know of a newcomer wanting to get into the series who played it and didn’t really like it.
The demo also didn’t have CPP support which seems like a silly thing to exclude and I wasn’t too keen on the controls.
I’m sure the demo is fine for people who are familiar with the games but they’d likely be buying it anyway if they were interested. I believe demos should be good enough for both newcomers and returning fans.
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate:
I’m a fan of both the older Metroidvanias and Lords of Shadow but something about the trailers for it just didn’t impress me. I was probably just bitter than it wasn’t a standard Metroidvania. However, I saw Vook’s Tweet about it last night saying it was good so I figured I’d give the demo a go!
After playing a decent amount of the demo (I didn’t finish it because I couldn’t be bothered and it did its job), I’m definitely interested in it now! Plays a bit like a standard Metroidvania but it’s sorta 2.5-3D and the 3D works well. Has the combat of Lords of Shadow which was interesting but I kinda like it. Makes it slightly better than the button mashyness of older games.
I’m still not sure how much of the “Metroidvania” aspect it has and I’m sensing it’ll be like Lords of Shadow in that it’s pretty linear but there’s little nooks and areas you can go back to once you’re powered up. It worked well for that but I’m not sure how well it’ll work for this since I’d much rather prefer an open map style of classic Metroidvania games. This had small interconnected areas, similar to Order of Ecclesia.
Very good though since I thought it was going to be complete ass!
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VERDICT:
Already buying Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate on Wii U 😛 (pre-ordered it a few days ago)
Was sort of interested in Mirror of Fate since it’s Castlevania but now I’m more interested. Will definitely wait for some reviews first before buying it but it’s looking good!
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Now play Denpa Men
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I don’t see why not! Will try the demo 😀
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It’s not necessarily a nice thing, but I think Capcom knows they don’t have to try and sell Monster Hunter to anyone. Plus their Western audiences mean squat to them, and always have.
I think Japanese people have a genetic predisposition to MH anyway.
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I just feel stupid since I told people to play it to help get them into the series but… it’s better if they didn’t play it :P!
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Sure am glad I’m getting Skultimate Roller Maze instead of Monster Hunter!
https://ebgames.com.au/xbox360-156728-Mortal-Kombat-Komplete-Edition-Non-QLD-only-Xbox-360
MORTAL KOMBAT
JUST PREORDERED
FLAWLESS VICTORY
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I really, really hope we’ll get it for Vita and PS3 as part of PS+ since we (and Germany) missed out.
Won’t happen though 🙁
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It won’t happen
But you can pre order it on PS3
Have to be non QLD, the website makes it very clear
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even though the R18 was passed, they still wont take pre-orders for QLD?
dodgy.
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Little bit dodgy
Wait and see
They were telling people to cross the border into NSW if you read the story a couple of days ago
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Virus’ town \o/
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We know our place. :'(
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It’s passed, but legislation still hasn’t been signed yet. Once it’s been signed off on, QLD stores will be able to sell.
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Meh. I already have it on the shelf. It’s even tastier because its the Forbidden Version.
Seeing that R18+ in the bottom is a strange feeling..
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It is liberating
Makes my heart fucking sing
And I got in touch with Serrels!
Vindicated!
@markserrels https://ebgames.com.au/xbox360-156728-Mortal-Kombat-Komplete-Edition-Non-QLD-only-Xbox-360
You can now pre order Mortal Kombat
Release date 29/05/2013
You are welcome 😉
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Deja vu!
I really, really hope we’ll get it for Vita and PS3 as part of PS+ since we (and Germany) missed out.
Won’t happen though 🙁
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Just trying to let Serrels know so he can do a story about it 🙂 and I don’t know his email nor can I twitter him about it from work
And I want the kudos!
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I don’t think Serrels reads TAY even when tagged. He’s a busy guy!
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Damn it, does he have an email
This is news!
Can you tweet him for me?
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Haha, I’d be far too frightened to ever talk to Serrels!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/community-kudos-117/
He has his e-mail address listed at the bottom of Kudos!
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No way man, everyone knows @markserrels is the biggest lurker in TAY 😛
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Hope not, all these mutiny plans and conspiring against him! 😛
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@dc, I got onto him, thanks brother
I bet he lurks, why wouldn’t he, TAY is lovely as fuck!
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thats gotta be next weeks tagline.
TAY : lovely as fuck.
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Make it so!!!
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OK OK
I’m going to try and put out all these spot fires regarding the Monster Hunter Ultimate demo release. Disclaimer: I haven’t actually tried it yet (I will do so tonight), so I am addressing concerns I have seen on TAY/twitter.
First of all, yes it is a bad demo (see @greenius above).
Secondly, it’s probably very badly… explained. You see, Monster Hunter is a HARD game, it’s a PUNISHING game. The first time you face the big monsters, they will more than likely kill you – easily. In fact, before you even think about attacking the monster, you should to learn how to avoid (or shield) the monster’s attacks. This comes from a combination of learning how to mitigate damage in general for your weapon type, as well as learning the particular “attacks” the monster does. More importantly, try to decipher the “tells” which can often lead you to know what is coming well before the attack. For example in MH3, Great Jaggi always does a tail swipe twice (sometimes four times) in succession. Rathalos sidesteps twice before he charges etc etc.
In saying that you will probably die a few times while learning these lessons. Once you have got the hang of evading and what not, use what opportunities you can to go on the offensive. Note that once you have pushed an attack button, you are committed to that swing. Button mashing will just leave your character unable to react to other inputs (rolling or shielding).
FAQS:
Items can only be used while your weapon is sheathed/on your back. Before you drink a potion you need to gauge if you have enough time to put away your weapon (0.5 sec or so of being unable to dodge etc) and then subsequently spend another second drinking a potion
Know when to have your weapon out and when not to. With your weapon out you cannot sprint, use items or superman dive (sprint + evade, approx 1 second of invulnerability). With your weapon sheathed, you cannot block/shield. depending on the weapon, sometimes it is difficult to transition to an offensive state.
Use paintball on the monster whenever he is not painted. This allows you to track the monster on the minimap, displaying which zone they are in. There is nothing worse than spending 10 minutes looking for the monster just because you lost him.
If you are on fire, roll around to put it out. Even better: roll through water.
If anyone has questions, or even something to add feel free to reply! (I’ll do my best to answer)
Sorry if this comes off as preaching, but I read something like this when I started out, and it helped IMMENSELY.
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Sounds too hard for me. Maybe they should rename it Monster Souls.
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And it’s this that is precisely the reason I love it. When I play now, the hunts almost feel like a dance – The monster leads and you follow. Don’t step on its foot and you won’t get burned.
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You buy it dinner afterwards?
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The usual plan is that IT buys ME dinner. Though more often than not I end up BEING the dinner 😛
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If it means anything I think the Soul games are easier 😛
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It’s coming off as helpful, don’t worry about it! 🙂
I hope I’m not wrong in saying it’s a bad demo :P. Seems a bit strange that you agree with me saying it’s bad but you haven’t played it yourself. I just hope I’m not turning people away from it just because I didn’t like it.
I’ll give it another go on the Wii U as the 3DS controls didn’t seem as good without the CPP and I’ll be buying it on the Wii U anyway.
As for questions, good weapons? I think I went Sword and Shield but at the start of the demo you’re immediately given a choice between 10 or so pre-determined set ups, one for each weapon. Can be a bit daunting!
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Sword and Shield is probably the best starting weapon, particularly when learning how to evade and whatnot. You have a high mobility and versatility. It’s a low damage/high speed weapon, which means when you commit to a swing, you are not locked in for long. The shield definitely helps you block attacks you can’t avoid. SnS is the only weapon class which lets players use items while the item is out (though don’t ask me the controls for that!).
I can say start on SnS but then again I am an SnS user!! So take what you will from that!
After getting the survival basics down pat, I recommend experimenting with the other weapon types.
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It’s been a while since i’ve played MHF2nd, MHFU, etc… but the controls feel almost identical. If anything, the addition of the D-pad on the right hand side of the touch screen makes it easier.
I actually think I’ll probably play the game without the CPP.
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I was comparing it to dual analog games. I like my camera mapped on an analog stick 😛
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Ah, yeah I can totally understand that.
I also understood that was why everybody “expected” Monster Hunter to go to Vita, and it would be “better” there – especially since, if the rumours are to be believed – the CPP was created to appease Capcom. It’s what made me surprised that the demo isn’t CPP compatible.But then to actually play MH with the default control scheme, I had this realisation like “oh yeah, that’s right, that’s how all the others were…”
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I played as the guy with the long, thin sword with no shield because it looked cool 😛
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Monster Hunter sounds awesome.
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In soviet Russia, the Monsters hunt You!
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Well, that’s good to hear. I’ll give the demo another go tonight and maybe I’ll have an epiphany. I’ll try it with a more standard class or something.
(If not for posts like these there’s no way I’d be trying the demo again :P)
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Yay!
Post justified!
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EB Games Story:
I went to pick up Metal Gear Rising upon hearing stories about it breaking street the Manager was storehanding that day and was going on about how ‘lucky’ I was that I showed up today acting as if I had no idea about the release date being prolonged and the subsequent break I didn’t feel like correcting him so I let him drone on.
I also didn’t get a preorder bonus, Thanks Obama.
MH3U Demo Talk:
I was all excited to play this game but I shoot arrows at that oversized Wolpentinger thing for 20 minutes than they fail me? I don’t get it.
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hmmm, I never used a range weapon to be honest. Perhaps try with a more straightforward weapon?
How did you fail? By dying or running out of time? Some hunts can easily go from 40-50 mins depending on your damage output.
I understood from the trailer that with bow and arrow you can do a charged up shot for more damage?
Sorry I can’ t help more 🙁
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Greatsword is boss.
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It’s like my Ni no Kuni situation. I like to believe I played a decent part in the whole EB breakage of it but because of it I too didn’t get my pre-order DLC.
UGH T__T
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I’m starting to really dislike EB Games recently, screwing up pre-order bonuses, Nintendo Games seem to be missing Club Nintendo inserts, distrust whenever I try to price match.
I only advantage they seem to have is more exclusive game versions and easier preorder procedures, it’s always painfully long to preorder at JB Hifi as opposed to EB Games.
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I still remember the first Rathalos and Tigrex I dropped.
I literally danced an almighty jig.
I fought that fucking Tigrex off and on for days.
Also, LS is the choice of real men.
Longsword or go home.
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Online I run around with a paralysing SnS. Once paralysis procs, I leave the helpless monster to the mercy of the guys with bigger, slower weapons. YOU’RE WELCOME 😛
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Yeah I’m a sucker for Longsword. I actually use them even when they’re not practical at times. I just don’t like the other weapons. DS is fun, but I could never much get the hang of others. Gunlance has always intrigued me, but too busy swinging my giant fucking katana around.
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So Monster Hunter is Dark Souls with less frequent enemies?
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Kind of, with a mission-based structure.
I used to be crap at Monster Hunter, but Dark Souls really taught me how to be a better Monster Hunter player.-
I was worried I was leading people astray with the Dark Souls comparison, so it’s good to see that you think the comparison is valid 🙂
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Sort of… but you advance straight to the boss fights!
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In the sense that it is all about technique, patience, endurance and learning.
But sometimes the game will throw 5 velociraptors at you and they will just have their way with you and you’ll be all “daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang” without any feeling of progression.
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Velociraptors, aye…
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Just booked in for a tiger feeding session
So pumped, best holiday ever. Also will be ditching taybies temporarily on Sunday
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You… need to book sessions to feed yourself?
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Food is important. Treat the food with the respect it deserves. Ditch taybies to enjoy food
FOOD \o/
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I totally ditched the TAYbies temporarily at the Movie World meat. Went to get Ice Cream while the others went on Scooby Doo cause I was a little anxious about social interaction. Haha!
Tiger Island! Sounds like it’s going to be awesome, man. Can’t wait to meet you guys too!
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Also, DREAMWORLD!
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D.C. coining new catch phrases all the time!
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I think Freeze started the caps lock Dreamworld stuff. 😛
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But you keep saying it 😀
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That’s because I’m repetitive.
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Will be cool, at some stage I might have to start organising some other stuff
Essentials are sorted, now I just need to work out what else I am doing when I’m up there
Remember Chad Warden?
Well he’s back, not in pog form.
@markserrels should know.
PS-QUADRIZZLE
I just learned about Steve Holt.
It… it all makes sense now.
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You’re saying you have never seen Arrested Development? GET OUT!
You, I’m out of here d00ds.
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Prinny page get RAWR!
DREAMWORLD!
@dc
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@freezespreston DREAMWORLD!
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Also
3rd of March! One week! There will be Taybies at Dreamworld! Pack your shit! Beg borrow steal save or whatever you have to do to get the necessary funds! Interstaters! Book your holidays and flights! Why haven’t you yet? Are you a square or something? Stop being lame! Get your ass to Dreamworld! Be the envy of all your peers! Be all that you can be? Have you organised it yet? No? Why not? I just told you to! Come on come on do it do it come on do it naow! @tigerion ain’t no square! Are you?
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TIGER FEEDING! \o/
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Have a good weekend every normal well adjusted person who won’t check in again until Monday! I’ll be here refreshing, eating potato salad!
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Me too, but without the potato salad 🙁
FUN FACT: The first time I had potato salad and pavlova was at Tig’s house!
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D:
Poor Greenius. Two of the best foods. :'(
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pssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssst
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What up, home slice? Should’ve gone to page 7! :'(
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Watch Survivor!
hehehehehehehehe
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Not sure if y’all already know of it but http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/ is having a book sale. 100 books over 25 hours, a new one every 15 minutes.
I think I’ll impulse buy a cheap random book :P. At the moment it’s a Hardcover version of The Narrative of John Smith by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle for $5.21. I know the author but not the book so I’m sure it’s somewhat decent but I’ll wait to see what else pops up.
It was some Lego Star Wars Encyclopaedia before but I’ve heard from past similar sales that it’s usually a pretty mixed bag of what’s on offer.
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I would, but I have a shame pile of books just as big as the shame pile of my video games.
Just saw your comment @ash!
and… NNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You’ll never miss the Xenoblade boat!
Are you open to importing? It’ll be cheaper anyway.
@rize got it a few days ago but I’m not sure if he got it locally or not.
@dc bought it in-store for around $40 (cheaper than importing) pre-owned at his local EB a couple of months back and @distantdrop got it at Toys R’ Us pretty recently too, but paid full retail price (WORTH IT THOUGH). And of course there’s always eBay!
There’ll always be Xenoblade discussion 😀
EDIT: HOLY SHIEEEET https://www.ebgames.com.au/wii-154773-Xenoblade-Chronicles-Nintendo-Wii $44 brand new! SALE POSSIBLY? 😀
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Irrelevant to Xeno discussion:
I’ve seen you mention replies running out a few times but that just happens since there’s a limit on the number of replies we can make. It used to be a lot harder to read when there were too many replies! 😛
Just keep doing what y’all doing and just reply to the comment above with a @ mention for the person you want to reply to or just post a new comment if it gets too long.
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Helpius!
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That’s-a-me!
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Best places to find Australian Retail versions of older games would definitely be eBay or Australian retailers who are known to never reduce prices like Harvey Norman and Toys R’ Us only problem with the latter is that you’ll pay through the teeth.
*refresh*
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We could be discussing Survivor RIGHT NOW
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Who’s your favourite team in The Amazing Race?
I kind of liked those friends from L.A. for bustin’ chops when the Doctors lied to them. Country singers seem alright too. No instant favourite teams this year, though. There’s plenty of d-bag teams that make for good watching!😛
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Survivor:
Could you believe what Brandon did? How dare he make Dawn cry 🙁Seriously!?
And Shamar, holy shit dude, stop being such a loud mouth lazy asshole. FUCK!
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The Amazing Race:
Can’t believe three teams decided to go for the penalty at the end. Then the other teams got ahead and they still went for it knowing they’d be kicked out? Why not just go back to the freakin’ beach and see if you could salvage it. You had four hours. Geez! 😀 -
Have you ever seen Survivor?
I’ve never seen The Amazing Race. Maybe some minutes here and there but never a complete episode/season from start to finish!
Seen like everything of Survivor though 😀
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I… haven’t watched any Survivor ever. *folds arms stubbornly* 😛
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You watch this season of Survivor (all of it) and I’ll watch this season of The Amazing Race.
Have we got ourselves a deal? Imagine all the discussion! TAY will explode. People will ignore us and UGHHHHHHH all over the place.
😀
Aren’t the two shows related? Same creator maybe? Production company? I can’t remember but I have a feeling they’re related! (too lazy to look it up)
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Not sure I want to watch Survivor, though. 😛
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You’re more a Jersey Shore man amirite?
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Greenius loves that show. He got a page get yesterday! Greenius has problems! 😛
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You could say he’s got 99 problems…
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CORRECTIONS:
I don’t love the show, I liked watching it and laughing at them and the stupid things they did. Early seasons were quite funny!
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The Amazing Race is on!? I love that show!
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Started this week! Should be able to [redacted] from your favourite [redacted] site!
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Is it on free tv?
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Apparently starts on 7mate on Sunday night!
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How are you guys watching it? Don’t tell me DC is DOWNLOADING NAUGHTY COPIES!? :O
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Look behind you! A three headed monkey!
@spaghett! 4pm came and went and I completely forgot. Listen to Device! I had faith in Draiman so I’ve already preordered on iTunes. DO IT, C’MON! GET TO THA CHOPPA!
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I’m tempted to get that album all because Virus is the guitarist for Device..
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Listened man, it was fucking awesome!
Just posted on Facebook about Cradle of Filth touring in May
DING FRIES ARE DONE
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WOULD YOU LIKE AN APPLE PIE WITH THAT?
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I WORK AT BURGER KIIIIING
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MAKING PEOPLE WHOPPERS WITH A PAPER HAT
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@ash
Bear in mind @dc purchased Xenoblade than immediately gave it away. He didn’t give away Dark Souls.
Food for thought.
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He couldn’t give away Dark Souls :P…
PLAY IT YOU COOT
EDIT: uhh that’s a bit vague but it’s to you (Freeze) in reference to the Xenoblade copy you now have!
BUT I guess it can also work for telling D.C. to play Dark Souls!
PLAY THEM YOU COOTS
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I was planning to start it this weekend actually. Then 2 things happened
1. Wifey took over the Wii for Okami
2. Revenanenagence got released early.-
And I was thinking of starting Dark Souls, until Ni No Kuni got hard. I blame you, Greenius. 😛
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Yeah but Ni No Kuni difficulty is just bullshit padding to force you to grind more. Dark Souls never does that. Just makes you reconsider how you’re approaching the problem. It’s almost like an adventure game you could say.
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Haha! You leave my beloved adventure games out of this! XD
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It also has obscure puzzles involving things that don’t seem related!
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Monkey Wrench?
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Those are the worst parts of adventure games!
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Oh that moment when I have a fuck ton of upvotes on Blabbermouth for my comment and only one downvote. Feelsgood man.
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Balance must be brought to the Force.
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NEVAR!
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You guys have that Soundwave dealy tomorrow, right? Have fun and all that!
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We does, in the rain maybe! But it’s meant to be sunny.. Yet the weather map said today was sunny, it was raining today I do not comprehend that.
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Went back to read the comments that came after mine on their Slayer article, I like this one about how Kerry is the only active member in Slayer lol.
Tom – bored, sick of touring, wants to retire, only still doing it to earn a living.
Jeff – drunk, can’t be bothered writing songs or playing his parts on the albums
Dave – Leaves the band for 12 years
Kerry – still cares about the band, writes songs, turns up at the studio to record his parts, does press, deals with the business side.
It’s funny because you never see much in the way of interviews from the other members and if there is, it always seems they can’t say much, and it seems no one else is allowed to help in the writing process.
Sucks that the heaviest of the Big Four of Thrash has come to this. Hell Metallica have more balls and know how to keep their shit together. A band that almost ended in turmoil 12 years ago.
So, I’ve was rewatching the Watchdogs trailer, when I noticed something (Spoilers, I guess, for the trailer? In case anyone wants to avoid knowing more about the game, or something? I dunno, I’m probably just being paranoid).
Firstly, that dude who appears at the end on the camera is totally there at the start, on a different camera, and I completely missed this on my first watch, because I have no brain. Secondly, and rather more importantly, when main character guy is looking through people, choosing who to take money from, it brings up their savings, and information about them, so it’s like “Single mother, has very little money” or “Homeless person, has literally no money.” Except the guy who he takes money from is all “Pro-life activist. Executive on a tobacco company board. Murders puppies for kicks.” And so forth.
So I think it should be a goal to play the game as a complete dick. Only take money from poor, nice people. It would be fun.
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What happens if you come across cervix ‘Trolls internet in spare time with poop jokes’
If I was in my playthough I’d steal from everyone, Ohh Yerrr
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Monst(rosity)er!
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All I know is that Watch_Dogs has separable skewed box blur bokeh and some sweet wet pavement shaders, so I’m pretty much sold and going on a media blackout for that game.
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Also, analysing the Deep Down trailer(which I’m assuming wasn’t actually real-time, but you know, it might give an idea), it has a nice depth of field effect, though it didn’t seem to use Bokeh, had a different sort of effect.
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I was planning on watching the full thing again tomorrow, will keep an eye out!
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Alright, looking at it more closely, the fireplace near the start(which seems to be a focal point closer to the camera than the fire, at least initially) has definite Bokeh style blocking on the fire effects.
That said, in the very first shot(focus is further away than where the blur is), while in still images it definitely looks Bokehy, it seems a little different in motion(lots of small bits, not sure, I may well be misinterpreting it).
I trust in your eye to determine what it is. At least, you know better than I do.
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There is bokeh, I’m just not sure what type they’re using. Sometimes the bokeh highlights look circular, sometimes hexagon-like, sometimes, inbetween, like a decagon. Really weird.
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That Sony Nintendo BFF article is the dumbest thing I’ve read in a long time.
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I dunno, there was that Farmville Fertilizer story yesterday!
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o.O
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Wow, I’ve never been so happy to hear I missed a story.
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so i got my copy of metal gear rising and may i say…
it’s ridiculous
in the most badass way possible
i love it.
also the figure i got with it is awesome.
overall, a million awesomes out of 73 baddasses
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I keep dieing on these action button sequences and I have no idea why -.-
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Picked it up, forgot my steelbook. Had to drive back to the shops for it -_-
Gonna install it, then rock’n’roll.-
i forgot mine as well 🙁 gonna grab it tomorrow
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It is by far one of the most batshit insane games I have ever played. And I’m enjoying every minute of it.
Is anybody else having some issues with the PS3 DLC codes at all, in particular the White Armour code (from the collectors edition) and the Commando Armour code (from the preorder tin EB has)? The PlayStation Store won’t recognise my codes at all (although the Cyborg Ninja code worked fine). I imagine that they just haven’t been activated on the store yet, but I figured I’d check with you guys.
Wanna play RE6. D=
No one to play with. =(
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I got it recently and have been playing it.
But no Gold.
HELPING
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Wrong console anyway
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Oh, I would’ve thought you were an Xboxer
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I have xbox as well but i hate gold
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I’ve been avodign xbox as much as possible the last few years just so I don’t have to pay for gold.
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I’ve been avoiding xbox because everything requires gold. It’s to the point where you have to pay to do anything on your console. so I’ve been focusing on the ps3
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Fair enough. I would’ve went PS3 as well but it was really cheap on Xbox.
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I’ll Yell at Pyrean for you, he’s right next to me
I should probably yell at myself as well. I’m even closer then Pyrean is.
DID SOMEONE SAY TAYBAR?!?
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*assembles the TAY temperance league*
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I will do in the TAYBAR what I do in every bar…… No not that. Get your minds out of the gutter.
I will sit in the coner and watch everyone else drink \o/Maybe get lessons from @bish on being surly 🙂
I just accidentally discovered that doing Steve Holt! \o/ on skype makes a little man do a dance
I probably should recognise the dance too but yeah.
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I figured that out while waiting for Doc and Shiggy to start up the recording for a Potaku ep. Was hilarious.
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I haven’t done that for a while but it was saturday night fever wasn’t it?
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I think that may be it. he does that whole point down and across yourself and then up in the air thing.
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Metal… Gear…?
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http://btlondon2012.co.uk/pano.html
I’ve been looking at this for ages now. 320 gigapixel.
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Holy crap. Just realised how far in you can zoom. Picked a tiny building miles off in the distance and zoomed in until one of it’s windows filled the screen O.O
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It’s still loading for me but I assume it’s a super high resolution picture that you can zoom in for ages in?
Look up the Argus UAV by BAE Systems. That thing is crazy!
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Yep. All 48,000 photo’s were shot with a canon 7D, and were then strung together and made into this awesome image.
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It’s cool but rotating it makes me dizzy 😛
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Hooray! Found a naked person on a bed in front of an open window!
Also a dude in a chicken suit.
Also some random guy who is creepily staring directly at the cameras from a couple of kilometers away.
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Were they female though?!
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I. Don’t. Know.
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You poor man. You better have the wife ready the eye soap.
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I wish I had that guy’s long distance vision. The last one. Not the naked or the chicken one.
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wheres the chicken guy?
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I remember finding one like that of machu picchu before, It was pretty amazing.
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No wolf make it…
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*SCCCRRRR-SCRRAAWWWWWWWWW*
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The Americans is a really, really decent show. It’s about KGB sleeper agents during the Cold War. Really messed up husband/wife character dynamic. So good! Was renewed for a second season this morning too!
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Someone should watch and then we should talk about it! 😛
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Because it’s good… 😀
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Like Survivor!
Xenoblade!
And Dark Souls!
EDIT: Actually scrap that.
Survivor is okay I guess, I just like it.
Xenoblade and Dark Souls are amazing, as are Ghibli films!
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Clarke just made his century, and Australia are 7/316 at stumps on Day 1.
Good night, folks. You’re all kinds of awesome.
Have fun at Soundwave tomorrow and all that too! Catch you on the flipside, home slices!
Metal Gear Rising Stuff
First of all I started into this game with a unsmooth experience I could hardly dodge anything I would get hit around like a rag doll it got to the point where I had to stop and try and learn what the hell I was doing wrong around about the time I entered the harvesting laboratory I seemed to have a good balance between free-swing and Ninja Mode I’m still having difficulties with being hit since the only avoidance seem to be jump, sprinting around or a ninja mode sweep attack which requires me to be in a sprint to activate their is also parrying which I’m not entirely good at.
I’m thinking about doing some VR mission to see if they help me find ways to avoid attacks or make parrying seem easier or I will play on and hope I pick it up in osmosis despite the learning curve I’m enjoying it to a acceptable degree.
I’ve never played any Metal Gear game before but I’m sure that doesn’t matter since apparently it wasn’t always a hack and slash?
Finally got my PS2 controller working on my pc, via my Playstation 2 to USB converter and x360ce.
\o/
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Woo. What games are you planning on playing?
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Anything that supports a controller. 🙂
Just bought Geometry Wars: Evolved, so I’ll give that a spin.-
@benj ‘s Space Marine!
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GEOMETRY WARSSSSS !
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I got a phone call from my parents last night, asking how to use the ps3 controller. Maaaaaan are they dumb… Don’t every loan your parents a ps3 to play blu-rays on, and then try to tell them how to actually play it over the phone :\
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When your financial position improves consider buying them a PS3 bluetooth remote. They can navigate the XMB and the familiarity of a remote will be better for them and reduce the calls you get 🙂
Dick Smith have them for $25 but I’m sure you can find them cheaper elsewhere
http://dicksmith.com.au/product/YG0858/ps3-bluray-remote-control?CAWELAID=1522414738&kw={keyword}&cagpspn=pla&gclid=CL-5royry7UCFQdNpgodGjoAlw-
hopefully by then they’ll have bought their own blu-ray player, and I wont have to worry 😉
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Looks like there is a new item on Club Nintendo AU, Super Mario Shoelaces!
Why do you spoil us Nintendo?
This week? Best week of my fucking life! I’m pretty sure I found .my best friend tonight, and @dc his favourite games are adventure games!
I apologise that all the posts I’ve made the past few days have been under the influence of alcohol, but my time here has been amazing so far, and there’s only one more night to put up with it so bare with me 😛
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Dude you’re at uni! We should be worried if they weren’t all under the influence!
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Ahaha this whole week has just been a blur. I had to look in the little hand book to see what we did earlier this week 😛
I’m kinda disappointed though. There’s a “boat cruise” tonight but what they don’t tell you is we’ve been banned from every boat service in Hobart for the past few years so we’re just on a boat in a shed. It’s a shame because the Derwent river is amazing.
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@ Monster Hunter people @hindenlagen @greenius (I don’t know who else…)
During a mission, is there anything that I should be doing OTHER than completing the objective? I’m going to replay the demo this morning (couldn’t be bothered last night :P) and want to make sure I’m playing the right way.
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I think you’d usually want to prepare for fighting them by gathering the relevant items. However, there’s really no point in the demo since you’re given tons of helpful items, so just go straight for the boss!
At the starting camp area there’s a red and blue box. One of them (blue?) is a storage and has even more items for you to use. I know there’s an item in there that helps you break out of that giant snowball attack the Snow Wombat has. I’m being vague because I can’t remember the names of everything! 😛
You can also take Nullberries when you’re all frosty and your yellow stamina bar is blue.
Not really relevant to your question but there’s some really basic noob stuff you should know like when your weapon power decreases, use a whetstone and you can eat meat to increase your yellow stamina bar.
Definitely go Sword and Shield. I struggled with the Longsword (which I’ve never used) but as soon as I went to Sword and Shield, I killed it :D. Played the demo for a decent amount last night too!
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I only ever played with the axe on Wii. I really need to learn how to use other weapons if I’m going to be buying this version.
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There’s a lot to learn! Now I know how newbies to Pokémon feel 😛
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Also, don’t be afraid to wiki.
The Monster Hunter Tri wiki is mostly still relevant, and would be a good place to start reading up on the basics of combat with different weapons, and the usefulness of a variety of items (and how to craft them).
http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter_3
http://monsterhunter.wikia.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter_3_Ultimate-
I beat the easy monster without dying this morning! I don’t need no wiki!
(I’ll definitely have it open if I get the actual game though haha Thanks!)
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Morning everyone.
Channel 7 is talking about overpopulation. I was concerned about this when i was 16.
everyone has just caught up
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Asia make up something like 60% of the worlds population.. With both China & India at more than 1 billion citizens each, so yeah..
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As was I. In fact, I asked a particularly dull and inept science teacher whether we would be overpopulated in our life-times when I was in year 8; his response – “No chance.”
Funny that.
I swear WWIII is going to be about food and natural resources if the world leaders don’t get their head’s out of their arses…
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Agreed. And it will be scary.
Also fun fact! Sydney has possibly one the largest deposits of coal underneath it. Stretching about 200km’s in length and several kilometres wide and rather deep.
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Dick Smith complains about this every election. Expect to hear the phrase “sustainable Australia” bandied about to try and please him.
Overpopulation is much less of a problem than infrastructure. The difference is that talking about overpopulation is a massive piece of dog whistle politics. It seems reasonable to most people, there’re too many people already got to make sure things don’t get worse. Except to the people on the far right, who interpret the discussion as “there are too many foreigners”.
Notice how the discussion always turns to limiting immigration numbers?
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Unfortunately. I still think they need to fix up the infrastructure in Melbourne though, it’s really bad.
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Then the discussion should be about infrastructure. Almost all of this stuff comes down to how the argument is framed.
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Oh man… now I’m keen for Monster Hunter 😛
Maybe I should play Tri again? Anyone keen for that?
I only played like 10 hours or so killing that Water Lizard and Quropeco(?) a few times but I didn’t do much more than that. I mainly stopped because it was sad being foreveralone and I felt the game would’ve been much better with buds.
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Hell. Yes.
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Monster HunTAY is the best.
Hind and I used to play regularly, and will again with Ultimate.
I think we got @puppylicks and someone else (Jo?) to play with us once. Pups filmed our dancing.-
You two are getting both versions aren’t you? I’m only getting the Wii U one but I’m definitely keen on doing some online. Would love it if @powalen , @beardymcmuttonchops and other newbies get it so I don’t feel alone 😀
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Yeah that was good fun, although my hunter level was too low so we couldn’t go on any of the good hunts 🙁
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Dammit, I’ve been looking at comment sections again.
And I’m not sure whether I should laugh, or cry.
Why are people so… human?
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people = shit
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I WANT ANIMAL CROSSING 3DSSSS
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Still so long to wait! It was the main reason I wanted a 3DS, and that was 2 years ago now 😛
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Thanks for crapping on my rug ya bum! *shakes fist*
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In mother russia, TAYcat finds YOU!
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Hahah! What is going on!? Did someone just make the account @punchy_cat to like this comment or is this an astonishing coincidence? Amazing.
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Powalen must be bored!
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If any of you haven’t tried the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 demo yet you should, it has a pretty epic boss battle on it.
Downside is that it is extremely short for 2 gig.
Dragonforce finished.
Off to Mindless Self Indulgence.
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\m/ Dragonforce ftw! Also MSI, but mostly Dragonforce!
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MSI has an awesome live act, enjoy!
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Soundwave! What was with Virus_’s weird tweet this morning with Dreamworld? Haha!
Obscure metal arrangements of game music connections thread split over multiple posts because moderation.
So anyway I’m going through some stuff and I come upon a collection of old arrangements of music from the Touhou series of shmups. It has a massive fan community that remixes and re-arranges stuff from the game (with the creator’s blessing).
I’m going through it and I stopped to listen to one of the albums by Demetori. Basically metal arrangements. Used to listen to their stuff heaps. Sample:
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After listening to that for a bit I went to a related group, UI-70, who used to collaborate with Demetori a long time ago. Which lead me to this specific piece:
And I’m listening to that and thinking “you know, this guitar work seems kind of familiar” and it puzzled me for a while.
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So I went digging and it turns out that Demetori’s guitar is Masaru Teramae. Who is has also done most of the guitar work in all of the Falcom games since the mid-00s, as he’s one of the members of the current Falcom JDK band.
And it clicked. Of course it sounded familiar. I’ve been on a massive Ys kick recently, and the Ys I & II soundtrack is filled with stuff that’s incredibly similar. Example:
Probably interesting to exactly one person here (me) but there you go.
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The Amazing Race impressions:
– Damn, that looks like fun!
– Damn, some places be pretty.
– Damn, some contestants be fineee.
– Damn, I want to travel.
– Damn, some contestants piss me off.
– Damnit D.C.!
So it pretty much makes me want to travel :(. Survivor is better though! Makes me less envious 😛
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Not the greatest season premiere. I don’t like all the car product placement they’ve done in these last few seasons. Where Phil gives ‘objectives’ via on screen displays clearly pimping cars. 😛
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Yeah I noticed that too.
Still, it could be worse. Could be like Australian reality TV 😛
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Sounds like you need a trip to Groote Eylandt, friend!
– There’s exactly two recreational activities to be found here. Fishing, and alcoholism.
– We have scenery that will leave you wishing you could pick your jaw from the ground. No seriously, don’t put your mouth anywhere near the ground.
– Dayumm, some of these backpackers be fineee.
– Why travel when you’re stuck on an island?
– Even the little things will piss you off here, although that’s actually a good thing because it reminds you that really, you’ve got nothing to be pissed off about.
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Also:
Made no sense that three teams went for the penalty and the last team still checked in when they knew they were going to be kicked out. Should’ve gone back to the beach and tried to solve it. They had four hours!-
Haha! I know right! Not the sharpest tools in the shed. (Though admittedly I didn’t think of that until you pointed it out, so I’m dumb too :P)-
Though it probably was really damn hot, unless they were all a bunch of complainers. Easy enough to say ‘put up with it’ when you’re not actually there doing the challenge. Still, you’re on The Amazing Race. What’s the point even playing if you’re just going to take penalties? 😛
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They could’ve done that? lol they did seem a bit dopey :P. They mentioned needing the money and being married and having a child or something, was that with each other? I was confused :S-
I think they said they were friends. Not “friends” 😛
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Anything goes in the South
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Let’s talk cast!
Dating people – aiight
Hockey bros – aiight. He got no teef
Father/Son – aiight
Asians – aiight but just a bit annoying. They seem a bit up themselves
Derby Moms – aiight
YouTubers – the guy is super annoying…
Doctors – aiight
Rednecks – aiight, pretty funny but taxidermy is weird mannn
Newly weds – Blergh. She’s such a bitch and he seems bitchy too
Country singers – okay I guess
Firefighters – okay I guess-
I did like how the Asian girls instantly called the Doctors out when they lied to them. No favourites this season so far. YouTube guy needs to tone it down a little. 😛-
tone it down a lot* :P.
Technically they are deliverymen! I just thought it was a bit rude calling them out instantly 😛
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YouTubers – the guy is super annoying…
Ugh, tell me about it.
Newly weds – Blergh. She’s such a bitch and he seems bitchy too
Plus the guy is super tanned. Like, I can’t believe it 😛No one really stands out yet. I liked the twin doctors at the start, but then they went all whiny at the challenge. Also, I never like Parent/Child teams. They’re almost always boring 😛 I generally like teams that are newly dating though, because they usually fight a lot haha
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Haha my thoughts exactly!
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Newlywed girl reminded me of Charlize Theron from Young Adult. Thinking everyone is horrible but her. Haha! Newlywed guy might’ve been a sociopath. 😛
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I keep wanting to post about how she’s the prettiest there and how I attractive I think the other contestants are >_>, but I kept deleting it…until now 😛
WAITAMINIT! WRONG PERSON!
Newlywed isn’t the prettiest! I was referring to the dating one! D:
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Objectifyius. 😛
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I wonder what this said before the edit… 😛
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Objectifius… then I realized that wasn’t right.
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Survivor Episode 1 (posting here instead of Twitter because I would hate to be spoiled on who gets eliminated :P)
Hahahah! Voted out on the first day twice in a row. Hilarious. I didn’t like or hate her so it didn’t bother me either way that she left.
I remember that Eric dude as well, I must’ve watched that season. If this was Survivor: Walking Dead he would be Ben. They look very alike and now I can’t stop seeing it 😛
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…Oh my god! I see it now! He’s like a bearded Ben!
Any favourites? Unfavourites? 😛
My favourites so far are Malcolm, Dawn, Cochran and Phillip. I like the first three but Phillip is fricken nuts so makes it entertaining. I don’t like Brandon, Corinne (she’s okay this season but was such a bitch on her first) and Shamar. Don’t know too much about the “fans” but I like beard guy too!Editted with more stuff!
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I’ll get back to you with my favourites after I watch the second episode!
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To the Moon was pretty excellent. Not perfect, but well worth playing.
so i beat metal gear rising in a day, bit dissapointed in the length, but i’m immediately playing it again on hard, so at least it’s re playability is pretty good.
however the length was the only thing i was dissapointed in, the rest of the game is an absolute blast that embraces the sheer crazyness of raiden.
spoiler from the first mission, but just in case
i mean, the PROLOGUE boss is a god damn 30 story tall metal gear ray that you cut in half after running down a building dodging lasers, it’s this over the top nature of the game that i thought was badass yet hilarious at the same time.
end point, platinum makes my wee-wee hard.
Am so going!
People who have finished Ni No Kuni:
Any point doing the post-game content? I don’t like over staying my welcome in an RPG once I’m done, but is there any story stuff beyond fetch quests and bounty hunts?
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Once you finish the quest chain with the guy who constantly loses his diary a interesting side story starts about a door.. not much I can say without spoiling it.Also if you continue on Horace’s riddles you will get a origin story quest about him.
Edit: There may also be more I haven’t done all the quests yet.
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Thanks man!
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So apparently all the PS4’s specs are finalized.
And they ‘can’t talk about’ what regioning system they’re using (if any) yet.
This can only be bad news 🙁
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🙁
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Not even a hint?
If they hint that it will be such and such, then there is hope.
No mention or we can’t talk about that is bad
So that guy I became friends with last night runs a private p2p network around the college, and people have got terabytes of stuff there and it all downloads insanely quick. I think I’m in heaven. Silly me, thinking I wouldn’t be able to watch any tv shows or movies this year!
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Haha! You and your friend making skills! Sounds like Hobart’s treating you awesomely, Ben J! 😀
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Haha Hobart is amazing 😛 It’s worlds away from Launceston. When everyone says that Tasmania is a nice place to go with beautiful landscapes and all that, I finally know what they’re talking about. The view from here is incredible, there’s things to do, and nice people.
I’ve gotta say though that I don’t think I’d have any friends here if it weren’t for the alcohol. I’m usually too shy to just go up and start talking to people I don’t know!
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Crap.
I want to get up, but my dog is laying on his back with his legs up, and he’s all comfy… 🙁
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Human mattress!
DREAMWORLD. NEXT WEEK. *waits*
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Holiday nearly over next week *cries*
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Must be nice to have something to fill your days with though, even if it’s classes. 😛
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That is true.
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I feel sort of sad and lonesome unless I’ve got a meet to look forward to. Haha!
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Or games to play OR TV SHOWS TO WATCH
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*jealous*
Without reading your comment @dc, I predict it’s a lame-o excuse and you’re the worst!
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Yep, clearly the worst person ever.
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NOPE!
Damn you EA! Having Adam Devine (Workaholics) in your ads for Sim City is going to make me end up buying it 🙁
Getting a bit old for these all day metal festivals. Slayer currently on stage. Have staked out a spot front and center on the barrier for Metallica. No one in front of us. Unfortunately I’m half deaf already and my back is killing me.
I think the cure is more metal.
Bring it on!
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Just hang on! You’ll persevere through it
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Oh man, sounds like fun!
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…how the hell do you have reception?!
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…how the hell do YOU have reception?!
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So many things I could be doing with these few hours that constitute my weekend, but instead I’m just here *refresh*ing.
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similar thing here.
Sorry, I still haven’t even sewn up your costume. It’s seriously been 30 very day.-
Don’t stress. It will happen when it happens. I know it will look great no matter when it gets done
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You are stressing me out saying that. =P
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I’m stressing you out by saying don’t stress? Makes sense 😛
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It totally does!
same reason you don’t tell someone panicking to stay calm
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Found out only last night that Einsturzende Neubauten are here and playing Brisbane tonight. Only $75 but it’s $59 more than I have in my bank account right now.
So now I’m all depressed I won’t get to see them. They’re a band I haven’t listened to for a few years but I still desperately want to see them live.
I wondered why Mr. Strange hadn’t alerted me because he’s usually on top of all the touring stuff…turns out he’d never heard of them. That’d probably be why. 😛
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Aw man, that’s too bad. :'( Would’ve been TAYbies at concerts every where!
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I’m so punctual!
He probably has heard of them, just not when they are pronounced correctly 🙂 That name looks like more than a mouthful
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I must really be out of it. Either reply fail, or Kotaku’s glitching out on me
@strange
Survivor Ep 2 @greenius
Hoooollyyyy crap. That Shamar dude, man. One of the most annoying people I’ve ever seen on tv. Wow. Does he not realise how stupid he sounds? “I sit there all day because everybody is trying to target me!”. I have no idea what argument he is trying to make 😛 So disappointed he didn’t go home…
Also, that short tattoo’d guy… can’t remember his name. On the Favourites team. He’s like, proper crazy huh? Almost seems like he has bipolar or something :\ It’s a bit worrying.
Also, do they not do rewards challenges anymore? I haven’t watched Survivor in a while but I remember they used to do two challenges per episode. We’re being ripped off!
EDIT: All caught up now I think. Now I can do week-by-week! You’ll probably have to remind me to watch it though haha
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Yes! What a loud mouth dumbass! But believe it or not, there have been worse people D:
And Brandon was his name-o. He pissed me off on his first season because it was more of the same but less crazy, just really religious. He keeps mentioning Russell Hantz (who you probably don’t know) but he’s a ‘famous’ Survivor for changing things up, he’s in Season 19/20 and 22. Season 19/20 are two my favourite ones ever, you should totally watch them! He’s a total ass but was extremely entertaining and that’s why he’s a favourite.
So Brandon wants to make things right for his family name and doesn’t want to be like Russell (mean) so in his first season he kept saying shit like wanting to do what Jesus would do and being kind and stuff and it just got really, really annoying. He wasn’t even making proper decisions and was fricken nuts. This even showed in the live reunion show… he’s just… ughhhhThey do but it’s usually later on at the merge or when there’s less people. Generally at the start they just combine both reward and immunity together (rewards were still given out – flint and fishing gear).
Don’t worry I’ll remind you 😀
But seriously, watch Survivor: Samoa (19) and Heroes vs. Villains (20). I saw them after their runs but loved it. Russell is amazing!
What games have you completed this year so far?
I think it’s The Cave, Ni No Kuni, Zombi U and To the Moon for me.
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None, technically 😛
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Haha! Oh man, I was feeling guilty that I’ve only played four. Now I feel better.
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That reminds me though, I should be keeping track of all the new games I play so I don’t forget anything for my GOTY! It helped a lot last year.
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You should also keep a list of all the games you beat! (more than just “Pokemon, Others”)
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(and @scree)
WORST!
Didn’t you beat Spec Ops scree?
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I still need to finish Spec Ops too. We can be WORST together \o/
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that was technically last year, i think.
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Haven’t you finished Ni No Kuni?
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I like how we know what games Powalen and Scree beat more than they do!
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Someone has to! 😛
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I like how I got re-directed to page 20 with the refresh and by the time I clicked page 21 (like a couple of seconds) you had already upvoted and replied to my comment 😛
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To be young on a Saturday night! 😛
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Haha “young”
Oh, how I jest.
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*runs off sobbing*
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Ah, I missed this reply!
Not to my standards I haven’t finished it! >:[
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Campaign finished, credits rolled… I’d say I’m finished even though there’s side quests a-plenty!
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Sounds like Powalen is just being a pickly pear!
Super Mario 3D Land. At least to the point of unlocking the secret worlds and getting all the star Coins on the main levels. It totally counts
DmC, Pokemon Black 2, started a whole bunch of others.
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One does not simply finish a Pokemon game 😛
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My goal is to beat the levelled-up Elite Four with my Butterfree. Then maybe I’ll be done 😛
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Just your Butterfree alone? You got guts (or compoundeyes [pokejokes \o/])
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Yeah there’s a medal for completing the Elite Four with a single Pokémon. May as well make it difficult and memorable!
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If you beat the Elite Four for a second go round, I classify that as beating it 🙂 Completing? No. Beating? Yes.
Way to few to bother mentioning, been a slow year for me I blame the heat =(
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Ni no Kuni!
Better than none? 🙂
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I’ve put 52 hours into that game so far! :O
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I really wanted to play it this week but certain factors prevented me from doing so :(. Finally had a chance to play it today after a long break and just couldn’t get into it. Was feeling pretty ughhh CBF.
I’m at the Miasma Marshes or whatever it’s calledSince I got the strategy guide pretty recently I was randomly flicking through looking at the prettyness and pretty sure I had a lot of things spoiled >_>. DAMNIT!
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Haha! I know that feeling. Took me ages to complete the game even though I had plenty of time to play it. You’ve got to be in the right mindset otherwise the grinding will get to you!
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Oh man, I honestly don’t even remember :P. I’ve finished a fair amount but pretty much everything from November until now is just all fused together D:
The Cave
Far Cry 3
FTL
Okami HD
Persona 4: Golden (I got a bad ending but you’re supposed to keep playing :P)
Pokemon White 2
Rayman Origins
SUPER MEAT BOY!**
I actually had to look up our old list of games we completed in 2012 to make sure I wasn’t remembering it wrong! There’s more from Steam I know I’m forgetting but it won’t open and let me check :(. And to be fair a lot of those games were ones I started in 2012 but didn’t finish until 2013.
**EDIT: OMFG! How could I freaken forget Super Meat Boy!!!
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Haha! We both played The Cave three times a piece too! XD
AC3 and Ys I & II only so far. 🙁
Space marine
Spec ops: the line
Overlord 2
and 100% containment but not sure if you count that as completed as I finished the main quest and all the survival levels last year
The Walking Dead. Ummmmm…. I’m playing Dark Souls, but am yet to complete.
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Nighthawk! Hope the weekend’s treatin’ you well, my pal!
BioShock. I think that’s all.
I know we have a fair amount of writers here in the Kotaku community, and I was wondering if any of you might be interested in partaking in a project I’m thinking about doing at the moment.
Pretty much, a multiple P.O.V story, written by multiple authors. A collaborative project of undetermined genre, plot and setting. I don’t even know if it’s actually going to go ahead yet, but I’d love to gauge interest 🙂
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I read that as “fair amount of whiners” at first 😛
I can’t write, but it does sound very interesting! Love those kinds of stories. Good luck!
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I’m interested to see what develops. I’ve got so many projects on my plate atm, though! How would you co-ordinate this, out of interest? Flesh out the major plot beats in advance, or…? Wondering how consistency and story flow would be maintained.
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I wouldn’t want too much to be planned out in advance, because I’d like to be taken surprise by the other writers involved in the project. The overarching plot would need to be hashed out, but I don’t know whether I’d want to go any further than explaining the main conflict and allowing everyone their freedom to do what they want with it.
I’m not too worried about consistency. Anyone who reads it will be aware that it’s being written by a number of different authors with completely different writing styles. And I’m kind of interested in having a disparate writing/reading experience. I’ve never had to write anything where other events happening in the world are out of my control.
It’s sounds exciting.
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It might be a lot simpler to do a collection of short stories from different perspectives in relation to a set event.
Collaborative projects are infamously terrible. If each thing is more independent of each other, it gives a chance for it to be a bit easier to pull off.
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So I’ll take that to say you’re not interested 😛
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Not disinterested, just wary of the way it’s set up so far.
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(intentional reply fail)
DAMNIT @DC FOR PUTTING A DISCUSSING INDUCING TOPIC AT THE PAGEGET. SO MANY WRONG PAGE REDIRECTS/REFRESHES!
We could do @ash ‘s suggestion and post about it somewhere else but… lazy and no one else will post here instead 🙁
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Haha! I didn’t know it’d be a page get! I was just trying to fill some of this deafening silence in my hermit cave. 😛
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You see that Survivor discussion?
You could’ve been part of it.
There’s still a chance!
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@powalen – It’s probably safe to assume you didn’t watch Season 19/20 already? They’re a must watch! Definitely go back and see them if you’re keen – Russell is actually amazing. @sughly will agree on the awesomeness of said seasons!
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DREAAAAMWORLD!
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SURVIVOR.
(looks like I just found my new thing while I give Xenoblade a rest on Monday)
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ADVENTURE GAMES.
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D.C.’s LAST PLAYED SONG GAME! (Not affilliated with @spaghett’s game! :P)
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Neighbourhood #3 (Power Out) – Some Hipster Band D.C. Likes
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Are they really considered hipster? I always thought they were pretty mainstream for an indie band? Also haven’t the hipsters moved on to something else? Possibly with ’80s synth? 😛
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Well they’d be more indie and you’d be a hipster for liking indie bands, again I jest!
They were considered indie back in like 2008 when I listened to them *hipster hair flick* but I only found out recently they won zee big Grammy for their album so I guess they’re mainstream now :P. Who knows, who cares! Listen to what you want :D. I barely listened to that album (The Suburbs) but I don’t like it as much as their others 😛
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Funeral’s probably the one I listen to the most, but Neon Bible has two of my favourite songs evah. (Neon Bible and Intervention…)
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LAIKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
I’m listening to Neon Bible (the song) now and I don’t think I’ve ever heard it before. It’s okay but not my kinda thing. Intervention time next!
How did you discover them by the way? Where the Wild Things Are?
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I still think Wake Up is my favourite even though I haven’t listened to it in weeks! (Actually probably days, but whatever. :P)
Edit: TOTALLY Where the Wild Things Are back when I first saw the trailer. The acoustic version blew me away! Didn’t start listening to them properly until about December last year!
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HEY! I liked 80s synth BEFORE the hipsters liked it.
#metahipster
Elton John – Something About The Way You Look Tonight
Now who could I tag in this…… Decisions, decisions
Also, someone had to break up the Greenius and DC party.
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Rocketmaaaaaan?
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Oh Nova, you know I’m always happy to discuss Xenoblade with you!
SOMEONE just won’t play it >:(
well, as soome people may have noticed how subtle i’ve been about how much i like metal gear rising, i acquired the soundtrack (Amazon wont let me buy it, i tried).
so music from that.
last one however was Rules of nature.
imagine you are judo throwing a gigantic mech as the chorus kicks in.
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This be funky
Where y’all buying BioShock Infinite from and for how much? I think I’m paying like $37 for a retail copy but that seems pretty standard… I must have a good deal!
It usually seems like you can get around that for a digital download so I’d prefer to go for that since the game is Steamworks anyway.
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Too far away to think about. Tomb Raider’s where it’s at, my friend!
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EBGames, super special edition
@freezespreston! @virus__! Soundwave updates? 😀
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I made it on the big 30 metre screen 3 times during Metallica. I think that’s all we need to know.
Can anybody here who buys games off Amazon, please buy me Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition for $11.25 (it’s $15 but there’s a one time use 25% off code CAGROCKS)
I can pay you back with a PayPal money transfer, cash in person or gift you a $12 game on Steam or something I can buy from without a credit card.
Thanks!
You want people to play Dark Souls, right? 😀
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Remind me tomorrow. Also, I’ll need your email address.
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@greenius, check your emailz
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(See below)
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Rumours! Michel Ancel may quit Ubisoft D:
What does this mean for Beyond Good & Evil 2?! 🙁
I used to like Ubisoft but so many stupid decisions lately. Ugh :(. And I just stumbled across an amazing comment about the Rayman Legends delay stuff: “UBItrayed us”
http://www.gamekult.com/actu/michel-ancel-pourrait-quitter-ubisoft-A107463.html
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Parlez-vous anglais?
I’d LOVE to see a Beyond Good & Evil 2, but at the same time it’d be nice if Ancel controlled his own destiny too. I’m sure he could do some original IP that’d be just as good. (Or licence BG&E like Ragnar Tornquist is doing with The Longest Journey at Red Thread Games.)
Any Melb taybies doing any of the white night stuff tonight?
Me and Mrs tigs are about to head in so twitter or sms if you are interested in catching up
No real plans, going going to head in and see what’s going on
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White night? D:
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Racist night!
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Hipster power!
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From dusk til dawn White Night Melbourne will transform the city into an all-night wonderland with over 80 free events celebrating music, food, film, art and light.
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And white people? 😛
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It used to be called “Whites-only Night” but they had to change it.
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One day Melbourne will rid itself of that prejudice in its heart…
(I’m sure all these jokes have been made by everyone already. Haha!)
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ye gods, you sounds like one of those *shifty eyes* foreign people
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I’d be there if I didn’t have to work tomorrow.
Tell us what it was like so I can live vicariously through you 😛
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I love that guy!
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Why don’t you marry him then!
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Haha! That’s a Sughly reply! I miss Sughly! :'(
😛
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Had a lovely friend come and watch the kids tonight, and my wife and I went out on a date. First time we’ve been alone together without the kids for more than eight months. It was only for a little under two hours, but we had a great night out.
Also I totally showed that Capra Demon who’s boss. It’s been a good night.
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Haha! You two crazy kids!
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Hey Shane, are you still/have you already moved to Bathurst?
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Still in Canberra, mate. We’ve decided to postpone the move, seek financial advice, and make sure it’s the right move for us. Will be revisiting in the back half of this year! 🙂
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Sounds like a well-deserved treat Shane, glad you enjoyed it 😀
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Did you take your lady to Office Works again? 😀
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Hahaha, no… but we did go there earlier in the day 😛
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Young love!
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@dc
Metallica was FUCKING AMAZING!
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You and Virus stick together or split up to see the bands you like?
Apologies to @strange.
Late(it was only 9:30!)-night(OK, I think that makes it 11:00 your time :S) impulse-calls may not be the best idea.
…better than a drunk tweet, perhaps?
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It’s only 10:25 here in Brisbane, man! 😀
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I feel somewhat better now! Thanks man 😀
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Old peoples’ bed time. 😛
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I wonder if you can @ someone within a hyperlink? Will it direct to the link, or the user profile?
@puppylicks-
So it directs to the link. Hmm… wonder if it still notifies the user?
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@ing people notifies them. By the way, don’t worry about your call, it made my night. Weekend, even. 😀
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So you must’ve not played Xenoblade yet! 😀
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Best way to start a monday morning
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Also Strange answers the phone? Man, she’s awesome! I let mine ring out because the phone terrifies me. People know to text me. Haha!
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Ooo! I did this too. Back when I didn’t use my mobile I literally didn’t even have it with me (so there was no point to it) so if people wanted to contact me by phone they’d have to ring my home phone and leave a message. I’d be standing there so I’ll know it’s them and I’ll pick up :P!
I still don’t pick up my home phone when it rings unless I know who it is! I do pick up my mobile though and it’s led to having to talk to randoms D:
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I don’t even think I’m employable any more. Can’t answer the phone. Doesn’t leave the house. Hermit. Haha!
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Except you do answer the phone and leave the house! WORST HERMIT
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I answered because it came up as “Aleph” on screen. I was actually scared something was wrong with him. 😛
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Clearly something is wrong with him. But we don’t talk about that 😛
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Good night, folks!
Oh hey! I just realised @powalen you never stated your favourite Survivor contestants! We just bitched about the ones who annoyed us ;D
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Hm, I don’t really have one yet. I guess maybe that Eric guy. One of the Favourites girls too but I can’t remember her name. I like the Favourites more than the Fans overall (even though I’ve never seen most of them before :P)
Oh, and I forgot to mention yesterday (ep 2 spoilers)
How dumb is that Reynald guy? Oh yeah, I’ll just put the immunity idol in my pocket! No one will see it there! 😛 Stupid.-
Haha yeah. At least he was smart enough to say he’d use it and then not. I thought he would’ve used it :P. As for favourites girls – Dawn (old one), Corinne (sort of skeletal brunette), Brenda (hot Asian), Andrea (hot blonde). Dawn is my favourite out of them!
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I never get late night Aleph calls 🙁
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Just you wait, pal.
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I never get late night Aleph calls 🙂
Kinda disappointing end to o-week…
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Deets bro.
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“Boat cruise” is apparently a term for being stuck inside a single room that literally smelled like poo, only beer being sold (I HATE beer!), and dancing. There were more creepy older guys than there were freshers (first years) and it was just all round boring.
I don’t think I’ve mentioned this on here before but I have a twin brother that’s here as well and he made an absolute dick of himself and I was left to deal with him. He doesn’t really drink much at all (I don’t know if he’s drunk at all this week) and he comes out tonight all guns blazing (after having nothing to eat for hours) and ends up stumbling round the place and eventually spewing off the ledge. Last night was the night for that, this was meant to be a formal event. He’s a way-too-happy-it’s-just-annoying drunk.
Tbh I’m just completely drained and I’m complaining 😛 It’s been fun but I’m glad it’s over. Now’s the time to figure out who your actual friends are here and not just drinking buddies. Mum’s coming down for a dog show today so at least there’s that to look forward to!
On the brighter side I started talking to a group and some of them were big fans of Tim and Eric! They’re literally the first people I’ve met IRL who have even heard of them.
Umm… You probably didn’t want a big story but oh well there you go 😛
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Jokes on you! I wanted a story!
I got sick of annoying drunks which is also a reason why I joined the hermit lifestyle. Must’ve sucked since you pretty much HAVE to take care of your twin! Did you discuss SPAGHETT! ?
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No spaghett was discussed 😛
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Now’s the chance for you, your mum and your new friend to hang out!
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Did you and your brother go to the same schools and have the same classes and same friend groups? That sucks! 😀
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Same schools yes, but for the most part different classes. There was a time when we had the same group of friends, but that was a while ago now 😛
Thankfully this year I doubt I’ll hardly see him.
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Innernette datin’ update which has nothing to do with me in particular.
This may be the most worrying profile I have come across.
I was genuinely concerned when reading that.
Also, are they keeping tab on varying degrees of response all on the profile itself? That’s… an odd way to do it, if at all.
And s/he’s answered 13,000 questions. Holy shit, talk about devotion!
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“This user restricts their profile to OkCupid members only. Sign in or create an account.”
🙁
Screencap if it’s share worthy, otherwise I’ll just pretend why it’s worrying :P!
…It would be crazy to own that many cats!
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She previously dated Greenius?
Wow, she must have super poor judgement.-
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And quiet.
Which is making the tinnitus rather more noticeable. Thanks Metallica for setting off fireworks 5 meters away from me.
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Fuck yeah! That ruined my hearing too!
NSFW but OH. MY. GOD. so damn funny!
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link doesn’t work for me.
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Damnit mobile!
Here you are, sir.
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lol ArtAttack on my (eye) balls!!
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Man, shoe stores… i’m a size 8 and a 1/2 which is a pretty common size. Whenever I go to buy a pair of ballet flats, they’re either a size 8 (too small) and a size 9 (too big). To get a half size I have to pay $90. Guess the vita will have to wait =(
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If I want a decent fit, I have to be sneaky and put a 8.5 left in an 8 box.
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Not stupid feet, stupid shoe stores
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OooooOOo thanks AsksMeToRemindThemAndAsksForMyEmailButRemembersBothAnywayHawk !
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$12 is on its way!
Let’s hope Hawk (at) Haw News Mith DOT com is still your PayPal address 🙂
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Payment refunded. Don’t want to hear any more about it. Enjoy the game.
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Cue Greenius psychotic break! So damn kind! 😀
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No. Repaying. Shane?
>:(
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If you end up getting mods for the PC version, let me know which ones are good. Was just looking at this one before: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/11/09/dark-souls-mods/
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I’ll definitely be looking into this stuff on how to ‘fix’ the game as I hear it needs a bit of tweaking. I’ll most likely do the resolution one, skipping intro movies and the borderless fullscreen.
omg we can be Dark Souls buddies ;D. PLAY PLAY PLAY!
(not spoilers)
WATCH SURVIVORAnd have you got a controller handy? If not, I can help you easily set up a PS3 controller, which is what I use for PC games.
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Yeah, I don’t have any wired 360 controllers, so will have to look up the PS3 thing. Don’t think I’ll play any time soon, though. D:
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MotionJoy DS3 Tool! It’s as easy as just plugging in your controller and enabling it through the program. The best way is to set it as an Xbox controller so the PC automatically assume it’s one and anything with native support for it will instantly work.
It can get a bit confusing when the buttons on screen are Xbox ones though 😛
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Oh and I figured I might as well put my history with the Souls series here:
Demon’s Souls:
First heard about Demon’s Souls on Kotaku when they ran an article about how the game came out in Asia but was fully in English. I did not know anything about it except that it was fully translated. I went to Singapore in 2008 and saw it in a shop and impulse purchased it.
Game be hard! Picked a melee but failed so went with the Royal and used a mixture of magic and melee. I can’t remember where I got up to but I think I killed that Fire thing before giving up and using that soul duplicating trick :P. My main frustration with the game was not dying on a tough enemy, but dying and then having to work through wave and wave of enemies again and again just to get a chance to attempt it again. So I super power levelled and worked through the rest of the game.
I had my fun so I never went back.
Cheatius.
Dark Souls:
Looked great from the trailers and although I wasn’t going to pick it up immediately I got it anyway :P. A much better game! They got rid of my main frustration by putting in better check points and shortcuts and I loved the whole open worldness rather than selecting which level to go to. I played through a decent amount of the game before thinking I should farm some souls using that cheap method. I did this a bit too much and levelled my Pyromancy up early on and was a bit overpowered. Still nothing compared to the millions of souls I got in Demon’s Souls, but still not 100% legitimate!
Beat the game as a mix of light STR melee and Pyromancy but I’ve always thought about going back and doing it 100% properly.
So I was thinking of playing through NG+ but discovered that Infinite Souls glitch. Silly me thought it’ll be good to be overpowered and just derp through the rest of the game for funsies, however, unlike in Demon’s, in NG+ the enemies scale up with you! I was super high levelled AND SO WERE THE ENEMIES >_>
Character ruined! 😛
After news of the DLC came out I thought about picking it up when it was cheap on PC. I noticed a few weeks ago it was on sale on PSN for around $12. I didn’t purchase it then and regretted it :/, luckily this deal came along and Le Funar was willing to help out! 😀 Thanks again brosef!
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To the Dark Souls peeps:
Fun builds to play?
I’m thinking of going melee something but is that really viable without any ranged sort of attack? Would I need to invest in some sort of magic/bows?
I’m not generally a fan of using magic in video games so I’m not going to go full magic but I don’t mind using a bit. I’d like to avoid Pyromancy this time around as I used it plenty my first time around.
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NG+ enemies don’t scale to you. They just get harder every playthrough. I think it’s 60% (or 40%) higher stats for them to start and an extra 10-20% every additional playthrough.
I usually play a tank melee with heavy armour and Ultra class weapons (Zweihander, Greataxe). I do use a non upgraded short bow to draw aggro from mobs one enemy at a time to avoid being mobbed. Otherwise there’s no need for powerful ranged. Need a good helping of STR and END. Once they’re high (40ish) ill start pumping upgrades into VIT. Other stats get ignored.
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Really? I swear they did because they weren’t too bad before I powerlevelled.
So you moved around slowly with heavy armour or did you use that ring? I had that hideous Smough(?) armour with the ring and used a sword and shield. I generally prefer to play quicker moving medium armoured characters but I guess I should try something new.
Did you block most attacks then rather than dodging? It’s been a while since I played but doesn’t blocking with a 2H mean you take some damage or am I remembering wrong?
Thanks!
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2 handed? That’s for the weak son. One hand those suckers with a greatshield in the other hand. Then you block their attack and hit them straight after, gaining the damage bonus for hitting them while off balance. Not as much as a parry bonus but still a decent chunk.
Get your strength to 50 and you can one hand every weapon in the game.
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But it’s not called Einhander *ba dum tish*
I forgot about one handing the heavier weapons 😛
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I should try a tank build. My thief is master of nothing but keys
Sup. Apparently a friend of my mates is flying business class with Stone Sour this morning. Well isn’t that nice for him… I am totally jealous.
In this picture you can *just* see @freezespreston & I on the barrier far right at the very end of Metallica’s set.
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I’ll take your word for it
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Really? I can’t see us.
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I can.. I can see that chick that was next to you, then you then me.
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Maybe circle yourselves in the picture! (Then again, I couldn’t even make out you guys in that zoomed in shot of the big screen! :P)
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You can’t see them? Maybe I can help point them out.
Part of Freeze’s right arm is shown on pixels (789,234) , (790,234) , (789,235) and (790,235).
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That was Sam’s fault she took one picture but didn’t hold her camera still x.x
Actually might not be, I had a Metallica beach ball by that point I just realised haha, and if I am remembering correctly Freeze & I are out of shot by TWO people.
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Spaghett’s Sam? :O
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Lol, no. My friend Sam, who kept texting me everytime she saw me pop up on the screen haha.
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Still, Hernandez?
*sigh*
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Both Serrels and Totilo basically told people on twitter yesterday to go away if they don’t like it. (Directed at the people who left horrible comments!) Me? I’m just not going to read her stuff any more. Haha!
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I’m not going to leave any horrible comment. It’s just wearing. It’s no different than being screamed at for eating meat by vegans, PETA ranting about pet ownership, or even that far removed from Fox News ranting about games. Getting to the point where I’m really over it and if the attitude is going to be like it or leave I probably will to be honest.
I don’t know why it bothers me so much but it does.
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Bothers me too, man. So did Serrels’ response on twitter even though I know it’s not directed at us. (Which I don’t think is fair on my part, cause it’s perfectly valid given some of the stuff that’s ranted about in the comments. Never from the regulars either.) I know exactly what you mean, though. Feels like she wants us to feel guilty about everything because we’re guys or because we’re not bringing stuff like this up every chance we get. I find I get oddly defensive. Haha! I get enough guilt from my Catholic upbringing! 😛 I think there’s stuff that needs to be said too, but I feel like it’s never articulated properly. Always comes off as an accusation of sorts.
I sincerely would like to read Tracey Lien’s take on these issues.
Also, don’t leave. TAY and the Serrels articles are reason enough to stay even if you don’t read any thing else here!
Edit: I feel like I might have misinterpreted what Serrels’ and Totilo said:
@stephentotilo: To those who want @patriciaxh to leave Kotaku–to those who send vile comments–she’s not leaving. But you? Please leave Kotaku forever.
@Serrels: I’d like to reiterate what @stephentotilo said. I love @patriciaxh’s work. If you leave vile comments, I don’t want you near @KotakuAU
Basically directed at people demanding she gets fired and all that. Not people like you, Freeze. 🙂
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My issue is more the site used to be about celebrating games. Get hype for upcoming titles, how much other devs like other games, what people are excited for. I even liked most of Plunketts pictures as in here’s something fun I found about these games I love.
Hernandez’s stuff is just horrible and negative and I’ve noticed a bit of a trend in the site to be sliding more that way. Mostly in the US stuff but it still changed the entire tone of the site which is what attracted me to it in the first place.
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Yeah, I know what you mean.
I don’t mind digging a little deeper on topics like this, but some of it is just batshit crazy like that Date Rape/MMO one. :S Might be cynical too, but I sometimes suspect its more about getting hits as well…
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That’s exactly how I feel. I originally started coming on this site for gaming news and things to get me excited, but so many articles now are just about telling me how enraged I should be over so many picky subjects. I hate it. I hate Hernandez more for that than I do for anything else. I don’t hate her as a person (or a woman, whatever doesn’t get me labelled as sexist), I hate her for her writing job. I hate this negative crap. I know I’m being a bit hypocritical here but every time I come to Kotaku and see them on the home page I just start getting annoyed at it all and it carries over here.
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She’s absolutely entitled to her own world-view, and she has a platform to publish it on. As DC posted, she’s got the support of both Mark and Stephen. They’re the editors, so they can run whatever they like. It’s unfortunate that almost every single one of Patricia’s articles makes me feel guilty about the gender I was born, and that if I have anything to say against it, I feel like I would immediately be labelled as sexist. Which is why I never, ever, ever comment on any of her articles.
I don’t think it’s fair to assume that the default status of a male is a misogynist, a sexist, and someone who objectifies women. It’s not who I am, and I am damn sure that if the same insinuations were made about females that Patricia makes about males, Patricia would have something to say on the matter.
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That was the response when I complained about the constant spoiler posts as well. :\
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Except it’s kind of hard to avoid those spoiler ones (at least the ones with giant picture spoilers, or spoilers in the title/first paragraph) – I just don’t read anything 😛
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Hey, you know what’s fun! GAMES! 😀
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Meh! I haven’t even played games this year.
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Hey, you know what’s fun! SOUNDWAVE? HANGING OUT WITH TAYBIES? DREAMWORLD? 😀
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See that’s my sort of fun. Going deaf to heavy metal! I should start a kickstarter to get to Download Festival.. The tier prizes won’t exist, but it will be worth it right? haha!
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THEY ARE! I’m playing Transmorphers! 😀
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I’m playing Revenananengance as we speak
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Haha! I saw when I was playing Ni No Kuni. You’re one of the four or so friends I have on PSN. XD
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Oooo I’m one of them!
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You know what would be an awesomely fun game? And open-world Animorphs game.
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Gotta touch ’em all!
EDIT: But really that’d be pretty awesome. A big map with heaps of secret areas that only certain classes of animals can reach like flying up high or fitting through small areas. Would be cool!
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He said Animorphs not NAMBLA.
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So many Animorph references in To the Moon!
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I used to love quickly flipping through the books watching them transform back and forth.
A new book would be worn out in a day 🙂
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Oh my god I want this. Build it around the same rules as the books. Time limits to morphs. Can’t just transform in the street because you never know who’s a host. Hell, build in some co-op with special combo attacks with different morph pairings.
Someone make this dammit
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Right!?!? And you could make the whole game scale up or down as much as you wanted to… Imagine being able to turn into a Hawk and observe the world from high above, then shrink down to insect size and explore the world that way. Crazy!
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Build in a conversation system where you have to be careful about what you tell to who. Something similar to the Arkham combat system but for animals.
Deus ex mission structure, can accomplish it any number of ways depending on what sort of morphs you have available to you
Hell, even just imagine the possibilities of acquiring any random person off the street and causing that open world chaos we know and love.
I’m getting super hyped for a game that will never exist 🙁
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Wanted to try out Lumines on Vita for a bit.
Ended up playing one long continuous game, lasting over an hour.
I played the original on PSP a bit but haven’t played for years.
Jumped straight into the Vita one without knowing some of the new aspects (power ups, new blocks).
Already top of the friend leaderboard, just ahead of @negativezero who said it was like his most played Vita game.
Talking like @Spaghett.
Bragius.
*flex*
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Shenanigans!
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Sam!
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Windows!
Heroin!
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I feel so inadequate. It took me months to get that score. 🙁
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;D Meanius
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Is that Lambo showing us how to smile naturally? 😛
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Was totally going to do a post about it. It’s been a while since we’ve had a TAY double 😛
Had a nice lunch with my parents, caught up, and at the end felt terrible because she gave me money to pay the next fortnights rent :S I know she’s just being a mum, but I don’t want to take all her money off her.
I almost felt like crying though when she told me about our dogs. Apparently since Wednesday my older one (and my best friend in the world), Justin, has spent hours just laying on my bed 🙁 I just want to go home and give him a massive hug.
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When I was in London I skyped home and from the other side of the house my cat heard my voice, meowed and ran to the computer staring intently. Made me feel terrible. :'( Poor little pup! You’re not too far from home, though. Dog will adjust!
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Haha, “little” might be an understatement. He’s bigger than me, but he’s still a big baby 😛 I’ll have to make plans to go home and see him every now and then I think. I dunno if this is strange or not, but I miss him more than my friends and family. At least I can still talk to them.
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Home heaps early from Soundwave
I let @bdkiaf @freezespreston and @virus down
But there was like a 3 to 4 hour gap before I wanted to see anything else
So, my brother and I left
Had a great day despite
Crossfaith was amazing, so was Fozzy
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Wait. You’re not seeing Metallica?
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Nope 🙁
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Boo!
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I wasn’t a massive fan of the line up this year
Next year I hope there are less clashes too
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Clashes, what clashes? Anthrax, Slayer, Stone Sour & Metallica didn’t clash!
Also Tom Araya wanted Soundwave to be The Big Four, for Australia I found out today.
Also y u no stay for Metallica, they were worth the waiting! They had beach balls man, BEACH BALLS?!
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I know that movie! It’s the one with the girl with the pig nose or something right?
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Yeah.. Penelope with Cristina Ricci
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You left before Slayer? I thought you wanted to see them?
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We left before everything man, too little to do between bands
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I just stood around chatting with @freezespreston like last year, killed time nicely 😛 You really missed out man, ‘Tallica were badass, Stone Sour too. Oh god so good.
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Haha, before the meat last Saturday I wandered around Chermside for three hours. You’ve got to want it, man! 😛
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Played ten hours post-campaign of Ni No Kuni. Still fun! 😀
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i just passed reveangence again on hard!
next up, very hard :3
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You’re obsessed, man. OBSESSED. 😀
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never ever give me a sword, i may want to cut things… :3
also, very hard is indeed very hard, but refreshing, as it mixes up the game by adding in more/tougher enemies earlier in the game, so it’s not just playing through normal or hard with less health or something.
edit: what is this game doing to me!! i’ve been using the “:3” smiley WAY too much…
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I’m playing it on easy until I get used to the combat system. Then hard.
It’s confusing me without a dodge or a dedicated block button.
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I’ve unlocked some type of dodge in the level up skills area I have no idea how it works though so I’m still jump, sprinting and ninja leg sweeping to avoid attacks.
Why is parry so confusing=(
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The reflex part of my brain refuses to attack to stop an attack.
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i love the parry system, i got it straight away, feels more exciting then just sitting around and holding a button to block attacks…
and as for @distantdrop and the dodge, you press square and X (or a and x on xbox) and a direction to dodge, it’s only really useful for dodging the “yellow” unblockable attacks, or range things (like missiles and certain bosses attacks).
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My little pony game. Why you so addictive?
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Skinner’s Box.
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? I don’t understand
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This will probably explain it better than I could
http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/the-skinner-box-
Ah right. Hm, possibly. (Or more then likely =P) I just wish that things weren’t so random or time management-y
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D: !
Just sorted through all the spare coins in the house (I did this twice last year) and dayummmmmnnnn!
Unfortunately there were no “mule” (error) coins worth around $400-$4000, but oh well!
Hey gang,
Got a call today. My dad in hospital with a ‘heart thing.’ Came home complaining of heavy numb arm and spent the night getting tests done. They don’t think it was a heart thing now, they think it might have been a tiny stroke :/
My dad is the best guy I know, so the day was rough. He’s home now and feeling normal. More tests and news to come.
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Damn, sorry to hear that. I hope it’s not too bad and he’s out of there healthy, ASAP.
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Hopefully the news is all positive and he’s out as soon as possible
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It’s good if it’s just a tiny stroke. He might need physio but he has a great chance at recovering.
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*hugasaurus* For you and your Dad. Yes, that’s right. You have to give your dad a hugasaurus from someone he’s never met. 😀
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Oh man, I’m sorry to hear that. Thoughts are with you and your familiy. Scary stuff. Hope your dad’s okay and you too.
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For some reason I misread “Scary stuff” as “stay scruffy”. I think I need sleep…
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Words to live by, though. (In a different context obviously.) Kind of like keep on keepin’ on! Stay scruffy, man!
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I’m sorry to hear that, Shane. Glad your Dad is home and feeling normal now. Fingers crossed for the tests.
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Hope everything works out ok sire! So sad.
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Feeling normal is a good sign. Fingers crossed for good news.
Why have I not watched Hot Fuzz before today? Awesome movie!
(And sorry to hear about your dad Shane. Hopefully everything turns out ok!)
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I’ll always associate that movie with the most awkwardest not-a-date thing evah.
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Totally was a date.
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The last big action scene is absolutely brilliant.
Found a cheap android tablet a couple of days ago and picked it up, mainly for video when away from home.
Managed to get an app for rFactor (It’s a racing sim) showing the telemetry (RPM, speed, lap timing, position, etc.) , and I’m loving it.
$130 all up including the separate SD card. \o/
Also, here’s a little quiz:
What is the name of the game below?
(Hint: It’s a Star Wars game.)
>o< vs }o{
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X-Wing VS. Tie Fighter?
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Correct!
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NEEEEEEEEERD.
Also, awesome game. Couldn’t count the number of hours I sunk into that game. Custom missions and campaigns too. Oh man. Thousands of hours, probably. Wore out at least twelve joysticks.
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NEEEEEEEEEERD
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I’d love to see LucasArts re-release it on Steam.
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CONSOLE VERSION!
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Well, considering that flight sticks are available for PS3 and 360, I wouldn’t discount a possibility of this.
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Never played it. Just always stumbled across talk of the game when reading about my beloved LucasArts adventure games. Also had the adventure game collections and always looked at the Star Wars one on the shelves. 😛
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YODA STORIES.
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I had Vol 1 and Vol 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LucasArts_Archives
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I had Vol 4 and XvT separately! \o/
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The Dig.
Last played song, weekend edition!
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Man of Colours – Icehouse
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The Motherfucking Pterodactyl Sing Along Video – The Oatmeal
I’m a big fan of The Oatmeal, but somehow never heard this until 5 minutes ago. No matter how awesome you think it will be, it’s exactly that awesome! 😛
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I have had House of Gold & Bones Part 1 on repeat all day since I saw Stone Sour at Soundwave, currently playing is;
Rumor of Skin, which they played live. It was fucking awesome.
To The Moon.
Wow.
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Agreed! 😀
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I’m so happy that people have played it, and I’m hoping that I influenced that.
I’ll happily(well, sadly) admit that it’s not a perfect game, but its story is phenomenal, and I’m glad that people are experiencing it.
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I’ve been interested since Tracey Lien gave it GOTY for 2011, just never played until now. Your ramblings did motivate me to play. Otherwise it’d probably sit unplayed in my GOG folder. Haha! Really excellent.
Kind of has an Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/Six Feet Under vibe weirdly.-
I initially thought that it would unravel into engineering our own wishes into memories, although I can’t think of a resolution to that predicament quite so well.
Was interested to see that it was only “episode 1” at the end.This thing captured my heart, man. Controls were a little janky, but that’s the only fault I can come up with, and even then, there’s only one mechanic that suffers from it truly.
That story is just phenomenal.
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Felt sad for River and her disconnect with the world. I’m really glad John’s early memory wasn’t something bad he did. Was all kinds of sad, though. I liked how Watts became sympathic at the end when he was the d-bag at the start.Great game!
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I think “real”River is/was autistic, or perhaps aspergers. It’s on the same spectrum just opposite ends, if I recall correctly. “Memory”River didn’t really need to be either, she was just “that unique girl” and could be anything that John wished her to be.
Watts was a dick throughout, though he stuck to his guns, and I appreciate that. I really enjoyed Eva as a character, although was fearful when she went AWOL and fucked with everything (regardless of outcome). Although her apology to Watts prior to River walking into NASA was heartwarming and redeeming.
Some really beautiful sentiments held throughout the story, too. The idea of a star being a conscious lighthouse, wishing to communicate with those so far off. “A billion lighthouses, at the far end of the sky”. That’s just… fantastic. -
I thought the whole process was unethical too, even if the guy was a willing participant. -
Yeah, she’s definitely autism spectrum. Technically, under the latest DSM, Aspergers is no longer a thing, as they prefer that people be classified based on their general position in the spectrum, rather than via a specific selection criteria, so she’d almost certainly be classified as a High Functioning Autistic.And yeah, I loved how, hmm, pervasive(?) the idea of fallible memory was throughout the tale. Like when it asks the question about Animorphs, and the correct answer is completely wrong, because Johnny has no real idea.
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You inspired me to buy it. Yet to play it.
I’m expecting great things thanks to your review.
GREAT THINGS!
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Almost an interactive novel. Instead of turning the page, you click on things. Story is really decent!
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Sounds like my kind of game. How long should I expect for a playthrough?
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2-4hrs, I think should suffice.
It’s small, yet dense. I did it in two sittings today, and it really captivated me. -
Thanks mate!
It sounds like the sort of game I’ll want to play in only a couple of sittings like you did, so one to save for a day off. -
Save for a day off/weekend, but it’s something you can start, and be safe in the knowledge that you can finish it in one sitting if need be.
Semi-related, I bought a game called Fibrillation today. Russian-dev, $180 budget. About 40 minutes of gameplay, so I finished that as well. If you have Desura, I have a redemption code for it if you’d like?
Otherwise, I may be able to provide you with a download link w/o exclusive of Desura? -
I have Desura. But it looks kinda scary. I don’t like scary games :/
Thanks anyway 🙂
To The Moon as March’s TAY game!
@blaghman ? 🙂
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If it means more people play it, then sure. 😛
Ugh… I’ve been laying in bed for the last two hours, trying to sleep in this heat, to no avail. 🙁
Hello lost TAYbies.
There’s a new TAY.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-213/
Keep on rockin’ *fist bump*
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