Talk Amongst Yourselves
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okay Everyone
i have a idea, so brilliant your eyes might pop out and roll on the floor. If you are A newbie to tay and want a moment so that you can comment to say who you are please reply to this thread. i’ll start
Hi I’m Rocketman
I’m a big fan of a lot of different media including indie rock music, dc comics(thanks to Jimu and Jamesmacusedmy handle. I like but suck at platforming games and really enjoy television. I am also known for sounding like a women on teamspeak and mispelling every third word.
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Silly Rocketman, you’re not new to TAY.
*Sits here obliviously*
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Hi, I’m Ninety-Seven Eighty-Three (four names, be sure to take a deep breath), but just use 9783 for brevity,
I’m a kinda quiet guy, a gamer (no duh, I’m posting on Kotaku), but if you and I get onto a good subject I could talk for hours.
Hit me up for a game of TF2, I’ll be the guy who moves in bursts (gawdamn lag), or mayby Black Ops on PS3.
Looking forward to hearing from ya!
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Hey 9783, are you good at TF2?
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Why are you not called Eats-A-Lot?!?
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It’s a long story.. one that I shall never divulge.. except on every second and fourth Friday of the month.
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I’m ok at TF2, but as I said, I lag quite a bit.
I mainly play Medic, with a little Pyro, Soldier & Scout on the side
My Steam profile is avaliable through my handle, and my PSN is also there (If you have a PS3, if not, oh well)
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P.S. Did you go on a diet, Miss Eats?
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A diet?! Why somebody would ever subject themselves to such horrible torture is beyond me.
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Hey im defkon,
I usually just lurk as i live in NZ and therefore am to laidback (lazy) to comment usually. I spend most of my gaming time on my PS3 playing black ops. Will be purchasing Orange box, protal 2, infamous 2 at the end of this month for my bday. any other reccomendations?
Thanks to all for welcoming us 😀
gamertag: defkon02
Oh anyone else from NZ here?
Great idea, Rocketman!
While I wouldn’t go as far as to say that I’m new here (I was around when the Wildgoose ran the Kotaku AU ship), but since it’s pretty rare that I post in TAY (which I’m making the effort to change), I figured I’d jump on board with this.
I’m Neil Williams, although I tend to go as some variation of AshuraMGS2Sub or AshuraMGS3Sub online (really stupid story to this, actually). I’m a massive Sonic fan and have been since Sonic 1 in the early nineties, and a fairly avid gamer. I love my fighting games, and I tend to play a lot of shooters and old-school platformers. I’m predominately a console and handheld gamer, as my PC is a piece of crap.
I’m currently very slowly knocking off a Bachelor of Software Engineering at University of Canberra, and I’ve previously completed a Diploma of Software Development (Programming stream) at the Academy of Interactive Entertainment. I’m looking at getting into games development in future. In fact, I’m currently working on a Puyo Puyo/Puyo Pop (initially released as Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine and Kirby’s Avalanche here back in the nineties) clone with net play and customisable rulesets, just for sh*ts and giggles.
The only real things of note on Kotaku AU that people may or may not recognise me for are the shopped pictures of Batman from Arkham City rocking out on a guitar that Mark was kind enough to post up a couple of months back, and the extremely long Alex Kidd coming-of-age story that was one of the winners of the Sega & Sonic All-Stars Racing comp during the Wildgoose era.
My 360 Gamer Tag is ‘AshuraMGS3Sub’ (without the apostrophes). There’s a post a little bit above this post listing all the games I tend to play (I’m also hoping to get in on what Blaghman refers to as Chortle Cumsplat soonish), so if you’re keen for a bash at any of those, or just wish to fill out your friends list with like-minded Kotakuites, feel free to hit me up. 🙂
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“University of Canberra”
I’m sorry, I don’t believe that anyone else lives in Canberra (please, nobody point out the truth to me).
I myself dropped out of a Bachelor of Software Engineering at ANU, but that’s because I’m really really lazy.Want to make a game? (I have a running joke with a friend where we want to make a game, but never actually get around to it) I have an idea, it’s called “Shooty McSpaceMarine” and I think it will be a genre-defining shooter, unparalleled in its field.
I really need to stop rambling…
Oh, I know, I blame Q-bo for that name, it was all his doing, I AM NOT A CROOK!
That reminds me, I’ve never fully introduced myself.
I live in Melbourne, and I’m a 360 and PC gamer (not a very good gamer btw). I like my Halos and JRPGs. My favourite music genres are R&B and Hip-Hop.
I am also an aspiring 3D character artist, so when I’m not gaming, I am pushing polys or drawing crappy concepts.
An excellent idea indeed!
I’m Cakesmith. I enjoy long walks on the bea…whoops wrong site!
As you can tell by my above statement I enjoy lame jokes. I live in a small-ish country town in south west Victoria. I’m 22. I work 2 jobs. My Monday to Friday job is as an IT Technician. I also work the odd shift at my local cinema doing projection (a job I started back when I was at school). It’s good pay and easy work.
As for gaming, I mainly play PC. I own all of the current gen consoles but they don’t get used too much. My Wii was last turned on when Donkey Kong came out, my 360 used to get a decent workout but not so much anymore now I have a new-ish PC and up until Infamous 2 my PS3 has been mainly used as a Blu-ray player and for PlayTV. I recently invested in a 3DS and am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Zelda. I have a PSP…somewhere. Most likely caked in dust. I enjoy RPGs (both Japanese and western), puzzle games and the odd shooter.
Apart from gaming I’m a huge film buff and play the drums (to my neighbours dismay).
tl;dr – I work lots and play games.
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Why no mention of cakes? I am disappoint.
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I am sorry to have let you down. *commits Seppuku*
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/casts lvl 4 resurrection
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I’m surprised that that comment chain didn’t involve Bish.
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I’m from the gold coast and am mostly a PS3 player a my PC consists of a box with a rat and a calculator on it. I play anything thy even looks half good and not particularly picky with what I do play. Get online as much as I can working around 2 younglings schedules.
PSN is MikeyW if anyone wants to play with a semi okay gamer who doesn’t get uptight or too competitive.
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12/10 handle.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Winters
For some reason I was thinking of this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_WinterI am dissapopint…
Can we call you Bill S. Preston Esq. anyway???-
I second this!
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Howdy all,
Long-time lurker, first time poster – have been loving kotaku au as a break during work as a programmer/web dev up here in sunny Mackay (coast of central QLD).
Mainly a PC gamer and have recently converted a room under my house into a dedicated lan room (the local lan place frowned upon my preference to play games whilst drinking).
Apart from gaming I’m keen on my rock music, rugby league and pushing the limits of alcohol-fueled gameplay (guess thats gaming also :P)
Nice to meet you all!
I haven’t done a proper intro for mahself either..
So my name’s Jake aka Stamperrific or just “Stampy” or “Stamp”.
Im 30, living in Sydney and been gaming for about 20 years. I work in the building & facilities management industry as a BDM (relatively boring M-F 9-5 gig) and in my spare time if I’m not gaming, I’m on some sort of musical adventure attending gigs in Sydney and beyond!!
Been a reader and semi-frequent commenter on Kotaku AU for a few years now – I must I’m loving this community even more since the terrible reign of Serrels began 🙂
Gaming-wise – first console was a Master System, then Mega Drive then I focused on PC gaming for years, before it got too expensive and too fiddly to maintain the fun! More recently, I’m an expat from the Sony PS camp (proud owner of the original PS, PSOne, PS2 and then PS 2 slim) before making the switch to Xbox with the advent of the 360! I’m happy to say I had an original release model 360 and it lasted me until the end of last year before RRoD!
Musically, I’m relatively eclectic but my core tastes lie in heavy metal – Pantera, Down, CoC, Motorhead, Machine Head to name a few – and more recently (and strangely) I’ve become a massive fan of dubstep! Strange I know! Keep an eye out for my random “Dubstep Interlude” posts (need one for this week’s TAY!)
Anyways, add me on Xbox Live: Stamperrific or email jsmoli01@gmail.com (facebook, MSN) – just let me know who you are otherwise I might ingnore!
Hi!
So, I definitely wouldn’t say I’m new here, but I haven’t really commented much in the past, something I’m aiming to change. Side note, it’s actually been incredible the change that has happened in this community since Serrels took over. Not to take anything away from the Goose, but it did seem like the comments were mostly about a possible three-way between Wildgoose, Chuloopa and Qumulys.
Anyway, gaming-wise I’m pretty much down for anything, though I mostly stick my PS3, except for the odd exception like Minecraft. I’m always up for a bit of multiplayer action in whatever is being played, so feel free to hit me up, I’m pretty chill when it comes to competition.
Musically I’m all about Australian hardcore and metalcore, a lot of American hardcore bands take too much of a punk influence for my liking. Other than that I’m a big fan of Skrillex and Pendulum, as well as stuff like The Wombats and Darwin Deez. It’s a pretty wide spread in my iTunes.
PSN: B-G-S-
Hit me up for a game some time, I’m always down to get schooled.
P.S. Sorry if I misspelt your name Qumulys, I had to try to remember it. It hurt.
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Do you have a problem with comments consisting almost entirely of the threeway talk?
That was the main reason I started talking in TAY! (says the guy who only started posting in TAY the week Goose left…)
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I most definitely do not! I do have a problem with there being no follow through, however.
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I was almost as disappointed as Chuloopa.
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Hello all! I’m Gusman. While I am predominantly a Nintendo fan, I own all current gen consoles and handhelds and really enjoy playing them all. I LOVE Doctor Who and am just getting into Minecraft…finally. So atm I’m playing Minecraft, Pokemon White and CoD:BO with my fiance 😀
P.S. I’m good friends with Harli IRL lol, maybe that will get me more comments…?
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Being good friends with Harli ALWAYS gets you more comments!
Try posting on later pages to get more responses though. Most people don’t go through old comments.
Welcome to KotakAU! 😀
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Gus! YOU’RE DOIN IT WRONG!! ;P
My weekend was very eventful.
Really! It was!
I didn’t just spend it rolling about ob my bed, mesmiresed by both the 3DS’s 3D juicyness and Link’s Awakening retroness inbetween bouts of inFAMOUS 2.
Didn’t happen.
It was a lot more interesting than that.
Seriously.
What? Why are you looking at me like that?
Okay dammit! I did nothing!
I didget my FIRST streetpass hit at GAME in Penrith! I NEED MOAR!
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Streetpass is a huge obsession, getting your first one is a good feeling. You start to get into crazy habits though to get em! Like for me I go to the shopping centre thats further away and is always really busy just to get hits. I take long ways to get to places and go into every game store. Its addictive!
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My weekend was rather eventful too. I had an old friend from my uni days come and visit and we watched Dragonball Z all long weekend.
ALL LONG WEEKEND!!!
We did nothing else except play a couple of hours of co-op portal because we felt guilty about watching all that Dragonball Z.
It was insane, I can honestly say there was nothing else we did from saturday lunchtime to Monday arvo.
I am now sitting here at work and all I can think about are Super Saiyans and Kamehameha Waves.-
wow, you guys are hardcore. Was it DBZ or DBZ Kai? if it was the former, YOU ARE WAAAY HARDCORE. *fistbump*
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DBZ Kai? Bah, Bah I say!
The only true DBZ is OLD SCHOOL DBZ!
*fistbump*-
I was tired and in a hurry today, so my hair resembles a DBZ character…
*strains and tries to go SS*
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*a poop come out*
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I played Infamous for the first time last night. Interesting game, I didn’t know an open world game could have such floaty platforming.
For the record, I shall be playing as an evil character in this for several reasons. First of all, it’s called “Infamous” and villains are the ones who should be living in infamy. Secondly, you have lightning powers in this game. Do you know who else has lightning powers? The Sith. Thirdly, I get to cause mayhem and destruction and be rewarded for it. That should make the game slightly easier and I’m all for easy right now.
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Re: floaty platforming
Yeah!
There’s also this weird magnetism to things you can latch onto, so if you ever want to drop off a building, you’ve got your work cut out for you because the game is all I MADE YOU LATCH ONTO THAT LEDGE ON THE WAY DOWN, I HELPED!
Also, for all this climbing magnetism, I can never seem to jump towards a pole and start climbing it.-
The magnetic latching on mechanics are just plain odd. Most of the time, it works, especially when you don’t want it to (like trying to drop down like you said) other times it just decides not to bother. Particularly in that section right at the start where you have to return to the city by going along under the bridge. I don’t know how many times I had to redo that simply because at one point Cole decided not to grab on to a pole.
Prince of Persia he is not.
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“Do you know who else has lightning powers? The Sith”
lololol!
Also Zeus has lightning powers, so you know… Olympians and all that.
But I, for one, applaud your choice to play as a bad guy. Mini Spoiler, the evil ending is the better of the two. The good ending is real depressing.
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Good to know I made the right choice then, because I don’t plan on playing this game twice.
Also, Zeus is kind of a dick. I don’t think he’d have any issue taking the selfish, evil options.
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WOOOOO, good guy ending here I come!
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I will join you in the depressing end
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You can be a hero and still be infamous. I mean, seriously, you’ll be so famous that you’ll be “in” famous 😛
Works wifi is down. I can tell this is gonna be a good day. Also 2 phone calls asking if I can “turn the satellites back on”. Yes mr farmer I’ll call the USA military and ask them to turn them on geez
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Don’t you sass me, boy!
I demand less sassing!
Sass less!
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Haha. General chaos here too, with everybody unable to get into the network for some reason (except me?!)
I love sitting around pretending I know absolutely nothing about computers. /sips tea peacefully
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LOL glad to see it’s not just my work.. our servers were don when i came in so i had to head in and reboot them… yay…
Also, i wish i could be as lucky as you, miss consumer. My work knows i know a bit about computers be cause i opened my big trap a long time ago.. so right now i am sourcing new PC’s for updates… *sigh*
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Ha. It’s a double-edged sword. There are times when I have to sit here and watch n00b tech support fumble their way through fixing stuff and fight the urge to push them out of the way and yell “YOU’RE DOIN’ IT WRONG” then proceed to fix it myself.
It can be very frustrating.
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When the internet went down last week i had to deal with the boss going into the server room, after i had already told him it was just an internet outage in the area, and proceed to start pushing random buttons which caused the whole system to boot everyone and go down for a few minutes…
Needless to say i could have slapped him with a plank of wood…
worse, is he’s one of those guys that just doesn’t understand technology and refuses to embrace change.. so… yeah.. ignorance..
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Wen I first got into work I couldn’t even log into the computers. When I went to see if anyone else was having problems, I couldn’t find anyone. It was very… disturbing, I walked around the entire floor and I was the only one here.
I had to check the timesheet to make sure today wasn’t another public holiday.
I am now starting to hear noises, but I still can’t see anyone.
I’m really starting to freak out here…
Wait I think I see something…
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BEWARE
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Don’t Blink.
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the internets are down? someone probably just crash tackled another person onto the box that contains the internet…
So my sweet-lady and I bought Simpsons Scene-It on the weekend.
Let it be known, that I am the king of Simpsons trivia. I rolled first and no-one else got a turn as I blitzed my way around the board.
The lame part is, the 2nd game we played I only seemed to get questions about episodes post season 10. Seriously, everyone knows when Futurama started all the good writers jumped ship so there wasn’t a need to watch the new episodes.
I also watched The Road, again. If the world ever becomes Fallout, I’m screwed.
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You’re the king of Simpsons trivia? Them’s fighting words!
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Now THOSE are fighting words! Or as The Simpsons quote goes “Hey you lets fight!” “Those are fightin’ words!” I AM SUPREME SIMPSONS RULER!
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Alright chaps, E3 is over! What are you people most looking forward too?
Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 3 and The Old Republic for me game wise. I’m also very keen on the Vita, not so much on the Wii U (seriously, can we somehow remove the people who name Nintendos consoles from the face of the planet?).
GAH!!
My 360 is determined to keep fatshady and i apart!!!
I also think it’s making him a little annoyed with me.. I’M SORRY!! 🙁
So since we moved into the new place in febuary, the modem has reset itself about 4 times. Keep un mind that we didn’t get the internet until mid-late April… that’s a lot of times for the modem to reset in a small amount of time.
The most recent was last week, which caused all sorts of problems.
The first came when i was meant to play backbreaker with the aforementioned shady and i couldn’t get my xbox to connect to my laptop to use it as a router AT ALL. After 2 hours of troubleshooting, still nothing!
So on the weekend i went and got and exxxxtra long ethernet cable and plugged the sucka straight into my 360. BINGO WE HAVE LIVE!
“HEY SHADY-BOY-TRAILS-DEMON LETS PLAY SOME BACKBREAKAAAAAA”*
“WORD!”*
*Not actual conversation chains
So last night we got on to play some backbreakaaaaaa…. and i couldn’t connect to his games and he couldn’t connect to my games… then i got dropped from live like 4 times or more!!!
GAH!!!!!
HELP!!!!
on the plus side, i did get to here the shady-meisters dulcet tones briefly before i got dropped…
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WorD!!
You should totally play TF2 😉 it gives you powers, so I hear*
*may not actually give you powers
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Already have it on Steam, Miss. Consumer! 😀
I’d be more than happy to jump into a game with you sometime, and the rest of the gang here, too!
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WOOOOOOOOP! Let’s do it! We should totally do a Kotaku AU TF2 playdate, cuz i’m pretty sure almost everybody has it..
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I have not played in months. Is there a 7 GB hat update waiting for me?
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Months, you say? Better round it up and assume it’s 10GB update.
whats your steam ID Bish?
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I am the Fat one in the Kotaku Steam group.
Or maybe I’m Fatty? I don’t remember! /o\
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So THAT’S who fatty is!!!
Lol i completely forgot!
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I strive to confuse as many people as I can with ten million unrelated usernames!
😀
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My TechStation also has TF2 installed in its databanks and I keep it as fully updated as possible.
do a ping test on your modem to see if it’s dropping packets.. put your pc on the cable the xbox is on, and try ping google.com -t
that’ll do a continuous ping test and you’ll soon see if it’s dropping packets. If it’s a random packet drop, you might be outta luck bar maybe changing the cable, but if it’s pretty constant, then look to the modem logs and see if there’s any hints in there as to what’s going on. If you want help, let me know and I can remote in and have a gander if you like.
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I love it when you go all tecnical, welbot.
I have a full-on robot chubby!!!
We’re cool man.. we’re cool!
So wait, we have two nohandles now??
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I struggled to keep up when there was just one.
Guys and gals who play LA Noire:
Yayay, I’m back in Brisland! And I have internets again! But ah… woah, so many new names in here this week. I go for a few days and the whole place changes! At first I was thinking I’d say hello to everyone, but I stopped keeping track of new names after the first million. But welcome!
And also… still no Jimu? No brudda? :'(
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IIIIII BAAAAACK
Only during work hours…no home nets, boo hoo.
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Woooo! (someone replied! [and it was brudda!])
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Speaker and Honoured Guests, I’ve figured something out…
There is no such thing as nostalgia…
…Well, there is, but it’s often correct, and not a fabrication of our minds’ developed over years of separation.
I’ll begin by telling you that instead of studying on the weekend, I played Morrowind. It is STILL my favourite game. Ever.
I then proceeded to play (for the first time, after much encouragement by friends) to play Thief 3. I imagined it was merely a good game that nostalgia had moulded into a warm memory for my friends. I was wrong. It is amazing.
In order to ensure I’ve not gone mad, I went even further back, to 2001; to Deus Ex. Once more, amazing.
Through the arguments presented above, Mr. speaker, I hereby denounce the existence of nostalgia, and proclaim modern game developers: “crap”.
Well, they aren’t exactly awful… but where are the Morrowind’s and Deus Ex’s, the Thief’s and the Hitman’s? Sure, sequels are incumbent for all of those games just mentioned, but where has the magic of games’ gone?
I’ve already proven to myself that it isn’t the fact that I’m getting older, because I still thoroughly enjoy the games I played when I was younger, I think dev’s have become too involved with money, and not the game itself.
It is here I must conclude, Mr. Speaker and Audience, for I could write a thesis paper on the topic and still not be done (don’t challenge me, I’ll do it…)
Regards,
Tad
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Challenge declared!
Also, nostalgia is real. It just doesn’t apply to genuinely good games.
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Then perhaps it is because I have such a polar view of games: They are either good, or they are bad.
Because, so far, I’ve not felt nostalgia has misled me in any way. If I write down a quick list of games I feel nostalgic about, I think you’ll agree that most of them are great games:
– Morrowind
– NOLF 1 and 2
– Flight Simulator 2000 (not even kidding)
– The Logical Journey: Zoombinies (if anyone has a copy of this, or knows where I can find one, I will love you for eternity)
– Hitman 2 and 3. (I still haven’t played #1)
– Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Thankfully, it’s remake is excellent also)
– RollerCoaster Tycoon
– etc…I still think that if I went back to each of these games, I would not be disappointed!
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I would love, LOVE, to see a new NOLF game, made with all the charm and style of its predecessors. If I can criticise the two games, it’s the 1 had a better atmosphere, but 2 had better gameplay.
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Cool story, now get yo ass back on HoN ;P
How many games left till ur leaver stat is cleared?
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27, and my PSR is dropping dramatically 🙁
I hate pubs…
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Sharing the pain with you…
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If it makes you feel any better, PSR means nothing! You could have rotten luck and be constantly stuck with a-holes.
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Modern game developers are crap?? Aren’t you forgetting about the Portal games??
But yeah, *most* game developers are crap these days. Luckily we still get a few gems every now and then.-
Sturgeon’s Law:
90% of everything is crap.
Ever notice how movies set in the past always contain just those awesome songs that have withstood the test of time? Now watch actual movies from that time period and see how many bad songs that were popular at the time pop up.
Things weren’t better back then, we just ignore the bad parts.
Boom nostaligad.
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That’s actually an interesting point… Maybe nostalgia is just the removal of the bad parts, rather than highlighting the good ones…
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I think it’s also the blindness of the bad.
Like how Serrels claims the old Indian Jones films are good.
When it’s obvious they are all the same level of average.
(TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLILILILILOLOLOLILILILOL)
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The portal games are good, admittedly, but I don’t imagine that in 10 years time I’ll want to go back and play them. I wouldn’t even say that the half-life series is the god-send of the FPS world as others make it out to be… it’s fun at times, but it’s by no means great (In MY opinion).
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I think you may be on to something there. At least with games. Cartoons is a whole ‘nother story. Do NOT go back and relive your favourite ’80s cartoons it will make you cry.
I think there are still new games like your Morrowinds and Deus Exs, they’re just harder to find because the sheer volume of games available has grown exponentially. My nostalgia games of the future are probably going to be ones like Demon’s Souls and Resonance of Fate.-
Lol, agreed about cartoons! Dragonball Z was NOT a great cinematic masterpiece! 😛
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The movie?
Im confuddled…
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She-Ra was BETTER than I remembered!
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I’m calling BS. G1 Transformers kick all kinds of ass.
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YEAH! Especially the scene where the big strong transformer cant free his leg from under a boulder so THE LITTLE KID comes down and frees him.
I laughed so hard I cried!!!
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Sometimes Bee is amaing with her understanding of my hobby – ie. Buying me a PS3 for my birthday..
Other times though… oh boy…
For example.. last night, getting ready to (try to) play some XBL with fatshady, so i bought out the headset and put it on.. Bee turns and looks at me, and this is pretty much how the conversation went:
“Are you f***ing kidding?”
“what?”
“what the hell are you doing with those”
“it’s so we can talk in game”
“You f***ing loser, oh my god”
“how am i..”
“you are soooo gay”
“how is it…”
“seriously you look stupid.. oh my god”
“don’t be silly”
“you’re like one of those fat losers you see on TV playing games, you’re going to become a fat loser”
“are you saying i’m fat”
“no, but that’s what you look like”
“….”
“soooo gay!”
Thank you baby.
thank you for allowing me to see that the stereotypes still live strong within you…
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Just call her an enabler.
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haha probably not the best idea, as it’s my fault she swears so much more now..
She used to be so sweet and innocent!
damn me, damn me all to hades!
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“Does my nerd look big in this?”
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I’m sure it looked rather engorged
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I’m also scared of my headset.
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Well it was the first time i’ve worn it.. so i’m sure it was quite the shock to her, too.
It did feel funny on my head, though… lol
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Ahh, so that’s why I’m a fat loser! *takes off headset*
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OH MY GOD!!! YOU’RE SKINNY NOW!!!
IT’S A MIRRAACCLLEEEE!!!!
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OOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!! *FLAILS ARMS ABOUT WILDLY*
WHO KNEW!!! THE POWER OF STEREOTYPES!!!!!!!!! ZOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG CHUUUUUUUUUUULOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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ARGH!!
You broksed my name! -
What’s the Z stand for in “ZOMG”?
(it’s OK, I’m a dad)
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It stands for awesome.
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HI Dad!
I have no idea!
its just one of them things, I guess, like..
.. why ROFL omits the T in rolling on the floor laughing?
.. why there’s a roflcopter and lollerskater?
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Few of the many reasons why I think humans are just so lacking in potential, when you spend time doing stuff like this. It proves no practical application whatsoever! 😛
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Hi Dorter
Lollacopter makes perfik sense to me. As does “dood”.
I always read ZOMG in my head as “ZOH MY GAWD!”
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Don’t forgot about “kewl” and the people who tlk lyk dis
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The people that write ‘Kool’ are obviously from Outworld…
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I figure it’s “Zombie Oh My God.”
There is no reason behind that, that’s just how it is.
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Let’s Play: Arkham Asylum, by Trjn, and 4 fat (gay) losers talking about unrelated things.
I like it!
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If a bunch of gay guys were playing Batman: AA, i would SO TOTALLY watch that every single bloody time.
Do you have any idea how hilariously entertaining that would be??“My god, everytime his cape swings i get a little peek at his tush”
“oh stop it, you’ll make me all moist and sweaty”
“that doesn’t take much, princess”
“oh be nice”
“ladies, shush, i’m tryin gto aim my batarang”
“that’s what he said”-
That is far too easy to arrange.
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FEAR NOT CHULOOPA
We are 20% there.
WHENEVER THERE IS A SHOT OF SOMEONE’S GROIN OR BUTT, I AM THERE TO POINT IT OUT LOUDLY AND OBNOXIOUSLY
I know what the fans want!
ALTERNATE CAPS TYPING FOR NO APPARENT REASON
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But I wear a headset when we’re recording the audio for those as well.
Oh dear Lord, does that mean that I am like you? Am I also a fat (gay) loser like the ones on TV?
This does not bode well.
Wait, is there anything particularly wrong with being a fat (gay) loser? Sure, I’ll have to make a few changes, like eating more and becoming sexually attracted to men, but I’m failing to see a downside.
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Well, you’ll be crushing the hearts of all those lovely fangirls.
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I have fangirls?
Sure there are people who might consider themselves fans who are also female but I don’t think there are any actual fangirls.
If there are, I’m clearly missing out on a golden opportunity here.
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Health issues?
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You have to be the thinnest fatguy I ever met!
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I’d like to point out that one of us is fat.
Which given we’re adults, means we’re defying the average.
Good work guys, gamers are skinnier on average than the general populace!
I have a study here to prove it.
Thus Gaming is good for your health!
We should promote gaming in schools!
Ididthisstudyoncebutreplacedgamerswithstalkersitwasqiteaninterestingread!
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL etc…
I swear if I turned on Kinect she would have had a much better argument!. See Im no small dude anyway, but last night i was actually wearing 2 headsets. while I was talking to you. one XBL on and the other a PS3 one. I was talking on neither, but my son was next to me and wanted me to wear them.. so yeah, When she was calling you a fat loser.. i think she was talking to me! LOL
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Nah i’m pretty sure she saw your Kayne and Lynch entry. She probabably thinks you’re another kind of heavy.
the one that carries guns
Wow, Chuloopa! With that amount of swearing she should either have a speaking role in Deadwood or put on the headset herself and get online – she’d fit right in with the general populatioN!! 😀
I challenge you to write a thesis paper!
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Dammit! That was meant to be a reply to Tad.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
oved into my house. Hell of a two weeks of packing and moving. Discovered my son is a master of unpacking things I just packed.
No internets at the home …yet.
Back at work and ready for a rest.
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Welcome back, sir.
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Lets just hope yours isn’t down as long as mine was 😛
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This!
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Thats what she said!!! 😛
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AHAHAHA
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Actually what she really said was:
Lets just hope yours isn’t long and down as mine was
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Sooo.. 1000 Heroz… Anyone already started a custom league yet? I’ve been using the tag KOTAKU_AU but if you guys already have a league going I wouldn’t mind gettIng in on it 😉
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Does anyone else use KOTAKU_AU?
I’ve been using Kotaku AU (with a space instead of an underscore)
I think I actually beat Batguy’s time yesterday. That is, unless he played some more last night after 8:30.-
Ah cool I’ll use that instead
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I replied on the other thread. Sorry but I jumped ship and am now competing in a Redlynx forum league. I will try and pop back in every now and again, or you can jump onto this one.
It sucks that there is only one slot for leagues…
Their league is simply ‘TRIALS’.
If you want to join, just jump on here and say hi! Many of the dev team and artists are actually competing so from time to time they jump in and let us know stuff.
Just let them know you’re with me! LOL
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I’m running under Kotaku AU now, though I haven’t played the tracks daily like I intended to.
Also, are you guys finding that the gold times seem to be far too easy?
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Not todays one… I struggled with todays track. Yeah the golds could be harder but to me a gold medal is the minimum requirement for the day. Competing with others will have you many seconds under the gold times by 4am (competition close time)…
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I actually just came back to say that I may have jumped the gun, today’s track is HARD!
And I can see that the appeal is in beating other people’s times, that’s what sucked up half my work day on day 1.
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Batguys score on today’s track was giving me the shits until I got a lucky run haha
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Ditto. I’m probably safe now…
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Well done man, I saw the time as I was getting into bed and thought “well played sir” *shakes fist*
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Ended up #2 in the world for the day! I was #1 when I went to bed 2.5 hours before the end, and I knew I probably didn’t have enough of a time buffer, but I needed to sleep 🙁
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Congratulations!
I managed to get #2 on the first day, but that was only against 350 people. You got #2 over seven and a half THOUSAND!
I haven’t had the opportunity to compete over the last few days due to lack of Internet, but when I am able I’m posting my scores to the Kotaku AU group. Having a lot of fun with it!
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I recently purged my Xbox Live friends list and there is a surge of new people here.
Seems like a good excuse for another posting of XBL, PSN and Steam IDs for people to add:
XBL: TrjnRabbit
PSN: Trjn
Steam: TrjnRabbit
Now it’s your turn.
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XBL: Cakesmith
PSN: Cakesmith
Steam: CakesmithWhat can I say? I like diversity!
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XBL: Palstran
I have no friends… I need Friends…..
Please be my friends….
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Yay! Now I have friends!
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Just noticed a mistake!
Steam: asharples (Cakesmith is my Steam Community name)
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PSN: Cephalxn
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XBL:
Jimu Hsien
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XBL: chul00p4
Steam: chuloopa
PSn: chu-loopa or chu-l00pa – it’s one of those.. stupid PSN…-
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it’s chu-loopa
Yea thats right i checked/ added as soon as i got home
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XBL: Rafor al Carr
Don’t ask about the name, please.
I was thinking of changing it, but it costs 800 points.
Gor Blimey Jumped Up Jiminy Cricket!
800 points just to change your name.
That is on top of the annual price for gold membership.
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So, what’s with the name?
It had to be done.
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I told you not to ask about my name!
*runs off sobbing hysterically*-
Just get everyone to chuck in a complaint about your GamerTag being offensive, if enough people do it the XBL Admins will reset your name and force you to change it for FREE.
And what’s with the name? 🙂
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XBL: Luke 029 – yeah my real name as my XBL tag is lame. Give me a break though it was 6 years ago when I made it and I’m too lazy/cheap to fork out the ms points for a name change.
Steam: Direwolf029
I can’t remember my PSN name. I know it’s got Dire Wolf in it but I can’t remember if it’s got spaces in it or any numbers.
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XBL: schmelly1
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hahaha love it!
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My XBL is ‘WC Spook’ without the apostrophes.
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Is that a Paul Jennings reference?
(Skeleton on the Dunny)-
LOL! No, but it should be.
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psn: defkon02
My xbox is deceased atm
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Well, this is easy
XBL: Qumulys
PSN: Qumulys
Steam: Qumulyskeep it simple folks!
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PSN/XBL/Steam: StrangeAndAlone
I don’t really play multiplayer though except occasionally a guitar game. Mostly I just like to spy on people. 😛-
Whats that person playing at the moment?
How many acheivements have they got? OMG THEY PLAY WAY TOO MANY GAMES/ OMG THESE GUYS SUCK!
What, you haven’t been online in like 3 hours. And you call yourself a gamer. HA!
Oh, your playing Game A, thats so last week.
How have you got Game B already? Its not even out yetihateyousomuchrightnow!Um, not that I’d think any of these. At all. Ever. What? What?
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Strange is the kind of person to add you on Facebook solely for the purpose of stalking you.
So weird.
😛
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For some reason I always forget it also allows the other person to stalk you reciprocally….
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XBL: AshuraMGS3Sub
Steam: ashuramgs2sub360 tends to be where the majority of my gaming gets done. I’ve only got Terraria in the way of multiplayer on Steam unfortunately, as I am a bit short on funds at the moment and my PC is pretty average.
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Steam, PSN, XBL: Blaghman
One name to rule them all…
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Steam: lamboman007
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PSN: MikeyW
Because ..–xxxXXEPICxQUIKxSCOPEZXXXxxx–.. was already taken.
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Also because I’d rather perform a self colonoscopy with a shotgun than name myself that.
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I don’t think you’d have to do it yourself… I’m sure we could round up some volunteers.
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XBL Banderdash
I’ve got to be getting close to my friends limit though. I’d axe some people, but I don’t know who half of them are and I don’t want to axe KotakAUites.
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Aha, social life here I come 😉
PSN: L9783
Steam: ^ link in handle ^Can’t wait to play with you guys…
(jeeze that sounded dirty)
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XBL: ShaneWSmith (though I don’t go online, as I have no wireless modem for my 360)
PSN: ShaneWSmith (newbie here, you have more trophies than me!)
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I am going to add the bejesus out of these gamertags and look forward to shooting your faces/shooting faces with you.
XBL: Raygun Brown
PSN: RaygunBrown
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wimple.. welbot for all three 😉
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wimple…? try simple :0
welbot for everything!
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cept twitter.. on there it’s theREALwelbot
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Hey TadMod, I happen to have two copies of Zoombinis Logical Journey. So if you want one of them, just email your address to lamboman007 (a)t live (d)o(t) com (d)o(t) au and I’ll send it to you 😀
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Man I remember that game. I always gave my Zoombinis roller skates and sunglasses.
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OMG, YES!
I LOVE YOU MAN!!
Could you send it over to the Allure Offices under my name?
You sir, are a legend.
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Look at you go! Raking in the free games haha.
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Love it 😛
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Lemmings was such a awesome game. I never got through with all of mine they usually always died.
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i was pretty alright at it until i got bored and directed them straight into blenders just to see their little pixel-gibblets splode all over the place
soooooo purdy!
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Sorry I always get lemmings and zoombinis confused. Both good games though. Lol
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SO PURDY.
Did anyone here play Close Combat A Bridge Too Far back in the day? Man that game was fun.
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Oh! I remember that game! I played the heck out of the demo version when I was a kid.
So as the people on teamspeak know I have recently been playing vvvvvv and I finished it. I died 1800 times i’n 6 hours of play. That’s Like 300 times a hour. How the he’ll did I do that. Anyway now I’m confident I can play and beat super meat boy. Gosh I’m gonna die so many times
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That’s only one death every 12 seconds.
Ish.
Sarujin
Just read yer cheapskate gamer comic, nice work!
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Cheers.
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It’s sold now.. did one of you get it?
So I was playing NBA JAM on the megadrive on the weekend and the damn AI kept scoring buzzer-beaters from the other end of the court to win the game. I was frantically running to power off the console.
Quite a workout 😛
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This is why the console should be in close proximity to your big toe. Makes for a very easy hit of the restart button.
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Mega drive?
Pfft n00byou would have been 1337 if you were playing Snes, yo!
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Mega Drive is da coolest.
But yeah, next ebay purchase will be a SNES. Guy at work is already planning on giving me a zapper gun and some controllers 🙂
Also need more Mega Drive games, 10 is nowhere near enough!
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hey Mega Drive was boss! Sonic 1, 2 and Dr Robotnik’s mean bean machine I had on ONE cartridge when I had my Sega :D, so good times
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dusted off my old modded xbox during the course of the long weekend and re-found the snes emulator and rom collection. Definitely not the same without the original controllers but I still lost a good 20 hours+ reliving the past with good ol’ Chrono Trigger (even found an old save from my last playthrough – why I continually name Ayla “Boobs” I will never know :P)
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Golden Axe
Altered Beast-
i hiughl
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Say what?
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Sozzy
Was replying to you then had to do work and forgot what I was replying about.
Was gonna list some other mega drive games
like Sonic 3 and Knuckles or sumsuch…posibly Quackshot.
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Sonic’s a given. No doubt about that.
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bleshoo?
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Wise fwom your gwave!
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HA! Hell yes!
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#TERRARIA
Finally got around to playing Terraria and, after reading the guide, it finally clicked for me what the game was all about.
Now I’m having fun and I want to play online.
I know a few of you are playing, is there a Kotaku AU server?
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We have been talking on the Kotaku steam page about a community play date (if our overlords will post something about it).
I’m happy to host, maybe instead of my Minecraft server (which is currently down as Java started stuffing up for me with the last update), I should run a Terraria server?
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Who exactly are the admins for the Kotaku AU page? I’ve never seen their names here.
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Not sure, I was going to start up a page when we ran the Chime competition, but had found that one had already been created with about 3 members. We’ve since started flooding it.
Might be a good idea to get them to elevate a few others to admin privileges.
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We should start our own Steam group.
With blackjack and hookers!
Actually, forget the blackjack.
And the hookers.
Ahh…screw the whole thing.
I probably should join the actual Steam group though. Keep forgetting to do that.
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you had me at blackjack and hookers
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I occasionally just host games on one of my worlds, but the lag is pretty bad, but I’d love for someone else to try, I love doing social things! (I am a terrible introvert)
I’m back, and caught up on this week’s TAY.
I apologise for my absence last week, but when I broke the wall outside Galaxy World, I inhaled some insidious virus to protect Harli and Bish, and it left me nauseous and dizzy for a week.
You’ve all heard about the Mini Meat and have now moved on and don’t care anymore, but it was awesome. Don’t tell my family but it was the high point of the trip. Well that and the jaffa cake my Mum baked. WITH REAL ORANGES.
Welcome newbies! Good to see some fresh blood. I mean fresh meat. I mean friends!
Harli: Were the goods delivered? Also, I do plan on trying HoN soon, I swear! It’s just World of Tanks is so awesome!
One more thing – did I miss a Kotaku Chronicles last week? If so, what page was it on?
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I thank you for inhaling all that asbestos on my behalf!
I promise you I will make full use of the amazing breath capacity I already have.
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Hooray for Mesothelioma!
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Hey man welcome back, still needing to d/l Monday Night Combat but gonna tuck right into it the night that it gets finished.
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(Sorry if this is a double post – the first one just disappeared completely after I submitted it??)
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Thanks Batguy (and Loops, below).
Unfortunately my boredom must continue as I did read that last week and then forgot about doing so apparently.
Back to writing this damn tv commercial then. I don’t care that Americans don’t like it! They won’t see it!
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Endu!!! I was wondering why we had not heard from you in a while.
The goods were delivered and acknowledged in a Community Kudos post! Good work!! http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/community-kudos-34/#more-450820
A mighty excellent time was had by all.
Speaking of HoN, I am guilty for being yet to finish my video tutorial. With WCG (oh, and that darned thing called work) coming up I don’t think I’ll be able to finish it anytime soon.
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Grats Cap’n! o7
(that’s a salute)
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Yep – part 2 is here mate 🙂
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-119/comment-page-4/#comment-282883it’s more of a build up for the next instalment which is going to be action packed hack-o-rama.
I haven’t started par 3 yet (sorry guys).
I’m actually having a bit of writers block. One thing you’re never meant to do when writing is introduce too many characters.. and i am introducing heaps over the next few stories, so it’s hard to writer and maintain personality so that you guys feel something when i kill you off.. er… i mean make you heroes…
The next one will be pretty massive though.. but not as massive as my future planned planetfall ones… oops have i said too much??
*zips lips*-
This ^ is exactly the kind of thing that has drawn me to this community! Hilarious stuff chuloopa!
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I like the bits with me…
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I don’t like the bits with me, I feel that my character is far too accurate (although a normal weight, presumably).
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The bits with me are good though, even if sometimes you’re there. Still good.
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Ok guys…
I’m about to post what is probably the funniest YouTube video I have seen in the last 6 months….
I am also warning ALL of you it is probably one of the most disgusting videos too..
8 mins of non-stop laughter for me, though. Lemme know what you think!!
FYI it’s a parody of Bear Grylls and REALLY well done, despite the ‘toilet humour’ *snigger*
You have been warned.. enjoy!!! (NSFW, quite obviously 🙂
90 odd pages and I have finaly caught up on my Kotaku…
Some notes:
Mark, what’s with the NSFW content not being labelled as such? I know it’s the American stuff but surely your job as editor is to “fix” these things?
Mario Kart by Retro Studios? YES PLEASE!
Also whoever said Retro = New Rare was dead on. Also MK3DS = Diddy kong Racing…dead on!
I’ve gotta read all these Wii U articles.
WOOP! Did I pick a bad time to lose intarwebz?!!!
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The prodigal son returns!
With the NSFW articles, did they happen to be mainly by Brian Ashcroft? Because I normally assume that if he’s written the article, it will be NSFW, only loosely related to gaming and more than likely focusing on some wild, wacky Japanese thing.
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The main one remember was the pics of street fighter girls and the last one had boobs!
BOOBS!
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WHAT?!?!
BOOBS!?!?1
WHERE?!!?
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OH, GOD NO! NOT BOOBS!?
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I love boobs, my manager…not so much.
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I’m going to assume your manager is not a mammal…
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On the weekend I finally watched ‘The Hangover’ which various people have been telling me is the funniest movie ever. I was underwhelmed. Is this because I’m a girl?
I also went to the movies for the first time in ages and saw ‘Super 8’. I was quite charmed. It had kind of a ‘Goonies’ vibe going for it.
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Whoever told you that was ‘lucinatin’.
Hangover was funny, but not so great.
Hot Shots Part Duex, now thats a funny movie!-
Bloodiest Movie Ever.
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But.. but.. it is the funniest movie ever!
D’:
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Bridesmaids is being touted as “The Hangover, but for women”.
So I guess there is some sort of weird gender humour barrier?-
That bridemaids thing must be for women, because i can’t find a single thing in ANY of the previews or ads that would suggest it’s even slightly funny or mildly entertaining….
Then again, even Bee thinks it looks like a pile of BS.. and she loves girly romps…
then again, again, “she’s the man” is one of her favorite movies…
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But She’s The Man!
How can you not like Amanda Bynes movies!?
There was the bit where they found of her cross dressing schtick but by then her brother had already come back so then they were accusing her brother of being a chick and he was mad confused but some of the people were demanding to see his man bits or what they thought would be a lack of except he was all MAN BITS BECAUSE I AM A MAN and then there were awkward times since he was totally a dude and maybe that counts as sexual harassment somewhere?
My point is that She’s The Man is a rad movie.-
I think I might consider watching this movie now.
Although I think you’re synopsis might be better than the film itself…
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I don’t think it’s only for women… I think it’s pretty funny that people are more than happy to jump at an all male cast comedy and take it as it is, but as soon as it’s an all female one it’s automatically assumed it’s a chick’s film >_<.
I might bring peoples attention to the fact that it's directed by Paul Fieg, who pretty much created Freaks and Geeks. He also worked on Knocked Up, Arrested Development, Weeds… so yeah, I think the film has good potential myself. Just saying.
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No its not caus youre a girl, its just caus you evidently have good taste in films.
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After your comment I probably shouldn’t say I enjoyed Harold and Kumar go to White Castle then. Hmmm, actually if I liked that movie then I guess the reason for disliking The Hangover had nothing to do with gender.
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I watched ten minutes of H&K, guessed the ending and turned it off.
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Harold and Kumar is a good “dumb” comedy. The sort of movie where you don’t think about it and just go with it.
Considering that the entire movie is just two stoners trying to get some munchies, you get a pretty good indication of the target audience and the preferred state of mind you should be in when watching.
I liked The Hangover. Not the greatest movie ever but it was entertaining enough. Not Life of Brian funny, not Norbit terrible.
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NOTHING is norbit terrible. Well… except maybe Fast & Furious. And Transformers.
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Whoa. Comparing Norbit to Transformers is just harsh…
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Yeah true. Norbit wasnt as bad as Transformers I suppose.
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I’m going to choose to ignore that comment.
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Just like I choose to ignore a lot of Transformers’ defects.
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lolol!
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You mean the whole films, right?
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I thought it was entertaining, if a bit too crass in some parts. My wife was underwhelmed as well and she is a girl so perhaps you are onto something.
I will not however be sucked in to seeing number 2 as it has shameless cash in written all over it.
I was thoroughly unimpressed with The Hangover, but I think expectation may have played a part there. To be fair, the same people also told me Pineapple Express was hilarious and I really didn’t enjoy that either, so perhaps it’s just a particular audience that enjoys these movies.
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I actually didn’t mind Pineapple Express. It’s a leave-your-brain-at-the-door type flick, but I found it quite funny, though the entire last half-hour annoyed me profoundly.
I mention this because I HATED The Hangover.
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That said though, I actually enjoy the Harold and Kumar movies. Though I did expect that to be the kind of thing where you just let go and watch, where I was led to believe that Pineapple Express was the greatest film ever.
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I went to see it with my wife, my bro and his gf. Wife and I LOATHED the movie, the others LOVED it.
I think it’s more a question of having discerning taste, though I guess it’s possible it’s more of a ‘guy’ movie…
Saw X-Men: First Class last night.
I enjoyed it, although it’s not without it’s flaws.
Read House of M over the weekend.
Good read. I’m sure some of it would have greater impact if I was more knowledgeable.
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What do you want to know?
(please note: Jimu is gouing home now, can answer after 9am tomoz)
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Nothing in particular was over my head, but I think if I had been more involved in some of the characters, through reading earlier work, then I would have felt a more profound response to their reactions to the events and the events themselves.
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That scene near the end where Spidey asks Dr.Strange to make him forget was amazing for me. I really understood. Actually had an emotional impact and that happens so rarely to me with any media(other than happiness).
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I know what you mean. I ‘got’ it. I understood it. But I didn’t react how I felt I should, to the point that I was thinking about how little impact it had on me while I read it, which was frustrating.
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I get that with a lot of DC. Not all, but it happens more often.
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Just watched the first Mortal Kombat movie, got it in a double pack with the 2nd for $9 at Kmart. I managed to convince my girlfriend to watch it with me but she fell asleep. It’s kind of lame, but it’s that awesome sort of lame. All I did was smile the whole time and I felt like I was an 8 year old watching it again. I haven’t seen the 2nd one but I’ve heard…things. Watch it guys and gals?
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Loved the first MK hated the second, saw them both at the cinema as a teen.
That MK theme song still makes me excited for all the wrong reasons.
Watch the second, just be prepared for too many characters not enough time.
Theres a short but sweet fight between Scorpion and Sub-Zero that is prolly dissapointing now.They should just make a Scorpion movie.
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Mortal Kombat is so bad it’s good. Mortal Kombat 2 is just bad.
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They should just make a Scorpion movie.
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If they just made a shot for shot movie of the story mode from this year’s MK, I buy that shit straight cash.
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If they put the story mode clips all together and sold it for a few bucks on a DVD I’d be all over that.
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I prefer to think that mortal kombat annihilation was so brilliantly awesome that whenever you watch it, it completly destroys your mind and only leaves a hollow shell of a memory that just doesn’t measure up.
Um, yeah. That’ll do.
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I’m pretty sure the first MK film is top of the pile (in that genre).
And I agree on the theme song. Gets me G’d up.
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duh nuh duh nuh duh ne neh nuh
MORTAL KOMBAT!!!-
that made me think of batman..
na na na na na na na na na
BATMAN!
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You should hear the glee in Trjn’s voice as he lightnings and grenades people in the face in inFamous.
I feel like this should be concerning.
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Now that is something I should do live Let’s Play commentary for.
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If we have pessimist with us I wonder how many electricity puns we can fit in each vid 😛
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I’d be shocked if we could put up much resistance to the battery of electric based puns. We really wouldn’t know watt to say after the conversation arcs in that direction and we definitely wouldn’t be able to make any comments that are currently relevant.
It might be a bit of a buzzkill as well, too many puns at once can leave you a little drained.
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I can’t tell if this comment is positive or negative…
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too many puns – guilty as ‘charged’
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I wish I could afford a smart phone…*SOB*
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Awkward.
*buries head in phone*
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*facedesk*
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That had to hurt… 😛 what’s wrong?
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I am le tired. I need to be a robot like you Tech Knight.
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well take a nap…
AND THEN FIRE ZE MISSILES!!!
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omg! i didn’t think anybody would pick up that reference but you’re on the ball Chuloopa, you’re on the ball on ridin’ it.
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Then dispatch War Rocket Ajax, to bring back his body!
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Even us robots need to recharge, but it is great being a machine regardless.
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YOU STILL OWE ME BEWBS!!!
…covered by one of my delightful shirts
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In other newz, why the head desk?
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haha yes yes, I am sorry for the delay! I was gonna do it last night but then I got stuck into a game of HoN….
tonight’s the night, i promise!!
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haha that’s ok.. i’m just keen to see what one of my shirts actually look like… everyone that has bought one hasn’t shown me yet!!! 😛
*serrels stares at serrels*
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Maybe I’ll make a video of my hulk tearing one, to reveal that I have another one underneath!
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Yes please.
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Yes, two shirts. Why does that sound so familiar..?
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Two shirts, one Scot..
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I just want to say, I really hate your website’s !@#$ing “share” button. It’s always popping up when I try to click next and its getting damn annoying.
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Share buttons are universally retarded.
On some sites, it’s there because someone who doesn’t really understand the interwebs thinks that it is a good idea. On others, it is just there because it’s a part of so many other websites.
I can’t imagine that there are very many deliberate uses of the thing, especially when most people who view Allure sites probably know how to copy and paste a URL.
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I use em alla tha time, they da lazy, lazy man’s cut and paste!
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We’re definitely trying to fix it in our upcoming site redesign, so hold out for a little longer!
Today we cannot get any of the ABC channels to work on any TV in the house. All the other ones work fine just not ABCs.
This is going to be bad at Play School time. You’ll probably hear my son’s tantrum even if you’re on the other side of the world.
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Just stick Passions of the Christ in the DVD player, he’ll be fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.
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Such a good dad.
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Me and the boy play Mortal Thwamprat alla time…is good for the reflexes.
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Or just youtube a Mel Gibson rant, pretty much the same thing.
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I’d be more inclined to say “a clockwork orange”
I mean he may as well watch something a bit more tasteful
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Maybe you should take advantage of the ABC Website to make sure that there aren’t any spectacular tantrums in the next few hours. I think you should be able to get a Play School episode or two off of iView.
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You could even use the iview on the ps3. Even with my net shaped I still get a smoother flow than watching it on the tv. I have a backup plan if many many DVDs though. My girls don’t throw tantrums. Just get very cold. They’ve spent too much time with their mother I think.
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We actually have a TiVo and have some recorded Play School on there. I was planning on using the main TV myself this morning but gave in and let him watch it. He proceeded to ignore it. Grr.
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Looking at the Herald Sun this morning on the gaming page that shows up on Wednesdays, I couldn’t help but laugh my head off that MW3 made number 1 on the 2011 list, and no BF3 anywhere, more like Herald Derp!
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If Space Marine isn’t on there, i will stab someone! 😀
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Then I have some bad news… 😛
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Or good news, depending on your desired outcome 😛
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A human getting stabbed, if his IQ is under 80…
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I love print newspapers ‘gaming’ sections. More often than not, their information is laughably inaccurate/out of date.
Either that, or they completely ignore big new releases and review weird free-to-play flash games instead.
Oh wow.
ALL VIP tickets to the EB games expo in Queensland are now sold-out! I’m SOOOO glad I bought mine (and forced my mates to buy theirs) a week ago!
Will anyone else be around Broadbeach/the convention October 15-16?
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I’m interested, but I want to see more before dedicating a whole weekend trip to the Gold Coast. I don’t even like travelling across town for an afternoon.
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Man, I’ve got to get my tickets soon. I wasn’t going to go VIP cause it’d be me, my dad and my younger brother going. But yeah, I’ll be there on Sunday 😀
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Seeming as I live there, yeah I guess I’ll be there. Didn’t know there were VIp tickets thou. Now I’ve missed out. D’oh.
I’m curious. What did the VIP entitle you to?
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I was planning on flying up for it. I certainly didn’t think all the VIP tickets would sell out so soon.
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Got a VIP ticket to the Saturday night session 😀
Flying up from Melbourne on the Friday.Kotaku meetup?
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Trying, will let you know once I know.
Does anyone else have problems with the ads on this site? I normally don’t care at all about background ads. Easy to ignore. But the Kotaku ones seem to slow my computer to a crawl. Is it something on my end?
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I’m not having the problem at the moment, but there used to be some Telstra ads (ironically about high-speed internet) that used to grind.
Also, Mr Freeze? I reckon Mr Whippy.
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I still want “Bill S. Preston Esq.”
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RUUUUUUUUFUUUUUUUUUUUSS!!!
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The princesses.
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The Telstra ones usually cause the most issues.
Anyone ever played Spiral Knights? It’s a free to play MMO that you can now get off of steam. I just downloaded it (it’s only 270mb) and I’m about to try it out 😀
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let me know how it is, if it’s any good i’ll join ya 🙂
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Ditto, I’m sort of in the market for a new MMO to try since Guild Wars
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I played some Spiral Knights for about an hour when it first came out. I enjoyed it, but then ran out of time to play it.
Now that it is on Steam, thus linked more heavily to friends who I would play it with, I imagine I’ll give it another shot when my Internet situation becomes more reliable in about a week.
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It’s pretty okay, as free MMOs go.
Shooting and slashing things is always fun, and some of the bosses are interesting enough to fight (rather than just being a meatshield that takes ages to kill).
Didn’t really hold my attention though, possibly because I played it when it was invite only and there was no one else to play with.
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Me too!
Is it like a Nintendo Diablo?
This is pure hilarity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmObSq1xzh0
Probably my favourite act from Australia’s Got Talent last night.
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Wow. His Cleese is SPOT-ON!
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I LOVE AGT!!
this guy was one of the highlights of the night.
As soon as he did Cleese i was literally tom-cruise-bouncing on my sofa. It was so spot-on and hillarious!!!
I realllly want the opera guy to go through.. but there was alot of a-grade acts last night so i fear he won’t be one of the 3 to go through 🙁
The first guys Freddy Mercury was so Spot On too.. he looks like him, he sounds like him, damn he could BE him! lol
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I agree. Some of the others were a bit shaky, but his Cleese was amazing.
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lambo… lambo… you were watching… what?
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Don’t bag it – it’s awesome!!!
Much much better than X-factor and singstar.. or whatever the hell that other show is… and dancing with the stars… YUK!!
it’s the one talent show i still like 🙂
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But, but… its got Sanderlands in it. That’s WAY more than enough of a reason to not watch it. It’s like youtube videos… with Sanderlands popping up between all of them! *shudders*
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TV…*shaking head*
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Wow… he is best at these!
Blind. Mown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27bATwiLlV8&feature=channel_video_title
I want games to use this… EVERY GAME.
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You should play Flower. First level looks a lot like this.
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Oh wow. I just saw a gameplay video…
Now I want a PS3… DAMNIT! 🙁
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That was really cool. Reminds me of The Third & the Seventh, a 3d animation made by one guy, took him a year to do. I’ve linked it b4, but its so awesome I shall link it again, but has grass fields very similar to this. Its beautiful on a whole other level. Its truly what modern art is. Watch it full-screen on a lunchbreak or something, you will be in a state of zen after it, I assure you. 😀
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I’ve seen it before, but I absolutely adore it! It’s really inspiring!
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Wow that’s beautiful!
Anyone remember the PC game Dreamweb? It was an awesomely dark cyberpunk thing and man, someone should remake the hell out of it.
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*nostalgias* hell yeah i remember that game! was too young to really know what to do, but i just liked picking up everything possible! probably didnt help that my mum threw away the manual (diary) cus she thought it was ‘written in blood’
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Yes! I had that diary too. But it was lost years ago *sobs*
Dreamweb was such a weird game. You play as a dude who kills people because the voices in his head tell him to do it. Probably not a great chance it will end up on XBLA.
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I loved that game until I got stuck on some part.
Weird thing is, I remember reading somewhere a year or 2 back that it was banned in Australia.
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Holy shit really? I’m gonna have to look into this…
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You’re right, it was RC and then an edited version was released in 96 apparently. I must’ve played that one. Wow, I had no idea.
Found the unedited version for download. Getting on that shit. Wow 9100 kb. I feel really old now.
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40hm/h in a school zone…
I HATE doing that speed past a school.
You know why?
you’re only going 5km/h faster than pedo cruising speed!!!
Seriously, at 40km\h i will not even look in the GENERAL DIRECTION of the school, especially if it’s a primary school, for fear that someone might start screaming “stranger danger!!”.
I just dive right on past looking directly at the road 5 meters in front of my car!!!
What’s worse is that i know the actual pedo’s doing drive by’s will be all like “just obeying the law… driving slowly in a school zone”
You know what we did when i was in primary school??
WE DIDN’T RUN OUT IN FRONT OF FLAMIN’ CARS!!!
THERE’S A LOLLY POP MAN FOR A REASON, CHILDREN!! USE HIM!! DON’T MAKE ME DRIVE AT 40KM\H OUT THE FRONT OF YOUR SCHOOL LIKE SOME 70 YEAR OLD PERVERT!!!
EYES AHEAD, PEOPLE!!!
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This is the post of the year. I’m serious.
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Agreed 😀
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also extra points for making me snort loudly so everybody starts staring at me while im at work
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It disturbs me that you thought of this.
Also, if you value your life and/or sanity do not go anywhere near a school at start/finish times if you can help it. Parents picking up/dropping off their kids are the worst, most dangerously impatient drivers ever. They’re the ones the speed limits had to be put in place for but rarely do they comply.
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I have to go past one at finishing time when i do the banking for work.
if it’s not insane enough driving through the school traffic, then trying to find a park at the bank which is across the road is sure to tip you over the edge…
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At a school I worked at a parent abused another parent for driving too slowly in the school driveway. He reduced her to tears. It is crazy.
“How am I supposed to do any damage to a kid if i’m only doing 10km an hour!”
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I got fined doing 60 through onr once, so now all I think about is ‘dont lose $350, dont lose $350…’
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Speeding/School Zone talk always reminds me of this:
http://youtu.be/HeUX6LABCEAGreat ad in my opinion. The UK rock at road safety ads (Oz rocks at anti-smoking ads)
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Is it wrong my first thought when watching this ad was “zombie”?
It actually reminds me of the Dead Island trailer a bit.
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I like to think it’s Wolverine’s daughter.
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You try being sent to do some work at a school. You have to go through 3 different security and criminal checks before you even get on site. Than they will send someone around with you to keep an eye on you.
Yet if you do volunteer work at a school you are a community minded individual who is to be unquestionably trusted.
Schools seem to be designed with pedos in mind.
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See, I do IT support for public schools, and I’ve always found it curiously easy to get in. I rarely have to show any identification. And preschools are the worst! If one were so inclined, one could just walk in and take a child and no one would even know, the “teachers” at preschools are awful careless when it comes to watching the children.
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This is why your my god.
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Just for giggles, drive past a primary school while listening to ‘Minnie the Moocher’.
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See what makes it worse is that my everyday car is an ice cream van that can only play “little red riding hood”
For refference:
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I drove past a school this morning with Love Shack by the B-52’s blaring.
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BISH’S GUIDE TO PERFECTLY HARMLESS SONGS TO HAVE PLAYING WHILE LOOKING AT KIDS IN A SCHOOL ZONE
Can You Feel The Love Tonight by Elton John – it’s from The Lion King, a kids movie!
Every Breath You Take (I’ll Be Watching You) by Sting – Sting was formerly of The Police, those fine men and women who safeguard our community
You Are So Beautiful by Joe Crocker – a really sweet moment in The Simpsons when Homer forgets his wedding anniversary but Karl covers for himI hope this guide has not made you feel weird or creepy at all!
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I would jump in.
The man looks like he knows some good burger joints.
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My response to post of the year:
I’ve posted about this on my wife’s blog, with a catchy little title: ALL MEN ARE FIENDS.
http://colourmekatie.blogspot.com/2010/11/all-men-are-fiends.html
It’s not unusual to be thinking about this, given the level of suspicion leveled at every man out there. (Common blanket policies that exemplify my point include no man being allowed to sit next to an unaccompanied minor on any transportation)
And as a parent myself, I find myself torn between being outraged for my gender, and being relieved that there is a level of caution protecting my little one from the predators that might be out there.
I saw a sign that simply had ‘SLOW KIDS’.
Hey everyone! I reposted the article I wrote for Let Off Some Steam on my blog in case you missed it. Mainly because I’m a bit too busy to update my blog at the moment. HELL IS OTHER PRIORITIES.
Oh. Almost forgot.
QUUEENNSLAAANDDERRR!
Six straight tonight boys.
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Hell to the yeah! Woo!
I’ll say it again: Billy Slater is the Sughly of Origin – he always delivers.
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Puhleeeease! NSW are on the comeback trail – I can’t wait to see the Blues PWN the shit out of you redneck bastards 🙂
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Haven’t you guys been saying the blues are ‘on the comeback trail’ for, what is it, FIVE YEARS now?
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I always love Origin, mainly because the selectors never pick anyone from my team, Wests Tigers so we have a full squad. Also, I’m a Blues supporter but Queensland is gonna win. We should stop trying really.
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Oldy but a goody…
A man was found dead floating in a river wearing fish-net stockings, lipstick and a blues jumper. To save his parents the embarrasment the police removed the blues jumper before they arrived to identify his body.
Go The Maroons!
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but yeah stamperific as a maroons supporter I thought you guys were the better team last game and we were lucky to get away with it – shall be another good game tonight!
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It’s kinda like when Schumacher (Michael) used to win the F1 alllll the time.. got boring!!
I’d love the Blues to take the series of course, but mainly Game 2 so that Game 3 can be an absolute cliffhanger!!
Its always a great battle either way, looking forward to it!
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QQQQQUUUUUUEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNSSSSSSLLLLLLLAAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDD!!!!!
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………FAILED!!!!!!
The reign of the New South Welshmen is coming…
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Going to record the audio for the next Batman LP video tonight (well, the next next one, the audio for the next one is done, I just haven’t finished editing it). Just realised that Origin may make it somewhat difficult.
Then I realised that we’re all nerds.
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I’m wearing a Batman shirt at the moment. I just thought I’d share that useless piece of information.
Why would Origin make it difficult?
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It shouldn’t, but everyone is a Queenslander and New South Welshman. Well, everyone except Blaghman, who’s a Canberran and Tech Knight who’s a robot.
So there is the ever so slight possibility that they might care more about that silly little sporting event than taking part.
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Melbournian-based robot, but still a robot nonetheless 😀
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I think we have people from everywhere… Except maybe NT?
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I don’t think I’ve seen a commenter from NT yet… I lived in Darwin for a few years, but I don’t think that counts.
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Dats coz dems ain’t got no internetz in da nordern teritohry, *hyuk hyuk hyuk* 😀
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To be fair, most Canberrans tend to side with the Blues, seeing as we’re kinda sorta part of NSW.
But then again, why would I care about a bunch of grown men running around on a field of grass tackling each other when VIDEO GAEMS?!?!? 😛
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Batguy is the greatest gamer of all time.
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Imma let you finish, but this guy is one of the best gamers of all time. One of the best gamers of all time!
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Every day Batguy watches this video at least once to keep him motivated in dominating us all.
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The guy playing Chun in that clip was on WCG Ultimate Gamer season 2. He didn’t win but everyone else feared him. He is also the top US Marvel 3 player and always does pretty well in Street Fighter. Really, he’s just good at all fighters, I think he has a couple of MK9 wins under his belt too.
The guy playing Ken is the reigning EVO champion for SSF4 and kicked some ass on the weekend at ReveLAtions (or was it CEO? this is why there shouldn’t be two majors in a weekend).
Short version: those guys are both better than us. Although at least I’m skinnier than Justin Wong.
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So Sir Eats-a-lot is now Harli? Did I miss the memo?
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Im still secretly waiting for her to change her name to ‘Hard Wang’
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It’s only a matter of time…
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If she doesn’t change it, I’ve got dibs.
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Wait! Got a better one.
If she doesn’t take it, I can take Hard Wang.
Niiiiiiiiice.
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NNNNIIIIICCCCCEEEEEE.
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Thought it was time to end the confusion. Eats-a-Lot is only something I created for the purpose of trolling Kotaku, then one thing led to another… it sort of got taken out of my hands!
Harli is my tag everywhere else.
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I see, I see. Also, I was very worried clicking that link (albeit intrigued).
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I don’t think we’ve ever seen her eat a lot.
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Blood and damnation! That is not true! I eat plenty.
I could have easily cleared all those dishes at that Chinese restaurant we ended up at during Sydney Mini Meat 2.0!
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Imma just sayin’!
I totes believe you when you say you could have mopped up that entire dinner (I am not sure if this is supposed to be sarcastic?).
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Having a pretty tough day/week/month so i just got myself a bottle of V. I have not had one in weeks/months…
If you prefer redbull then pretend i said that for a second.
It is ice cold and hurts just a little bit when drank fast….
MAN that is good!
Now i’m wide awake and want to work but i want to go outside but its cold and raining so i want to work but i want to go outside but its cold and raining so i want to work but i want to go outside but its cold and raining so i want to work but i want to go outside but its cold and raining so i want to work but i want to go outside but its cold and raining so i want to work but i want to go outside but its cold and raining so i want to work…
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I too prefer Red Bull to V. But whenever I drink redbull it makes me feel sleepy???
Are you bouncing off the walls? Attempting real-life rendition of Trials HD?
Hope your day/week/month gets better =]
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I’ll be ‘tendin’ you typed can o’ Coke.
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I’ll be ‘tendin’ you typed gram o’ coke.
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Beat me to it 😉
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#winning?
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I’m all about Rockstar, both in an energy drink and faux persona to impress.
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Developer?
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Yeah, you the guy with the backwards headed, Cole Phelps…if that really is the name of the guy from LA NOIRE.
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I’m confused… but I’ll try and comment back.
I’m no developer, and I hate dropping what it is I do because it sounds waaaaaaay more impressive than it actually is.
Just let it be known, I do have caffeine fueled evenings bathed in the ambient glow of computer monitors watching progress bars/my life slowly tick by.
As for Phelps, his terrible dialogue and dick-persona ruined the fact that his head was backwards most of the time I drove around. LA Noire is no longer in my PS3.
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1.I meant, “do you like the developer also?(R*)”, not “are you one?”
2.You a drummer far as I concerned.
3. I’m diggin the game, am up to disk 2 now, which is the start of homicide for all you PS3ers.
I always used to laugh at that scene when bart went to the arcade and Martin was playing that dinner conversation game “tell me more”.Now I seem to spend all my next gen time playing convio games, LA Noire, Mass Effect, Dragon Age and Alpha Protocol.
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You have now ruined gaming for me with this sharp observation.
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Personally, I would head outside and embrace the cold and rainy weather! I decided to take a six hour walk in the sun today, which was delightful, but now my face and neck are all red and flaky. My delicate gamer skin is not thanking me. If it had been cold and rainy, then things would have been quite different, and I’m sure I would be happier for it.
Hopefully, this period of toughness that you are experiencing is temporary. Or within your control to change.
So for the last few days I’ve been having trouble sleeping. By trouble, I mean not sleeping at all.
Can’t think of anything that’s bothering me besides the usual stuff. Money, work etc. Nothing is that bad either.
But I can’t shake this feeling. This horrible, depressed, blahness that seems to permeate everything.
Could it be linked to my giving up of soda? Some sort of chemical imbalance? Must has sugar and caffeine!
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I had a truly unshakable feeling of impending doom a few weeks back. it lasted about a week, and I felt absolutely awful. There was absolutely nothing wrong in life, I just felt like everything was bad.
Turns out I shouldn’t drink 3 cups of coffee a day. It screws you up. Really hard.
So in conclusion, I bet it’s the chemicals. Don’t go cold-turkey, it’ll only be worse.
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I suspect it is. I get like that if I skip meals due to a lack of energy so perhaps your body is still trying to cope with not having the energy levels provided by the soda.
Maybe try to keep your energy up with other foods or smaller amounts of sugary goodness and slowly back off them.Or you could just be like me and have insomnia and depression. If it is I can probably help you there too!
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That would explain the stomach cramp and the blood.
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Well, it could be a case of seasonal Melancholia, you’re old, right? (To clarify, seasonal melancholia typically appears in people over the age of 60, if my memory serves, so I highly doubt it’s that.)
Who was it that read Flash : Rebirth recently??
I read it last night and really liked it. Crazy confusing, but the copy of the submission Geoff Johns made to DC that’s included at the end went a long way to explaining what went on. The most interesting part is that whilst the submission is dated 2008, the last paragraph has been blacked out and pertains to the end of Flashpoint.
DC reboot has been in the works for over 4 years?
And while we are on it, thoughts on the reboots JIMU???
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I read it like 3 months ago I liked it. I had no freaking idea what was going on. It wasn’t clear to me what the speed force was but the art was good and I like the flash.
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The speed force is the thing he taps to go fast.
I read recent-like that he IS the speed force now. So any other Flashes here or in other dimensions are tapping him…heh.
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I thought he created the speed force with his little lightning accident in the lab and that it was tied directly to him. Although him being the speed force might well be true if it was clarified in later issues that I haven’t bothered to read.
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RETCON…sorta.
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Reboots are a “necessary” evil to cover up all the inconsistincies that crop up from 60 odd years of continuity.
I follow my own canon. I just pick and choose what I see as the best, which means Spider-Man did not sell his love to satan for anonymity etc.
Rebbots often do help sales but hurt the feelings of die-hard fans. Sometimes I even jump on or off because of reboots.
Just follow creators, to hell with the marketing dept.!!!
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I need to read more flash. He was always one of my favourite DC heroes. I need a flash shirt too.
Also, on the reboots. I’m looking forward to it, mainly because one of my friends is working on Superman.
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Can I have his job?
I suuuuu-uuck!
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Wouldn’t mind his job myself.
The guy is shit hot at what he does.
http://andyelder.co.uk/portfolio/-
Nice colours.
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I read Flash: Rebirth, not recently but I did read it. DC seems to be doing a bit of retooling lately, the Green Lantern corps had their bit with GL Rebirth and then the Crisis crossover stories (Sinestro Corps war through to Brightest Day). Batman also had the Battle for the Cowl and Batman Incorporated.
Looks like the Flash family is getting it now.
I like speedsters in general, particularly Wally West, but I didn’t feel compelled after reading Rebirth to read any more of the new Flash material. So as someone who is essentially a new reader (at least as far as that material is concerned), Rebirth was a bit of a failure.
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The entire universe is doing it after flashpoint
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I dont know how people can say that the graphics to Duke Nukem Forever look shit… take a look at these… Also some are NSFW
http://forums.gearboxsoftware.com/showpost.php?p=2375168&postcount=1
These are PC graphics…
PS… these arent mine so all credit to the creator.
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See, the problem is, it doesn’t look like that all of the time. That and most of the complaints are about the console version, which is about as pleasing as a punch in the crotch. A visual punch in the crotch. Point is, it looks a bit poo.
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The most i have heard is from the Xbox 360 version of the game… the PS3 has decent graphics from what i have seen, the thing is that 2K games mostly sent out 360 versions to be reviewed knowing that the PC version is the best.
Its a shame that the game has been rated so badly… i absolutely loved the game, the general feedback has been positive, sure you get some people saying that it sucks but that is with every game, i feel that it was the reviewers expectations that have led to such bad scores, they expected from the 14 years development that it was going to be a supergame which will herald a new age in gaming where jesus will decend from the heavens holding a controller, but naturally that didnt happen to i guess they feel butthurt so they said pretty much every negative thing to say about it.
I played it, i loved it… in the end that is all that matters.
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Well I’m playing on PS3 now, and I can honestly say I’m enjoying it. I mean, if you can just sit down and have fun with it, it’s a good game. But if you go in expecting 14 years of anticipation to be worth the wait you’re going to be thoroughly disappointed.
In saying that though, I can’t just sit back and ignore the terrible graphical quality at times. I’ll admit there are a more than a few moments where I’ve been like “Damn, that looks nice.” But I wouldn’t put those in the majority.
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DUBSTEP INTERLUDE
One of my faves, Power by SKisM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzKp-iAo7Ak
I WOBOWBWOBWOB you all, Kotaku AU 🙂
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Can you shuffle? I’ve been waiting for somebody to teach me!
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Shuffle? Like with a deck of cards?
That’s easy, I could teach you that :p
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No. Shuffle like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ6zr6kCPj8
also, best music film clip of all time. OF ALL TIME!
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I don’t believe I understood any of that. Thus I will assume my guess of card shuffling is correct.
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Shuffle? I ain’t from Melbourne…:P (C WOT I DID THAR??? )
Personally, I reckon chicks look sexier/better dancing teck than shuffling.. tell me what you think:
Girls shuffling vs tecktonik
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4MM2lxrnBwI think it would be hard to do either to dubstep.. I love going off to dub, but it just looks retarted haha! Then again, when I’m moshing to metal it probably looks just as retarded.
But when I strut down the street, it’s LIKE A BAWS *nods*
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Alright, objective opinion, as I had to watch the video just to know WTF you were talking about.
Tek looked hotter – when done well. Otherwise it just looked like an arm waving extravaganza.
Shuffle looked cooler, even when the skill level dropped.
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Hahha, sorry but I think shuffle wins hands down.. tek looks too whacked imo!
I C WHAT YOU DID THAIR!!
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Either way, chicks dancing look HOT, so it’s WIN-WIN 🙂
And Endu, really love your breakdown of the situation – good points, and I actually agree that tek has to be done properly to look sexy otherwise it looks a bit spaz 🙂
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I like the one that goes Doof Doof Doof Doof.
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that was so LAME, but I am laughing…
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Sometimes I write out posts or replies in the comment section and then not submit them.
Am I the only one who does this?
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I do that constantly, particularly on Reddit.
Obviously, I’m not doing that this time…
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Hellz no. I do it all the time.
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No.
I type things out and I am all THAT IS A WEIRD THING TO SAY so I scrap it because I am a totally normal and classy dude who is definitely not a nutball trying to hide it from other people, hah hah hah.-
Stand up job hiding it.
Stand up job I say!
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Well yesterday I was going to post
“MY UNDERWEAR IS THOROUGHLY WET”
without any context or explanation, just like that.
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Oh, it was because I was, uh, stuck in the rain for an hour without cover yesterday.
Yeah.
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You know what (/Watt), I probably shouldn’t have posted saying “I was going to post [this]” but then I didn’t, because that defeats the purpose of saying how I didn’t post it in the first place.
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Oh man, if I had Twitter, I’d probably lose sense of all self moderation.
STATUS OF UNDERWEAR: SOAKED
AND NOT IN THE COMFORTING, WARM WAY
People need to know these things!Okay, maybe I will stop posting for a bit.
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You need to get on twitter!
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MY UNDERWEAR IS THOROUGHLY WET- there is no rain…
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I don’t know about QLD, but down here where it’s miserable and raining and cold, anything for a warm reprieve from this weather, if only for a few moments…
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Pics or it didn’t happen.
http://yfrog.com/h8hkrafj
Imagine that, but with more wet underwear.
HA! 😛
Yours too? I thought it was just mine.
No I do that to. Mine is more like “wow why am I saying that you dickhead, it doesn’t make sense.”
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I love you guys for thinking this way. If only Youtube users could be the same…
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I’d still prefer to read 1000 posts from YouTube than read one more on the escapist.
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I refuse to acknowledge the existence of either. Well, except for the hilariously bad.
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Guilty
i have only just started posting here but i usually wish i could take them back after submitting it lol
I do it.
I type comments and think…
No, that just sounds like you’re being a dick
or No, you can be funnier than that, wait a while… something will come to you.
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Mine are mostly the Bish style of “ooh, that makes me sound even more crazy than normal,” but some of mine end up sounding like “F*CK YOU, YOU’RE COMPLETELY WRONG, YOUR OPINION IS WORTHLESS AND YOUR MOTHER WAS A WHORE!” Which is slightly awkward.
I wrote an entire poem about how I do that… Strangely I actually did submit it, but it was quite a few weeks ago.
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I shudder to think of the things Plainview doesn’t post.
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Oh lord, imagine scrapping a 600 word piece, simply because you don’t believe it meets the high quality of being Plainview.
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If anyone’s wondering, my Spiral Knight’s name is lambomann (yes, it has two “n”s, that’s not a typo)
For some reason I couldn’t put numbers in my name…
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shoulda been LANMBOMAN OOZ
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lambomann, now with a little bit extra man.
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I approve of this Mannliness!
Visit the Mann Co offices, boy. If you can out-wrestle a lion in a pool, I’ll give you a free prototype underwater flame-thrower, for all future underwater lion wrestling adventures!
I am not great at fighting games. I enjoy them and I am better than your average chump, but only just.
With the release of SSF4 Arcade Edition, I have a bit of a problem. You see, I could keep playing Marvel vs Capcom 3 and try to put together a decent team. Or I could relearn a new character for SSF4 as Akuma got hit hard with the nerf bat and so did Dhalsim.
I’d also have to purchase Arcade Edition.
It’s a hard life being a gamer, I think I might just focus on my Let’s Play and whatnot for now.
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Same with the fighting game skill, but I suck at SF, but I’m pretty good at DOA.
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I never count DOA as a real fighting game. I have friends who RAWRK at fighting games and have seen them get their arses handed to them by random button mashers.
I do like the bewbs though!!!
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I like the fighting games where I can button mash and not know what is going on but also win.
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And play as a Kangaroo.
Personally, I think Animal Kaiser is the epitome of great fighting games.
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That comment is proved invalid by the awesomeness that was Clayfighters 63 1/3…..Sumo Santa anyone?
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Kangaroo OR panda.
Honestly, if I ever got into fighting games, it’d have to be Tekken, just for that.Next time though, imma get me an Animal Kaiser card, and it’ll be on.
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Make sure it’s not a fake card!
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I am horrible at fighting games, my ‘strategy’ is too usually join the dreaded one-move spammers! None of my friends wanted to play Killer Instinct with me all because of Cinder and -> -> Punch.
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I was playing SSF4 Arcade Edition at a friend’s house on the weekend. We were both playing random, I ended up with Balrog (who I can play reasonably well) and my friend had Hakan (who nobody I’ve ever met can play reasonably well).
To be cruel, I just stayed in one spot mashing crouching jab until he found a move to get around that. It took a few rounds.
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Oh yeah, I too suck at fighting games. *cough* Should probably watch that without the sound, background chatter was annoying.
I’m the Xiaoyu.
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I think it’s safe to say you would own me wholesale. I used to muck about with Xiaoyu in Tekken 5 and I just couldn’t get the knack of switching between her stances.
Also, Tekken footsies are plain weird.
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Yeah Xiaoyu is hard to win with at a competitive level, she ranks about mid-bottom on the character tier. My movement on stick is absolute balls – I’m a pad player. And all tournaments are on arcade machines, meaning they’re always using joysticks =|
Been meaning to give MvC3 a whack too but just haven’t had the time. Have you seen the replay from Australia’s top MvC3 player?
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I might have seen ToxY play during a Wednesday Night Fight stream, but I don’t know who Australia’s top player is. Not for Marvel anyhow, I’m not exactly an active member of the community, I just watch streams and wish my X-23 was as good as Tatsu’s and that my Doom was anywhere near as good as Cl0ckwork’s (or was that clockw0rk? Can never remember where he puts that 0)
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Ah, Toxy is good but Humanbomb could give him a run for his money in SF!
I cover the competitive arcade scene and so knowing who all the top players are is part of my job. At the moment, BRISBANE is absolutely dominating in MvC3.. for the recent Grand Final for the OzHadou Nationals click here -> http://youtu.be/D9bi2s8Qw4Y
Dr. What, I read your post twice and am still confused.
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From what I remember, before AE Humanbomb > Toxy. With AE out, I don’t know how they stack up, just that Toxy has traveled to and played in some US tournaments recently thanks to his sponsorship with TTC.
If Brisbane is dominating in MVC3, then I probably need to actually start playing competitively.
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I used Xiaoyu and Lei back when Tekken 3 came out. I stopped playing after Tekken tag and only picked up Tekken again when 6 was due (Have since went back and played a lot of 5). I no longer liked the feel og Xiaoyu of Lei. Lili is my prefered character for 1 single reason. Oh! Great did her p3 costume design. I <3 Oh! Great so much!
I really need to do a propper refresher on Lili's combos. And learn how to use a damned stick. Evil, evil things.
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The older I get, the sucker I get at fighting games.
I can hold my own in an arcade using Jack (insert number here).
I want to be good with Kazuya…but I’m average to below average.
For all the parents out there (NSFW – language):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yqVnCAiWHw&feature=youtu.be
That is all.
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I was just about to post this.
IT IS THE BEST THING EVER.
I was bored so I did a bit of looking at Twitter. I noticed the subject of Dr. Pepper came up. my husband is addicted to the foul stuff and we usually get it from USA Foods who are currently running a special on it:
http://www.usafoods.com.au/p5729/soda/dr-pepper-regular-only-special/
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I’ve never tried Dr. Pepper. How does it compare with Coke or Pepsi?
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It’s more comparable to Sarsaparilla, all mediciney.
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Sioux City Sarsaparilla?
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…and even if he’s a lazy man, and the Dude was certainly that–quite possibly the laziest in Los Angeles County. …which would place him high in the runnin’ for laziest worldwide–but sometimes there’s a man… sometimes there’s a man.
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BTW, Movie reference of the week RB *hi 5* 😀
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Like Pepsi mixed with cough medicine.
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You make that sound like a bad thing 😉
#sippinonsizzurp
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It’s worse.
In the way that having your arm removed with a blunt hacksaw is worse than getting a paper cut on your hand.
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It grabs Coke and Pepsi by their ascots and promptly makes them it’s bitch!
You know why it’s called Dr Pepper? It’s got a PHD in TASTE!
Dr Pepper = God’s Tears, bottled and carbonated for your pleasure.
It also shares initials with another of my favourite activities. That’s right DPing. I love a good DP. Here’s a picture of me DPing.
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I brought up Dr Pepper on Twitter.
Are you twitstalking me? ¬.¬
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Dawdle posted a link to her Kotaku group once and I occasionally check it out, so yes I guess I am twitstalking you….
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So who is going to the EB Expo and what times are they planning on being there?
I’m considering getting Saturday Twilight tickets simply for the WCG finals.
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I’m going on Saturday Twilight and Sunday morning VIP.
I’m going with a couple of mates. Staying at the Jupiter.
Going to be epic! 😀
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It does have the possibility of being epic.
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Saturday night at the casino with a few mates? What’s the chances you’ll make Sunday morning?
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I’ll be there sunday, just like I was going to be on the last page 😛
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HOLY S**T!
This gives us an excuse for a massive meet up, right?
Surely, there’s going to be a fair few inter-state men and women hanging ’round our neck of the woods, therefore we all awkwardly meet somewhere, girls on one side of the hall boys on the other until our parents come get us at 9:30!
IT’S EFFING PERFECT!
ALSO, HOW SICK IS CAPS! AGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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Had a lan on the weekend, had mates from around town and even some down from townsville over. Much beer was had and once we were sick of fps (aliens vs predator 2) we decided to crack out the old Dawn of War:Soulstorm.
We’ve been doing this for a while now so I kind of know which of my mates prefers which races and how they play. One mate however, a notorious chaos aircraft spammer was playing as the Sisters Of Battle, and every game, he proceded to beat us like red-headed step-children (normally his skills are above average at best). He would have barely any points (hence no resources) yet would have a fully-fledged army by the time everyone else barely had 2 squads.
A booze break was taken, and determined to overcome my mates new-found soulstorm prowess, I watched the replay and googled some Sisters multiplayer strategies. Whilst searching I stumbled upon a ‘cheat’ of sorts, where a Sisters player could build and cancel an upgrade repeatedly which would return more resource than what it originally cost. Surely enough, the jackass had been exploiting this to build up his army.
Has anyone else ever been subject to a ‘cheat’ such as this? I’m not talking about the plentitude of hacks that are rife in online play, but in an intimate lan this was the last thing I was expecting.
For those of you actually interested in this lame story, sweet justice was achieved in the taping on a frozen bait prawn on the inside of his case. He still hasn’t replied to my texts asking if he’d like to go fishing this weekend.
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Was playing guitar hero with my brother once and all of a sudden had a guitar controller smash into the back of my head. That put me off my game for a bit. I got him back though. Bloody siblings.
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Wooooooooooooooooow! That’s nuts!
The closest I ever got to that was when I beat my little brother at Hi-Octane on PS1 so he went outside and learned how to skate and became cool.
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I kept seeing this comment when I went to post, without knowing who posted it, or the context.
Thank You.
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Ah yeah, siblings. I threw a tennis racquet at my brothers face for beating me once. His nose has never been the same since.
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You know, I’ve been thinking what TV would be like if it was like Cheap$kate Gamer…
“Tonight on Channel 8, Funniest Work Videos at 6:30 or whenever we feel like it”
Oh, and by the way, I’ve sent Cheapskate off to you Mark, but the subject is “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Cheap$kate Gaming” so I hope it hasn’t been eaten by your spam filter.
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woops, mebbe next week…
so as i may have mentioned before, i like to chiptune, well i finally have produced something i think may have worth to put up
it is titled: Pink is just another shade of red
and is a WORK IN PROGRESS, it is not complete! i still have a little bit left to go (adding percussion/guitars) but i thought i’d just show you guys what i’m doing, anyway, enjoy! 😀
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Nice, I like it.
Living up to your name I see. It reminds me of megaman vs.pokemon in a good way.
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I like a lot! The instrumenty thingy you start at 0:30 is a bit too high pitched for my liking, but other than that, I think it’s pretty awesome. Don’t know if you’ve heard of Bear and Walrus, but I think you may like them. Here’s my favourite song they’ve made:
Hong Kong PlayStation Store is back up!
the welcome back games are The Last Guy, Come on LocoRoco! Buu Buu Cocoreccho!, Trash Box, Hustle Kings and Wipeout HD.
any suggestions?
Still no JP store 🙁
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How many ID’s do you have?
You’re like Jason Bourne!-
Awesome reply 😀
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I could tell you. But then I’d have to kill you.
6. Aus, UK, US, Jap, HK, GF’s ID.
Oh shit. Now I have to kill you.
Sorry.
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Oh well…
So long, TAYbies, it was fun while it lasted.
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Best price (instore) for –
Child of Eden: Dick Smith: $69.94
Alice: Madness Returns: $99.
Hopefully there are some better prices for Alice soon!!
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Alic is $89 on the Game.com.au website but I think I’ll just get my copy from Ozgameshop.com for $60 and just wait.
I want to play this game but not enough to pay an extra $30+ just to avoid waiting a few weeks that I probably won’t play it anyhow.
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I picked up Alice from the US thinking I’d be tricky and get my girlfriend to send me the code to play the first game while waiting on 2 to arrive in the mail.
EA managed to throw a monkey wrench in my awesome plan of awesomness by not making Alice 1 a downloadable game, but DLC requiring the disc for the new one. Tricksy hobbitses.
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They should have made the first available as a teaser thing to get me interested…as it stands I will not be purchasing said game because a0 I have no idea if I’ll like it and 3) I have no money…for the next 30 GODDAMM YEARS!!!
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The Game is price is online only 🙁
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Let’s Play Batman Arkham Asylum Part 8, starring Blaghman, Bish, Rocketman, Tech Knight and me.
It’s fun times, we cover the first section of the game where things just aren’t quite right. Also, a villain desperately needs a sandwich.
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If there were tags, they would go something along the lines of: Gary Oldman is a pretty cool guy, Groin dots and groin shots, Guys what do you mean you have never played Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines
THEY HAVE NOT PLAYED IT CAN YOU BELIEVE
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE
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I really should retag my videos to be slightly more accurate.
Every video you feature in needs a reference to groins, almost all of them need a “failed counter counter” and the next one will definitely need some that make use of rocky puns.
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Stone related puns so bad they rock.
We talk so much nonsense you would think we were stoned.
As the video went on, we only got boulder.
I am digging these puns.
Watch Trjn’s battle Bane against Bane. He tries everything. He leaves no stone unturned.
The next pun is only a stone’s throw away.
These puns are pretty igneous, if I do say so myself.
Gosh darnit, why is it you always think of more stuff way after all’s said and done.
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L’esprit d’escalier.
We really need an English equivalent of the term aside from “like that bit in Seinfeld when George thought of the Jerk Store retort after it was too late”.
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Sounds like it was pundemonium.
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I’ve been away from TAY all week trying to get my car sorted after the crash I mentioned on Monday.
Finally got it actually in being repaired. Apparently my policy doesn’t cover a hire car so I’ve been getting a little damp on the way to and from work (1 hour there, 1.5 to 2 hours back)as I’m stuck on my motorbike.
Sounds like I’m without a car for the next week and a half at the least. I’m praying the weather clears up.
Then I discover LulzSec has attacked both minecraft and EVE online. If they took down world of tanks I’d suspect they were just targeting me!
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Take take on the bike man! I gave up riding motorbikes long ago, when a best mate of mine was on a dirt track in the middle of nowhere, came round a corner and a 4×4 slammed into him head on. The impact made his leg hang on only by small strand of skin at the back, all lower leg was crushed into mince meat. To make matters worse, the driver took off on account of being an arsehole and 14 and in his parents car which he had stolen. Luckily, on his way out a couple bushwalking noted his car and heard my mate screaming b4 he passed out. They called in a rescue chopper, which saved my mate. They tried to save his leg, took massive straps of skin off his back and tried using it on his leg, mostly held together with a weird mesh stuff. It was really horrid to look at, I passed out when I saw it. Anyways, it got golden staf in it after 4 months laying in a hospital bed so it was removed entirely (they should have done that to begin with really). Anyway, the 4×4 driver was caught (thanks to the bushwalkers) and he was kindly given a $100 fine and a stern talking to from the judge. That was it… >:-(
Anyway, the point of the story is, I sold my motorbike after I saw his mangled leg in hospital. So I emplore you to be safe mate, those things are death traps, good fun, but death traps!
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Sorry Harli, but it makes me mad too. It was ridiculous, and horrifically unfair. My mate wears a prosthetic leg for the rest of his life, and that kid probably forgot about it all years ago. There is rarely any justice these days. Mind you, without those bushwalkers, he would have died once he’d passed out so he tries to focus on that. He’s a better man than me because he’s let it go, whereas I still hate that kid.
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No need to be sorry Q-bo, I’d rather not be ignorant of what goes on around me.
I shall just try to convince myself that karma will make him pay. And your friend is amazing to be able to move on past that. Kudos to him for taking the moral highground.
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I’ve been involved in the justice system before and it really sucks much of the time. I just wish I could think of a better system.
Well I had considering taking over the world and just vetoing any decisions made by any court anywhere in the world and imposing my own but the world is such a big place, it’d seriously cut into my gaming time.
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Thank you for your concern Q.
I always try to be extra careful when I ride but it make it easy when people don’t look. The closest calls I’ve had have been idiots not looking if there is someone next to then when changing lanes. Each time I’m just cursing along at the speed limit in the flow of traffic, staying in my lane etc.
Makes me wish I had a much louder horn, preferably one people in cars can actually hear, or better yet an shotgun and Arnie’s mad terminator skills.Even with wet weather gear I usually try to avoid riding in the rain as it just makes it that much harder for people to see me (those that bother looking.)
Oh, And do you know what nickname ambulance drivers have for motorbike riders?
Donor.
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Good old donorcycles.
I’ve always wanted a bike, but haven’t since my mum would kill me (which sort of defeats the point, but just roll with it).
She was a nurse in the Navy and they had a whole ward dedicated to motorcycle accidents. The Navy boys would get shore-leave, get smashed, then get smashed some more (On a bike).
Funny story: At the start of one shift she encountered a patient, all plastered up like in the cartoons. He had all kinds of injuries and broken bones, and naturally my mum assumed he was another bike accident.
Not quite…
The sailor had hit the town one evening, become suitably innebriated…
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new sales pitch
“Buy a motorbike – they’re not as dangerous as an angry elephant!”
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Oh geez my work server isn’t up still. This isn’t even funny anymore. On the brightside I’m now steam rolling super meat boy thanks to my training on vvvvvv. Yay for countless deaths
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We just got a new server and it sounds like an XBox 360 in here.
Hey Mark, was there a “This week in games” post this week? I can’t find it 🙁
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Missed it because it was a holiday on Monday, then I was off on tuesday as a result of a nasty skateboarding accident. By wednesday I figured it might be a little late.
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Maybe we can just rally a few titles off in here? I myself will be looking to play ‘Armed and Dangerous’, possibly ‘Armed Invasion’, and if I get time I’ve been keeping my eye on ‘ArmA: Armed Assault’.
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Is Wild Arms available on PSN? That game I played for a whole 2mins once!
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Actually I finished that game, loved it! Although I was convinced the whole way through that there would be another anime fmv like the one in the intro. There wasn’t.
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Update to Acrobat Reader notification on my PC this morning.
Updated, rebooted… now windows wont start!
Ugh.. well if startup/windows repair doesn’t work when I get home tonight I’ll be doing a reinstall.
I haven’t had something like this happen to me in the better part of a decade (dream run I guess) but methinks its time for me to invest in some disk imaging software and do OS backups on a semi regular basis.
What really irks me is not having to do a reinstall its losing a activation on the upteen different games I have on PC that have limited activations. Yay for DRM.
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Cant agree more on DRM crap. Hopefully it will boot into safe-mode. Also, I gave up on Acrobat long ago, takes too long to start and is a bucket of problems, lookup and give ‘foxit’ a go. Starts in like 2 seconds and is wayyyy more stable than Mark on a longboard. 😉
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I never belive what you say…I wonder why?
Reposted from Twitter:
I had the weirdest dream that combined Naruto and the Karate Kid (old one). John Kreese could go invisible. It was the best (arooouuund!)
Also, PC at work was being a pain in the donkey this morning so I used my time well…
And drew a WIZARD! Marvel at his awesomness!
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Nice! I thought he was holding a golf club, but.
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That wizard is pretty damn wizard.
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What are you talking about?
Where’s Rufus?
Why am I keanu?
Do any of the ladies want to step up and be the Princesses?
(I’m looking in your direction Harli and Strange, I’d also look at Dawdle but that Gal seems to be absent, this parentheses bit went longer than planned, how DO you spell parentheses?)-
Party on dudes.
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excuuuuuuuuuuuuse me princess
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zomg! that is an awesome drawing. I wish I had your talent.
Soo, any neat bits in the dream? Did the loser Sasuke finally die?
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hahah. Sasuke sucks. Years ago I imported the Gamecube Naruto fighting game. We’d get 3 people to play in a team and gang up on Com controlled Sasuke or Sookie as he was knicknamed.
Fun times.
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Bahahahah!! What a good idea!! I am so sick of that guy’s moping.
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Awesome!
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Haha, nice. He comes from the land of Wind Waker!
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He’s more inspired by Ryusuke Mita’s Dragon Half, but I can see the Wind Waker-ey-ness.
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Ugh. Got my high school 10 year reunion this weekend. Not even sure if I want to go but a mate is dragging me along to it. Are these things as painful as they make them out to be? Anyone got any experiences?
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I went to mine about 3 years ago and it was good fun. As long as there is drinking there is little to worry about. And if you are taking a ‘current’ mate then it is good. I got really drunk at mine and walked 6km home at 2am. good times.
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Either I wasn’t invited or we never had a ten year reunion for mine…I prolly wasn’t invited. Was a “bit” of an outcast(and not in the populor way like Outkast, more like one of those obscure swedish metal bands that you can’t read the logo of).
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Yeah, I wasn’t exactly Mr popularity either. Though you’d think anyone that this mattered to after all this time wouldn’t be someone all that entertaining to talk to
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I dig this handle!
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I went to mine.. about three years ago (wow i’m old) and it was pretty good actually, not many people turned up but it was nice to catch up and chat with the ones that were there.. actually all the people from school who were ‘too cool’ (read d*cks) back then were the ones that decided not to go, so that might of helped..
haha it was a little depressing however seeing EVERYONE else was married with kids, but booze fixed that.. lots and lots of booze….
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Jesus, in 3 years it will be my 20 year reunion! Which I wont be invited to as I wasn’t invited to my 10th either. Anyway, I’m too cool to show up…
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Dude, I went to mine a few years back and it was just weird.. ended up talking to a chick who did drama with me yr11-12 and she was telling me about how she got married to a loser and how it led her to the smack.. she looked smacked out of her brain actually. I just drank and rode it out..
Overall, a very strange experience and not entirely pleasant..
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I had mine about six months ago.
It wasn’t completly awful.
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My Year had our one year reunion near the start of the year… I couldn’t be bothered going…
Hey guys i need HALP!
Bee’s mum just got herself an ipad2.
She’s asked me to find some good games that are suitable for 2 of her kids (one is 6 the other is 8).
The problem is i really know very little about anything Apple Store.
Can you guys suggest, first of all, some really good Free games.
If there are no good free games, then perhaps some really good cheap ones?
As i said, the 2 kids playing them will be 6 and 8, but both have played A LOT of flash based games, so they already get the whole simple thing
thanks guys and gals 😀
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MONKEY ISLAND SPECIAL EDITIONS!!!
OR, -shudder- Angry Birds…
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I wholeheartedly ednorse this suggestion! Well… the one in caps at least.
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Crash Team racing seems pretty fun. Shrek racing? not so much…
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Plants Vs Zombies.. hours of amusement for them!
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Battleheart is pretty awesome. Cutesy with Saturday morning cartoon violence. Yet still can be fairly in depth.
QWOP if you want to mess with them.
Wow…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poop_transplant
Yeah, you read that link right!
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What in the name of all that is holy were you googling for that to come up?
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Do you need some of my “healthy” bum bacteria, Effluvium?
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I wonder how the red cross would go if they started asking for donations for this..
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Not at the moment.
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But if you’re offering I’ll at least know who to come to when I find myself in need of some quality turd flora.
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“roses really smell like poo poopoo”
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lol ew
Reminds of a part of a Lonely Island song where the guy gets a blood transfusion from a horse. I don’t know why…
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Dr. Karl was talkin about this on triple J a while back – not sure but i think it was to treat lactose-intolerance, the bacteria from the ‘donor’ who can break down milk products is in the poo which is transplanted in the hope that they will grow in the receiver, granting them the powers to consume ice-cream
JEEVES! Where are you!?! My T-shirt with you on it (?) finally arrived!
Thanks Chuloopa!! :D:D
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*melts*
You da girl!That really looks seriously rad on you! lol
Is it just the picture, or is the buttler a little blurry? I hope it’s just the picture.. i don’t want to be putting out dodgy designs 😛
*goes back to melting*
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Oops, just the photo is blurry. I’m not very good at taking photos of myself, lol.
Fear not, the design is crisp and clear! Good material too, feels very nice when worn.
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Awesome – i’ll just go back to swooning then 😛
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Nah the whole pic’s blurry, so no worries 🙂
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Apologies, mistress.
Busy days at the household of pessimism.
I am indeed honoured to be featured on a shirt worn by you, madam, in a position so that I may stare directly into your soul.-
Umm… Jeeves…
Unless she has 2 souls, judging by your positioning, that’s not what you’re looking at.You dirty old bastard…
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I don’t follow, sir?
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A likely story.. but cluedo has taught me many a thing in my time..
The butler did it in the laundry with a used tee-shirt!
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AH-HA!!! SO YOU ADMIT IT!!
I HAVE YOU NOW, BUTLER-BOY!!!*calls 911*
Heyyy… why is it not ringing….
Oh.. that’s right..
*dials 912*
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LoL!!
It’s ok. I feel honoured to have his likeness, painstakingly created by you, on this shirt. *hugs self*
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Dear Mark,
Please tell us there’s an Alice: Madness Returns comp coming up.
We’d love you forever 😛
Sincerly,
T-rizzle Chuloop-dizzle
also, it’s Thursday – lets F***ing rock!
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This (for the top bit, no idea what that bottom link is linking to. Let’s hope it’s Devin Townsend, or Devin Townsend Band or Devin Townsend Project or Strapping Young Lad. Hey guess what I listened to on the train this morning! Yeah that’s right, Nine Inch Nails!!).
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Bottom Bit: Devin Townsend: Vampira
Now listening to Deadhead, which i’ll be following up with Bend It Like Bender 😀
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Devin is a god.
That is all.
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As I typed that previous comment, Ziltoid version of Hyperdrive came up in iTunes. Oh happy day 🙂 Told you he was a god, he has powers!
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Noice
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Excellent! *Air-Guitar Riff*
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Does any of that last panel really happen..?
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everything except the old african-american fellow.
That is current continuity. Is actually quite a fun story…what I’ve read of it(stupid library!)
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You know if pokemon battles were like this, I would soooo pick it up religiously!
Make this happen! Seriously! Think of the hours you’ll sink into this, with other things such as Higher difficulty settings for combat = higher exp rate (not a lot but still cool) and be able to change it in game. Your pokemon learn new moves that get bound in with it’s own button combo… the possibilities and multiplayer would be epic as all hell!
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Far out, that character animation is AMAZING.
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Also… BLAZIKEN!
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this would make my life complete
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effin work filter, no effin yootoob, EFF!
I love Serj Tankian for many reason, and i love this song, but this is the first time i’ve seen the clip..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CxKA1uETxE
It’s so powerful in so many ways… but for those of you who don’t like their heavy messages, there are quite a few adowable parts too..
I encourage you all to watch it though, it is an amazing song with an amazing clip 🙂
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Agree ‘loops!! Such an amazing voice and talent.. have you seen the stuff he does with his dad, the more traditional Armenian stuff? That’s really good too.
SOAD have reunited for a tour, I’m hoping they come our way – never seen them live, would die a happy man if they did 🙂
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I’ve seen them twice, Serj and his two mics(much like Mike Patton) is the highlight.
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@ Jimu *WOBBLY JELLY FACE* FFFFFFUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
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To anyone – ANYONE – who put Alien vs. Predator above Alien or Aliens in the article about said films… what the hell is wrong with you?! Did we watch the same movies?! Blah… sometimes I just want to cry a little on behalf of the film industry.
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I’m pretty sure I just read something about the AvP movies in the article Effluvium Boy mentioned earlier.
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Poop 😛
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I’m all for “everybody is entitled to their own opinion”, but just between you and me, you are 100% correct. Aliens is up there with Terminator 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and (strangely) Patriot Games as my most watched movies of all time. I could easily watch Aliens once a week without getting bored.
Game Over man. Game Over!
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“Hey Batguy, have you ever been mistaken for a man?”
…kidding, but I 100% – exactly , with no alterations or deviations – agree with you. Every movie on your list is up there with my favourites!
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Since you mentioned that line, I feel the need to say that my mum spent a plane trip next to Bill Paxton, and didn’t realise who he was for the first hour or so of the flight.
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Here is the order of good with movies containing Aliens:
Alien Ressurection
Alien
Alien 3
AliensNo, AVP does not even make the list…
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I… but… what…? Have you even seen Aliens?
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It is the prototype for every Micheal Bay film.
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Umm Aliens FTW – it has the best script, best cast and performances.. sure it’s an action movie, but well-paced and intelligent with great moments of tension and suspense. Cameron’s direction SHITS all over Michael Bay, Bay is like a second-rate clone compared to Cameron…
Alien is my 2nd fave because and I like the horror/suspense feel and the claustrophobia.
Alien 3 – great directing by Fincher, but the script is LUDICROUS and WTF I can’t believe they killed off Newt and Hicks (even James Cameron said that was the biggest FAIL)
Resurrection? Joss Whedon BOMBED… pretty stupid script and storyline, although I love the production style and performances.
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Alien is my favourite, probably just because of all the Sigourney Weaver heavy breathing, but as a psychological piece I prefer it very very very slightly to the second (Also as the original, and the art style, and stuff like that which pushes it up).
Number 3 is good as an analysis of how the human mind works when undergoing stress, and I think that sometimes it gets written off too quickly, but then, it did have a huge number of flaws.
Resurrection was dumb.
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Blaghman, we’ve come a long way in discussing movies, you and I… for I agree with everything you just said. Well done, for sharing my opinions, for they are pretty much the best out there.
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I just vomitted
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Neeson back for Dark Knight Rises
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You. Suck.
I was trying so hard not to read these articles.
Boo-urns, sir. Boo-urns.
(I’m secretly beside myself with excitement now)
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Yeah, eff off Jamie. Go spoil someone else’s experiences…
BTW, HUMAN TORCH IS DEAD!
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What the?
Trying to stay excited about this movie, but have a feeling that it will be a pale shadow of the first, and not even as good as the second… 🙁
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I like Neeson but his character died in the first film. I know in the comics there’s those pits he can use to resurrect himself but that doesn’t really fit the the realistic feel Nolan’s being going for.
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Did you see the corpse of Ra’s al Ghul? How do you know he died?
I mean, apart from being in a pretty horrific train crash and subsequent explosion, he could be just fine!
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If anyone is interested, here’s a still from an upcoming episode from our Web-Series “All Your Base” entitled ‘Noire’… 😉
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Haha, look at you all slick haired and glassless. Look forward to it!
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We had to re-shoot almost every scene because I’d forget my glasses were on.
Also I drove around Brisbane in a suit with slicked back hair and a skeleton in my front seat. Never got looked at twice.
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Ooh, channeling a bit of Noire there. Me likey.
Did you guys end up announcing the winner of that competition in which somebody partakes in one of your films?
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Nah 🙁
That was for a competition late last year we were trying to win. We didn’t make it through but the video was still funny so we left it up. (Plus me long hair looks a-mazing)
Glad to know you’ve watched the other garbage on our channel, though!
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How is today not Friday? This was meant to be a quick week! >:|
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Sorry bro, week’s refused to go for a quickie.
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Now I truly know how Rebecca Black feels. 🙁
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Bowling last night was a very good one, all three games above average.
Average: 137
Scores were 139, 145 and my best in a while, 181! This made a stressful day at work yesterday into a more relaxing night last night. 🙂
Q are you at home and able to jump on the TS server?
As requested by Saxton Hale
http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb449/lamboman007/lambomann.jpg
😛
What ya’ll have for lunch today?
Me – last night’s roast chicken, pumpkin and potatoes.
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Crunchy Rocks and coffee!
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Asian noodle soup spectacular – I went on a raid in Strathfield in the Korean stores 🙂
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World’s biggest zucchini ball, big as my fist. Here’s the clincher: it’s $1.50. Yes. One dollar fifty.
You may be jealous now, though Harli’s lunch sounds pretty darn good too…
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Vegetarian Laksa from the best Indonesian place in Brisbane (Makkanan Indonesia West End)
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh! Bring on the curds!
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Oooo, I’ll have to try it. I usually frequent the Indian place there… Sitar? I think its called. Best butter chicken ever 😀
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Totally! It’s on Hardgrave Rd about 200m after you turn off Vulture St.
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Two cheese, ham and lettuce sandwiches I constructed myself this morning, it will be converted into energy for my battery to be able to use.
Oh and a chocolate muffin bar because my tastebud drones like it as well as a little more energy for my battery
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Am I right in assuming you’re equipped with a Mr Fusion?
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Yes but not garbage, it has to be human edible foods and liquids. The hidden maker thought it was important that I fit in with you humans, and being able to eat garbage and live would make fitting in… quite ineffective, therefore my system rejects garbage input.
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A REALLY GOOD HAM, TOMATO, CHEESE AND ALFALFA SPROUT SAMMICH
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gold…
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Omelette with tomato and artichoke hearts, followed by a slice of cheesecake! All from a quaint little restaurant that calls itself L’Omelette.
I might add that the cheesecake was an abnormal indulgence, but it tasted ever so nice.
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Last night’s lasagne and chocolate cake.
Better than yesterday’s lunch, which was just chocolate cake.
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Chicken rolls 😛
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A Bondi burger meal from Oportos. As soon as I bit into it, I had to wonder why I didn’t just go to Nandos instead.
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So far: 2 Starburst snakes and 6 Fruit Tingles.
Waiting on my Thai.
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Brb, gone to buy Fruit Tingles after I forgot they existed.
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rice noodle with veg and meat
Dates for your diary!
June 23 – Futurama is Back!
http://io9.com/5812331/exclusive-clip-from-futuramas-season-opener
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Next week? Woo!
Futurama is way better than even the simpsons. Yeah I said it. You got a problem? I challenge you to Claw-Plach! I choose my own claws!
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it was gone?
For those interested, here’s some cool pistons that will be coming in patch 1.7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZJr86d2IUo hopefully this will inspire us all to get back building. there will be some cool new things I can imagine doing already. Hidden switchable walls and doors! very cool!
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Yeah there will be a huge amount of activity when 1.7 comes out. We will all be back im sure…
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Portal 2 style transforming rooms!
Kind of.
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Challenge. Accepted! (I won’t do anything, and if I do I’ll fail horribly…)
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Hey Mark, does “Show Us Yours” still exist?
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Bow chicka bow wow.
Seriously though, if it did exist, I would be somewhat tempted to show off my little setup. At least, the setup I use when recording Let’s Plays. I actually do get the odd question about that.
By odd question, I mean that I’ve been asked twice.
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Haha, youre practically a celebrity!
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And yet I still haven’t seen any evidence of a single fangirl. Isn’t that the whole point of fame?
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We have Rocketman. He can pretend to be a girl with his girl voice if that appeases you?
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Strange would count as a fangirl thanks to your Buttercup entries though right? 😛
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That’s an even question.
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ZING!
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You guys should just send it in! I’m sure he’ll post em!
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Mark kept getting sent nothing but crotch shots from Loops and Q for “Show us Yours” so he changed the name to “The Setup”.
So far only Welbot has participated…..-
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I know my setup is just killer awesome, but I hope it didn’t make you all ashamed to post yours! 😉 I’d love to see what you guys have to show 🙂
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I’m afraid so fellow bot, seeing your welstation activated my shame program for what little TechStation is… therefore I won’t show it… until I move out then I’m gonna go nuts on upgrading it, treating it the way it should be treated.
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Ozgameshop is already out of stock of Alice ($60), Big W doesn’t have it on shelf yet (they sometimes price match online), so I’ve just ordered through Zavvi for a mere $56.
Can’t say I’m disappointed with that price. Going to pick up a few more games while I’m at it. Might as well.
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I’ve never brought anything from ozgameshop. How long do they normally take to deliver?
They finally got Portal 2(PC) back in stock for $29.99 and I’m thinking of grabbing that as well as a copy of inFamous 2 for $56.99.
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Two to three weeks seems to be the normal wait.
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TWO WEEKS!!!
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I made my first OzGameShop purchase a while ago. Game shipped 20 days ago and I’m still waiting.
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Lamesauce! Have you checked with your post office? The longest it’s taken something of mine is spot on 2 weeks. Otherwise it’s usually within a week.
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what he said
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I’ll give it to the end of the week and see what happens. I wouldn’t be surprised if the blame lay with Australia Post.
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Any Sydney folks attending Supanova this weekend? I went 2 years ago all on my own. Wasn’t much fun 🙁
Also, my game idea!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/tell-us-dammit-95/comment-page-2/#comment-295202
Been watching Heroes on the train and was surprised by a Chrono Trigger reference.
s04 ep08
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS26XEwQQgs&feature=player_detailpage#t=55s
Sorry about the spinning. It’s the only video I could find.
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I managed to make it all the way to the end of season one.
There were just so many better options available.
I may have to start watching more iPoded TV/Film thanks to my new 1hr trip to wurk.
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It’s a decent show.
The plotting got ridiculous after about the second season though. I had no idea what was going on.
Also, they took away Peter’s awesome power.
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Peter’s power getting taken away pissed me off too. Now he has 1 power at a time? Lamepants. As well as Hiro losing his power. then getting part of it back from a magic baby. Then getting it all back somehow, but not being able to use it.
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You’ve seen the best Heroes has to offer. They clearly did not expect to get renewed past the first season and then the writers’ strike ruined any chance of the second season making sense. From then on it was just a matter of how much longer the train wreck could continue.
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I’m sure I read somewhere that season 2 was supposed to focus on an entirely new set of “heroes” but the network wanted a continuation. The writers strike didn’t help much.
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Did anyone see this question in Ask me stuff?
Barry
June 15, 2011 at 11:42 AM
Serious Question Please. Looking at purchasing my next gaming PC Beast and I would like three (3) monitors with very thin bezels (using eyefinity) and I need to know what monitors are best for this set up, what monitors have the thinnest bazels, what stands can be used to hold these together and where to purchase it all from. I’m hoping for 24inch screens but I know this might not be possible.
Know any places in Australia that can provide some or all of these?
Cheers
Looks like the kind of stuff e usually deal with in here…
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i would say buy them from the internetz. It knows all and sells all. But seriously that’s a tough question.
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TAYBIES TO THE RESCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUE!!!
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Really new people to TAY are super heroes. That’s awesome, maybe one of them has the awesome power of
Hindsight
Thanks DZC12 for that awesome joke. I loled quite hard while watching.
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NP, sir.
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Mr. Delivers, I expect you to make a drawing of this. 😀
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I would… if I knew what a taybie is. I haven’t been on here often enough it seems. I feel so out of the loop :'(
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Interesting idea I found from doing a quick google search: “Do what I did and buy LED monitors. They are thin enough to overlap the bezels.”
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Not sure if this helps but seems to fit the ticket.
I think I need to find a new job. This one is boring me to tears. Not the salty, literal tears but the metaphorical (boring) tears.
Mister Serrels, any jobs going for someone who currently works in a commercial TV revenue and inventory capacity managing advertisement plans and sales requirements? I see a sales job at Allure but I ain’t no salesman!
Or maybe I’ll just take up cocaine…?
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Damn – I was just about to suggest the sales job…
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I suspect I shall give it a try anyway, I have worked with sales very closely (and for a digital sales company).
That was quick, by the way!
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Cocaine? Don’t do it man! ACID is a far more superior choice!
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Does that have any relationship to my favourite PSP game, Metal Gear Ac!d?
If so, consider it done!
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I had a better time on ACID than I did on AC!D.
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Acid is pretty good…
but…
HEY! Who the hell let a dragon into the kitchen?
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Yeah but…
EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED, SOCIETY FAILS WHEN COMMUNICATION FAILS. COKA COLA IS POISON!
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Nohandle
Emails I have sent, replies I have not received…crying I am, hmmmmmmmm.
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I’m on it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jimu i has a question. What other daredevil is good after reading yellow. I really liked daredevil yellow and i wanted to read more and ideas?
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Thers a poopload, they are quite different to yellow. Yellow is based on the time back before Frank Miller made him GREAT!
The list:
Any with the name Frank miller on the front such as Born Again.The Stuff written by Bendis and drawn by Maleev
Ones written by David Mack
Written by Ed Brubaker.
There is apparently a good run after Millae left written by a woman that hasn’t been reprinted yet. If that ever happens I would check them out, heard good things. Or you can hunt down the single issues in the back-issue pile in the back of a comic store…good luck with that.
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Take a look, ask away.
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Thank you Mr Jimu and may i say it is lovely to have you back.
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thank you , sar!
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http://www.bookdepository.com/Daredevil-Father-Joe-Quesada/9780785119258
This ones pretty good, I own the hard cover.
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I really like the Bendis’ Daredevil stuff. He added a real personality to the character.
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Love the Bendis run, all he really did though was revisit old Frank Miller stuff. That’s not completley true, he did do new stuff. Just after reading I realised it wasn’t all Bendis.
Sort of similar to how Geoff John’s uses old Alan Moore ideas to write “new” stories.
It’s not the writer’s fault though, us fans just don’t deal with change very well.
Hi all,
I just posted a tweet about this (because that’s what the cool kids do) but I wanted to ask here also.
I am writing an article for Kotaku to *hopefully* post about the Trials HD riddle. It has gone on for 18 months now and remains unsolved. I want to increase awareness of this unsolved mystery and now I’m looking for your help.
I have agreement from the Developer who actually made the riddle (there are only two of them that even know what it is!) for an interview. Only a short one online but i need to come up with some questions.
I have a few ideas, but was wondering if any of you have any better ones? Seing as this will be posted on this site, you may very well get your answer.
Im not asking for the answer either Qbo so don’t ask!
Fire away. Any help is appreciated.
Now I’ve just gotta find time to write the damn thing.
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Wow dude – I really appreciate the effort you’re going to for this. I can’t wait to read it.
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Happy to do it Mark. Hope it does the subject matter justice.
The developer is actually really excited about the post also. I think he wants to tell the world about it but has had to keep quiet for so long.
When I asked him to do an interview, he said
“For sure! … great news about kotaku.”
The reason I am such a fan of this dev team is because of their community involvement. They are regularly posting about their times in 1000 heroz and competing with us and he was more than willing to help with any questions we’ve had in the past.
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That reminds me, I was going to do a Reader Review… do we still have them?
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Fo’ Sho.
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You mean you didn’t see mine this week?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/reader-review-1000-heroz/
now i’m sad.
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Blaghman’s not around, so I’ve had to improvise…
http://bit.ly/e30VXL-
You’re not very good at this, are you?
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I googled “adorable animals” and that was one of the results…
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Well now you’re just showing off…
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OH! SO FUNNY!
Got me a good one!!
Just saw this question and your tweet, so here’s my questions.
How hard has it been to guard the secret? When he see’s you straining so hard to get an answer, how does he stop himself from giving you guys extra hints?
Does his wife keep telling him to ‘for god sake, help them out, put them out of their misery!’?
Where did the inspiration come from to create such a complex intertwined easter egg hunt?
Was he aware of the agony and sleepless nights he’s caused?
Was he a huge history/science buff as a kid? Was it a love of reading or a need to show the world how smart he is?
Giving gamers a completely new experience out of the game, letting them research and learn interesting historical facts must give you a real kick! Do you think other devs will copy you? If they did, do you think you would have the time to solve it?
Oh, and, whats the answer.
Has anyone done any achievement hunting on New Vegas, more specifically the Desert Survivalist one? I have recently been replaying the game on Hardcore mode and only using food to heal, now having completed nearly all quests I thought I might have a look at how close I was to the 10,000 points needed. Using only food, I had restored about 3,200 points.
AAARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!
Only 3,200 out of the 10,000 needed. This is a bloody pain because I don’t normally go hunting for achievements, yet with Fallout 3 I had managed to get all achievements, however I only had to actively hunt down 1 or 2 of them, now with New Vegas, there seems to be about a dozen that I actually have to hunt done and quite a few of them are a bloody nuisance.
After I had stopped screaming in frustration I decided to go back to playing RDR.
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Hey man, Im the same. Im still mid game on hardcore (pile of shame sorry) but like you I got all fallout 3 cheevos (incl the DLC ones)..
So yeah, when i get back into it I will be right there with you.
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The funny thing is I had a look at my RDR achievements and I don’t think I have even half of them, yet I do not feel compelled to hunt for these ones at all, this is a game I enjoy playing just for the pleasure of it, not for some sense of needing to achieve/complete certain tasks so as to gain that next achievement.
I wonder if this is more to do with the fact that on games that are single player only, I feel there is no reason not to get the achievements (besides lack of skill), while in multiplayer, there isn’t as much onus on myself, because there is often the element of requiring others online to help get an achiebvement? There is also the fact that I have only recently started playing online, so before that my connection to completing all single player achievements may have been the greater for the fact that there was no way for me to obtain any online achievement?
Well after that long ramble, what about other people?
Do you feel the need to get every achievement/trophy on every game?
Are there just certain types of games where you want to get 100%?
Or are there people out there that play, simply to enjoy the game and they don’t feel the need to ruin the experience by having to do certain tasks for hours on end just to get a silly little achievement/trophy?
And does any of this make sense considering I have only had a few hours sleep and I am sure I feel asleep and kept typing for some of this?
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Just a random story that I was reminded of today.
When I got married a few years ago, my wife was quite insistent that we got married in a catholic church. Which dashed my hopes of getting married dressed as Kratos. Anything we wanted to include which wasn’t provided by the church had to be approved by them first. Now I’m a big fan of music from videogames and the Zanarkand piano piece from FFX has always touched something inside me for some reason. As luck would have it the music was to be played by an organist. So I hop online and find the sheet music for it without any mention of Final Fantasy. The church people checked it out and liked it. Awesome result, the candle lighting ritual has it playing.
A couple of years later I run into an old mate of mine who frequents the church. We get to talking and it turns out that the church liked the song so much that they have been including it in their services. I somehow introduced gaming into the catholic church.
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Good work, 10 points to you.
No shit, I had music from Donkey Kong Country among other nerdish tunes playing at our Wedding Reception.
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oh
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god.I lol’d. That is amazing. That is also a song I know how to play! /hi5
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/hi5
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*nostalgic sigh*
I miss Zanarkand…
Harli, you could play that all night and I’d never get bored.. one of my favourite pieces of music, not just in video game history, but out of ALL the shit I listen to! /mega hi 5
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I dont really. Tidus was a dick. Refused to have him in my party. Caus its My party… and I’ll cry if I want to.
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Dude thats awesome. Just don’t tell them it’s from a game or they will rejected it like a bad organ transplant.
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Nifty.
I’ve always been a fan of that song, well at least since I first heard it. Interestingly enough, it was turned into a single called The Skies Above by The Black Mages.
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YAY! Black Mages!!!
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Funny enough, that’s the song that reminded me of it when it randomly came up on my iPod.
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lol the ACL is gonna flip when they find out xD
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That is an epic story.
I lol’d at the Kratos bit.
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I think Kratos and Quan Chi from MK are related…
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that’s pretty cool man 🙂 I got married in the registry office, so pretty much anything went there. No restrictions or anything. But probably the music that made my wife the most mushy was This old love by Lior. I put together a whole cd of stuff for it, and she listened to it for days afterwards. The song she listened to most off it was definitly Redneck by Lamb of God though :0
Not your typical wedding song, but hey.. it suited us! 😉-
me too, 3 cheers for the registry office!
They actually have a really classy set-up there at Georger St.I was pleasently suprised.
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I got married at the Registry too. Seemed a helluva lot easier than trying to find a celebrant who didn’t creep me out and a location everyone would be happy with.
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I hear the pope is a DDR fiend!
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Oh how I love To Zanarkand!!!!
And the Song of Prayer for the summons… chills up my spine every time
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That’s an awesome story. ‘To Zanarkand’ is one of my favourite game songs, and I can also play the first half on my piano.
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wow, that’s amazing, i love that song so much, i would have cried at your wedding, even if i didn’t know who you are
I realise I have a bit of a theme going today, but:
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/06/would-you-eat-a-burger-made-from-poop/
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Yes… it’s just protein. Protein and fake meat. It wouldn’t be tasty, but it wouldn’t be actual poop.
None of the yucky stuff.
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I’d give it a try.
I think in the video he mentions it tastes like beef. I imagine it would be similar to a bland, overcooked steak.-
Bear Grylls wouldn’t agree there… see below (NSFW language… one word but just making sure I cover it)
http://th04.deviantart.net/fs71/150/f/2011/082/c/f/bear_grylls_meme_by_lesmestiar-d3cbnna.jpg
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I have eaten McDonalds before…
Batguy posted this last week on Harli’s (nee Eats-a-lot) winning CK post. But, because I was ill, I missed the best part! Naming and shaming!
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb326/batguy_kotaku/mini_meat_june.jpg
From left to right: AnonymousPessimist, dawdle! (front), Gorzilla (back), Harli, Bish, Jamie What?, Endu.
If you’re really lucky, you might be able to see the gaming legend Batguy in the reflection of one of our glasses.
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Looks like you guys had a blast. Sorry I missed it.
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No FatShady or Mini Shady… I was off chasing him around and missed this too! Sorry dudes.
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Ack, sorry I missed it too BUT I did have a good excuse – had a hot date woo!!! 🙂
That’s a good looking bunch of people, I reckon enough photos and we could print a Kotaku AU TAY Crew calendar. PANTS OPTIONAL 😀 – Discuss!!
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I would like to at least be wearing boxers…
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Man that Endu is a real looker!
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He is a TRAITOR! Look at him, thinking he’s all Sydney. Pffft.
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It occurs to me that this is one of the few pictures of me floating around on the internet? I need to buy a new face now, to prevent the spams and scams coming at me through the portal. I wonder if the face shop is open yet.
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Pessimist.. you are no longer anom…
Look at you with your sexy muscles and nonchalant hoodie over the shoulder routine, you lady killer.Man you’re all so sexy.. lets all have some open mouthed tongue pashes!!!
..oh.. the girls are ok-ish too.. i guess… i guess i can give you a firm handshake.. or something…
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He is no longer anonymous but he is absent. Did they hold a ritual sacrifice and eat him at that Meat(ahhh…so THAT’S why it was called a ‘Meat’!) I wonder?!
I hope not. I hope he’s just busy or something. Are you okay Mr. Pessimist? Did Jeeves poison your pancakes?-
He’s fine, just busy atm. Thanks for asking though, I’ll pass it on to him!
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I haven’t forgotten you were called Eats-a-lot! I’ll wait until someone less eaty posts saying he’s okay before I stop worrying!
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*gasp*
Are you two……an ITEM!?!?!
DUN DUN DUNNNNNN
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*rubs tummy* Ah, that was a good meal. I mean uhh, I don’t know what you’re talking about..
Nah we aren’t.
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Harli and Dawdle are both gorgeous, just thought I’d put it out there.
Bish looks definitely how I pictured him to be, the mischievous human in the back causing harmless fun/trouble 😛
It’s good to put faces to names, too bad I can’t join you humans for these meats.
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They are indeed gorgeous! Proof that gorgeous, intelligent girls do indeed like games. You lucky, lucky boys.
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I never doubted that fact that there are intelligent and great looking women in our gaming world, but for my luck I usually had one of four scenarios, number 1 being the most common:
1: They’re very rare so hard to find
2: I get friend-zoned (This happens a LOT!)
3: They’re taken already (got a bf/fiancee/husband)
4: They don’t live nearby-
In my experience, not so rare. It just may not be immediately apparent they like games.
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I didn’t want to be the first to say it, but that they most certainly are.
So is the secretive Strange, for that matter 🙂We’re totally rocking out the gorgeous gamers club! lol
I wish there was an easier way to browse TAY on my phone 🙁
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Just sit the phone on your lap and very quickly swipe to get to the bottom of the page, then repeat till the end. Just make sure no-one is standing behind you while you are doing this at your desk at work!!!! (just saying, what makes you think that happened to me?)
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lololol. i do that now it’s just annoying, especially when TAY hits 2000 responses!
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Whinge.
I love this place, love it to bits. Love the whole Tayby Gang, love the editor, etc etc. You all know that. But something has slowly been getting under my skin quite a bit lately. Especially over the last 3 weeks I’d say. I’m not one to complain much about others, but I think something needs to be said. I’m pretty bummed at having to do/say this. 🙁
The awesome thing about Kotaku AU, is the community, I think we should hold our heads high for the last years have shown us all to be always supportive and tolerant of each other. Sure, as we have gotten to know each other we may taunt here and there, thats cool, we do it in a playful rofly way. But, even if one of us says something disagreeable, we are able to say “I see where your coming from, but for me I thought..etc..” and tactfully voice our opinions like all adults should.
But lately, there seems to be a real big influx with sadly a slight sense dred to it. I’ve seen some harsh words spoken to people, others snapping and snarkily replying. Quite frankly, its disgusting.
I’m hoping (desperately) that maybe its just the weather or something, but it will be sad to see an end to the joyfulness of reading replies which always had many lols amongst there. Lately there’s been childish bickering creeping in, which is a real downer folks.
So hopefully, some of those overly aggressive posters wander into TAY and reads this and tones back their less than tactful manor of communicating. I really don’t want to have to stop reading all the replies . 🙁
I also am in no way blaming Mark or Elly or Tad at all for approving comments either, because I do believe we all have a right to respond and it should not be their job to be parenting us!!! If they don’t approve, then they are given the whole “this probably wont be posted” garbage, so they are put in a desperately unfair place (must suck approving comments sometimes guys, I do sympathise with you!). It should be up to the posters to remember their manors!
Ok, thats it. Sorry folks, I had to get it off my chest and say something. :-/
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You know what’s sad. I agree.
But there is another thing I’ve noticed, it’s not really the regulars who do it. I’m not going to mention names, but whenever I approve comments, I always see the same few bad seeds in the crowd, always jeering to start a flame-war. Not much I can do about it except post and try to quell the fire.
I’ll be more active now that I know you feel this way, buddy! Together, we can remove the trolls! 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
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Oh yeah, I should have made that clear, its definitely not the regulars! Anyways, I’ve slept on it now, maybe I was just overly cranky last night?
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I don’t think it’s necessarily recent, but crankiness aside you’re right. There are some comments that are a bit dickish.
And not just my usual charming snark either.
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Hey everyone – thought I’d drop my two cents in here.
I don’t want to blame new guys either, but with E3 and the aftermath, we tend to get a few folks that just drop by for the big stories, drop their comments and leave. Some stick around and get used to our awesome community and the different way we operate, but others will just come in, think that KotakAU is just another internet place where that tone is acceptable and the norm.
That’s the reason I reckon. The internet is a bitter place, and folks are used to posting in a certain way on every other site. I’ll be vigilant with the comments – as will Tad since he tends to approve a lot of comments when he’s in the office! And feel free to let me or Tad know if you see anything inappropriate that I might have missed.
I think this place is really unique in that it’s a totally friendly place where people can talk openly without all the usual crap you have to deal with. I want things to stay that way!
Thanks for saying something folks. Really appreciate it.
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You’re right, people posting somewhat dickish comments is just part of the way the internet works.
I think part of the reason that it was worth mentioning is that E3 may have attracted a few more people but also because we have our little community here. So when we’re a little bit cranky with each other, we tend to be pretty civil about it or at least forgive it but when a non-regular does the same it tends to stand out a little more.
Internet sociology. I used to have fun making stuff up about that back when I was a regular on a rather large forum.
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In saying it’s not the regulars is not to say that the people doing it aren’t regular with it. One guy in particular I’ve noticed has been doing it a lot lately. But then that’s the nature of the Internet isn’t it?
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I’m loving your current handle. I hope you keep it because it is made of icy awesomeness.
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You know every time I see this guy start a thread of comments I can hear the Arnie Mr Freeze in my head saying “Allow me to break the ice!”
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One name keeps popping out at me as well. Wonder if it’s the same one.
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Is it “Effluvium Boy”?
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His posts are all poop!
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Whoa man! Don’t get al snarky with me!
I don’t want your ‘Flame War’ starting shiznitz all up in ma face yo!
Only joking! You’re pretty much the only guy who comments on all my funny stuff.
And you were the one who came up with Jamie What?.
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I already have a few I’ve targeted for human extermination that I’ve seen on articles… especially this one guy that loves to pick fights with other commenters even with the editor at times which just disgusts me to no end
I agree whole heartedly. I really don’t like going into random posts with childish insults being thrown around.i’n my anger I’ll admit I usually reply to these people and maybe make it worse :(. However I like you qbo really enjoy coming here and never have had a problem with Tay people. So I vow not to take the bait of critical comments
I agree, but only partially. Partially because for whatever reason, our hobby breeds trolls and zealots, people out to ruin others days or people with a narrow view and a chip on their shoulder.
Those posts (while not in TAY) have been here as long as I’ve been reading, which is probably about 5 years. The thing is, they’re not just here, they’re everywhere. You may be totally right and that it’s on the rise here, but I haven’t noticed a dramatic change in the frequency.
All that said, fantasy lore tells us that trolls can only be killed with acid or fire. So if the population grows too unruly, I’m sure us regulars can wade in and teach them a thing or two about flames.
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If all else fails….
Q-man, I love you. Was planning on saying something myself actually.
Reading some comments in the last few weeks the tone has reminded me of what the US site was like when I used to mostly hang around there and just look at the AU tagged articles here. I have a feeling there has been a mass exodus from Kotaku US and the refugees have ended up here.
Also, the box that used to say something about only intelligent respectful and funny comments being approved has disappeared, maybe we need to bring something like that back so people know the guidelines which made this place so great?
It’s not me is it? Cos if it is I had no idea and also I haven’t noticed it happening soooo…
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I too have missed this influx of bad blood. Q-bo’s post left me slightly confused. I am confused. Who what to the where now?
Kot AU, to it’s credit, is hands down the nicest place on the interwebs I have EVER, EVER posted.
Flame wars are pretty funny though. I actually can’t see it happening around here. You guys should see the stuff that goes down over in the Oz Tekken community forums!!!
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It’s been a combination of the E3 stuff and the Sony hacker situation. Both those events have brought in more readers, and some just need to get with the program. I think I’ll be a bit more strict with the comments I approve from now on.
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Fear not Mark. I possess a very strong flame shield.
I used to say fight fire with fire, and that’s why I got kicked out of the fire brigade.
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See why I hate the human english language? 😛
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You are spot on Mark with everything as usual! 😀 Sadly, this is the internet, I know. But like I said, it really shouldn’t have to be up to you to parent every post. I just wish some people could voice their disagreements with others in a slightly more tactful way. I really only ever go to Kotaku for anything gaming related because of its awesome community.
But, I will say, here’s me having a right bloody whinge (got my pants pulled up to tight around my nipples I guess, my age is creeping in…) and there’s the ever wise Strange actually coming up with a thoughtful solution! I wish I was that clear headed! I hadn’t even noticed that bit about “intelligent respectful and funny comments” had gone. Its a very good suggestion and I approve of her wise idea on its re-implementation! 😀
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For example. There’s a typo in While You Were Sleeping today.
The way that I’d alert him (if I’d even bother for such a small article as WYWS): “@Serrels Hey you’ve got a typo in WYWS today: ‘I believe that is an impossible tast’. Might want to fix it”
The way that has been common recently: “Typical standards of journalism that I would expect from Kotaku: ‘I believe that is an impossible tast‘. Seriously? How hard is it to run a spellchecker over your articles. Hire a copy editor if that’s too much effort. Just don’t waste our time with these rushed piece of shit articles. I’m not even sure that I can trust what this guy is writing, he’s obviously not putting any time into proofreading, he’s probably not putting any into research either.
It’s rediculous (sic) how the quality of writing on this site has been going downhill for months now.”
PS: There’s a typo in the article Mark 😛
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HA!
It’s funny ’cause it’s true… -
To be fair, I’ve been on the warpath about the amount of spelling/grammar errors in the American articles, to the point that I pretty much just don’t read Plunkett’s anymore.
HOWEVER: there’s still a little thing called decorum.
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Oh it’s definitely not you! That Jimu Kong guy though…. 😛
Although I did wonder for a bit if meeting us Brisbane people in real life had scared you away!
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NAhhhhhhhh, was just movin’.
Not nets at hewm, so it’s all work visits.
You did long ago test my patience meter a lot but I’m now more tolerant of it. So don’t worry, I won’t be terminating you today human
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Is this serious?
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I’m afraid so. I was just proving to myself that my software that I self-installed over the years into my progamming, can make me more secure and mature by not snapping at you for it. Hence why you probably never noticed.
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Oh bum…
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You’re right. I said something to this effect in my kudos nomination email to Mark last week, commended the whole mod crew and said to keep their spirits up in the face of all the negative overnight comments that were coming in.
One thing I can recommend is not to feed the trolls. If somebody makes an obviously inflammatory comment, just ignore it. I’ve stopped myself on the verge of writing annoyed responses a few times recently.
And that guy who was harassing Jimu about his Alien movie preferences a couple of pages back is a total jerk.
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WOH!
I just was like 3 people ripping into me cos I like a diff Alien movie.
NICE!
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Go intarwebs…half of that sentance just dissapeared…
It was something about me going back and reading that post.
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Where was that?! Did it happen yesterday? If so, I’m sorry I wasn’t around to help.
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You can go back now and add your two cents – provided that you appreciate that Aliens is one of, if not the, best of the first four Alien movies – not the WORST!!
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LOL reading back, to be fair – no one actually harrassed Jimu, just threw their two cents in.
I seriously thought Jimu was trolololololing when he listed Aliens last…:P
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I’ve only seen Aliens once. I was 10 and completely not ready for horror and I seriously could not sleep for about 3 months. I’ve never watched it again because I am a great big baby.
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Aliens was practically a comedy. Watch it now, you’ll see how poor the puppetry is. 😛
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*bites* Blasphemy! Aliens is a masterpiece, and don’t spit on Stan Winstons beautiful alien effects when he’s but 2 years in the ground!!
Stop your heinous trolling TadMod, you should know better! 😀
*giggles*
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I’ve got a great idea on how we should deal with these nasty people…
…Scare them away with extreme bec’rollage 😛
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NooooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, I’ll probably click on it by mistake!
Just wanted to put in 2 cents here. I don’t post often, but I do read you guys an awful lot (I tend to go to sites as much for the comments as the stories). This site and RockPaperShotgun have my favourite comment communities on the web, even if the rps threads do quite often end up as arguments about grammar.
You’re going to get idiots and trolls anywhere. Nature of the game. The regulars here however just deal with it better than most other places.
Don’t let them get you down, keep doing your thing, and remember Wheaton’s law.
That being said, I think I know that one name that’s been bugging everyone recently… Spoiler alert, it was that Duke Nukem guy who showed up for a day then buggered off again.
Ok so reading through all the replies makes me feel a little better – I really thought you meant me! Well… at least I’m hoping you didnt mean me :/
I’ve been a bit over opinionated, particularly of late, so I’m honestly sorry if I have offended anyone…
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No way man! Definitely not you! 😀
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I’m a couple of hours late, but I haven’t really noticed much of this… maybe I don’t read some of the more debated articles?
Still, nice to see that people are aware that it’s been going on and that Mark et al are on top of it.
TGIF peoples!!! Remember that time when we hit over 2k posts? What’s going on this week TAY – not good enough! You’re making baby Jesus cry!!
Nah, kidding, I think an average of 200 posts per day (based on business days only!) is fantastic, and I’m proud to be a part of this awesome community!!
Caffeine, banana bread and then off to work!
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TGIF X 10
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was about to +1 the TGIF call, then i remembered that my coach has moved training to tonight…
WHO WANTS TO TRAIN ON A FRIDAY! FRIDAY IS FOR RELIGIOUS THINGS LIKE NOT EATING MEAT AND DRINKING BEER! (Only kidding you zealots out there, you can eat whatever you want with your beer).
Seriously I should just quit sport and take up gaming full time and grow large…I hear the name “Eats-a-Lot” is free 😛
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Yowza, who trains on a Friday night?! (She says, as she participates in a clan training session for a Friday night)
Eats-a-Lot.. will never be free.
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Going to track down Aliens trilogy on Blu-ray soon if it kills me. Despite owning a PS3 for a couple of years, this will be my first blu-ray purchase.
On that point, remember that bit in Aliens when Apone is waking all the marines up (“I love the core!”) and Hudson backtalks him.
Apone, cigar in hand, says “Look into my eye”. And that’s it. No threat, no follow up statement. Just “Look into my eye”.
How goddamn awesome is that huh?
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Don’t want Ressurection? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
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NOOOOOOO!!!!! was my reaction to pretty much every scene in Resurrection.
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Wow, just wow.
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I read that Alien article yesterday and the Resurrection description was spookily just like me.
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I love Ressurection.
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I like that Brad Dourif was in Alien: Resurrection. And that’s all that I like about Alien: Resurrection.
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So do I.
I think it’s a bit like Final Fantasy XIII in that if it wasn’t called an Alien movie people would have liked it better. -
But would we have watched/played them?
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JB Hi-Fi Chermside has the whole collection with the sweet light up egg. They had 2 on the shelf when I was there over the weekend.
Funnily enough I was thinking about buying these this weekend… Inceptioned?
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BWWWWWAAAAAARRRRRNNNNN
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doo doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo doo
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNN
“We gotta go deeper!!!”
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You know what? I’ve never actually watched a whole Alien/s movie. I’ve seen bits and pieces here and there on TV, but never watched through a whole one. What’s wrong with me!?
My ladyfriend bought it for my bday earlier in the year. It… is… beautiful. Especially the first one, with all dem luscious shots of the planet, ship int, alien ship… OMG I want to go watch it now.
Go get it my friend, and be merry!
How in the name of Weyland Yutani did we go from Sargeant Apone to discussing the merits of one of the worst sci-fi films of the last 20 years? DAMN YOU INTERNET
“A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal’s a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I LOVE the Corps! ”
Love Apone!
True to the action movie cliche, BGDF (Black Guy Dies First!)
Not technically FIRST but part of the first lot to get wasted in the alien nest..
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“A day in the Marine Corps is like a day on the farm. Every meal’s a banquet! Every paycheck a fortune! Every formation a parade! I LOVE the Corps! ”
HELLS. YES.
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I though the cliche was ‘guy with sweetheart back home dies first’?
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Also applicable.
But in the case of movies where you have an ensemble cast, usually the token black guy gets pwned first.
Case in point – Aliens the only TWO black guys in the Colonial Marines squad are the first ones to get popped – Frost and Apone.
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And now I’m going back to TV-Tropes…
God Dammit.
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Black suit Spidey hoodie?
My poor wallet!
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If I manage to get the red suit and you the black…let’s do lunch!
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That blacksuit spiderman one is awesome… i wouldn’t be caught dead in the captain america one, however
these are also pretty rad
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/hoodies/e774/-
Unfortunatly they seemed to have screwed the eyes on black costume(picky picky).
I think the Cap America one is the best, but no, I cannot strut around in an American flag.
I think stormtrooper is best in your link.
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Aw man if I felt the cold I’d so be in the Cap or Boba hoodies. Where’s Iron Man though?
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drunk…
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So I been on the lookout for a new cap. I didn’t go out in the sun for over a decade so I haven’t needed one. Since the boy was born I have been making more and more trips to the park.
So I went to my local comics shop and they have a sweet collection of caps available, game ones and comic ones.
I really liked the one with the NES controller and it got me thinking.
I want one with a SNES controller! Dammit, there’s all this love for retro gaming but it’s all Atari and Sega Logos and NES controllers.
I aint down with that, the pinnacle of 2D gaming in my mind is the SUPER FRIKKIN NINTENDO.
Where’s my Super Nintendo controller hat? WHERE???
On a similar note, where are these websites that let you design your own shirts on the cheap? I swear someone told me about one and I never saw the link.
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I had a SNES controller on a shirt once. It was emblazoned across the chest like a majestic eagle.
I went into General Pants with a pal. One of the sales chicks there screamed “I LOVE SUPER NINTENDO” and then pretended to play with the controller. She pinched my nipple. She knew she did it. I knew she did it. We locked eyes, turned on our heels and went our separate ways.
Moral of the story? Don’t go into General Pants wearing a SNES cap, you might lose an eye.
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After meeting you face to face at welbo’s, all your comments have come to life!
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Haha, I know. I could absolutely see his comment unfolding as if I was watching a video!
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“She could have been the love of your life”!
“She was”. -
This was an awesome little story.
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Forget SNES! Get one of these! http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/hats-ties/e08a/
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Hey Jimu! Just sos you knows, I got bored one day (this is how most of my stories start oddly enough) and did vector reproductions of EVERY Nintendo controller in illustrator. Even the regional variants. And my own hybrid monster.
If you find somewhere that lets you do your own, I can send you a Hi-res SNES controller image.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/cronotriggr/nintendo3.jpg
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Your “hybrid monster” needs to be on a shirt. STAT!
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Wow. I was so expecting people to be all “WTF is that? ABOMINATION!” and grab the pitch forks.
I should make a shirt for each one. Keep everyone happy.
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You, ser, are dangerously close to becoming my odder brudda.
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Don’t know if you saw it but I commented about just that thing last week.
Jamie What?
June 10, 2011 at 11:41 AMIt’s not the same without Jimu. He’s like the brother I never had because he was carried of by giant eagles at birth and taken to the lair of an anthropomorphic cranberry called Ulysses.
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Yeah, no. Didn’t see it.
If there are any more posts about how great I am feel free to re-post them!
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Shoor thing bruh.
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I had a ‘slap bet commissioner’ shirt made up for a mate at work a while back. I’m pretty sure it was http://www.pistolclothing.com.au
Pretty good system. Upload a pdf (for transparent background’s sake, gif or eps might work too) and you can resize it and move it around on a mockup before you order.
Why s it always the day after a comp has closed that you think of an awesome entry?!
“The bard formally known as a prince”
Dammit Wilma!!
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That is a good one, mine sucked.
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I’m fairly sure that someone made a similar joke.
I also think my Lord Evony of Copyright Infringement joke didn’t get approved. Which is a good thing, because that was a bad joke that was not only not funny, but served as a reminder of those truly terrible Evony ads.
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Speaking of Evony, I loved the parody ads Popcap did for plants vs zombies.
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gold!
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Frankincense!
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Myrrh!
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Myrrh!
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JINX!
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Dood! You are on fire today with the wit. Ar eyou hopped up on goofballs or something??
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*Silence*
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Don’t worry Loops, someone already went there for you. There was a response similar to that on the first page.
Someone tell me when the Telstra ads are gone again, I’ve had to turn adblock on again because the loadtimes have been so excrutiatingly slow. It’s always the Telstra ads, makes me wonder if they’re in the right business. 😛
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I want the Alice ad back. I thought it made the pages look cool.
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Although I enjoyed the changing eye colours, those black background ads seem to hurt my ‘putener most!
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See how slow your Internet is? Just imagine how fast it would be if you were with telstra! Simply hand over the deed to your house and your firstborn child and they’ll make sure your bill doubles every month.
Sorry, I’ve had a few bad experiences with telstra.
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Hasn’t everyone?
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Even if you work for them it doesn’t get any better 😛
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The following exchange happened this morning as I was making coffee. SOS is my sweet-laydeh.
SOS – Uhh, you need two hands to make one piece of toast. If I had four arms, look out.
ME – You need to be Goro.
SOS – Who?
ME – Goro. You know, the four armed guy from Mortal Kombat.
SOS – Ohhhhh you mean Gweero.
ME – Pretty sure it’s pronounced Goro.
SOS – Nah, it’s Gweero because that way if someone beats you with him you can say “Only queeros use Gweero” Plus, he’s got that sweet sonic boom attack. (Does action) SONIC BOOM!
ME – (blank face as I realise my girlfriend has amalgamated 2 characters based solely on the spelling of their name)
SOS – Anyway, you gonna butter this other piece of toast or do I gotta get all Gweero Sonic-Boom on yo’ face. (does action)
Sometimes…
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Hey, at least you can have conversations like that.
Here’s how the same conversation would go in my home:
[KT – Uhh, you need two hands to make one piece of toast. If I had four arms, look out.
ME – You need to be Goro.
KT – Who?
ME – Goro. You know, the four armed guy from Mortal Kombat.]
KT – Is that a game?
ME – Never mind.
KT – You are such a nerd. (But I love you)-
I’m getting in on this:
Me: toast four arms etc…
WAIFU: *rolls eyes*
Me: *sobbing*
The boy: BA!
ME: *smiling*-
PSML! And toast should be of the raisin variety only with butter. Unless its vegemite, in which case white bread and marg. All other toasts go home! Unless its honey toast, in which case the toast should be a crumpet.
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Did you say Raisin bread?
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What the hell kind of man are you?
Get out.
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Hey, at least you can have conversations like that.
Here’s how the same conversation would go in my home:
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ME – You need to be Goro.
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ME – *sigh*-
These just continued to get better and better. I lold heartily at this one.
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+1
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+9000!
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I didn’t lol, I went “Awwww”, and felt sad.
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That’s why I skip breakfast.
So I can avoid conversations with girlfriends I don’t have.
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[!APPROVED!]
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With me, it’d go a little like this.
Q – Uhh, you need two hands to make one piece of toast. If I had four arms, look out.
ME – You need to be Goro.
Q – Don’t you mean Sheeva?
ME – Uh… Who?
Q – From Mortal Kombat.
ME – Is she a ninja?
Q – ….
ME – With the mouth?
Q – No. She’s like a female Goro.
ME – Oh… I knew that.
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Hypothetical pwnage.
lol, at least shes grasping the fundamentals.
my sweet lady: “Whats a Mortal Kombat?”
A shame she isn’t aware of Guile’s other move…
Flash Kick!
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Was that a rude comment?
Do you want to see this man’s woman’s ‘ginie?-
Guile only has two special moves. I’m just disappointed that the more hilarious option was not taken.
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Ok. After reading you post Jimu a series of random events occured in my deviate brain.
1. hehe, ‘ginie
2. *music plays* “im a ‘ginie in a bottle…”
3. “From the makers of Unicorn in a Can – Its: “GINIE IN A BOTTLE”SOMEONE MAKE THIS NOW!
Now I have to attempt to do some work and be productive with ‘ginie in a bottle playing on repeat in my head.
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‘Someday’ – Fragrance by Justin Bieber.
‘Bout as close to ginie in a bottle you’ll ever get.
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For best results with the beiber-stank do I have to drive at the speed-limit in a school zone whilst playing a song from bish’s school zone playlist? (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/talk-amongst-yourselves-105/comment-page-4/#comment-293954)
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I think someone has already made that. It’s called a Fleshlight.
Don’t Google that at work, folks.
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Marky Mark, any ideas on whether Kotaku Oz readers will get to see this ??
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I think so – but I’ll need to double check.
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Cheers for looking into it!
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SUGHLY!!!
I HAVE TEE IDEA I NEED YOUR HELP ON!!
IT’S EPIC!!!
…well kinda.. lol
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Gah! So much is happening in TAY, I cant keep up!! Man, I was meant to be out the door like an hour ago too. I made the mistake of going ‘Ah I’ll just see whats happening quickly in TAY’. Also, I’m yet to reply to the epic flaming thread you started earlier. GAH! WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME!! *gasps for breath*
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Just yer Brudderly love…
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*extends arms out, nervous and shaking*
Oh wait, ‘brudderly’ love… ok, nevermind then.
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Just comprehend this for a moment
Captain falcon with a lady in one hand, a big thumbs up, standing behind a table with a big bowel of punch… with big words saying
FALCON PUNCH!!
😀
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That. Is. Brilliant.
On that note, where would one get one of your shirts from. I did see them ages ago but have now completely forgotten due to a terrible memory.
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Chuloopa, you should totally link it in your name!
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I CAN DO THAT!?!?!
THEN I’D BE RED TOO??!?!?!!
Is the world ready for a red chuloopa???
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You sir!
Genius!
How bout:
Gamers do it… for the achievements.
or
Role Players do it… for the XP.
or
XBOX Live… have you had your sexuality questioned by a 13 year old lately?
or
I’m only here whilst my Playstation installs an update.
or
Starcraft Multiplayer… providing crushing humiliation from the comfort of your own home since the 90’s.
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I like… i like… especially the live one.. i think the first 2 have been done before, though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2-TGUlwu4&feature=youtu.be
Look at the loading bar for this video 😀
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Having my laptop permanently on mute makes me more adventurous than most when deciding whether to click on your links Lamb Man. I can tell people this is Rebecca Black free, unless you count the fact that, hilariously it’s among the recommended videos in the sidebar.
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Groovy
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Good to know
Blaghman! I just saw your response to my Alien film discussion and gave you a special little warm hearted reply. Well, warm hearted in the sense that I used it as an opportunity to praise myself really.
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TAYbies = TAY regulars
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(That was in response to a previous post of yours)
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Just to confirm, I don’t hate any of the Alien movies. It’s a great series(AVP not included).
I am aware that Alien is a better film, that doesn’t stop me from enjoying Ressurection the most.
You see how that works?
I aint flaming.-
Yeah I can dig it. I’m feelin you brah.
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Mr. Mark Serrels
I just finished reading that link to the LA Noire Article you posted at some point.
Great article.
Will you be linking to more great articles in future, or are such things few and far between?
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Was written by Tom Bissel
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I will link to great articles. If I find them!
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Just so you know, I like your writin’s too. Just can’t handle the R18+ issue and have stopped reading to save my sanity.
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So, you’ll be linking all your own articles?
…Hey, what’s this brown stuff on my nose!?
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Nuttella
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I used to eat nutella straight out of the jar. True story.
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I still do that. At work. Right now.
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And Milo…mmmmmm…
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Remember those little kids snack packs for lunchboxes that were seriously just a plastic container, nutella, and a spatula thingy?
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Good times indeed…
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When next we meet, Imma buy you a small tub of nutella to make up for your deprived childhood.
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The main kids snack I remember is the yogo chocolate yoghurt snack pack that was square and split into two triangles, one of yogo, the other full of biscuit crumbs and you can fold it in half to dip the crumbs in to mix it into the yogo… ahhh good times of primary school
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These were/are amazing
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And that’s why we stopped buying Nutella in my house…
JIMU
I HAVE SOLUTION FOR YOU
1. Hat
2. SNES Controller
3. Tape
4. http://i52.tinypic.com/20q17pk.jpg
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Augh what, I swear I clicked ‘Reply’, damn me!
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What a waste of a perfectly good snes troller! Really though, I need one. I have two and both have literally lost their start buttons. As in the fell out.
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Same thing happened to mine. Need a new one. And a new snes. My sister left it in Ireland for years and I think the box wasn’t stashed well. It’s all yellow and ewwey.
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I’m pretty sure I have two. I don’t need more than one so I’ll see if I can dig it out for you. Could take a while though, sometimes my house looks like an episode of ‘Hoarders’. 😛
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What?! No way! I wouldnt even LET you do that! You need two controllers dammit! For like… 2 player stuff. And even if you dont play said 2 player stuff, chances are your start button will fall out the moment you give away the other troller. So no little lady, not accepting!
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I like that there’s screw drivers etc in the background. Made me lol.
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Same here.
I imaginged a video montage involving sawing timber, welding steel, and dusting off grubby hands while admiring the end product.
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Can I buy that one from you?
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5. Profit!
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So it has gotten to the point where TAY doesn’t load and all I see is the Logo and the Telstra add. I just had to refresh 3 times after my ‘putener just gave up…3 times.
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but… but… you posted!
How can that be?
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Is very simple, on the third time it worked.
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Maybe 3 have hacked the Telstra ads and are trying to make you think of ‘3’ subliminally.
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I have a 3 phone, never used that functionality. Just bought it cheap.
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I had to resort to turning on AdBlock. It hasn’t been much help.
Tad, Mark, Somebody, can you see why Telstra ads in particular seem to cause this slowdown?
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It’s because Telstra want to slow down the internet so you think your provider sucks and you’ll switch to them because their ad is the last thing you saw before your internet broke so they’re the first company you think of when wanting to change.
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CUNNING!
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We can’t do anything about it, unfortunately. We’ve told Telstra of our complaints, and they’ve responded by doing nothing about it.
Sorry guys. It’s a short campaign though, so it won’t last long.
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Reminds me of the fiasco that is the official AFL site. Completely useless for everyone not using Internet Explorer through Telstra, barely useful for anyone in that situation and nothing that can be done about it because Telstra apparently doesn’t really care about quality internet services.
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Telstra don’t care about quality service period.
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So who does everyone get their landlines from?
I hear the bagging out of the big two alla the time, but whenever I’ve had BIG issues with phones in the past, shit gunts like Dodo have failed miserably and Telstra has had to come in to pick up the pieces.
They’re not great to deal with, but they’ve done the best job for me.
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Why is there no decent Darth Sidious Minecraft skin on the internets?? Looks like I’ll have to make my own…
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Weren’t you jinxed? Or did someone type your name?
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HAHA!
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After 7GB+ of downloading last night, I got Monday Night Combat on PC, Ratchet & Clank and Wipeout HD on my PS3. That’s the biggest off peak download I’ve done in a single night
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I keep forgetting to get my welcome back games, I did get Ratchet & Clank, but then I had to make more space for inFamous. Now I can’t get back to the welcome back game selections…
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it should be in your lists of down loads. dw i gasped when i did this aswell
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You can get to it through Account Management -> Services List (Or something like that)
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Cheers! I’ll try it when I get home 😀
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That’s what she said…
I posted this on Twitter last night, kinda.
Did anyone actually call Sigint in MGS3? And for that matter Master Miller in MGS1. I mean, you’re forced to hear his rant at the start of MGS1 after that no mention until he takes out his scrunchie and gets all “Hello brother!”
Sigint + Master Miller = Useless.
Oh and if Rose didn’t save your game I would never call her.
Do you know what today is?
Ugh, I dunno your birthday?
-monologue-
SEE THIS IS WHY I DON’T ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS! HAVE YOU SEEN HOW TIGHT MY SHIRT IS! I GOTTA DEAL WITH THAT AND PEOPLE WITH SUPER POWERS AND SOME SORT OF AI TRAINING PROGRAM THING!
I’m sorry, Jack.
AGGGHH! WE HAVE CODENAMES FOR A REASON! SO THEY CAN’T FIGURE OUT WHO I AM! That’s it! When I get home we are having a serious talk!
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Would you like to save?
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I was in love with all the talking in the first MGS. Used to call up everyone all the time.
Never played 2 properly.
Had a rushed game of 3 as I played it on a borrow.
No PS3 so no 4.
Loved Port Ops …why am I telling you this?-
I’ve only just started the series, I’m up to the car chase fight right at the end of MGS1, and its giving me the sheets!
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Ooohhhh! With Meryl or Otacon?
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Otacon, I didn’t know you could change who it was?!
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Oh Gusman… You’ll need to play through again. But you’ll have something a lil extra to make it easier.
😉
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Is having Meryl the better ending?
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It depends on what type of player you are.
Meryl – Run and Gunner
Otacon – StealthFor memory the endings aren’t that different, it’s just the items you receive.
Also you need to wait for the end of the credits. When I was 12 and saw that for the first time, it blew my effing mind.
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I thought it depended on whether or not you submitted to the torture?
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It does, I was saying that the endings/post items are better decided on if you identify what type of player you are.
Meryl – Run and Gunner (infinite ammo)
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woop! I see…
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I was laughing out loud at Liquid’s inability to die. So ludicrous, and great!
Why wouldn’t you tell me this!
I started Portable Ops but then got sidetracked by the army collecting part and never finished it. (What a hunk that Campbell was, but!)
Played the shit out of 1 & 2 but definitely played 3 the most.
4 I’ve finished enough to not have to play entirely again. Plus I’ve got saves at the start of all the chapters so I can just start at the cool locations whenever I feel like it.
Never played AC!D though. I hear that’s a good thing.
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Some people enjoy AC!D, I’m not one of them.
I called everybody all the time – otherwise the MGS games were criminally short 😛
The Codec conversations were the best part of those games. Even (especially) the weird Rose ones in MGS2, because of what it led to.
I *BIGHEART* MGS2.
Gusman,
Welcome to Kotaku TAY. Now prepare yourself the madness and rough lovin’ that comes along with being welcomed into the community!!!!!!
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/braces self
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DAMN IT!
the one day i forget my lube…oh well, looks like we’re doing this au-naturale
*hawks up some spit*
I’m gunna welcome you like a pig, boy!!!
SQUUUEEE!!!
*ahem*
I mean, welcome! Enjoy your stay! Buy my merchandise!
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LOOL! I don’t know why but I thought that was really funny.
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Because anal rape?
Or haven’t you seen that movie?
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***awaits Q with TAY initiation paddle***
Oh and merch is available here
http://www.chuloopaoverload.toctopus.com/home?ma=4-
daw you’re a sweetheart… but more accurately, you are now my pimp!
HUZA-DON’THITMEPLEASEDADDY!!!! -
Errrr, not sure how to say this but… well, ok, lets just say the paddle is in need of repairs. *whistles*
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/loves Gusman roughly
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I’m Dan!
I don’t know why I use a handle anymore.
I pimp my shitty videos and then disappear for weeks only to reappear and write shitty jokes.
I also lurv Titanic. 😉
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Haha thanks guys, the rough love is much appreciated!
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It’s not over yet…
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… Or maybe it is?
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He still has to perform The Crossing of the Desert
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Nobody snuggles with Max Power. You strap yourself in and feel the “G”s!
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HAI!!!
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Greetings!
Welcome to die!
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Do you, by any chance, happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
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I didn’t kill your father! Please don’t kill me, I’m not prepared to die!
Mark Knopfler wrote the music to Princess Bride. What a kick ass musician.
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The first sword fight is perhaps one of the greatest filmed.
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Grr… you humans are multiplying again… I mean welcome!
Wow, some people seem to be rather passionate about the inverted/non-inverted debate.
For the record, you’re all wrong. Only my way of doing things is correct!
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Can’t we all be right?
Please.
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That’s what I always read from those zealots on that second line. My step dad is the same way too 😛
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Unless your way differs from mine. If not, then yes. You are correct.
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To be honest I’m surprised at how many people said they played inverted. I always assumed everyone played non-inverted except on flight simulators.
You think you know the habbits of fellow gamers and then something like this drops on you. Next they’ll be telling me most people use their hands to hold controllers instead of their feet.
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That reminds me of something that tends to blow people’s minds.
Approximately half of all men wipe their rear sitting down. The other half standing up. Neither half is aware of the other half’s existence and cannot contemplate doing it any way other than how they do it.
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I just got an idea for a new poll…
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This does not bode well.
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Wait, what?! But how do they… Why would… I don’t…
What is going on here?!?
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My thoughts exactly.
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this reminds me of the debate on whether to fold toilet paper before wiping or to just scrunch it up
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You wipe?
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this is why I love you man!
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Also back to front or front to back.
For another poll, I guess…
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Lifehacker did an article on that… I felt odd reading it.
Ultimately, for guys it doesn’t matter.
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The validity of that final statement is entirely dependant upon whether your way of doing things is the same as the way I do things…
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But I thought you were right. Which means if I’m wrong you can’t be right which means you’re mistaken. But if you are mistaken, then I must have also been wrong which means that you were right so the only correct answer is my head hurts.
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If you agree with me, you are right. If you don’t, you are a heretic that must be burned.
Really, it’s quite simple.
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Well, the good news is the burning has taken the focus off my headache.
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I’m also surprised of how many people invert as well, everyone I know is non-invert. They get pissed when we’re sharing controllers, having to go to the options menu all the time haha
I couldn’t help but lol at this so hard. I’m not meaning any offense to any christians on Kotaku, just FYI…
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Please tell me this is a dedicated trolling site…
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Yeah, Landover Baptist is an awsome parody website.
I think we had some drama here a while ago about it.
very funny stuff
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I can’t view this site because “Hate/discrimination”.
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Haha er um ha Uh hahaha er what?
I can’t tell if this is completely serious or a pisstake. Same goes for all the replys.
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I’m of the firm belief that it is satire.
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Are they being serious? lol…
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Ladies and gentlemen, if you did not know what Poe’s Law was before now, this is a perfect example.
Poe’s Law states “Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won’t mistake for the real thing.”
Even with the indication that it is humourous (such as Stephen Colbert) people can still mistake a parody for the real thing. Yep, that’s right. There are right wingers that think that Colbert is on their side and is simply lampooning the left’s view of right wing politics. Oddly enough, they still find him funny.
Also, Landover is a parody.
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Yeah I figured that out after I read the first few lines xD, but since I never saw it before, this came to mind…
http://www.hooptywagon.com/img/macros/cant-tell-if-stupid-or-trolling.jpg
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WHEW.
So glad this is a parody.
Was just about to start banging my head against the nearest wall.
Also, Poe’s Law is SO TRUE.
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I was chatting to my friend Penelope.
Apparently her mum’s two sisters wanted to start a variety act utilising sea faring miscreants.
I refused to take her seriously.
I mean, who would pay to see the Pirates of Pen’s Aunts?
Sorry. I couldn’t come up with a better set up.
Apologies to everyone who didn’t get the pun.
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Haaaaaahahahahaha
As someone who is usually too slow or uninformed to pick up on, well, most things, I must say, understanding this pun makes me feel unjustifiably clever. -
ROFL! 😛
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I am the very model of a scientist Salarian…
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The first time I discovered this (with no warning) I literally sat there laughing for ten minutes.
So unexpected. So awesome.
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Best pun EVER! 😛
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I can Mak-a-do with your joke…
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A young man gets a promotion.
As thanks for their support, he sends his parents off on a holiday.
So they go to Hawaii, to enjoy the son’s raise.-
I think more than a regular ‘ha’ so I’ll give you a low ha.
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I see what you did there!
Maximum Smirkage Initiated!(Side note: That’s not my own pun. I’m cleearly not as clever as yourself)
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have you ever watched any of The Two Ronnies?
Ronnie Barker is a wordplay genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pgq5Qf8VXLg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz2-ukrd2VQ
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I am well aware of the Two Ronnies.
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You’ve probably seen this, but:
http://youtu.be/kAG39jKi0lI
(For those who are unaware, Orange is a Telco in the UK) -
I saw that. It was awesome.
Can’t say I ever liked Harry Enfield much.
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Whoever (Tad?) posted about 0.999 recurring = 1 earlier (last week?), you might like this.
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
That is EXACTLY how I feel! 😛
I just purchased a third party PS3 controller. The analog sticks are in the correct position (just like the 360 controller).
The features listed on the box include: Comfort Textured Grips and Buttons Glow!
Like I said on Twitter, I expect there to be war over this comment. So let me explain my reasoning for why the 360 is right and the PS3 is wrong.
Playstation controllers are effectively unchanged from the SNES days when the D-Pad was the main form of control. Just look at a SNES controller (or a Dual Shock, or a Nintendo Classic Controller), the D-Pad is in the same position as the buttons. Effectively where they intend for your thumb to be.
Then when analog sticks were introduced, Sony didn’t want to change their button layout, so they wedged the two sticks in the spare space in the middle of the controller. If you are to use the left thumb stick, your thumb will not be resting in a position that is symmetrical with where your thumb rests on the right side of the controller.
That is bad.
Because I say so.
The 360 (and before that the Xbox, Gamecube and Dreamcast) got it right by putting the main movement control (left thumb stick) in the same position as the buttons. So your thumbs rest symmetrically. The occasionally used D-Pad and right thumb stick are in positions where they can be easily reached for short bursts of time but not where you would plan on resting your hand.
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I AGREE
Conflict resolved!
I’m a helper! -
I think that may be it.
Also, the triggers on the PS3 controller feel abnormal.
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I think that’s because the triggers on the PS3 controller are made of concentrated fail. Which is why most PS3 shooters use R1 instead of R2 to shoot. This is something that displeases me greatly.
I will still be using my DS3 for Demon’s Souls. That is a game that clearly had the DS3 layout in mind when working out the controls.
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I really don’t like triggers at all.
I’ve tested it in MotionJoy, but they just don’t feel like they have linear sensitivity (MotionJoy says otherwise). Maybe it’s just my finger pressure sensitivity that’s off. And really, I have no use for them. In games with guns they make sense I guess, but in games with cars (NFS: HP and LA Noire), I usually just slam down the trigger and go full throttle anyway, regulating my speed through braking.
Maybe I am just an old man too accustomed to buttons. All these new fangled interface devices should get off mah darn lawn.
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Yep, I prefer the 360 controller to the ps3 controller too. 🙂
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My thumbs always end up bumping together when I use a PS3 controller.
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That’s why I’m eyeing off the Batman controller.
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I was eyeing off the Batman controller. Then I saw this one for $50 and figured it would probably be just as good and almost definitely cheaper.
Also, no waiting.
So I bought it.
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That is a great theory except that fact that it’s wrong.
Because I say so. 😛
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I can happily play with both, no problems. Prefer PS controls cos the D-Pad is actually good. DS also has a good D-Pad.
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Trjn!
What controller? I am looking and looking, but can only find mixed reviews on all third-parties with decent analog stick placements!How do you like your new one, and what is it, and where did you get it, and what did you pay?
*gasp*
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It is a Power A Pro Elite Wireless Controller. Picked it up at EB from their sale, cost $50. Held it in store and it felt pretty okay, the girl who served me says she actually uses it at home and likes it. Cost me $50 and I’ll let you know what it’s like after the weekend because I’ll be using it quite a lot in the next few days but haven’t used it just yet.
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Actually, my fingers are thin so I find that the PS3 controller works better for me. It fits in my hand better.
The 360 controller is a bit too large and chunky for my clumsy hands. And the d-pad on the 360 one does not suit my fighting prowess at all.
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I also have tiny little girl hands but prefer the size and shape of the 360 controller.
Oddly enough, Carlos, my cohort in comic creation, prefers the PS3 controller even though he has large hands.
I think that unless we’re referring to the old Xbox Duke controllers, hand size is not as big a factor as you might expect.
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Pretend I said “co-conspirator in comic creation”. Much better alliteration.
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I swear, I am not arguing for the sake of it here!
So, I actually dig the symmetry argument, but feel that that point actually supports Sony’s design decisions. You see, in most games that have 3D gameplay, I spend most of my time with my right thumb on the right stick, feathering the camera in the direction that I want to look. As such, symmetry would suggest that my left stick is placed in line with the right one.
I also have found that, more often than not, games that don’t have 3D gameplay, tend to play a little nicer with d-pad controls. These also tend to be games that don’t require me to be using the right stick, so my right finger ends up on the buttons and symmetrical to the d-pad.
I’ll conclude this by saying that both PS3 and Xbox controllers are rubbish (or at least, they both have flaws). For some reason, Nintendo’s controllers always fit comfortably in my hands… except for the Wii U’s touch screen controller, but hopefully they have a few more months to work on that.
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I think that depends entirely on what games you are playing. An FPS has much more need for constant camera control than an Action/Adventure game. So you’re the symmetrical stick layout makes sense for games where both sticks are used heavily.
But if you’re playing something like Assassin’s Creed or Infamous, then the majority of camera movements are just going to be quick camera corrections. In which case the 360 layout makes for symmetrical thumb resting-ness.
Taking a more subjective argument, the 360 controller has a better shape that I find more comfortable and has triggers that aren’t so terrible that the developers nearly universally ignore them in favour of the other shoulder buttons :p
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It sure does depend on the game.
Things like Assassin’s Creed, which requires you to hold the A button ninety percent of the time don’t leave you much room to feather the camera to your heart’s content. But, when I can, I’ll smoothly interpolate the camera around my third person action adventure hero… that’s just how I am.
It’s worth noting that the Xbox didn’t just switch the position of the d-pad and the control stick. They replaced the d-pad with an abomination. I don’t like that thing… Not one bit.
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I finished my exam and back now! 😀
Anything happened from page 2 to 6 that I should note?
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Most excellent.
Now that you’re free, we have to make plans for your little venture into our city. After all, any excuse for a meetup is a good excuse. Except for the bad excuses, but this isn’t one of those.
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MEAT PARTICIPANT THIEF
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I… forgot to say my trip to Queensland will be postponed to end of the year. :\
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Phooey.
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Everyone complained about the tone of comments you’ve been posting.
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D: whaaaa?
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It was a close call, but you and Harli got voted Best Female Attendees at the Mini-Meat… 😀
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I was disappointed that I only got a single vote.
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That’s because they didn’t allow my proxy vote!
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Dude, if I had rocked up in my arseless leather chaps like I planned to, it would have been no contest. I’d clean up more awards than Avatar!!!!
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DUBSTEP INTERLUDE
WOB WOB WOB WOB WOB
I’m Commander Shepard, and this is my favourite dubstep tune in the Galaxy (
(Mass Effect themed – Short but very sweet 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q6OePgUQtk&feature=related
😀
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I’ve had enough of your disingenuous assertions! 😀
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It’s how I want to roll.. knocking people out if they backchat me, Shepard style, LIKE A BAWS!
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I’ve been catching up to. Apparently , there are a lot of dick-ish commenters, Q-bo told a story about his friend that made me incredibly angry and sad, it seems loops and sughly may *finally* make a t-shirt together, and Gusman is now apart of the community.
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*chinese whispers* Don’t forget Jimu apparently getting jumped by a pack of 20 Colonial Marines who disagreed with his assessment of the best movies in the Alien Quadrilogy…
I was raped a few times as part of my initiation I can tell you that much…haha
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Gusman’s orifices were thouroly enjoyed by all.
Or if any females did some raping the other thing…
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You and I go to the same scouts, I see.
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Should I feel good or bad about not ‘recieving an initiation’?
Fellow Mincraftionians will be glad to hear I’ve got my water elevator up and running again, although Notch’s last updated didn’t make it easy. It’s not as fast as it was before but it’s still faster than climbing. More time to enjoy the view.
It isn’t perfect yet, seems to work 24 out of 25 times. The 25th time? well lets just say management accepts no responsibility for any personal or property loss suffered whilst using the elevator. Also boats apparently no long cushion fall damage when landing on solid objects.
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I’ve only just started Minecraft, I wouldn’t mind seeing your elevator in action!
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Ah, so that’s what you were working on yesterday!
Must finish my epic new house tonight!
Walked in to the kitchen to reheat my lunch and was greeted by this on the message board.
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I wish somebody (anybody) had a snse of humour in my office.
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Was it a trap?
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Its a guaranteed way to catch a Cookie Monster!
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“Get back to work or this could happen to you!”
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D: THE COOKIE IS PEOPLE!!!
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You should get a permanent marker and try draw Admiral Ackbar’s face on the packaging.
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Will this do?
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I certainly do not disapprove of this at all!
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*Falls to his knees and cries tears of joy*
No…no words. No words to describe it…
Poetry! They should’ve sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful…I had no idea.
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Wow, everyone on here draws so much better than I do
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You clearly haven’t seen my drawings…
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I think every work place should have free biscuits.. My old one did and I miss it..
My belt on the other hand disagrees with this sentiment…
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HAHAHAH!!!
Red powers… ACTIVATE!!!
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A little bit of wee just came out.
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wee?? i think i just cum-ay-a-may-ha’d
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the script for the porn version of Dragon’ballZ’ really just writes itself doesn’t it..
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I was wondering when you were finally going to do that.
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as soon as i worked out how to… it’s only taken me this long
S-M-R-T
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OMG IT’S HAPPENED!!!
I’VE GONE SUPER KOTAKIAN!!!
MY COUNT… IT’S….OVER 9000!!!!
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w00p! Finally!!!
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Whuuuut? How do you find this out?
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(History dictates that epicness must now commence)
http://youtu.be/gXbghYw2vaw-
That was so cool! I got tingles.
Also, best Power Rangers offensive tactice ever at the end. lighting of the giant red fart? Genius!
Also, welcome to the club Chuloopa. Have a glass of champagne and sit in one of the comfy sofas.
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Woah.. the dude with the pin code really ruins the flow, huh? lol
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Did you notice there was a slight delay after each number? Like an old lady at the ATM. I wonder how many times he can get it wrong before it locks him out.
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Aw, I thought this was a call for communists to meet.
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A Red Meat?
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let’s beef it up!
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You’re such a ham..
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Oh no! It’s another high steaks pun-off!
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I look forward to a hearty battle.
I just hope it can liver up to the previous ones.
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Only for those who have the meatballs to take up the challenge!
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Yep, otherwise they’re just chicken.
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You guys always seem to have beefs with each other. I think its a load of bull.
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All of your poultry puns really get on my goat!!
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Osso-bucco
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Damn.
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I’m waiting for Blagh to bring home the bacon. He usually gives me a roasting. His puns are often a cut above the breast.
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If this doesn’t stop you’ll meat patty, my gristle-y friend. He’ll smack u in the chops and skewer you alive! You could say he’ll make mince-meat outa you!
I’ve got nothing on Effluvium Boy, he sure has racked up some vealy good ones. Shanks for some entertaining puns though, time for me to dice it!
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*Epic guitar solo*
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*supernatural bagpipe solo*
loops, you need TWITTER!
All the cool peeps have it 😉
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This!
Twitter is basically TAY extra. With more celebrities.
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Fatsahdy said the same thing to me.. it just seems so…. icky… i mean the word ‘twitter’ alone makes it seem like… yuk!
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oh ‘loops.
If only you knew the awesomsauce you were missing.
AWESOMESAUCE!
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Hey Jamie, just saw your reminder about Supanova being this weekend in Sydney!
I’m thinking if the ticket price justifies in me going because I’m not that interested in anime/manga and other stuff.
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is this kind of a bigger Armaggeddon Expo minus RoosterTeeth?
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I think it’s actually the other way around…
Supernova was pretty lame when i went last year, so i didn’t bother this year
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Possibly?
If you want to know what’s on you can look at http://www.supanova.com.au/
I wouldn’t mind going but it was pretty lame being there all on my own 🙁 If other people were going and didn’t mind a tag-a-long, then I’d go. If not, I’ll give it a miss.
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Yea, I’ve looked at the events schedule and exhibitors. Probably won’t have much spare cash to buy stuff though, so I’ll most likely not go.
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Yes, pretty much..
I was gonna go then Morena Baccarin pulled out…
.. actually who am I kidding I wasn’t going to be brave enough to meet her anyway.. I just know I would pass out or say something embarrassing..
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Hi chaps,
Harli referred me to a couple of comments on page 6. Thanks for the concern!
I do appreciate it, had a really rough week but I’ll hopefully be back around to post on Monday.
And if you were previously on my steam list… I sorta managed to wipe it. I’ll re-add you all tonight – sorry!
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When you weren’t here.. it… it made me realize something…
I…
I love you, man…
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This place has mostly been sickeningly cheery without you.
It is good to know you are alive!-
\o/ STEVE HOLT!
Sorry, I can’t stop myself.
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I DEMAND the return of the ChickenCat!
Oh and Harli, your response to Loops’ (totally valid IMO) question threw me to begin with. With the tummy rubbing.
Too much thinking about baybeez at my house.
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ZOMG! /facepalm
It was a reference to Strange’s accusation of me eating AP! Now after reading your comment, I totally see it in a different light now… /continues to facepalm-
Oh I know. Now.
But at first I was like WOAH! NO WAY!
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Since you participate in all the meat ups, do we now call you Super Meat Boy? 🙂
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Great name. 😛
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Take care AP! You’ve got our backs (which reminds me of http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally ).
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THAT – WAS – AWESOME!!!
Killzone 2 – $12.50
Yay or nay?
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Yay. We playz online togeh4?
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so i’m guessing that’s one yes? lol
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Meh. Killzone 2 and 3 both have kinda forgettable campaigns, but the multiplayer is kinda fun. Maybe try looking for KZ3?
Just logged into the Minecraft multiplayer server in the looooongest time. Any coordinates on where there is space for building a house (finally) but still relatively close to where everyone’s houses are?
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I had to build my stuff on the outskirts of the main area 🙁
At least I have an awesome view of blagh’s house.
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Just do what I did and make it in the sky.
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This amuses me because it reminds me of Laputa: Castle in the Sky and “La puta” means “whore” in Spanish.
Friday afternoons make me grasp at straws for entertainment.
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You’re joking, right? Friday Afternoons are always the BEST afternoon of the week!
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The post-work portion is. The at-work portion not so much.
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Bish is trying to join MC server also.. I have asked for his details to add to the white list. If im not around Qbo can do it also!
Hey Lambo, buddy. Do you want any re-imbursement for the copy of Zoombinis you’re sending across?
Also, Jamie, I still owe you $35, and intend to pay you at Sydney Meat 2.0… because I don’t know how to do bank transfers… at all :\
Also, anyone got news on Sydney Meat 2.0?
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Also, the same goes for you, Jamie: want any re-imbursement?
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I HAVE ORANGE AND POPPYSEED CUPCAKE MIX
That’s kind of related to the meat.-
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I may be able to go to Meats 2.0 now that my betrayal to QLD is postponed!
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No reimbursement is required, it’s an old game that I think only cost $20 when I bought it almost 10 years ago, and I have another copy of it anyway.
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I can’t wait for it to arrive! I missed it sooo much! 😀
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So! Good news! I finished exams! And I got work placement! Excitement!So no uni for me for the rest of the year, but I’ll be working/reading TAY at work!
I’ve also been playing inFamous 2 (bought the Hero Edition). The Hero edition came with 2 DLC vouchers. Once came with all the Pre order DLC stuff, there’s another with a subset of those: Gold Amp, Original Cole Skin and the Electrocution grenade. Does anyone want? Send me a message on Steam (n0t0ri0usr) or PSN (NotoriousR) or just reply below. I also have a voucher for 50% off inFamous 1 when you buy it on the PSN, though it seems kinda silly because of the Welcome Back thing. But does anyone want it anyway?
I’ll drop by to check Kudos later tonight, but I’m going to go relax and watch Return of the King. 4.5 Hours of fun 😀 So have a good weekend peoples!
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Congrats!! May I ask what kind of work placement is it? : )
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No. I asked first! 😛
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Your admin powers can’t change time…..yet.
I’ll be working at Odecee (pronounced Odyssey. I asked why it’s spelt that way, they couldn’t really give an exact answer) Software. Not actually sure what exactly I’ll be doing, I have a meeting with them next Tuesday. But from what other placement students, and even other companies have said, Odecee sounds like a great place to work. Hell, during the interview we started arguing about how awesome Melbourne Victory is (he liked Melbourne Heart. Do not comprehend why.) And it’s right in the CBD, which makes my life a heap easier. Getting to Monash Uni from Bundoora takes me 1.5hours at least, each way 🙁
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Congratulations! Where did you pick up the work-placement?
You should have a well-deserved rest right now, mate! Enjoy it!
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Congrats on the exams and the work placement. Will you be round a bit more then?? My need for a PS3 has been waning without your usual interjections 🙂
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Twisted Metal. Uncharted 3. DID YOU SEE THE E3 TRAILER? IT HAS HORSES. AND PLANES. AND ELENA AND CHLOE ARE BACK. Journey. inFamous 2.
Satisfied? 😛
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BASTARD!!!!! 😉 That’s what i’m talking about.
ZOMG used to play so much twisted metal on psone!
Infamous2 is causing me so much trouble at the moment. Damn thing is everywhere and everyone is raving bout it….
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*gollum voice* Join ussssss…………
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Wait, before I go:
WHERE IS WELBOT???????? AND FATSHADY??? AND WHY IS EVERYONE DISAPPEARING?????
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Blaghman too.
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Yeah Blaghman has been noticeable by his absence..
One cute pic for the week?????
A Skyrim acapella with a DISTINCT LACK OF SEXY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!????
Maybe he got a job?
Maybe he got a life? 😉
Maybe him, Latte and the rest of his guniea pigs are making a youtube remake of “Good Vibrations” by Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch…(oh dear god please be the last one….)
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HE GOT A JOB AS A DAY LABOURER.I make fun of him constantly about it. He wants to quit after a week. Every day he shovelling.
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Can someone post the Tom Green YOU GOT THE JOB video link please (freddy got fingered)…
It just seems appropriate and I think of it any time anyone gets a job!
I can’t YT from work!
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Dude im here… dont worry.
I work as a BA for a large Aussie Insurer. Specifically on the delivery of internal and customer facing software applications… I am very deep in a project that I have been working on for the past 9 months which is currently at various stages of release (staged release of different functionality).
I have not actually seen my CBD desk for about 2 months, so have just been working where i can find a desk in Parramatta and homebush.
In short, work is as crazy as it has ever been and this level of work has been sustained for months now. It will go for at least another 5 weeks also!
So will not be posting as much that is for sure… but I am still checking in from time to time.
Also spending all my spare time writing my Trials HD riddle article and playing an insane amount of 1000 Heroz.
but thanks for thinking of me… Cheers,
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Hope all goes smoothly for you.
Project work is doing my heead in at the moment. It feels so wrong, but I’d prefer it if today was Thursday today. So much to do, and I’m actually in the zone for the first time this week.
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I picked up 1000Heroz. Damn, that is a fun fun game. It both frustrates me (sometimes I shave off 0.1 seconds, sometimes I add 1 second) yet is very addictive. I’m tempted to pick up Trials now, but if it’s as addictive as this…. I’ll never play anything else!
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did you mean Trials HD (360) of the PC one.. Either way you should get them. A great franchise.. and yes this is similar.
I am competing in a custom league called ‘TRIALS’ if you want in, otherwise there are a few using the Kotaku AU tag. Sorry but I have to compete with the Trials guys for this one, but MAN Batguy is a beast!
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But you need a 360 not a PS3 to play Trials!!!!
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!!jamemacusedmyhandle : 1
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I ummm, hate to break it to you, but I kinda do have a 360.
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DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
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I think the only way to get back at me is to buy a PS3 🙂
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I’m here too.. been poking my head in every now and then, but it’s just been.. one of those weeks I guess. 😐 Fear not though, I have not abandoned thee!
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That’s good right? Business is booming?
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Not particularly.. I haven’t been having a real good week to be honest. Had myself in hospital over the long weekend, and then recovered ok, but then today I seem to have taken a bit of a dive. I’ll be fine eventually. Nice to know I’m missed though 🙂 Gives me warm fuzzies inside!
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Man, that really sucks 🙁 Hope you get better soon!
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congrats to whomever wins Kotakudos, I am going to the lands of no internets…for the whole WEEKEND!
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Our thoughts are with you – light speed, friend
Light speed..
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Speaking of winning what ever happened to the Dungeon Siege contest. Wont the winners supposed to be announced today?
Anyone else read that ad up in the corner as:
“We want you… to Talk Amongst Yourselves”.
Also, Jason Todd to be the Robin in Batman: Arkham City.
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MAC! WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME!
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I’M NOT TOUCHING YOU!
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Whilst Jason would be a twist, he is the Red Hood going forward, have you seen the “Flying Graysons Cancelled” posters??
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It’s on IGN.
The have it from one of the Devs who wouldn’t talk about Grayson. They speculate that we may see a reference to Nightwing at some point.
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Did you read the article or you just trollin 😉
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I read the article…
I only troll PC fanbois… I take my Batman seriously.
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This confuses me. Greatly.
But also intrigues me.
Stay strong, Jimu.
Stay strong…
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(Reply to Jimu… Obviously)
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How can we be sure?
X Truth
❏ Doubt
△ LieI think you’re lying, Effluvium Boy!
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JASON!
JASON!
JAAAAAAAAAAASOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!Oh, wrong game.
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I still haven’t played Heavy Rain… I am a disappointment.
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If you are, then I am too.
*disappointment high five*I just don’t care. I like the idea of Quantic Dream trying to push the boundaries of what defines a game and all that jazz, but it’s the execution. I mostly enjoyed Fahrenheit, and whilst the basic walk around and interact with stuff gameplay worked (wouldn’t call it particularly outstanding though), the CRAZY PSYCHEDELIC BUGS WOOO QTE gameplay, no thank you.
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It was me, wasn’t it?
(Joins in the disappointment 5)
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Well, you do like the kids…
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I DO NOT LIKE KIDS!
Well, OK, I like children, but I don’t, you know, “like” children.
I just thought that Strange’s son looked adorable.
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Crazy chair illusion!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stHNlrZSRTY
This guy makes the most blind mowing illusions EVER on youtube.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE IN THE REAL WORLD ANYMORE.
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I’ve seen something similar IRL… I didn’t recover for weeks afterwards…
GAH, WHY THE FECK DID I GET A JOB THAT I DIDN’T WANT?
*cough* Sorry, my parents forced me into a job, and I’m pretty sure they only did it so they could take bets about how quickly I would give up on it (after 4 days I’ve only nearly stabbed people on 9 different occasions). So I’m sorry I’m being quiet, I really need to find a low-paying desk job somewhere, where I can spend my days on Kotaku.
Let’s see…
Sughly, you have awesome taste in films, I disagree with you on some stuff, but I accept that you actually understand how cinema works, and form your opinion around that. Also, I finally saw Moon, it was amazing. AMAZING.
Sydney Meat people? Something happening? I was supposed to RSVP for something at around the same time yesterday, but I totally blew her off (it’s a birthday party, just to clarify) due to the hope that someone else would organise something.
I haven’t really noticed people being dickish, does this mean the poker-fool rule applies, and that I’m the dick(moreso than usual)? (I kid, unless it’s true, in which case I’m sorry)
Hmm, what else… Oh yes, I’ve felt there was a considerable lack of love for my latest video, and I’m really offended (that’s a lie). As punishment I’m going to make another one soonish…
Can’t think of anything else, but I know there was a tonne more stuff that I wanted to reply to, sorry about these sentences not making sense, but I’m getting stupider every day I work this job…
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we’ll make meats 2.0 happen if you come!
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In short, I’ll be near Sydney on the 25th and 26th, so I can come to something on the afternoon of the Saturday, or at any time on the Sunday.
Or some other date…
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June.
didn’t we theoretically decide on late June to celebrate my birthday (8th), Pessimist’s birthday (9th), and one or two more people’s? I may be making that up though, because I’m rather egocentric.
Whatever the case, I’d like a decision soonish, as buses to and from Sydney are irritating, but I would like everyone else to go to all the effort of organising, as I’m a slacker.
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But are you getting brawnier?
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No, this is me.
I gain fat by looking at food, and gain muscle by… uhhh, yeah, I’ve never really worked out that one.
I did experience muscle pain, but that was in my legs, because I decided on Tuesday to walk home, which was around 10 klicks in work boots.
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Hee hee hee.
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Nothing wrong with the vid, just a certain something was missing.
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I’m sorry, I’ll have more sexy eyes in the next one (the next one which still isn’t Chuloopa’s song which is now on hiatus).
My next video will be amazeballs. (it won’t be)
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All them pretty gals will be there
Shuck that corn before you eat
They will fix it for us rare
Shuck that corn before you eat
I know that supper will be big
Shuck that corn before you eat
I think I smell a fine roast pig
Shuck that corn before you eat-
Hi-ho, Hi-ho, it’s off to work I go,
I rake up muck, machines get stuck,
Hi-ho, Hi-ho.
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Ah, I was wondering where you had gone to. Hope things improve for you.
Sunday 26th is best for me. Saturday 25th is the day of WCG.
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Bah, on diff comp.
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Isn’t there that other thing too?
Electric Boogoloo Samurai Champloo Shadowloo Showdown?
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*hugs*
Does anyone else think death in darksiders 2 looks a steroidal skeletor?
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That’s a little… excessive. 😛
But still, I can see how they’d be worried about the other stuff.
Shadow of Israphel Part 24 is out!
The cut scene was so beautiful.
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Silly me. Link:
So I rented MW2 this week (just to confirm that I don’t want it) and it won’t even get me into a game, just keeps searching for them and complaining about pings.
So, infuriated, I decide I’ll show THAT P.O.S. game and boot up COD4 multiplayer instead (this is on Xbox) where I have no trouble getting into a game, but I cop rainbow text in the top left of the screen declaring that the game has been hacked, I look around (on “Vacant”) and soldiers are dropping from the sky onto the roof!
What in the hell is going on here!?
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