Talk Amongst Yourselves
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Whos ready for Dukes return this Friday? Anyone pre ordered and what edition? Got any plans to kick ass and chew bubblegum come Friday?
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I played the demo on Friday and .. it did nothing for me. Maybe I’ve matured too much, but even the nostalgia can’t get me enjoying the bland gameplay mix and the dreary visuals. There were the occasional moments of ‘heh’ humour, but it just put me off it even more. 🙁
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I watched TB play the demo and I gotta say… this is not the Duke we know. He melees with the butt of his gun (NO BOOT?!) and he can only carry two weapons?! WTF?! They caved to pressure from today’s FPS’s and it saddens me greatly… all this wait for this?
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I have a feeling I’m going to have a similar experience.
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Im pretty pumped for it, but now I’m kind of worried. I haven’t played the demo so I can’t say what I think but i hope ill enjoy it! Can only hope!
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Well, TBH, I was not expecting much. For a game thats been through more hands than Paris, it was destined to be a bit of a dogs breakfast (again, like Paris).
From reports I’ve heard, many seem terribly underwhelmed..
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The thing is though, I didn’t have high expectations to begin with. I think it coming out is hilarious, but the joke has been running for over a decade. Wasn’t looking at picking it up, maybe when it’s in the bargain bin. But even then I was disappointed. Sure, it’s been through more engine overhauls than an Alfa Romeo, but Gearbox surely would see that it looks years old already. There’s only so far you can run on nostalgia, and now that people are getting the chance to try it, they’re realising it’s all a bit of an illusion.
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OBLIGATORY WRAP UP POST OF Kotaku Sydney mini-meats
Was lovely to see you all again, and always fantastic to greet new faces! Endu did not disappoint as the headline act, Tadmod forgot about us, Fatshady MBA’s kid was too cute, Jamie What? got a Barry(?) the Hippo and proceeded to rule ANIMAL KAIZER, Batguy was awesome and Rambo and got a purple elephant, Dawdle was game for a game of House of the Dead 2, Bish was hilarious as usual, Gorzilla was very nice and not put off by our weirdness at all for his first meet (well done), AnonymousPessimist is no longer very anonymous.
Mark, I am disappoint you could not come ;(
tl;dr – we pwned in arcades!
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I had a mate’s 20th that ran over from Friday night into the morning. I had 2 hours sleep. my forgetfulness is justified!!!!
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No, that’s not it! You didn’t go because you’re too tall!! Bahahahahahahaha… *lamboman goes running off into the sunset laughing his head off*
*plop*
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Wait until I pwn you in NFS:HP, my friend. Then shall I have my revenge!
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We took pics this time! AND AnonymousPessimist vlogged too : )
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photographic evidence we actually did physically meet up!!
Also, I uh, forgot to bring the super secret package with me today. Will definitely bring it tomorrow.
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Maybe it’s just because I’m sick,but I totally read that as “pornographic evidence”.
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It’s hilarious because right under your comment Pessimist says he’ll try to upload the videos to youtube tonight.. and he’s unsure of what ‘format’ they accept!! LAWL!!!!
Taken out of context! /hi5 anyone!?
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That’s not to say I don’t have both…
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I’ll try and upload the vlogs tonight, not sure what format youtube will accept.
Sounds like you guys had an awesome time. I am jelly.
Well, I tried to be there in spirit via twitter. I could almost hear the sounds of the arcade…
Aww, you had a Gorzilla AND a MiniShady?!
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For all the MiniShady fans…
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He’s got that look in his eyes…
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Cuteasaurus!!
Although now that I think about it, slightly scary as well, in an ‘Eek! Midgets with guns!’ kind of way.-
Midgets with Guns, I’d pay to see that movie.
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Needs a “GET TO DA CHOPPA!” voice over.
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This photo would melt the heart of a… something very cold.
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Eloquently put.
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I woke up on Sunday sore.
Seriously, arms, shoulders, calves.
Either I’m horribly unfit, or griefing Endu is a damned good workout.
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Also, I am pretty sure I accidentally kicked one of you when I was getting into battle stance for said griefing.
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I think I did in my rotator cuff on the bumper cars 🙁
Now both rotator cuffs are messed up. WHYYYYY. WHY CAN’T I INJURE MYSELF LIKE A MAN, STEERING CATTLE AND SUCH.
*laments*
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(insert title here) Eats-A-Lot was scary on those bumper cars. That woman has a lot of violence hiding under the surface. Pretty sure the Aus government uses her as a deterrent to invasion. “Come to our country and we’ll unleash Eats-A-Lot. You’ll wish it was tomorrow when the war began!”
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It was great to meet some of you face to face (and by some of you I mean everyone there, some of Kotaku.au community) Was also the first time I’ve been to an actual arcade in over 10 years.
really dissapointed I didn’t win myself a 3DS now.
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DAMNIT!!!
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I had to read that 4 times before I understood the last part. Kudos to you, sir!
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He did it twice, too. Out of 3 games, which he was just playing to get rid of the money on his card. Barely looked like he was trying!
Even the creepy random people watching were impressed.-
I’d like to credit the mini games in Fable II for training me for that stacker thingy.
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Now all that needs to be asked is to Endu.. who does it better? QLD or NSW? 😉
How’d the Mini-Meat go?
Was bummed that I missed it.
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Oops, nevermind, just saw Eats’ post.
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was bummed you couldn’t make it!
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I am totes jelly I couldnt come. Ill have to come to the next one, if only to show how sexy I am.
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I’ll need to come to the next one to prove how inappropriately sexual I can be.
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I posted this joke on Twitter this morning to my Marxist followers (apparently ‘Zeitgeist’ is also the name of a worldwide socialist movement) so I’m re-posting it here, amongst friends, for gratification.
E3, the only time of year us nerds get to feel the same as our girlfriends did when they saw us naked for the first time.
#dissapointed
eh?
Be my friend? (at)dkzeitgeist
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!!
That. Was brilliant! 😀
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HAHAHA! It’s funny but.. I can’t write that…
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Yours has a kickstand, does he?
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I don’t understand, you’ll have to explain this one to me 😀
Or is it another one of those innocence-robbing moments? If it is, I’d rather not know…
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Penis.
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*snigger* penis.
It’s about the length of said member, being able to reach the ground and support the weight of the members owner… without said owner falling over.
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As Eff so concisely put it, I insinuated that your boyfriend is so well-endowed that his member serves as a stand apon which he could rest his weight when fatigued.
This was in response to dcz12’s comment that nerds disappoint their girlfriends were disappointed on seeing them naked, to which you responded ‘I can’t say that’. I took this comment to mean that you could not say that because that was not the case with your current partner, as it was quite the opposite.
This concludes ‘making dirty jokes not funny anymore by fully explaining it for those who didn’t get it’. We’ll see you next time for more in-depth studies of dirty innuendo that the janitor doesn’t quite grasp.
*begins to clean chalk off blackboard*
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Ah, I do believe I learn something new from Kotaku every day.
It would have been a good joke, except I was referring to the fact that I do not have a girlfriend and thus cannot post that joke.
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Nerds can have girlfriends?
Can someone send me a copy of that memo?
That one earnt a click of the follow button
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Pro-tip, I tweet less than I’m funny.
If someone could express this as an equation, I’ll send you a picture of me petting my dinosaur*
*Dinosaur may be euphemism
Putting on fresh new socks and getting coffee. Then mattress hunting and possibly lunch with a friend. Despite the lackuster start of the day where I saw the wrong damned NBA game, today could turn out to be pretty alright.
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That’s lacklustre, not whatever I wrote. Why for I use fancy words when I can’t type goodly?
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Very few things in this world feel as good as new socks. The elastic is still ‘springy’, the sole still has padding… they’re awesome.
OK, LOOPS… when we playing Backbreaker man. If you are saving yourself until after exams that is cool, just let me know mate. If we dont book in some time it will not happen (also get on twitterz.. i checked and @Chul00p4 is NOT taken… yet!)
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I second the motion! Loops on twitters would bring me 1 step closer to real-time stalking of you!
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No. No Loops on the Twitters. I don’t want to be the only one not hanging out there.
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Joinnnnn Ussssssssss. *flaps bat wings and flutters about
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Hey buddy – i’m realllly bummed i let you down AGAIN!!
But yeah, i was actually exam cram mode all weekend.. The only time i took off was to go to EB to spend a gift card and the following hour i spent playing heavy rain (omg brilliant) late last night to get my brain to stop hemorrhaging!
I know everyone in the world owns it, but does anyone still actually play Minecraft?
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YES I DO
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I don’t own it.
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Humbug!
Err, and no, I don’t have Minecraft either. Woe is me.
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Woe is us.
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It only costs 20 bucks, and your soul.
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Both of which I am currently short on.
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I kid, I have a couple of 20’s in my pocket.
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I don’t have a soul, I’m a machine… yet I bought this anyway 😛
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Stole Effuvium boys soul to do so… but what the hey.
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I do, but been on a bit of a break while I finish off DiRT 3. Will write my first reader review I’m thinking!
Yes sometimes. I have clocked over 300hrs of time on it so i’m giving it a break.When i do play it is only on multiplayer. so i can talk to other people and such.
Yep from time to time. It is not a game as much as it is a lifestyle.. I play games regularly, and then check in for some fum now and then in the multiplayer server.
But yeah, having a bit of a break for a bit just because there are so many other games out there
Yeah, I pop on every now and then. There’s not usually anyone else online when I hop on though, so it gets a bit boring after a while…
Only by invite now, I got many other games that have my interest currently, like LoL and Terraria
I’m a terrible person.
I bought and played Minecraft a few months before FatShady got the server up here, and by that time, I was all burnt out and devoid of all creativity.
So now I hear tales of amazing Minecrafting, and I’m all “I should play and see” but whenever I start Minecraft, I’m all “eeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhh” and quit.
I still jump on now semi regularly. It helps if you happen to be on the server when other people are too.
Getting the stuff together to build a Visual Pinball cabinet, should be a lot of fun doing the build and hopefully more fun when done. I could use some pinball action as a bit of an antidote to E3.
Sughly, saw your X-Men post. So, a bit of a flop?
As far as I recall, at least in the cartoon, the Hellfire Club were always a bit melodramatic. Do you think they’re working off that, or is it just tacky acting?
Haven’t seen it yet, but intend to.
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Georgous though she may be… January Jones cannot act.
She does well as eye-candy (see American Pie: The Wedding) but that’s about it.-
I dunno, she does really well in Three Burials and Mad Men. She was given pretty much nothing to do with her character in all fairness. But yeah, she’s no Rachel Weisz.
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I haven’t seen 3 burials, or x-men for that matter… but her in Mad Men made me feel a bit indifferent to be honest.
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Mhmm. I was pumped for this film, then saw a clip featuring Miss Jones and lost hope.
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Georgous lol damn keyboards……
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Ah to be honest I dont know much about any Hellfire Club and whatnot >_<
But yeah, as a film, it was… ok. It definately wasnt as good as I hoped, and the acting on the most part is as good as it can be. I just think the writing is really ordinary, so the actors didnt have much to do. Except for Magneto and Prof X, who are pretty great at times. So yeah, worth watching for those two I suppose.
My fave scene is with Magneto in Argentina. Was pretty darn good…
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I agree with the statement about Prof X and Magneto. The actors playing them did great jobs.
My biggest critique with the film would be those times they had the lame footage of nuclear explosions. It just felt really silly.
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It was good but not great. Mags and Xavier were incredibly good, the rest of the cast varied from meh to “what an odd choice”.
Story wise, it makes about as much sense as X-Men 2 and there were many times where I struggled to work out how things worked into what I knew was canon in the original films, or how things worked in the comics. There’s one thing in particular, a very spoiler heavy thing, that I knew was simply impossible under all known versions of the X-Men.
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First Class was okay, but didn’t have the epic badassery that the other X-Men movies had. Several cameo appearances (especially when Charles is using Cerebro).
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They make great use of their one ‘F**k’, though.
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It was amusing… until the two guys behind me repeated ‘That’s awesome’ for literally the next ten minutes.
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Oh man, there were these people behind me…
Now, I’m a little obnoxious, in that I make snide comments to one particular friend throughout films, but I do it quietly. Very quietly.
There were these people behind us, who felt the need to state the most obvious possible statements at every moment, in a really loud voice. SO MUCH RAGE.
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Ok, so people, there is a real hellfire club in Sydney and it totally has nothing to do with x-men.
This is why people should read posts from the top down.Nearly fell off my chair again.
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It’s based on the original English one… I think.
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The Hellfire Club in X-Men, that is.
Although I suppose the Sydney club has similarities.
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I’m seeing it later on today, it looks OK…
I (and most of my friends going) haven’t really seen many of the other movies/know much about the X-Men lore, will our blinds be totally mown? Or is the story pretty easy to pick up?
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It holds your hand and walks you through it like you’re in primary school. You are safe.
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Hmmmmmmm, I don’t think I like where this could be heading. Looks like Apple are patenting a code which can cripple your phones recording capabilities. Would be good for use at concerts, or perhaps at the beach. But should our rights to record be taken away? What if lousy cops are given the this tech to stop the recording of them?
Hmmm.
http://cryptogon.com/?p=22722
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Can’t say I’m surprised by this move by Apple. They mainly like dictating to customers what they can and can’t do, like replacing memory or your SIM… oh wait you can’t do that without going to a “professional”, it’s sealed in afterall 😛
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There’s something seriously wrong with post-sale interference with devices.
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I wonder if this will effect 3rd party recording devices like the irig?
I just had an awesome idea. Only problem is I lack the technical know-how and skills to build it. But I can see a massive market for it… How would one go about pitching an idea to the filthy rich to get some backing? Like the Dragons Den thing.
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Depends. You are based in Victoria, yes?
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srsly, stop stalking me just so you can post first. Why you gotta be competitive?
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I have e-peen issues…
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I’m in!
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Tell it to us and we’ll
steal it for ourselveshelp you build and market it. -
Three main options:
– Government grants: the area of the idea dictates which department (either state of federal) you approach
– Angel investors: Your most likely option, might give you up to 250K or so if they think they’ll make money off their investment with you. See here or here.
– Venture capital: This is the big bucks, but you probably only want to speak to these guys once you have something that is already making decent income, and you need more money to take it to the next level. See this for more info.That should be enough info to get you started. Probably more detail than you were expecting 🙂
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Awesome! That gives me plenty of places to start looking into it. 😀 cheers!
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Batguy beat me to it! ^ what he said pretty much
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Team Sp00ky should run this stream, then it wouldn’t drop out all the time.
1st exam is now over!!!
Accounting down, and next is business info systems on friday! so i have another full week of study fun!!!
I actually THINK i may have done OK on the accounting one, so hopefully it’s enough to get me a pass mark…
In other news, in some mental rest time during a weekend of study, i went to EB to spend a $70 gift card i got for the b-day… i picked up spide man shatterd dimensions for $30 and heavy rain move edition (i don’t have move nor do i plan on it) for $40… all in all i’m pretty chuffed with that.
Now all i gotta do is study like a madman for my next exam on monday and then it’ll be a monthish off for R+R…
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There’s a good lad! Must have been the community pep-talk! I’m so proud of you. *wells up*
I was speaking with Mr. What on the trip home from the mini-meat on Saturday night, and it got me thinking…
I wonder if there is a market for boutique PC building? Given the ridiculous 15k rigs out there, I wonder what sort of profits could be had to the cheap-to-middle-of-the-range rigs with a bit of well chosen overclocking and cooling mods…
Given that I pulled an extra ghz out of my 3.2ghz i7 for under a hundred, and my gtx470 now performs better than a 570 (also for under a hundred), I wonder what a non-geek would pay for similar build services?
Potential business plan?
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If you know where to look, you can find places that do this already. Just need to find a decent place that sell parts.
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I went to school with some guys who have pretty much done this.
Their front page advertises systems from $3000+. Their most expensive base model is $6000ish, and you can push it up to $11k with extras. It started out as a labour of love, but they seem to have been going strong for at least 4 or 5 years now, so I guess they seem to be doing pretty well, and even managed to get an Atomic PC mag award.
I started playing trials hd last night man it’s alot harder than I thought. I got gold medal on all beginner and easy tracks the last ones on easy are fairly tricky. Then I started medium. Holy koala testicles it’s difficult I could barely finish the first track before I quit. But it’s really addictive. I also watched dr who and got really confused at the end. Was Amy controlling one of those skin things while i’n the weird time hospital???
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Another one has been sucked into the vortex that is Trials HD. Let us have a minute’s silence.
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Now insert obligatory “You think medium is tough? Just wait till you hit the extreme tracks” comment.Amy was strapped into a machine somewhere controlling the ganger in the same way as the engineers on the island. Difference was that a) she didn’t know it had happened and b) it was being controlled by a crazy-powerful signal that worked across time and space and inside the TARDIS.
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The bad peoples who took Amy replaced her with a flesh version to fool everyone. The real Amy was pregnant and in the creepy white place where the eyepatch lady kept looking at her but her consciousness was in the Flesh. Even Amy didn’t realise she was a Flesh clone.
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Trust me the Trials HD pain is worth it. I am still playing this game more than any other game, 18 months after i bought it. And whats even better is that I am still able to improve. Only this weekend, I took a few seconds off a few tracks…
Best investment of your life dude…
Also, you will go through a number of emotions. Just stick at it and dont break too many controllers… and as always, ask if you have any questions.
I actually think you are doing it the right way. Going for gold on all tracks before progressing. I think this is a good way to start.
What I would do not however is stop that and start just getting bronze on each medium track. Then go for silver on mediums, then bronze on hard, then silver on harrd then gold medium and so on…
The learning curve is steep, so if you keep going for gold now, you will get too frustrated (good luck if you can)…
As Batguy said, just wait til you get to the extreme tracks.. and worse still, the platinum medals!!!! they are another level of hard!
GT: FatShady Live
supply of coke (THE DRINK!) in the fridge: check
100 boxes of easy mac: check
pants off: Check
BRING IT ON E3!!!
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[fist bump]
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You’re like the brother I always wanted… but never got.
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Last time I made easy mac it came out fluoro orange. I decided to eat it anyway. Needless to say, it was the last easy mac I have eaten.
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I can’t make custard.
If I cook it in a pan it burns, and if I cook it in the microwave it explodes…
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Easy Mac? Pfft.
Mi Goreng is where the love’s at.-
The Cracks speaks the truth. Nothing beats Mi Goreng. Until it becomes a pile of MSG in your lower intesines.
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Then you just expel it and eat some more!
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easy mac just takes that litle bitless effort than mi goreng,i don’t have time to boil water damn it!
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Pro-tip. Cook your noodles in hot tap water in the microwave. Just as easy as easy-mac but a billion times more tasty.
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Marry me?
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Mi goreng are the bomb, if you like baked beans however cook your noodles up add the flavour sachets mix in baked beans ( heinz are the best) I like ham flavour personally. Heat on element serve up and you got yourself a bonafide tasty feast
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Alright chaps, I have a Steam copy of Red Faction and Red Faction 2 from my Armageddon pre-order to give away. Who wants them?
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OOOOH! I’ve always wanted to give them a go!
Steam Name: tadmod
Friend me as well 🙂
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Done! I’ll send them when I get home from work.
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No tadmod, you want him to give them to me. That way I’ll be too busy playing those games while you keep practising on NFS:HP. Then when we have another showdown, you’ll have uber-mad driving skills, and my brain will be fried from “shoot-it-itis” and you’ll utterly destroy me, thus fulfilling your need for revenge 😛
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Cakesmith is a truely, truely excellent name.
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Hear, hear!
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Yeah, it’s like Aerosmith, but with cake, only not because the cake is a lie, so he’s just a smith, making him like anonymousPessimist, only not really cause he doesn’t sound pessimistic, so he’s just anonymous then, but not really because the twitter account he links to in his handle tells us what his name is,
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It’s still an excellent (if slightly confusing) name nonetheless 😛
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My twitter account isn’t my real name 😉
THE PLOT THICKENS.
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I knew that. Everyone knew that! I mean seriously…
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…It’s Anne Myst. Your middle names are Onimus Pessy.
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ALL THIS TIME YOU’VE BEEN FEEDING US NOTHING BUT LIES
I BET JEEVES ISN’T EVEN REAL
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Jeeves is very real. Why only this morning we were having a lively debate over deep-fried cordial.
He’s quite the conservative fellow that one. Doesn’t want to get those white gloves dirty.
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Debate?
DEBATE!
Good Lord man, never get into debate with the hired help.
They’re peons to do your bidding… they’re not there for the conversation. If you let them have ‘opinions’… then… well, that’s how Marxism takes root.
Unless you want a caravan of Bolsheviks squatting on the grounds of your estate… they do make damn good target practice, what?Mmmmm…..
Matthews!
Fetch my hunting rifle… I’m in the mood for some sport.
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It’s not I am against ‘getting my hands dirty’, sir, I merely think that perhaps sometimes you should consume less red cordial.
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I like to imagine he’s got a wealth British uncle who goes by Cakesmythe
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It brings me an image of a gingerbread man using a candy hammer to pound glowing hot dough in a great iron baking tray while apprentices quench candy canes in barrels of syrup next to ovens the size of trucks.
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Wow.
I tottally see that.
It reminds me of Cait Sith who was a pretty cool guy because he was a cat wearing a cape and a crown who had a megaphone and rode on top of an animated moogle doll and I guess this isn’t actually related to his name at all but it is a pretty cool name, I agree.
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Sounds more like puss in boots, to me.
But the mechanics of a cat in boots is ridiculous. Their feet are all wrong. It would be very uncomfortable. Not to mention that a cat’s limbs wouldn’t fit in a boot at all, so they’d look like those big gumboots just floppin’ around all over the place. I don’t see how a cat could move all that fast in boots. Unless he were a really good thief, then he could just sneak around in them. But then if people caught him his boots would turn out to be his achilles heel because he’d be all ‘oh no’ and try to run away but then fall over because a cat wearing boots is ridiculous.
Now, a cat wearing nike dunks? Possibly more reasonable. I could see that happening. But chances are Disney will get ahold of it and it will be like blaxploitation all over again with Tracy Morgan doing his ‘it’s only funny because I say it in an over-exaggerated way’ thing. He’ll dunk a few balls, kids will laugh at a few bum jokes, and we’ll all walk away feeling mild disappointment. That’s not to say it can’t be done, it’s just probably not a good idea.
…where was I again?
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I disagree, my good man.
For my argument, I would like to refer to a variety of sources, of which I will label as:
Exhibit A: The skeletal structure of one Felis Catus – http://i52.tinypic.com/9zy4o8.jpg
Exhibit B: An example of a cat in a somewhat outstretched position – http://i56.tinypic.com/30saog6.jpg
Exhibit C: Video of a cat standing up – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YCm03wV8dw
Exhibit D: ‘Puss in Boots’ character from the ‘Shrek’ animated films – http://i51.tinypic.com/6oivle.jpgUpon initial inspection of Exhibit A, one would indeed be somewhat inclined to agree that the stiff-zig-zag nature of their bones does not allow for a regular fitting of footwear, in a human sense. However, as you can see upon inspection of Exhibit B, they are very much able to ‘straighten’ out their legs, and Exhibit C is proof that it is possible for a cat to support its own weight when standing up on its two hind legs.
The fitting of a boot is a trivial matter. Although it is true that a cat’s straightened hind leg is of a different shape than a human’s tibia, fibula, ankle and foot (that is, the area of which a boot would normally encase), the main issue is that a cat’s leg significantly narrows from the heel downwards. However, there is nothing to suggest that the insides of the boot cannot be moulded to the shape of a cat’s leg, much like a sabot.
In light of such compelling evidence, it is clear that a cat would be able to wear boots. Their bone structure is clearly able to accommodate the wearing of boots – indeed, photographic evidence shows that their straightened legs would easily fit into a boot. This conclusion can be supported by the use of boot wearing cats in popular media, as shown in the following one-hundred percent real, not-edited-at-all video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZy2I8csVQU
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JEEVES! FETCH MITTENS THE CAT! WE HAVE SCIENTIFIC TESTING TO CONDUCT!!
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Indeed, sir?
I will attempt to coax Mittens out, as she’s still traumatised from when you caught her and attempted to one-up ‘Melon Cat’ by also adding in a melon hat.
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Taa Daaaaaaaa
http://bit.ly/mTzcXe
This is why Kotaku has the best community. I come back from my lunch break and find this. GOLD!
Anyone with a PSP tried to download free games from two accounts yet?
I grabbed two on my Oz account, but now can’t seem to get anything on my UK account. It’s definitely been activated with my UK account previously, since that’s where it was originally purchased/registered.
I don’t get it.
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No, my psp only had one account. The two accounts on PS3 was easy, just worked as expected.
Have you tried using MediaGO instead of the Store through the PSP?
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Media Go has nothing listed (Welcome Back is there, but when you click it there’s nothing)
PS3 was no problem. Grabbed my four.
Oh well, 2 PSP and 4 PS3 games isn’t a bad haul.
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Don’t panic, there is still hope! See if the playstation blog can help you first!
Q: I no longer have the option to choose my free Welcome Back games. What can I do?
A: If you navigate away from the Welcome Back section of the store without choosing your free games or exit the store completely you may need to follow the below in order to choose and download your free games.– On your PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable navigate to the PlayStation Network icon on the XMB
– Log into your PlayStation Network account and choose Account Management > Transaction Management > Services List
– Choose “PlayStation Network Promotions” from the list of services displayed
– Select either “PS3 Free Games” or “PSP Free Games” and then choose “Select Content”
http://youtu.be/QwrbyVaC6EU
Do yourself a favour and watch it.
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That bit where the kid gets shot in the leg at 2:04 but keeps on running like normal isn’t very realistic.
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I noticed that too, but wrote it off as an “I shot you!” “No I dodged it!” sort of scenario, or something like that.
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So anyone watched the Red Factions Origin movie that aired in the States over the weekend?
It is supposed to be a prequel done by Syfy channel to the game coming out later this week.
Saw The Hangover 2 this weekend and I dunno about you guys but I didn’t enjoy it nowhere near as much as the first. It did have its moments but it never truly made me laugh as hard as I did in the first one. Plus it was kind of obvious what was going to happen. Thoughts anyone and everyone?
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From recollections provided by Dr. Watt,
It has:
-Thai Ladyboys
-Drug dealing monkeys
-More penisTicks all my boxes!
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It ticked all mine too! We should rent an apartment together!
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*breaks out into song* Oh it’s guy love, guy love ♪
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There are three certainties in life:
1. Taxes
2. Death
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HAHA!!!! /does a little dance
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‘There once was two posters out alone upon the trail.
And they discovered they could have…’
/PeterGriffin
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I sometimes cling-wrap the toilet (fear of sewer crocs). Would this be a problem if we were to move in together?
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Only if you can deal with my night groping. We…ARE sharing a bed right?
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Haha yeah that’d be me. Don’t try and sleep on the floor either. I WILL find you.
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I don’t think I’ll bother with Hangover 2. I really felt like Hangover was a rip off on many levels of Very Bad Things.
For those keeping up to date with my revived interest in Magic the Gathering, you’ll be sad (or happy) to know that I think this addiction is finally out of my system, and I’m pretty sure I’ve just bought my last cards.
About 2 weeks ago I got a recommendation from another Kotaku TAY junkie about a store called Good Games. After browsing their site I bought one of their 1500 card bundles for $24 (awesome price considering a 15 card booster pack goes at retail for about $7). The cards would apparently go all the way back to legends. I got my bundle and it was awesome. Low dupe, a ridiculous number of sets were included. Most were common but I got about 20 uncommons and about 10 rares and I actually got a few cards all the way back from Arabian nights. Overall I was very happy with my purchase. So I ordered again.
And this is where my luck ran out unfortunately. I got my package today and I’m pretty dissapointed with it. Very little of the earlier sets were there (infact the old design cards totalled 15)It’s like they went out of their way to give me as little card diversity as possible. I’m pretty sure I got about 10+ copies of most of the commons cards from New Phyrexia, in-fact I got about 500 cards from that set alone and about another 700 from Zendikar. Bundle this in with about 30 foreign language cards, about 20 MTG-rules junk cards, and amazingly enough 2 cards that were actually just printed on regular paper (seriously) and you can see why I’m not exactly jumping with glee at my recently obtained cards. I think I’ve been screwed. What the hall happened to getting cards from the cool older sets like Invasion, nemesis and Portal? I asked the store if they could throw in a few cards from Unglued or Unhinged sets. Seeing as they are not tournament legal they aren’t worth much. But they didn’t 🙁
Anyway, getting a terrible package like this may have been a blessing in disguise. This is the first time in a month that I haven’t gone MTG crazy. This may have just dissapointed me enough to get this out of my system. I just know that had I gotten another awesome bundle like the first I already would have orderer another one. At the end of the day, I only spent about $50 in total on my MTG revival. That’s only a fraction of the kind of cash I would lay down to get cards in my high school collecting years.
So what happens to my epic MTG collection? Well, the same thing that happened 10 years ago, I’ll put them in a shoebox under my bed to collect dust for another decade.
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You should get into animal kaizer. That shit is bananas. Animals can smash planets together.
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That was one amazing P-50 you pulled against that G-20. And that T-tiebreak-tiebreak-30!
AMAZING-
Yeah, and that volcano thing? With the magma? Totally incredible.
I don’t know why they don’t do that in the wild. Cooked meal for a little effort sounds much easier than the whole running/mauling/clawing thing.
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DON’T USE FAKE CARDS!
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Ahhh dear. Reminds me of my binge about 2 years back. Imagine how many MTG bundles are collecting similar amounts of dust in similar closeted locations around the world…
That being said, I got into the game during the new sets, so I would’ve loved to get Phyrexia and Zendikar… which has now kind of made me want to order the same bundle >_<
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HEY MAN, You never know how much that shit will be worth in 10 years. It could be like, another Black Lotus!! It was called Black Lotus, wasn’t it?
I should know… I worked for Good Games for a while…
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You would think they get more collectable with age, but they really don’t.
I thought my old cards were hot shit. Until I saw them going online for 10c each.
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The whole problem with magic is that enough is never enough. You always need a new fix, “Just one more card will make my deck so awesome!”
I pulled out my cards and had a few games with a guy at work. It was lots of fun and I felt the tingle again, but I couldn’t justify buying a whole new set of cards to keep up with the sets.
I have the XBLA game duels of the plains walkers, It is pretty fun and gives me a fix when I feel the itch. But just like the cards they keep releasing expansions with decks that are really hard to beat with the older decks.
I guess that’s because it’s a business first and a really awesome game second.
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Yea, they usually release 2 new sets every year now. So many cards are printed that it’s not even worth it to consider myself a collector.
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My immediate vicinity smells like a burning fart.
I want to make a comment but I’m not sure if doing so would offend someone if it turns out to be their lunch.
That’s not to say that people eat burning farts around here, just to say that they may be eating something that smells like methane does when you set it alight with a match.
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Whoever smelt it, dealt it! /sniggers
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They are called ‘blue angels’, m’dear, and they are only possible once every few months because you have to wait for the singed hairs to grow back.
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This comment made me crack up so hard!
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From this we can establish it’s egg based.
This is an oppertunity.
Be a man, let rip an enourmous fart… and blame it on whatever, insert generic office catty person, is having for lunch. -
I’m curious…can I smellz it?
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Your intrigue will quickly turn into horror.
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I walked into our bathroom & the stall was 10 degrees warmer than the bathroom itself. Thing was, no smell.
Therefore I theorize that someone took an enormous dump in my office bathroom then, much like lighting a match, opened a wormhole to your office and allowed their stink to travel through time and space to assault your nostrils.
What they didn’t count on was the residual heat left by their mondo-turd and thus their cunning plan has come undone…
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You should count yourself lucky. I find myself shouting “DUDE, COURTESY FLUSH” way too often around here.
Nothing quite like getting into a stall next to Grunts McGroans and his battle with last night’s curry.
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I don’t understand the philosophy of the ‘at work poo’… I wouldn’t think anyone would want to do that sort of thing anywhere but at their own home.
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Perhaps they were dumping with Portals…. :\
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Ah, the things I would get up to if I got my hands on a portal gun.
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The things I would get INTO if I had a portal gun.
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The simple things in life bring the greatest joy.
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And by that I certainly do not mean that second panel. Definitely the first one. Only. And not in a creepy way. I don’t mean to be around all those little kids, honest. I guess some of them came to watch and others were attracted. I mean, not in a weird sense, attracting kids isn’t what I do. Okay forget that first panel but also I don’t do that second panel because I mean, you know, female bathrooms, they do whatever they do not that I know what they do because I don’t know what they do and never ever will because I don’t have any interest in that and all and I would definitely not do anything like what Gabe is suggesting because that is weird and illegal and man is it getting hot in here? because I’m just sweating a heap and I don’t know why and it is nothing to do with anything at all because I am not doing anything suspicious like in the comic and well this was a good chat I’m just going to go now and maybe flee to another country not that I have done anything wrong at all I just feel that maybe I should leave now and also I am a fine upstanding citizen who should be assumed as innocent because I rea-
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Don’t the portals have to be opened on a flat surface?
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All day, all I have been able to smell is stale beer and cigarettes. It’s been two showers and two changing of clothes since the weekend’s drunken escapades, yet it continues to haunt me, and play havoc with my somewhat delicate, stomach.
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Kebabs are your friend! That and 2 bottles of Gatorade.
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Ah kebabs! They look as dodgy as hell at 7pm, but several litres of grog later and by 3am they look like perfection in food form.
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Try nasal spray. I have no idea whether it will work.
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Mmm, don’t have any nasal spray, would pouring water up my nose work?
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As someone who was born in Ireland…
bacon, fried eggs, sausages, baked beans.
3 asprin washed down with a half shot of whiskey and a bottle of powerade / gatorade.-
So what your’e saying is, drink more whiskey.
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As someone who is immune to hangovers, and so is exceedingly irresponsible, Id go with the first part, but replace the aspirin with shots of whiskey, and the sports drink with beer.
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Don’t get old, you’ll lose your immunity. I know this from experience.
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To those who have the pleasure of conversing with myself over Steam, you may know me as Lucifer9783, to others on PSN, I am known as L9783, but here, at the humble KotakAU TAYble, I am known just as 9783 (sensing a trend yet?), this handle of mine has an intersing thing about it, it’s secertly a code revealing my real name. Guess it and you win… something… I dunno, my respect?
Here is a hint; the solution is at your fingertips… have fun
P.S. No fair cheating TadMod
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So far all I’ve gotten is Ighc…you’re name isn’t Ighc, is it?
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So your name is really (&*#? Or maybe Louie. But I like the first answer better.
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Luke?
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Yes, my name is Luke,
If you turn your head, the numbers in my handle, they line up with the letters in my name on a qwerty keyboard
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They don’t on my keyboard!
(I’m using a compressed full keyboard on a laptop atm, so the fault is entirely my own, and I just wanted to be a dick)
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Jeeves?
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Um… I think you’ll find your Steam profile (Linked in your handle) is a bit of a giveaway…
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Oh bugger, I hadn’t notices that.
You win the ‘Make 9783 Look Like an Idiot’ competition.
Note: I am an idiot, It’s just that E-Boy found out first
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So wow, either vlogging is hard or I can’t work a phone.
There are some videos that weren’t uploaded because I managed to somehow hit the stop button mid-sentence or it was just a blurred mess like warhol threw ten tubs of paint into a blender.
The ones that are up are hardly brilliant but they do give a good indication of the night. Throw in an obligatory ‘do I really sound like that?’ and it wraps things up nicely.
I will try to suck less in future vlogs, but in the meantime:
http://www.youtube.com/user/AnonymousPessimist?feature=mhum
(also, you may need to tilt your head 90 degrees to whatever side I took the video on. Don’t watch these videos after drinking or I can’t be held responsible for the nausea and/or vomiting.)
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Do I really sound like that?
Also, I like how near the end of the Endu-Simpsons video, Batguy walks back over looking super chuffed with his purple elephant.
It was a pretty rad elephant.-
I dunno, but if you look really carefully in the background you might catch a glimpse of me.
Watching.
Waiting.
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You were one of those creepy dudes who were apparently watching me play Time Crisis 4!
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No.
I was watching those creepy guys. Making sure none overstepped their bounds.
I had to have a little “chat” with one.
He won’t be doing anything with his index fingers for the next… Ever.
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the ‘do I really sound like that?’ phenomenon, it is known as.
I imagined myself as sort of a short Barry White.
On playing back these videos, I am incredibly disappointed.
Not vlogged (unfortunately) was minishady’s epic runners/leg-its at random when we were nomming. Once he learns ‘that’s what she said’ I think I may have a desire to spawn my own progeny.
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I imagine myself as a more Australian Barry White.
Since I refuse to actually listen to my voice, I am happily oblivious.
Ignorance truly is bliss. This must be what it feels like to be part of the ACL.
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Awesome, now I know what you guys look/sound like. Us Melbourne people need to get something together, there are people here in Melbourne right?
Also my neck is sore now.
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I have one of those touchsmart laptops from HP. The screen rotates and folds down to become a tablet so there’s a button to rotate your desktop. It’s embarrassing how much of the first video I watched with my head sideways before remembering that though.
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It’s embarrassing how much of the first video I watched with my head sideways before remembering that I was actually there, though.
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I was desperate today… REALLY desperate.. so I bought a cappuccino from Mc Cafe…
it was DELICIOUS! Unbelievable! Could’ve knocked me down with a feather!
http://www.explosm.net/comics/2443/
For the TAY filled with sexual innuendos!
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Pshh, TAY? Filled with sexual innuendo? Hah.
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*whispers* I’d like to put it in her end-o
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Lol… footlong.
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It’s funny because it’s six times the size of my pe-
I MEAN WHAT?
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was it also created with help from two underpaid individuals bumping together at awkward intervals and mixing ingredients together haphazardly?
ohwait…
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I’ll fill YOU with sexual Nintendos!!
hyuk yuk yuk
Good News Everyone!
As you surely noticed (note, I highly doubt you noticed) I was out of the house today. I got home, and lo and behold, there is a package with my totally secret (not a secret) name plastered on it, and an Allure stampy thing on the back. That’s Allure, not alluring, just to clarify, I would be quite worried if there was a picture of two burly men and a goat on the back of a package, but I digress. Anyway, I open it to find a gift from Mark himself.
So, thank you Mark, I shall enjoy my journalist copy of Yakuza 4 (I do actually mean the thank you, I know it can be hard to tell given the liberal amounts of sarcasm I use).
To prevent this post from simply consisting of self indulgent wank, I feel obliged to ask if anyone else has received anything, and to relay positive words to anyone else waiting, because if I received something, yours is bound to be imminent.
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still nothing for me yet.. 🙁
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Welbot, I shall sing you a beautiful song, and the power of Friendship shall make your mail arrive faster.
Imagine this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo
but sung slightly off-key, and by some random guy.
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I hate you so much right now because I’m all kinds of jealous. I too received my Kudos gift today…I got Overlord 2. Having just finished Yakuza 3 I would almost have killed for a copy of Yakuza 4.
I’m not meaning to be ungrateful here, I really am happy with just the Kudos article that was written about me calling me the First Lady, and receiving something unexpected in the mail made my day today,
I’m just assuming MadTod chose who got what. 😛-
The madtod clearly favours Blaghs over you.
FIGHT TO THE DEATH FOR THE TALL ONE’S FAVOUR!
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Alright, let me grab my swords.
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Wait, we’re using swords? Nobody told me, mine are all tiny swords!
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I’ll use my axe. Or just run away. Both will work, I think.
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Pshh, don’t worry, while I duel wield the swords, I’m actually much better with my knives, so you have nothing to worry about (I have this one knife thing, no jokes, it’s like if Batman liked stabbing people, It’s completely impractical, but looks so cool).
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Oh man, you’re post got me all excited for the chance that my own TAY prize had arrived! So I rushed outside in my boxers, exclaimed “Holy balls, is it cold!” at the top of my lungs, and opened my mailbox, only to find…nothing.
But then I realised that I’m an idiot, as my TAY prize was sent a little bit after everyone else’s. And now I’m cold.
X-Men was actually pretty good, it had some intelligence as well as explosions and pew pew.
The Magneto-Xavier tete-a-tete was great to watch. The inevitable sequels won’t necessarily be a bad thing, if they can keep the same quality and maturity.
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A friend and I were discussing awesome alternate reality films starring Xavier and Magneto, imagine if you will:
A buddy cop film, with those two as the mismatched pair.
A stoner film, with those two as the mismatched pair.
Some other pair film, with those two as the mismatched pair.
I think you get the idea. The buddy cop one would be awesome though, as Xavier tries to coerce them into opening their minds to reveal the truth, while Magneto just smashes things, and intimidates them.
Just to clarify, in my mind, it is actually a good idea, somehow though I don’t think it translates to reality.
Another thing I like is that is kind of implied that X3 and Origins:Wolverine didn’t(/won’t) happen, and that the continuity ends at X2.
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You had me at stoner film with magneto and xavier.
“man… did that thing just MOVE?”
“You moved it with your mind, man…”
“Deep, dude.”
*stare*
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Bahaha.
How about:
“Ok, ok ok, dude dude dude. Try and guess, what I’m THINKING!”
Followed by five minutes of stoned laughter.
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X3 was quite awful, and I didn’t watch Origins. That being said I’ve been pretty confused with every movie 😛
I think it’s nice that they’ve focused on Magneto/Xavier’s personalities and their motivations a bit more. Plus the new younger cast was refreshing.
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Origins was almost bad enough that it was good, but not quite. Not even Hugh Jackman could rescue it.
Importantly though, Frost appears in it, and the cameo appearance in FC indicate that it never happened.
There was something that indicates that 3 didn’t happen, but I can’t remember what it was.
And yeah, I did like the young cast, helped flesh out Magneto as a bad guy, even if it did leave everyone else as a tad cookie cutter.
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Took the day off and spent it playing L.A. Noire and Demon’s Souls. Didn’t post here at all.
On that note, Mini Meat was a giant success. Eats kicked my ass at Tekken although I did manage to win one round. In saying that, even when I won I didn’t manage to pull off a single move I was actually trying to do, so it was pure luck. I also played Animal Kaiser against MYSELF! I then handed of one of the characters to Pessimist. It was a mighty battle that resulted in me winning a shiny Hippo Barry card.
We also went on the bumper cars, there was a 7 car pile up, had to amputate a young boys arm. He wasn’t in the pile up, but he looked at me funny.
All the old crew were just as awesome as always and the ‘New Guys’ were great too. Gorzilla should give up his day job and just sell electrical goods he wins from prize machines. It’s fairly obvious that if we stayed for another hour he’d have cleaned them out. Endu was confuddled by my accent when I said ‘Flower’. I’m not sure what he thought I’d said, but he looked afraid. VERY afraid.
Also, what with E3 going on and TAY to keep up with, I can’t see much work getting done.
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’twas fun 😀
I noticed that you were quite absent from TAY yesterday. How’s Barry the Hippo?
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Barry’s good. Still shiney. I shall take a picture later and upload it so everyone can print it off and use it on their local ANIMAL KAIZA!
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I just got a funny look from my colleague for laughing with no apparent reason.
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lol…
Jamie: ‘flerrrr’
Endu: ‘…what?’
Jamie: ‘flerrrr!’
Endu: ‘…ok?’
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LOL BEAT YOU BY 1 MIN!!
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DAMMIT! HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT?!
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Flooer?
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Pretty much. I needed Mark there to back me up.
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‘Twas fun.
*collapses*
for anyone who might be interested:
Assains Creed: Brotherhood on 360 for $35
http://webshop.cashconverters.com.au/item/1404099/Xbox_360_Xbox_360_Game_Assassins_Creed_Brotherhood/&storeID=53
Halo reach – $37
http://webshop.cashconverters.com.au/item/1404094/Xbox_360_Game_Disk_Halo_Reach/&storeID=53
Only one of each
ooooh, I just got on the net and there is some nice E3 news for me to read 🙂
*goes to read*
…oh also, there’s a sony conference thing at 10am right? What’s a good stream to watch?
I’m breathing a sigh of relief. I had a bunch of assignments that were almost finished that are due in soon and they all accidently got deleted. I’d only backed up half of them.
Some I knew I could redo before the due dates, though it would be a hassle, but there was one in particular that I knew I wouldn’t be able to redo in time. I’d done a bunch of work on it and completed it and had a backup file on it but I couldn’t remember if that backup had been made before or after I’d done all the work on it and completed it.
Luckily it turns out the backup was from after I’d done all the work so everythings good. An absolute huge weight off my mind.
In other news I managed to get my copy of Kotor on Windows 7 working and still have the in game cinematics playing. I’d managed to get it working last week but in order to do so I had to disable the cinematics. Because it’s my first time playing though that game, I decided to play it in preparation for TOR, it sucked because I was missing out on all these story moments. I found a workaround online though so now everything is all good.
There’s no sound on the computers here so it looks like I’ll have to wait till I get home tonight to watch all the trailers coming out. Guess I’ll have something to look forward to.
Also it’s bloody cold. Nature has no right to be this cold. I guess it’s better then being too hot though.
“We got a package today… who is this ‘Tech Knight’” said my mother after I came home last night. I couldn’t help but chuckle… who else would mail me something by this name than a friend from Kotaku. It seems one of my two kudos packages arrived. I got a shiny new copy of Pokemon White for my DS Lite. Thanks a lot for sending it to me Mark! 🙂
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hahahaha nice.
From what i remember, the one i sent said it came from “chuloop-tech industries” 😛
I’m such a card! Muhahaha!
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*cries*
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*hugs*
There there, little one. We’ll tattoo your other half so he looks like a yakuza…
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Hahaha, just watching that happen would be all kinds of entertaining. He’s be shrieking like a little girly girl.
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Thats why i was thinking one of the big dragon pieces that go all the way up the side of the ribs and under the arm..
😉
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where’s mine!!! arrrrrg!!
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*clutches bots close to his bosom*
shhhhh…
*strokes welly’s hair*
…we still have each other…
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*slides between them to steal some man love consoling*
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*runs up and gives all three of them a bearhug to share the manlove*
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I must be getting soppy in my old age.. But i absolutely LOVE this cover
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFR6nulP0Lo
Then again, i’ve loved OOMPH! for a long long time now, so it really shouldn’t come as a surprise that i enjoy this song so much.
If you like a bit of NDH music, i strongly suggest you check out OOMPH!, they have some AMAZING music.
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Oh and the best thing about OOMPH! clips is the comments with the litterally hundreds of comments dedicated to how hot Dero is…
Dero is the Singer
Crap and Flux are the other two members… rad names, right?!
The best thing is Crap and Flux looks like such STERIOTYPICAL Germans. You look at them and just automatically say “oh shit yeah, they’re German, alright!”
Anyway, to make things easier.. here’s a Youtube playlist… their music goes between sweet melodic songs to rocking ‘kick you in the nuts’ songs
Lambo, if you haven’t finished Cheapskate, you might like to add that Logitech are still doing the PS3 for $40, and they also have their drums for 360 and PS3 for $60!
http://www.logitechshop.com.au/products/console
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Err, that should read: PS3 guitar.
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I nearly pissed my pants.
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Was a most unfortunate omission. Sorry. I blame caffeine. Or the lack thereof. 🙁
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Gorram you, 2011! Too many good games!
I’m rewatching Dollhouse, because I enjoyed that show. The thing I didn’t enjoy was the main character and the first 6 episodes, but it feels wrong to watch a series and not start at the beginning, so I’m enduring them.
Which means I currently have a craptacular pop song from episode 3 stuck in my head.
On the plus side, I’m getting towards the Sierra and Victor parts of the show, which are awesome. I used to hate Sierra. For most of the first season my thoughts about Sierra were “someone give that girl a sandwich!” and then in the second season I was thinking more along the lines of “someone give that girl a hug, and some therapy. Lots of therapy.”
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Pretty much the whole first season was kind of bad. Dushku is not the greatest actress and it was stretching her way beyond her meagre limits. I only watched the second season late last year and it was like night and day. The second season is awesome and when I get around to rewatching the show I won’t be brave like you, I’ll just skip to the good stuff.
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Season 2 is definitely the good stuff. I’m really just hoping to power through to the point where they don’t completely focus on Echo.
Such a great potential for a show ruined by some really bad casting.
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I was so turned off by the first season. Plot inconsistencies like crazy, and some pretty unbelievable ‘twists’
(though after rewatching Buffy recently, I have to say that bizarre and inconsistent plots are not out of step with the Whedonverse)
Might give the 2nd season a look though if it’s that different…
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Dollhouse is one of those shows with an overarching continuity, like Lost or Heroes. Like Lost or Heroes, they were pretty much making it up as they went along, with various levels of success.
Around season 2, when they knew they were getting cancelled, they seem to have worked out what was going on and managed to make a show that worked pretty damned well. Getting to that point is a little painful and the payoff … well, some people enjoyed it.
The important thing is that there are nuggets of good television buried in there.
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They spent the whole first season in fear of being cancelled, and so they didn’t live up to the potential. Also it killed good writers and directors for no reason…
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The first six episodes were the result of executive meddling. The format of those episodes simply wasn’t that great and the amount of focus they gave Echo really didn’t help.
The second half of the first season was better, it seemed to be a lot closer to what Joss Whedon was trying to do, but I think the damage was already done because of the lacklustre start.
Really, Fox needs to learn that with Whedon, they need to shut up and let him do his thing. Especially when the show is just beginning. Look how badly Firefly got screwed by airing the episodes out of order.
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I was saddened while playing my kingdom hearts game on my DS Lite this morning on the train… so many times that my framerates decided to drop during battle. It really looks horrible -.-
Okay, I just played Portal for the first time this week. I loved the irreverance, and the dialogue (or rather, monologue) was often hysterical.
I loved the SPOILER where you had to drop the companion SPOILER into the SPOILER. I actually felt really bad, and then I burst out laughing when I realised just how thoroughly they’d managed to mess with my head. 🙂
But I found the puzzles incredibly easy and only moderately interesting, and beat the whole thing in 90 minutes…
My question is this: is Portal 2 worth my money? I wasn’t a huge fan of the gameplay (and especially not the shortgevity), but I loved the ideas… so, should I splurge, wait, or not bother at all?
Thanks!
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Yes. Yes it is. The gameplay itself isn’t quite what I expected, in the sense there is a bit more handholding than I would like. But you said you liked the dialogue and the ideas behind it, and portal 2 is one of the best written games of this generation. It’s a damn funny game, so go gets it. Ozgameshop is selling the PS3 version for about $40, which also includes a redeemable Steam copy. If you plan on getting it off Steam, you may or may not want to wait until they have a sale of some kind.
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Portal 2 wasn’t all that much more difficult than the first game, but it lasts a fair bit longer, and the humour is as good or better than that in the first game. And it has co-op.
I’d heartily reccomend it.
JB Hifi have it for $89, or you can get it from ozgameshop for $39 delivered (console versions, PC is slightly cheaper).-
*recommend
Damned traitorous fingers!
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Gameplay wise, Portal 2 is not much of an improvement over Portal 1. There are some interesting ideas, but I don’t think they got fleshed out as fully as they could have.
I guess that’s what DLC levels are for these days.
Aside from that, the game is brilliant. Easily the best written game in recent memory, witty dialogue and brilliant delivery. The co-op is pretty entertaining as well.
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Good thing the DLC #1 will be free 🙂
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SPOILER ALERT!!!
Thoughts on the end of LA Noire???
I really am going to spoil, so if you are still reading don’t say you weren’t warned….
[DELETED!]
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I read your post and was like “No Blaggles, no further, stop reading, no, bad, sto- oh, ok.”
I was fairly near the end anyway, so I kinda saw it coming. Now I wish I’d finished it so I could contribute more…
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Sorry Blaghman:(
I said spoilers dammit!!!
I thought i would be behind everyone else, only took about 22 hours.
I want the DLC now and it turns out two whole desks were removed to be released as DLC.-
🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁
Typing Spoilers doesn’t makes the spoilers invisable. Tried to scroll passed but the damage was done
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ROFL! those spoilers are mighty spoily. So hard to stop reading when someone says spoilers… Impossible to look away!
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Has stolen your spoils.
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Just think about how bizarre this could look to people who aren’t “in” on it.
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Thankyou to who deleted my post!!
Sorry guys!!
Truly thought most would be finished, and was inline with previous discussions ie Portal2
Sorry again!
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In my case it was my fault entirely, so I only blame myself, and my lack of SELF CONTROL.
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I knew it!
*calls RSPCAI’ll save your gerbils I will!
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They’re Guinea Pigs.
And you’re the one who promotes abuse of them.
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Tis but a mere gentle squeeze to issue a gleeful sound, purely for the enjoyment of young children… I swear.
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And I’ve told you, squeezing them won’t cause them to make that sound. You just need to get her on TeamSpeak at around 6pm, when I haven’t given them dinner yet. Then they will squeal to their hearts content.
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Hmmm, so, pulling their tails? This would work, yes?
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My nan told me that if you pull their tails, their eyes will fall out….
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They’re Guinea Pigs, they don’t really have tails.
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Hmmm, lets shave them to check.
I heard that Nad’s hair melting spray not only smells like a rotting horse in an elevator, but actually melts the hair right off really good.
Don’t worry, he can wear little goggles to protech his eyes.
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Ok, I shall clarify, they have a tail vertebrae, but not really a tail, as such.
No need to torture poor stupid Latte. He’d just sit there, bug-eyed, confused beyond all belief. And really. Really. Stupid.
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I guess it didn’t help that it was the first post of the new page.
Wow! Looks like I dodged a bullet there!
My copy of LA Noire arrived yesterday and I’m only up to the bit where we first see that creepy rubber-lipped captain Bishy likes to torment me with. If I’d seen the ending I may not have bothered to try and play any further. I suck really hard at trying to drive around.:P
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Haaaaahaha, it’s great. On the case rating, at the bottom there’s three categories for damage caused. Car damage, Injuries (I assume to civilians?), and City Damage.
Everytime I 4-star a case, it’s like, 12/12 Clues found, 17/17 correct… question thingies. $0 Injuries. $0 City damage (maybe $20 every now and then). $6000 Car Damage.
;_;Also, no Captain James Donnelly picture! I can be nice sometimes too!
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I’m exactly the same.
Except I seem to get every question wrong.
I cannot read those rubber faced freaks. They just… Stare…
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My first few cases were absolute shockers.
It wasn’t just the faces that took getting used to, but sometimes I feel like the writers are thinking a certain way, and if you don’t match their thinking, you’re ‘wrong’ for it.
Minor spoilers, but like one of the first Traffic cases you’re on. The wife claims the husband bought a new pair of glasses, when you’ve found an old crappy taped up pair. I called her out on it, but she was telling the truth. Of course there’s nothing to say that he bought a new pair to replace the old pair which he can use as a spare, which totally makes sense, and I feel stupid for accusing her, but as Cole Phelps, the broken glasses just seemed to be in direct conflict with her claim that he had a new pair of glasses.
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I pretty much default to “choose lie, and measure their response” and if they’re not lying, then go with doubt.
Doubt. Always doubt. I doubt them about everything…
EVERYTHING!
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I play the game with my girfriend telling me what to pick. We’re well in to the Vice cases and so far, she has gotten it wrong ONCE. And she just goes by the look on their face and the evidence on hand. She is SCARY good it this!
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Never lie to her… she will know!
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Helllllllo Tuesday!
Just a reminder everyone that The Witcher 2 competition ends tonight! Here’s my entry, (_o_) and here’s my witcher entry http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/2/9/1748826//QumulysWitcher2Entry.jpg
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‘Sup?
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I got you this month man, we’ll do it 4 times if thats ok with you?
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hahah that’s awesome!!!
You know what’s awesome about this comp? Everyones entries are so rad that i don’t have a chance!!
BUT MAN THEY ARE RAD!!
No cookie monster, though?
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Yeah, I think I’ve retired cookie… He had his run… Hang on, what am I saying!?
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LAWL! That is awesome!! I likey.
Woo, got a copy of Ghost Trick for my kudos prize. I is very happy 😀
I also got a mini little zombie figurine dude from Dead Rising 2 which was nice, but I already got him with my jacket 😛
Anyone want him?
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Oh! Oh! Me! Me!
He’ll go nicely betwixt my Wall-E & Eve on my desk at work.
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It’s yours! Email me your address and I’ll stalk- erm, post it to you. (dbe.krams at gmail)
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he’s a charming little fella, he is.
I got im sittin above me RE4 chainsaw, i do! -
SUGHLY HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE “SUGHLY”
Suh-lee or Suff-lee?-
Also if it is either of the latter, are you related to Christopher Lee?
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when he arrived at my place, he introduced himself pronouncing it like Sully!
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I was saying it Sour-Lee until I found out it was Sully. I was surprised!
Speaking of which… I didn’t watch anything E3, was busy with other things, but want I want to know is, how do you say “Vita”
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Even though I know it’s wrong, I still pronounce his name Soolee. OK, that was a terrible phonetic spelling, but try and guess what I meant…
Anyway, the Playstation thing is vee-ta.
Pronounced nothing like vitality, which is an extended form…
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Haha, I missed all this! Yeah welbot has it right. Pretty much anywhere I use it people say it wrong, so I’m used to it. It started as an in joke with high school friends and just stuck.
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Veee-Ta
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*shakes fist*
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Veeeeee-ta.
Also, the Ubisoft people kept switching between Oooooo-bisoft and You-bisoft.
Those wacky French.
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I hope you didn’t end up getting mine by mistake! I STILL haven’t got my goodies yet.. Mr Serrels… did you end up checking what address you sent it to yet?
Hello everybody,
I was on steam last night playing some games and I was also on teamspeak with tech knight. Pretty much most nights both of us talk about a bunch of random stuff. We also talked about how we should have more people join us. So if you are after some one to talk to while gaming or just on your computer jump on teamspeak. I’m on mostly after 6.
This message was brought to you by rocketman
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Oh yeah! Teamspeak is pretty awesome! Thanks Fatshadster for setting us up, you sir are a good hearted manly man *fistbump* I’ll try and get on a bit more in the future.
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Acknowledged HQ.
I wonder what would happen if I ran Vent and Teamspeak at the same time… with two separate groups of people?!
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Easy, use two different push-to-talk key bindings.
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Untested solution, but possible
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I’ve done that before. Works fine as far as the technical end. The tricky bit is remembering to press the right key for the people you are trying to talk to. Otherwise you just confuse things.
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The space-time continuum would snap like cheap underpants on a hot day and you would find yourself talking to yourself from various moments in time and across different parallel dimensions.
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hahaha! That is funny but then I realised… I’d have to hear the sound of my own voice. ARGH!! Not so funny!!!
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OK. OK. OK. Guys, guys. I have an amazing idea! (Please note, I don’t really think this idea is amazing, but I’m quite tired right now)
Everyone who’s staying up for the ninty conference should get on TeamSpeak, and we can all talk to each other about what we feel! (OK, it would actually be one and a half hours of awkward silence, so ignore this completely)
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I can also set up a bunch of channels for you ro chat about other randon stuff… Remember however max 10 people at once….
Ill try and jump on more also.
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I think I still have TeamSpeak installed on my laptop. I may join in on this activity.
By “activity” I mean “madness”.
OMG OMG…. New Trials Game revealed at E3????
More to come.
Trials Evolution!
Painfully slow 3G trying to watch is…. WOW… Will report back in a sec.
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New Trials?? Redlynx > Sony!
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OK, Seen it a bunch of times. Only about 2 seconds of gameplay so not much to go on.. but outdoor environments and multiplayer confirmed!!!!!
Freaking sweet
Can someone post a link below (I can’t from work)
Just search EuphoricFusion’s channel on youtube for Trials Evolution….
Awesome stuff I say. BEST. DAY. EVAR!
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Even better! From the Big Boss! http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/trials-evolution-will-make-you-want-to-hurt-yourself/
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This will probably be mentioned on Cheapskate but there is apparently a trade in voucher for the new Red Faction at Game.
http://www.ecogamer.com.au/content/107-coupondiscount-offer/4749-game-coupon-for-red-faction-armageddon#addcomments
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Also, Big W online store is doing some cheap games this week.
Red Faction Armageddon will be $48 for one day only on Thursday. With free shipping.
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/46423-
Sweet, thanks guys 😀
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I ended up getting Wipeout HD and Infamous as my two free titles for the PSN outage.
So far I’ve only downloaded Wipeout HD, but it was a little odd that when I tried to play it, it needed an update.
Surely a game that I just downloaded from the PSN store would be up to date… and people wonder why I always bitch about updates on the PS3.
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You know how everybody had to change their passwords after the PSN outage? Well I changed mine to something so good I can’t remember what it is!
I can’t log back into the PSN anymore. When I try to retrieve my password, all I get is stupid site maintenance.
I don’t think I’ll be able to get back in to get my free games in time. /sad face
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After my own password reset problems with GMail, I should be more sympathetic. But it’s just amusing.
There’s still plenty of time to redeem the free games, odds are there will be a slim window of opportunity for a password reset before you run out of time.
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So THAT’S why you haven’t accepted my friend request yet… i just thought it was because you hated me
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‘sif I could hate you, Chuloopa!
It’s time like these I wish I was a man, so that I could make the silly man-love jokes which Blaghman, Bish, Sughly and Pessimist do all the time 🙁
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Yeah!
*chest bumps Blaghman, Pez, and Sughly*
*simultaneously*
*somehow*
*as explosions go off in the background*
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And then we have gay sex!
But no homo.
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Pshh, just make man-love jokes, just because you’re lacking the appropriate appendage doesn’t mean you can’t join in bro-love. A chick can be a bro, it just requires a very insane one to want to be one.
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Awwww my poor little soul consumer!
you don’t have to be a man to get in on the homo-erotic lovins!
I’m allll about equal oppertunity!
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Equal opportunity.
Everyone has to put up with sexual cracks.
It’snotaworkplacesoyoucan’tsuemeforsexualharassmenteehahaaahaaanowaitasecond*jumps out a window*eeehahahaaaa.
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You called?
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It’s totally cool. My clanmates refer to me as “bro”.
*fistbump*
Oh god, when do the free games run out?
I have two accounts, and honestly, I cannot remember my passwords for either of them… (interestingly, the email US accounts get looks better than the email Aussie ones get)
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30 days to redeem, allegedly.
I don’t remember where I saw this figure though, so there’s a fairly good chance I just made that up and convinced myself it was true.-
Oh Bish.
Wonderful. I love it when I do the same thing.
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Sounds about right.
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http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/welcome_back_faqs
HAH, I WAS RIGHT
TAKE THAT, WHOEVER IT WAS WHO DOUBTED ME
Oh that was me.
Well.
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I think I doubted you too!
We should go to our houses and teach ourselves a lesson.
Wait, that just sounds a little wrong…
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have you tried “Man that italian family over there sure is quite”. Thats so good no one will ever think of that.
YES! How effing annoying is that!
I downloaded Burnout and then had to wait through 9 title updates which took around 40mins to complete.
Sometimes PlayStation, you make it hard…
tee hee…
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There used to be a time where every single damned time I turned on my PS3, I had to install new updates. Knowing that I had to install updates made me hesitant to play my PS3 and the longer I went between uses, the more updates there were.
It’s a small miracle that I somehow started using the machine frequently enough to not be constantly plagued by updates any more.
check out what i just scored
http://webshop.cashconverters.com.au/item/1402533
niccee…
now i’ve got the original floppy disc release, and the cdrom re-release! 😀
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Nice!
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Sweet! I still have Daggerfall and Battlespire lurking around somewhere.
Disturbing thing about Battlespire, I lent it to some friends at Uni and I never actually saw any of them progress beyond creating various naked female characters.
This went on for several weeks.
Everytime I walked into their rooms they were doing this.
Very… unsettling.
Awesome! I’m kinda sad that I only started the Elder Scrolls games with Morrowind. And with Skyrim on the way (with dozens of others in between), I doubt I’ll ever find the time or motivation to play Arena or Daggerfall.
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Dammit! This is supposed to be a reply to Loops.
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Don’t be sad, I only started on Oblivion 🙁
Tried to play Morrowind but it just seemed old, clunky and started real slow.-
I know what you mean, I loved the world, but the crappy graphics and terrible controls made me go back to Oblivion, which was a pretty bad game anyway.
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ASS BACKWARDS LEVELING SYSTEM
That is all.
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I still think ass backwards is better than ass forwards…
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As much as I love Oblivion, this man speaketh the truth.
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Stupid game time. 1st to reach Permalink!
Rules, you can only reply to someone else (no cheating with handles…)
Go!
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Well, that would be you from 2:36.
But I guess since you’re running this we’re starting it from now. 😛
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Yes from now! 😛
To Perma and beyond!!!
(damn, have to go get kid from school, dont win b4 i get back)
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You mean max out the reply chain? I thought we were past spamming for the sake of it after we hit 2000 comments :p
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It’s not spamming, simply long and eloquent discussions between different people spread over multiple posts, so as to allow a smooth “conversation” feel to it.
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/me pulls up his sleaves and continues to trek forth to the mysterious Permalink status.
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hah
OK.
Got a rather weird thing here, not at all gamey, but I think it’s quite cool. My Father was just in Boston for some medical conference thing, and apparently the public bins there are amazing. Here’s some random picture for reference: http://www.techronical.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/image-00015.jpg
To give you an idea, they’re solar powered, and use said power to compress the rubbish inside, meaning they have to be cleared less often, saving fuel from the trucks that pick them up!
Am I the only person who thinks that it’s really cool?
Yes, yes I am. Another MASSIVE geek out, he dropped by the MIT, and saw the original core memory unit from the Whirlwind computer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlwind_(computer)
MASSIVE GEEK OUT, just needed to let off some steam. Thanks guys!
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Yeah, that’s awesome.
My parents were in Boston not long ago and took a photo.-
Oh man, imagine if you were a Boston…ite? Bostonian? Bostoni?
You’d just be crazy confused as to why Australians just kept taking pictures of bins.
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that is truely awesome. Such a clever idea reducing use of fuel. It will save them lots in the long run very clever Boston. Very clever indeed.
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I have also now read Go the F*ck to Sleep, twas a good book.
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I had heard about these, but didn’t know they were actually rolling them out already :O ! That is awesome!
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Swear to god, you must be stalking me.
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*joins you in the nerding out*
That is freaking awesome.
So Kotakuites…
If you were to pay $1300 for a gaming system (sans a blu-ray drive), what sort of specs/performance would you be expecting?
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I dunno, something that can play Crysis? 😛
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It will not only play Crysis, it will probably play it at a smooth framerate at 1080p
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i want it to be able to play the n3p’s, and use the Sbu ports well.
note my gradmother used both these phrases before.
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As someone far too lazy to keep up with these things anymore, I defer to Whirlpool’s superior knowledge:
$1,000 ($1,300) Intel Gaming Config
CPU: Intel Core i5 2400 $187
Mobo: Gigabyte Z68X-UD3R-B3 $189
RAM: Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3-1333 $44
HDD: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB $59
GPU: 2GB AMD Radeon HD6950 $265
Case: Coolermaster HAF912 Advanced $115
PSU: Seasonic M12II 520W $113
ODD: LiteOn DVD burner $29
Peripherals: [ 24″ BenQ E2420HD / Sidewinder X4 / Logitech MX518 / Edifier M1350 2.1 ] (+$295)Total: $1,001 ($1,296)
http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/rmp_sg_whirlpoolpcs_gaming_configs_1
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Okay, serious answer begins here. What would I expect from a rig I paid ~$1,300 for?
$1,300 is pretty mid-high range in comparison to the rigs on offer in the retail market today. I wouldn’t be expecting maxed out performance for everything, but probably a smooth frame rate for the latest titles and at least be able to tweak settings to high-very high without fear of compromising performance.
I’d also expect 1080p stuff to play with no problems.
Probably around ~3.2Ghz speed, and with your ability to overclock, a little more ;P
And NO SSD’s.
I used my own rig for reference, which I built myself for $1.5k
Are you asking for specific numbers, or what we’d just expect in general?
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I’m not too sure.
Seeing as I can put together a computer myself and have plenty of parts in my current PC I could transfer over to save on costs (HDD, RAM, Win7, peripherals and monitor), I could probably put together something pretty damned awesome for that price.
Also, a BR drive only costs ~$100, so for that price range, it isn’t impossible to get one in there.
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DO IT! I picked one up recently caus my burner died. Now I can take purdy screenshots of my purdy bluerays and put them on my purdy desktop. I love bluray… its so purdy…
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My main computer is a MacBook Air, my other computer is meant to be a Hackintosh torrent box, but I was a little lazy setting it up and mainly use it for recording my gaming (like those Batman videos).
On the other hand, I have a PS3 and BR home theater system (it was a redemption offer that came with my TV, I am quite happy with that purchase). So I’m good for BR. Very good.
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Oh wait, for this high end PC selling thing? Yeah, BR is a good idea. Doesn’t cost that much but adds a lot of perceived value.
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Yikes.
I’d want to know it was rock-solid, hardware wise, and that it wouldn’t be replaced for at least 5 years or so.
I don’t know much about specs and stuff but it’d need to be pretty awesome to get me to pay that much.
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
My brother and I are toying with the idea of doing a small overclocked pc-build business and we’ve done up a spec which is both cheap and fast. Our market will be people who have 0 PC knowledge and don’t build systems themselves. In that sense we are hoping to do a series of builds that have stable overclocks with aftermarket cooling out of the box, so our customers can immediately plug in and play (and get more bang for their buck).
We’re at the stage now where we need to see if this is a) viable, b) there is a market, and c) what sort of profit margin we should be aiming for per unit.
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These may help!
http://www.altech.com.au/nrg/systems
Hmm, they’ve removed the prices from the NRG ones.
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Thanks lass! You’re quite the helpful one today, muchos gracias.
It’s interesting that a lot of these companies go for the high end of PC builds with full towers and such.
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Ugh, just had a whole bunch of photographers in here for staff promotional photoshoots.
I hate having my picture taken at the best of times, but having to spend half an hour in several positions (heh sounds dirtier then it was… kinda) really annoys me.
They must of taken at least fifty shots, of which probably only two will be used, and included constant, just a little to the left, not that far, now look at me, wait don’t look at me.
It was also just as we were doing this that I had half a dozen urgent phone calls and emails.
As I said Ugh.
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Oh crap they’re coming back.
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The trick is to pull a face like you’re having an aneurism.
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I prefer to pull a face like I’m having an orgasm.
Well, more like the “Jizz in my pants” style thing.
It never fails.
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Your ‘o face’?
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I was about to search for an appropriate picture to illustrate my point, but I realised that typing “jizz face” in to google would not give the desired result.
So let’s just go with yes.
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Bwahahahahahaha!
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Surely you have a spiked club nearby to chase them off?
Gah if i had of waited i could have got it cheaper.. oh well..
So if you haven’t got INFAMOUS yet..
$12.50, anyone?
http://webshop.cashconverters.com.au/item/1404464/Ps3_Infamous/&storeID=24
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If you haven’t got Infamous yet and had a PSN account before April 21, there’s an even cheaper way of obtaining it :p
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Sorry to burst your bubble, but isn’t inFamous one of the free PSN outage games?
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It is indeed, which i already knew.
This is for one of two people.
1. People who didn’t have a PSN account before the cut off date sometime in april
2. People who got other games free but still may want this-
Gah, too slow, but thanks anyway Chuloopa – that post was for me! 🙂
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I has a US dummy account if you want to use that?
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Que?
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I have a dummy US PSN account to access their PSN store, as sometimes they get stuff earlier than us. So there *may* be a chance that I can redeem the 2 free games off of that account. But seeing as I only want Super Stardust from my US account, that leaves me with a spare game download. Did you want to try and download inFamous with it? The more people play and enjoy inFamous, the better 🙂
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I wonder when Jimu’s going to jump back into the fray.
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i don’t know Effluvium boy, i just don’t know.
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I think he’s just moved house so hopefully it’s not going to take as long for him to get his internets sorted out as it did poor Loops.
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But he internetses at work…
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I just had the bejeebus scared out of me.
My husband was going out, he said ‘goodbye’ and walked out the door and everything so I started to do the dishes. Next thing I notice a reflection in the window above the sink of someone tall coming up behind me. I shrieked. Turns out it was just my husband coming back because he’s forgotten to hug me before he left.
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NAAAAAWWWWWWW 🙂
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Smooth, Strange, really smooth.
Like soft butter on silken sheets, padded with the finest down, and then covered in concrete.
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Good thing he didn’t have his hockey mask and machete. That would have been awkward.
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That boy’s askin for a tattooin!
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Hug… of DEATH.
Hope you’re OK and he didn’t have a heart attack after being shrieked at 😉
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To hug you? Or… to STAB YOU!
Man, I am farting like a beast this afternoon… What did I eat!?
In other news, I had whacky dreams last night. I’d been cleaning the bathroom and probably inhaled too many fumes, before falling asleep on the couch. Woke up at 2am to find all the lights, tv and laptop on, plus my heater on high. Went to bed, then proceeded to have a perplexing dream involving a lot of people from everyday life, mixed in with fictional characters and celebrities. A lot was going on, but the main thread involved a Back to the Future prequel. I can’t remember who was directing, but Spielberg was involved, somehow, for better or worse. The problem was, due to some Hollywood politics, they weren’t allowed to refer to the DeLorean as the “Tardis”, so just called it the “time machine”.
No matter how much I insisted that the DeLorean was never called a Tardis, and that the time machine couldn’t exist in a prequel, since Doc Brown concieves the Flux Capacitor in the first film, nobody would listen to me. It was frustrating to say the least!
PS Vita.
Fuck yeah.
That is all.
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Also, Skyrim.
Those are the only two things you need to know from this year’s EB.
In case you haven’t been watching twitter, or E3 coverage… skyrim trailer below. Words don’t work for the amount of omfgwtfwheee contained within:
http://t.co/46ZJCh4-
I meant to say E3, not EB.
The keyboards… they are against me.
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*looks at keyboard*
*sees 3 at the top.*
*sees B at the bottom, near space bear*
Is confused.
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Woops. It seems the space bear is attacking me, forcing me to write that instead of space bar.
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Also, you forgot to mention how awesome the Uncharted 3 demo and trailer was. You forgot, right? RIGHT?
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UNCHARTED 3: HELEN MIRREN AND JASON STATHAM GET MAD
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Was it just me, or does the older woman look like Big Momma and her sidekick like Solid Snake?
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Skyrim be damned! I wanna play Overstrike! 😀
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Oh god yes. Ratchet and Clank sure is fun, I never really played Resistance, but man, Overstrike does look like fun!
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OH MY GAWD, I WAS SO SUPRISED ABOUT A HD HALO CE REMAKE!!!
no but seriously, i’m looking forward to that, apparently it’s gonna be a discount price, the only problem is that it’s obvious 343 is not confident of themselves recreating it, as they said it’s the exact same engine of the first with some updated textures and models (apparently there is an option to switch it back to the classic models and textures) and the multi-player is just new maps for reach….
wait, what’s this 343, you’re working on halo 4? that’s why it’s sort of a half assed job? oh you sneaky devils!
Uncharted 3 ……. OH.EM.GEE
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I know right! This and Tomb Raider are the highlights so far. New Tomb Raider is damn fine.
Just ordered L.A Noire from DVD.co.uk. Only 30pounds including shipping, because they remove the VAT tax. Has anyone ordered with them before/ran into trouble with them? And what’s their shipping time like? I ordered it now so it’ll arrive after I’ve finished exams and will have probably have already sunk 30 hours or so into inFamous 2.
Sly 4…. *drools*
Oh god!
It’s extraordinarily frustrating to trying to work when your job is 90% talking to people on the phone and you’re beset by hiccups!!!
WHY WON’T IT STOP?!?!?!?
(for accuracy insert “hic” multiple times at random intervals)
I’m not going to be around to read replies until the afternoon as I’ll hopefully have just gotten to sleep by the time mods are back at it again but…
I’ve decided to join the rest of the world and get one of those newfangled smart phones. Anyone know of any reasons not to get a Samsung Galaxy S 2?
Also, does anyone else find when they have the gametrialers windows open to watch trailers in HD as linked in one of the several of the kotaku articles. After a while some random 8bit sounding music comes on and then some guy starts yammering something about game bugs, with no apparent way to switch it off other then closing the window or muting sound for the hole computer?
It’s really fricken annoying me. Not sure if it’s just some crazy glitch these crappy work comps have though.
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GORZILLA! Yes!! I frickin hate that 8bit music thing, Its been driving me nuts for the last 3 days… I always have like 4 or 5 tabs open, and it took some investigation to work out it was the GT site.. I have no idea how to stop it other than refresh/change screens IT MAKES ME GRR!!!!!
I wonder if TadMod and Mark Serrels get annoyed finding all these posts to mod first thing in the morning or if it’s a pleasant breakfast surprise. Like finding Kellogs accidentally filled your all bran with fruit loops.
Also, I want my name to be red. Dose this make it red?
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It’s fun, mostly, but I usually only do it 3 or 4 times a day, so I can’t talk for Mark who does the lions share by far!
Wowzers. Just realised my comments are actually getting mod approval. We getting moderated by US guys or the Aussies working hard over E3?
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GOING HARD! BABY!
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I’ll put the lotion in the microwave for you.
Don’t worry, I’ll only put it on for a few seconds. Don’t want one of those embarrassing hospital visits again.
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Ease it up there big guy. You gotta move slow with these things.
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Would you like some gum?
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Last night I discovered the joy of making other people fail by talking about penises. TeamSpeak is even more fun than I realised.
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bahahaha! Yes indeed. So is that Wipeout vid going up anywhere for us to see today?
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Got to edit it down to < 15min and do some narration. Should be up by the end of the week. It probably could have been done a little quicker if I had transfered it all across last night while I was sleeping (need to convert raw footage with Handbrake then transfer into iMovie to edit).
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Did someone say the word penis?
So apparently it’s Blaghman’s birthday today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Hope you get a crapton of loots.
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Who wants to sing something for him and upload it for the rest of us to see?
Happy Birthday Blaghs! I hope this year brings your level of stalking to somewhere it’s never gone before.
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Yes, happy birthday to Blaghs!
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Thank you Strange, Bish and The Cracks.
I will probably get very little, but I’m OK with that. I have the Song of Ice and Fire books on the way from the Book Depository, so that’ll do for me.
Tryin’ to get mah free games from Sony.
2AM – Nintendo E3. So much “Wat”ing was done.
3:15 AM – Start up PS3, wooo, firmware update. I love watching green bars progress. You never know what’s going to happen. Sometimes they go backwards!
3:30 AM – Start inFamous download, figuring it’d probably take a few hours to download. Go to sleep.
4AM – Half wake-up, roll over, PS3 is still on. Sweet.
8AM – Wake up, PS3 is off. Huh. Turn it back on. No inFamous.
8:15 – Actually get out of bed, get to desktop, notice 2GBs of quota used but nothing to show for it. I mad.
8:30 – Mmmmm, peanut butter.
8:45 – Figure that the Auto-off thing in Power Management settings probably killed the download when I turned itself off.
9AM – Dick around for the last 15 minutes trying to get Wipeout HD, since Welcome Back no longer appears in the PSN Store.
9:07 – Figure out with a friend that inFamous has to start downloading from scratch again, because download progress is only saved if you choose to put your downloads in the background. Only explanation that seems to fit why Wipeout is in the PS3 download manager, but inFamous is out.
9:09 – Holy beans it is cold in Sydney. I got a haircut yesterday and now my head is freezing.
9:10 – Notice remnants of peanut butter on toast. Mmmmm, peanut butter.
Sony sure are making me work for my free games.
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*8:45 – when it turned itself off, 9:07 – Out = Not
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That was a surprisingly enjoyable read…
*puts on party hat and gets noisemaker*
*fweeeeeeeeeeeeee*
Happy b’day Blaghsy!
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Happy Birthday Blagh!
I sung you a happy birthday song. Enjoy!
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*THROWS CONFETTI*
Happy Birthday Blaghman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May you receive more cute and cuddly animals!
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BE THE BIRTHDAY BLAGHMAN!
Be. The Birthday.
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In the spirit of Blaghman, here is a cuddly aminal for his birthday.
IT’S SO FUZZY WUZZY AWWW
http://www.whatsgoodwithyou.com/images/_Photo_Gallery/_Animals/cute_animal005.jpg
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Happy birthday Blaghy! 😀
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Thank You Tech Knight.
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I know i’m a little late to the party but Happy Birthday Blaghs!
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My birthday was ruined by you being late!
Funnily enough, I kid. Thank You Gorzilla. Given how terrible I am at wishing people Happy Birthday I must admit I’m amazed by the amount of love shown here. It brings a tear to my eye.
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Just a quick post. Anyone who was interested in 1000 Heroz.. it has been released a day early on the ap store NOW… Just got it. I will let you know what I think later tonight.
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WOW. I am going to lose so much of my life with this game… I have already played the first level 61 times (during work btw) and I am already sucked in. The art is awesome (no idea of sound because, well… im at work) but overall looks really polished.
Leaderboards, menus and everything is easy to navigate and I can see this game doing really well.
For $1.19 and 1000 days of content… money well spent.
Also, FYI. I have started a ‘Kotaku AU’ custom league so join in if you want. Just enter that in the menus.
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Oh dear. I see a lot of time being sunk into this one.
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any words on a street date break for infamous 2?
that is all
I tried to pretend I wasn’t excited about Nintendo at E3.
Started watching this morning.
Had bought a 3DS before it finished.
I am weak……
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You made the right decision…
In related news, only 22 more days until Ocarina 3DS!-
This would be the main reason I bought my 3DS.
The other is Link’s Awakening.
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Hell to the yes. Can’t wait to download Link’s Awakening!
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I also posted a rambling reply in the What Do You Think Of The Wii U topic. Right at the top of page 2 if you’re interested.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/what-do-you-think-of-the-wii-u/comment-page-2/#comments
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That was a quality ramble.
Needs more rhetorical questions.
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It does? More? Are you sure?
I could add more, couldn’t I?
I could.
Next time.
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Oh man, it is cold this morning.
I must finish The Sly Collection!
Happy Birthday Blaghman! Unfortunately, I don’t have enough time to do my own cover of friday for you, so I’ll link to the real thing instead! 😛 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD2LRROpph0
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But it’s Wednesday…
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Sure but everyone recognises that Opph0 now. Gotta step up!
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Thank you Lambo, I am however too busy listening to Rick Astley to follow your link.
Loops has me searching the Cash Converters site, so this post is really his fault.
Oblivion GOTY PS3 $16
http://webshop.cashconverters.com.au/item/1403233/The_Elder_Scrolls_Iv_Oblivion/&storeID=110
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Also what looks to be Uncharted 2 Steelbook edition for $30:
http://webshop.cashconverters.com.au/item/1388500/Ps3_Unchartered_2/&storeID=8
Hmmm, this is interesting. Zavvi thinks that Star Wars The Old Republic will be shipping on the 7th of October this year. http://www.zavvi.com/games/platforms/pc/star-wars-the-old-republic/10068600.html
They’re most likely guessing, but it’s still interesting nonetheless…
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Interesting…
Difficult to see. Always in motion is the future.
So, EB Games are listing the Wii U for $599
What the f**k?!
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IT’S THE LATEST GEN CONSOLE!
Yea that’s a ridiculous price to pay for something that is far from being released yet.
Ok, comments on the WiiU aside… Skyward Sword looks OH SO DAMN FINE! That trailer is everything I wanted the game to be and to look like. One of the bigger Ninty sucesses for me.
It’s raining…:\
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…men. Hallelujah, it’s raining men.
Amen.
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Lies, it’s sunny.
Cold. And sunny.
Happy birthday Blaghman!!
Hey you’re now as old as I am 😀 (saw it on twitter)
but I’m turning 21 in 2&1/2 months.. sigh
why are you so young??!
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why am i so ooooold
*sob*-
My thoughts exactly.
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If it’s of any consolation, you could still pass as a teenager.
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He’s still got the cord!
He can do some pretty cool party tricks with it.
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Tell me about it. At Meat 1.0 I thought I’d stumbled into a womb.
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At meat 2.0 I thought I stumbled into a test tube.
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… Or a dumpster.
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Nah, we were all too well dressed to be hob-
OOOOH, I see what you did there.
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That’s… I don’t… I don’t really know how to respond to this?
I will take it as a compliment? As far as foetuses go, I guess I am a pretty tall one.Although, when I bought GTA San Andreas two or whatever years ago, the EB guy asked for ID (with it being an MA15+ game and all) even though I was 20.
I can’t win.
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I typically get ID’d buying MA15+ games, but not alcohol. Canberra is really weird…
yay for blaghman. Soon there will be three of us in the twenty club. Also we spent most of last night making qbo fail at dirt 3 cause trjn and blaghman were saying WAAAAAAAAAAAAY to many penis puns. That’s how mature our young friend now is.
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Lego.
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Im still in trouble for waking them up from your little joke.
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I regret nothing!
Nothing!
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Just turning 21? You might be a little old for Duke, if you know what I mean.
I don’t mean that I’m into kids. Just wanted to clarify that.
I’m just going to leave now.
Thank You dawdle! I am this young due to a long serious of hilarious activities, mostly involving a distinct lack of time travel.
I think what I’m trying to say is that I wish I was the Dr.
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You wish you were Jamie WHAT!?
Don’t we all… imagine the women I could pull with that accent… *sighs wistfully*
Inevitable WiiU comment (yeah I know, theres a page for this elsewhere but I wanted to talk to you guys about it). My thoughts are basically that it’s just too early to see the game lineup. Considering its out 2012, and most likely late 2012, it makes sense that if they are in early development they are held back fro being shown until next year when the thing is about to go out into the world, no?
That being said, there was not enough to justify buying a 3DS yet. Pity, caus I really wanted an excuse to.
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PORTABLE SSB
But yeah, nearly a system seller (for me) but not quite.
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Okay here is my view on it. I saw the controller and thought of all the bad stuff about it.
Battery life shit
easily broken,
Big bulky
ugly.
Then i watched the video for it. Holy dog balls so much more than i expected. Especially the wii sports game looked quite cool. I do like the fact you can play games straight to the controller. Yes it essentially a psone but better. I don’t think for 600 bucks ill be a early adopter. cause im not sure ill use it that much. But definetley pretty cool. -
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Yeah I think after the Reggie interview especially it seems that they’re holding back on showing games until next year before its release. Which I can buy. I’m happy to have this e3 be ‘look at the controller’, and next e3 be look at the games.
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Hey Jeeves – When you gonna get to that sandwich. Make sure and remember the extra bacon.
And this belly button lint ain’t gonna clean itself.
Also – happy birthday Blaghman. May the stripper who jumps out of your birthday cake be STD free.
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BUSTED! You’re not Duke Nukem! You’re Anonymous Pessimist!! 😛
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I dare you to try and post as duke… 😛
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
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Totally not me, I’m sure Tad can vouch.
I don’t actually have any alter-egos (apart from the anonymous rampage a few weeks ago)… maybe it’s time to start?
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I bet that’s something someone hiding the fact that they are actually Jeeves would say, JEEVES.
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Good sir, I can assure you that the young master is not in the business of such impersonation malarkey.
He has hired me though as a second hand, however. He appears to be most unimpressed with Jeeve’s unenthusiastic attitude. It was mentioned that he is trying to have us vie for his affection, though I have assured Master Pessimist that butler pit fights to curry favour are not in my contract.
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ZOMG, I HAS TWO NOW.
You know what this means:
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Make them fight to the death… then kill the winner.
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You leave Jeeves to me, thank you very much.
And Blaghs is the type of person who likes surprises, namsayin’?
Thank You Duke!
STD free? It will be better than last year!
Any chance of them being, you know, female? It was a little awkward with Phil last year…
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Ahh, now I understand what you meant by poking fun at your present last year.
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it’s Blaghman’s birthday?
Did not get the memo. I’m not sore about it, don’t get me wrong, this is really just more of a deep emotional scarring that will haunt me, late at night, in years to come and when all is lost.
Happy Birthday, Blaghman!!!
21 ehh? I think you’re ready to come and work in my clandestine, backyard moonshine distillery. There’s plenty of evidence I need burning in the oil drum: i keep the oil drum behind the old horse stables – you won’t have any trouble finding it.
When the sun hits the hanging tree that’s when you know it’s time to light the campfire and burn things that we find and tell tales of a different time, a different place.
High noon is when I like to go down to the river and maybe look for something I haven’t seen before. You can find almost anything down by the old river, and the best part is you get keep almost everything you find.
I found an old abandoned bus along the way and far up into a disused track that not too many people know about anymore; a beat-up, old bus and been there for near on 2 years now and we need to salvage what we can before it’s too late. This is important and I’m putting you in charge of the project: i’ve code named it, “Operation Dude, Where’s My Car?” All the projects are named after Ashton Kutcher movies, Cosby Show characters or Madonna hit singles.
Don’t worry about sending a resume and anybody with character references almost certainly lacks the fortitude, grit and enterprise required to keep the oil drum burning . . . and the evidence disappearing.
You’re the kind of man this place needs,
Plainview.
Birthdays are like –
Leaves because . . . hmmm? . . . they burn really good?
Androids are like RoboCop. Peter Weller was Chris Henderson in 24?
Getting to the bus won’t be easy; rain has destroyed the track.
How much longer must we wait before the sun hits the hanging tree?
Moonshine will be a powerful commodity with the return of prohibition.
Ahhhhh! Look! it’s time! The sun shines bright now on the hanging tree!
Now and at last! I can light my campfire atop the mountain.Take it away http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xczpRc6_yBA Marty Robbins!
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I am still a mere child Plainview, as I turned 20, although I feel so much older. Truly, you have given me the best gift possible. More of your beautiful words. Thank You good Sirrah. If my age is not a problem then I shall endeavor to complete your task, my wonderful man. None shall stop me, for when I am focussed, I become so wholly single minded that the world is my plaything. Oceans move before me out of fear, and mountains turn to dust at the mere mention of my-
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Happy 20th it is! Have a – [Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes (Tony?) tiger voice] – grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat day!
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psst Plainview… he’s 20 😉
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Maybe I’m just getting old(well obviously I am but that’s not my point here) but I’m finding myself with a different playstyle now. Instead of taking my time exploring and savoring each game properly, I’m now finding myself rushing through to the end, kind of in the way my husband always does which makes me so frustrated. Seriously, what is wrong with me these days? I went into the final mission of Yakuza 3 knowing full well I had loads of stuff unfinished and then last night I was driving to my first Traffic Desk case in LA Noire and up popped a message about a crime in progress which I then proceeded to ignore in favour of getting on with main story. This is not, nor has it ever been the way I like to play games.
Actually, now that I’m thinking about it more the real reason could be the huge pile of shame with a bunch of awesome-seeming games beckoning to me. I may be rushing through just so I can get to the next one and see what that has to offer.
Does anyone else find themselves playing differently as their pile of shame gets larger?
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This sounds extremely familiar to me. Especially since I often feel a bit of pressure to be up to date on all the latest games that are released.
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Best to do some of the street crimes for the xp and intuition points.
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tl;dr
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I laughed so hard I farted.
I’d do it again.
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Yeah, I hate that guy.
They should fire him.
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I can’t do RTS anymore. I just have no reflexes now. One of my units might be dying horribly and I’ll see it on the minimap, but my old man brain just won’t make the connection that I should probably get it out of there until it’s too late.
Also, open world/big city games. I knew the cities in GTA Vice City and Mafia 1 like the back of my hand. I really knew how to get around the place. San Andreas was a bit much, but I still knew some of it. But GTA 4, Mafia 2 and LA Noire? Not a clue. No idea where anything is, and I once got lost inside a police station in LA Noire.
I don’t know what it is. I don’t particularly have a crazy pile of shame. Heavenly Sword and Brutal Legend on PS3, and a few Steam games I got from crazy sales that I knew I would never play but thought would be nice to have or were deliciously cheap. So really, I have all the time in the world to explore Los Angeles, but all I do is go from waypoint to waypoint. Maybe VC and Mafia were just amazing and new to me. VC had colour and character, Mafia was an amazing period piece. Maybe I’m just getting old? A bit of ‘been there, done that’? Every time I get my partner to drive in LA Noire, I think that I’m cheating myself out of the experience of being in 1947 LA, but I just can’t be bothered to to drive all that way across the map. And I disappoint myself.On a lighter note, those Yakuza games huh. I think you can be forgiven for it since there is a stupid amount of stuff to do. I aim for doing all the missions, because learning those Japanese gambling games does my head in. Also I am terrible at baseball. Also also hostess clubs still weird me out. Also also also so many weapons to mod.
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Yeah, I’m the same way. I even find myself looking through the pile for games I can finish quickly.
Blagh,
It is the anniversary of your birth.
It is a good day.
– Effluvium Boy
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Happy Emergence Day, Man O’ Blagh!!!
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HUGO
As the only “Hugo” I know (of), I feel like it is my duty to show you this for no apparent reason:
http://shoryuken.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/image_street_fighter_iii_3rd_strike-15888-2315_0002.jpg-
Yay!
HUGO WINS!
This will now be my new wallpaper 🙂
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Thank you Effluvium Boy and Hugo the Hungarian Bavarian (sic).
I’m curious, is there a reason birthday wished for me are spread over like 6 different comment chains?
I don’t expect anyone to actually reply, I just though it was a little odd.
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Just roll with it homie.
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I’m rolling, but that’s just cos of the crap I keep eating…
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I think maybe a bunch of people already knew it was your birthday so they didn’t read the other people’s posts before posting because they didn’t need to read someone else’s post to find out it was your birthday because they already knew it was your birthday and they were already thinking of you. Or something. I think I just confused even myself.
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DiRT 3 is awesome!
Who’s with me?
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I suppose it would be. Dirt 2 has been pretty awesome so far 😀
So I was thinking that an easy way to do guest commentary on my Batman videos would be to just upload the raw video to YouTube as a private video and then record using TeamSpeak.
This may get tested at some point in the near future. If it works, I see the potential for many amusing things to come.
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How would one get involved in this?
I volunteer to be the annoying loud mouth who has already played the game telling you how to play the game, except remembering all the details wrong and telling you to qcf+p to kick like Chun-Li.-
Get on TeamSpeak tonight I guess.
I have a Batman video pretty much ready to go, just needs audio. So that will be the test case.
If that works, then the video I recorded last night of me playing Wipeout HD for the first time may also get the same treatment.
Eventually, I’m going to have to work out how to record audio at the same time as video without things being completely retarded. But baby steps…
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Dammit Bish, that was going to be my job!
*sulks* (on my birthday too)
I kid, I kid.
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I want to test it out tonight, so you can have first bite of the cherry (that phrase doesn’t make sense, cherries rarely have more than one bite to take).
Just a matter of logistics.
And if I can get a good recording through TeamSpeak.
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We can comment as a pair! 2 x obnoxiousness!
I will Chun-Li kick spam, you can Blanka electricity spam.Also, Teamspeak huh?
I will need to figure out how to use this.-
Also acceptable.
Really, details can be nutted out on TeamSpeak, because being there is a requirement for this working :p
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I’m thinking you should rotate it like a “special guest” thing among all the kotaku peeps that have mics and have been on TS in the past.
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That’s almost what I want to do.
Basically, if there’s someone available when I want to do the recording, I’ll probably rope them in. Although I might try and get Carlos (the artist from my webcomic) and my friend Jane (who would probably be interesting even if she knows nothing) to do a video or two with me.
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Yeah I’d be in on taking part, I just dunno how entertaining I’ll be. I guess that’s for the humans to decide
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Most excellent. If you aren’t entertaining, we can just repolarise your whobeemawhatzit and reconfigure your energymatron. It can’t fail.
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That is beautiful.
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Hello!
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Damn that’s funny.
I love that Activision sent someone in to that cesspit to talk to them.
Oh no! I’ve got no comic for today’s cheapskate! D:
Would someone be able to whip one up for me?
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My email addy is lamboman007 (ate) live (dot) com (dot) au
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Sent the poorest effort you’ll ever receive.
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Thanks…I guess… 😛
Nah, it’s good, thanks 🙂
I’ll just make it a little easier to read and add something funny that I just thought of to the end of it and it should be all good. 😀-
It’d have been boring if I’d typed it. And I suck at writing with a mouse.
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Just watched the Darksiders II announcement trailer.
I got chills.
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They’re multiplying…
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And are you losing control?
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I am assuming direct control!
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Naturally, because the power Vigil Games is supplying…
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It’s ELECTRIFYIN’!
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You better shape up.
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You better shape up,
cause you need a game (you need a game),
And your heart is set on 2…
You better shape up,
to make them understand,
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There’s nothing left,
there’s nothing left for you to do…
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Okay guys, putting out a call for the awesome Kotaku community’s assistance. I’m trying to track down an old game I played when I was little but I don’t remember much of it, or what it was called.
All I can remember is it’s an first person type RPG and the intro begins with a castle being slowly covered by a magical dome of sorts. Everything goes all dark and stormy.
You make a character and start off as a prisoner in a dungeon (I think). I remember picking up a candle and eating it.
My memory is a little fuzzy (I was about four) but it’s been bugging my whole life… I need to finish this game!
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is it ultima:underworld
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OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! It was Ultima Underworld 2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111
THANK YOU SO MUCH ROCKETMAN!!!!!
I am forever in your debt.
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What really, it was a guess, i saw a picture and thought it sounded like you described.
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“I remember picking up a candle and eating it.”
True to your handle even in your early years. Impressive.
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Very perceptive, young master. I am always fond of your astute observations.
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Everything must pass the taste test.
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Was it an enlightening experience?
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Did it give you burning desire to consume more?
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Did that meal light the way for further cuisine?
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I hope all that eating didn’t burn you out.
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Damn you E3! *shakes fist*
So sweepy. So full of gaming goodness. Assignments due.
D:
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… er.
That wasn’t meant to be a reply. Not sure what happened.
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D:
Dude, you ruined my perfect unbroken line of zingers.
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Are you going to rekindle an old flame and eat another one any time soon?
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Was that meal your match point to win the game? Or was there a boss?
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Good thing you were young and only ate a single one – you wouldn’t want to burn the candle at both ends right?
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Aaaaand I’m done.
I’m here ’till Wednesday. Try the veal!
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I’m sure if you gave her the chance, she could wax lyrical about her experience.
I’ll bet it was wick-ed.
Maybe it gave her heart burn?GOOD SIR, YOU ARE A BAD INFLUENCE
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Watching you wax lyrical has inspired me to make my own pun.
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Damnit Bish, how’d you sneak in there!?
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I used my foetus agility to ninja in.
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That is a weird thing to say.Although, if this what it’s like when Eats manages to beat Pez to a comment… feels good, man.
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It is an awesome thing to say, and should be said more frequently.
Ninja Foetus!
Someone needs to make this into a comic/animation/game/action-figure/daytime-soap-opera/all-of-the-above STAT!
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Anonymous’s puns cast a wide shadow that flickered briefly, allowing Bish’s own pun to light up the room for just moment. I don’t know if it is a match for the pile of puns that Anonymous burned through.
Not that I really hold a candle to that level of punning. I get burnt out pretty quickly.
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ahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahh!
*deep breath*
ahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahhahhahahahahh
I swear you guys are going to kill me one day.
WAIT 1 More!
Did it make you burn at both ends?
aaargh, you’d already done that one…
You need to wake up pretty early in the morn to out-zing me, sir.
Duke Nukem 3D.
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Now wait a second. There’s only room for one Duke Nukem in this universe, and that’s me. So why don’t you impostors make like trees and get your sorry assess outta here!
Hail to the king, baby!
Hay fever is making me it’s bitch today.
Sometimes I think I’ve got the world tricked that I’m not a nerd then I sneeze in the middle of an asthma attack as my glasses break because I ran into the girl I like from science class because I was pushed into the girls toilet by Jeremy the kid who used to be my friend in primary school but we parted ways around year 5 after he moved to another school but he recently moved back into the neighbourhood just a few doors down and I asked him over one afternoon to play Sega and he laughed at me and said he doesn’t hang out with nerds and never has.
Ugh… but seriously, eff hay fever, man… eff it super hard…
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And sometimes you have sneezing fits and you sneeze so hard that you start coughing but then sneeze in the middle of that cough and your throat doesn’t know what the hell you’re doing and you sound like a cat coughing up a furball.
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And then you get hiccups, the bastard child of both.
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Alright guys, I was hoping to get this finished with a video today, but I’ve since decided that it was too much work (someone else is home, and I hate singing around other people), so here’s an early WIP of what I’m currently working on.
http://soundcloud.com/blaghman/skyrim-rough-cut
I still need to fix the levels, and re-record some parts, as well as add the rhythm-bass, so it’s still pretty early, but I figured I’d post this so you could all criticise me horribly shower me with love. Well, more then you already have today.
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I shall peruse when I am both home and pantsless, good sir.
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I had to click on this because I saw Skryim in the URL.
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Its worth the admission folks!
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zomg! cannot wait till i get home.
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Oh dear… pressure.
Don’t get your hopes too high, it’s very messy atm, and I need to re-record all the high notes and most of what might possibly be considered harmonisation…
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BREATHE THE PRESSURE,
COME PLAY MY GAME I’LL TEST YA.-
You used to call me paranoid (pressure)
But even you cannot avoid, PRESSUREYou turned the tapdance into your crusade,
now here you are with your faith,
and your peter pan advice,
you have no scars on your face,
and you cannot handle PRESSURE! -
Yeah, uhh
And so it seems that I’m, sewing jeans
And, 1st and 15 is just a sewing machine
So I, cut the pattern and I, sew in seams
And, button in this hustling then publically I’m Buddy Lee
There’s no bustin them and cuffing them is like
ushering in the regime, they want me to make Prince pants
But I withstand, I ain’t gotten into that
A little big in the waist, two-pocket on the back
Call them Nu-vi’s, O.G.’s covered in blue dye
Give ’em the game, that’s like giving chocolate to the fat
Look, how you think I got here?
That’s the same game that came through where I lived as a kid
in the bad luck truck and threw boxes off the back
Made me a ripper, deliver like river
Content a little more thicker, slicker
Yeah, and they said oil and water don’t mix
Now they all down at the beach washing off the fish
Was Blackbeard ’til I brought the Roc into your ships
YEAH!It’s my life, my life – everything I do I do for you
I do it all for you – everything I say you know it’s the truth
I’ll say it is the truth – I’ll take all the pressure of of you
Take pressure off of you; I’ll take, the pressure off of you -
Pressure! Pushing down on me,
Pressing down on you no man ask for.
Under pressure! That burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets(Thought thiss would be Blagh’s first choice)
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It was my first choice, but then I decided to be slightly different.
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It’s awesome!
Needs a fat lady in a viking hat!
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Thank you, sadly the best I can manage is singing as low as I can in my head voice…
Do I need to email someone for super secret Teamspeak server details? I have no idea how this works. I don’t normally talk in online games, because internet people are weird and stuff.
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We don’t like posting them everywhere, so if you send an email to blaghman (at) gmail (dot) com I can send you the details. I’m assuming it’s cool with FS, as it is technically his server, but we’ve never had any issues and it is a Kotaku wide thing not just for Minecraft so I’m just going to keep talking until the embarrasment from this last sentence goes away I did that with a girl once it was really awkward it’s not like I did anything but then I just couldn’t shut up until I started skulling vodka which certainly helped.
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You… started talking Teamspeak details with some random girl?
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She wasn’t just some random girl…
But she is really cute, and it just sort of happened, I’m not going to back down, it just happened, but i don’t think she noticed.
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Makes it pretty easy for us to work out the exact point where he went wrong.
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I believe the point I went wrong was when I said “Hello.”
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Huh, that’s odd.
Worked for Tom Cruise?
Maybe you should be more like Tom Cruise.TAKE ME, XENU
Oh hey, Xena and Hercules are totally on right now, aren’t they. Best shows ever. -
I wouldn’t mind looking more like Tom Cruise, but if I become too much like him I might become Tom Cruise crazy…
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All good by me….
You can’t hear me not wear pants on Teamspeak, so the program is definitely in my favour.
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Question.
If Daredevil sees by having crazy awesome hearing, would he be able to ‘see’ you pantsless?-
There is not a single thing I could respond to that would not put me firmly over the line.
Deep over-the-line territory.
Behind enemy lines.
Not the thin blue line.
Just the line.
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You remember that time we crossed the line and had to steal a car to get back because we were so far over the line.
Good times.
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Some videos I took at Vivid Sydney!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQhaiuyG5GY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41F5NDR7KAw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFhGtGNFs1s
And pictures:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150632345555612.690160.594105611&l=ee81a3e682
(not sure if this link will work)
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Yep, I just tried the Facebook link, you can see the pics without logging in : )
Feel free to criticise my (lack of) photography skills. I took the photos on my newly acquired Samsung Galaxy S II 😀
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That Customs House one is groovy.
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omg is that supposed to be a dinosaur skeleton
if it is: 10/10 vivid festivalAlso, maybe it’s just me, but the ones after the dinosaur looked like outlines of lit up robed people. Which I find rather creepy.
Pretty lights are pretty.
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Yes, and also it’s like a fossil preserved in ice. Pretty cool eh?
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It’s a polar bear, meant to draw attention to their looming extinction: http://bit.ly/jtDUBd
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A polar bear dinosaur?
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So. Many. Lights.
*Starts rolling around, foaming at the mouth*-
Lol, I wonder if they had to have a disclaimer for epileptics.
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Is that dinosaur half covered in ice?
This strikes me as the sort of thing one would need to wear sunglasses to, regardless of the time of day.
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So purdyy… *stares at it, transfixed*
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Thanks dawdle, that customs house vid was outstanding! I’ve wanted to see one of these projections ever since I saw that Clock tower one a while ago. They are brilliant!
Damn you E3! *shakes fist*
So sweepy. So full of gaming goodness. Assignments due.
And it isn’t even over yet 🙁
Gah, I’m wayyyy too old of a man (giggle) to be staying up until 3.00am these days. I failed to wake until 11.30am! So, I’m saying thankyou to my awesome mumsy, who came and took my kids to school today. Also, I can’t drive for shit whilst listening to the joyful banter of penis’s.
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I’m my age and I didn’t get up until 11… I somehow managed to turn my phone off while remaining asleep…
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I cant help but imagine the day before – ‘But muuu-uuuuuum… it’s the Nintendo CONFERENCE toniiiiiiight!’
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Almost! She actually offered to do the morning run, she normally does it once a week for me so I get a little extra rest (onya mum!) but luckily it happened to coincide with last nights tomfoolery. And I totally tweeted a joke about Kung Pow before anyone else!
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I noticed that! You trend setter you.
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er, that last sentence of yours… is there something I’m not getting? Joyful banter?
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From what I can gather, Teamspeak was used to discuss male genitalia in an amusing fashion immediately prior to the Nintendo conference.
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Let’s just say that the conversation slammed into the gutter, with adverse effects to Q-bo’s ability to play Dirt 3.
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I’d rather not entail the onslaught on my ears, whilst on teamspeak last night awaiting the ninty conference. I thought, I’ll finish off Dirt 3 I will. Took me over an hour to finish 1 event! 1 event! I’m sure they knew when each tight (cock joke) hairpin (another cock joke) was comming (obvious cock joke), and I’d go sliding (cock joke) off the groove (cock joke) and into the bush (cock joke). This is a game with 5 rewinds per track!! That STILL WASN’T ENOUGH! Gah! *sobs*
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Right, get it now. Was just a touch worried before.
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I’m so logging onto teamspeak tonight.
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I can see this going horribly right.
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Pray tell q-bo, what noise does a ‘joyful banter of penises’ make?
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goddamn… day late, dollar short, etc.
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Sounds a bit like a gleeful return of a fisher-boy, proudly tipping a bucket of 12 garfish and 1 squid he just caught into his mums shiny kitchen sink.
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LOL!
I’m not going to inquire any further, good sir.
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Ok Bish, I don’t have any decent stationary at work, and I had to throw this together quickly, but I’ve got some concept art for the ‘Ninja Foetus!’ idea…
http://yfrog.com/h8hkrafj
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HOW DO I RESPOND TO THESE THINGS I DONT EVEN KNOW
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That said, that is a pretty good sketch.
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D: I never meant to upset you, Bish
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Hahaha, nothing of the sort, I just feel like somewhere out there, there is someone complaining that it’s politically incorrect and that I shouldn’t be laughing at a foetus that is also a ninja.
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For a kid that size, that is definitely…
*dons sunglasses*
a headshot.
YEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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I… don’t get it.
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the top of his wang.
it… it was funny in my mind.
/o\
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*Stationery.
I’m currently quite stationary at work.
Remove the tiny weeny and we could start a ninja foetus brand.
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Monster.
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But all the ninjaette foetuses would point and laugh…
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They’ll laugh harder if he has it surgically removed.
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He’s a Jewish Ninja Foetus?
I think we’re trying to appeal to too many demographics.
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I’m keeping him fully intact.
Ninja Foetus is either Shintoist or agnostic, I’m undecided.
Leaning towards Shinto
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Thats its selling feature though! Cool sketch!
I would buy a shirt of this.
La Noire is slowly sinking its hooks into me but quite frankly I think I’ll always prefer Blaghman’s LA Noire Files.
That is all.
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Do you bring it up at bars so the ladies are aware of your prowess on arcade machines?
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That’sssss a very nice elephant you got there… ssss…
By the Almighty Arany Atyácska!!!
EB Games are giving the chance to win a 7 Foot tall Dragonborn Statue!!!
http://www.ebgames.com.au/competitions-840-The-Elder-Scrolls-V-Skyrim-for-your-chance-to-win-a-Dragonborn-Statue
I have never won anything in my life, so I am praying to any and all gods who may be listening, that the fates have saved up all my luck so that I may win this glorious masterpiece.
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Wow. Just… wow.
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Dayumn.
Good luck with that. I will do you the courtesy of not entering, as to increase your chances of winning by a tiny, tiny fraction.-
You never know – a friend of mine won lifesize Tekken statues from a similar JBHIFI peorder comp.
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I entered that comp. Probably good that I didn’t win. Wouldn’t know where to put them.
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You know, in my idea of a perfect world, one where I rule the world, there is no such thing as “free speech”. Luckily, I already have some power over “free speech” already 🙂
That comic I made for the Witcher 2 comp got a comment recently saying “boo this suck”…luckily for me, I have to approve that comment before anyone else can see it. Muhahahahahaha…
My comic probably does suck, but let’s just keep that a secret between you and me “jessepooh”, eh?
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:-O You gots the comment approving powers too!? SOOOOOOO JEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!
Any idea on when winners are to be decided upon?
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Wait, what!?
No I’ve got comment approval powers for my comics on this site http://www.toondoo.com/cartoon/3450810
Not on kotaku…silly Q-bo 😛-
Besides, if I did have comment approval powers on kotaku, there would be a lot more becrolling than usual 😛
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what is becrolling? Sounds like a danish pastry.
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Linking to Rebecca Black’s Friday, or sometimes covers of the aforementioned song…
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I’d rather a pastry…
JEEVES/ALFRED!! I HAVE A CRAVING!!
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Very good sir, shall I fetch you another bear claw?
I do hope we spare the witty banter regarding pastry naming conventions this time. It is rather hard to find the time to scrub the cordial stains from your t-shirts when you insist on spending 3 hours discussing the establishment of a new arm of science based around baked goods. I suggest Jeeves is better suited for these tasks as he is more accustomed to your somewhat unique viewpoints.
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Can I have a chocolate croissant instead?
Proof that when the french don’t give up, they can do incredible things.
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Mark, I’ve sent you cheapskate, did you get it?
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Got it old bean – going to put it up tomorrow morning if that’s cool?
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Yeah that’s cool. I’ll go over all the deals early tomorrow morning, just to get rid of the ones that have expired. Won’t take too long, then I’ll email the revised cheapskate to you.
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I hate it when people send me cheapskates.
They turn up at my front door step all ‘haggle’ this and ‘let’s negotiate’ that…
Noooooo!!!, they’ve done something to change boats and my water elevator has stopped working
I think I have to make the up shaft a block deeper but that would involve emptying the entire thing of water and filling it back up again :'(
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Are you referring to that game which involves the crafting of mines and the theft of one’s soul?
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Demon’s Souls?
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Dungeon Keeper?
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Dwarf Fortress?
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Evil Genius?
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Wurm Online?
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Cortex command?
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Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town?
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Terraria?
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I’m thinking how much sense that makes as a real-life situation…
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Good luck with fixing your water elevator!
I haven’t logged on the multiplayer server for ages…
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Agreed. I blame watching every episode of King of the Hill.
And you guys had already built quite a city before I ever joined 😛
tee-hee… up shaft…
2ND COFFEE TIME
(and I do sound wayyyy more energetic on TAY than in real life)
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If I ever heard you come anywhere near shouting volume in person, I would be very alarmed.
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Agreed.
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It would send old people scrambling to the air raid shelters.
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So I’m thinking of starting an alternate Minecraft server that I’ll post the details to online? According to Can I Host A Minecraft Server I can host anywhere from 7-10 people (plus myself) at a time.
Is this a good idea? Maybe still whitelist people (anyone here) but it’d be free reign for people on Kotaku.
No cheat powers for anyone though, it’d be actual work to build something ey GUYS 😉
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Blaghs is the only dirty cheater among us 😉
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*Standing there in full diamond gear, house made of impossible and rare materials directly behind me*
How dare you accuse me of cheating! This is an outrage!
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Don’t think I’ve forgotten when you shanked me with your diamond sword.
I didn’t strike first! My hand slipped!
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WHAT YOU CHEAT IN MINECRAFT. No more resoect for u blaghman
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*Robot voice*
Here The Cheat, have a trophy.
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I don’t even have time to spend on one minecraft server, let alone two : (
Come on day end. I want to go home and whilst it is still light strip some paint off a chair.
(when I look above, damn my life looks exciting)
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and I’m just missing words from those sentences.
“whilst it is still light to strip some paint off a chair”
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AWESOME! What sort of chair? 😀
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A outdoor bench I found outside (no it wasn’t a bus stop).
Got to strip it back before I repaint it.
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Sweet! Rock’n’Roll!!!
(Just trying to make your life seem more exciting)
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Are any of you guys sharing a place to live with friends (i.e. not related)? Just rambling a bit here. Since the three of us share all our kitchen appliances, I think it is common courtesy to refill the kettle and boil up some water after you have emptied it into your little water jug. I just filled up and boiled 1.5L of water, 5 minutes later the kettle was empty. Where did my hot water go? : (
I know people all have their on/off moments, so I tend to forget about the little things that happen around the apartment pretty quickly.
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Trust me.. it’s not just friends.. my bloody wife does that ALLLLLL THE TIME!!!!
I fill the kettle and boil it, she’ll come along and empty it, and then leave it empty.. shits me to tears!!! -
Yep, that seems like a common courtesy to me.
I’m not in that situation at the moment, but I lived in a 2 bedroom apt. with 6 other people for 3 years, so I’ve experienced things like that.
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i did live with my best friend for six months and i gotta say in nearly ruined our freindship. Its alot of give and little take. The other people get mad easily so you have to be way respectful. Thats my recipe for helpfulness.
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I live alone, so no problems there! Sweet freedom.
Although my mum is moving in for a while (parents getting divorced), but that just means my washing and cooking will get done… right?
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Every cloud…
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E3 sabotaged my work day again. Hmm maybe don’t check the net until I have done enough work to be acceptable for the day tomorrow.
Lets see how that plan goes…
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I wanna see more skyrim!
Yesterday’s video filled me with all sorts of glee.
So, during the nintendo conference, when they were talking about that lego game and they said it was going to be an open world with heaps of vehicles to drive, am I the only one who thought, “Oooh, lego GTA!”?
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“Hey man, we gotta get this shipment of white bricks across the border from bionicle valley”
“we better watch out, i hear our rival gang, the Mega Blockers, are out to steal our precious cargo”
(lego Hooker) “hey Honey, i’ve got some places for you to connect to me”
“OH BLOCK, WHAT THE BLOCK ARE DOING? I’M GONNA BLOCK YOU, YOU MOTHER BLOCKEN BLOCK!”
“Hey Cousin, lets go see some Lego teeeeeties!”
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BLOCK’n’ROLL!
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so i picked up no more heroes on PS3 today, witch surprised me since i heard they remade it, but i didn’t know it was coming to australia!
although, i will be playing it with a controller, because why would i pay for move when thsi is probably the only game i’ll get that will support it…
So BG&E is on PSN now, but it is more expensive than the 360 version. Yet at the same time, they’ve released inFamous 2 on the store at 50 pounds, but at $AUD80 (I think. I can’t remember now. If it is AUD$80, that’s a pretty close conversion from pound to dollar). I’m so confused. Why are they just fluctuating with prices?
John Carmack is a dude not to be messed with.
Last night, I recorded the audio for the next Batman video with some help from Blaghman, Bish and Rocketman. I’ll play with the audio levels a bit tonight and upload it for everyone’s viewing pleasure.
Things not included in this recording are my robot voice and Rocketman saying that he sounds like a girl.
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Please don’t watch it. We are terrible.
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Please do watch it. We are terrible. That’s what will make it interesting.
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I think the only way we could up the terrible-hilarious quota would be to get drunk, and just verbally vomit out whatever comes to mind.
Or maybe that would be plain terrible.
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I plan on being quite inebriated on Friday night. When I get home in a drunken stupor, there is the opportunity for what you just proposed.
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Okay I probably don’t sound like a girl to everyone. It’s just I used to have a really nice voice and I could do speeches really well. But now I sound like a tranny half the time and a 9 year old school girl. But regardless I enjoyed our batman fun time
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Everything sounded pretty good when I listened to it last night. Everyone loves when a tranny shows up unexpectedly.
I’m going to attempt to do another one tonight. Whoever is on TeamSpeak when it is ready to go is free to join in, although it probably isn’t a good idea to have a bajillion people. Then again, I’m trying to organise this, so it probably isn’t a good idea to begin with :p
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Okay, I’m currently looking at buying a PC headset so I’m no longer “The crazy person that’s chatting to himself” in minecraft, and I’ve come across these, http://www.fishpond.com.au/Books/Audio-655-USB-Stereo-Headset-wNoise-Canceling-Mic/0017229129351?cf=3&rid=1530761504&i=8&keywords=headset
Anyone know if these are worth getting, or if I should avoid them at all cost?
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Those look alright. It might be worth wandering over to your nearest EB to see if they have anything cheap / on sale.
I think I’m starting to hate LA Noire.
While the story is slowly grabbing me and I want to see it out to see if the hunches I have about where the main over-arching storyline are going pay off, the actual gameplay isn’t very fun.
I’ve never played any Rockstar games before. Even though I loved the setting I stayed away from Red Dead Redempttion because it looked like Grand Theft Wild West. I’ve watched my husband play GTAIV and RDR with great interest in the worlds and the stories but never actually felt like I wanted to play them. These criminals and outside-the-law cowboys were not people I wanted to be.
However, having followed LA Noire’s development with interest I was actually really looking forward to being a detective in 1940s LA. Hunting for clues and interrogating suspects sounded like something I’d be good at. I am. But it’s just not any FUN.
It really is just GTAIV with a facelift and it doesn’t do any justice to the setting or the facial scanning mojo and it’s making me more and more pissed off with Rockstar for not not having the balls to step out of their gameplay comfort zone.
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I suggest you give RDR another chance. It might use the same basic structure as a GTA game but somehow it works so much better.
I don’t really like GTA as a series. It’s one of those series that I think has a lot of things that reviewers like and are, on the surface, pretty neat but aren’t great for someone playing over a long period of time. Red Dead Redemption somehow takes that and adds this level of charm to it that just works.
Really, the best point I can make in favour of RDR is that you will become attached to your horse. When a cougar took down Cookie, I was pissed off. That was my horse dammit, we’d ridden together for so long and then that bloody cougar… well, you get the point.
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See, I’d heard that, but I didn’t really see it when watching my husband play. His horse died and he’d just go “Meh. I’ll get another one.” Maybe it’s just because he’s an unfeeling bastard. 😛
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I’m afraid your husband simply has no soul.
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You know, when I see him play games I wonder if that might be true.
As far as the horse thing goes, it was too easy to get another one, there was no penalty for your dying. I imagine if your horse died in the Wild West and you had to walk to the nearest place you could buy one from you might take better care of your horse than if you just had to wait a minute and then whistle for a new one. -
Once you make a horse yours by hitching it to a post, as long as it doesn’t die it will be the same horse that comes when you whistle and the same horse that waits for you outside your save house.
If you make a point not to just steal a horse whenever you need a new one (which is a bad idea because early on you get access to one of the best horses in the game, one that is definitely worth keeping). The horse license things make that a little trivial because you can just summon a horse of your choosing, but ignore that feature. I did, at least until the end game.
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I agree with the wabbit. You should give RDR a go. It really pulls you in.
I would love to have a game in the RDR world where you weren’t an outside the law troubled cowboy. It was such a rich world (and I would recommend playing it anyway, I never connected with GTA, but RDR really got me in), and I would like to be able to play it in a different way.
I love shooters, but it would be a brave move, and a lot of fun to be able to play the games as some other kind of player where combat was not the main focus. And as I have stated many times before, it would be great to have a version that it was okay for kids to play. Well, 10 and up type kids at least.
I kind of think it’s a snazzy version of the Phoenix Wright games. Minus the quirky Japaneseness, and each case is less compelling as a standalone story.
I agree, it’s not FUN, but for me it’s satisfying. The mental battles and catching people out in a lie is sufficient ‘reward’ for me to keep playing.
It’s an odd thing really, but I suppose I have a taste for visual novel sort of things, since I practically eat them up on the DS.
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I’m on the other end of the spectrum. Phoenix Wright games kill me because they’re just too damned slow. Who decided that the default text speed would be slow enough that a dyslexic monkey could keep up? Unlocking faster text speed by beating the game is a poor incentive.
Also, the focus of those games are the writing, the quality of which can vary a lot.
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Oh yeah, definitely.
Any game like that that doesn’t have have an option for Instant as an option for text speed, blimey. Horrible oversight.
I’m easy with writing quality. When it’s great, that’s great (Phoenix Wright had pop culture references “This is SPARDA”, I saw some Aksys Games posts on 999 and how much care they were taking with the translation), but I also played through Lux-Pain and I had no frickin idea what happened in that.
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Okay. I just want to say…
KING OF IRON FIST TOURNAMENT! ENTER THE TEKKEN!
What an E3! Street Fighter X Tekken, Tekken DS, Tekken Wii Successor and now Tekken CG movie & Tekken Tag Tournament HD?
Not to mention Tekken Tag Tournament Two and Tekken X Street Fighter further down the line.
So much Awesome, I think I need a lie down.
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All I got out of E3 Tekken related was that you can doodle on characters faces on the Wii-U version.
Kangaroo with a monocle and tophat, here I come! -
Tekken Tag, the most perfect Tekken game ever made in the history of Tekken games.
EXCIIIITEEE!!
Tekken Tag 2 comes out on arcades later this year too!!
Oh hey, lambo, or anyone keen on Red Faction Armageddon, $48 for today only on Big W online.
http://www.bigw.com.au/thisweekspromotions/big-game-bargains
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Sweet! Thanks!
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They also have Yoostar 2 for $25
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Gots me one this morning. Even cheaper than ozgameshop!
Hey Tad, did you get the games I sent through Steam?
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Yeah, buddy!
Thanks a tonne! I’ll dig into them as soon as exams are over! 😀
Cheers!
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Most excellent news Mr. Mod.
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Is there a Kotku Australia group on Steam?
(at work, can’t check)
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Yeah there is one, while I was at home I just looked up “Kotaku” and there was a “Kotaku Australia” group that you can join into.
I just realised I’ve unintentionally ignored TAY for almost the whole week. Damn assignments and E3 news taking up all my attention. I feel like I need to post somthing, anything, just to say I’m still here…
Hi
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*waves*
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^ Who’s this guy?
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Some human hiding from us
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Sashimi is imminent.
So much win. Nothing quite like consuming the raw flesh of a dead animal to make one happy.
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Blech. My meat must be thoroughly cooked.
Mmmm… meat…
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Lamb = the king of meats.
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I’ll bet you like your meat cooked.
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That’s what she said!
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Of course, who else is going to cook me dinner?
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Alfred, sir.
Apologies, I am still out looking for that fluorescent pink zebra patterned mankini you requested. -
I apologize for my tardiness young master, but it took me quite a while to find sufficient bacon to make you an igloo as requested for tonight’s meal.
I do believe the small truck I had to hire for the chocolate sauce you requested as a topping will be here shortly. While I do not feel this is a appropriate mix of flavours for the palette I will nonetheless prepare it with the care and attention to detail you have come to expect of me.
The waxing establishment also called regarding what you continually refer to as ‘manscaping’. I do hope you spare me the sordid details of the swimwear you are endeavoring to acquire in order to demonstrate your lack of hair, but please advise me of a time where you are best predisposed to attend said appointment.
They did mention a crack and sack and back would be involved in the process, but once again young master… please spare me from, shall we say, your ‘colorful’ elucidations.
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OH F*CK
>.<
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Dammit mods, you can change Eats’s handle to Janitor but you’ll let me blow my cover?
*grumbles*
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Well… that was fun while it lasted.
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Lame -_-
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Heheheeee!
I needed that laugh. Of all the posts to unmask on it had to be one about back, sack and cracks. 😛
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Did anyone else watch Red Faction Origins? Quite nice to see a game adaptation that sticks to it’s source (even if it is set 25 years between sources). It was in no way a great movie, but it was pretty good for a SyFy TV movie, which have been mostly garbage for the last year.
I’ll be very interested to see it developed into a TV show, bring back Teenage Dexter for more slashing!
So with Nintendo giving us 4 Swords for free later this year, does that mean we get to have massive Kotaku AU meetups to play huge games of Zelda?!
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It does now.
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I’m up for that!
When I originally bought Link to the Past/Four Swords on the GBA I was looking forward to awesome link up games. Turns out all my friends who owned a GBA weren’t interested and the ones who loved Zelda didn’t want a GBA.
I never did get to unlock the new dungeon.
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You do realise that there’s nothing stopping us from doing this already? Next time we need to all bring a copy of 4 swords and a GBA! You and I have it at the very least, there’s bound to be others.
Hell, we could go further again and play the gamecube version of 4 swords if we have access to a TV. OMGWTFBBQ! I never managed to get enough GBA owning people in one place to play that to its full potential.
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I have 4 swords on GBA and gamecube. I even have to GBAs if someone else wants to play, so name the time and place and I’ll be there!
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Oh man, so excited for that game.
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To quote Randy Savage, OOOOOOOOOH YEAAAAH!
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Hey thanks for that 😀
Link’s Awakening.
So good.
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I know man. I know. Love that game so much.
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Why is my 3DS not here yet!? I could be playing Zelda! Damn Zelda post! If I Zelda I’d Zelda Zelda! Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda Zelda….
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My favourite gameboy game ever.
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Spent a good 3 hours playing it even though I needed sleep. Zelda is better than sleep though.
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Damn straight.
I ran up to Marin and let her sing the Ballad of the Windfish for 5 or 10 minutes before I went to the Mysterious Forest.
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Mr Serrels? Glad you came. Sorry about the precautions.
-I just hope it was worth my while Mr…?
I could give you a false name but I won’t. Call me ‘X’.
-I’ve already been warned by the Lobby Mr whoever, so if this is any kind of threat…
I’m not with the ACL Mr Serrels. I won’t name names or tell you who or what I represent. Except to say what I have to say interests you. Everything I’m going to say is classified, top secret. I was a writer Mr Serrels. Two publications. One of those low-level guys who just regurgitates press releases. Reviewing garbage that nobody cared about. Interviewing euro-trash about their coke-fuelled record labels and waiting around for days until they decided to grant me time to print their verbal nonsense. My work went to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. I covered festivals, interviewed self-centered rock and hip-hop stars about utter rubbish. Dealt with 400 limit word counts for two hour interviews. Eventually managed to write opinion pieces that were thrown to the dogs. But got feedback occasionally. At one point I was referred to as ‘good’. ‘Very good’.
Then we get into video games. Not so good. I was there monitoring every SCAG meeting, even the last one in 2010. Everyone expected the R rating to go through, the Attorney Generals didn’t put it through. We were standing out there with our dicks in the wind. A lot of pissed off people, Mr Serrels. I’ll come to that later.
So Australia. I’ve spent much of my time seeing the video industry in Australia be ignored or laughed at by the rest of the world. One of the strongest problems is the R rating but there’s an incredible amount of other things wrong with this country when it comes to games. We lack funding for our industry while any type of sport thrives. There’s less than 1,000 game developers in this country and their numbers are dwindling. And why not? Why wouldn’t they leave for overseas studios? What’s to keep them here?
I spent much of 2008 writing stuff that nobody published or even looked at. And then in August, a stange thing happened to me. I was told by an EB Games clerk, we’ll call him ‘Y’. I was told by Clerk ‘Y’ that my pre-order for Rock Band 2 wouldn’t be upheld. He gave no reason. I investigated this and sure enough, found that Harmonix wouldn’t release Rock Band 2 in Australia. And they gave no reason. To this day all the reason has ever been is ‘licensing issues’. I was on my way back home when EB rang me to say my money would be refunded.
Many strange things were happening and dumb luck had nothing to do with them. Australian game prices were going through the roof. Our internet services on consoles were bare bones version compared to that of the US and UK. We’re practically next door to Japan but video games barely registered in the public conciousness. Politicians treat games like Nazi propaganda. The Beatles Rock Band: Limited Edition was $350. No voice support for Kinect and we weren’t told. Publishers and distributors saying nothing about game delays until it’s too late. We get every Imagine DS game on time but Japanese RPGs are delayed. Publishers are now actively avoiding releasing their games in this country because of our classification system. That sound like a bunch of coincidences to you Mr Serrels?
And nobody reported it. Australian gaming press kept just posting trailers, generic reviews and reprinting press releases. Just like I was doing.
Well I never thought things were the same after that. The R rating kept being blocked and there was air of, I don’t know, make-believe in the Australian video game industry. Those of us who’d been playing games since the beginning knew we were in trouble. But there something deeper, uglier.
– I never realised there was so little coverage. Is that why?
Well, that’s the real question isn’t it? Why? The How and the Who are just scenery for the public. Atkinson, O’Connor, EB Games. Keeps them guessing like some kind of parlour game and prevents them from asking the most important question – why?
Why is Australia in this mess?
Who benefits?
Who has the power to change it?
Everything is cellularized. No one said “Australia must be the same as third world countries when it comes to video games”. No vote. Nothing’s on paper. There’s no one to blame.
– The size of this is…beyond me.
I can give you the foreground, the little things. You need to find the background. Remember, you’re the only one to bring forth this kind of stuff in the Australian gaming press at the moment. And you’re the only one to consistently have an effect on possibly getting us an R rating. That’s important, it’s historic.
– I haven’t yet. I don’t have much of a case.
You don’t have a choice anymore. You’re a signifcant threat to the stagnant, backwards and ignorant Australian video game industry. They would have killed you already but you got a light on you. Instead they try to destroy your credibility and edit your words. They already have on many websites.
Be honest. Your only chance is to publish articles. Something. Anything. Keep asking questions. Conduct interviews that nobody else is doing. Stir the shitstorm. Hope to start a chain reaction of people coming forward. Then the old guard of ignorance and complacency will crack. Remember, fundamentally people are suckers for the truth. And the truth is on your side Bubba.
I just hope you get a break.
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if i were a woman, i would be giving you a standing ovulation right now… but i’m not, so all i can do is give you the clap.
*Rounds of a paws*
That was AWESOME!
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After those comments I think “Round of a pause” would be more apt.
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*starts slow clap*
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*Joins in slow clap*
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*Joins in as that awkward guy who claps too quickly*
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*came in late and missed the clap altogether
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It’s probably better that you don’t have the slow clap.
I can till feel a tingle from the last time…
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My claps is also tardy. But you may have my claps with much clappy gusto. 😀
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EPIC.
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November 2012 is when everything will change.
Hey guys and gals!!
SYDNEY, LOCK UP YOUR DAUGHTERS, BECAUSE CHULOOPA’S COMING BACK TO TOWN!!!
In november….
lol
Bee and i booked flights with Jetstar last night with the “bring a friend for free” promotion, so it’s official.
From the 30th of October to the 2nd of november… yes that’s sunday to tuesday..
it’s a public holiday long weekend for Melbourne (Melbourne Cup), but i don’t think Sydney gets the same lucky tratment.. still, i’d like to catch up with you guys, seeing as you’ve been having so much meats.
So i was thinking we could all catch up for an early evening gig and do whatever you lovable rapscallions do???
It’s a long way away, just wanted to know if you guys and gals would be up for it? I’d even drag Bee along, perhaps she will buy you all PS3’s?!?
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Sydney Meats: Chuloopa Edition?
HAS to happen!
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I’ll have to make sure i’ve played at least one Zelda Game so you don’t shank me 😛
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You should. Do you have a gamecube? If so, do you want the Zelda collection disc?
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Did someone say Zelda Gamecube collection?
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Yeah, I mentioned it before. I have a second copy of th eZelda collection that I always meant to sell on ebay but never got round to.
Also, haven’t gotten round to mailing off Yakuza 3 😛 Will do it ASAP
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Yeah i’m still keen – as i said, i’m happy to give you money points for it if you’d like?
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Stabbity stabbity stab stab. Stabbity stab.
Hrm? Oh! Didn’t see you there…
I’m pretty sure Canberra gets the public holiday, so I could probably make my way up to Sydney.
Bugger, I hope missing out on Meats doesn’t become a trend for me. I think I’ll be in Fiji for work, but if not I’m definitely up for a Halloween Meat.
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oh poor Effluvium Boy gets to go to fiji and complaining about missing. Sydney meet. lol
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It’s not a holiday.
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ZOMG!!!!!!!!!!! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!!
Chuloopa’s coming to town!!! Yes I will definitely be there, even if I have to take a day off work for it!!!!
AWESOME!
Then there will be other people my size. This pleases me greatly.
It would be cool to have a Sydney meat where a console is around for some gaming shenanigans, although galaxy world was heaps of fun (if not a little low on variety).
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How do you know Chuloopa is your size?
*suspicious look*
It’ll be around end of semester/ exam period for me, but if you’re here I’ll try to make it!
😀
I will be there and I will expect more than I did from Endu…. Seriously, If you are not wearing your undies on the outside and have a cape gently flapping in the wind I’ll not be happy.
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This is also how I imagine Chuloopa.
Also, with biceps the size of delicious ripened coconuts.
The furry ones.
He probably wouldn’t have any fur though. He manscapes.
Last time you came up, you brought terrible weather that stuck around for a week after you left.
*shakes fist*
(Wait, I’m not even in Sydney!)
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Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Booooooooooooooooooooooo
😛
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Drat, that didn’t work
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The important thing is that you tried.
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It certainly didn’t.
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Well I didn’t manage to not check for E3 updates today but these ads are making it much harder. The pages are taking forever to load. Hope they won’t be here for too long, or whatever is bogging down the pages gets fixed.
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Telstra ads = bane of kotaku
they always – ALWAYS – f*** the site up completely for me.
sooooooo
slllloooooooowwwww
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Always Telstra. Doesn’t matter which browser I use.
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I must say, these new ads are relentless.
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I’m going to check up on this – heard a few of you guys mentioning this…
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So many bosses looking over my shoulder… so little time to read TAY… damn telstra ads making it even harder, Argh!
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It’s all Tech Knight’s fault! He’s in cahoots with them!
>.>
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Hey I’m not in the team that makes these, if I knew who does em I’d send them some mean emails 😛
Don’t you point at me human! 😛
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Looks like Duke opened up a can o’ whoop ass on those pesky telstra ads.
Hail to the King!
It’s 2pm, I’ve already had 2 cups of coffee but still yawning like hell.
I hate you, assignments >:(
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Logic dictates a third might be in order
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*sob*
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Ahahahahahahahahahaha!
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Bahahaha.
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Poor Assignments. Just remember that the teacher still loves you.
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I know enough teachers to know that in most cases they don’t…
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wow, no nets…stuff happened!
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The place hasn’t been the same without you man.
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Welcome back Jimu!
There’s even mention of your absence on one of these pages!
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HE’S BACK! YAY! 😀
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welcome back!
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WELCOME BACK.
Would it be awkward if I hugged you and maybe rubbed up against you a little bit?
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‘Sup BOOIIIIIIIIIII!
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Hi Jimu
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Party life giver! You are back! Wins all round, sexy dance etc.
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WB! I was away from the nets myself yesterday, hence the delay in my welcoming back.
Does anyone have one of those Play-Asia coupons for $5 off lying around? Im about to buy a 3DS from them, and it would really help ease the price a bit!
Email it to bogos.steven@gmail.com
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I have one at home I can send if you have not bought it yet.
BLIND. MOWN.
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My brain hurts *twitches*
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Ah,the wonders of mathematics.
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This always mows everyone’s blinds 😛
It’s really counter-intuitive when you first see it, but the algebraic proofs make perfect sense.
Then there’s all the other proofs that I can’t even begin to understand…
It is pretty awesome though.
Apparently (according to an SMS from EB)
DUKE IS ON SALE NOW.
Apparently Duke Nukem Forever is being sold at EB Games a day early. Hopefully the Steam version will unlock today as well.
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Someone let me know how average the duke is.
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Finally some pessimism!!!!
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It was a long time coming…
(That’s what she said!)
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Watch this and be disappointed at what’s missing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6MjzgTZriw
If you can’t figure out what is missing I can easily tell you. But I am deeply disappoint, it is not and I mean NOT the same Duke we love.
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I’d so buy it if a) i could afford it..and more importantly b) if my video card wouldn’t crap itself 30 seconds in to playtime 🙁
Let’s Play Batman Arkham Asylum Part 5
Staring Blaghman, Bish, Rocketman and this sorry old sod.
If nothing else, watch it to see just how bad we are at this stuff. Especially how bad I am at Arkham Asylum.
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“staring”
It’s just 15 minutes of us staring at you.
And my musical intro is terrible.
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Staring indeed.
You managed to top your musical intro with the next video.
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…Sure you were.
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Okay people, it’s here…. Beyond Good & Evil HD is now on the Playstation Store as I’m typing this. It’s $15.95.
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It’s been up for over a day. 🙂
I picked it up at 5am on Thursday. Sadly they put it up with the wrong price so now I’m waiting on a refund.
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Is this game any good? What is it? I guess ill never know unless i look up google.
Hey Tadmod, you should have registered one of these domains http://www.macrumors.com/2011/06/09/apple-registers-50-new-domain-names-associated-with-wwdc-announcements/ 😛
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DAMNIT! SO OBVIOUS! >:(
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how are there any domain names with free left in them anymore.
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Hmm you know what’s awesome having a different perspective because it’s friday. This morning I came to work happy. Yay for the weekend
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Lemme squash that happiness for you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYNazPGsZu8&feature=related
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you don’t need to give me youtube links anymore i downloaded it for Friday afternoon at work.
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Would you go so far as to say that you’re ‘getting down’ today?
Are we all looking forward to the weekend?
Some sort of partying?
Sounds like fun, fun, fun, fun.
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your not silly Bish. It’s just unfortunately didn’t reply to me . Its cool i understand. lol
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Again.
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Bish, we have to do a beautiful duet of a pop song.
I don’t care that the latency will make it suck, it will be AMAZING!
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Ohh Seranade. This will be a lovely evening.
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the amount of plugs you give that song, You would think you wrote it or are in fact rebecca black. Is lamboman a cover. who knows?
So, set up the 3DS yesterday and quickly updated and downloaded Super Mario Land and Link’s Awakening DX.
Then it hit.
I REALLY didn’t need a 3DS. It currently does NOTHING that my DSi couldn’t do already except look somewhat pretty.
Not sure that was worth the $300.
I might feel better when I have Ocarina of Time… I hope so…
To make it worse, I started playing infamous 2 and VERY quickly encountered a game breaker.
Had to shoot down a pigeon. Did that. Easy. Then I had to retrieve a USB stick attached to said pigeon. Not so easy. See, the pidgeon landed in a tree. I can’t get in to the tree and cannot shoot the pigeon out so there was no way to continue.
I then curled up in bed and wept.
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AH Jamie you have the syndrome called buyers remorse. The only thing that can cure it is using your 3ds. Personally i had the same feeling. Do i really need this, but i soon got over it because i played pokemon black on it for like 30 hours. I consider it now broken in. There may only be a few games for it. But i just think of it as a dsi with extra stuff.
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Yeah, it’s a pretty textbook case. Playing doesn’t help as I could have been playing my DSi (Where the games seem to look a little better) and also had an extra $300 in my account.
Maybe when I start getting street passes…
Or an actual 3DS game.
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Yeah same deal here.
I think if it had a camera that was more then 0.6 MP i would use it a bit, or even use the 3D slider more.
If it didn’t run better than my old DSi, i would have been disappointed.
OOT will be great, we know it will and it is nice to be playing Street Fighter.
I don’t use the 3D that much, mainly because it doesn’t add that much to a game..well that i’ve experienced yet. I’m just really enjoying the upgraded performance and features.
$300 was pretty pricey though. Should have waited for the OOT bundle or when it comes down.
Also, does anyone else have the issue of the bottom screen leaving marks on the sides of the top larger screen?
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Cognitive dissonance
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I think you got the 1,000th post
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Well, I supose that’s something.
Not that I’m not happy about it, but I’m sure it’ll all go wrong some how.
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Couldn’t even spell Eeyore properly. *sigh*
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The link doesn’t work. Oh, well. I should have expected it.
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Oh d-d-d-dear.
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dont be so down. Sure right now it doesn’t do much but in a few months there will be Zelda ocarina of time, and everyone will want to play it. also 3ds pokemon will come in about a year.
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I’ll get over it 🙂
And not months for Zelda! WEEKS! 20 days to be exact!
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what really? I pretty much got a 3ds to play zelda. But i somehow feel that my friend who doesn’t have a 3ds will steal it from me first.
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So… AnonymousPessimist is Jeeves. Colour me surprised.
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Colour me orange. I thought so, why else would he have a butler unless he was really classy. like drink tea with pinky finger up classy.
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lol I’ve done that uncontrollably for as long as I can remember when drinking tea/coffee 😛
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i do it cause my hand is to big. Why don’t they make handles you can put all your fingers through.
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I don’t use the handles on mugs, I just grip the main part like a man…
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Madame, although the task at hand, being the decorating of your good self with the pigment of astonishment, I find I am unable. The Young Master has always been scampish, some might say mischievous, in nature. Impersonating his loyal and humble man servant is naught but another of his jovialities.
Indeed, I now find I must take a brief reprieve from my current task of degreasing the Young Master’s undegarments in order to set minds to rest.
Alas I must now resume my labours for I still have to prune the Young Master’s pet Hedgehog, Rüdiger.
I shall bid you adieu, and if you require anything, please feel free to ask.
The Real Jeeves.
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Actually, I think he might have been Alfred. Jeeves was out getting a mankini.
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I think if he were Alfred, he wouldn’t have been so annoyed at being outed.
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interesting, when we get user accounts we wont be able to play these little games. 🙁
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Unless we can post as guests
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We are getting user accounts? -nooooooo!
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You have a point, but I’m still not so sure.
Jeeves had posted before about mankini duties, and Pez was posting about food duties, and avoiding mankini shows. Seemed more like an Alfred thing.
Also, he spelled “colourful” as “colorful”. Alfred and Jeevesy are classy English dudes, and wouldn’t sink so low as to use barbaric American English. Maybe he was impersonating one of them?
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You seem to know an awful lot about what the butlers were doing Bish. OR SHOULD I SAY JEEVES?!?!?!
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HAHAHA!
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Imagine the chaos sown if some of the fake people started pretending to be real people.
We’d sit here, confused and lost as people posted, and we would have no idea who was who. Real or False… Original, or Ganger!
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i can’t even be one person probaly how can i play a bunch of different characters at once.
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If you’re gonna stalk someone, you’d best know their butlers schedules!
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Fair point, although, I guess given how much I’m stalking you you’d think I’d know about whether or not you had alter ego’s…
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so you’d like to cancel your shirt order, then?
-sigh- i’ll get to work on the “Jeeves was anonymous the entire time” shirt.
Should do well to confuse the shit outta people i walk past…
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Nah I’d still wear it Chuloopa. Just to show off your design skillz.
So… Duke Nukem.
I’ve played ~1.5 hours.
The humour is hilarious, if immature. They take the mick out of the Christian Bale rant fairly early on. Plenty of toilet humour and sex jokes.
Nice set pieces.
Graphics are passable, nothing fantastic.
Worst part: the aiming is more floaty than a life jacket. It is so ridiculously hard to aim. I’m strafing to aim sideways more often than not, and resorting to the shotgun for effective kills. It’s hard to describe, but it’s not friendly.
Other than the aiming, it’s not too bad.
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So you’re saying that DNF is pretty much what you’d expect?
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That is a great simile,” more floaty than a life jacket”, COlour me impressed at your writing prowess.
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I tried to think of things that were iconically floaty, and ended up at life jacket. It’s hard to think of other things!
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how about as floaty as a poo without enough fibre
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Hey guys and gals,
Does anyone know if I preorder and pay for a game from OzGameShop, Zaavi or Play-Asia (say Batman: Arkham City) and a limited / collectors / special edition is then announced… do they contact me to upgrade it, just upgrade it or leave the order be?
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i think they will just leave it and you will have to check periodically to see. The price will be different from the normal pre-order.
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Usually they already have different order links for Standard and Collector Editions (from experience with Oz and Play Asia). If the details aren’t up yet of the contents of the CE, it’s usually a placeholder link. So unless there’s a pre-order bonus already established (like how the Dragon Age 2 Signature Edition was technically the Special/Limited Edition, and was a free upgrade if you ordered before a certain time), they don’t contact you to say that there’s now a new edition, nor do they give you a free upgrade.
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I don’t think they contact you.
As a matte of fact, ozgameshop doesn’t even seem to do half the collectors editions for some reason…
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Ozgameshop have a representative who frequents the Whirlpool forums, and I think he claimed that most of the collectors editions are too large or too heavy for their shipping, or something along those lines.
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Thanks B-Boys and Fly Girls.
Anyone know who does get and deliver said special editions?
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Okay peeps!
I got a ‘½ off inFAMOUS’ PSN code with inFAMOUS 2. Seeing as I had the game and most people got it for free as part of the Welcome Back offer it’s not in much demand.
So, anyone want it?
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Well, if you buy it off the store it still actually costs money, so if you apply that 50% off to the free version, that’s like them giving you money, right? Wooo! Free money!
I am pretty sure this is how maths works, guys.-
I like the way you think.
I like it a lot.
If only I could become a brain badger and burrow in to your squishy grey matter and mastocate the tender flesh, absorbing your knowledge, then I could think like you too…
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that’s disturbing…….
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Disturbingly Genius!
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Blaghs, Rocketman and I were about to make the same joke last night. We are already of a hive mind.
Join usssssssssssss-
i like that hive mind. Or maybe we are all connected by some giant brain. Like that episode of dr who with the ood.
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I love the Ood.
Or maybe it’s just that Bish and I have been stalking each other for so long that we’ve started thinking the same way. And you were just doing it by chance.
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As a brand new PSN member who doesn’t get free apology-games, I am interested – do you know how much that would make it cost?
You can email me at shane at shanewsmith dot com
Thanks (or thanks anyway, depending on your response) 🙂
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about $22.50
I think the retail is $44.95
Just let me know. If you want it, it’s yours.
1. Welcome back, Jimu. I <3 you. You have been missed. In my loins. My quivering loins.
2. My second and final exam is done and dusted… dusted for what exactly, i don't know. Perhaps fingerprints. I did kill a hooker last week.
All up this second one took me less than an hour to complete 60 multiple choice questions, for which we had 2 hours allocated.
This means i am either incredibly smart, stupidly stupid, or it was easier than my mind was making it out to be before i went in.
Come to think of it, i actually killed 2 hookers last week… oh well..
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congrats chuloopa. I used to finish tests with an hour to spare and still get average marks. So its not really an indicator of anything other than it takes people along time to do something you can do quickly. Also when you kill hookers it’s probably better that you don’t post it on the net. I made that mistake once that’s why i’m in the big house.
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Also i have missed you jimu. I have read comics and had no one to compare notes with. What ever shall i do.
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What you been reading?
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Daredevil yellow, House of M and superman red son. All of them are great, especially daredevil i’m pretty sure its my new favourite book. Previously held by Hush. What can i say i’m a sucker for tim sales artwork. He makes things look good. I want to have is artwork babies.
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I keep meaning to read Hush and keep putting it off. That’s not a good thing.
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Amazing artwork and good story but its the artwork is why you should read it. Jim lee is awesome.
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DC is reprinting the Absolute at the end of this year and the pencil only version is out in two weeks!!!!
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yeah i know about that but i don’t think i will get it. I like my colour version.
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Better than Hush? Big call. Might have to look into that. Have you heard they going to “reboot” the Daredevil movie based on Frank Millers run…
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As long as ben affleck stays way away from it i think it should be good. That movie was bad. When i think about how good millar’s comic is compared to that movie i shutter. how did they stuff it that bad??
House of M is sitting, unread, in my room.
I shall read, then we can compare notes.
Although, naturally, I’m no expert like Jimu.
im not as a indepth as a reviewer either. My thoughts are. if the arts good and the stories good i like it.
So thats what happened to my hookers….
It’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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Stop, drop and roll! You are on fire today!
(Not literally. That would cause horrible agony)-
This is what it’s like in my brain 24 hours a day. Sometimes I have to let it out, but not all the time for the townsfolk become afeared.
If you were a brain badger, you would know this.
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Good work Loops, so now you have months of gaming glory ahead of you?
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A few weeks, not months. Trimester 2 starts early july
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Well that’s lame.
Oh well, at least you get some stress free gaming time.
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PS3 shenanigans!
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So I’m now in little old Port Macquarie in NSW, prepping for a friend’s bucks night in Sydney this weekend. But I’m breezing through the city so won’t get to see anyone :'(
It’s odd but I can’t help thinking ‘I’m going to the city where kotaku hq is! And Serrels LIVES!’. I think this can only mean one thing. I’m…. I’m in LOVE! There! I said it!
But yeah, will be away from nets til then so ah… congrats to whoever wins kotakudos, and an especially big congrats to Serrels for his relentless e3 coverage – well played old boy.
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I agree congrats serrels how much sleep have you had -4 hours. Its been a pleasure reading your posts, they are always well informed and eloquent unlike us version.
The network at work is meant to be down at the moment, meaning no access to the network drives (where my work is kept) and no access to internet (including emails, where all my work comes from).
We just got the message that the network is back up, but I didn’t lose access to my normal stuff for even a moment. At least, as far as I can tell.
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Thats a bad sign, it means that whatever they were doing might not of worked. on the other side thanks TRJN i had fun talking to all you guys last night. I satisfied my need for communications with actual people.Besides the oldies who yell out clouds when i beat them at tennis.
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It seems that this Team Speak thing is a rather nifty idea. Very good of our robot overlord to run a server for us to communicate on (and for me to exploit for my Let’s Plat).
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let’s plat. Dude i don’t know how to plat, My sisters wanted me to but i never could. Also would a video showing that be that interesting.
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You’re thinking of plait.
Plat is a flat, typically circular dish.
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I think you’ll find that a plat is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions in a piece of land.
Wait, that’s the real answer and it’s boring…
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Mr blaghman with his smart a tude. Man you are like a walking google. with all your knowledge.
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More like with my “connection to the internet and ability to use wikipedia.” YEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Pretending to be smart is fun.
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i know i do it all the time.
badly.
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Anybody else picturing Blaghman with a headful of mini plats….?
yes holding his guinea pigs and playing hello kitty island adventure.
Holy shit, I really want to try that with my hair now!
I had braids once. With black and white beads.
Thats what sisters are for….
I do have a sister, but she’s older than me, and kind of boring…
By boring I mean she’s serious, and takes her life seriously, but she’s also insane, because she’s a member of my family. Insane and boring. And older than me, so she won’t braid my hair.
This looks like a job for a MIRROR!
My older sister beat me up and made me wear high heels. Oh the shame. Whats even more shameful is that im still wearing them.
Heel-toe, heel-toe.
But at least your calves look fabulous.
we maxed out the reply chain
Bish, do you have a lot of experience in heels?
Anyway, I find the more important part of walking in them is to get a good rhythm.
*Step, step, sashay. Step, step sashay.*
Gasp! You’re a sorcerer!
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There are some who call me…Tim.
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almighty tim share the secret to your power.
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No Tim’s the enchanter… you must be thinking of Tum, the sorceror
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sorcerer*
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Robots don’t misspell. You must be a IMPOSTER. Tech Knight and Jeeves are the same person.
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pfft! A butler?! That’s no job for Tech Knight to partake in!
and hey, errors happen in every machine, what matters is the self-supporting system I have in my hard drive allows me to rectify this in a swift and decisive manner. Not many machines have such an ability.
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Hey there are some good robot butlers. I now imagine tech knight as bicentennial man.
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Screw that I’m more like Protoman with a lightsaber! 😛
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I was actually thinking of both Tim the Enchanter and Prodigal Sorcerer (which is nicknamed Tim).
Dual nerdy reference!
I’m just going to imagine that you look like this http://cgi.ebay.com/LOoNEY-TUNES-BUGS-BUNNY-16-Sorcerer-Robe-PLuSH-DOLL-/140311897090
Close enough.
i imagine you look identical to your web comic. With spiky hair as well. i like to think of everyone in cartoon form.
Well, my photo was posted for Mark’s birthday thing. So if you really wanted to see the non-hilarious version of my face (although it has been laughed at plenty), it isn’t hard to find.
So this afternoon my tasks at work include
Cleaning the toilet
Sweeping the floor
Singing Friday at 4.50
Maybe some soldering and checking kotaku every chance I get
Man work is easy when it wants to be.
Oh and probably asking farmers if they have tried turning it off and on again for there gps systems.
Is Duke going to dole out Community Kudos this week?
If he does, I get the feeling that Kudos will be awarded to the King.
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who elvis, or prince philip. It is his birthday after all
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I hope i’m the king.. i’d like a copy of his game… lol
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Will the Kotaku Chronicles be out next week?!?
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As desperate as I am to read the next enthralling chapter of Kotaku Chronicles, I’m not gonna ride loopsters back too much cause I know he has heaps on his plate at the moment…. Saying that tho…
HURRY UP!!!!
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My boss just told me not to come in on Monday.
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Public holiday me hopes…..
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I hope that’s because of the public holiday.
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you should tell him not to as well.
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I was monitoring that scan you just interfaced. You are terminated!
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Terminated? No, no, it wasn’t my fault sir! It was Needles, Needles was behind the whole thing!
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Mcfly your a screw up , just like your good for nothing father.
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I wasn’t aware of the long weekend until after he told me.
It was a moment of great puzzlement.
I constantly play with coins/poker chips when I’m sitting at a desk. I can do a couple of neat little tricks, nothing fancy, but it’s like twirling a pen. You just do it.
When I went down for my second coffee this morning, I had some coins in my pocket so I was trying to master a trick that I’ve been struggling with. It resulted in me dropping 60c on the coffee shop floor several times.
I just went and grabbed another coffee, again mucking about with coins while waiting. Apparently it is impressive enough that one of the girls there asked me to show her one of them.
I am a poor teacher, but at least it was a nice break from the usual Friday afternoon boredom.
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did you get her number you sly dog?
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I did not, as I am not sly.
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Did you offer to show her later… after dinner*
*bonus points awarded for ‘after breakfast’.
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In honor of our guest editor I think bonus points should only be awarded if he hit it then went back to work….
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Pshh, hit it WHILE doing work.
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Okay, so I ordered my first thing from Ozgameshop recently and it’s been over two weeks since it shipped. Is this how long it normally takes?
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I usually get it within 2 weeks. I think I got New Vegas pushing 3 weeks though.
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yeah there stuff ships from england. So it takes ages zavvi is the same. usually about 10 days from shipping time.
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I used to send things from Scotland. It took a round a week to get here so distance doesn’t have much to do with it.
So far it’s been 15 or 16 days.
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Depends which way the wind’s blowing.
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Deep
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Usually! You’re essentially trading off price for time.
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(In reply to Jamie’s Ozgameshop question, obviously)
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yeah, I guess when it says 4 – 10 days I was really hoping for the 4.
When I want something, I want it now. Waiting is hard.
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Woah! I’m gone all day sewing a jerkin for my son and I come back to find Duke Nukem’s taken over?!!!
Hail to the King!
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What’s a jerkin????
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A jerkin is usually something like this:
http://ny-image0.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.214396772.jpgI made my son a hoodie today but I called it a jerkin because The Pessimist is always bugging me about making one for him.
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So it turns out that the guitar thing on Google yesterday was playable. You can still use it by clicking the link for Google.com
Try playing: DJDG AJAG DJDG AJAG I DJDG SJSG AJAG (in 4/4 time, a space is pause the same length as a note).
Or the Imperial March: E E E Q TE Q TE U U U I TE Q TE
Hi all
Hope you have a good weekend. Been lurking a bit this week but still have no idea what you are all up to.
Just saying hi before the week is out is all. I am sure to speak to some of you on TS later or is Loops is available game with him…
Also, My reader review will be posted monday so that is pretty awesome!
Oh well.. have a good one doods. Will catch you next week.
Lastly, BIG thanks to Qbo for sending me a game. You are an awesome man you are!
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I will speak to you over the weekend on teamspeak i guess. unless its late at night when i can’t talk in case of the old people stir.
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Peace out, Mr. Shady. Enjoy your weekend.
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Have a good weekend! Have some free music
http://www.goldenerarecords.com.au/let me know what you think…
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♪Hello-ooo Fatshady♪
Someone at work keeps tripping a breaker and inadvertently switching off my PC.
Approx. 26 Excel doc’s open and 10 emails sitting around as drafts…
Everything should recover, but not knowing if all the latest changes were saved is what’s frustrating.
FFFFFFFFFIIIDDLE STIIIIIIICKS…!!!
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I think we both know what you need to do.
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Have less documents open at once and save frequently?
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You know it!
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Easier said than done.
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Why am I so bad at Wipeout HD /o\
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Wait until you see my recording of me playing it for the first time. There is no way you’re as bad as I am.
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I managed to get 4th on my first try.
Knowing what the controls did and how the track was laid out, I managed to get… into last place on my second and third tries.
/o\
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Amen brother.
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Because your skills havent’t been honed by a misspent youth of F-zero on SNES and the original Wipeout on PS1
***adjusts lemon on belt***-
You sure that’s not an onion on your belt (which was the style at the time)?
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Only the cool kids had onions 🙁
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about two days ago i found my old copy of wipeout 2049, man that was awesome!
and yeah, i’m alright at wipeout, definently prior playing of the games before it helps
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Ok, so I already own the domain thatitemshop.com (the stuff up there is VERY WIP!), but I want another one for an entirely different reason… suggestions? (they have to be available!)
I like the sound of whyck.com, but I’m definitely open to suggestions!
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I can’t help you in terms of names, but man, thatitemshop.com, I love it. The brief flash of “Owned by Tadmod” the errors because you haven’t bothered to actually create the content for the pages. Man, it takes me back to when I did php. Good times.
And yes, when I say I love it, I mean it, I do know the trials and tribulations of making a web page, with the eventual joy of when it all comes together.
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Ahh yes, the item sop, a piece of bread soaked in a liquid. Smooth Blaggles, smooth.
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SHHHHH!!!!!
I edited it for you!!!! 😛
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Well now I look just as silly.
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Thanks Man!
If you want ot see it with a bit of content, log in as “TadMod” with the password “password” 😛
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Is the “alpha” page stuff running off RSS, or is the icon just a co-inkydink? I also love that the “Account” page just logged me off.
Am I allowed to ask what the webpage will eventually be used for?
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It’s a link at the moment. The Databases are about 1% complete. I’m mainly working on design and concept at the moment.
As to specific function, It’ll be a gaming community, there’ll be competitions, merch and tournaments. The News tab is probably just going to be syndicated from other news sites like kotAU and rockpapershotgun.
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How about
http://www.whoisjeeves.com ?
I’m bored, and curious, so, who else is doing stuff this weekend?
I like stuff, do you all like stuff?
I swear TAY used to be more alive than this on weekends, or at least comparatively so…
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I’m having a terrible cold.
I like stuff. I like stuff even more if it doesn’t make me sick.-
Here, have this: http://www.fluffyfriends.net/wp-content/themes/jeff/pics/cute-lion.jpg
It won’t fix your cold, but it is adorable.
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I figure you are all twittering and teamspeaking, so i only check in every so often.
Updates are a bit sporadic, does Tad check in?
You there Elly????-
I pop in occassionally and approve comments!
So do Elly and Mark! 😛
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhNKOArgm1k
Now That’s What I Call Minecraft! Part 1 – Wild Peach Chase
To those who have yet to own Minecraft: if this does not convince you to get Minecraft, I don’t know what will.
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That peach chase had me laughing my head off.
Sure Duke Nukem Forever looks a bit dated but I still had a blast. Glad I didn’t pay Aussie or Steam price for it though.
In case anyone is interested, I finished my Skyrim A Capella thing, and it can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Y5JEjr3s8
The video has very little to do with the song though, so I’m not really sure why it ended up on youtube.
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I think the guinea pig just absorbed that carrots soul and learnt power word – nibble.
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They have a very powerful shout move- Beg for dinner.
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Carrots are my son’s favourite food and when he climbed up to see what I was watching he got all upset because he thought the guinea pig was eating his carrot.
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