Talk Amongst Yourselves
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Haha, this game looks like a Bakuganized Evangelion – http://img.yoddl.com/images/74400438576818572363.png
So tell me O all ye people out there older than me.
Do Mondays ever get any easier?
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Unfortunatly no! They just become easier to deal with!
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Yep: http://bit.ly/6jyTT8
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I had this open for ages and couldn’t for the life of me figure out who would have linked me there. Now it makes sense!
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You just become desensitized to them…
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Mondays…Mondays…I WANT TO DESTROY MONDAYS!!!
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The silicon chip inside your head is switched to overload?
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Nah, the leprechaun says it’s set to low
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Nope – never.
ON the plus side, RB still hasn’t written a song about them.
Didn’t play a single game on the weekend, instead purchased more.
Shameless Gaming Month – You’re doing it wrong!
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I spent the entire weekend working on remixes!
/Hi5 for doin it the wrong way!
YAY MONDAY!
Remixed tracks all this weekend, though I gave bioshock a token effort.
At least I’m being productive!
Btw, anyone who wants to be a guinea pig on my listening committee for feedback and such, let me know.
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Oh, will chat to you later, I woke up at 4am thinking about you, I have some things to share.
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Rawr.
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*does the guinea pig squeak*
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I’m not feeling too confident on that muse remix, think I might ditch it :\
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I’d love to listen but I’m bad at feedback. I’d only be able to tell you whether I liked them or not.
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E-mail sent! Well, two e-mails because I hit the send button by accidental.
Also fired off some questions about the Brissy meat. Excite!
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Emails! Yay! I shall respond later.
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Given the fact that your Breathe mix has passed triple figures in my play count, this may be relevant to my interests.
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e-mail me at
the [dot] tsharp [at] gmail [dot] com
and I’ll send you the 4 drafts I have thus far.
I think I may remix Jay-Z tonight.
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I’d be pleased to listen to some of your work.
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drop me a line at
the [dot] tsharp [at] gmail [dot] com
good sir, and I shall involve ye in the committee!
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Greetings people! What a great weekend! I spent Saturday chilling and playing games with Sughly! Much fun was had even though he was a little sick. Playing co-op Magic The Gathering is way fun!! I only discovered we could do that on Saturday, and damn glad I did! And Sughly’s a machine at Scene it! Totally whooped my ass! But damn it was a fun day! Thanks muchly for coming Sughly! And Thanks for the muffins!! Super yummp!
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Hey! You forget to mention how running into me at the shops made your Sunday the best Sunday ever….
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LOL That it did indeed!! I was super shocked when I ran in to you! Really did brighten my day substantially 🙂
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Haha, twas an awesome day indeed. My girlfriend still thinks its weird I baked for you. She was cleaning all my muffin mess as I lay dying on the couch, and she was all ‘you make muffins for your friends and I have to clean up after you?!’
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Good to know you’re feeling better!
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Super jelly of all your warm Brisbane Kotaku feelings!
hahaGlad to hear you actually had a decent weekend, though! 😀
My first catch of the Shameless Gaming Month – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow has been completed… Next target: Vanquish (And boy do I hate all the characters!)
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Crap I forgot about that one…
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What, Lords of Shadow or Vanquish, cuz Lords of Shadow I enjoyed quite a bit, being my first hack’n’slash on the PS3 (Though the story was a little ridiculous and the ending just made me go WTF bigtime)
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I just got angrier and angrier at the characters in Vanquished. After finally accepting that they were weird and annoying, Then they just go and get all Inconsistent. I literally was yelling WTF at the TV every 5 minutes in the end.
But the gameplay is interesting once you get the hang of the crazy control schemes. A little like Marks Article about metal gear just without so much of the awesome character and story.-
I think Sam is pissing me off the most (The guy you’re playing as), the world is in peril from this russian madman with a lot of bloody kickarse-looking robots (I die a little inside every time I destroy one of those guys), but oh he has time to stop and enjoy a smoke… seriously WTF.. aren’t you on a clock to stop another city from getting destroyed?! The oversized Colonel is pretty stereotypical in the “gruff commander” kind of way, but that can be shrugged off, he’s military… American military (Seriously people, enough with the “Hoorah!”s :P)
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Solider- “Colonel I just got my legs shot off!! I need a medic!”
Colonel – “Suck it up boy! Hoorah!”
Solider- “Yes SIR! HOORAH! I’m totally fine now sir!”
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Mornin’ All, how was everyones weekend?
Big thanks to Jo(con) and TechKnight for some enjoyable LoL games. I certainly went better in our games than I had previously, but was nice to play with some people who offered constructive advice on how to better play, rather than those who struggle to complete whole sentences (“omg n00b gtfo game”).
Also played my first game of TF2 and did pretty well, placing 5th for points out of my team. Attempted to set up some mates to play some co-op against AI and ran into the steam no-game no-friends limitation. Was thinking of purchasing a cheap game (Garys Mod $2.50) on their accounts to get around this: Does anyone know if this will work? Or does it have to be a fully fledged purchase?
Anyways back to my coffee….
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Actually this is why I wanted a team together, you avoid those “n00b” moments from other players happening entirely. When you have 4 others on TS helping you and giving you advice, it’s awesome.
Oh yeah, I learned from a more elite player that taking on Intermediate AI is the equivalent of playing level 15 summoners with Korean-style reflexes… no wonder we had trouble lol. I’m almost level 12.
In any case, always happy to play another with you worthy humans, you both have great potential. Everybody starts from the ground up and very few realise this. 🙂
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I have a group of mates that play dota regularly – will attempt to bring them over to the dark side and see if we can’t get a 5 man team goin.
Will also be buying a new headset some time this week hopefully, I think my mike had beer spilt into it at the last LAN I hosted.
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Dat Hat Fortress 2, huh?
After god knows however long, I finally jump into a game and committed myself to playing it for at least an hour.
You know the payload map with 3 stages? I managed to get top score and MVP twice BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY HEALER
GUYS YOU NEED MEDICS
I JUST
YOU DONT
HOW DO YOU EVEN
/o\It did make me feel warm and fuzzy inside when people said thanks after I healed them from the red though, so I guess there was that.
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I tried medic, but healing waves weren’t as satisfying as fire.
Mmmmm, fire.
I was lucky enough to be on a team with a few good medics so I guess its luck of the draw as to what type of team you end up with.
I’m yet to find any hats 🙁
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Hey, I like fire too!
High fiiiiiive! o/
But yeah, we just needed a Medic, and were losing.
I too am hatless, but I did manage to score that class update Spy gun. The Ambassador? You know, that one I already have 4 of. It was pretty rad.
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Well, thats it, I’m officially handing in my ‘Binary Enthusiasts’ card. I blame FatShady for this. He is a hard-arse man, but those 12 minutes of gloating will be my fondest memory.
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Oh! Even though I want to murder FatShady right now… I must say a big thanks good-sir for gifting me Borderlands! 😀 I’m about 1/4 downloaded, but its a 12GB monster!!! Looking forward to giving it a whirly twirly.
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*excited schoolgirl bounce*
We are getting quite the borderlands posse assembled on Steam! Can’t wait for some 4-man-squad action!!
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*Meanwhile: In Qumulys’ human mind*
Step 2: Invite FatShady to a “friendly” game of Borderlands.
Step 3: Make sure he dies as brutally and as often as possible.-
I like this plan!
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Morning y’all!
So, with the Brisbane Meat coming up I decided it was time we had ourselves a poster. So I made this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22870108/Strange%20Meat_poster_2_half-size.pdf
Could be considered NSFW.
Thanks AP for the inspiration.
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Awesome, if not a little disturbing.
Looking like I’ll probably be making the trip up there at this rate. I will start cutting holes in the chests of my t-shirts to keep with the theme.
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More disturbing was my GF helping me ‘shop man-nips on a Friday night.
Best. Date. Ever.
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A partner who will help you add nipples to a pizza is a keeper indeed.
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Thats awesome dude, but makes me sad I’m so far away from these glorious meets..
Also, am no longer having left-over pizza for lunch. Think I’ll eat some pocket-lint instead.
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HA!
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Holy crap… Dan I’m still trying to recover from my sickness. You’re doing a fine job at reserving that effort.
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My wallet certainly was not ready for the Steam summer sale.
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I have not made a single purchase yet – I’ve already owned all the games on sale, or not wanted to buy them because they’re not my style 🙁
A little disappoint!
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oh god why did I launch Steam this weekend, so many good deals I ended up buying more games to add to my shameless gaming list. . .
All taken into account my list sits at 102
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I suppose the steam sales…
*puts on sunglasses*
Put you in financial ruen.
YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH
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Here’s an interesting idea I’ve just had. Does anyone here remember Reader Retrospectives http://www.kotaku.com.au/tags/reader-retrospective/ ?
Well, because of Shameless Gaming Month, undoubtedly people are going to be completing old games, so how about a Kotaku competition on who can write the best Reader Retrospective? Each week until the end of July, Mark will chose the best Reader Retrospective, post it on Kotaku and give that person a small prize.
What do you guys think?
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I seriously doubt I’d beat Trjn when he makes reviews in this much detail.
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I’m not planning on doing any proper reviews this month. Too damned time consuming, especially when I want to churn out blog posts about Shameless Gaming, keep my LP videos coming and actually complete the odd game or seven.
Anyhow, I’ve seen much better reader reviews around here than what I’ve written.
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I just got up. Kid-free and I only managed to sleep in until 9. I’m disappointed in myself.
CrazyGuy posted a link to the TAY from a year ago in the dying minutes of last weeks TAY and it happened to be the one where Bishy helped me not to have to quit Resonance of Fate which became one of my favouritest ever games. I think that’s when I started to love him.
Loops, do you still like your RoF T-shirt you won? If not, can I have it? 😛
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I’ve worn it a lot… lol it’s quite faded now.
I wear it to bed because it’s too big to wear out.I do, however, have the No more Heroes 2 tee, if you’d like that – i’ve never worn it.. it has too much anime boobage on it. lol
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If you want, I could make it smaller for you so you could wear it while you’re out and about. And a huge YES PLEASE for the No More Heroes shirt, I’m not afraid of a bit of anime boobage!
Also, I haven’t actually posted your Overlord II yet, but I’ll get it done this week for you.
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HI!
Soooo… how did Wimbledon go? Did anybody watch Wimbledon? I didn’t see any of it – did Andy Murray win? Come on, somebody tell me how Andy Murray went – did he finally uphold the pride of British sport, or did he crash and burn and walk away from yet another tournament as an utter failure?
Just wondering…
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I actually kicked a piece of furniture at 4.30am on Saturday morning.
Kicked a piece of furniture.
I’ll let you fill in the blanks.
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You were skating in the house again?
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I didn’t have the stamina after the Djokovic/Tsonga game to watch him after. But I really wanted Nadal to win last night for some reason. I think it’s just caus he was losing and I like a comeback story 🙁
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It was an epic tale.
Mark Serrels looked up from his television grimly, a cold, refreshing can of Pepsi Max providing the only comfort in a newly dark world.
On the screen, things were going badly. Scotland’s last hero since William Wallace was down two sets to the mighty underpants-wearing-Spaniard, Nadal. Though he fought on bravely, Serrels could see it was a hopeless task.
When the end came, it was quick. Sudden. He had a flashback to his own encounter with a pole just a few weeks previously. How quickly the tides could turn! How easily the mighty could fall!
With a roar of Irn-Bru-fuelled rage, his fiery mane flowing, Super-Saiyan-esque, Serrels kicked the nearest chair; all of Scotland’s national fury embodied in one shattering blow and with the force of a thousand suns.
It never stood a chance. When it was over, and the auburn mist had lifted from his eyes, Serrels surveyed the remains of his living room.
“That’ll do,” he said quietly. Then approved some comments.
________________________________________________Roughly what happened, right?
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Pretty much!
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I would question your use of the word “newly” when mentioning the “newly dark world”. Andy Murray choking in a major tournament is really just the normal, regular, run-of-the-mill level of darkness in the world.
So did he have a complete meltdown like Luke Wilson in The Royal Tennenbaums? You know, throwing his raquet, sitting down, taking off his shoes etc?
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Little toes were invented to find coffee-tables in the dark.
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I thought that’s what shins were invented for?
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Nooooo, shins were invented for this. (thanks Mark for the tip)
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Yeah my little toes were invented to find corners of doorways in the dark. Or really anytime.
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Shameless gaming month is off to a slow start. Kept switching between Darksiders and American McGee’s Alice (That’s the first one, not Alice: Madness Returns).
Had to restart Darksiders as it had been so long but once the Zelda aspects became more apparent, I found the game more enjoyable. 6 of 16 chapters down.
Alice brought about game rage not seen since the olden days.
Oh, I also played some L.A. Noire. Playing as Jack Kelso now and can’t help but prefer him to Cole. Just annoying that his car doesn’t have a siren. :\
No, Wanderlei, nooooooooo!
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I’d like to commiserate with you but I don’t know what you’re talking about. Wrestling or something, maybe?
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Aww, I was sure there were other MMA fans here that would have watched UFC 132 yesterday.
Wanderlei Silva, old-school legend, came back from a long hiatus and got knocked out in 29 seconds of the 1st round. Time for him to retire. T_T
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I missed out on it – shame about Silva. Kinda gutted for Bader as well. I guess that’s the end of him as a top LHW contender…
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I plan on watching it tonight, I heard Wanderlei didn’t fare too well though.
I think I’m addicted to TF2 again. My first inkling came when all I wanted to do was find hats. I even played Alien Swarm online (which is a pretty sweet game!) just to get the alien hat…
Salutations, TAYbies!
JB HiFi have announced the price (http://www.jbhifi.com.au/games/mass-effect-3/) for the Mass Effect 3 CE – $129 AUD for a game version that retails in the US for USD $80.
With the exchange rate as it is, that’s $86 AUD or $43 less than the Australian price for the same game.
No amount of population differences, market share, geography problems or shipping prices could possibly justify a 50% price increase.
Ridiculous. The whole thing is borked.
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I’ve struggled to get into Mass Effect myself, but hot damn… thats a sexy collectors edition. More games should come with art books I tell ya! I like purdy pics and concept sketches and whatnot.
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See, I’ve always thought that consoles and collectors editions have been priced based off a normal retail game. Example. PS3 in the US = $299. PS3 game in US = $60. Therefore, PS3 = 5 x $60 = $300. In Australia, a new game is $100. Therefore, new PS3 = $100 x 5 = $500.
Second example. Normal is $60, ME3 collectors is $80, which is a 33% increase. Normal game in Australia is $100, collectors edition of ME3 is $130, roughly a 33% increase.
Of course, this in no way justifies the bullcrap prices we pay, but nonetheless, it makes some sense. I think.
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You expect me to follow maths on a Monday?
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No. I expect you to follow SCIENCE!
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(Late reply)
Yeah, I see your logic here – but the difference between the base prices is ridiculous.
At exchange rate parity (or at even higher than parity, now that the AUD is USD $1.10) the fact that games are almost twice as expensive here just can’t be accounted for by all the geographic/market factors.
The exchange rate’s risen from ~60c to $1.10 in about five years and there’s been just about no change in retail price, unless the retailers want to compete for each other.
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Sorry all but I had a small issue with the server payment over the weekend. This has impacted the MC server and I suspect the TS one also. It is not big deal as it has been sorted now, just FYI.
If anyone sees them come back online through the day then let us know. Otherwise, Ill give them a call later this afternoon.
Thanks all.
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Ahhh, so that’s why I couldn’t get into it yesterday.
When the server does come back up, we should probably start a new map, cause we’re missing out on long grass and shrubs right now.-
Q-bo had an idea about that… he was going to load a new map anyway, so if he wants and no one else has any issues, we can start a new one again using 1.7.
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STUPID PISTONS
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Cue the ‘bring me a shrubbery!’ jokes.
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a shrubbery?
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Well in Minecraft you CAN cut down a tree with a herring…
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Can I get in on this Minecraft goodness?
So I got my ‘welcome back’ games last month in the nick of time (thanks for reminding me, Mr. What!) – Dead Nation and Wipeout HD.
I also managed to finally put us over the quota for the month so multiplayer goodness is out until Friday 🙁 I was looking forward to the littlebigplanets with Mr. What and putting #1 and #2 out of my pile of shame in co-op style.
Now I just need to resist the urge to play GT5 again and work on Bioshock!
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4 player LBP co-op shouild be arranged!
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This!
I’ll need to pick up those LBP level expansions to get a few extra costume pieces… addicted to costume pieces.
Who else has LBP? Let’s organise a day for an LBP night… maybe next week sometime?
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LBP DLC is on sale atm. Just so you know 🙂
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Dammit… more impulse buys on the way then!
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I HAVE IT !! PICK ME PICK ME!!!!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IT’LL BE SOOO AWESOME GUYZ
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Picked!
What days are you free next week, busy bee? Need to make it earlyish in the night so that Mr. What! can make an attendance.
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I’ll email you soon =)
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I’d tap that.
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As in, you will join us for playing?
What times are good for you?
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Looks like we have our 4 players. We can play my crappy custom levels AND YOU MUST ALL HEART THEM SO I GETS TROPHIES!
Team Speak for communications? I have a crappy PS headset so I’m good however you want to communicate.
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yeah, teamspeak works best for me!
Man, these costume/dlc packs… taking a look at a few of them now. This surely won’t end well. Recommendations? Or just all the big packs?
Will talk with you tonight to find out what a good time is for you!
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Pirates of the Carribean (ads water to the game & 5 levels), Metal Gear Solid (Ads guns & 5 levels) and Marvel (5 awesome levels). Then any costumes you want.
Just so you know, water and guns are useable to all, but you need these packs to add them to levels you create. If you don’t plan on making levels (and you should) then they aren’t necessary.
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Awesome! I’ll grab these tonight!
I wonder if this will still work co-op seeing as I’ve gone over my quota? Hmm…
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I am not a member of the exclusive Teamspeak pose.
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Hit me up at
the [dot] tsharp [at] gmail [dot] com
and I’ll hook a brother up.
If anyone has a beastly PC… ARMA II on sale on steam today.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/33900/
PLZ buy so you can play with your privates with me.
PEW PEW PEW
In case anyone is wondering, here is how my first weekend of Shameless Gaming went.
I must be getting old because I’m still recovering from it.
On another note, trying to pick games that I can see many other people have on their piles of shame. Looks like Bioshock, Darksiders and Infamous might be the most common three games. Should these be the games for the book club-like thing?
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Book-club like thing?
This sounds interesting. I’m currently playing Darksiders and Bishock is on my pile. I’d definitely be interested in this.
Unless what have to sit around and talk about how the game made me feel and other girly (Sorry ladies) crap.
/fistbump?
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I still have no idea what the book club thing will entail. I have until Thursday to work it out.
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So, weekend. I started playing Bioshock, that counts, right? I was mainly playing the Uncharted 3 Beta and those Portal 2 competition maps, which are surprisingly good! But I digress. My main victory of the weekend was when I fixed my bike which I (literally) haven’t touched for 4-5 years. Anyway, I fixed it up, went for a ride, and being unfit got tired pretty quickly. Found a garage sale, so i walked in, partly because of curiosity, partly because I was tired. I walked in, I walked out $15 poorer but so much richer. For I had bought myself a NES! With Excitebike! And Metroid! And Super Mario!
😀
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SO JEALOUS!! I’ve been eyeing NES bundles on ebay for ages, something like that would go well over $100. Well well over. Gah! I’m so hitting up garage sales next weekend!
I have only been able to play World of Tanks over the weekend as Steam has somehow destroyed itself for me and I can’t even restore my backup files (giving me either a generic error or saying the servers are too busy). On the plus side, my WoT skills are growing.
My AT-1 with cammo is brutally efficient against it’s fellow tier tanks. I don’t like arty, so I’m basically going:
Russia = anti-tank
America = light tanks (M5 Stuart is just a few silver away)
Germany = nothing atm
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I too am having some major issues with steam and I know I’m not the only one – Harli mentioned she lost all her screenshots?
Something weird must be going on… maybe the summer sales are causing some strain on the servers?
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Yeah – as i said mine kept freezing too.. grrrrr
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/cries
My screenshots are indeed all gone and have not yet returned. My ownage gallery now has to be rebuilt from scratch.I also got a few games over the weekend (thank you mysterious person, I shall henceforth now refer to you as Santa Claus!) and steam wouldn’t let me download them. Something about servers being to busy to handle my requests. Or handle me. One or the other.
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Steam always seems to run slow on my laptop, no idea why.
I did notice some initial login connection issues on my PC two days ago (Just sitting on “logging into steam account…” message)
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MELBOURNE’S MANIACALLY MAGNIFICENT, MARGINALLY MENTAL MEGA MEAT AT MANA!!!
HOSTED BY YOURS TRULY
That’s right – i’m doing it. Too much talk and not enough action, so old looops is stepping up to the plate!
Basically, the 16th of this month will be the FIRST EVER MELOURNE MEAT!!
You know how i know it will be rad?
Because my title is better than any other meat title ever, so i hope you’ll all come join me for MELBOURNE’S MANIACALLY MAGNIFICENT, MARGINALLY MENTAL, MEGA MEAT AT MANA!!!
Ok so basically what will be happening is we’ll all be meeting somewhere close to the mana bar for pre drinks… whether that be a cafe or pub i am still yet to decide on, all i know is it needs to be cozy and it needs to be a place where we can hear each other. I want to get to know you all so we can then march on to mana bar, like a tide of testosterone and toothpicks!
WHO’S WITH ME?!!?!
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Mega(M)an X8! 16th? Count me in!
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Will be good to have you on board, mate 🙂
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Isn’t that opening night? Wouldn’t it be, y’know, packed full of people? More than usual?
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That’s why we’ll be meeting beforehand
I don’t know what our chances will be of getting in – but i definitely think we should give it a shot
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So long as I can arrange a babysitter, count me in! Although, I’m a tad worried if its mega crowded… If its too crowded, we can go bowling! (just no laughing at my style, use of gutter gaurds, or my sub 50 score.
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Set up a webcam and I’ll keep a stern eye on them!
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Bowling! I like that plan (Mainly because I don’t really drink, rendering visits to the pub/mana bar kinda moot).
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Not really – bee and i don’t really drink either – Man bar is for the experience..
Maybe we could go bowling before Mana Bar then?
But is there an alley near by?
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I’ll play easy and not bring my personal bowling ball. I would love to do this 🙂
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Just getting to know you humans will fit my criteria enough, if we get into Mana Bar, that’s just icing on the cake
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I am unsure of robotica custom, on first meeting do I gift you with oil? Also to avoid charring of my skin from your eye-lasers, if I notice rust on your bottom, do I mention it or just let it slide?
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Be sure to have some searing hot resin just in case!
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No gifts are required human, my unit is entirely self-maintenance, extras are not necessary. However, in humans terms, I thank you because “It’s the thought that counts”
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I dunno, people were queuing up during the morning on Brisbane’s opening day. I think they regularly try and nudge people out when they stop drinking, but you’ll be faced with an epic line for sure.
I could definitely be there, depending on what other stuff I might have on
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With 2 weeks notice, you should have NOTHING on! 😛
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If he turns up naked this is all your fault.
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“Fault”?
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Afraid to click.
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A huge something. Not sure about success.
Also: BEST BABY EVER.
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I am magnificently jealous! SO SO JEALOUS.
When Mana Bar opens in Sydney, I’m going to be there every freaking weekend! YEAH! WHO’S WITH ME?!
I am also in.
Can you give me a rough idea of the times… I may fly over.
*i may not*
Definitely interested, just need to check with the wife to see if we’re doing anything that evening.
I’ll try and make it, it might depend on the time though, I can’t stay late 🙁
I would very much like to join you guys (please)! Although, depending when you start, I might arrive a little later. My prior engagement supposedly ends at around 6pm, so I’ll make my way over to the meat a little bit after that.
Also, with the talk of bowling that has sprung up, I do hope we’ll still pop into the Mana Bar for at least a little while. I promise it will be fun, and if it isn’t, we can run.
I wish i had a slim 360 just so i could have one of these:
http://www.ozgameshop.com/search/Calibur11?utm_source=mailingmanager&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Oz+Newsletter+-+03%2F07%2F11
So, those with a slim – will you be picking one up?
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Every time I see one of these I see the side and think “Quack!”
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http://gamesplus.com.au/ViewProduct.aspx?Id=78671ee7-818c-4685-8fbd-04a445e8c4ce
I’m tempted to buy this.
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Relly? My first thought was ‘wtf is that thing? People want to pay for it..?’
Well, I bit the bullet and spent 800 MP on changing my name on Xbox Live. Yes I know it was most likely a waste of money, but seeing as nearly all of my live friends a from here, I thought it would make more sense for my avatar to be somewhat more recognisable.
So, for those who care, I shall henceforth be known on live as;
Hugo Barbarian
I shall now return you to your normally scheduled TAYing
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Eugene!
EUGENE!
There’s something wrong with the viewing box!
There’s a half naked, gruff, burly man on it!
Fix it!
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Was I delicious and chewy?
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Absolutely, plus that little bang at the end was to die for.
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I have tried to do this so many times, even after they purged that bunch of old accounts… no luck. I have always wanted to simply be FatShady. From what I can see that name is not in use, but I can’t get it???
waste of money sure but i would do it if i could.
Also twitter is the same. The FatShady account has not been used for ever!!!! You should be able to lodge an appeal to get an account kicked if not in use i say?
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Try doing it through xbox.com
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I was somewhat annoyed by the 15 character limit. For 800 MP I wanted to be able to revel in my full Hugo the Hungarian Barbarian glory, but the closest I could get was Hugo the Hung. While this was tempting, it may have been seen as “blowing my own trumpet”, in a manner of speaking.
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HaHa!! i like it.
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I’ve always been afraid of blowing my own horn. I’m terrified that I’ll sort of reach, then something in my body will lock up and I’ll spend the remainder of my days as ‘the human donut’.
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My shameless gaming month started off HORRIBLY. Was meant to gather the games I needed to play but instead just played games that I’ve already finished and want to keep playing. Shameless Gaming month-I’m doing it wrong.
I will get out of bed soon, I swear!
Okay, one more SC2 replay and then I’ll get out of bed…
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Woah.
PLEASE let it have a physics engine that will allow for real-time children killy with street-cleaner.
Plus imagine the the awesome one liners!
“Clean up your act, bucko!”
“You’ve been a dirty girl/sidewalk”
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Guess I just wiped the floor with him!
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Your mind’s always in the gutter…
Well, I just dropped $3 on Torchlight. My pile of shame just grew by one. 🙁
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attaboy!
This reminds me that I’m almost at the end of torchlight but I never finished it.
Hmmm…
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Man the final boss is friggin hard.
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Ahh, interesting.
The game has been a pushover for me as well. Maybe time to push on and get to an actual challenge.
I’m such a sucker for these types of games… played the poop out of Titan Quest and was on my second play through before I got bored.
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I thought it was co-op on torchlight 2? No idea on when the release date is though…
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Totally can’t come here for a while. Luck to you all.
CHEESE!!!
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GOD SPEED, SERGEANT
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Who will supply our hilarious and sometimes obscure quips?
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I heard that there’s some nasal delivery technology or something to help you fix that
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*jaw drops*
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What a dirty mind…
*sniffle*
so beautiful… they grow up so fast.
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This is entirely your fault.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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Nooooooooooo.
Is it because you changed jobs? I’ll miss you. 🙁
1pm!
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Bah! FOR WHAT?!
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Wait, what? What’s What doing at 1?
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INVESTIGATOR PESSIMIST
I imagine you a little like Rusty from LA Noire. Grumpy, a bit of a drunkard, tired of his job, and quick to rub a harsh dose of reality into your new, fresh, eager, starry-eyed partner’s face. -
Frighteningly accurate.
Have you been stalking me again?
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You say that like I stopped!
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I was wondering while why my underwear kept disappearing.
Though I do have to thank you for introducing me to commando-mode. Feeling rather free’n’breezy today!
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Stay frosty, Oscar Mike!
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Hmm, no underwear, wat do?
Time to wear a sock!
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WoW can influence our weather now?! It’s gained too much power, it must be exterminated
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Hey Mark, I sent you an email on Friday and I was just wondering if you got it? Sent through my work email at Seven.com.au and to you as mark.serrels@kotaku.com.au
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Wat you be working as at channel seven? Please tell me something cool like Kochie’s personal groomer 😀
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I am not at liberty to discuss my opinions on that… ‘person’. Our internet is closely monitored 😛
I run a 10 person team that manages ads and campaign delivery etc on 7TWO and 7MATE, so nothing interesting! Used to do security and offsite personnel protection. I used to see Jennifer Hawkins weekly. I miss that part of the work.
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Did the PSN Welcome Back thing end yesterday or does it end today?
Destructoid says 3rd July, but that’s you know, for all the countries living in yesterday.
I poked around PSN and I can’t tell if my PSN+ has activated or what. There are no more additional links to redeem stuff in the Welcome Back screen.
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I was of the impression that they ended yesterday for us?
I’m taking all my information from the mighty WHAT! so I could be wrong…?-
I heard yesterday, but I could be wrong. It might continue till Wednesday evening.
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Alright, my DS lite is on the fritz big time. It’s probably dirty contacts or something but I’m pretending it’s something unfixable and treating it as an excuse to sell and upgrade to 3DS. Anyone know of the best places to trade in? I know it wouldnt be much, but I kind of dont want to sell it to some schmo on ebay who will most likely harrass me with emails about how it doesnt work properly :/
So, I’m playing Duke Nukem Forever for ‘Shameless gaming fortnight’…
I’ve so far noted that it takes the ‘Too Human’ route of making respawning from death such a painful experience that you never want to go through it.
Having watched that Batman vid though, I’m thinking about ditching Duke and working on perfecting my combos in Arkham Asylum
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It’s on my list too…I think I might leave it till last hehe
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I’ve already finished Arkham Asylum, so doing that would seem like going backwards.
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Tee-hee
“Woah… Dude… Pass the Potato Chips.. I got the Muncheeeeeez”
OK, this was excluded from the article but I want you all to have a go at this one. This is a small riddle I made just to get you thinking. This is similar to some of the stuff that you will find in the Trials HD Riddle.
Here you go, a TAY exclusive!…
The girl from ABC’s Good Game can help solve this! Ask her about salad number VIII.
53:57:42:49:53:43:20:49:43:41:42:5a:49:54:51:49:20:5a:57:4b:53:41:21
Solutions and explanation below please. Winner gets nothing… but BRAGGING RIGHTS! who doesn’t want that!
Have at it…
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Convert the string from Hex to Ascii, then shift the letters back 8 places in the alphabet (I don’t know what this is called?)
“Kotaku Australia Rocks!”
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I just spent 15 minutes scouring the internet in order to understand hexadecimal, but you’ve saved me the trouble of trying to solve this!
Props to BDKIAF! WOOP!
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heheh.. yup!
The thing you missed was a Caesar Shift.. Salad/Roman!
And who says you don’t make friends with salad?
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That’s what it’s called! I didn’t know that, I just worked off the VIII. That would have made the second part so much easier.
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I thought the HEX part would have been easy enough, doing the second part without the caesar clue would have been a little tricky.
You did well!
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Smarty pants! I solved it, but it took me a few more hours, I was a test subject! 🙂
And FatShady, today you are Australia wide famous! Mark, any idea the Trials post will make it on the US site?
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Damn! Was so sure it was: “I Am Lord Voldemort”
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Silence, mudblood.
Busy looking for questionable photos of Hermione. Let me surf this ‘web’ of yours in peace.
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Guessing it has something to do with hexadecimal notation (the GG reference – ‘hex’).
Hey everybody *using best dr nick voice*
Hope everyones weekend was pleasant and filled with games. I started red dead redeption and was reminded why I hate open world games. I just go stupid with doing nothing but shooting things while on a horse. I have progressed a bit but alas I think I’m a long way from the end
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Hi Rocketman! *using best everybody voice*
I saw on the news today that Harvey Norman have been “busted” selling furniture made in China, that comes timber sourced from Australian Forests, which HN profits off.
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Hahaha, how embarrass for them.
Not really surprising with their sneaky ‘interest-free’ deals. They’re all about the bottom line!
THIS is one of my favorite games of all time… and definitely in the top 3 of my all time favorite zombie games
http://store.steampowered.com/app/7800/
If you don’t have Stubbs The Zombie yet, GET IT. You won’t regret it. It is a horribly underappreciated gem, and now it’s cheap!
GET IT GET IT GET IT!
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Awesome, cheers loops! I’ll pick this up.
I’ve also noticed the ‘new’ sid meiers Pirates! game is on steam for cheap as well:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/3920/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_2-
I played and finished that game YEARS ago – but you know what? It was REALLY fun!
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Yeah, I’ve been going through all the games under $10 and filtering by metascore.
Got a nice little list of cheapy older games that will run nicely on my gaming netbook. Should keep me occupied when out on the road!
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Just gonna say: gaming while driving, turn-based games are the best. Especially on the DS or PSP where you can just snap it into stand-by mode.
Not that I do this at all, hah hah hah.
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My car’s battery was dying, so I went to get it replaced. Lots of blue corrosion around the terminals. Probably not a good thing, so they told me to wash that off with boiling hot water.
Also, I’m still damned tired. I really need an espresso machine and knowing how to use it might also help a little.
I was hoping to get my preordering out of the way before I left…
Any word on the preorder bonus’s for Arkham City and Saints Row?
I’d forgotten what it was like to be home alone. I love it.
My parents had the kids overnight and they’re not coming back until dinnertime. I’m loving it. As an introvert I kind of need to be alone every once in a while to recharge. As the mother of one 10 year old and one 2 year old this is the rarest of rare occasions.
The best thing has been being able to crank Tyr and Avantasia as I get some work and sewing done.
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Huzzah for alone time!
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/Hi5 for introverts!
We seem to be in short supply.
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You are in introvert?
For in introvert you do the best impression of an extrovert.
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I am an introvert in extrovert clothing 😉
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I knew you secretly wanted a set of pink pants for yourself!
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Think of the implications! I could go out at night time and see exactly where I’m going!
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A gay bar?
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Special Strange Time!
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HA!
Nice.
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Someone at work just showed me a magazine.
No, not the type with the naked boobies as that would be UNSAFE for work!
This was safe.
And amazing.
It was a video. In a magazine. Playing. With sound.
My blinds, they were mown.
http://www.campaignbrief.com/2011/06/fairfax-media-brings-peroni-ca.html
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How will they do this…?
What is this I don’t even…?
Truly amazing. Imagine when this is commonplace 20 years down the line and we talk about the first time we saw this. I’m going to have to pick up a copy just to ‘ooh’ and ‘ahh’ like a 5 year old.
Sign of the times!
Now all we need is those gorram flying cars like we were promised.
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I was hoping more for a giant tube network that we step into and with a “FWOOMP!” we go soaring to our destination.
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We already have these http://bit.ly/kciA3Z what more do you want!?
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My shameless gaming was alright last week, I started to play Resonance of Fate, but I realized I still had to do some grinding from before, so I couldn’t be bothered doing that. Then I went to play some Persona 4, did some of the social simulating part and by the time I got up to the actual combat action I was too sleepy to continue.
I also bought Magicka for $3.20, so that’ll be on the pineapple somewhere.
Just beat inFamous 2 about 5 minutes ago and I’m not sure how to feel. Played through as a good guy. Over all it was a great game but I’m not so sure about the ending. I both love and hate those types of endings.
I’ll be leaving for New Zealand tomorrow. Going to be spending a week over there with family. Probably wont get on the internet at all during my trip so no Kotaku for me. If I don’t post at all next week assume that the plane crashed and I’m stranded on an island with a fat guy and some Polar Bears.
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Mars bar polar bears or Coca Cola polar bears?
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Bipolar Bears?
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Or the Bundy bear!
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Drop Bear?
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Koala Bears?
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I’ve finished both good and evil playthroughs. The evil ending was much better, but playing through the entire game evil doesn’t make much narrative sense to me, imo.
Eat the fat guy first, he’ll waste away faster!
So is Darksiders taking itself too seriously or is it so tongue in cheek that I’m not getting it?
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I’m about halfway through, I think.
It’s the first one. 🙂
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That’s not necessarily a bad thing, just got to make sure I’m laughing at it, not with it :p
Not too sure how far into it I am. About an hour of gameplay but it looks like I’ve done a few chapters. Then again, I just finished Uncharted 2 which has some ridiculously short chapters.
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What’s not to get?
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If it is some sort of brilliant satire exploring the ridiculousness that video games tend to find themselves in should they try to be “dark” and “gritty” and whatever else befell comics during the Dork Age in the 90s. Or if this is a game that has simply done all that because they thought it was a good idea.
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I’d say it’s a bit of both, there’s no way they looked at the
hookshotAbyssal Chain and thought that the name was serious.I choose to think that it’s like Gears of War, but more subtle in its themes. (GoW is really not at all subtle about the fact that war = bad)
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Should point out that the dude behind the game, Joe Madureira, was King of the 90’s comics.
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That explains everything.
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I felt it was a bit grating. So much posing and staring and being “EPIC”. Then you go and hit a bunch of bats and zombies over and over. It had some good parts but I wish it had a better writer/story director.
HA HA! FOUR pages, go Kotakrew!!!
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me can’t count…
My first TAY post in over a week.. Work was super-busy last week and didn’t really get a chance to get on Kotaku much.. or game for that matter.. grrr!! IVE MISSED YOU GUYS!
I’m basically still trying to finish Arkham Asylum with all Joker riddles (up to 80% at the mo) and I’ve splashed out 1200 MS points for the new Annihilation map pack for CoD Black Ops.
Well worth the points IMHO. The new Shangri-La zombie map is BRUTAL and totally different to all others. My friends and I have embarked on the epic task of getting the easter egg achievement which makes the Call of the Dead easter egg look like a sprint in a shoebox… there’s like 14 or 15 steps and on Friday night we got to level 20 before we even completed half of them, I had a flamer zombie (new boss type enemy) appear out of the ground right next to me, EXPLODED and downed me in an instant.. there go 4 of my hard-earned perks and hello catalyst to eventual team failure.. GRR..
I still crack up everytime I hear the Tank character say “Winning” when picking up a good weapons (which I could NOT do to save my life last Friday…)
Had my new girlfriend over all weekend so definitely NO gaming allowed LOL, but we did crack open a few wines and I introduced her to Breaking Bad Season 1 (one of my favourite shows apart from The Wire) and all was well..
Hope all is well in the TAY world, I’ll be dropping a DUBSTEP INTERLUDE at some point so watch out for the WOB 😀
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When is new breaking bad coming out? I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENS!
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17 July in the USA.. Hulu via VPN anyone?
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Channel BT 🙂
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@ Pessimist
Re: Little Big Planet
Pess, I own a copy of LBP and I’ll be up for a playthough with you on any date that is from Friday to Sunday, find me on Teamspeak or Steam if you want to organize details
@ Everybody
Re: Shameless gaming month
So, I knocked off about half of Ratchet & Clank Quest for Booty, after picking it up after the PSN outage, pretty good game, about as much as you would expect from a R&C game
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Expect it to feel extremely short, I finished that already.
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Sent an invite for steam friends list, good sir!
Okay, so I’ve started playing Mass Effect again. It’s a fun game, but I can still remember why I kind of ditched it to play something else. Also, I just discovered you can get rid of the stupid film grain effect, which annoyed me to no end. Kinda wish there was an option for v-sync, the amount of screen tear is ridiculous. I’m up to the bit where I’ve just landed on IIos, how far am I to the end?
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Aaah 4 playthoughs is enough for me thanks.. got 2 great characters out of them which I’ve progressed through with in ME 2.
The film grain didn’t bother me too much actually, I quite enjoyed the visual aesthetic of ME and ME 2!
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Ilos virtually is the end.
You can’t do anything else after that, the level runs through straight to the final area.
I think Mass Effect hits is stride at Ilos, it’s where the story finally starts to make sense and the fights are pretty fun.
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That’s cool, I kinda can’t be bothered with the side quests. I also found that Virmire was a pretty fun level (except for the Mako bit at the start). Hopefully I’ll finish that off today/tomorrow and then make a start on Mass Effect 2.
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Nerf guns are too much fun…
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Oh, have you been playing Uncharted?
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Seriously though, Big W has a huge sale on Nerf guns. Had I not had a modicum of self-control, my arsenal would have grown to a rather impressive size.
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I have spent unhealthy amounts of money on Nerf guns.
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I wish i could say the same thing, but every time i want to buy a new one Bee tells me off because i “don’t play with the ones i already have” ..
hmph *crosses arms*
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Oh, I don’t play with the ones I’ve got either…
But, one day, one day… I’ll have children, and I will shoot their defencless infantile bodies without remorse.
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New EB Games catalog:
http://www.vgprices.com/specials_ebgames.php
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So this means EB is down to normal prices?
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DOWN DOWN – PRICES ARE DOWN!
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ROFLCOPTER!!
MAN WHAT A BARGAIN – MARIO KART WII, NEW SUPER MARIO BROTHERS WII AND DONKEY KONG COUNTRY RETURNS ARE NOW AT AN EXTRA LOW PRICE OF ****$98!!****
GET IN QUICK PEOPLE! AT THESE PRICES THEY WON’T LAST!
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$98 !!!!!
Are you sure thats not a typo? Surely they can’t be that cheap!
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IT PROBABLY IS A TYPO – BUT IT’S IN A CATALOG SO IT’S BINDING! THEY *HAVE* TO GIVE IT TO YOU AT THAT CRRRAAAZZZY PRICE NOW!!
POOR BASTARD WILL GO BANKRUPT!!!
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That’s nucking futs!
Still, they were showing Red Dead Redemption for only $36…
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Hahahahahahahaha
I GOT THE JOB!
I GOT THE JOB!!!
Just got an epic job offer, which really could not have come at a better time seeing as I resigned last month and my last day is about a week away.
For those not keeping up to date with the Pessimist shenanigans, I am (was) the 2IC of an IT team at an unnamed company. I was pretty unhappy with the way I was being treated so I decided to make a stand for myself and resigned.
This is pretty unusual for me, because I always like to ‘play life safe’ and never take risks if I can avoid it. Resigning without another job to go to was a pretty ballsy move, but I’d had enough by that point. I’d actually been blocked from moving to another role in the company because I was the only person on my team who could do what I did.
So thanks to an ex-colleague (whom I will be buying a very nice bottle of alcohol for) he was able to direct me to the person who recruited him for a similar role at this new company. Took a phone interview which I was pretty nervous about.
On the drive home today, I got the call – initially they only had contractor roles available but they decided to offer me a permanent role! WOW!
I’m pretty gorram excited now, from all accounts I hear this company really treats its employees well and gives them fantastic opportunities if they excel. I’m so excited about my career for the first time in a long while!
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TL;DR – Pessimist got an awesome job at a turbulent time in his professional/personal life and is extremely happy about it.
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I think I speak for everybody when I say: CONGRATULATIONS!
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Congrats mate! 😀
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Congratulations Pessimist!
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That’s awesome news! Conratulationasaurus!
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Nice job!
/double-meaning win
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Seriously big time congrats! This doesnt mean you’re shafting the Bris meat though does it…?
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Nope, in fact it’s quite the opposite – it means I’ll definitely be there now!
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Woo!
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Congratulations! I’m glad you didn’t end up becoming a poor homeless person, because then I wouldn’t know who to play Borderlands with.
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Great news! congrats! 🙂
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That’s Epic mate! 😀
Well done!
So proud of my little tank-in-the-making!
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That’s excellent news, congratulations human
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Congratulations! You’re going to have to change your name now, cause a pessimist probably wouldn’t take a risk like that 😛
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As I said to you last night, you have my congratulations =)
You will do great things.
Two things chappes:
#1: I bought a shitload of LBP costume packs on the sony sale. I’m not even ashamed to admit it.
#2: Recurring Borderlands playdate. Let’s do it. Who’s an admin on steam? My brother is keen for a weekly game at about 2-3 hours. How about we set a weekly date for playing BL? This way those with families and other commitments can organise things around it. I humbly put forth either Monday or Thursday as a BL night, from 8:00-11:00pm. If you
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as I was saying – if you are interested in a regular borderlands playdate, please post your thoughts and suggestions below!
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I have it, and would be interested, but I don’t have the DLC… soo *shrugs*
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That’s not what my steam list says 😉
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There’s just one slight problem.
I have the non-steam version of Borderlands, and it doesn’t like talking to the dlc. But I’m sure I can get something working. Though it may require a little… tweaking.
And thank you. You’re far too kind.
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No problemos sir.
If it still doesn’t play nice let me know and I’ll see if I can’t make a copy of BL appear.
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I would be interested in playing some Borderlands, as I mentioned last week.
As for a weekly effort, I would try to attend. But, it would definitely be a situation of “if I’m able”. My job consumes too much of my time, so weekly gaming commitments are probably not my strong suit!
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And in reply to your question, last week, concerning my character level. The character that I finished the game with is a level 36 Hunter.
I also have a level 24 Siren. I would probably prefer to play the game with her, but she is right at the start of the game. She was my first character, but co-op levelled her too far beyond where I was in the story, and it became a little too easy (and ultimately a little silly).
Apparently, there is a save for a level 8 Siren on my PC as well. I don’t remember where she came from.
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This is cool – if you are planning on maining a siren this is grand as I’m looking to re-roll as a zerker (blaster tree).
Do the mon/thurs 8-11pm timeslots work well for you?
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Yeah, my Monday and Thursday nights are mostly vacant of plans. Although, as I said above, work commitments can often get in the way of leisure.
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I would totally be up for a weekly Borderlands playdate.
Except this week. Because I’m working evenings. Woo, my job is annoying and gets in the way of gaming too much 🙁
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That’s cool dude, is 8-11pm mondays or thursdays good for you?
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Either one is good generally, but work sometimes is unpredictable. BUT better to have a regular play night right?
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KEKKEKKEKEKEKEKE ZERG RUSH!
Should I buy Fallout NV on the steam sale?
I love the fallout series but held off on NV because of all the bug problems at launch. Are they fixed or are there still issues with the game?
Ive always thought I would wait until the game of the year edition to buy it because i would want all the dlc.
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Fixing all the bugs in that game would require a pretty comprehensive patch, From their patch notes, they had a pretty big fox patch with 1.2 (14 December), and the 1.3 ptach (April) was balancing, so it would seem most of the major kinks should be ironed out.
As for the DLC, I haven’t played either of them, but from what I’ve heard, there’s nothing that’s really must-play like Broken Steel from Fallout 3, although it has only been 2 DLCs so far I guess.
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Right now it costs ~$35 to get it and the two DLCs. Two more DLCs are going to be released sometime in the near future, and they’ll cost ~$10 each. So all round it would cost ~$55 to get the game and all the DLC. And seeing as though Fallout NV is usually $90, that does seem like a steal.
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For the price they were offering it for, I picked it up (with a batch of other games, looks like they have awesome sales on today!).
Really, for like 30 bucks you can’t go wrong. NV isn’t of the same caliber as F3 (IIRC) but still worth it at these prices!
Hey guys!
So I’ve got a couple of new Tee’s incoming, and i gave AP a little preview yesterday for some feedback – now it’s your turn.
If you have never cooked in your life then you may not get it… but then again you just might..
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/0903/trozza/?action=view¤t=vegatatee.jpg
That will be the image – the finished shirt will have top and bottom text that will read “The taste – is over 9000!”
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HAHAHAHA!
Ahh… another acceptable slogan is “Over 9000 vitamins and minerals!”
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Hmm not bad – but i think that would be more suited to an actual vitamin tablet, rather than gourmet stock lol
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*shrugs* Had to attempt it
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Do I need to have watched the show that that character is from to understand it? What show is he from anyway, Dragonball X?
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*facepalm*
Are you on a mission to grief me today? 😛
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If he keeps it up I’ll vaporise him.
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No, I’m being serious this time 😛
I’ve never seen Dragon Ball X or any other anime before, so I’ve got no idea what the joke in that pic is (or maybe I’m not really with it today).
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Like I said last night… put the shirt up for sale and I will buy one, wear it proudly and do a lengthy nerdy explanation to everyone who asks what it means!
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Oh really? Cool, what does it mean?? (No seriously, I’m totally clueless here)
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Boy did I pick a lousy time to download Alien Swarm…
I’d say my average download speed is ~10kb/s. The highest it’s gotten today is 24kb/s… :/
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Can’t switch servers?
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Switch servers? How do you do that?
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Never mind, I found it. For some reason I was downloading from the NSW Telstra server instead of a QLD one…anyway, let’s see if this makes it any faster.
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Some more info on the upcoming Space Marine in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/blogs/screenplay/split-screen-the-original-space-marine-20110629-1gpi6.html
It touches on how Space Marine is different from other games in the 3ps range and also gives us a small amount of info on multiplayer AND a detailed armour editor.
CAN-NOT-WAIT!
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I still think it looks like a Gears of War rip off 😛
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Heresy! I declare lambomann to be tainted by the powers of chaos! 😛
It does look similar, but I’m still excited for Space Marine – not really for the gameplay but just because the world of 40K is just so damn cool!
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“The way you regenerate health is not by getting out of the fight and finding cover, because there is no cover”
Still think it’s a Gears ripoff human?
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Are you saying that just to try and annoy me?!
Because if you’re not – then i really don’t see how people can make that comparison – it just makes me so damn angry that people can be so closed minded about some games, and i’m not just talking about Space Marine..
I am sick and tired of hearing people give a dismissive “oh thats just a rip off of ‘X’, or ‘Y’ totally already did that.
Give me a break – as gamers are we really becoming that much of spoilt little brats that we turn our nose up to most new things? I mean we even brand some games ‘casual’ and other ‘core’. A game is a game ffs.. I have more trouble with games that are meant to be classed as ‘casual’ than what i do core games. I mean have any of you played Blast Monkeys? That shit is frustrating!
But i digress, let me tackle what is purely the “Space Marine is Gears – lawl” mentality with a few points.
1. 40K Space marines LONG PRE-DATE Gears. They are not “A space marine”, like in games like Gears, Doom or Halo even, but rather “THE Space Marines”.
2. Space Marine IS NOT a cover based shooter – you don’t heal by hiding and your not encouraged to take cover – you HAVE TO hurl yourself into the thick of it.
3. This leads me to believe that Space Marine is a rip-off of Gears in peoples eyes because it is a Third Person Shooter. That’s like me saying Gears is a rip off of any third person shooter before it… See how stupid that sounds?
4. Just because Space Marine is Dark and Gritty doesn’t mean it’s a gears rip off – as i said before, 40k is almost the OG when it comes to dark and gritty.
I mean seriously, is everyone going to come out now and say that dawn of war is a rip off of starcraft (which by the way was ORIGINALLY meant to be a 40k game).
Why are so many games deemed to be rip-offs these days, with no real way to actually back up the claims other than 1 or two VERY QUESTIONABLE similarities.
I am not saying this because i am a 40k fan-boy, which i will admit to being, but because this was the final straw.
Why do we have to constantly compare? Am i the only one the will look at ANY game and not compare it to another? Give it a chance to stand up and walk on its own?
C’mon guys… seriously, i would like to think that people that play games on a regular basis and truly appreciate what developer puts into a title would understand that…
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After my massive rant, i would like to point out that i’m not having a go at you, personally, Lambo – you know i love you – i am just so fed up of people spouting such elitist comments when it comes to games…
I can really understand why Mark doesn’t want to refer to himself as a “Gamer” anymore…
I just wish people would appreciate EVERY game for what they are..
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Something about this seems vaguely familiar…
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One of my favorite PA strips of all time
One of MANY! 😛
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hahaha! Love it! xD
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I love you too Loops (that sounds so creepy :P)
Twas just poking some fun at you. I understand the differences between the two games, and am looking forward to playing Space Marine (or at least the demo). I’ve never even played Gears of War before, or any other 3PS games, so Space Marine should be quite interesting 😀
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But Gears IS on PC 😛 lol
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OMG
E-DRAMAAA E-DRAMAA !!!Ready… FIGHT!
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BUT I LEFT MY FIGHT STICK AT HOME!!?!?!?
*falls to knees*
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO….*deep breath*
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo……….. -
BUT I DON’T EVEN HAVE A FIGHT STICK!!!!!!!!!!
*falls to knees*
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO….*deep breath*
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo……….. -
Mommy, why are those two wrestlers lying on the ground screaming their heads off??
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*Chuloopa uses ultimate attack*
*Kotaku breaks as collateral damage*
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It’s dangerous out there. Here, take this…
*hands you a fight stick*
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CHULOOPA GOT FIGHTSTICK
Amen human!
Yeah you tell them Loops!
40K was the granddaddy of so many ideas that have been ripped off.
Gears was a great game but it didn’t do anything revolutionary in my book. It just brought a bunch of ideas together and did it really well. Which is what most great games do.
I Just hope Spacemarine pulls it off.
Are you going to pick up Kill team loops? I think it is out next week…. I think.
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Is it out that soon?
Yeah i’ll definitely be picking it up as soon as possible!
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And don’t tell me they’re exactly the same as Stayfree Ultra Thins because, frankly, I’m tired of hearing it.
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They’re exa-… oh yeah sorry human
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Maybe that’s why i’m feeling so bloated
“Am i the only one the will look at ANY game and not compare it to another? Give it a chance to stand up and walk on its own?”
You are not the only one.
Your ranty rant was awesome. <3
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haha thank you… it feels nice to breathe again
In all honesty when I saw a gameplay trailer for Space Marine, I thought “huh, kind of looks like Gears”, but I defend myself with the following:
1) Even I could see there was a huge focus on crazy melee and whatnot, this was clearly not a game that encouraged hiding behind chest high walls.
2) I’m well aware of the long and storied history of Warhammer 40k’s Space Marines.
3) I totally want to play the hell out of it, so it’s not like I’m being dismissive of the game or anything.
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Yep.
And the blue uniforms are totally ripped from Starcraft.
For the Emperor!
It’s time for my monthly “Alright you crazy Scotsman, where are my prizes!?” post 😛
One week you’re saying that it’s been sent, another week you’re saying that you’ll send it with the other one. I’m so confused 😕
Help me Marki Wan, you’re my only hope D:
😛
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I keep forgetting to follow up on my kudos prize from way back when. Oh well.
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If it makes it any easier, I could just walk down and pick it up during lunch or something Mark.
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I am also able to come pick stuffs up if this makes peoples life easier. Although I think the X-Men DVDs and Shadows of the Damned will probably be coming from the distributors, I’m more than happy to pop along and pick up Kudos stuff in person! 🙂
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yeah he’d told me on Friday that he’s sent mine.. I reall expected it to have been here by now, but still waiting 🙁
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I havne seen mine either.
But, it’s understandable really… as I’m not in Sydney, he hasn’t met me and probably believes a figment of his imagination. -
I’m starting to get worried my emails are going to Mark’s spam or something – he hasn’t replied to anything I’ve sent (although to be fair, it’s only been a bit over a week).
Is there a roughly standard time for replies? I don’t want to harrass the poor dude…
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I just reminded him. He should respond soon! 🙂
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You’re not the boss of me!
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Sorry my bad! Email sent!
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Oh no, I’ve called down the power of the mod! I’m messing with powers beyond my understanding or control!
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Uh, by which I mean thanks! And thanks to Mark for his super speedy email, too, apologies for the worry. 🙂
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Does anyone want to buy me Men of War? My mate at work was supposed to get it for me but he didn’t and now it’s no longer ~$7 and is ~$15. I can paypal or bank deposit money, still waiting a new Visa card 🙁
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Derp. Nevermind. I completely forgot Steam takes Paypal.
My parents brought me some of my old things they found while they were cleaning – amongst the rubbish was my first pc which remarkably still boots.
All my old games were still intact too! Wasted 4 hours last night playing BattleTech: The Crecent Hawks Inception 😀 So much nostalgia! We need a new mech RPG now!
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My first Mech game was Mechwarrior 2. I still think it was the game I got the most value out of. I only had a few games thou so that might be why. Then I started playing RPGs on consoles and never went back to the PC really.
I want more mech RPG’s too!!
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Ever since I first played a Mechwarrior game on PC I couldn’t get it out of my head, the whole idea of it was just awesome.
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I remember the first time I built a awesome mech. I took one of the lightest frames gave it a jetpack and put 3 or 4 of the guns that shot the blue energy balls. I would link the guns to fire together. Then rush in and aim for the cockpit. You only had one shot before a long reheat but it was a guaranteed kill. It was awesome…….Except from when you were surrounded…… or you had a missile lock from miles away and were out of boost…… or you shut down because you overheated….. well it was fun.
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I remember going to a mate’s place and witnessing Windows ’95 for the first time.
It blew me away.Then he showed me MechWarrior.
My jaw dropped so far it felt the heat of the Earth’s core.-
Couldn’t help myself, started out looking for MW abandonware, but it’s actually released and supported freely:
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Yep, got that 🙂
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Dude… don’t take this the wrong way… but I love you.
I cannot wait to get home and download this. Even on a capped internet. So excite.
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HOLY SHIT
111 MECHS?!
SOMEONE HAND ME A TISSUE
WHY AM I TALKING LIKE RAYGUN BROWN?! WHO KNOWS. MAYBE THIS IS WHAT EXCITEMENT READS LIKE.
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*passes kleenex*
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Ahhh, pessimist – can I have those tissues back?
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I went to d/l this a while back (when it was first put up), but their site crashed from the demand, whereupon I forgot completely about it D:
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I got it installed, runs really darn well, and it’s got multiplayer support too. Never tried it yet but that’s awesome!
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After my download quota resets (on the 21st) I will download this. And then we should have a Kotaku Mech session. And much fun will be had by all.
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And when my laptop gets returned from the repair place…
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I’ve been at this since it was released in box form.
Those MekTek guys deserve muchos loving.FYI… Deimos.
Completly drool worthy.
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Multiplayer support ay? Perhaps a kotaku mechwarrior night in the near future is in order?
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Ahh, great minds Cracks, great minds….
Two words:
Kodiak. Autocannon.
I LOVE old computers with even OLDER games! 😀
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It doesn’t end at BattleTech: Commander Keen, Digger, Tapper, Dune 2, Bombuzal, Dragons of Flame, Buck Rogers, Battle Isle, Kings Quest, Police Quest and Space Quest series….
*foams at mouth*
Ahem, *cough*, looks like my shameless month of gaming is going to turn into a nostalgia month! I probably need to finish most of these games anyway as I was too young to understand most of them back in the day.
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What no Duke Nukem 2Ds? I am slightly disappoint… but Commander Keen, hell yeah!
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I did have Duke Nukem – I remember getting up to the lava level where you get the grip claws.
Couldn’t find it on the hard drive last night but I did have it on a floppy disk somewhere. Will also be dissapoint if I can’t find it.
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Agreed with youth and inexperience. I remember playing Mech 2, noticing that the Gauss cannon had the highest damage per shot, and then subsequently sticking it into every mech I used… Sigh…
Having said that, the Gauss cannon was pretty beasty for de-limbing enemy mechs.I think I still have my old Mech 2 cd lying around somewhere.
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Man I loved that game, one of the first proper games I ever played.
Played through each campaign at least twice and even got my dad into it.
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Front Mission on SNES.
Maybe it’s just me, but using your dead girlfriend’s brain as a CPU was pretty memorable.
Also the gameplay was rad.
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I only ever played front mission 3 on the PS, but that was an awesome game too. Has anyone played the more recent games in the series I think I read on the back of the game that they were more real time battles, which put me off a bit.
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Is there a good english version of front mission? Always wanted to get into it, I heart mechs… I thought it was Japanese only though?
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Only with an emulator, mate
Man what a rad game that was!
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Front Mission 3 was excellent, improved on the original in many ways but my favorite thing was that pilots can learn skills (e.g. Burst, Stun Punch etc) which really rounded out the RPG elements in my oppinion. Good luck trying to find an original copy but whole-heartedly reccomend
finding a PSX emulator and an FM3 iso (it was released in english). -
DS version is a port of the SNES version!
You’ll need to import it though.
Haven’t seen any local copies.
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Hey Q-Bo!
Thanks for those tracks last night. Track #1 (attitude) was epic and it’s gotten the ol’ cogs in my head turning. Got a lot of inspiration from it!
My first weekend of Shameless Gaming involved me finishing FEAR 2 and FEAR (yes, in that order) – I’d like to point out that I have had FEAR in my collection since 2007 (according to the EB Games receipt still tucked into the case, I bought it pre-owned in March 2007 for $56) and FEAR 2 in my collection for almost 12 months (I bought it on sale from JB Hi-Fi for $25 after getting last year’s tax return).
I consider this quite the accomplishment.
Unfortunately, I fell ill on Sunday night and was uanble to finish F3AR or, really, any other games. I did sit down and try to play Fancy Pants Adventures (I won a code from Xbox Australia on Twitter a couple of months back) but it’s awful. Really just awful. Floaty controls, illogical level design, and some of the most irritating music since the mineral surveying background music from Mass Effect 2.
I wish I could provide a more in depth review, but at the end of the day, I got this game for free and still kind of feel like I got ripped off.
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Any game called ‘fancy pants adventures’ is really not going to be an endeavor in awesomeness.
Congrats on your fearful achievement. I really need to get around to it, especially after picking up Fear2 on sale. Bioshock first, fear second.
Stupid scare tactics. What is it with devs putting enemies JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
I have just started a new game of Dragon Age 2, because as I managed to get all achievements on the first one, a minor case of OCD compels me to do the same for the second game.
Now it is extremely irritating, because the achievements I require are ones that require multiple objectives, get all resources, books, etc and this means I have to play the ENTIRE game again, right from start to finish.
Now I loved the first game and at first considered the second game with its “simpler design” to be an abomination, a crime against humanity a complete travesty in every sense of the word, and I believed that having to play through the entire game just to get these few achievements would be a sheer nightmare. Surprisingly the opposite has been true.
This time around, my fourth startover but only third completion, has turned out to be the most enjoyable yet. I have no way of explaining it. I am compulsively checking every single nook and cranny for every resource, book, item whatever is necessary for the achievements, making this a rather slow going, but I am having the most fun I have had over all of my previous games.
I find this rather odd, considering the amount of time played previously, I am not discovering anything new with the game, I have played both sides of the conflict before, yet somehow this time seems both fresh and fun.
Odd.
But then again I am rather odd fellow myself, so I shouldn’t be that surprised.
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Yeah, oddly it’s grown on me as well.
I’m still massively disappointed in the lost potential and the clearly rushed development (not to mention a stupid, stupid marketing campaign) but the game is still ‘good’, and I’m more positive about it than I was.
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I actually really, really enjoyed DA2. Not as much as I enjoyed 1 though.
And Fenris has the sexiest voice in the entire history of sexy-voiced characters.
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I have to admit it’s one reason why I kept the character around…
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So here I am, almost finished writing Cheapskate, when a small thought pops into my head. “Hey, wouldn’t posting Cheapskate during Shameless Month of Gaming be considered heresy-hypocrisy-(whatever that word is)?”
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Hysterectomy?
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lawl!!
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Steam sales are on. I think most people’s resolve is failing and the piles of shame are growing.
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Hilarity?
Shady! I know someone’s probably mentioned this at some point but my time here is limited.
I just read your riddles post and the SU-122 thing jumped right out at me. I play a lot of World of Tanks. SU is the russian prefix for their WW2 era Self Propelled Guns and Tank Destroyers.
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yeah we did find the tank in question. May be relevant actually.. but that box was out of a Stanley Kubrick doco I think.. will read more tonight.
Thanks for thinking about it though mate.
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Don’t be a stranger now Mr. Endu!
We miss j00.
Greetings All!!
Knocked over Enslaved on the weekend for SGM!! Not a bad game, but i would have been pissed if i paid full price. Plus it may have taken over 12 years but I finally beat Starcraft!!!!!!
Decided to give Borderlands a crack after that and have got to Level 30. Not usually a huge FPS fan, but am pleasantly surprised about how addictive it is.
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Do you have it on PC?
Will you be joining our bi-weekly play sessions?
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Bi-weekly? Equal rights dammit! – where are the gay-weekly and straight-weekly sessions!
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I’d rather bi-weekly. That way people can swing either way depending on preference 😉
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Alas no 🙁 360. Have had the game for aaaages, played it when i first got it and thought “yup it’s a FPS” and put it away. Am now completely addicted and mad jelly of multiplayer PC shenanigans!!!
Oh.. i sented you an email too 😉
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Oh good call sir! Gmail flagged it as spam so I would have missed it had you not let me know! Damn Gmail… sending me spam recipes, now this!
E-mail responded to!
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Sent another!! Check your spam…
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Nice! I rather enjoyed enslaved, and Andy Serkis was absolutely awesome. What did you think of the ending?
I think I need to write a blog about how to tackle the pile of shame.
That and come up with how the game club thing will work. So far all I can think of is directing people to focus on Bioshock, Darksiders and Infamous so that they can cheer each other on. Or maybe have everyone try to compete with each other to clear it off their pile first.
I honestly don’t know.
Update on my Pineapple.
I have not really been doing too much for the past few days regarding gaming so last night was the first chance i got to sit down and really make a start. (having finished LA Noire too early to be included then having Qbo attempt to question my Trials HD skillz!!!)
So there I was, I decided to pick up BFBC2 as I wanted some fun and as i dont play shooters it was a good game to tick off the list. I was casually describing my experiences on the TS server and something strange happened. I selected Resume game and it was the tutorial level? I could have sworn that Id at least played that before?
So I kept playing for about 10 more minutes, but had a constant nagging feeling id done this level before.
I decided to stop, as this leve was too samey. I went into the menu to see where i got up to. To my surprise, I had actually unlocked every level… which means I HAD ALREADY COMPLETED IT! months ago…
So, pineapple -1 for me then?… Not really…
Oh well, I will try again tonight. Perhaps something I have not finished yet!
Gah! The new WordPress update has changed the UI and now scares and confuses me.
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I was asleep, but apparently it happened!
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I didn’t feel it around the west side of the CBD.
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I felt it. Was quite strange.
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Strange the adjective or Strange the TAYbie?
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A little from column A, a little from column B.
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LOCK UP YOUR WIVES AND DAUGHTERS, PEZ IS COMING TO BRISSY FOR TEH MEATS!
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Also, Strange is the most awesome Brisbanian ever to offer me a place to hang out and be geeky 😀
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AWWWWWWWWWWW SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
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i don’t have a daughter can i lock my grandmother up instead. Also i don’t live in brisbane.
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Uh, I have a daughter. Oh crap, what have I gotten myself into?!!!
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I’ll just sit here being insanely gelatinous, and enjoying the lovely 100km/h winds we had today. *sad face*
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Step #1: Acquire Glider
Step #2: Float to Brisbane on epic winds
Step #3: Profit!-
That’s so crazy it might just… No, wait, it’s just crazy. Could I hide in your luggage and go that way? I hear you can make a fair bit of cash by rifling through valuables midway through…
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Can you fit in a backpack?
If you can… that’s not just a free trip to Brisbane.
That’s a career.
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Well, my shoulders used to sublocate all the time, so it’s not far from there to becoming a contortionist… I would also love to see you attempt to carry this pack, as it would weigh around 100kgs.
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Hellgate open beta – relevant to MMO players:
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Cheers for the heads-up loops, had the original HellGate and thoroughly enjoyed it but never finished it. Just have to find some time for this between my new LoL and TF2 obsessions as well as my pile ‘o’ shame.
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*cough*
Wat
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Do you have a cold Loops?
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HA! So anonymous he’s mistaken for the shirtless guy that hides around corners ready to pounce on newbies.
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*cough*
Oh dear…
Loops….must be on my mind. That and I had multiple windows open looking at different pages, sorry mate!
It’s my first day?
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Do you two need to hug it out or something?
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Anyone been watching Falling Skies?
I was quite enjoying it up until the most recent episode where everyone suddenly turned into idiots. They were all doing stupid things and it was frustrating.
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I watched the first 2 episodes and didn’t really enjoy it. The concept is cool even if it has been done before, But the execution is sketchy at best.
I particularly enjoyed the main character’s concept of a history professor come military leader, but they even played that up too much in the first episodes as well.
Some of the scenes and even special effects look like they’re from the early 2000’s. The characters are unlike-able and unbelievable.
I just had no motivation to go through the next few episodes, but if anyone tells me that it gets better, I might jump back in.
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I’ll let you know next week.
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First episode on Foxtel on Thursday. Looking forward to it 😛
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Some things never change! 😀
Seriously too good to be true?????
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Holy Mackerel!
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I effing hope not, cause I just bought it.
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Looks like you snatched it up just in time. The deal appears to have gone.
Dangit, I should have grabbed it.
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Sent the link to The Husband. He bought it.
All you minecraft fans
Mass Effect 1 has been finished, off of my pile of shame. Loved the story, but the gameplay felt a bit lacking. I’ve just started ME2, and it seems like they’ve fixed up the combat but have killed of the RPG-ness. Great. /sarcasm. But I shall not judge, seeing as it won many of the game of the year awards.
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Mass Effect 2 is one of the best games I ever played. Vanguard ftw!!
Give it a little bit for the story to develop and you will become totally engrossed. I couldn’t put the game down until I finished it – and I’d done all the side-quests and mined the crap out of every planet I could find.
The battling gets a little more strategic towards the end when you get a higher variety of enemies, more shielded opponents etc.
I can’t wait for ME3!
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The thing that pissed me off the most was the introduction of “clips” in ME2
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Yeah, I liked the overheating system. Though in the final boss battle for ME1, but pistol kept overheating after 2-3 shots (when it should take 19) and the only way to unheat it was to switch to another weapon, overheat that, and then switch back. That was infuriating.
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I actually liked ME1’s style better, it meant you can hold a line a lot easier, be more careful with your shots (since not a lot of bullets can be fired in one sitting), hell with sniper you could barely fire twice consecutively, but I loved it. Oh yeah, and ME1 had proper areas where sniper rifles were great to have! ME2 turned into corridor-mania.
Just what got me was the whole gun heat system was actually explained in ME1 via the Codex, in ME2, years pass and suddenly weapons technology jumps backwards in time, and now you have FINITE ammo… what happened to the weapon self-cooling systems?! Always irked me
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It irked me as well. Partly because of the ridiculous reason given for the change, but mostly because I *hated* having to scrounge for ammunition.
I get that it was changed to appeal to the third-person shooter crowd, but running out of bullets for a gun when in the previous game they were meant to hold thousands just isn’t fun.
Also: why would any sane person discard infinite ammunition for the stupid ‘heat clip’ thingys? No amount of ‘super cool heat absorption’ justifies regressing back to having limited ammo.
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LBP multiplayer mayhem next Wednesday 13th of July 7-9pm.
We’ll use teamspeak for the voice comms – hit me up at
the [dot] tsharp [at] gmail [dot] com
if you need the details. Be warned, I do enjoy slapping people’s sackboys around (no innuendo).
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So how does this work? The whole teamspeaky and LBP at the same time thing because my PS3 and PC are in separate rooms.
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How good are you at miming with the analog sticks?
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If the previous attempts to play Wipeout are any indication. It doesn’t work.
You run back and forward from one room to the other, quickly ask “did that work this time?”. Then when you’re all in the game, fail to communicate in any meaningful way until it is over, where you rush back to your PC and reminisce.
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Unless you were super smart, like some guy called Bish, who had Teamspeak on his netbook, so put his netbook to the side with his headset on, and was able to play Wipeout and talk.
Of course, since no one else was doing the same thing, it meant he was talking to himself for most of it, but he does that anyway.-
I prefer keeping my headset on my PC at all times human. I treat my TechStation and all of its additions with respect. You wouldn’t pull a human’s throat and ears out just so you can use them in another room would you?
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Hah, of course I wouldt!
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*wouldn’t
Would not.
*cough*
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Oh…
*Gingerly tries to force colleague’s larynx back into her neck*
*Places ears neatly on either side of her head*
*Washes hands*
*Runs home*
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Wifi is a hell of a technology, amirite?
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*sob*
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I still like you!
I wrote a song about you!
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You forget that my main computer is my MacBook Air, which could have been used for a similar purpose but I couldn’t be bothered disconnecting it from all the crap at my desk. Like the monitor.
Um, OK? Seems kinda weird to have bought a Macbook Air then, given that it sacrifices power for portability!
Yeah, this. And is it LBP1 or 2? I think I lent out LBP1 and haven’t bothered to chase it back up. LBP2 is plenty fun though 🙂
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ATM it’s numero uno though I have #2 and so does mr. WHAT (not sure about any others?)
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I would love to join in, and have both 1 & 2, but Wednesdays are no good for me for the remainder of the month. Maybe some other time.
In your endo.
And damn you! I’ll be working that night (blasted new Harry Potter movie…)
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wow scary, i’m also working that night, because of the harry potter movie xD
DAMN CINEMAAAAAAAAAAAS
but damn, i always miss these game sessions, buuuuuuut holidays coming up, so i will try and join in for once!!
A late hello into this week’s TAY!
Being on my semester break is definitely making me forget to check in once a while, and now there’s too much to read!!
LoL game sounds make me sleeepy…
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I’ve been wondering where you’ve been. Welcome back 🙂
You’re trying LoL too or just watching Bawble? Jo, Steve-O and I tried a few games together last week and had a blast! 🙂
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Yeah keen for some more LoL action, was going to jump on tonight, time permitting to earn some more points and unlock a new hero. Was thinking of unlocking a mage character – either Veigar or Morgana, any thoughts?
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Vaegar is a big nuisance but a great ally to push a lane with. His AoE bomb is great on mobs, the zapper and stun circle are GREAT at ganking and making safe retreats(Talking the stun circle most). Morgana… she never impressed me yet, mainly cuz the players that play them weren’t very good with them. However I’m more than happy to be proven wrong.
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Just mostly hearing bawble play because I don’t understand the game mechanics yet and my netbook is too feeble to support the game.
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@Chuloopa
How are we going to advertise the Melbourne Meat?
I, unfortunately, don’t read every page of every TAY, and I don’t want to miss out on any of the details.
I checked with my wife, and we’re not doing anything that night, so I’ll be there!
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I totally organised skywriting over canberra this week! But the pollies found out and wanna bring us down! 🙁
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h17/CloudoftheFallen/notay.jpg
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Ask Mark and co to post something about Kotaku Meats?
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Fo’ sho.
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Okay boys, help me out.
In a few months my husband will turn 40 and I need to plan something awesome for him. I need ideas!
I already used up my best idea a few years ago which was lessons and laps in a V8 so I’m guessing I’ll have to top that somehow seeing as this is a bit of a milestone year.
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My girlfriend got me ACDC tickets a few years ago for my 21st. Blind was Mown. Does he have any favorite bands that are touring?
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Yeah, he’s got tickets for Soundwave Revolution, Blind Guardian, oh and this: http://www.70000tons.com/home.htm
which is impossible to top.
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Gliding. I got given a thing for it for my birthday this year from my parents and it was an amazing experience.
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If he liked the V8 maybe he’d like a joy ride in a fighter jet? Otherwise get him a 3DS.
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I like these. He’d be scared but he’s never told me to get him a ride in a righter jet so I have some leeway….
Oh, and if I get him a 3DS it’s almost like getting myself a gift which is always good. 😉-
Err…NOT to get him a ride in Fighter jet. Long day.
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Skydiving?
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Throw him out a plane.
I did it for my 21st and it was incredible… and you’re riding a high for about a month afterwards.
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Second cheaper and safer option… nude up.
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Why does it have to be his birthday for him to wear his birthday suit?
Why, I have mine on right now. Maybe this is why people at my office are giving me a wide berth.
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Also possibly because your birthday suit appears to be a fat suit.
But crafty you, you’ve hollowed out the fat suit to include compartmentalised food storage areas, just so that you can go into birthday parties and steal all the cake, chips candy, and soft drink that you can. -
My man boobies (moobs, if you will) compartments each holds 5 cubic feet of space!
I am a hoarding machine!!
The thunder thighs compartments… well, I’ve hidden whole cakes in there before. I am truly a force to be reckoned with.
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In keeping with the car theme i know that there is place in QLD that will let you spend a day driving exotics (Lambos, Ferrari’s etc.) bit pricey though…
You could throw him out of a plane….
Proper paintball( book the whole joint, food, drinks all day)
And if all else fails…..
Step 1) Cut a hole in the box …..
I should probably have mentioned he’s a bit of a wimp and mentioned if I ever bought him a sky diving ticket he’d kill me. 😛
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There are 2 day stunt driving courses in Brisbane… maybe look at one of those?
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As long as this course occurs after I have visited Brisbane and not before, seeing as he will be the one driving me to and from the airport…
Mr. Strange: So AP, guess what my wife got me for my birthday?
AP: I don’t know Mr. Strange, what did your wife get you for your birthday?
Mr. Strange: STUNT DRIVING LESSONS. WATCH ME DO THIS SHIT ON TWO WHEELS!
AP: O_O HALP-
Hahahaha!!! Now I’m upset his birthday isn’t before the Meat, that whole situation just sounds too entertaining.
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It just means I can bring one less pair of underwear!
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Underwear?
Scottish… you’re not doing it right.
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OMG OMG OMG! MINECRAFT SERVER IS BACK UP OMG OMG OMG!
Now I really can’t remember what I was planing to do on it.
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Swear at pistons.
Also, if you still wanted to try out piston elevators, I have a few designs in mind. We could do proof of concepts!-
Build an elevator in my skybox!
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Is that a euphemism???
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Only if you’re going to the penthouse suite!
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Pistoning in your Penthouse, if you know what I mean (I have no idea what that means).
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Did your redstone circuit just activate, or are you creeper to see me?
Know what I mean? If you do, please let me know. Because I’m not quite sure.
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You were planning on working on my castle for me…
Also Q or FS, do we want to migrate some old stuff whenever we next update the server? If I was given access to the different maps I could probably move all our impressive stuff into an ‘old town’ as it were, so we don’t lose everything from each major update. Thoughts?
yep just got the payment confirmation.. sorry again gents. forgive me!
thankfully the TS server seems to have been safe.
Qbo was going to change the map around and perhaps load a quest one for us. we should organise another night soon to do it all together.
ideas for when?
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Dunno about when, but could we try that huge epic one I showed Q? I don’t think it’s designed for that many people, but meh. I think it could be hilarious!
Count me in for any custom map quests!
I have yet to build a house on the server : (
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You should really come on more often. Gorzy and I feel bad if we don’t have anyone to admire our e-peens.
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I’d love to join in if you have room on the server.
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Son, I am disappoint. It seems the 3DS browser doesn’t like twitter, so I’m stuck high and dry here until 6pm. In very related news, my sister has decided that she’s “using the computer,” which means she is sitting up here, on her iPhone, but if I were to go use it she’d yell at me… Gotta love household democracy.
Oh yeah, Loops, yes I compare games to other games, and will happily admit it. Then again if you’re not comparing them to other games, then you’re asking yourself why your shoe isn’t teabagging you while insulting your mother. For instance, in my opinion, Darksiders is what happens when Zelda, God of War, and Devil May Cry have a dark and gritty baby. Does that make it a bad game? Hell no, it just happens to be what it is. Related to the rant, Starcraft was not designed as a 40k game, it just shares many similarities, Warcraft was originally a Warhammer game, but the two companies had a difference of opinion very early in development.
Pineapple os Shame: I finished Zelda. Now doing master quest, and holy batnipples it is hard.
As another final note, kotaku works surprisingly well on the 3DS’ screen.
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Don’t you have a job?
Disregard family desktop, acquire personal rig.
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Yeah, I’m payed bugger all, and am terrible at saving, not to mention that I want a really good computer. Oh, and the main problem is that the net access in my room is cut off between 8am and 6pm. I do already have 2 laptops in my room, even if one is barely functional…
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of* and then mentally correct any other errors I made…
There is some good news, at least my sister is actually using the computer now…
So, I can’t even remember what media format i used to tell anyone this (forums/twitter/here etc) but I had a call this afternoon from the producer of Good Game and they are interested in the Trials HD riddle article.
It seems that I may be going to their offices to do some video capture and I am arranging for the developer to do a Skype interview with them…
How awesome is that.
Also, the article was posted on reddit and MAN there are some Kotaku haters.. seriously there was a thread where someone had to detail the difference between Allure and Gawker before the person would even give them a page click!!! Crazy
Also, Jason Hill from Screenplay blog has suggested doing an article for his site. I will do it because there is a prize for the best one! A PSPgo! (meh but its more free gaming gear!)..
Where is my pineapple going to fit in!
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Ahaha! I hope that repairs the reddit hate. The US guys had a run in with some folks on there.
FatShady – building bridges.
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The more I hear about the US Kotaku crowd the less I want to be associated with them… not hearing too many good words.
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That’s awesome mate!! Glad all your efforts are paying off.
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This trials article of yours has started snowballing good sir! You are creating a monster!
Awesome work man, can’t wait to see how the Trials feature goes on GG. Maybe this will get some attention to get the riddle finally solved?
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I’ve never been on reddit. Just went on to find what you were talking about. Used “kotaku” in the search. WOW. Haters doesn’t even begin to describe…
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Nice!
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Yeah, Reddit doesn’t much like Kotaku.
I posted a link to Mark’s Shameless Gaming article and it was immediately downvoted.
Amusingly, a lot of the content on the US site is stolen from /r/gaming. Probably doesn’t help much with the dislike. That and I just don’t like the US site at all.
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Yay FatShady! See, obsession pays off!
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Bummer your not working with Ben, (he’s incoming to GG) he would have been a great guy to work with.
But slightly on a downer note though, I think GG did do a story in the not too distant past about easter eggs. So, they might not want to get into them again so soon (even though this is a whole new level of EE’s)But, man, what a bomb you have set off, its freaking awesome the attention its getting, so well deserved! 😀
bawble is obsessed with a mobile game called Ponon! Deluxe. It is somewhat a Tetris clone but graphics look better and the adventure mode is pretty cool. You need to kill various wacky patterns in a limited time. He is 3-starring each and every level right now.
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I can’t read the word Bawble without smiling. I just can’t.
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I keep imagining what my brain pretends to be his face(but it really is nothing like that) hanging off a tree, mad grin on his face as he swings in the breeze.
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I’ve been posting as ‘Wrex’ all day, forgot to change my name back. FAIL. :'(
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Ahaaa! I was wondering who “Wrex” was. You’ve also forgotten to change your link back.
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*blatant post so I can fix this damn link*
😀
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YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WAS HAUNTING ME.
I had Ashley kill him. I felt kinda bad.
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My favourite part of ME2? Seeing Wrex again.
Although I kind of wanna go back to ME and do things different to see how it changes ME2. Everyone keeps telling it was the greatest game, but I was underwhelmed so I’m wondering if the choices I made in the first game made my ME2 experience less than other people’s.-
Mass Effect took a bit too long for it to get ‘good’, so to speak, and I was tempted to just start ME2 without finishing off 1, but apparently all my friends would have disowned me. I am glad I finished it, the story was great, and I do like games that provide alternative endings/arcs so it can be discussed/replayed. Though I have no desire to play it again.
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I accidentally had Ashley killed him.
So I gave her what she deserved.
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English fail…
Please mentally correct my previous statement.
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Nooooooooooo!
He’s an awesome character. Try to save him if you can D:
I won’t spoil anything, but he has a reasonably important role in ME2 (if he’s dead, the alternative isn’t that positive), and (it looks like) he will have a large impact on the krogan in ME3.
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Woops. GAME OVER.
Now this is what I like about Mass Effect – how will my choices truly affect the entire arc? Not some inFamous style, good ending bad ending, but proper character choice affecting the grand scheme of things. I’m in half a mind to go back and continue the save just before he carked it, but I simultaneously cannot be bothered and would also like to see how it pans out without him.
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Yeah, I’ll find it really interesting to see what happens also.
He has a fairly large impact on the krogan as a whole, without huge spoilers he sorta… changes the direction of their species, whereas his replacement doesn’t.
Thinking about the combination of decisions Bioware need to reference in ME3 gives me a headache 😛
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Really?
You bastard!
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I saved Wrex and I was so freaking happy when I saw him again in ME2 I literally yelled in excitement. For some reason I have quite the soft spot for Krogans!
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I think Wrex has the best reuniting scene.
SHEPARD, MY FRIEND!
*super manly hand shake jostle*
YOU LOOK WELL FOR DEAD
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STOP MAKING ME FEEL BAD PEOPLE.
Now I wish maybe I shouldn’t have killed him…..
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New Dick Smith catalog:
http://www.vgprices.com/specials_dicksmith.php
Ocarina of Time is still $47.94, get it here or price match it!!
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I think what’s more interesting is the 2 for $40 1500 points cards. How much is 3000 MS Points anyway?
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3000 Point Cards:
Dick Smith – $49.95
EB Games – $59.95Also, 2 1500 cards from Big W would be $44.
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Cheers! Probably won’t bother then, I thought it was going to be a massive discount, it seems both Big W and fishpond will do it for about $44.
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I’m no longer happy with this shirt.. lol
I htink it would be better if it said “Baysplosion” or “Baysplosive”
What do you guys think?
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I think your second thoughts are valid. “Baysplosion” is win.
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Baysplosion would be awesome, but to truly capture it, I think the picture of the explosion may need to be bigger, would it be to hard, or expensive, to have the explosion take up most of the shirt with “Baysplosion” either printed over or below the picture.
Would me buying one be enough of an incentive if you could make it like this?
How about 2 purchases, I know a friend who loves Bay and wouldn’t see the irony in this, to him it would simply be another indication of how awesome Bay is.-
I’ll give it a shot tonight for you, mate 🙂
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Awww shucks, thanks loops 😉
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Some good deals out there:
Fallout New Vegas: PS3/360 – Game $44
Fallout New Vegas Collectors: PS3 – EB $35.84
Final Fantasy XIII: PS3/360 – Dick Smith $20
Forza Motorsport 3: 360 – Big W $15
Gears of War 2: 360 – EB $23.94
God of War 3: PS3 – Game $28
God of War Collection: PS3 – Dick Smith $30
Mass Effect 2: PS3 – Game $28
Mass Effect 2: 360 – Big W $28.84
Red Dead Redemption: PS3/360 – EB $35.98
Nintendo 3DS Console: Target $299
Wii Console + Mario Kart Wii: Big W $138
Pilotwings Resort: 3DS – Big W $48.84
Pokemon Black/White: DS – Big W $48.84
Shogun 2: PC – EB Games $49.95
Uncharted: PS3 – Big W $29.92 (Platinum)
Uncharted 2: PS3 – Dick Smith $30
WoW Cataclysm: PC – Dick Smith $30
Zelda: Twilight Princess: Wii – Dick Smith $20
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Cursed Mountain – Wii – $10@ EB or Dick Smith
DUBSTEP INTERLUDE FOTHERMUCKERS.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/s5ggfu
I stole Stamperiffic’s thunder.
Got bored as I’ve been struggling to find good vocals to fit dnb tracks for my album.
After Mr. Q-Bo showed me some crazy evil awesome sounding dubstep I started fiddling with the ‘vocals’ for Adam Freeland’s ‘we want your soul’ track.
This is the end result.
SO.
DUBSTEP INTERLUDE
WUB WUB WUB.
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Yessssssssssss
Your a freak, I knew you had this in ya! This track has some serious attitude, a great f u feel to it. So jealous of your skills!
Lets try gay.
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Qumulys + Anonymous Pessimist = an item?
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I wish! He’s all fussy, and wants a vagina.
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😉
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Well, I have been fitted out for a new chair! The builder is an olympian who designs chairs, he measured mine up and said im so crumpled over because mine is a girls chair. :-/ I will be 2 inches taller in the new one!! I’m so happy about that, also, theres heaps more room in it, and $800 carbon fiber wheels, each! front suspension and the thing is built from titanium and 2kg’s lighter! I’ve never been so excited over a coming present than this! 😀 I hope it gets built quickly! (and it still fits in my car….)
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Sort of like this?
http://bit.ly/qbPI7m-
Thats so cool! There’s also a really awesome mini-tank type chair on youtube somewheres, where you wheel into it and you practically become god. soooo awesome!
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Or this?
http://bit.ly/mQtm51-
I don’t do bald.
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Just to clarify and avoid future embarrassment do you mean wheelchair? Hope it does everything you hope 😀 maybe throw some rocket jets on the back!??!! WOOOOOOOOOSH
Lol @ Effluvium Boy’s link. That looks RAD.
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Yes and Yes! Hopefully its built quick, but I dont think it will be painted… *sigh* I got to chose my last job, metallic purple and blue. Purple is a manly colour.
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Purple is teh BEST colour!
/hi5
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This guy, his name wouldn’t happen to be Xzibit who has a camera crew following him around, does he?
I kid, the wheelchair is really just an Autobot to protect you.
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I put you in yo’ chair so you can be you while your being you!
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Hey FatShady & Strange and anyone else who grabbed that Zavvi deal.
It WAS too good to be true 🙁 Just got the email telling me they’re not honoring the price.
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Bummer dude
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Sorry guys. I actually missed the deal also… sorry Strange. Do you get a refund?
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They’re not deducting payment so no need for refunds.
They did give us vouchers though, so s’not all bad.
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Yeah we weren’t convinced it was going to happen but it was worth the gamble.
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The new Let’s Play Arkham Asylum video is up on Youtube. Dawdle stepped in to say a word or two.
Okay, it might not work, I don’t know if it was processed properly because I just hit upload before going to bed and my net was being really screwy. If it doesn’t work, I’ll reupload this evening.
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But were there pies??
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No.
No there were not.
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You know when you get to work and you just have that feeling of “Today is not going to be a good day”. I have that.
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He said, as the Velociraptor SWAT team placed themselves in tactical positions around the building, preparing to breach the premises, with orders to “kick in the groin” on sight.
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Lambo you stole the next Michael Bay Film.
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I am alive.
Just letting you all know.
Not that anyone noticed I wasn’t here…
*locks himself in the bathroom*
In other news, Twitter has spoken. Holy Carp Tees will be coming soon. Rated A18 (The A is for Awesome)
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Dude! where the hell have you been and what have you been doing?!
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Where have you been young man?!! I’ve been so worried!
Or, um, actually I didn’t notice. Too many people are consistently absent these days. It’s becoming difficult to keep track.-
As Effluvium Boy points out, I’ve posted every day this week. I guess not posting every few seconds has addled my brain. I’m sure if I hadn’t posted in a day or two, all of TAY would be in an uproar. I mean, I contribute so much to the community like… Uh, stuff. I do stuff here… And things.
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I still think Horse Armour for Humans is the better name.
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Which Tee place did you end up going with?
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Probably the same peeps as you. That way when Rita sends down her putty monster, we can combine our Zords and save Angel Grove! I’ll even let you be Red.
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Um… But you’ve posted each day this week.
I don’t think that qualifies for a Jamie Where?-
Look at you, being the rational one.
Just…
Just….
Yeah!
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How does one tell if one is alive? Whats to say your not simply in a dream state? I believe if you look down, you’ll notice your feet are in fact tasty soft serve ice-creams. I shall lick them for you.
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That’s actually a fungal overgrowth…
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Meh. *keeps licking*
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Man, I can’t wait for your tees to come out.
The designs you showed me last night and those sketches… epic man. Just epic.
Viva la carp!
My iPhone’s battery is so bad I have to basically charge it constantly. Considering I rarely use it as an actual phone, that’s particularly bad. So on Sunday, I’ve booked time with a “Genius” to see if they can correct this.
If they can’t, I’m using it as an excuse to get a new phone and to move away from 3 and their terrible, terrible coverage.
Either way, I win.
Anyone up for some Killing Floor tonight? I have never played it before but just finished installing it tonight.
If not, I’ll play WoT some more 😀
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Or perhaps you could watch State of Origin like a normal human being 😛
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OH SNAP! IS THAT TONIGHT!
Is it in Brisbane?! Oh god! IT IS! I’m gonna be so late home. Dammit!
On Killing Floor, I’ll say a tentative ‘Yes’ but I always have probs playing Killing Floor with anyone on my friends list. What’s your Steam ID, f4ction?
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Steam name is f4cti0n (http://steamcommunity.com/id/f4cti0n/). See how we go!
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Queensland win probably.
Bam, I just saved everyone 3 hours of man-grabbing. You may now spend those 3 hours playing games and stuff.
I’m a helper!-
Eye-gouges and scrotum grabs, good times!
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Shame Will Hopoate isn’t as exciting as his old man.
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Well at least they’re not picking man of the match by smelling his fingers!
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I still think that ‘State of Origin’ sounds like some deeply existential hypothesis.
What is the state (n. the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes) of origin (n. something from which anything arises or is derived; source; fountainhead) really?
Come on, boffins! Let’s solve this!
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Having analysed the premise thoroughly, I have come to a simple conclusion.
It is as thus:
QUEENSLANDER!
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Hmm not sure about state of origin but I found this…
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That second ‘tonight’ should be ‘this morning’.
Also, I don’t care much for watching sports on TV. UFC, boxing and Gridiron are a different story though.
So wait, Qumulys is a robot??
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/05/qbo-the-open-source-robot-interacts-with-people-makes-adorabl/
😛
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*gasps* Is this true? Qumulys are you one of us?!
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copyright
lawsuit
bad robot, is bad
So, I thought the story of Sonic Generations was Sonic had custody of his son on the weekend and all he wanted to do was ride skateboards etc. This was how they were going to show the gameplay differences.
Turns out it’s some lame time-travel story.
Imagine this though.
SJ – Dad!
-green hill zone music-
-Sonic Jr jumps from the minivan. Tails in the driverside seat leans after him-
Be careful!
-Sonic Jr runs to his Dad’s side, Tails has made his way out of the car-
T – Sonic -nods-
S – Tails -nods-
-awkward silence-
T – Me and Knuckles will be back around 3 to pick him up.
S – Yeah, yeah I know.
-honk from the car, Knuckles is leaning from the back seat to honk the horn.
K – C’mon babe, we’re gonna miss the buffet.
-tails turns around and looks, then turns back-
T – So 3, make sure he’s here.
S – Yeah, yeah I heard you the first time. Besides, I’m never late.
T – Never late!? Where were you for his baseball game!? His parent-teacher interview!? His birth!?
S – I’m not getting into this again.
-sonic turns away-
T – Yeah that’s it! Turn and run! That’s all you were ever good at!
S – C’mon son.
-leads SJ away-
-car horn honks, Tails storms back toward the car and climbs in. After slamming the door he winds down the window.-
T – 3 o’clock.
-the car peels out, Knuckles is giving Sonic the finger from the back seat. Sonic watches them drive-away-
S – So, what do you want to do.
-level select screen-
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Tails and Knuckles are a gay couple?
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There’s no homosexuality in the animal kingdom, eff.
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Yes there is.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2005/mar/08/highereducation.research
They are necrophiliac homosexual ducks, though (no, really… you can’t make this stuff up).
LOCK UP YOUR CORPSES.
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Fatshady: Possibility of Backbreaker tonight or tomorrow night?
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tonight or tomz is good.. just let me know.. ON TWITTER! nah, ill try and jump on lafter 8.30.
Who watched the Legends match last night?
FUNNY-AS-HECK!
I only watched the first half (damn you winners and losers) but man what an epic game of old overweight men running around until they have a heart attack.
Minecraft Adventure Update has a logo!
http://notch.tumblr.com/
Sweeeeeeeet!
Taking portugese chicken off the list of things I would like to cook again. Not sure what I did but it was burning hot, even after I added an entire can of coconut cream. The stomach/colon are not feeling well today.
Johnny Cash would be proud.
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Love, is a burning thing…
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I can prescribe a cream that will help you with that.
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Can you also apply the cream for me? Nothing suss, I just want to make sure I get a good application.
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*puts on gloves*
*snap*
Grab your ankles, bite your lip and think of a happy time…
WE’RE GOING IN.
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Thank you almighty Gods above, I finally learnt how to play caravan in New Vegas last night.
This has been so fraking frustrating, as I had watched tutorials, read instructions and even had a friend try and explain it to me, yet I could never understand how the frelling game was supposed to be played.
But last night, those few brain cells I have located in the solid rock I call a head, finally managed to work together and bestow upon me a somewhat adequate understanding of how to play this game, about fething time.
Now, so as to make me feel somewhat better, did anyone else have any difficulty understanding how this was to be played?
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I could never get that game – I usually just stabbed the people who beat me at it in the back. Karma? What Karma?
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Yeah!
Though I gave up trying to learn pretty quickly.
New things confuse me!
It’s HUMP DAY?
No, its WUMP DAY 😀
It’s time for….DUBSTEP INTERLUDE!!!!
Artist: Muffler
Song: Cybertron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNQqtphZVNE
This dude made a whole EP based on Transformers samples and its actually WICKED! Enjoy!!
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Actually, today is Odin’s day. Friday is hump day because it is Freya’s day.
Do try to keep up, we made this joke weeks ago :p
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Few mortals can keep up with the TAY Juggernaut, Trjn haha! I wish my seating arrangement at work would let me browse more often, sadly my boss has a nice view of my monitor…
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I’M THE JUGGERNAUGHT, BITCH.
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YAY!!! Did you bring cookies?
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I MADE TAYKIES.
THEY HAVE SPAM IN THEM. THEY ARE DELICIOUS.
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Hmm *scratches head* they look a little less Juggernauty this week.. 😛
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Not sure about this one. Felt like it was lacking something. Perhaps I just need to crank it up a bit (but I’m at work).
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Yeah it’s a bit more ambient than my usual taste, actually the track Megatronik (collab with Bare) is my favourite from the EP 🙂
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Yep, listened to that (and the Autobot version) after Cybertron. Not bad.
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DID YOU LOOK AT MY PAGE 4 DUBSTEP INTERLUDE?!
LOOK AT IT. I DEMAND IT.
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Thunder stealer? Really? OK, OK..first of all, I want you to take a step back and literally….FUCK YOUR OWN FACE!!! 😛
And yeah, listened to it, very nice ambient darkness but nowhere near enough lo-bass!! I am impressed tho AP 🙂
Oh and the Tropic Thunder quote just remme of THIS track..NSFW (aurally, not visually)
Artist: Doctrine
Track: Headshot
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Nice! Not bad for a first go eh?
More low bass you say… I shall tinker in the lab and see if I can destroy some speaker cones.
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Yeah! I’m not even going to taint my review with anything else. Dubheads from all sorts of camps would put in their 5-cents about song structure, types of sounds you should use, etc etc. blah blah blah
BUT I happen think the beauty of dubstep being an emerging and fluid genre of music lies in the potential to experiment with all the sonic elements.. the only constant i would stick to (if you want to make music in the dub-step style) would be to stay around the 140bpm mark and low-frequency bass … the bass drop is standard in modern dub- music but not essential..
Go nuts AP, I’m very impressed for a first effort!
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Oh Halo 3, why do you hate me so much?
The first (and only) time I played through it was in online co-op. I played through the whole game with a friend over the course of a week or so. We made it to the end of the final level, with me driving a warthog around all the exploding platforms, and were about to make a triumphant leap into the back of a ship – when the game froze. Turns out his modem chose that moment to update its software and reset!! We were completely over the game by then, so we never bothered to go back and finish it properly.
Fast-forward a couple of years, and I’ve decided to finish the fight for #ShamelessGaming.
Attempt #1: Insert the disc, nothing detected, press A to open tray.
Attempt #2: Recognises game, so start it and have to update (thankfully XBL updates only take seconds).
Attempt #3-6: Start game, this disc is unreadable, despite being completely untarnished.
Attempt #7-10: Let’s try installing it instead. Won’t let me press Y to enter the install menu. So open and close the tray a few times.
Attempt #11: Able to install, let’s watch TV for a while.
Attempt #12:
The game starts! Rejoice! Start the last mission from the final checkpoint. Loads at a rate of LESS THAN 1% PER SECOND. WTF?? After a few more minutes of TV we’re good to go. Takes about 10 minutes to play through. Turns out I was indeed mere seconds away from finishing the game on my previous attempt. Make the jump into the ship and then watch the end cutscenes with absolutely no idea what is going on. Get some kind of “Thanks for playing” screen, but no credits or achievements or anything. OhhhhhK… Turns out that starting a mission mid-way prevents that stuff from happening, so I haven’t technically completed levels 6 or 9. *sigh*
Attempt #13: Go back and do level 6. Starting to remember just how much of Halo is spent getting lost in badly designed environments or killed in samey looking corridors. Finished the level eventually and the achievement popped after the cutscene for the start of level 7.
By the time I’d finished all this, it was already WAYYY too late. So I’ll have to try finishing the final level in full tonight. I’m hoping that it will consider it complete and show me the credits this time – but I’m half-expecting it to pull some kind of dick move on me, like saying it isn’t really complete because I completed the levels out of sequence or some such.
Up yours Halo. Seriously. Totally over-rated bombastic campaigns that have brought rubbish “innovations” to the rest of the FPS genre.
Can you tell that I’m pissed off?
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I don’t think Halo likes you very much. Good to see the feelings are mutual.
That’s a game I wouldn’t have played if it wasn’t for my friend and his want to play co-op with me. More specifically, our mutual love of marathoning through co-op modes.
Most of the fun for Halo 3 came from griefing each other, if we’d had to have dealt with you went through, that game would have been hurled out the window of a moving vehicle.
Quick question… why isnt Singularity avaliable on steam in Australia… it was part of the summer sales yesterday for $8 but its not avaliable.
Picked up the complete doom pack though, i couldnt resist that bargain.
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Regional availability.
A similar thing happened with transformers: WfC. It was briefly available in Aus like a month after it came out in the US, then mysteriously vanished again.
Notice how quiet it is around here without AP? I wonder where he is…I bet he’s plotting something. Perhaps the attack commences soon.
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I accidentally called him loops yesterday.
I’m scared now.
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IF only everyone could be loops… if only
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There’d be a lot more awkward groping, that’s for sure.
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It’s quiet… too quiet.
*glances nervously around the office*-
Hello!
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Not really.
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Ohai!
I was busy sleeping in (take THAT, crappy job), and I am currently trying to ascertain with my brother if the tablets we got are twice as better as the specs advertised.
I love it when companies don’t know tech. Means we get awesome products for cheeeaaap.
I’ll get back to spamming! Sorry!!
HOLY CARP!!
MONDAY NIGHT COMBAT IS CHEEEAAAAPPP!!!
Maybe i’ll have to finally get it..
Also – Arthur – good game or nay good game?
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HOLY CARP!
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c268/cronotriggr/CarpLogo-1.jpg
Nothing to add, just plugging my Logo-In-Progress
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You know what the best thing about this tee is?
It will make A LOT of people angry…
I wish i could draw.. then my epic tee ideas would become real! *sniff*
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You have my email address. Hit me up if you need epic arts for tees!
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I can’t wait to let this awesome t-shirt adorn my sexy body.
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Dude! Thine logo doth rock!
I’ll take 5! So sayeth the Lord.
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Monday Night Combat – Is it any good? From the promo video all it seems to have it chicken riding/attacking. Not that I’m against hurting chickens, but the last time I did ended badly.
Ah link, why didnt I save that hours progress!
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I thought you were good at cockfights?
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Very solid third person shooter, I recommend it 🙂
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Hey rocketman, did you by any chance make a comment about Super 8 on The Movies website? If so, I found something cool, clue 17:38
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I didn’t make that comment. I did see it that guy was pissed. Also i have a ganger.
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What the heck is a ganger?
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I also wanted to know this, but was quite frankly terrified to ask.
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dopleganger. You know a double up a clone. Some deuce who stole my handle.
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It’s Wednesday and I haven’t played any games all week. This does not bode well for shameless gaming.
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That does not bode particularly well at all.
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When I appear in Brisbane I will put you on a strict regimen of gaming and pwning, respectively.
We shall diminish your pile in boss-like fashion.
I was using Ulead Video Studio to cut ads out of 4 straight hours of NZ TV. Almost made it to the 3 hour mark and the damn thing crashed and took all my work with it!
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S♥♥T! F♥♥♥♥♥G B♥♥♥♥♥K W♥♥♥♥♥G F♥♥C C♥♥TS!
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Did a care bear just vomit all over your post?
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This made me lol joyously.
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A lot angrier. More scottish. But generally, yes.
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Hmm, think I may have lucked out and gotten a 1ghz dual core tablet when I thought I was paying for a 533 mhz single core.
Winning?
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What sort of tablet is it? Android, Windows, Vitamin C? 😛
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Tis android, good sir.
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I’ve finally talked my best friend into buy minecraft. Could someone with admin acess ad Pyrean to the list?
Also I can’t seem to connect the server again.
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You keep breaking it human, you create too many things!
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We cant accept any new players until next week as the control panel I use is down. You’ll have to wait im sorry. If you can, remind me next week and it should be good..
btw, this is a Kotaku AU and more specifically a TAY thing.. If your mate wants to play, he has to join in on this craziness… that is the cost per month – random banter.
OK, that is the rule!
FATSHADY HAS SPOKEN!
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You not as much fun as before you got all famous. lol
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I used to listen to Fat Shady when he was underground.
Now he’s all about the benjamins 🙁
Damn mainstream acts…
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Exactly what I was going for… lol
You’ve changed man…
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rofl
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I’ve tried to get him to join with the TAY crazyness before, i’ll leam on him a bit more. He does read Kotaku so it shouldn’t be to difficult.
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Thanks so much for hosting the server FatShady. How much is it per month? I don’t mind chipping in to help with the costs.
Also, does this mean we have to start over again? That my floaty house is gone? :<
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If you build a new house, I understand it will look way more awesome filled with water.
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Dont worry about it. When we started this off the core group of us agreed to a payment plan that suited us all and really is so small it is not an issue. Any new players are welcome to join, as long as you play by the rules..
Thanks for the offer though, it is appreciated.
To anyone who has contacted me about this stuff (Rocketman is a CHAMP!) thanks but it is all good. Just enjoy yourself.
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Oh, numbers! I mean Lucifer numbers! Since he’s always in teamspeak and seems ace and all, I thought it would be fine to allow him access, but yes, the control panel is down so you will be kicked I’m afraid until it comes back online next week. Sorry for getting your hopes up, I know you’ve been asking a few weeks too!
By the sound of it, we’re getting a much better user panel anyway so thats a bonus 😀
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So Torchlight is on sale for 800M$ money points. Has anyone played it and is it worth picking up?
The one thing I was surprised by was the lack of multiplayer.
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If you like Diablo, you’ll like Torchlight.
The only real difference between the two is in graphical style and a few other things.
That’s all there really is to it!
Personally, I found it good value. Had a blast.
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Yeah was definitely thinking of getting it, did you play through with all the characters yet? How long does the main game take to finish?
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It’s not terribly long… maybe 10 hours max I think?
Only played through with the warrior at the moment. I like to hit things. I’m not one for strategy.
That being said I want to roll a fresh toon to check out the guns and bows.
For a cheap game it definitely is fairly fleshed out.
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“I like to hit things”
That one sentence sums up my entire existence. -
And mine! 😉
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Me too!
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Don’t forget I altho enjoy hitting thingth!
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Same here!
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Meh, it’s overrated.
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Hmmm.. Well I liked Diablo. I shall think on this some more.
So Kotaku has ads for Captain America. Sweet!
Green Lantern has been pushed back another week….
With the general panning GL has received, and that it has been out for nearly two weeks everywhere else, what possible logic is there in putting the date forward????
I will still go see it at the movies, but i know so many people who where borderline that will just wait for the DVD now.
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Does anyone else want to steal Ryan Reynold’s skin and wear it as a onesie, or is it just me?
…what?
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Just you.
Definitely just you.
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I reckon he looks like Ben Stiller with the mask on…..
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Ryan Reynolds earing Green Lantern or AP wearing Ryan Reynolds?
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Just posted this on my Twitter
http://i55.tinypic.com/29mkfvq.jpg
Don’t bother telling me, I already know.
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Damn dood.. that’s a lot of cards!! Jelly!!
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Most of those cards in the booster boxes are junk cards with heaps of doubles. I keep the better cards in the folder.
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Dinner tonight?
Reverse Chicken Enchilada served with Potato Au Gratin.
Yeh, I’m a Master Chef Mother F###er.
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Where do you live?
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My wife made a Encilada pie of sorts.
In a round dish, layer tortilla then enchilada sauce with chicken and onion and repeat for about 3-4 layers. Top with cheese and cook…
serve like a pie slice but looks like an enchilada lasagna… Freaking great!
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How do you reverse a chicken?
It seems like you’d have to turn it inside out?-
I’d post a link, but it’s very NSFW.
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Oh you dirty, depraved, sick man you..
.. *whispers* tell me more.
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The reverse part refers more to the enchilada. So essentially I’ll take the ingredients I would otherwise put in a tortilla, and wrap it into a flattened out chicken breast. I’ll use corn instead of a tortilla in the filling. So the filling will essentially be corn, tomatoes, chilli, coriander, and cumin. With some bread crumbs and olive oil to give it a bit of texture. Maybe some bacon. Yeh bacon.
Fry off the chiken wrapped thingy’s and put them in the oven covered in a tomato, coriander, cumin and onion based sauce, and ultimately cover with cheese.
I think.
I’ll make it up as I go.
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/swoons
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Dear Chicken,
I miss you. So much sometimes, it hurts.Love,
Dan (vegetarian)-
Hi Dan,
You’re at the top of the food chain.Man up and eat a dead animal.
Sincerely,
Carnivore (meat-eater)-
I love eating meat!
Wait… what are we talking about?
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Hi John,
Just a message to say you havn’t called yet after we met at the bar the other night – remember me? I was the guy who offered to push your stool in for you as you were sitting down?
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So likes, Anonymous Pessimist, I’m super jealous of you going up to Brisbane for the Brisbane meets.
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I think my feelings can be summed up in a single emoticon:
\o/
I have it on good authority there will be nipples.
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yip.
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I suppose I should manscape my chest in preparation?
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Just so’s you know…we have 3 beds spare, not including The Pessimist’s. Well, technically two doubles so if you get in quick, you could grab the other one….
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Oh awesome!
C’mon Sydney people… let’s make this a mini invasion 😀
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Hmmm… I don’t need money, right?..
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You’re very generous Strange!!
I would really love to, but I have something important on that particular weekend of the meats. Maybe next time, eh?
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I dream of a better world, where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned.
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I love this being on top of page 6.
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Aw thanks dawdle!
And I’m doing a little dance cause I got first post on p6 yay!! (and also cause it’s nearly home time double yay!!) (^_^)
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Well the chicken isn’t going to march itself into my oven of its own accord, is it?
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It’s A TRAP!
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Hmm I guess not…
Unless it’s a Jewish chicken..
and there’s a Nazi chicken behind it…
:O
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There’s an Auschwitz joke there that I’m not making.
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Oh Yeah. I decided I should try and plan something…
Something great!
So, Starcraft 2 players.
Firstly, we should have some fun play night where we play stupid custom games and do silly things.
But, since it’s been mentioned.
How many of you would actually like advice on playing the game? Because I’d be more than happy to host a big group tute session (not that I’m trying to indicate that I’m good, because I’m not, but you know what I mean).
So yeah, thoughts on this? If we had numbers (not you, 9783) we could try and organise dates that work for the most people and stuff…
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I like the sound of all of this.
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Sounds like a good idea. I still need to learn that when the match has gone for 20 minutes and I haven’t seen the enemy, I’m about to get owned.
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I believe that that’s what scouting is for. 😛
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Why scout? All-in rush and if you head to the wrong position just rage quit and try again.
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NEEDS MORE TURTLE
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I’d be up for that
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One of my clan mates is a diamond leaguer. Want me to ask him if he’s interested in teaching you guys?
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I’m actually really tempted to dip my toe in the waters of competitive SC2.
But I don’t even know the basics and haven’t picked a race yet, so odds are I’m a ways away from needs that level of advice. I think right now, having Blaghman telling me to stop doing stupid things will probably work best for me.
Then when that fails, tower defense and other shenanigans!
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One of the great things I love about Blizzard is their player balancing. From what I know the SC2 ladder is very friendly in encouraging new players so I do believe you too can be a pr0 Trjn!
There’s things like practice matches and they generally have a good match making system.
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Forever Bronze…
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I’m keen for some Starcraft 2. Never really learnt any strategy other than zealot-rush though and I haven’t played for ages.
GARRUS IS ALIVE! I like this game.
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I loved that scene. A really great reveal, especially when we’ve just been told for half an hour about everything he’s been doing.
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In the minutes before I was muttering under my breath hoping it was him. I was somewhat disappointed they didn’t hug/fist bump/chest bump. Looking forward to seeing who else I can be reunited with!
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Thanks NotoriousR! You’ve made my day coz I’m vicariously reliving the fond memories of the story of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2! I had the same reaction, wait til you see what else is in store down the track 🙂
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NOTORIOUSR, MY FRIEND
YOU LOOK WELL FOR DEAD-
I read that in his voice. STOP MAKING ME FEEL BAD!
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Is PSN down or am I just a lucky one?
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nope apparently it’s down again.
I’m thinking about getting STALKER, $3.70 is a really nice price…
I have *no* idea why, but it looks like the Limited Edition of Deus Ex is cheaper than the standard edition on OzGameShop – $54 compared to $59, at least on Xbox.
(http://www.ozgameshop.com/xbox-360-games/deus-ex-human-revolution-limited-edition-game-xbox-360 versus http://www.ozgameshop.com/xbox-360-games/deus-ex-human-revolution-game-xbox-360)
Oddly, the LE looks like it only has extra DLC, and there’s no edition on the site with the artbook and bonus disc.
Just a heads up for people who were interested in the game.
Finally finished Portal.
TOTALLY worth it and it’s nice to finally have something off my list, one week into Shameless Gaming Month.
And now I can finally honestly say I play a lot of games (because apparently you’re not a real game player if you haven’t finished Portal)
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I only finished portal a few weeks ago. I thought it was alot of fun. I will probably keep going back to it. Also i like watching other people play that game makes me laugh alot.
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I find it really frustrating unless they’re doing all those crazy speed running tactics.
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If you just laugh you will enjoy it more. Plus you finished the game with a track pad, your a god amongst men. Also Portal 2 should be arriving soon. YAY. I don’t care if i’m a few months behind i saved like 50 bucks on it. Only 23 pounds from Zavvi.
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Maybe a demi-god…
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I’m already going back to it, trying to get those damned achievements. Stupid radios!
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FYI! Huuuuge fallout nv patch released today.
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I still haven’t finished fallout 3 🙁
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I always give the fallout patches and dlc a week before downloading.
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This makes me happy for I have recently purchased it (and all the DLC) in the sales.
Any new gameplay stuff or just tweaks?
OKay, not trying to start any Bashcraft Bashing but –
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/07/the-psn-store-returns-to-japan/
Hell, here’s the whole article, copy and pasted.
“Finally! After being online since late April, the PSN Store is up and running in Japan.”
That’s it. That’s the WHOLE article right there.
No details about why it took so long, what changes were made, what the welcome back games are.
I pasted it in to twitter and still had 53 characters left.
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Shhh. Give me a minute, I’m trying to read this.
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Not trying to start any Bashcraft bashing?
But it’s so much fun!
If only the PSN store had amusingly oversized breasts on underage looking anime girls with weird coloured hair. Then we’d see an article of biblical proportions including a multitude of screenshots.
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Yeah i really don’t like to get into this bash Brian thing but alot of the time his articles are tiny and just state one fact or it’s low level porn. I mean is it really that hard to come up with gaming news in Japan?
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LOL
That’s awesome!
Maybe Brian is the new Chuck Norris!
He has no time for details, but rather punches you in the groin with raw facts!
Details are only minor details to Brian Ashcraft.
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Someone needs to create Brian Ashcraft Facts!
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You can’t, because before you can think of them, Brian Ashcraft has already created them
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In tiny, bite-sized nuggets of information.
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that are often copied verbatim from another source.
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That one must be a Brian Ashcraft original then?
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Read the comments. The pictures aren’t even from the game he says they are.
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This begs the question of how he is still employed.
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Well it is good to see others feel similar to me. I’d quite prefer if Mark just stopped passing through the Brian ‘Lolita’ Ashcraft stories.
They are complete junk, have almost no relevance to gaming, and just appear otaku as hell. It is the type of image gaming doesn’t need, and certainly represents a tiny minority of people.
Yo f4ction.
Sorry dude, I didn’t get home until late last night. (Thanks Origin) but I’ll add you tonizzerz and we can organise some Killing Floor later.
Not tonight but, I gotta go buy blood ingredients.
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All good brother, I was sick anyway so just played The Sims 3. EUGH.
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Don’t be ashamed! I’ve seen you playing Sims 3 and its awesome fun!! (well, the building houses is, I’m not much for the dolly playing, but nothing is more fun that making the ultimate home!)
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Blood ingredients?
Wat.
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I had a friend once who had the idea to make a tap that instead of pumping water pumped the amount of Hydrogen & Oxygen to produce water. He said it was going to make him a millionaire. I don’t know why I brought that up, just you asking about ingredients made me think of it.
On the blood topic, I’m making blood tonight. Being a vegetarian I have to make my blood for my Elizabeth Báthory ritual from organic plant matter.
Also we need it for some screen tests this weekend. Gonna jam some mince and hair in it as well so it looks like brain matter. Awesome.
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Again:
Wat.
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I’m making a film.
In the film a dude get’s shot in the head. Blood sprays on the wall.
We need to perfect the blood recipe so I’m working on it tonight. The mince will stand in for his brain matter that will be blown out the back of his head.
The hair will just look cool.We also need to make sure it looks right on camera, therefore we’re doing screen tests under different lighting conditions this weekend to settle on what kind of location we should shoot in.
We also need to settle on what kind/colour of shirt another character will need to wear who’s blood actually sprays from his chest. There will be no mince in this ones as it needs to hit another character in the face.
Therefore, I’m trying to save time by perfecting my blood recipe tonight so we have excess amounts come Saturday and we can power through all the tests that we need to do.
I feel I’m best qualified to make the blood because when I worked at a servo, our toilet was used mainly by the local heroine addicts who left a right mess after each visit. One time there was a pile of what looked like bloodied mince with stray black hairs sticking out of it. This actually happened btw. I still have no idea what I scraped up off the tiles that night but I’m pretty sure I can replicate it with some mince, syrup & food dye.
I also bathe in blood because I believe it makes me immortal. See Elizabeth Báthory on Wiki.
How good is the meat gonna be?!
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Oh wow, you get the best jobs (except for the servo one… wth?)
I’ll be looking for the guy with the bloodstains at the Brissy meat. Bring nipples.
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I’ll be the one covered in blood BECAUSE you asked me to bring nipples.
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I like variety, so make sure they’re not just yours.
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The day after state of origin should be a holiday. No matter how many times I say I’m not drinking, I always get carried away as soon as the games on, and am paying for that today.
Well worth it though – 6 in a row baby! yeah!
Someone showed me this last night. I was both impressed and horrified by my results:
http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/cakesmith
Tells you how much your Steam account is worth with current prices.
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Woah.. how many games do you have, mate?!?!
LOLFor some reason it’s not working with my ID 🙁
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If your account is set to “Friends only” or “Private” it won’t work.
And apparently I have 348 games on Steam.
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You have to set up a profile in a http://steamcommunity.com/id/%5Bwhatever%5D format, whereas you currently have it in a /profile format (that is to say, http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197998861164 ).
It’s a bit funny in that it only accepts /id links, but has your /profile link in the account summary anyway.If you go to Steam, under the Community tab for your profile, there’ll be a “Edit my Profile” link, where you can set up your custom URL.
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You need to go into your settings and create a custom profile URL thingimy bobber.
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I think it only works if you have a custom URL, otherwise you can post your steampage ID.
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I’m only worth $537! Oh man, #notwinning…..
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I’m worth around $20
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*Steve-O Drives up next to Effluvium Boy standing on street corner in skimpy clothing*
Eff Boy: Hey handsome, looking for a good time?
*Steve-O Ruffles through wallet*
Steve-O: You know it baby, but I’m a bit short at the moment.
Eff Boy: I’m worth around $20
Steve-O: Sweet! Only 2 weeks worth of pay! Jump in sugar!
*Then we went back to my place and played video games and had pleasant conversation. And pancakes.*
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$35.96 gets you the continental breakfast.
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Wait, no. $35.96 USD.
Hey big spender!
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Though when you consider that I’ve only really spent $130ish dollars, and bought Portal 2 for $45, that’s pretty good. In theory.
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I’m just ahead of you, $560 on Tech Knight… pfft that won’t even get close to the value of my fart exhaust vent let alone my entire model…
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Damn, I’m up near $2k http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/mrexplody
Lucky it’s only representative of the current price, not the price you bought it at. Mine is generally the result of steam sales.
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Found 7 Games with a value of
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I’m worth about $90, and I’ve only ever spent $53 🙂
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I’m only on $995.35 USD. That will change in ten minutes!
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Thanks guys – got it..
Awww mann… only $600 odd dollars worth..
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I feel a little bit better about my pile of shame now 😐
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HOLY CARP, MAN!!!!-
Although I do feel better that my list pales in comparison to Cakesmith’s 🙂
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Indeed it does. I’ve probably played only about 35-40% of the games I own too.
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Me too!
/Hi5
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http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/nightFlarer
I’m only worth $85…
I first sign up on steam September 2005, but I’ve hardly used it until around 2009 haha
I’m $96.91 USD worth 😐
Whoa, you sir have a Steam addiction.
I’m slowing getting there! $730 for me http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/qumulys
Hey guys – i took the plunge and purchased Monday NIght Combat last night 🙂
Still haven’t installed it yet, however…
Bee and i upgraded our internet the other day, so i finally have more than 5gigs to download a month, thank god!
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… how in the hell did you manage for this long human!?
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I didn’t.. and it’s not much better now with like 15 or 20 on peak and 30 off peak (1am-9am)…
*facepalm*
I HATE budgets…
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You have my sympathy human…
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Any of you guys read that pro-gaming debacle over on Kotaku US?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/07/pro-gaming-fans-rush-to-pro-gamings-defence/
Basically he was saying that eSports is dying, that he doesn’t see the appeal of spectating, and that there is no audience.
There is so much I could possibly say, but to sum it all up – as a eSports journalist and competitor myself, I lol’d. I mean, how can somebody who is working in this industry be so ignorant to this kind of thing?
/ranty rant rant
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Yeah – I totally agree with you. You know I love e-sports.
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Woo! Then prepare to get excited! There’s plenty happening over the next 2 years for Australia..
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The whole thing is rather ridiculous. It spawned from a comment about how television networks try to dumb down gaming tournaments to some cheesy nerd fest so that the “Regular People” can understand it. That isn’t an attack on regular people, that’s an attack on the TV networks and how they perceive their viewers.
Jen simply doesn’t get it. Instead of admitting that, she basically retreats into the corner of “I don’t like it so nobody else should, also these guys said mean things to me.”
I posted comments saying why I like eSports and I think that comparisons with more traditional sports are apt.
Some people might not like professional road cycling. I think it is is one of the most challenging and entertaining sports on the planet that combines both team tactics and individual brilliance in an endurance event that amazes me every year.
Reddit in particular is not happy with that article. Attacking something they love from an ignorant standpoint on a platform (Kotaku US) that they despise? Easy pickings for the hivemind.
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I was waiting for you to jump on this one Trjn 🙂 I know you mentioned that you watch eSports and I saw your comment too, GJ.
Oh and I totally thought it was a guy because I misread Joel Johnson’s comment; turns out he was referring to Zaccubus. It all makes sense now.
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I’m glad that I’m so predictable.
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I meant to finish off that paragraph about cycling with “I can state similar reasons for enjoying watching Street Fighter or Starcraft. Not the exact same reasons, but equally valid ones.”
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Well, you know, us eSports loving people must stick together. I think there’s only a handful of us on TAY?
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Only us sane ones enjoy esports. So yes, rather few people in TAY :p
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I am counting on you to have my back bro!
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Yep and I’m one of them! 🙂
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Clearly I was wrong about the sanity requirement :p
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Oh come on you were kidding yourself when you included yourself in said “sanity requirements” 😛
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“Kidding”, “delusional”… six of one, half a dozen of another.
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“I don’t suffer from insanity. I enjoy it”
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I can’t say I read it that indepth (What with me knowing next to nowt about competative gaming) but what I took away was that she didn’t think esports would be taken seriously till they televised it less cheesily.
I dunno, again my only experience of esports is http://youtu.be/TscjsNMvnDg
Played more Darksiders last night. I aquired some sort of gun device.
It was clunky, confusing and had no cover system. I kept dying.
It wasn’t fun.
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Just started this last night as my first Pile of Shame nominee, so far I’m having a bit of fun, but it seems a bit linear in the first hour.
Also finally bought Minecraft instead of the free version I had previously played that they released quite some time ago. Seems like quite a lot of changes have made their way into the game. Looking forward to playing online.
@Fatshady *hint, hint, nudge, nudge* (for next week).
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I’m about a third of the way through this game, at least I hope I am. A bit of fun with the dark grritty dark darkness of grittiness.
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You mean Redemption (you got it from a fallen angel)?
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I didn’t get it from him, I took it. And he fell because I dropped him!
It’s the bit with the Ulthane(?) Hammer bloke with the HORRIFICLY BAD fake Scottish accent.
I was actually enjoying the game till this bit.
Didn’t help that I was working on a T-Shirt Design and Illustrator closed on me, taking about an hours worth of awesome with it. I may have been a tad too cranky to deal with that bit of the game.
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The voice actor is French-born Yorkshire-raised, so maybe it’s a franco-tyke accent.
Thankfully, there aren’t too many places where you need to use guns.
I got a little ragey during the flying pew-pew scene. Tried to get the trophy, but gave up. -
The thing I thought was so ridiculous about that gun was that even angel cannons use shells. Just spewing out piles of them even thou it was firing what looked like holy energy beams.
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Yeah, because in real life angel-cannons don’t use shells.
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Actually how awesome would it be to have a cannon that shot actual angels and then they would take out massive swords when they landed. It would be like the Gun on the top of the samurai pizza cats restaurant.
Who do you call when you want some pepperoni?
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How much capital do we need to get this business started!?
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That bit wasn’t much fun, but the gun is about the only thing that lets you beat Ulthane’s score. That said, you can drop it and fight normally most of the time (and pick it up again at will), if that helps.
I’d like to take a moment to formally apologise to EVERYONE after my “Space Marine is not Gears of War” rant.
Because, if you read the latest enemy revels, it now slightly is…
http://www.spacemarine.com/blog-post/introducing-4-new-ork-chaos-enemies
Bomb Squiq (AKA Ticker) – Squigs have been in the warhammer and warhammer 40k universe for GOD ONLY KNOWS how long… but this bomb squid is suspiciously like (see ‘practically the same’) as the tikker from Gears. Although, i’m hoping they’ll stay true to the cannon and comically bounce towards you rather than running.
‘Ard Boy – ‘Ard Boys have been a part of 40k long before gears, even with the big-arse cleavers (see ‘choppa’).. but never looking almost exactly the same as a beserker… I don’t know if i’ve ever seen a ‘ard boy with a shield.. i mean, i’m pretty sure most orks don’t even like shields.. i mean, it takes one hand away from being able to dispense burning hot “dakka”.
All that being said, the more i se for this game the more i want it…
But yes… my apologies – i suppose it had to become “gearsy” at some point 😛
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Yeah Orks? With Shields? To an Ork, a shield is another Axe!
Just look at the kind of tools they use!
http://imageshack.us/f/35/maa4ao.jpg/-
Oh god i seriously had to stifle my laughter after that one.. people at work are going to think i’m nuts…
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Hahahaha I want that on a T-shirt
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hahaha i already thought about doing that – think it would be a good idea, even though it’s COMPLETELY unoriginal?!
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Don’t you need permission first from the creator of said graphic?
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Yes and no..
The image isn’t copyrighted – but it does use logos which are the intellectual property of Games Workshop… not that that ever stops anyone from making shirts anyway…
That being said, you could do the dodgy thing and make something VERY similar without copyrighted logos with no implications, other than moral ones.
BUT, as i can’t actually see who has authored the image (no marking on image itself or account name), it can be next very hard to track someone down to contact them just out of good will. So in the case of this image, it probably wouldn’t be quite so morally bankrupt.
As i said, it’s very complex, but in the case of this image i can’t see why i wouldn’t be able to bang up something similar.
Maybe an Ork periodic table would be neat as well? 😛
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BAHAHAHA!! that is AWESOME
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Does anyone remember that short-lived gorkamorka spinoff at GW?
I actually bought that set. I had an odd fascination with orks after my space marine binge.
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That always looked sooo neat to me. And necromunda..
More recently though, i have been REALLY craving getting my hands on Mordheim.. it’s just so bleak and personal.. it has always looked so awesome!
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Necromunda was epic, a little disappointed I didn’t get into it but I was more focused on my terminator and heavy squads at the time with my dark angels :p
I think I only briefly saw Mordheim before I stopped collecting? What was it about again? Might need to check it out.
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I had a skaven gang in Nordheim. It was pretty fun except I always had to play against my one friend who had an empire gang. So by the end of our campaign each game was similar.
I did love getting new skills when they levelled up thou. My leader had ninja claws on his hands and could sprint 18″ and got all these extra attack dice.
Once he was in range of you it was all over.
Hmm.. maybe when I go back to Melbourne to visit the folks I’ll have to unpack my hammer stuff and bring them home with me. If only I had the time to start painting again. Sometimes I hate being a grown up.
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This makes me want to go home, fire up steam, and play blood bowl.
Damn Skaven… always breaking past my defenses.
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Man we still need to have a game of that
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We do.
My Chaos strategy of ‘punch opponent, take ball, run to touchdown’ is surprisingly effective.
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I loved me some Necromunda. I also played Inquisitor for a while (but it was hard as no-one else wanted to spend money on it). Nordheim was awesome fun. I can’t remember what type of gang I had though.
Damn it, Loops, you constantly make me want to go to Games Workshop and start up again.
Well at least you can’t say i’m not consistent
Chuloopa, you don’t have to apologise for anything, let alone ‘formally’.
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But.. i rented a tux and everything… 🙁
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you know what means – Friday is SUIT UP DAY!!
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Harli is right… an informal rub-down is more than compensation.
*fetches towel*
Hey guys, I’ve noticed a few of you are particularly blessed with musical aptitude – I’m not, but a mate has just shared a house/techno song hes currently working on. I personally think its pretty awsome, even though I’m not a huge fan of the genre but for his sake was wondering if I could get some more knowledgable feedback for him.
The songs at http://www.mediafire.com/?dbhlbusme0w58mq.
He said he hasn’t mastered it whatever that means but its a work in progress.
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I shall listen and provide feedback tonight good sir!
Maaaan…
cheap tablets are cheap for a reason. I take back my previous excitement about cheap tablets.
They are cheap.
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That’s what you get for being optimistic!
CRUSHING DISAPPOINTMENT-
optimism… my arch-nemesis
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/gets all cosy in a nice chair
Go on then, tell me more. I want to hear everything.
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Launch an application?
Crash.
Do a search on the app store?
Crash.
Try and run the wifi settings?
Wifi crash.
Try and play a video?
Doesn’t crash, but it’s as smooth as Michael J Fox driving a go-kart.
Let the tablet go into sleep mode with an SD card?
ERROR, YOUR SD CARD HAS BEEN REMOVED. I’VE ALSO HELPED BY WIPING ALL YOUR DATA. HAVE FUN WITH THAT.
Sending the tablet back for someone to ‘inspect’ it tomorrow. Don’t have high hopes for their repair depot techs.
*cue battle music*
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“as smooth as Michael J Fox driving a go-kart.”
Am I a terrible person for laughing?
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Are we talking about Pokemon battle music, or, say, Advance Wars CO theme music?
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I’m thinking more along the lines of something penned by Hans Zimmer.
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I don’t understand how it could work so horribly. Are the parts made of 100% wool or something?? Please tell me you can get a refund.
Also, where did you buy it from because I’ll be avoiding them like the plague!
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I think the moral of the story is: Avoid cheap tablets.
I have to send it and my brother’s back for ‘inspection’.
Chances are if it looks too good to be true it probably is.
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Optus/ZTE MyTab – $99
Mine works like a charm. Nothing fancy, but I’ve had no problems with it so far.
My brother’s one, however, has a line of blue pixels down one side.
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Does it play videos in native res?
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It sounds like it was made in minecraft.
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No, if it were built in minecraft it would get regular updates to add new and interesting features, continually enriching my experience.
This is just shite.
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WOW. I got back into Operation flashpoint Red River last night… I dont remember why I stopped. I am completing mission 5 of 10 atm, but this mission was amazing.
See i dont play that many shooters, certainly not BLOPS or MW2 or anything. In my experience, all shooters make you feel invincible and that is a good thing for a while, but what this game did to me last night was something else.
The mission (***SPOILERS***)
Was to defend a line to help some injured marines get evacuated. You were constantly attacked and had to fall back at regular intervals. I had 3 squad mates who were constantly suppressing in all directions and still you were overcome.
I fell back about 5 times in all to various buildings but it was no use. Eventually you go to just get a chopper to get you out of there.. this was shot down, so now you have to repair a couple of hummers to extract.
You do this and make it back to the base.. to safey or so i thought.
up the hill comes a few tanks and now you have to defend the supposed safe zone…
I have not played a level where i felt so under powered, and where the only direction was retreat.
It felt really good that with all my powers, the best i could do was just survive…
Really enjoyed it! I still didnt finish the level last night as it just got too late but I am looking forward to finishing this.
Just wanted to share that.
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Do you play ARMA II?
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This.
I own it but haven’t really gotten into it. The fact that you can co-op with other people in the SP content would definitely be fun to do.
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I’m tossing up if I should buy it or not.
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No. I know about the whole original flashpoint devs going to ARMA and codemasters doing the OPF game thingy, but it never bothered me. I have very limited time for games like this so never got into the ARMA series.. Not a fanboy, just not looked at them.
I did hear that ARMA II was a bit buggy?
Anyway, I will have to try, but as it stands, i have enjoyed the OPF games so will stick with them.
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Sims 2 DVD edition , for a gold coin donation.
Worth my gold coin??
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Wow, serious?? how?!
Sims 2 wasn’t all that bad, actually
You do get a bit bored of making inescapable death/torture/sex dungeons, however…
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Rich people, charity. Nothing better to do…
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Are we even talking about the same game here?
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How shiny is it? The coin, that is. I collect the shinies!
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She’s tricksy! Don’t trust her near your precious!
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The fat one! twas the fat one!
lol but in all seriousness, does the gold coin donation go towards a charitable cause or something? just buy it man, a buck – you probably make that in 5 minutes.
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I poured hours of my life into that game. It’s a lot of fun if you like sandboxy games.
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1014684/Team-Meat-Presents-SUPER-MEAT
It’s the postmortem the Super Meat Boy guys gave at GDC earlier this year, it was very interesting to watch.
Well, today just got interesting.
Was working away on a computer that wouldn’t boot. Swapped out the power supply and turned it on.
“That’s a bright light” I thought to myself looking at the motherboard. “Wait a second…that’s on fire!”
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA! OMG!
Best post ever.
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I’m sorry human bit I had to laugh at that, that’s just gold!
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Man, that’s an epic effort. Did you have the wrong voltage set on the PSU?
I am guilty of having done that once in a field repair job.
Did it at 8am in the morning at a bank before it had opened. Everyone was singing happy birthday to someone with a cake in their main section while I was working away.
Swapped the PSU, turned the PC on…
“Happy birthday to yoooo-“*BANG*
The blue smoke wafting up from where I was standing made it a little difficult to look innocent.
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I did that, but it was only with a 1.44 floppy drive. (this is 14 years ago… shit, im old.) The silly connector could be jammed on, with the pins 1 position over. Big puff of blue smoke as we turned it on, quickly took it out back b4 the customer realised, ran it out the back door, puffed and blew the smoke away, sprayed some deodorant to cover the smell, popped case back on with fdd unplugged, and gave it to them.
He was a repeat customer…..
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LOOLL
this is precisely why you people working with computers need to have them special fire extinguishers handy
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Did you try turning it off and on again?
I gotta admit, that’s impressive!
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The first time I loaded Karateka onto my Dad’s brand new Apple II i got past the first screen the picture shrunk down to a tiny green dot, the screen cracked, sparks flew, then fire came out the top…..
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It’s all those damn steam games rubbing against each other through lack of space
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Hmm… Could be a problem with your firewall…
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GIVE THE MAN A PRIZE!
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Haha! ZING!
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Burning a disk
You’re doing it wrong!
I saw Transformers 3 last night……It was AMAZING!!! Now bear with me. As a movie about my beloved Transformers this movie sucks!!! As a movie bout a total douchebag with a super hot girlfriend and interglactic robot buddies with hand to hand skills that would put Jason Bourne to shame it TOTALLY WORKS!! Maybe it’s because i went in with such low expectations, but it’s as if Bay went “F*ck it, the fans just bitch and moan anyway so imma make the movie I want”
Case in point first shot of a human is a full screen 3D ass shot of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. And it is beautiful ;)The racist robots are still there ( making them “white” races, Italian and Scottish, doesn’t make it ok), Malkovich and Turturro just chew massive holes in the scenery so the robots actually fit. The one scene they share, Malkovich just loses his shit, cos it’s the only way he can compete. And the Bouf should win a frickin oscar for a pitch perfect portrayal of self-centred douchbag who doesn’t understand why the world doesn’t fall at his feet!! Which brings me to the whole Michael Bay career metaphor which makes this movie work on a whole other level. The genuine comedy, i won’t go into because it is a pleasant surprise and cos i haven’t read any of the plot syopsis, the “twist” actually surprised me. This has the best 3D I have seen so far (Megatrons first tranformation gave me a semi-on) and the sounscape is the best use of 7.1 I have heard. I await Sughly’s response, but i cannot convey enough how much i genuinely enjoyed this film!!!
Disclaimer : I thought the first movie was aiight, and the second one sucked!!!!
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Hmmmm… I too thought that the first was okay and the second was terrible, so logic will dictate I will enjoy it as much as you? As for the 3D-ness, I’ve only seen Avatar in 3D, and I can count on a single hand the number of times I actually thought 3D added to the experience. Did you have a similar experience?
Also, did they fix the issue of when robots are battling, you don’t know who the hell is who and it’s just a mess of robots beating up robots with explosions?
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They did not fix the issue of the robot smackdown being anything but a mess. By by golly it looks impressive!
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I thought it was way clearer than the other two films, but this was the first i have seen on a big screen. I thought even Shockwave snake thingys were easy to distinguish. And Bumblebee getting his Jason Bourne on was sooo crisp!
They even acknowleged the critcism of the robot blending when Brains gets onboard the decepticon ship…”Well ain’t this just one big…..”
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The 3D seems more fluid than Avatar, it only pops when they want it to, as in it is used to good effect, not just insects and stuff flying at the screen. The battles are slowed down with lots of hand to hand moves as opposed to just pew pew action and they have given slightly more distinct colour schemes, it all just works so much better.
Oh and Leonard Nimoy as giant Spock quoting robot = Nerdgasm.
It’s like Bay took all the criticism from the first two films about the action and fixed it. He also took the plot criticism almost plays up the faults to the point of parody. I don’t know if it was his intention but i really did lol at some points…
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I’m going to have to disagree with you.
I enjoyed watching it, because, as I’ve said before, I like watching big robots fight. However… It was a cluttered mess in my opinion. Too many unnecessary scenes.
I’m all for comic relief in action movies (I think the first film did it well), but they just took it way too far in 3. It reminded me of all the horny Mojo scenes in 2.
They also messed around with the secondary plot lines too much as well. It wasn’t streamlined.
There are some more specific things I wasn’t impressed by, but I won’t go into that.Saying all that, the cinema applauded when the credits rolled.
As for Sam being self centred… If I were in his shoes I’d feel the same way. He did save the world twice. He deserves more than college fees.
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I think it was because it was less of a cluttered mess than i was expecting. Some of the comic relief was truly painful ( but how can you deny HARD WANG!!!), but the more subtle humour, or at least what i perceived to be, was a pleasant surprise. The plot was always going to be laughable, and the pointless scenese all involved Malkovich and Turturro just Malkoviching and Turturroing the absolute sh*t out of them for no apparent reason, which is fine by me. I get your points and deep down i know what an abomination it truly was. I was just surprised at what an enjoyable abomination it turned out to be.
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I don’t regret seeing it.
Optimus busting out the axe = Nerdgasm-
I know!!!! The few tiny morsels of fan service we were thrown were done brilliantly.
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I’ve not seen it yet. But I find this highly amusing, and well, down right shifty.
Bay, ripped off scenes from another movie, from himself!! PROOF!
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Thats pretty funny, a little dodgy too. Cause he would have had to decide he was going to do that from the start I think.
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Yeah, I’d feel slightly cheated knowing this. But to rip off entire scenes, then add some more sparkle, well, thats pretty lazy and underhanded I think. For shameeeee Bay!
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Bay’s done it before. Saves time and money.
Have you seen the Disney ones? http://youtu.be/IKER9K9QozA
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Following the talk about Mechwarrior 4 the other day, I downloaded MTX and attempted to download the actual game. MTX didn’t seem able to connect to the internet. I checked the firewall, tried reinstalling, even turned the firewall completelty off and nothing…all I managed to do was make it crash.
I’m running windows 7 64 bit – has anyone else had troubles or has it working on this platform? I’m out of ideas…
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You know what, I completely forgot to pick this up.
I’ll grab it tonight and see if it pulls the same shenanigans with me.
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Yeah MTX is crap, I remember I had to fiddle with the program a lot to make it start downloading. But I have it installed on Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate, and it runs like a dream, no crashes.
And from another angle.
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Groovy
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I was disappointed when I clicked the link that it wasn’t something to do with Bruce Campbell.
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I feel so confused. It made me go all cross-eyed.
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Right its actually a permanent installation. That’s pretty cool.
Since there are heaps of similar images done via chalk. But they’re only temporary.
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Kurt Wenner adn Julian Beever
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holy carp.
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Corrrrr Blimy
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FFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUU!!!!! 😛
You are the first person I will be bugging to clan up when i finally get one with DC online…… 🙂
Umm I feel embarassed asking this question because the answer seems (and is) probably the obvious one.
Then I think of that saying, “The only stupid question is the one you don’t ask”
Yeah, let’s go with that.
OK so is ozgameshop just an Australian-focused version of 365games.co.uk? It kind of looks like the same site with different currency settings? Visually they appear identical with some minor content differences.
What say you, TAYmunity?
*hovers palm in front of face*
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Thanks for that, now I understand how it works 😀
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Yup.
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*pushes your palm into your face*
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Another Kotaku Meat?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/07/independent-games-festival-heads-to-the-sydney-opera-house/
Interstate attendance appreciated!
Anyone up for it?
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Keen.
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nice one! We still need dates for Meat 3 *wink wink etc*
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Dude, you haven’t been to the last two Sydney Meats!!
Bawble wants to meet you!
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None of this “woe is me, I have a commitment” stuff this time around!
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Yeah! You need to turn up and see me! Because I’m important! Me!
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Yup!
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On a scale from one to mustard, I am keen as!!
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I would love to attend, early August is best for me as my July is pretty busy. Plus Pessimist is going up to Brisbane, THE TRAITOR. *coughs* I mean have a lovely time.
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All I heard was ‘wah wah wah, pessimist is awesome and is going to awesome places and I am jealous of his awesomeness wah wah wah’.
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GRATIFY.
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(SOUR) GRAPES.
YOUR MOVE, BATWOMAN.
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Hells yeah!
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Let’s make it early August then!
(P.S. my birthday is in late August.. 😛 not that it has anything to do with this meat…)
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When in August? Mine is the 14th. 🙂
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Hmm it’s sort of spam but I get cash out of it and so can you guys..
Breaka are doing a promotion via FB where every 10 people that sign up to your URL will earn you $10 of actual MONEY, CASH, MOOLAH!
I think the whole kitty is $10k
Please CLICK and sign up you legends 🙂
So… apparently the Foo Fighters are touring Australia this December…
They’ll be at AAMI Park on December 2!
Holy fudgesticks, I am stoked!
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Supported by Tenacious D! So very keen.
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WHAT!?
You can’t kill the metal.
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You know what time it is?
Tenacious D time!Also, Perth first! What is this I don’t even…
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I may need to get up to Sydney for this…
Hey guys – check out what gametraders Highpoint is getting in…
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/?page_id=4489&sku=901384
Check out the DETAIL.. the gallery is AMAZING!
Even if the movie is pap, this fig is STUNNING
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Want!
As part of Shameless Gaming month, I’ve been playing Trauma Center: Second Opinion. Anyone who was on TeamSpeak last night has a pretty good idea of my feelings about that game, but would people be interested in me doing a comparative review of it next month? (as in comparing against the original)
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I have been meaning to ask about this Kotaku teamspeak. Is there some kind of initiation ritual? If it involves making a computer catch fire I’ve already done that today!
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Paddles and a bared posterior are involved.
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No, all you need is the server address & password,
Email Pessimist or FatShady for the server details-
“Email Pessimist or FatShady for the server details”
Pessimist? Pessimist! Where do people get this idea of his authority from? Why, I remember the days when all we had were Nonymous Pessimist’s. And we all went by our real names, like James Mac, Ema Nymton, and Blaghman. Pshh, that Pessimist holds no rank in my eyes! (I think I’ve switched from old man, to grizzled war vet forced to obey some new kid…)
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*strokes shotgun*
Get offa my lawn, young’in!
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Young’un, huh?
I may be a spritely lad, but I’ve been here since before time began (I remember reading Kotaku when Plunkett was the “Australian Editor,” god, I was a lurker for so long…). I was part of our first 1000. I sang a song for Christmas, a beautiful song of friendship. I wrote stories to keep people amused. Where were you when all this happened? What were you busy with?
I say, lad, that this town ain’t big enough for the two of us. *tumbleweed rolls past, as a little musical jingle thing plays*
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I was anonymous.
Check. And. Mate.
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Pshh, but you weren’t commenting as such. 😛
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How can you be so sure? :p
Maybe I used a different name?
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As I said.
You weren’t commenting as such.
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Email Fat Shady. It’s his server.
Also, doesn’t it only support 10 people at once?
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We only ever really push that when there’s some sort of playdate on.
Otherwise it’s only about… 4 or 5 ‘regular’ teamspeakers? Gorzilla pops in whenever his weird work schedule allows, and Qumulys comes in every few days.
Have you forged a cake yet? No.
I’m not liking your chances…
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I think Steamsmith is a more apt handle, given he is far better at making games appear from spare cash than he is at constructing cakeries.
For CoD /Star Wars fans..
Looks pretty sweet!
http://geeks.thedailywh.at/2011/07/05/modern-warfare-star-wars-mod-of-the-day/
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The only problem with this is I’d be buying a game solely to play a mod.
Love star wars, but I can’t stand the CoD franchise.
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I on the other hand, love most CoD games! It has its time and place in my gaming world. We could argue for hours but I’d need some beer n’ popcorn or something 🙂
Now I just wish I had a PC to play this mod on..
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Don’t get me wrong, I love me a good FPS, but the community, franchising and general gameplay of CoD just doesn’t gel with my steez.
Namsayin?
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Sometimes I want frenzied and high-octane arcade-y fun. It’s why I play CoD. And if you play Hardcore Search N Destroy (one of my favourite gametypes) it’s a completely different gameplay style, far more tactical and requiring patience.
And re: the community, yes there’s a lot of dickheads – but did you ever play CounterStrike? Same problem. It’s taken me years to find decent players to friend/play with on Xbox (and all I can say is THANK GOD FOR PARTY CHAT!)
I still remember fun tactical times and lots of one-v-one stalking in Americas Army tho.. that was an awesome game for a freebie!
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HAY whats wrong with the CS community man you’re jst some n00b i bet you don’t even blah blah blah ur mum blah blah blah much other wankery blah urmum blah
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[WALLHACK and AIMBOT MODE IS: ON]
*pew pew pew*
FFFUUUUUUUUUU n00b!!!!
Wait Harli you’re a chick? OMG GUYS CHICK IS PLAYING LET’S ACT LIKE 5 YEAR OLD SCHOOLBOYS!!!!!
Oh wait, we ARE 5 year old schoolboys!
(LOL d/w same applies for CoD games.. did I mention how much I love party chat? :P)
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Ahhh the true art of dedicated servers and why they’re so important (Read CS:Source) basically because you can avoid all those twats entirely with the right server that blocks out randoms.
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As a synthetic, I thought you’d have inbuilt anti-troll, anti-spam filters anyway?
Oops, sorry I heard you guys prefer the term ‘Artificial Person’…:P
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eSport watchers: I would like to throw my hand in as one of you. Even if it’s almost always just Husky, which makes me the eSports equivalent of an arts degree student…
Harli: (or anyone who plays SC2 and cares): I have a few friends (mostly teammates) in Masters league for SC2, so I think I’ll be able to manage, but thanks for the offer.
Not sure why I’m bothering with a fresh post for this. You’re all being thankfully quiet this week.
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A quiet week is Pessimists gift to us after that 3000 post debacle a few weeks back
p.s. I know this is gonna get Pessimist’s attention
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No it’s not.
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Cleverly done, Dr. Freeman.
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Thanks, but the credit should really go to that guy in a trenchcoat with the fake nose and glasses.
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My nose isn’t fake, it’s just enormous! And this is a cloak, not a trenchcoa- OHHHH, you mean that guy. Right. Yeah. Awkward.
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Is that a dagger under your cloak or are you happy to see me?
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Oh crap, that is a dagger!
This explains why when I last used my “ultimate fighting game technique” (the one that doesn’t involve out-mashing dawdle!) they started bleeding…
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I wouldn’t call gyrating wildly a fighting technique, per se.
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This human is an imposter… WHY ARE YOU TALKING!?
Most certainly not
Okay no probs =D
Masters League, noice.
I made a bet with me friend that when he got a job, I’d buy SC2. This is event an event that is fast approaching… *gulp
@ Q-bo (pg 5)
That’s ok, I’ll get on there eventually, till then I’ll be frequenting TS, offering my two cents wherever applicale
(two cents void in Idaho and where prohibited by law)
So um, shameless gaming. I finished up on inFamous 2 in the first day, finished Mass Effect two(?) days ago and have started playing Mass Effect 2. Except now I’ve just bought Garry’s Mod, Rag Doll Kung fu and Far Cry 2. I also bought Star Wars Battlefront 2 a few days ago.
I think I’m doing it wrong.
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Beating two games already puts you ahead of most. Sure, your pile of shame is growing but it’s growing at a smaller rate.
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Doesn’t matter if you’re doing it wrong if you buy SW Battlefront 2. That game is boss.
Some friends and I started playing it again recently on Xbox 😛
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-07-05-la-noire-the-team-bondi-emails-article
Earlier this week there was news of Rockstar ditching Team Bondi. The article above is the full republishing of the emails from GI.biz, where you needed an account to read it.
It’s really sad stuff to see the carrot being dangled in front of the employees for so long.
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Wow, those are some horrendous working conditions.
Reminds me of when those EA Spouse e-mails were leaked. It’s amazing that so many people put up with that sort of working environment for so long.
Some seriously shonky practices especially with the re-wording of the company handbook – I’m wondering why employees didn’t bring this to light earlier?
I was redeeming my Borderlands code for Duke Nukem Forever DLC( which I probably won’t use because I couldn’t stand the gameplay of the demo and won’t be picking up the full game)
but it did make me think about something…
What the hell is with most FPS’s going to a two-weapon default?
Screw realism, I want to be able to switch between three guns without having to drop one of them, it makes it much more fun.
Games like Duke Nukem 3D, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, Unreal, Hexen, and Blood got the weapon selection right.
Hell, even Ratchet & Clank allows you to choose from eight weapons at once, and that’s not even an FPS!
With no thanks to recent console-focused FPS’s (I’m looking at you, Halo)we have to deal with dropping weapons to choose a better one.
Sure, that may be more realistic, but that isn’t fun
Developers of First-Person Shooters, please, bring back the ability to carry more than two guns!
Thank you.
/rant
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One word…
PAINKILLER!
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I kind of agree, but it works in games like Halo and CoD, because they are trying to be based around realism. DN:F should of had the multiple weapon selection because of the crazy type of game it is. If I was playing on a console I wouldn’t like to be scrolling through multiple weapons with a single button. The only way around that I think is a selection circle where you can use the Left,Top Left, etc. (like in Fable 2) to select your weapons. I’m not sure if a FPS has done this though but it’s probably the best solution.
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Serious Sam 3 is coming soon. That is all.
With left 4 dead 2 on steam sales is it worth getting the oz version? I think i’ve read in the past on TAY about getting around the censor, how easy is it, and does it affect online play?
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Apparently fixing the censor kinda removes the multiplayer, because you can only play with the people who also has done the censor fix.
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Better off getting someone to gift it to you from overseas. I think there’s a major difference in the feel of the game with the censored version.
Or do the ol’ VPN and Entropay trick.
Guys, bad news… I can’t come out to play tomorrow or next week.
I’m teaching someone how to do my job, and I don’t want to teach them to spend all day on KotakAU…
I’ll try and catch up at nights.
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Aww, teach ’em Kotaku!
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No U.
Only I get to waste your tax dollars.
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Shameless gaming month update: Vanquish is confirmed completed and eliminated from the pile, next up: Dante’s Inferno!
Completed game list for month:
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Vanquish
I just want the world to be aware of how bad I am at Starcraft 2. Even the campaign on Normal is kicking my ass.
Bronze leaguers will surely eviscerate me 🙁
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You could probably dominate my mate. He came round one day with his laptop to play some Starcraft 2 together online. He assures me that he is quite good, and won’t let the team down.
Turns out he hadn’t even played the single player campaign and had just planned to use his SC1 knowledge.
Everyone in the game face-palmed when he was first attacked by reapers: “HOLY CRAP THOSE MARINES HAVE JETPACKS!”
tl;dr – Chin up Trjn, I’m sure you can be the one doing the eviscerating!
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That reaction reminds me of this video of Destiny and his four infestor hit squad.
No! Shit! THE TIME FOR CHILLING HAS PASSED!
Panic moments are the most entertaining of moments.
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Bahahahahah!! Thats Gold! Ohhh Shit Kyle!
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Wow that’s terrifying effective
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That is quite the entertaining story. /guffaws heartily
Did he proceed to get heavily pwned?
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Heavily pwned is an understatement Harli – we suffered 30 prison years of fecal cavity pillaging in the space of 10 minutes…
More great quotes from him (these were purely trolling however) later in the game was “OMG THEY’VE CHANGED THE BUILDINGS! WHERE DO I GET MY HERO FROM?” and “SHOW ME THE MONEY”
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“WHAT YOU MEAN MICRO?! MY MARINES ARE AS SMALL AS TERRANS CAN GET TROLOLOLOL!”… 😛
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LOL SHOW ME THE MONEY
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Time for some Shameless Self-Promotion about Shameless Gaming Month.
Also, Mark did you get the email I sent last night?
I just overheard a conversation in the office which made me grin.
Woman 1: (in reference to something work-related) It’s on! It’s on like Donkey Kong! That’s what they say, right?
Woman 2: Yeah… I think so.
Woman 1: I’m totally a gamer!
Me: No you’re not.
Woman 1: (ignores me, carrying on) I play tetris. I looove tetris.
Woman 2: I play bejewelled!
Woman 1: OMG I love bejewelled!!
etc. etc.
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In their defense, Tetris is pretty much the best game ever.
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I HEARD A SIMILAR CONVERSATION ABOUT DONKEY KONG.
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Lol that’s hilarious, they wouldn’t even be able to begin to comprehend the games you play, you should teach them HoN, truly change their views on gaming forever xD
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My mum asked me the other night (at a family BBQ) if I’d like to join her online sometime to play some games. I was puzzled, until she said: “It’s really fun! I’ve got my own facebook farm with cows and things – you should get one too!”
No Mum. I love you, but just….no.
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It’s a trap!
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Who are you to deny them gamer status?
One day 20 years from now, people could be all “I’m one of those video game nerds, I play Angry Birds!”, except catchier than that, because I couldn’t think of anything else that rhymed with “birds”.-
I know Mark recently penned an article on how the definition of the word ‘gamer’ is fast becoming defunct, and it in some ways can be applied here.
However, my problem with Woman 1’s proclamation is that she frequently mocks ‘gamers’ for being nerds, losers etc. for spending so much time on this hobby of theirs. Then she turns around and proclaims herself as one.
Don’t know what I’m getting at here, but something about having double standards sounds about right.
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For all of you who haven’t jumped on ‘Trine’ yet ..do it, that shit is amazing.
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I saw it on sale a few days ago!
It was $2!
I didn’t buy it!
True story.-
Wow that was the best story ever! I wonder if we can get steven Speilberg to direct it once you clearly sell the movie rights to someone.
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I dunno, it sounds more like a Michael Bay kinda “plot”.
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…and then I found $10.
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Today I turn 30. Knowing that all I have to serve is another life time before I retire is more reassuring than it sounds.
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Happy birthday exploding human!
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If I drank coffee, it’d be all over my monitor right now 😛
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Happy Birthday dude. Also that sounds really grim. How about. You get to fufill your lifelong dream of contributing to society for another 30 years.
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Assuming that I have ever contributed to society.
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Happy Birthday!
And think, after that retirement you can spend another third of your life in a rocking chair.
Good times.Sorry I am in a vaguely bitter mood.
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Welcome to the thabulous thirties!
We have creaky joints, lack of patience for young’uns, constant reminiscing of better times and we are now allowed to start every conversation with “You know, back in my day” 😛
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Woa-oh you’re halfway there.
Living on a prayer, with a hopefully respectable salary to cover cost of living expenses.Joyous day of aging.
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Merry Birthday! If you’re feeling old, don’t worry, you’re officially allowed to Serrels stare everybody down!
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Why you lucky man, you.
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Happy Birthday!
Don’t count your years – make your years count!
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I hear 30 is the new 29 1/2. Enjoy!
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Happy birthday mate. I will join you in less than 2 weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Happy Birthday Mr Splody!!
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Happy birthday old fart!
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Happy Birthday, mate 🙂
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Happy birthday you combustible fellow!
Don’t worry, leveling up to 30 is awesome (I did the same thing in April) and I’ve heard it unlocks the AoE/+dam upgrade for your Explosive perk.
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Thanks everyone!
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A rather late happy birthday to you! : )
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Happy Birthday.
Look on the bright side, at least you’re not a pretentious twenty year old who makes it sound like his age is the end of the world…
Well it looks like the attempt to whittle down the pile ‘o’ shame is going to take another blow. A good mate of mine is visiting town and has rallied the troops for a LAN/Beerfest at my place. It was nice of him to invite me, considering it’s my house 😛
Whilst I love lanning (we have a DotA marathon planned) it takes up valuable gaming time for the pile. There is also a bucks party on saturday, so I expect the pile to remain untouched…
Between this and my new LoL obsession (thanks TechKnight, Jo and Bawble) I think my shameless gaming month is going to be a failure, yet an enjoyable one.
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You’re welcome human! 😀
Does anyone else remember when that Jimu guy used to post here? He’s link us all to Comic Alliance and stuff.
Man, those were good times…
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He has been locked away in a dungeon by his new overlords. Forced to type the same number over and over again into an Apple II with dial up only internet….
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This guy has some pretty cool ideas.
The comment below about Millar is so true.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/07/06/patton-oswalt-batman/-
Also, Pokemanz.
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I won that dungeon siege 3 comp a few weeks ago, but no prize ever came in the mail….did any of the other winners not get theirs either?
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*silent laughter* 😛
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They use a delightful turtle named Josephine to deliver the Kotaku packages.
Don’t worry, she’s on her way!
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So that’s what I tripped over on my way home last night?!
Oh dear.
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I was wondering where my kudos prize from ages back had got to. I just assumed that Josephine was struggling up a particularly tall anthill on the way to my place.
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You can contact her here:
http://www.facebook.com/people/Josephine-Turtle/1203793232
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Here are the turtles in training. Josephine is theeone at the back. She has a bad hip, poor soul.
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnvfmd3mpM1qz5tv9o1_500.jpg
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Okie Dokie – So Twilight Princess is $20 at Dick Smith at the moment… So i thought “hey why not capatalise on this and buy a couple of copies, then trade them in towards a pre-order on Space Marine – the trade value must still be good if everyone is selling it for such a high price..”
Not quite so… get a load of this:
Called 2 EB games – both say around $20 – at least i know they aren’t full of crap, as some stores actually do have price differences. On the plus side they offer an extra 50% on top if you trade towards a pre-order
Called Game – $20, no bonus
Gametraders Chadstone – $15!!!!
Gametraders Highpoint – $25-30
-(Funny how these are so drastically different)
Lastly called JB Hi-Fi who was the most helpful of all. HE didn’t seem to sound like he was looking up on a computer though – he just said “haven’t seen one of those in a while – how much did EB offer?” – so i told him.
He just said “i’ll give you $30
So basically, what i understand by JB is that i am probably not guaranteed that price – and he might even drop it if i walk in with 2 copies…
SO basically – is it even worth it??? At the VERY BEST, if nothing goes wrong, i’ll be saving $20 off my pre-order…
What to do…
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What to do is buy the game AND PLAY IT, GORRAM IT!
And play Ocarina of Time, while you’re at it.
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I already own it 😛
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But where are you preordering Space Marine? Because, as you mentioned, they’re doing the bonus 50% toward pre-orders, as well as if you have an edge card thingy (I got mine with my gameinformer) you can also add that on, so you get 65% towards the preorder. So more or less, that’s $60 for those two games. Kinda/sorta guaranteed, but only if you’re pre-ordering with EB.
I suppose you could take the same risk with JB, but it’s kinda less certain. UNLESS: you buy one copy, trade it in, and then come back the next day and do it again! Genius!
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Are their any pre order bonuses with different stores? This might be the first game in years that I pre-order so I’d want to get something shiny for my trouble.
or this being 40K something that was once shiny but is now covered in blood and filth.
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I know you unlock the power sword if you play Kill team. They might have a whole lot of extra weapons and Skins that will be DLC i’m sure.
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Oh – i want to say another big thanks to Fatshady for the game of Backbreaker last night
After what was LITERALLY WEEKS of trying, we FINALLY got a game in.
‘Shady used his custom created Kotaku Team on his Custome Kotaku Field and they both looks AMAZINGLY GOOD!
I went into the match expecting old ‘Shady to absolutely PUMMEL me, what with be a “seasoned pro” and finishing all 100 levels of Tackle Alley.
Well it was a shakey start for me, thats for sure, with Shady taking the first points with a fieldgoal. Shortly after that first conversion, he has another shot at a field goal, but to my relief he came up just shy.
Things then got plenty interesting as Shadester pulled out some awesome moves, sidestepping opponents, only to be taken down by another oncoming. Still it kept me on my toes for the entire match.
Somehow, though, i managed a couple of decent passes and before i knew it i was at a 14 point lead over the shadester, only to have him get back up to within 7 points not once but twice!
Half time especially had me pakcing my dacks and Fatshady was RIGHT ON THE GOAL LINE – probably 2 yards out.. i was saved by the bell, though. -wipes sweat off face-
Q-bo was a CONSTANT thorn in my side for his team, scoring most of the touch down and flatening me more than once.
In the end it looked almost as if shady would pull off a Disney play and come from nowhere in the dying minutes to win the game – but a VERY LUCKY interception ended that.
In the end i came out on top by 7 points, so in all a very surprising result and a very VERY enjoyable game.
For all of Backbreakers faults, i still have to say it’s a fantastic game – and now thanks to Shady’s constant nudging throughout the match, i have to get some points and buy a copy of Backbreaker Vengeance 🙂
Oh what a night! 😛
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Late December, back in ’63.
What a very special time for me,
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Ja, sounds very glorious!
Vas your game played via ze Xbox 360 device? I am feeling jealous, Herr Loops, for I have not obtained ze copy of Backbreaker for zis platform.
I vould very much like to join your violent sporting adventures one day, mein Herr!!
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After playing Vengeance, the original backbreakers faults are much more obvious… the XBLA game is far better and much more fun. I am not a fan of sports games and while the Vengeance game is based on sports, it is more about point scoring and racing…
I strongly suggest anyone get vengeance, and dont bother with the retail release. Vengeance takes all of the strengths of the series and leaves it at that… no extra stuff, just good gameplay.
Now that I think of it and have played for a while, I think ill write a reader review for that one also.
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Thanks for writing this to make it sound like I was not a total NOOB.. which we both know I was!
Good game mate… get a copy of vengeance and we can have a rematch of sorts.
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I’ll get in next payday (Tues) and we shall battle it out! C-town versus Merrylands! I’ll bring 2160’s finest (me) and we can have us a Battle of the West!!! 🙂
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Aww man that’s not how i meant it.. i thought i was making you sound heroic 🙁
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Some music for your Friday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EOSDOA0tCs
Don’t know if its been posted before.. the video is good, but the top comment is better hahaha!
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LOL! Not only awesome video, but that comment was, as promised, hilarious.
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BEST F***ING THING *E*V*ER*
Anyone interested in samsung wireless mono laser printers? I got a few going for $90!
In case anyone is wondering, there are a ridiculous amount of new submissions to the ALRC classification reform thing.
Many of them seem to be people who did so because of Mark’s article about it.
Well done guys.
Mine is number 166 if you want to see a more extreme example :p
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Is there some sort of ‘Like’ or ‘+1’ option?
I feel like my submission shouldn’t be “Can I just agree with submission #166? ‘Cuz dude has dun real good typing and i dunno if i can be as good as him with the words stuff”I know! I will just copy and paste! Seems like a legitimate enough tactic for the other side!
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But I complain about their hypocrisy! It would be hyper hypocritical to accuse them of hypocrisy, complain about their tactics and then abuse their tactics.
Let’s do that :p
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*We interrupt your regular transmission of TAY to present you another awesome..*
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DUBSTEP INTERLUDE!!!!!! WOBWOBWOBWOBWOB
I’m posting this track a) cause its a BLISTERING bit of filth I totally WOB at the moment and b) cause I’m seeing the bloke live at the Arthouse this Saturday night! Gonna be a rampaging night for Stamps!
Artist: FuntCase (giggle :P)
Track: So Vexed VIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmtY7S0PBK4
*END TRANSMISSION*
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My ears feel dirty.
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I’m stealing this one from the YouTube comments..
“It’s filthier than a blind man’s toilet” LOL
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😛
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It’s so filthy that when im listening to it and someone walks in i have to change it to porn.
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It’s so filthy my speakers now have cockroaches on them.
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Rocketman won that, sorry human. I lol’d at his the most
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It gave me Hep C
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It made me besties with Amy Winehouse.
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D: EEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!
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My favourite – filthier than a nun doing power squats in a cucumber field 😛
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Arthouse? You mean in Sydney, part of Victoria Galleries?
For all the LOL players out there!
This does not happen a lot, allow me to BRAG ABOUT THIS!
http://twitpic.com/5mssw2
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As a non-LoL-player I’ll say:
Not half bad.
Also lolz at the feeder.
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That’s it?! “Not half bad”? Geez HoN has corrupted you more than you can imagine! 😛
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Yes I’m an elitist but at least I’ll admit it, haha.
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Also, this screenshots intrigued me so much I started downloading LoL but then halfway I felt kinda dirty so I cancelled it. I might give it a try after the HoN tournament is finished ;P
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I’ve still yet to be flamed by my own team for mistakes, and I’m at level 12 right now. Community = still good and “mostly” mature 😛
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Secondly, lol @ the “I felt kinda dirty so I cancelled it” part xD
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HOLY CARP!
That’s awesome! Glad I got you on my side human xD-
Secondly, you’ve caught up to me almost, just hitting lvl 12 myself a few days ago
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Nice dude,
Like that fella we played with who also had 35 kills with Katarina, but even better – against people not bots!
LoL wouldn’t let me log on last night and I am dota’ing tonight, but keen for some more Kotaku LoL action sunday or next week if you guys are keen?
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Yep, always up for LoL action, but I feel you guys would learn more against other players. Going up against AI is never the same, as human players are harder to predict and also easier to catch off balance lol
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HoN is better.
#trolling
#butHoNisActuallyBetter
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You forgot the tags:
#HoNPlayersarehorribletorookies
#HoNfilledwithwhineybitches
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Let me collate some of the more entertaining HoN experiences I’ve had, and I’ll post the screenshots next week.
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Sounds good to me, give a heads up when you intend to be on and I shall endeavor to join you.
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Im one game from unlocking a new champion – Planning on going veigar, and will attempt to do this sunday (provided I survive a bucks party the night before).
Then we could jump on teamspeak sunday night for some pvp and do a big reveal of my sexy voice.
Also I am excite for potential KotakAU team – Me, Jo, TechKnight,CrabJiffy and maybe Harli. What style of play does everyone prefer? I’m leaning towards mage/support at the moment.
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Well the way I see it, these are some the kinds of playstyles you could do:
Tank – be the one that can hold lots of HP and armour and can take a pounding while the rest of us do the damage. It won’t guarantee kills very often but your assists will be high and your deaths low
Mage – One that is made to jump in last but make a huge difference cuz you do a LOT of damage. Unfortunately if you travel alone or with only one ally, you’ll be vulnerable quite easily.
Assassin – These guys are the gankers, plain and simple, they jump in and ruin your opponent’s day and disappear again. My Warwick and Yi kinda go in this category though it’s not spelled out in the character descriptions
Ranged – Ones that use bows/guns and can hit often/hard at a distance, very good at lane harassment early game and can be quite the nuisance late game
Support – One that can only work in a team and nothing else, since their abilities help allies as well as yourself, such as healing, shields, buffs, etc. It may not be popular to a bloodthirsty player but a support can possibly turn the tide of a team game quite well if played effectively
Granted you could try hybrids of the above, just experiment and try to find a build that suits you.
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Well if you like to gank and Stevo is going the mage/support route I might try to be a Tank.
I like the look of Maokai, hopefully I can get to try him out some time.
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I’m more of a melee ganker, Warwick I can take either top or bot but Yi apparently works best in mid (According to Sources). I’m planning on getting Kennen as a mage carry, so I can be flexible in my playstyle. I haven’t picked my tank character yet.
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Is there a way to see what the current free champions are without booting up and playing a game?
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I think the LoL website has a roster page of currently free-to-play champions. I’ll have a look
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Found it, go to this forum page and look for the latest “New Free Champion Rotation (Week XX) ”
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I am mostly playing assassins(katarina and xin zhao), but i got Ashe for the mid solo carry too!
If you guys need someone to fill a spot, I can play. Not sure how updated my version is though…
SO zelda and trialz HD tonight, i will also be on teamspeak supplying my own brand of not understanding any of the references that Trjn and blaghman say. I Watched all of firefly last week just to understand there references.(Glad i did though)
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I want to listen to you playing Trials HD.. is that wrong?
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It is a little, but only because i sound like a little boy on teamspeak 🙂
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Sooo… People done much Bishing lately?
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oiseewatudidthar
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That’s an activity reserved for special Bish time.
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Bish can crack a walnut by flexing his forearms.
Be careful if you ever shake his hand. At the last meat he crushed Blagh’s pinky.
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I don’t know if I should be encouraging this.
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Indoor Bishing?
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It’s all good.
Whatever tickles your fancy (Tickling your fancy is also acceptable)
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I’ve ate a lot of desserts… does that count?
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Even better.
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I guess Bish does not wake up 4pm in the afternoon, and said “Go cook me something to eat!”
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Well, I mean, if you’re offering to cook me things after an afternoon nap, I certainly wouldn’t be opposed to it.
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It wasnt afternoon nap…..
She slept from 2am to 4 pm….. -
Sleeping that long takes skill.
I can totally respect that.
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Well my left arm has recently bulked up far more than my right…
http://bit.ly/rrIF3E
I call upon my spirt guides, and I call upon all forces for good to enter our circle of white light and divine inspiration.
May my higher self transmit to me the knowegde I am ready to receive, and the wisdom to make the best use of it.
Jimu… if you’re there… I just bought the Astonishing X-Men Omnibus. \m/
I’m low on DC. Top recomendation? (Not including Killing Joke, Red Son, Watchmen)
Ahhhh *kch-tsk* (sound of cold bourbon being opened)
Gotta love friday afternoons at my work. Cold booze, hot nachos and the sweet satisfaction that the weekend is upon you. 🙂
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I wish my work had nachos we only have beers outside after five which i cant partake in cause im on my P’s
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CHK CHK BOOM
I know Jimu won’t mind if i throw my two cents in…
Allstar Batman and Robin (different, but interesting)
Any of Alan Moores Swamp Thing ( just ordered the first book myself)
Superman For Tomorrow
Sinestro Corps War if you want to get away from all the generic GL stuff going round
Allstar Superman
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Was a reply to Effluvium Boy….
Oh reply button, why have you forsaken me!!!!!
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Tanks!
http://bit.ly/lpKztV
I shall investigate.
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Super thumbs up for anything Swamp Thing that’s been written by Alan Moore. Was one of the first comics I read, they’re awesome.
You can download the first issue for free here:
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My attention = Gotten
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With the help of Mark, I’ve managed to figure out my next twitter cause:
I aim to #GetMoreFollowersThanLadyGaga.
For comparisons sake, she has 11, 500, 000 followers. I have 91. I’m doing well.
Wish me luck!
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GOOD LUCK!
I’ll tell all my followers to follow you.
I think that’s about twelve people total…
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… and most of them already follow Tad?
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Yup!
Although, there’s a SC2 one, and some war related one that probably don’t…
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Cool story bro. I’m gonna go tell it to my good mates David and Goliath
😛
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All you need to do is release a hit album and whip up an invented fan club into a frenzy.
Gaga has Monsters, erm, ‘Tadders’?
Has anyone here ever heard of or played Etherlords or Etherlords 2? I’d love to play some multiplayer if someone else has it!
AP: My ultimate fighting game technique is to throw my cloak over the face of whoever is beating me, distracting them so that I can win.
Woodze: That song is amazing. I love it.
Trjn: Would you like me to make some SC2 campaign tutorial videos? I am serious here, I’d be more than happy to. (They might help with overall stuff)
Bawble: A friend of mine just posted a picture which reminded me of your epic winnery. It was a SC2 game, random 4vs, where he had a score of 144,000 ish, and the second best score was 55,000 ish.
AP: (and everyone who followed up on it): Josephine the turtle made me laugh.
Mr Explody: I wished you happy birthday in that thread thing, but I was worried it might be lost and forgotten like the corpse of yesterday’s hooker.
Harli: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE get SC2. I will laugh. Until you get better than me. Then I will cry, because everyone I play with seems to eclipse me.
I’m not sure why I’ve bothered doing this, since there’s only like, one page of comments since last night, but shhh.
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Also, that footage of Bioshock Infinite.
Game looks good, even if the combat may be a little stale (can’t judge til I’ve played) and that DeWitt is a walking fridge/bullet sponge combo (yes, they made him invincible for the demo, I know).
But: I am really confused by Elizabeth’s face.
Firstly, they appear to be using two different forms of stuff for when she talks, so far as I could tell, on the close-up it was using a more or less “hand drawn” animation, but when she talks normally it looked to be morph targets based around the sound (what the majority of games use), I just thought that was a little weird (though perfectly understandable if that’s the case, as it makes development way easier, but means you get higher quality stuff when it really matters).
Secondly though, her face as a whole seems to vary between being a great stylised face, to female video game character derp-face, all within the same demo. I’m probably the only one who thinks this, but sometimes (ignoring the animation used at the time) her face just looked kind of derp…
Just thought I’d say this. 90% of the time though it looks good.
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Apparently they had to edit her design as her role in the game increased.
The issue in the very first ‘gameplay’ footage they showed, is that allegedly she looked too young; her face was very cartoony, and she had these big eyes and she looked younger than she was meant to be, except she also had quite the set of boobs on her. I thought it was pretty obviously cartoony and her features exaggerated, but I suppose they didn’t want to run into trouble that they were sexualising this lady who looked pretty young, or however you could go around spinning it.
Or so I hear, anyway.
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Yeah, I remember reading the same thing.
They were making comments about how they changed her corset because she looked kind of like a hooker.
I know it’s an early build, and I have complete faith in them, it’s just weird that even in one continuous scene, I saw such a difference. I dunno, it’s hard to explain. If all else fails, I’ll blame the fact that they’re playing it on a 360, and pull the master race card…
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See now I just watched that vid tonight and was blown away – mostly by the snippet at 5:01! Yes Elizabeth is odd but I think the game is going for an exagerated art style (reminiscent of all those war bonds posters or something) so I’ll let it pass!
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DUBSTEP INTERLUDE
http://www.sendspace.com/file/161bss
DAMN YOU STAMPERIFFIC, I DON’T EVEN INTEND TO WRITE DUBSTEP YET HERE I AM.
Well, with todays purchases I cracked $6k on Steam:
http://www.steamcalculator.com/id/cakesmith
I’ve been absent for TWO WHOLE DAYS and nobody missed me?! 😛
Today(and maybe tomorrow) I am going to be here:
http://abbeytournament.com/
I’m hoping I’ll finally be able to buy that axe I’ve been after for a while. Although we go to Abbey every year and there’s always something I want but don’t end up buying and I keep thinking about it but the next year there’s not anything even remotely like it.
So this year, if I see something I like I’m grabbing it. This philosophy may even include some knight’s butt. 😉
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aw, we missed you. So much no one wanted to talk about it as it made the pain worse.
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Shhh, stop… *sob*… it’s too soon D:
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I missed j00 🙁
If there are any jerkins at the faire can you pick me up one? I need to win the favour of a fine young lass and some fine threads may be just what I need!
Also, maybe a longsword in case her father attempts to initiate a crossbow wedding. I’m too young to be betrothed!
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I’d say you’re getting far too old!
Why, I had my first child at sixteen, after my marriage while fifteen!
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Annnd comment 1,250!
Tonight I made my first FINISH of Shameless Gaming Month – Mirror’s Edge!
FTR – I consider a game “finished” when I get through the campaign. The time trials are icing!
And also FTR – its a great game, hard in a lot of ways – which is why it took me over a year to complete because it would spends months at a time on the shelf, but when you’re in the zone it really works.
Hey @liondrive! TIME TRAVELLING!
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Hahaha, this TAY is really old!
I presume someones a bit on the bored side? 😛
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