You guys have any burning questions? About anything? This is Ask Me Stuff, which does exactly what it says on the tin. Leave me a question in the comments below and I’ll endeavour to answer it before the day is out.
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100 responses to “Ask Me Stuff”
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Ruen
Do you think Microsoft will drop the price of some of their entry level Xbox 360’s in order to compete with the PS3 price drop?
If so how much do you think they drop them by?
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Glenn
I’m hoping so, as I want to buy a second console for Gears of War 3 for LAN co-op with my fiance rather than Split Screen.
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Effluvium Boy
How was your fake tan experience?
Do you look like a freakishly tall Oompa-Loompa?-
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Braaains
Mark’s getting fake tan done?
Addendum to Effluvium Boy’s question: Are you getting the back, crack and sack wax while you’re there?
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Chuloopa
He’s hairless.. remember… sort of like an albino devon rex
I wonder if he ever went through puberty?
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Blaghman
I guess it all depends on what Scottish children sound like. Because where I’m from he has an adult voice, but then, it might be different up there.
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Mark Serrels
Tomorrow!
I’ll be writing a post about the whole experience on Bellasugar. Quite excite.
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Stevorooni
How much time have you saved by not having to approve every comment, and what are you doing with this spare time?
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Mark Serrels
In the office it was just part of my everyday routine, the biggest change it has had is to what I do after I ‘finish’ work. I sometimes would just spend my whole night approving comments and stories.
Now I can actually do stuff when I get home!
Mostly been going Rock Climbing here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bloc-Climbing-Centre/136675329733210?ref=ts
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Mark Serrels
Nah, but I definitely will. Bastion definitely falls under the category of games I want to like.
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ShiggyNinty
When you rock climb, do you ever pretend to be Stallone in Cliffhanger? Or Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible 2? Or Jim Carrey in the brilliant Ace Ventura 2?
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Chuloopa
i’d like to think he’s a culmination of all three
MISSION ACE HANGER – IMPOSSIBLE PET CLIFF
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RaygunBrown
I want to get you excited about games again. Please respond to the following with either DUDE, MEH or NAH to indicate levels of excitement…
Ni No Kuni (PS3)
Hitman Absolution
Amy
Journey
Streetfighter X Tekken
Halo 4
Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney
Luigi’s Mansion 2
Grand Theft Auto V-
Strange
I’m guessing none of those terms are appropriate when talking about his level of excitement for Journey.
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Mark Serrels
Ni No Kuni (PS3) – meh
Hitman Absolution – Dude
Amy – Meh
Journey – DUDEBROSEPH!
Streetfighter X Tekken – Dude
Halo 4 – Dude
Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney – DUDUDDDDE
Luigi’s Mansion 2 – DUDE!
Grand Theft Auto V – DUDEEEEEE!
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somejelly
Soooo,
there hasn’t been a competition in awhile…In the form of a question:
there hasn’t been a competition in awhile? -
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Chuloopa
Mark… what are my chances of winning the lotto if i enter it? i need a new pc/laptop and i’m about to cry 🙁
Stupid yogcast magika clips…
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Dutch
Agreed on the Bastion soundtrack. I hope they look into doinig action figures or something equally nerdy.
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Matthew K
How tall is your grandmother?
Have you ever been to a clambake?
When is it too late to laminate?
Are you confused by backpacks?
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Mark Serrels
I have two Granny’s still alive…
Man – I have no idea how old they are!
70 roughly?
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PsyKoMunKy
Why does the Lego brand not leverage off of the success of Minecraft?
Rather than the continued cutesy Lego games why not an online creative game like Minecraft where you obtain “blocks” and use them to create objects – the scope for an online building game would be tailor made to the Lego brand… thoughts?-
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PsyKoMunKy
As far as I could see it was based moreso on the current Lego games with some building function – I’d like to see a purely creative type Minecraft experience – I’m not interested in Story and battles…
That being said how fully featured is the construction part of this game?-
Matthew K
Hmm, I haven’t played it so I operating under the mistaken impression that building was a fairly significant component. My bad!
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masha2932
Have you tried lego universe. It’s a free to play mmo with some building mechanics. It’s not really minecraft but it’s a start.
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Braaains
Why the hell is my copy of Catherine taking so damn long to arrive from ozgameshop? They (allegedly) shipped it nearly 2 weeks ago, but still nothing.
Also, RayGunBrown’s question above reminded me of a question I’ve been meaning to ask: Do you think we’ll see the PS3 and/or DS versions of Ni No Kuni released over here? And if so, when?
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Blaghman
In regard to Ni no Kuni, God I hope so.
So Braaains, heard anything about The Last Guardian lately? I only ask because you haven’t questioned Mark this week. 😛
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Braaains
No, but the day’s not over yet 😛
Mark: What’s the latest on The Last Guardian? Are we likely to see anything out of Gamescom? Or will we have to wait for TGS?
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Strange
Is it the special edition? I don’t think you want to know what they do with those before they send them….
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Braaains
I ordered the standard version for that very reason 😛
Although it’s taking so long that I’m starting to wonder if somebody at the postal and/or customs services are basically doing the same thing with my standard edition…
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Bish
Level-5 were gauging interest on potential translations on their Facebook page a while ago.
Miles ahead was Layton X Phoenix (duh), but I’m pretty sure Ni No Kuni was in the top 3.
Nothing announced, but HAVE HOPE!
…So long as it’s translated after Layton x Phoenix.
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Chuloopa
Seeing as everyone just asks silly questions;
Have you ever had a broadsword fight with someone from the clan McCleoud?
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Milbo
Dishing out vigilante justice to criminals that prey on the fears of the innocent. Yay or nay?
Which AAA game of the coming season are you most pumped for?
How many Australian games journalism jobs do you estimate there currently are, magazine, TV and websites included? Are all of these located in Sydney?
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Mark Serrels
Hmmm YAY.
Hard to say – maybe Uncharted 3?
Fully paid gigs? Maybe 30-40. I’d say they’re 90% in Sydney. There are also a good number of freelancers.
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TheResisty
Why do you feel the need to tweet a Kotaku link in your personal feed, and then retweet the exact same link from the Kotaku feed? It’s pretty annoying.
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Mark Serrels
I don’t tweet the Kot ones – they’re done automatically.
I only tweet certain stories from my personal account – the ones I really like.
Also – not everyone follows both accounts.
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JX
Did you see last week that ozgameshop has introduced a points system for purchases? Or that they then even awarded points to everyone who had existing pre-orders?!?! My real question is do you know how well these import sites are doing, and how likely are they to have an effect on aussie retail prices?
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truncheon
I was wondering this too. Ozgameshop.com has only been around for a year and I’ve spent thousands with them. I’ve got all my friends on it too.
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Mark Serrels
It’s still a massive minority that shop online, but those that do are the real influencers – the people that tell their friends where to buy games, what games to buy, etc.
My gut feeling is online shopping will continue to grow exponentially. Most retailers know it as well, and are trying to adjust in order to survive long term.
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Fenixius
Yup, I’d love to see an interview or discussion with someone who runs the gaming import website. Not just as a plug, but to hear their thoughts on retail, how they might compete better, how they go in a post-publisher world, etc.
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FatShady
Now I want to mention Trials Evolution, but it needs to be in a question so here goes…
Do you know or have anyone on the floor of Gamescom this week that can go and have a look/play/photograph? Surely you know someone right??? Friend of a friend???
They are at stand J031 and here is a map
http://www.gamescom-cologne.com/en/gamescom/ausstellersuche/suche/suche.php?stichwort=redlynx
The game is playable from today to press and to the public from tomorrow… I need info man
*Shakes while sitting on the end of a bed ‘pookie’ style (from New Jack City)*
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pookieusedmyhandle
I tried to kick… but that sh*t just be callin’ me man, it be callin’ me, man… I just got to go to it!
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Mark Serrels
There are a lot of Aussies over there – maybe try and ping one of them over twitter?
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FatShady
Sorry but as you would know I ONLY get my gaming knowledge from Kotaku. As far as im concerned, there is no other sites… with that in mind, any suggestions?
Anyone know who to ask? Who is over there from OZ?
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jamesmacusedmyhandle
Human being to the mob.
What’s a mob to a king?
What’s a king to a God?
What’s a God to a non-believer who don’t believe in anything?You seen a bit disheartened with games of late….Any game coming up that you think will get your mojo back?
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Bish
Regular edition? “Explosive mission pack” at EB here, seems like DLC. Not sure about GAME or JB. I’m not sure about Zavvi or ozgameshop either, but usually they don’t have any similar retailer bonus extras. I know Play Asia doesn’t.
Augmented Edition is an extra ten bucks and you get: Making of DVD, Artbook, soundtrack, in game bonuses, like getting weapons at the start of the game you would normally get later on. -
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Andrew Burdusel
I have 2 questions.
1. Silva vs Okami. Your prediction? I’ve got Silva winning by TKO in the 1st round.
2. Fallout NV, should i just get it now and buy the DLC as it is released? Or should i wait for the GOTY edition that will hopefully have more stable code (the bugs in Fallout 3 almost killed it for me)
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Mark Serrels
Hard to look past Silva. Super fight at a catch weight needs to happen, either with Bones or GSP.
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Andrew Burdusel
I get the suspicion the UFC will bring back Dan Henderson for a rematch.
Silva v GSP needs to happen. I’m sure Silva will want to retire soon, so UFC need to make this fight happen rather than have Silva fight rematches with the entire division.
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Andrew Burdusel
Yep, Obsidian are releasing a lot of DLC for this, i’m thinking at least 2 more will be released by the end of the year. I’ll probably wait for it. The (hopefully) better code will be worth it.
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Shane
What is this burning in my question?
Er… actually, what did you think of the Uncharted 3 shots released earlier today? In your experience, how likely is it that these have been post-production-doctored to make the lighting look more impressive?
The best answer would be near zero. 🙂
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Mark Serrels
I haven’t had the chance to check them out yet – should probably go an do it now…
I will say, however, that Uncharted 3 looks awesome in-game – it’s not one of those ones where the screens look great in a mag, then boom, it runs at a third of the resolution!
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CF2K
Is anyone else excited about Gears of War 3 that’s being released this sat?
It seems to have slipped under the radar a bit.
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Blaghman
GoW 3’s release is the 20th of September, not August, so you still need to wait another month.
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CF2K
Opps wonder why I hadn’t heard much. hehe
Could this be the next big competition???????????
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Kalem
I have just bought myself a PS3 for the first time, went through the local classifieds and snatched one for $250 with GTA4 and some shitty Dragon Ball Zed game. Classifieds is still better than most used online retail outlets.
So I come with two questions for the experts.
1. What are the benefits of a US PSN account? 2. What are the best PS3 exclusives I should look out for?
I’ll be selling off my MadCatz Fightstick and SSF4AE at an Aus fighting website soon to help with the wallet hole.
Thanks.
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Mark Serrels
I only have a US PSN account for Rock Band, because I imported it.
It’s turned out to be more hassle than it’s worth to be honest. Getting credit onto that thing is a nightmare.
Exclusives: MGS4, Uncharted 1 and 2, InFamous 1 and 2, Flower, PixelJunk MOnsters, PixelJunk Eden. Those are my particular favourites.
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