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Man, Saints Row the Third. Such a fun game. It’s so silly and comedic, but it’s not overly stupid and making you cringe. It’s a great balance, like a funnier/sillier version of Vice City. I love it. Go play it! There’s a guy that only speaks in an Auto-Tuned voice.
Also, Twisted metal. It’s just absolute chaos. But I love it. Unforntunately matchmaking isn’t that great, but what I played in the offline was great fun. Also, none of the control schemes really stick with me, but in terms of responsiveness, they’re tight and concise. Very much looking forward to the full game, which will have split screen, which always makes me happy.
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I couldn’t really get into Twisted Metal to be honest, although the original games never really gelled with me either.
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The auto-tune guy was driving me insane in that game. It was funny for a few minutes, but after that I found his voice so grating I could hardly bear to do his missions.
But other than that it’s a pretty awesome game, yeah. :p
Is it my impression or the TAY post numbers goes down? 2012 apocalyptic mode or something? (previously 151, now 146)
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It’s apparently random. A few months ago, I thought it was a numeracy conspiracy related to the imminent end of the world, but it turned out to be untrue.
… or did it …
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Finished Heavy Rain over the weekend, got rip roaring drunk(Splicer, Tequila is not your friend mmmkay?), watched a shedload of movies and didn’t move off the couch yesterday with my self inflicted inebration aftermath.
How was everyone elses weekend?
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Fairly quiet weekend, no alcohol for me this week – the downside of being a P plater who needs to drive all the time!
What was your Heavy Rain ending like? Good, bad, any deaths? Satisfied with it?
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I got Jayden killed, other than that, everyone survived except the Origami Killer. Replaying it through agin for the trophies and different endings.
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I got only the Origami killer dead and Jayden fired.
Then I redid it and got both the Origami Killer and Jayden dead.
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Morning all,
Hope everyone had a grand weekend.
A followup on the pizza stuff that I mentioned over the weekend:
Made two with more serious topping layout (inc. the one Strange recommended – it was delicious, thanks Strange!) and also an extra one. In the attempt to dodge the more-than-one-url-means-you-might-be-spammer thing, I’ll post the after shot as a reply.
Faux Smiley-Part1 fled,
Smile and the world smiles with you, fart and you stand alone
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It looks a little sadder after cooking.
Faux Smiley-Part2 fled,
Smile and the world smiles with you, fart and you stand alone-
I love the way that the cheese has melted out to form ears.
It looks cool but how was it to eat, seems a little clumped of toppings
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I’m glad you liked the toppings I spoke about, I was a bit worried they wouldn’t like up to my description!
Also, I like your extra pizza, I should do something like that for my son.
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Mornin’ TAY!
I start this week with a vow that I’ll be on TAY more than I was last week. Still disappointed I wasn’t a major contributor towards the epic post count…
Also, finally getting back into the swing of things with Skyrim, but I still suck at sticking to a class. Might just have to finish the main story with my barbarian-from-the-future (glass armour) and then go class switching for huge success.
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Or just a loin cloth, I mean seriously, if you have a loin cloth what more protection could you possibly need?
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Taping it and plan on watching it today after work.
Chance of this happening without knowing the result beforehand…*sigh*
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A conundrum.
Ozgameshop says ME3 will ship on the 9th.
Do I gamble on their new shipping speed, hope it will arrive within the week and take the week after off?
Risky.
To those who have bought stuff from them lately, how long did the shipping take?
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Well i ordered 2 groups of items in the space of a week. One item from the first group still hasn’t arrived the others took 2 and a half weeks and the scond group took a week so go figure. I’d say its still tempremental at best but at that price i’d take a gamble.
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I feel kind of disappointed. Spent 3+ hours downloading DoW II Retribution but when I started playing, I felt it very barebones and not very engaging. Boring voices as well…
I guess I had great memories of the old DoW with bigger armies, buildings exploding and chaos everywhere. This one felt like a tower defense game with an extra layer of freedom. And I’m pretty sick of TD games, I want proper RTS ones (aside Starcraft 2 I mean). Passing on the THQ offer…
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The DoW2 series went down the more tactical path IMHO. Some people will like it, some will hate it. If there’s one RTS I want to see come back stronger than ever is Supreme Commander, not with the crappy Supreme Commander 2 style but with the original style. It was impossible for me to balance my economy, let alone my army, yet I still went back to it to try and do it better. and the battles… they are so glorious!
Yesterday my housemate finally came home (she went to Taiwan or something like that, I should probably know this) and declared that she shall now be living there on Mondays and Tuesdays… starting next week.
Apparently she wants to actually get some value out of the rent money she pays. Seeing as being there two out of seven days is a dramatic increase (normally she just stops by to do laundry before going back to her boyfriend’s place).
Still, I told her that she isn’t getting a discount on her rent for that :p
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Hopefully she can be convinced that it’s better than her boyfriend’s studio apartment in the city. That way, when the lease is up, they will decide to stay here.
The rent then gets split four ways instead of three and I don’t have to search for a new housemate! Huzzah!
Although if she does move out, I could claim the master bedroom for my own…
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I have a conundrum, One of my good friends from high school is throwing a 21st party at his house in a few weeks, he invited me. Now i really like this person, we were very close but when he went of to uni we drifted as far apart as one gets like i haven’t spoken to him in like 2 years. But nevertheless alot of friends that i still keep in contact with are going and have urged me to go. on one hand i would really like to go, on the other i really don’t know what he is like anymore or what i would say? What do guys?
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not meant to be posted here, but i suppose bunnys flatmates won’t care if i take over his comment!
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Go
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Go.
What’s the worst that could happen? Calamity? Not a problem, enough of us have finished Bastion to walk you through that.
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Go.
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Go!
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…Obey your MASTER!
MASTER!
Master of Bedrooms, I’m tucking you iiiiinn!!
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
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You’ll never guess what happened to me this weekend, it might of happeneed to you as well. I’m a self hating cod player, i cant put it down. I dont know why, anyway moving on. They took away drop zone from the community playlist, now i’m sad. I dusted off battlefield 3 last night and i’m back with the good people. Why oh why did they do this to me, serious problems.
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Nothing wrong with CoD, as long as you enjoy the game you can play what you please. Nobody will judge you here*.
*as long as you don’t insult BBQ Shapes
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I’m having a related issue where I’m waking up early, often before my alarm goes off, then go back to sleep, missing my alarm and then ending up being late.
It’s a weird situation where my lateness is caused by waking up too early. I’m thinking the solution is probably going to have to involve leeches.
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I’ve had this problem before, on a few TAFE days. I was lucky my lift was ALWAYS late, like class started at 9am, they wouldn’t get here till 9.10, pissed me off but it worked to my advantage some days.
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Not sure if this would help my problem or fix it xD
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Play a text heavy game. One that requires a lot of reading but isn’t so interesting that you stay awake.
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Actually, the common consensus on this whole thing seems to be to avoid looking at bright screens before sleeping.
Reading almost always comes up. I also just watch random TV shows that I’ve seen a million times and face away from the TV.
Then again, advice from a former insomniac might not hold much weight :p
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Well I find the DS always puts me to sleep. You can put it on the lowest setting (which I do anyway because it saves battery power) and play something like animal crossing
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I think that would exacerbate the problem for me.
Morning all,
Had an ok weekend. I kinda broke my wii, My gamecube controller that was plugged into my wii was overheating (the cord was very hot too touch). So I turned off the wii, went to the shops, bought a new controller and gave it a couple of hours. When I tried to unplug the old gamecube controller from the wii I hit a little snag. The insides of the gamecube plug had melted into the player 1 port of the wii. So now I can’t play gamecube games on my wii.
/o\
Also I won some games in LoL
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The insides of the gamecube plug had melted into the player 1 port of the wii. So now I can’t play gamecube games on my wii.
Maybe you should have removed the controller when it was still hot. At the very least you could have had that melted cheese effect and taken a nifty picture for the interwebs.
Now you’ve just got a Wii with a block GCN port.
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I skim read your post at first i.e. all I read was melted cheese effect. I thought you were suggesting I put the controller port on a sandwich.
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Ahahahahaha, I just remembered sucks to be my mate starting TAFE today, he couldn’t get into Diploma of IT & had to settle for Diploma of Multimedia at first until there is spots, I bet he has to put up with the teacher that we can’t stand today as well XD
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He finds it hilarious when I get capped (he has unlimited ADSL2+) so I think it is fair =D!
Plus I thought that teacher was alright, just I didn’t personally like how he taught.
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Hmmm, but does being capped due to your own internet usage equate to being forced to do a course you don’t want to, through no fault of your own? 😛
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Shhh, me & him are dicks to each other often, we mean no harm by it to either, it’s all just good fun. Though it is unfair he has to do Multimedia instead of General IT, since him & 2 other mates handed in their applications BEFORE the cut off date and him & another mates applications were lost but the 3rd mates was not. They were all handed to the same person at admin, and now the class is full & they have to wait until people leave.
Also Strange, I hope you see this I have tried 4 or 5 times to get your attention in TAY over the past few days regarding Soundwave & where you can most likely pick up a ticket for about cost of one from the vendors, Gumtree! I spotted a few on there the other day! I tried tweeting you but the twitters won’t let me 🙁
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I have a conundrum, One of my good friends from high school is throwing a 21st party at his house in a few weeks, he invited me. Now i really like this person, we were very close but when he went of to uni we drifted as far apart as one gets like i haven’t spoken to him in like 2 years. But nevertheless alot of friends that i still keep in contact with are going and have urged me to go. on one hand i would really like to go, on the other i really don’t know what he is like anymore or what i would say? What do guys?
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Go, but highlight from the start that you might be called away for [x] reason. That way if it sucks, you pretend to get a call, and hightail it out!
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Ohmygod THIS.
You would not believe how much friendlier and more talkative people become when they believe you’re only going to be there for a short time.
NB: This also works well when talking to people in clubs, (possibly socially awkward TAYbies).
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Just go, i had a friend that I hadn’t spoken to in about 2 years as well and we instantly got to chatting and it was like the good old days.
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Damn it you guys why are you all urging me to be social, Nevertheless i was positive you guys would tell me to go, i guess it can’t be all bad i mean there is beer there and stuff, if all fails i will just vomit on someone!
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I have a mate who I was really good friends with all through infants/primary school, then we went to different high schools and saw each other less. Then we fell in with different crowds (he got hooked on meth, I got hooked on nerdaphernalia).
Anyway… These days I see him once every five years or so. We’re not close friends like we used to be, but we always have a barrel of laughs and just kick off chatting like we saw each other a week ago. He’s pretty charismatic though, so I suppose that helps.-
Thanks Flu, you are always so helpful, also other people you guys helped to. Yeah we only really fell out because of the space difference really, still just as much my fault for not trying to catch up.
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Definitely go man, even if it sucks at least you still have your friends that you still keep in contact are there.
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You should totally go. What’s the downside? Might be a bit awkward with the guy you haven’t spoken to for a while, but there are other friends going, so it should work out fine.
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Hey Melbourne Taybies – I’m flying down there tomorrow, what’s the weather like atm? Should I bring a warm jacket?
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23 degrees, chance of showers but mostly dry. ALWAYS bring a jacket to Melbourne.
Also, why you no Melbourne meat?
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believe me I would if I could! Work is sending me down for a conference, flying in at 8 in the morning and flying out in the evening. It’s going to be a loooong day.
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So can’t even come for a lunch or something? I’ll be in the CBD and I’d love to meet you miss Harli :'(
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Just checked the location – I’ll be near some place called Southbank? I do believe I do get a 1.5 hr lunch break in between. Not sure if my boss will let me wander around though!
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That’s actually pretty close for me, I’m near the queen st/flinders lane intersection. Where exactly in Southbank is it?
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Southbank is in the middle of the city, the main waterfront restaurant strip with the casino and conference centres about.
Very central if CDB taybies wanted to meet for lunch but work out what you boss has planned. If they are buying you lunch at an expensive place you might as well enjoy the good food (and if they are paying that there will be an expectation that you attend) -
It’s at the Melbourne Exhibition centre – South Wharf, my apologies. I think I should play it safe and assume I need to stick around. Fear not Techy – I do have plans to head to Melbourne for holiday purposes sometime this year and would love to meet you guys 🙂
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You are?! well it’s pretty comfortable but I think a jacket would be good just in case. It’s going to be around the mid 20s tomorrow
Best play it safe, full arctic explorer gear and a dog sled.
You never know with Melbourne weather.
Dress in layers. T-shirt, light jumper, heavy jumper, light jacket, eskimo gear, and bring thermals just in case!
Thanks for the help guys. I’ve now got 2 pairs of thermals, a parka, an arctic-grade sleeping bag, a cardboard sled and four Siberian huskies ready to go. Should be ok.
Dear TAY,
We sure haven’t done much multi games in a while. We should probably work on that.
Thoughts?
Sincerely,
Rize
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Tonight you me other people multiplayer games that aren’t made by valve because you are awesome at them. Be there
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Who is Leon Delaney and why do you think he’s possessed me for use in a radio ventriloquism act?
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He is John Laws replacement on the radio and someone rang him up and started talking R18 ratings, League of Legends and esports.
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And how did it go?
I can’t imagine talkback radio is the sort of place where there are going to be many people that are interested in that sort of thing. Hell, I’d be shocked if most people held an actual opinion on the matter.
Amusingly, I’m working on a blog post about spectating esports.
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He was surprisingly agreeable to the R18 but incredibly derisive of esports.
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I hate the term “eSports” because it makes it seem like competitive gaming is simply trying to replicate sports instead of focus on what makes them interesting. Still, I’m quite a fan of the whole scene.
After all, I watch countless hours of SC2 every week. And League of Legends. And the occasional Street Fighter and Marvel vs Capcom.
And just last night I watched two people race each other while speedrunning Mario 64.
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Hmm, an interesting point as I had never thought of it that way. I didn’t really see it that way – more like the term “eSports” insinuates that competitive gaming deserves as much attention that regular physical sporting leagues do.
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Unfortunately “sports” has been considered a physical term for a long while now. It isn’t but the fact that you have to make the argument that it isn’t distracts from making the positive argument about why competitive gaming is worth paying attention to.
Competitive gaming seems like a reasonably useful term because it puts the important part right in the name. “Competitive”. You’re there to see people go head to head in whatever arena they choose and the fun comes from seeing how one side will prove themselves to be the victor.
Also, I just don’t like chucking an e to the start of something. Email gets a free pass but everything else always seems rather clunky
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Howdy Tayberinos
Am now back from the tradeshow I was at all last week. Talking to people about ships grows very old by the second day
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There was a booth babe at one of the stalls, which is REALLY inappropriate for the sort of show it was.
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SUP GUYS!
I’m in a good mood 😀
Some peeps know why, others don’t.
MWA HA HA HA HA!
Sorry, what was I saying?
Oh. Yeah. Dem vidya gaems, eh? I haven’t played any in a while. spent the weekend watching Doctor Who and tidying.
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Ecceleston was also good, probably would have been just as good as tennant if he did more than one series. Also Matt smith is quite good too. I enjoy all the doctor’s, i really enjoy how the most recent episodes have been more suspenseful and dark then previous seasons.
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Doubt anyone will read this reply, but:
Tennant is my favourite, for sure. Eccleston was also great, but they wrote differently for him, so you can’t compare. Smith I find alternates between wacky and serious, and that’s about it. Tennant had a good balance between wacky, serious, fun and emotional.
BUT:I like Moffat’s writing, but I don’t like the darker direction the series has taken.
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I agree completely Tennant was a great doctor. I’m still enjoying the Matt Smith episodes though, but I feel like he’s channeling David Tennant at the moment-he hasn’t discovered his own style.
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I felt the same way about Smith for his first few episodes, but I think after that he developed into his own Doctor. It is a bit similar to Tennant, I’ll admit, but then I don’t see much wrong with that.
I really wish Eccleston had hung around for at least one more series, like Rocketman said. It’s difficult to say he’s a better or worse Doctor when there’s so little material to work with. (But I guess the same could be said for McGann, whose name I may have spelled wrong, which in itself is a sign that I have already forgotten him)
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I think Smith plays a more emotional doctor then Tennant did – a nice change, and not unwelcome. I enjoyed the brief look we got into his ‘anger’ during the ep Demon’s Run – one of my favourites. More angry doctor would be interesting because he always tries to be so neutral and just about everything.
Eccleston I’m not sure how to feel about. Like you guys have pointed out there really isn’t enough material with him in it.
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NO SUCH THING AS OVERENTHUSIASTICALLY!
/HI 5
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TELL ME I MUST KNOW????
Also what’s up Doc?
Also also You are awesome for watching Doctor(I spellz it right for notty) Who? I was re-watching some episodes last week such a good show!
Too cryptic!!
In other news, I’m in a bit of a you-know mood, you might know why. I tried to get the thing going, but was hampered a little when someone did something. Still, when I think about it, it all turned out kind of all right, I guess.
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Sounds like it all sorta worked out! My overly vague comments will all make sense eventually. Just working some stuff out
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Oh man am I annoyed, my mate who’s at TAFE sitting in Diploma of Multimedia just came online & informs me they have an actual audio course within the subject this year, I am so annoyed, it’s all I wanted to do when I did the Cert IV Course back in 2010 x.x but we barely touched on it =(
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I should’ve seen it coming though honestly, since they re-did ALL the courses for this year & they told us all the courses were being refined to be more about the core subject & less to do with the general IT diploma & certificates.
Still, unfair D=
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@NotoriousR – We need to play co-op SR3 once Im done with SP… I have not tried it yet man. Im enjoying the game , not as much as you, but about 50% of the way through it.
I am past the part where you are just unlocking mini games and it is getting better.
Ill let you know when im done.
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I’m only 20%ish in, so it might be a while. I heard co op isn’t that great, but meh, may as well try it.
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I hit 50% completion yesterday, so look for me on Steam if you wanna do some Co-Op. From memory I think Gorzilla is playing SR3 atm, too.
Weird that we’re all playing it at the same time >.<
Sooo, Snuggle Truck is now out on steam. http://store.steampowered.com/app/111100/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1
Looks like it could be fun 😀
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I liked it better when it was called ‘Smuggle Truck’ where you had to smuggle your passengers over the border…
Why did they have to change it?? ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
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Also, happy new week to you all. TAY is truly crazy now. I did agree with Strange from p1 but also I think that twitter is much easier to keep up with, I still struggle to read everything, but there are mentions and stuff so if you are ever involved in a conversation, you are informed. We need that… BAD!
Anyway, off to another week. Have a good one peeps!
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I find the Twitters hard to follow, probably because I signed up for it to text me everytime I got an @ mention lol.
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I like that feature, but I have it so i only get a message when i am mentioned by a friend.. just stops you seeing all the spambot stuff.
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I get a spam bot mention me only once in a blue moon kinda thing anyway. So it’s mostly me being spammed by friends xD
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Hello everyone, I spent a good part of my weekend plowing through Final Fantasy XIII. Eight hours in, and I’m bored to death. What is with this game? The battles are the only thing that keep me going because the story is developing VERY SLOWLY and the exploration is, well, it’s non-existent. To anyone who has fought to the finish: is it even worth it? Please tell me. This game is seriously eating away at my motivation to play games altogether.
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If you have played 8 hours and you are bored stop. There is no point continuing with something that you don’t find fun. Play something truly fun instead.
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Hmmm, sounds like it might not be for you.
The story kept me mildly interested throughout. The story will start to make more sense as you keep going. It will probably get marginally better from where you are, but not explosively so.
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Even though I found the story a bit confusing it was still interesting enough for me to keep playing. I’m willing to say the ending scene is worth playing for just for the :O factor but it seems like FFXIII just isn’t up your alley.
Like pretty much any other FF fan I was disappointed by FFXIII. It wasn’t a horrible game by all means but it was nothing compared to previous FFs (in my opinion). I’m playing through FFXIII-2 atm and I’m having a lot of fun with it. The towns, general gameplay, everything just feels a whole lot better. Reviewers have said that the game is better than XIII in every aspect except for the story and I’ll have to agree.
Since you said you like the battles in XIII, give XIII-2 a go. Sounds like something you might like :). Rent it or something or buy it at EB for the 7 day return policy so you can always return it without losing anything (except your time :P)
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Hi Guys,
MELBOURNE MEAT!!!!!
THis coming Sunday the 12th of february
Lunch at Beerdeluxe (its Burgers and Beer, but I’m sure they have
things for the nondrinkers)
http://www.beerdeluxe.com.au/contact-us.htm
Followed by an arcade nearby if such a thing exists
Lunch around 12?
Let me know peoples would love to catch up with you lovely Melbourne Taybies 🙂
Also thanks to Tigerion for venue suggestions
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This is doable, there is also a map on that link if it helps. I’ll just carry a large sign saying I’m a ginger!
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You can just come via train to flinder street station, it’s pretty close to there. That’s how I’ll get there.
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via catapult and with parachute? This I would love to see!
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*Launches catapult*
Wait, I’m supposed to take a parachute??
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Meats you say? Alas I will be unable to attend this Meat, I’ll have my son all day while the wife is at work 🙁
Have an awesome meat though! The TAYbies are an epic bunch
Morning all 🙂 I just woke up and caught up on TAY
@Strange – I can’t speak for others but I don’t think of TABTOL as a competitive thing where I try to ‘rise up the ranks’. I skim the comments and when I find something interesting I’ll comment on it but because I’m interested in a lot of things, this leads to lots of commenting :P. I even try not to comment on some things. And although it may seem like I’m spamming, in all honesty I’m not. My post count throughout the week is usually low until the weekend. Not sure why but yesterday in particular I found the topics in TAY to be my liking and I commented A LOT. Maybe it’s because most of my friends don’t like gaming or discussing it, so I’ve got years and years worth of gaming related things to discuss :/
@fled – Nice pizza :D. Love the transformation from uncooked to cooked lol
@Virus__/scree – Playing DS/PSP (mainly DS though) just before I sleep is one of the best things to do. After a good session I always feel a little sleepy and find it’s easier to go to sleep. I tend to play text heavy games as well (Phoenix Wrights, Ghost Trick, Professor Laytons) which work well because reading all the text keeps me awake and interested, and those games can generally be saved at any time. Try it out some time Virus 😀
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It’s the opposite for me, I find. If I play games late at night my brain doesn’t switch off and will be too hot to sleep and I often will be awake all night. Like last night, I played SWTOR too late and now I’m exhausted 🙁
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I don’t really play console/PC games late at night because that’s what also happens to me. I find handheld games don’t do this and they’re generally less intense (can’t really find a word to describe it) than console/PC games. I’m also not a fan of playing RPGs on my handheld during this time because it has the same effect.
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Just because you commented a lot doesn’t mean you spam.
By the way, green is my favourite colour.-
Just in case it looked like I spammed, I just wanted to say something to justify it 🙂
Green is quite a lovely colour! o/ hi5!
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Evil Blaghman is wrong.
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I finally finished the DA2 Legacy DLC- is it just me, or was that one of the most interesting fights in the game?
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I enjoyed it, it had interesting level design.
(Then again, I thought the vanilla game’s boss fights, like the two end bosses, bordered on the ludicrous – at least with Corpyheus it makes sense)
So last night iwas thinking that i am going to ask my boss to transfr me to our Brisbane office at the end of the year. I think it is a solid plan and it would mean that A) i don’t have to find a new job and B) i don’t have to put up with my current work colleges. I think it is win-win and it would mean i would be doing the same sorta stuff that i like doing. I was quite proud of myself for thinking it up. It was so obvious i don’t know how i didn’t think of it before actually.
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Good idea mang. I think it’d be good for you to live in a big city, at least for a little while. You can always go back.
First exam is done and dusted. It was 3 hours, but i finished it in 1.5.
I blitzed every section accept for ONE small section on policies regarding exchange rates and how they are fairly represented etc… man that cam out of nowhere.
I left the examiner a nice note, though, so hopefully they’ll give me some points amongst all the BS i made up.
I’m pretty confident i did well, though.
Next up – marketing management on Thursday arvo.
COME AT ME BRO!!!
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It’s such a good feeling finishing acing an exam and leaving early. xD It’s like you’re owning your lecturer.
“Yeah, I finished in less time than you thought I would need! Alright.”
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Man i used to do high school exams in half the time and sit there for a hour. Then i would get my marks back and it was a B- cause i forgot to check something silly on a few questions. Not that will happen to you i am just sharing a similar story. GL HF DD
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Good job 😀
The time they give you for Uni exams is generally longer than it takes to complete them. I work fairly slow and I still finished most of my exams early. But go back and check just in case cause there’s no point in rushing things 😀
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I would suggest rewarding yourself with a day off study. Do something you like, watch some tv, play some SPAYCE MAURINE. I’ve found with exams if I tried to study on the day that I did an exam my brain would just overload and I wouldn’t absorb anything. Obviously didn’t have much choice if my next exam was the following day, but you said you’ve got ’til Thursday, so happy days.
NB: I imagine at this point in your education you’d have established what you can and can’t do RE: exam prep, but I found this to really help motivate me, knowing that after an exam I was done for the day (seeing the light at the end of the tunnel).
NB2: Also obviously, as with any advice grounded in personal experience, YMMV.
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ARE YOU A BOY OR A GIRL?
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Boy
wait was the question and why am i rendered in 2d sprites and how come you can’t tell my gender. Also why am i in my old next door neighbours house so early in the morning! -
AND THIS IS MY GRANDSON! ER WHATS HIS NAME AGAIN?
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PENIS!
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AHH THATS RIGHT! PENIS! WELL rocketman ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR ADVENTURE IN THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF POKEMON?
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I’m torn between just reporting his more blatantly rude comments, and trying to counter-dick his dickery. As much as I’d love to do the latter, I feel like that would put me on his level or something.
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Hehehe Counter dick, People have opinions, his maybe unintelligent and stupid but that doesn’t stop him saying them especially in a public forum. I would just try and provide counter evidence. If he still doesn’t agree just write him off as a lost cause.
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I was waiting for that i mean if you were a fish i could catch you so easily. Except you wouldn’t be a very nice to eat fish. Probably like a catfish or something!
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“Ohhhh adam believing the shit shoveled to you since day 1.” is not an opinion, nor is it anywhere near an appropriate counter-point to what Adam was pointing out.
I’m not saying to speak to him through logic, he clearly is a lost cause, I’m just saying it’s tempting to make him look like more of an arse by mimicking and mocking his methods of ‘argument’. But then, even using his crude methodology ironically still leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
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That is because he is a troll.
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Bish, if you think about it, you’ll know why.
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You are like kotaku Batmang looking out for justice of everyone wether they want it or not because you are the hero Kotaku needs not the one it deserves.
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I am having fun butchering brilliant cinema today aren’t I?
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I can confidently say that I am not above such methods.
Dignity? What’s that?
Not going to though. Times a valuable commodity at work. More valuable then baiting the trolls.
I just became acutely aware of how incredibly hungry I am.
Also, the fact that I have to find a store near where I am today that sells foodstuffs.
Also, a third factor.
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Oh man when i was at tafe there is no food store stuff within 20 minutes, so you have to drive 20 minutes into town only to drive 20 minutes back to tafe. super fun 40 minute lunch breaks
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The TAFE in Mackay is across the road from a pub. Lunchtime for my mates who went to TAFE was usually 4 hours, and they had competitions who could get the drunkest before exams.
#WishIWentToTAFE
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When i was at the other better tafe that was freaking 20 minutes out of town we would have 2 hour lunches with the teacher fella and have many beers. then leave at 2 oclock
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Good afternoon, TAY! I’ve been playing Xenoblade ever since I woke up because I was deprived of it over the weekend.
@Whoever wants to hear me waffle on about Xenoblade (I’ve ROT13’d some bits because of small spoilers):
Wow, some of these cutscenes can be epic! I wasn’t really expecting much because… well, I’m not sure why. 😛 Though it does suffer from fish-out-of-water mouth movements…
V qrsrngrq gur svefg ovt ebobg guvatb ynfg avtug (V guvax vg jnf Kbeq? Jr onggyrq ba n servtug ryringbe). Lrnu, gung jnf pbby. V jnf vzcerffrq jvgu ubj lbh arire ernyyl tbg n oernx va gung fprar (abeznyyl vg’q or yvxr geniry gb obff -> orng obff -> yrnir nern) ohg guvf bar jnf yvxr geniry gb obff -> orng obff -> orng obff ntnva -> yrnir nern -> orng nabgure obff kQ.
V’ir whfg fgnegrq gb uryc erohvyq Pbybal 6 abj. V unq fb zhpu gebhoyr qrsrngvat gur Ubk zbafgref (be jungrire gurl jrer) ba gur Ovbavf Yrt Oevqtr gubhtu. Gurl whfg xrcg fjnezvat zr (naq Funeyn ershfrq gb urny zr hagvy V jnf onfvpnyyl qrnq :C). V riraghnyyl znantrq gb yher gurz bar ol bar bss gur oevqtr gb orng gurz.
V’z abg fher jung V’z tbvat gb qb abj gung V unir 4 crbcyr va zl cnegl gubhtu. V jnag gb hfr Qhaona, ohg V qba’g jnag gb trg evq bs Erla/Funeyn :C (Naq V qba’g guvax erfreirf trg nal nssvavgl jura gurl nera’g hfrq?). V’z tynq gung rirelobql tnvaf RKC ng bapr gubhtu fb gurl nyy fgnl gur fnzr yriry.
All in all, I’m having a good time with it. xD
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What’s that you say Powalen? Xenoblade discussion!?!! 😀
(I don’t consider these spoilers so I’m not rot13ing all of it)
The biggest non-break you’ll have is at the end at the ‘point of no return’ they literally do not let you save so make sure you have plenty of spare time!
I remember that particular quest being hard because the monsters are a higher level than you. I think I died badly when I first tried so I just tried again later at a higher level 🙂
Vg’f cerggl boivbhf ohg jura lbh qb erohvyq Pbybal 6, Whwh jvyy nfx lbh jurgure lbh’er ernql gb zbir be abg. Vs lbh qba’g jnag gb zvff bhg ba nal dhrfgf znxr fher lbh qb nyy bs gurz ng gur pnzc orsber tbvat nf gurl jvyy orpbzr creznaragyl zvffnoyr.
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You don’t have to worry about me not having any spare time. I’m pretty much made of spare time these days. xD
And yup, I made sure to finish off all of those mini quests before going too far. (I didn’t know what the clock symbol on the quest list meant at first… I’m so used to not having to read game manuals for that sort of information these days. :P)
Bu, naq V sbetbg gb fnl: Rneyl ba va gur tnzr V jnf FB fubpxrq jura Svben qvrq. V nffhzrq fur jbhyq or n znva punenpgre guebhtubhg gur ragver tnzr, fb jura fur jnf trggvat orngra hc V whfg nffhzrq fbzrbar jbhyq fnir ure fbzrubj. kQ V jbhyqa’g or fhecevfrq vs fur pnzr onpx fbzrubj (ab fcbvyref! kQ) ng gur raq bs gur tnzr gubhtu. V qhaab…
Bu, nabgure guvat: V yvxr gung va phgfprarf lbh trg gb frr lbhe punenpgref va gurve nezbhe. Irel pbby. (Rkprcg gurl nyfb nccrne va gur fnzr nezbhe qhevat synfuonpxf, rira gubhtu V qvqa’g unir gur nezbhe gura… Pna’g unir vg nyy V fhccbfr :C)
Oh, and ANOTHER thing: Some of these armour options for the women are ridiculous haha. At one point the strongest armour I could give was called ‘Diver Top’ or something, which was a bikini top. xD While Reyn resembles a tank on two legs with his massive armour. It’s a fantasy game so I can’t really complain, but it’s just funny.
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Unun lrnu V jnf gbgnyyl fubpxrq ol gung gbb. Ohg ure ibvpr cvffrq zr bss fb jva jva V thrff? yby…
The cutscene armour thing works 2 ways for me. It’s cool to see your armour but sometimes the armour is just so damn ridiculous that it’s kinda stupid and can often ruin the more serious cutscenes :P. I don’t mind the flashback armour thing though since you rarely see it.
I’ve often didn’t use the best armour because it just looked so stupid. Some of the designs in the armour are just so bad :/ (I’m talking about genuine designs, the bikini/swimsuit ones are actually quite funny). I don’t really like to mix and match so I tended to keep a similar looking set for each character :P. Weapon designs are pretty cool though 🙂
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I suppose never seeing Madonna in leotards ever again is a small price to pay for world peace.
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I’d say it’s win-win. The trailer for “4 Minutes” still gives me nightmares.
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i watched that with my mum who assured my madonna was older than her. I felt slightly sick thinking of my mum doing that and being on film
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When I got into work today I found that the VF-1A on my desk has been rotated 180 degrees. Should I suspect the cleaners or has a coworker been interfering with my Valkyrie?
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No you should make a television series based on how perceptive you are, and call it negative zeros solves cases and stuff. It will air straight after midget doctors from outer space
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I lost a little respect for morgan freeman when i found out he was marrying his step granddaughter. I mean really that is just stuffed up. He would of read her bed time stories and stuff.
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Avengers Super Bowl Trailer
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/05/the-avengers-super-bowl-trailer_n_1256245.html
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Literally seconds away from posting it 😛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGt-saFvkNk for the youtube link.
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the guy IS Thor
Fixed that one for you 😉
he now is my messiah 😛
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Hey everyone. I just realised it’s been about two weeks since I posted here. That seems simultaneously like a really long time and not that long at all. Woke up this morning with a bad migraine and there was no form of pain medication anywhere in the house. Not exactly the best way to start your day.
Spent most of the weekend switching between playing TOR, Alice: Madness Returns, Mirrors Edge and Dark Souls.
Mirrors Edge is an amazing game, I regret not playing it sooner. Platforming through a 3d world in first person is a lot of fun. I also love those animated cutscenes that play between the levels. If I had to find any flaw with the game it would be when you’re forced to engage cops or security in combat. It just feels really out of place from both a gameplay perspective and also from a story perspective.
Dark Souls is also a lot of fun. There are a few things I’m a little disappointed with, such as NPC’s mouths not moving when you talk to them, but all round it’s still a great game. I wish I’d known before hand that you actually looked like an undead when you’re undead in the game because I would have spent far less time in the character creator. It’s sort of cool that they made it like this but at the same time I actually want to look like the character I created.
I do have a sort of funny story about something that happened to me in Dark Souls yesterday. I was fighting the Taurus Demon again for the millionth time and it actually looked like I might win this one when suddenly it jumped backwards off the wall and fell to its death. It was the most unexpected thing and I love how stuff like that can happen in this game.
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In Mirror’s Edge, you can avoid engaging most enemies simply by knowing where to run. That’s not true for the later levels, where I feel like the game somewhat lost direction, but I did work on a little theory why it kind of fits.
Basically, Faith doesn’t like being indoors or being confronted. Her instinct is to run and that is more difficult in a closed, indoors environment compared to an open rooftop environment. Dealing with enemies is similar. She is naturally unarmed and when facing down people with guns the best approach is to be somewhere else.
It doesn’t help that the combat sections towards the end tend to be inside, where the two issues combine for a rather frustrating experience.
But at least you can attempt to justify it with claustrophobia.
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Very much so.
If you have to deal with an enemy, disarm them and run. Or if they have a big gun, disarm them and shoot their buddies with said big gun.
Works particularly well with the slow down provided from runner vision.
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Mirror’s Edge was one of those under appreciated gems. I really enjoyed it and it felt like one of those games that had its flaws but was still awesome.
I’ve always thought a sequel would be great because they could address those issues and make one of those games where the sequel is better than the first in nearly every aspect. I was kinda bummed when EA announced they weren’t going to do one, only to announce that they still were. But I have a feeling we’ll never see one and if we do, it won’t sell well 🙁
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Downloadable titles work well for certain games. Mirror’s Edge was a pretty game and I know graphics aren’t everything but I can’t help but to think it might not look as good as a small downloadable title, I’m also not a fan of digital downloads because I like owning a physical copy. But I’ll make an exception if Mirror’s Edge does this.
I’m happy for all the success Double Fine has with their downloadable titles compared to their previous unsuccessful, but just as good disc based games. It also annoys me that some publishers choose to go disc based when they could do so much better making it a cheaper PSN or XBLA title (Rayman Origins…). Never played it but it does look good and it sucks that it isn’t selling well… If I recall, someone said that if it did sell well that would help to speed up the development process for Beyond Good & Evil 2 🙁 (another title which a sequel would be perfect for)
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Once you have the engine though, it’d be quite easy for them to update with new levels/courses
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Oh yeah! a level creator/community levels would be an awesome addition 🙂
Now you’re getting me all excited for something that doesn’t exist :/
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Sucks to hear about the headache, hope it goes away soon.
I beat the Taurus Demon in the same way hahaha
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I didn’t get much further than past the Taurus Demon. Beat him the second time by using firebombs.
So the old adage is true: “Kill it with fire!”
I don’t really get why people say they were forced to engage the cops with combat. I played through it and only shot one person, on the last level when you have to destroy the servers. My tactic, run around like a crazed fool near the servers, thus making the guards destroy them themselves, then knock the guards out one by one.
But then there was that guy up on the walkway. I couldn’t figure out how to get to him, so I just gave up and shot him…
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Yup.
Also, bad luck on missing out on the Test of Faith achievement.
My first playthrough, I went for that achievement and it kind of spoiled things when I did have to confront the cops but the use of disarming pretty much limited me to running around hoping to isolate someone.
Also those runner cops. Boy was that a bad idea.
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Yeah same thing for me 😛
Probably would of had more fun if I just shot everything (was so tempting!) but didn’t want to miss out on the achievement :/
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I’m not an achievement whore but I saw that achievement and thought it might prove to be an interesting challenge.
When I played through the second time, I made full use of the weapons available to me and it was a much less frustrating experience. I wouldn’t say more fun but it did allow for some of the more irritating sections to be tolerable.
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I didn’t even think the Origin PC version had achievements… :/
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Oh I always forget about PC achievements!
I rarely play PC games so it’s all console games for me 😛
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I saw the achievement for going through the game without shooting anyone so I did that the first time through 😛
Made it a lot harder and frustrating but still enjoyable 🙂
Sounds like you missed out on it D: (the semi-achievement/trophy whore I am sympathises with you)
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I went for this achievement too, and I think playing the game this way made it much more fun than it would otherwise have been.
I guess the solution to your ‘looking undead’ is to use up your humanity to “Reverse Hollowing” at every possible opportunity. :7
Faux DarkSouls-Troll fled,
And you should make sure your console is online, and run circuits of Darkroot Gardens
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You know what you should use the internet for
FINDING A JOB YOU LAZY SLACKER
but seriously that would be funny just be like to your dad when i had the internet back i could find a job hahaha. The wait until you get kicked out of the house.
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“Experienced Administrator”? Rocket, I’m perfectly capable to finding jobs that I can apply for.
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hahah
i just want you to be happy friend, and seriously you would be so much happier if you weren’t bored all day everyday. Plus did you read the ad it is basically describing your annoying mannerism and saying they are positive things!
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Bahahaha, oh Rocketman.
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I hate myself so much now, I read over that trying to make no grammatical errors or spelling mistakes. I can’t even make a single comment without sounding like a complete moron.
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Rocketman, despite how I mock you for it, language isn’t everything. At least you tried, so that’s good enough for me.
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i will never get used to you doing that will I?
Sigh, oh well at least i am cared about by some people better to be recognised then ignored 🙂
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i think you’re a good friend Rocket. Don’t let the world get you down!
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I try very hard to be a good person, it doesn’t always go so well, but nobody is perfect. Plus me and blaghs are basically the same person, we finished school and were fairly lost at what do to, I got a lucky break he didn’t Also he has an ability to spell and use grammar. Whereas i have no talent for words.
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You are a good person Rocketman, I cannot imagine anybody not being your friend.
Also you may not be the best at the grammars but you usually have good stuff to say. And it’s the Internets so who cares.
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I wanna do more duo queue its fun plus since you arent the majority we can play our terrible team mates!
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TRENDAMHHHHYYYYYRRRRR
TRONDMAARRRRRRRR
TRINDAMOOOORRRRRRAnd I’m sure to everyone else this makes perfect sense.
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Its funny cause it barely makes sense to me as well.
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Man I played some LoL over the weekend. Is Riot looking for a lawsuit with that Sejuani char or did they get special permission or something?
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Word association chain that played out in my mind:
lawsuit -> lolsuit -?-> Bob Loblaw -> muffled chuckle at my desk with weird looks from coworkers
Thanks Harli. Thanks.
Faux Totally-Reputable-And-Not-Dodgy-Lawyer fled,
After all, why should you go to jail for a crime somebody else noticed?-
I.. er.. you’re wel- wait, what? Huh?!?
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Nevermind, ignore it.
T(oo)S(hort);M(ore)I(nfo):
[is there something more standard as an inverse for “TL;DR”?]Nevermind, was attempting to blame you for something rather trivial that was pretty much my own fault.
Faux Responsible fled,
Stops blaming others for getting weird looks from coworkers in quiet office environment for at least the rest of the day
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If Bob Boblaw lobs a law bomb then Riot better call Saul.
I don’t actually know what they’re ripping off in particular here but there are more than a few characters in League of Legends that are pretty transparent rip offs. Fizz is a particularly blatant example.
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Oh god, we’re back on the topic of Bob Loblaw, are we Trjn?
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Yes, yes we are.
Because fled made the joke and I saw an excuse to combine two references for fun and profit!
It’s what I do.
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I’m kinda bad at this self promotion stuff, but my band finally has a song up. So I guess check it out, or something.
Full disclosure, it’s probably not for everyone.
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Holy shit – that is definitely my type of music!!1
Must…mosh..now…This song would kill live! Awesome stuff man!! sooo fething awesome!!!
What do you play in the band?
BWOAH BWOAH BWOAH YAH YAH YAH BWOOOAAHHHHHHH!!!!
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I’m just trying to avoid Stranges wrath.
An angry woman is possibly the most potent weapon man has ever created. But it was too much for them to control.
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I’m actually 63; I just age really well.
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Damn your abnormal genetics!
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OMG me too! /hi5
we must have something in common
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Did I do this to you? :’3
now I plan to take over the WORLD with mlp!!!!
mwaha hahahahaHAHAHAHAH.aslo, hi.
I keep accidentally clicking on these HTC Velocity ads. Apparently the white space to the left of the comments counts as part of the ad. This is gonna drive me insane all week (or however long it stays here).
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YES! Happens to me to. I have that pop-up blocker thing though but still annoying…
I find that this also happens a lot of other sites where I unwillingly click on the side only to have an ad pop up (Zavvi :/)
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at least it’s not as annoying as the Darkness II ad they kept having here invading my comment space 😛
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*tries to click REPLY*
2K’s Youtube page opens…
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
*notices Darkness II add blocking comments*
*waits patiently for it to go away*
*clicks*2K’s Youtube page opens…
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
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This, oh so much this 😛
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Why do none of the decent carriers offer iPhones on < 24 month contracts? I want a new phone but don't want to be locked to the same handset for two years, unable to upgrade – I went through that with my 3GS already.
Man, I wish Freeze had thought of the idea for The Tube in November. I totally would have won NaNoWriMo with this concept!
Why, Freeze, WHY?
Here’s what I’m talking about: http://shanewsmith.com/blog/category/the-tube
(Posts go up daily, five have been published, twelve have been written – YES, TWELVE!)
I was having a chat with Serrels yesterday about that pirated games article and I’ve noticed that playing dodgy games has pretty much cost me a lot of enjoyment on the DS. Back when I bought physical copies of games i’d sink at least 30 hours into each one, but since getting an R4 card i don’t even give totally awesome games the time of day.
I was at Paddy’s Markets a few months ago looking though one of those shady game stalls (this guy had copies of MK for sale) and he had a PS3/PC loader setup. It’s a little jailbreaking gadget that allows you to copy games onto your HDD. I could have bought one, but i had just finished RDR at the time, it was a game that i might have never given a go had i not waited 4 weeks for eBay to bring it.
Anyway, no console piracy for me. Sire, i have to pay more. But i consider it my enjoyment tax.
Anyone else just never get that feeling of actually enjoying a game if they didn’t pay for it?
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Very very much in agreement. It is possible to enjoy a pirated game, but far more likely to be sympathetic if the investment starts prior to playing (i.e. purchase, or extraordinarily involved piracy process :P)
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Yeah pretty much.
If I pay for something it’s like I want to get my money’s worth so I’ll take my time and really play through it. I’m not just taking about pirated console games but mainly games I didn’t pay for. I like to borrow games from friends who and whenever I play a borrowed game I’ll rush for some reason (rushed ME2 recently…). I don’t think I’ve ever 100%’d a free/borrowed game.
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Oh and something about owning an actual legit physical copy feels awesome. I like looking at my game collection just because it feels gooood 🙂
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I can confirm that this is entirely true.
Particularly if you own enough physical media to build a throne to sit upon.
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Exactly, I’m a sucker for that hoarder sort of attitude. That’s part of why I’ve never traded in or given away any of my games, either.
I don’t think I’ve ever pirated a game, actually. I much prefer the satisfaction of buying and having a fancy new copy of a game in my hands, it may sound stupid but there’s something about it that just feels…cool. :p
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Yeah I like to keep my games too. I have traded some in, in the past but nothing that I will or have generally missed.
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Mmm feels good
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i bought those sleeves that condenses the size of my collection considerably… mainly because my “better” half was getting sick of all the space my collections were taking up… that having been said, looking at a collection and think “oh yeah” does feel good man
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I could never do that. The cases are the most important part. If I did that I’d be taking the discs out and putting them aside and still having a shelf of empty cases.
One day I want to be able to have a room like a library in one of those crazy traditional mansions but it’s all DVD/BDs and games. Floor to ceiling. All the walls. Ladder on rollers to access it all.
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Oh I’m definitely doing that if and when I become rich : D
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I was using smaller-sized IKEA ‘Benno’ shelves for mine, only they’ve stopped making them 🙁 So if I ever want more I’m SOL, got to buy something twice as deep designed for books.
I agree, which is why I prefer to buy my software now. I used to pirate stuff a fair but but I was much younger and in the case of the Dreamcast where I was at my worst, it was a case of the stuff not being available to buy easily anyway.
I have an R4 equivalent for my DS but only use it to store copies of my games that I had legitimately purchased (a godsend since they were put into a box that disappeared when I moved house) and stuff I wanted to try out before committing to (my rule, if I enjoy playing it for at least an hour, delete it and buy a copy). Also in the PSP’s case, it’s better for battery life and load times to run games off memory and not the UMD, plus playing undubs. Same for PS2, I got mine chipped to play imports only. The only piracy there is the fact I’ve got some undub hacks on the hard drive (I have the network adapter and a 20gb drive in my system). Actually in the PSP’s case I need to redo the custom firmware, I’m running one that’s old enough that I can’t play Tactics Ogre on it at all. 🙁 Crashes on the first battle.
I find I don’t really value my games much anyway regardless of legitimacy, since I just don’t play through enough of them and keep on moving to new ones without finishing the old ones.
Pirating on my DS sort of had the reverse effect on me. I got my DS during second year uni, so I had something to do on the hour long travel to and from uni, so gaming became a bigger part of what little recreational time I could cram in. Those 2 and a bit hours a day was the only consistent gaming I could get in, and it sure as hell made travelling on public transport even better.
And then I was just like “… I really enjoyed that game. I should buy it.”, and even as a poor uni student I always found money for something on Play Asia. And I really enjoy having physical copies of games, too.
Not that it’s any justification, but pirating DS games lead to me buying a lot of DS games I enjoyed because there was no limitation on games I could sample.
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OGS saved me here, I’m half way through my degree at the moment and I was always missing out on so many games. Now I pretty much get every game I want… I have the most revolting pile of shame now (Finished Skyrim yesterday so I can start working on that now). Also on top of this this is my first post in TAY and I just have to say you people are all wonderful!
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Hahahaha! Glad you like it, my last name is Flynn and it’s a weird evolution of that. =)
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I very much so agree with this statement… there’s a lot of games i would have missed out on, had i not pirated them, because my money was scarce and i would only spend them on a sure investment, so if i had the slightest doubt about a game i would give it a miss…
as Bish said, at least pirating allowed me to sample games, and if i found them of decent quality, i would always buy them…
of course now that i am now longer a student, i actually have a disposable income and my entire collection on all consoles are legit \o/-
Yeah this as well. Totally wouldn’t have played or discovered so many great games if it wasn’t for pirating but since I’m a student with no job, I therefore don’t have the money to go back and buy them. I really want to but I just have no money :(. I’ve seriously thought about doing it but because I beat the pirated game I don’t have enough motivation to buy a game and not play it. That’s why I make an effort to buy future games in the series (which I’ve done/will do)
There’s also some games that I buy anyway even though I can easily pirate them (Pokemon!)
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Pretty much, if i knew it was good/had played it somewhere else already, i would just buy it, Pokemon and Professor Layton springs to mind, cause i was a champ and stood in line to buy Pokemon Black when it came out… it’s not like i was the tallest one in the Lineup… okay i was… on the oldest /o\….
anyway, yeah, if i knew they were good already, i’d buy them straight up
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i will admit, i used to pirate games, A LOT
had my PS2 chipped, and i think i’d have about nearly 50 or more pirated games, and then i started pirating PC games as well, oh, and don’t look at my DS or my PSP…
but now it’s weird, i’ve almost completely grown out of it now, and i honestly think it goes to the fact that i got a job xD i mean, now i have enough money to buy games that i want, and not have to pirate games.
sooooooooo, to solve piracy justt get everyone jobs, eeeeeeyep…
TL;DR: I agree that titles that are pirated are valued less.
Professionally, I have an EE and SE background. I find that I really enjoy techy stuff, and this leaks into my hobbies a bit.
I enjoy finding out how things work. There are different views on this, but I consider someone tinkering with consumer electronics they purchase to be roughly equivalent to someone tinkering with their car in their garage at home. Now, in specific terms, I’ve spent a fair bit of time playing about with the internals of a few modern consoles. For at least one of them that comes to mind, it approximates an interesting piece of devkit for some exotic(ish) hardware, at a very reasonable price, with some neat peripheral devices attached.
Now, around groups and individuals that play with this sort of stuff, there are always that ‘group’ that almost seems to feign interest in the technical aspects in order to leverage piracy. I have no interest in this angle, but unfortunately, for many people, the ‘tinkerers’ and the ‘piraters’ are one-and-the-same.
I see people of the piracy inclination proudly talking about the number of titles they have in their collection, or the number of things they’ve played – but the idea that you present that people have have a much lower sense-of-value of titles that are pirated? I could not agree more.
I try not to be too preachy about this, because people in these sorts of groups typically don’t react well to it… but the justification about why they believe it’s ok to do it seems to fall into a few categories:
* Can’t afford the titles (this is associated with some weird sense of entitlement… to be able to effectively one-sidedly negotiate the price of the title to a token amount, or even nothing)
* The game is crap, so it’s not worth buying (but worth playing?)
Going off topic a bit, people who are interested purely in the ‘techy’ stuff (in my experience) tend to be interested in the accessibility of homebrew apps – people being able to run code they’ve written themselves on these interesting hardware platforms. It’s unfortunate that often these same methods are used to leverage piracy-related pursuits.
I think it would be great for modern console makers to follow Microsoft’s lead with regard to what it has done with XNA and indy games on their marketplace, I think it’s a move in the right direction to enable people to be able to play with their consoles without the (obviously necessary) security framework becoming a large hurdle that needs to be overcome.
Of course, the counter-argument is along the lines of “consumer consoles are for playing games, not dev’ing. If you want to dev, go get the official devkit”. Unfortunately, devkit is usually rather expensive… outside the budget of your average tinkerer, and while the retail versions may be lacking some cool features like proper debugging, the core functionality of “being able to run stuff” is still present.
Anyway, I’ve rambled about this for long enough and is quite different to my ususal frivilous and flippant comments. If you got this far, congratulations. The secret word is ophthalmologist. I imagine in the time it has taken me to write this out, we’re on to page 4 already. That’s ok – I saved some time by not bothering revise what I wrote for coherency and sense.
Faux Engineer fled,
Engineering? Aaaaaaaaffirmative.
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You can’t just buy a console devkit. You need to be a registered developer and stuff, or endorsed by a publisher or the like.
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I’ve heard there is supply/demand for this sort of stuff (for at least some consoles – I’ve not idea how broad the scope is) separate to the official channels (aka dodgy second hand, most definitely breaking agreements with the original supplier of the equipment), that care much less about these requirements.
Faux Word-On-The-Street fled,
I read a some words on a street. They said “NO STANDING”.
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What are you talking about, we had plenty of men down in the end zone
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh you’re a pats fan, I’ll leave you in your corner then
Outlook corrupted my mailbox. Started a repair at around 11am. It’s now 2:15pm and I don’t know if it’s actually doing anything. Having spent at least an hour scanning the file looking for errors, it brought me up a thing I could click to ‘repair’. Clicked. Inbox Repair Tool is ‘not responding’ and I don’t know if that means someone forgot to make it update the GUI while it’s working, or if it’s actually locked up. Tempted to just throw it away and start over, my mail is on our exchange server anyway.
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PST files are nasty, the couple of times I have had issues I haven’t been able to recover them. That said it has been a version or two since I tried, it may have improved
Either way good luck
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I was asked to upgrade our PST support a while back and handed the documentation for the format. It’s like 120 pages. And when I started reading it I began to rock backward and forward while babbling about non-Euclidean geometry and the three-lobed burning eye.
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For all its faults, Outlook is a million times better than Lotus Notes. I pity anyone who’s stuck on the Lotus stuff still, it should have died a decade ago.
(Standard disclaimer about working for Microsoft here)
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I find it easier, mostly, to rename the Ost file and let it recreate, that takes 5 minutes and if it fails repair the file
Ok when I was saying Riot was looking for a lawsuit back on page 2, I was referring to the fact that when the hero Sejuani is chosen she says, “Winter is coming”
Blatant rip-off!!
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But “Winter is coming” are the words of House Stark while the boar is the animal for House Crakehall!
Clearly not a ripoff.
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Do you really think that they could be sued for using that line? LoL is filled with pop culture references, they’re no more illegal than those in, for instance, Warcraft 3.
In the case of say, Mordekaiser, all of his abilities reference songs, but they’re just words.
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That line has been in pop culture since 1996 when the book was written.
Very unlikely that they would get sued for that, if only because that line is much more widely know on the internet rather than actual pop-culture.
And I am pretty sure they wouldn’t have trademarked or got a copyright on that phrase.
Whilst on imgur looking at NegativeZero and my own game collection I noticed these two pics on the side that made me lol
http://imgur.com/gallery/kc4CP
(will post 2nd link as reply)
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You should consider going on Reddit some time, seeing as both of those things showed up on the front page lately (imgur was set up by a Redditor and is the image hosting service of choice, which is why pretty much everything on there is from Reddit).
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Yeah it showed up on the side as the most viewed pics of the day :/. Totally forgot that it probably came from Reddit. I also forgot that some TAYbies also go on Reddit, I haven’t been browsing Reddit lately but guess I shouldn’t repost stuff from Reddit.
Oh well let’s just say it’s for those of us who don’t go on Reddit 😛
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I was just saying you could have seen it sooner :p
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You don’t need to visit Reddit, Luke Plunkett will repost the best stuff for you to read on Kotaku.
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Except there’s more than r/gaming and r/funny, and this way you can skip this horrible attempt at justifying it as an article :p
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In the wedding one, they’ve photoshopped it so that there is a raptor photobombing the picture (it’s circled in red).
In the other one, it’s just a response to some arguments about football/handegg and imperial/metric.
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that awesome moment when you meet new people, and casually mention ponies, then time and space freezes as that person looks at you, extends out her hand and says “brohoof?”
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I can honestly say that I have never been a part of a conversation where ‘casually mention ponies’ has been a dialogue option.
..and i’ve played BOTH Mass Effect games.
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would you also believe that i slipped ponies into a converstaion about dubstep?
TRY AND FIND A DIALOG TREE FOR THAT!
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Funnily enough, I can’t manage to convince my sister (who grew up with the original stuff) to watch it. Despite that I know she’d enjoy it.
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i have $980.00 to spend on tools in 4 days before it runs out. I wonder if a laptop counts as tools for my job! In reality i have very little to spend it on that i need. I am thinking of buying all new shit and keeping it at home!
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Bahaha, just buy a part for a Laser. And then every time you have the ability to do, buy another part. Since you can theoretically put one back together, you should be able to make a doom weapon. And I know it’s a part, not a tool, but shush now.
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$980 worth of duct tape.
Then when you transfer down to Brisbane, use all of it to secure the entire office to the entire office :p
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Please good sir never prank me i don’t think i could take it!
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You remember that Bunny’s too lazy to actually do that, right?
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Otherwise I’d have conquered the world by now.
Or at least some reasonably large chunk of it.
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oh man dem sports, did you see when that team had that guy that got the ball and then used his golf bat to get it through the hoop… that twirl he did on his skates was AMAZING…
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what?
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AUstralia won but the did the reduced over for because of the rain australia got 215 off 32 overs and india were all out for 151. Mitchell stark bowled really well i thought. That about sums it up!
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Rain shortened play, Australia still annihilated India by 65. Brett Lee broke his toe and is out for at least 6 weeks, so they’ve recalled Hilfenhaus to the side for the next one (why the heck was he left out in the first place?)
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Wait… Brett Lee is still playing? I saw his autobiography in stores the other day and assumed he was at least retired, and/or prematurely old.
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I believe has has retired from test cricket, is still playing some of the one day and 20 / 20 stuff
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Man i was watching Saitvicious stream yesterday. He was playing Ad carry soraka, the thing is i am pretty sure he is the biggest dickhead i have ever watched. He is so arrogant and show offy and just a terrible person in general whereas dan dinh seems to barely know what he is doing in the jungle and he often does silly things that remind me of me. Its a hard compromise, watch someone who is good but a dick or average and actually interesting to watch. I would much rather watch the oddone who is the best of both worlds.
While we are at it, i have heard near nothing on the lions recruitment for this year. I wonder if they got any good picks?
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I didn’t pay attention to the draft this year, but looking at the Wikipedia article we got Billy Longer, Sam Docherty, Elliot Yeo and Patrick Weardon.
Looking them up:
Billy Longer – Ruckman who captained Vic Metro. Good tap work, overhead skills (marking/spoiling) and apparently excels at stoppages.
Sam Docherty – Rebounding defender in the Josh Drummond mold (without the soft tissue injury issues) that has picked up some good stats in the TAC cup.
Elliot Yeo – Medium defender (think Joel Patful) with some pretty good athletic ability. Had great scores in vertical jump (equally NicNat’s record) and 20m sprint at the draft camp.
Patrick Weardon – No idea. Apparently a forward but what I can find makes it look like he’s a midfielder or possibly just a general utility player.
I’ll just wait until the season starts to get into things. It’s nice to be surprised by the new kids. Like Patty Karnezis and Todd Banfield.
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Karnezis was a revelation and banefield is such a handy player to have in the forwards. Every team needs a guy who runs and tackles that hard in the forward line
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Banfield is a brilliant player. Well, he will be if he can turn into a one-touch players. This fumbling about when trying to gain possession is really holding him back.
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Breaking TAY
Serious business.
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Sports isn’t a waste of time, not in my opinion anyway, sports are great for taking your mind off something for a while and having a “team” you support is actually pretty thrilling when you watch there games . I have enjoyed sports for ages and i also enjoy video games. I think it is kind of nerd culture to hate all sports just because its what the athletic an popular kid do and that just isn’t right. Everyone can enjoy sports both watching and playing and i think having enjoyed both i can comment being unbiased on both.
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Really, watching sports is no different from any other form of entertainment. The only difference between television, books, movies, video games and sports is that you hope sports is unscripted and the other mediums you hope the writers have some idea about what they’re doing.
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I don’t think it’s a waste of time, I’d just prefer to spend my time either reading, playing games or
breaking TAYdoing other stuff.
I sorta follow the Brisbane teams on the sports part of the news though…-
you can do all of those things you don’t have to be restricted to one form of entertainment. I just really hate the “nerd” on tv who are portrayed as socially awkward and know nothing of pop culture and such. People don’t have to fit into some generic hole made from the mass media and then judge themselves accordingly. Also some people just don’t get sports which i am cool with as long as they don’t call everyone who enjoys them meatheads who are idiots.
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Amusingly, the other representation of a nerd is someone so enveloped in pop culture that they have ignored the world around them.
Pretty much like me.
It seems the two things connecting those stereotypes is that nerds can’t deal with other people.
Being an introvert is bad! That’s the message TV is trying to preach.
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Irony thou art a heartless bitch. Introverted people don’t watch tv at all!
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I’m not entirely sure you know what introverted means.
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Methinks it’s more a case of them being too introverted to say anything about how derpy it is :p
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I agree with Lambo except the part about State of Origin. I find sports very boring to watch and would much rather play it myself.
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Are you saying that Harli doesn’t understand sports?
Is that because she’s a girl?
Rocketman, for shame!
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What is this, i treat everyone the same or at least i try to.
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Playing something and watching something are two different types of enjoyment.
I could tie it to the whole eSports thing, but really if you’re watching something for entertainment you’re looking for something different than if you’re playing it for entertainment.
Passive and active entertainment and all that.
So saying that you prefer active entertainment says nothing about the quality of passive entertainment, just that you prefer not to take part in it.
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A logical explanation and one that I am willing to accept.
Since everyone else is posting their opinions on sport I’ll do it too!
I like watching it but don’t do it as often as I used to (because I don’t watch TV)
I like playing it but would rather do something else eg. gaming. I’m pretty good at them if I can be bothered which is never the case 🙂
I’m going to add my name to the list of people who can’t be bothered reading through comments anymore 😛
That being said i did quickly glance through the stuff on this page…
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You no want read comments? Free time now for you to make read novella free.
http://shanewsmith.com/blog/category/the-tubeYes, that’s right. I’m posting it AGAIN.
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hahahaha well this isn’t fun anymore.
Instructions
1. no one can leave anymore
2. if they do leave i get their stuff
3. Sell said stuff on ebay-
Don’t fret – i’m not leaving – i just am a little overwhelmed. lol
That’s right.. Kotaku’s ex #1 spammer is overwhelmed.
sue me*
*please don’t sue me
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Oh dear Loops, there must be problems.
And anyway, you haven’t been our biggest spammer in quite a while. 😛
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Too late, I’ve already got my lawyer writing up the letter. 😛
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Hey, TAY. As of 24 hours ago I’m back in Australia. Spent the last 18 hours catching up on sleep. \o/
@Greenius: You did Lawn Bowls? So did I! 😀 *honorary old geezer o/*
Since you’re in Melbourne, I’m guessing you were in the Bowls Association schools competition thing? It had different schools to the APS, I remember. (I was at SKC, btw)
(As well as being an awesome way to avoid actually physical movement, lawn bowls is actually pretty fun. We had barbeques and everything that the club members organised)
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Welcome back! You were missed, at least to the extent that someone who posted regularly in TAY can be missed 😛
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Bastion.
Faux Reminder-Note fled,
Hey, Listen! Hey, Listen! Hey, Listen! Hey, Listen! Hey, Listen! Hey, Listen!-
Haha, thanks! NotoriousR also reminded me on Twitter and I managed to get it done this morning.
Will probably start it tonight, really looking forward to it.
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Thank god, I can now keep updated with current events through twitter. While you were gone I had NO IDEA what was going on in the world…
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Sounded like an amazing holiday 🙂
Haha yeah me and my mates did bowls : D (Caulfield Grammar School btw)
Twas the best! So much BBQ sasuages and other free food… nomnomnom
I’m surprised you saw the post
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Okay, I’m relaxed. We can always win it next year…
*deep breath*
What are some good freeware pc games?
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All the games are free when you download them illegally!
By which I mean I don’t know. I haven’t really payed attention to Shareware of Freeware since I stopped being a Mac gamer.
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All my friends had consoles. I had a mac. All my friends had decent PC’s. I had a mac. It was a hard life, I’ll tell you that. Though, I did play a lot of emulated arcade game.
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I was lucky because when I turned about 13 or 14 my Dad got a PC for use at home. It was a Pentium 100, cutting edge at the time. So I still got to play TIE Fighter. But we continued to have a Mac as well so we’d sort of flip-flop between the two until finally going all PC because the Mac seemed to have died as a platform (this was just before The Second Coming of Steve)
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We were Mac through the dark times, and were there for the glory of Steve’s return. The first PC that was actually my house’s computer(as opposed to my Dad’s work laptop), we got in 06, from memory, and god it was bad. The first PC I had that I could run real games on was a Mac, derp, a 2008ish MacBook Pro, but, by that point I already had a 360, so I was a dirty console gamer for a while.
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Better than my team, the Dolphins, who haven’t done anything for a long long time.
Maybe it’s time for a change…
Hi TAY,
So, it just occured to me that this is a gaming site yet, I haven’t been talking about games. *sigh*
Well I’m up to the Lanayru area in SS but all my batteries are dying so I need to wait for them to charge D;
Today we had to draw what represents you and what you like doing. So, I drew a pony and a few game things. But I didn’t know how do draw TAY =(
And that pretty much my day. How are you all?
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Don’t worry. Most gaming sites actually exist for people who like games to do something other than gaming. If you’re lucky, that means talking about games but generally that doesn’t happen too much :p
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See, I take part in this site, but I can barely remember the time when I actually played games. These days I’m far too busy doing nothing to do anything. And the easy way to draw TAY is to just draw some stick figures with glass all high fiving each other, and being generally awesome. Maybe even a high fivesplosion. I’m not quite sure.
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She’s joined the Nazi part of Skyward Sword. Hunting down the people of colo- Wait. The bad guy in that game is kind of dark, whereas Link is Blond hair, blue eyed…
Link is the bad guy.
Link is a monster.
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(O_O) Nazi’s? where did you get thst idea from?
SS = Skyward sword, you know, legend of zelda?-
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Reminds me of a great knock knock joke.
Knock knock
Who’s there?
Ze SS.
The SS Wh *SLAP!*
Ve are ze ones who will be asking ze questions!I like it because you get to slap people.
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That joke is so very… you.
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hey, hey, woah, woah. I’m on here to learn about games not history.
No history learning for this girl! unless it’s the history of games. but somehow, I don’t think nazi’s have anything to do with gaming.
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Except that gaming has everything to do with Nazi’s. Look at the wide variety of games that tackle the Second World War. To understand gaming history, it helps to know about real world history. 😛
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now I feel dumb =(
*sits in corner*
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i think Mecha Hitler from wolfenstein would like to have a word with you
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The history of video games isn’t very interesting. Some guys invented a computer for useful things. Then some other guy decided to make a stupid time waster on it.
Also previously, a guy called John wrote the Lord of the Rings. Later on a guy named Gary made Dungeons & Dragons and a guy named James made a film named Aliens, and everything since has basically been a ripoff of one of them or so primitive that you could never tell anyway.
Anything that doesn’t draw from those (or even some that do) is related to the Cold War and the fear of Communists.
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Hey hey woahh woah. Before zombies, Nazis were the foe of the discerning developer. Nazis have an extremely rich history in gaming.
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I am pretty sure Age of Empires teaches you all about European history, and Company of Heroes teaches you about World War 2.
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And Civilisation makes you learn about everything.
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Be ware Ghandi. He’s a sneaky sonuva[word].
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Ghandi loves them nukes.
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to be fair guys, I don’t play war games.
Probably for the best.
Seeing as the only correct move is not to play.
Good don’t.
Leave the COD and whatnot for the stupid kids are your school who HATE ALL OTHER GAMES O_O
Not saying COD is bad and should be avoided but there’s better things out there 🙂
Which other games did you like? Or are the Legend of Zelda games the first ones you’ve really gotten into?
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I like:
Mario (who doesn’t?)
Legend of Zelda (obviously)
Kirby ^^
The Sims
Katamari
Muramasa
Rusty Hearts
Kingdom hearts
Killing floor (sometimes creeps me out a little)
And many other games that I cannot be bothered listing because I am lazzzzyyyyyyy-
I don’t really like Mario that much. No real nostalgia for me since the first one I played was the DS one, and grew up with Sega so I had Sonic the Hedgehog. 🙁
If you like Legend of Zelda and liked Muramasa, then you should try Okami.
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scree has shown me okami on DS and on wii but I’ll need to finish a whole lot of games before i start new ones. Something I’m really terrible with is starting heaps of games and never finishing them D=
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You have a pile of shame too?
One of us!
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Pile of shames ftw!
Also history is awesome 🙂
“Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.”
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Ahh, that would explain the problems I’ve been having.
*Jots down “Examine past, don’t repeat failures.”*
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Who do you play in rusty hearts?
I’m currently playing Frantz on the East server, but I started with Angelina but my friends I was playing with was playing her as well so I switched to have some variety
As a desperate attempt at trying to make money for a laptop, i’m going to try my luck at selling some of my designs to splitreason…
#gettingdesperate
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Chuloopa body auction?
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Question, what would you pay for a night with someone who looks eerily like me? I ask for a friend, who just so happens to look like me. Yes, a friend.
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If its not the real thing but just a look alike, not too much.
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wow, thats one of those things that even if it is sorta sponsored by a company trying to gain publicity, it’s still such an amazing thing to do!
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I’ve been watching Let’s Plays for Command and Conquer Red Alert this arvo. So good.
Shame about having to work while doing it…
Oh a lot of people probably missed this yesterday but my Local GT may be getting Portal guns in.
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Except that this is very separate to the Voxel stuff. It’s still just polygonal rendering, with a decent(though nowhere near perfect, particularly, the shot of the thing’s back is all kinds of wrong) application of subsurface scattering, a tech that’s been in occasional use since Crysis, more or less.
Oh, and he mucks up the DoF a coupla time in that video, or else one of the shadery things is really playing up.
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Different but this is something that actually exists and works.
You can find a demo in the comments and run them on your computer right now to get similar results.
That’s the part I find particularly neat.
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Haha that’s so cool 😀
*buys 10 Camrys*
What no time machine baby? Pizza curtains or female couch? I am disappoint.
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My question with the pizza curtain’s is, are they cold pizza, or hot pizza? Because if they were room temperature pizza they’d just be a bit… blergh.
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More importantly, does the pizza have pineapple on it? Some people here find that highly offensive.
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Yes, and some people are WRONG.
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Agreed. ‘Does not belong on Pizza’ is like saying ‘cannot be combined with bacon’.
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Poison doesn’t go with bacon, because nobody can resist bacon and murder is wrong.
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I’ve found something that, whilst technically a unicycle, is one of the most epic things I have ever seen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4YmVP6i4qw&feature=related
http://www.mcleanmonocycle.com/Kerry_McLeans_Machines/Welcome.html
Pineapple plan update
Once I locked the goals down I was able to focus on them more than I generally do. So instead of rage quitting and switching games I spent the extra time and worked through the roadblocks and was able to finish some of the games on my list. I really enjoyed the ending of Arkham Asylum, I thought it tied the story together well and was sufficiently climatic that I wasn’t disappointed.
We also made some progress with psychonauts although was have missed one figment on a level we completed. 2 other levels done 100%.
FPS:
Finish the ball
Action:
Complete Batman AA
Finish Red faction guerrilla
Tower defense:
Finish Orcs must die
Finish Anomaly warzone earth
Joint: 100% psychonauts
Platform: Complete Limbo
Achievements: Get all keys in rock of ages
RPG: Finish ME2
Total progress from 72 days, 5 minutes to 70 Days, 42 Minutes
Now what should I choose for my next FPS game. Bioshock, Brothers in Arms or Crysis Warhead
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Bioshock is the only of those that I played and I definitely enjoyed it.
Not too long either, if I remember right. You could probably finish it in two or three sessions if you’re really in that sort of mindset.
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(I’ll reply to what you said at the top of the page here)
Yes it’s partly your fault for constantly posting awesome pony videos 😛
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I feel your username should be pony-related.
But perhaps not too MLP linked. You want a name individually crafted, but not too tied with one thing that may have faded away in the future.
Maybe you and Scree could think of pony puns that incorporate your name (real, or perhaps another nickname) or something./waffle
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So I spent a good portion of my day walking around Tweed Heads/Coolangatta handing in resumes to places I thought were acceptable.
I am sure a few of you remember how I got my RSA (responsible service of alcohol) so I could work in places that sell booze. I filled out an application for a local services club & last I heard you only needed your RSA if you wanted work in parts of the club that did not have gaming machines, now you need you RCG (responsible conduct of gaming) as well, no matter where you want to work in there. It’s so silly =/ The earliest I can do the next one at TAFE (where I prefer to do it) is later this month.
But other than that, I applied for 2 computer stores, a local music store & target \o/ I didn’t think the adult store was something for me haha.
I got positive feed back from a computer store & the music store though when I handed my resume in \o/ they seemed glad people still do that haha.
so, update on the whole Melbourne moving thingy,
looks like i’ll be moving sometime mid-april at this stage,
i broke it too the Boss on friday, he took it suspiciously well, he’ll even try and get a job for me at the Melbourne Office, which would be amazing… i don’t know what i did to make him that happy with me but there you go…
anyway, i call on the collective TAY-mind again, we’re looking at moving to north-west melbourne because that is close to my Family in law, but we can’t really decide on a suburb, we are hoping for something not too expensive (keeping in mind i live in Canberra and my version of not too expensive is waaaay different to Melbourne’s :P)
and we’d prefer to be close to the trains/trams…
any suggestions?
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So, if you’re moving in April, we’ll need to have another Canberra Meat just before you move? Shotnot organising it!
Also, I can’t help you at all, in the slightest. But I doubt you expected anything less from me.
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Welcome to one of the core issues with Melbourne: the public transport infrastructure does not go far enough outside the city to service the areas with affordable houses.
Living in a city as sprawled out as Melbourne will also make you lose track of your sense of distance. When I was growing up, a 15 minute drive was a fair distance to go. Now I drive 35-40 minutes to work every morning.
Whereabouts is your office located? If you’re going to take public transport there you may need to keep that in mind, since it could involve multiple train/tram changes to get there if you’re not careful.
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Not quite sure yet, depends on what school i get sent to, so i guess it’s very dependent of that, we were looking around Avondale Heights, Sydenham and those places
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Ah that makes a huge difference. If you were having to commute into the city a lot then living that far out would suck, but if your work is also further out it’d be cool. Generally speaking unless you work there there’s not a lot of reason to go into the CBD, since there are shopping centers etc spread out around the various population hubs.
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yeah i’d prefer not to go to the CBD… might sound stupid, but i don’t really have a thing for cities, i find them overwhelming and kinda intimidating…
damn my country and having a smaller population then Melbourne in itself 😛 -
I find cities scary too 😛
Not that bad when you’re with a big group of friends though. But all the freaks and weirdos are scary. By freaks and weirdos I mean people who look like they would murder me
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You get them in your real cities? The closest we have in Canberra is a bunch of High School emo kids sitting around on a giant metal cushion(nicknamed the Goon Sack).
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This so much! Public transport SUCKS where I live.
Closet bustop is a 7 minute walk. Not that bad but the 2 busses that stop there come once every 40 minutes or so. Then it takes 40 minutes to get to the nearest bus hub sort of place which is normally a 10 minute drive (or 1 hour walk 😛 missed the bus one day!). Then it takes another 40 minutes or so to get from this bus hub shopping center to the nearest train station (usually a 30 minute drive from my house). From this train station to the city (one end to another) it takes roughly 40 more minutes :P. Booooo!
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no, no, no, it’s really not a nice place. My cousin got robbed twice and got his car stolen and smashed when he lived in Coolaroo which is right next door.
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well… technically that’s a nice place compared to Queanbeyan XD…
good thing i live in a secure complex, cause some of the stuff happening here is…. well not very nice :P…right Broadmeadows is out
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Should we mention the shooting? I think we should. While my brother was living there a house 3 doors down as shot up. There was a slight gang wars thing for about a month and it just disappeared.
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WTF!
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Full disclosure. I don’t know Melbourne at all I just googled “worst suburb in Melbourne.”
A Viking needs something to keep him from getting bored?
Right?
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Imagine if Pixel thought you were serious and legitmately looked up places in Broadmeadows and moved in 😛
Bad Freeze!
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i figured from your tone that it was trolling, but i may have googled it aswell 😛
bahahaha, BAD BATMAN
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Don’t really have anything helpful to add except Melbourne is pretty awesome 🙂
I live out in the middle of no where in the South Eastern suburbs so can’t really help : D
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\o/ that’s good enough for me 😛
i know Melbourne is pretty amazing, looking forward to learning more about it… i’ve been there on a number of occassions, but looking forward to seeing the local scene more…. plus i get to meet new TAYbies 😀
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Melbourne is awesome.
Also I’m the same, in the eastern suburbs so really don’t know the western side that well.
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Eastside!
(I don’t venture outside the East too much because it’s scary in all those rich ass close to CBD suburbs :P)
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I’m on the western side! \o/ I can help.
Avoid Moonee ponds, Essendon, Ascot Vale and Glenroy like the plague. These are really nice places be they are freaking expensive.
May I ask what your price range is?
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Thanks for the tip Scree, we’re looking anywhere from $250 to $350, preferably 2 bedrooms as well… at the moment we’re paying $330 for a 1 bedroom apartment 😛
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aaayup technically it’s not even Canberra, and it’s still this expensive…
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Average rent here is $500 a week, and the average occupancy is something stupidly low, because most of the people paying that much are single, and living off their public service paycheck. It’s a tad broken.
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Hm. try footscray, braybrook, sunshine, deer park is also good. There is also Caroline springs and Cairn lee but these have lacklustre transport. Sydynham train line is a pain in the arse. It’s constantly over crowded and late. Weeribee has crap all public transport and is well known for being a rough area.
Kensignton is also expensive as it is close to the city. Altona is also expensive as it is basically beach side. Same with Williamstown.
Pascoe vale can be okay, same with Oak park. Flemington is known for being worse then Footscray.
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thanks for that Scree, that’s awesome help, i’ll find out where it’s most likely both of us will be working and have a look at it, definitely food for thought though…. i was wondering what the shady areas were, cause every city have them so thanks for that 😀
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Footscray CBD does have a lot of Druggies but there is a strong police presence there. Sunshine is also known as scumshine but you can find some nice places there and there is a hub of public transport there
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Dandenong is dodgy 🙂
A lot of South East stuff is pretty dodgy to be honest lol
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Moving completely the opposite direction to Ipswich? Good man! It’s not that crime’s bad here, (It’s not, apparently there’s been an 85% reduction in crime since they put those CCTV cameras in a few years ago) it’s just that everyone here are bogans, and they know it. 😛
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i guess you can say that
*puts on sunnies*
i’m going down south fast
YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
WOO!
LOOPS TIME TO SHINE!
I live in geelong, but that;s a bit far west.
Point cook has had A LOT of estates going in, so is cheap and readily available plus fairly nice with lots of new families moving in. DOwnside is there isn’t much there, but it’s close to the city (about 20 minutes on the freeway).
Werribee has the same thing going on which is the next suburb out, is cheap but has a reputation for being a little dodgy. It does have more stuff to do, though.
Geelong is awesome. Fucking awesome. But it’s 45 mins out of the city at least, via the freeway…
I’m curious, do any other TAYbies currently watch any anime? If so, what are you following at the moment?
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Another (thanks to you) and Persona 4. That’s pretty much it for now. Aside from My little Pony
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It was!
I know MLP isn’t anime, but I added it because it’s the only other cartoon I’m watching =P-
scree watch Adventure Time! You may like it!
(wants to get more TAYbies to watch it)
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Where can I watch it?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgBquNTf3yE
That’s the pilot but it’s been years since that was filmed and the actual show is so much better :). It’s really random but take a look at some random clips on youtube and you’ll instantly fall in love : D
Sometimes people upload full episodes to youtube but I just downloaded them :P. It’s so much easier to download them scree!
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I used to a lot more than I do now, but I only ever watched the really “mainstream” stuff. I used to watch Naruto, but now I’m a hipster and just read the manga, I watched both FMA and FMA Brotherhood, and yeah, stuff like that.
Now though, about the closest I’ve got is watching HighSchool of the Dead(which finished a while back, so I’m not even catching up, I’m just… behind), because it has such ridiculous amounts of fan service.
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All those mainstream ones are winding down now though. At least, Naruto supposedly is on its final arc and Bleach is about to do the same. Whole lot of long-running decade-plus stuff coming to an end. Inevitable I guess, time for a reset.
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Yeah, but Naruto has supposedly been at or near its end for about the past four years(at least). I never really watched Bleach, I read some of the manga, but I just stopped after a bit, I’ve been meaning to go and watch the whole thing at some point, but I’m too slack.
But yeah, I could do with more anime to watch, I should probably check if they ever finished the Hellsing OVA’s, as the original series was pretty damn derp, but I enjoyed the manga.
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I think Hellsing Ultimate was one or two installments away from ending last I checked, but I haven’t watched any of it since about the fourth one. The violence got kind of excessive and gratuitous. Takes a fair bit to make me squeamish but it managed it.
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Bleach is coming to an end, supposedly? I know Naruto looks like its’ in its final arc, but I’m not so sure about Bleach…
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It entered into the final arc this week.
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Yeah I watch anime but haven’t done so for the past few years 😛
So not watching anything at the moment but I did like:
Cowboy Bebop (LOVE IT)
Death Note (LOVE IT)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann (LOVE IT)
Fullmetal Alchemist
Samurai Champloo (forgot the spelling)
There’s more but I can’t remember :/
And many other ‘cartoons’ that Cheez TV used to show when I was a child (Dragonball/Z/GT, Pokemon, Beyblade etc.)
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Epic Cowboy Bebop music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxxYvHOex9g
(Bebop/big band/jazz fans will love it)
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Possibly a side-effect of listening to it all the time way back, but I find I can’t stand the Cowboy Bebop stuff now. I vastly prefer Kanno’s stuff from Macross Plus and Ghost in the Shell.
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Haven’t seen those but I love her Bebop stuff. Used to listen to it tons a few years back when I first discovered Cowboy Bebop. Every now and then I grin with joy when I stumble across it (Tank! was on the front page of Reddit a while ago)
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I can understand Macross Plus but you haven’t seen Ghost in the Shell? The TV series is really good, strongly recommend it.
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Don’t follow any specific but i have watched and enjoyed:
Robotech
Transformers Super God Master Force
DragonBall
DragonBall Z
DragonBall Z Abridged (might be a dub, but my god is it fantastic)
Teknoman
watched and not so much enjoyed:
Highschool of the Dead
and i am open to suggestions for what to watch next? 😛
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Cowboy Bebop – Space Western
Death Note – Drama
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – Mecha stupid awesomeness!-
Out of those three I only liked one. Which was Death Note. Although, I didn’t watch the final “act” of it, because I felt like it was stupid to keep it going.
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That show definitely peaked about 2/3 the way in. The ending was straight out of a Greek tragedy though.
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Am I the only person who didn’t like Death note? I found it really boring.
Watch Puella Magi madoka magica! =D
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Epic slow-motion chip consumption isn’t your thing? 😛
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I didn’t get past the second episode ^^;;
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even friends of mine who don’t like geeky stuff enjoyed it
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Honestly, if you’re expecting stuff like Robotech/Macross then a lot of shows from the last five to ten so years are going to disappoint since everything’s moved away from that (even Macross), which is a bit of a shame I guess.
On the upside, generally at least half of everything is available streamed for free (legitimately) though some of it can be harder to get at because some of the US companies tend to license it and then region lock the streams because they’re dicks.
Naruto got me through year 12. I remember in our last holidays, only a couple of weeks out from final exams, I spent my days sitting at my computer watching Naruto. Think I ploughed through about 200 episodes. Good times. I’ve also got some Death Note, Dragonball/Dragonball Z, .hack, Serial Experiments Lain, Ghost in the Shell, and probably some others on DVD. Watched bits and pieces here and there though I need to really sit down and finish some of them. Also have most of the Studio Ghibli films on DVD (missing about 3 of them).
Good times 🙂
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Which Ghibli films are you missing? I’ve got most of them on DVD but I’m slowly ditching them as the Japanese Blurays are released.
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I’ll have to check. Can’t remember off the top of my head. Though I will replace them with blu-rays as well, when I can/have the money. I bought most of them when madman had a $10 per disc sale. It was awesome 🙂
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On the subject, I watched TeamFourStar’s first episode of Dragonball Z Kai Abridged. I lol’d. Anyone else seen it?
Whee anime. I’m mostly one of those buggers who likes the big shonen series though, so stuff like One Piece, Naruto, Dragonball and the like. If I was asked, I’d say my favourite series was Fullmetal Alchemist (Brotherhood, because the manga storyline was much more solid). Lately I’ve been re-watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as I’ve just started reading the light novels, and I plan to re-watch Ghost in the Shell in the near future, because the TV series for that was phenomenal.
Just looking at my wall of anime/manga, the other things I failed to mention above were Death Note, Full Metal Panic, Trinity Blood, Gankutsuo, Orphen, Fruits Basket, and Yu Yu Hakusho. I’ve pulled back a lot from buying anime and manga lately, though, and have stuck to, for some odd reason, the ridiculously long and thus expensive shonen series, which is why I currently have 59 volumes of One Piece manga filling up two shelves…
*ears prick up*
did you say anime?
😀
at the moment, i’m watching Persona 4, although i’m a bit behind.
and i only just recently bought the complete series of The Tower of Druaga, so i’m watching that now, which i reccomend to EVERYONE IN THE WORLD, IT IS SOOOOO DAMN GOOD.
however if you want i could list my favorite animes…….
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FINE I’LL DO IT ANYWAY
FLCL
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The World God Only Knows
Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?
Tales of the Abyss.
however, i am more of a manga guy, so i won’t put all the manga’s i am currently reading (which is a lot)
I’ve watched a couple of series, namely Clannad and Fruits Basket. Clannad had me depressed for weeks. I was in tears bascially every other episode. Stupid, amazing show making me feel things. I bought Ghost in the Shell over the weekend, because I’ve heard many people say how good it is, so I’ll be watching that soon
I don’t currently watch any, but I used to be really into it. The only show that I check up on is the Haruhi Suzumiya series (there’s nothing going on with it at the moment though xD). I’m holding out for a third season.
I used to watch a lot a few years ago, but then I started to lose interest a bit. I bought all my absolute favourites on DVD a while ago, so I’ll rewatch them occasionally, but that’s it. xD I’ve got: Haruhi, Baccano, Full Metal Panic, Death Note and School Rumble. I’ve also got a Ghost in the Shell movie but I’ve never watched it for some reason. 😛
So, apparently several people are trying to convince me to give Star Trek Online a go. It’s hard to argue with the logic of “I like space RPGs, and it’s free”.
Has anyTAYbie else played/playing/banana it?
Okay, so the gigantic-TAY-marketing-machine-collective has made me think watching My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic will be A Good Thing.
SO! I’ll give the first episode a go tonight.
*tentative brohoof*
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if you can’t get into it after episode 1 KEEP WATCHING… it only get’s better – “Converted Brony”
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Okay, but you should keep in mind that the first two episodes were the pilot. A lot of what makes the show appealing is not in it – they were too busy trying to make a coherent and serious plot. After that it changes quite a bit, because it becomes episodic and loses some of its seriousness. So I’d actually suggest starting with about episode 4 or so and then going back if you like it.
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this is the happiest day of my life. Everyone is starting to watch my little pony :’3
I feel as if I will be remembered on this site, even if you remember me as the weird mlp girl I wont mind =)-
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my apologies MiniScree, i was merely trying it out to see how well it worked….
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Imba means imbalanced. According to Trjn, ponies aren’t in games that much because they just aren’t that powerful, thus the person using them has a slight disadvantage 😛
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No, no, ponies are overpowered. When you refer to something as imbalanced, it means in a positive way. For example, do you know why the Colossus fell over? It was imbalanced.
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I seem to be somewhat immune to the whole TAY-marketing-machine thing. I still don’t own Space Marine, and I still haven’t watched MLP yet (thought that’s entirely mini-scree’s fault. The 3g reception is lousy out here in space :P)
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hey, hey, woah, woah, slow down there mr. Your the one to blame.
I thought you would know that by now shhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh -
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TAY made me buy Bastion and got me interested in Deus Ex.
I’ll probably never be that interested in Space Maureen, so it was easy to avoid the marketing hype 🙂
Yeah, I’m pretty sure I’m going to be doing the same. I want to know what everyones talking about
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It’s not thaaat great. It’s good, but I don’t find it ‘laugh out loud’ funny. My laughs mainly come from me watching the show and thinking “WTF AM I DOING WATCHING THIS?!” but it’s enjoyable 😀
Adventure Time on the other hand : D
Is the comment box a little skewiff for anyone else? Or is it just me?
It’s not exactly underneath the word “Comment” anymore…
Or has someone already brought this up and I missed it because 4 pages in a day is too much for me to handle. “You want the Tay? You can’t handle the TAY!”
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-151/comment-page-35/#comment-539309
The link explains all \o/
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I’m sorry guys but Adventure Time > My Little Pony
(I’m going to lost a whole lot of Adventure Time clips but as replies to this)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNxoR6CG1ZM
…yeah or just watch this (14 minute compilation of random clips). This would’ve saved a lot of spam if I had discovered it earlier 😛
Btw the voice of Jake the Dog is John DiMaggio (aka BENDER :D). There’s also some really random celebrity Cameos such as Neil Patrick Harris and Weird Al Yankovic
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i’m sorry, but the fact that the dog sounds like marcus fenix completely destroys that show for me.
(also, ponies are sooooooooooo better)
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One of these days I’ll convince at least one of you guys to watch The Clone Wars! *shakes fist*
The latest episode involved Obi-Wan Kenobi, a bounty hunter tournament and…Aperture Science?? 😛
It’s a part of a 4 episode story arc, so if you want to watch it, you have to start from episode 15 of season 4. Also, it would probably make a bit more sense if you watch episode 22 of season 1 first, so that you know who Cad Bane is. 🙂
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Hint: Cad Bane is the second most badass Star Wars bounty hunter, after Boba Fett. He dresses like a gunslinger and dual wields pistols! 😀
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The old 2D ones were still awesome though, except for Anakin’s voice. That got annoying real fast
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Such as Mace Windu fighting an army of super battle droids using nothing but the force 😀
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWvABrYalrk
Pure. Awesome.
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It’s sorta confusing sometimes. The only name differences between the old series and the new one is that the new one has a ‘The’ in it, the old one is just called ‘Clone Wars’…
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Am I the only one that is really hating the new telstra ad on the outside of the page? Every time I click on the white perimeter part of TAY it takes me to the telstra website.
Telstra! I am not buying your products! go away!
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I like the look of the white background, but yeah, it being one big ad is a little annoying :/
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My eyes almost exploded last night at 12am when it went from the usual dark grey to this white background 😛
I’m not a fan of the white it just looks out of place since everything else is still dark grey (top and bottom as well as the comment box)
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-146/comment-page-3/#comment-539974
and yes it’s very annoying!
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http://images.wikia.com/icarly/images/f/f7/Tumblr_lftvvrIwcT1qfgij5o1_400.gif
it’s only fair that I help you out again in your time of need 🙂
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BEST PRESIDENT
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He missed…twice…
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But he had the ballz to do it
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0enNxlhDKag
George Takei lol
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No lambo you’re doing it wrong!
Short funny clips only T_T
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So Coles is introducing a new trolley security system, this should put a stop to my neighbours collecting them in their front yard, & ramming the gate with them!
So I finally finished all the shirts for the Cracks.
Din’s Pearl
http://www.redbubble.com/people/luckydog/works/8423618-dins-pearl-simple?p=t-shirt
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Good stuff scree :). You should also do one with all 3 in case someone wants it.
I’ve never used redbubble but I’m assuming it’s a design site where people can purchase your designs as TV shirts/stickers etc. so one with all 3 pearls might be right up someone’s alley 😀
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I plan on doing that as well. I was going to also do one with their correlation to the triforce too.
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It wasn’t requested so it’s only natural you didn’t do it.
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And Nayru’s pearl
http://www.redbubble.com/people/luckydog/works/8437999-nayrus-pearl?p=t-shirt
Don’t forget to check out Chuloopa’s version of the same shirts.
Mettal Gear Solid 4 was available in a cardboard slipcase, correct?
Can anyone confirm this or sell me a copy?
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Yep I can confirm this. It was a standard PS3 case with just the slip cover over. If I recall the design was the exact same on the slipcase as the game case itself so it wasn’t anything special.
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I’d also like to add that the link to this page took me to last weeks. dunno if it’s the link or my phone…
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Hey Jimu, just going to reply to you here. Why? Well, I figured I hadn’t posted enough on page 4, and your posts looked a little lonely. Not that you’ll read this, but if you did, at least you’d know that someone read them.
I also want to take a moment here to honour the customary owners of this page, The number 4. Without it, I wouldn’t be here today. I might be on a different page, talking about a different number, but we can’t know that. We can’t really talk about anything like that. Anyway, I’m just kind of curious about if I make this long enough, and filled with a variety of words, if I can’t somehow get this moderated. And then some poor sap over at Kotaku HQ will have to look at this wall of text. Hopefully then they’d just glance at the name, see the massive amounts of text, and auto-approve it. But I’ll be honest, I can’t really know what Tracey’s going to do. She might be forced to read this, in which case, I’m sorry. Well, I’m also sorry to anyone else reading this, but if I apologise too much, I’ll end up like Scree, and then she might take revenge by mocking me while I mock her, and that could only end… Umm, well, somehow, anyway.
On to a new topic. Did you know that many other languages have lots of different words for different types of love? Doesn’t it seem a little odd that we can use the same word to refer to the meal we just ate, how we feel about our families or friends, and how we feel about someone we wish to bone? It’s just so… restrictively open. I can understand why some people have such problems using it. Of course, I fall into that group, so I just tend to act like people haven’t used that particular word. Makes things far easier. By which I mean potentially awkward.
New topic time! So, I’m not quite sure how so many people can be so wrong about the Xbox Live “hacks.” I mean, I know we live in an age where people use the word “hacked” when you leave your computer on, and someone else accessed your Facebook page, but still. Yes, Microsoft has ballsed up its response, but it’s still a matter of a server infrastructure breach, compared to a well designed phishing scam. Sure, they also could have designed their site better, but that would only reduce the number of “hacks.” Ugh, it’s like people don’t actually read.
New Topic! Why am I so bad at finishing games? Hell, not even finishing them, just playing them. I have all the free time in the world, and yet I’m spending my time here, typing this. I swear I should find a new hobby, but what would I do instead? HA. I got nothing.
New Topic! U2 just came on the radio, and I am going to keep typing about them until this song ends. Now, it’s “Pride(In The Name Of Love),” which I have nothing against, to be honest but U2 as a whole? Blergh. I once had to listen to a U2 song as part of a school things. God, that was painful. Unfortunately, I’m now running out of things to complain about relating to U2, so I should either start thinking slower, or typing slower, but then I’ll probably be left with an unfinished sentence at the end of this, and now that would be very awkward. Whoops, just stopped typing to check twitter, that’s a bit of a problem I have. Addicted to updates. I need to know everything immediately. Bloody Gen Y’s. We really are terrible.
New Topic! Kind of. At least we’re better than Gen Z’s, man those guys. I don’t really have anything to say about them, just that they’re younger than me, and so whenever I had to interact with one in person I’d usually dislike them on principle. Well, dislike them more than I would a normal person. Actually ,that says a lot, that’s a lot of hatred. And I’m not really a hating person.
Ha ha ha. What a lie.
Anyway, cheers Page 4. Thanks for this. It’s not particularly long, but oh well, I’m sure it will do. Oh, and Jimu, thanks for letting me reply to you, I kinda miss having your horrendous grammar in TAY. And everything else, but mostly the grammar thing.
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Gorrammit Page 4 of TAY, what is with me lately? I just lost my cool while speaking to my father. This doesn’t happen to me. I’m like a cucumber. Maybe even a sea cucumber, I don’t have emotions! What is wrong with me? Erggh. I don’t like this. Nosirree. Gotta work out what’s wrong with me. Heh, saying that emotions are what’s wrong. What a terrible life I lead.
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It was just surprising.
More surprising than you finding this, which is still fairly surprising. Even if I did mention it.
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If you mentioned that you have posted on past pages, I will find it =D I will go through every page starting with the first one to find it. =D
And find it I did. I meant to post on here more, but I keep forgetting with helping Miniscree with her cosplay and harassing Mum to meet the cast of Home and Away which she wanted to do but was scared to. =D
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You’ll find it, aye?
That sounds like a challenge to me.
If I posted something brief, something subtle, that would make it far harder to locate. Yes, this just might work…
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Just testing something, ignore this: You mean, angle brackets like these!</b>
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Well, that was not the anticipated outcome. More testing is required: You mean, angle brackets like these<b>!
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Wait, what about if it’s just <>?
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To all those discussing anime…
HOW COULD YOU FETHING FORGET NEON GENESIS: EVANGELLION
GREATEST- ANIME – EVER
Also, bubblegum crisis 2040 – awesome!
LASTLY – most insane yet enjoyable anime i have watched goes to:
PUNI PUNI POEMI
Intro – strange japanese woman singing? hell yeah, why not?
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I was going to add it to my list of animes I’ve seen but figured no one would care :P. I enjoyed it until about the half way mark when shit got way too weird and I had absolutely no idea what was going on… The ending was also 😐
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRBwtqNqE8Y
Love the music though 🙂
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I just assume that it’s a given.
Greenius, as far as not making sense, the recent two films (of a planned set of four) are much, much better than the orginal show.
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I think I’ve got them both but I never got around to watching them. Just lost all motivation with that giant WTF ending the original had :/
If I recall the first movie was like a short recap of the whole series whilst the second was something original? I remember reading about it on wikipedia years ago but can’t seem to remember.
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I applied for three, apparently my job prospects are so ridiculous my company has given me a budget of 25k for training this year alone.
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I only applied for a casual job though since I’m still a Uni student 😛
Just need some form of income to fund all these games :/
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“In recent interview with U.K.’s Metal Hammer magazine, Kerry described the new material as “really refreshing and energetic.” He added, “One thing I can tell you is that the songs are shaping up in the classic SLAYER style. You won’t be hearing us doing acoustic stuff. [laughs]””
Damn it! I was hoping for acoustic versions of Raining Blood, World painted Blood, Mandatory Suicide & Chemical Warfare. Well there goes my hopes.
Aren’t dogs just so awesome?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rWP1O3HbAs&feature=related
A dog rescues a baby and manages to prevent it from dying. =D
Has anybody here tried cod4 recently? Here is what happens http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmmv_c-4C3Q It can be fixed, but does anyone know what it is? Has somebody hacked it so its like that or an inside job? Apparently if you try IW or activision you get no response and sony tell you to delete your data and try again. Interesting yes? I’m a touch curious as to what it is.
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HOLY SHIZ!! BEST SHIRT EVER!!!
I wish i had this talent.
http://www.threadless.com/product/3571/Impasse/tab,guys/style,shirt
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A reference on a t-shirt that I understand? :O So this is what it feels like to be in the loop…
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I don’t get it :/ (the shirt not the sexual innuendo)
I definitely recognise Gandalf in the “You shalt not pass!” pose but the other guy…?
(is not in the loop)
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The Black Knight of Monty Python?
you know… Monty Python?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhRUe-gz690
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anything?
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well, looks like you got some homework, right where do you live, cause you’re about to loose
*looks at watch*
2 weeks of your life…
we’ll start with Monty Python’s Flying Circus, all episodes made ever….
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I’ve had the Holy Grail and Life of Brian naughtily downloaded and sitting on my computer for months 😛
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Your forgetting Fleigander Zirkus.
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And Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
Not that I know anything about Python at all.
I definitely don’t have a shirt referencing that black knight or a user name that came from some other occurrence in the same movie.
You know what, throw in Fawlty Towers instead of the last season of Flying Circus.
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@Greenius: you’re thinking of the old Evangelion movies. What I’m talking about are the two recent ones. They’re essentially a reboot and do-over of the TV series as a set of four films (only two done so far, third might happen some time this year). As it’s gone on, they’ve deviated from the original plot. Characters make more sense and are better realised (and less whiny) and the plot is coherent.
The preferred ones are the Bluray releases, especially for the second film. Search for 1.11 and 2.22.
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Ahh fair enough. It’s been ages since I’ve looked anything up on the series. I’m not really motivated to get back to it though but maybe one day I’ll check it out 🙂
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Been there, done that.
Sucks SOOO much worse when you catch your skin between the the metally bits where it joins.
#horrible explaination*
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HAHA and like that, my job here is done
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D: I am not seeing any innuendo anywhere. I feel so dumb.
Anyway, perhaps I’m stretching the truth a bit, but the balloon was certainly the direct cause of the break, and I did touch it with that finger moments before I broke my finger, so close enough. It was a whole group of people standing in a circle and hitting a balloon around the circle like a bunch of idiots (so naturally I joined in!), and I went for the balloon at the same time as someone else, we both hit it, but then we smashed our hands into each other, and the way I had my hand positioned must have been bad because the next thing I knew there was a horrible pain and then it started swelling.
But ever since, whenever anyone asked about it, I always told them I broke it on a balloon, because the reactions were always quite amusing.
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Pretty sure Pixel was referring to my comment 😛
Ouch about the finger but that doesn’t count! You broke it against a hand 🙁
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It was the balloon’s fault, I tells ya! That blue *expletive* wanted to kill me!
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*Your, not you’re.
Well, that’s a sure sing that it’s time for me to turn in for the night… -_- -
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Very little, dearly valued acquaintance!
(I assume this is now a thread in which to say “Not much, friend” in as many varied ways as possible)
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Nothing to note of importance, compadre!
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I have nothing to report, chum.
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Rocketman and I are talking about banking.
ADULT BORING CONVERSATION
It’s surprising how adult he is in some ways, and then so childish in others.
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AND NOW BATHROOM CLEANING
This is amazing, I’m discovering so many things!
Bathroom parties!
Watch this Soap Scum disappear!-
Clearly it’s my lack of influence by not being on TeamSpeak tonight.
This better not set a precedent.
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In the wind we had yesterday we lost power so I couldn’t play games
So I cleaned the bathroom, true story
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I’m bursting at the seams in terms of games/art books/collectibles storage. I wish I had a wall which was just a bookshelf, from top to bottom.
Or I should move out. But that would I imply I have a proper full time job and have to cook myself and pay rent and bills and be an adult in general. Such a dilemma.
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Pretty sure I’ll always have too much crap. I get a bit too attached/sentimental to useless crap. I think I could get rid of 1/3rd of the crap under my bed, but too lazy/I won’t want to throw the stuff away as I’ll start nostalgia-ing over everything.
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If you give me the choice of a physical copy of a game over a digital one, I’ll take the physical one anyday. I don’t know why, but it’s ever so satisfying to physically own a copy of the game. Still, steam manages to take my money from them, so it’s not like I hate them or anything 😛
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Tell me about it! Someone found an awesome cupboard but they have not got back to me on postage costs from America
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Yeah, all my special art books and collector’s editions are in boxes under my bed. Damned dust. Ruins everything! What I really want is the above picture with a glass door(s) on it.
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That’s the dream man. That’s the dream.
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That would be so awesome.
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Bastion get! Also, L.A. Noire (alien water!) arrived when I was away.
Also ME3 demo announcement tomorrow about how to get it earlier. I suspect Facebook games.
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I’ve owned L.A Noire for 8 months now. I’ve unwrapped the shrink wrap, but I’ve never, ever put it in my PS3 (my old phatty or my current slimjim). I don’t know why. I really should play it.
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I only had like 3 missions left, when something else came along, and I forgot about it. I also have a second copy of it, which sure is… Something.
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I watched the movie Ninja Assassin last night and it actually make me feel stupid. I suspect their target audience was people with a shuriken their frontal lobe.
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Bloody hell, that comment could have done with a proofread before i posted it. Maybe i am their target audience, after all.
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I was in a bad mood. Silly old me.
So I sang a song.
http://soundcloud.com/blaghman/if-i-cant-love-her
I stole it from one of my favourite musicals!
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I heard “A Whole New World” on the radio the other day!
When did radio stations become so good!??-
Oh, speaking of that song, (don’t)download my sample cd, Terribad singing.
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Left 4 Deads was teh fun! Thanks Blaghs, Scree & F4ction! Even if I was having fun being a dick with the petrol can & gas cylinders XD
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YOU SHOULD BE HAVING FUN! FUN FUN FUN LOOKING FORWARDS TO THE WEEKEND!
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Or me! The weekend is all the time!
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Exactly! o/?
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Whoops, left you hanging for quite a while there. Awkward.
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Weekday internet has gone to your head!
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MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA. UNLIMITED POWER!
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Now I’m not sure if this has been brought up before, but I think this is rather interesting/amusing.
This is a recent News Corp article on the R18+ rating, where they do the whole but teh childrenz might get them stuff we’ve all come accustomed to from a News Corp article on the subject. However I found something amusing when I looked a little bit into the resident fear monger they got, a person from the ACCM.
Try a google search for the ACCM website. DO NOT CLICK ON THE ACCM WEBSITE (youngmedia.org.au) NOR GO DIRECTLY TO IT!
I think that before the ACCM go on trying to save kids from the evils of violent video games they need to stop trying to sell viagra on their website. . .
So I heard TAFE NSW unblocked Facebook & possibly Twitter. God damn it, why wasn’t this so last year!
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If I did, would I be looking for a job? =P
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I live near it. It’s pretty boring from the outside :/
Club Nintendo items still take like 6 weeks to get to my house though which is weird since I could just walk there and pick it up 😛
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I know where you live! Because my friend lives near there =P
And no, I don’t work for Nintendo, I’m just showing you what you’re missing out on =D
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I was like :O sif you bought it on iTunes based purely on a suggestion!
Then I realised it was a uTorrent skin :/
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Well, that was all kinds of ninjalike. Sneaking in here in the middle of the night, posting a comment, and then running away. Maybe you should be called SarcasmNinja instead? 😛
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How do you guys keep up with all these posts? Didn’t mean to pull a ninja (haha pull a ninja) but thought I’d check Kotaku out.
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Tonight I really didn’t have the energy to move from a horizontal position watching Wilfred (US) and Top Gear (UK).
Looks like my laziness means I missed out on some responsible adulthood on TeamSpeak.
Now people, I’ll be having none of that.
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Trying to join in the adult conversations while also trying to handle L4D2 was hard… Good thing I couldn’t contribute to all that adultness anyway.
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I’m a big fan of the team games where you let someone competant take control of early game so that you can just turtle your way to victory.
But seriously though, I think competitively it was one of the last great RTSes before Starcraft 2 came out.
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That’s how team games of SC2 go. I tell someone to go be aggressive while I tech up.
Then things go wrong.
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Well, if you did want to play it (I’m sure f4ction and I would love your company…
of heroes, ahahahahahaterrible), you really need to give it ample time to patch. The patcher uses a peer 2 peer network, so it should download fast, but… there’s a lot of patches. And I’m pretty sure it does that ten million incremental patch thing, rather than one reasonably sized big patch.
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Made one more shirt u__u http://www.redbubble.com/people/luckydog/works/8438652-pearl-triforce That’s enough for tonight.
Well, I was Left Out rather than Left 4 Dead. *ba-dum, pshhh!*
Ok, terri-bad jokes aside, I’ve been told to ask Mark if he got my message since he seems tom have some sort of surreal spam filter that’s like Pac-Man and eats everything.
Thoughts? Should I proceed and poke him at Twitter?
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That’s encouraging, lol. Not too techie?
Although I could understand it if you get 200+ mails or more per day. At my old work we used to get like 60 mails per day and I spent 3 of the 8 hours I was there replying to them. It totally drains the life out of you…
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I think he just… forgets. He tried to be good at it, a while ago, but since then he’s progressively worsened down to his old level. But yeah, I imagine a lot of it has to do with the number he gets, and he can never be sure of what their meaning really is.
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Mmmm, I think I’m gonna ask when we get the definitive Steam release date. Or maybe I should just poke now. Also, my god, why he put that picture as his Twitter profile…
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I love that photo. It’s Super Manly Serrelicious.
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So some anti virus company was following me on Twitter. Now they are not muahaha, block button ftw.
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I was going to just say “Nice.” But I’ve already said that this week, in fact, it’s on this page. So, uhh, just imagine that I just said “nice.”
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Dammit, I was going to make a joke about a disappointing male escort, but you used the word “packet” rather than “package.” *sadface*
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We don’t make it easy for the jokes, eh? (People don’t make it easy for me here either)
If anyone wants to order the OST, it’s around $34+shipping from DirectSong but it takes 4-6 weeks from the date of ordering. The service is a bit slow and understaffed to cover the demand.
The album comes signed by Jeremy Soule himself as well. The only thing they should improve on is the packaging: they sent it on a bubblewrapped envelope instead of cardboard to resist the abuse of the postal services…
I’m also glad the customs didn’t deem this as important because I heard in he UK people had to pay 10,3 pounds of customs taxes.
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Okay, I really should’ve listened to Scree, when she said Death Tunnel was horrible. It really is, it’s not even a creative horror movie D=
I haven’t even been mildly scared once =[
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Did you watch Jacob’s Ladder? In the Mouth of Madness? (Although these two are more cool and awesome rather than scary)
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Told you so 😉
What kind of movies do people call “horror” nowadays? Jeez 😛
I will look you for more. I mean The Thing is scarier than any shit-horror movies of today. And it’s supposed to be sci-fi. It’s a very tense movie and that dog they used is awesome.
Also, if you watch Jacob’s Ladder, make sure to check the deleted scenes. Btw, Silent Hill owes a LOT to Jacob’s Ladder.
You can also watch the original House. Or Nosferatu if you fancy true old classics. Despite its age I still find the actor who did the role very imposing. The technology limitations of the day made it even better.
Are you familiar with asian horror movies? There are a couple that are actually pretty good but it’s entering shaky terrain.
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Um a horror movie these days, either has enough torture to be considered ‘torture porn’ like SAW & Hostel, or has a lot of tits, sex & stupid teenagers.
I my self am partial to Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Halloween franchises.
But then I love stuff like The Shining, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s nest and so on.
Never seen Asian horror movies apart from the ones Scree has shown me!
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Oh, which asian movies? I bet I totally missed a couple of them and because I don’t want to repeat already-recommended stuff.
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Ones hollywood has decided they need to remake. The Ring, The Grudge, Err I have a list of movies Scree gave me, i’ll have to get back to you!
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Looking forward! The Grudge, original japanese, is pretty, pretty good. The Ring is ok as well. Pity everyone else began copying the “long black hair girl” theme.
Avoid any remakes like the plague. If they had original ideas in Hollywood they wouldn’t need to remake stuff that’s tied to other cultural values and trying to force them into their own twisted “values”…
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The only remakes of Horrors I have seen & enjoyed are Friday The 13th & Halloween by Rob Zombie, i’m probably bias towards Rob though, since I am a fan of his music. But I really liked his spin on the Halloween series.
I still can’t believe ho they butchered the Nightmare on Elm St series with that TERRIBLE remake, no Robert Englund, no nightmare movies imo.
Oh I guess The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake was okay, but nothing on the original.
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Finally watched Up on the plane from Hong Kong.
I knew people had said the opening scene was sad, but I had no idea how soul-destroyingly heartbreaking it was. The brilliance of that scene is how much we’re moved by two caricatures that are given all of ten minutes of buildup. I even knew what was coming (more or less, given that I’d heard it was a sad movie) and still fell to pieces.
I may have had something in my eye for, like, an hour. Then again when he looked at the photo album at the end… ;_____;
Fantastic movie, but Pixar really have emotional manipulation involving animated characters down to a fine art. Between Toy Story 3 and this, I’m genuinely awed by their skill at making us feel for their characters.
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Yeah, Pixar are brilliant at emotional manipulation. I feel bad for myself that I fall for it so easily…
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My mum won’t actually watch Toy Story 2 because I mentioned this particular scene.
Up really is amazing. A brilliant love story where one of the lovers is dead for most of the movie and you’re watching the other one finally learn to move on. What’s worse is that you know exactly why he can’t.
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Yes that scene is sad as well 🙁
Pixar why you make me cry manly tears?!I mean isn’t it funny how every time there’s a sad moment in a Pixar film something just happens to fall in my eyes?Also Trjn that’s sort of spoilery for someone who might not have seen the film but most people already have so I guess it’s not that big of a deal :/
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It’s her backstory so it isn’t really spoilery. Had I included the surrounding bits of dialogue, that would have been rather different.
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I’m also a sucker for the scene in The Lion King where Simba says:
“Somebody…
Anybody…
Please…
Help?”
This count as a spoiler? :p
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That’s just cruel.
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I love Lion King <3
Something about old school Disney 2D animation makes it so awesome and it really makes me miss it. Everything these days is just 3D computer generated crap. I guess it's easier and cheaper to do and probably more time efficient but it just loses the magic…
I quite liked The Princess and the Frog that Disney did a while back. 2D animation needs to come back!
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Whoops wasn’t really clear in what I said. I was referring to what you said about Up not the Toy Story clip.
If you already read it as that and I just misinterpreted you then disregard that 😛
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I was talking about Toy Story but give me a moment and I’ll work out why Up wasn’t a spoiler either.
Oh, got one.
It’s a vague overview of one of the subplots and it’s rather predictable that it will happen. Only how it all plays out is important.
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I wouldn’t say it’s predictable unless you watch the movie in which it happens pretty early on so it technically doesn’t matter then.
But I dunno… for me, before watching the film (based on trailers and whatnot) I just assumed it was a lonely grumpy old man. No hints of him ever having a wife/family/lover so it was not something I foresaw. But the actual events of the opening scenes were so intense even for a Pixar film. Totally didn’t see any of it coming.
That scene totally caught me off guard 🙁
So sad! Up certainly had lots of :’) moments that made me feel warm and fuzzy inside but to be brutally honest a lot of the movie was pretty average (minus the absolutely amazing opening few scenes). I really enjoyed it though but still prefer other Pixar movies over it.
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I loved it, they nailed Master Vrook/Carl’s character and the banter with Rrussell.
Wall-E is still one of my favourite Pixar movies (if only because of the fantastic use of “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”)
Plus Toy Story 3 is… superb.
“scree
February 6, 2012 at 9:50 AM
Also, where’s Batguy with TABTOL?
Harli
February 6, 2012 at 9:52 AM
probably doing that job thing.”
Indeed. Way too much of it since I switched jobs.
I will post it in the morning (and address Strange’s concerns at that point).
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This. I’ve been to afraid to ask D=
Though I recall Batguy mentioning he has a fancy script that does his TABTOL!
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Yeah, Batguy has a fancy script that does it, though, from what I remember, it wouldn’t really need to be that fancy, but it’s quite cool, so we run with it. And if I remember correctly, Qumulys came up with the name, and it stands for something along the lines of The Awesome Batguy Table Of Legends. Or something. I can’t quite remember.
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Ahh, Leaders. Damn. I was almost right.
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The Amazing Batguy Table of Leaders.
I thought it was Qumulys who coined the phrase (http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/08/talk-amongst-yourselves-133/comment-page-10/#comment-338964) but it turns out it was actually…
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… Strange (or egnartS at the time) http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/08/talk-amongst-yourselves-133/comment-page-10/#comment-338906 !
It’s a python script that I wrote to test out some URL scraping and HTML parsing tools. Nothing majorly high tech.
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And now I know. And knowing is half the battle.
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Indeed. In this case, it was knowing how to modify TABTOL to scrape old versions of TAY to look for the words “Batguy” and “TABTOL”. A script written to find its own identity. How philosophical.
I think I should go to bed. I think, therefore I will. Or something.
Outta here.
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I recognise some these names from my years lurking and occasionally commenting on Kotaku but because they no longer post in TAY I don’t know the people behind it 🙁
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I miss Q-bo. 🙁
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I recognise that name 🙁
Qumulys why can’t we be friends!?
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*sigh* I miss me too.
I miss all you guys! I’m just going through a miserable bastard stage lately. And I don’t want to get you guys down. I’m just working through some issues, and wallowing away my time in Skyrim which lets my mind take a break from things. On-going and increasingly noticeable spasms are making me want to hide away from all the stares. Makes it hard for my kids to deal with the teasing they cop at school from it. 🙁 Fudge. see, I’m getting all teary eyed now. I’m not fit mentally atm to be posting online. I’ll be back eventually.
Much love to you all.
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I’m going through a cranky old lady stage and everyone puts up with me anyway.
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Q-bo you lovable SOB!!! WTF Have you been you lazy bum!!! You haven’t even logged in to steam lately!?!?!?! WHY??!?!??! DO EEEEEEEEEET!!!!! I miss you!
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Bahaha, I was actually about to ask if that’s what you did!
Still, you created a script, more than I can do /o\
I forget all my JavaScript knowledge I was taught =[
Egnarts? I don’t remember Egnarts!
I don’t really care about TABTOL, I just thought you’d abandoned us like several other people have done!
Normally you’re so quick with it, I was worried that you’d been scared off =(
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Yeah it sucks 🙁
On an unrelated note (I don’t want to post another comment)
I beat NovaCascade in Words with Friends but by default \o/ yay?
And sorry Virus__ for the 115 pointer D:-
Oh man, you destroyed me at the end there. My last letter left was “Q,” and erggh, there was nothing! Not that I could have caught up anyway, but I might have made it less embarrassing.
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QI, QIS, QAT, SUQ, QUA
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None of those help.
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But 100 points or more in one go is overkill T_T sorry! The highest I’ve ever played was 117 points 🙂
Protip! – I’ve told Blagh before, but never leave words open especially not on DL, TL, DW or TW tiles :O. You played INCH but the tile before was a triple letter. Because you left the letter before _ INCH open I got triple letter for F twice (once for F inch and again for F ivers) : )
*just trying to pass the time by commenting on TAY*
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I should get in on this action. Username in the game is Trjn, shockingly enough.
Occasionally I don’t suck at Scrabble. Been a long while though.
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Just started a game 🙂
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Is summer taking its toll on you? I could barely sleep for the last three days. Managed to make up for it with some naps but still not enough to jump out of zombie mode…
Seems like you need the super-ambience album I’m working on.
Agreed, I hate when this happens! Hope you don’t have terrible neighbours like me who decide to have a masochist party at 4:00 am… which made us call the police.
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Actually no, TAY is the one taking its toll lol. This week the weather has been fine in Melbourne and it’s actually quite cool, I’ve just been up on TAY lately until later at night (11pm -> 12am -> 1am -> ???). Because of that I’ve also been waking up later as well… (9am -> 10am -> 11am -> ???).
I’m currently on University holidays so this isn’t that bad but I’ve been on holidays for a couple of months and this is only happening now :/ which is a bad time cause I start Uni again soon and will need to wake up earlier :/
WHY TAY… WHY!?
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Nah I actually enjoy sleep/dreams 😀
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You’d think that, but it really isn’t because your sleep schedule gets thrown off by the amount of sleep you have when you finally crash.
Just got to find a way to force yourself to get to bed at a reasonable hour a few nights in a row, preferably a whole fortnight. Go to bed an hour earlier than you plan and just completely shut down. There’s this whole “sleep hygiene” thing that’s rather nifty.
It helps if your bed is only used for sleeping. If you’re used to mucking about on a laptop or something, then when you go to bed you’re going to want to muck about on the laptop.
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It’s the only thing that works for me. Oh, sorry, alcohol also does the job. If I try to go to bed early, I will just lie in it for three hours.
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Because it’s the holidays it’s not really that big of an issue but usually what I do to prepare for school/uni/whenever I need to wake up early is…
I’ll just sleep whenever but try to wake up early (but at a reasonable time). Let’s say if tonight I finally fall asleep at 3am I’ll set an alarm for 10am or so (7 hours is fine by me). I’ll be somewhat tired so I’ll find it easier to fall asleep and I’ll aim for sleeping 1 hour earlier and waking up 1 hour earlier as well. I do this until I reach my target time \o/!
Everyone has their own techniques though but this works well :). Only downside is that you need a week or so to prepare but it eases you into it rather than BAM!! WAKE UP NOW ENJOY UR 4 HOUR SLEEP TROLOLOLO
I guess it’s ok since I’m going to Singapore in a few days and I think they’re 2 hours behind or something 😛
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Masochist Party?
That’s the one led by Julia Gillard, right?
Ooh, look at me all edgy and stuff. 🙂
IMPORTANT!! (but not really)
For those of you skimming this feel free to ignore anything that I’ve said
in the 12-2AM range, this should save you some time catching up on TAY 🙂
I was just feeling talkative as I couldn’t sleep. Enjoy the rest of your day!
I’m alive, people! FFXIII-2 came today, so yeah…
Also other things happened. Stuff, and stuff. Yeah…
@Scree – saw shirt, me likey.
@Loops et al – It’s only a flesh wound!
Um, yeah. So I’ll check in soon.
FFXIII-2 is so pretty. Despite the framerate drop on 360. Still, one disc.
Night night.
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Yay \o/
Did Resi: Revs come as well? I’m still waiting for mine and I really want to play it 🙁
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Yup, ResEv:Revs came as well. Played it for about 10 mins while FFXIII-2 was installing. Got the Circle Pad Pro with it – makes it so much better to play. The twin-sticks aiming is very nice.
Also, put the 3D slider to full, and 3d settings to Very Strong. Some of the best 3d I’ve seen so far.-
Sweet 🙂
The demo played well witihout the pad but I couldn’t help feeling it would be better with it. I also got the Pad Pro bundle but from the UK so might be some time before I get mine.
I also messed around with the 3D settings and put it on full with VERY STRONG. It’s nice but a bit too 3D imo. The depth was so far in that I was getting this ‘cross-eyed’ effect :/
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Silly Scree, you can’t send Milo over the internet 😛
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Don’t be so sure Lambo – I remember people throwing their wallets their screens in order to purchase games from Steam, maybe the principle will apply to milk and/or Milo? Scree, you must do this, film the attempt and post it on TAY –
FOR SCIENCE!
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Or I could use wallet throwing power to buy Milo and get it sent to Chuloopa?
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I would but I always feel like a terrible person when I do. Not for the company, screw them, but more for my coworkers who have to do extra to pick up my slack.
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Rock up wearing a bathrobe and giant novelty foam hands, start yelling incoherently, throw biscuits at people and then go home and play games?
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Anti-freeze sounds good to me. Can you play the traffic card? Over here it’s the best excuse, any day.
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Wait, so you’d just be S. Preston Icequire if you chose the latter?
That’s not catchy at all, better go to work.
Going to throw something out there:
I like small mobile developers, and it seems to be a good market for people to cut their teeth when starting out in the development world.
However, I always have a problem with paying any price at all for what is essentially a flash game packaged into a mobile container, especially when I can just use the Kongregate app and access all the games for free.
If it’s new and innovative, and much more than a flash game – sure, that’s worth money. If it’s Flash-game-clone-9789874A, no, it’s not even worth 99c.
Partly I blame Apple with their lack of flash support in browsers for this – it’s more like a calculated move designed to push their walled garden as a product, and stop people who might not know any better to buy something they can get for free/with advertising
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99c. Oddly enough that’s the exact same percentage of the AppStores content that is completly worthless
Ok, guys, I need some serious help.
Would any of you be kind enough to retrieve the eXceed 2nd Vampire REX demo from our site?
http://exceedseries.com/2nd-vampire-rex/download_2vr
It’s a bit bit (600mb) but we would like some feedback on how it runs and all. (Maybe a commentary on difficulty)
I the next post I’ll be including the game mechanics manual so at least you know how to play.
Thanks in advance!
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heh, I’ve noticed the main reason people get scared of shmups or complain about them it’s because they precisely don’t RTFM 😛 So, yup, my first suggestion when I began helping Nyu Media was to provide manuals detailing the mechanics in a very accessible way. I really hope I can push a change and bring more awareness about the genre!
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Thanks, guys. Seriously! We are collecting this info to see how people fare with he polarity system. Remember it’s a bit more flexible than Ikaurga!
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mmmm, unfortunately no. These are doujin games at its finest. I’m glad they even release them for PC considering in Japan consoles are the kings.
I did hear some people got it running with a Windows emulator or something crazy like that (this game works in win2000 and XP).
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Ok, thank you! PLEASE read the manual since it can be ungodly hard otherwie.
Remember the difficulty is controlled by a rank system. YOU decide how hard it gets. If you think it got impossible, sacrifice a couple of lives and bring rank down back to easy. Or purposely lose a life to keep it down.
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You know what i realized yesterday, for someone like me who doesn’t play all that many games , i spend a lot of time discussing them with people. It isn’t necessarily a bad thing, i just find it interesting. So how bout you guys do you spend more time talking about games then you actually play?
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But weird wall jumping, plus my controller hasn’t arrived yet. Playing on a keyboard makes me feel like a fish just mashing buttons out of sequence thinking it will help me in my attempts to complete the level.
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I didn’t have any qualms with it, until i looked at my steam library and my box of shame. It is filled with what people say are some great games of our generation:
Red Dead Redemption
Mass Effect
Bioshock
Half Life 2
and others that i actually have a interest in like batman and Assassins creed games. It is a sizable investment in monetary terms but i have barely played any of them except for batmang, the portal games and AC2. I mean i like the fact that they are there i just have very limited motivation to try them.-
Don’t forget SC2!
Red Dead Redemption is one of those games that will really suck you in. Worth playing for a few hours and then the time will pass rather quickly.
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I have played about 4 hours of it then i put it down. I think i reached the part where the sherriff was using me to catch some criminals up on a hill. I stopped playing because i am terrible at shooters and i just wanted to ride my horse.
I will get to starcraft 2 eventually when i go pick it up.
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Yeah, I’ve noticed this too. Over the past few months, despite having a ton of games to play, I’ve only played two or three. Just talking/reading about them, I find, is just as appealing as playing them.
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I had a similar realization, I don’t have heaps of time to play games but I love them so much that I’m happy to discuss them in depth for a very long time 🙂
I’m probably the only one who gives a damn about this one around here, but Alberto Contador has finally been done for doping. He’s been stripped of basically everything and given a two year ban.
I’m fairly neutral on the whole drug use in sports thing (mainly for selfish reasons because the 2010 Tour was damned entertaining because of it) but this is going to make things a lot more interesting.
As a fan of Andy Schleck, it’s nice to see that he has approached this rather maturely. Saying that he doesn’t consider it a victory to be given the title in the courts instead of earning it on the road. This might be because he was also partaking in pharmaceutical benefits during the race and he doesn’t want to get caught out later on down the track.
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I like how he claims it was in contaminated beef, that part made me laugh quite a bit. This sort of thing seems to happen a fair bit in the cycling community. I don’t know if it really helps them all that much in the end vs the risks involved with taking it.
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There was probably a lot of contaminated beef in France that year.
Cycling team managers made a point of visiting many a pasture to ensure it :p
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I think that if he did it, he deserves everything coming to him. In fact, I think stripping him of his 2010 title and a 2 year ban is not enough – if people were stripped of all past titles and/or banned for 5 years then I reckon they would be even less likely to take the risk.
Also, I imagine that Schleck feels that way because he’s already been through the pain and disappointment of being close, but not close enough. The absolute best thing about winning is *that* moment, when you realise that you have beaten everybody else. Being told a couple of years later is like “Oh cool, I guess…”
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It’s definitely a hollow victory. You don’t get to where he is without chasing that moment and winning this way is definitely not the way I imagine any of the grand tour riders wanting to win.
It’s just that with cycling (and most athletic events), I assume that all of the competitors are drugged up to their eyeballs. You only need to look at the results in the 2010 Tour de France compared to the 2011 Tour (when the biological passport was introduced) to see that there has definitely been something going on.
Still, I think Schleck is an amazing competitor and the way he relentless can attack up a mountain is mind blowing. He’s going to win the Tour very soon and I look forward to seeing it.
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I’m a big cycling fan so this was big news for me. It has been absolutely ridiculous that it has taken 17 months to get a verdict on this.
He shouldn’t have raced at all last year based on this, so now we have two grand tour winners being awarded retrospectively which really robs them of any joy of victory.
It is also bad for cycling as a sport as we now have 3 new events that need a * in the results with (stripped due to doping). This should have been investigated, and dealt with back in 2010Will be interesting to see what this means for saxobank this year, the team has been built around Bertie, I guess they will try to see if they can step up Haedo
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They definitely need to get faster resolution on these things.
He tested positive on a rest day in 2010 and served a 5 month suspension while initially sorted things out (which is being used as time served for this 2 year ban).
Resolving these issues during the course of a grand tour is pretty much impossible. The only way to do it is to immediately suspend anyone for any positive tests, which allows for false positives to rob riders of their opportunity to race.
It really is a shame that they couldn’t get everything sorted out before the start of the 2011 season.
Saxobank is straight up screwed.
After pretty much everyone left them for Leopard Trek/Radioshack-Nissan-Trek, they really only had Contador. Without Contador, they’ve only got Bjarne Riis. He can’t do much without some actual riders.
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Well totally up to the court of arbitration now to see if they retain their license. If they do they could make a very interesting team to watch, they will be desperate for points and attacking everything.
They have some average riders and if they push really hard they could try and get enough points with top 10 finishes in as many events as possible. The would really want to try and lure a sprinter, don’t know of anybody out of contract at the moment though. I guess they could go for a really young gun like Caleb Ewan, I’m sure there are equivalent in the Europe scene as well.
If they do lose their license who do you give it to, skil-shimano (or whatever project it1 thingy they are under now), Europacar or maybe even cofidas
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Why is it that everytime I start a new diet, people at work start bringing in home made cakes and stuff and tend to stand over me until I start eating it.
WHY?!?
Also, my brain be busted this morning, so can anyone remember, with the Arrival DLC for ME2 does this start post main quest or can it be started right before the end of the main quest, I forgets.
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The same sorta thing happens to me at work hugo but probably to a greater extent then you. I brought yogurt in one day because i felt like yogurt for morning tea. Well i got called every synonym for homosexual that exsists then they started with the why it wouldn’t help me because i am to fat to be helped and then the continued with the gay jokes. This was all because i felt like yogurt instead of getting a pie from the smoko van.
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indeed, I really didn’t care if it was healthy or not, i just felt like yogurt that particular day.
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WTF??? Yogurt is awesome and you have tossers giving you a hard time over it?
See this is where a kick to their crotch and then a sharp blow to their head is required.-
I think I may have covered this before but i work with not the nicest group of people in the world. Foretunately, not reacting to their little pokes and prods seems to have shut them up. They mainly do it for the reaction, If you don’t react they will stop. Unforetunately that only really works with one person at a time. Multiples of them can go on for hours about every aspect of why i am a terrible human being.
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If you’re allowed, every time they go to talk to you, put headphones on and just look at them in a bored way.
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Step 1: Hit record on phone
Step 2: Ask them to stop
Step 3: Get them continuing on
Step 4: Go to management. If no resolution, go to FWA.Only do this if you feel like leaving your job, though. That said, you might end up leaving with a lot of money.
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Mmm, you must be either far more tolerant or much nicer person then me.
I suppose you have already reported them all to the manager?
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Not if you are smaller than all of them who work out religiously. I am trying to be more tolerant but they still get to me sometimes with there constant labeling of society. I haven’t ever reported it, nor do i intend to until i finish my apprenticeship. It is definitely workplace bullying but in their heads i “deserve it” for the way i act. which is apparently smug and arrogant. I will take some of that because in alot of ways i do think i am better than them, more tolerant and more open minded to other people instead of instantly calling people fags because they work as a male receptionist or other “unmanly” jobs.
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You should drive their cupcakes before you, and hear the lamingtontations of their cheesecakes.
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You know what? I’m just going to go ahead and give myself a high-five for that one.
IT WAS AWESOME.
*high-five!*
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You can start it after Horizon (so before the end of the main quest) but it doesn’t make much sense at all.
IMO it’s better to play it at the end.
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Mmm, I was worried about this. I have done this dlc before on a different character, however the one I am using at the moment is near the end of the game, yet the option to take part in Arrival hasn’t come up yet.
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It should appear right after Horizon, and it’s impossible to avoid not getting it (Kelly won’t let you use the galaxy map unless you talk to Hackett)
That’s… odd. It might mean the DLC isn’t installed on that save.
Maybe check your quest list? It’s possible you got it and didn’t realise…?
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Thanks for the info. This is why I am concerned because I thought it worked that way, so that is why I checked my quest list last night and there was no sign of it.
May just have to redownload it and see if that helps.
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Mornin’ TAY!
Today is going much better than the past week, which is nice. Sooo….yay for that.
Tried out Star Trek Online last night. I’m not much of a Trek fan, but it was easy enough to get in to. I thought that space combat would be a faster pace that it is, but it’s still all pretty good. Extra points for it for being pretty good AND pretty free*.
*completely free
Also, random shout out to mini-scree, because my brain seems to suddenly have a permanent fixation on MLP for the moment.
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ayup, i think she has awoken the hidden Brony in a lot of us…
AND I REGRET NOTHING…
i may or may not be streaming MLP on my second monitor each time i sit down to play a game… and therefore paying more attention to that then the game…
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I’ve had ‘When Somebody Loved Me’ stuck in my head ever since watching the Toy Story 2 video that was posted on the last page… It’s so depressing but at the same time, very nostalgic.
As an add-on to that conversation: Pixar are geniuses and I can’t wait until their new movie comes out this year! \o/ Should be a good’n.
Fun Fact: The last song that I had stuck in my head was Queen’s ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. (And every time I would picture that amazing scene in Shaun of the Dead). This was yesterday. xD
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Yeah, it’s dead useful at work. Listening to Mass Effect 2 Sucide Mission makes any task epic.
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Anyone who replies to this has surrendered all their Internets to you.
*tips modest pile of hat*
Thank you, kind sir.
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Very nice, thank you 🙂
In return, I offer this:http://dwellingofduels.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50&Itemid=53
Back by popular demand, it’s The Amazing Batguy Table of Leaders aka TABTOL!
TAY last posted on February 3, 2012: 6101 comments
1: Blaghman 493 posts (8.1%, 15240 words)
2: scree 440 posts (7.2%, 9747 words)
3: Greenius 379 posts (6.2%, 14373 words)
4: Virus__ 280 posts (4.6%, 6868 words)
5: Freeze S. Preston Icequire 269 posts (4.4%, 6271 words)
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Post #4000: Bish at 10:06 03/02
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Post #5000: Crazyguy1990 at 22:55 03/02
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Post #6000: The Cracks at 00:07 06/02
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I like how I have an absolutely absurd word count, but if you look at Bunny, he has a little under half my posts, and bout 2/3rds the words. Oh well.
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Holy shizno Bish, Greenius, anyone else I missed. Sorry, I just kind of assume that Bunny will be up way ahead. I’m sorry Bish, I temporarily forgot about your Meat write-up, and those cookie things. Are you going to make more of them? I’ll install Company of Heroes if you do!
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I’m kind of disturbed that Bish only just beat me in word count despite that lengthy meat write up. Also surprised by Shane’s relatively low word count.
Can’t really say I consider TABTOL to be indicative of much but those numbers are different from what I expected.
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Eh, it was only 4000ish words. The rest of my comments are usually short, snappy comments that only ever seem to amuse me.
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They amuse me!
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THEN INSTALL COMPANY OF HEROES TO PROVE IT
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Write another cookie thing, and maybe I will!
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So what you’re really saying is that you hate me?
When did fall out like this, Blaghman?
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I’m sorry, BIsh friend. It’s installing now. I… I just want to take things back to how they were. I never meant to hurt you, but clearly I have, and for that I’m truly sorry. If I could take back all the things I’ve said, then I would. Instead, we’ll have to live with the scars.
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Well Bunny, you’re very consistent in word count, you rarely ever post something that’s just an “ok” or “cool” or whatever. I imagine it helps quite a lot when you’re posting hundreds of things in a week.
I do consistently write many a word.
Rocketman
Your doing an apprenticeship right? Then welcome to the world of tradies. I tried to be myself at work for about 5 years before I gave up. Now I just beat myself around the head with a hammer before heading off to work. And I never mention any of my interests there either. Nowadays it’s just staying non committal in any conversation.
Sorry, just wanted to have a whinge.
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Its cool, i learnt that as well, if i discuss any of my interests i will get made fun of, if i discuss news and current affairs i get made fun of. I haven’t ever had a GF so i get made fun of. I won’t go out drinking with them so i get made fun of.. My view on it is that all tradies i have to deal with are just moronically small minded.
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tradieshumans that I have to deal with are just moronically small minded.”That’s something I’d say definitely 😛
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Yeah. I’ve found that if you not talking about drinking, fighting or “nailing skanks” as it were, then there isn’t anything else to say as far as the majority of them are concerned.
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i think i’ve used up all my sick days, so now, i’ll have to call in dead…
somethingsomethingsomethingfeelingsick
/rant
😀 i love short rants…
so how is everyone? Thank’s heaps to all the people last night, Especially Scree for help with my research of where to live in the big ol’ city o’ Melbourne… we made some good headway last night me thinks, and are starting to get a good picture of where we would ideally like to be…
also, started getting into Crysis 2, now that i have a machine that can actually run it, with it’s nice DX11 and HD patch… MY GOD THAT GAME IS PRETTY… it’s not Skyrim, but it’s purty
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my viking cave will not be in Broadmeadows no, but i’ll make sure it’s close enough that i can go there at night, with a cape and an axe, Vigilante Style 😛
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in terms of sceneries and vistas yes, in terms of overall graphics Crysis 2 is the winner by far, but just because of the prettiness of Skyrim (Man dem Borealis) it’s taken my breath away more
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It’s Aesthetics vs. Graphics. For instance, Final Fantasy 13(my pet hate in this department) was Aesthetically good, but graphically it was terrible. And nobody seemed to noticed that it was a PS2 game with high res characters, and slightly less bad environmental textures(it clearly showed the development of the engine in its graphics, that’s all I’m saying). Battlefield 3 is graphically amazing, but when all you can see is light bloom, and crap clogging up your screen, I’d call it aesthetically a bit terrible.
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Not sure if you have seriously thought about it but Loops sugegstion of geelong might work for you.
It will certainly depend on where you end up working by if you are working in the outer west then the trip from Geelong there is fairly easy and the rent is much cheaper
However that will depend on how you feel about driving distances and the like. It is also probably better for your city phobia. Just something to keep in mind-
Thanks Tigerion, i think the only issue i would face with Geelong is convincing my other half that it’s a good idea, she seems to be allergic to having to drive any sort of distance every day :P…
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Well that is the other piece of the puzzle I didn’t mention.
Will she be working?Otherwise she can likely stay in geelong most of the time, I’m sure loops or f4ction can give you more details about g-town if you need them
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I’m sitting here with a giant box that just arrived full of figures from Japan and thinking that it might be time to stop wasting money on these since I’ve currently got no space for them and pretty much everything I’ve grabbed in the last six months or so is in a giant pile, unopened. Not sure how I feel about this really – part of the problem is that you need to preorder stuff months ahead of release to guarantee you can get it, and with the company I order through if you cancel after they’ve placed their orders (usually about 1-2 weeks after they put it up) they charge a 10% cancellation fee. 😐
However the artbook that was included in this shipment is surprisingly awesome. Wasn’t expecting anything near as chunky – 240 pages, high-quality thick glossy paper and hardcover, possibly the best printed book in my collection. Pictures inside are nice too.
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If you ever want to get some off your hands, well, I’m here for you.
Anyway, the only logical solution is to move to a bigger house. So you have more space for all your stuff.
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@scree – “I know where you live” D:
But to be fair I also know where you live ʘ͜ ʘ (my attempt at a creepy face – possibly lambo’s smiley) based on your complaints of Big Day Out 😛
@SarcasmFairy – probably never going to see this but welcome to Kotaku!
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Instead of posting another comment…
It only just occurred to me that the White HTC Telstra ads are gone :P. Now back are The Darkness II (stop taking up half the comments!) and ShopStyle (overpriced items and hotchix)
I love games that have a surprisingly good game mechanic/story so that the graphics and other gameplay elements fade awawy into nothing.
I played a game once that was like a Japanese micro machines game on PS2 that had you crash into cars to initiate conversation, then you upgraded your cars and flay around to different parts of the world doing quests and such… no idea what it was called now but I rented it with a mate of mine and ended up pulling an all nighter and then bought it the next week to finish it.
But I am today talking about Ghost trick. I am not much into text games and not really a fan of the art or anything.. I started playing it and wasn’t that impressed with it, but all of a sudden it was interesting and I wanted to know more about the player and the very interesting game mechanic… I love games that surprise you like that.
I know ive heard good things but I was not really expecting much. I got it on iOS so not sure if ill buy more of the missions or whatever? but I will say that I can see why people rave about this game… very interesting..
On a side note, MAN I miss being younger and having no responsibility… I can’t pull an all nighter any more. I’d love to find a fantastic game and just go at it all night, passing a controller back and forth to a mate to ‘have lives’ or checkpoints or missions or whatever… I miss that 🙁
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The whole possess item gameplay mechanic that Ghost Trick had was OK but not great. I found myself wanting to go back just for the story and I’d say it’s worth playing for that alone 🙂
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Thanks Loops, i did end up seeing that last night, but by then it was already hidden on the then old page 4, so i didn’t think there was a point in replying.
i really appreciate any and all input on this, i guess the main thing is which burbs to stay away from, such as broadmeadows (BAAATMAAAAAN)…i’m getting quite pumped to become a Melbourner(?) and getting to attend more and different Meats… also interested to check out this Mana bar thing
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Are you intending on some kind of scouring party trip here before the main raiding fleet arrives? Because we might be able to arrange a meat for that.
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i’ll be up for either or, small raiding parties can be nice, cause you sorta get to know the people a bit better, but at the same time an all out TAY-main gathering always insures hilarity so i’m good for that too 😛
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Lol it seems that way, but I have been looking at some code. Just been busy with work, have also started footy training again and have been conned into working on my footy clubs website for bartabs. So free time has been at a minimum – I haven’t even played LoL since Friday night.
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Wait free Bar tab, they are definitely not going to get there monies worth there. You could work on the website and make it the most viewed thing on the internet and it would still be not worth it for them!
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Recently, I watched the US version of Wilfred. The only reason I can think of that I watched the US instead of the Aus version is because the idea of Elijah Woods as a stoner amuses me.
Surprisingly entertaining show.
Worth a look for some mindless entertainment and the man as a dog thing actually kind of works.
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I watched a few episodes the other week and it was suprisingly amusing. Plus elijah wood is a fairly good actor. It worked well.
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I haven’t seen the original, so I can’t compare.
One thing that did bug me was that Ryan had money issues yet drove a recent model high end convertible and lived in a rather awesome place in the suburbs.
He was too cheap to pay the power bill for aircon during a heat wave but never considered selling the car, which probably would have provided him with enough cash for another year’s living.
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In response to NotoriousR’s handy music link, it appears that 8bitFM is back in action. FINALLY 😀
Since I posted this late last night, where nobody could see it, I’m going to repost it so that nobody can listen. I was bored yesterday, so I sang a song. http://soundcloud.com/blaghman/if-i-cant-love-her It’s super manly musical style. #pimpingmyselfoutlikeShane
Sup TAY?
thank {insert deity of choice] it’s almost the weekend!
What?
What do you mean “It’s only Tuesday”!? That can’t be right!…
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Working till 5.30 every second week makes me want to spit at little children. Monday it isn’t so bad but Tuesday is in my opinion the worse day of the week. It is slow and boring and blegh.
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Ill play with you for sure, but I heard that the MP isnt that great from NotR?
I have it sitting there, about 50% through campaign and its a fun game, so for $40 its prob worth it. Ive played about 8 hours so far to give yo an indication but that does include some side quests but not that many actually.
Its a solid game and a good laugh.
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I say yes, mainly cause I want to give co-op a try 😛
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Musing for the day.
Why is 8bit gaming so massively loved but 16bit gets comparatively nothing.
I mean, those of us who are around the late 20’s early 30’s would have been playing 16bit at around 10-15, young enough to spend all the free time playing but old enough to appreciate it more.
Yes I grew up with 8bit. Hell I started on an Apple IIe. But it’s the 16bit games that hold a truly special place in my heart. But no one seems to remember those good times.
Now I’ve depressed myself even further.
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Honestly I LOVE 16 bit gaming too, some beautiful sprites came out of that era.
Plus 90’s arcades, people love all the 80’s arcades but the 90’s era arcades get very little love.
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When most people talk about ‘8-bit’ games they actually don’t mean 8-bit for real, it’s become a catch-all to mean pre-CD games. So like when you see people talking about awesome 8-bit music or whatever half the time they’re talking about music from the SNES/Megadrive and stuff.
16-bit was the best bit. 8-bit stuff was so primitive, but the 16-bit systems had just enough that you could do amazing things with it and still had a lot of limitations that encouraged creativity etc.
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I imagine it’s partially because 8-bit is so visually recognisable. Us the term and people immediately identify it as the extremely pixelly graphics.
What sort of visual distinction do you get when you say “16-bit”? I love the SNES (and all the RPGs. ALL OF THEM) but it’s hard (at least, for most non mega-gamers like us I assume) to associate the games to the phrase “16-bit” if there’s nothing immediately recognisable about the style. -
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(assuming 8bit means NES and 16bit is SNES)
I grew up with a PS1 and N64 (32/64bit I think?) but whenever I went back to play older games I’ve always found 16bit games so much better. They took what was good about the 8bit games and made it better in pretty much every way, gameplay, graphics, sound EVERYTHING (Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Final Fantasy).
Also dem SNES RPGs <3
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16-bit was the refinement to perfection of 2D technologies. We basically hit the wall at that point and moved to systems that did stuff in 3D, and I think that we’re getting to the end of that as well, most likely the next generation of hardware will be the equivalent of 16-bit systems for 3D rendering. The next big revolution is probably going to be in the way we interface with our games and we’ve already seen some early steps with that as well (Kinect, multi-touch screens etc)
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Never fear, I’m here now!
Also, I fixed up the subscription feature for The Tube so the whole story comes to your RSS feed (I am sacrificing page hits for your convenience- APPRECIATE ME).
Also, there’s a new part. Check it out –> http://shanewsmith.com/blog/category/the-tube
So with Kingdom’s of Amalanamalourington coming out this week anyone know the cheapest place to pick it up locally? or am I just better of getting it off steam?
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Ozgameshop has it for $42 on PC, or $56 on consoles. Not sure why there’s a difference, seems to be a larger difference than usual. Maybe its on special for PC
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It seems to be a common trend now-days. Charge approx 10% more then the PC version for the console version for absolutely no reason.
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PC games are always cheaper because there’s no licensing fees and no need to get the platform holder to press the discs and stuff.
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Today is moving at a glacial pace.
The three hours of sleep I managed to steal last night weren’t as useful as I would have hoped.
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I’ll see if I can help. Hmm, effects of caffeine…. Shaky hands, racing heart, increased emotions. Hmm.
OH! I know.
HEY LOOPS! 40K IS FOR LOSERS AND TOTALLY SUCKS!
#helping
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Freeze, not too hard! You’ll give him a heart atta-oh, wait. Too late…
You should have tried being a little more subtle. You don’t say outright that 40K sucks, you have to imply it.
Hey loops, Space Marine looks like a Gears of War ripoff 😛-
No Lambo! That’s even worse! Now you’ve probably killed him!
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: P
ʘ‿ʘ does mine look like that to you?
On my screen it’s like your one but the eyes are closer to the mouth and it’s a bit squished together :/
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Yeah, yours was a bit squished togethre, and the mouth was underneath the eyes, not in between them. Also it was a bit off centre too, towards the left side a bit. Thus why I was saying it was drunk 😛
The one I just did was me showing you how to do it right 😛-
It’s not just me right but the 2nd eye is seriously messed up and small?
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ʘ‿ʘ (this should give me 2 messed up eyes, aka ultimate creepyness)
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No, that looks fine now. As does the other one. I was slightly confused, thinking you were talking about your creepy smiley on the previous page. That ones messed up real bad 😛
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I like how we’re talking about creepy emoticons 😛
Anyways now I’m also slightly confused but your original creepy smiley face (where the two eyes were the same size) looked normal where as my one on the last page was a bit squished.
But then you posted the weird second eyed one above and I was wondering whether my original also had the weird little eye. But everything on this page is seriously messed up (well at least it looks like it is on my computer)
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Sup guys? I think i’ve caught up on TAY.
I’ve had my ass handed to me by Greenius, Freeze & Blaghs in Words with “friends” some friends they are =O, I joke they’re awesome & stuff.
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Greenius and I are playing right now. Looks like we both have some pretty terrible tiles, so I’m making the most of what the board has to offer until I can open it up with something that nets me some decent points.
That might take a while.
Strategy!
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I’m sorry Virus__ and Blagh!
Trjn you’re beating me so no apology yet
And Freeze owes me apologies 🙁I’m just gonna put this here so others can see. Generally what I do if I want to rematch someone (I’m assuming you guys still want to play afterwards), is that the last person to go before the game over is the one to rematch. This way we can avoid accidently starting 2 or more games at once :).
I don’t mind more than one game but just sayin’ 😀
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Don’t apologise for beating me! That’s like shooting someone in a duel and the nsaying “better luck next time” while you actually mean it!
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Really, thought it would use my the name I chose. Weird. Ah well, doesn’t matter xD
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You can apologise for blocking triple word score with “aa”.
Really?
It worked out okay. Let me set up “Gems” with G and M on triple letter and the S making “wivers” and a few 2 letter words as well.
Then again, I used “hanse” against Virus (making Za, In and Bunts) because “rinse” wouldn’t work in the same spot, so I just kept throwing tiles until something stuck.
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It’s your own fault. If you have just let me have “mauve” none of this would have happened.
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Pretty sure that might’ve been worse 🙁
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Mauve would have been 39 points, Gems got me 55 and I got a few other things along the way.
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But I wouldn’t of got WIVER which gave me some nice points
I’ll make a comeback somehow! Freeze did some amazing move in one of our last games. I was pretty much in the lead the entire game by like 60+ points and out of nowhere the very last move he plays a 7 pointer using all of his last letters and gets an insane amount of points… I still had 7 letters left over which screwed me over in the end and he ended up beating me by a couple of points 😛
But I got my revenge in the game directly after where I used all my last letters to do a beastly 7 letter word that gave me like a 150 point win 😀
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It might 🙂
All it takes is one mistake or one awesome move and it’s instantly game over :D. Also depends on what letters we get
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That moment when you could’ve won but didn’t T_T
Haha good game Trjn! I managed to make a come back against Virus__ and Blagh so \o/
Freeze is still inventing and playing long words that I’ve never seen in my life before though :/
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Thanks, she’ll be right. She made it to her first class of gymnastics this morning, and is off to the doctor’s this afternoon. Probably just another ear infection, which will clear up with antibiotics.
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haha 😀
I rarely post/enter the relm of Remember This? because many of the games aren’t something I’ve played. But I’ve always enjoyed seeing you guess The Dig 🙂
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@Loops
Thanks man, seriously. It feels pretty amazing to know that people are digging our stuff. Also, to answer your question, I’m on vocals.
@DAN!
That one word is validation for my entire existence.
@Harli
At least you found a positive? 😛
@Everyone else
Shameless repost:
I’m kinda bad at this self promotion stuff, but my band finally has a song up. So I guess check it out, or something.
Full disclosure, it’s probably not for everyone.
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I listened to your song yesterday. If you are the vocalist i am kinda scared. YOU DIDNT SOUND LIKE THAT WHEN WE MET. lol its not my cup of tea but i did enjoy it to a extent.
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I wish I could be all excited about ME3, but alas my computer can’t even run ME without crashing to the desktop =[
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*tentatively*
console…?
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Nah, I don’t own a 360 or PS3 D= if I had employment I probably would be able to play since i’d have a better PC then \o/
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By Day-one DLC you mean “arbitrarily removed from the game and hidden behind a pay-wall” DLC right? Not that I mind that much so long as it’s given to me for free because I purchased the game new.
Have they actually said which parts of the game they’re going to cut off at the kneecaps and charge used purchasers $10 extra for yet?
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As far as I know the extra DLC mission and character will be for the CE only, others have to pay for it.
Generally Bioware make one mission and character DLC (e.g. Zaeed, or Sebastian from DA2) per game, then the rest of their DLC is planned in between the game finishing and launch. They start working on DLC after launch.
ME2 had the Cerberus card thing, but it seems ME3 won’t have as much free content. At least, I don’t think every copy gets the free stuff.
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As I’m generally against DLC especially “Day-one DLC that was arbitrarily removed from the game and hidden behind a pay-wall DLC” (thanks Negative!) I’m still holding out for what seems like a no brainer ME1,2,3 trilogy awesome/sexy/ultimate/gold edition that has all 3 games and DLCs 🙂
Please come out?
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DA:O Ultimate sold extremely well (better than DA2, heh) so I wouldn’t put it past Bioware to try something in the future.
That said, they haven’t expressed much interest in and ME2 Ultimate Edition and it’s possible the powers that be have decided getting consumers to pay for overpriced DLC is better for their profitability.
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Yeah still no ME2 GOTY edition 😛 or ME1 something edition (but I was told ME1 didn’t have DLC).
I’m not too bothered by it because I’ve played ME1 and ME2 which I borrowed from a friend. I took my time and played through ME1 twice and had a blast but by the time I got around to playing 2, I completely forgot the story and everything. I opted not to import my ME1 save and was kinda annoyed at some of the default decisions made in 2. Because of this I sort of just rushed through it only doing 3 Loyalty missions and nothing else :/. I really want to do one of those “play 1 and import character into 2, play 2 and import character into 3” so the story is all connected 🙂
The same friend that lent me 1 and 2 rebought them on PC and is now getting 3 on PC which means I can’t be selfish and borrow it off him (sadface). Looks like I’m passing on ME3 😛
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ME1 had two DLC packs, a really great one and a terrible one.
Bring Down the Sky was a proper story DLC with new areas and environments, a really interesting story (batarian politics :P) and some good combat.
Pinnacle Station was a glorified combat arena, that showcased the shortcomings of ME’s combat system while not being terribly fun.
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I heard that’s the case with ME2’s DLC as well. Some are good some are bad.
At least by the time they release this supposed trilogy collection it should be cheap :). Unless they do some sort of “limited collector’s run” then I’ll be sad 🙁
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I have absolutely no problem with DLC as long as it is:
– Single player (because I don’t play multiplayer stuff)
– Resonably priced for the amount of content
– Actually expanding the game or adding something new and interesting (and also integrated properly)
– Not stuff that should have been in the game and was clearly cut so it could be made into DLC.
Mass Effect 2’s DLC (and also the Batarian DLC in ME1 actually) was generally pretty good. Extra missions, extra characters. Integrated into the game but didn’t feel like you were missing out without having them. Dragon Age 2’s extra character ‘DLC’ felt like he’d been sliced out of the game halfway in. The DLC levels in Assassin’s Creed 2 were awful, where there’s a bunch of ‘memories’ that are locked away and inaccessible because the DLC wasn’t available.
Yeah AC2’s DLC was terrible. I’m not fully against DLC (I’ve bought it before) I’m just against crap DLC. If it’s like one of the 4 points you mentioned then that’s fine in my books. However, thats usually not the case with DLC these days…
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/talk-amongst-yourselves-154/comment-page-14/#comment-523004
(incase you missed it)
There’s other things I wanted to say but 1000+ words was enough so I had to cut back 😛
I was annoyed with DA2, because you practically had to have it to understand the nuances of the Chantry’s position regarding mages (and Leliana’s mission, etc).
It also made the Grand Cleric a *much* more sympathetic character, which tied into the ending events.
ME2 got you Zaeed and that terrible vehicle stuff later on, everything else was paid. I didn’t mind that but ME2 didn’t leave me feeling so utterly cold and uninterested as if the game wasn’t intended for me any more the way ME3 does at the moment.
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It’s not much consolation, but if you ignore the atrocious marketing and PR, it’s actually a very strong RPG game with character interaction. It has more dialogue than ME2, more missions, a better story structure (closer to ME’s in my opinion) and the way some of the conflicts are resolved is full of tension and often sadness.
The ‘pew pew pew explosions’ marketing and dev speak is awful, I’ll concede. But it truly doesn’t reflect the game behind it, not the one I read the script for.
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There’s no way to drag the console to an ethernet port or something? I was doing that until I bought a wireless adapter (then some important component melted and I got a Slim with a built-in adapter).
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Nah. I’ve tried everything (including piggybacking off my laptop, which refused to work) except actually forking out for one of those wifi adaptors.
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Bought the Dawn of War 1 stuff that was on sale on steam yesterday- once I get my eye in, would anoyone else be keen for Multiplayer?
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We tried DoW multiplayer once. God that was a kerfuffle… But the answer from me is maybe, but you have to understand that I am absolutely terribad at it.
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I will play, provided you are content with having a player who will quietly build an ineffective base in the corner which will be overrun by the first scouting party who finds it.
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Thank god I wasn’t the only one. Shas’O, ready for duty! We could try playing but lag might be a bit bad… 🙁
So Hawken is releasing on 12.12.12. that is Q4-2012 there is plenty of footage and a beta on the way.
Mechwarrior online is releasing Q2-2012, well before Hawken’s release date.
So why is there not a single screenshot or in-game video of the game?
I’m hoping that MWO is not just making promises that they can’t cash in on.
Blaghs!
At some point I really need to bother getting that pedal off you…I’ll be working out near your place Thursday and next Tuesday. Are you available either of those days for me to swing past and grab it during the day?
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I most certainly am. If you can give me warning a bit prior to you turning up, that’d be good, just so I have a chance to find pants…
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Who here has played Bastion?
I’m curious if you thought there was something else going on the whole time like I did.
Throughout the whole game I thought the game was not literal like it was a metaphor for real events, as if The Kid was left in a comatose state from an accident and in his mind the ‘calamity’ was that accident.
I saw the process of the game as the Kid piecing his mind back together piece by piece, and the Narrator was the shape of his ‘real life’ self guiding him back to the real world.
Too deep?
Maybe, but it gave the game a much more narratively complex feel to me, especially the Jawson Bog hallucination level.
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No 😛
But an interesting interpretation, I could see how you could get that sense from the game. It must have given you a headache thinking of that when you hit the dream (who knows where) sequences with the whole dream within a dream thing
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Yeah Jawson Bog’s hallucination level really got me thinking. As if the hallucination ‘dreams’ were actually the dream unraveling and then you get glimpses of real memories amongst it all, such as the narration at the bar as if he was just starting a fight and hurting the bartender, or the ordinary campsite where the was no floating land, no weapons, just a real campsite.
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I tend to take games at face value. I’ve been trained by almost every game that there should be no subtlety to storytelling, so I tend to follow that logic when watching stuff.
TAY, was anyone interested in the portal gun I posted, because if so I have information.
First of all, it has been taken down from the website either dues to demand or they weren’t meant to be up there yet. I’m happy to keep pestering GT on your behalf.
The guns may be life sized although so far no confirmation that they will be.
They are official merchandise as well.
They may be priced anywhere between $150-$200.
If people are still interested let me know as I’ll keep asking for information and they don’t mind me preordering for Taybies if you can’t get them anywhere else.
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Oh, you!
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If someone wants to buy me one in exchange for immense gratitude and many numerous public proclamations of their awesomeness, I would be much obliged..
Otherwise, I have to pass 🙁
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I wish I could but I’m pretty much broke (I will be paying you next Tuesday, the book/s arrived today)
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I’m glad they arrived, that’s awesome 🙂 Again, no hurry with $$, just whenever.
I was joking re: proxy purchase – if someone actually did that, I would fall backwards off my chair and die of embarrassment in the deep hole that had opened up in the ground underneath me.
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Book 2 arrived, but I’m paranoid that book 1 may be delivered to another house (or possibly just arriving tomorrow)
People on here are nice, so i wouldn’t be surprised if someone did
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Wait what?
Where was this? Who does this?
I must have missed the original post sorry.I can’t afford the gun anyways but it does look epic 🙂
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A question – Do you think my wife would notice if I quietly replaced our (Sony) Blu-Ray player with a Playstation 3?
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I guess this is where I was going with that, without really realising it. Anyone have any idea if our existing remote will work?
I know she won’t actually be fooled, but I want to assist the whole “willful blindness” thing she has going on with my games.
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I should dig out an old playstation one controller and leave it lying around so she gets used to it.
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http://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=28725
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Understood. The remote apparently communicates via Bluetooth. Sadface.
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So, I have some news. My job has been reclassified and I am going to be earning more money very soon! 🙂
Very good timing with the wife halfway through her pregnancy and terrifyingly mounting credit card debts. We might even break back to even one day!
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That’s great! And surprising given all of the theoretical strife that’s happening with cuts to the Public Service.
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They must be three pretty lazy people, given how much time you spend on TAY. 😛
Oh, and it might count for more if they’d employ me… 😛
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I request some Resident Evil advice.
What games in the series are must plays?
I played Resident Evil 2 back in the day, and loved it. I am working my way through Resident Evil 4, and have the REmake for Gamecube. I have RE5 too and I really liked it, even though it’s obviously different to the original games. I like it all!
Specifically, is it worth finding copies of Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil 3? Are they any others I should consider?
Cheers!
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Oh yeah! Forgot about that one. have you played the HD rerelease? I was kind of waiting for it to be less than $29.95. Not sure if xbox will ever put it on sale though.
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I recently decided to go play some Resident Evils as well (as you already know) but whilst looking I did see that they ported 0 to Wii and it’s about $20-30.
From what I’ve read it’s pretty much the exact same as the Gamecube version which is why it got bad reviews. Wasn’t necessarily a bad game it just didn’t add anything extra to the game.
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Oh and just wanted to say I’ve never played it but this should save you the time/money of trying to find a copy of the original 🙂
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REmake is a must, and if you enjoyed RE2 I’d highly recommend RE3 as well just to see what the big deal about Nemesis is.
Imagine the tension of Mr.X stalking you in RE2, but throughout the entire game. Thats what Nemesis was all about.
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I actually find the endless stalking to be quite annoying. There is a bit in Dead Space 1 where you are being chased by a regenerating beast and you can only kill it in a scripted moment. It was scary and stressful, sure, but I just find it irritating. It’s something that has put me off playing through Bioshock 2 as well, since I understand you face off against an enemy you can’t kill.
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Bear in mind that Nemesis can be put down in any encounter. In fact it is advantageous to do so. Get the Eagle parts!
Oh and he’ll leave you alone for a while.
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STARS…
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Although he can do what Mr X couldn’t, he can follow you through doors…thats scary as hell the first time he does it!
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To which enemy do you refer to McGarnical? I don’t recall an invincible enemy in the game at all…
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Bioshock 2 or Dead Space?
In Dead Space it was
Gur ertrarengvat ornfg gur qbpgbe hayrnfurf ba lbhe ba lbhe erghea gb gur zrqvpny onl, naq pna bayl or xvyyrq ol pelbtravpnyyl serrmvat vg ng n fpevcgrq ybpngvba, naq gura vg pbzrf onpx naljnl naq lbh unir gb qrny jvgu vg nabgure jnl juvpu V pna’g erzrzore.
In Bioshock 2, I haven’t played it much but I think the Big Sister or whatever that is harrasses you at various times and you can’t kill her? Am I wrong?
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At first, you can’t kill them, just wound them enough that they run away(which is good enough)…after that, you can kill them no problem. So in short, they’re never invincible 🙂
As for Dead Space, I won’t read your spoiler(thanks for the ROT13 btw), I haven’t played very far in to it…it’s in my pile of shaming… -
You can kill the shit out of the Big Sisters.
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Oh, cool. OK, I’ll put the hurt on them.
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0 I found to be a bit meh.
3 on the other hand made me poop myself on several occaisions as a child. Nemesis = Tyrant with a rocket launcher.
All the spin offs (not numbered) I never really got into much.
As for which RE games to play…it depends on how much you like RE really. I have loved RE since the original game on PS1, but when they re-did it for Gamecube…Wow…that game is the whole reason I bought a Gamecube.
For the record, if you’re a big fan of the series…play them all!
So, after seeing how many people are interested in a DoW multiplayer match (heaps, apparently. Good call by redartifice!), it looks as though it’ll be 4v4 PvP.
Anyone who feels like they suck/might die easy, please don’t get put off by PvP. It took me ages to start doing it, and once I finally did, it was brilliant!
I, however, was not 😛
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The expansions should all work together. You’ll just be limited to whatever armies you’ve bought via expansions (in MP, single player campaigns will be locked in the same manner).
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That’s a shame. But I’m still a bit miffed at Sega and how they refuse to localize a lot of their games but also refuse to let anyone else license them.
A couple of little mistakes at the end where I got very few points and Greenius got very many points and our game ended up going in my favour, 356-345
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For anyone confused we’re talking about Words with Friends 🙂
Still annoyed that I could’ve won lol T_T
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Well, QUASI for 85 (with LAZES) was nasty. QUAD for another 50 straight after was mean.
Hence my next word being SOD.
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I believe it’s replyfailopus. Which seems like an odd term, since I think the opus is just a piece of work. Like, the “Magnum Opus” is someone’s greatest work.
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@McGarnical
But the PS3 and smooth things over with your wife with these words EXACTLY.
“I am the man, I’ll make the decisions and I’d sooner shoot myself in the rad then take input from a woman. Now I’m hungry so go do something useful and cook dinner. ”
You’ll have the PS3 then plus the bonus of many weeks of uninterrupted gaming.
Win-win
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I’d probably get given dinner. And then spend the next three days wondering if it was poisoned.
Anyone know if the latest iOS still has the ridiculous no-downloads-over-20mb-over-3G limit in it? My iPad is still on a really old iOS version, jailbroken to get around that and I’m thinking it’s time to upgrade to latest. If they took that asinine limit out then I won’t need to jailbreak it again after updating.
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Last time I checked they still have that stupid rule 😛
I’m usually always around Wi-Fi so I hardly notice but they may have changed it (unlikey though)
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I use my iPad to download podcasts at work. I’m not going to steal wifi for it (our wifi access requires a login so it’d be pretty obvious who was grabbing crap off iTunes). I can download at home but I forget.
The limit is so arbitrary as well. Like you can download several hours of music off iTunes as long as each individual track is less than around 6 minutes, but if a single track goes over that 20mb limit… It’s something AT&T asked for in the US but it shouldn’t be a blanket restriction on all 3G everywhere.
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Yeah it’s sort of stupid. I think my 3G data per month is something like 3gb anyway which I get nowhere close to using up. I guess it’s just there for those who have a lower download limit to prevent them from ‘accidently’ exceeding it.
Usually the only thing I download are updates to apps or new apps both of which I can live without for a few hours (until I return home). I steal Monash’s wifi. I’ve downloaded Braid and other humble indie games using it 😛
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Having to download everything over wifi defeats the purpose of having 3G in the first place!
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Dunno if anyone else spotted thi, but it’s interesting – templates for 3D printers downloadable via torrent sites… pirate copies of warhammer models for example?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328506.400-pirate-filesharing-goes-3d.html
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I hope LEGO get’s onto this whole thing and start’s selling printable sets, just download the set you want and print it up. 😀
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That’s pretty cool :). When I first heard about 3D printers I was like 😀 (this was just after discovering the amazingness of plastic Gundam kits). But then I realised they aren’t exactly cheap at the moment and without any 3D skills I’d have to download all the templates 🙁
I’m still waiting for the time when 3D printers will affordable and seen as an every day appliance. Gonna make me so much figurines!
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http://store.makerbot.com/thing-o-matic-kit-mk7.html
$1100 US plus shipping for a kit. Not quite as flexible as some of the more expensive stuff since it builds up the ABS in layers and can’t do overhangs and it’s not high enough resolution to do small model parts like 1/144 Gundam kits, but pretty sure you could use it to make fake Lego etc. The laser-based systems are out of the reach of the general consumer price-wise but there are a lot of companies starting up that will print your 3D models on higher-end stuff, and I’d expect that eventually it’ll trickle down into our hands as well. It’s The Future ™.
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3D printing for Lego wouldn’t work (yet)- the print resolution and plastic quality isn’t high enough, bricks wouldn’t stick properly.
For crappy knock-off LEGO like Mega blocks, quality would likely improve.
@Greenius I have no idea what was wrong with the second eye on the creepy face, both eye’s looked normal to me… :/
Also, I liked the little touches you added to your gravatar 😛
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Why thankyou! I’m assuming the second eye was completely normal on your screen then?
Now we both get where the confusion was coming from lol. I’ve seen you use that face before though without any problems so who knows? 😛
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I’m playing with a few TAYbies right now 🙂
I said it below but my name is Greenius so feel free to start up a game if you want to play 😀
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you said that sentence purposely because you know I don’t know what those word me 😛
I’m alright myself, not a bad day. -
My my aren’t you a wordy one. As wordy as I apparently am I have never seen those last 2 words in my life 😛
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Honestly, I have no idea what nihilism is, I just know its got a Sith Lord named after it, and thats good enough for me 🙂
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Nihilism is the idea that life is worthless, essentially. There’s no point to anything we do, and it’s utterly meaningless.
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antidisestablishmentarianism
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Originated as people who were against the disestablishment of the Church of England. That is, essentially, they wanted to keep Church and State together.
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Nihilism I know because it’s such a cool word(I think I first read it when I was about 13, and spent about ten minutes staring at the dictionary entry before it clicked), and since antidisestablishmentarianism is such a common “big word” I looked up what it mean in probably… year 8? I think. Because as a word it doesn’t make sense without context (People who are against the people who are against establishment. Wouldn’t that just be an establishmentarian?(The ism just meaning the philosophical idea, as opposed to the people themselves))
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There’s always “moral nihilism” which is essentially what Christian Zealots are. That’s the belief that morals are all the construct of society, and that we have none intrinsically.
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We believe in NOSSING, Mr Lebowski!!
Pretty good. Had the morning off work to hang out with my daughter, and am getting a pay rise. Have spent part of the afternoon at work writing my serial novella The Tube.
On reflection, that’s a pretty damn awesome day 🙂
How are you?
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Sounds like a pretty damn good day!
I had an average day. Got up went to school, now I’m home. Not dead yet! =D
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Does anyone else have an annoying Brother/family member that is on xbox live gold 24/7 talking to their friends in an outside voice. And when I say outside, I mean like your trying to talk over the sound of a helicopter.
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How does one play Words With Friends? It sounds like a good productivity enhancement, and just the type I’ve been looking for!
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Apparently it’s like scrabble but not :/. Just make words using letters from the other person’s words until you run out of tiles. There’s double and triple letter tiles and words to mix things up (which is also apparently like scrabble – I’ve never played it)
Theres iOS/Android versions and it can also be played on PC via Facebook
I’m Greenius so feel free to start up a game 😀
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It’s pretty much just Scrabble but with different point values (J is worth 10 instead of 8 and a few other changes).
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I’d be all over Words With Friends if it wasn’t by Zynga. Don’t want anything to do with that company.
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Since I’m not entirely sure, the other way to interpret that question is “Either through an iOS or Android device, or via Facebook.”
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Since I’m not entirely sure, the other way to interpret that question is “Either through an iOS or Android device, or via Facebook.”
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DoW people:
I’ll post this here because the last page is Ravenholm:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-146/comment-page-7/#comment-541660
It doesn’t matter what version you have, as long as we all run the same one. For example, I have all of the games, Pixel only has Dark Crusade and Soulstorm. I can play a game with him in Dark Crusade or Soulstorm.
The limiting factor is that he won’t have access to the races from the original (Space Marine, Orks etc.), but I will.
tl;dr
If we all run the same game on the same patch (have to be the latest due to Steam copies involved), everything will be fine.
You know what game I just got a wicked bad craving to play? Mystical Ninja: Starring Goemon on N64.
PURASUMAAAAAHH!!!
EBGames is only selling the Witcher 2 dark edition for $108, for those interested. *throws wallet*
https://www.ebgames.com.au/xbox360-156695-The-Witcher-2-Dark-Edition-Xbox-360
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INTERESTING
Might hold off and see other options – if it’ll be that cheap at EB, who knows what prices will be on offer! 🙂
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Wow the Enhanced (standard) edition is only $78 as well!
I’ve never played Witcher 1 or 2 but I’ve always wanted to (my PC sucks). I hope it’s just as good on the Xbox :). I’m a sucker for art books so I might just buy it anyway… 😛
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I also just realised that it’s $100 in the US/Amazon so at that price EB is actually pretty damn cheap (EB IS CHEAP!? WHAT?!)
Witcher peoples:
Will I be missing out on anything significant if I play Witcher 2 first?-
I hope not, because I’m playing the Witcher 2 when I’ve only played a bit of the first!
It does follow directly on from the plot of the first, but it does quite a good job of explaining things.
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Yes! The significant thing you’ll be missing out on is The Witcher.
The enhanced edition of the first game is playable on just about any PC nowadays, it’s still really good and digitally available for very cheap. It’s also incredibly good once it gets going. Especially the moral choices. Bioware’s whole good or evil stuff really pales in comparison: your choices are morally ambiguous and have massive consequences.
You can import your saved game into the Witcher 2. It’ll set things up in the world to reflect the choices you made during the original game. It’s a direct sequel.
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I’m about 10 hours into The Witcher and it’s pretty special. I can echo the sentiments about the decisions being truly impactful. Interestingly the game often doesn’t show you the impact until much later, to remove the easy way out of loading your save and remaking the decision. It shows you the impact of your decisions often in surprising ways and you really feel like you’re having a role in this world.
I am seriously tempted to play 2 on the xbox though, and am wondering if CD Project will institute some sort of cross-platform save transfer. Somehow I doubt Microsoft would allow this but it would be really fantastic.
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Everything on this PC is pretty decent except for a really old graphics card… A friend of mine has the Enhanced edition of the first on PC which I could borrow/buy of him. Problem about the save transfer thingy is that I’m thinking about picking 2 up on Xbox.
Hmmm the Dark Edition looks pretty sweet but it’s also expensive and something I could live without… Buying it would also make me want to play the original first but to do so I might need a better graphics card and by doing that I can probably play Witche 2 on PC anyway… Decisions decisions…
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That seems quite a lovely thing to do
http://www.govolunteer.com.au/volunteer/default.htm
Seems like a good place to try and start.
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Thanks Rocket! Sent an expression of interest to a Red Cross store nearby :3
McGarnical, the last person that helped you got their throat cut, ear to ear. Poor Billy…
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No retaining wall could keep me from you. -begin air thrusting-
I’ll be dispensing free, custom Valentine’s Day phrases for the next week.
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Be my Talia Ahl Ghul -begin air thrusting-
I’ll be dispensing free, custom Valentine’s Day phrases for the next week.
Love,
Dan-
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hahaha you are terrible mr Dan!!!!
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-146/comment-page-6/#comment-540964
In case anyone missed it.
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If you have the ability to try the demo, please do. It’;s like Ikaruga but it’s a bit easier. Alpha said to read the manual though. I am going to try it myself and let you know how I do.
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I see Fallout New Vegas is now available in the Steam US store at least. I guess they haven’t yet plugged the price into the calculator and hit “x 2” yet for the Aussie store.
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If you don’t mind me asking … how cold do you keep your yoghurt? I have never got a brain-freeze from eating yoghurt. Frozen yoghurt on the other hand … that stuff hurts when you eat it too fast.
Does anyone else have an annoying Brother/family member that is on xbox live gold 24/7 talking to their friends in an outside voice. And when I say outside, I mean like your trying to talk over the sound of a helicopter.
It’s really annoying and it’s driving me nuts.
Well, it looks like I’m about to get a rather nasty storm here, I’ll be back in probably an hour or two to tell you guys whether I survived or not…
😛
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He summoned the storm im telling ye!
Next he will be killing the season harvest and turning our cow’s milk sour!
*grabs torch and pitchfork*
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Don’t worry, if he’s a witch then he’ll float.
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He turned me into a Newt!
I got better.
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I don’t know how you managed to stay alive, but you’re one brave kid, Rebecca
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Nice.
Fun fact related to your subtitle: My mother sat on a plane next to Bill Paxton a few years back. She talked to him briefly(as in said hello to the random she was sitting next to in Business Class), but it took her until halfway through the plane ride before she realised who he was, by which point it would have been too awkward to point out that she knew who he was.
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Something about bread, very small rocks, churches and gravy proved it
@AlphaProspector: I had a flick through the manual for the game and I think if you’re expecting this to be a shmup gateway game you might need to clarify some of the key concepts, eg what is “Chain Bonus” and how do you build it up. Maybe add a tips page with some explanation on how to actually play. Maybe also a brief introduction blurb explaining the setup for the game’s plot or something as well.
The manual as it is at the moment tells you what is on the UI but it does it in terms of the game’s systems, which you need to be familiar with the game to understand (thus a catch-22) and I think it needs a bit less of the ‘what’ and a bit more of the ‘why and how’. Though maybe this is more on the website itself?
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The website is up. I don’t remember it. But I’ll let Alpha know. He probably won’t be on until 11pm or so. He’s on twitter if you want to pester him on there.
https://twitter.com/#!/AlphaProspector =D-
Presumably the website is where the manual and the game demo are hosted 😛 I glanced at them yesterday. Got the demo downloading while I’m at work and will give it a whirl tonight. I’m crap at them but I’ve play Touhou a fair bit and have some experience with Ikaruga et al so I’m pretty much the target market. 🙂
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Well I played it just then and if I didn’t keep getting the bomb and the colour button confused I would’ve done a good job. =D
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Blaghman.
It is “Damn you Replybuttonopus!”
It is in reference to what is perhaps the greatest movie of our generation, Sharktopus.
I just found how “noise cancelling” my headphones are. The person sitting next to me left for the day without me noticing, apparently he said bye to me.
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upgvo ryygvy!
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Did you just Rot13 gibberish?
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It means something, it’s just double encoded.
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I just went to get a new phone and they had sold out. Now I have to wait until Thursday until I get it
#firstworldproblems
Welp, my internet seems shitty today. i’ve rebooted the modem and router 3 times in the space of 45 minutes. Guess I won’t really be around to twitter/tay for the rest of the day, so before I do, I present you this:
http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/pdn2v/i_want_one_glados_ring/
Any mechanical engineers able to explain to me how those wind up cars that go forwards/backwards work?
I imagine there’s a barrel drum or something that drives a single cog, then when the bumper hits a wall it shifts to a two cog set up..?
If so, how?
Or am I way off the mark?
I should rummage through my old toy box and see if I can find one.
Trying to design a wind up device that moves a beam/shaft forwards and backwards (can’t avoid the innuendo)
Reciprocating set up isn’t acceptable since the range of motion needs to be larger than the mechanism itself.
Anyway… I have no idea what I’m talking about…
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I play TF2, so I’m going to say you just hit it with a wrench until it displays that behaviour.
Faux Builders League United member fled,
Hoo-wee, making bacon
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I concur. Magic is the only reasonable explanation.
This might help (SCIENCE WIZARDS!):
http://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-clockwork-works.html
There’s something in there about storing kinetic energy, but perhaps clockwork is different to the method you had in mind with shafts…
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Question for the Words with Friends people:
Do you any of you admit to using one of those scrabble websites where you can input the current board and it will spit out your optimal move? xD Because back when I used to play it, everybody I played would use something like that. I may as well have been playing the computer. lol
(The other reason I stopped playing was because my phone would burn through a whole days charge because I’d be checking it constantly :P)
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No that would take out the fun of it all 😛
When I first got it and started playing I used an anagram sort of thing that showed me what words I could make out of the letters I had. Didn’t tell me where to put it though and tile placement is half the game 😛
Also it wasn’t very fun winning all the time so I just played normally and got da mad skillz and now I win based on my werd skillz
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Yeah, it’s hardly a motivation to use and learn new words… (which aside from LOL WINNING would be the point of word games, no?)
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Some nut played NGWEE against me once…
Something tells me he was definitely cheating but now I know what NGWEE means so win win I guess?
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It’d certainly be useful if you ever went to Zambia…
(but seriously, unless that person was Zambian, they must have been cheating. *Nobody* knows that word.)
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Don’t need to. Just keep hitting the shuffle button until something familiar jumps out. I do this with real scrabble too. Give everyone else the willies by sitting there rearranging the tiles over and over again.
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I like how we have completely different playing styles. You like to make all dem big fancy words whilst I go with 2 letter crap put on the right tiles 😛
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Hasn’t really come up today, but if I’m drawing a complete blank, it speeds the game along instead of me sitting there for a while hitting shuffle.
Laziness ftw!
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If I’m drawing a complete blank I just play 2 letter words like AA or AB or some crap like that 😛
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Anybody want to help me write a cheesy and funny response to this question so I can win myself a copy of The Last Story on Wii? : D
Tell us in 25 words or less: What is your favourite role playing game of all time and why?
I’m inclined say Xenoblade just because it’s on a Nintendo console but Pokemon, Chrono Trigger, and classic SNES RPGs would probably work well. Usually I come up with a stupid reponse at the top of my head but no luck this time 🙁
The competition is on Nintendo of Australia’s website if anyone else wants to enter 🙂
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Cheers! I’ll just use that : D
I forgot to add but I’m totally 100% being selfish here. I already have the game on preorder and I already entered another competition for it (which I think I stand a good chance at winning) lol
😛
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When someone mentioned The Last Story on here a week or two ago, I looekd at some youtube vids and went to preorder from ozgameshop. I almost went through with it, but then came to the realisation that I don’t really enjoy playing things with the wiimote very much. I think this is why I haven’t finished Skyward Sword after a 4-day marathon of it or something, despite being pretty close to the end.
So, my interest in both The Last Story and Xenoblade has waned because of this. I’m hoping you’ll reply back telling me that GC controllers work fine for both these games.
Faux Grumpy-Old-Man fled,
Get off my lawn-
OMFG XENOBLADE PLAYPLAYPLAYPL BUYBUYBUYUBY
It takes the Classic Controller (which I played through 112 of the whole game with) but I’ve heard the Wiimote controls work fine and there’s no motion/waggle so… BUYBUYBUYBUYBUY
Did I mention you should BUY Xenoblade?
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You can play Xenoblade on a PC with an Xbox 360 controller via Dolphin and never even have to touch a Wii at all, let alone a Wiimote.
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But you should totally buy it first to support the developer :/
Right NegativeZero?
…Right? 🙁
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Agreed. I would’ve loved if they could port it to PC for real though. I mean, Wii releases where I live are VERY rare. They probably will bring 100 copies at most. For the whole country. And I wish I was kidding.
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As far as I know, Xenoblade was made to be used with the Classic Controller (it came bundled with one at one point), so aiming/moving isn’t an issue either.
I had a gold one left over from Goldeneye Wii, coupled with my Skyward Sword Gold Remote. I look very rich, nerdy and tacky at the same time.
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It just occurred to me that there’s no Tasmanian or NT TAYbies 😛
Most are from VIC, NSW, ACT and some in WA
Interesting…
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I love how this avoids mentioning the large chunk of TAYbies who are from QLD.
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Where?
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Here!
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and there are some in SA lol.
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WHOOPS!
Forgot QLD!! That’s another main one
Didn’t know any from SA >_>
Ah crap, that’s out really soon isn’t it? Need to order that too.
TOO MANY GAMES. Feb->March is loaded with releases I want. 🙁
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Powered? Propelled!
Kids these days, sheesh!
Faux Still-Grumpy-Old-Man fled,
On second thought, don’t even look at my lawn
Soo, that storm wasn’t that nasty. It was rather pathetic actually… and I’m still alive! And I’m not a witch! 😛
Well, I’ve got Words With Friends now, my name’s lambomann007 on it. Feel free to start a game with me. 😀
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Good to hear that you’re alive and not a witch 🙂
I’m still going to say the worst storm I’ve been in was about 2 years ago in March when tennis ball sized hail destroyed everything in Melbourne. So many dinted cars lol
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We moved house a month or two before that, prior to then we lived in Wantirna so we’d have been in the absolute worst of the hail, and all our cars are parked out on the street…
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I thought Rowville/Lysterfield and surrounding areas got hit the hardest 😛
Safe to say everyone had broken windows, tiles, roofs, dinted cars and one of my friends house got completely destroyed so he had to move out :/
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Both are good =D
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I haven’t actually played any of them, I just like Harmonix by some weird principle.
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… Thanks?
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Or this version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgmJJqpMuxU&feature=youtube_gdata_playerWarning: Everything this kid does is completly mind blowing.
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Oh he’s all old and stuff now 😛
Was slighty more cooler when he was just a kid but he’s still amazing 🙂
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so uhhhhh, somone found an interesting glitch in SMNC…
warning, may be disturbing to some viewers… (note: not really, totally SFW)
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Forced to grow a beard? Why would you be forced to? A beard is a glorious thing that should be celebrated. And I’m not talking that pocket lint hipsters call a beard.
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Shhh, DAN! might hear you.
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I played QUASI 🙂 and was going to play it against Virus__ as well but opted to play QIS instead cause I’m nice.
Now I totally know your letters : D
Not sure if you saw it in game but I sent a message pondering whether we should just give up on that game and start a new one. I don’t like it when I’m winning by a lot or losing by a lot I prefer the intensity of a close game where every move counts 🙂
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Yeah, you played both QUASI and QUAD, which is why I played SOD.
Saw your message. I say we just finish this game, there’s not that many tiles left anyhow.
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Okay…having played some more of the muItiplayer beta, I can safely say that Twisted Metal is going to be awesome.
I can’t wait for it.
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While Greenius is typing up the first few chapters of his response, I’ll just say that if you like RPGs and own a Wii, get it.
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Debating? What’s running through your mind. Ask some Xenoblade questions and I’ll answer with dem essays : D
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Mostly how the combat works. If its overly complicated I start getting cranky. I go into a blind rage if it’s overly complicated without any real depth a la White Knight.
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You only control 1 character at a time but the AI is good enough for other characters that it isn’t an issue. Combat is good and you should think of it like an MMO. You select an enemy to attack and you’ll automatically begin attacking with a standard attack. So pretty much every couple of seconds or so you’ll attack (the speed of which depends on a different amount of factors). While you’re doing this there’s a whole lot of skills you can use. Each character has their respective standard RPG class (attacker, healer, tank, magic user etc.) so combat varies depends on who you’re using but for now I’ll talk about the main character Shulk (who is the main damage dealer and an attacking type of character).
Although there’s a whole lot of characters, I played the entire game as Shulk. So basically while you’re attacking with standard attacks every few seconds you can use a skill. All skills are available to use at the start of battle and it’s easy as just selecting which skill you want to use and you’ll use it. Each skill has a different recharge time so you can’t abuse them. But combat isn’t as simple as that. Certain skills are more effecting depending on where you are relative to the enemy. One of Shulk’s skills will do double damage if you attack the enemy from behind and another will temporarily lower the enemies’ defence if you hit them from the side. It’s not overly complicated but it keeps you on your toes always trying to get the best hit in.
Then there’s the usual status effects to help strengthen yourself and weaken your enemies. But one mechanic I liked is Break -> Topple -> Daze. Certain skills will inflict these status on the enemies. Break doesn’t really do anything except let you inflect Topple (you can’t inflict Topple without Break). Topple will well… Topple your enemy. They fall down and can’t do anything. Your attacks will do more damage as well as other benefits. Daze comes after Topple and it’s basically the same thing. More damage will be delt. It’s a fun little mechanic and I always found myself trying to Topple/Daze the hardest enemies.
It all sounds confusing and complicated but I tried to just explain all of it. Obviously I pretty much just dumped all this on you without even playing the game but you’re slowly eased and introduced to each mechanic as you play. It’s really good and that’s all you need to know. Simple enough with enough substance to actually make it pretty fun. It was never challenging or hard to figure out what to do and if you find battles too hard just level up a bit by doing sidequests and you’re good to go : )
Next question.
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Oh and each character is genuinely unique in game play style. Although it might seem like a standard RPG fare with your healer and mage and whatnot they’re actually quite unique in how they play out.
Just buy it 😀
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eerr forgetting more things…
Watch some gameplay videos if you want but to be honest when I first watched some it looked kinda meh. Totally different story when I played though I loved it : )
Also no random battles. Monsters roam around the field and you can see them just chilling and eating shit off in the distance. Pretty cool
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Yup this about covers it. The combat is probably my favourite part of the game. I actually have fun while grinding EXP 😛 (Not that you really have to do this much, I just battle everything I see regardless xD)
If you’re having trouble picturing it, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=h6dgXE9BcTs#t=29s (You only need to watch to maybe the 2 minute mark or so).
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Greenius and Powalen, you’ve convinced me.
Now I just need to figure out if I want to splash the extra 20 bucks for the copy with the classic controller. And need to get teh munniez together.
It would stand out in my truly pathetic wii collection.
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Yes! another victory!
It plays fine withe both the wii mote + nunchuck and CCP but I think the majority of people preferred the CCP. The second analogue is awesome for controlling the camera :). Sometimes the camera can get in weird positions so it’s better to adjust it with the analogue stick.
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I don’t think I deserve much credit, I pretty much just went “What he said”. xD I was in the exact same position as you a few weeks ago. lol
It’s good that you’re going to give it a go, though! I’m sure you’ll find it worth it.
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You deserve credit for buying it and liking it 🙂
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ALSO, MY CAPS LOCK KEY SEEMS TO BE BROKEN, CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME PLEASE, I CAN’T GET IT OFF!
But not really, that would be silly.
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I so want to but my wife uses the computer until about 10-10:30. If your still keen then.
Which version you got?
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Whoever plays L4D2 with me may get a chuckle out of this
http://www.redbubble.com/people/luckydog/works/8442977-im-a-reloading
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Just heh? I’m surprised you didn’t say “stupidest idea for a shirt ever” (I need to drop the price of it too)
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I don’t expect you to say something so mean, I expect someone to say it. Probably because that’s what I think of it, sadly.
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Firstly, you shouldn’t think that, I got a chuckle out of seeing it, and secondly, and far less importantly, if you’re going to insinuate that someone would say something mean, make it either Bunny or Lambo.
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Well if it was bad design, then you wouldn’t have made it. See, this? http://www.sendspace.com/file/u9cqrt This is bad. That shirt? Not so.
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Okay Blaghman, you talked me into it
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I talked you into what now exactly? Err…
I mean… VICTORY! HAHA, I am so awesome.
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your terribad link
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Repeated exposure always works. It’s often helped if, in person, you make positive motions(nodding your head, things like that) as you attempt to reinforce the thought process.
Have you ever tried to say no to someone who’s nodding their head at you? It’s surprisingly difficult.
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It’s the stupidest idea for a shirt ever!
Now see why you’ve made me do! You’ve turned me into a monster! Now I’m a terrible person. Ohhhh
*runs crying to live on 4chan*
(note: not even close to being a stupid idea. Don’t you dare say I’m sorry. Ah. Don’t. I said no!)
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I shall express my regret. =D That’s right, I’m learning ways around just “I’m sorry”
I do think it’s silly. I can make it better but Red bubble doesn’t allow whole shirt designs. You only get 2400×3200 pixel area to work with
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Nice & simple, but maybe a bit of blood splatter surrounding the name tag? Though that’s personal opinion 🙂
@AlphaProspector: eXceed demo impressions
Works fine on my machine, runs very smooth. I ran through the demo on easy, only one time through. Got as far as level 4. I like it. It’s nice. Runs well, looks well-implemented.
I’m actually not much of a fan of the polarity-shifting shmup style. For me, the fun of danmaku games is being able to see the patterns and weave through into the holes where there is nothing. I’m already heavily conditioned from other games to avoid hitting things, and these sorts of polarity-based games are not completeable unless you are in the right polarity at the right place to absorb the right colors, so they end up devoing for me into straight up memorization and I honestly don’t find that very much fun. But that’s my problem, not the game. A lot of the time I could see the right pattern but couldn’t get myself shifted at the right time to pick it up which is frustrating. I’ve got a massive mental disconnect with the idea of deliberately hitting enemies and bullets of one color while dodging the other. The instant I shift colors my mind breaks. 🙁
Incidentally, character shows up in chapter one named ‘Gilles de Rai’. Was that a deliberate misspelling of the actual historical figure’s name (Gilles de Rais)? Just asking because you’ve got a strong anime overlap in your target audience with this game, and a character based off the same historical figure was in Fate/Zero which is one of the more popular shows of the last 6-12 months so I guarantee someone will nitpick that.
Other side notes that are probably too late to change and baked into the design:
– I *hate* when games immediately exit without confirmation or warning when I hit escape. Esc to me is the ‘go back’ button, not the emergency eject.
– When you run out of continues it doesn’t give you a ‘game over’ screen with your score etc. 🙁 I know I’m crap, but I want to know exactly how crap I was.
– It also dumps you right back to all the logos rather than back to the menu. It’s annoying to have to advance through these to play again. ESRB logo screen doesn’t seem to be skippable either?
– Does not run in Parallels Desktop on my Macbook Pro (15″ Early 2011, i7 2720QM, 6750M, running a Win XP VM in latest version of Parallels 7 – haven’t tried it in a Win7 VM). Gives me Error #12 and the text of the error is in Japanese. I think it says an internal error occurred, but my Japanese isn’t particularly good. 内部エラーが発生しました. Pretty sure that’s what it means.
– Is Steam the only platform this is going to be on? I’d really strongly suggest an installer if not. I’d suggest an installer for the demo anyway. Suggest looking into Nullsoft, you can throw together a lightweight one in a few minutes and add some nice images etc to it, put things in the right places etc. It adds a bit of professionalism to the distribution that you don’t get as much when you’re just downloading a zip and decompressing it and running the game from wherever. Not necessary if it’s only going on Steam though I guess, since IIRC that handles putting everything in place and stuff for you.
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If this is the reply chain that’s going to be seen:
First impressions,
– Runs beautifully on my terrible, terrible netbook on lowest resolution. We’re talking a 900MHz thing with 1 GB RAM and integrated graphics. Its struggles running Terraria. But it runs smooth as on this.
– There’s something about the graphics which is a bit… messy. I’m not too sure how to explain this, and I’ll play some more to try refine what I mean, but it’s kind of like, as NegativeZero said, hard to focus.It’s possible that on the first level the bullets don’t have enough visual distinction from the background to be seen clearly, or they just seem… big at the resolution I play at. Again, I’ll try pin this down with some more playtime.Just two big-ish things I noticed.
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I’ll reply to this here with my impressions. It’s downloading really slowly, for no raisin. I will have more helpful stuff tomorrow.
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Alright, now I’ve actually tried it! Performance wise, it ran fine, though there was never really any doubt about that. I jumped in without reading the manual, and with only the knowledge that I’m terrible at shmups, after eventually working my way through the controls(I really should have read that manual), I found my way to the options screen. So, in terms of the buttons to do things, it just lists them as numbers one through ten, or something? Either I missed the purpose of that, or it could do with some clarifying somewhere(I have since flicked over the manual and I didn’t see anything related to that, but that doesn’t mean much, so if there is something there, then disregard this).
Umm, I was terrible at the game, but that was to be expected, but it didn’t take me too long to work out how stuff worked. And since it let me continue after death, it wasn’t too rage inducing.
Also, I don’t know if you have any control over it, but the resolution options seem a bit weird. Obviously, the base assets are at their default resolution, but would there be a way for you to make at least the text scale up with resolution? I doubt there is, but it’s just a little jarring. Personally I would have preferred to just have the option of default resolution, and full screen.
That’s all I’ve got at this hour.
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Powalen, you there buddy? : D
I’m in the mood for some Xenoblade discussion now :P. Where abouts are you up to?
For anyone else reading this please discuss something Xenoblade related with me? :/ please? :'(
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Is it something you can play in 2-3hr sessions? I don’t get too much free time throughout the day. CoD campaign usually takes almost a week for me to finish first go.
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I think I played it in 4 hour sessions (which I don’t normally do) because it was that good. But guess what? You can save ANYTIME.
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Also very quick load times :). So it’s really easy to just play for a couple of minutes if you really wanted to.
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I am now if you’re still here. xD
Where abouts am I, indeed… I can’t even remember because I’ve been doing random quests for a while now. I’m going to ROT13 the rest of this just in case I start spouting spoilers without realising. 😛
V whfg svavfurq qbvat n ohapu bs zvffvbaf sbe gur Abcba thlf va gur ovt gerr. Zna gubfr guvatf znxr zr ynhtu. kQ V whfg tbg Evxv nqqrq gb zl cnegl nf jryy naq ur vf uvynevbhf. “Evxv yvxrf gb onggyr rnfl zbafgref!” jura jr jva, unun. Gur jubyr phgfprar jura ur trgf erirnyrq jnf terng nf jryy. Ur’f cneg bs zl erthyne grnz abj (Fuhyx nf znva, Erla naq Evxv).
Gura V’ir tbg gur O-grnz nf jryy (zbfgyl sbe sha juvyr qbvat gur enaqbz zvffvbaf) juvpu vf Zryvn nf znva, Funeyn naq Qhaona. Ng svefg V gubhtug Zryvn jnf hfryrff ohg fur’f npghnyyl cerggl fgebat bapr lbh trg gur unat bs ure.
Nyfb, gur jubyr bprna-va-gur-fxl guvat nobir gur ovt gerr jnf zvaq obttyvat b_b. Fbzr Abcba zragvbaf “Unir lbh ybbxrq hc lrg?” naq V’z yvxr ‘Uhu?’… gura V ybbx hc naq zl snpr jnf :B
Qba’g ernyyl xabj jung ryfr gb nqq ng gur zbzrag.
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Yay Powalen to the rescue!
(nothing really spoilery here but I’ll rot13 just in case)
Evxv znqr zr pevatr ng svefg orpnhfr bs uvf ibvpr ohg gur yvggyr sryyn tebjf ba lbh :Q. Zl znva cnegl qvqa’g pbafvfg bs uvz ohg V jnf hfvat uvz qhevat zl jenc hc bs nyy gur fvqr zvffvbaf ng gur raq bs gur tnzr naq ur’f njrfbzr. V ybir urnevat gur guvatf ur lryyf bhg qhevat/nsgre onggyr : ). V pbhyqa’g trg gur unat bs Zryvn. V’z abg ernyyl sbaq bs hfvat zntvp/zntrf va tnzrf fb gung zvtug or jul.
Nobhg gur Relgu, lrnu vg’f nofbyhgryl ornhgvshy hc gurer. V urneq pbzcynvagf gung crbcyr sbhaq Relgu (fc?) gb or gur jbefg gb rkcyber fb V jnfa’g rkcrpgvat zhpu. Sebz gung anzr V gubhtug vg jbhyq or fbzr zhexl penccl fgbez svyyrq nern ohg vg jnf sne sebz vg. Va pnfr lbh qvqa’g xabj nyernql, bapr lbh svaq nyy gur ynaqznexf sbe na nern gur erfg bs gur znc jvyy or eriryrnq :). Cebonoyl jul crbcyr qvqa’g yvxr vg fvapr fjvzzvat vfa’g nyy gung snfg :C
V nyfb yvxr ubj gur nernf ner pbaarpgrq, lbh ernyyl qb srry yvxr lbh’er ba n tvnag… guvat. Gur fpbcr bs rirelguvat vf whfg uhtr :Q
Ubj ner lbh svaqvat gur zhfvp? V ybir gur zhfvp bs gubfr rneyvre cynprf 🙂
Nyfb jung ner fbzr bs lbhe snibhevgr nernf fb sne?
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I didn’t know that getting all the landmarks revealed the map! I’ve been walking around it manually revealing it by sight! haha Now I feel silly. xD Oh well it gave me plenty of EXP. I over levelled a bit so now if I activate something on the map that triggers a boss fight, the boss just sits there staring at me because I’m a higher level than it. xD
My favourite music so far is probably the standard daytime field music from the start of the game. It’s just so epic and really makes you feel like you’re on an adventure. I find it similar to the ocean theme from Zelda Wind Waker making you feel like you’re sailing. Nyfb, gur avtug-gvzr zhfvp sebz gur fjnzc nern vf ernyyl tbbq gbb. Ernyyl pbzcyrzragf gur tybjvat gerrf naq fghss.
Snibhevgr nern fb sne vf cebonoyl gur Znxan Sberfg, jvgu nyy gur qvabfnhe zbafgref naq fhpu. Rfcrpvnyyl gur irel fgneg bs vg jvgu gur znffvir jngresnyy. Vg ybbxf nofbyhgryl nznmvat. Nabgure sni vf cebonoyl Pbybal 6 juvyr vg’f orvat erohvyg (V’ir bayl hctenqrq vg gb yriry 1 ng gur zbzrag, V guvax). Vg’f whfg pbby ubj lbh trg gb or vaibyirq va gur erpbafgehpgvba naq frr vg fgrc ol fgrc. Unira’g tbg gb gur bprna lrg ohg vg ybbxf cerggl tbbq sebz haqrearngu. kQ
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Oh, I forgot to mention: I find it funny that the symbol for Strong Friendship in this game is a pink loveheart. So whenever Shulk says something and Reyn agrees with him, big pink lovehearts shower over both of them which is hilarious. haha And on the relationship chart it has a link with a beating heart between them.
The ultimate bromance or more than just good friends? xD
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It’s still fun exploring to find all those secret areas 🙂
Yeah the heart thing is kinda weird lol. We’re best friends! But a giant happy love heart represents us 😛
Yeah Makna is awesome :D. I’m generally whistling or humming along with the tunes whilst simultaneously exploring and just staring at things :). And whoops about Eryth! I thought you would’ve been there. Sorry! :P. If you want to explore just remember to use your eyes. If you see a cave in the distance then there’s a cave in the distance. Eryth is HUGE
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I got lazy. Just dance 1 track list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Dance_%28video_game%29#Track_listing-
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Embarrassing much?
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Same song but with the actual dancer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiEwQggGDc4&feature=watch_response
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These guys are my idols.
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Also, that Sean guy has an awesome name. I’m just saying.
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It’s a very feminine song (Mini scree’s brother refuses to play because we said he looked girly playing womaniser) so they have balls letting the girls put it on youtube.
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You should tell him that, coming from a 20 year old, he should totes man up, and dance through the embarrassment. It’s what real men do.
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I love that movie.
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This is one of my favourites, sorry about the terrible quality
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And now I’m thinking of Masterchef…
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Dancing with the masterchefs?
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I would watch that show. Hell, I’d volunteer to host it!
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I foresee a new opening for Masterchef 2012.
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BUH BUH BIRD IS THE WORD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0cv9eMrAE
Apart from the finger pointing, this is pretty much how I imagined dancing to this song. The whole arm flailing thing.
Considering the song is “Walk like an Egyptian”, I’m not really sure they needed to choreograph a whole new dance routine. Just… walk like an egyptian.
This game legitimately looks like the best thing ever. MUST PLAY!
I laugh so much whenever I watch one of those videos at just how generally happy and gleeful the dancers are 😀
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They’re paid to be happy…
Although, when you’re doing a dance that ridiculous, it’s hard not to smile. The easiest part of acting in a musical is smiling.
Playing through the start of Deus Ex and I decided I’m going to be an evil dick.
BY FLUSHING EVERY TOILET REPEATEDLY AND TURNING EVERY TAP ON!
Adam Jensen. Wasting water and costing Sarif Industries small amounts of money like a boss.
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Hey man, just imagine if this was on the Gold Coast a few years ago when you had strict up the ass water restrictions, massive fines!
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I want a game where you can just leave taps running. None of this “on and off” that they do. JEEVES, get to it.
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Small-time corporate sabotage proves even augmented superhumans can still be deliciously evil.
Pixel! I have helpful things!
This is the tram map
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/maps-stations-stops/metropolitan-maps/metropolitan-tram-network-map/
The number 59 goes to Niddrie.
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http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/786
It is also worth mentioning that Highpoint has requested a train line to their shopping centre. I don’t know if there’s any plans so far. I’ll check to see if any buses go to Niddrie-
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/784 Doesn’t quite meet up with Niddrie but you can catch the train or tram for the rest of the way.
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Glen Wavery line represent! lol
I don’t venture on other lines but from what I’ve heard dodgy lines are Belgrave/Lilydale, Pakenham/Cranbourne, Frankston :/
Can’t rememeber which line (Pakenham/Cranbourne I think) but a bunch of friends of mine got attacked there…
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Most of those lines are only really problem areas closer to the end. Even if the undesirable sort venture away from their vile outer-‘burb stations, the inner cluster of stations are populated enough that situations tend not to arise.
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This is true except for Box Hill station which is stab wound central. But only if you get off there later at night. Stay on the train and it’s fine.
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I’ll tell him to come check this.
He really should night TAYm more often. Who doesn’t wanna Talk Amongst Blaghs/Scree???
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It’s very easy to make things dirty? Why don’t you enlighten me?
Alright, I’m going to stop now.
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Makes An Occasional Blagh sound even dirtier then 😛
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OH GOD. Now it can never be unseen.
Time to change the name of my blagh…
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Ooh, that’s a good one.
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Oh, well look up the page, and who do you see posting?
If your answer is “Powalen, Blaghman, Greenius, Aidan, Freeze, Bunny, Scree, Fled, NegativeZero, AlphaProspector, Virus, Lambo, Freyr, Shane, Bish, Cracklelacklekins, B-Funk, Mini-Scree, ‘Flu, Gorzy, CrazyGuy, RedArtifice, SyvRaen and Rize” Then you’d probably be right. You’d probably also have way too much time.
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Yeah I’m not gonna bother to fuse those names together…
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I will!
PowalaghmanGreeniAidFreeBunScreledegativeAlphaProspectoiruLamreyShaBiCracklelacklekunini-ScreFlurzrazyGRedArtifiSyvRize.
I could record me saying it for you, if you really want. It’s pretty easy.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6Urej6SgnWY#t=97s
ahaha, this always makes me laugh. One of the only times I have found Josh Thomas funny.
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Man 100k in cash. I hope it was in 100’s or 50’s cause i’d hate to be trying to bolt with 100k in 20’s XD or anything smaller haha.
But damn, i’d be questioning the person who had it for sure.
Still no news on season 5 of the Venture Bros.
This makes for a sad Freeze. At least let me know that it is officially cancelled.
It appears the insomnia took the best out of you guys? At the moment this place became zombie land.
A sane advise: never go out when it’s too humid and over 35ºC. Even normal stuff will drive you nuts and the slightest thing will probably make you angry. Argh.
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It’s 2am in eastern Australia. I was about to go back to bed actually – couldn’t sleep so was listening to some music. It’s remarkable how well Judas Priest’s British Steel has aged over the years.
Scroll up by the way. Some demo feedback for you.
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Yup! Even Blaghman sent feedback, I love you guys! I reported all the stuff you guys mentioned.
Glad you guys gave it a go despite all the fear it might be ultra hard or tricky and such. The later stages are pure craziness.
Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, they are all timeless classics, yes 🙂
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I started to download it but the download was quite slow so it wasn’t going to finish before bed.
I’ll try again when I have some time
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWEiccW5l4Q Good god, what is this?
Kotaku AU and aussie accent ftw!
Four hours into FFXIII-2, and I’m enjoying it. As pretty much everyone has said, it improves upon FFXIII in almost every way.
Also, watching Pulp Fiction again. Is awesome.
Regarding Scree’s ‘reloading’ shirt: I read the shirt text in Michael Bolton’s voice. Because this is the tale of Tony Montana…
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No way, this is the tale captain jack sparrow! Pirate so brave on the seven seeeeeeeaaaaaaaaassssssssssss
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40ºC! Yay! /sarcasm
It will rain. But that only means it’ll bring more humidity and even more heat… And mozzies!
Today Australia slept safe and soundly.
Ok, for anyone who wakes up early PLEASE, if you don’t mind, I would need 3 people to enlist in the Hawken site via this referral link:
Yes, I know, I’m a bad person asking for free help but, really, it’s about manly mechs, people! Boy we never get enough of those. Come on. D;
Also, follow @StrikeSuitZero on Twitter. Another AWESOME mecha game coming to Steam/PSN (XBLA too I think) with the Homeworld composers and Appleseed author in the mecha designs. It’s almost regarded as the spiritual successor of Omega Boost!
So, yeah, join the Hawken campaign! (YES, Scree, sorry. But, mechs! You know :P)
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ahhh I remember this, I saw a teaser for it a while go.
Keen to see that it’s still coming along nicely
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Hawken and Mechwarrior in the same year means 2012 is the best year.
Now we just need a TIE Fighter revival.
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I coined the term “Year of the mech”. Because it really feels like their comeback! Thank god, thank god! PEW PEW PEW.
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GREATEST MUSIC CLIP I HAVE EVER SEEN!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MejbOFk7H6c&feature=youtu.be
seriously, this wins so hard
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So much instruments D:
OK Go always have amazing music videos 🙂 that treadmill one is still awesome
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What on earth did I just watch?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRJILK3NxSM&feature=relmfu
o.O
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Oh, I’ve known about Weird Al for a while, but this video…he had to be smoking something when he thought of this 😛
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Haha yeah. I like how it jumps from different artistic styles 🙂 but the content in it is just completely bananas
lol @ Lady GaGa’s costumes 😛
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Morning all. Don’t forget the new The Tube instalment, this morning and every morning!
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Sappy, yes. Rubbish, no. It does tell me a fair bit about the character so I guess I can put up with it. Although having been picturing it as you and your wife because of the names, it now makes me slightly uncomfortable…. 😛
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Bears no resemblance to real life, fear not 🙂
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I swear, my place must be haunted.
All bloody night I kept hearing strange noises coming from somewhere in the house, but each time I ran room to room, screaming hysterically and swinging Clubby around like a madman… nothing.
Not a god damn thing.
But give it another half hour or so and the noises would start up again.
I am… uneasy.
But I have almost finished my current playthrough of ME2 so I should have it finished before Kingdoms of Amalur and Darkness 2 come out, because once I get those in my hands, there will be no time for ME2.
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You need to set up a video camera that records your house 24/7. Also, place the camera on a rotating mechanism so that it sways back and forth slowly and eerily. Also, if you have any little girls that are susceptible to being controlled by ghouls in the house, kick them out right now. Good luck! xD
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Mmm video cameras, sounds expensive… meh, I’ll just keep running from room to room, screaming hysterically and swinging Clubby around like a madman.
Seems to work for a little while.
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Sure its not just rats in the walls or possums in the roof. They can make quite loud annoying scratching sounds.
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No possums around where I live, fully surburban no bush or even any trees nearby, no rats, place is fairly new and have pest inspectors out once a year for a check over.
The noises sound like they are coming from inside the house, not just a single noise like a crack or groan, which might mean the house was just settling due to change in temperature, it almost sounds like multiple things happening at once, at one point it sounded like someone was tapping a piece of sheet metal on the tile floors.
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Ok this is going to sound weird but if it keeps continuing, try talking or asking it to go away. Unless of course there is some other explanation…
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i have a confession to make… sorry Hugo, it was me…
having bad dreams where i had run out of Mead!!!!-
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@Scree, thank you so much for those links back in Ravenholm (Page 9)
it’s fantastic! will have a proper look when i get home tonight and hopefully get some applications in soonish…
i’m quite overwhelmed with all the help i’ve been getting from everyone, this is truly an awesome community and you can’t even imagine how much i appreciate it….
now that i realise i have become too soft and mushy, i will go get my morning cuppa, that should make me slightly more grumpy 😛
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No problem! I realised I can get public transport maps last night to help aid you in your search for affordable housing \o/
If you can get a house near highpoint (A huge residence has gone up nearby recently) I think it will help because it is the closest public transport hub aside from Moonee ponds (expensive) and Footscray (Can be scummy)
The problem is that Avondale hieghts is very west and Niddrie is north and they actually have to different public transport systems. o_o
Other then that Avondale heights is affordable and they have a few small shopping centres nearby, but I have no idea how you would get to Niddrie from there.
Sorry.The community has been so nice to me Pixel so anyway I can give back I will =D
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Really appreciate all the input, i’m not too worried about transport from Avondale to Niddrie or anything like that, i do own a car, it is more for job convenience as i would hate to jump in a car in peak hour, but it obviously depends on where i work etc.etc… those maps are fantastic and will help me greatly, truly i can’t express my appreciation enough for that…
i think the closest i can give is a STEVE HOLT! \o/but yeah, thank you so so much for that 😀
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Ah, I wasn’t aware you had a car XD But then you should definitely consider going by train or tram. It is cramped (you’re better off getting into the city early avoid the squish) with the trains try to get the train about 8am or else wait until 9 am. 8:30 am you can miss several trains because you just can’t fit onto the train at all.
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train or tram to work I meant to say.
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I’m going to repost Alpha’s post because it made me laugh.
You should certainly watch this. Best part is where they confuse gradius with contra.
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February 8, 2012 at 2:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWEiccW5l4Q Good god, what is this?
Kotaku AU and aussie accent ftw!
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HAHAHA YEAH!
i was like “save some face, dude!! holy crap! chose one with clothes!!!”but nooooo
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Dear Scree: They are US people. What could we expect of them? The good guys are mostly on Twitter and I’ve been “mechalising” them. 😀
Still, yes, the video is a terrible display of gigantic idiocy. Moreover, it makes me cry to think people had to buy that to fund the next Gradius. A comment in the video nailed it by reminding everyone about that!
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More like Gradius hasn’t been profitable for years because there’s much better shooters out there now, and this was the only way they could monetize it.
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Both. Gradius V was great, same with Gradius Gaiden. But nothing else came after V 🙁 Not much to monetise, I think they were afraid to have a Thunder Force VI flop. I hear rumours that they were working on a new Gradius before canning it and starting on Otomedius, which kind of screamed like “we are decadence” more than Thunder Force VI. (I played Otomedius a fair bit and it truly feels like a doujin game with better production values)
Anyway, it all boils down to personal preferences too. Many people really liked the approach of Otomedius. I wasn’t one of them 😛
Back to those guys, yes, the video speaks for itself.
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Though i did laugh and agree with a few things… not saying “contra” several times would have helped them a little, too.
Still.. tools. 😛
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My son certainly picked the best time to start behaving well. He’s been so good this week that I’ve even been able to play FFXIII-2 while he’s awake. It’s been awesome, like I’m on holidays or something.
So yeah, I haven’t been around because I’ve been too busy playing Final Fantasy. I’m about 20 hours in and still having fun. Yay!
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So he acted up when you played FFXIII but is calm and happy when you play FFXIII-2? Future game journalist there.
I hate talking to receptionists, Not only do they know nothing about the company they are always rude and unhelpful. Yes i get it sometimes people treat you badly unwaranted but the fact is YOUR JOB IS TO BE NICE. When did people become so unhelpful and so not cheerful. I have had to cover for reception a few times, the fact is that when i anwser the phone i was cheery and helpful and all the customers thought i was a girl. However i have spoken to 5 reception offices this morning all who were un-helpful, rude or just plain mean!
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i was cheery and helpful and all the customers thought i was a girl
Oh Rocketman…
I know your pain though. There are a lot of people who are answering phones that really should be kept as far away from other people as possible.
Even I fake the whole helpful, cheery thing when I’m on the phone. Especially if I’m making the call. Turns out that a lot more people are willing to do what you need if you’re pleasant and understanding about the fact that they should have sent that paperwork four months again.
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The best ones are the ones who think that they are above you an start talking down to you, refusing to do wht you need and making you wait.
I usually just tell them tht I started charging as soon as I walked through that door and if they want me to explain to their boss why the bill was double what it is meant to be I’m more then happy to oblige.
Amazing how fast they become helpful then.
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I know what you mean about receptionists. They’re half the reason I hate talking on the phone.
Oh and Rockets, if you’re ever short of dollars, maybe you could go into the phonesex business. 😛
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Hahahaha
Well i had a good run, people know i am a dude now, oh well, i made a fair bit from it!
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We’ve come a long, long way together
Through the hard times and the good
I have to celebrate you, TAYbies
I have to praise you like I should….
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is this a hint that we should perform and awkward street performance together?
Because i’m sooo up for that.
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Man, those wee ‘nanas…
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Yeah see… it’s because of humans either not telling me vital instructions/details or humans just not listening to me and I’M getting in trouble for it. It’s pissing me off to no end.
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GUYS!!!
OUR NEXT CLIP IS A GO!!!
IT’S GONNA BE REAL EFFED UP!!!
How effed up?
Setting: A $1 porno theatre jerk off booth.
Yeah, dog. This is gonna be rad.
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I don’t go to your house and judge it , you said we could do this film in private and no one would know it was my house. JERK
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I am going to get Harli Back for making “Oh Rocketman” a thing. I feel like this
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Get my back? Thanks man I knew I could count on you 🙂
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CREEPIEST IMMA-RAPE-YOU SMILEY EVER!
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@Freeze – I watch Venture Bros too :D! I thought it was pretty average at first but it certainly grew on me. Season 5 pls?
Also Patrick Warburton please do another voice for any characters you play? Please? They all sound EXACTLY THE SAME
@anyone playing FFXIII-2
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So it looks like we’re going to see some in-game stuff for Mechwarrior Online in time for GDC in early March.
Finally we get to see this thing in action.
Now I have four games of Words with Friends going at once with TAYbies.
My productivity was non-existent to begin with. This can only make it go so low as to bring it around to the other side.
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I have 6 😀 + about 8 other games from the usual random people I play with
Did I make everyone play Words with Friends?
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Yeah, all this talk of Words with Friends has me wanting to start playing it again…
You know, I never thought of myself as an impressionable person until I came to TAY. xD
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You might have more games going on, but I’m winning a greater percentage of mine :p
Of course, I only say this because I know I need to revel in whatever victories I can nab.
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Harli never say that to bunny.
i repeat
NEVER SAY THAT TO BUNNY.
I am unsure if you realize its innuendo or not but c’mon
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relax. It’s a saying my friends and I often quote to each other after watching this extremely hilarious video -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lKcovAC3Js
“I BEAT HER LIKE A DRUMMM!!”
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Its cool, i figured you probably did
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Oh Rocketman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you’re sooooooooooooo funnay
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If you werent a friend of mine i was swear every time we talked you were taking the piss out of me for something. I think it might be your voice!
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I particularly like how little input of mine was needed for this comment string to happen :p
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naww it’s your voice!
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Try not to fall asleep into paper. If you drool into it, it kind of gets stuck to your face. It’s a little awkward.
Farewell you mad fools, I’m off home to look after my sick baby girl (alternating half days at work with the wife). I probably won’t be back on.
Don’t miss me too much! If it gets really bad, you can share links to my website with each other; it’ll be just like I was here!
@AlphaProspector: I think I asked this a while back, but have you considered passing your games to one of the big PC Games blogs closer to the release? I know Rock Paper Shotgun like to get indie submissions especially if the game is good and offers something a bit different, and if you were to get mentioned there it would be a massive interest boost. Send them a copy of the game, it certainly can’t hurt.
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Yup, we’ve sent a submission to RPS but didn’t hear any word ever since. We also contacted Siliconera and DIYgamer. I also sent it to various spanish-speaking sites but I guess I should re-submit later when I have the proper release date on my hands.
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I think the guys t RPS are a bit too sensible at this kind of news due to indie devs swarming at them. They’ve already done several posts showing their displeasure with that kind of insistence… Hopefully they’ll pick it up on release.
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I’ll try to remember to start a game up once I wrap up at least once of the games I’m on.
Don’t want to have too many going at once.
so has anyone here tried Evochron Mercenary?
i recently got Rize into it, and despite it’s flaws i’m loving the hell out of it…
there’s just so many things to comprehend, such as how to do proper combat (using only inertial drift and nothing else or you will get raped) etc.etc.
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has a multiplayer component, so you can start clans and stuff… Rize and i are currently running a small mining/trading Clan to make money for bigger and better things 😛
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just don’t expect it to be fast paced and it’s not particularly pretty, and it does have it’s plethora of flaws… but despite all of that, i am having the best time with it to be honest
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Found a strange alien substance in the bottom of my bag.
I have now deduced that it was once a milk bottle (lolly)
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The safest way to determine what it actually is is to put it in your mouth. Bish and I demand it.
Happy humpday all, how bout dem games?
So my boss is forcing me to take a couple weeks off late march, was there a TAY thing happening round then?
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Yeah I was thinking of it anyway but he was all “You have 7 weeks leave backed up, take a damn holiday!”
Who am I to argue?
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I think Rocketman and Bunny were tentatively suggesting 10-11th March? Btw what state are you based in?
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Lonely Adelaide.
I’m on leave from the 17th – 1st (In theory ME3 should arrive the week before 🙂 but I can travel if there is a thing happening.
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JO MEAT
me and bun bun are thinking of heading down 10-11 of March to Sydney, for funs and meats. Although no one would confirm so i guess its probably just gonna be me and him sitting at a table with bish eating all the food!-
I like the fact that from how you describe this, Bish won’t actually be sitting while he eats all the food(we all know that Bish would combust if he sat still for too long at a meat).
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Though I guess I don’t need to be on holidays for a weekend either.-
Out plans aren’t exactly definite. We can probably finnagle things so that it all lines up without you having to do anything. Seeing as we’re planning on going on pretty much whatever weekend takes out fancy.
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As am I, it’s a shame that it’s really quite large! And I saw some comparison screenies, and it makes clothes look a whole lot better, and some stuff, though there will be better mods for singular things down the line.
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I want someone to make a warhammer 40K version of skyrim with the new mod tools they have released. I’d totally do it if i had the time and expertise
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OKAY I WILL POST THIS AGAIN
Me and Rabbit have been planing to head down to Sydney on 10th-11th of March, Who would be keen for a meat up. I know nothing about Sydney but i hear this galaxy world place is where most of the cool kids meat up. Any takers?
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Yay we have blaghs, I have already told Bish he is coming so we have a regular TS party in Person. But this time you can’t make fun of my grammar!
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Well me and bunny are planning to fly down on saturday. I guess we will find a hotel before hand and then meet everyone at galaxy world. Or at least that was my plan.
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That’s actually more planning than we’ve done at this point.
So far, we’ve pretty much just worked out that 10-11 of March is probably a good date.
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Haha i am glad we are such good planners!
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If you’re busy on the Saturday, we’re flying back on the Sunday and Jo’s not on leave until the next week…. why don’t we do this on the 17-18th?
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Well don’t you just suck.
Stop having a social life :p
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March is general is just going to be a crazy one for me. For some reason everybody decided to have their weddings/birthdays (how dare they!)/leaving the country for holidays time during then. Bahhh!
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I’ll put my hand up as interested. I’d be happy to drive/help drive if several people are wanting to going over.
If you guys need a lift from/to the airport, give a shout. I could do if you didn’t want to gamble with public transport.
(I just want someone to sing songs with in the car *sob*)
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And “Ekke Ekke Ekke Ekke Ptangya Ziiinnggggggg Ni” too 🙁
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TAY people are awesome. If I ever need anything I know I can ask for some help… thanks to TAY..
Three cheers?
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There was a chick on here recently with a similar name.. I much preferred her.. you are a grump 😉
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Being tied up and locked in a cupboard while your evil female duplicate is having fun with your reputation can make you a bit grumpy 😛
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Whereas being an evil version just makes things fun.
Now, you’ll have to excuse me, I have an orphanage to burn.
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Umm, Skyrim is on sale on Steam…
As someone who hasn’t purchased the game yet, do I cave and buy it?
Is the above a stupid question?
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that is to say, yes, cave in & buy it.
your question was not a stupid one. just a question with an obvious answer :p
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If you can wait a week or two for it to arrive, you can get it from Ozgameshop for $17 cheaper than on Steam http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/the-elder-scrolls-v-5-skyrim-game-pc
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In what could possibly be my final post ever, I am going to put forward that I didn’t particularly like Skyrim. (Burn the heretic!)
The combat system is atrocious, with enemies actually bring an impediment to any sort of enjoyment from the game. 90% o the quests feel like pointless leg work. You’re spending more time walking from point to point rather than doing anything, you know, fun. Yes the world was kind of interesting to explore, but the dungeons start becoming very repetitive after a while. And I’m struggling to think of any characters that weren’t a fantasy cliche.
You may start throwing things at me now.
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I guess it was exactly how I pictured it to be sadly, which is why I never got it. You’re not the only one Freeze, I shall not throw things at you, in fact I’ll shield you human.
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Nah man everyone has an opinion on what they like.
I agree with you alot of the quests were legwork. About 2 hours into the game i have up questing and just started exploring. In my opinion that is what this game is, an adventuring/exploration game. I really enjoyed it though.
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I am in complete agreement. Skyrim was the longest I’ve lasted in an Elder Scrolls game since Daggerfall. I certainly don’t think they’re bad games, but they do nothing for me and I always get bored within a few hours.
I subscribe to the notion that there are different types of RPG player: Power Gamers, Role-Players, Wargamers and Storytellers. This is a division that’s been around since D&D, originally postulated by Glenn Blacow, but I think it’s still quite relevant (if anything I’d add there’s ‘Explorers’ as well).
The power gamer is the player that gets a kick out of finding the most powerful combinations of the systems. Levels, gear, abilities etc are all they care about. Things like the name of their character or their alignment or backstory or whatever are of very little concern. They’re after high stats.
The role-player is the player that is hugely emotionally invested in the character they’re playing as. They don’t care about the mechanics of the game much, it’s all about the conversations and achievements those characters have. These are the sorts of people that you see on RP servers in MMOs, totally into the characters they created. They also may write fanfiction about their characters and their friends characters, or be into LARP etc. The important distinction is that they want to be that character.
The wargamer is obsessed with the actual tactical mechanics of the game. They don’t give a rat’s ass about the story or their characters except as pieces on a board. They are constantly engaging in a battle of wits against the game or the game master. Making decisions entirely based on their tactical viability.
The storyteller type is a player who wants a strong story. They want fleshed out descriptions of everything that’s going on, exciting decisions and unexpected twists. The narrative of their game is more important than the gameplay itself and they’ll happily sacrifice open choice for a stronger and more directed experience, if that also results in a more engaging story. In short they want the game or game master to tell them an epic tale that they get to participate in shaping or guiding.
Generally, western RPGs emphasize the Power Gamer over everything else, because the Power Gamer is very common among RPG players. Skyrim is a Power Gamer’s game. It’s not a Wargamer’s game because the combat system lacks any tactical depth. It’s definitely not a storyteller’s game, the story is utterly unengaging and highly generic and the open structure essentially forbids it. A role-player might get caught up in it, but Role-players tend to gravitate toward more social stuff (like LARP or role-playing in MMOs). Bioware’s stuff is a lot more balanced (especially going back to Baldur’s Gate) but still emphasizes Power Gaming above the rest, and role-playing is de-emphasised. JRPGs on the flip-side are storyteller’s games. I’d argue that Dark/Demon’s Souls are notable because they’re rare examples of Wargamer-oriented RPGs and that’s one reason people get into them so much, they tickle spots that Power Gamer games don’t. I think the one game I can think of which covers power gamers, storytellers and wargamers equally is Deus Ex, but as a role-player I’d imagine you’d find it stifling.
Personally I’m a storyteller gamer. I like JRPGs. I like linear games with a decent story and characters and I get very bored very quickly in a game like Skyrim.
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This is awesome, Good write up and pretty accurate. I’m in the Role player category myself, I like being ‘in character’ while in role playing games online like Neverwinter Nights and even Guild wars. I always find it fun where I feel like a character in my own movie, and I make the script of what I do in the world. It’s so engaging to me
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Then on your description you can colour me about 75% Wargamer and 25% storyteller. Considering the Souls games are my favourite games I’ve played. I’m a bit picky on JRPGs though. A lot seem to be needlessly complicated for no other reason then to be complicated. If its complicated but with a lot of depth Its great but a lot of them just seem to have no depth at all.
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Great breakdown.
I think I am part Powergamer, part Wargamer.
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I’d say I’m a bit of everything but with barely any traits of a role-player. Can’t say I’ve ever really cared about a character I’ve created and play as. I usually just go with default appearances most of the time. To me a game is a game, this character isn’t and never will be real so I don’t really feel any connection to it. Generally the only ever connection I have to a character is with the choices they make I tend to do and pick what I would do if it were me which is why I always play a ‘good’ type character.
Personally out of all those I’d have to say I’m probably a storyteller the most. I love a good story and a good story can really make an alright game a lot better. A story is what gets me interested in the world and the characters. This is why I’m not too fond of games that let you create your own nameless and faceless character (Western RPGs tend to do this, Mass Effect did it but gave Shepard character and it was awesome) and I’m also not a fan of the silent protaganist. I’d rather play as a character who has their own personality, backstory etc. not some blank-slate guy that I get to personalise to represent ‘me’.
Eh don’t really know how to word it… Just felt like typing something 😛
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Thanks for pointing that out. I knew of it’s existence but I’ve never really looked at buying games online other than steam. And considering I’m meant to be saving, you guys just saved me $17! Thanks!
I don’t care too much about the shipping time, gives me a chance to finish Sonic Generations.
Dammit, why did U2 have to come on the radio? And where’s Bish so that I can bitch about this to him? And why are you all so quiet, I’ve actually been achieving stuff today. I’m very disappointed.
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They’re just so boring. SO BORING. And now it’s playing Desperado, and I mean, I normally like Eagles songs, but. Erggh. It’s like they want to put me to sleep.
And yes, Rocketman, I do actually do things with my time, I know it’s hard to believe.
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Desperado is so slow and boring and the vocals are not the best. Eagles are all about awesome riffs. That song would be better if their was nearly any music to go along with it at all not just one guy with a acoustic guitar.
On the second point, I am not shocked i am pleased to hear that friend!
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Now it’s playing “You’re My Best Friend.” I do so love Queen.
MANLY!
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Queen are awesome though. THEY ARE THE MANLIEST MEN!
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How would Queen not be manly?
The gay thing? Freddy wasn’t really gay. More of a pan sexual. ie: he would do the nasty with anything.
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That being said he did prefer men but wasn’t adverse to putting it anywhere it would fit.
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Manly song, but non-manly fashion sense. (Well, the guy on the left doesn’t look too bad)
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Yeah… Queen are manly in the same way that George Michael, or Elton John are manly. The fact that Mercury was gay, as are John and Michael, is irrelevant. It’s just that the actual music is manly. And yes, I understand that my definition of the term manly is odd. Don’t question it. Musicals are manly for the same reason.
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Oh man, speaking of Elton John, it’s now playing Crocodile Rock. I remember the good ol’ days, when I could sing the “La’s.” That was a long time ago…
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Desperado is one of my favourite songs of all time, definitely my favourite of the Eagles. Next thing you’ll be dissing Space Oddity by Bowie. 😛
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God no, Space Oddity is amazing! I just don’t like Desperado.
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That’s fair. It’s just one of those songs that feels like it’s almost speaking at me.
“You’re loosing all your highs and lows, ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away.”
Cuts deep, man. Cuts deep. *sniff* 😛
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Fair point. If they really wanted to put me to sleep they should play Wolfmother. Somehow, that band has an uncanny ability to make me tired. I think we should harness their music in the name of science. But then people would have to listen to it…
Great, looks like Kotaku US has noticed it’s Valentines Day soon so we’re going to be bombarded with ‘dating advice’ and other such terrible terrible posts. :\
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I have that as a separate feed and just skim the main one for these reasons.
Incidentally the best valentines advice I’ve seen is to send flowers a day early, to work. Makes everyone else at your partner’s office jealous and dissatisfied.
I’d totally do that except single introverted-man-child-gamer 🙁
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As someone who feels like they know a whole lot about dating, I feel like now is the perfect opportunity to pass my knowledge on to the world.
Rule 1. Be a dick. I know, as an introverted-man-child-gamer you find it hard to be rude to people. But women love dicks. So be one, and those chicks will be all over you.
Rule 2. Lose your standards. I know you’re an Adonis, with an IQ well over 150, who is also charming and suave. But sometimes it can be a bit much. You’re going to have to find a girl who doesn’t like games. Because girl gamers don’t exist.
Rule 3. Girl gamers are hot, and are into all kinds of kinky things. You should spice up everything you do. It works particularly well if you bring a piece of gaming paraphernalia into your bedroom, so they can lick it, while you lick them.
Rule 4. Try something different. For your Valentines day date you should break out of the usual mold. Sit at home, and play video games, to show them that they’re all that matters, particularly when they make dinner for you. That’s your mother, by the way. Because you’re sad and alone.
Rule 5. Tradition is key. Sometimes being old fashioned works. You may be tempted to break away from the norms, or add something subversive, like a zombie head bouquet, but women are simple things, so tradition is usually your best bet.
Hmm, I’m not sure I got enough stereotypes and contradictions into that thing. Oh well, good enough.
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It’s amusing how Rocketman being sad and alone is adorable, but when it’s me, it’s just sad. 😛
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Any Sydney TAYbies thinking of going to the next BarCraft event? It’s March 6th at the Paragon. Been meaning to check one of these things out…
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Errr… March 3 i’m retarded. GSL Hot 6ix 2012 Season 1 Finals. I’m not a SC2 person, so I don’t really know what it is, but i’m more interested in the environment/community aspect. I played quite a bit of SC so I wouldn’t be totally lost.
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Ah, the GSL Code S finals.
I follow the whole competitive scene quite a bit and the 6th seemed like a rather odd date.GSL is the major Korean tournament, it’s a bit hard to explain but it goes over the course of a bit over a month and runs constantly. Once one season ends, the next one starts.
Generally, these are the top players in the world. Although amusingly the only foreigners to do well are down in Code A right now (Huk, Idra and Sen and Naniwa is technically Code A as well). So it’s going to be rather good.
You can watch the current season for free from Gomtv.net, generally it’s on most weekdays from 8:10pm your time. The results so far this season can be seen here.
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Oh man, I could go to Barcraft and be all “Man, I’m not going to drink and I don’t play Starcraft 2. I have no idea why I’m even here!” and it would be the best night ever.
Now this is a charity event I could get behind.
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pieces-of-8th#utm_campaign=synclickback&source=http://piecesof8th.com/livefeed&medium=10306114
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2012/02/how-to-make-your-own-bacon-milkshake/
Haha, the comment from Serrels in the article is great. Not sure where I stand on bacon milkshakes though honestly.
Also if anyone like Capcom & competitions! Then you might like to enter the comp GAME has running at the moment!
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I suck at these… I didn’t even enter the Kotaku RAGE comic comp
I had a somewhat awesome idea but they had to go ahead and use a pic of Asura with arms at the end 🙁
Anyone want to make me one : D?
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It’s no TITLARK but I just played EDUCTION in Words with Friends against Greenius.
This is what happens when you add prefixes and suffixes to words that really shouldn’t have them and then try using those words.
So glad there’s no challenge system in this game.
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How would a challenge system work? It already checks them against a dictionary.
And as I’ve mentioned a lot, Greenius is far better at the “Word Hell” part of this. This is our board at the moment. http://tinypic.com/r/2pqm1wg/5
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I like how you cut out your own letters just in case 😉
If I recall it’s still a pretty close game but that board is nowhere near as messed up as our last one (could you screenshot that?) and there’s still plenty of spaces to open up the board. That last one though was seriously messed up…
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This is our last one. http://tinypic.com/r/wr1j69/5 The difference is that our current one has been very “bogged down” the whole way through it, whereas our last game only really got like this near the end.
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Hmm not sure if it shows up by when I typed “titlark definition” into google it came up with this.
tit·lark/ˈtitˌlärk/
Noun: A pipit.
Synonyms: skylarkBecause I totally know what a pipit is :/ (it’s some boring brown bird)
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Just pre-ordered Witcher 2 Dark edition on 360. I love OSTs. I love making-of features. I love maps. I love chunky manuals. I think I love that wolf-head medallion.
Easy purchase.
Hey guys! Feels like I haven’t posted on here for ages! Finally got some free time at work to bludge a bit – been helping the admin ladies with the billing, as it was originally thought that it was my billing application that was stuffing up. Turns out the admin ladies have just been putting the wrong values. Have just signed up for Words with Friends on Facebook – goodbye productivity. Who’s playing it/keen for a game anyway?
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I’m always up for a game 🙂
The name is Greenius on there as well so feel free to start up one if you’d like
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I have no vowels, and you’re beating me 89 – 16. It’s like some omnipotent being is just giving me the finger.
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Until the Greenius Gambit is enacted.
Block everything off so NO ONE can play anything.
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Dude got 64 points on me with ZA.
ZA!
That shouldn’t even be a word!
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Just about everybody seems to be playing it these days… Including me, now! D:
If anybody wants to easily build up their win ratio, start a game with ‘Powalen’! I’m not very good xD
(It seems my last game was exactly 300 days ago. o_o)
I’ll jump on this train too, although as Greenius found out, I’ll often go away to think about a move, forget about it and leave the game until I lose by forfeit. So you might get some easy wins out of me.
Name is NovaCascade
Seeing as how this is really kicking off, I’ve added a “words with friends” column to the spreadsheet. Feel free to add as you please. Also a gentle reminder that the spreadsheet link is available on http://talesoftay.tumblr.com/
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Blaghman gets me.
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1) Have you played Uncharted 3 Co-op Adventure mode?
☐ Yes
☐ No, please skip to question 3
2) Please choose the word below which best completes this sentence:
I thought Uncharted 3 Co-op Adventure mode was _________.
☐ Magnificent
☐ Good
☐ Bad
☐ Terribad
3) Would you be interested in playing Uncharted 3 Co-op Adventure mode, and have access to the hardware/software required?
☐ Yes
☐ No
Thanks for your time, and remember to collect a complimentary Tim-Tam on your way out of the building.
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1) No
3) No, don’t have the game.…What! Don’t tell me you’ve run out of Tim Tams already!?
(Also, I didn’t know Uncharted 3 even had a co-op mode until now o_0)
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I’ll try to remember to add you on PSN this evening.
What sort of times normally work for you for games (and in which timezone)?
I’m in UTC+8 i.e. WA, but can probably be pretty flexible with times, provided it’s after I get back from work… usually ~ 1830 localtime, which seems to be 2130 Sydney time (not sure where you are…).
Remember – only one!
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Imma Qld time.
I’m usually on from about 8:30- 9:00 my time until 1ish. Which would be *blarhsplutghl* over your way.
You’d think I’d know what the difference is seeming as my brother lives there. But screw him, I’ll call when I damn well please.
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1)no
3) YES!i just got Uncharted 3, so i’d be happy to some time!
and did i read right that you are in WA?
double yay!
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I’m finding that TAY is going way too slowly for my tastes. Dammit. I’m a terrible “Old Taybie.”
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I just Rage Quit from Words With Friends. The score was 16 to 147. The most points I had a chance to get off any single words was about 20.
Screw you Steve-O.
‘I Am Alive’ has really piqued my interest;
Even though it’s a shameless copy of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road (even down to the ‘one bullet left’ scenario) I’d play it just for the atmospherics and what looks to be a fair degree of moral flexibility.
Oh, and Bastion is charmingly fun but difficult to grasp, story-wise.
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Hah. No, I love the narrator, but the background the game gives you (a Wall, The Calamity, gasbag thingies, the city guards, The Kid, The Bastion) is a lot to take in.
I’m sure it’ll make sense as I get close to the end.
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http://www.facebook.com/gametradershighpoint
DOES ANYONE WANT ONE OF THOSE PORTAL GUNS THERE ARE ONLY 7 LEFT FOR PREORDER!
$199 EACH
LIMITED EDITION ONLY 5000 BEING MADE
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I HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO SPEND MY MONEY ON! LIKE MORE GAEMS!
WHY ARE WE EXERTING OUR VOCAL CHORDS MORE THAN WE SHOULD BE??
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Nothing is ever forgotten forever =D
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What did you have for breakfast 11th June 1996?
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Yeah, but this is TAY, rarely anyone sees old stuff.
And ‘Flu, while the question wasn’t directed at me, the answer is Just Right.
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Well, you certainly proved me wrong…
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Nah, I doubt it was Just Right. While it’s a possibility, I don’t think I really started eating Just Right until I was closer to 7 years of age, where it became more or less my breakfast of choice. At 5, it’s more likely that I was eating either Rice Bubbles(not actually that likely, as I only liked them with sugar, which I didn’t have with breakfast at that point), Weet Bix(it was probably this), or toast.
Wait, no. Disregard that.
It was porridge. Sugar mixed into it instead of honey, large amounts of milk.
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It totally is.
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Uh…true. I’ll go “true”. Huh, that was easy. I’ll be honest, I might have heard that one before, though; sort of cheating.
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Sixty three.
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You sunk my battleship.
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GO FISH.
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UNO!
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KBBL’s gonna give me something stupid!
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Queen to D8
Checkmate!
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SNAP!
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NOOOOOOoooooo!
You would’ve won if you did this!
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_|x|_In which case Lambo would’ve gone
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x|x|Then you know the rest..
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Oh god no, i’m an idiot. Scratch that..
O rly?
What if I was to do something incredibly stupid? 😛
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It’s on!
To 5.
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…but that’s a 6×6 grid…?
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Exactly.
Still impossible to win though.
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@fled
1) No
3) Yes
Cheese Tim Tams?… Is this for real?
@Harli – I was thinking of adding a column to TAYnames but didn’t want to break it :P. I don’t think it’s relevant but it’s worth mentioning, Zynaga usernames carrys over to their other ‘with Friends’ games. So I’m Greenius in Words with Friends but also Greenius in Hanging with Friends (don’t play it anymore). Also worth noting that usernames can be changed at any time so if you change your name make sure to change it in the doc 🙂
@people interested in Words with Friends (which I’ll now call WWF) – For the second time ever I’ve reached my limit of games D: (20 I believe). Some of them are randoms who haven’t played a move in a few days though 😛 so once they clear up I’ll start up some games with you TAYbies (Powalen). Virus__ you rematched me when I also rematched you :P. Since it’s your turn I can’t resign or decline your game so you could either make your move (and I’ll decline) or resign in the 2nd game :).
Generally my system is that whoever is the last person to make a move before the game ends will be the one to rematch. If you’ve got your own systems then let me know but I generally like to follow this one to avoid both of us accidently hitting the rematch button 🙂
Good luck in your games with me! (not really though cause I totally want to win : D)
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Yeah i’ll get around to it sorry! I have like 15 games going, it was all a bit too much for me this morning so I rage quit lol, i’ll go back to it & fix up this problem xD
Tay, on behalf of Alpha I would like to thank you. He isn’t actually aware I’m writing this, but I’m sure he won’t mind (He can’t stay angry at me forever, right?).
Alpha wasn’t sure about coming on to TAY, but when he told me he wanted to organise a competition I told him to post in TAY first. He was concerned because he is unable to play any console games and usually plays bullet hells.
He was amazed by the amount of people willing to help him. He was impressed that without asking, most people would find ways of helping. As someone who is usually forced to go on Kotaku US, he knew Australians were nicer but he wasn’t aware of how much so.
He also wasn’t sure how he would be taken as he was not Australian.
I told him it would be fine and to post on TAY and I’m certain that everyday he is still surprised and amazed at how awesome this community is.
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Kotaku US *shivers*
Alpha is awesome :). TAY isn’t as scary as it looks from the outside (or is it?) and it’s very welcoming <3. I didn't know he wasn't Australian until a while ago but that doesn't make it any different. If anything it makes it even cooler 😀
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It’s a pity that because his time schedule is so screwed up he can’t play team games with us D=
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Yeah I wish he could play games more though
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I didn’t even know he wasn’t australian hah go figure, Also bullet hell’s are awesome, I am terrible at them but they are still awesome notheless. Also these people are awesome every single person who makes up TAY. Including you, miniscree and alpha
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He is from Argentina. His English is pretty good. I’ve tried to answer any questions he asked on words and such. Now people say his English writing says Aussie because of me
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I didn’t teach him everything! I only helped him with a few little things. in/on he used to have a lot of trouble with but not any more. He gets me to check over English written works to make sure it sounds right but that’s pretty much it XD
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Of course he’s welcome here. The only people who aren’t welcome here are dirty dirty trolls. And evil clones. *cocks a shotgun*
And anyway, he seems like a nice guy.
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I’m sure I’d find more to say about him if I ever had contact at times when I wasn’t practically asleep, but I guess that that would ruin all the fun.
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Aw, you’re fine. Alpha is just glad you’re on.
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I’m not(no offense to him, of course), I like sleep!
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=( Then go to bed!
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It doesn’t help! I lie in bed for hours, not being able to sleep! I have spent four hours, lying in bed doing nothing but thinking, on occasions. It’s really dull. The things I think about become really inane!
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I’m going to argue that petticoat’s are not lingerie. Yes, they are undergarments, however, as they are designed to be seen under normal standards, they should not be classified as underwear, and as such, are not lingerie.
That’s my excuse(however flimsy the logic) and I’ll stick with it, to the point of yelling “LA LA LA” very loudly, with my hands covering my ears. Which won’t help, given I’ll be reading it as text.
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Also, I don’t really think about women’s lingerie that much, just the ads for them on tv are awkward enough…
(Don’t try and question my bizarre standards. Seriously, it won’t make sense.)
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingerie How about this then? Can’t argue with Wikipedia =D
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*Puts hands over ears* LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALA! I’M NOT LISTENING!
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But you are reading it and that’s what matters
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(Hands still over ears)
Those pictures are awkward so I am barely doing that!
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Oh, and while the entirety of the sentence covers what I usually think of when I think of “lingerie,” it says “In English it is applied specifically to those undergarments designed to be visually appealing…” Okay. Sure. But why would you design undergaments not to be visually appealing? I mean, some are fairly neutral, but excluding old people, who actually wears ugly underwear?
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Got through about 5 hours of FF13-2 last night. Has everyone already made the “I played this story when it was called Chrono Trigger” crack? If not, I’ll just say I played this story when it was called Chrono Trigger. Square should su… oh, wait.
At least Square are ripping off one of their best games.
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Oh man if FF13-2 is anything like chrono trigger i would be all over it like moss on a missisipi tree stump. I haven’t really heard of it being like that thou, What parts are similar if you don’t mind me asking?
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Time travel 🙂
I haven’t really played Chrono Trigger but I’n guessing there was different timelines, paradoxes etc. in it as well?
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Like I said I haven’t really played Chrono Trigger so can’t really make any real comparisons 😛
I think I played maybe 5 hours or so of Chrono Trigger before giving up or something (it was on an emulator so it wasn’t very convenient) so I didn’t see much of the game.
Did you play FFXIII? If you look at the Community Review article I did a decent summary of what I think of XIII-2 but if you didn’t play XIII then you might not understand it since I reference it a lot.
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I have only played FF3
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By 3 do you mean 6 (the SNES one)?
I love 6 but XIII-2 is nothing like classic Final Fantasies so it might not be your cup of tea 😛
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No, FF3, the Japanese one. I never finished it because I found it boring XD
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Without spoilers (and now 10 hours in) the way they handle gates and time travel is really similar, including changing stuff in the past so you can go back to the same place in the future and access something you couldn’t get before, and the whole epic plot really getting going once Our Heroes realise that the world is screwed in the future and that their ability to meddle with the timelines might let them save the world. A Black Omen equivalent shows up in the sky in the “10 years into the future” area they find early on. The lavos equivalent hasn’t appeared yet but I’m only 10 hours in- I’m sure it will show up!
The combat system is nothing like Chrono Trigger, of course.
“i would be all over it like moss on a missisipi tree stump.”
Where the hell did that come from?
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Do my metaphors scare you. I actually took it from a episode of the US office. I quote that show alot.
Michael Scott: Mm-hmm.
Jo Bennett: Cover his ass like tighty whiteys.
Michael Scott: I will cover his ass like moss on a Mississippi tree stump
I find myself to be very skilled.
I’m doing homework, talking to 3 different people, play words with friends, whilst also keeping up my reputation of having conversation filled with mlp videos. All at the same time :’)
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It happens in one of the episodes 😛
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Talk to me then! D=
btw, get your mother to buy you cotton for your dress. Take a small snippet of material so you get the right cotton. Big W and Kmart sells cotton.
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I’ll take ‘What is multi-tasking’ for $500, Larry.
“Okay, first of all, that’s Jeopardy. There was never an Australian version.
Secondly, I hosted The Price is Right.
Thirdly, I haven’t done that for years now. Now I do breakfast television.
Lastly, who are you and what are you doing in my house!?”
I still think my answer is right.
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As in, 1 toad spread over 25 metres of driveway? Did you really have to be so violent Lambo? Really?
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:O 100m of driveway? Obviosly this means you live in a mansion. Why didn’t you tell us? We could live in one big happy TAY house filled with rainbows and chocolate and …..
I’m gonna stop now.
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I’m guessing there’s tennis courts, indoor and outdoor pool, helicopter pad, hedge maze and more!
http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2012/01/27/1226255/723219-kim-dotcom-039-s-house.jpg
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Yeah but it’s in New Zealand, it’ll be cheap for us I reckon. But New Zealand..
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But it’s Middle Earth!
I’d totally live there. Plus from pics and vids NZ actually genuinely looks stunningly beautiful. No idea what it looks like in person though 😛
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Man, for being shot in New Zealand, LOTR has a rather distinct lack of sheep in it…
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Do you also have an inflatable tank? I hear that Dotcom had an inflatable tank (the kind they use to screw with spy satellites)
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Prepare the butlers for our arrival!
Didn’t you know Lambomann007 is just leet code for Lambo Manor?
Roseanne Barr is running for president?
I must say her policies are…. slightly off kilter. Just slightly.
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REALLY
I MEAN THE CHICK FROM THAT TERRIBLE SHOW FROM THE 90’s.
i think that just made me want to never go to America ever!
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Saw her once in an interview on Conan. No idea about her policies or whatever (don’t care for politics) but she seemed like a terrible person…
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A direct quote
“All marijuana is medicinal and we have to stop pretending that there is some sort of moral superiority to calling some of it “medical.” I will legalize all marijuana and all drugs in general”
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Non prescription opiates for everyone!
Best policy ever. You’ll halve the population of America in a week and that’ll make sorting out the whole financial issue a lot simpler.
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That…may actually work \o/
Roseanne Barr for president!
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At the moment, the rest of the candidates make it look like the only way Obama can lose is if someone shoots him.
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question to you people, does anyone here play dungeons and dragons?
just a question, as i’m about to head off to play tonight 😀
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If you do, can you make another, and Lambopult it to Canberra, so I can Blaghopult over there as well?
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Possibly in scrape-off-the-pavement form.
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That is slightly disturbing
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I thought it was a scroll…
And he had two, one for the way up, one for the way down. He just didn’t use the second one at the right time. (He might have had three when you find him, and therefore four at the start, I can’ remember exactly)
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Must… not… make… dirty… joke… Must… retain… dignity…
creepypostman.jpg
No, the postman stares. I just make creepy jokes.
While staring.
Forever.
Make me one too even though I live in Melbourne so I can Greenopult to the CBD. Public transport sucks where I live…
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I contemplated going but then remembered I’ll be overseas at the time 😛 (d’oh!)
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Probably has to spend the whole day fending off 20 people in Word With Friends.
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Probably me.
Greenius: where are you exactly? I could possibly give you a ride at least part of the way if transport is the main issue.
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I’m in the Rowville/Lysterfield area about 5-10 minutes drive from Caribbean Gardens/Nintendo Headquarters
But I replied above that I’ll be overseas :P. Maybe next time 🙂
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I’m happy to meet you there and show you, but it’s not particularly hard to find. It’s up in the top corner of fed square, up against the Edge theater on the ACMI side. But probably having a standard landmark like ‘outside ACMI’ would be useful for all.
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Alright. I think I know where it is, but I may be wrong.
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So at this point it’s myself, Scree, Gingerchris and I think that TechKnight mentioned he was interested?
Might want to get this up on TalesOfTay or something and also post it during Day Tay since it’s pretty much Night Tay now.
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Wow, only 4 of us? What about Tigeron?
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There are probably quite a few DAYbies who would be interested, but it’s always so hard to get their attention(always ignoring my beautiful singing).
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Sorry I didn’t reply earlier, actually I’m not because I was watching the Muppets \o/
I should be there. St Kilda festival is on that day so depending on what time we meat my wife might come along before she/we go down. Depending on how people are feeling that might be an after lunch adventure for us.
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Wish I could join in, but not enough time to organise stuff, and not enough money to organise impulsive stuff 🙁
I really really really wish i could – this would be the first vic meat i’m missing (out of the 2 we’ve already had lol).
Bee’s mum is coming down from Radelaide, so we’ll be entertaining her.
Soo, 3 lambopults then? Oh, and a fourth so we can all get back.
You know what, you guys can just make your own. 😛
I’ve had such a rad day today!
first of all – got a message from the boss. i’ve been running the place for the pat 3 weeks, while he’s been having some R&R, and he’s decided to give me a $500 bonus!!!
😀
Secondly, @harveynormanau are sending me out a copy of Stafox 3d on 3ds because i’ve been participating so much in their comps! so stoked!
It really must be a renegade marketing manager on a spree of goodness!!
GREAT DAY!
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Only downside is all of that $500 is going on paying for our car.
I might be sneaky and pick up ultimate marvel v capcom while it’s $30 at JB, though as a little high-five.
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: D that’s so awesome!
Did you play the original Starfox? I never played it but contemplated getting the 3DS version but decided not to 😛
I’m guessing the competitions are twitter only right? I live me some comps but don’t have twitter 🙁
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Greenias?
Groanius?
Marmaduke P Lexington?
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Yeah it’s just twitter.
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i also only joined twitter for comps – now i have all the taybies on it 😀 it’s actually pretty neat when you get used to it
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I’d totally join just for competitions and for TAYbies 😀 but I still need a name. I’m not good with this name thingy 🙁
I really can’t be bothered following anyone else though (celebrities and real life friends etc. :P) and from what I’ve seen it does look a bit confusing…
Mmm already decided on a name by the time I finished typing this 😛 guess that solves my problem 😀
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Or Greenius_mang
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Because Cluedo is about social interactions, reading your opponents, and the like, it would be weird over the internet.
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OK Gizmodo posted an article on the Gawker Au staff drinking a bacon milkshake earlier today
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/02/gizmodo-au-makes-its-own-bacon-milkshake/
The beauty of this article is that there is a picture of Mr. Serrels himself spitting out the drink afterwards. Why am I telling you this? Well, the picture is perfect for any memes you may wish to concoct.
I’ll start:
http://qkme.me/35ye6c ( I got the quote from Mark’s twitter. Also I hope it’s OK mark, it’s just some harmless fun.)
Now go forth TAY and take advantage of Mark’s predicament.
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Commander Keen.
I’d be interested, but I have indoor soccer in less than an hour. Also, FFXIII-2.
http://cosplaythescreeway.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/patterns-explained/
/Shameless plug
Posted this yesterday
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Implications unpleasant.
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“Barbed for her pleasure”
Yeah, makes sense to me
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What he said.
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No it’s not that! :O
I just picked whoever I was playing Words with Friends with + scree to make up the default 5 that I needed 😀
Still messing around with my profile and stuff at the moment but I’ll follow most TAYbies : D (even if they don’t want me to :/ )
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Chulooooooooooopaaaaa (or anyone else who knows)
Other than Harvey Norman, who else has Twitter competitions? I figured I’d follow JB HiFi, GAME and EBGames as well and it looks like all but JB have comps 😀 (I just wants free stuff)
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@timoflegend always gives away codes
follow plenty of indie developers and publishing houses too. they all get in on it from time to time.
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Ok I just went to TAYnames and added EVERYONE who put their twitter name there 😛 (this includes the people I don’t know very well or don’t know at all)
If there’s anyone else who’s not in TAYnames but wants me to follow them just let me know 🙂
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Oh my, 2 new followers and I haven’t updated Twitter since November last year… The pressure is on to actually start using this newfangled website!
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Mass Effect universe artbook is now due for release on February 21. That’s about two weeks earlier than they first said.
Awesome! \o/
Man, it’s 9pm and I still haven’t had dinner! D: I’m usually full-elderly and have my dinner before 6, so I’m starving! This is what happens when you rely on other people to bring you something! xD
I should have just cooked. 😛
Le-sigh, Borderlands refuses to update, it has 2mb to go?! Changing servers, using my mates account nothing =[
Seriously Steam I just wanted to play D=
I really hope this hasn’t been posten before because i love it so much, if it hasnt well ladies an gentleman i give you the IGeNerator. http://www.jocchan.com/stuff/IGeNerator/
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I’ve seen it before and I think Kotaku did an article on it a few months back but it always gives me chuckles
“Is Xenoblade a Guitar Hero for adults?”
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“Is Silent Hill a Dead Island for adults?”
“Why casual games will mess up Diablo’s face.”
“Should Borderlands be set in Victorian England?”
“Why Starcraft will gaze at Halo’s face.”
“What Smash Bros could learn from L.A. Noire.”
“Top Ten sexiest anime pillows in videogames.” I could see Kotaku US doing an article like that 😛
And best of all: “Is Mario a Dead Space for adults?”
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“Is heavy rain a gta for adults”
“What farmville could learn from l.a. noire”Such clevernesss with another s for special.
That’s the most expensive machine in the hospital. It cost over three quarters of a million pounds. Aren’t you lucky!
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Probably won’t see this but…
I see the humour but I’m not laughing 🙁
I’m assuming this is Monty Python as well but I did enjoy the Black Knight one 🙂
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When I was a baby, there was a machine that went ping attached to me. However it did so whenever I forgot to breathe. It pinged three or four times a day.
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Wait, I think, in hindsight, we’ve discussed this before…
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I was, 6 weeks early \o/
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Hey, my sister was six weeks early.
I was ten.
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I imagine you being born with your current hairdo.
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Ah Monty Python. Their stuff honestly needs to be remastered & brought out on Blu-Ray. I would buy a Blu-Ray player just for that.
So how is everyone going this evening?
I’m tired and emotional, and maybe in need of hugs.
But also – looking forward to meeting TAYBIES ON SUNDAY!!!!!
I dont knoq i I’m going to be able to sleep tonight, whats everyone up to?
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No to mention that a post has come out of moderation /hibernation? and robbed you of even the original page get
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Immanuel Kant was a real pissant
Who was very rarely stable.
Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar
Who could think you under the table.
David Hume could out-consume Wilhelm Freidrich Hegel,
And Wittgenstein was a beery swine
Who was just as schloshed as Schlegel.
I have a feeling I’m going to be up all night watching these. Again.
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There’s nothing Nieizsche couldn’t teach ‘ya ’bout the raising of the wrist.
Socrates, himself, was permanently pissed…
Darkplaces Quake, room with no light, haven’t encountered a monster after re-loading game…
But there is a pool of water and I’m wielding a Super Nailgun…
Bloody Hell, my inner seven year old is peeing himself right now.
@Greenius
Not their best, just what I was watching at the time. This might be more your style?
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Give this one a watch if you haven’t seen it, it’s probably one of the most well known clips of theirs.
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So I ran out of things to download and decided to get some UFC. I’ve never seen it before but I knew it’ll be something I’d enjoy.
I’m currently watching UFC 140 and the first ever UFC match I watched ended within 1 second or so 😛 (Hominick v Jung)
Anyone know where I can find the all the usual faces used in a RAGE comic or a RAGE comic generator?
Also what’s the font that they use?
Thanks in advance 🙂
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Entering the Asura’s FFUUUU comp eh?
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Good morning (or night), people!
Did any of you ever wake up with a melody ringing in your mind? I think I have to blame this on my brother (he’s the musician) for telling me how to creatively arrange notes and all.
Suddenly found myself whistling a little melody, lol. (It’s not from anything in particular that’s the odd thing)
Anyway, it’s COOL. It rained! I’m very happy.
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That happens to me sometimes. I will often think up a song, lyrics and all, and think “man, that’s pretty cool!” Then I will promptly forget all but the vaguest idea of what it was. My mind is capable of generating generic pop songs on the fly!
Also, did you go out dancing in the rain? Because I sometime do that, though not lately, as it’s been raining quite a lot.
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Bastion mini-review!
– The music is amazeballs. The regular ambient themes are good in themselves, but when the game chooses to use vocals as well (Build That Wall!) it’s incredible.
– Art direction is stunning and really creative.
– The range of weapons is nice but none of them are really necessary for missions. The proving ground challenges are thoughtful, if a little uneven (some I could do in one try with no upgrades, others seemed impossible)
Story review with R0T13:
V gubhtug gur cybg jnf n yvggyr pyvpurq, ohg vg jnf fgvyy ernyyl jryy qbar sbe na vaqvr tnzr naq fbzr bs gur jevgvat sbe Ehpx/Gur Aneengbe jnf snagnfgvp.
V unira’g cynlrq guebhtu nyy gur raqvatf lrg, ohg pneelvat Mhys bhg bs gur pvgl, hanoyr gb qbqtr rarzl nggnpxf juvyr gur fnq zhfvp cynlrq, jnf vaperqvoyl cbjreshy.
Pubfr gur Erfgbengvba raqvat (gb erfrg gvzr onpx gb orsber Gur Pnynzvgl) orpnhfr gur ernfbaf gb fgvpx nebhaq naq rinphngr frrzrq ernyyl frysvfu (Mvn’f yvar nobhg ure snibhevgr gvzrf unccravat nsgre gur Pnynzvgl, fnl).
Overall, one of the more interesting and quirky games I’ve played for a while, really impressed.
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I did stuff… let’s say wrong. If you don’t mind spoilers going into NG+ and the like:
Gur tnzr vf qrfvtarq fb gung gur svefg gvzr lbh qb vg, lbh yrnir Mhys(orpnhfr lbh’er n qvpx), naq lbh erfrg gvzr. Hasbeghangryl(be abg), gurl znantr gb znxr uvz n ovg gbb haqrefgnaqnoyr va bar cynlguebhtu, fb V guvax n ybg bs crbcyr tb naq fnir uvz.Lbh gura svaq gung va Arj Tnzr Cyhf, erfrggvat gvzr qvqa’g qb nalguvat. Sbe nyy lbh xabj, guvf pbhyq or gur uhaqerqgu gvzr lbh’ir eha guebhtu gur riragf bs gur Pnynzvgl, naq gur bayl jnl gb oernx bhg bs gur plpyr vf gb pubbfr gur rfpncr bcgvba. V qvq yvxr gung AT+ jnf jevggra vagb gur fgbel, vg’f whfg n funzr gung V pubfr gur jebat bcgvba sbe vg nsgre zl svefg cynlguebhtu…
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Thanks Blagh, I did exactly the same as you it seems. Bastion just wasn’t my thing, therefore I wasn’t interested in NG+, so I svtherq gung erfrggvat gvzr jbhyq fgneg gur tnzr bire ntnva (yrnq fgenvtug vagb n AT+ eha), juvyr rinphngvba jbhyq raq gur tnzr, fb V pubfr gung. V npghnyyl fnj gur jubyr varssrpgvir erfrg qrivpr pbzvat, gubhtu bar bs zl snibhevgr tnzrf bs nyy gvzr vf SSK, jurer gung’f cerggl zhpu gur jubyr cbvag, fb znlor v’q frr gung va nalguvat jurer lbh unq gur bcgvba gb ‘erfrg gvzr’.
Well, I meandered a bit off the path there, I guess my point is, you are not alone, Blaghs.
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Very moving game, and yes the music is amazing.
As for the ending:
V fnirq mhys orpnhfr V sryg yvxr ur pbhyq erqrrz uvzfrys, naq V pubfr gur rinp bcgvba orpnhfr jung jnf qbar vf qbar, naq gur orfg bcgvba vf gb zbir sbejneq.I mentioned the game earlier in TAY, some people may have missed it but I’m keen to hear your thoughts on my take on the whole thing.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-146/comment-page-7/#comment-541525
That R0T13 thing… It truly looks like Lovecraft’s Cthulhu language. 😛
Ph´nglui mglw´nafh Cthulhu R´lyeh wgah´nagl fhtagn!
Weee! I Fought the law and… I WON!!
I got a speeding fine a while back, and took it to court to fight the inaccuracy of the reading. They claim I was doing 74 in a 60 zone, but I was watching my speedo when the camera took the picture, and I know I was doing 65! So yes.. I was still speeding a little, and I’m happy to admit that.. my fuck up.. I object to being charged for something I didn’t do though. So I wrote to the police prosecutor and told them what I would be presenting in court to give reasonable doubt as to the accuracy of the cameras reading, and they have agreed to amend the fine to the lesser penalty that matches the speed I was actually doing! Mwooohahahah!
Geez, you guys are all very quiet this morning! What do you mean “I’m either not at work, or only just got here.” Pish. Pathetic excuses.
Anyway, I downloaded the Official higher res texture pack for Skyrim, and it definitely makes a nice difference, sadly it also makes some of the inconsistencies in the textures/models far more obvious, but I guess, what do I expect from Bethesda?
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When I got out of the shower this morning, I had a message from Harli on Words with Friends.
She sounded rather enthusiastic.
I need some coffee.
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My stupid blog is shitting itself, so for my loyal readers, a sneak ‘preview’ of part eight of The Tube. (part seven also included just to refresh your memories)
The Tube
Concept by Freeze S. Preston Icequire and Shane
Written by Shane
Part Seven
For their first anniversary, he took her down to the river. Before she’d moved to the city for him, she had lived just near here, and it was her favourite spot in the whole world. He’d blindfolded her for the drive out, but she’d guessed their destination before he’d even gone a mile.
They knew each other so well, and his heart was glad of it.
The momentum of their journey was broken when he realised, almost too late, that he needed to recharge the car. But it didn’t matter; they were young and in love and reveling in whatever time they spent together, and it didn’t matter if it was at a romantic restaurant, or under the sheets, or at a fueling station; every moment elicited a wonderful bliss that carried them unafflicted through time and trouble.
They held hands all the way there, not even letting go to change gears.
Their friends had remarked, on numerous occasions, that they still looked like newlyweds, that even as lovey-dovey couples went, they were special. No one entertained the thought of a split for even a moment; it just seemed a ludicrous concept to apply to them. Indeed, even when separated for a short while, they felt insubstantial, incomplete, ethereal; and their hearts ached to be reunited.
Their love was perhaps not so remarkable to people who didn’t know them, but to Shane and Katherine, it was the stuff that epics are made from. Everything Shakespeare had drummed it up to be, and more besides. At times, it seemed they each drew breath only in order to watch the other do the same.
He had loaded the car while she was in the shower; it was likely she knew his plans, because she had spent an unusually long time getting ready, ostensibly to allow him the time to prepare whatever surprise he had planned. When they arrived at the river, he popped open the boot and withdrew a bunch of flowers he had bought the night before, and a picnic basket that he had packed that morning.
They spread out a rug at a secluded spot by the rippling water and ate their food, toasting their anniversary with some chilled champagne that he had brought along. He had never much cared for the taste of champagne, but when shared with his love, it tasted like heaven. Afterwards, they had thrown their scraps to the ducks, and made love under the cover of some nearby foliage. The day was perfect.
Later, he gave her the gift he had picked out. Of course, because he knew her so well, it was perfect, and she said so, and embraced him enthusiastically.
In return, she wordlessly proffered a present the approximate dimensions of a gift pen.
He took a moment to note the barely-concealed excitement on her face, and peeled away the wrapping paper. He withdrew a beautiful box of polished wood and paused to thank her. She gestured that he should open it; he obeyed, and stopped short when he realised there was no pen inside.
He pulled out a small plastic device. Its window had a big, blue plus sign on it.
He wept with joy.
Having spent a day in solitude and returned to bed none the wiser, this wonderful memory is what Shane was dreaming of, with a broad and wistful smile on his face, when the pain began again.
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Part Eight
Katherine was already on his mind, so all he had to do was hold on tight and concentrate on reliving that gorgeous day by the river. He lingered on every smile, every touch, every magic moment; trapped on a small island in his mind while the world around crumbled into hell. Pain whipped at all of his senses, but he refused to relent.
His body curled into a foetal position, and remained there, tense and trembling involuntarily, all unnoticed by him. Shane was very much firmly by that river, staring into the loving eyes of his wife, unwrapping that fateful gift, taking pleasure in her body, rejoicing in the very finest gifts of life. He concentrated on sinking himself into that time, pretending that he had indeed traveled back in time to re-experience his first anniversary.
Presently, the agony began to subside again, and he allowed himself a moment to rest. An ache in his jaw informed him that he had been grinding his teeth unconsciously. His hands were shaking, and took almost five minutes to halt. When he swallowed, he tasted a slight coppery flavour; this day’s torture had clearly not been entirely without consequence.
But what was its purpose?
Being a mental assault, and combined with his solitary confinement, it certainly seemed that its purpose was to break his mind. Of that he became certain; to what end, he had no way of knowing, but he was quite sure of that one thing.
The surprise the large man had betrayed yesterday revealed to him that they expected him to already be broken; a deduction which led inevitably to the conclusion that his steadfast refusal to relinquish thoughts of Katherine had saved him.
If his mysterious captors could not break him, cow him, bend him to their unknowable will, what would happen to him? Walking out of this place a free man seemed somehow unlikely; this place betrayed no sense of being a government installation, and thus would not be subject to the public scrutiny that a typical prison would be. Indeed, it seemed likely that he was destined to never taste the sweet fruits of freedom again.
And that meant…
…he would never see…
Did they know what had happened to him? Or maybe they had just assumed he’d walked out without a word of farewell. He pictured Katherine sitting at the kitchen table, her heart slowly peeling to tatters as she began to cut him out of all their family photos. Then a far worse thought occurred: if he had been kidnapped, there was no reason to assume that Katherine and Anne were safe; they could be lying somewhere, dead, or grievously injured, waiting for his assistance. Assistance that would never come, not so long as he was trapped in here.
He sank back onto the bed and began to weep, despairing for his situation and for the family he had lost.
It dawned on Shane some time – minutes? hours? – later, that if he were to rectify this situation, he would need to take matters into his hands. He was a resourceful and smart man. He knew electrical systems like he knew Katherine’s face; with even a halfway appropriate tool, he might be able to pop the door locks and make good an escape attempt.
He had just begun to explore the drawers and cupboards of the small apartment, taking inventory of his resources, when the door locks clicked again. He had another visitor.
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Okay, Words With Friends. I need some friends.
Add me: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=555875405
Or can you challenge specific non-friends? Feel free to challenge me! “ShaneWSmith”
I know nothing about this and am very confused, but I want to play!
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I doubt it. Virus managed to beat me. Words with friends hates me and will only give me really crappy letters >_<
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Sometimes the crappy letters can be used for some pretty decent scores.
I just hate getting multiples of two different letters. Like two Ts and two Is. Makes it a little tricky.
I’m having a reasonably good run at the moment, but just before I had SSIIUUL and I hate wasting Ss (they are probably the most valuable tile in the game and can net you a bonus 20+ points in more than a few occasions).
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I have too many vowels most of the time! xD I would have thought too many vowels would be a good thing…
ps. My Words with Friends username is Powalen, for anybody wants a game.
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I challenged you! Also, I am terrible, and the longest word I could make was four letters long. Four. What? And now I have no vowels(spoiler). I swear this game is malevolent.
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You may have missed yesterday, when I ragequit against Steve-O because the score was 147-16.
It really is evil.
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I played with Virus for a while and then I got bored and looked for facebook cluedo
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Steve-O is currently crushing me too. Apparently COWMEN is a word and you can get 73 points for it.
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… Wut. I mean, I’ve played Diablo 2, but that’s just silly.
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Hate the game, not the player!
Lol – I just stuck random words in until it accepts it. Cowmen indeed.
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I can vouch for the effectiveness of this strategy!
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Sometimes it is the only strategy!
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Steve-O is a beast at this game indeed. PASEO. Need I say more?
Actually, yes, I need say more. I have FOUR frickin I’s to get rid of! 😛
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I’m pretty sure everyone here has the same name on WWF except for miniscree and Freeze (if you want to nitpick) 😛
Originality is for chumps.
Also am I the only one not losing horribly to you Steve-O? 😀
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Everyone’s pretty close I think. I have two games going with Shane (he started one as I started one). I think I’m winning in won but losing the other. Damn those writers and their words!
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So Company of Heroes last night was fun. Going to take a bit to get back into the swing of it though 😀 I’m up for more tonight if anyone else is.
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I’ll pick up a copy after work and join in the madness. Hopefully it doesn’t take too long to download. Probably should have just done it last night.
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Oh, to answer your questions from last night:
So there’s vanilla Company of Heroes with the Axis and Allies factions.
Opposing Fronts, the first expansion is apparently a standalone expansion, with the British and Panzer Elite factions.
Tales of Valor (sic) is the second expansion no one cares about.
And yes, each faction (wrote “f4ction” just then, wat) is extremely different, not just a decent variation from their ‘parent’ faction.
You don’t need all 3 game packs to play, the game just sort of locks you out of content for the bits you haven’t bought, which apart from the factions, include various single player and multiplayer games. But regular map control/kill all the things MP is still available for everyone.Also, if you’re passing by an EB (or JB/Game?) sometime, maybe see if you can spot the Company of Heroes anthology. It includes all 3 and last time I saw it was $25? I’m not sure how much vanilla CoH is on Steam though, so whatever tickles your fancy.
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Most excellent.
Vanilla is $10 on Steam and the expansions are $15 and $20 (I think Valor was the $20 expansion). If I can see a cheap anthology for less than what it’d cost for vanilla and OF, methinks I’ll just grab that. Otherwise, I’ll download vanilla tonight.
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I think i might do that aswell this afternoon when i go home for lunch and maybe by the time i get home it will be complete. I think i will just get the vanilla version to start with though. Considering i am not sure i will be any good. RTS ‘s are not my strong point!
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Conrad! Quit stealin’ doilies!
Yeah, that might take a while to get back into the swing of things.
A normal and 2 easy bots have never been so hard :/-
Didn’t help that we went on the largest map with 3v3 too, especially against those damn Brits. Normally on that level I can put enough tank traps etc to filter everyone down the lane to my Flak 88’s.
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Morning TAY,
Off work today as i feel like absolute crap, so if i seem quiet today it’s because i’m laying on the couch moaning and groaning to my own misery in the manliest way possible…
oh and for those that haven’t tried it, the HD textures for Skyrim LOOKS AMAZEBALLS… i had a HD mod before, but that only did Scenery, not NPC’s and weapons as well HOLY CARP…
That is all
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this is a theory i am willing to test…
i will report back in a few hours, or not if everything goes well…FOR SCIENCE!
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Sounds conquer-y
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So basically the same deal as mulled wine?
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Actually, are you sure you’re not talking about mulled wine?
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You dare to question my skillz?!
It’s basically the same deal, minus the citrus fruit. And yes I am certain I am not talking about mulled wine.
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Okie dokie.
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I just decided in the last five minutes that my next overseas holiday is going to be somewhere in Europe. Maybe Germany or Sweden. Not too sure why, they just seem like nice places to go to.
Although Spain and Italy both have quite a lot going for them as well. Mainly the wine.
And food.
But mostly the wine.
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Spain isn’t exactly at the top of the list but I do like the idea of getting hammered on good wine then making jokes about Alberto Contador.
But I can do that almost anywhere.
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I’d like to see Gaudi’s stuff (And Guernica, I suppose), but I’d probably duck in from France and then out again.
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Thought that said “Gaudi’s Staff”. I was gonna make a wizard or penis joke.
I hadn’t decided.
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I like you.
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I can assure you that the airport in Berlin is fantastic looking and the people are very nice.
I am planning to head to British Isles and maybe Italy to see some distant relatives who seem to know me better than i know them. Won’t be for a while yet though!
Spain is nice but I preferred Germany. The one thing that spain does really well is chilled red wine. Not many places do that well and theirs is awesome.
And that’s before you get to the sangria. And Tapas, don’t forget the tapas.
Just make sure you stay away from the french reds.
I thin the meals in germany are better and I was also drinking a lot of beer over there so that was another highlight, if you prefer wine then spain may be a better choice.
If you prefer sight seeing and the doing stuff Germany may be better, I spent a couple of days in Madrid and while I really enjoyed it I could actually tell you anything to do there, most of the time it was just wandering about and eating and drinking.
Barcelona has the Gaudi’s which is really cool, and the sagrada familia which was probably my favourite (top 3 minimum) of all the tourist places we visited through Europe. If you do go there take the audio tour.
Never been scandinavia so can’t comment there.
Oh, and in line with the Monty Pythonness that seems to have influenced this page,
Sit on my face and tell me that you love me,
I’ll sit on your face and tell you I love you, too.
I love to hear you o-ra-lize,
When I’m between your thighs,
You blow me awaaay.
Sit on my face and let my lips embrace you,
I’ll sit on your face and then I’ll love you tru-ly.
Life can be fine if we both sixty-nine,
If we sit on our faces
In all sorts of places
And play…’till we’re blown awaaaaaaaaaay.
Turn up to site with 2 other people.
Site has no issues.
Sit around till the afternoon, looking busy.
Sometimes, life is tough.
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I was on a mine site once. The gear we were meant to be working on was locked and the guy who had the key had flown home and the spare key was had by the site manage who was 5 hours away. We played angry birds for 5 hours when he got there to open it. I changed a cable and it was fixed. The mine payed us for sitting there waiting at time and a half. Also i hate angry birds now!
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Yeah, had something similar happen to myself an Pixel. Turned up to a site to do some work on a few computers, and they were locked up. The key, of course, was not where we were told it was.
Left.
Cool story, Rize!
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Yeah but you know whats cool when you go out to pick up women. You can be like wanna go back to my hotel room. Then you go there and point out all the design features. Nothing sexier than interior design. If that doesn’t work she probably just wants you to keep talking because your voice is amazing!
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That would involve a fair amount of BS, since I’m not a designer, but I could totally do that.
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What do you do at hotels?
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Ask El Kapitan.
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I like to imagine that you get payed just to speak all day. Adoring crowds turn up to listen to everything you have to say.
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Blaghs if we pool our money maybe we have enough to make a podcast for us were he just says awesome words.
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Crevasse?
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Your giving me tingles haha
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you’re*
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love you flu
hehehe i laughed a little to much at that!
I was staying on site in Townsville once and brought a girl back to my room.
It was absolutely jam packed with kitchen ware (Including lots of knives and stuff). Not so glamorous.
I am sure she didn’t think you were a murderer.
Maybe she did and thought it was hot..?
Hey man if you can get some even if she thought you were a murderer, You are doing something right 😛
Just for the record, I am far from being a ladies man.
Um… o_o
So you’re a man’s man. Embrace your fate!
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I deserve that.
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*Logs on to Seek.com*
Alpha is too scared to ask but does anyone have a Valve 75% off voucher so he can pick up L4D2?
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You meanie, you. Yes, I was looking for one. I have some coupons (like a 33% discount on Sword of Stars II, a 50% on GTA San Andreas loltastic discount and a couple more) but that one is the star that’ll light my skies and at least top a beat the “Left Out” rather than L4D 😛
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I have a ball of lint, a pink stylus, and a USB stick I found on the floor.
Your counter-offer?-
Allen key, pen and a purple plastic comb.
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Wow this bidding is getting to much im out, All i had was a pencil and half a box of stale shapes!
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I have a used battery, some crap that had built up on my mouse, and the cap of a beer bottle.
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A half eaten hobnob.
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Is it even possible to only eat half a hobnob?
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The object in question is now longer present.
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TAKE THE DEAL
I have 50% off as well and also for the following if anybody wants them Toki tori, Gemini rue and nail’d
Also the complete games to give away are
HL2: ep1
Hoard
Dungeon Defenders
Eugh, my Borderlands refuses to update after, changing servers, restarting my pc, using my mates steam account, defragging the files, verifying the cache… Anyone have any idea on what I can do? I have 2mb to go on the update :S
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Obviously It was bish,
He eats everything and he stopped doing the interviews because we were getting close. TELL THE TRUTH -
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Tech Knight has inconsistencies in his story, though claims to be uninterested in cookies… I don’t know what to believe!
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You were simply outwitted by a machine human, it was all to confuse you. Muehehe, silly humans
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Yes.
But the world can never know.Unless you request it under the Freedom of Information Act.
But you’d have to fill out these forms here, or just sign at the bottom of the 3rd, fifth, twenty-third, and one-teenth pages, and I’ll sort out the rest.-
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Please wait 6-8 weeks for your paperwork to be lost in various administrative circles, after which you may ring us to talk to an operator who cares very little for what you are calling about.
We thank you for your patience.
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You should reimagine PC’s all day.
Friggin’ put a hamster in a wheel for power in one.
Shit would be craaaaaaaazy.
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Ugh, enjoy that. Fortunately, I’ve managed to finish most of the imaging required for my part of our network.
If you need an extra hand to help, give me a shout. I only ask for a minimum of 2 boxes of BBQ shapes per hour worked or part thereof.
Also money.
Finally hit level 50 in TOR. Took me longer then I thought it would. I’m not really sure what to do with myself now ingame. I’d like to try leveling another character but I want to hold off until the Legacy System in implemented. I guess I’ll just run some warzones and see if I can find a group to try out some operations or something.
I played Wii for the first time ever last night. Played a couple games of ten pin bowling with my Grandparents. It was surprisingly fun.
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Congrats. I hit 50 on Sunday myself but haven’t been able to play since (busy Monday, maintenance on Tuesday and out for corporate dinner last night). It took me way longer than I had hoped, several of the guys in my guild have two 50s now. 🙁
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I’m halfway through lvl 48 on my Knight.
Though, a friend gets back from South Africa in a week, and he and another couple of friends will start playing then, so new character time!
Not sure if I want to play a tanky Guardian Knight again – love the class and how it plays, and I want to tank, but conversely I’m almost finished the class quest and would like to see other ones.
Perhaps I’ll roll a Trooper.
Or maybe jump over to Empire and roll a Warrior…
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Interesting proposition however even though the boss is away, other people in the office are not.
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I was just about to suggest this!
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Hahahaha, oh man I remember doing this in high school.
We did this at TAFE one time on this girl who was annoying us, we also set her background as this we were not expecting her to run out of the room crying over it o.O
In my defence, Hex from Good Game influenced me by tweeting that picture the previous day!
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Argh! The Inquisition!
Run before they call for Exterminatus!
Question: Xenos, Malleus or Hereticus?
@ Bish
We had Australian Jepoardy!!!! 😉
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_versions_of_Jeopardy!
Oh, awesome!
Got quite hammered at a rather large party last weekend, all I remember is arriving to the party, specifically seeing two friends that I hadn’t seen in ages (one just came back from a year long trip to Japan, the other down from Newcastle for the weekend), then SCENE MISSING, then I woke up the next morning in my bed.
Anyways, this week i’ve received no less than 4 emails from Amazon UK saying ‘your order has been dispatched’, so apparently I decided to do some shopping when I got home from the party. I’ve decided not to even look at what I bought, although after I got the first dispatch email, needless to say I was quite surprised and logged onto the Amazon site and just counted that there were 4 orders, I didn’t look at the actual items, only the total price, which was a reasonable amount, I definitely didn’t buy a house or anything. I think it’s gonna be pretty interesting to see what I actually bought, I assume they’ll be delivered over the next few weeks. Feels like Christmas is coming 🙂
I’ll keep you posted.
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Haha that is pretty awesome, it’s like your past drunk self loves you and wants to give you presents 😀
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avoid unfortunate implications. shout привет* as loud as you can at the box before going all chainsaw at it.
if you get a response that is not a growl, the chainsaw is not the best tool for the job.*google translate. i really have no idea how appropriate this greeting is for a bride in a shipping crate.
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OK, let me know the TAY opinion on this:
Now, my friend has always said he hates Sci-Fi movies/tv shows/etc. But today, he asked me if I wanted to see Star Wars Episode 1 (in 3D) at the movies. Apparently he really likes the first movie, but not the entire Star Wars series.
Now, I’m not a massive Star Wars fan, but… is it just me or is that weird? xD I thought Ep 1 was supposed to be one of the worst? Isn’t it weird that someone can like that movie but not like any other sci-fi movie? lol
I dunno, but guess what I’ll probably be seeing sometime in the next few days. 😛
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People like different stuff, I for one like star wars and despise star trek, I can’t even watch one episode. I love ne Doctor Who but the old stuff makes me want to punch all the incarnations of the doctor before christopher eccelston in the mouth!
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Much safer for you to disavow all knowledge of this person and ensure that they are quickly and completely ostracised from your life and from civilised society.
Do it now.
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As I see it, the Star Wars movies aren’t particularly fantastic, it’s the Star Wars universe that’s the best thing.
To some extent, I’m sure a lot of us look back at the trilogy with some sort of nostalgia. We were kids. That stuff was amazingpants. But the acting was… not particularly great. And of course, by today’s standards, all dem action sequences, huh.
I think the prequel trilogy does offer more elements of actually entertaining movie sequences, which for the most part are the action sequences, because the politics in the movies are so basic. But they are also visually wonderful, so you know.So I can see how people could enjoy (to some extent) Episode 1.
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I saw the adds for Star Wars Episode 1 in 3D. I prayed that someone had bashed me repeatedly over the head until I had a hallucinated the whole thing. Do we really need Star Wars Digitally Enhanced Special Directors Cut Edition in 3D?
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Correct breakdown of Star Wars ‘episode’ quality:
V > IV > VI > III > I > II.Also is your associate 13 or so? Because apparently kids nowadays prefer the original trilogy, which is a highly disturbing factoid.
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Probably the greater emphasis on R2 and Threepio, coupled with characters they can identify with because they’ve watched the Clone Wars cg series. Also, Lucas marketing works wonders on children.
***SPOILER BELOW***
Pity, though, because they won’t ever appreciate the sense of shock and awe the comes the first time you find out that Vader is Luke’s daddy.
***SPOILER ABOVE***
Also, I agree with Bish – it’s the universe that’s enthralling more so than the movies themselves. And while a lot of the Expanded Universe stuff can be ascribed to glorified fanfic, I still love it, because it keeps the universe alive.
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@Blahgs, restarted my router did not help the problem. So I am re-downloading it all (thank god tomorrow my usage resets) as opposed to restoring from the back up. I also put in a Steam ticket about it, so maybe they can help?
7 games of Words with Friends.
1 winning.
3 getting reamed
2 are too close to call
1 is still awaiting ‘approval’ to begin.
I am not good at this 😛
Challenge me: ShaneWSmith
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As one of the people in the close games, I’d say you’re doing alright.
Which is annoying because I prefer winning.
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Shane trust me you’re doing fine 😀
To be fair I consider myself pretty darn good at this game since I have been playing for over a year :P. I’ve noticed it’s not really about making long ‘actual’ (by actual I mean common) words but more about putting the right letters in the right place. You’ll learn some pretty stupid words through trial and error and then you can abuse them badly 😀 (Trjn HATES ZA and Freeze HATES my QI).
I’ve been playing WWF with this random from NSW for over a year and when we first started I was beating her by over 200 points or so but then she got better and now she beats me in pretty much every game 😛
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So just a repost for any Melbourne or willing to travel to melbourne TAYbies about a meat this Sunday
GingerChris is down so we are meating up at beer deluxe in federation square on Sunday. For those who don’t know the place you can checkout the map here
http://www.fedsquare.com/interactive-map/interactive-map.html
I think the easiet thing is if we start at the outdoor area up the top. So basically if you walk into federation square and walk up hill it will naturally funnel you into beer deluxe. So basically it is directly opposite the big screen, just walk up the hill.
Scree if you are nervous about finding the place email me at tigerion [at] gmail and I’ll send you my mobile number so you can give me a call if you are lost.
So to those who haven’t posted back on page 12, who else is coming/interested
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Also the best of the IGF is still at ACMI so we could check that out after lunch.
http://www.fedsquare.com/events/best-of-independent-games-festival/
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Awesome timing, I’d be up for visiting that.
Dunno if you have my email – atomicstrawberry (at) gmail (dot) com.
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I’m confirming that I will be attending this Sunday, I’ll email you my number later today tigs
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My excuse is I ignored it (until I didn’t)
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I hope this is a very funny joke.
Seriously, she’s awful.
“Here’s the thing about meeeeee, I’m a woooooman, and I have a vaaaaaagina”
Ugh, we get it. Now get off the stage.
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Also my gravatar still doesnt work. I changed the rating to G and everything.
The “check” function doesnt seem to work on my browser at work tho…. stupid IE8
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Looks like the squeeky wheel gets the grease.
I didnt do anything on my end, and now it works. Yay!
@Blaghs: That post about Bastion is kinda sad, actually – but I do love that they made the second playthrough different enough to the first to make you choose different things.
@Puppylicks: An interesting idea (I was confused when Rucks said *he* invented The Wall, in one of the Who Knows Where stages) but I hate ambiguous stories so I’m just gonna take it literally 😛
(stories with no resolution or lingering questions annoy me)
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It could be disappointing to spend your time dissecting an open plot point when in fact it was a mistake by the author.
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Youv’ve stopped to refuel your car. The car in front of you leaves just as you finish. You go into to pay, come back out just as someone pulls in front of you and starts filling their car.
#peoplewhoshouldbeshot
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Eugh don’t you hate that? Or when the douchebags stop at the back pump, instead of the front one & you need that one cause it’s the only one with diesel.. Eugh, inconsiderate assholes, dad usually tells em off XD
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Luckily for me I always refuel my car late in the evening preferably after bowling so no worries on other humans souring my experience 🙂
Scumbag humans are scumbags though
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You know Techie, I’m starting to identify more and more with your automatons view of the world.
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Hello Peoples,
Dont forget about the
MELBOURNE MEAT!!!!!
THis coming Sunday the 12th of february
Lunch at Beerdeluxe (its Burgers and Beer, but I’m sure they have
things for the nondrinkers)
http://www.beerdeluxe.com.au/contact-us.htm
Followed by an arcade nearby if such a thing exists
Lunch around 12!
@Lamboman
The KKRPG is dead/stalled as I’ve started football and editing our club website in my free time. I did however find this sample RPG code that might interest you. It’s pretty basic, but you could play around and maybe make something of your own:
http://gamedevelopedia.com/post/2010/11/02/XNA-Role-Playing-Game-Starter-Kit-40-%28Part-1%29.aspx
By memory you have played with XNA before so you shouldn’t need to download anything extra.
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It’s okay we will have our own meat and it will be just as good
On a side note: I got lost in town here trying to find the battery place. It is quite well hidden and i drove around for 10 minutes trying to find it until i finally broke down went to my grandparents and asked for directions. They obliged and i left there full well knowing they were laughing at me as soon as i left!
Just to put this in perspective, this is my home town, i have lived here my entire life, nearly all the shops and schools are on one street. Yes i am an idiot!
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So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don’t wanna leave the Congo, oh no no no no nooooo!
Bingo, bangle, bungle, I’m so happy in the jungle, I refuse to gooooooo!
Don’t want no jailhouse, shotgun, fish-hooks, golf clubs, I got my spears
So, no matter how they coax him, I’ll stay right here!They have things like the atom bomb, so I think I’ll stay where I “ahm”
Civilization, I’ll stay right heeeeeeeeeerrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!-
The roads are the dustiest
The winds are the gustiest
The gates are the rustiest
The pies are the crustiest
The songs the lustiest
The friends the trustiest
Way back home
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@Alpha or Scree (who ever see’s it first)
I put out a thing on Facebook targeting my Steam friends asking if they have a 75% off Valve title coupon, lets hope I get lucky \o/
That was pretty awesome.
The Words with Friends game with Greenius just now was back and forth the whole time. I started strong and then he came back with some pretty damned good words.
On the final move, I was 20 points down and played DIVA for 14, praying that the penalty he’d have for leftover tiles would pull me across the line.
It did.
2 point victory!
That’s one of the closest games I’ve had.
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Powalen and I have had the same score for about the last 3 rounds, with no tiles left. Its going down to the wire
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THE NEW E-SPORT
We should record a game, and then get people to cast it, with snooty English accents.-
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Makes sense, you are both pretty wordy
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Heh but I still think the wordiest one in WWF has to be Freeze 😛
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Super intense.
Don’t think shoutcasting would work though, seeing as every game takes a few hours.
Lots of dead air to fill in :p
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AND HE’S THINKING REALLY HARD ABOUT HIS NEXT MOVE.
STILL THINKING
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WOW, WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, HE’S STILL THINKING!Come on, the script writes itself.
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“Special thanks to our sponsors there, and now back to the game. We can see Greenius has been sitting here contemplating his next move for the last 3 minutes and 45 seconds. Trjn’s been very clever in his play here, walling off a number of the bonu- wait, we have a play from Greenius here and OH MY GOD He’S MANAGED TO PULL OUT THE WORD ‘NINCOMPOOP’ FOR AN OBSCENE AMOUNT OF POINTS AND HE’S WHIPPED IT OUT LIKE LIGHTNING! We’ll show you the slow-motion replay of it now, yes, yes, that is vision coming up on your screen of the word ‘Nincompoop’ being played. This is a truly, truly stunning match, and I don’t see how Trjn can recover from this, but he has done so before! We’ll go to an ad break as we wait for Trjn’s next, now crippled move, and come back to see this high calibre battle of wits play out.”
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PLEASE MAKE THIS A REALITY!
I’d totally want to hear/read Bish commentary 😀
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I don’t think it would be safe to broadcast our games :p
Amusingly, Shane played SEXT against me as well. Sure, it isn’t actually dirty, but it tries damn hard to look like it is.
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really? it isn’t that thing that teenagers are doing these days where they send pictures of themselves to other people?
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I think it’s something to do with sextuple. Or at least, both come from the same origin.
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My 2nd and final exam starts in a little over half an hour… wish me luck people 🙂
I’d make marketing management jokes, but they are no where near as good as the economics ones i was churning out at the start of the week.
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Dude, I wish you luck.. I hope you do better than i did in marketing management… I got my fav mark of all time… 51%
Oh yeah, P is a degree boi!
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I refuse to wish you luck.
I’ll wish you the best of luck!
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Headphones seem so pricey, I got a “daily specials” email from Dick Smith and they have some Adidas headphones that are $250 and that is half price!
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Everybody has dias, dias, dias.
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http://www.youtube.com/verify_age?next_url=/watch%3Fv%3DcqnaGHM9i44
Oh Hong Kong, how I love thee.
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I really liked True Crime, so I’m kind of excited. Even if it has had a bit of a topsy turvy development.
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I really liked True Crime, so I’m kind of excited. Even if it has had a bit of a topsy turvy development.
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Why are some people so intolerant and prone to bald-faced lies to try and make a point?
It’s irritating.
Not so much the opinion, but that they will have no qualms about pushing something they know is incorrect.
/shakefist
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Uhh, yeah, I hate it when people substitute the truth for their own reality. *Cough* Man, what dicks!
Although in all seriousness, while I do that for comedic purposes, when people do it seriously it really annoys me. Or just people who refuse to accept that I’m right, when I really am. I don’t like being proven wrong, but it happens a lot, so I’ve learned to accept it. So why can’t other people? Everyone makes mistakes, our memories are not infallible.
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Just avoid politicians who campaign on ideology instead of policy and you’re making good progress on avoiding that stuff.
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Which article? I just had a look at the latest one relating to Jaffe, and christ, I think everyone commenting should take a chill pill. It’s like:
Person 1: I have an opinion on this, on either side of the argument, and this is what it is.
Person 2: YOU’RE WRONG, EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS WRONG, YOU SHOULD BE CASTRATED TO PREVENT YOUR MORONIC OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS SPREADING. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB.
Or, alternately:
Person 1: I have an opinion about this topic, but I’m going to post it in an inflammatory manner.
Person 2: YOU’RE WRONG, EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU IS WRONG, YOU SHOULD BE CASTRATED TO PREVENT YOUR MORONIC OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS SPREADING. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB.
*Sigh* I guess there’s no such thing as a decent conversation over the internet.
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/the-rules-of-religion-and-why-the-next-one-just-might-be-a-game/
For the record, I’m posting here from the perspective of “If someone says something that’s blatantly wrong, call them on it”
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Ahh, religion. I’m not going to bother reading the article, or the comments. But I think I can guess what a whole lot of people are saying.
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I’d recommend the article, outside of the last two paragraphs.
It’s got a lot of analysis of Sin Megami Tensai and the Japanese gas/subway attacks.
Pretty interesting – you can skip most of the religious stuff.
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Depends on what you are talking about
You comment on the dawkins video I disagree with, that all made sense to me.
The fact that people would be more moral without religion, we yeah that didn’t make much sense.
I was also going to make a comment that your comment was the smallest I had ever seen you make, but then I scrolled down
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I may be extending past the video into similar commentary he’s made in books, looking at it now. By the way, totally recommend his books to everyone, religious or not. They’re a good read.
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Fair enough. I am always unsure on if I should be sad or amused at people who idolise Dawkins and take his word as gospel.
I generally go with sad
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It’s an interesting situation. I feel the same about people who decry the fundies from religions by being fundie in their own beliefs.
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I like you. You’re a thinking man.
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Do not try to answer the phone — that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realise the truth: there is no phone.
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(Highjacking this comment because it’s about Words with Friends xD)
@Nova: I can’t believe you got me in the end! lol Oh well, that was a very intense game, gg!
Also, does the game automatically end when you can’t make up the difference with your current tiles? Because I didn’t get a last go to use my 2 “I” titles 😛 I could have pulled out something amazing, like… “Hi” xD
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Against Shane, I still have far too many Es.
Instead of playing them, I keep using every other tile in my arsenal because that’s going to nab me more points in the short term. Better to keep my lead instead of give him a chance to catch up.
Hopefully this works out.
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Tried playing SERENER to clear my tiles out. Apparently that’s an acceptable word but AHE is not. Shame there was nowhere to put that, so I stuck an S on the end of ZIT instead for a nice couple of points.
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After that, I had the tiles to play ENTERER or REENTER. There wasn’t any space for that so I had to play ENTER.
Methinks despite the overflow of Es, I might have won this one.
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It was a great game, well done. Even though I had the first move, if I use all my tiles the game ends, and the points of whatever tiles you have left get taken from your score and added to mine. That’s why if its getting towards the end, get rid of as many high points letters as fast as you can. I lost a game when I was leading because I was still holding a Z when they went out.
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PS If I don’t post anymore, its because Freeze is gonna murder me for what I just played against him 🙂
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I have to stop twitching first. I thought I had a decent chance of winning for a bit there.
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Looks like Company of Heroes is going to happen tonight but if that falls through, I’m almost always keen for L4D.
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Reply fail.
Was meant to be @Rize on the last page.
Also, no copies of Company of Heroes floating around at the local retail stores. Sadface. Guess I’ll just have to use Steam.
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CoH is pretty much Dawn of War – WWII. Same engine, dev team, mechanics (to an extent).
Having said that, I’ve never had much success with CoH, compared to DoW…but I’m willing to become food if there’s a free slot in the game.
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I AM AMAZING AT THIS GAME AND WILL MURDER YOU ALL AHAHA
But not really.
Err, would anyone too lazy to play the tutorial (Blaghman) want me to type up a mini guide covering the basics?-
I don’t need that dirty tutorial… Admittedly, I was exactly as bad 20 minutes in as I was 2 minutes in, but shut up.
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My copy is downloading at home now but the game is like 9 gigs i doubt it will be finished by the time i get home since my download speed looks like it maxxes out at 250 kB/s Still if anyone is keen for a game tomorrow i will be able to join!
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If I won Kudos everytime I talked about human waste, I’d be rolling in review copies of all the games.
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Late lunch: Jarlsberg, double smoked ham, and chorizo sandwich on grain bread I finished baking about half an hour ago, with a side serve of sweet potato crisps I made yesterday.
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Despite the face that I’m chowing down on some BBQ shapes right, it feels totally inadequate. That sounds amazing
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Apologise to the shapes! Right now!
Or later. They can’t actually hear you. Come to think of it, I’m glad they can’t speak. How would they feel, knowing I want to eat them without both parties consenting?
Yeah. I’m bored. This is my brain on bored.
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Correction – Even though I’m chowing down on some BBQ shapes right now, it feels slightly inadequate
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*droool*
Unintentional or not that sounds most appetising. Certainly compare to the sweet and sour ready made microwave meal i had for lunch.
Unintended lunch. All of the left-over fried rice of awesome got swiped* by my wife on the way to work.
I think I need a home-brew kit, I really want to have a go at making my own cider. Anyone done that before?
*I packed it for her.
Anyone go
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Yup.
Homebrewing is good fun, but it takes time and the tricky part is keeping all of your equipment sterilized. If any germs get in your brew it will ruin it, and you won’t be able to tell until you try to drink it for the very first time, thus wasting the weeks you spent making the batch in the first place. -
Pie Face is an appropriate name for that business. The pie I bought from them definitely spent some time on my face before being in my belly.
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I’ll be honest: I was expecting you to finish that with something like “Cause you should have seen the person serving me!”
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He was a reasonably inoffensive looking guy and I wouldn’t want to shatter his self-esteem by telling the internet otherwise.
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I come home sick from work and I think , awesome. Some free PS3 time. But oh no. I haven’t downloaded the new update yet they take ages.
Turn it on and automatic update has already downloaded it for me.
The PSN+ sub price worth it just for that.
The place I grabbed lunch from had something odd on the TV.
I was convinced it was either bad porn or a poorly acted sex scene from a movie.
The woman (clothed) was lying on her back panting, moaning and wriggling about, so I assumed someone was performing cunnilingus. I thought it was a little unsuitable to be shown at lunch time, but tried to ignore it.
“I can’t breathe..!”
O_o
“It’s sealed shut..!”
…Huh? O_O
Turns out it was Days of Our Lives.
The woman had been locked inside a casket.
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So the real problem is that you can’t tell the difference between being scared afraid and someone having sex. That scares me a little flu
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Days of Our LIves
No its probably the latter, My nonna used to watch that during the holidays when i was a kid, THe story lines on that show were so far and beyond stupid its hard to imagine how it got so many viewers.
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So it was a midget performing cunnilingus on her? I can’t imagine a normal sized guy fitting in the bottom of a coffin with her.
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When I was at uni, the local Maccas had a few TVs and always showed midday movies. Quite a few of those were NOT happy family viewing.
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At some point All Saints was the lunchtime show that was on on weekdays. Kinda funny that so many places had that show on in public places. Makes it funnier when you realise that show had graphic injuries (as you’d expect). and the occasional nudity (which most people didn’t expect).
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I’m surprised no ones made the obvious connection between vampires, caskets & lady parts before now…
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What’s this?? You think Mini-Scree is more mature than me??
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Actually, you may be right there…
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oh yeah, I’m so mature, can’t you tell?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Heroes:_Trails_in_the_Sky
Saw this game’s acronym on twitter, it made me giggle.
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Apparently it’s quite good. I’ve got it sitting on my shelf.
The Legend of Heroes stuff is amazingly confusing as well. There’s multiple timelines and multiple games in each timeline or something? No consistent naming system. Also the games get remade periodically to make things even harder to follow.
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Assuming you’re genuinely asking:
LoH: TitS
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Thanks NegativeZero. I was genuinely asking.
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You people are terrible for my productivity.
Words With Friends installing on my iPad at the moment 🙁
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You too can play DORKIEST or HOBOING in your quest to get the most points!*
*Both of those words got played, one after the other, in my game with Shane just now.
I’m so proud. No matter who wins (which will be me, DORKIEST was on a triple word score and used all of my tiles), we’re all winners. I’ll just be more of a winner.
And humble. So humble.
In place of replybuttonopus needing to be damned.
Freeze S. Preston Icequire
February 9, 2012 at 3:08 PM
I come home sick from work and I think , awesome. Some free PS3 time. But oh no. I haven’t downloaded the new update yet they take ages.
Turn it on and automatic update has already downloaded it for me.
The PSN+ sub price worth it just for that.
ok ill bite… Words username is Inquisitorsz
I assume people here don’t use any cheat websites or apps?
For anybody who doesn’t rad the articles
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure
kick starter for double fine game, with 5 and 6 figure “premium pledges” what are quite amusing.
But lowest teirs are $15 to get the game or $30 for game + making of and soundtrack.
Or $1000 to get a portrait of you done by the double fine artists
So who will / has donated to this and what do you think about established studios using kickstarter to raise capital. For me it is a good chance to show double fine that PC user support their games and they really need to release stacking on PC
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I’m going to, just figuring out how much.
They’ve already hit $125,000 but I suspect that the flow of pledges will taper off from here, it’ll be interesting to see if they make it much past the goal.
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‘m in the same boat, probably just go for the $15 option as I actually aren’t that interested in the making of sort of thing.
Still going fairly strong another $30 K since I posted but yeah it will taper off a bit now. Maybe a jump this afternoon when people get home from work.
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They just had somebody take the > $10,000 dollar option. Now I am very curious about what option they took
Re: L4D1/2
I might be able to play tonight whether or not L4D2 wants to re-download the entire game. I will investigate but i’m almost capped so probably will be once Borderlands is done downloading. I just hope I don’t have to download anything for L4D2, if that’s the case I am up for a game tonight \o/
Right, I’m going to finish up at work and go and steal things from Blagh’s place.
Any requests?
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Bring me Blaghs and I shall keep him in a cage of bone and make him sing I’ve got a lovely bunch of coconuts
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Just read your argument. You need to keep in mind that atheists can be just as narrow minded and blind as any religious zealot. They protest people unthinkingly following a book (bible) by.. Unthinkingly following a book (Dawkins)
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My favourite Atheist argument is “but that doesn’t make sense under science. Why can’t they see that?”
Because they believe in a god, who could make it possible? Because any real scientist can tell you that their work is 90% guesswork, and 10% complete bullshit(Well, not the more applied sciences, like Biology, and stuff, but Physics is all guesswork, really)?
Silly Atheists. Also, Dawkins is a bit crazy. And reading The God Delusion is just kind of painful.
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Its kind of funny, that athesist are like its all science and stuff but they can’t prove it and religious people are the same but with various dieties instead of science. The people who fight the most are most similar i guess.
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Rocketman, “you can’t prove it either way” is a terrible argument.
Let me paraphrase a Sam Harris quote (that’s right Freeze, we can quote other people too :p): when has an academic answer to a question ever been proven to be wrong and replaced with a religious answer that was proven right?
I may not have a firm background in science, so I haven’t gone over the mountains of peer reviewed research on these matters but I can guarantee that the god of the gaps is a very weak god indeed.
Tide goes in, tide goes out. Sun comes up, sun comes down. You can’t explain it. Therefore God.
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I guess but in the words of me IRL. Stop being right all the time. I am just saying they are similar not the fact that you can’t prove it.
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There’s a difference between “I’m not sure, but based on this, that, these and those, it might be this” and “It’s GOD!”
Science offers the best possible explanation based on the evidence available at the time. Theological explanations ignore any evidence that might throw a spanner in the works and continues to give the same explanation whenever possible.
Which do you think is the better approach to trying to solve problems?
That’s why I have issues with religion. It is a flawed approach to thinking.
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Physics is definitely not guesswork and bullshit. It’s sets of mathematical explanations for observations, and while we do find that there are some areas where we’re not 100% right, the estimations our models make are usually very accurate. When they’re not, the models are updated to incorporate the new observations, or are replaced with better models that account for all the observations.
Physics is science at its purest. If physics was guesswork and bullshit you wouldn’t be able to post that on the internet via your computer. Because those technologies wouldn’t exist. You probably wouldn’t even have electricity.
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I think Blaghs is talking more the creation sort of stuff. The universe is large, massive to big to even imagine in your head how big it is. We are on one small tiny miniscule part of that. We can only observe what we have the technology to. It is like looking a t a picture that we only have a atom sized piece of.
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Science is uninterested in the question of origin though. Origin of life, yes. Origin of the universe? Only as a means to explain what we can observe. We can’t go back and see the moment where everything began, we can only observe its effects, so whether there was a bang and matter started to exist, or if god sad ‘let there be a bang’ and the bang happened and matter started to exist is actually not important (and indeed can be complimentary).
This is one of the major problems in the science vs religion debate: the hardliners on either side see everything in black & white so it has to be an either/or debate. It doesn’t.
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I like when people talk about this stuff and especially a group of friends like ourselves. I always feel like my opinions and beliefs change for the better.
I replied to this particular comment cause i think it is a excellent example of that. Thanks -0
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OK, but how do we work out the physics of something? We take a stab in the dark, and then rigorously test it until we can say that we haven’t found a more accurate model. Ten years down the track, we might look back at what physicists of today thought, and think “man, those guys were idiots.” That’s one of the things I love about science, it is constantly changing. I feel like I should clarify here that I am a big believer in science, I am an atheist, and I have a lot of respect for scientists. But that doesn’t make what they do any less than a series of informed guesses.
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And yes, I know that I’ve stated it in an inflammatory way, and I really shouldn’t given it’s not all that accurate, but I’m too used to trying to piss off Atheists to change my ways now.
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Yeah but you will find most of those people would be willing to change their mind if another theory (also known as guesswork)
That, i hesitate to use the term, but open mindedness is the big difference. If somebody is trying to convince me that the earth is 4,000 years old or that the speed of light is not constant but has been progressively getting slower I will call them out and say that doesn’t make sense
However I did post almost the same response as freeze back << way
Most atheists haven’t read Dawkins.
And at least he puts forward a decent argument for his case. Have you read the Bible? Any creationist that argues for anything based on Genesis has to be rather mad. The first two chapters contradict each other (there are two different creation stories in those two chapters) and then the story of Lot offering his daughters up for rape before fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah. Then his wife turns into a pillar of salt when looking back on the destruction, so his daughters decide to get Lot drunk and rape him. To make sure that his lineage is preserved.
That’s the first book of the Bible. There’s plenty more where that came from :p
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Had a question at trivia last night asking “According to the Bible, how many wives did Solomon have – 300, 500 or 700?” The answer was 700. My question is how the church can use a book that goes along with that as the basis of an argument against homosexual marriage. Makes no sense to me.
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If the bible said Solomon having 700 wives was a good thing, your question would have merit, but it doesn’t. Solomon having so many wives was one of the reasons for his eventual downfall.
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OK, I stand corrected. I’ll be the first to admit, I know next to nothing about the Bible and its contents.
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Man, even a lot of Christians don’t really know what’s in the bible. That sure does cause a lot of problems…
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Damn right.
“Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
– Isaac AsimovOn that rather cheeky note, this conversation is really only going to end badly.
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So, how about we stop it now and call it a draw? 😛
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Nope.
I’m winning. How about you concede defeat and bow out with some dignity? :p
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Nope. I’m going to bleed on you.
Then bite your legs off.
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Indeed. 700 wives is more my vision of hell then anything else.
Not having read Dawkins doesn’t stop them shouting quotes at everyone 😛
Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t really give a rats about any religious belief. Was just making a point that extreme Atheists and extreme Churchies arnt all that different.
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There’s a huge difference.
Religious fundamentalists advocate for the persecution of homosexuals and people of other religions. In parts of the world, that means killing them for their “sins”. They create laws to force others to abide by their religion’s rules ranging from banning homosexual marriage to no alcohol being sold on Sunday (by the way, Jesus’s first miracle was to turn water into wine).
Atheists on the other hand, make heated arguments.
There is a world of difference and saying that they are the same ignores so much villainy that has been done by religious people throughout history and continues to this very day.
In summary, I present this comic.
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Really bunny, They are more similar that you think, Religious zealots persecute homosexuals, athiest persecute everyone for being dumber than they are. Most of them just think because they believe in science they have the right to call everyone who doesn’t dumb.
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That’s an awfully broad approach to persecution if you allow it to stretch from genocide all the way down to looking down on someone.
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Yes but who is to say that just looking down on you wouldn’t stretch to genocide if the positions were reversed.
Keep in mind i am also athiest, i just don’t like the smuggness associated with the word!
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Not disagreeing with you, but I think sometimes atheists choose to ignore the good that has been done by religious people throughout history and continues to this very day.
I’m not saying the good outweighs the bad or vice versa, but it’s noteworthy.
I’m aware that people have done great things in the name of religion, just in the same way that I’m aware that they’ve done horrible things in the same name.
There is a debate available on Youtube with Stephen Fry, Christopher Hitchens, a priest and a British politician about if the Catholic Church is a force for good in the world. Please watch it.
You don’t have to market this stuff to me, Trjn.
A less condescending tone would be appreciated.
Yeah bunny we are all firm believers of the same stuff. You don’t have to market it to us in a little bow and tell us it is right. We are just trying to counter argue the fact that even athiests can be idiots. Look at me for instances.
Online debates about religion hardly ever sway anyone. I just like the excuse to rant and rave and more importantly, poke holes in faulty logic.
Sometimes it’s hard to write my points without it seem like I’m calling someone out. Just remember that when it comes to stuff like this, I’m addressing the point that was made irrespective of who made it.
It’s no different than if someone was to say that Nathan Buckley was the best AFL player during the late 90s and early 2000s. I would be making arguments about why both Hird and Voss were vastly superior to him but it could be interpreted as me attacking him for liking Buckley.
When someone is wrong on the internet, I will correct them. It is my solid duty and you should remember that just because we agree doesn’t mean that I’m not more right than you are :p
Text based communication strikes again!
I was saying “please watch it” because it’s an awesome debate that anyone who is interested in the subject should watch. Or anyone who particularly likes to see Stephen Fry.
Big Stephen Fry fan.
Seen the video you are referring to (or at least one of them, if there are many) and a few others of him discussing religion.
I much prefer his and Tim Minchin’s approach to the topic compared to Dawkins’ (although Minchin sometimes borderlines dickishness)
But Minchin is quite hilarious. I’ve got two of his DVDs and they’re pretty damned good viewing.
Indeed. He gets a get of dickishness free card.
Me type ungood%
*He gets a “Get out of dickishness, free” card.
There is a huge problem I have where people will confuse a religious person with a good person. People can be good without religion. People can be completely evil with religion. Or the other way around.
Man, don’t get me started on the Catholic Church…
Was thinking about the Old Testament the other day.
If God created the world in seven days then why did he bother making it rain forty days and forty nights in order to destroy life on Earth?
Surely it would have been far more efficient to just start again…
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Since a day is one revolution around the sun. During creation there was no universe or sun to revolve around. Thus 7 days is ambigous and merely used to set up what we now know is a standard week.-
correction – one revoluton around the sun is a year.
That should read – one revolution around the earth’s axis
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Dawkins is an asshole. Really. A lot of what he might say is true, but his delivery is so antagonistic and trollish that it’s just going to inflame people and make them upset, not actually listen.
I was brought up in a very religious household, but I don’t hold those beliefs myself any more. Even though I agree with most of his points, if I was to meet Dawkins I’d call him out for being a prick. The science world needs a lot less Dawkins and a lot more people like Carl Sagan IMO.
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A lot of people say that Dawkins is a prick. I’ve heard it said many times before and I’ve defended him on this each time.
The problems comes down to people thinking that their opinion, or firmly held beliefs, are sacred and that anyone who is willing to challenge them is a dick for doing so. Dawkins appears to be confrontational because he is asking people about things that they are uncomfortable being challenged on.
Other people may be able to do so without appearing so abrasive but they still appear to be dicks when getting as in depth as Dawkins does (aside from Stephen Fry because he’s simply awesome).
People are more than willing to shoot the messenger, but they aren’t willing to consider why they find Dick’s approach so dickish.
Just look at any of the interviews he does with creationists who try to prove him wrong. Whichever side you agree with, you tend to think the other one is a dick. Dawkins for being abrasive and daring to talk against the whole god thing and the creationists for being completely pig headed twats that won’t listen to reason.
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Thirded.
He’s a prick.
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The problem is the *way* that Dawkins challenges people on things they’re uncomfortable about. And that’s why people say he’s a prick. People are stubborn, and the best way to get people to dig their heels in is to go straight in, all guns blazing in such a confrontational manner. He’ll never change their minds doing that, just piss them off. People like him are why the ‘atheism is a religion’ crap gets trotted out, because he approaches things exactly the way a turn-or-burn fundie Christian minister would.
Calling Dawkins out on being “prickish” is largely done because he’s not deferential nor automatically respectful towards religious institutions. Many would argue that that’s entirely fair.
Like any intellectual position, some atheists believe that confrontation is the best approach, some believe that other approaches are better. Doesn’t make the message any less true, and tarring “Atheists” with the same brush is too reductive.
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My entire hatred of him comes from the fact that he knows he is right and everyone else is wrong and you can’t say anything to him and lalalala i can’t hear you, I can’t hear you. That is why i don’t like him.
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So just like just about everyone who has an opinion on anything?
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Indeed faction indeed,
Hey wait was that at jab at me because it got me right in the feel bads.
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Nope, just noting that EVERYONE is as bad as everyone else.
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difference is Dawkins’ position is probably more intellectually rigourous than those he argues with
I Call Bollocks. Only the most simple of Atheists will use the God Delusion as the sole basis of their religious arguments.
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It isn’t about using it as a sole basis it is about reading the book and automatically assuming that it is true and then quoting that in discussion / arguments.
Or seeing an interview with dawkins and the repeating verbatim what he said because the is “The Truth”
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I’d be the first to say that Dawkins is not right on everything- Google “Elevatorgate” for one example of him being well out of line.
I submit that the people you’re having this discussion with need to expand their reading list.
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That’s an awfully big assumption, to think that people repeat Dawkins because they accept his word as gospel and not because he makes solid arguments that they are convinced by.
Atheism isn’t some big thing where everyone agrees with each other because our great prophet decreed something to be true. The only thing atheists are guaranteed to agree on is that gods probably don’t exist.
People repeat Dawkins because he is better at articulating his arguments than most.
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Wasn’t so much an awfully big assumption and a poorly worded post.
Not everybody who quotes Dawkins is doing so based on faith, in fact a vast majority of them wouldn’t think of doing so.
I was referring to the minority of people who believe that religion is a load of codswallop and have found in Dawkins somebody they can attach a level of celebrity worship to. They are generally also dumb.
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Well yes, if you’re going to make a generalisation about a minority and not clarify that it is about a minority, then you’re going to get a lot of people confused.
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The problem with trying to enter a serious discussion when you don’t have time
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Which was kind of sort of my point. I wasn’t saying one position or another is bad, just pointing out that people of all walks have a great capacity for idiocy.
Somehow turned into a Philosophical debate.
Simple?
Atheism is pretty simple in and of itself.
“I don’t believe a god”
Not exactly a complex concept.
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T’anks Eats!
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Classic
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Can’t speak for anyone else, but no. Which is not to say that I don’t just place random letters in the hope of creating fantastic words without knowing what they mean 🙂
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Clearly you play scrabble wrong then. I try every combination and made my sisters look them up in the dictionary if they didn’t believe me. It got to a stage where the just didn’t care because we didn’t have internet access they would just conciede. I love my mum for have 4 dictionaries in the house at that point!
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Ha, I believe you.
But im sure you can understand my surprise when you put down HITHERTO using all 7 letters and getting 107 points for it….
As the 4th word into the game.
Way to finish early =)
So, I downloaded that RPG Starter Kit. I’ve compiled it so everyone can try it out, so everyone knows what we’re working with and can suggest changes and stuff.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12860924/RPG%20Starter.zip
Of course, after uploading this, I went and starting making a few changes to it. For example, the wizard on the first map now talks like Mr. T. 😛
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Man the should make everyone in harry potter sound like MR T and call it a directors cut . I would watch that!
Hello peoples!!
One week til I’m off to NY!!
Been doing maunal labour to keep the coffers full til I go so i haven’t had the time to spend in here as much as I would like.
Will definitely be up for some late night TAY while I’m gone cos of the time difference.
I’m looking to setup something for photos and food pics any recommendations for sites??
Have been plugging through the shame pile, knocked over Alan Wake and Ass Rev. Have started Darksiders and have been pleasantly surprised by the majority so far.
Seems that more and more TAYbies are migrating to Twitter. @Neinhandle if I’m missing anyone…
Got a few thoughts on Ass Rev. Will rot13 in case Strange is around 😉
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Will be gone for 3 weeks. Will hit up all the museums and galleries. MOMA is amazing.
Got tickets to the Secret Policemans Ball ( Anyone old enough to remember those??)
Hit Squad is reforming for one night only, GZA in Brooklyn.
Presidents Day sales will be on so lots of shopping.
Nintendo World, Toys R Us Times Sqaure, Midtown comics, Macys!!!
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Thats awesome secret policemans ball. Is it a secret that they are policemen or is it just really exclusive.
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I think it truly used to be exclusive 😛
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Policeman%27s_Balls
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The…. secret policeman’s balls?
And nobody’s gone the obvious joke route?
For shame!
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I was so annoyed when I got back, and was only then told of the existance of a Nintendo World. Case enough for a return trip methinks
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You still running the Motorbike stuff store online, on top of the manual labour? If so, how’s that going?
Oh, and have you listened to my terribad singing yet? I only pester you because you’re my only fan. 😛
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Are you counting mini-scree as a groupie instead of a fan now?
Unless you have found out the truth, she is only using you to get closer to Latte
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I dunno, I think she’s more just like one of those people who turns up to a gig hoping for a free shirt, rather than for any love for the actual band(So yeah, the latter point).
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“My little groupie,
I used to wonder what fandom could be,
My little groupie,
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“Gig adventures,
Tones of drums!
A beautiful heart,
LATTE IS STRONG!” -
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I have no words.
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*waves*
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You were at my house earlier! It was a little weird.
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Still doing stuff online, was busy over xmas but has slooowed right down. I think that much like yourself I’m built for leisure and pleasure not manual labour 😉 Just needed to boost the funds before I go. Will have to get a real job when I get back…
Your dulcet tones made my day, but not as much as your Bowie stylings at Canned Meat 2!
#nohomo
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Yeah, I *really* missed the puzzles. They were some of my favourite parts of AC2 and Brotherhood, seeing how the Templar-Assassin conflict went through history and some of the conspiracies the game’s writers could tie in to it.
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I find ‘a bit disappointing’ to be an understatement. :p Although this did get me thinking – Ubj znal nffnffvangvbaf jrer gurer? Lbh pna’g rknpgyl pbhag gur cevapr va frdhrapr rvtug orpnhfr uvf oebgure gbbx pner bs gung sbe hf. Gurer’f gur sng zna va Pnccnqbpvn (jubfr anzr V pnaabg fcryy!), gur uryzrgrq thl nyfb va Pnccnqbpvn, naq…vf gung vg sbe znva fgbel nffnffvangvbaf? V fhccbfr gurer ner nyfb gubfr znfgre nffnffva zvffvbaf, ohg lbh qba’g trg gb nffnffvangr unys bs gubfr gnetrgf naljnl.
Naljnl, V guvax gur jevgref unir xvaq bs chfurq gurzfryirf vagb n fvghngvba jurer gurl ARRQ gb unir fvtavsvpnagyl zber Qrfzbaq tnzrcynl. Jryy, orlbaq gur snpg gung guvf vf gur fhccbfrq raq bs uvf gevybtl, vg jbhyq or n ovg fvyyl gb unir Qrfzbaq fnl ‘V xabj jung jr unir gb qb thlf’ evtug bhgfvqr guvf tenaq grzcyr naq gura tb ‘jnvg ab V arrq gb zhpx nebhaq nf zl naprfgbe va *snapl gvzr crevbq* sbe n srj zber qnlf yby’.
I find I’m most talkative when the topic is Assassin’s Creed. :p
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Abg znal, V guvax bayl znlor guerr zber guna gur barf lbh zragvbarq. Naq rira gura gurl jrer gbb rnfl. V erzrzore ernyyl cynaavat zl jnl guebhtu 1 naq 2. Guvf bar jnf whfg “ybbx sbe ebhgr bire gnetrg”, nffnfvaf qebc, eha.
Gurer jnf zber qvpxvat nebhaq jvgu obzof naq “sbyybj” zvffvbaf guna nalguvat ryfr.
Nyzbfg rirel Znfgre Zvffvba vf pbzcyrgrq ol erfcrpgvir nffnfva. Juvyfg vg znxrf frafr, vg nyfb znxrf sbe fbzr OBEVAT zvffvbaf.
Qba’g trg zr jebat, V rawblrq gur tnzr. Whfg gubhtug vg jnf ynpxvat.-
V guvax vg jnf zl yrnfg yvxrq NP gvgyr. Orfvqrf jurer gurl sbepr lbh gb, V pbzcyrgryl sbetbg nobhg hfvat gur obzof. Gurl frrzrq gbgnyyl haarpffnel. Gur gbjre qrsrapr fghss jnfa’g zl fglyr rvgure, ohg V thrff znlor fbzr crbcyr yvxr gung fbeg bs guvat…
Erzrzore va gur svefg, jurer lbh qvq zvffvbaf (bcgvbanyyl) gb svaq bhg vasb nobhg nffnffva gnetrgf? Gur zber lbh qvq, gur zber vasb lbh unq nobhg vg gur raivebazrag, crbcyr, rgp. V’q yvxr gb frr gurz rkcnaq ba guvf. Znlor engure guna whfg trggvat vasbezngvba, n tengrshy crefba lbh qb n zvffvba sbe zvtug cebivqr n xrl (be fbzrguvat) gb nyybj nygreangvir jnlf gb pbaqhpg na nffnffvangvba.
Tebff rknttrengvba: ng gur zbzrag NP frrzf gb unir qribyirq vagb n yvarne fgevat bs fpevcgrq pbairefngvbaf, jvgu fbzr pbby zrqvriny cnexbhe naq fbzr ‘pbby ybbxvat’, ohg frrzvatyl zbfgyl fgengrtl-yrff (trne trne trne) pbzong (bu, naq abj jvgu nqqrq gbjre qrsrapr!*).
* zber guna gur EQV bs gbjre qrsrapr
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Oh I agree, I enjoyed it too to an extent but it was definitely disappointing, in part because of the stuff you’ve mentioned. I’ve never really found that there was a lot of freedom to the assassinations in any of the games after the first (especially after they added those 100% sync requirements), but to me it really hit a low point…
… va Pnccnqbpvn jura lbh unq gb xvyy gur rkrphgvbare ng gur puhepu(jnf vg n puhepu?), naq gurer’f bayl bar cngu ninvynoyr gb lbh. Ng gung cbvag vg whfg ernyyl ybfg fbzrguvat sbe zr.
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My favourite part of NY when I went. SO GOOD 😀
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Missed a religious debate \o/
I get people angry in those by not caring either way. Believe/don’t believe what you want, just keep it positive and private.
OBLIGATORY WORK-RELATED STATEMENT: That pope is pretty great, hey!
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Two ninja references in one day?
This marriage of convenience is starting to look a little less like convenience and more like… love?
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I preferred the old pope. Heard various stories about him being generally pretty nice. Also the current one looks like Palpatine and that’s unsettling.
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Agreed, It was a nice discussion as opposed to “you’re a What? DIE HEATHEN”
that of course being thrown when I take off the cap and say that I’m…a….
Ginger!
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I know right, even I was astounded. Bloody Gingers, should all be shot at birth, bloody mutants :p
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*swoon*
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I’m not an atheist Lambo. Not religious either. Just a firm believer that it is not something I need to worry about as everything seems to be working out with me being concerned.
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So, if this was a war, you’d be Switzerland? 😛
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Tell my wife I said “Hello”.
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All I know is my guy says maybe.
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Well, you’re either theist or athiest. So far all we’ve worked out is that you’re either an agnostic theist (I’m not sure but there might be a god) or an agnostic atheist (I’m not sure but there probably isn’t a god). It is one of those pesky boolean type positions :p
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I was thinking about the possibility of a third boolean yesterday. It basically means not true or false. I was galling to call it ‘nax’ and it would be the solution to the “The statement is false” paradox 😛
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*Or both true and false at the same time.
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Quantum.
Or possibly “this whole thing is silly and I refuse to take part in it!”
Either are acceptable.
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I’m not allowed to neither know nor care about the existence of a god?
Claim the Z-state, high impedence!
No! This is an internet debate dammit!
Atheist simply means that you don’t believe in any gods. If you don’t hold any position, then you pretty much default to being an atheist (in the same way that if you haven’t been convinced about the existence of fairies in the bottom of the garden, you are not a believer in fairies).
People attach a lot of meaning to the word “atheist”. The whole smugness, arrogance thing that pops up (and I greatly despise because quite simply, it’s wrong). The idea that it is a certain position and all of that.
By itself, it simply means that you have not been convinced of the existence of any gods.
Thanks for reading yet another lesson in pedantry from Trjn. Future lessons will be made available as soon as I spot someone else that is being wrong about something that really isn’t that important.
On a sidenote, for all future debates about this sort of thing, the common use definition of the word “theory” and the scientific use of the world “theory” are so far apart that to refer to one as the other really is missing the point.
A scientific theory is an evidence based model that can be used to accurately make predictions.
A common use theory is a guess. It can range from a vague hunch to an intuitive guess.
Don’t confuse the two, it only muddies the waters and distracts from whatever points are actually being made.
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On this topic, lazy use of the word ‘proof’ is also irritating (compared to say ‘supporting evidence’).
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HOLY SHIT THAT WAS THE WORST EXAM OF MY LIFE THAT I CAN REMEMBER!
Sooooooo hard.
I knew it wouldn;t be easy.. but DAMN!
Marketing, why do you have so much BS steps and processes to rememeber!?!?!
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THAT WAS GRUELING…
+side – i only needed 3 marks to pass the unit
-side – I want at least a distinction, but i think i may just get a credit.
Oh well only time will tell.. i’m glad its over now, though
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Well done for getting through it anyways! 🙂
(also – unrelated side note, you should read the 4 comics after that one I linked you the other day, more jokes :p )
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You worked hard for it so no matter the result you should be happy with it
I’m glad I never had to do any marketing type stuff, seems a bit to airy fairy for my tastes, although it probably could come in handy at the moment.
Oh well, best of luck with the distinction
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Should I be offended by Tara Moss’ use of the term ‘Geeks’ in this article?
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/geeks-not-all-breast-exposure-is-naughty-20120208-1rey6.html
To me it’s like she’s saying GET OVER IT NERDS!
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I dunno, her use of the word ‘geeks’ comes across to me in a derogatory tone, especially as she seems to be painting anyone who uses Facebook as one.
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Her use of “geeks” actually serves no purpose whatsoever aside from trying to call out a non-specific group.
That being said, I agree with the general idea that there’s nothing wrong with breastfeeding. It’s what the damned things are for.
That and super happy fun times.
Society really has created so many ways for people to hate themselves or to hate others for simply doing things that come naturally. Next thing you’re going to tell me that I’m not allowed to defecate in the gutters!
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I can’t seem to find the word geek in the article. Could it just be the website editors trying to get page hits by using geek in the title?
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Quick thing! I have two of the EB pre-order destinies codes for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. I’d like to give one away! Drop me an email at question(dot)everything(at)live(dot)com(dot)au if you’re interested.
First in, first served!
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I’m out of the office in about five minutes, but will reply to any emails as soon as I’m home!
So a toned and fit Sonny Bill knocked out an overweight out of shape NoNamer?
Boxing is straight rigged. no wonder UFC is growing so fast.
I finally caught up on TAY \o/ that’s the most pages I’ve ever had to skim to keep up (3 or so) :O
I just finished packing for Singapore which I’ll be flying to tomorrow so I’ll be on TAY less and playing my moves less frequently in Words with Friends. It seems like I fuelled up a giant Words with TAY fiesta (maybe not but I’ll take credit for it anyway :P). I’m always up for a game so feel free to start one, Greenius is my name.
So about dat Singapore… Any suggestions on where to go and what to do? Also where are some good places to shop for clothes and whatnot? I’ve been there before but I didn’t really do much and I’ve got more freedom to do whatever this time. I’m heading to Sentosa for a couple of nights but I’m not old enough to go to the Casinos (sadface).
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Where to go? Brothels. What to do? It’s impolite to refer to hookers as though they’re objects.
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No? Probably for the best.
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I like the fact that me at my most me, is making jokes about how awesome I am, and jokes about brothels.
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Chew as much chewing gum as you can. Also, stock up on Durian’s and eat them all on a crowded train.
Damn it lambo, why did you have to show me minecraft?! I haven’t even been playing it for long and I already have a headache. But I wanna finish my stairway to heaven. /o\
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The first thing I did was dig a stairway to hell (or as low as I could possibly go) 😛
Tunnels are fun!
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I still have a screenshot of my first creation, along with the version number in the corner – 0.0.23a_01 😀
I think there was only creative mode then, and I used it as a java applet on a website (not sure if that was the only way or not).
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TAY! I found another competition! Win a copy of NeverDead along with a copy of Megadeaths new album (TH1RT3EN which is awesome btw!) a Megadeth posters & 3 guitar picks!
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com.au/page/News?news_id=117366
Seems as though they have 4 packs 2 on PS3 & 2 on 360 to give away!
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Competitions! The key is to be selfish and don’t tell people about it so less people enter lol
NeverDead got some pretty horribad reviews so I won’t be entering this one but good luck to those who do 😀
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I only entered cause I want the Megadeth stuff tbh. Cause it’s Megadeth!
But eh, much rather see one of you guys win it, than one of the brainless dolts on their Facebook page that need to go back to school to learn how to spell.
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Be aware, they asked for the main ANTAGONIST, not protagonist… it will probably trick quite a few people
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In regards to the previous page:
THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Tigerion – funny thing is i want to major in marketing… i have a feeling this is going to be a looooong few years to come.
Redartifice – Product Price Placement and Promotion? Nah that was easy
Greenius – the extended marketing mix (7 p’s) only applies to services
Effluvium – Yes, including market research – that was actually a few questions.
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I forgot to add but I’m sure you’ll be fine. I literally thought I failed most of my exams or did really bad but I actually went better than expected. A lot better :O
Not sure about Marketing Management but when I did Marketing it was like Marketing as a whole so we had to include all the P’s + other stuff (kinda forgot most of it already :P)
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Funnily enough, even thoug hthe words are different it would boil down to being the exact same thing
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US PSN has God Hand and Odin Sphere for download? WTF is wrong with Aus PSN. Why don’t we have any PS2 games?
AAAARRRGGGHHH
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Also a Japanese PSone section which includes GaiaSeed?
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Yeah I noticed that too. I was going to grab the first 3 Resident Evils for my wife as she has been really interested in playing them but guess what? Only US store has them.
Imma stop browsing the US store now. About to have a full blown fit.
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Can’t you just buy them from the US store? 😛
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Not quite that easy. Can’t use Aus credit cards in US store. Sure I could go to some effort for a work around but screw them! If Sony don’t want my money they don’t have to have it.
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I’m torn between thinking it’s amazing or maybe just a horrible mash of rooms.
That Sims 3 family of TAYbies, huh.-
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I once made a massive apartment complex on the largest block, it could be like that!
…Though that plan fell apart when the Sims weren’t able to differentiate whose apartment was whose and just slept/ate/showered/pooped wherever the hell they wanted… Is that like TAY at all?
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I will build a room devoid of any lights, and, well, furniture. This is what I imagine his room to be like.
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I have a bed, and a desk, with a computer. There, that’s my room.
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I have seen none of these, and you are not willing to prove me otherwise.
Get back to your empty room with no lights!
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you actually make houses and people in sims?
i usually get addicted, but then in about 2 or 3 hours get bored, and start killing them….
maybe i need to get a bit of help….
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So that’s how it’s pronounced….
Mystery solved!
Or is it like trojan? Hmmm…
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Nope, that’s just how I call him. =D
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It’s pronounced whichever way provides the most amusement for the people involved.
For example, Blaghs pronounces it “bun bun”.
Really though, people get it wrong enough that I’ll go with whatever works for them for the sake of my own amusement.
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Trijin =D
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Bun bun!
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Yeah I gave up trying to pronounce so I just call you bunny now XD
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It’s pronounced Teearrjayen.
This is acceptable.
Once you decide on a username it will be official! Well… not really official… but… well… at least you’ll be able to be put your name into TAYNAMES. xD
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I’d say yes as that’s how we mostly refer to you anyway.
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I heard on the grape vine that you may well be taller than Scree. Is this true, y/n?
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She is. She’ll probably be a lot taller then me in several years -_- /short
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Look on the bright side, it’s easier to reach things that are close to the ground. #Years OfJustificationBecauseIUsedToBeTiny
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…what’s a Scree?
A rock formation also known as talus.
I prefer miniscree without the _ cause it’s easier and quicker to type 😛
honestly, dungeons and dragons is possibly one of the most fun things you can do with a bunch of nerdy friends.
was such a great night, the highlight being me trying to talk to a dragon so it’ll tell us where some guy is, but i ended up rolling shit numbers and pissing it off and getting into a fight…
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I would love to convince the Briswegian TAYbies to set up a game. The major problem is that I’ve never actually played it myself.
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this was my first as well, in fact, it was firsts for my entire group, only our DM (Dungeon Master, controls the game, just in case you didn’t know) had played before. i had a little knowledge of D&D, so i could help others a bit, but really if you have an experienced DM you should be fine, our DM helped us a little if we were struggling.
but yeah, i reccomend you guys do it!
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Man, I miss the regular D&D I had at uni. you would have thought that now I’m not studying it’d be easier to find the time.
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We could try it out at the next brissy meat. Whether or not we actually end up playing it properly is debatable though 😛
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Hells yeah it’s awesome! What rules were you playing?
Also, at some point, we should try organising a game of that. Either a big freakin’ TAY event, or even just each main TAY location.
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if i’m answereing the question right, 4th edition, which i have heard some older players don’t like…
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Hmm does anyone else here have a Mac with Lion on it? I only just noticed tonight it seems that Front Row was removed? I’m actually a little bummed out they chose to do this. I always found Front Row to be handy 🙁
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Why yes I certainly do!
And yeah, it was never a part of Lion. I never really used it so I personally don’t miss it, but it sucks they would take out something like that.
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Yeah, as I frequently just plug my MacBook into my stereo & use my iTunes library on my PC for music & navigate with the apple remote it’s a tad annoying. It’s just an application it’s probably in the Mac store or on the apple website for download, I should check that out.
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Since TAY got a bit sidetracked on the other post I thought I might to make my own post hooray\o/
Do you consider me a consider me a part of the TAY community?
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Jokes!
Sure you’re apart of the community! Your like that annoying little sister…that isn’t actually annoying…oh no, not annoying at all.
Okay, you can stop glaring at me now.
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Well I made a post about you in a thread you were not commenting on (Actually I don’t think you had commented all day)
Since people knew who I was talking about I say that makes you part of the TAY community
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I think he’s referring to the Latte thing
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-146/comment-page-15/#comment-544868
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Of course, you’ve kept up with us for this long. I’d say you pass the test*
*Not an actual test
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Considering the amount of PSone games I’ve downloaded on the PS3 it’s probably high time I grabbed a PSP (again).
Question is whats the cheapest way to get hold of one? Not really interested in any function but the PSSone capability.
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Ebay in my honest opinion man, or Gumtree! There’s a few on there for about 60 or 70 bucks in the area! But I specifically want a 1000 model so err, idk if this helps you or not XD
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Ah yeah, true. They’re pretty cheap no matter what ones, also try & find one with a memory card!
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He’s pretty sick at the moment. Maybe sending to Tracey instead would be a wise idea.
Also, I did see your Soundwave info but was unfortunately unable to take advantage. We just have to hope we win some.
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Now you say that I do recall seeing that in the bacon milkshake article. I forgot 🙁
Okay uh what’s Tracey’s email? =D
Ah okay, I wasn’t sure sorry if I annoyed you trying to get your attention!
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tracey(dot)lien(at)alluremedia(dot)com(dot)au is the one I’ve used. It even works on occasions too 🙂
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Cheers man!
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And she is so much better than Mark at responding to emails.
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Before I posted that the download was at 58% and had taken over 2 hours to get there.
A moment after I posted it went PICHHEEEEEEEEEEW! and completed the download in a matter of seconds.I think the lesson here is; whine all the time.
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It was funny cuz Optus posted that on twitter. The only way I knew this was by my older brother telling me via his Telstra data on his phone while he visited last night. So I said “Oh really? I should go have a quick look and twitter for myself and…- oh yeah MY NET IS FRACKED so it’s posted on the internet to kindly let us know! GENIOUS!”
True story.:P
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Xbox Live screwing up for anybody else? My friend and I were gonna co-op some Saints Row 3 but it seems Live doesn’t want us to.
So instead I’m watching old Red vs Blue seasons. I spose that’s pretty awesome too.
New Sherlock is on channel 9 next wednesday! \o/
I should probably go watch the first season now…
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One of the girl’s at work is supposed to be burning me a copy of the second season. If she doesn’t hurry up I might have to watch it on TV. Madness *shudder*
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TAY… I am the sads 🙁
I was like “I want to play some PSP for a bit, haven’t used it in a while. Let’s go grab it out of my bag.” Turned it on and this 🙁 How expensive are the screens? It’s a PSP-2000. Anyone know where I can find replacements and how hard it is to do the changeover myself?
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I can’t help but…
I am sorry for your loss, you have my deepest sympathy 🙁
Do you know how it happened?
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Dunno but it was in my backpack (which is heavily padded) and inside a padded case as well. I wonder if maybe it was broken before that.
It looks like the screen replacement just involves unscrewing everything and disconnecting the ribbon cables, and a new screen’s not too expensive. If the damned Vita had had a UMD drive or some way to transfer my games over I would possibly just chuck the PSP away but since that’s not the case… 🙁
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Dem ribbon cables though. Such a damned hassle.
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Do you know any places nearby that put mod chips on consoles? These places usually also do repairs. It wouldn’t hurt to go in and ask them if they can do it and for how much.
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The last systems I modded were my Wii (installed modchip myself) and this PSP (Pandora battery softmod). Before that it was my PS2 which I had modded at a retailer that no longer exists.
Good idea though, I might try some of the online modchip retailers. Or ebay failing that.
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Again I’m not really helping (sorry!) but I remember making a Pandora Battery myself a few years ago.
It was pretty interesting considering I really had no idea what I was doing except for “pull this pin out” 😛
(might as well reply here as well)
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Yep. Got one from a seller on ebay, $35 + $9 for express post. That’s fairly reasonable IMO since a replacement system is a fair bit more, plus seller’s in Melbourne so should be fast arriving. Paid extra for express post since it’ll be handled a bit better that way as well.
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Usually the way it goes with homebrewed backwards compatibility (seeing as the PSV doesn’t offer it, uh, natively?) is that it’s emulation. I couldn’t tell you if there was anything special about the PS1 games on PSP, but for other systems on the PSP (GBA, SNES) they were emulators on the PSP. And due to how emulators work, it’s pretty hard for portables to get the previous generation emulated.
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PSV’s PSP backwards compatibility is emulation-powered, yes. The hardware’s significantly different.
The problem is the lack of a UMD drive, not the lack of capability. But even if it had the UMD, a lot of the games I run (ran) on my PSP were hacks. Specifically undubbed versions of JRPGs because a lot of them had incomplete or awful american dubs. I don’t want to give that up if I can avoid it.
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Disgaea has a Japanese dialogue option.
Valkyria Chronicles II is vastly better in Japanese. The Star Ocean games as well. I also preferred FF7 Crisis Core in Japanese as well since I’d seen the film a few times and so associated those voices with it. I haven’t gotten to P3P yet but I played that undubbed on PS2 so I’d probably find the english dub irritating. But the downside to running Persona games with an undub is that if you understand a bit of Japanese you notice all the bits where Atlus over-localised things 🙁
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I obviously have no idea what I’m talking about, but aren’t PSP games planned to be played on Vita through downloads/PSN?
So wouldn’t hacking a PS Vita to run PSP games off a memory stick just be similar as a hacked PSP running PSP games off the memory stick?
Like I said I know nothing about the inner workings of these things or much about the Vita but this is just what I presumed 😛
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A wizard did it.
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So I was reading the L4D wiki so I wouldn’t keep hassling people with L4D questions.
I stumbled upon this on Lt Mora’s info.
“Francis comically convinces him that everything is Louis’ fault, but before he can attack, he is punched by Bill and decapitated by a rampaging Tank.”
See lambo? It’s not always your fault. Sometimes, it is Louis’.
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It’s only on once a day at my local cinema, it might be different for you, but you better be quick! I’ve accepted the fact that I’ll be waiting until the DVD because I couldn’t find anybody who wanted to see it. xD
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I wonder what they’ll come up with. A few years ago I got an emulator and played around with a Day of the Tentacle, Full Throttle and some of their older adventure games. I didn’t beat any of them but I spent a few hours on them and they were really good. But my favourite Adventure game would have to be Grim Fandango. God that game is friggen amazing…
So Double Fine/Tim Schafer… a sequel to one of those games (Grim Fandango 2!)? A remake to one of those games (XBLA, PSN HD Grim Fandango with no tank controls)? Or a new IP?
Either way I’m buying the hell out of it : D
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Ron Gilbert also works at Double Fine so you’ve got to think he’d have a bit of input too.
Either way, it’s Tim Schafer heading up a team doing a point & click adventure game. $30 pledge is totally worth it. I nearly went up to the $100 mark to get the poster too.
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Yeah, I just watched the video. So it looks like it’s going to be a new IP which I’m fine with especially with all the community input and whatnot. It can’t go that wrong can it?
I also went to the Kickstarter website and I didn’t know that there were rewards (the game) for paying. I’ll have to remember to chip in at least $15 for the game 😀
33 days to go and the goal was already reached. This looks promising!
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in a flurry of anger because there hasn’t been any news about the HD Version of it since it was announced, i dusted off the PS2 and started playing Final Fantasy X again…
and oh man, i love that game soooooooo much
……GOD DAMN IT
I spend the afternoon cooking deliciousnesses and miss an interesting conversation about religion that began with my name.
It’s like life is taunting me.
On the other hand, I have multiple things that are awesome to eat and share now over several days, and will partake of moist brownies to console myself.
Just had some thoughts based on the discussion in TAY earlier today. Don’t mind me. Rant inbound.
For background, a couple of days ago I was linked to this article (http://ow.ly/8XYnm) about a series of suicides in one school district in the US state of Minnesota – it does get graphic in one section, just FYI. Needless to say, it’s upsetting and deeply enraging.
Tonight someone found this charming piece (http://ow.ly/8XYic) on the website of the Australian Family Association. It’s quite long but in essence argues that programs to combat sexuality or gender identity-based bullying in Victorian schools (started in 2010 in a number of state schools) are either unnecessary, counterproductive (apparently stopping bullying actually encourages suicide, who knew) or an attack on religious freedom.
Cowen spends much of the article arguing that humanity stems from a Divine plan (in Abrahamic religions) with clearly identified gender/sexual roles, that a few hundred years of empirical study on human behaviour and physiology should be subservient to three thousand-year-old beliefs, that the anti-bullying programs are an attack on religious liberty since the State itself is based on ‘traditional religions’, and that preventing bullying is tantamount to promoting non-heterosexual relationships.
Here’s where my usual deference to religious liberty comes to a shuddering halt. Some beliefs are entirely incompatible with modern ideas of liberalism, egaliterianism, scientific ideas of human behaviour and the Enlightenment’s focus on rationalism rather than superstition.
There is *no* middle ground, in some situations. You can’t compromise with someone whose unbending ideas of human sexuality stem from a three thousand-year-old patriarchal society and theology. It can’t even be considered. Cowen himself says that (Abrahamic) religious people who don’t see homosexuality as an abnormality from some divine plan don’t represent ‘traditional religion’.
I have no problem with religious belief or religious expression, right up until they waltz into the public debate and demand elevation for worldviews based on superstition and theology. If that happens, there are no sacred cows. I’m not about to defer to sensitivities, nod neutrally and accept a position like the one above (to take an admittedly extreme example) as valid. Views like Cowen’s deserve to be discredited, argued against, invalidated and torn down as destructive nonsense. I can’t accept that religious liberty extends to making that sort of argument and holding it above criticism as a legitimate form of belief.
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I only read the first page of that article, because I was about to head out.
Anyway, something that stuck out to me was when it said that “christian activists forced the school to be neutral on the subject of homosexuality”, making it out as if that’s a bad thing. When you’re an institute that has to deal with people on both sides of a rather heated debate, I think it’s a pretty good idea to be neutral on that subject. Of course, that shouldn’t stop them from dealing with bullying, cause although dealing with it may seem like you’re for homosexuality, not dealing with it would seem like you’re against it.
Also, the argument that the bible’s view on marriage is wrong because it’s 3000 years old and is no longer relevant is (IMO) not a very good argument. Would you say the ten commandments (honour your parents, you shall not lie, steal, murder, so on) are no longer relevant these days too? Cause last time I checked, they were a few thousand years old as well.
Anyway, as for my view on homosexuality: I think it’s wrong. I believe that God is a loving, caring God, and he tells me things I shouldn’t do so I don’t hurt myself or other people, even if I don’t understand it. For example, God’s instructions to people who encounter diseases: “And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself even days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean” (Leviticus 15:13). Back then, this probably would have made no sense to the Israelites, because they had no knowledge of germs or bacteria. Nowadays though, we can see why this is a good idea. Maybe one day we’ll understand why God said homosexuality isn’t a good thing.Anyway, does this mean I’m going to be dickish to homosexuals? No way. I’m going to treat them how Jesus treated people who had different beliefs to him. I’m going to love them.
(I hope that made at least a little sense…)
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Also, forgot to mention. There was a christian documentary I once watched called “Jesus, save us from your followers”. Can’t remember exactly what was said in it, but one of the things the guy did was go to a Gay Expo thingy(?) and set up a confession booth there, and apologise for the way the church has treated homosexuals. Was quite interesting.
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Yeah, you should really read the whole article to understand why in that case neutrality was not the best course of action.
The policy led to teachers not intervening if gay students were being bullied, etc, as that could potentially look as though they were supporting homosexuality.
It’s a good article and well worth reading, whatever your persuasion.
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The Bible also says that you should conquer your neighbouring nations and to take them as slaves. To advocate that homosexuality is wrong based on the Bible just doesn’t hold up. Quite simply, your religion is not a reason for anyone else not to do something.
Not to be that guy (because I already am) but you forgot verses 14 and 15 from Leviticus 15:
14 On the eighth day he must take two doves or two young pigeons and come before the LORD to the entrance to the tent of meeting and give them to the priest. 15 The priest is to sacrifice them, the one for a sin offering[a] and the other for a burnt offering. In this way he will make atonement before the LORD for the man because of his discharge.
It then goes on to say that anything a woman touches while on her period is unclean, that a man is unclean if he ejaculates and that a man will be unclean for a week if he has sex with a woman on her period.
Leviticus is a really bizarre book.
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Man I have an issue with the idea of a “Divine plan”. Whether or not a divine being exists is up for debate but a 5 minute history lesson should be enough to show there sure is no plan.
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That Minnesota article… The policy they implemented is genuinely heartless. I really feel sorry for the teachers. The american teaching system is so broken that they really wouldn’t have had a chance to help, whether they wanted to or not.
Anyway, I agree that the problem with some people is that they take the Bible too literally. We’re dealing with texts that range in age by a few thousand years, but they are a static point in time. One thing I didn’t really mention yesterday is that the Bible features a lot of what was “science” at the time. It featured the best explanations for events(world creation, why man is as it is, etc.) that they could conceive, and there are some surprisingly accurate points there(though they got birds all wrong). But society moved on. The Catholic church recently changed how its ceremonies were to be hosted. It changed key words in speeches that were hundreds of years old(based on ones which were a thousand years old). They also accepted that hey, evolution was not an incompatible piece of work with the Catholic doctrine. So, surely if the Catholic church, the prime example of a slow moving bureaucratic cesspool can accept these things, other religions can, and can move forwards?
But no.
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The change in liturgy was actually due to a more direct translation of the source text, from what I understand of it. More accurate but less pretty, vs the (now old) liturgy which was prettier in terms of language but not as accurate.
And yeah, the Catholic Church is cool with evolution (and actively supports it), and with there being aliens. Weird, given the common preconceptions of the faith, isn’t it?
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It is very weird. I mean, they are really backwards in some regards, but at least they’re trying in others. I think, back during the 60s and 70s, they were a whole lot better in regards to dealing with societal change, but they fell behind during the 80s – now, and there has been a marked drop in the number of people who are attending mass, and being good little Catholics(I went to a Christmas mass, at uhh, Christmas(It was for my Grandparents benefit), and there were so few young people in the Church, and the old people were looking REALLY old.)
And yeah, I’ll assume that you’re right about the Liturgical changes, but if you look at them, it makes the whole thing sound a whole lot more accepting(My sister and mother, both of whom had Catholic schooling, were commenting on how big the difference was).
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The Catholic Church is just straight up weird with some things.
They accepted evolution from the get go and many of the scientific discoveries from several hundred years ago were coming from the church. It didn’t hurt that they had a monopoly on scholars.
Really, all churches are suffering at the moment when it comes to attendances and I largely put that down to mass communication.
The Catholic Church tends to either be in front of or behind societal change because sometimes what the church believes in lines up with the greater morality of the public and other times it doesn’t. They might hold an opinion that was unpopular and then society’s views change to align more with that so they seem progressive on that front while at the same time holding an opinion that is popular but soon becomes unpopular so they seem to be behind society.
Dogma’s a bitch like that.
Get it. Dogma. Bitch.
Yeah, that’s right. The whole thing was leading up to that.
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I forgot comments with two links or more require moderation.
Oops.
Well, there’s a rant up there.
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Whenever someone declares a post to be a rant, I imagine them (or my mental approximation of them) waving their arms about wildly and frothing at the mouth. Makes everything amusing while reading ranty posts ^_^
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Now that you’ve said that, if I ever reread one of my rants, I will imagine myself writing it with my arms flailing, typing using my nose.
I am okay with this.
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Wow. Somehow it just registered on me that I could be imagining this scenario but instead of mental-Aidan, I can have a cat with a watermelon helmet. I’m struggling to conceive of anything that can beat this for awesomeness.
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It’s a good rant.
My opinion on this whole shebang is that religion was and should be a personal thing – a group of people getting together and working on being better humans, regardless of whether they acknowledge a God figure is a good thing. If that’s a huge group of people, awesome.
When idiots try to use their personal belief systems to denigrate or punish those who do not share them, that’s where they should bugger off and die in a hole.
If a group wants to state that – from a ideological point of view – they do not support homoesexual relationships as it can’t result in procreation through natural means, well, that’s fair enough; it’s not an illogical view, and they’re entitled to hold it even if people don’t agree with it. But, holding that view is much different to them going on a hunt and piling hate on those people, and trying to strip their natural human rights. That’s where a logical thought process becomes being a hateful person.
That’s pretty shit.
I reckon groups shouldn’t be able to claim a certain religious backing unless the actual church institution involved publicly authorises them and their views. The ACL, for example, should be made to state “Well, we only represent the views of X denominations and have the official backing of this one, this one, and this one”. That way groups that purport to represent a large group can be called on the fact they don’t – the ACL being a big offender.
These AFA people sound like a bunch of idiots, and I know a lot of Christians that would feel ashamed to have them call themselves as such.
Side note: This is the same issue I sometimes have with militant fundie atheists. It’s fine to be atheist; it’s fine to talk about your point of view loudly and publicly; however, if you’re like the Rational Defence Squad and start stating that anyone who is theist has a mental deficiency and are lesser people, you’re just being a massive idiot.
tl;dr: Religion should be a private thing, and if it makes you try to be a better human, then that’s fantastic. It shouldn’t influence a secular society in any special way, although their views should be heard and discussed, even if only to be discarded.
/endrant
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I may or may not have a constant simmering level of rantyness towards anyone who acts in an unfair manner – not matter what my own view on things is.
Religion is one of those flashpoints!
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Side note: This is the same issue I sometimes have with militant fundie atheists. It’s fine to be atheist; it’s fine to talk about your point of view loudly and publicly; however, if you’re like the Rational Defence Squad and start stating that anyone who is theist has a mental deficiency and are lesser people, you’re just being a massive idiot.
The problem with that is that everyone assumes that when an atheist talks about their point of view, they are saying that theists have mental deficiencies and whatnot.
I don’t go that far. I just think that they’re wrong and you’ll find that to be true with the vast majority of atheists.
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I’ve decided I want to go and see a movie tomorrow (during the day, so less people).
What to see?
Options:
Underworld (loved first two, didn’t like third)
TinTin
Muppets
Chronicle
Sherlock
Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy
Safe House
Episode 1 3D
Despite how despicable it will make me feel, I’m leaning towards Ep1.
Thought maybe Sherlock.
Thoughts?
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I’ve heard good things about Sherlock, and very good things about Chronicle(which surprised me), TinTin was fun, and The Muppets was absolutely fantastic.
#NotHelping
Don’t see Ep1.
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I’ll probably end up seeing Sherlock. RDJ is pretty hilarious.
And I do love Guy Ritchie’s films.
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Muppets is the only one I have seen on that list and I highly recommend that
I have the same issue with sherlock that I had with the the recent-ish robin hood. They might be ok movies stand alone but they don’t represent the source material they are covering.
TAYbies with iPhones/iPods/iPads I have a wee little problem
Ever since some update a few months ago whenever I go to Google using Safari and try to type something, it has stopped showing predictive text. If I go to Settings for Google’s mobile webpage and turn it on it still doesn’t show. How can I get predictive text back?
I don’t want Google Instant (the one where it shows you results as you type) I just want predictive text back.
Thankyou in advance 😀
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(I’ll put this here instead of making a new thread comment)
@Shane – gg! Apparently I’m unable to start a game with you because I’ve reached my limit even though our game just ended. See if you can try to start a game otherwise I’ll try it again later today when 2 of my games should end by default (since the person didn’t play their move in 10 days+).
That is unless you don’t want to play anymore 😛
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Thumbs up! I’m coming back for another drubbing!
I started a game, and then went promptly to bed.
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Keepin’ TAY alive and kickin’, ladies and gentlemen!
This just made it to our news. I found it pretty intriguing. Could well be random crap with serpent-like form but, I WANT TO BELIEVE.
X-Files, more current than ever! (I’m watching the re-runs, heh, Mulder & Scully ftw!)
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Addendum: If you like Chrono Cros music as much as me, Aquaria OST is pretty much an extension of that sensation/style. GO FOR IT!
I bet top contributors might get the original bundle (another 21 freaking albums of awesome) along with this one if they beat a certain mark.
Either way, Jamestown and Aquaria alone make up for that bundle. Best $10 you are gonna pay in a while for music unless we are talking about eXceed heavy metal OSTs 😛
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*Cross
And now that we are at it, get the games on Steam whenever you can, heh. Let the PC-lisation process commence!
Oh, Shatter OST is sold as a vinyl too. I wish I could pick that up. Btw, the composer is from NZ.
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Hey Alpha 🙂
You forgot to mention Machinarium and Sword & Sworcery 😀
Those 2 and Jamestown are the only ones I’ve played but they had awesome OSTs, this is definitely worth buying!
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THUNDER STEALER! I was gonna be like, oh hey, haven’t been on TAY much this week, but I can show them the game music bundle. Curses to you, you Prospector of ….alpha…..
But yeah, I’d say it’s worth it for Sword and Sworcery and from what I’ve heard of, To The Moon.
Point is, it’s awesome, everyone should buy it.
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THE FROZEN THRONEEEEEE!!
Oh, sorry. I had the time difference playing in my favour for once, lol. (It was 4pm the time of my writing, that’s 6am in Oz).
But, yes, people go buy that. Still, spare some cash for eXceed! *shameless self-advertisment* 😀
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I hate these bundle things. I always already own the main stuff (heck, I’ve got the Sword & Swocery Vinyl, even) and the rest of it doesn’t interest me. Same for most of the game bundles. 🙁
Rant inbound:
Hi Cracks/Blaghs/Aidan!
End Rant.
If I wasn’t one of those inflatable crazy air tube things when you read that, I am disappoint.
Random musing:
I read that breastfeeding photo article posted a page or two ago, and was actually surprised to find myself in two minds about the whole thing.
While in principle, I support the argument that people should be able to post whatever non-offensive pics they want, and that breastfeeding is not an offensive practice to undertake or look upon…
… why post the pics online? Especially when if someone searches for the word ‘breast’ for some fap material, your pic is likely to be among those returned? Worse still, what if that’s their fetish? 😐
On behalf of the shameless, I am concerned about the impulse folks seem to have to make their whole lives available for public consumption.
PS: Check out my website http://shanewsmith.com/ – you can learn more about me than you ever wanted to know
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You should just change your handle to Shanwsmith.com so you don’t have to link it in you posts.
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You passed! High Distinction!
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Hey gang!
Mark is off sick today so if you have any kudos noms, please send them my way. I don’t know if Mark will be fwding the noms he received this week to me, so just to be sure if you submitted a nom this week, please re-send it to me.
Send them to tracey.lien [at] alluremedia.com.au BEFORE 3:30pm, otherwise it might not make it into the kudos post!
Have a lovely Friday you lovely people. 🙂 <3
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But what if we’re not lovely people? What do we do??
I don’t know how to function without someone ordering me around!
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Lovely-er then?
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I think Lovely is a bit of a overstatement, Lets go with He is alright ay. lol
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Dear Bish,
I in no way intended to imply that you weren’t already lovely, nor had any desire to impugn your good name around these here parts. You are indeed among the loveliest. I apologise unreservedly.
Sincerely,
Shane
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Every Friday there is a community kudos post that is a list of nominations that people have made for people who made some sort of contrubution to the kotaku community.
A kudos nom is a nomination for this post
http://www.kotaku.com.au/tags/community-kudos/
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LIKE BEAR GRYLLS
HALF NAKED IN THE BUSH WITH A TV CAMERA CREW FOLLOWING ME AROUND WITH THEIR PLENTIFUL SUPPLIES AND PROPER FOOD-
Still, better drink your own piss.
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I’ll give him some pointers.
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Don’t you mean that very few people contact you by your mobile. The only real calls i get on mine are from my sister my best friend and work. On the other hand i use the land line all the time. Call me old fashion but i find it more convient plus i am never very far from one.
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Nah I agree Rocketman. Some of my friends live in a black hole void of reception (thanks vodafail) and the landline is just so much more convenient.
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I find Vodafone’s bad rap somewhat surprising since I’ve never had much of a problem with them.
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Congrats Nova, you have successfully driven to Silent Hill. Seriously, the fog around tafe this morning is so thick. Doesn’t help that there’s a whole bunch of roadworks going on to, so all the lane changes, diversions, machinery, workmen etc just appear out of nowhere. Hopefully it’s burned off by this afternoon.
A few weeks ago I posted a short positive note about dreaming big and how it felt amazing to dream, even if these things will never happen… well this post is to say that dreams do also come true. I still can’t reveal what this is all about yet but trust me you will find out soon enough…
But DAMN.. seriously DAMN… this is huge. Amazing things happened yesterday. I can’t wait to share it all with you… for now I need to make a small post about it otherwise i’d explode with excitement.
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We’re all getting free advance prototypes of the Playstation 4?
That is huge news! You’re awesome dude!
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My guess is that we’re all getting life-sized cutouts of Mark. It simply could not be anything else.
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Doc What? has been vague about exciting things in recent weeks too… what’s going on, TAY? I thought we could share! 😛
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It’s ok, you can tell me the secret. I’m great at keeping secrets*
Anyway congrats man.
*-Not good at all at keeping secrets.
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Howdy guys, great start to the morning – spilt my big cup of milo all over my crotch. It now looks like I have managed to soil myself out the front. Keeping a nervous eye around to make sure their are no giant spiders in case I slip and die.
On the plus side, I’m so glad I have my milo cold and not hot.
Also @Lambo and @Scree – Minecraft? WHERE????
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Man i did the same thing with my roast sandwich yesterday. I had gravy all down the front of it. Wasn’t the best thing ever!
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When you said “Man I did the same thing” I thought you meant that you tried to throw your soiled underwear at a giant spider and died in your own filth.
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DAmn it ruffleberg i don’t have time for this!
I can’t fly down to sydney for dinner just cause. I am a little bit of a planner in that aspect!
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Hey Ruffle, I’m thinking we meet up at Kinokuniya at 5:30 yes? seems to be central to everything. looks like it’s going to be a mini meats because Pez and Shiggy can’t make it.
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Well, Blizz said it would originally be out sometime in Q1 now they’ve moved that to Q2.
I swear, the D3 development team must be the most inefficient team in the world. How can ideas make it 3 years into development and just get cut?
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Because Now they are making a console version they had to scrap everything they’d done up to this point, make the console version then port it to the PC.
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Because of user feedback.
Go and compare the pre-testing version of Portal, with the version that was released. Even the relatively simple game there had massive changes to it made thanks to product testing. There’s no point holding on to an element of design if it isn’t “fun” or if there isn’t a solid reason behind it. People always complain about a game being released, and then patched to completion, so Blizzard are making sure that, on release, the game is as polished and complete as can be. Blizzard and Valve release games late, it’s what they do. But they also release games which are fantastic. Which makes that first part wholly irrelevant.
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I’m in the BETA and honestly i was very supprised when the latest patch introduced some massive changes.
I thought the game was fairly close to being finished with the BETA just used to find bugs. Esspecially since they’ve been giving out more and more beta keys.
But the last patch completely changed the stats system and brought in many other major changes. I’m not surprised its delayed till Q2 now.
I find it very odd that they are making such massive major changes this far into development.
Hi all just maxed out my pickpocketing in skyrim over the weekend. Now to make as many NPCs naked as I can. Any great little favourite quests to find in the game? I loved getting drunk and ending up in markarth. Anyone found something like the painting trolls in oblivion? Those sort are my fav quests
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The quest where you go on a wild, overnight bender was hilarious. xD It was like The Hangover, except funny. 😉
So due to my lack of sleep lately I’m working from home today.
Unfortunately this means that the work VPN blocks out the internet on my PC – NO STEAM OR TAY!
Luckily I have the iPad with a keyboard so TAY!!!!
How is everyones Fridays?
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Um Okay i guess, I haven’t quite planned what i am doing tomorrow. Tonight i have a going away party for the apprentice kid who worked in our shed. Free beers yay.
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Pretty smooth. But why are some of my comments being moderated and others aren’t. There is no discernible pattern to this madness.
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I had that yesterday as well who knows maybe the internet can tell when people are being dicks.
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Gastroenteritis is keeping me company while I’m home from work today. I don’t like him too much though. He’s kind of a dick. Everytime I try to do something productive he keeps interrupting me.
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AAround 12 🙂
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NBA JAM – on fire edition is on sale for 800MSP for gold members!
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-AU/Product/NBA-JAM-On-Fire-Edition/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d802584111ec
Yo Dr What, are you gonna be at the thing today? You want me to bring that SFxT poster? Also, does anyone else going to this thing want one. I’ve got heaps.
https://twitter.com/#!/Ruffleberg/status/164672946516930561/photo/1
Hey scree, how did you go with those portal gun preorders? I haven’t been able to keep up with tay this week at all.
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Only my friend said they wanted one. No one on Kotaku contacted me about it. I preordered my friends and because of my discount it dropped to $185
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Mine only has 3 left which are probably all gone. Pre-orders have been up for 2 days
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All good, I only saw it in passing before I did something else and sorta forgot 🙂
I dont really have that kind of money anyways 🙂
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Sooo, apparently Commander Shepard is Still Alive?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG6qWxEJtek&feature=g-logo&context=G2c8832aFOAAAAAAABAA
Man, I haven’t even played Mass Effect 1/2 and I still found that really funny 😛
@Steveo
I convinced Mini-Scree to play Minecraft Classic. Unfortunately though, it gave her motion sickness D:
Also, my last comment is awaiting moderation, but it only has one link in it? What is this madness??
I started playing some Kindoms of Ama-something last night. Really enjoying it and got my bonus “Shepard Armour”. Gotta love the reference to Mass Effect!
So far I think I’m going to go a Fighter/Mage hybrid. Right now I’m just using a great-sword and weird magical throwing disc thingies. Gotta say I’m really enjoying the combat so far.
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It won’t be worth your time.
It’s never worth any time.
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And you tell me off for saying sorry all the time
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Yup! I never said that I didn’t have double standards!
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Unfair! D= You can’t do that =(
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I can and I will! Just you try and stop me. I don’t listen to anyone ’round here(Except Strange, she’ll pull her “motherly” voice on me)!
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I will remind you of this when you tell me off for apologising X3
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Feel free. I will ignore your reality, and substitute it for my own!
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=( Y U so mean?
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I’m not being mean. I’m being… errrrr… uhhh…
I’m helping!
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That’s really odd. My last two pasts are waiting to be moderated. One of them has one link to a youtube vid in it, the other one talks about Mini-Scree, minecraft and motion sickness… :S
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I think it’s to do with length. I posted two that were both a coupla hundred words (2 or 3, not really sure, maybe only a bit over 1), and they’re waiting for moderation.
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Well then it just hates us. Maybe it searches for conflicting things? I was talking about the Catholic Church in one, and Valve + Blizzard in the other.
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Someone at Kotaku HQ must hate Minecraft and Mass Effect…hmmm…
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Bahahaha! I just posted something saying that someone at K-HQ must hate that thing Notch made and Bioware’s Big Game Franchise. And that post is now awaiting moderation! 😀
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Yeah my comment was only around 60 words. =(
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I’ve had ridiculously long (1000+ words) posts that went straight through before but now I’ve got some stuff stuck in limbo that is rather short.
Methinks they’re trying to make some changes and it’s effecting the whole moderation system.
That or the whole religion debate is having some side effects and we’ve lost automatic moderation privileges.
Or witchcraft.
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Because most comments are going into moderation, but not all of them, it’s amazingly easy for people to unknowingly break TAY right now.
For those that don’t know, replying to an unmoderated comment with a comment that gets automatically moderated will break the comment tree. So if you see a comment that says “Your comment is awaiting moderation.“, do not reply to it.
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Wait a minute, Mark is out of the office and suddenly posts are being moderated.
New theory, Mark just sits in the office all day hitting F5 and instantly approving posts and they have just told us there is no moderation any longer
I think we should all make Mark get well soon cards.
I’ve been looking for any reason to photoshop his head 5 times onto a hydra, and this seems like the perfect opportunity.
Also, i watched the jak hd collection quicklook from giantbomb last night, looked beautiful. Can’t wait to play jak1 and mgs3 again!
Wait? I mention gastroenteritis and get moderated yet loops mentions Ron Jeremys bell end and doesn’t.
Who’s moderating these things? I demand answers.
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Wow. This post, Just Wow.
It’s a conspiracy, the things that blaghman can get away with
:p(love you blaghsy, All Hail Blaghsy, Blaghsy for president!)
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*talking really loudly*
oh Ginger it must be your crazy gingerness thats causing you paranoia.*whispers to Ginger*
It’s all a conspiracy, We’ll talk later It’s not safe here, TAY has many eye’s and ear’s.*talks loudly again*
DARN CRAZY GINGERS
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So this week I’ve done almost nothing besides play Final Fantasy XII-2. And guess what? I’m still having fun! I have the endgame thing left to do of the main storyline so I’m jumping around time tying up loose ends at the moment. I think I’ll be sad when I’ve done everything. I’m pretty sure there’s things I can only do after “finishing” the game, so it’ll last me a little bit longer.
I ordered the Guide Book from Book Depository though, and I’m almost certain I’ll be done with the game by the time it arrives. I hope it’s pretty!
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Well Strange, not only have you had a fun week of playing games(we’ve had lots of philosophical debates while you were out), but you also appear to have defied gods and demons, and are working past the moderation. And your talk about it has almost convinced me to buy FF13-2, even though I never finished FF13.
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Pffft, the First Lady of Kotaku has no need of your puny moderation! 😛
And don’t forget I liked FFXIII, so I’m not sure other people will have the same fun with the sequel as I’m having.
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Melbourne peeps coming to the gingermeat on Sunday:
– Where exactly are we meeting?
– When are we meeting?
– Does someone want to gather phone numbers etc so we can coordinate?
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“Where exactly are we meeting?”
This! I need exact longitude and latitude coordinates so I can calibrate my lambopult properly. Otherwise I may end up somewhere I don’t really want to be. Like Perth. 😛
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http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-146/comment-page-14/#comment-544196
We are meeting at about 12pm, feel free to email either tigerion if you have his email or myself DJDimsim (at) gmail (dot) blahblahblah re phone numbers, I have a couple of others.
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When: Around midday Sunday
Where: Beer Deluxe. There is a outdoor area up the top level. Basically opposite the big screen at the top of the hill.
Smaller area so it should be easy enough to find each other thereGinger and I already have some numbers so send them to djdimsim and/or tigerion both at gmail
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Ah fair enough, the weather’s probably going to be crap though, we might want to aim for inside once everyone’s arrived. Sending you an email w/my number.
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I can do that Scree
But just so you know where we are talking about meeting in 10 metres further up hill from there. C email me your number so we can co-ordinate
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This is a low-budget indie point & click adventure game. A Psychonauts sequel would be a console platformer most likely. You’re looking at tens of millions in budget for a game like that. Which is why it’s never happened, since the first one sold like crap because gamers (especially gamers in the US) are not comfortable with any game that isn’t brown and doesn’t involve starting down the barrel of a hyper-detailed ‘realistic’ firearm.
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Re: moderation
If there’s a wordfilter that captures potentially trollfest key terms and flags only them for moderation? I’m all for it.
Might be the half-way response to the complaints about the general tone of comments on articles going down the drain without a return to full moderation
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Only some of my comments seem to be getting moderated. Not too sure what decides it but there doesn’t seem to be a common theme.
YESSSS my comment has been approved. To bad it is buried under replies of TAY being broken.
Not sure if this is a \o/ or a /o\ … im gonna stick with -o-
Dear Shane,
As it was I who implied I was not a lovely person by excluding myself from the category, you need not apologise for any false perception that you said I was not lovely. You were running with my ‘joke’ and for that I am grateful. It is I who should be apologising for making unfunny jokes.
Your faithful reader,
Esquire Bishington III, Helper of Meng.
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Dear Effluvium Boy,
As always, your kind honesty is much appreciated.
Every day I strive to be less mediocre, through an intense regime of interpretive dance, consumption of fruit, building a time machine and moisturising cream.
I hope in the coming months you will see me transform from a caterpillar to maybe a slightly cooler caterpillar.One day I will aspire to be a Metapod,
Bish-
Dear Bish,
You’ll get there. Keep up the hard work and, before you know it, you’ll be a beautiful, greyish-brown moth.
Your’s fondlingly,
Effluvium Boy
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lol omg that reminds me yesterday i was reading through your most excellent Meats write-up Bish, and it mentioned the part where Flu recounted the tale of the time his junk was grabbed by an italian dude. I chortled heartily.
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Wut?
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Dear Bish,
If you really want to be more lovely, you should try being more like that bunch of coconuts. There they are, all standing in a row.
Some random Deve-O,
Laird Steve-O, Helper of None.
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Dear Steve-O,
One time I ate a 9 month old (from purchase date to consumption) coconut.
It was still good.Totally relevant storyteller,
Bish
Dear Bish,
I humbly accept your gracious apology (though contend that it remains an unnecessary courtesy) and beseech you most urgently, good sir, to forgive my reciprocal lamentations and judgemental shortcomings.
Humbly yours.
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Dear Shane,
I unfortunately must oppose your proposition of forgiveness as that would mistakenly imply that your kind self was at fault. This has all stemmed from my inability to express myself appropriately, and as such, the onus on all misinterpretations that followed bears weight on my shoulders, and mine alone.
Lacking adequate sign-off,
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Dearest Bish,
Your steadfast refusal to acknowledge and accept my most heartfelt of apologies wounds me more than you could know, and cuts me to the quick like no knife could emulate.
It would seem I have no alternative but to fling myself prostrate at your feet; indeed, grovel, if we may use such a base term for it; and bestow upon you an endless stream of pleas until you relent and restore my measure of self-worth which has been much-battered by this unfortunately and preventable endeavour (on my part, also misguided and regretted). Indeed, I proffer to you my indenture, which might be employed by you until such a time as you see my debt to you repaid in full.
Your most faithful servant.
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Dear Shane
So you are better at this whole ‘words’ thing.
I concede.
If digital text had weight assigned to them, then I would say you have crushed me.
I hope you’re happy.
No, really.
Sorry if it sounded sarcastic.Wordless,
Bish
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Dear Bish,
I’m not sure why I’m posting this, and breaking my usual format for letters as I do so, but I wanted to join in this writing. I know it’s a bit pointless given we may well communicate with each other telepathically, as some TAYbies believe, but I just wanted to say… hello.
Yours intrinsically,
Doctor Blaghman, MD.
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Dear Bish,
You say “Yes”, I say “No”.
You say “Stop” and I say “Go”.
Oh no.
You say “Goodbye” and I say “Hello”.I hope we’re on the same lavewength here,
Blaghsicles.-
Dear Blaghman,
Yes.
Yours sincerely,
Me.
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Some.
Some of mine are going right through. Some are getting moderated.
I imagine that whatever sickness has been inflicted upon Mark has spread to the servers.
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Oh, no! First they infiltrated our Leader’s defences and took him down, now they’re attacking our network. Quick, somebody write the story so I know what happens next!
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I only said it because I know Blaghman doesn’t want to XD
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So you’re admitting that you just want to be cruel to me?
Why are you so mean?
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I nominate Fred.
*Yelled while jumping out a convenient window* IT’SHISJOBNOW!
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YAY! Moderated comments again! *ahem*
Shameless Self Promotion!
Some new Zelda shirts!
http://www.redbubble.com/people/cronotriggr/collections/126505-zelda
We have an email that some paperwork gets sent to. Occasionally there is a problem with the paperwork that is sent through and I have to send a reply to whoever sent it.
I do not have permission to send email from that address.
So whenever I reply I have to make sure to change the From field to my own work email.
When I forget, it becomes a hassle of forwarding “sent” emails and more often than not I screw up and send them to myself. It’s like a Three Stooges sketch, where the physical comedy is replaced with technical ineptitude.
Also, it’s not really that funny.
In the interests of comedy, I present George Carlin’s “The Two Commandments”:
http://uctaa.net/articles/reflections/ref01/ref014d06.html
(Warning: NSFW)
I finally got around to putting Words With Friends back on my phone. Feel free to add (BDKIAF) and subsequently humiliate me.
Dear Blaghman,
I have had some small opportunity to reflect upon my recent endeavours, and have come to regret somewhat the posting of a sadface emoticon here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/talk-amongst-yourselves-146/comment-page-18/#comment-545869
It is my fondest wish that you acknowledge that this was no in way intended to be a slight against you or the abilities for conveying concepts through the prodigious and expert utilisation of writing implements. Alas, I allowed my ego to dictate my response, which was one of disappointment at not being thought of to undertake the important – nay, vital! – role of chronicling the decline and fall of our lord and master and his mighty empire.
Having had some time to observe myself, I can see that I would have been a very unfortunate choice indeed for such a task, and consider it felicitous that it was you, and not I, chosen for such a responsibility.
Will you, in your mercy, deign to forgive my transgression?
Sincerely.
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Dear Shane,
I could never hold any ill will towards you, but, given your previous discussion with Bish, while I feel that I need not forgive you, as there is nothing to forgive, I will tell you that I forgive you, just so you understand. Feel not any pain at being forgotten when that critically important task appeared, for what have you but a thousand other, just as important tasks? Nae, I fear that I must ask you for forgiveness. For I would wish to pass the duty on to others. I was nominated for a job, and embarrassingly, I turned it down. So please, forgive me, and, if your time permits, please take that duty as your own.
Yars Trilly,
Blaghman.
HEY GUYS!
Double Fine’s Adventure game has earned over one million dollaridoos!
With that in mind, it’s Question Time!
Today’s question is simple: What is your favourite adventure game?
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Embarrassingly, I haven’t played too many. It’s a toss up between old school (Indy and the Fate of Atlantis) and new (Heavy Rain).
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That one you could buy from McDonalds in the 90’s where Ronald stumbled across a pirate ship and collected chicken nuggets.
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I second Pixel. Grim Fandango is as funny as Monkey Island, but never betrays the characters by being “wacky”
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Maybe Indy and the Fate of Atlantis if we are looking back
Recently I have really enjoyed Jolly Rover
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Quest for glory. An old sierra adventure game crossed with RPG aspects that had a great sense of humor. Loved it having multiple ways to solve puzzles, based on your characters stats. Good at climbing? Climb the tree to get to the nest. Good at magic? Blast that nest out of the tree with a firebolt!
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That was also sold under the hero’s quest name wasn’t it. Yeah that was a great game, played that so much when I was young
Beware the porcupine
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Ive never played an adventure game in my life that i know of??? I never had a pc growing up nor many games… i chucked in $15 tho.. just because all the cool kids did it (I did it before $400k was reached, thats gonna be the new hipster gamer thing to say when you contributed to see who was earliest)
Nutrition tip:
Cider is not an adequate dinner, especially if you skip breakfast the next morning as well.
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I must disgree. I tried the very same experiment on tuesday / wednesday & had no ill effects. and in the interest of scientific rigur, I intend to attempt to replicate this scenario this evening.
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I dunno, I was damn hungry by 10am not having eaten for about 22 hours and couldn’t get munchies due to supposed to be working.
But that level of hungry/lacking energy gives me a really bad headache.
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Wondering if I should start FFXIII again and finish it this time. Maybe if I stop calling it FF and just think Dengkai Moto VI instead.
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If you were enjoying it, then yes. If you weren’t then no.
It really doesn’t seem worth putting up with so many hours of gameplay if you don’t enjoy them.
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I dunno man. personally, I’m not sure its worth it…
I’ve not played FFXIII in 6 months. I’m on the final chapter, probably only another hour away from the final boss… but it’s so much of a grind; I cant bring myself to find the motivation to get back into it.Which is leaving me in a situation where I want to play FFXIII-2 coz I’ve heard it’s far better, but not without finishing FFXIII first… maybe just watch the final battle / cutscene on youtube & get into XIII-2.
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I got up to the final chapter before my pS3 cooked itself. So I have to start from zero.
It’s just bugging me sitting there. I have a tiny pile of shame as I hate leaving games unfinished.
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that does indeed suck. but yeah, if its a pile of shame issue, then I suppose you should. but only if you really enjoyed it. otherwise FFXIII-2 🙂
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I JUST DON’T EVEN KNOW ANYMORE.
Arms are a thouroughly unsexy apendage. Legs sure i can understand, but arms and the worst thing is none of their arms are even good looking they arm like normal peoples arms-
Hey, Freyr was talking about how some people have attractive veins, so, uhh, who are we to judge, right?
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She also got excited because it turns out that I’m the mythical 70kg man.
If we accounted for all outlying possibilities, we’re going to be here for some time :p
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What’s that about?
I have been 70kg in the past.
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Apparently during medical lectures, the students were always taught to assume the normal male was ~70kg and ~180cm. Apparently nobody, including the lecturer, had ever met someone of that description and they started to joke about it being mythical.
I’m 176cm and my weight fluctuates between about 65kg and 70kg. My male friends are also in the same height range but I’d guess that they are in the 60-65kg weight range.
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I should probably point out that right now (when I’m at 70kg) is when I’ve started to pack on a little extra flab.
Must get back to the gym and get in shape again. Having a belly doesn’t make me jolly.
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Holy smokes Trjn you’re like the exact same dimensions as my boyfriend. At least I *think* you are.
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I don’t know if that’s creepy or just coincidental.
What’s weirder is the abundance of people with these dimensions and the medical profession’s inability to find us.
Must mean we’re healthy enough to avoid ever coming into contact with doctors.
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Okay I just asked him. Was off by a little bit. Let’s put it down to coincidence.
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The fact that you just asked him “hey, how tall are you and how much do you weigh? I’m asking because some dude on the internet is apparently about the same height/weight as I think you are.” pushes it into creepy territory.
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You certainly do have a way with words Bunny!
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It’s what I do.
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There are unattractive arms (see: Madonna) but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone’s arms and gone “woah baby! I need to find a way to convince the possessor of those arms to have physical relations with me because those arms are so damned fine!”
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Just had a look at all of those pictures. What I notice is that they’re all completely without fat and very slightly toned.
In short, what I would generally describe as normal arms for someone who isn’t overweight or muscular.
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Yeah, I’d even classify one of those pairs of arms as being creepy, or even ugly, for arms. So I don’t know what those people are going on about.
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I mentioned that Madonna had ugly arms before clicking through the whole gallery. She’s in there.
Protip: lay off the steroids and you won’t have creepy arms.
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It’s just like Yahoo Answer except creepy(ier?)
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Well you just convinced me that I shouldn’t click that link :p
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Lidopunch has pics.
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Hillary Swank wins this one for me!
I think it makes sense tbh. What is there not to understand about attractive arms?
Hands up who hates the CAPTCHA form confirmation word thing?
I understand that it’s there so a bot can’t read it and automate forms or requests or whatever.
But what’s the damn point if I can read the stupid thing either?
I have to sit there and hit refresh it I find one where I can acutally make the letters out.
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It is a rectal pain but there are some different version that are simply ridiculous.
One of them has you click on open or closed circles of different colours and I think it took me about 20 tries before I finally got it right. Like some bizarre logic test that forgot to include the logic.
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Make it a game!
If it’s one of the ones where there are two words, only type in one word, and see if it’s the one you need to pass the CAPTCHA.
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step 1: create an ad bot that can read them CAPTCHA things
step 2: selll tech to spam companies
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Actually, you don’t even need a program to do it.
Under a standard spam profile, it’s economically viable to hire and train an off shore worker(eg, in India) to spend their day solving Captcha’s.
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Oh, don’t get me wrong, a program like that would be fantastic, but I just like it as a piece of economics trivia.
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They’re way more fun if you understand how they work. One is a known word, the other is an unknown word. You’re actually helping to translate ‘analog’ texts into digital form by filling out the captchas. Generally the clearer one will be the known that you have to get right, and as long as you get the known right, you can write anything for the unknown word and it will let you through. It’s trolling with no repercussions. I can imagine someone in 50 years reading a transcribed text:
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of LOLTITS”
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It’s a crowd sourced thing and only for RECAPTCHA, not normal CAPTCHA. So it doesn’t take just one result for those words it can’t work out through text recognition.
4chan has attempted to exploit this by using racial epitaphs. In time, we’ll find out if they were successful.
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That is interestinig. I had heard at a library conference about using captcha things to help digitalise old texts, and I was wondering how it would work.
I wasnt aware that only one of the words was required to get through, so that explains it 🙂
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I just love being told I am wrong & my opinion doesn’t count when it comes to gaming by someone who only recognises Nintendo as the only console & game manufacturer, and doesn’t understand why Sony would bother when Nintendo owns the handheld market, maybe because Nintendo does not cater to every single soul that likes gaming.
She’s bitching about how “shit” the Vita is when it sounds like she played a store one with botched firmware she said the screen was not responsive, along with all the buttons & such, when after watching the 6 reviews Blunty did, where it always worked smoothly for him & the only real problems he thought were not hardware or firmware related but software related.
Eugh tl;dr ignorant Nintendo fanboy & girl hating on the Vita because it’s not Nintendo & they can only find the negative about the console.
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Yeah man that sucks. only thing worse then that are the people that think handhelds only cater for the “casual” gamer.
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Yeah that annoys me. She whinged to me about Portal and it looked boring & crap?! I resisted soooo much to not tell her off. All because her brother was playing it on the PS3. Gah, people who are ignorant annoy Virus
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I don’t really care what anyone else thiks – the matter of the fact is that Vita will be great and PSP was FAR superior to the DS, with a much larger catalog of great games.
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Let’s start something!
“PSP was FAR superior to the DS”
I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE, SIR.
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oohh you just got served by tha Loops!
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Prove the PSP’s better.
Ya can’t prove opinion, mang-a-rang.
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OBJECTION!
The use of the word “better” implies an objective viewpoint. If used in a sentence as something along the lines of “I think the PSP is better.” Otherwise, terms such as “prefer” should be used, to avoid being wrong.
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OVERRULED!!!
O’DOYLE RULES!
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Haha, this is the best. You rule, Scree 🙂
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Actually if you want to get technical about it, the individual components and the subsequent performance output dictate that the PSP is a superior handheld.
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I thought it had finally stopped. Then another one of my comments was struck down with the moderation bug.
Dang.
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Well, all the dedicated people go back and read anything that they might have previously missed. Sorry for assuming that you cared at all about us.
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I just had two comments stuck in moderation hell in a row. And the misreply is just staring at me, begging me to reply to it, damning it for being so fail. But I must resist. MUST RESIST.
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Ergh, I just replied to you, but I’d clicked to reply to Bunny. And now it’s being moderated. So imagine a snarky response here.
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Yeah I hadn’t had a chance at that time, I had read some. I usually do read it. Sorry if it sounded rude man. Didn’t mean for it to.
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Yeah most posts get blocked, unless you’re Blaghs and use your witch powers to pass the moderation.
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I do not have moderation bypassing powers. A post of mine that is twenty-six words long just got placed into moderation.
TWENTY SIX WORDS. WHAT?
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I must be doing something right, none of my comments are being moderated (now watch as this one gets moderated!).
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It’s a conspiracy, man! They’re blocking everything Minecraft and Mass Effect related! And other stuff too, I assume, but Minecraft and Mass Effect! /o\
Dear Bish and Blaghman,
Your collective grace has rendered me speechless. I can’t think of a thing to
I just had a comment, bitching about how I had two comments in moderation, go into moderation.
I’m pretty sure the system is trolling me now.
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What are you talking about, that is what Mark does.
Do you think it is some miraculous coincidence that the day that Mark isn’t in the office is the day that posts start getting stuck in moderation
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/o\
Now that the magic has gone
You just wanna walk away
Nothing left to say, anyway
Now that the magic has gone
There’s no sense in holding on
Baby now, now that the magic is gone
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Hey TAY!
Been a bit busy today with meetings and such. Had a chat with God, which went pretty well. He’s a fairly charismatic kind of guy.
What’s new?
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It lost me at poo monster.
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BEST SCENE EVER!
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EVER!
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I think Dogma is one of the weakest of the Jay & Silent Bob films.
I like the concept, but the execution was a bit too juvenile to be taken seriously.
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Instresstesting.
I would rate them thusly:
Clerks II > Clerks I > Jersey Girl > Mallrats > Chasing Amy > Dogma > StrikeBack > Zack&Miri
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umm.. arent you dead?
oh well. I suppose starting the zombie apocalypse with an existentialist makes sense.
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For those wondering why your comments keep going through for moderation: we are trying to figure that out, too! I asked Danny about it and he said “If they’re using any of these profane words they will have their comments moderated”. I looked at the list. “That is definitely NOT the problem.”
I’ve flagged this issue with Ben so hopefully he will be able to use his genius internet skills to sort it out. In the mean time I’ll keep approving your comments as quickly as I can. Sorry if this disrupts the flow of your discussions!!
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I’m just glad that you’re aware of it. I’ll continue bitching about it, but I don’t really mind. It gives conversations a hilariously broken flow.
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thanks Trcaey, We believe in Ben and his awesome DDR Skills :).
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That would have to be a rather broad list of profane words if it was the case.
Then again, a while ago Gaia Online once turned on an automatic filter on “high level” swear words (their filtering before then was voluntary and had several tiers). One of the words was “pedo” so any word containing “pedo” would be asterisked out.
Torpedoes were manned and the filter was removed.
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I have a comment in reply to this one that contains several well known words that get screwed around when filters are put in place. Shockingly, it was put into moderation.
I think it was buttbuttinate that pushed the comment over the line.
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Or Mass Effect?
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Okay, so Kotaku doesn’t hate Minecraft. But I has proof that Kotaku hates that Space RPG franchise by Bioware.
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Mass Effect. Lul.
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Nope but Scunthorpe was. You see, the phenomenon where normal words get block by profanity filters because they contain the offending phrases is known as the Scunthorpe problem.
Back in the AOL days, people bring the British town of Scunthorpe were unable to register where they lived because it triggered profanity filters.
Wizards of the Coast had a similar issue on their forums where Shichifukugen (sp) Dragon (a promotional card) would be filtered because it contained “fuk” (a misspelling commonly used to get around those filters).
The solution is normally to ignore cases where the profanity is part of a word, at least on the admin side of things.
On the user end, you can bypass profanity filters by putting something in the middle of the profanity. So for Scunthorpe you can either do Sc.unthrope or put in some empty formatting (as in [i][/i] but with greater than/less than instead of square brackets) which is what I’ve been doing in the hopes that I don’t trigger the filter.
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We implemented a word filter (last night I’m assuming?) and one of the words on that list was “ass”… unfortunately, WordPress got confused as filtered that word from everything… including Mass Effect. So if anyone wrote anything with the “ass” combination in their comment, it would have been picked up. The awesome Ben White has fixed this. 🙂
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Unfortunately, it still catches other innocent words, like the ones in my unmoderated comment above.
I’m really not a fan of these systems, they always catch far too many false positives. I also think a dislike of profanity is rather silly, but I’ve done that rant before.
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Also, any profanity filter that censors “ass” is being way too overzealous. If you can hear it on The Simpsons, there should be no need to block it.
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It’s still a moderation filter, rather than a profanity filter itself. Stuff would only be censored if the moderator thought it needed it, so, ehhh, so long as it’s not too much trouble, meh.
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It’s a filter that checks for profanity and then acts based on if it finds it or not. So it is a profanity filter that disables automatic moderation for any posts that trigger it.
I wouldn’t mind knowing what words it is apparently filtering for so that I can know when it’s going to be a problem. I’m really not a fan of this sort of thing, especially when the users don’t know what words might trigger it.
Seeing as replying to unmoderated comments can cause a lot of hassles around here, I can’t say I’m a fan of a mystery list of words that we cannot say in fear of putting out comments in the moderation queue.
Good thing I know how to break these things, it’s as easy as checking the time on my wristwatch.
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I don’t wear a wristwatch.
Although, I did just get a new one, would you like to see it? No? Good.
I agree that we should probably have some transparency about how it works, and that this morning shows that it may need some further tweaking, but I think as systems go, it could be a whole lot worse.
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It seems like a solution to a problem that doesn’t really exist. I know I’m on the side in favour of swearing but it’s so uncommon to see it pop up that I don’t understand why there is a need to implement this instead of simply having users report instances where it’s a problem.
At least with the report system it allows for some communication to the user to let them know that they’re doing something that isn’t acceptable here. Automatic filtering just leaves people confused.
/really not a fan of these systems.
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Obviously the problem that necessitated this system is not in TAY. And there is a LOT of vitriol in other comments threads. Personally, I think a system where a profanity filter redirects comments for moderation (not deletion, just moderation) is an okay system, especially when we know we have minors around (that might even make a legal obligation, I don’t know).
I will agree, however, that it appears pretty overzealous at the moment. I wrote the name of Demon’s Souls 3-1 boss, and the comment got sent off to be moderated.
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Fool‘s Idol?
I have no idea how that triggers anything. Even shoved in my little filter breaking trick between every letter because I couldn’t work out what’s wrong with it.
I still think that manually processing any reported comment is much less work than manually approving the false positives. Just look at how many false positives have popped up today alone.
And of course, I still maintain that profanity causes no harm and there’s no need to protect minors from it.
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I am assuming that the F-word is being caught because its most common usage is as an insult, rather than used to denote a medieval-type jester.
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Good thing that there are many bronies here who would be more than happy to use foals instead.
Anyhow, foolish is a perfectly useful and acceptable word that comes up often in conversation without being derogatory.
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I wholeheartedly agree with you Trjn. Coarse language by itself shouldnt be an issue, however when its is used in an intentionally offensive or degrading way, then yeah, that excrament wont fly. situations like this are when the report button is your friend.
but, having said that, its quite possible to be crass and offensive without swearing.
since i’ve been posting in TAY & lurking for ages before that, among TAYbies, I dont think ive ever seen anything that would fit the description of being intentionally offensive toward another. we tend to be… ahem. mature and responcible (for lack of a better phrase) when it comes down to it, so TAY shouldnt be the problem.
however, I know this goes beyond TAY. and we’ve probably all seen some questionable comments in some articles. so yeah, until the internet grows up & can act all mature & stuff like TAYbies, then comment filters is something were gonna have to deal with.
/sensible commenting
Hi tracey, thanks for the update. Still getting some random mandated moderation though. My comment of 1:37pm in TAY for example! 🙂
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Gonna keep moderating until something is figured out. This system isn’t set in stone so we’ll be playing around with options to figure out something that doesn’t bork everyone’s comments.
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Thanks Tracey! Doesn’t bother me, but you might have to apologise to Trjn! 😛
And so this gets moderated: Fool. Yep, I said it. The F-word.
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*GASP* LIFE BAN!
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Well, it sure kept me entertained this morning 😀
Here’s hoping all the bugs get ironed out without too many hassles 🙂
okay guys, please help me confirm this, julia from lollipop chainsaw, it is the same voice actor for twilight sparkle from my little pony right? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9N_Kpj80BEM#at=20
because i noticed it, and now can’t un-notice it
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It is indeed. According to wikipedia, it’s Tara Strong, also known as “The Woman of a Thousand Voices.”
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So, my PS3 shut down randomly last night as I was approaching Fool’s Idol in 3-1 of Demon’s Souls. Should I panic?
Someone enterain me – I’m stuck down in the production facility till 5. The computer is slow and old and faces the most public walk way.
I have nothing to do down here since I’m engineering support and nothing’s going wrong atm
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*Claps Hands*
*Dancing clowns, and Midgets on Elephants suddenly appear, Wreaking Havoc throughout the facility*
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Do you have access to youtube, you could watch this video, filled with fantastic singing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOLsKylOkJU
If you want, I could dance for you. I can’t show you that I’m dancing though, so you’ll just have to trust me.
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Can you break something thats really easy to fix, but requires a trip out to ‘pick up some parts’ or something? that would be cool. go out for ‘parts’ and bring back chicken crimpys & bacon. and a mango smoothie.
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Thanks for the ideas, honestly if elephants started to rampage through the facility I would just let them and go home.
In the mean time I will sit here and imagine Blaghman dancing for me….provocativley.
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then you’re not doing it right 😉
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Then you’re clearly not doing it right.
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Just had a conversation with a car dealer who thinks he’s going to be selling vehicles to the ADF within a year. My desk can’t withstand that much headbutting.
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Unfortunately he’s a manager’s cousin. The manager was hoping I’d talk him out of it, but he doesn’t get it. Methinks she’ll be having a quiet word to the family soon.
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Doesn’t the ADF have fleet contracts in place already? Would be rather hard to convince them to move from wherever they’re buying from, considering the bidding process for any defense related sales is ridiculous.
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They are currently replacing a whole bunch of vehicles- it’s not a conventional fleet sale by any stretch, as military vehicles are heavily modified, even the ones based on civilian vehicles.
Without getting too technical, there’s a project upcoming that is for new vehicles, but you needed to start talking to defence AT LEAST 18 months ago to even be at the table. And it won’t be a truck dealer selling it to them.
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I always assumed that they were able to barter directly with manufacturers on this stuff.
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NEW MESHUGGAH!
BREAK THOSE BONES WHOSE SINEWS GAVE IT MOTION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSv2eCgTUAs
\m/
Because my last comment got sent up for moderation, and I want some advice, I will ask again. My PS3 shut itself off randomly last night while I was playing Demon’s Souls. Should I start panicking?
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You are standing on a ball of rock traveling at over 100,000 km/h protected from deadly levels of radiation by less than half a cm of oddly bonded oxygen molecules. What do you have to panic about?
Also I know nothing about PS3s
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You might be screwed if it happened during an autosave. The game saves after a bunch of certain events. Basically everything that alters your character or the world in some way (anything that earns souls, picking up or dropping any item things like that). I’m a bit rusty though so I could be wrong. If it was during a boss fight, you should be fine (guessing by what you said above about what might have triggered it).
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Thanks, should have clarified:
I turned it back on and reloaded the game, played it for another few minutes, and then got freaked out when the console beeped and switched it straight off again.
The savegame is fine, but I’m concerned about the console and my capacity to retrieve said savegame.
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The console might be cactus but the save game should be recoverable anyhow. PS3 hard drives are (apparently) pretty easy to remove and I can’t imagine it being too difficult to extract the contents for whatever nefarious uses you can think of.
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PS3 hard drives are encrypted to each individual console. There is currently no way to get data off them. Believe me I tried.
Also, Souls games data can’t be backed up externally for some reason. PSN+ cloud save is the only way.
Console shutting down randomly means not much time left. You have my sympathies Shane.
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Bugger.
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Easy to access physically, but if I remember correctly, the actual contents are encrypted with a per-console key.
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New phone \o/
Now I just need to work out what to do with it, I hear there are these app doohickies with phones these days. Will have to look into that
I guess I should start with the humble bundle, but what else should I be looking at in the android marketplace
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Well the ‘sales people’ have iphones so I couldn’t get one of those. Imagine being associated with ‘those’ sort of people
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My competitive nature wants to one up you, but frankly, I can’t see any way to do it. You win, good sir 😛
Well, with all the ranting and raving that’s gone on this week, methinks we’re going to see some rather large word counts in the TABTOL. Could be one of the highest comment:word count rations we’ve had in a while.
So, I just went outside, to mow the lawn(Canberra Meat people who had a look at it can comment on how silly it looked 90% mowed), because my father was telling me to do it, and was all “It’s not that hot outside.”
After having to squint while standing in the shade, I stepped out into the light, then promptly turned around and walked inside. Stupid sunlight, being all bright and hot and stuff.
Stevo and Loops i sent yous stuff, Hopefully it gets there by monday.
In other news i have been moving a GPS points around by tiny amounts for the last 2 hours. It was painful and this is why i hate data manipulation. These things are so freaking annoying. I am not the worlds most patient man-boy-child, But even if i was i would of lost my cool with it ages ago. FREAKING STUPID THING.
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Did you hear the story about the man-boy-child who dreamed of man-bear-pig after eating a turducken?
It was rather terrible.
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Kap’s Drunken Amazon Shopping Spree (Package 1/4):
Well, that was unexpected, the first package arrived yesterday. Express posted, so it was clearly something I couldn’t wait to have. Checked the method of delivery on the others, and they’re not express, so clearly I had earmarked this one, and it only had one item, so it must’ve been really important that I got this really fast, which is odd considering today i’ll finish the book 2/5 of Song of Ice and Fire, i’m halfway through Mad Men Season 2, and 3/4 the way through Saints Row 3, with a large pile of shame backing it up, so i’m pretty much covered in the Book/TV/Gaming departments. I’ll be honest, at this point I was expecting Freeze’s guess to be quite a good one, sorry #35 it was definitely too small for a Bobcat and/or Russian Bride.
*ring announcer voice*
Weighing in at a postage weight of exactly 2kg, express shipped all the way from London, England… we have:
Diablo 3: The Book of Cain!
That is all. Took a quick flick through it, looks pretty much how I expected, lots of detail, polished looking concept art and the like. Impressed.
I give this first package an 8/10. I did want the book, probably wouldn’t have express shipped it in a more sober state, but (especially if we listen to Freeze/#35), it could have been MUCH worse.
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Forgive my disappointment. While I’m sure it’s a cool book(and if I had money I’d “totes” get one myself), I was hoping for something a little more extreme.
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Boring as in purchased stuff that I actually would have probably eventually bought?
I will be too…a little.
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It’s okay, we’ll deal with your boringness in our own ways. You’ll appreciate your awesome taste, while I’ll mock you, while broken inside that I can’t be that practical.
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Yeah, Tracey’s far too good at that sort of thing. Puts Mark to shame, really. Maybe she’s secretly an automaton, designed specifically to be efficient. That wouldn’t make much sense though.
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Yeah, I sent in my Kudos noms this morning and had a response within 30 seconds. Not even exaggerating.
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She didn’t respond to my noms 🙁
But that’s ok. We don’t talk much since the chewing gum ordeal…-
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I’d prefer not to talk about it… o_o
However, I will provide you with a few excerpts from my emails to Tracey:
“TAY is knee deep in sperm and ova (I need to floss my toes to get all the goop off)”
“The kid’s got spunk (Bish’s)”
“Also, Bossman, if your girlfriend asks “Why are you naked!?” you coolly respond “Why aren’t you?” Much funkification will commence.”
“Spreading games around like STD’s”
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Flu what are you smoking and more importantly where does one access this substance
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Nothing in particular. I’m just… http://bit.ly/t5cfmU
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There are no words…
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The floss comment was an Easter Egg to explain why I had dental floss in my shoe on a couple of occasions.
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Heh, I remember that now. Can’t believe I forgot. Amusing.
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Good times…
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@Trjn so you see it:
The Defence Materiel Organisation does deal directly with manufacturers to a point- they look for mature tech that won’t fall to pieces, and they’re crazy risk averse, which is good (up to a point). Anything they buy, however, has to integrate with all of the other systems that they already have, eg radio/soldier kit/weapons etc, and all vehicles have to meet aus standards and needs, some of which are simpler than others. A simple one for example: it’s a requirement that Aus vehicles have Air Conditioners. This generally means that any vehicle manufacture for the ADF needs a contribution from a large number of suppliers, as just because you make a truck doesn’t mean you can put a radio in it
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That seems roughly like I expected things to be. Military spec hardware is notorious for having some rather specific requirements that would never be considered for civilian use or is simply cost prohibitive for most situations (and the military tends to consider cost as the least important factor from what I’ve heard. Something that works will always win over something that’s a fraction of the cost).
I’d love if they made it so that all vehicles must have BVs. Would make second hand military cars (basically the fleet vehicles I mentioned) a highly sought after commodity because who doesn’t want a kettle in their car?
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Military estimates of cost are generally not good- DMO focuses overly on upfront cost, not sustainment/upgrade costs.
Also, apart from basic jeeps and trucks, most military vehicles aren’t street legal, either due to giant wheelbase or exerting too much ground pressure, which tears up roads.
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And the mounted weaponry. Don’t forget the mounted weaponry.
Reminds me of an episode of the West Wing where Josh Lyman is talking to an ex-military now Secret Service (almost typed SS) officer about his test drive in a Hummer (he crashed it into something backing out of the dealership).
“Have you ever driven one of … oh right.”
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I love West Wing.
As a sidenote: My boss used to drive tanks. He is the best driver I’ve ever met, because nothing fazes him
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Tank drivers tend to be rather good at the whole driving thing. It’s also hard to be intimidated by other vehicles if you’re used to something that could blow up and/or run over any road legal vehicle without suffering any appreciable damage.
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Indeed.
We were at an airshow where they were simulating bombing runs. While everyone else was flinching at the noise, he just kept talking. I asked him how he could stay so calm, and he said “When people start falling over, that’s when I’ll start worrying”
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Reacting to unexpected loud noises is not an instinct I plan on suppressing.
I bet that guy doesn’t look at explosions either.
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@Freeze, apparently there is a way to transfer the entire contents of one PS3 to another, and the original would be destroyed in the process.
Ethernet cable something something WINNER.
I think I will not play my PS3 for fear of actually breaking it before I can retrieve data.
Anyone want to give me a new PS3?
@Blaghs, your mowing comment made me remember: when I left your place yesterday afternoon, one of your neighbours was mowing his lawn.
For anyone NOT from Canberra, it was bucketing down.
I thought he was a rather odd gentleman, but continued on my way. About 5 houses down from there, there was another bloke mowing HIS lawn in the pouring rain.
Is there something going on with your suburb, or am I missing something about proper lawn mowing tactics here???
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I’m considering waiting until it’s raining to mown the yard(My Dad yelled at me a minute ago to go do it, even though it’s currently about 3 degrees over the max temperature for the day here(#WeatherPredictionFail)), because at least then it would be cooler.
But no, I have no idea what’s up with the people of my suburb.
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I’m confused. You want me to find the profanity that triggered your comment to be put into moderation? Or to somehow approve the comment after it has already been approved by someone with approval powers?
I’ll stick with my usual stance of not helping, if it’s all the same to you. Less confusing for me, more maintaining the status quo for everyone else.
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Yeah, I was asking about what particular word had caused it, luckily Shane has found the answer.
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I honestly didn’t think that something as innocuous as fail would be filtered. Then again, fool is on the list so it appears that anything goes.
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Fail
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YUP, it’s the four letter F-word in your hashtag. Believe it or not.
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So this filter blocks (or blocked) the following words:
Fool.
Fail.
Ass.Where in tarnation did they pull the list of words to block from? The Helen Lovejoy Guide To Parenting? :p
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They’re thinking of the children.
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ACL is making WordPress plugins now. 😛
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I made a comment complaining about the filter and decided to have some fun with some bowlderisations. Still triggered the damned thing.
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Yep!
Now it’s a photo I took myself as I have zero artistic talent.
You have influence \o/! With making me feel bad.
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Used to have those exact same icepack thingys… very nice.
BTW if you had changed it to a green square I was quitting TAY on the spot. The TAY pages would be like 2/3 green.
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Two Thirds Green? I think you misrepresent the amount that we, the “black and white brigade” post. There’s many of us, at least one, and we are capable of posting very large amounts.
Two thirds, Oh my, how disgraceful. 😛
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BWB#2, sounding off!
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The funny part is that I actually have a bright red heart in the middle that you can’t see on TAY.
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Damnit! I should have said “Grey Pride” :\
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omg. now i feel all guilty and shit! Seriously it wasn’t an accusation of anything, I just wanted to join in the chorus of people writing exotic foreign languages so I googled and copy+pasted the first french quote that I saw. Didn’t even check what it meant. Sorry man.
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okay my comment is still stuck in moderation for I accidentally dropped in a naughty word but basically, I had no intention of accusing you of anything. Wanting to join in on the exotic language spree, I simply wrote in the first french quote I came across without even deciphering the meaning first.
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Don’t stress. Wouldn’t have changed it if I was completely happy with it. kind of like the stupid pun of this new one better anyway. Suits my personality more =D
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So are we… cool?
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We be Coolio
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In case anyone missed this on the previous page…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSv2eCgTUAs
NEW MESHUGGAH SONG IS ONLINE!
EPIC METAL IS EPIC
Righteo TAYbies. I’m sick of work for the week, so I’m going home \o/
*starts the weekend in the best way possible blearing the most FURIOUS blues song I’ve ever heard: Deklab Blues by The Drones.*
I’ve had it with this monkey fighting profanity filter. I really feel like it’s trying to find me in the alps by making me be careful about using words like the opposite of fail or a synonym for jester.
Really, it seems unnecessary.
If the problem is that people are being somewhat aggressive in their language toward each other in some articles, removing the use of some words isn’t going to stop that. Particularly if the words that are removed are so commonly used online that to remove their usage is to demand we develop a whole new vocabulary.
I don’t like it, no, no, no I don’t, never did,
I don’t like it, I don’t like anything!
I don’t like it, no, no, no I don’t, nowhere near
I don’t like it, I don’t like anything!
I don’t like anything, I can’t do anything about it.
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Opposite of succeed*
Dammit, I managed to trigger the filter by getting myself confused and saying the word that trips it instead of the word I meant to say to avoid tripping it.
See what I mean?
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But what if I wanted to be 1337 while referencing Gandalf’s opinion on Mr Took after he gave away their position in the mines of Moria?
Help help, I’m being repressed!
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I thought you were better than this, Bunny.
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Normally I am, but it’s Friday afternoon and I just couldn’t be bothered.
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You have brought much shame on your family.
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Some might even say a pile of shame.
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The problem is you could say something like:
I intend to repeatedly and vigorously penetrate your rear end with a rusty pipe, while crushing your teeth, one by one, with a pair of pliers. Then I will douse you in gasoline and light you on fire, before extinguishing the flames with my urine.
And, if I’ve worded this correctly, it will pass through the filter freely.
That statement is far more offensive than “You’re a f00l and an a55”
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Yup.
This is a fundamental problem I have with the whole “swearing is bad” thing. It’s how the words are used that is bad and non-profane words can be used in abusive ways while profane words can be used in abusive ways. The problem is not the specific words but how they are being used.
Then there’s the whole fcuk think where some people think they’re being clever by not really swearing when all it is really doing is highlighting the futility of trying to censor a word when everyone who encounters the censored word knows exactly what the f**k is trying to be said.
(Not sure if fcuk is filtered so I put my little bypassing thing in there just to make sure this doesn’t trip the filter).
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All gone.
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sometimes I wonder how you maintain your slim physique.
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Bulimia.
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Should probably see a doctor about that.
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Yeees mother
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My stationery order just showed up. I got a bunch of off brand lollies and two, count them two!, Fantales.
They must really love me.
Although obviously not as much as when they gave me fruit Mentos.
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You get 5 boxes of printer paper, some permanent markers and a couple of notebooks for Christmas?
Man, your household must have sucked.
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Minimalistic approach.
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Why are you shaking your fist at the sky?
I live North of you, not directly up. Shake your fist North!
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I literally just shook my fist in the direction of North
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I HAVE FOUND A WAY TO BEAT THE FILTERING OF TAY!!!
http://objection.mrdictionary.net/go.php?n=5550545
*there is nothing clever about this and i am a little ashamed
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BUGGER ARSE TITS!!!!
I JUST GOT MY FIRST AWAITING APROVAL!!
AND ALL I SAID WAS FAIL!!!NO, KOTAKU!!!
*YOU* FAIL!!!*cries*
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STOP MODERATING ME, KOTAKU!
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YOU BIG BUM HEAD!
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I know!
It’s giving me the shits.
Who would have known that my years of internet experience would have given me to the tools to deal with this sort of situation.
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There’s only one solution: We must now TAY in Cockney rhyming slang. Will see if that word gets picked up.
I cocked my ear at the assumption that just because a filter can’t parse words correctly means that it’s invalid. I mean, surely a modern filter doesn’t have the scunthorpe problem.
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So what we’ve established is that “cock” is acceptable but Scunthorpe is still a problem.
That poor town. It doesn’t help that Scunthorpe United FC was relegated last season. Their problems only ever seem to get worse.
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Just pestered Tracey.
Apparently Ben should have taken fool and fail out of the filter.
I guess this comment will serve as proof if that has happened or not. Seeing as this is a rare case where I haven’t attempted to bypass the filter.
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Just realised that she called me “Adam” instead of “Trjn” in the reply email.
That actually seems kind of weird now that I think about it.
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It just occurred to me, Teamspeak will be a fair bit quieter without Andrew there tonight, what with him at the meat and all. I don’t know what Ross will do without him, given their rather odd relationship.
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A reminder to all, because I managed to forget and it looks like redartifice has forgotten too.
Do not reply to unmoderated comments
That is how TAYbreaks happen and we like to avoid those.
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DENTAL PLAN
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Lisa needs braces.
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DONKEY! 😀
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Winner of the Internet fo sho’!
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HEAD! PANTS!
NOW!
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Ahh heck, I was getting my behind all up in a tizzy because I thought I might not be able to talk about some fine dang breasticles.
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Those a some perky tits right there.
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they’re ok, but these are great tits:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_tit
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Don’t know if anyone’s already seen it but this is pretty cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x2mCDkqXki0. Minecraft meets kinect.
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And now we know how the sphinx was created
That was very cool. Thanks Steve-o for posting and puppy for revealing my assumptions as false and providing the extra interest required to click the link
Congrats to Kudos winner, I doubt I;ll be back on line and I always try to make sure I at least say congrats.
Have a good weekend you peeps.
Hell Butt damn boobies indeed… (New TAY Greeting?) I like it.
Looks like Blizzard are suing Valve over their use of the name ‘DOTA’.
That’s ridiculous, suing over a word. That would be like Bethesda suing over the use of the word ‘scrolls’.
…oh wait.
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Actually suing? Because they filed some counter-use things, at around the same time the guys at Riot did, to try and stop Valve from using the name, but if it’s a straight up suing standpoint, then that’s an interesting one(as nutting out the details would mean getting into the nitty gritty of the Blizzard EULA for WC3 maps, and so forth).
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Ahahaha, Virus’ neighbours abuse again! I think I should dedicate a blog to these morons.
So dad went out around 1pm or so, he had to go to Bunnings few other places & I was playing Left 4 Dead with Scree & Alpha, anyway when he returned home some hour or so later, there were palm fronds in the drive way, which were not ours, our palms are on the other side of the yard.
They had been cut & thrown into our yard from the neighnours, and he was sitting out there on the verrandah waiting for dad to return one can assume. Dad saw this & was all, well they are not ours and they have been thrown over on purpose.
So he popped them back over the fence, and then oh boy did he start abusing my father, saying he cut them & threw them over the fence & all this other crap. Thing is they were not there when dad went out & they were there upon his return.
At this point i’ve walked outside, I think he got a surprise because he didn’t realise I was there at home. Now I know he did this, just so he’d had some sort of “reason” to insult us or whatever.
I but I find this hilarious more than anything.
@everyone: Thanks for the rant replies.
@lambo: Thanks for the undickishness – we obviously disagree but I’m glad there’s a Bible passage about respecting those with different opinions.
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I think it was because I had a four-letter word starting with ‘d’ in my post. That may or may not be a synonym for ‘annoying person’.
A profanity filter that’s *this* sensitive is… not ideal. It’s really easy to scoop up innocuous uses of the word (or worse, if the letters are inside a completely unrelated word).
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It’s Dick Grayson! /jokeruiner
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If you use the word F to the ail even with ing or ed on the back it sends your post of to see the Judge Judy of posts.
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Just watched the movie Faster that came with Uncharted 3 for some reason.
It…wasn’t terrible. Actually pretty enjoyable. No real plot to speak of. It was mostly just Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shooting people in the face. But that is probably why it was so enjoyable.
So I’m going out for dinner tonight (Some fancy pizza in my belly!). I haven’t eaten anything since lunch so that I have enough room to gorge myself ’til I’m broke. 😀
One thing annoys me though: When restaurants don’t have a website! I want to be able to look at their menu online before I go! I suppose I can excuse them because it’s just a small local place, but you’d think everyone would have an online presence these days.
Just been thinking about this after this week’s Kudos. Would anyone like to weigh in on this? It seems one of the themes this week was recognising people outside of TAY for their awesome posts (which I agree with wholeheartedly!) but Kudos still seems like it’s restricted to a small circle of people. The noms themselves are all coming from TAYbies, it seems. I remember when I wasn’t a TAYbie I had no idea how to send noms to Mark and Tracey – I had to ask in TAY eventually.
So is it possible that Kudos could have a small paragraph at the bottom of each week’s post with a little bit of info about how to send noms in? I don’t think that would open the proverbial floodgates and turn Kudos into a behemoth.
I realise that most of the noms are TAY-centric because that’s where you’re likely to find the most nom-worthy material, but I think it’d be nice to see more non-TAYbies recognised for their interesting contributions to the wider Kotaku community.
Thoughts? I was gonna post this in the Kudos article but I figured I’d wait until next week’s Ask Me Stuff to make sure it gets proper attention. Also, I hope this doesn’t sound like whining, because it really isn’t intended to be!
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Nah, I understand what you mean, but I think the other problem is that very few people outside of TAY even read Kudos, so I don’t know if it will help at all. Still, a worthwhile suggestion.
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I agree completely. The same idea needs to be used with reader reviews/other regulars, because I had no idea how to do any of that until somebody told me.
To make it more accessible, maybe they should add a kudos/reader review option to the existing Contact Editor form. Or a separate form all together. Then they/we can just direct people to that.
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I think if more people from outside TAY are nommed and consequently win Kudos, then it might make it’s way back into the view of the general Kotaku public.
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I honestly don’t see many positive posts outside of TAY on other articles anymore. But maybe i’m not viewing the ones where it would be common to see positive stuff that stands out towards the editors & commenters =/
But yeah it’s aimed at the community of Kotaku you’re right, not just the TAY community. Although that’s about the only people who pay attention to it each week. It is unfortunate I think, but this can’t be helped.
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Yeah, I mentioned that to Mark last week and he said he was going to put something into the Kudos posts to let people know how to join in the fun. Or something along those lines.
But now he’s down with the sickness, so I imagine that has slightly delayed things.
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I think the problem stems from people not using the report button. Personally, I’ll see someone say something blatantly offensive or inappropriate, and all I’ll do is respond snarkily. I forget that there’s the ability to report people, and I imagine a lot of others do. Theoretically then, if they try to find offensive posts before they’re approved, the editors can have a much greater idea of what’s actually happening in comments if everything’s not all fine and dandy, rather than relying on people reporting them, or having to read through all the comments.
Well, that’s my reasoning, I figure that since the kinks will be worked out, it will stop affecting me soon enough, so it doesn’t bother me.
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And you can now ignore my logic and reasoning, because apparently the publisher just shoved it in. /fail
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Because YOU brought little kids in here..!
(NB: The above statement is completely false and solely stated in jest)
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And all I can think of now is myself as a twelve year old, trolling people in Warcraft 3 games, because they’d swear, and I’d be all “I AM 12 AND WHAT IS THIS?” and they’d be all “whoops!” and then I’d laugh at them.
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*tentatively tries to tiptoe around filter*
So, I bought this last night in a fit of addled consumerism:
http://www.mln.com.au/product/?itemID=3291&typeID=23
Thoughts?
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That little subwoofer looks cool.
Get on train.
Turn all levels ALL the way up.
Start impromtu dance party/get punched in the head.-
*epic visions of heart-warming dance-party-shenanigans bringing joy to frustrated commuters on Melbourne’s wasteland train lines*
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Wow, that seems like a pretty nifty little unit! Looks like it has similar specs to that new Razer Blade, which is literally double the price in USD D=
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What up TAY?
I need something to do this weekend to keep me out of mischief.
Kingdoms of Amalur? has anyone got an opinion on this game? is it worth the $60 that steam is asking for it?
In other news, Im having withdrawal caused by lack of new episodes of Peep Show (aka one of the greatest comedy series ever. If you havent seen it, watch it now. go on, do it. yeah.
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I’m really enjoying kingdom of what-cha-ma-call-it. There is a free demo available from steam of you want to test it before buying it.
Afternoon TAY. First post in what feels like forever. Been living some sort of half life this week due to severe migraines, so havent gamed or posted much this week.
I MISS MY TAY! and my games. But hope to be back in form next week.
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I dunno, I have a cousin who’s a toddler, he’s pretty damn adorable. I mean, Scree’s nice and all, but can she really compete with a small child? Actually, he’s not even a toddler anymore, and I can’t even remember how old he is, but that’s irrelevant, because I’m seeing him this weekend.
And after ten minutes of being around him, I’ll get bored, but shh.
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No, wait, my cousin is now not coming up here this weekend.
I guess you win.
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Yeah, it’s a lot more fun to shoot portal turrets than it is to shoot-actually, no. I don’t think I’ll finish that one.
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This is not relevant at all, but since we’re sharing cousin facts:
Every single one of my cousins/other blood relatives are male. All of them. 😛 Must be something in the water…
I wish I did D=
I have no first cousins, just mum & dads whom I never see, so I don’t know them that well..
http://www.break.com/index/father-teaches-daughter-lesson-about-facebook-2298729
Oh wow, I feel sorry for this kids parents the way she spoke about them on her Facebook. But omg the end, that was great.
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At least he didn’t murder anyone for unfriending his daughter on facebook, like another bloke did in the US this week =/
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Mac users, owners etc..
My MacBook (later 2007 white model) has become sluggish when booting up. It’s rather annoying, i’m running Lion (upgraded from a fresh install of Snow Leopard) thinking of dropping back to Snow Leopard, but I am not entirely sure. I know I might see a slight speed increase but it’s unlikely.
Though I think a new hard drive is in order for it, since the one in it is the original one that came with it & possibly just add another 2GB of ram so I have 4 in total (would mean sources 2x 2GB sticks for it though) so can anyone offer any other advice or am I really stuck with those 3 options.
Not really fussed on Lion overall, kinda glad I never paid for the OS this time.
Other than that it’s an amazing little laptop, i’ve never had a problem with it, still works amazingly apart from it being sluggish. I also only upgraded to Lion maybe October, i’ve never had this sort performance decrease in such a short time.
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Might be Lion, it will run slower with that than snow leopard cause of its age.
If not, then yeah probably hard drive.-
Yeah I am thinking hard drive.
Which reminds me the guy who serviced my high schools Macs back in the day said he was surprised that the hard drive had not died in it at that point in time, because there had been a lot of the MacBooks with Hitachi hard drives in them coming back for warranty claims from dead hard drives.
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That was back in the good old days of the Deskstar probably. Hitachi bought the hard drive division from IBM and it was in bad shape (colloquial name for those drives was Deathstar for a reason). Took them several years to turn stuff around. They make pretty good quality drives now.
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I’d go back to Snow leopard first. That will probably fix it but if not then think about a new HDD.
Don’t want to fork out the money for a new one to find it does not fix it. -
Also “High School macs” – that would be why so many died; most high school kids treat them like crap.
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Actually our Macs were treated rather well. Just they all needed power supply replacements at one point.
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Lion is slower than Snow Leopard on older hardware. It’s not just you.
Also Lion is very disappointing in general. Every new ‘feature’ they’ve added involved taking things away, breaking UI elements that shouldn’t have been touched and generally trying to align it closer to iOS. iOS UI concepts have their place, and their place is *NOT* on my laptop that I use for doing actual things.
If there were proper drivers for Windows for the trackpad with its gestures and stuff, I wouldn’t even touch Lion any more. Sadly there are not 🙁
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Oh also, throw the extra memory in. It’ll make a fairly big difference and appropriate memory for the older macbook is very cheap.
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Yeah, can probably pick it up under 40 bucks, but it won’t beat the price of the 2GB kit I got, my mate gave it to me brand new \o/
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This. I thought Snow Leopard was a great advance over Leopard in ways. But eh, Lion can go die in a firey hole if you ask me.
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well, i finally finished no more heroes (the PS3 HD port) after a long hiatus, because i got excited over lollipop chainsaw and was in a suda 51 mood. was an awesome game, gooot a bit repetitive, but for some reason i didn’t get sick of it….
buuuuuuuuuut now i think i have to borrow a friends wii, just so i can play the sequel, because i highly doubt they will port that…
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see, that’s a silly word to filter… I can’t think of anybody who would have a problem with using it in TAY.
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I reposted removing it. It went through.
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Well, it’s not meant for TAY, it’s for all the other articles, and seeing though TAY is just an article on Kotaku, not a separate forum or anything, they can’t really have a filter without it being on TAY too. 🙁
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Ah i understand. A lot of the inflammatory stuff is from NotheMama, from what i’ve seen
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JjTYVasFTY
I was humming this song all day and people were slightly confused.
Gosh darn it. This may probably be moderated(again) but I don’t care.
People at Miniscree’s school think people who commit suicide are less intelligent then others. They think that everyone has anxiety as anxious and anxiety are the same word right?
I thought my family was ignorant but boy does this make me freaking made.
I think they all need to be pushed in front of oncoming traffic just to learn the difference.
Sorry, it just makes me really angry. They actually think that these people do it because they’re of lower intelligence. Suicide is an escape for these people. It’s an illness. You don’t think properly.
WHY IS THE SCHOOL NOT TEACHING THEM THIS?!
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Anyway, sometimes I wish I had gone to school, that way I would have had some friends while growing up. But then you people come along and remind me why I’m glad I never went…
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trust me, school doesn’t exactly =friends.
School= enemies backstabbing AND A WHOLE LOTTA DRAMA LLAMAS! -
NOWAI, School has people who will throw food at you, but it should also have people who will stick with you through the good and the bad, who will cheer you up when you’re feeling down, and who you can mooch money off to buy $1 cokes with.
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But they should teach this. It’s quite upsetting when you explain to someone that you have anxiety and they say “oh I have that too.” It quite obvious that they don’t have it as they think worrying = anxiety. They don’t realise that people with Anxiety have it constantly and are affected to the point where they produce physical symptoms.
I’m using people I know as an example.-
i can understand, i have a friend who suffers from anxiety and it’s no laughing matter.
luckily i think now that school is over he’s a bit better, and he plays guitar which helps him stay calm, which is really great.
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Well this is what I don’t understand. More and more children are being diagnosed with Anxiety, Depression and anorexia nervosa at a much younger age. I know people have no idea how to react and you should be able to leave the classroom if you have been diagnosed.
They don’t give teenagers tablets to help it so they rely on counselling and relaxation techniques which is pretty much impossible in a loud area. Having people near by makes you even more self conscious unless it’s a friend.
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Yeah, I think this a lot of the reason why school for majority of the time is a terrible experience for a lot of kids.
I know it was for me. I never seemed to fit in, even if I had friends. But we don’t speak these days. I think that says something, even though i tried to stay in touch *sigh*
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Yeah, high school is pretty horrible. I thought I had a good group of friends but I only had a few good ones.
Most of my awesome friends are gamers. Which people at my high school were not.-
Yeah that’s awesome to have people like that.
I wasn’t that clear in my previous post >.<
After I changed high schools I found people a bit more like me. But then I still only stay in touch with 4 of them, 2 gamers, one just an all round good mate & the other a great mate & we share mostly the same music, so we always have something to talk about.
But yeah I wish there was more people from school I could've stayed in touch with, but there just wasn't enough for us to talk on a regular basis it seemed, which was disappointing at times because some were genuine people.
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People are idiotic.
A guy I knew commited suicide when I was in Year 9. One thing I heard from other people was how selfish he was for doing that. And that pained me. There has to be so much more than just being selfish for someone to commit suicide. You need to be brave, you need to be tortured, in the loosest sense of the word. There has to be a lot going on, for someone to think “well, killing myself would be easier.” Sure, it hurts those who are still around, but it’s not selfish. And it’s not the mark of stupidity. Definitely not that. Sorry, got rather off track there.
I replied. Made the same mistake you made the first time, and left a word in. Foolish move. Won’t retype it, it will be seen eventually.
Apparently the Art of the Mass Effect Universe book just shipped from The Book Depository.
This is about… a month earlier than it was supposed to be released.
It probably had nothing to do with the fact that people were posting scans and photos of it online…
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Thanks. I ask as it is my daughters name and only about a third of people we meet actually pronounce it that way. It’s frustrating. Didn’t think it would be that hard.
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How would they pronounce it? I don’t even?
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Lee-lah, maybe?
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Pretty much an even split between Lee-la and Lil-ah
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Anyone who has been following my blog, I’m sorry. I have bought material for the corset however because I am also helping Miniscree with her costume the updates will be a little sparse.
Anyone who has been following my blog, I’m sorry. I have bought material for the corset however because I am also helping Miniscree with her costume the updates will be fewer then expected.
Sorry the last one is in moderation so forgive the double posts
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I’ve been checking it 30-40 times a day and nothing ever happens.
And I cry everytime it isn’t.
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I haven’t been near my computer!!!! Catching up now 🙂
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Don’t worry JM2, I trust in you to read everything.
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D= i’m sorry!
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the number of times i have tried to start a blog and failed is amazing. I always forget to do a blog for myself, rather than for other people.
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Everything is well now. Sometimes, being humble and accepting your failures helps. Whoddathunkit?
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Glad it worked out.
Gotta go pick up the partying old dear from town now.
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F**l’s Idol is no more. Easiest Demon’s Souls boss yet. Even easier than the Phalanx.
And for those who were concerned earlier, the power cable at the back of the PS3 was loose and the console seems fine now. *headdesk*
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Oh good! I was worried for you.
My PS3 dying (twice!) is the reason I never finished Demon’s Souls. After doing the first few bosses twice I just didn’t have the heart to continue in case my PS3 died again.-
This I get. I’m pretty much convinced that this will be my only playthrough (not including NG+ which I would like to sample), no matter what happens. Hope I make it to the end.
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Well, I know I looked pretty good back then but I wasn’t aware you wanted to look just like me, too! 😛
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*high five*?
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I CAN SEE THROUGH TIME!
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Blaghs, did you eat the really spicy things again?
That reminds me of The Simpsons when Homer eats that extremely spicy pepper & has that dream/trip.
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Ah, I think Lisa says that in that episode of Apu and the Kwik-e-mart. Great line, good ol’ episodes.
It breaks my heart seeing them now. I just wish they would axe them once and for all.
If you watch the deleted scenes of older seasons you can tell the “fail seed” was in there and that the always cut all the crap out. But, somehow, by season 11, that same bastard whose stupid jokes were cut all the time managed to make their way through.
And all hell broke loose.
Famous is the case of The Last Temptation of Homer when he falls into the tank full of fishes that sing. The deleted scene shows a retardation of cats entering the place and a small kitty coming last. That shit was cut, THANK GOD.
Fast forward a couple of years, that f$%&$%& in control got away with this crap and put the very same scene at the end of an episode but with other animals instead of cats. (I think it was the one where Homer divides the city in 2, more retardation).
Crap like that starts happening all along.
God, yes, I hate The Simpsons now. The crappy episodes already outbalanced the good ones by far, period. And that’s as far as I’ll talk about them besides the occasional glorious quote.
I feel bad for anyone reading that silly rant. Sorry about that!
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TAY!
I’ve been wondering what are some of your favourite quotes? They could be from any where, like a game, a line of lyrics from a song, a book, someone famous, or some close to you.
I have a few, these are the ones I actually have on my Facebook, which I not only like but believe to be true;
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change. ” – Charles Darwin
“A man who limits his interests, limits his life.” – Vincent Price
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.” – Elbert Hubbard
I especially like this last one by Alice Cooper, I have known many a person over the years (including myself) who thought listening to musicians for political advice was smart.
“If you’re listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you’re a bigger moron than they are. ” – Alice Cooper
*cries* my post got put into moderation =[ now people will miss a discussion topic I just created =/ thing is I cannot spot a bad word in there or one remotely close =[
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Yes, because there’s so many people on here at this time to see it.
Logan will moderate it tomorrow, have patience.
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Yeah bed sounds good. Good to hear man, I decided to subscribe to your blog so I remember to read it =D!
You’ve also made me think about posting on mine again!
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So I saw. This gives me a total of 2 subscribers! TWO! Maybe I should update it properly now.
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Damn right you should! =D
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Some KoA:R demo thoughts (yeah, I’m… late with this)
– Combat feels nice and solid, I’ll even give the exaggerated finishing moves and stealth kills a free pass, because spearing a rock troll with lightning magic is pretty amazing.
– The tone seems to be *very* generic high fantasy, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I did cringe a few times when the voice actors had to say something that sounded particularly cheesy (fantasy place names are never pretty).
– I had a lot of bugs, particularly with conversations skipping and buttons not responding. It got to the point where I wasn’t bothering to talk to people because the game would autoskip the entire conversation and I was really confused.
– ME3 free stuffs! \o/
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(TAY is most definitely broken)
Oh, forgot a few things.
– The music is pretty nice.
– I think I’ll be picking it up, eventually. The story seems decent enough, there seems to be a tonne of content and I’ll never really get tired of exploding things with magic.
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I enjoyed the combat, but I didn’t see a reason to rave over it like everyone else did. Maybe the PC version’s controls were derpier or something. Though apparently the real game is way way way less glitchy than the demo.
But those voice actors. Ergh. I’m hoping Claudia Black can make up for everyone else in the game…
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I think it could be pretty cool. I’ll wait for other people’s opinions on it before I get excited.
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No, unfortunately!
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Damn, though it could’ve been for the best after the issue that had a few years back with milk products containing melamine =/
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Our Chinese teacher was like “DON’T DRINK MILK. EVER! YOU WILL DIE.”
… which was kinda scary. in hindsight. Thankfully none of our kidneys exploded.
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That is very reassuring =/
Though I am sceptical of a lot of produce that is farmed in Asia, mostly due to the pollution in the water, air & possibly soil.
Like I don’t wish to eat fish that was farmed from the Mekong river in Vietnam that acts as a drain for a lot of the country. Just what goes in to the water & what has gone into the land over the years disturbs me. I’m mainly thinking agent orange, napalm & other such deadly deadly chemicals used by the United States in the Vietnam War or as the Vietnamese call it the American War.
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I never found imitation shapes, but I did find actual shapes! There are a couple of grocery stores in Shanghai where you can find foreign foods, and I was quite amazed by what they had.
They even had Dolmios pasta sauce! You would die with shock if you went to buy any of it though. When I stayed with LittleJJ’s family the first time, I cooked them a western meal. I actually used a jar of that Dolmio sauce for one of the dishes since I often use it at home.. $30 australian for the jar! I couldn’t believe it! And neither could her family! Some of them had obviously looked at buying it before and not bothered due to the expense, cos the looks on their faces when they say the bag of ingredients I bought was one of pure shock and amazement! It was like I’d walked in with a bag full of gold bars! hahaha
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I swear that the first word there is no the one I typed… It’s like I’m tempting fate subconsciously…
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D= my iPods earphones are on their way out (pair of Sony’s I have had for years) the plastic they made the coating out of for the wires had hardened being around body oils it would see, and it has cracked around the volume control & exposed said wires & sometimes when moved the earphones themselves cut out D=
So what are the TDK or Sennheisher earphones like for around the 40 to 60 dollar price range? Anyone here able to give some advice? Personally I would lean towards Sennheishers due to their reputation & the fact their headphones just sound amazing.
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All the advice I need, thanks =D
Yeah, I really only asked because I spotted them & they looked similar in style to the Sennheishers & were a similar price.
Still at least TDK’s physical media is good. I think they’re the only brand I buy in blank CD’s & DVD’s but who does that anymore haha.
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Just did an 8 lap race on Special Stage Route X in GT5 arcade mode using only NASCARs….
Ended up taking 40 minutes… and I won. 😀
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Lambo once taught me, but for the greater good of TAY I forget how to strikethrough an entire page. But I could probably work it out, I mean it can’t be that hard.
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You need to nest the strikethrough within a strikethrough, or something. I’ve worked out how to post the html in its pure form, but I haven’t managed the proper syntax to destroy everything.
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Hmm, interesting. But lets hope young Lambo does not see this & be influenced to create such havoc haha.
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Once stuff is moderated it will be fixed anyway, a TAYbreak is nothing new. So there’s no point panicking.
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Not panicking perse, just cautious I guess. Even though I find it amusing when someone breaks TAY on accident or maybe even on purpose.
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Night! I should head that way too, but words with friends with my Canadian friend who keeps making suggestive words in our game. Not sure if she’s messing with me or not /o\
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I for some reason, laughed out loud at this. I think it’s time for bed. Yep i’m going, night all.
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My comment is awaiting moderation. UH OH. I think I slipped some profanity up there, but nothing really THAT bad… I hope.
It was just a rant against the new Simpsons. D:
Ok, Scale of the Universe Enhanced: a neat way of making ourselves feel insignificant.
http://images.4channel.org/f/src/589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.swf
I’m not sure if I should say anything, but I heard from Qumulys last night!
He is alive but not exactly in the best way. Sounds like he’s been having a rather rough time with life recently. Some of you may know that q-bo and I are pretty close (not in proximity but as friends), and I for one have been missing his antics quite a lot. He does miss you guys and will come back, but at the moment, I don’t think he’s quite ready emotionally for a bombardment of questions if he were to log on. I don’t know the particulars of his situation yet, but from what I gathered in his email, sounds like he’s been doing it pretty rough.
I was thinking last night it might be nice if we could perhaps do up some kind of get well soon card and perhaps send him a steam gift or something to cheer him up a little. I know he’s prolly gonna kill me if he reads this, but meh! He’s been a friend to all of us for the longest time, and I don’t like to see friends suffer the way he has.
If anyone’s interested, I’m thinking for sake of ease, we could start up a digital card or something and mail it around for people to write a message on and then pass it on to the next person. I’m happy to spring for a steam gift for him, but if anyone feels they wanna chip in or something, let me know and I’m sure we can work something out.
And just in case he does pop in here or on steam, try to take it easy on him! I think he’s a little scared at the moment of the potential barrage of questions that might await him due to his extended absense.
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I wasn’t planning on questioning him, just tacklehugging him! 😛
I would absolutely chip in for giftage, you know how to find me. 🙂
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Morning TAY!
I was wondering if anyone had a rough price on getting my own personal Bish. My house needs cleaning and I’m very lazy…also, food. Food is good.
In case people missed it
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/02/why-wont-my-parents-play-games-with-me/
So… it’s going to be rain-y and thunderstorm-y today where I am….
In fact, it’s raining right now as I type this….
At least I have coffee. 🙂
Hello Weekend TAYers. I had the most epic dream last night! (Well, retelling it now doesn’t make it sound as epic, but it felt really cool as soon as I woke up! xD)
I was in a scavenger race with 2 other people and the prize was one million dollars. The first item to get was a slice of buttered toast, which was easy to get from the kitchen.
The second item was to get a picture of me and a certain type of bird, while holding up a sign with a message on it. We all ran around a forest looking for the bird, but then for some reason I left and went to my University campus (which now included a zoo area for some reason) and convinced the zoo keeper to let me into the bird cage and found one in there! However, the other people had followed me and got their pictures too.
Final item was to take a picture of some lawn art (patterns mowed into the grass) so I asked a lawn mowing company (that I happened to find?) to do it. While everyone was waiting for them to setup I went and put my shoes on, hoping to run out as soon as we were done (because I had taken them off at some point? I don’t know), when I got back, the other two people had quickly carved a smiley face into the grass by themselves, taken their picture and had already left! I raced back to the finish line but my dream ended before I got there.
TL;DR: I should write a book.
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“my dream ended before I got there”
Translation: the fourth act isn’t something to be discussed in decent company 😛
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Oops, typo:
“…but their dream-lives ended before I got there >:D *evil cackling laugh* *fade to red* THE END!”
Not really, but that would have been cool, if a little disturbing.
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Meat wrap:
– Waited for ‘Flu
– Had food
– I was happy
Leftover train ride meat bits:
– Told Harli she was hotter than a dude which I suppose in hindsight was a weird thing to say
– But it’s ‘k, she was all “You and Blaghman are like Pez and Shiggy, ‘cept while they’re openly gay, you two keep it in the closet”
Ok. Had it up to here with Gotham city Imposters. Been trying for close to 2 hours to get into a game but it just refuses to.
Really wanted to try it too. So very disappointed.
News has got a hold of it now o_o
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Well that video was a lot more… calm that I imagined it would be 😛 (Funny that they don’t link to the video in the news story though).
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I’m a little worries that anyone could agree with this…
People are praising him for “appropriate action”? Since when is a gun ever useful in parenting?
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@Virus__
Quotes, you say?
“My problem is that all things are increasingly interesting to me” – William Gibson
“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” – Alan Turing, 1912-1954
“What I cannot create, I do not understand.” – Richard Feynman, -1918-1988
“It doesn’t have to be like this; All we need to do is make sure we keep talking”- Steven Hawking
“New knowledge is the most valuable commodity on earth. The more truth we have to work with, the richer we become.”
“If God were alive today, he would have to be an atheist, because the excrement has hit the air-conditioning big time, big time.”- Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007
“There are two kinds of truth: the truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The first of these is science, and the second is art. Neither is independent of the other or more important than the other… the truth of art keeps science from becoming inhuman, and the truth of science keeps art from becoming ridiculous.”- Raymond Chandler 1888-1959
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Some of these I don’t know where they came from
In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. – Douglas Adams
Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him…… A super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.
In this life of froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone.
Kindness in another’s trouble,
Courage in your own.Keep your dream alive, dreaming is still how the strong survive – Oliver & Company
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? – Who will guard the guardians?
Mankind must put and end to war, or war will put an end to mankind – JFK (I think)
Can miles truly separate you from friends… If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it. And you will end because we demand it. – Sovereign
There was also one from one of the books in the Saga of Seven Suns, where one of the Kilkiss robots says something along the lines of not being able to predict what the humans will do next because the “flawed nature of chaotic biological intelliegences”
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“Look you stupid bastard, you’ve got no arms left!” – King Arthur
“POWER!!!!” – Jeremy Clarkson
“It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday!” – Rebecca Black
“I find your lack of faith disturbing” – Darth Vader
“Charter boat? What charter boat?” – RACQ Ad Person
“You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity.” – Buzz Lightyear
That’s all I can think of right now…
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Also:
“Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as the final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.
“The argument goes something like this: ‘I refuse to prove that I exist,’ says God, ‘for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.’
“‘But,’ says Man, ‘the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.’
“‘Oh dear,’ says God, ‘I hadn’t thought of that,’ and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
“‘Oh, that was easy,’ says Man, and for an encore goes on to prove that black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.From the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
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Some random ones from my facebook
A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s best to be thoroughly sure
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and he won’t bother you for weeks.
Everything will be fine if you take a big breath and stop buying crap you don’t need with money you don’t have to impress people you don’t like.
If God had intended us to drink beer, he would have given us stomachs.
Some people would rather die than think. Many do.
… In a perfect world… spammers would get caught, go to jail, and share a cell with many men who have enlarged their penises, taken Viagra and are looking for a new relationship.
Can god code something so unusable even he can’t use it? No, but I can and so can you: http://www.microsoft.com/careers
try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); } finally { rtfm(); }
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John Cheese is starting to become my favourite writer on Cracked. He has got a pragmatic outlook on life that you rarely see much these days.
A quote from his latest
“All the classes in child psychology don’t amount to jack shit when you have one kid drawing dicks on the wall with lipstick while the other has somehow taken a bottle of pills off of the top shelf where you thought it was safe and is now sitting in a scattered pile of them on the floor.
“Well, I took care of my little brother, so I have a pretty good idea what it’s like.”
As soon as you leave the room, we laugh until we can’t breathe over that line.”
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Oh I know XD I just mentioned that to mum & she has thought of telling the Drpt. of Housing to fix the issue or she’ll gladly go to them XD
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Redo this because the word filter is getting annoying.
John Cheese is starting to become my favourite writer on Cracked. He has got a pragmatic outlook on life that you rarely see much these days.
A quote from his latest
“All the classes in child psychology don’t amount to jack s**t when you have one kid drawing d**ks on the wall with lipstick while the other has somehow taken a bottle of pills off of the top shelf where you thought it was safe and is now sitting in a scattered pile of them on the floor.
“Well, I took care of my little brother, so I have a pretty good idea what it’s like.”
As soon as you leave the room, we laugh until we can’t breathe over that line.”
BLOG UPDATE IS UPDATED ON THE BLOG!
http://jamiewhat.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/dr-whats-bacon-hate-or-how-i-learned-to.html
Super Ultimate Meat: Arcade Edition Tournament Balance Mode EX write up.
By Roflberg
– We met up at a bookstore whose name I’m certain i won’t be able to type correctly. After about 2 mins of looking at some sweet anime figurines i found Dr what and we made our way to the Comics/Manga/Science sections.
– A CHALLENGER APPEARS! (Harli)
– Nova also was conjured from the void around about this time.
– We talked about Manga. I nodded my head and pretended to know what everyone was talking about
– Kryptonite Penis!!!
– I yelled out “Large Breasts” because i saw it on a postcard. The TAYbies thought i was complimenting a nearby woman in a less than subtle way.
– WE FOUND WALLY!!!
– Discussions were had while we drank coffee (well, not me. I like coffee about as much as i like pulling those long snot worms out of your nose after a nosebleed)
– We decide to walk around. I bought a coke zero and they gave me a super rare coin from a place called Canada (Never heard of it)
– Flu had to time travel to meat us.
– We had Japanese food. I ordered the courage-don. Named after the courageous Don king. I can’t remember what Harli or What had. But I recall Bish had a chicken thing and Flu dined on a fine plate of nothing. (I have a photo of my food, but kotaku will eat my link)
– We went to a pub, drinks were had. More conversations were had. We talked about mixing movie genres. Flu and What had an awesome idea about a comedy that suddenly turned into a drama then into an action film. I’m sending the script to Hollywood as we speak. (George Clooney is playing me)
– What is making a movie, a zombie movie.
– The bargirl at the Irish pub we went to after that was very attractive. I had taken notice of her sexy schoolgirl outfit type thing.
– We learnt how Flu was conceived. A very romantic story involving cigarettes and battleships.
– A guy got kicked out of a bar and sort of refused to leave, but them he did leave.
– MOAR BEER!
– At the train station we all said our goodbyes at the gate despite that fact that we were actually all going to the same platform.
– Bish and Harli got on their train. Me, Nova and What got on a different one!
– We talked about video games all the way home.
– The end?
Been dragged to a surfie/hippie festival where they sell you cheap crap at inflated prices so they don’t have to get a job.
It’s my own personal hell.
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Ha. Just as I posted that I got yelled at for owning an iPhone and supporting the “corporate greed machine”
Not my fault I can afford things. You know. Because I have job.
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@Welbot, Re: Q-bo.
Sign me up! I can chip in for the steam giftage!
Also, if he does pop on here or on steam, I’ll go easy on him. But if he hops on xbox live… :3 (just kidding)
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Well, you can do that if you want. Probability that your trust is misplaced: 76.3%
Nah, just kidding. I won’t do anything stupid. I’ll just do incredibly stupid stuff 😛
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You sir, have put the fear of Blaghman in me. I shall behave myself now.
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I’m home from Sea World now Lamb, I’ll be keeping an eye* on you young man!
😛*Note: I actually spelled that as “aye”. Maybe I subconsciously wish to be a pirate?
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Oooh, Seaworld, eh? It’s been ages since I went there. I can’t remember how old I was, but all I can remember of it is the log flume ride, the bermuda triangle ride (which I didn’t go on, because I was too scared) and the 3d cinema they had. They had some sort of pirate movie playing there, I can’t remember what it was called…
Oh, I can also remember thinking that this place just wasn’t as fun as Dreamworld 😛Also, I think everyone subconsciously wants to be a pirate. 😛
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Half the rides are gone, the food is crappy even for a theme park and it’s definitely not as good for kids as Dreamworld is, but Penguins.
Yep. The penguins make it worth it, they are super-fantastic.
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I would agree that penguins make it worth it, but that’s not something I know first hand, so I’ll just have to take your word for it…
😛
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I almost grabbed a tray out of the oven without putting any oven mitts on. That would have ended painfully…
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No, I’d say being born at less than half the weight of an average baby probably did that to me. 😛
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Bish, you’ve seen my hands. Do they look like metal claws to you?
This answer to this is no, well, they might look like metal claws to you, but they’re not.
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I once did that in a chem lab with my sample. I couldn’t drop it, or I’d lose 1.5 hours of work. It hurt.
Does anybody have experience with good old games
If a game only lists XP and Vista(32 & 64 bit) how fair of an indication is it that the game will NOT run in windows 7?
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Forgive me if I’m wrong (I have a Mac :P), but can’t Windows 7 run programs in some sort of compatibility mode for older versions of Windows? I seem to remember being able to do that, but not sure if it works for games or not.
Anyway, Good Old Games is a great service, I highly recommend them. Maybe you could shoot them an email to ask? Just to double check.
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From my experience 7 is more of less equal to Vista, but just a lot more refined & polished. But there is always compatibility mode & if you have whichever version, I think Professional or higher you have XP mode which you can download from Microsoft.
You should be right I reckon.
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What’s the game?
Do a bit of googling for it running on windows 7, that should tell you if it works or not. But yeah, what Virus__ said. Usually anything that runs on Vista runs on 7, because there isn’t that much of a difference between them in that department.
If it doesn’t work, and you don’t have access to XP Mode, you could try setting up a virtual machine.-
Septerra core
My wife really enjoyed it back in the day but I’m not sure we ever finished it. On sale so figured it could be a chance to pick it up.
I can always try compatibility mode and the fact it works with vista 64 bit is a good start.-
This page has some information on how to get it working if doesn’t want to behave: http://www.gog.com/en/forum/septerra_core_legacy_of_the_creator/does_it_work_in_windows_7_x64
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Eh, my parents weren’t really fond of the idea of me building a 20 metre high catapult in their backyard. So sadly, no…
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Me \o/
My wife is about 50/50, she is leaning towards catching up after lunch to see the IGF stuff
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Would you be able to meet me out the front of acmi?
I will wear my cat hat so you can see who I am. It’s black with white inner ears-
This reminds me of when Tadmod and I met at the EB Expo last year. I had told him that I’d be wearing a white Batman AC shirt and aviator sunnies. Then I arrived at the place and realised it was too dark inside to wear sunnies without running into everything/everyone. So, we didn’t end up meeting until almost the end of the Expo. I saw this really tall guy, walked up to him, asked him if his name was Tadeo, and yep, sure enough it was him. Would have been embarrassing if it wasn’t though…
So, basically what I’m trying to say here is don’t take off that hat, no matter what reasonable excuse you may have to do so. 😛-
Alternately, she could choose to do something recognisable.
Like Dance until someone recognises her. I’m just saying, it can’t fail.
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I still don’t really have an answer and I have no idea how to contact people on here. Doesn’t help I don’t know where the place is which make sit really frightening for me.
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I replied before you did
My email is tigerion [@] gmail.com so even if you don’t want to give me you number email me and i’ll send you mine so that if you need to, you can give me a call
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Thus giving oyu my number! I’m on to you…
I will send an email now =D
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Well I was actually saying that you could just give me your email address and I would send you my number if you didn’t want to give out your number to a stranger from the interwebz
But I have it now bwahhahahahahahhahaha
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No problem at all, around 11:30-ish
I’ll be wearing this http://shirtoid.com/27494/bad-bad-walker/
Should be great, looking forward to meeting you all
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Yay! I shall be out front of Acmi then. I will look for that amusing shirt. =D
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I’ll aim to meet you there at around the same time, possibly slightly later depending on how fast I get there.
Unfortunately I haven’t got much of a stock of cool or memorable shirts or other articles of clothing. Tigerion, did you get my email with my phone number?
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Yeah I have it
We also have the slight advantage on scree in that we have at least met each other once
\o/ I just bought Alter Bridges albums ABIII.5 & Blackbird!
But /o\ I didn’t realise that Blackbird was not instock so I have to wait for it to come in & then be shipped, that makes me sad D=
Just found Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II for $1.24 on Steam, and purchased it immediately. 🙂
I’m not one to be offended by swearing, (*inadvertantly triggers Vietnam-like flashbacks to last week*) but I was on the train today and a woman with three kids under four and baby in her arms was sititng in front of me. These drunken bogans get on the train, begin harrassing everyone, talkin’ loudly and dropping a word beginning with ‘c’ multiple times a sentence. You could see the visible discomfort on the mothers face. They noticed. They didn’t care. They then began to smoke. Got yelled at by the driver. They didn’t care. What the hell is wrong with people. :S
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Saw something like that too…
Bunch if drunk bogans swearing and causing trouble. One of them went inbetween the carriages and stuck his head up and over the train… Unfortunately he didn’t get hit.
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Maybe next time…
Just when you have a little faith in the human race, you’re reminded of what a disgusting gene pool it truly is. The end. 😛
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While I drink’ed, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my TAY door.
Presently, my heart grew stronger, hesitating, then no longer
Towards the TAYbies, I did cry – “WTF is with this silence? Geez…”
Winter wrap up, winter wrap up!
Let’s finish our holiday cheer!
Winter wrap up, winter wrap up!
Cause tomorrow spring is here!
Cause tomorrow spring is here!
Damn you Rize. You just had to mention it
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Bahahahaha!
Sorry 😀
Now I better get going. I have to get up early to bring home the southern birds. Pretty early on in the day that a pegasus’ job begins!
After that, I still have to clear all the gloomy skies, so we can get more sun shining in.
I’ll move the clouds and melt the white snow. When the sun comes up, it’s warmth and beauty will glow!-
See previous post?
Litter critters hibernate,
beneath the snow and ice,
we wake up all their sleepy heads,
so quietly and nice.-
We help them gather up their food,
Fix their homes below;
We welcome back the Southern birds
So their families can grow!
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Somehow been roped into going to the casino with a bunch of single mates. All they are doing are desparetely walking in circles trying to pick up girls.
And this is supposed to be fun?
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I must be doing it wrong then. I have no munniez to begin with and I’ve been hit on at least 8 times now which is annoying my mates to no end =D
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Its the wedding ring (You are married, right?). You’re in theory unobtainable, so therefore they try harder. I don’t understand it either.
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I haven’t been out on the meat market since I got married (or indeed, since I was a kidult… but making notes for the next time I need an ego boost 😛
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Indeed I am. Kind of sad though I’m at a casino surrounded by women, gaming and drinks and I’m sitting in my phone TAYing.
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You are TAYing
I guess that explains the women flocking around you 😉
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I haven’t even posted on this page yet, god damn.
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I am so proud of you.
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Has anyone taken advantage of the Indie Music Bundle? I got 15 soundtracks for $15. Everyone gets the main 5, but if you donate over $10 you get the rest, and there might be more soundtracks being added. Most of the games I haven’t played, but I’m a sucker for music, so I had to grab them all
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Yup. Nothing quite like the $5 bet, or as it is more commonly known in casino lingo, the panty dropper.
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Oh, btw, Rize was awesome, just saying!
NovaCascade: I bought the original Bundle and I’m going to buy this one soon too. Aquaria music is the Chrono Cross-esque music I was looking for!!!! Jamestown OST is THE OST of 2011. Completely ignored, a hidden gem composed by a fellow latin american musician.
Shatter OST was done by module, fellow NZ, and an AWESOME guy! Seriously, he rocks. While you guys are at it, head to the HyperDuck Sound Studio and get their albums too since they organised this.
FLAC ftw!
It seems next bundle might contain the Frozen Synapse OST. If you don’t buy that I’ll be sad.
Anyway, if I could tell you guys the things I’m playing, the awesome stuff that is going to be released sooner or later… (past the eXceed Collection)
Does any of you like light-hearted comedy with japanese art (cute, yes, but not at the gross level of sugar-coated cute seen nowadays) and full of references and quotes? A game with no regenerating health, cover systems and bald space marines? (FOR THE EMPEROR! RAWR!) Would you like to help a worrying japanese dev?
http://nyu-media.com/products/cherry-tree-high-comedy-club/
I’ve heard Tracey might like that and I have a review version here I could send her… Just saying, hahaha! 😛 /endshamelesspromotion
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Is that some kind of training game? It looks interesting enough, I’d probably buy it if it was on Steam for $10-15 or so.
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It’s a special thingie. A bit RPGish. The game is about a girl trying to create a Comedy Club. The whole thing is about learning to laugh a bit. You have to recruit people for the club but since your character isn’t precisely an angel, it’s easier said than done! (Remember how in RPGs people join the party after 1 dialogue and not much else? Well, it does not apply here.)
I can’t describe more (legal stuff, etc.) but we will give more info when we get the final date for the eXceed Collection so we start building up hyper-modes (sorry, shmup talk) for this one.
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ME3 DEMO CODES! (Xbox only)
https://apps.facebook.com/xboxmasseffect/uk
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I’m not sure whether this is deliberate, but if you play that app you should get early access to the ME3 demo.
Mine’s downloading now, so it definitely works. Approved through Marketplace and all that jazz.
EXCITE.
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Why would you want to play a demo?
It’ll either be a demo of the shitty multiplayer mode that I’m already pretty sure I’ll refuse to touch, or it’ll be a spoiler for the actual game which if you’re a fan you’re going to be buying anyway.
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Argh, moderation. Repost:
Why would you want to play a demo?
It’ll either be a demo of the NOT VERY GOOD multiplayer mode that I’m already pretty sure I’ll refuse to touch, or it’ll be a spoiler for the actual game which if you’re a fan you’re going to be buying anyway.
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It’s both actually, but the multiplayer won’t unlock for about a week.
I’ve already heavily spoiled myself in the singleplayer, so I’m not worried at all about spoilers.
Plus I just want to see the general quality of the graphics, cutscenes, animation, music…
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Spoilers don’t bother me in the slightest. I’m generally more of a fan of storytelling than plot details.
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Dear Melbourne meat people: I want lots of pictures, so that I can stalk you all over the internet better.
I am often disappointed by the lack of pictures from meats, so, this is your chance to please me(giggidy).
Don’t let me down.
And yes, I’m posting this now, because I probably won’t be up tomorrow morning…
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Klassic Blaghman!
But nar seriously take lots of pics so I can totally stalk you guys too *insert lambo’s emoticon*
That way I’ll know who’s who if I ever attend future meats 🙂
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You would, I imagine.
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Man, so, who else enjoys waking up to excruciating pain? Just me? No, not even me. Blergh, woke up this morning to find that my right leg felt like hurting for no raisin. That was certainly… an experience.
Oh well, at least I’m up in the morning. That’s at least a change.
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I for one hate it. I often find myself waking up in some form of pain. Sometimes it’s from havign slept with one of my limbs in a funny position, and other times it’s just my back being it’s usual spastic self. I much prefer the limb pain though cos at least that goes away within 10 mins. If I wake up with the back pain, I’ll be stuck with it anywhere from a day to a week.
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Yeah, it’s a bit balls…
I should be able to walk in a half hour or so though, so that will be nice.
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No pain, but I always wake up with a runny nose. It’s annoyingly mild!
Also, if that was a futurama reference in your post, I value it highly. 🙂
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I tend to overquote the big brain, there’s something about that one scene that reduces me to a laughing mess. And I can imagine that that would be quite irritating.
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I constantly wake up in pain. Could be part of the reason why I’m not a morning person. 😛
This morning however, I woke up to a different kind of pain…my husband, after buying a Nightwish song on Singstar last night is playing Singstar again. It’s not necessarily that he sings badly, but he usually chooses such awful songs to sing. Waking up to this has put me in a terribly bad mood.
@Greenius
I’ll have you know that The Clone Wars has been nominated for more awards than Adventure Time has, including “Best Animated Television Production” and “Writing in a Television Production” at the 38th Annie Awards, and “Best General Audience Animated TV Production” at the 39th.
😛
Oh, and according to wikipedia, Dee Bradley Baker the guy who voices all the clone troopers, also does the voices of “Giant, The Jiggler, Gnomes, Cinnamon Bun, Fire Wolf Pup, and additional voices” in Advetnure Time. Also, he voiced Ra’s Al Ghul and Killer Croc in Batman AC, Gravemind in Halo 2 and 3, and Atlas and P-Body in Portal 2.
It’s rather interesting reading what things voice actors have been in.
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I’m not talking down Clone Wars just saying Adventure Time is awesome too :). It got nominated for an Emmy for some reason :P. It’s not ‘good’ but just fun as hell to watch cause its so damn random that it just makes you wanna smile 😀
I also mentioned Sherlock but you didn’t comment on it :(. Season 2 is just as good as the first, if not better. Pity I didn’t like the 2nd episode cause of the horror elements :/ (not a fan of horror)
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Yeah, I knew you weren’t talking down The Clone Wars, I’m just poking fun at you 😛
As for Sherlock, I’m going to start watching the first season today…I hope…or I’ll just forget about it…again…
And, well, season two is going to be on tv starting this wednesday, so no use wasting usage to download it then. 😛-
What! You haven’t seen the first?!
I assumed you saw the first and didn’t see the second :P. Go forth and watch it lambo!
Time is of the essence!
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I’m watching it right now! \o/
I’ve had the dvd sitting here unwatched by me for the last month though…
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I quite liked the second episode actually. I don’t mind horror in movies/TV, but if that episode was made into a game I don’t think I’d be able to play it. xD
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I don’t mind like horror atmosphere but I hate cheap scares (when its quiet and then suddenly BOOM!!)
I’m not really fond of creepy ghost stuff either :P. I have a pretty good memory so if I close my eyes I can recall and see all the creepy stuff in my head 🙁
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I just finished watching the final episode then and I think it was probably my favourite of them all. The guy that plays Moriarty plays an amazing maniac. xD I thought he was excellent.
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I CANNOT BELIEVE IT.
Found a bunch of players playing Front Mission Evolved. What a brutal, merciless game. If you have enough patience (I have plenty of that) you can get some interesting awesome mecha matches. Everyone else who hates mechs can safely proceed to another game, heh.
Everyone was kung-fu skatin’!
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I loved the SNES games, but every 3D one has received fairly negative responses, which has put me off them.
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To be honest, it’s just this one, really.
I’m with you on the SNES ones, the SRPG was fantastic, and the platformer was run and gun fun. The one of the PS1 was also pretty rad, but I don’t really remember playing the others.
Front Mission Evolved is a pretty average mech shooter. It’s fun enough, especially if you can get it cheap (although, you know, robot pew-pew is always fun), but I guess what disappoints me about it is that it is such an average game from a pedigree of good and great games. That’s what makes me sad, not so much the actual game.-
Glad I’m not alone in the robot pew-pew awesomeness. Yes, FME is very average for the series and it would’ve benefited from devs that actually cared about the game instead of leaving its community to die a few months after release.
At least I’m glad I found a bunch of active players, many aussies included. If anyone ever wants to play some matches we should check Front Mission Evolved Central and FME Academy, where most of the players hang around nowadays.
That is, until the arrival of Hawken and Strike Suit Zero. And Mech Warrior Online.
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You can have the MLP ones, I’ll have the Daft Punk ones 😛
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65725825/custom-chuck-taylors-guy-man-daft-punk
@AlexPants – I agree on what you said about the kudos. I didn’t know how to nom anyone until a few weeks ago. It’ll be easier for non TAYers to get more involved if they had something the bottom detailing what it’s about, how to nominate others etc. Otherwise it’ll still look like an exclusive TAY club.
@Grandmaster B-Funk – Never played the PS3 port but No More Heroes was good. Good but not awesome. It was the perfect game for a sequel that could fix what was wrong with it. NMH2 surpasses the first in almost every way! Definitely worth playing! If you’re gonna buy a Wii for it you might as well get other games for it (Xenoblade!)
@Virus__
A day without laughter is a day wasted
– Charlie Chaplin
War does not determine who is right, only who is left
– Call of Duty 2Bertrand Russel
I found one of Agatha Christie’s Poirot novels, “Murder On The Orient Express” in a Point Lonsdale bookshop for $5.
Words cannot express how happy I am right now. 😀
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Ah! I bought that for cheap not long ago as well. A good read if you’ve never read it. I also bought Death on the Nile at the same time but I haven’t got around to it yet.
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Agatha Christie is awesome. My mother has her entire set in hardback =O
Also the TV series’ of her books are also pretty good.
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I did. I also feel like a bad person, because I found it amusing that her bodyguard was the one who found her.
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Eh don’t feel bad. Especially if it was drug induced. It might sound like a mean thing for me to say, but I have no time for celebrities who die due to drug over doses. If it was natural causes not induced by drugs then it is sad. Otherwise eh, you play with fire you’re gonna get burnt.
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I was more amused by the fact that she starred in the film “The Bodyguard”, with Kevin Costner playing the titular character…
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Oh right XD
Sorry, lack of sleep & up early to go out makes for a very slow to react Virus..
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All I can think of is the episode of The Simpsons where Homer becomes a bodyguard for Mayor Quimby & when graduating from bodyguard school their instructor starts singing it XD
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That is indeed a reference to the film.
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I am much aware of that. I knew she was in the film as well & all that. Just didn’t click when you said what you said lol.
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I got an Xbox early access code 😀
The PC version should be out on the 14th, unless there’s a way to get it earlier…
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Maybe the release date is a subtle cry for help from someone at EA or Bioware. Maybe we can seduce them.
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I’m always up for a good seduction. Count me in!
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In case anyone’s wondering, I have no relation to this guy at all. None.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambo_(Reborn!)
😛
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You have no relation to “Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name.” I guess that’s fair enough.
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Oh you…
Just copy paste the link. Silly kotaku thinking that URLs don’t have exclamation marks in them…
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I am back TAY.
Meat was fun.
I couldn’t afford any food so I brought shapes.
I have photos but my phone is sleeping.
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Completely intact! I was amazed. The seat had mostly dried too, so whoever called it, you were right!
Why post about something once when you can post it twice?!
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I would write more only I don’t remember what I said.
Aside from talking about L4D, quoting Ellis, laughing like Rochelle and getting funny looks.
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I read that as “laughing like Rocketman” because, well, it really wouldn’t be too hard for any female to laugh like Rocketman 😛
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What you actually said, the order that things happened in, and any other niggling details like “who was there” are all irrelevant. It’s all about telling a story, and putting Shapes into everything you can.
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I just woke up from bike fatigue and can’t think of everything!
I can’t think of everything normally, but still! -
Just fill all gaps in knowledge with “Shapes” and spend hours thinking about your write-up, fretting about it, Bish style.
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I figured I’d write it up tomorrow anyway on new tay
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YAY! \o/
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Fret about all the words, and every single detail you may miss.
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I just got back to Sydney, sitting at domestic train station now.
Thank you to all who showed up, was lots of fun! When I can sting proper sentences together I will write more, scree took photos 🙂
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But if you’re the one taking photos, it makes it harder for me to stalk you. Why didn’t you think about me here?
Honestly, some people.
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Bursting into song is never weird.
NEVER.
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Only for you Blaghman. but yeah, there are no photos of me, because I hate photos being taken of me.
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But it’s a cat hat! Photos must be taken! These are the rules, I don’t make them up!
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I think about you Blaghman. I even friended you on facebook! Okay, so I rarely go on it or post pics or private information, but still… 😛
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Where are all the photos of you getting drunk, and being a “babe”? They’re the most important part of Facebook stalking!
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Pfft, he hasn’t even attempted to add me on Facebook & he has my email & all that D=!
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I rarely ever add people on Facebook, I’ll judge friend requests, but I don’t make them.
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Does a gaming PC, emulated Wii, and 360 all on my desk count? Because that’s what I have(I’m too lazy to use the Wii which is upstairs, but hardly ever plugged in).
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Dolphin! Then I have a Bluetooth dongle for my PC, which I connect a wiimote to, and a wireless sensor bar.
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Oh sweet, thanks man! I was telling my mate about it & he wanted to know and I said i’d ask.
He just stuck a mod chip in his Wii, so idk if he’ll want to emulate on the games on the Wii just yet but he might like it so he doesn’t have to put up with his family when he wants to play the Wii XD
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Some games have problems and stuff, and it’s a bit of a hassle, but it makes up for it by letting you play Wii games at 1080P, if you have the computer for it. So worth it, just for that.
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Ah true. So are the games in HD or just the resolution of what you see on the screen?
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You can natively render them at whatever resolution you want.
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Oh wow that’s really cool =O
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We have the PS3, the 360 and the Wii connected through our amplifier, and the Dreamcast is currently connected straight to the TV.
Then in the Family room my old 360 and the PS2 are plugged in to the TV.
My daughter has my Gamecube and PSOne connected to the TV in her room.
Oh, and if my Phat PS3 was working, it would be plugged into the bedroom TV along with the new model 360.
Why are you asking? Are you having problems with multiple consoles connected at once?
Why is TAY so quiet?
I bet you’re all playing LOL =(
Well, it’s not funny guys.
Not funny, at all.
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That is an activity that I can endorse(And WordPress thinks I’m trying to post too often. Sadface).
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Well, I’ve played enough blops to form an opinion. I think I’d rather get shot in the face with a gun that fires cancer than play more of this series.
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I have no idea what those are. I’m picturing part of a male spiders reproductive system and I’m not surprised that taste unusual….
So mum has stolen my facebook account to play Lume. I thought she may like it.
I should maybe play Zelda then…if I could be bothered
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*steam account, not facebook.
Yeah but I’m so tired because I had to ride to and from the meat.
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But she might react to dialogue appearing on screen.
“Hey Scree, I got those photos you sent, and I think the producers will love seeing you naked!”
“Hey Scree, I want you to know, that even if the child isn’t mine, I’ll love it as my own.”
“Hey Scree, the shipment’s down in the warehouse, I’d rather not talk about the dealings here, so can you send an email to the usual address?”
So on and so forth.
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At which point my Mum would be like “what’s that box?” “Here it is again” “What is it”
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I could spread it out over multiple things…
Alright, fine, you and your logic win.
If you want to find me, I’ll be in the gutter.
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Canberra isn’t that bad.
~~[joke]
PS that is a joke flying over head representation
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Well, it would be, but those angle brackets, huh.
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You mean, angle brackets like these!</b> (I can only seem to get them to appear around the html tagging, it’s a bit odd)
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Herp derp, Just realised that I can just <>. That makes it so much easier.
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But it really is that bad.
Also, HELLO BISH!
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Goodbye, Moe.
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Hey, don’t you wanna take your shoes off before you go swimming? Professor?
Oh, uhhh.
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Sometimes I wonder what we’d quote if Matt Groening never got into the business.
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Or, *shudder* we might have to come up with original things to say. Erggh.
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We could have meaningful discussions on topics such as world politics.
What is up with this thing between Wang Lijun and Bo Xilai?
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No?
Anyone?
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Oh man, I just read an article about them, and uhh, that all went straight over my head. I think I’m too tired for political discussions.
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THEM COMMIES
SO CRAZY
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Sorry. I can’t help it that my logic actually was logical
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It’s no fun for me. I prefer my dream world. It has hookers, and blackjack, and raving fangirls. And… what were we talking about again?
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With the right attire, I can be two of these things.
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I’m sorry Bish, but I’d prefer my fangirls to be, well female. The Hookers don’t bother me though, as they’re just there to look, well, like Hookers. I wouldn’t touch them with a 6 foot pole.
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What? I was talking about dressing up as a hooker (er, ‘male escort’. I assume from Deuce Bigalow that they just dress like sleazy dudes) and Blackjack.
Of course I couldn’t dress up as a raving female fan, that would be ludicrous.
So I definitely won’t spam a conversation really fast, and make it beep a lot and freak her out. No, I definitely won’t do that 🙂
So, apparently Alcatraz starts tomorrow night… anyone here going to watch it?
I might, just beacuse it has Sam Neill in it.
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I’ve been watching it, I was sceptical at first. Now I am actually hooked. It is a rather decent show.
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I’m going to watch it for the exact same reason. Sam Neill is my ideal.
But really, I do quite like him. xD
@Crazyguy1990: my setup is my TV and a receiver (Onkyo TX-SR578) with my PS2 & Wii on component, my HTPC, AU and JP 360s and PS3 on HDMI, basically maxing out the connectivity of the system. Sadly I’ve got it hooked up to craptastic speakers from an old home-theater-in-a-box system, plan is eventually to get some decent replacments.
I find despite everything I don’t like the setup that much. We’ve got a big sort of landing area at the top of our stairs which all the bedrooms come out to, which is where I’ve got it set up, so I feel I can’t crank the volume up and I often use headphones. Also I feel very exposed there, like there are people staring at me when I’m gaming, so I prefer my PC still. Sometimes I bring my PS3 through and hook it up to my monitor as well, it has an HDMI input and can pass the audio through to the line in on my PC.
I’ve got a working Dreamcast but I lost all the games when we moved, so that doesn’t get hooked up.
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I responded to the CrazyGuy on the previous page.
CrazyGuy, I was wondering why you were asking. Are you having problems with a multiple console setup?-
Actually, no. I was just curious to see if anyone else here ran multiple consoles on the one TV.
I’m currently running a PS2 via AV, and a PS3 via HDMI video and AV audio on a set of Logitech X-530s, as well as having my laptop hooked up to my TV so I can watch videos off of my external HDD.
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I’ve known this for a while my mate who works for the Catholic Education Office up here, is quitting his job as an SSO (Student Support Officer I think it stands for) the end of the year to go to uni.
He has stated a few times when it’s come up in conversation that I should go for it, since all they require is you have a Cert II in IT from TAFE. Which I have plus a few Cert IV’s.
I’m thinking it’s a good idea, especially if I can get a bit more experience in before then with a part time job at a local computer store.
He says it’s a pretty cruisey job in ways & the people he works with are nice & some were even his teachers & some are friends parents. Kinda weird, but that’s what you get for going to one of their primary schools then high schools I guess haha.
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I say go for it. Any experience is better then no experience.
What school is it if you don’t mind me asking?
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Um it’s actually 3, St Jospeh’s Primary (Tweed Heads), St Anthony’s Primary (Kingscliff) & St James Primary (Banora Pt. Next to St Jospeh’s College)
Yeah no way would I pass up an offer like this if I had the chance! He said I have more qualifications than he did when he applied as well.
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IT support in schools I assume? I do much the same job in the ACT, one of the best jobs I’ve ever had. I’d definitely say go for it, if anything it’s really good experience.
Also, I’ve solved issues for my old teachers, it’s a bit weird if they recognise you. My tattoos usually throw them though.
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Yeah exact same thing, and since they have implemented Windows 7 across the board & all schools have identical computers etc, it has made his job so much easier he said. Which is good cause I know it was a right bitch at times before hand.
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Was just thinking about this:
“I don’t think normally”
“I don’t think, normally”
The comma doesn’t really make any difference, both sentences mean that you’re a looney 😛
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I think “I don’t think normally” means you think like a loony while “I don’t think, normally” means you are impulsive, Don’t you think?
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Sometimes I think I’m way too particular about my music collection. For some reason, I’m in the process of going through all 15 albums from the Humble Indie Music Bundle, renaming all the files so they are just called the title of the song, checking all the file properties to make sure the Artist, year, album, genre are all the same etc etc.
Why? I have no idea. I just like things to be right I guess. It’s taking an age as well
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Never fear. I do the same thing. Always have. Used to spend ages with my old MD player trying to make sure everything was labelled right. And the MD UI was NOT user friendly.
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Whew, so I’m not the only mad one. Luckily most of them downloaded such that the file name was “Album Artist – Game name OST – Song Artist – Track number – Title” so I just had to hit rename, home, then hold down the delete button to get rid of all the extra info. But there’s been times, especially when I’m ripping songs of youtube, where its all over ht eplace. Thats gets annoying really fast
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Ah done. Now I just have to wait for all 297 songs to sync across to my iphone and I can call it a night
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I do this too man! I need to do it with my Slayer discography. Not keen, 1983 to present day of studio albums & EP’s. Been putting it off for a long time.
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I do it for nearly everything on iTunes or whatever songs I sync to my iDevices. I HAVE to have an album cover and if there isn’t one I’ll make one :). Looks pretty when everything is organised nicely and you can see all the albums next to each other on my iPhone. Its hard to find songs when other people just have stuff from everywhere, especially back in the day when people used Limewire. Songs weren’t organised or labelled, named correctly and had no artwork either :/
I never knew “LoL” could mean something else… Until today. Wow.
Personally, I prefer full-fledged RTS games where I have to build a base, rack up resources and create a monstrous planet-sized army or something.
Guess I should stick with Supreme Commander, heh.
Also, I’ve faced japanese Front Mission Evolved players. I’ve met brutality incarnated in the shape of mechs. Those guys were crazy!
Oh! I almost forgot, since I noticed most of you handle Apple-Tech that is still a bit too advanced for my earnings, I thought putting files in the damn thing involved copy-pasting?
Is there some extra black magic involved? *curiosity*
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Transferring your music to an iPhone usually requires the sacrifice of a firstborn or two and an offering of an elixir of 12 virgins tears.
Then iTunes crashes halfway and you need to start over again.
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I am sure Steve Jobs took the secrets of successfully transfering data to an iDevice via iTunes to the grave with him.
Actually it’s straight forward if iTunes doesn’t crash or spewing up stupid “error” messages.
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Haha yeah, error free. Because the only errors are the users, right? Right? haha.
I’ll be honest here, i’ve never had the Mac equivalent of the registry fall over because of a operating system update. I am looking at you Windows Vista.
But that was Vista, so I should let that slide I guess. Never had a problem with OSX or Windows (apart from when I broke it on accident =D!)
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I have nothing but major issue with iTunes. Lucky if it stays open for 15mins without crashing. Even on my phone it constantly stops which is annoying when listening to 2 hour podcasts.
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Ouch :S
Only problem I have which seems to be a driver issue with my keyboards media keys, sometimes when skipping songs it will just keep skipping instead of just changing to the next song >.< turns out I have to restart to fix that problem.
But I have used it since like version 4 or 5 haha. Much like Firefox been using it since 1.5
Everything has it's flaws, nothing is perfect. No matter WHAT Apple say, there is usually something out there that does the same & more as what they're offering for cheaper. But probably not as easily as a lot of their stuff i've noticed.
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hahaha! I like that one! (The errors are the users)
I agree with it wholeheartedly since the only time Windows broke here was when my parents decided it was good to run the comp without an anti-virus. And, to top it all, put a pirated anti-virus. Argh. But I’m always the one who does it all wrong. D’oh!
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Haha, yeah most times I have had to fix something for someone it’s been their stupidity, like letting their daughter who’s same as me on the computer. toolbars galore installed for a start x.x I ended up formatting the bloody thing.
I also learnt the hard way. Never use pirated anti-virus software. The free stuff is good enough! It gives me false hope I am protected =D
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I feel bad now. I’ve been using the same old Creative MuVo Mp3 player for the last years. It only has 256mb (!!!!!) but that’s good enough for me since it means two-three albums to listen to in a row. Just copy the files from the comp, no sync involved, works like a USB pendrive and the sound quality is very good (it has a great volume control). The best is its sturdy design. It is the only mp3 that has lasted this long. All the freaking buttons still work perfectly after 5 years!
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Ah I remember the days of the MP3 player when they were the thing to own.
I remember when I got my first MP3 player back in like 2005 I think it was, 512mb. Oh man that was soooo awesome, I was like “wow, this will hold so much music!”
Now I have an iPod Nano 16GB 6th generation or something & it’s like 1/4 the size of my first MP3 player & 32 times larger.
For several years I made do with 512MB of memory in my phone haha.
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Virus!
I may need to link up with you at some point at soundwave. I have a very strong suspicion that the guy I’m going with is just going to want to trawl the crowd trying to pickup. Which is going to get old REAL fast.
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Sure man! I am probs gonna get ditched by my friend when she wants to see acts I don’t care for.
I’ll throw you my number via twitter DM or Steam, which you prefer?
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Twitter I guess. Not on steam so much as it seems to want to download about 30gb for some reason every time I open it.
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Pink Floyd fans!
Which is song is better?
Comfortably Numb from Another Brick In The Wall
or
Wish You Were Here from Wish You Were Here
personally I think Comfortably Numb is better, not sure why but I have always like track from The Wall.
Though nothing beats the track ‘Obscured By Clouds’ by Pink Floyd best song to just fall asleep too.
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I can see where you’re coming from. It all stemmed from me & my mate arguing which is better haha.
So I just wanted to see which TAY prefers. Probably silly of me to post about it now, since it’s end of the night & new TAY in the morning.
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Freeze, why am I winning in words with friends? It’s usually by now you’ve dominated me to the point I just continue playing to see how many 2 letter words I can make XD
What happened while Australia was sleeping?
STEAMPOCALYPSE. You read it here first. Brought to you by someone whose Sunday was just destroyed thanks to Steam. And a bunch of reckless developers giving away freaking 2000 Steam keys.
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