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Morning guys and dolls,
just this week and then i am jet setting of to a foriegn land.
This week is gonna be long on purpose . 😛
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A ‘foriegn’ land huh? Sounds dangerous. Where are you going anyway?
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The locals pronounce it SID NEE
it will be dangerous, so many kung fu experts and math geniuses.-
Why are you going there? Why aren’t you coming to my party instead? *throws tantrum*
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I have a hot date,
Bish doesn’t know we are dating yet, but he will, Oh he will. -
Bring him on a date to Brisbane. You can give him to me for a birthday present! 😛
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Asians aren’t slaves in big cities strange i can’t just give him to you. If you were to come to my town i could but we have different laws here.
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MORNING GANG!
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SNUGGIE GANG
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SNUGGIE RULEZ OK
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Good morning Mister Docter What?!
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Good morning, Lady Strange!
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Dear Masha,
HAPPY BIRTHDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Sincerely,
Lambo
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Aww. Thanks Lambo. For that I will keep the clothesline at bay 🙂
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Happy birthday frond have a delightfully amazing day 🙂
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Thank you rockets.I gather your bday is in July as well. so \o/
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Happy Birthday Potato Masha!
For your present I’ll play Dead Nation with you today :)!
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Ha Ha. Thanks Greeny. I hope you can play games with me any time not just on my bday 🙂
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Happy birthday Masha! Have you any special birthday plans?
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Not really. Being broke on your Bday kind of limits one’s options. Good news though I got a free subway voucher because it’s my birthday so free lunch \o/.
I might buy myself a game, so I’ll see.
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution. I am Batman.
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I never asked for my parents to be killed…
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Is this about the voice?
Damn that voice is annoying :/
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No, no it’s not. Adam Jensen’s voice is amazing and sexy. Batman’s voice is kind of annoying though….
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I liked Adam Jensen’s voice, at least he didn’t sound like he was grinding his voicebox on a cheesegrater like Batman’s does.
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I’m playing it just like Batman. Non-lethal takedowns, stalking and picking them off one by one. Only thing I’m missing is the mask and cape.
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Oh man that voice, it’s so awesome.
So yeah I played a few shmups over the weekend, did some Jamestown and Ethervapor (I got to playing it Scree!) and I’ve been enjoying the hell out of both. So many cool explosions and bullets flying EVERYWHERE! I’d write a little review for Ethervapor once I’ve gotten further into the game, but so far I’m enjoying the hell out of it, with multiple different firing styles each having their own uses and gorgeous graphics at a constant 60 FPS, no chugging or jittering of any kind. 🙂
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If you’re into shmups, Bug Princess 2 just came out on iOS. It’s by Cave, so you know it’s gonna be good.
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Well I always loved going to the arcade to play Raiden 2 when I was little. I don’t use any iOS devices so I stick to PC. Thanks anyway though 🙂
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I got into a big funk over the weekend and didn’t feel likep laying anything until the early AM yesterday, so I didn’t get a lot of shameless gaming, but once I got rolling on Prototype 2 I was fine. I think I was jsut too bored to do anything interesting but Prototype 2 is so stupidly fun that I snapped right out of it.
I reckon I can finish it on Hard but for the purpose of shameless gaming month I’m gonig to just finish it and chase the rest of the achievements later – I’m confident I will come back to it this time. I’m tempted to go back and finish Prototype 1, but that might be for another time. I think once I finish Prototype 2 (which I can probably do tonight), I’ll surprise my wife by actually playing Alan Wake, something she has been pestering me to do for aaaages. Again, I’m going to go for finishing the story and not try to match her 1000/1000 gamerscore on it, but I think she’ll be glad since it was one of her favourite games of this gen. Also, it had the featured music from Potaku a few weeks ago which is like 75% of the reason I was compelled to add it to my to-do list for this year’s Shameless Gaming month. 😛
Ah the fresh scent of a new TAY. Hello gang!
I spent most of my weekend housesitting for a friend, which meant limited gaming time and I had to take care of their dog. She was sweet, but I’ve learned I’m not the best with dogs. Had to raise my voice a lot because she kept barking every time I got near the back door, and instead of properly playing fetch with me she would bark at the ball and look at me until I walked over to her to throw it again.
Suffice to say I am glad to be home again with my two cats who are very quiet. Today I hope to have another go at Skyward Sword, which I’m really enjoying so far, but I seem to be constantly having to realign the wii remote with the screen, which is actually starting to get a bit annoying.
Anywya, next week Rocketman comes to visit! That’s gonna be fun!
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I’m dogsitting currently, too! He’s a vicious thing until you’ve been in the yard for 10 minutes, at which point he apparently loses interest. Go figure. He’s got “fetch” down pat too. You throw the ball/stick/frisbee, he watches. You go to pick up ball/stick/frisbee, he watches.
I should probably just use a boomerang, huh.How are the newer LoZ games? I haven’t played anything after Majora’s Mask, and I didn’t even finish that one. LttP and OoT will forever be my favourites, I believe 😀
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I think these dogs are taunting us, dude.
I’ve never finished a Zelda game (got lots of shock reactions on Twitter about that) so it’s all pretty new to me. I love the art style of Skyward Sword, but the motion controls are a bit picky and I can see that being a bit of a problem down the road. But I’m still enjoying it a lot.
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I’ve never finished one either! I almost finished Wind Waker but got distracted by another game and never got around to finishing it. I started it again and did exactly the same thing, too.
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Well, good thing it’s shameless gaming month!
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Don’t worry it’s not as bad as the few people WHO HAVE NEVER PLAYED ZELDA BEFORE!!
As for more recent Zelda games I assume you mean SS and TP? TP is my least favourite 3D Zelda and SS is either 3rd or 4th (swaps with WindWaker) so it’s not too bad. Combat was actually challenging and a lot of fun but overall it felt lacking (still awesome though!). As for TP… Well… Yeah…
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Ha Ha.
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You really don’t like me Greenman 🙁
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I’m going to burst in with my opinion! TP is my favourite Zelda, SS comes second, OoT is third. It doesn’t help that I played them in TP, OoT, SS order, and the dungeon design of OoT has not aged at all well. If it weren’t for Fi being Navi levels of annoying(if not worse), I’d probably rank SS higher than TP.
Work computer has crashed twice this morning. The normal IT person has taken the day off, meaning that it’s my responsibility to fix it.
Bugger that, I’m calling the help desk.
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Have you tried turning it off and on again?
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By crashed, I mean spontaneously restarted.
So yes.
It did that for me. :p
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Try turning it off with a hammer. It never seems to fix the issue, but it makes me feel better about it 😀
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I find that throwing it out the window will do wonders. It will stop your immediate issues from continuing.
Just might cause a few new ones.
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I has no windows 🙁
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Stuck with Linux eh?
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Har har, I see what you did there 😉
No, I use windows machines, but they coop me up in the corner, under the warming, familial fluorescent glow and hum of the magic light-tubes, with naught but the company of computer components and the quoll which resides in my wall.
Much like at home, I guess.
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Ok, I need some help people. I have just been given a PS3 from my brother in law who was ‘bored’ with it, and after looking at his choice in games, I can see why!
I need to know what PS3 exclusives are worth playing, I say exclusives because I have a PC gaming rig, and a 360 (the 360 was just for RDR and a media centre extender) and I’m sure there are some good games out there that I can’t play on my PC and I want to know what they are!
I’ve signed onto PSN and purchased the HD remaster of Beyond Good and Evil and am absolutly enthralled with it, but what else should I be looking at?
-ve points for anyone that suggested NBA games or COD et al
I really wanted the console so I could play Ni No Kuni when it comes out locally in Jan, but what else should I be looking at? I’ve been considering God of war and Dark souls, but am open to other suggestions!
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The Uncharted series is good value (you can get a bundle with the first and second games packed in as well). And if you don’t mind anime-style, Valkyria Chronicles is an awesome strategy game.
Can’t wait for Ni no Kuni, either!
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Ok, I think someone below also suggested Valkyria Chronicles, so I’ll check in on that one as well.
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Demon’s Souls, Uncharted (the whole series), Journey and Ico/Shadow of the Colossus are all rather good exclusives.
Valkryia Chronicles might be good if you’re into turn based strategy RPGs.
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– Uncharted Series
– LittleBigPlanet
– Ratchet and Clank seriesWhat sort of games do you usually play?
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My PC Collection Ranges through ArmA series, to take is Half life and portal, through Bauldergate and NWN, stopping off for a breif visit to the hospital to console a friend who took an arrow in the knee, driving past Project CARS with stops for final fantasy, Assasins Creed, Sins of a Solar empire and a good SINGLE PLAYER FPS experience. Multiplayer FPS just shits me to tears now adays, back in they beta CS days it was all good, perhaps I’ve just gotten too old and you all need to GET OFF MY LAWN.
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Uncharteds, LBPs can be fun co-op, MGSs, GoWs, Ratchet and Clanks, Journey, Flower, Wipeout HD, Ninja Gaiden Sigmas
Games I haven’t really played but heard are pretty good: Killzones, Resistances, PixelJunk games
Have you played the main PS2 exclusives? If not then HD Classics are obvious choices. Like Jak, Ratchet, Okami, GoW, SoTC, Ico and PoP.
I think that covers everything 🙂
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Yeah, I was tempted by little big planet, I don’t really see myself with enough time to use the level creation stuff, but I do like a good platformer!
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COD is a good series but mostly better on the 360 so I won’t suggest it.
Anyway good PS3 games:
Retail:
1. Ratchet and Clank:Tools of destruction
2. Ratchet and Clank: A crack in time.
3. God of War collection 1and 2 and God of War 3.
4. Resistance 3Downloadable:
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Ratchet and Clank, roger that, they do look quite fun! But I’ll have to finish beyond good and evil first. I’m really surprised by that game, it hooked me instantly, which is quite hard for a game these days. Probably because I’m quite jaded.
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God of War Collection and God of War 3
All the Uncharted games (I’ve only played the second one, which is amazing, but I’ve heard the first and third are decent)
Both inFamous games
Heavy Rain
Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls (I know Dark Souls isn’t an exclusive but still)
Killzone 3 is a decent shooter if your into shooters. It’s multiplayer’s pretty fun.-
Ok, so I looks like god of war gets a look in then, also I’ll check out uncharted as I do like a good action adventure!
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inFamous was excellent. Really great.
Valkyria Chronicles is underrated and should be a system-seller.
Uncharted is good if you’re after a movie with patches of gameplay in between.
Howdy Tayberinos
I spent most of my weekend being social and the like, and not focusing on important things like my pineapple. I did get to ask Terry Pratchett a question via Skype, and even managed to do that without fanboying out.
So a Monday morning question: Which fictional world deserves a modern video game treatment? I would love a living, breathing Discworld to explore.
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Oh my stars, YES!
There was an older Discworld game for PC years ago, if I recall correctly?-
There were three- two Rincewind ones and one with new characters. I’d love an RPG where you play as a watchman, take orders from Vimes, patrol with Detritus…
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I started thinking about an RPG a few years ago, set primarily in Ankh-Morpork, with it kind of being a mash up of the Elder Scrolls style do everything, with different starting things a bit like Dragon Age Origins, but way more in depth than it ever did. It would have been glorious. Well, it was glorious, in my mind.
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Morning everyone.
Nothing is really happening here except the only thing we have for breakfast is Weaties and they give me heart burn ;_;
@Techie YAY! Glad you’re enjoying it. Maybe try the eXceed demos also.
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I think I need glasses o.0
I misread the first part as saying that weaties give you heat bum :sPerhaps it’s time for a new cereal?
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I usually eat ones that are full of sugar, no problems with those =D
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I don’t think I’ve eaten cereal (or breakfast at all) for a good few years now. For some reason, I feel ill at the thought of eating something before 11am.
You could always go buy sugar-filled sugar cereal?
OHHH!!! M&Ms in a bowl of milk! DO IT!-
Fruit loops, Crunchy nut and coco pops are among my favourites
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I think what’s really drawing me in is the combat and the soundtrack. It’s the best sountrack for a shmup I’ve ever heard, especially those boss battles. So much adrenaline!
Oh yeah! I’ve gotten up to scene 3’s boss now but still died. I like how it gives you just a little more each time you finish playing just so you can go that one step further.
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Does it? I didn’t even notice. ^^;;
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The demo didn’t but the full game does, you get far enough it’ll give you an extra credit, and my last try of it getting to that boss got me 3 shields instead of 2 now. Well I think the soundtrack fits the setting very nicely to be honest. When you look at Jamestown’s, that’s got a very army-like soundtrack when it comes to the levels and bosses have like a scary theme like a “whoa big scary monster!” vibe to it.
The point is it’s going to happen anyway, people hate it when others such as myself love it.
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I have the full game but I still didn’t notice.
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You get the messages after you lose all your credits and lives just before going back to the main menu. I think the first one came after the first 2-3 attempts.
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I think because I had a debug version I didn’t notice it XD
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HEY SCREE!!!
How did your card making thingie go? You were down to 1 more card last I heard.
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FINISHED! I just have to assemble them, but I’m being lazy =P
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Woooo Lazy! Also did you get any time to play more skyward sword?
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I did, I’m up to the third trial but I keep missing the pearls on the ramps
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Cool, I remember that bit. It can get a bit tense trying to collect all the orbs while avoiding basically everything.
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Yeah, i kept missing which was making me frustrated. So i gave up =P
I’ll try again tomorrow. I think because I’m trying to avoid the sound water I keep missing it
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CLANG got funded! Accurate sword fighting \o/
For those that haven’t seen it, it’s worth watching the video: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260688528/clang
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Can’t wait to see what they come up with
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It’s a nice idea but really all he’s making is an engine, and I’m wondering what it’s going to cost for this custom motion peripheral that will enable his realistic 1:1 swordfighting.
I really hope Valve or Bungie (who seem to be involved in/support of) take it and make an actual game with it. Hell, maybe they can make a Snow Crash game. Or maybe this is step one to making a proper Metaverse. Next up: truly realistic facial animations.
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Ouch. Yeah, I’ll pass until there’s a real game that uses the CLANG engine.
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Hi all, just thought I’d jump in and say that.
I finished two games over the weekend so shameless gaming is ON! Stacking and Amnesia. Both great games. I suggest you play them both. Amnesia really sucked me in and as a result I was quite jumpy throughout. There were a few puzzles where I would have appreciated a bit more of a hand but apart from that I loved it.
Next is RAGE I think then I move onto something else.
Also I made this last night and im quite proud. Its a map of the Trials Evo world. It comprises 138 unique screen grabs and took me ages. Still looks bad in parts but its good enough.
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Holy CRAP!
That’s amazing! I wasn’t even aware it was a single area!
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yeah if you go into the track editor you can see it all. Its approx 2km X 4km at sea level and every in game track was built on top of the same ‘world’ but with changing the lighting and locations etc ou can make it loo quite different.
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Wow, that’s awesome.
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FInished Limbo on the weekend. I’m pretty late to the party on that one. It’s a great game. I’m sure you’ve all played it but incase any of you are like me I’ll rot13 this, Jura V tbg gb gur raq V ubarfgyl gubhtug gur tnzr unq guebja zr onpx gb gur svefg yriry naq gung jnf jung gur raq jnf, gung gurer jnf ab raq naq gung lbh jrer qbbzrq gb ercrng gur fnzr guvat bire naq bire ntnva sbe rgreavgl. Gura V jnyxrq yrsg n ovg naq sbhaq zl fvfgre. V guvax V cersre jung V bevtvanyyl gubhtug gur raqvat jnf tbvat gb or. Vg whfg srryf yvxr vg jbhyq unir svg jvgu gur tnzr n ybg orggre.
Also, I was feeling nostalgic so I played some Jet Set Radio Future. Such a great game. The soundtrack is awesome. Even birthday cake, which is an awful song, is strangely catchy.
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That was the only reason I wanted an Xbox originally. JSRF was such a great game, does it still hold up?
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Yep. I actually think I’m enjoying playing more now then when I was a kid because I actually understand it a lot better. It’s got some flaws that you wouldn’t see in todays games, such as not being able to control the camera, but it’s still awesome.
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Yeah, I must say that when I played, I had no idea what was happening.
…not that it mattered in the slightest. There was rollerblades, graffiti and bangin’ tunes. Who cares about plot devices?!-
I LOVE JSRF! One of my favourite games of all time =D
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Damn, finally finished Albion (BlueByte Software 1995) Pretty cool RPG, thoroughly satisfied 🙂
Its been on my pile of shame since about 1997. Also finished Bubble Bobble with my brother on the master system… 🙂
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Such a good game. I remember watching my cousin playing and just smashing everything at the start as thinking he was the best at it. Turns out he was just getting the pistol at the start, which I didn’t know about at the time.
Something that I came across last night:
http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20012
Dell 23″ LCD ultra-slim monitor for $159 + postage.
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I recently purchased a 27″ WQHD (2560×1440) LED monitor for $300, including expedited shipping. It’s called the Yamakasi Catleap, and people over at overclockers.net and Whirlpool go nuts for them.
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Tempting, but I’ve decided that the next monitor I buy is going to have a crapload of HDMI inputs. This has one via a…. yuck… dongle.
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TN Panel 🙁 Look for IPS panels!
Thanks for all the PS3 Game suggestions, if anyone has anymore, especially some kiddy friendly games (Ages 4 and 7) that would be nice also. I’ll defiantly be checking out the uncharted series and valkyria chronicles and possibly little big planet.
But if you have a different take, please keep the suggestions coming, unless we really have come to the end of standout PS3 Titles, what about ICO and Shadow of the Colossus?
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They’re fun but definitely show their age as PS2 games. LBP is perfect for the kiddies and Ratchet and Clank would be good too :).
Not sure about ModNation Racers but I hear that’s good too.
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Never had a PS2, so if they have done an HD remake (Ala Beyond Good and Evil) I’m all for that, I’m more interested in the game play than stunning graphics.
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I can certainly recommend Ratchet and Clank, it was brilliant. I think I played the first 4 games, actually. Definitely check it out mate.
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Yep they did HD remakes for Ico/SoTC and the first 3 Ratchet Games (the fourth is apparently getting one too but it’ll be a downloadable PSN title). There’s also 3 PS3 Ratchet games (the third, A Crack in Time is probably the best but there’s some challenging puzzles which might be hard for kids).
The best thing I can say is buy PlayStation Plus. It’s $70 for a year and they’re offering a bunch of ‘free’ games each month. I say ‘free’ because they’re only free to play as long as you’re a subscriber but it’s definitely worth it. They’re offering Little Big Planet 2 (which is better than the first) as one of the free games and a few other noteworthy titles (inFamous 2, Deus Ex: HR) with more to come 🙂
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Ok, I saw that + thing when I was signing up, so each month I get more free games that I get to keep on the PS3 until I end my subscription? Do they list these anywhere?
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PlayStation Blog usually have an update in the first few days of the month. It was announced during E3 so it’s in its second month and the first game has already been swapped out (Virtua Fighter for Deus Ex: HR earlier this month). The next two games to swap are Space Marine (worth playing) and Super Chime Deluxe (meh) on the 18th so if you subscribe and ‘purchase’ them you can still play them even if they’ve swapped out.
Basically they’ll be free to all + subscribers and you don’t need to actually download them to keep them. Just ‘purchase’ them from the PSN store while they’re free for it to count and you can download them later from a sort of “previous purchases” list.
There’s 10 main games that are free for PS+ subscribers. 3 of these games will be there forever and the others will swap out after a certain date (it’s all in the blog link below). There’s also other free games offered (most of them aren’t as good though) and other features of being a PS+ member like exclusive themes, gamer pictures, demos, betas. But the main 2 features are cloud saves and automatic updating. Set a time on your PS3 and it’ll automatically turn itself on at the time, back up your specified saves and automatically download any system updates or game updates :). Amazing value for $6 a month.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/07/03/heads-up-playstation-plus-update-4th-july-2012/
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Ok Cool, for Little Big Planet 2 and and Odd world that seems worth it.
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Sly racoon remake
definetely worth playing through shadow of the colossus and ICO… also you may want to check out Heavy Rain (not kid friendly!) and Little big planet (kid friendly). God of war series is pretty cool if you’re into that sort of thing (I’m not)
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Heavy Rain, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet and Clank Series, Infamous Series, Demons Soul.
Also look out for Beyond: Two Souls, and The Last of Us
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Cheers, I’ll read up on Beyond and The Last of Us. What don’t you like about the GoW series? I know next to nothing about it, so I’m curious as to what turns you off it. 3D Dot Game Heroes eh.. sounds bizzare, I’ll look it up as well!
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Oh man completely forgot about 3D Dot. It’s basically classic 2D Zelda but it can be hard.
I’d argue that Ratchet and Clank games are kid friendly as long as they like blowing up things (cartoony violence)
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The eldest loves Wind Waker on the Dolphin EMU such a great game that when I sold the GC I kept my collectors edition of it ^_^ She does find the boss battles too hard though, but Loves exploring the islands and sailing around.
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Yeah, Wind Waker is an amazing game, I remember playing it as a kid 😀
3D Dot Heroes is more of a 2D Zelda though like previous entries and while they share similar aspects to 3D Zeldas they’re quite different. When I say 2D Zelda I’m referring to the older type of isometric Zelda games (the original, Link to the Past, Gameboy ones) and 3D referring to the newer ones (OoT, MM, WW, TP, SS). It’s kid friendly in terms of content but it’s quite hard even for me :P.
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Ok, I just looked at a trailer for Dot Heroes, and that looks AWESOME! Now, I hope it is on PSN for download…..
I just thought of another MUST HAVE game. Katamari Forever! I’m sure your kids (and you) will love it. I’m not sure if you’ve played Katamari before (there was a pretty crappy 360 version) or seen it but it’s a whole lot of fun and absolutely insane.
Basically you play the Prince of all Cosmos (and his cousins) and you roll around a giant ball picking up stuff. Yep, that’s basically it. My favourite levels are when you start fairly small and end up rolling a Katamari big enough to pick up planets.
@Klutar, I concede defeat, good sire! Slightly jealous, friend.
More of the size of the desk than the monitors, though. I can barely fit my 3 23″s as it is, there’s no room either side for anything 0.0
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Haha yeah, I had to go buy a massive desk just to fit everything on there.
The only problem now is, I constantly want bigger and better upgrades, now it’s just getting ridiculously expensive for only slight upgrades. BUT I MUST HAVE ALL THE TECH-
ALL THE SCREENS!
Seriously, I know the feeling. I started with “Oh, I’ll just get a great computer to begin with, so I won’t need to upgrade/replace for a few years”.
Followed by “Oh, that soundcard looks gorgeous, I think I need that to really show the potential of my headphones”, and “OK, maybe ONE more monitor”.Now, I’m looking to find another videocard. I think I’ve met a dead-end there though, which is a blessing for my wallet, I guess :p
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Yeah, now I have a son, I really can’t be wasting money on upgrading my computer. Before I know it he will be asking me to build him his own rig!
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N3RD’s post last page reminded me of a question I thought about last night.
What’s the oldest game in the pile of shame? Not the game that’s been there the longest but the game that came out the longest time ago. For me it’s probably Final Fantasy VIII.
I guess HD and other re-releases will only count as their original release date if they’ve only received a slight graphical update (ie. no significant modes added or huge graphical re-designs etc.)
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Super Mario bros.
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Pong.
So Sid had been outside for a while. I decided to check on him, just to make sure he hadn’t gone for a wander.
He was there, but I was shocked to see what he’d found. Someone had wrapped some pig skin in newspaper and had dumped it somewhere. Sid had found it and brought it back home.
I then noticed there was an unusual coloured stamp on the skin. When I opened it, I found 2 and a half tattoos, done in a purple colour.
So someone had bought a tattoo gun, tested it on this pig skin and dumped it for my dog to find it and start eating it!
It concerns me because I’m not sure if the ink will poison him =(
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That’s disgusting! Why didn’t this human just bin it?!
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Whoever they are, they’ve been doing it a while.
Sid has also found Cooked lamb bones which is incredibly dangerous.
He’s found other bones, also cooked too. I’m not sure if they’re dumping it in the paddock, or if he’s finding it elsewhere
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Pretty sure it’ll be harmless if it’s proper tattoo ink, but I’d suggest keeping an eye on him just in case.
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As it’s a home job, I have no idea. It’s was all dotty, so I’m very unsure
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Sports, sports, sports, sports!
So who likes sports?
I know I do because my guys won ALL THE SPORTS yesterday.
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Cadel came second in the Tour de France stage last night and did not manage to gain any time on Wiggins.
So close. So very close.
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OK, so that was the only tarnish on an otherwise remarkable day. But Federer won Wimbledon, Manly won in the NRL, Webber won the F1 and my soccer team won its first game of the year with me scoring my first goal of the year. This is the rare kind of day that sports nuts like myself live for!
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I was just hoping he could snatch the yellow jersey before today’s time trial. Wiggins will probably retain it for a while now.
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If nothing else Wiggans can have a sook because he can’t wear is specific sky made skin suit and will have to wear what the UCI provide.
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I like sports. I’m a football(soccer) fan. I enjoyed the Euro championships and I can’t wait for the premiership to start again.
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What do you think of FIFA approving goal line technology? Good for the game?
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I can’t see how it’s a bad thing to have instant acknowledgement that, even if it is shown to have any inaccuracies, is going to be far more accurate than the current approach.
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I can see the rationale for it but sometimes the drama of the Refs decision adds some tension to a game.
Although I think overall I’m for it, especially if it can affect the outcome of an important match.
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What’s up with the minecraft server?
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Is greenius logged in? 😛
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HELPIUS
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Trollius Assistius?
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It appears to be having… problems.
Apart from that, I cannot tell.
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Keeps saying the server is disconnecting me.
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Yup. It is definitely doing that.
We should probably shout at cake, though I imagine he’s still asleep.
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Just tried logging in to see if it was a problem or your end or not but it’s not. I got the same error the instant I tried to log in and it said something about verifying my username.
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Alright, I won’t bother then
Thanks Greenius and Blaghman
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So, after the first full week of Shameless Gaming, I’ve finished 4 games from my pile of shame, and finished 1 other that I only started recently. \o/
In other news, GET SPELUNKY! It is so, so much fun.
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I finished 2 games the week before Shameless Gaming. I have finished none thus far this month. BEST!
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Sigh.
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It’s time to go buy 20 games, just so that I can keep up my negative progress!
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You just insist on doing it wrong, don’t you? :p
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I’ve already counted it as a complete failure. I have no motivation at all to go back and play games I never finished. Because basically, if I didn’t finish them I don’t want to finish them. I sat there staring at my games collection for an hour yesterday. Ended up playing nothing.
I’m an empty husk of a gamer these days.-
I’ve noticed I’ve begun to transition from “gamer” to “collector”. The unfortunate thing is that the “collection” is predominantly digital downloads, thus intangible and ethereal.
I tend to have one or two games I truly play, the others just seem to be like a trophy wife. You f*** around for a while, but really it’s just about flaunting, and in the end the games come out on top and make off with my wallet.Trying too hard to level up in life.
And I thought Korean RPGs had a lot of grind.-
I’ve also found single player games just don’t do it for as much anymore. Things like Mass Effect I love because of the depth of story. But just your average game, I can barely bring myself to play single player. Multiplayer or nothing. I think I really just need to be playing an MMO.
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Yeah, the sense of community is what I need whilst gaming, I think. Playing Trials has given me a fresh look at it, due to being singleplayer yet still having the active leaderboards amongst friends. It’s a really well implemented mechanic, and I think that’s what’s kept pushing me with that game in particular.
As for multiplayer in general, #MondayNightHaloFights has pulled me back to the X360 more than anything else, and TF2sdays is a great thing for me too. I stopped playing WoW a while back due to essentially playing by myself anyway.
If I have a group to play with, it makes it all the better.
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So how bout them Steam sales?
Apparently it’s starting on the 12th of July. That’s…this many away! *shows 3 fingers*
Shameless Gaming is about to get interesting.
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I can get Half Life Episodes 1 and 2!
Going to wait until the last day of the sales to care about anything else. Hopefully, I don’t slide too far backwards.
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Oh man, that’ll set you back like $2!
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$16 if I don’t wait for the sales. Hence my patience.
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Ooh, assuming this is true, I’ve got to set up my Paypal properly in preparation for this.
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That’s not how it works. Just throw your wallet at your screen until you have all the games.
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Sounds good. Does the wallet have to have money in it?
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That does seem to be preferable.
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Bugger. I was hoping for a few free games.
I suppose I can part with a few bucks for Half Life stuff, though. Like you I really need to play those.
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Every chance for free stuff, if it’s anything like past sales. Get certain achievements in certain games, get free stuff (little bits of DLC, a few games, etc.).
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Ah yes, I remember the coal from the Christmas sales. 😛
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I’ve been hoarding away some money every month in preparation for this. The mind is ready. The mouse is ready. The debit card better be ready.
LUNCH TIME!!!
Chikkin wif Camembert, and sammin wif prawns mornay.
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Chikkin feels like rubber in my mouth 🙁
Sammin tastes like awesome.What’s everyone else eating?
Additionally, and tangentially, what’s everyone listening to today? My current playlist is NIN, Finntroll and IWrestledABearOnce whilst at work, and Garbage, Cranberries and The Distillers whilst at home.
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Ham and cheese sandwiches made by my wonderful girlfriend
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Always nice when she can be with you because you are working from home for the day
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I haven’t eaten yet… I hate work :'(
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But you don’t even need to eat. I figured that’s why they hired you! “Imagine the increased productivity of an android!” I’d hear them exclaim. “The original outlay will pay itself off 3 times over in a month!”.
Unfortunately, an android only wishes to be accepted, to be loved.
…to eat.
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Meatballs and potato
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Blizzard is hosting national championships in SC2 at the moment. The French one was this weekend and Stephano swept the whole damned thing. Didn’t lose a game.
I’m looking forward to the Swedish on. Oddly enough, Sweden is pretty much the place to look for non-Korean SC2 pros. Kind of strange how that happens, where a handful of countries (in this case Sweden and Korea) can dominate at a particular game or sport.
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If I were able to follow what was going on in SC2, I’m sure I’d enjoy spectating a whole lot more. Currently, it’s just “Hey! Pretty colours! OH LOOK, ZERG RUSH!”
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It’s not that hard to get into. Most of the casters do a good job of explaining what’s going on. Day9 and dApollo are particularly good. Look for games cast by them and you’ll work things out pretty quickly.
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Yeah, also going through the 400odd Day9 dailies helps too
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That’s more if you’re intent on actually playing the game. I’ve stopped watching the dailies lately. Realised that I wasn’t really getting anything out of them.
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So, have just been told I owe $1080 for a service on my ute. Haven’t seen the invoice yet, but they had want to have itemized everything to justify such a price. Wish I hadn’t bought that TV now…
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I paid $1600 for a service on my Commodore a few weeks back, so at least it’s not that?
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That makes me feel a bit better I guess, but the most I’ve ever payed for a service was $400. I guess it’s a major service, but it still took me by surprise.
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“$475 for elbow grease? $220 for headlight fluid? Seems legit, here’s your $1080!”
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They use only Toyota genuine elbow grease and headlight fluid, so double those values.
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He’s got a Puma?!
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A walrus.
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No it’s a Chupathingy!
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I told you to stop making up animals!
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Sorry for (even) late(r than normal) TABTOL… spent most of my time since Thursday evening in bed, trying to ditch some cold/sickness/disease/plague I acquired, and it totally slipped my mind this morning.
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Post #1000: Trjn on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 12:43 PM
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Pretty amazing seeing how consistently quiet this place has been lately. I remember when I first joined, 3500 posts was the norm. (this then continues into a ‘back in my day’ rant)
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When I joined, it was 3500-4000 or so, yeah. Quiet TAY isn’t such a bad thing though :p
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Back in my day, breaking 1000 posts was a hell of a thing. Swings and roundabouts, I suppose.
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#35 comes in at #35.
my work here is finished.
*flies off*-
Ha Ha nice
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WOOOOSH!
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We should hang out some time.
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BAM!
1 game off the pile. Goodbye Alice: Madness Returns. I really wish I understood your story, but god it was told badly.
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How long did that one take?
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Total game time? About 13 hours, at a guess. But I played about half of it almost a year back, and only just got around to playing the rest.
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I have just started this having been a huge fun of American Mcgee’s Alice… But for some reason I’m just not enjoying it as much as I feel I should
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Huge fan… FAN… Fan fan fan, damnit iPhone
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You misspelled English as iPhone.
HI PIXEL!
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Frak you, ya jerk!
HI RIZE
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I never finished the first Alice. I got up to the maze, quite near the end, I think(I might have even gotten through it, can’t remember), but I never finished it. My main problem was that I was determined to conserve ammo, so my strategy for the whole game was to throw the vorpal blade while backtracking. Worked moderately well.
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It’s a fairly simple plot.
Nyvpr jnf gevpxrq vagb guvaxvat gung fur jnf erfcbafvoyr sbe gur qrngu bs ure snzvyl nsgre jungfuvfsnpr gur qbpgbe oebxr vagb ure ubhfr, encrq ure fvfgre naq gura frg gur ubhfr ba sver.
Fur jnfa’g znq hagvy ur jrag naq zrffrq jvgu ure urnq gb gel naq pbire uvf genpxf. Fur svanyyl jbexrq vg bhg, ubcvat gb ertnva ure fnavgl ohg raqrq hc qrfpraqvat shegure vagb znqarff nalubj.
It wasn’t told well in the slightest but swishy dresses!
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Well yes, clearly. But it doesn’t bother trying to properly address characters, or to actually coherently connect its events.
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There is a convenient hand wave for that. It’s the tortured fragments of a deluded girl’s mind.
At the very least, they were consistent with that :p.
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that swishy dresses part was particularly girly, Bunny.
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It’s a pretty fair summary of the game. Swishy dresses and butterflies.
There were even DLC swishy dresses that gave you powerups or some nonsense.
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That game was so frustrating.
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Really? I didn’t really find it frustrating, but that could have been because I was on the average difficulty, and used weapons that let me cheat.
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I hate timed jumping puzzles with shit camera angles
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I found that the jumping was never really a problem, thanks to triple jump. Almost all the jumps in the game could be done with either a single or double jump(and those which required the triple were stupidly simple), so there was a moderate amount of give. Still, fair enough. Maybe I’m just a wizard.
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There were some sections where the camera was nice and derpy. Nothing in the game stood out as difficult though.
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Yeah, some sections just had the worst camera angles going on. I played it on 360 when it first came out, maybe they patched some
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Anyone have the financial know how to give me some advice on the best way to go about acquireing a new car? I’m hopeless at these things.
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Lurk in shopping centre car parks until you find a car with the keys left in the ignition.
Break the window.
Report the attempted theft to the authorities and claim a reward.
Repeated until you have tens of thousands of dollars.
Buy a car outright.
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Speeling lisons would also be handy it seems.
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What sort of car? Loan or Cash? Buying new or used?
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Buying new SV6 ute. Most likely finance.
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If at all possible, go for a dealer ex-demo- knocks a couple grand off the price that you’d lose by driving it off the lot anyway.
Shop around, NEVER accept a dealer’s first price. when haggling, go in with a likely target amount and start about a grand lower. Don’t be afraid to walk out if they’re not coming to the party, and be aware that once they sell you the car they’ll try give you a bunch of extras. Make sure that you know what you want.
If possible, deal with a country dealer- they live and die by their reputation, so are more open to deals and will generally treat you better.
In terms of loans, shop around for that too- many times credit unions will give you a slightly cheaper loan rate. the higher amount you pay up front, the cheaper it’ll be in the long run (but you probably know this)
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Also, caveat: I am not a financial adviser, and I’m certainly not YOUR financial adviser.
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A general target is around 10% off. Be prepared to move either way. Appear confident and as though you know exactly what you want. You’ll be in a better position if you come in ready to talk. Be prepared to walk. You may get a call later from the salesman saying he’s changed his mind.
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This. Also, I don’t know how old you are (from memory, a bit older than me) but be prepared for salesmen to try and pull one over the young guy. Get as much as you can in writing.
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Never *EVER* be afraid to haggle. If they want to make the sale they’ll deal with it.
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Thanks guys. Bit of knowledge can go a long way.
Hi guys, and happy birthday Masha!
In lieu of a present ,I present to you these:
http://www.howbigismypotato.com/potato.jpg
http://208.71.34.142/comments/birthdays/happy-birthday/HappyBirthday004.gif
Have a great birthday! 😀
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Awww, thanks man. I really like the teddy bear e-card. The potato pic was funny as well. Thanks
Hey guys, happy Monday 🙂
A couple of months ago I posted a preview of an animation me and my brother were making. We finally finished it so I thought I’d share it! It’s about 10 minutes long and people seem to enjoy it even if they don’t get many of the references. We hope to make more animations and actually make something out of it eventually. This is our first animation and is really just an experiment.
So if you’ve got time spare, we’d love it if you could check out Horsey Goes Dead 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdjvmo3BuPs
Day was getting a bit “meh”.
Put on The Penance and the Patience by Closure in Moscow.
Day fixed.
Just picked up Pokemon Conquest. Can justify because I’ve already finished four games for Shameless Gaming. Hope it’s good.
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At the least, it’s very different to other Pokemon games, and not in a bad way.
Early hint, though: Don’t just accept every warrior you get offered, cause it can get difficult to manage too many of them. This isn’t suggesting you should get none.
…OK, I was less helpful than I was hoping to be.
Time just decided to stand still…
Seriously, today has been blitzing through, until about now. I looked at the time after what felt like another hour had transpired. It was 10 minutes. Oh dear…
On a lighter note, who’s up for MondayNightHaloFights this evening? Same time, same channel?
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Starting to have the same problem…
Also, MuhNuhHuhFuh is on, with the usual details.
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MuhNuhHuhFuh, I like it!
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I should be. Even have a headset this time. So you guys can listen in on me wondering just what the fudge am I doing and how in tarnation did I do that?
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Yeah, not having a headset is a slight annoyance, if only because I can’t join in with the laughter :p
Unless there’s some way to McGuyver my robo-mic into the X360 controller?
I’ve got cigarettes, blu-tac and a stapler. Surely it’ll work!-
You can pick up a normal one for $20 from most game stores, if you want one.
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I think I’ll try my luck with cramming blu-tac in the port first 😀
I might pick one up when I’m back on the mainland next, I’m not sure it’s worth the postage as it stands.
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Groote Eylandt, NT.
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Wow, fair enough!
I think we can safely say you beat Rocketmang in terms of isloation 😛
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He lives in Ayr, doesn’t he?
Yeah, I’m almost off the grid as far as most things are concerned. I think I CAN actually buy a headset here at the “retrovision”, but I loathe to find out the price. Hell, a PS3 costs around $1100 here.
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Just went outside and washed the car. As soon as I had finished, it started to rain. ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
I knew I should have just been lazy…
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Just think of the rain as a free rinse….
MORNING TAY!! It’s me.
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Which timezone are you residing in?!
Good afternoon, CJ 😀Haven’t seen your TAYlogs for a while, what happened?
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Sydney but you know I dont have to be anywhere so I get up in the afternoons.
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As for a log, I’ll try and be a little more active in TAY this week should come up with something for next week. Week 6 or 7 I believe
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Those Target/BigW/K-Mart toy sales, anyone know when they usually end?
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And by “anyone”, I specifically mean “CJ”, since this is a reply and all.
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Target ends on the 11th of this month. Not sure about other stores.
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FRAUD! YOU ARE NOT CJ!!!
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There can be only one!!1!11!
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I got your back buddy ^.^
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There was a joke here, but it’s now in moderation. Let’s all assume it was hilarious and go on with our days.
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Objection!
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They said that about Highlander. Just how many sequels did they churn out?
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Im da real OG, all the others just lame imposters.
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Will the real CJ please stand up?
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I’m Brian, and so is my wife!
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The best, and only, response to an “I’m Spartacus” situation.
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Wait wait wait, there’s another Step Up movie coming out? Why didn’t I know about this sooner?? 😀
So it’s official, I suck at Visual Basic. I can’t create a functional macro 0.0
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I’m going to let you in on a little secret.
Visual Basic is a steaming pile of crap, that should only be used for the express purpose of writing a program that deletes Visual Basic from your system.
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Teach me the ways of appeasing the employers with macros for Excel, whilst simultaneously abhorring and boycotting the steaming pile’o’crap that is VB.
Usually, I’d blame my employers for the issue, though this time, I really know NOTHING about the topic at hand. Inferiority Complex, ENGAGE!!!
Also, fuck this shit, it’s time to go home :p
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If you’d asked me five years ago, I probably could have actually helped on the VB front. As it is, oh god, oh god, kill it with fire.
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1. Make an animated gif that shows what they want to happen.
2. Put the gif on a web server.
3. Give the managers a link – tell them it’s a dynamic, cloud-based, web application. Throw in any other buzzwords that come to mind as your talking. Your mileage may vary. If in doubt, include it anyway – Web 2.0 cloud-sourced social e-apps are what all the coolkidscompanies are into.
4. ???
5. Profit.-
One day I will go on a quest to discover the mysterious ‘???’ process. It is always a precursor to profit and If I was to discover it, I’d be rich, super rich!!
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I believe it’s part of the “Role Playing Game NPC Masterclass”. You start out with “I AM ERROR”, but you need to be able to successfully “…” whenever you don’t have quest information to provide in order to complete NPC101.
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Haha, thanks for the laughs guys 😀
As it stands, I actually spent another hour at work fumbling my way through it.
They proceeded to complain that I didn’t get it done then and there. Ugh.
Oh well, job done!PS @Mawt, buzzwords don’t actually help here… The employers simply shut down and yell the minute they don’t understand what I’m saying. I try to keep most communications monosyllabic for that very reason!
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I’m sorry, but I just couldn’t resist http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/07/the-amazing-spiderman-gizmodo-australia-community-meta-review/comment-page-1/#comment-312675
Who blinded my poor Nyan cat? D=
iSketch…
Who wants?
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Sure, why not?
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Scratch that, it’s not working for me. 🙁
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Oh not today/now I was just wondering who would be interested and if there was enough people we’d work something out :). Perhaps sometime this week?
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Maybe during the week, if I could get it working by then. 🙂
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Fo sheezy mah greasy greenmong!
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mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……………yes?
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If I’m around and there’s a game going, I’m all for it.
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I’m always up for some iSketchalicious!
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I-I mean “Kylie” is alway up for some iSketch! Just lemme know when you’re gonna play and I’ll see if she can join in 😛
I still haven’t finished these invitations.
I need to stop being so lazy
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Or, alternately, procrastinate more!
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Noo, needs to be done
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NEVER WORK, NEVER SUCCEED!
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NEVER WORK, NEVER SUCCEED!
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NEVER WORK, NEVER SUCCEED!
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Huh. Well. That’s an emphatic shout, I must say. I’m sure I didn’t triple click the submit button. Hmm.
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Don’t worry, it’s happened to me before…
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Anyone tried playing as gunner in speed halo?
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Copy-paste from Twitter:
Pretty sure the settings prevent you from getting in the gunnery seat.
Oh man, I’m all bouncy and excitable because Sabaton posted on Facebook this message:
“Hello Australian friends.
Anyone wants us to come play “Down Under”?”
If this really means a tour I’ll be so happy. 😀
*bounces*
So I just bought http://www.powalen.com on a whim. I have no planned uses for it 😛
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THAT IS THE GREATEST WEBSITE!
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That is the most amazing website I’ve ever seen
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Well you’re off to a good start.
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That, good sir, is all kinds of win!
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Imma share that on my Facebook man, its beautiful.
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Oh, hell yes!
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Nice site. Needs more smurfs. Would visit again
7.5/10
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Greeeeeeen! 😀
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Huh?
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Caterpie’s speech bubble is a nice green colour :P. Makes me agree more with what he’s saying.
So wonderful!
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
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Darksiders finished \o/ Pile of Shame got marginally less Shameful, and I can go straight into the sequel when it releases next month.
Shame that Steam stopped picking up the achievements I was getting, it’s registered basically nothing since I played yesterday. 🙁
So, I just found out that Ctrl+F4 in chrome closes a tab…
Wonderful.
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Umm… is that good or bad? 😛
Ctrl+W works too and only requires one hand/is less of a stretch
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Kinda bad… I found it out by accident.
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…I’m unsure as to why one-handed shortcuts are valuable to you, Greenman.
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By the time you read this it’ll of already been written and I’ll likely be in bed.
Did I tell you guys I’ve got an interview at QANTM in regards to entry there this morning? I’m so nervous/excited!
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Good luck! 😀
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Good luck! Probably best not to bring lambogirl 😛
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Or would it? *suggestive wink*
…..:S what have I done?
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Tried playing Just Cause 2 last night.
Boy howdy those are some interesting controls. Going to take a while to get used to that, if I get used to them at all.
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Did you tether things to the ground while you are on top of cars. Thats just the best. Tethering cars to other cars. people to the ground. SOO GOOD.
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It’s worth it to get used to them, though! Grapple-parachute jumping is the only way to travel!
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My favourite thing to do is from the start, grab the speedboat, go to the airport , hijack a plane use it to get where you want. Jump out and cling to the bottom until it starts to crash and parachute away. Rinse repeat 🙂
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I assume you’re 360’ing?
Because on the PC you have to quicktime punch people with 1234.
Not awkward at all.-
Those quicktime car hijackings…
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Stop being a babby, don’t you know the best way to hijack is to mash a combination of buttons.
Idiot 😛-
See, this is why my life as a criminal failed so hard. I was trying to hijack cars GTA style. One button press and the person just gives up their ride.
Now that I know you need to go through a quicktime event to commandeer someone’s vehicle, it should be much simpler for me to go about my outlaw ways.
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Man, I love “Just Derp 2”. I remeber on the first mission I missed the land point thingie which caused me to slide down the mountain slowly for like a minute. Also the first NPC you encounter you are supposed to grapple hook him off a roof. I did the but he just got back up and just merrily walked around as if he never fell off the roof. I don’t think I beat any missions after the manditory tutorial mission.
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Y U NO EMAIL ME, NOOB?
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WHY DO YOU HATE STRANGE NOB WHY?
Also HAPPY BORTHDAY 🙂 -
I’M SORRY STRANGE! I completey forgot then remembered when I got on the train and I didn’t even find $10. /o\
I have however set an alarm on my phone to remind me when I get home.
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NO CHILI FOR YOU!
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But … But I like chilli D:
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Then remember to not forget to email me for your reminder of where to go. 😛
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Don’t worry. Now that I realise that chilli is on the line I won’t forget.
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I want just cause 3, i want it to have a multiplayer free roam mode. Where all you do is grapple shit with 3 other people. I would never get bored of that. EVER
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Multiplayer free roam in Just cause would be fantastic. I’m imagining all the chaos and fun people can cause in multiplayer and it’s awesome. Please Avalanche Studios make this happen!!
I did that.
Then I struggled to climb up the casino in the next mission. At one point I fell down the waterfall. A few minutes of tumbling until the game decided that I needed to return to the mission area. Then I got game overed as soon as I could open my parachute.
Derping seems to be the point of this game.
The game’s shooting kind of sucks, the missions get repetitive after a while but the game is still fantastic. Grappling stuff together and just causing mayhem is so much fun. Also, CHAOS is the currency in the game -CHAOS! For some reason that is just awesome.
I’m sure you’ll grasp the mechanics soon because once you do there is no need to drive anywhere, just use the grapple and parachute combo. So much faster and more fun anyway.
Finally there are some cool secrets to find in the game world. Listing them here is probably a spoiler but just look out for them.
Well I sure am tired. Was up until 3am trying to get my damn computer running properly.
Computers really piss me off sometimes.
My HDD’s were playing up, I had 2x1TB, so I decided to buy a 120gb SSD as a boot drive and a 2TB mechanical for everything else. Pulled them all out and put in the SSD for a clean install, that was all fine, get it running. Put in one of the old ones and transfer over what I can to the SSD. Then take out the old and put in the 2TB. It comes up in the bios when it boots up, but when I’m in Windows, it’s nowhere to be found. It sees it in device manager, but I can’t get it to read. So fuck, I pull them both out and try boot up with the old drive and the new 2TB with no SSD. Same thing, can’t read the 2TB. Think maybe it was because the old drives were set to raid maybe. Wipe the SSD and start from scratch with the drives set to AHCI. Nope, now my CD drive won’t load. FUCK.
Set bios back to raid and wipe the SSD AGAIN. Install and same fucking thing. When I have the SSD set as boot drive, the 2TB won’t show up, but the old 1TB drive does. They are the same brand/model too. So for now I just have the SSD as a boot disk and my old 1TB for everything else. I can live with 1TB for now and that also means I don’t have to transfer anything because it’s all still on there. But yeah I don’t know where I was going with that. I’m tried and pissed off.
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This is gonna seem a little left wing, But
Have you tried punching it?
Maybe you didn’t set your Hardrive to slave with the jumpers, i am guessing you thought of that but other than that maybe your new HDD is Broked-
Most drives now don’t need to be set and are just master/slave stock. I don’t think it’s broken, even when installing windows it was an option to install windows to it. It’s there, it sees it’s there, but when I’m in Windows, I don’t have it there.
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I haven’t installed a hardrive in a computer since high school. 😐 i am such a low class nerd. Stupid Welbot. WHY YOU MAKE LIFE SO EASY BY DOING EVERYTHING FOR ME. That does remind me. Scree i will send it this afternoon.
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Is the 2TB formatted correctly?
I’ve currently got a 60gb SSD for boot, along with an internal 2TB and an external 1TB. When installing my 2TB, it wasn’t formatted correctly. Change the format, and presto, that was my issue.As for yours, it’s odd you mention your CD drive experiencing faults. Are you sure that is related to the installation of the SSD?
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I think the CD drive was because I was screwing around in the BIOS changing SATA/IDE/AHCI drive settings, once I switched back it was fine. Pretty sure the format was correct. It’s just odd that it shows up fine when installing/in BIOS, even in device manager when in Windows. But it just doesn’t come up as a drive I can access
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It comes up in device manager… showing all the correct metadata? That’s WEIRD man.
I’d say it’s the formatting, but if -as indicated- it’s not, I’m lost :S-
I think I have had a similar problem. If u recall what happened is that Windows failed to partition the drive so you have to do it manually. I don’t recall how to do that though. Perhaps Google knows?
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If I recall* … Stupid phone.
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That sounds about right, yeah! I can’t recall the specifics, though I had to do something similar when attempting to get mine going.
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The 2tb drive has probably not been initialized. Does it appear in the BIOS? If so then it’s there, you just need to tell Windows to format & mount it. Right click computer, select ‘manage’. Open the ‘storage’ option down the right hand side and select disk management. Most likely your disk will be there and not mounted, it should be self-explanatory from there.
If it’s not appearing at all it sounds like a dodgy controller on the motherboard or maybe your PSU is overloaded and can’t power the 2tb drive.
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Thanks, I shall try that when I get home and see how that goes.
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I ran into similar problems when I built my current PC. Brand new drives, and so they didn’t have any partition info and windows basically only mounted my SSD. I freaked out before I realised the drives were just not enabled.
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I started playing Super mario brothers 3 last night, I passed the first world in 8 minutes without losing a life. Next world. 3 worlds and i had a gameover. I think past experiences of me playing that first world like a million times had been commited to muscle memory. Then i got frustrated at it because i had no powerups. I just want a freaking mushroom game. Gonna keep going with that tonight or start megaman X. I am slightly scared because i played that like twice and wont have it committed to memory. I am gonna die So many times 🙁
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You mean you don’t just pick up the 2 Warp Flutes in World 1, get to World 2 and pick up the flying P thing, then warp to World 8 and Fly over everything?
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Thats how i did it as a kid but i am playing it properly this time. Whats the fun off not playing all the amazing levels. Seriously Dat level design is amazing. In some places its more amazing than others.
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Yeah, I never got the idea of playing Mario to beat the game (i.e. skipping levels). I was always playing it for the experience, not the ending.
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That’s because as a kid you don’t have that old man mentality.
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Yeah, you’re right. A little sad, but these days I’m much more focused on the finish of most games. Skyrim is an exception, though. It’ll probably take me 3 years to finish the main story, like I did with Oblivion. Too much fun to have in the world 😛
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Mornin’ TAY!
So, based on my tax return, I’ll have a new computer in a couple of weeks \o/
I anticipate a large amount of Skyrim HD after it’s working.
Also, @Crazyguy, if you accidentally close a tab, just hit Ctrl+Shift+T
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What are you going to include in your PC, out of curiousity what are the specs you are going for?
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Don’t have the specifics, but a rough idea is:
i7, probably 3770K
Some variation of the Asus p8z77
16GB quad kit RAM
Gigabyte GTX680Currently looking at possible storage configurations, but leaning towards Samsung or Intel SSD with a couple of WD Blacks.
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*purr* I demand photos once it’s done!
I just ordered an extra 8GB RAM myself, should be here next week \o/I should probably look at getting my tax done, too. Although I don’t think I have anything I can upgrade for reasonable pricing!
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My computer is nearly 4 years old. I’m still running on a C2D E6600 and a 9800GTX+, so I’m slightly due for an upgrade 😛
Still have no reason why I’m getting 16GB, cause I really won’t use it any time over the next 2 years, but if I can get it for $30 more than an 8GB kit I figured “why not?”. -
Spot on mate. You may not use it, but if it’s only that miniscule amount more, “why not?” doesn’t seem like a big deal. Also, we all know that bigger number = bigger e-peen 😀
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In that case, GTX690 TRI-SLI!
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You mean quad? 😛
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Also, screw multiple monitors… HEXA-PROJECTOR!
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16gb is worth it if you want the system to last. Reason being that WinXP support is the main reason most PC games aren’t 64-bit address aware and able to use the extra memory, and WinXP is going away pretty swiftly now (especially for cutting-edge stuff) and also that current console hardware is holding back PC game specs, but the next hardware iteration will probably have craploads of memory so it’s safe to assume the old limits will go away.
Besides, it’s nice to be able to multi-task and have everything in RAM. Faster load times and everything. And it’s not as if it costs much extra.
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I didn’t really follow the whole thing that closely but this makes me happy!
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I know he’s being incredibly immature about the whole thing but it’s still worthy of a giggle.
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The adult part of me says he did the right thing in a profoundly incorrect way.
The immature part of me says BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
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So I’m a bit stuck on Zelda as I can’t play it for long due to Mums ability to hog the TV, so I’ve moved onto Innocent sin on the PSP.
I’ve had to use a walkthrough because I can’t get out of the darned air raid shelter D=
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“Shh Scree darling, mum’s trying to watch her stories”.
Zelda all the way! Predominantly because I’m a hermit and have never heard of Innocent Sin, but ZELDA!
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It’s Persona 2.
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Woooooo ZELDA! I wanna replay Wind Waker. Perhaps I will after I have finished Dragoning the DogMan (im sure ill get sick of it … Eventually … Maybe?)
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Possibly?
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Very unlikely. 😛
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Anyone know somewhere that’s hiring IT guys in Brisbane?
I lose my job in 2 weeks.
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Ouch dude. That sucks. Happened to me a few weeks ago so I know how you feel.
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That’s unfortunate. Sorry man. Best of luck finding a new job.
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That sucks man. What do you do? Seek has a lot of results, depending on skills you have.
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Alternatively you could look here.
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Unfortunately, I know next to no-one in Brisneyland, let alone professional associates. If a change of scenery isn’t out of the question, I’d strongly suggest hitting up some mining towns, though it’s a bit of a stretch from city life etc.
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sorry to hear that man. Can’t offer help but never nice to hear about it. Good luck.
Why do I need to help someone with a UPS replacement? It’s really not a two-man job…
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They’re pretty heavy.
Fun fact: Most of our schools don’t have UPSes (Is that the plural? UPSeseseses.) They just sort of died and never got replaced.
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We’re piggybacking a UPS off another UPS here. This is the magical system that keeps our servers up.
Not even kidding.
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Maybe they wanted you to stroke their hair while they worked?
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We get some hefty ones in for clients, most come in one to a pallet on a pallet jack and require 2 – 3 man lift. They also require 3 phase power and a cooling solution, but still.
It is truly exhausting dealing with this salesman. You’re going to give me what I née in the end so why drag it out with a thousand phone calls, walk offs and promises?
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Sounds like a relationship. You sure it’s just about the sale, mate?
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Something something ex wife joke?
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You should have probably gone for something along the lines of “seal the deal”.
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In a different shop today. Got a pair of shoes to repair. Grab the hook knife and trim the sole. Turns out some joker had sharpened the back edge that rests and slides along the shoe upper because… I’m not sure why exactly. So now I have a $3000 pair of Prada heels with a huge score line along the edge of the leather.
Thanks guy who’ll never own up to doing something that has made my day REALLY difficult.
Need to pick another game off my pile of shame now that I’ve finished Darksiders, but I have no idea what to pick. 🙁 I suspect this is one reason my pile gets so big.
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XENOBLADE
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Predictable response. It’s not really on my pile of shame though as far as games I’d actually consider playing right now. Too big.
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😛
Got a short list? We can help recommend from there.
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$2.50 to use the ATM
$24 for 25 cigarettes
$3 for a lighter
That’s one expensive habit >.<
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I know a number of people that spend $200-300 on smokes per week. Thats in addition to the booze. And yet they wonder why I can afford to buy games when on the same money as them.
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WHAT?! That’s close to two packs a day, no?
I think I float between $30-$40 a week, and even that hurts.I recall a story on the news when I was living in Canberra, just as they were introducing the new tobacco tax. A woman went into some department store (Big W perhaps?) and was refused the purchase of $5,000 worth of cigarettes. That was roughly a year’s supply at a pack a day.
Typically I smoke Roll-Your-Owns, but I’ve just been too lazy lately.
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Minecraft people!
If you see someone called ddannixx on the server don’t worry. It’s my cousin.
He’s only 9 so be nice haha.
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So whose job is it to destroy all of the golden penises? 😛
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Whoever …erected them.
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All? There’s more than one?!
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There are 8 golden penises scattered throughout the land! It is your quest to find, and destroy, them all!
(Actually I’m pretty sure there’s only 1 now. There was another built into the underside of the flying TAYbar, but I think something happened to it :P)
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There’s a flying TAYbar? I really need to play more MC :S
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It was one of the first things built 😛
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Well, I know where I’m going Friday night :p
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To find 9 giant, golden penises?
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I never dreamed that I would climb over the moon in ecstasy,
But nevertheless it’s there that I’m shortly about to be
Cause I’ve got a golden penis!
Cause I’ve got a golden penis!
I’ve got a golden chance to make my way
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Or alternatively;
“Follow the yellow dick road!”
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@Strange – I’d absolutely love to, but unfortunately can’t seem to make any of them these days.
That said, chilli dogs sound awesome.
@Melbourne TAY fronds: who is arranging the Batmangs? Because we need to get arranging.
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Notoriousaur was, if I remember correctly.
Though maybe all us Melbournians should get off our arses and organise more meats
That was fun.
Just put a UPS in that could support a fully loaded server cabinet, and it’s supporting a server, two switches, a NAS, and a router.
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What size UPS…..
Today is being truly meh. On the plus side, I bought some tea from a place called the Tea Center. Got a little bag of loose leaf Irish Breakfast sitting right in front of me.
Tempted to head back there and just buy a mixed bag of whatever the hell they have.
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That is, separate bags. I don’t think I’m hardcore enough to mix different blends together.
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I’ve been doing that lately. I am known as the Tea Alchemist in my workplace 🙂
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@That Teemo: What sort of I.T. work are you after?
@Melbourne TAY fronds: Batmangs:
– Friday, Saturday or Sunday?
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Just after a show of interest to see what day is best. Other days of the week also possible.
I believe that Mr Saur’s plan was
– Games Masters @ ACMI
– Parma Dinner
– Batmangs at the IMAXAssuming IMAX, that gives a fairly limited window of opportunity since the Friday & Saturday directly after release are pretty much sold out already, and IMAX isn’t going to screen the film for that long.
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Sunday is always the best day for me.
If I get time to plan, I can take a Saturday evening off, but otherwise I work all day Friday and work Fri/Sat evening/night too.
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I think the 21st (Saturday) was planned.
I’m free both days on the weekend but I’ll be busy Friday. If it’s on the weekend it gives us time to do stuff beforehand (game masters etc.) as I assume people have work on Friday 😛
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Yeah well I haven’t seen anyone actually trying to plan anything, just idle speculation.
If we want to do the 21st it needs to get organised very soon, because tickets are selling out.
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Personally I’m free both days.
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Yeah true. I assume seeing it at IMAX would make it even harder to secure tickets. When does it actually come out? If all else fails we could just go to some other cinema 😛 but I’m definitely interested in checking out Game Masters.
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19th.
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You’ll have to go without me sadly, on permanent afterhours recall until humans come back from leave :'(
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Sunday best, Saturday ok.
Killing Floor is $10 on Steam again.
Everybody should purchase it.
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What have floors ever done to me that I should want to kill them? They’ve given me a safe place to stand, a place to sleep in desperate times and something to mop when I was really bored and working at Subway.
I like floors.
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That would be called Killing Floors!
This is but a floor, upon which you kill.-
So what has this particular floor done to earn your ire?
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IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A WALL
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That’s gravity’s fault, not the floor’s!
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Floors are pretty cool guy.
He let me stand on him
when i was not strong
he said he would be my floooooooor
oh it won’t be long
till im gonna need a floor to stand on
I haven’t heard of it before hearing about it on TAY and I finally saw a trailer yesterday.
It looked pretty damn awesome and something I’d like but I recall seeing it in an indie bundle and after doing a quick search it seems to have been way cheaper than that. So the cheapass in me says to wait until it’s that cheap again 😛
Guess who’s going to be starting studying at QANTM this September? *Points thumbs at self* THIS MANG! \o/
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GRATS MANG!
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Wow congratulations.
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Woo! Congrats limboman
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So, what you’re saying is that now is the perfect time to rope you in to making a game, before you actually know what you’re doing and/or are busy?
Good plan!
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Excellent work, Mr Mann!
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1. Graduate QANTM
2. Open Mann Co.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!!!
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Assuming the Melbourne batman meat goes ahead as planned, canvassing the idea of re-convening toward the end of the year for a Hobbit IMAX meat as well.
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If it were a Sydney Hobbit/Halfling/minimeat (middlemeat? I suck at this) I’d be interested in checking it out 😀
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And yet my dreams for an Eumundi Bratwurst and Toe Shaving Meat are tragically as yet unrealized.
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As tragic as it is, I think I’d actually have reason to attend a Toe Shaving Meat :S
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If Batman doesn’t go ahead as planned I’d still be keen for a Hobbit IMAX. I don’t think I’ve actually seen any ‘real’ movies at IMAX (just the usual docos they show as I’ve only really been there on school excursions)
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I’m the same which is why I’m curious. But I’d also be cool with seeing it via a normal projection.
The one thing I want to avoid is 3D, it gives me eye strain.
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And it’s shit 😛
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I like 3D. The only thing I don’t like about it is the normal framerates. Makes motion look a little odd, because it’s blurry and a little jumpy, which it shouldn’t be in real life :P. I’m keen to see what The Hobbit will be like, seeing as it’ll be both 3d and at 48fps.
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Only 48fps at cinemas where the projection system supports it.
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3D when done properly can be pretty cool but generally it isn’t and it’s something I can live with or without 😛
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So, with the help of the ATO (indirectly) I discovered that my payroll people had stuffed a bunch of my details. At least my tax return will balance it all out, I guess.
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Marked down as male instead of female?
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THERE WAS NO “OTHER” OPTION!
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The plight of the ‘other’, someone needs to write a ballad, a ballad of the other…
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Workin’ on it.
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As a poor attempt at an amalgam of inspiration, and homage to the owner of the idea, it shall be known as “The plight of the Otherbee”
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Eric the half-a-bee?
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You can get “X” on your passport these days
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I think you don’t have to put the gender that you were born as, just the one you consider yourself. The paperwork is probably tricky, you know what with birth records and all.
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So the last 2 weeks or so dad & I have been doing some work for a friend of the family who wanted a ceiling installed in her daughters room (which is in the shed) she had her newphew (exhusbands side of the family) I use the word attempt very lightly here because he is supposedly a qualified plasterer . I’m not so sure after seeing his “work”
Anyway here’s a few pics I took of our process!
Here is a contrast between the start of our work (the lower hanging gyprock) and his half assed job that was nailed and glued any which way.
Here is the completed ceiling after being painted.
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I have no idea what’s going on but it looks good :). Well done!
Her daughter lives in a shed?
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Yeah, it’s actually not bad, a little hot in summer, but you get that in a dwelling that is mostly made of tin =P
She’s my age and still a shit to her mother (who is blind) I just don’t see how someone who is unemployed can be so rude to their parent when they don’t have to give them anything.
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Hence the reason she lives in a tin. Parents had enough, yet likely don’t want her to leave?
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Well, no I don;t think her mother really cares whether she stays or goes just as long as she doesn’t create a problem. Which is really hard it seems..
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Wait ’til she enters the tin, and weld it shut. Problem solved!
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Hahaha, that could end badly!
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I’ve lived in a shed, while we were waiting for our current house to be built. It was insulated, but it still got pretty hot in summer, and cold in winter. (our house took a while to get built, mostly due to incompetence from various involved parties)
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One of my teachers lived in a shed for like 3 years whilst he built his house. We always gave him shit for such a thing xD
He was an awesome teacher, shame his wife was always mean to us when she taught…
Nepotism very rarely works out well.
Herp derp. Just posted twice and forgot about the whole two links = moderation thing. OH WELL!
Even if this isn’t real, it’s still hilarious.
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It’s an oldie, but a goodie 😀
(I think I remember my dad bringing this one home back when jokes did the office rounds via Fax)
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What is this “fax” you speak of?
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It’s like two cans and a string, but I think there’s a pencil involved there somewhere.
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That’s BRILLIANT! I’m going to use that to describe it to the boss tomorrow, if that’s alright.
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@ Melbourne Batmang meat peoples
Sunday is best for me, Friday is fine too.
Pretty sure I’m out for Saturday though. Hoping to take a mate out for his birthday to Roller Derby at the Show Grounds! http://www.vrdl.org/public/
If we’re not Batmanging that day, y’all should come along!
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It’s sounding increasingly like Sunday is the best day.
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Sunday is best for Beavwa and myself, but that’s only two people.
The other thing to consider you have already mentioned – ticket availability.
Given that we Melbournites can’t seem to get ourselves together that may be an issue 😛
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Are there any artistic TAYbies that would be willing to help me out with the visual manifestation of a pervasive and persistent thought?
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Depends. Is it a picture of Hitler in a videogame? 😛
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Not this time, sorry frond!
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That’s a request that leaves a LOT unanswered.
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Because I’m not entirely sure how to ask it.
I’m looking to get a tattoo design, and I know the basic idea behind what I want. I’m not visually artistic in the slightest (hmm, should really submit something for scribbletaku) so can’t draft up something myself.
Unfortunately, I’m not sure what artstyle would suit it, so I really need to find an artist that can provide input in that respect.-
Probably best to talk the tattoo artist who’ll be doing it for you. They’ll probably know best what would work in a tattoo situation.
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Ok then – I’m out.
Even if I felt I could contribute, a tattoo design is just waaayyy to much responsibility.
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If you see a tattooist they will actually draw it up first instead of making it up as they go on your skin.
At least a half reputable one will.
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What are you thinking of getting? (It’s alright if you don’t want to ‘spoil’ it.)
It’s hilarious that when buying a car the salesman is all positive energy and enthusiasm but when you go on to see te business manager he’s all frowny faces and black marks.
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Ooh what kinda car you buying? At least he didn’t use the red pen, right? haha
Hi all,
No, I’m not dead, just baby-hibernating. Has McGarnical had his kid yet? All the best either way, man!
I saw Good Game tonight, and they’ve done the impossible: gotten me kind of interested in a military FPS? Anyone else catch the review of Spec Ops: The Line?
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I hope you and yours are all well.
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HI SHANE!
While I did not see the review, I had a friend who mocked the games attempts at making things dark and morally ambiguous and so forth, so uhh, yeah.
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HI SHANE!
I don’t think McGarnical can have a baby, since he’s a bloke and all. Unless you know he’s part of some freaky science experiment like Junior..
Yeah that was really interesting, Spec Ops. I saw on Twitter Hex mentioned “Some intense choices to make in this game, and some really messed up imagery. I walked out of one session just.. really quiet & ashen. ” which to me sounds like it’s a rather well done game.
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The Spec Ops demo was great, but it is straight up Gears of War just with more realistic weapons. Also 3rd person not FPS.
You want military shooter? Y U NO play DayZ?
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You’ve been missed, man. Hope you and the family are well.
Hi all!
Went and saw Ted.
Many laughs were had.
Go see it.
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As true today as when it was written.
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A jovial, welcome opening which draws you in. The author does not waste time in getting to the point however, and it appears brevity is the flavour of the month.
Twist at the end, going from powerful narrative to iron-fisted command, left me feeling cold and alone.7/10, would skim again.
iSketch tonight (Wednesday)? 🙂
8:30 again I guess, same old, talk to me here/on TS/Steam/Twitter etc. if the room is full
Just holla here if you’re free 😀
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Are we usually on TS during iSketch though? Have I been missing out!? :O
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No but I was on last time with non-iSketchers. I was all “y’all should play!” and no one did…
🙁
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i dont like playing with cheaters
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BRIIIIIIIINK!
Nothing makes me feel dumber* than a video game with an easy solution that I solve in a complicated way.
Portal was a great offender. Sometimes it would just be a case of portal here, portal there, hit button and win. I would do a portal here, there, everywhere, fling from the roof, grab a box, listen to the radio and then after thirty-seven minutes, hit the button.
Right now, StarCraft is really hitting me hard with this. My instinct is to macro. Every time. Last night, there was a mission where all I had to do was take two Drop Ships and Jim Raynor over to a specific point in the map.
Took me twenty minutes.
I had a nearly maxed out army of Marines and Vultures, with upgraded weapons and armour.
Maybe I should stop playing this like a multiplayer game.
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I meant to come up with some sort of joke about feeling dumb in other situations. Kind of forgot.
*aside from my pre-morning coffee moments.
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I say the right way to play a game is the way you have fun playing. Screw the doubters.
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I’m the doubters!
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Ate you saying you have a problem if u want to play Portal by just shooting the cubes repeatedly while shouting “Hadoken!” everytime I do?
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That’s why I tend to avoid puzzle games, they always make me feel really stupid.
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Oh, man. I was playing Resonance the other day and completely over thought a puzzle. You get a diary that’s cypher coded. I assumed it’d be harder than it was so waited the entire freakin’ game to get a code key of some sort. Then I realized that it was letter substitution and incredibly easy to solve… Bah!
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Stack ALL the computers and chairs to reach the vent. Who needs cubes?
@LoL People.
I don’t know if I should be happy or afraid because what I am posting is an obvious sign that the world will end very soon.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2340178
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Dear Morello,
During your introduction, you refer to mechanics not being acceptable due to being not fun. I commend this design philosophy. However, it confuses me that you would say “It’s really fun for the person using it to gank, but it absolutely blows for the player on the receiving end”, and yet keep a character skill which does nearly a thousand true damage which refreshes upon a kill.
Please slap the character designer of Darius on my behalf.Kind Regards,
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Dear Bishington,
Anti-fun is best fun.
Kind Regards,
Darius.
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You would totally be Darius if you were a LoL champion.
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Oh man, I am not sure what to think of this at all.
GOOD MORNING STARSHINE, THE EARTH SAYS HELLO
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You twinkle above us, we twinkle below. (I waited as long as I could for someone else to answer, but they just wouldn’t damn it! *sobs*)
Mornin’ TAY!
Meeting all day!
You’ll tell if it’s boring cause I’ll be back on here…
D.C.! Did you see my post in old TAY about my Meat on Saturday? You have to go because it’s my birthday. 😛
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Also, anyone else who wants to go and hasn’t sent me their email address by DM’ing me on Twitter (@Strangist) or emailing me at my gamertag(see TAYnames document) at gmail.com can you please do so. I’ll be buying supplies tomorrow so I’ll need a good idea of numbers, and you guys will need my address so you know where to go.
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Bah, I was just going to get LamboPult Mark II, aim it in Brinsbane’s general direction and just hope I land in your front yard 😛
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Implying that this isn’t the first LamboPult you’ve made…
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Lambopult MKII, guaranteed to only break 80% of your bones or your money back. THAT’S RIGHT! 80! That’s a whole 15% then the MKI, order now and get the LamboPult cover!. Keep your LamboPult protected from the weather with this beautifully made cover. Act quickly because stock will not last!
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I want to go! Only, Queensland :/
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My gift will be not subjecting you to my presence. You’re welcome. 😛
(In all seriousness, thanks for the invite but I’d need months of prep work to psych myself up to go to a meat and even then I’d cancel at the last minute because that’s the way I roll. Happy birthday for the weekend, though, my friend! Didn’t see the message either, rarely check TAY on the weekend. It’s like an abandoned, Silent Hill-like version of weekday TAY.)
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I hope you’re not offended. I do appreciate the thought. 🙁
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I am not offended.
Although I’m sure psyching up for months would be worse because you’d have all those months to dread it and psych yourself out of it. Should just spontaneously rock up to my place on Saturday so you don’t have time to stress. 😉
That said…I’ll most likely have another Meat around this time next year. Is that enough notice? 😛
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Okay, so here’s the plan. We kidnap D.C. and take him to the meat. Good plan? Good.
Okay, I’ll wear a bikini and be used as the bait. Strange, you grab the chloroform, or a hammer if you can’t get it. Trjn, grab some rope. Alright, let’s do this!
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On my 22nd birthday friends used impressive detective skills to track me down, I have no idea how they got my address. Terrifies me to this day that someone’s going to knock on the door. I guess I can still hide under a bed. 😛
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I think I’ve given out enough details to various taybies that they could work together and find out my address… Well, they could have, before our house was taken off the market.
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Who knows. That elusive self-esteem thing could be just around the corner. 😉
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How’s this for a plan: one day you and I should meet up for lunch. I’ll bring my son because he can charm anyone and I will look even less threatening. I need an excuse to get out of the house so you’d be doing me a favour. I blather on and on when I’m nervous “did you hear my appearance on Potaku? 😛 ) so you won’t even need to talk if you don’t want to.
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As indimidating as it is generous and kind of you to offer. Sounds TERRIFYING. 😛
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We can be terrified together!
Small steps.
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I am not sure I agree with many of you about your outrage at the Penny Arcade thing.
I will now disappear for 45 minutes and not expand upon my thoughts any further.
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??? Whats this?
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What Penny Arcade thing?
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So I just looked up the Penny Arcade thing. It’s a bit silly of them in my opinion but it’s no big deal.
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I’m expecting it to be some elaborate farce. They are probably planning to go ad-free but I doubt that this Kickstarter is their way of implementing that.
Aside from being against Kickstarter’s rules, the donation benefits are truly ridiculous and it lines up a little too neatly with their comic mocking Kickstarter.
I’m waiting for the announcement that it’s a plot to show how insane the Kickstarter spam is. Followed by the announcement that they’re going ad-free.
On the other hand, if they are that dumb… pitchforks, $5! Burning torches, $10 or 3 for $20!
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The thing is, people who have been excited about it and pledged for the big things will be upset they don’t get to have them.
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If you’re willing to pay $1000 to get followed on Twitter by someone, maybe you deserve disappointment.
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And no, I’m not defending this. Just that this whole thing is setting off certain things :p
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I’m not sure the Penny Arcade guys have that superpower. 😛
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There’s another Penny Arcade thing? Or is this an old one? Why am I always the last to know these things? Why does the sun always rise in the east? Why are the holes in a cats fur coat always over it’s eyes? HELP ME OUT HERE!!
Same here. (except for the disappearing part)
I’m not outraged. I do think it’s silly though.
Just a stunt I reckon. People don’t blindly hand over money either, they are Penny Arcade fans who know these folks. If they’re willing to be in on a joke they have every right to…
Has anyone seen/heard from NotoriousR recently? I don’t recall seeing him on TAY in a while, and he hasn’t posted on the twits since June… Need to know if he’s arranging the Batmangs because if not, I’ll start organizing it instead.
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Did you check Blaghs’ basement? I hear that’s the first place to look for missing TAYbies? 😛
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Must be quite a stockpile growing.
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That must be where Jo is currently… 😛
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It’s the day before Friday Eve \o/
Just looked up the Penny Arcade thing and wow, just wow. Has the Internet at large really run out of things to be outraged at that this is setting them off? Really?
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I’m the same, man. I can understand that some people don’t like others to succeed in life, but it seems like a weird complaint. I mean, I don’t mind Penny Arcade. They’ve done things in the past that I though was waaay over the top, but if they want to have a Kickstarter, nothing is forcing me, or anyone, to pay it.
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The same sort of thing happened to the yogscast too with the kickstarter they hosted for Yogventures, which was very minecraft-like. Really silly IMO
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@D.C. RE: Tattoo design
I’m ok with divulging, the literary components have already been plagiarised years ago anyway 😛
It’s based off some pieces I wrote some years ago (Can’t think of anything more personal to me, and I feel as if I can be proud of them).
I envision a back-piece, shoulder to shoulder.
A female torso rises up from a cloudscape, arms outstretched with the world in her hands. Both the earth and her eyes are on fire (cue Batmong jokes). Within the clouds, the words “Heaven could burn”.
That’s probably the best way I can describe it without getting into the source material 🙂
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That’s more then enough for a tattooist to draw up something for you. Best way to do it as s/he will be the one doing it and if they are doing their own work you’re more likely to get a quality job.
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Cheers man 😀
Now to just grow the balls and talk to a tattooist :p
I’m also really scared that I won’t gel well with the person that will be inking me, or it’ll be a sub-par job, etc.
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Research!
If you see someone with a tattoo you like the looks of, ask them who did it. Trust me, it isn’t weird, I’ve been asked multiple times where I had the ones on my legs done, it’s flattering if anything.
Also, head into tattoo parlours and ask to see some of their work, they should have some stuff to show you. It isn’t something to rush into without knowing the quality of work you’re going to get.
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Yeah, I’m not afraid to lay down the money for quality work. I just want to know that it’ll be quality (unlike my brother, with backyard jobs all over him).
The other issue is that I can’t just head into a shop due to geographical limitations 😛In that regard, I suppose it should be easier for me due to anywhere in Aus being a viable destination for it? Anyone you’d recommend BDKIAF?
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Well, I’m in Canberra, and from memory you left here some time ago, so I probably won’t be a whole lot of help. Depends where you’d be able to travel I suppose. Brisbane and Melbourne both have some great artists, but again, not sure where you’re willing to go.
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Canberra’s just as viable as Perth currently. Granted, I’d rather tie it in with somewhere I have family, (or in the case of Melbourne/Sydney etc. a meat) so’s to have more than one reason to fly around the country :p
Apparently the shop in Lyneham is held in high regard, though I never managed to get out tghat way whilst I was living there.
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Well, this is the guy I go to.
Number 42 and 95 are mine.
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Man, I have to go through that album. He’s a seriously talented guy.
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Your stuff is pretty damn great too, man. I like the blue on 95. Nice, detailed and sharp.
Really like this as well: http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/62608_343133132413541_1456620142_n.jpg
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95 is easily my favourite of my tattoos. The way the blue stands out is fantastic, especially in the eyes.
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Awesome collection. How long did Luke’s stuff take? Multiple trips?
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Most of those pieces took 2 or 3 sessions. The girls on my legs took 2 sessions for the red one and 1 session for the blue. The half sleeve was the worst. 15 hours across 3 sessions, and because he’s so talented he’s pretty much constantly booked, so those sessions were spread across a whole year.
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One last Tattoo newbie question, thanks for humouring me…
Do you have to do any thing special to prevent them from fading, moisturizing and the like or is it just inevitable in time?
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As far as I know it’s pretty much inevitable. I could be wrong though, I haven’t had anything for long enough yet for it to be a concern. My oldest piece is 3 years and looks as good as the day I got it.
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MAN that blue is gorgeous!
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Tattoo Culture, I’ve got friends that have apparently gone through those guys, though I haven’t seen the work myself.
For some reason, I was never able to bring myself to step in and have a chat >.<
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Man, that sounds incredibly cool. Black-and-white or colour?
I don’t think you need to worry about the tattoo artist part, that’s the whole reason to shop around. Find someone you’re comfortable with who also has the skills to pay the bills Artists are proud of their work and will do their best even if they don’t like you. 😛
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“Artists are proud of their work and will do their best even if they don’t like you.”
That’s a dangerous mindset. Some guys are just plain bad, so their best is still a bit shit. My brother had a chest piece done by an artist who he hadn’t looked into and it’s pretty terrible. The colours don’t match up (went over two sessions, two different reds) and in parts he’s either gone outside the lines or hasn’t even run the colour to the lines.
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Oh, I agree, don’t get me wrong — I should’ve said the best artists take pride in their work and will do their best. 😛
I sort of want it as a relief, but I’m not sure how viable that is, or whether it’d look any good whatsoever.
That’s why I need to chat with artists about it :p
@BDKIAF, that’s EXACTLY what I’m worried about when it’s crunch time.
Ask to see some of their previous work and completely ignore the flash. And don’t be afraid to just go in for a chat. Nothing is forcing you to actually get it done there and then.
I’d also avoid the Bikie owned and run joints as hard as that is. A lot of them are just fronts for money laundering and the guys tattooing there couldn’t be less interested and doing work outside the club. Still will but not much care or effort is put in. I’ve had a few mates get work done at some and had dodgy work such as words badly spaced or even misspelt with no real recourse after the fact.
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I had a friend with a “borne unto angles” as a trampstamp… oh dear :s
How does one identify a bikie owned/run joint though? Do I just play it safe and discriminate via appearance? (Which in this case, I’m more than happy to do.)
Additionally, if anyone could recommend shops/artists that are open to phone/email contact, that’d be grand! All this discussion has really helped ^.^
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That’s been something I’ve been concerned about too, the bikie affiliated ones and the like. Doesn’t help that they’re all being shot up in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. 😛
There’s a thread on Reddit about Americans and their lack of mandatory annual leave.
Someone posted something about Americans getting taxed less, so they’ll work a few extra hours to pay for someone to clean their house while non-Americans get taxed out the wazzoo if they earn over certain amounts, meaning working the extra hours will cost them more than just cleaning the house themselves. In short, they had no idea how tax brackets work in the slightest.
It’s amazing how often people manage to get that wrong. Really. It’s incredibly basic. If the top tax bracket is something like incomes over $100k pay 45% tax, then the 45% only applies to the income over $100k. For some reason, there are people out there who think that it’s better to earn $99k and stay in the lower tax bracket than to earn $101k because they think there will be a sudden gigantic increase in taxes.
How the hell does this sort of thinking persist?
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Shit.
Forgot to close the brackets.
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Could’ve been worse, you know 😛
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Especially considering that it was right at the start of the page.
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Humans I tell ya…
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It’s not rocket surgery.
Had to stop going into a rant about how Americans and non-Americans view taxes. Americans seem to think of them as an additional cost. An intrusion that makes things worse. You pay $10 + tax for something instead of $11 (tax inclusive). It makes taxes a constant reminder when considering anything money related, instead of just another part of the way the total is calculated.
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To be fair the tax system is fairly obtuse and opaque for most.
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Taxes are definitely complicated. The problem comes from people assuming the simplest interpretation (income over $X pays Y% across the whole lot).
The simple explanation makes no sense. It would actively discourage people from earning certain amounts. There would be a sub-bracket within each tax bracket where the income received would be lower than the highest possible income in the next bracket down, making it a poor decision to get paid that amount when you can be paid less and effectively earn more. A system like that simply wouldn’t function.
There would be black holes of pay that only idiots would accept.
It’s the basic level of thought that people aren’t applying that bugs me. If something is complicated and a simple explanation doesn’t make sense, assume a more complicated explanation must be necessary.
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OMG this is such a pet hate of mine. Even before I had to do any of the finance related stuff it really isn’t that hard to work out.
It works the other way as well, people on over $100 K complaining that they have to pay 45% tax in their income while somebody on $50 K only has to pay 30%.
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That explanation right there just cleared things up for me. It makes so much more sense now!
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A fun thing you’ll find with pretty much all listing of tax brackets, they tend to list be in a format like this:
0 – $18,200: Nil
$18,201 – $37,000: 19c for each $1 over $18,200
$37,001 – $80,000: $3,572 plus 32.5c for each $1 over $37,000
$80,001 – $180,000: $17,547 plus 37c for each $1 over $80,000
$180,001 and over: $54,547 plus 45c for each $1 over $180,000That’s taken straight from the ATO. It seems pretty obvious when put like this (as opposed to 0-$18,200 = 0%, $18,201-$37,000=19% etc).
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Like I said a pet hate of mine. I’ve had a lot of practice trying to knock this into peoples skulls.
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Turns out the effective tax rate at $50k is only 15.56%.
Don’t know why that matters. Just found it interesting.
You have to be earning over $150,000 for an effective tax rate of 30%.
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With all the kickstarter news running around these days, has anyone taken the time to check out Valve’s Greenlight? Looks like it could be seriously beneficial to indie games, but it’ll be interesting to see how many big budget games are put on there (or if there’s a limitation stopping them).
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I found that announcement sort of confusing. Do indie devs usually have trouble getting onto Steam and shouldn’t they trust their vision instead of committee thinking? That’s never a good thing…
This is slightly unrelated but one thing I don’t like about Kickstarter is that committee thinking aspect, I noticed that the Tex Murphy one was asking what business they’d like to see on Chandler Avenue and the like. I don’t want to know ANY THING about the game until I play it. I think they should be designing the game around their story instead of what the concensus says on Kickstarter.
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Unless I’m mistaken, they’d be dodging a huge amount of fees.
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That makes a little more sense then. 😀
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My only problem with it is that the indie games that get the most coverage are going to get in, not necesseraly the really good ones.
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It’s a good idea but I just hope some good games are highlighted and it doesn’t devolve into a popularity contest where only popular games go through.
Cautiously optimistic at this point.
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Valve’s set the system up so that it’s not the Thunderdome model (two games enter, one game leaves) but is a bit more like that Lego thing, where basically games that reach a certain level of interest get added to Steam I think at a lower fee rate. Basically Valve wants to back the games that actually are likely to make them a return.
What I’m hoping is that it’ll encourage some more niche stuff that wouldn’t normally have made it into the registry.
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Hiya TAY! Got nothing new to report, still loving Dragon’s Dogma, Still loving SKYRIM! and surprisingly still playing the same world in Minecraft. My simple stone tower in a lake has slowly become a hideous stone monstrosity… in a lake, and I couldn’t be happier.
Also, I have just discovered my new favourite music clip;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qTIGg3I5y8
Just. Awesome!
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I can’t watch the clip at work, what is it?
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The cobblestone tower is Dire Wolf’s. If I recall Hugo plays on Xbox 🙂
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HILARIOUS!
Today’s playlist;
Nine Inch Nails
Dubba Jonny
Ladytron
Purity Ring
Birds Of Tokyo
Opeth
What’s everyone else cramming into their earholes?
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Flight of the Conchords.
Been listening to them since seeing them on Friday. Non-stop good mood!
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Inner-city pressure!
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The usual. Austrian Death Machine, The Sword, Devildriver and Lamb of God with some Pendulum mixed in there because I like to be a dangerous rebel.
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Serg Tankian’s Harakiri is getting a run through at the moment, cannot get enough of his voice… then the usual Mastodon, In Flames, Dream Theater sets.
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Same old, same old:
Eluveitie
Epica
Sabaton
TherionAnd maybe some Dragonforce thrown in because they were announced yesterday as being on 70000 Tons of Metal 2013. Not that I’ll be going, most likely, but it doesn’t hurt to hope. 😛
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The one metal gig I would love to go to is the Vaken (SP?) festival. Makes me all fuzzy inside ^.^
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Wacken Open Air? Best lineup, every year.
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I’ve never really wanted to go to Wacken. Outdoors really isn’t my thing. Besides, it’s such a huge thing you’re lucky if you can see the screens let alone the stage.
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Cruise ship. Metal.
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I went to the first two and it was the best thing ever. You get to hang out and drink with band members, plus they all do two shows each and there’s three different venues within the ship. The main stage is on the pool deck so you can sit in the pool or hot tub and watch bands.
I believe booking will open for the general public today. Veterans get exclusive presale rights so a lot of the cheaper cabins will be booked out already though.
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I’m just going to check out pricing now ^.^
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Europe has the best festivals =(
Waken Open Air, Download, Sonnisphere, Rock Am Ring & Rock Am Park
What do we have? Soundwave and that’s not as metal as it could be lol.
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In their defence, HORSE the Band, Dillinger, and Faith No More rocked the shiznits out the wazoo to the moon and back. I’d pay the ticket price 3 times over just to see those 3 again :p
Europe’s also got Tomorrowland. It’s like all my teenage raves mashed together into tens of thousands of sweaty people with no clue as to what’s going on! AWESOME!
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Having seen Iron Maiden live was more than enough for me to love Soundwave.
And seeing Lamb of God twice in one week. My god what a performance.
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I am jealous, you’ve seen Maiden =(
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So good. So, so good.
Bruce works a stage like no other man can.
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I bet!
I saw them on the tour where they only did classic songs. It was phenomenally good.
Front line Wall of Death baby!
I paid for a ticket to Soundwave this year just for Steel Panther & Alter Bridge mostly, so worth it!! Even though I got to see, Manson, System of a Down, Bad Religion, Slipknot, 5 minutes of HELLYEAH (wanted to see more but they changed their set time on the day >.<) & sadly I got to see Limp Bizkit haha.
At the moment I’ve been listening to old stuff like CCR, Bob Dylan, Carole King (you heard me) and Johnny Cash. So nice not have auto-tuning. 😛
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They don’t call them Golden Oldies for nothin’, friend!
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There’s something awesome about turning the volume to the max and hearing studio ambient noises. Feels raw I guess.
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It feels raw, yes. But I get the feeling it’s not just that. It’s a statement from yesteryear that says “hey, this is what we’ve got for you. It’s impure, but I’m sure you’ll love it.” and I find it endearing.
While I do enjoy synths and digitized audio, you just can’t go wrong with the analog counterparts 😀
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Don’t really have anything but the radio on during the day.
On the way to work I was listening to the Blade Runner soundtrack.
Tron Legacy OST as usual.
Daft Punk’s Discovery album.
Northie’s moombahcore remix of skrillex’s “Right in”
Philmont
Family Force 5
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Ohhh, I really need to get some more Daft Punk. They did a seriously amazing job with the TRON soundtrack!
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Rumors are that they have a new album coming out this year \o/
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At the moment, I have some Exodus playing. I loves me some Thrash Metal. What’s up next? Who knows! Mainly because my library is on shuffle and that’s because it’s made up of around 12,700 songs heh.
Ladytron makes my ears quiver with passion.
So for $99 I can play a handful of crappy Android apps, and a handful of probably decent indie games, on my TV.
I can connect an Xbox360 controller to my PC and do that now.
I also assume that these guys have done little to no market research. Sure, they’ve got the “nerd” numbers – but the customers they need if they’re going to crack into the market aren’t the ones savvy enough to follow a Kickstarter, they’re the ones that don’t even know how to shop online. A huge percentage of the population aren’t going to be able to really use this machine. They’ll get frustrated once and it’ll be given away or packed away and forgotten. And it’s only $99 – that’s cheap enough to use once or twice and forget; it’s still in the “child’s toy” price range.
I know I’m getting my grumpy on today, but I’ll keep my $99 thanks, and spend it on real games, on a real games platform.
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I like the part where they are trumpeting that the big AAA titles are a possibility. On a completely open platform with no security where cracking everything wide open is bring actively encouraged. I’m sure they’ll jump at the chance to put their money on that.
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I heard about it on Good Game last night and when I heard games had to be free to play all I could think of was farmville & other such things and thought “eugh, no thank you”
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You’re on the money, there.
Expecting people to drop just under $100 for a system that only plays android games seems a little bit steep to me, considering that most people could easily play those games on a tablet.
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One word. Emulators.
I don’t really see this getting any/many AAA titles, looks more like it’ll be an indie console. Which could be pretty cool.
But yeah, emulators. I can have a NES, SNES, N64 plus others all in one $99 box. I’d get one just for that.
“but the customers they need if they’re going to crack into the market aren’t the ones savvy enough to follow a Kickstarter, they’re the ones that don’t even know how to shop online” don’t really agree with this. It should be just as easy as buying apps for your phone and pretty much everyone knows how to do that.-
I worked in retail for 7 years – you’re still giving most people far too much credit.
As for emulators, my PC can already run emulators for each device you mentioned there, and I can play them with my Xbox360 controller.
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Also, I should elaborate.
They want this to be a mass market device. Currently, it’s a geek toy.
This needs to compete with Wii Fit and Brain Training. You know who loves those? Soccer Mums. Technologically illiterate Soccer Mums. “All I know is little Jimmy turns the Gamestation on to play his Grand Theft Dutyfield.”Currently OUYA has ~13000 (it’s closer to 14000, but about 850 of those have pledged below the $99 point). If they sell a million of these across the U.S. alone, then less than 1% of the population will have one. I understand that the Kickstarter will enable them to start production for store shelves, but who’s going to stock it? Gamestop isn’t going to touch it (Here, buy this device then you never have to come back to the store again). And who’s going to buy it? People that are interested in it will pay for it now through KS. It’s due to launch in March 2013, I guess launching alongside the year’s new model iPad is a great move if you’re not planning on staying in business for long.
Sorry for being cynical.
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It looks like it will be a nice piece of tech and at that price a lot of people will grab it to have a look. Hell they still buy full priced games from EB and this whole system cost about the same as one game.
This will be a great idea for young developers to try out and learn to code/develop. If it gains a bit of traction then this could have a major halo effect for the entire android development environment so I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see companies like google running big comps to help promote development on this.
The really exciting this will be what addons and unexpected ideas come out of this, like the switch TV concept for esports.
Add in a program for searching youtube based on genre that live streams to the TV and you have unlimited music videos to have on when people are around.
Another couple of things like that and the right promotion and I can see it being successful.
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Oh dear.. In the article about the Deus Ex: Human Revolution movie someone suggested Christian Bale should play Jensen, all I can say is why, because he has a worse like voice than the VA who voiced Jensen? I’d rather not, personally. As discussed a few pages back, Adam Jensens voice is awesome where as Bales is kinda eh…
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Hey at least they didn’t say Sam Worthington
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Oh god not him haha.
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He dissected a frog once!
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I am so angry.
Seriously Nintendo, what. The. Hell.
They’ve got much better items on Nintendo UKs Club Nintendo in comparison to Australia, it’s not funny.
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Nintendo Australia has always treated us with contempt.
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It’s a good way to annoy loyal fans. I’m still annoyed that I couldn’t get a gold nunchuck. Even more so because I can’t stand the feel of the red nunchuck
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I didn’t even bother with their club stuff. I’m just riled up that they stagger release dates for no good reason on Super Mario Galaxy and Donkey Kong Country Returns. Yet I keep on crawling back to ’em. Nintendo has been good to me as a gamer. Played my first adventure game on NES. (Maniac Mansion.) A love affair that continues to this day. That’s got nothing to do with Nintendo Australia, though. 😛
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Yeah the release date thing is absolutely stupid…
Get yo shit together Nintendo!
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It’s frustrating, to say the least.
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Isn’t that true for most retailers/developers/the world? 😛
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Possible Idea…
Would anyone be up for a Board game meat? or other some such Geekery?
Let me know, I’d be looking at somewhere in sydney in the next month or so.
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i hear they’re all the rage in western australia
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Damn straight.
I actually play the Game of Thrones boardgame on a semi-regular basis.
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Tabletop meat would be an awesome idea indeed!
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This needs to happen in Adelaide.
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I think Loops is trying to organise one for Melbourne or Geelong
@Cracks
How is the game of thrones game, I have been considering buying it but don’t know of anybody who has actually played it
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I do boardgames regularly on a Friday in Melbourne and I’m sure I could bring a TAYbie along if anybody was interested
So I started reading the Walking Dead comics this week and they are brilliant. I’ve been ignoring most of my other media and I’ve just been reading the comic. I’m currently on Vol 7 issue 41 and at the rate I’m going I think I’ll be done by the end of the week. I’m reading the comic on my laptop and it isn’t as bad as I thought it would be. Of course I’d love something easier to handle like a physical comic or a tablet but I’m Ok with it.
Anyway, reading some news stories and Mr.Kirkman’s responses in the letters section it seems that he intends to write this comic for as long as he can. He has been doing it since 2003 and the comic is still good-at least I’m assuming it still is(I haven’t caught up yet)
Barring an accident, the author has a number of years left to live and the series could go on for 20-40years.
So what do you guys think about this? Is the idea of a decades long series intriguing? Do you think you’ll lose interest at some point?
I’m not sure how I feel at this point. I’m enjoying the series and I guess that should be enough for now. It’s just that sometimes I like finality in things. Something has to end at some point. I even prefer to watch most TV shows once they are cancelled or wrapped up. Of course there are shows that have been running for years-the simpsons, south park etc.
I don’t know, I’m torn at this point in time.
Also, have any of you been reading it since its inception in 2003? Has your opinion changed? Has the series grown with you as an individual?
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KKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRKKKKKKKKKKMMMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I apologise, I have nothing of worth to add.
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I’ve loved the walking dead so far, its a great series and really well written.
As for the idea of the decade long series, Its worked for The Darkness and Witchblade, so why not?
Today feels like it’s crawling at snails pace….
Just a question,
If you could be any kind of insect, what would it be and why?
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A fly, why? Because fly on the wall point of view!
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Either a Bot Fly, or the Bullet Ant.
From a Cracked article – “It’s a full inch long, it lives in trees and thus can and will fall on you to scare you away from its hive–the one you didn’t know was there, because it’s in a fucking tree. Before it does this, it shrieks at you. This ant, you see, can shriek.It’s called a Bullet Ant because its ‘unusually severe’ sting feels like getting shot. On the Schmidt Sting Index, Bullet Ants rate as the number one most try-not-to-shit-out-your-spine painful in the entirety of the Kingdom Arthropoda.
Also–and we do feel the need to stress this–they fucking shriek at you before they attack.”
Yeah… nasty bastards. Really though, if I were a Bullet Ant, at least I’d have a legitimate reason to shriek at people before unleashing hell. As it stands now, not so much…
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OH LOOK, A PLUNKETT POST.
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A worker bees.
Fly about. Pollinate flowers. Sting little brats that trample through my turf.
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But you only get to sting one 🙁
Don’t do it Trjn! It’s not worth it!-
If you only get one shot, you want it to be worth it.
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At least you die doing what you love. Stinging brats.
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AWWW YEEEAAAH!
ME3 Multi DLC looks like it’s including the Phantom as a playable class. They’re gunna have to nerf it a tonne to make it fair to the other classes, but I’ll still play it.
The guy’s, who sits next to me, computer stopped working last week. He just got it back now (apparently Monday Morning = Wednesday Afternoon) and it has Windows 7 installed on it. Everyone else on our floor still has XP. I think its time for my computer to mysteriously break.
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Cup of water/coke. Spill, OOPS.
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My work computer crashed twice on Monday morning. The helpdesk just got back to me to tell me that it’s out of warranty.
Every computer on this floor is as old, if not older, than this one.
Sounds like a good way for me to “secure” upgrades for everyone would be to be rather clumsy with my morning coffee…
I got bored and remembered how Steam had a competition earlier this year (or last year?) to win their entire library. So I looked up the guy who won (psychomantis) and was amazed by all his games, but then I recalled seeing a link to another guy’s Steam Calculator and HOLY CRAP! This other guy has MORE GAMES THAN THE PERSON WHO WON THE ENTIRE STEAM LIBRARY… WHAT!?!
And unlike the guy who won them all he seems to have played most of his games… Just wow! According to Steam Calculator he’s got 1371 games with a value of $18881.68 USD. To compare I have 62 games worth $641.39 USD (most of which are indie bundle games) and Cakesmith (who I assumed had the biggest Steam library EVAR) ‘only’ has 435 games worth $6900.66 USD.
Shieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. And we all thought Cakefriend was bad 😛
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Whiterabbit01/games/?tab=all&sort=playtime
(replace Whiterabbit01 with psychomantis to see the guy who won the competition)
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Stalkius 😛
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Good memoryius? Boredius? Curious? …No?
okay.jpg 🙁
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…whoa.
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The pressure on the winner to play all the games under the watchful eyes of millions must be insane.
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That’d be great for Shameless gaming…
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No way. That would be horrifying man!
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Not to mention the freakin’ broadband and time required to download them all. :S
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The things a broken back can cause you to do
“Shieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. And we allthoughtknew Cakefriendwasis bad :P”
Fixed that for youHe is also part of the game collectors group I am part of so I know that there are many people who are worse than cakefrond. It makes me feel better about my own collection 😉
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One of the main downsides about digital media is that there’s not really much to show for it (in a physical sense). Nothing beats looking at collection of physical games on a shelf :), looking at a list of Steam games just doesn’t feel the same!
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I’ve never really had that feeling, maybe because I have never had a console and this PC the boxes were always too large to keep so I have always had my collection in disc tray things.
I have it with books and to some extent movies but never really had the feeling with games *shrug*
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Uhhh…
Steam member since: 1970-01-01
Found 0 Games with a value of
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That’s what happens when I try the steam calculator >.<
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You have to make a custom id and use that.
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ohhhh. Might try that when I get home.
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Also could be the fact that his steam profile is set to private, since you can use your profile number.
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@Greenmong and TAYbies of less grandiose shades and colours (I got your back Greenman!(*cue inappropriate joke here*));
iSketch this evening?
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isn’t it MvC3 night?
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Yeah I think there were other things going on :P. Not everyone has MvC3 though and iSketch is easy enough for everyone to just drop in and play for a bit.
I just picked a random date but I can always move it to another time if people are conflicted, I’m not too fussed 🙂
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Yep I posted last page that I considered 8:30 tonight (8:00 in Aliensgula?) but only Powalen responded :P. Apparently there’s Brink on tonight so we might miss some people but I’m sure others are still keen on playing :). Just express interest here or something I guess 😀
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Should be enough people interested in both. There’s a few people playing Brink, but it’s a fairly small number (8-10ish?)
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Oh wonderfuls! What platform is Brink being played on, by the way?
@redartifice, never much got into fighters. To this day, all I can do is buttonmash like a champ :p
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MASTER RACE!
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Best race ^.^
Only, I have Brink on X360 :S
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Well there’s one thing you need to get during the imminent steam sale.
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SHE CANNAE TEEK N’MOAR CAP’N!
My wallet’s in for a beating >.<
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That’s on my list
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Remember what happened last time there was both Brink and iSketch on? 😉
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Both games were played and a lot of fun was had? 😛
Further to the above then, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 on PS3: I’ll be on from 8:30 AEST if people want.
What’re the protocols for comment moderation, folks? I understand that two links or more = moderation, but what else is there?
Either way, I’m under moderation at the link below;
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/07/waking-up-to-the-future-the-cool-world-of-cryogenic-stasis/#comment-313751
And now I’m actually genuinely interested. Also, I can’t tell if sarcasm or not.
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Gizmodo has been doing the whole moderation thing to me of late as well. I’ve no idea, i’ve behaved myself over there. I haven’t been in Whitenoise, since that tragedy last year where we broke it =P
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I don’t get moderated over there :3
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=( damn. They’ve started moderating me for some reason /o\
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THEY’RE ONTO US!
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First post for a new username gets moderated. That might be it…?
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I’ve posted there before, in fact it was my second (or third?) comment on that article that was moderated. Perhaps one of my other comments was reported? Iunno :S
On a slightly (very) tangential note, how’s Parenthood V2.0 man? Congrats once again 😀@Virus__
I’ve never said hi to the Whitenoise community, I just tend to read LifeMoTaku as a daily ritual and hang out in TAY. How’d you break it last year? My first TAYbreak experience was when all comments were bold for an entire page.
…on second thoughts, no it wasn’t. The first one was when someone replied to a comment still under moderation. That was funky 😀-
Yeah i’ve no idea personally. I asked Luke on Twitter and he said he’d look into it, but haven’t heard anything else.
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Did you say the bad word?
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I said “shitheap”? Would that be reason to trigger a wordfilter, perhaps?
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Need to pick another game to finish from my pile. Very rare that I get to say this. Not sure what to pick though. Should I go with something short or something long, something I’ve played part of or something that’s brand new, etc.
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Check a couple of options on here/Twitter and ask for suggestions?
If, for example, you mentioned that something like Overlord was on the list…Yeah, I started playing Overlord again…for the 10th time.
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It’s in my pile but not in my list of things I really want to get to. I picked it up for $5 or so in an EB bargain bin or something ages ago.
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Got a list? 😛
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My shortlist, with notes on current progress:
– Atelier Rorona/Totori/Meruru (I’ve played maybe 25 minutes of Rorona, would probably start over)
– Agarest War/Zero/2 (I’m about 3/4 through the first generation in the first game, it’s time consuming)
– Ar Tonelico Qoga (I think I was about 1/4-1/2 way through when I got distracted / felt too embarrassed to continue it on a large TV in the living room IYKWIM)
– Assassin’s Creed Revelations (I played a bit but got distracted by Mass Effect 3 IIRC)
– Bayonetta (I was well past halfway but I lost the disc for a while. Would probably need to start over)
– Dead Space/Dead Space 2 (I think I played half of the first one then got stuck)
– Demon’s Souls/Dark Souls (Have both, never played either, been intimidated by their reputation)
– El Shaddai (still shrink-wrapped /o\ )
– FFXIII / XIII-2 (I stopped the first one when it suddenly stopped being a fun linear game and went bland open world monster hunting)
– Gravity Rush (I haven’t played any for a week or two so I guess it’s been Shame’d?)
– Halo Anniversary (In my defence I *have* finished Halo: CE multiple times)
– Hyperdimension Neptunia / Neptunia II (I played a bit of the first one but it’s pretty low on my priorities)
– Legend of Heroes: TitS (Played several hours on PSP, but would start over on Vita)
– Nier (not touched, my copy is the Asia release so it’s a pain to play unless I re-buy it)
– Shadows of the Damned (honestly I didn’t like what I played that much)
– Tales of Vesperia (I was very close to the end, got bored while doing some really repetitive stuff to get crazy amounts of gold, then the PS3 release got announced in Japan and I put it aside to wait for my cute pirate girl edition 🙁 So much later now that I’d probably re-buy the PAL version and start over)
– Yakuza 3/4 (actually technically 1 and 2 as well D:)
– Ys: Origin / Ys: The Oath in Felghana / Ys Seven (Played a bit of Seven, haven’t touched the other two)Also some visual novels that I’ve been intending to get around to but I’m not sure those count as ‘playing’.
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Oh I have a whole stack of unplayed Wii games but none of them are in contention until I upgrade my PC so I can emulate them.
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Do you have a darkadia or something setup?
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No, too much effort involved. 🙁
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In that case psychonauts or a fairly short fps for which I recommend Metro 2033
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Psychonauts I’ve actually finished I think (it was a long time ago, I was one of the ten or so people that actually bought it when it originally released) and I don’t have Metro 2033 so that wouldn’t help my Pile. Though it did sound like a pretty sweet game so I might get it at some point eg Steam sale.
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I haven’t played most of your list so I will have to support Nier
#HiStrange
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Alright I’ll just comment on the ones I’ve played/know about 🙂 (I’m bored so lots of text)
– Bayonetta: fun and fairly short (8ish?). I really liked it but others hate it 😛
– Dead Space/Dead Space 2: both fun games and are fairly short (8-12ish?). I thought the 2nd was a lot better than the first.
– Demon’s Souls/Dark Souls: Both great but lengthy games, Demon’s was quite hard but certain things about it annoyed me. It started to get more tedious than it was ‘hard’. I thought Dark Souls was a lot better due to the structure and pacing of the game. I cheated through Demon’s but Dark Souls took me 40 hours. More or less depending on your skill level.
– FFXIII / XIII-2 : Probably wouldn’t bother with them. I know you’re a huge JRPG fan and it sounds like you got fed up with XIII towards the end. XIII-2 is less linear so probably not up your alley but I did find it better than XIII in most aspects. 40ish hours each
– Halo Anniversary: I know you’re a huge Halo fan so I probably wouldn’t bother since you have played the original 😛
– Nier: Awesome game that’s slightly flawed but the story/characters make up for it. It’s one worth playing through at least 2 times and the first run can be done in under 15 hours but maybe 20ish if you bother with the generic sidequests
– Shadows of the Damned: if you didn’t like it then probably not worth playing but I hear it’s good and I’m a fan of Suda51
– Yakuza 3/4: both good games but can take a while to beat. You kind of need to know about the previous games to get the most out of it. I’d probably recommend 4 first because it introduces new characters so the story isn’t so reliant on the other games. Probably 15 hours for just the main story but there’s plenty of sidequests and extra things to do in each one which can easily double, if not triple that :).
So I hope something helpful came out of my boredom but I recommend you play a shortish game rather than a long JRPG. My picks would probably be Bayonetta, Dead Spaces and Nier.
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If Ar Tonelico Qoga is anything like the previous two games, it’s not that long either, mainly because they expect you’re going to play through several times since there’s alternative paths with each of the two girls, but honestly I found one of the pair so utterly uninteresting I don’t think I’d bother.
The Ys games I believe are pretty short too (like, less than 20 hours – they’re Action RPGs). I’ve always been pretty interested in the series since they’re a concept I’ve always wondered why no one else has done (one interesting hero goes on multiple self-contained adventures, basically) and they have amazing soundtracks. Just never got around to them and given how old a lot of the games are (Ys: The Oath in Felghana for example is a 2005 remake of a PC-88 game from 1989) I’m not sure that the gameplay still holds up. But it’d be interesting to find out. And then I’d know whether to be hyped for the new Vita one or not.
In the end my goal isn’t to complete lots of games, it’s to enjoy playing some games I haven’t touched in a while. And so maybe I should just grab an JRPG off the pile.
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I suggest Nier then but I’m not sure whether you’ll like it or not :P.
It’s a bit of a “jack of all trades master of none” type of game with lots of different mechanics and things that aren’t particularly good by themselves, but it works!
I did some sidequests but didn’t really bother with them and beat the game in under 15 hours (there’s a trophy for it). Immediately played through again and NG+ starts at about half way through the game so the second playthrough only takes 5 hours or so. There’s some changes and it’s worth watching the new cutscenes for a different perspective :). Doing the tasks required for the other 2 endings were a bit time consuming so I didn’t bother and just YouTubed them but it’s a good game.
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It’ll depend on whether I can find another copy, I really don’t want to dig out my old JP 360, it’s a bit of a pain. Is it on the PSN/XBL store at all? I’d probably re-buy it if it is.
Otherwise I think I might give Ys Origin a whirl tonight on PC and see what I think.
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Oh… I thought you meant like an Asian PS3 version which I think had the younger Nier? Not sure why you went the Asian Xbox version with the oldman Nier 😛 (same as ours). I’m not sure if it’s on PSN/XBLM but I’ve never checked. You can rebuy it for like $20 anyway which would probably be cheaper than buying it on PSN/XBLM.
Other than that I can’t really comment on your other games (Ys, Ar Tonelico etc.) so maybe Ys is an easier option since you already have it there waiting for you 🙂
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The PS3 version everywhere except Japan is still caveman nier not incest bro nier.
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Turned on PS3 to check Nier price. System update required. Bugger.
So I started that going and was like “I’ll check the Xbox marketplace as well”
System update required. /o\
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It’s not on either system, or on the US PSN. Looks like a trip to the store for me. So that definitely means Ys gets a spin first.
While I was looking stuff up I’ve been listening to the Ys Origin soundtrack and it is indeed amazing.
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Bad Greenius! Stop it with your spoilering of where NG+ starts and telling people it’s different. It’s better if they just experience it for themselves. 🙁
But yes, Mr. Neg0. Play Nier. It is awesome.
SORRY STRANGE! D:
But those two things aren’t that bad 😛
Knowing that:
it starts at the mid point – you don’t have to waste that much time replaying earlier sections
It’s different – more incentive to play it again rather than just a different ending. And it’s not really that different 😛
Just tell people NG+ is much quicker. That should get your point across without spoiling it for them. Plus less words so you don’t have to think of how to word it properly when you explain. 😛
I already knew about the NG+ being significantly different, don’t worry.
Just do what I do and stare at your game library for hours, then not play anything 😛
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Thanks, reply button!
i just ordered max anarchy/anarchy reigns off play asia, so damn excited, couldn’t wait till next year to play it, been playing the demo some more, it is still really damn fun
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Awesome, let me know how it goes :), I’m interested in getting it but I don’t mind waiting 😛
Don’t forget iSketchies at 8:30 tonight! 😀
So far it’s just me, Powalen and Aleph but feel free to join in whenever you want. I’ll put details here later.
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All geared up and good to go here in Aliensgula!
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I JUST started working in Minecraft as well!
I’ll be there soon! What room?
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English Easy UK 3
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Thanks for the game guys!
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Man. iSketch is always so funny.
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FARTS!
Anyways guys (Freeze) it’s over for tonight.
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Hi TAY!
SCORPIONFLY!
Scorpionfly’s a pretty cool guy, eh eats dead insects and doesn’t afraid of anything.
Don’t be afraid, that’s not a stinger – it’s just his genitals.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE!
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Ribbed for her… Yeah, I’m not going to finish that one.
This is a really weird request I know, but has anyone got any good paranormal TV shows or movies to suggest?
We’ve seen A haunting, Paranormal state, Most haunted and I’m currently downloading Ghost Adventures. England would be preferable. Even if it’s just ghosts stories from historically “haunted” locations
If not, thanks anyway
Don’t you just love it when someone asks their friends for advice on tech on Facebook and you give the optimal answer for their problem and they ignore the suggestion and listen to everyone elses “help” =/
I don’t get it, they were after a cheap but decent tablet, for ebooks, some web browsing, and some general word processing they didn’t want an iPad since thats out of the budget, decent yet cheap, that rules out any of the household names mostly since they’re too expensive, and rules out cheap ones from Kogan & Aldi, so I suggested the Nexus 7 that Google is bringing out, cheap yet it’s not a piece of crap. Other option is the Kindle Fire, but that’s not available here as far as I am aware.
Oh and to top it all off, this is an IT teacher of mine from tafe, he always asks my opinion on things like this, so for him to disregard my input is rather odd.
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You can get Kindle Fires from eBay for fairly cheap :). My dad got ‘the new iPad’ when it came out but he always wanted a Kindle Fire too so bought one anyway lol. He likes it for basic tablet functions like browsing and those little games 🙂
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Yeah but I am assuming that he isn’t the sort to buy online, he likes physical stores and don’t blame him honestly!
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Great British Ghosts,
Fortean TV,
Tony Robinson and the Paranormal
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reply fail.
this was for Scree.
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Helpful reply fail. \o/
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Wouldn’t happen to have the torrent, would you?
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I can’t believe we’ve been on this page for 12 hours… it feels like a record.
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How is that even possible? =P
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I meant “this page” as in the previous page to this one, and it posted on a new page.
It’s a pyrrhic victory.-
Yay, word i don’t understand \o/
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What, victory? 😛
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Pyrrhic. I cna’t even pronounce it. I should go look it up, but I’m busy with cosplay stuff *shakes fist at epoxy resin*
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I understand.
I’m still looking at resin though =P
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It’s time for the Lambo Pain Report!
First, I have a tingly, sore, numb left elbow. I don’t know why it’s like that, but Tracey ‘assured’ me it wasn’t because of a stroke 😛 Whenever I move it around too much, it sends a sharp pain through my arm, so it’s not moving much right now. Also my left hand feels slightly tingly and numb too.
I hit my left hand with a hammer today. Wait, did I say hammer? I meant to say sledgehammer. Not too hard, but it was on a major-ish vein and was hard enough to cause it to swell up so it looks like I have an extra knuckle.
I have a sore rib. A few years back, I fell over and landed on a log on my chest. One of my ribs was rather sore after that. I don’t think it was broken, but every now and then it just flares up. Like today and yesterday…
But hey, at least I’m still alive 😛
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Good lord lambo…
wow…
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Can you promise to stay away from the clothesline at least, please?
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You should be institutionalised or something.
@scree
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Why is this aimed at me?
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Pirate, torrenting shows
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I actually have a good reason =P
Mum currently is looking to purchase Paranormal state, something that wasn’t even on our radar before I downloaded it. We also enjoyed A haunting, so we’re going to be grabbing that too.
It’s more like a try before you buy-
Oh I don’t care and neither does Troll S Preston, I was just explaining why it was aimed at you.
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I punched that grizzly bear’s ass SO MANY TIMES.
…now it says I’m the 1,000,000,000rd visitor to the site, and I won a trip to Uruguay.All I wanted was the iPad 3!
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Where can I get me one of these?
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I’m not too sure that outfit would suit you :p
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Hey man, I already have one! I meant the girl to go with said outfit! =D
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So Ys Origin is pretty fun.
BAM! Limbo finished.
For a second time.
I am really bad at this.
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You’re the Britta of Shameless Gaming.
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I read that as “Lambo finished” 😛
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Weirdly, so did I.
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I typed it, and when I reread it I briefly thought it said that too. That would have been weird…
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I always see that when I see the word Limbo…
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I didn’t even finish. Too tired 🙁
3am and I’m still up watching SVU episodes (yes yes I know .)
Everyone’s asleep and I’m bored.
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I was up ’til 2:30am watching True Blood (which, oddly, has one of the guys from Law&Order playing a fairly big role) because I ran out of The Newsroom to watch.
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You have a never ending supply of sexy pirate pictures
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I bet you have a folder of sexy girls in pirate costumes on your phone/computer, don’t you?
Good Morning TAY. I know what you were doing last night. When you thought I wasn’t watching. But I’m always watching…
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Yay I just won $10 on a scratchy
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And now a hot cheese n bacon roll right outta the oven \o/
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REALLY, BEST NEWS 🙂
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1dm1rQHTc1qatdqjo1_r1_500.gif
Mornin’ TAY
Brink game last night went quote well, despite numerous randoms joining the game (that I had to host on my poor connection, so everyone could join) that kept making people lag. Next time I’ll remember to put a password, I swear!
Made some good progress with only a couple of setbacks, but man, when the AI is on hard they sometimes just decide they’re going to kill your team…
Morning TAY’s
Dont know about the rest of you lot but where i live, its a great day to be a duck! (rain and cold). anyway hve a top day TAY’s
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It’s a good day to be in an air-conditioned office! 22° currently, heading to 29° with 92% humidity.
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Nice, i wish it was that warm here, as i sit infront of my wood heater with a cup of coffee watching the rain…
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You, sir/madam, have just described the PERFECT morning.
If I were king/queen, I’d forbid any morning to begin any differently, under punishment of death.Seriously though, little bit jealous right now ^.^
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🙂 cheers A-N, yer its a hard way to spend the am, except i need to split a few of the bigger logs soon, guess it will kill a bit more time 🙂
ps im a male but im no sire ha.
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Good morning, DishD!
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Good Morning Lady Strange! 🙂
hope all is good with you and yours.
Dear lord morning tv is shite ( im home awaiting a Telstra Tech to show up and fix my phone line some time between 8-12 ) well time to hit the shameless games.-
I really hope that Tech shows up on time rather than making you wait. Every time I hear one of these Techs not showing up on time to fix something for a customer or worse: not actually fixing it then just up and leaving, I feel just that little more ashamed to be working for the same guys 😛
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Ha Thank you TK, i wont hold it against you if the tech does’nt show up till 11:55 :p. Fingers crossed that he can fix the fault though, its been a long few days with no net!
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Lol nar no shaking of fists (yet 🙂 just tapping of feet….
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And sipping of tea?
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Tea might be a good idea TK, as i hve already had my max number of coffee’s for the day!
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Lots of humans do hold it against me, sadly. Not directly but you can hear it in their tone of voice. Main problem is if somebody knows I wear a Telstra tag, they think I can solve ALL their problems and answer ALL their questions like I’m some sort of Telstra Wiki and global support machine. I’m not that kind of robot sadly, wish I could be though and make Australia the god of internet and phone connectivity 😛
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I hear ya TK, sorry to hear that you get the grief, it woulf be awesome if you could sort it out and we could all hve high speed cable XD.
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Well TK i just has the Tech call me to say that he has been held up on another job, but he will be out to fix the fault asap. I cant ask for more that +1 to Telstra!
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Keeping you informed of any delays as soon as possible is good to see, kudos to that guy! 🙂
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Well TK the tech just finished, the issue was at the exchange (wrong switch was flicked) so im all good to go. Well done Telstra! XD
What games are on your list to knock over for Shameless Gaming month?
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DE: Human Rev, WH: Space Marine(on the very last boss fight), Borderlands and The Witcher2..
Did finish Spec Ops: The line last night (not really on the Shameless pile but i had to see the ending!)
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My plan was to try and finish DE:HR as well. Followed by Alan Wake. But I haven’t played either yet this month. 😛
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Oh cool! let me know what you think of Alan Wake (been meaning to get into those). Well good luck with getting on with ur Shameless gaming, after today as a B’day lady shd be enjoying her day and be treated like queen 🙂
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My plan is to buy DE:HR this month 😛
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Silly Lambo, you could’ve got all all the Deus Ex games for like 15 dollars on steam the other week
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Yeah, but I didn’t have the money then. 🙁
Plus, it’s easier to convince my mum to let me buy games in one big chunk, so she doesn’t say “But didn’t you just buy a game the other week?” 😛
Oh i didn’t know till i read some of the later posts but,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Lady Strange!! may you have many more and enjoy your day XD
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Thanks. 🙂
MORNING TAY! I have a story for you all.
Once upon a morning dreary,
While I stumbled, weak and weary,
O’er the Pile O’ Shame nestled right beside my door —
While I fumbled, nearly swearing, suddenly there came a glaring,
As of the sun brightly staring, staring through my core.
“Tis some absurdity” I muttered, as I pulled my shirt on, covered,
AND THEN I FOUND $10!!!
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Good story with a strong emphasis on things.
9 out of 10 dollars.
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NO he found $10
GEEZ RIZE-
$9 he gets, and nevermore.
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Quoth the Rizen.
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hehehee nice, i liked that 🙂
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People needs to “say” things less, and quoth things more often.
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To quoth a slightly over-paraphrased paraphrase;
“To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. To throw perfume on the violet, is just fucking stupid.” – Frank ZappaUnfortunately, I think we’re just gilding the lily on this one :p
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It was in the pocket of my shirt \o/
A truly heart-warming tale of triumph over adversity.
My husband bought me Catherine. \o/
Not great for Shameless Gaming though. 0 games finished, 1 acquired. 😛
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HOPPY BORTHDAY LOVELY LADY
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Happy Strange Day! 😀
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IT’S A METAPHOR
Also happiest of birthdays! xx
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A meta phor what, exactly?
Also, HOPPY BORTHDOY FROND!
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I have never metaphor. What he like?
Sorry that is such a “dad” joke. I guess we’ve gotta start practicing sometime right.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY STRANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HAPPY STRANGE BIRTHDAY!
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Just said it on Twitters but I’ll say it again, Happy Birthday! 😀
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Happy Birthday Strange! 🙂
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Happy birthday Strange!
It is your birthday right? I can never tell anymore. ^^;;
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HAPPY BORTHDAY SCREE!!!
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I kinda of feel like I should cause really odd stuff to happen around the ACT today, and when people ask me what’s going on, I can say “IT’S STRANGE DAY!!!”
Happy Birthday!
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Happy Birthday, Strange! Have a great day.
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Thanks guys! You are all the bestest. 😀
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No, you’re the bestest!!
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You have successfully aged! \o/
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Happy birthday! We should break the rest of this page in your honour! 😛
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Judging by all the replies I’m going to go ahead and assume it’s your birthday. Happy Birthday Strange!
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Happy birthday Strange!
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Happy birthday! 😀
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I thought Saturday was your birthday, cause of the meat and all xD But instead HAPPY BIRTHDAY STRANGE!
I just said this in Tell us damn it, thinking it was TAY =/
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Happy Strange day everybody
Your bacon making book looks very nommable
It’s thursday, and we’re only on page 6. What has happened to TAY?
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We’re on a hiTAYtus.
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I’ve moved buildings to Rialto and work is getting chaotic, so my commenting has drastically decreased overall 😛
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Lots more people have moved to twitter these days
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I avoid that like the plague for my own reasons
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Twitter nearly got me too. BUT I’M MAKING A COMEBACK! Seriously, TAY would be just so boring without me, wouldn’t it? 😛
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I don’t have much to talk about ^^;;
The fps difference on Brink between Win7 and Win8 on my laptop is so stupidly huge it’s not even funny. Win 7, lowest settings, 640×480, ridiculously low framerate, comes in just under ‘playable’. Win 8, all settings on high, native resolution (1360×768), it’s not exactly as smooth as butter, but it’s definitely playable. I’ve got no idea why there is such a huge difference. Could it be because it’s only a 32-bit installation of Win7? My laptop has 4GB of RAM. The only other thing I can think of is that Win8 is a fresher installation, but nothing much has really been done on Win 7 to mess it up. I don’t think that would cause that huge a difference though. Maybe it’s the driver’s? I’ve got a newer version on Win 8, but still, it shouldn’t be causing that much of a difference either, should it? :/
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Your 999 latency probably didn’t help at all 😛
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No, that was a separate problem. I tried it in single player as well and it was pretty much the same. Having a high latency just caused me to not be able to look around and move. My character and the environment were still animated though…
Oh well, I’ll be all ready for the next Brink night now! \o/-
I know it doesn’t affect FPS, it was just hilarious 😛 It must cap at 999 too
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Who knows how high it really was? I’ve gotten 20,000 in SWTOR a few times 😛
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Antivirus (if you were using something other than MSE)? Better driver support? Most likely the shift to 64-bit has a bit to do with it, since you can now address all your memory, but also Win8 runs better on similar hardware than Win7.
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It’s expired and I haven’t taken it off yet. I’ve put MSE on it too…-
Running Windows 8? Don’t install MSE, it’s already there (Windows Defender is effectively built-in MSE).
Most likely if it was expired on your Win7 build, Norton was still running and chugging resources all over the place, wheras once you’ve upgraded to Win8, Defender has detected your Norton install is out of date & expired, disabled it and enabled itself instead.
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I didn’t put Norton on Win8, because I’d heard about the built in security. Norton is most definitely still running on Win 7 though. I keep getting annoying popups trying to use fear tactics to get me to resubscribe. Time to nuke it, methinks.
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TO CELEBRATE STRANGE’S BIRTHDAY ON THE 14TH, SATURDAY SHINDIG IN SYDNEY
Where: Sydney Convention and Exhbition Centre, Darling Harbour. There’s a neat spiral water feature in the front of it, so I think that’s a pretty good marker.
When: 4:30 PM (I have to pick up the rocketsmang)
Who: Us. What kind of question is that.
Why: What.
Emails sent as well.
i dont know how to organise things
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Awww…I needed more notice 😛
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The Official TO CELEBRATE STRANGE’S BORTHDAY on the 14th is at my place! Everyone needs to go to that one instead. 😛-
Happy birthday Strange!
I want to go to your meat so badly /o\
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Why aren’t you going Fryer? =(
You might miss out on me saying “WHYYYYYYYY”-
Because Bish will be sad if I don’t go to his meat!
IT’S HARD BEING LOVED BY ALL I TELL YOUHAPPY BIRTHDAY STRANGE
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You should come, you’ll get to meet the amazing Freeze & I!
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On the weekend there were people punch dancing in that water feature. I think they were filming a music video. Or having a simultaneous fit. Either one.
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i’ll be there! Thank you for organising, cousin Bish!
@HUGO
I think this page is lacking Dragon Dogma talk but I will rectify that. Last night in Dragon Dogma I fought a drake. Man they are strong and that fire hurts. The battle took something between 16 – 24 in-game hours to finish. Killing a drake and having the sunset then rise later on is pretty epic.
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Also Bish I was using you pawn so I think next time I go back to the rift she should gain knowledge on how to fight drakes.
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Pawns can gain knowledge :O?
Cool!
What is everyone playing as? In games I generally play as a warrior/tank type or ranged/thief type character (I avoid mages) has anyone played either of those? I’m leaning towards a melee character when I get it as arrows seem kind of spammy and boring.
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GREENMANG! My “endgame” class/vocation is going to be a Magicks Archer. Which is basically a thief/rogue that uses magic with their daggers / bow. Also I think Bish is going for an assassin which is a thief/rogue. They mostly use melee / poisons / apparently have the ability to make themselves invisible and invulnerable.
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When I grab this, should I get PS3 or 360? Which platform has the most of you guys playing?
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The TS guys are all playing on Playstation.
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If I get it (which is a possibility) I’ll be grabbing it on 360.
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There’s at least 5 people who have it on PS3 (so you can use their pawns) and sadly I think only Hugo has it on Xbox :P. If I get it I’ll probably go PS3 since I’m hardly on Xbox Live Gold.
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Does sharing pawns actually require Gold? Because if so that’s a bit shitty.
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I’m going to assume so. Didn’t you have to have gold to see other people’s ghosts and messages in Dark Souls on 360?
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I wouldn’t know, I have it on PS3 and never played it.
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Oh yeah, good point. I almost never have Gold. I hate the very idea of it.
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I think Glahman checked and said it didn’t require gold.
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Nob friend is right. From all accounts it does not require Gold, and you’re also correct above about Gold in Dark Souls, Strange. Man, that was annoying.
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I’m waiting for the PC version!
*Insert awkward pause, it may even be pregnant, if so, congratulations, pause*
Bahahahaha. Ahh, what a joke.
Happy birthday Strange!
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Yes, Happy Birthday old Lady. ENJOY BEING EVEN OLDER! 😛
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\o/ for the wisdom of age! 😛
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Is it all that built up wisdom that makes your reactions slow? 😛
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I got a package!
DisplayPort adapter and an additional 8GB RAM. I want to go home now and play.
Also, it only took a week to get here. That’s insane!
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WHOA! Anti-replyfail?
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Thanks, Shane! How’s being father of a baby boy treating you? How’s little miss coping with a brother?
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She’s not dressing him up in girls clothes, is she?
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This one post explains so much.
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LOL.
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When I become famous, my biography is going to be one interesting read 😛
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Heh it will be indeed 😛
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Happy Birthday Strange!
Hello, TAY!
How is everybody?
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Zzzzz
Today is going rather slow-
It’s almost lunch. That’s something.
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Is it lunch time yet?
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How about now?
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I’ve already finished my lunch.
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Still not time for me 🙁
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IT’S SO COLD /whinge
OH.
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GEE.
It’s both Strange’s AND Christie McVie’s birthday today.
THAT MUST MEAN STRANGE IS REALLY CHRISTIE McVIE!
Blind mown.
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Now that would be kind of cool. But alas, so very far from the truth.
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If you were Christie McVie I’d have to stop with the old jokes, because you’d actually be old.
So they wouldn’t be jokes, they’d be comments.
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Christine* Derp. I am so good at this typing thing.
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I’ve been making steady progress in StarCraft.
Last night, the mission I was on ended up being a game of “find the supply depot”. I was meant to destroy the enemy forces and keep some dude in a Battlecruiser alive. In effect, that means that I built a large force of Siege Tanks and Marines, then sent them all over the map to find the scattered buildings.
So very annoying.
Finding those last few depots took quite a while because they were hiding behind some mineral patches at the top of the map.
We’ve learned a lot about level design since StarCraft came out.
Hey TAY…
I am alive, barely but still… Last week as a contractor \o/ woot… Feeling like absolute carp though, only problem is as a contractor, if I call in sick, I don’t get paid, and I need all the monies!!! Also been trying this new fangled pineapple of shame everyone’s talking about… BOUGHT 2 NEW GAMES SO FAR
#doingitwrong
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Oh and MANY CONGRATUMALATIONS WITH THE BIRTHDAY STRAAAANGE \o/
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Absolute Carp sounds like the worse decision Absolut has ever made.
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Omega-3 mang, sh!ts good for ya!
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I don’t think I’d be game to try it
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I managed to anti-replyfail earlier, so here it is again;
I got a package!
DisplayPort adapter and an additional 8GB RAM. I want to go home now and play.
Also, it only took a week to get here. That’s insane!
\o/
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\o/ new cool stuff, yay!
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I lied, it didn’t even take a week. I ordered it on Saturday o.0
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Haha, and since it took much longer for my mates stuff from them to get to him on Lizard island (off the coast of Cairns) that’s impressive!
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LoL Peoples!
More info on the the remake of eve in upcoming stealth patch.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/ability-remake-evelynn-widowmaker
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I like the look of this, I really do. Kudos to Riot for doing this.
Now revert Xerath’s ulti damn it!!!
This is probably a dumb idea and it might not work, but I’ll post it anyway.
It’s obvious that TAY has slowed down the past few months-people are busy, past regular commentors are gone and the conversation has largely moved to Twitter. These days it’s a miracle to hit a 1000 posts on TAY when before 5000+ was the norm.
People and circumstances change, so that’s fine, but I was thinking what if we have a week where we try and get past TAY numbers and relive the ‘glory days.’. A week where we limit the Twitter conversations and try to reach at least 5000 posts. A return to the TAY of old. Maybe even have a silly pun-filled names like:
BACK IN THE TAY
or
JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD TAYS
So what do you guys think?
I know many people’s workplaces block Kotaku and that Twitter is faster and generally easier to use on your phone, but it would be kind of cool to have one last time where we can have 5000+ or even 10,000 posts on TAY. For example when was the last time it was really hard to catch up on TAY?
You know, a final hurrah for this wonderful forum instead of slowing watching participation drop*
Anyway I’d love to hear your thoughts on the idea and maybe even suggestions for a week to do it.
Thanks.
P.S.
* Please note I’m not saying TAY will die. I don’t have that power 🙂
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It’s likely cyclical too, man. Not that I’ve got ANYTHING to actually base that on, but hey. It can’t be full steam ahead all the time, right?
I personally found that I dropped my posting frequency (not so much this week, methinks) due to many others not posting. No-one wants to see a spammer, as close to that as I may be :pIt’ll pick up in it’s own time, I’m sure. But we can always help it along, too! I’ve never seen it higher than 4K posts or so, but still… that’s pretty amazing.
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I remember when we were getting 5000 posts people missed the old days of getting 1000 posts. 😛
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Dude Tay will never die, EVER it has been around for ages
IF IT DOES WE WILL START OUR OWN MALL.
I actually like new tay, alot of older stuff used to beRocketman: I’m Bored
Blaghman: Do something
Rocketman: Thanks blaghs your always so helpful
Blaghman: Your face is
Rocketman: Your mums face isI like that people are having meaningful discussions here.
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You’d be forcing conversation, though. TAY is at its best when the conversation is natural.
Consider that a lot of weeks where the post count hit 5000, a decent number of those posts were ‘ooh 62 posts to 5000’ and such, which only annoyed people.
Conversation is still strong here.
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Your face is still strong here.
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I’d hope so. It’s a nice face!
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That’s true it’s better if conversations are natural.
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TAY is an untamed beast. Let it run wild and free.
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I just pictured TAY, personified. Running naked through a shopping mall like a small, retarded child.
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Nope. TAY of now is just like the “Good Old Days” of TAY, anyway. 😛
I don’t think less chatter on TAY is a bad thing anyway. It’s also less intimidating for new people to jump in. And really, it’s the new people who end up keeping it going .
Happy birthday, Strange. Hope you have an incredible year filled with good times a-plenty…
Just saw Spider-Man, loved it even more than Raimi’s…
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Thank-you. Now hopefully this will be year we get to meet you! 😛
@Pokémon Conquestadors:
I accidentally dismissed a Warlord today D: Luckily it wasn’t anybody I used frequently… Also, I just got some evolution stones for Eevee, but I don’t know what to evolve it into! I was going to wait until I could get Glaceon, but I’d heard you can get multiple Eevee so now I’m thinking Flareon while I wait (The only Fire type I have is Charizard, which has a max 70% link). Decisions, decisions.
How is everybody else finding it lately?
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USE ALL THE STONES!
If only that were possible… Eevee with all dem elements, yo.
Sorry to say it, but there’s only ever gonna be Flareon, Vaporeon and Jolteon.-
Get with the times OLD MAN! Seven Eevee’s forever*!
(* At least until they bring in an eighth Dragon type evolution to complete the roster :P)
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There will only ever be 151 man. I remember being so frustrated when they introduced Gold/Silver (Leaf Green/Fire Red etc came after that, yeah?).
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Over 600… I lost faith first time I met Trubbish… A FARKING GARBAGE BAG WITH TEETH
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At least 649 or more to see!
To be a Pokémon Master is my destinyyyyy!/pokérap
(Can you imagine them trying to make a Pokérap nowadays? Kids would die while attempting to sing it 😛
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Bahaha, you, webcam, YouTube aaaaaaand go!
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*chest bump* I hear ya mang… Additionally there’s only 151 pokemans… The rest are phonies
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But there’s a Pokemon that’s an ice cream cone…and when it evolves…it becomes a double cone. HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THAT?!
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*chest bump* indeed my good viking compatriot!
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True Dat, I fully agree with this sentiment… The rest just seems… Uncreative… So we have this polar bear cub right? OH I KNOW, LET’S HAVE SNOT COMING OUT OF ITS NOSE THAT CAN BE USED AS A MOTHER FLIPPIN WEAPON
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Fair enough the ice cream and rubbish bag Pokémon, but Cubchoo is cool! It’s like the Pokémon equivalent of this kid!
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You misinterpret my comment on the ice cream Pokemon. I love it.
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I couldn’t believe the stick thing in Gold. Supawopoo or summin’?
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How stupid was it when they made a bunch of eggs a Pokemon? Or when they just dumped a pile of crap on the floor and said “here’s another one!”.
Eggsecute and Grimer.
PokeOWNED!
…but yeah, the new ones suck.
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I think Ditto was probably the least thought out pokemon in that regard.
PokeREBUTTAL!
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Ditto is deeper than it appears! The theory is that it is a failed clone of Mew, because they have the same weight, colour (both normal and shiny) and are the only two Pokémon that can learn Transform! Ditto is also found in the mansion that conducted the Mew experiments in 1st gen!
Trivia! 😀
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The hell is shiny?
I’d like to know a little more about the lore of the Pokeverse. I mean, do they have “regular” animals too, or do they farm Tentacruel for calimari? I think the only original pokemon that doesn’t quite fit in the world was Porygon, as it was essentially a digital construct thrust into an analog realm.
…actually, I guess Magneton also doesn’t quite belong as a biological organism.But really, how the hell did a garbage bag become a pokemon?
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You haven’t played in a while, huh? xD A shiny pokemon is an alternate-colour and is very rare (just a cosmetic difference though).
Most of the lore comes from the movies (at least the early ones, haven’t kept up with them after the first two-ish) and what we can piece together from the in-game timeline. It’s not massively deep though.
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I saw the first movie, so I could get the LE trading card. I don’t think I actually remember ANYTHING from the movie, aside from the parts that comprise this:
https://www.myspace.com/video/anime-music-channel/mindless-self-indulgence-bitches-pokemon-amv/23884914
(It was removed from Youtube?!?! WHEN?!)
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I waver on whether the new ones suck or not. Most of the third and fourth wave of newbies were pretty bad, but a lot of the ones introduced in Black and White are pretty cool. (maybe not Trubbish)
If you evolve Eevee, will that change your character’s speciality element to whatever you choose? If not, that’d suck big time.
Going pretty well. I wish I wasn’t stuck needing lots of characters, cause I’d be happier with like 12 (2 full parties) for simple management.
I’m finally getting a decent range of warriors, but they always come with mismatched Pokemon (e.g. Ghost/Dark Warrior with a psychic starter). I’m still up to the psychic castle/fortress thingy, and have just been training and linking.
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Hm, I didn’t think of that! Surely they wouldn’t punish you for evolving the main character’s Pokemon? They basically tell you to evolve it by giving out evolution stones for free 😛
I agree about having too many characters though. I basically cycle between my team of 8 or so characters who have 100% links and then delegate the rest of them to train or whatnot without me.
I NEED TO MAKE MINE AN UMBREON BECAUSE UMBREON IS BEST
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Pfft, Umbreon is so mainstream.
hey masha
Dude Tay will never die, EVER it has been around for ages
IF IT DOES WE WILL START OUR OWN MALL.
I actually like new tay, alot of older stuff used to be
Rocketman: I’m Bored
Blaghman: Do something
Rocketman: Thanks blaghs your always so helpful
Blaghman: Your face is
Rocketman: Your mums face is
I like that people are having meaningful discussions here.
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You’re right. It was a silly idea anyway. Maybe I was misremembering the older TAYS.
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Don’t fret, buddy. It just shows that you care about the community.
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Agreed, its cool masha, you just want to get everyone talking again UNDERSTANDABLE.
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Awww, thanks guys. 🙂 Yeah that was basically my intention.
Can’t wait for your Potaku debut rockets? Nervous yet?
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Oh man, i am gonna be all types of dreadful.
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Are you saying that our conversations weren’t meaningful? I THOUGHT THEY WERE SPECIAL!
Also, my response to “I’m bored” is usually “do a dance.” You should keep that in mind.
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Dude i talk to you every night, EVERY GOD DAMNED NIGHT.
We run out of stuff to talk about SOOOOO quickly,-
You two make the worst old married couple.
The worst.
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They’re like, the worst old married couple on the site.
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It’s why Blaghsy is having an affair with me. At least he’s got something to keep him interested in life this way.
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WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. LIKE THE WEATHER. IT IS RAINING AT THE MOMENT!
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It’s dry season at the moment. Which means humidity, ironically enough.
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Also, it’s fecking Canberra, which means that it hates me.
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Canberra is the suck. There is no hate, no love, no empathy, compassion or understanding.
Nothing more than an ignorant concrete blot on the otherwise beautiful backdrop that is South Eastern Australia.The resentment you feel is perhaps a manifestation of your needs for attention. Canberra doesn’t hate.
It feels nothing.…and I kinda miss it :3
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But, but but his brother song is boring:|
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You ever listen to any of his other songs?
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Sadly after i heard brother and got tired of his voice i have not, judging people by one song usually isn’t the best plan. will listen when i get home.
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Well I just supported the new kickstarter campaign for Defense grid 2
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hiddenpath/defense-grid-2?ref=live
Defense grid is the best tower defense game I ever played so more than happy to support more development in the area.
However if you have never played it and are interested there are a couple of ways to go about it. It is currently on sale over at steam, you can support the kickstarter which gives you a free copy of the original game (even if the kickstarter isn’t funded) or the final options is ask me below and I can send you my spare key. All you need to do is tell me what sort of defensive tower would you have installed at your house (Lambo your only option is the cotton wool tower)
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If I were defending against Lambo, I’d just move my clothesline to the front yard.
Anything else, give me tesla coils!
Just got off the phone with a guy with a massive stutter. Had a few sympathy stutters of my own during that conversation. Funny how that tends to happen. Wonder if that happens to him a lot and if he thinks people are taking the mickey?
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Social intricacies allow for all sorts of weird stuff like that. It’s really intriguing!
My stepmother reverts to an unintelligible Irishwoman when around her parents. I personally have found that my accent has turned from the “city-kid” to the “outback” vernacular. EVERYONE is now known as “mate”, although that title (and pronunciation) is a little off. I now pronounce it “moite”, as ridiculous as that sounds, even to me.Environmental changes will elicit different speech patterns in all of us 😀
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Revertigo!
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Matching accents and speech patterns with someone is one of those weird things that people just do. I bet one of the signs that you’re a sociopath is if you don’t do it.
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…I have a hard time around Doc What and Serrels, cause I wonder if they’ll end up getting offended. I can’t help it 😛
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I’d love to see someone do it on Potaku. Start off with their normal accent and by the end of it devolve into a full Scottish brogue.
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I also wonder what people think when I’m trying to have a somewhat professional conversation with them and they hear my SMS tone go off.
Happens at least once a day.
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As long as you didn’t yell “t-t-t-today junior!” I’m sure he didn’t mind/notice. xD
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He’s almost twice my age :p
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Dear Strange,
12th July 1962. London, 50 years ago today; The Rolling Stones played their very first gig.
So, in honour of your birthday and this event, I hope you get plenty of satisfaction, since today is all about you. Try and avoid any dirty work, just get mother’s little helper to pass the wine and have a day of luxury.
If you’re feeling torn and frayed don’t worry, you’re still hot stuff.
I hope your birthday’s a gas (Gas! Gas!)! and you party hard just like a young girl should.
Happy Birthday Strangie!
Kind regards,
Effluvium Boy
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That was amazing.
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Marry me.
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only if its a 3 way marriage or i get to be the kid.
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That was… beautiful.
*wipes away tears*
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Woah! (/Keanu)
That was pretty much the best thing ever. I am in awe.
Thanks, Eff. 😀
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Wow.
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/standing ovation
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And this is why I want to be you when I grow up
Aleph!
I noticed in the gaming rig article you mentioned you have a RAT 5. Care to give me a quick Pros/Cons list? I’m looking at the RAT 7 Contagion and want to know what to expect if I get one.
I wasn’t actually going to look into them cause they used to be massively expensive, but $120 isn’t too far fetched (if I can believe what most people say about them).
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To be honest, at this point in time I can’t recommend it man.
To begin with, the positives:It was a brilliant mouse. It was the first one I’ve ever had that actually fit my hand well, and the interchangeable weight system is a godsend. I like heavy-ish mice, so I had 3 weights on it (can’t recall how much that weighed, but it was perfect).
If you like fiddling with settings, the bundled software is great. You can easily spend 3+ hours tweaking, should you wish. I’m not much of an FPS player, but the slow-aim was an awesome feature when I remembered to use it.The cons:
The slow-aim button was a little out of reach for me, though that may be due to me having little-bitch hands, and the fact that I half-palm/half-claw my mouse.
Occasionally, I would notice the tracking on it would just go a little haywire. It would keep tracking down and to the left, even when the mouse itself was stationary. (Note: The mouse has always sat on an XL mousepad, which is kept clean at all times. I double-checked that dirt and debris were not the cause for the tracking fault).
The dealbreaker for me currently has just recently developed, in that it left-clicks CONSTANTLY. That’s fine in a melee-only round of TF2, but that’s about it. I’ve decided to send it back under warranty and hope that mine was just a lemon. I’m now using a Microsoft Optical Comfort 3000.All in all, it’s a great mouse; under the proviso that it works. I can’t recommend this mouse to anyone with a clear conscience however.
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Hmm…I think I’d similar with the half-palm/half-claw thing. My hand is in the palm position, then I claw it 😛
The issues you’re having DO sound like it had/has a fault, but it’s made me a bit wary.
One specific issue: is it comfortable over a long period? IT sorta looks like the layers would eventually rub/dig your hand a little, compared to a smooth mouse.-
I’ve had the mouse for a little under a year now.
I don’t usually hold my mouse for long stretches at a time, although if gaming, this can end up with my hand on the mouse for up to 4-5 consecutive hours. I’ve noticed nothing untoward with regard to the materials it’s made from. As disgusting as it is, I have particularly sweaty hands when gaming, and so the “openness” of the design actually help to alleviate that some.
Overall, I’ve found it to be a supremely comfortable mouse. I find that my left hand gets tired/sore far faster than my right (insert self-gratification joke here), and I usually deem that as “it’s time to take a break”.
If you’ve got any more questions on the mouse, I’m more than happy to answer them 😀
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At the moment I’m leaning towards a purchase with the proviso that their support is useful enough to not try to blame me when something goes wrong.
*cough*LOGITECH!
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I’ve not dealt with Saitek/Mad Catz themselves, as I’m going through PCCG for the warranty, although PCCG has been helpful in the correspondence I’ve had with them.
If it were an even playing field, and the mouse worked etc. I’d have preferred to go with the 7 as opposed to the 5. The 9 seemed somewhat superfluous to me, as wireless was something that I distinctly didn’t want.
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PCCG sells a wired RAT 7 Contagion (shiny white!), and yeah, I agree with wireless. I used to love it, but so many connection/lag issues in the past (that and an average $30 cheaper for wired…).
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Admittedly, I use the wireless 3000 desktop at work, and I can’t complain about a single thing with either the mouse or the keyboard. Both are running on AA batteries, both have had the same batteries for a year-and-a-half now, both are still going strong.
And the mouse tracks like a CHAMP on any surface.
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I think I need to upgrade to a Razer Naga. Because buttons.
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Pretty sure it’s called a Naga cause you need 1 extra hand to cover them thumb buttons…
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With 17 buttons, who even needs a keyboard!
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Match it with this:
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/gaming/mice-keyboard-combos/g13-advanced-gameboard
And kinect motion controls!
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I’ll buy 2, and dual wield mice!
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Master Race dual analog controller.
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Razer Naga is awesome for MMOs. I wouldn’t use it for much else though.
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It’s a pretty responsive mouse, much better then a lot of other mice I’ve used, so it’s pretty great for any type of game. Of course a mouse designed for FPS is going to be better at playing FPS games then the Naga but the Naga will give you an edge over people using normal mice (and lets face it, outside e-sports that’s going to be pretty much anyone you’ll face). The extra buttons are also very nice. Binding grenade throw to NUM-1 on the Naga is vastly superior to the default G key most games use or any other set up I can think of. Same for your Shout key in Skyrim (I think Shout’s default key is something stupid like z or something?).
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Oh don’t misunderstand, I use it for all my games. It’s just really specifically suited to MMOs and other stuff where you have lots of hotkeys. I was finding it pretty good in Diablo as well.
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Yeah. I mostly play RPG or RTS anyway. Bit of FPS, I guess. But just to stuff around. So a Naga would probably be best for me in that regard.
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So it seems like everything has been approved and done, so I guess I’ll have a brand spanking new car shortly.
*flals about in a wild panic about the cost and responsibility*
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Awesome! What’d you get?
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Can I borrow it this weekend?
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Holden SV6 Ute. Sadly I won’t even have it for 4-6 weeks as I had to be difficult and ask for a manual in black which no one has in stock so I have to wait for a new one to be produced.
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At least you got it manual, right?
Worth it, methinks
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Agreed. I wish I could like autos, but I really don’t.
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Oooh, shiny!
At least you can guarantee it’ll have that wonderful new car smell.
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What? You were difficult? I think the manufacturer will now spit on your engine. 🙂
Seriously though, congrats.
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Freeze S. Preston Icequire used FLAIL!
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…it’s not very effective.Grats mang! Photos inbound, I hope?
So, if various sources are to be believed, the Steam sale will turn up some time after 5pm today (12am PST). So far I have no thoughts on anything I want to buy, but I always end up buying gifts and enjoying the achievements games and stuff that they do.
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NOOOOOO. Just as I thought I had my finances sorted for my next holiday.
…shit.
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Just when you think you’re in control!
Just when you think you’ve got a hold!
Just when you get on a roll!
Oh here it goes, here it goes, here it goes again!
Oh here it goes again.
I should have known, should have known, should have known again but here it goes again!-
TREADMILLS!
I’m going to have to have that song on repeat whilst perusing the offerings on the Steam Sale tonight.
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RESERVED NAME THINGIE
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I bought Half Life 2: Episode 1 last night.
Clearly, the Steam sales starting in an hour is my fault.
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You monster
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You’re welcome.
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Thanks Bunny
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The only thing I’m really hoping goes on sale is The Walking Dead. I probably wouldn’t play it until all of the episodes are released though.
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It will grip its hands around me saying “Don’t buy those things”… but I shall ignore it… -
Main thing on my radar is new Vegas. Normally I end up getting anything under $5 that has the daily achievement things going for it.
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Can someone explain the achievement reward thing in case it happens again?
From what I gathered with the coal/Christmas thing is that they’ll say “earn this achievement for this game” and when you do you’ll be rewarded with coal. You can then use that coal for rewards like other games, discounts etc., is that right?
What if they say “earn this achievement for this game” but I’ve already earnt it, will it count anyway and still reward me?
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Pretty much.
During the Easter(?) sale it was “Do this achievement in this specific game and get free stuff”. You could get various little DLC, a couple of big ones, and a few games.
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Generally they will be new achievements added to the game. If it is a specific type of sale the achievement will reflect that. Summer achievements or winter style (eg. Toki Tori had a summer achievement to get to the sun beams and a winter achievement to get the snowflake before it melted)
Generally you will get tickets/coal that you can then exchange for a reward (cosmetic item or dlc)
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NEW STEAM FEATURE SINCE LAST SALE: YOU CAN BUY THINGS STRAIGHT INTO YOUR INVENTORY AND GIFT THEM LATER.
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Oh man good thing I got paid for my labouring work today. I am ready for this!
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I am greatly anticipating being allowed to purchase games on sale at the price that the US normally pays.
\o/ Australia Tax \o/
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I like it when it is just stupid. I had a look yesterday and brink has an Australia tax of $3 on it. And that is at full price. I mean really, why even bother.
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I would have expected them to start in 10 hrs when the current group of sales end
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Normally the daily deals roll over for us around 3 or 4 AM… Maybe it starts at midday American time, not midnight.
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This might be helpful :). Some sites have just been listing what bundles would be available but this site links to some Steam thingymajiggy to find out what each bundle actually has. Seems legit!
Also it doesn’t appear to be any sales now so I’m expecting 10am their time (3am for us I think?) rather than 12am (5pm).
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Hmmm interesting, as far as Indie bundles go I might have a look at
Summer Sale Indie Bundle Day Two
Contains: Botanicula, E.Y.E, Oil Rush, Splice, Universe SandboxSummer Sale Indie Bundle Day Six
Awesome, Defcon, Space Chem, Ticket to Ride, TraumaNot a huge amount of interest in in the other bundles but I guess I will wait and see the prices
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Did you see that joke of an article about the NFS Movie? The only thing worthwhile about it was the joke I made in the comments 😛
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Yeah, that was pretty appalling actually… I understand I’m the pot calling the kettle black currently, but wow.
Repetition can lend a sense of impact to the topic at hand, sure. But you gotta be careful careful careful with it.As an aside, does anyone else occasionally think that the comments on some articles are slightly too meta? Instead of commenting on the topic of the article, we comment on the integrity and quality of the medium that has been used to portray it, along with the author. I won’t name names when it comes to the reporters, but I often wonder what they think when the commentary is on them and their work, not the story they were reporting on.
I’m not trying to have a dig at anyone, merely pondering.
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Also, obligatory “I’m So Meta, Even This Acronym” comment.
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I have no f#%ing idea what you’re talking about.
F%#k.
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My birthday is September 6.
6.
Not 7.
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Shiny!
So I was writing this in CheapSkate Gamer but figured I might as well post it here instead.
GreenManGaming are offering Hacker Evolution for free (no idea what it’s about) but if you ‘purchase it’ (you don’t have to download it) you’ll get an email sent to you with a 20% off ANYTHING code :). The code expires at the end of July so there’s plenty of time to buy stuff after Steam sales in case something you wanted didn’t get discounted. I’m not sure if it works on pre-orders and I’ve never used GMG before but it’s worth doing :D.
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Thanks Greenmang 😉
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By the way guys this ends in like 2 hours or so so get it while you can for a 20% off code!
@Hugo
Just got Dragon’s Dogma on 360. I’ll be your pawn buddy.
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Ha. Just means you miss out in the beauty and grace that comprises my pawn.
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I’d imagine your pawns to be frigid.
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Not at all. She is actually extremely affectionate and warm.
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At least you didn’t do what one of the 8-4 Play guys did and make a pawn that looks like his wife.
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Right? D:
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Poem time!
I call this “A barstool”.
A barstool may seem
Like an admirable seat,
With a foot-rung below
Whilst you drink to merriment.
But how does it feel after a few hours?
Your brain cells depleted which are so
Desperately needed-
Balance and stability,
Passion and fertility removed
In an instant, these suds
Won’t clean the mess that is left.
Digital tv so amazing, the fact I have NO tv stations at all atm is quite a feat in itself..
*sigh* it’s pretty crappy when you live on the border of NSW & QLD where you usually get both signals strongly and come a little storm, nothing…
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So you’re saying no one can use the TV to watch TV? Legitimate excuse to play console games then
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Except that there is nothing good on free to air tv….
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Simpsons repeats get old quickly, and the only good thing on 7mate is V8 Supercars.
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7mate doesn’t show the V8’s anymore :S I remember 7 said last year they would be bringing us more coverage of the V8’s on 7mate and now we have nothing lol.
I don’t find they get stale/old quickly the repeats, sometimes it’s nice to have it on in the background if i’m half paying attention, but that’s me =P
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They must only be on 7mate in Melbourne. :\
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Yeah I get the Sydney feed of 7mate & Gold Coast, and the TV Guide never shows the V8’s when they’re on 7 to be on 7mate.. I was a bit miffed this was so.
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No console to play games /o\ plus I have control of the lounge room anyway, since mum & dad have their own area of the house where they can chill.
It would seem Apple short listed me for the job I applied for at their Robina store \o/ wooo!
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Hope everything works out for you!
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Generally they prefer the younger ones because they can get them for dirt cheap :P. I assume you don’t have any experience either so it’ll be harder for you to get a casual position. Full time should be easier during school hours but I don’t know 😛
Well that’s what I’ve been told about the fast food places around me.
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It’s silly they want someone with experience, so give me some experience damn it!
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Go up the stairs next to Dolphins and tell them you are willing to do 15 jobs a night for $200.
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Oh god.. You have a sick sense of humour my man! Though 200 bucks a night would be nice, but no, especially after what you said works there I was a tad creeped out.
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Just had an online race in RACE 07, and some jerk kept ramming everyone.
I decided to follow him around the track, and trapped him against the crash barrier so that everyone else could enjoy their race.
I feel good.
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Were you driving a Batmobile? 😛
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No, but that would have been awesome.
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Steam Sales : D… but I dunnae what to buy! 😛
There’s stuff I want on sale but it’s not THAT cheap (Shogun 2 and DLC for $20), in addition to it you can vote for which game you want to be on sale next and out of the 3 options (Batman, Saints Row 3 and Witcher 2) I want both Saints Row 3 and Witcher 2 to be on sale, WHAT TO VOTE FOR!? D:
I better make my decision quick and get back to bed because it’s too early to be up 😛
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Oh man there’s also Flash Deals and the Community voted deals last every 8 hours! I feel like I’m going to miss out on dem bargains because I’ll be sleeping 😛
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Hahaha…
“If I set the download early it should be done by the time I’m ready to play it!”
29GB :/
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If that “&DLC” includes fall of the samurai I recommend buying it. Shogun 2 and fall of the samurai were crazy good. Though this is coming from a long running fan of Total War so take that with a pinch of salt.
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It just had Shogun 2 and Rise and Fall of the Samurai. I bought it earlier and its very slowly downloading right now 😛
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Also, as a comunity service anouncement
DON’T BUY HEROES VI Ubisoft’s DRM Ruins it!
actually
DON’T BUY UBISOFT TITLES THEIR DRM RUINS EVERYTHING AND IS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE WORST PROBLEMS IN MODERN CAPITALIST SOCIETY /endrant
Also, I can’t help but wonder if valve will notice a trend for people voting for the 1 game that isn’t already on their steam list (of the three).
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I already have all 3, so I voted for the one with multiplayer 😛
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I voted for Batman even though I already own it, because I’m not interested in the other two and more people need to play Batman 😛
I hope they have a Crysis Collection, 1 and 2 together. That’d be sweet. Although, it only costs $35 to get all ‘three’ right now.-
I voted for Saints Row 3. Mostly because I have heard it is fun to derp around in. Derping games are best games.
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Yeah me too :D! Co-op derp games are best though, perhaps we could play 🙂
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Team speak is so lonely at 0700.
Forever alone.jpg (with headphones)
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I’m not quite sure what its like during the week but on the weekend people don’t usually log in until after 12 noon. I logged in earlier once and was in teamspeak by myself for like and hour. I changed my name to “Forever Alone Headshot”.
In other news I got like 30,000 rift crystals because you used my pawn for ages!
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This week when I went on there was nothing but last week me, f4ction and Blaghs were on most of the time. Barely anything was said though lol 😛
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Oh man, I am always forever alone on teamspeak 🙁
STEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAM SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALE!
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My Steam can’t connect, so it has begun!
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I just noticed that you can buy a Razer Hydra from Steam for $139.99…
D= where are any of my mates that I can give cash to for Steam sales when I need them?! I want the Deus Ex pack for 15 bucks for the other Deus Ex games and none of them are to be seen?!
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Want me to get it for you? You can pay me tomorrow. You’re going to be at the Strange meat, right?
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Pretty please =D
Even though I responded on the twitters!
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Good morning TAY! I hope everyone’s wallets have assumed the exploded position for the Steam Sale!
Just had a quick look and I’m not really interested in anything yet. You’re safe today, money.
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My steam broke itself, so I can’t see them =P
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You don’t have to be on Steam to see the deals. You can access it from any browser ass well as the mobile app 🙂
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Obviously your wallet killed your computer so you couldn’t buy things during the steam sales 😛
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Tried to reinstall steam? Before doing it I suggest copying your steamapps folder from C:/program files/steam/steamapps so you don’t have to redownload your games!
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Damn you Steam Sales, I want HL2: Episode 2 cheap!
I’m entitled to it because I want it! That’s how this works…probably!
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But it’s cheaper than the $8 you were willing to pay for ep.1 😛
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It’s 4 dorrah, is that not cheap enough, Bunny? =P
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It was $8 two days ago when I bought Episode One. What is this madness?
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Valve’s* craziness?
I mistyped valve’s 3 times in a row before getting it correct, I am so cool!
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GUY GUYS GUYS
SHUT UP IM TALKING, GOOD
My birthday is rapidly approaching and rather than be completely unorgainised i need some ideas for resturants and numbers because i am going to have to book stuff if we have a few people. Ideas and can you guys let me know if you will definitely be attending, everyone is invited. SO yeah Please let me know.
@ The Cracks
YAY!!!! \o/
I shall take your pawn under my wing and teach him/her the intricacies of monster slaying.
Gifts and rift crystals shall flow in abundance and many a glorious battle shall be had!
Ok folks, creepy-story this morning.
Got home slightly intoxicated late last night. Woke with a start whilst it was still dark, with possums or quolls having a rave in the floor beneath my bed.
Woke this morning, and through bleary eyes I noticed that the haze I was seeing the world through wasn’t my own. The whole damned Eylandt is covered in fog. But not just “oh, it’s a bit foggy” fog, nay. This is “Holy shit, this is surely the end of days”apocalypticafog.
Add to that, all the spiderwebs around work have collected the dew, making them that much more visible. And boy, do we have some spiders around here! There’s spiderwebs 10m in length, and the ground is littered with them.
Further, the date has some strange connotations.
AND I DIDN’T EVEN FIND $10!
But hey, it’s Friday \o/
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OH GOD, THE STEAM SALES STARTED ON FRIDAY THE 13TH. WE’RE ALL DOOMED.
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YAY! Jason is coming to visit tonight!
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QUICK! WHO’S GOT A BOTTLE OF WATER?!?!
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I think we’re going to need more than a bottle of water to rid him..
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Ahem…
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I imagine we should be getting some special sale stuff for that tomorrow (US 13th)
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Alan Wake I dare say might be super cheap then!
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Something somethings STEAM SALES.
Maybe you should stop living in Silent Hill.
Morning Tayers
Well what a way to end the week, nets up and running (at a fairly good speed 🙂 just in time for the sumMER STEAM SAles!!
Oi—come back here Wallet, damn thing tried to run and hide..
anyway hope you all have a POETS day and grab a few bargins.
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I set up many wallet traps around my house incase my wallet tries to sneak out when I drop my guard. Also locking it in a drawer each night helps too 😛
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Yer i do the same but i let the little bugger out for some fresh air and it must have seen the monitor and freaked out! XD
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Today looks like it’s going to be 11-12 hours instead… no POETry for me today!
Oh well, more money for STEAM SALES, AMIRITE?-
Steam Sales is why we work in the first place… dont tell me im the only one who works just to pay for my gaming habit…
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You’re not alone there mate!
I mean, the residential investments are just a side-project. Gaming is the primary motivation behind my occupation.
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…a Powerfully Original and Epic Thursday to Sunday?
So I’ve got some co-op/multi games on my list of games to get during the sale and I was just wondering if anyone would like to play them with me so I’m not foreveralone.
I’m about to buy Saints Row 3 so I’m keen for some co-op but it isn’t necessary. Does Just Cause 2 have co-op? I’m also thinking about pew pew pew games like Left 4 Dead and Killing Floor, I’ll definitely need buddies for them :P. Should I even bother with Left 4 Dead 1 or just get 2 by itself? I’ve played a bit of 2 and it was fun.
It also seems like there’s no achievement thingy this time around.
So I woke up at 5:30 and slept at 6:30 for an hour and a bit and during that time I had some pretty crazy dreams. One of them receiving a Steam gift but to a crappy ‘indie bundle’ with games I’ve never heard of or wanted and having to crawl up this muddy hill, covered in bushes AND SPIDERS. At the end there were spiders all over my body and I was like GTFO! *flails wildly*
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There’s a pretty nice looking JC2 mod for multi…I haven’t played with it myself, but it could be great. At the least, the game in solo is awesome.
Definitely get L4D2, but with L4D1…well, technically you’ll get its content (best characters!) in number 2. Up to you*shrug*
Killing Floor is great fun, and a fair few people have it. It a fair bit more difficult than L4D, too.-
I just got L4D2 and killing floor Mr Green, add me on Steam UserName DishD (if you want of course) same for any other TAYers who might want some Co-Op action/griefing , just let me know that your a TAYer in the invite XD
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Lol Rize
Piss Off Early Tomorrow’s Saturday! but i do like your version ha 🙂-
Failreply!
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Oh crap i swear i replyed to your other post Rize… Great yet another SNAFU/FUBAR by Dishy….
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It’s OK, it took me a bit, but I caught on 😛
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I’ll be getting Left 4 Dead 2 if it has a good discount. Pretty much solely to play with TAYbies 😛
I don’t usually like zombie games, but I’ve got to take any opportunity to play with the community I can get!
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L4D2 is 50% off at $9.99USD so not a bad deal
Killing floor pack (game plus all DLC’s) $17.99 40% off
i think il be in that for some TAY co-op
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Left 4 Dead 2! But wait and see if it goes on a daily deal or community’s choice
HAPPY SUMMER STEAM SALE EVERYONE!
*throws confetti in everyones face / eyes*
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Wh-why would you throw confetti in my eyes? :'(
I’m not crying there’s just something in my eye!
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Ha, my glasses protected me!
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GAHHHHH FOILED BY GLAHMAN AGAIN. *throws handful of party poppers at the ground and disappears*
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Arrrgh my eye! The doctor said I shouldn’t get confetti in it!
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THANKS NOOBHEADSHOT IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU EXCITED
Alright, it’s time for the daily playlist rundown;
Distillers, The
Cranberries, The (did you know they released an album this year?! Crazy!)
Jason Webley
Evelyn Evelyn
Garbage
Pez
Seth Sentry
Regina Spektor
I am full of gushy love for these names!
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My playlist varies greatly each day, based on what’s happening. Currently have Rise Against (Appeal to Reason), not sure where I’ll be next.
Also, who the hell is Pez? He sounds like a guy that never comes on TAY any more…or something.
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Yeah, I recorded him while he slept. It’s nothing too aggressive, rather relaxing actually.
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I’m pretty sure he’s a guy who purchased a house and is too good to mix with the lower class now.. Or something.
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House vs Hurricane – Crooked Teeth
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Garbage are awesome.
There’s something off with this poster in the hairdressers across from me but I can’t quite put my finger on it.
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That one on the left, looks like Jim Carey in a wig…
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Oh god, you’re right!
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For starters, they all look like men.
@Rocketman: Could you remind me what date your birthday Meat thingo is meant to be on? It’s the one in Sydney, right? Need to know if I can make it! Can’t help you much with restaurant suggestions though. I just smile, nod and go wherever the loudest person tells me we’re going.
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If it’s in Sydney, there’s an AMAZEBALLS dumpling-centric restaurant near some plaza thing with a shiny purple/metallic dragonesque sculpture thing.
It’s above a Woolworths. You guys should go.
You’ll find it easily, no doubt. Because I give amazing directions.-
Wow your as good as my TomTom….. 😛
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If your TomTom tells you to “Turn left at this AMAZEBALLS roundabout in 30 metres” I think you’ve got a pretty good TomTom :p
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Hah, I know exactly where a “shiny purple/metallic dragonesque sculpture thing” is. I’m just trying to think if there is a Woolies under it. I think there is.
That’s a cool sculpture, in any case.
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“This content in unavailable” awesome looking place =P
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Oh dear… Well, I’ll try to re-up it to photoshack/imageshack/whatever you youngins use, when I get home 😛
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imgur is good.
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The “plaza thing with a shiny purple/metallic dragonesque sculpture thing” is World Square.
No! Go to the Meat & Wine Co. at Darling Harbour where the entrees start at $25 and nothing tastes any better then what you get from a local RSL. As a bonus you get to receive the snob treatment from the waitstaff who probably earn half what you do!
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They earn half of nothing? Those poor snobs.
Ok so Saints Row is on the community choice sale. Should I just get the game? Or should I fork out an extra $10 and get the hundreds of supposed DLC there is for Saints Row 3?
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If you think your going to send a bit of time on SR i think for an extra tenner its worth it, IMO
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Seeing as I know nothing about the DLC does it add new weapons / vehicles / areas? Or is it all just clothes?
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Clothes/weapons/vehicles, new areas and quests from memory
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Clothes/weapons/vehicles, new areas and quests from memory, i do know that it adds to the fun of an already sweet game
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What I want to know is SR3 really worth it? After I had a terrible experience with SR2, I don’t want to waste 15 or 25 bucks and be hugely disappointed =/ if only there was a demo to help me =/
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I was worried, with the game being nothing but over the top craziness, that it would get old fast, but I loved it. PLus, co-op is a hell of a lot of fun, as Cakesmith would attest to if he wasn’t working 27 hours each day.
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I have 7 hours to think about it. It wasn’t something I was after in the sales, so I might save my money and grab it another day, even though it looks very tempting.
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It’s not often I say it about DLC, but the SR3 stuff was quite good. I picked up the DLC when it was 50% off or something a little while ago.
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I just bought it :). CO-OP BUDDIES
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Is SR3 just 2 player or is it multi?
Maaaan. I’m suddenly really keen to play some Guitar Hero…why did this have to happen at the start of the day? Now my desk drumming will annoy people…
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Anyone at your work good on the air guitar?? could be a new Aus Got Talent show right there 😛
so i’ve been messing around in source filmmaker for a while and this is the first thing i’ve deemed to be worthy of being put on the internet…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QXNhDyQdF0&feature=plcp
yeah….
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What. Was. That. haha
Good job!
Everyone vote for Trine 2 in the current Community Choice thingo in Steam! It’s one of the few games I’m actually interested in!
/selfishness
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Yeah I voted for the one I didn’t have, but didn’t want then realised I should’ve voted for Trine 2 because some people wanted it 😛
SORRY POWMAN!
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Relationship over, Greenius!
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The relationship was over when you beat Greenmong and I in iSketch.
…you used to be cool, mang.
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NUP! Limbo! I want Limbo! Can’t believe Arkham City just lucked out before =(
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Limbo was just in one of those humble bundles. You could have got it for free!
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…… shite thats to SNAFU’s this morning…..
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Or I could’ve got it last time it was 2.50 on steam, but I didn’t, so typical of me!
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Yep Limbo got my vote first thing this morning too, Soz Pow 🙁
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I shall, once I’m on a computer with steam
People have been talking up the idea of Michael Fassbender as the next James Bond.
Someone on Reddit just came up with a much better idea.
Michael Fassbender as the next Bond villain.
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With an eyepatch!
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Yarr!
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I dunno man. The Bond villains of the past decade or two have been kind of crappy and forgettable. And it’s not entirely the actors fault. The writers seem to have forgotten that the villains were a crucial centerpiece of a Bond film and have concentrated more on Bond himself, who was always a bit one dimensional.
Bring back the villains and gadgets and let James just be a vehicle for them again and you’ll be back to the greatness of Bonds of old.
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Spot on man!
The villains were always the crux of it.-
And that’s why Fassbender would be amazing.
You want the villain to steal the show.
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The fact that they have Javier Bardem for the next one gives me hope.
Fassbender should be to Craig as Sean Bean was to Brosnan.
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My wallet is already a sobbing, quivering mess in the corner.
I’m eating rice and potatoes for a month.
So, steam + mobile device = fail. Im trying to buy Saints Row 3. One would think you could do this through the steam app right? Wrong. I keep getting some garbage about adding funds to my “steam wallet”. “whatever” I think to myself and try to add $25 dollars to my steam wallet. “NOPE.jpg” says steam “you can’t buy funds with PayPal try a different pay method or try paying via a browser”. *sigh* Fine ill pay by credit card. “Still Nope.jpg” steam repeats “the dropdown box to change payment methods is just for looks it doesn’t actually do anything”.
OK there is obviously a problem with the steam app. I open a web browser on my mobile and try to buy it that way. “DIDNTYOUHEARMETHEFIRSTTIMEISAIDNOPE.jpg” steam continues to repeat as I continue to get the same error. Guess I have to wait until I get home.
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Offer ends in 6 hours!
Wat do, Nob?
I can just buy it for you if you want.-
That would be nice man but you don’t have to. I can probably just use one of those public computers and buy it during my lunch break.
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Public computers have Steam?
Better safe than sorry.
I’m still at home right now, so I’ll gift it to you now, and you can, I’unno, pay me back later in the week when I probably buy another Steam gaem.-
Base game or the pack with all the DLC ever?
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I was going to go for the DLC pack thingie. Thanks man tell me if there are any games you want on steam.
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Or I could buy you $25 worth of riot points 😛
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Haha, it was an effort spending the little RP I did buy, plus, you know how I feel about getting skins.
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But you could buy all the eve skins. ALL OF THEM!
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Quake 4 and the Doom 3 pack.
Smidge over $25.
I’m very happy.
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NOOOOOOOOOO! I was going to stay oblivious to these sales and then you tell me THIS? WHY DON’T YOU JUST SET MY WALLET ON FIRE NOW? On the upside imma get these now 😛
Reading you guys talking about how cheap games are on steam….and here I am contemplating spending $144 on a Max Payne 3 Collectors Edition. The console world just ain’t right.
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makes you wish the steam console comes to fruition at some point.
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Hell-to-the-yeah.
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I paid $150 for my MP3 collectors ed on 360. Worth it.
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The MP statue does look pretty damn cool, I must say. Hmm…..
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With it being Friday the 13th and all, what do you guys think of people watching a, preferably bad, horror movie together? People could commentate on it together on TeamSpeak and just mock it or freak out together.
I had posted this on Twitter a few minutes ago and the few suggestions I’ve got:
1. Lambo-Alvin and the chipmunks: the squeakuel (TRUE HORROR!! 🙂 )
2. Virus-Texas chainsaw massacre, my bloody valentine 2009 remake or Jason X
3.Jordi- A movie about changing bodies
4. Me-Scary movie and Jason X(virus’ description won me over)
So suggest what movies you would like to see and maybe this could happen and it could be fun. TAYBar is encouraged of course 🙂 Please suggest a preferred starting time as well.
P.S
1. It’s Friday and people might be going out to party and stuff but I’m sure we can get a good turnout. Of course if the turnout is poor we could do it tomorrow (FRI the 13th in the US)
2. I know it’s weird me suggesting a TeamSpeak event when I’m never on 🙂
Thanks.
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I do believe Jordi’s suggestion was in reference to that excellent Lindsay Lohan film: The Parent Trap.
By which I actually mean Freaky Friday.-
I thought she was referring to one of those weird puberty films – ‘your body is changing – here’s how!’ kind of crap. You know, like Fuzzy Bunny on the Simpsons.
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Or we could all play Amnesia.
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No thanks, I want to sleep tonight x.x
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Oh yeah, I hadn’t considered games.
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Don’t make me install that ;_;
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You gota have Wolfcreek and or the first SAW in there somewhere Masha… those flims still give me chill’s
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Try August Underground’s Mordum, if you dare 😉
As far as a decent horror/shocker film goes, you really can’t go wrong with A Serbian Film though.
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Wolf Creek is AMAZING. Snowtown is another amazing piece of Australian cinema, based on a true story it’s still rather gruesome/horrorfying. There’s a 2nd Wolf Creek movie coming apparently!
If going for pure fiction that is horror, I quite liked The Tunnel another Australian movie, not sure if anyone remembers it from last year it was released via torrent and you later pick up the Blu-Ray or DVD. It was part of the 135k project, films made on a 135 thousand dollar budget. Pretty neat & simple, I loved it.
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I remember watching the Tunnel. It was a bit too simple for me but it was really cool nonetheless.
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Sure, just taking suggestions for now. I’ll put them on the next updated list.
I think I’ll give people a bit more time for suggestions then have a vote or something. I’m not 100% sure of my horror move chops to make a hard choice. 🙂
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Of course this is all academic as the only real answer is Birdemic.
Bonus: the entire movie is available on YouTube.
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Oh and for clarity, when I say The Texas Chainsaw Massacre I mean the 1974 version, not that pussy Jessica Biel 2003 remake =P
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Drag Me to Hell?
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Pan’s Labyrinth was awesome.
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I think something we can all watch online is the best option. It’d be hard to sync up otherwise.
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We could set up a Synchtube for it.
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That’s really cool! I didn’t know such a thing existed!
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It’s a great little piece, isn’t it? I can’t recall which streaming sites it supports aside from youtube and vimeo though, so that will be a limiting factor I guess.
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Alternatively, one person could stream a movie to everyone else perhaps?
I can’t recall which services allow that, but it’s something along the lines of twitchtv I think.
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Synchtube looks cool. Even better you don’t need to sign in.
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Oh you’re right Pow. Hmm what do people think?
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OH!
Silent Night, Deadly Night 2Or alternatively,
Wild ZeroBest. Movies. EVAR.
Multiple topic comment;
1. Steam sales. How long is SR3 on sale for? If it’s only 6 hours or so, could I request someone purchase it for me (work limitations and time constraints, etc.) with a guarantee of financial reimburse (or sexual favours, if that floats your boat)? I’d be forever grateful!
2. Anyone familiar with canine behavioural management? We’ve got 4-5 mange-ridden dogs that have shacked up downstairs. The smell’s permeating the office upstairs, and a broomstick isn’t such an ideal disincentive to them, or me.
3. Today’s going far too slowly, though I dare say that comes back to the Steam sales. I actually threw my wallet at a screen earlier, too. It broke.
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5 hrs left on SR3, I can probably get that for you if you need me to. I’m still waiting to find out if it has multi-player or just 2 player co-op
Can’t help with the dogs and my wallet often breaks during steam sales as well
Also did you want that copy of defense grid?
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It has multi too, as a sort of “Last Stand” thing. Not sure about other multi stuff.
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That’d be awesome if you could man. Even with 2 player, I’m sure it’ll be hella fun. It’s been so long since I’ve played in one of those sandbox-esque games, though I do imagine that 4-5 people playing simultaneously would be far better.
As for defense grid, I’d be happy to take it, so long as no-one else wants it mate 😀Now, the topic of payment. Financial reimburse, vidyagaem gift, or the boat-floater?
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No problem, did you want the vanilla version $15 or the bells and whistles version $25
As for reimbursement, well maybe it’s best we don’t discuss that in a public forum 😉
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Bells and whistles please!
I’ll repay when you take me out to dinner. I’ll be wearing bells, whistles and fishnets, so you can identify me 😉(Oh god, that is a HORRIFYING thought…)
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Purchased, add me on steam tonight and I’ll send it across
And yes that is a truly horrifying thought, fishnets with those heels???
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Thanks so much man!
I’ve already got you added, I think (My Steam name is Synthetiquette)
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Hey, would it be alright if my cousin joined the TAY server on Minecraft?
He’s finally fed up with the treatment he gets from his xbox live friends. They keep burning down everything he creates
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While it is ultimately Cakemang’s decision (seeing as he controls the access list) I’m pretty sure the general feeling is as long as they aren’t trolls they can join. GREENMANG is the exception that proves the rule.
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I know, but I’d rather ask the community first, before I ask Cakeman =D
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I AM HELPIUS AND DEEP DOWN YOU KNOW IT.
T_T NO MORE HELP FOR ANYONE!
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but D= I didn’t say anything.
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I’m waiting for Kotaku to make a topic about upcoming game “DIVE KICK” I f’n hate it.
Shittest game ever… the fighting game community has some of the biggest morons on the planet.
I feel better now.
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Dude, I’m pretty sure it’s a joke.
Chill.
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The 3 scores you get after a fight are Diving, Kicking and Not Losing.
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This game sounds amazing.
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Wow, so I just bought a few copies of Saint’s Row the Third for friends. It wouldn’t let me add multiple copies so I had to go through the checkout each time for each of them. A little counterintuitive on Steam’s part :/
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Can’t do transfers either which is annoying like from one account to another
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How many people can play in Saint’s Row multi at once? Anyone know?
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I’m sure we’ll find out this weekend.
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Apparently there is a Last man standing mode that is more than 2 people
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I’m enjoying Motorstorm Apocalypse and loving the crazy destruction but so far I think the crown of best destruction based racing game still goes to Split/second. Of course my opinion could change over time.
In Split/second the fact that you and other racers control the destruction on the track makes it easier to manoeuvre and estimate possible escape routes. The destruction in Motorstorm is random and while that makes the game hectic in a fun way it does get hard to determine where the track is in relation to walls and barriers.
The tracks in Motorstorm do look suitably ruined by the destruction though, so that’s a plus. I guess that is more because of the setting than anything else but in Split/Second the road is always smooth.
That being said, seeing a tornado ripping through a beach and driving into a group of mutants in Motorstorm:Apocalypse is really cool.
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Oh gods, that tornado was nuts.
I really need to finish that career mode. If only there was some month where I was encouraged to finish all of those games…
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Mutants?! SPOILERZ11!!!!1!
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Ha Ha, mutants are there from the start.
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So Gametraders called me up, my copy of Spirit camera has come in \o/
I can’t get it until Tuesday /o\ BUT IT’S HERE!
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Yay! GAEMs!
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Also buy a Mic 😛
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All the cool kids type!
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*sunglasses*
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I’ll be buying a mic! \o/
Also a bra and some contact lenses \o/-
Wooo! Were those contact lenses for one of your cosplay-thingie? You were having trouble finding contacts you liked IIRC?
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Yeah, I want to learn how to put them in properly.
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Just went and bought a shiny new deck of Magic cards to play against Freeze this weekend. Forgot how expensive this habit was. $45 for the deck :/
Should still have some fun at the meat. I’ll bring some of my old decks, if I can find them, see if we can get some multiplayer madness going.
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Sweet, I have actually alway wanted to play a game of Magic. Never really knew anyone that was really interested in it though =/
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I wish I still had my old deck from when I played in high school. It was pretty epic. Very tailored toward the other people I played against though. Most of the other players I knew played a combination of Green or Black and Red, so generally you’d be fighting strong ground types and direct-damage spells. I had a Blue/White deck that was completely comprised of counterspells and flying creatures. Very few players had a response for the flyers and you could use counterspells etc to keep their better creatures off the table. It was especially effective against green decks, because I’d also thrown in a few copies of Lifetap (gain 1 life every time they tap a forest). This was around 4th Edition I think, I moved to Australia just after Weatherlight I think and no one I knew played, so I lost interest. 🙁 As it was, I ended up having such one-sided games that I’d swapped over to the Star Wars CCG by then anyway.
@LoL people
Boobie-Plant-lady’s abilities have been revealed.
http://na.leagueoflegends.com/news/zyra-rise-thorns-revealed
I have been making chilli today. My house smells pretty amazing right now.
While I’m waiting for things to cook I’ve been looking at ThinkGeek because I got given a voucher for them. \o/ I’m having trouble deciding what to get, though. Too much awesome!
I didn’t get to play any games yesterday but I’m about to put my son to bed for his nap, so The Last Story, here I come! 😀
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Those chillidogs are going to ve awesome! This meat is going to be awesome! Can’t wait for tomorrow D:
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I want to come to chili meat 🙁
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So do I 🙁
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Don’t worry guys, I don’t really know what I’m doing, chilli-wise. I’m just making it up as I go along. These guys will be my guinea pigs. 😛
You can all go to the next chilli-Meat I have. the one where I actually know what I’m doing. \o/-
I know a few things about making chili now. Equal parts beer and beef stock while you’re stewing it makes for some rather tasty food.
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So I’ve read. I’m actually using a chocolate beer so we’ll see how it goes.
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oh my god, chocolate beer
i am so tempted to book tickets RIGHT NOW
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The Last Story discussion 😀
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I’m getting a bit sick of being treated like a kid in battle. Does that ever stop? Or will Dagran or someone always be all “Zael! Do this! Zael Do that!”?
BAHH JELLY
I want to taste Strange’s amazing cooking and experience it for myself 🙁
On a related note, hope you have an amazing meat Strange! To everybody else, ya’ll better behave yourselves!
Looks like Kotaku is borked for Chrome users. This makes me unhappy.
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Possibly unborked now?
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Works for me! New font in the comment area, too!
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Yeah, the font doesn’t look like it used to…
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Shiny new font is much larger.
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Yeah, LifMoTaku has been acting weird in Firefox for an hour or so now.
If I was tossing up between Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls (which I both own) and wanted to play only one of them, which one would I be better to play?
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Play Demon’s Souls while wearing sunglasses, and turn the brightness all the way down.
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Demon’s Souls.
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Dark Souls, Definitely Dark Souls. It improved on so many other things from Demon Souls which makes it that bit less frustrating then Demon Souls was. I enjoyed Dark Souls much more the Demon Souls.
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I’d say Demon’s, but that’s just because I’m the sort of person that has to play games in order, usually. But Dark is better in every way, so you should really just play that.
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Pretty much what Nob and Klutar said. Although you could do Demon’s first otherwise it’ll be harder after Dark, but knowing the pile you have I’d just jump straight into Dark 🙂
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Demon’s Souls.
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I am very much in love with Demon’s Souls but I’d have to tell you go for Dark Souls. Especially if you want it for Shameless Gaming. It will be faster to finish.
Oh, man. I’ve had that Epic Mickey 2 musical number stuck in my head for the past hour. I kind of love it. It almost instantly makes the game a must buy for me. (Although for full disclosure, part of it comes from my deep seated love for the Disney parks. I’ve been to eight of them. :P)
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Here’s the link if you missed it: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/07/the-musical-intro-to-disney-epic-mickey-2-is-absolutely-amazing/
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Haven’t heard it yet, but I’ve had “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” in my head since I watched that Borderlands 2 trailer…
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A good song, until you play it one too many times. Then it’s the worst thing known to man. 😛
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D.C. = Disney Character?
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That or my initials. Who can say!? 😛
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Does anyone have a fully updated copy of Shogun 2 they’d be willing to backup and send to me on discs? I’ve been wanting to play it again, but last time I checked there was a 25GB update that needed to be downloaded 🙁
Someone make up my mind for me! Should I get Saints Row 3? I want it, but I want to get Arkham City & New Vegas when they’re cheaper /o\
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BUY ALL THE THINGS
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For the love of god, THROW THAT WALLET MAN!
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Saints Row 3 is some of the most fun I can remember having with a game. Definite buy.
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Did you like Asylum and Fallout 3?
I really enjoyed SR1 and 2 and 3 should be good derping fun (always wanted it but waited for it to drop in price). Personally I was really looking forward to City but in the end I like Asylum more. Can’t comment on NV but it’s been in the pile for years 😛
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Never played Asylum loved Fallout 3. I’m only sceptical about SR3 because I really disliked SR2’s game play..
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Derp just realised you meant Arkham Asylum, I freaking loved it. I played the AC demo and loved that, so yeah will be getting AC for sure, New Vegas, I hope is good, only played the first hour and was all “meh” but apparently it gets better and the DLC is awesome.
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Yeah, Fallout: NV is my favourite from the series, really slow burning though. Incredibly good once you get into it. Nothing like hearing Dean Martin as you’re roaming the wasteland.
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and having Ron Pearlman narrate your story!
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I’m playing SR3 on PS3 at the moment, enjoying it greatly
I have the same thing, I already got raymang based on the glowing reviews on here but now considering both SR3 and back to the future.
Hanging out for Skyrim as well but maybe I’ll get the bethseda pack instead if it comes with all the Fallout:NV DLC
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Is Bethesda pack available for us Aussie schmoes? I can only see it listed on steampowered.com, not in the client. I can put it in my shopping cart, haven’t tried actually buying it yet.
The only fallout DLC I dont have is Lonesome Road and the Gunrunner’s cache, but the pack is worth it for Brink + My Little Dragonborn: Shouting is Magic.-
Nope it’s not available for us =(
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Depending on what’s in it I’ll see if I can get a US friend to gift it to me
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http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/07/two-chicken-vaccines-have-combined-to-create-a-new-strain-of-virus/ It seems that I now have a sibling…
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I thought ‘flu was your sibling?
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We won’t go there as to what Effluvium actually is.. I heard what it was on a show once, after that i’m all “Oh god” when I heard the word xD
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Hang on a sec… Are you saying that Flu smells bad, or that he’s losing hair?
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HI TAY! I don’t think I’ve posted this week. Maybe once? I don’t know. ALL THE DAYS ARE BLENDING INTO ONE. LIKE A BLENDER WHEN YOU PUT STRAWBERRIES AND ICE CREAM AND BANANAS IN EXCEPT THAT’S DELICIOUS.
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I find your lack of bacon disturbing
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…a bacon smoothie? OFFICIAL DRINK OF TAY.
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Bacon, strawberry, icecream and bananananananana…. I’d be keen to give it a shot
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And vodka. Everything needs vodka.
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THIS… This needs to happen! FOR SCIENCE!
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But cider is the official drink of TAY.
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They can’t share the title?
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I suppose the smoothie can be the non-alcoholic official drink of TAY.
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What about the vegetarian official drink of TAY?
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Bacon isn’t technically meat, IT’S A FOOD GROUP
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You get to drink your own tears. :u
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I recently had my blind mown by Bullmer’s Blackcurrant Cider.
I can heartily get behind this motion.
vegetarian maybe, but what about those vegan creatures
IDEA! Put cider as the base along with vodka in the smoothie!
#genius
Wasn’t there a video of Serrels drinking that over on life hacker?
Apparently a smoothie is one thing that bacon doesn’t actually go with if I remember rightly. Although I could be confusing it will the vegemite sodastream
Also Hi Batgirl
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Or the gummy bear sodastream.
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Hi Tigerion!
I reeled in disgust at the mention of banananananananas.You sicken me, Batgirl.
You used to be cool…
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I was never cool. I don’t know where you’re getting your ‘facts’ from but you should change sources.
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Well that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
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Whatever, pal.
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JJJJJJJUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGSSSSSSSSSYYYYYYYYYYY!
Beside the brief Zelda Twitter thing I haven’t spoken to you for ages :P, or said a really long ‘Jugsy’.
Best name.
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GREEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIIIIUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSS! How’s life, mang?
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PRE-GOOD ATM! Been on holidays so have done absolutely nothing but sat on my ass all day and play games!
Got my license test in a week and hopefully I’ll get a new car by then and start to become this ‘adult’ thing I keep hearing about.
HOW BOUTS YOU GIRL WITH THE RABIES FROM BATS? Don’t you start at Sydney University soon? 🙂
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You can be the Melbourne Nova! Need to go somewhere? GET DAT GREENIUS. You can go to all of the meats. ALL OF THEM.
And yep, 30th is my first day. Can’t come soon enough. Uni holidays are tooooo long.
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I’LL DRIVE YOU TO YOUR FIRST DAY OF UNI
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AWESOME. THEN WE’LL GO TO ALL OF THE BARS. ALL OF THEM.
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“Uni holidays are tooooo long.”
Wat.
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I am.
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Thanks to the latest Shameless Gaming Month article, there is now a Trjn tag on Kotaku.
I much prefer the Trjn wins at everything tag, but this one is rather nice too.
My PS3 is dying. I hope it survives tomorrow’s Meat! It’s been dodgy for a while but it’s way worse today. It took 5 tries to get it to read the movie I put in for my son this morning.
I grabbed PS+ and I’m currently backing up my saves in the cloud. Why do I have so many saves for Deus Ex: HR?! There’s almost a billion of them and I don’t know which ones are useful so I’m just picking a couple at random. 😛
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Save all the saves!
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Atleast you have some warning to prepare, nothing worse than trying to turn on a console and finding out its busted after working flawlessly an hour before.
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I spent like an hour picking and transferring the most relevant save(s) for each game (I usually like to keep 2 saves per a game and rotate between them). Had to do each save individually and pretty much the day after I did that they released a system update that added an ability to transfer more than one save at a time :/
Download some of the PS+ games and we can play sometime :). Me and mashaaaaaaaaa have been going through some and we briefly played a game of Renegade Ops (good fun!) with Freeze and DAN!. I’m GreenCOD on PSN if you don’t already have me.
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Yes Strange, join us for a PS+ session
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Friends with 3DS’: I bought one yesterday, and I’ve added everyone on the TAYnames document, but if you would like to add me back, that would be pretty cool. I put my friend code up on the document. Right now I only have two friends. D: So lonely.
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Aw, I’ll add you when I find a place with wifi!
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Okay friend!
PULLBLOX IT UP
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PULLBLOX YOUR FACE (everybody should buy PullBlox [and Rolling Western if they’re rich])
He JUST missed out on the 20% eShop sale as well!
ps. Mutant Mudds is apparently very good as well if you’re looking for more games. I haven’t tried it yet though (waiting for the XL :P)
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I’ll add you when I’m home again, which will be about a week.
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…where are you? o.0
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He’s house sitting!
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I’m in Sterling!
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I see! (I have no idea where that is) My first thought was that you were in hospital or something because of that foot of yours or whatever.
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Ha ha ha. I really should go see a doctor about my foot. I thought it was recovering, but I went for a walk to the shops, and now it’s worse than ever. I am the greetest.
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BLAGHMAN LEFT THE HOUSE!?
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He does that every Friday the 13th. Just don’t ask where he goes
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You shouldn’t need to ask, it’s to murder hookers and take their money.
And I do that every Friday anyway.
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BAM! http://a.yfrog.com/img735/4401/gb9lm.jpg
Bring on the debt!
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WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! \o/
Look at you all grown up and stuff. So when is the moving in meat?
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Not sure yet. If I do have one people will be required to shower in Mortein upon arrival. Don’t want TAYbies infesting my digs, like with Pez’s place.
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haha, I am glad I am not the only one who thought of that
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Congrats, man! Nicely done.
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Thanks dude.
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That’s going to be the most dapper apartment in the neighbourhood once you move in.
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One tries one’s best.
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Which one is TAY room?
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The big’n.
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\o/ SLEEPOVER
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\o/ PILLOW FIGHT!
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\o/ WITH JELLY!
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You kinda look like the real estate agent in this picture! It confused me for half a second!
Congratulations! Now check your rooms for bed bugs.
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I was thinking the same thing!
I’m not sure that bedbugs are a prerequisite to the acquisition of property. Perhaps it was one of the attendees at the meat that infested the place 😛FLU! DON’T HOST A HOUSEWARMING MEAT!
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Haha that’s what I thought too.
Congrats man 🙂
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It confused me too.
Definitely on the lookout for bugs http://bit.ly/MpeHTr
Yay! You is all growed up and stuff. Eek!
Congratulations, Eff. *hugs*
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I know, right!? It kinda sucks.
Once again congratulations. \o/
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Cheers buddy
OOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😛
Nice shirt!
Oh and congratulations too!
You bought a block of units? Nice one!
I am super excited/jealous for/of you 🙂
I’m a bit dicey on these flash sales on steam… The same games are popping back up with different discounts. A bit too much like gambling for my tastes.
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If in doubt, wait until the end of the week where everything goes for the lowest price they were at during the sale.
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I wouldn’t do this as only a small selection of the discounted games go back on sale on the last day.
I think what we are seeing is that the flash sale games have finished (eg. Raymang) but haven’t been removed from the flash sale banner yet so what you are actually seeing is the full sale discount being displayed rather than any sort of flash sale price. 9Hence the reason it says ends in 10 days.
If it comes up in the flash sale that will be the best price you will get it for
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So really, we just camp out for new ones, and just buy all the Flash Sales, right?
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AH… From the mobile app it looks like 11 hours. Faith partially restored.
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I’m just getting anything at 75% off or close to it if it’s a daily/flash/community voted deal.
I also got what I can for the badges but I’m not sure if they’re relevant or not… 😛
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Badges?
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Community -> Profile -> Badges
There’s Steam Summer Sales and Community Pillar. I think it’s just a little badge to put on your profile but who knows… most of them were easy enough anyway so it didn’t take long.
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I like that it shows all the other sale events as well. Now you can all see my funky gold filled pirate hat
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Make sure you check out all the packs before you start buying individual items. Some of them like the THQ pack are awesome value if there are a number of games you want (even better if you can get a friend in the US to gift to you)
Another good pack is the Ubisoft pack, which surprisingly doesn’t have an australia tax on it
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http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd405/WNxTigerion/saletime.png
Well my wallet took it’s first battering. Raymang, SR3 and back to the future all added to my pineapple. I sense this sale is going to be very dangerous for me in my TDF induced sleep deprived state.
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I went to buy a portal 2 2-pack this morning b/c I want to gift it to two people. Wouldn’t let me buy it. Maybe because I own it already? 🙁
WHY WON’T YOU TAKE MY MONEY VALVE
Pretty sure I just had one of the worst Wonton Ramens ever made. It would seem they made it from 2 minute noodles and frozen wontons from Woolies about 2 weeks ago and left it on the bench before microwaving it then giving it to me. Blergh.
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This guy gets it.
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Wonton Ramen is a thing?
Hello everyone!
I’ll be formatting my computer this weekend. D=
Maybe I should update my blog before I do so ^^;;
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Good luck with the formatting 🙂
OK everyone thank you for all the suggestions for horror films we could watch tonight. Unfortunately I don’t think it will be feasible to use any of the provided suggestions. The thing is, whichever movie is chosen somebody else might not have it in their collection or they might not have the time to download it in time to start the viewing. Don’t worry though I’m sure those suggestion can be used for a future event. Plus, you’ve done me and I’m sure others as well a favour by suggesting movies we may not have watched. I for one haven’t watched most of the suggested movies so, thanks.
Anyway, now that the apologies are done here are the details regarding today’s event. Powalen suggested we watch something online so that everyone has access to it and I think that’s a great idea. So we will be watching aYoutube Movie. As I’m sure you are aware, Youtube has a bunch of free movies available to watch free of charge. So I took the liberty of browsing the Horror section and randomly chose the movie we’ll watch. That movie is:
HORROR OF THE ZOMBIES (THE GHOST GALLEON)
You can find out more about the movie here: http://www.youtube.com/movie/horror-of-the-zombies-the-ghost-galleon
I know most of you have high standards for movie image quality but unfortunately the free movies on YouTube movies are 480p(DVD Quality). I hope that’s ok though..Again, the movie was randomly chosen so forgive me if it’s terrible.
Also to ensure we are all watching the same thing at the same time we will be using SynchTube, a cool site suggested by Aleph-null, which allows users to synch media content online. You don’t need to sign in or anything. The site has chat functionality as well so we can communicate there in addition to TeamSpeak. Feel free to explore the site.
I’ll create a room and send out the links to participants. Also hopefully one of you can volunteer as a back up in case my internet goes haywire.
Finally, I was thinking we could start at the usual gaming time. People can log in around 8.30pm before the movie starts at 9.00pm. The movie is an hour and a half long so I think starting at 9.00 gives people enough time to get to bed if they have work in the morning.
Thanks again and I hope people can participate and we can enjoy ourselves.
So in summary:
WHAT: TAY’s Friday the 13th communal movie night
WHEN: 8.30pm-11.30pm (Movie starts at nine)
WHERE: Synchtube(dot)com (I’ll send the links to everyone at around 8-8.30pm
WHO:Any TAYbies who are free.
P.S.
Can someone suggest a hashtag we can use in case people want to tweet about it.
Please let me know if you are participating in your replies below as well.
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This sounds like fun. I’ll have to see if I can make it.
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I think I might join, it could be fun!
Also, the hashtags #TAYTV and #TAYCINEMA are both unused if you want a general one that can be used on any future video nights. I tried to think of a horror pun with ‘TAY’ but couldn’t think of one 😛
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#exploiTAYtion
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#FriTAYthe13th?
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Damnit, that’s heaps better. How did I miss that one?
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I don’t know, it just kind of came to me
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Also, I never realised there was so many free movies on Youtube! It’d be funny to watch some old movies one night or something. They have The Blob (1958) in here! xD
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Yeah when I found out about it I was surprised. I’ve never watched a movie there but I’m sure they are OK. Is The Blob good?
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I’ve only seen it once (a long time ago) but it was decent. More funny than scary by todays standards though.
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The Blob is notoriously B-grade, and as such is good fun
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OK, Powalen was first so I think the official hashtag will be #TAYCINEMA. I think this one is all encompassing and can be used for future events as well. Plus, it is in the same vein as TAYbar.
That being said we can have an event specific one so I think we’ll use Scree’s-#FriTAYthe13th for today’s horror themed event.
Sorry freeze, we will use #exploiTAYtion when we watch a film in that genre.
OK so the official hashtag for this and future movie nights is #TAYCINEMA
for today’s horror event we will use #FriTAYthe13th as well.
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I like the enthusiasm so far. I hope this works out. 🙂
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I must be honest, I still don’t really understand how this works. I missed the fun of suggesting movies too
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We are just watching a movie together as TAYbies. People come here http://synchtu.be/PSs7 and watch the movie and chat together. It’s just for fun.
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Also we’ll be on Teamspeak!
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Alright, I’ll probably join in
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I won’t be able to attend the beginning of the film, though I’ll definitely be there in spirit! I’m taking mum to a Creedence tribute gig tonight (inorite, this Eylandt actually has some form of entertainment!) and I don’t think it starts ’til 8:30 or so.
I should be on around 10-11 (10:30-11:30 for you cool kids), which is probably a bit late for some, but hey. I’m up for general late-night derping anyway :p-
You suggest a site then dump us!! For shame Aleph 😉
Anyway, have fun tonight and hopefully you can attend next time.
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You haven’t heard the last of this, you hear? *shakes fist*
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Noooo, please spare me 🙂
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In the last 24 hours or so, TAY has had more posts than in the preceding 72. :\
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Friday.
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Blame it on the date. Strange happenings and stranger times ahead, frond.
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Especially for you since you apparently live in Silent Hill. The possums in your floor that woke you up? Actually probably zombies.
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BAHAHA! Oh god, I don’t think I’ll be sleeping tonight then.
I initially thought it was the locals trying to break in again, but the sensor-lights weren’t on, and nothing was caught on the camera… Clearly, they were some sort of zombie-vampire hybrid 😛
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hey all you Sydneysiders better be at the meats tomorrow! I’m looking at you Sydney people! Also I need to pee.
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okay
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Someone tell me the details!
I asked on the last page but it turned into a discussion about shiny purple/metallic dragons.
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Seriously, if you don’t go there, I’m going to do something indescribably horrific to your spleen. (Really though, it’s Friday afternoon and my penchant for creative threats has been dwindling. But go to the restaurant anyway, you won’t be disappointed!)
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4:30PM.
Sydney Convention and Exhibition and Showcase and otherdisplaywords Centre in Darling Harbour. There’s a Water featury thing out front which is a pretty cool place to hang out at, so go there.
I’ll maybe bet at Town Hall at 4:15ish with Rocketman if you’re not quite sure where to go.-
I’ll also be at Town Hall about then.
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What’s the plan? Dinner? Just want to know what time I’ll be getting home, really.
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…Plan?
Probably flaff around Darling Harbour for a bit (it’s going to be nice out tomorrow!). Usual dinner n’ drinks. More drinks depending on the willingness of people, I guess? If you need to head home, you need need to head home, mang! No one’s going to hold that against you.
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Hm, if you’re ‘flaffing’ around for a bit, I might join you from Town Hall for an hour and a half or so and then head off to a birthday dinner I need to be at. Dem streetpasses…
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Sweet.
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All you easygoing people! I like to have a plan! haha
I’ll see if I can make it, anyway! 😀
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Easygoing… lazy.
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Akali!
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Attention, Bish! I will be attending tomorrow’s Meat!
Please prepare Rocketman for my arrival at Town Hall station at 4:21pm. That is all.
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I will send out a wireless comminque to all relevant authorities!
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The Woolworths near Town Hall station (across from the Galeries)? I think I can manage that.
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I’ll try to make it.
Are the two related?
I might be there.
Trine 2 is the next community’s choice game to go on sale. If my brain calculated right it’ll be less than four dollars. Thoughts? At that price I’m considering it.
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It’s very pretty!
I’ve only played about 20 minutes of it though. But it is really really pretty.
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YES. I got my way! Now I don’t have to throw a tantrum!
I’m definitely, 100% buying it.
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Tis fun and pretty!
It’s really simple though and you can easily go through puzzles in ways you’re not supposed too… (which is a negative because it breaks the flow of the game)
It’s on my pile but there’s co-op so that’s a plus 🙂
Happy 23rd Birthday Strange!
I got Saints Row 3 in the end! and I didn’t have to pay for it! No I didn’t pirate it you silly buggers! I bartered with my mate, sold him a 17″ LCD monitor for SR3, I figured it was only worth 25 bucks (though it hasn’t seen much use over the years) and he wanted a 2nd monitor for his rig since he just got back from working up on Lizard Island for a year and didn’t have multiple monitors for his rig, like he wanted!
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Hooray! Now to wait for F:NV and B:AC to drop in price 😛
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Damn right and Alan Wake, I like the sound of that game!
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Alan Wake, American nightmare! \o/
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ALL THE ALAN WAKESES…. need moar! \o/
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I haven’t played American nightmare but I want to
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@Strange
Unfortunately it does carry on like that before/during battles where they’ll say things like “Zael draw their attention” and “Zael attack this spot” etc. but I just consider them little hints 😛
Sorry for the spam guys but tonight is the inaugural TAY CINEMA event. If you want to join the site is
Wooo. \o/
HANDS UP IF YOU’RE STILL AT WORK!
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#solonely
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/hug it’ll be okay buddy!
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Does House Sitting count as work? If so, then I’m still at work!
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Page-spanning high-five!
Nice.
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I updated the blog.
It’s like a miracle
http://cosplaythescreeway.wordpress.com/
So, I’ve got this nice ’96 De Bortoli Cab Sav (Yarra) that I’ve just uncorked a day or so ago.
It’s as awesome as expected.
Anyone else drink wine?
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I’m going to be honest, I’d expect a bottle from ’96 to be both corked, and to taste like vinegar.
But I only drink relatively cheap wine.
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Yeah, it’s the last of a bundle I bought years ago, and it’s a little less good than the one I opened last year. But still pretty awesome.
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A month back we had some bottles from ’99, and they’d been cellared the whole time, but they were absolutely dreadful. But I guess that’s what we get for bottles that cost about $8(Bought in bulk).
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Oh, and to clarify on my taste, I like a decent red the most, though I usually end up drinking pink champers(manly(and the really cheap stuff at that)), but I’m also partial to the occasional Dessert wine.
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We have a really nice French chilled red wine that we often got but this time round we got a mixed dozen with some really really nice French red. A Merlot that was one of the nicest wine I’ve had and the other bottle was quite good as well.
I mostly drink red wine, I don’t mind some whites but generally stick with the reds. There is a really good Merlot from near where I grew up called Devils Creek (not lair) that is around $10 at Dans and really good. Recommend that if you want to try something different.Not sure how much you drink but I have had http://www.crackawines.com.au highly recommended for cheap but really nice wine
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I do. I prefer red wine, but drinking red in the Queensland weather is not as good so I’ve been converted to sweet fruity whites as well.
Thanks to all the TAY Cinema people! It was fun!
Even though the movie was pretty terrible I still had a good time! Everybody should come along next time!
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It was fun despite the movie. Thanks Masha!
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You’re welcome guys. Next time we’ll choose a better film or we’ll just watch Dan and LastQuestion kiss again 🙂
@Steam Sale People:
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is less than $4. It’s definitely worth your money! Buy it! It’s one of the few games that I’ve actually completed 100%. I very much enjoyed it! Do yourself a favour!
/glowing recommendation
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Also, Greenius would very much like some co-op buddies 🙂
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I’ll be there to co-op with you buddy, just let me know
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Since we are talking steam sales has anybody played Toy soldiers on XBLA or steam.
Looks interesting but want to know if the concept is executed well or not
Max Payne 45 bucks oh god I am so tempted… But no I should save my money, I want to go see The Dark Knight rises with my mates whenever it is..
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Think I might grab Payday The Heist though!
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DO NOT buy Max Payne for $45! I think it was $30 during Amazon’s sale (which I think has ended) and it’s even cheaper in the US. If I were you I’d wait until it was a bit cheaper and the price was more reasonable compared to other places 😛
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Honestly I want it on steam, but I might see about a friend gifting it from the states where it’ll be like 20 bucks today >.<
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The original 2 Max Payne games for 4 bucks seems good.
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Technically it was $30 for people living in the US only. Trust me I got all excited when I went to buy it /o\
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Just put a fake US address 😛
My friend buys from Amazon all the time
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Still so cheap! I hope it gets a 75% off deal, if it does i’ll pay 22 bucks for it! Can’t justify blowing half of what I have budgeted for the sales on one game =/
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As it is a new release it wont be up for 75% off (it probably will during the Christmas sale). They usually don’t put new release games up for sale* and TBH I’m surprised it is up during this sale.
*Unless you live in any country other then Australia
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I have hopes, please don’t crush my hopes /o\
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@Tigerion, sorry about not being online last night mate. Let me know here/on steam/on twitter if/when something tickles your fancy on the steam sales, or you can PM me your bank details on steam or something for a money transfer.
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No worries, just sent the gift through to you now
If I see any of the daily deals I want I’ll let you know, otherwise I’m sure I can find stuff at the end of the sale to grab. Don’t stress about it
So I completely forgot about my university emails (which I pretty much never check or read) when I found this…
“Dear Student,
Based on your high academic performance, IBM and Monash University, invite you to apply for the IBM Future Leaders Scholarships for Semester 2 2012.”
blah blah blah
“In addition, the Scholarship recipients receive $36,000 over the next 2 years.”
:O! FREE MONEY
“To register you interest, please respond to (email) with your full name, ID and contact number. Please register your interest by Monday July 9th</b< so the Faculty of Business and Economics can contact you with further information."
FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No free money for me 🙁
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Uh oh please don’t all be bold…
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Shattered! D:
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Aw, sorry Greenius.
I never check my uni email either, except for getting results or emailing lecturers. Never had anything like that happen though. *pats*
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Reply anyway, at this stage you have nothing to lose
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Already did. Applications are open from 9th-20th so hopefully they’ll still let me.
It sounds kind of boring but I just want monies/job 😛
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Hopefully you get in. Good luck.
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So far my plan to only buy things that are five dollars or less in the Steam sale has worked out well. Got myself Half Life 2 and its episodes, that Lara Croft game, and Trine 2.
It’s these flash deals that are getting me! I’m really hoping Left 4 Dead 2 gets down cheap soon.
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Hah that’s my unwritten rule, too. Even though I broke it by buying Back to the Future for $6 😛 I got Trine 2, so now all I need is a good discount on The Walking Dead and I’ll be happy.
I’ll probably end up getting L4D2 and possibly Killing Floor if they go for super cheap. I need to prepare myself for any possible cross platform multiplayer! There isn’t many other options!
Jo, dude you rock! Thanks for the Hal-Life Anthology & Max Payne 1 & 2, I was going to pick them up anyway haha!
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Half-Life, derp!
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Yeah Jo says that everyone should update their wishlists and it’s making his job difficult.
What a top bloke! He also gifted me The Witcher earlier today 🙂
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Top bloke! I was going to get my mate to gift them to me later today haha.
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Ok, so I’ve been gifted 2 copies of SR:3 o.0
TAY, you so crazy >.<
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You’re welcome.
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You’re insane 🙂
But thanks, man. I think I’ll pay-it-forward to someone that doesn’t have it, if that’s fine with you? I’m happy to reimburse you still 🙂-
That’s okay, mate.
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Wow, that’s awesome. You’re a kind one crazyguy. Maybe you should change your name 🙂
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What’s the game like? I’ve heard it’s really fun for derping around in, especially in co-op, but I’m a little cautious of the sexual references and stuff in it, because it has things like giant dildo bats :/
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Scored an iPod video in a mixed box of tech stuff today for 20 bucks, iPod works and is loaded with music! Some decent stuff actually! Only thing I need to replace the screen since its busted, but SCORE!
Alan Wake Collector’s Edition + American Nightmare – 10 bucks. Score.
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AH MAH GAWD, texted my mate asking to gift it to me and I will pay him for it when I see him xD
I managed to hold out on the Steam sale until just now. Probably because until now I hadn’t seen anything on my wishlist with a realy compelling price.
75% off Alice: Madness Returns is too good a deal for my weak defenses.
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Yay! Dat PhysX! Those Swishy Dresses! Butterflies!
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PARALLAX OCCLUSION MAPPING
BOKEH DEPTH OF FIELD
DX11doinitrite?
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I’ve got fond memories of American McGee’s Alice as a viciously demented, dark and violent fantsy, and a soft spot for Alice in Wonderland in general, swishy dresses, butterflies and all.
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Its controls are problematic, its story is a mess, and in general it doesn’t play that well. But its atmosphere is fantastic, its environmental art is amazing, and I enjoyed it.
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DID SOMEONE SAY ‘SWISHY DRESSES’?
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MADNESS RETURNS IS THE SECOND GREATEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN IN REGARDS TO SWISHY DRESSEAS.
The greatest was the stage version of “Hairspray,” which wins hands down.
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letterman spoiled the end of DKR.
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I know.
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I was confused for a minute because I thought you were talking about ‘Donkey Kong Country Returns’ 😛
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shit, i was browsing through TV and watched a bit of his interview with anne hathaway, if it was during that then i’m glad i find dave letterman unfunny and stopped watching
I want to order a pizza from Crust, but there’s no delivery… 🙁
The only other alternatives are Pizz Hut or Homemade.
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Home made it is then!
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I’m too lazy to make a home made pizza!
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Nevermind – even bad pizza is usually ok I suppose.
We’re having baked potatoes with all the goodies. They’re in the oven now. Can’t wait!– Curse you Time for only passing at one minute per minute! *shakes fist fruitlessly
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I just made whoopie cakes! \o/
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…what’s a whoopie cake?
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It’s kind of like a macaroon, but it’s made with sponge and icing
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I just finished a dinner of prawns, mussels and oysters in a red wine sauce over pasta.
I think I’ma have to do baked ‘taters tomorrow night though!As for pizza, it’s at its best when it’s cooked at home.
Unless there’s a woodfired pizzeria nearby!
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Pizza Hut is my favourite of the major franchises!
Guys. guys, guys.
I just saw Brave. And it was amazing.
Haters can hate.
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People were talking about it at the meat.
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That is all I have to say
Fans of racing sims,
RACE Injection is 50% off on steam at the moment! (Was $25 now $12.50)
It’s a steal at this price!
Too bad I already have it…
🙁
And I have no one on TAY to race against….
:`(
Well that was a fun time! Just want to say thanks for having us Strange and your chilli was rad!
Also I think I want an Xbox and Halo Reach, after Lambo & I playing some, I found it quite enjoyable.. Only time i’ve played Halo was online at a mates and I found it shithouse.
Erryone please vote for Left 4 Dead 2! 😀
Also, Dead Island was on my “get when cheap for some co-op fun” list and while it’s ~$11 (66% off) I would’ve preferred ~$8 (75% off). Seems like the 2 DLC are pretty crappy (based on reviews) so I don’t think I’ll spend the extra $6 on them.
A four pack comes at ~$7.70 which is closer to what I was hoping for, so I was wondering if anyone else was keen in getting it for me (and others!) since it’s cheaper this way (I know it’s $3 but every dollar counts!). I can either buy you an $8 game from Steam, transfer money through PayPal, pay you at some meat (if I ever attend one :P), but we’ll work something out!
I’m sure there’d be others here interesting in getting the game for some TAYbie co-op fun! If no one wants to do the 4 pack thing I’ll just man up and buy it (or give it a pass) but I’m also wondering who wouldn’t mind playing co-op :).
Thanks in advance!
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Oh and any opinions or comments on the games would be great 🙂
I’m also curious about Frozen Synapse. Saw it in an indie bundle but didn’t bother buying it or looking into it but McGarnical loves it!
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I’ll have a look in a little while for you, mate 😀
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I didn’t really like Frozen Synapse honestly 😛
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Ooo we can also do a 4 pack split of Left 4 Dead 2 for $3.75 each!
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Nevermind guys, tis already been sorted out! Thanks all! <3
(Still looking for co-op buddies though)
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I’ll happily play both Dead Island and Left 4 Dead with you some time, Greenius!
Also I’ll be buying Borderlands and its DLC for $7.50 today so if anyone wants to play that at some point I’ll gladly be the newbie who slows everyone down.
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I can help you in that regard!
I have it already, but haven’t actually played it. At all.
Aside from xbox.
Which doesn’t count.
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Me and a friend would be down to play some Borderlands :). I don’t really feel like playing the starting bits again as I’ve done it about 10 times playing with different people, but if you get to around the same point/level (level 20, 26ish) then we can play 😀
I beat the whole game multiple times on Xbox but never got the DLC. So far on PC I’ve managed to play The Zombie Island but I haven’t played the other ones yet.
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Man, that iRacing… managed to find a 1 month for $5 deal, so I registered.
After a couple of races, I’m really enjoying it, although the physics do take some getting used to.
All in all, it’s pretty good.
Man, that iRacing… managed to find a 1 month for $5 deal, so I registered.
After a couple of races, I’m really enjoying it, although the physics do take some getting used to.
All in all, it’s pretty good.
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Why this posted twice, I have no idea. 🙁
So I played Theatrhythm last night and really enjoyed it. It’s like Osu for me.
I don’t really like FF games though, so I feel like I’d by a hypocrite if I buy it, but it’s a really well done rhythm game
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What? Why are you a hypocrite? If you like a game then buy it 😛
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Morning n00b! had fun at the meat last night? Was great to see you all again!
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Yeah man it was awesome! It was awesome to catch up with everyone again.
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Good times!
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That doesn’t make you a hypocrite, besides you really only played FFIII (3 not 6) which isn’t THAT good anyway. Theatrhythm is more about the music of Final Fantasy and like Nob said, if you like a game, then buy it.
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Alright, thanks. I think the artwork is cute too. =P
IfI hadn’t played the demo, I wouldn’t have even considered it
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“Greenius” : but i hate how it’s white
Hm.
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You’d expect “Green Square” to be green 😛
So Mum really enjoyed some of those torrents I downloaded. So much that we’re trying to find the DVDs.
Do you think we can find them? Of course not =/
Yay Batman Arkham City, 10 bucks & the Harley Quinn DLC is 3 dollars, best deal!
I was calling her the slutty clown to my mate, when asking if I wanted the DLC too haha.
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Wooooooow, classy page get >.<
ANYONE WHO DOESN’T CURRENTLY HAVE LOLLIPOP CHAINSAW GO GET IT RIGHT NOW.
I’ll wait.
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I WOULD!
if I had the money >_>
*Crashes through wall*
See guys, I can do it too. In other news, I’m back from my Scandinavian adventure. I have many stories, and many MANY photos. Whats the best site to be putting them up on? Just so I can be putting them in my jelly inducing write up that I’m working on for next week.
Any suggestions?
PS Now that I’m back, thanks to Crazyguy for gifting me LA Noire at some point while I was away
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Hello Nova! I hope you brought me a present.
Imgur is pretty good for uploading stuff. It lets you group them into an album and such. Sharing a Dropbox folder with the photos is another option!
ps. LA Noire \o/
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I think you mean “Alien Water \o/”
(Though if you ask me, it sounds a little boring)
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I get it!
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Your present is my continued appearances on TAY. I know I know, I spoil you
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Oh Nova. You’ve made me so happy.
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I said welcome back but on Steam but you never replied
</3
You've got like 15 days to beat Xenoblade. GO TIME GO!
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Welcome back.
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Possibly Flickr is your best place to upload photo’s!
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You’re welcome, hope you enjoy it.
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This Wednesday night, event cinemas is having batman begins then the dark knight on. $10 to see both. Then they have the dark knight rises midnight launch ~30 mins after tdk ends. I think I need to go to this. 😀
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I am so there!
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Sadly Dendy has sold out for their stuff, so I can’t do the same. 🙁
NOOOOOOVVVVVVAAAAAAAAAA!
Hi!
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BAAAAAAAAAAATTTGIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRLLLLLLLLLL
Did ya miss me?
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YES! There was no one to joke about driving us everywhere. It was terrible.
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It’s Monday… bleurgh….
If I pass away in my sleep due to too much sodium and shrivelling up from dehydration, I want you all to know that it was worth it.
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^Somebody get this man some water, stat!
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I’ll organise a 21 dumpling salute in your honour, frond.
Lovin’ Saints Row The Third , it’s a really good game, glad I got it. So when’s the multiplayer?!
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