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Good Morning everyone!
NEGATIVE MODE ENGAGE.
I don’t see what’s so good about it.
Blaghs! Being the musical enthusiast that you are, I totally saw Les Miserables last night:
Really great production values, but didn’t buy that it’s even possible for Cossette and Marius to be in love after meeting for three seconds tops. Felt so damn rushed and weird. Pretty pivitol to the rest of the movie too. Assume the logic problem is in the original musical too? Thought the first half was better than the second.Yeah, they always just sort of… fall in love. It’s like when I have a star crush on someone, except in real life, except that it’s not real life. In the book it takes a bit longer, and has Marius being more of a stalker, and they hang out in their garden a lot, and it takes Valjean longer to notice. And he’s a bit more of a dick about it.Also, did the long lingering close-ups of characters faces as they sang annoy you? Easily the worst part of the movie, I have no idea who thought they were a good idea, but christ, they should be fired.
Can’t say I minded the close ups. I thought it was shot incredibly well, it’s just fundamental plot/structure things that bugged me. Can’t even really blame the director for that if it’s all copied from the stage musical. Also the constant singing I didn’t expect, I know it’s a musical but it seemed to be the most extreme musical I’ve ever seen. No dialogue. ONLY SINGING. 😛
I liked Valjean’s story and Fantine’s in the first half, though. Felt it got weaker once it transferred over to Marius.Yeah, a decent number of stage musicals are done in the only singing style, but they do usually change that for filmic versions. RENT would be the best example of that, off the top of my head.
And yeah, the majority of the plot stuff was taken from the stage version, though some of it was cut a little.
In general, the Marius in this version bugged me, I don’t feel like he was a strong enough performer for the role. Same goes with Russell, he was fine at the acting part, but I don’t think his voice was quite up to scratch. Also, the bit at the end of Javert’s soliloquy, when it showed him hitting the ground was a bit… yeah. Kind of ruined the mood a bit, I think.Only stage musicals I’ve seen? The Lion King and Phantom of the Opera. This seemed like those, only amplified ten fold. Haha! Still, really strong movie. Just not quite as strong as expectations. 😀
Its weird, when it’s on a stage, it seems perfectly normal for essentially everything to be sung, since everything is done in such a melodramatic style.
When there’s a camera however, you expect certain things out of it, so if everything’s sung, it just seems weird.
Anyway, yeah, I liked the movie, I expected the plot problems( it’s what happens when you compress a 1900 page novel), but some of the actor choices, and some of the filming choices irked me.
Merry (2 days after) Christmas everyone!
Camping?
Camping!
:'(
Good morning all TAYbies!
Thanks to everyone who turned up to the meat last night, it was awesome fun!
For anyone tossing up on whether to see the Hobbit – its great, go see it.
Mid week TAY!? Change!
I’m in Sydney for the week. 2 hours away from my shiny new console D: Hopefully everybody is good!
Not long now until my Melbourne adventure either! I’ve got to ring the travel place to see where my tickets are…
Wii U?! 😀
What games? I may or may not have taken “Powalen” >:)
Hey look. New TAY. Guess I repost here then.
A meat thing.
https://twitter.com/freezespreston/status/284052286123151360
(With apologies to @sernobulus who apparently the camera seemed to decide that no trace of him shall ever exist :S)
Hope you and Aleph’s triumphant Sydney arrival goes well! Have fun and all that!
Edit: Check out surly D.C. in the corner, Bish would be proud I tells you! 😛
From left front and clockwise:
Berkid, @beavwa, @princesspipster, @rocketman, @dkzeitgiest, @dc, @strange, Mr. Strange, @syvraen, @mythamphetamine, @freezespreston, @virus__, @lambomann007, @beardymcmuttonchops.
Mrs Freeze took the photo and @sernobulus is a vampire.
http://twitter.com/BeardyMc/status/283868703966261248/photo/1
Here’s another shot. Still no Nobs!
so wish I’d been able to be there! Sounded as though fun was had by all via tweets last night
Morning folks, hope this day treats you well!
blarg! dang trains making me late and missing out on sweet sacrilegious TAY time.
How’s things people? are we all gearing up for christmas? you know it’s only 363 days away
Morning TAY 😀
Spaghett, old friend!
DC my brother
So, what was the last thing you listened to, huh? HUH? 😛
SHENANIGANS!
Shenanigans!!
SPAGHETTS LAST SONG LISTENED TO GAME @dc
Fiction (Dreams in Digital) by Orgy
Makes me think of her
Orgy makes you- Joke is too easy, never mind… 😛
Haha! Haven’t listened to any thing since movies yesterday, so probably Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Miserables. Stirring!
Mine was:
Mine, windbag, mine
From the bastion OST… Damn you @dc I have not stopped listening to it :P… I guess I should actually thank you though cause the music is bloody magnificent
Bastion lyrics! A Christmas well-spent then. It’s a truly excellent OST, huh?
Maaan, I never listened to it properly till now despite having it for ages… Now I listen to it in the car, on walks, during gaming… ALL THE BLOODY TIME, I think sums it up 😛 so damn good
Doin’ by John Rueben http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQr5XC2gBzw
Raise the Flag – Airbourne.
Bye Bye Bitch Bye Bye – Motörhead
last song for me was:
a mans gotta do from the Dr Horrible Singalong blog
Battery Acid – Queens of the Stone Age
Golden Brown – The Stranglers
You know what The Walking Dead game really needs? It’s need a manual save option. Seriously, why doesn’t it have one? Does it even have a thing to tell you when it autosaves? Cause I haven’t noticed one. I have no idea how much I’d need to replay next time whenever I stop.
Other than that, it’s an awesome game.
I think it saves pretty damn regularly, atleast I never had to replay significant portions of the game. It’s also chaptered too on the main menu if you want to go back and try things differently. It’s hard to say, though. I played mostly in long sittings over three days. 😀
It saves every ‘scene’ I think.
Ah, okay. I was starting to think that. I often play in 5-10 minute bursts. Saw the
waking up in Hershel’s barn cutscene thing 3 times cause I had to stop in the bit after.Wait, nevermind. I saw an autosaving thingy.
And another one!
…bites the dust!
rides the bus!
Morning taaaay… Back at work for 2 days before heading to Wagga Wagga for family stuff for New Years! Should be awesome enough…
How was everyone’s Christmas? Mine consisted of transferring 3 TB of movies and tv shows to my new NAS that I got from wifey, plus rebuilding my pc.. Cause I got bored more then anything XD
Want some rye?
True story, I searched a few bottle shops for a mini bottle of rye whiskey and was going to put it in a bag with a card saying “want some rye? Of course you do” and give it to you last night.
Alas mini bottles of rye are incredibly hard to find and getting you a full bottle seemed like a waste considering you don’t drink.
Could’ve used some alcohol last night, though! 😛 Haha! That’s awesome, man. Awesome to even think about that!
Yeah I seriously thought First Choice would have it :S
Meat write up:
-Alcohol was consumed, Budweiser is quite acceptable.
-Aleph & his e-cig is quite amusing.
[email protected] & Mr. Strange are lovely people, thanks again guys \o/
-Uh… Other stuff?
-The movie was pretty good though I feel it could be one single 3 hour movie given the book. I thought it worked with the 3D & the HFR and the other fancy shit it had going on.
[email protected] almost didn’t come, was total silliness!
-Beavwa & Pip were there, @beavwa seems to only have the one shirt, the one he wore to the Melbourne meat =P
-Lambo \o/ We spoke about Windows Phone & his games and other stuff!
-I met Rockets, he’s a cool. Quieter than I expected.
-DAN! He tried to fill Sughly’s shoes by making me feel uncomfortable, I was more cautious than uncomfortable.
-Question or Beardy and I met his wife, Amber with her awesome Canadian accent.
-Nob & I spoke about middle of bum fuck nowhere in Queensland and how good it was humidity didn’t exist out there, but the flies were a real downside.
-Syvraen showed up, he was a cool dude!
-Freeze & his always lovely wife gave me a lift up and back and put up with me, great people!
-Went to this place called Groove Train for dinner, it was tasty food all around! The Spanish Chorizo Pizza I had was epic.
Over all I give it some things out of a number and all that. I had a good time!
Didn’t I only say like 3 sentences to you? Didn’t want to go over my meat talking quota 😛
Haha! You spoke quite a lot to Strange and me, I thought!
Nah, we spoke for more than that!
The people whining about the HFR on the Hobbit need to get a grip. It looked fantastic.
Deponia is five bucks on Steam today! Well worth it!
Eugh that moment when you see an Aus Post contractor go to your neighbours when you’re waiting for them to deliver shit to you, and knowing they’ve delivered your mail there before on “accident”
Are you saying the mail person is holding a grudge against you? … did you ruin any dark rituals lately?
Nah, just calling them incompetent. But that is Australia Post for you!
Sughly’s post man?
I’d welcome someone as “friendly” as that who made sure the mail was delivered personally LOL
Damn … well, can I still imagine you as an adventurer who goes around kicking all sorts of evil postal priest arse? because that’s a pretty awesome mental image.
I don’t know why australia post is so horrible most of the time … well, it was in queensland. The post down here in melbourne seems to be mostly awesome
Yeah up here in Northern NSW they’re pretty shocking also.
Unless they have Ass Rev in hand. They seem to lose it. 🙁
:'(.
Repost from old tay – thanks Greenius 😛
‘Ello ladies and gents!
How was everyone’s chrissy??
So i got a little cash from christmas, so i thought i might buy myself a headset for playing dem games – but i only want a stupidly-budget one. I have 2 choices, it seems.
http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-accessories/turtle-beach-ear-force-zla-headset-pc
or
http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-accessories/turtle-beach-earforce-z11-headset-pc
Thoughts?
Morning Loops! Hope you had an awesome Christmas!
Morning DC!
I did!
How was yours?!
Haha! That’s good to hear, Loops!
So, i managed to surprise Bee with her Engagement ring on Christmas morning. The Jeweler we went to to make it was abasolutely amazing. Can’t thank her enough.
For those interested:
http://smg.beta.photobucket.com/user/trozza/media/9686_10151230788227562_184928806_n_zps2e0b70d9.jpg.html
Also, i’ve based up one of my Terminators now – but he still has some painting to be done, especially around the gun area.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=465384713499285&set=a.464173156953774.95503.270825842955174&type=1&theater
Hot damn, that Termy looks awesome!
that’s a very shiny ring … and an amazing terminator. how long did he take to paint up?
Ummm… so far he’s taken about 4 or so hours on and off, i think? Most of the time has come in layering that bloody bone armour. lol
Nice! Well done, man! 😀
cheers buddy 🙂
Saw the trailer for The Impossible last night. Looked decent. Life of Pi too.
Oh, Life of Pi, get ready for a visually astounding movie with one of the worst protagonists that you could ever hope to deal with, and one of the most aggravating statements made in the history of cinema.
Haha! Hooray! 😛
I’m okay with young Pi, I should add. He’s alright.
It’s just future Pi of moderate oldness. Man, that guy. If he never opened his mouth, the whole thing would be infinitely better.
But no, he has to be all “ATHEISM IS LITERALLY THE WORST THING IN THE WORLD. IT IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL. NOW BELIEVE IN A GOD. ANY GOD. JUST DON’T BE AN ATHEIST BECAUSE THEY SUCK.”
Well fuck you, Pi. Die in a hole, you’re nowhere near as deep and inspired as you think. You’re a twat.
*cough*
Ummmm.
Hmmmmmm.
Hey, look over there!
I just liked the Tiger. 😛
Morning Fronds!
Mini Meat write up thingie
– I arrived and park my car at 5:57pm
– I meet everyone at the bowling alley.
– Met aleph for the first time to (Only said “hi” … something something I’m antisocial something something)
– Met @rocketman for the first time. He’s a pretty cool
kidguy– Met @beavwa and @princesspipster. They are both also awesome
– I thought @beavwa shirt was Dark Souls related … which it wasn’t.
– @princesspipster loved my shirt and claimed she would steal it from me by the end of the night D= also, she had really cool portal earrings!
– @Syvraen (?) showed up but I didn’t talk to him cause I am anti-social!
– @Strange and Mr Strange arrived! (Once again I didn’t talk to them because I am anti social)
– @Freeze , @beavwa and I go to move our cars to take advantage of the free parking after 6:00pm
– On the way back freeze picks up a straggler called @dc ! \o/
– We walk into Timezone at about 7:00 to kill time while we wait for out 7:30 booking
– We just stand around talking about playing GAEM until aleph and @Virus decide to play Guitar Hero at about 7:29
– They played a Distrubed song … @Virus was not pleased
– 7:30 FUD TIME!
– I waited to get served at the bar, @Virus joins me in the waiting game and we talk about the pro’s and con’s of living in the middle of nowhere
– I ordered a beef burger that I am pretty sure they just threw a whole dead cow on top of a couple of pieces of bread.
– DAN left super early, something about buses not running late or something (8-9ish)
– We decide we should head to the movies so everyone that wasn’t seeing the movie left.
– We headed to the snack bar! Chocolate was super over-priced! But i still bought 2 packs (and a frozen coke)
– We get to our seats and I am sitting next to @rocketman
– We both agree that Tom Cruise doesn’t make a good action hero and his next movie will probably be the worst movie
– We saw the Hobbit! It was REALLY awesome, I recommend anyone that is a fan to see it. It will not disappoint!
– It’s about 1:30ish so We all head our separate ways after the movie!
THE END
:’) It’s like I was there, man! It’s like I was there!
Oh man that Disturbed song.. Oh god.
Today is thursday. I realized that back home I’d probably be subjected to news about somebody being trampled over sales in the US.
Makes me feel a bit homesick.
Accept my gift already! 😛
Purchased Koi No Yokan by Deftones, physical copy
Such a good album to clean to
For cleaning i love Alestorm and TISM!
Nothing beats high-energy music for bouncing around the house “gettin’ yo tidy orn”
So i’ve started playing the Walking Dead.
All i want to do now is go home and play more….
I’m still super early in and i get the feeling things are going to get hairy soon. SQUEEEE!!!
I just finished the first episode. Sooooo good. Not as harrowing as I thought it would be though.
If only you knew what was ahead. 😛
Yeah, definitely going to get worse as it goes along. I don’t really have much of an emotional connection with any of the side characters right now, haven’t played enough yet.
Her, her, her http://youtu.be/tEe55NxFSSU
oh dear.
NSFW warning inbound. lol
Oh shit, sorry ’bout that 😛
Ahahaha oh god, that made me laugh pretty hard!
Check this http://youtu.be/P4vpBw3pf58
This is really is the most heartwarming Christmas video I saw, on Christmas day http://youtu.be/6H3iiI1hPAM
D.C.’s PSA: “We’re on page two! Now you know and knowing is half the battle!”
I miss regular weekday TAY! 😛
It’s quiet.
Too quiet.
Also, on the ‘videogame violence’ subject. This is an great video, as Penn really hits the nail on the head http://youtu.be/06Lw7xa6lHU
33% battery on my phone :'(
This ‘holiday’ suckssssss ughhhhhh
26! :OOOOO
Okay, one more 🙂 This is still the funniest animation I’ve seen about Wesley Snipes in jail (still)for Tax Evasion: http://youtu.be/1IaVy3-ezlA
Max Payne 3. FUCKING AWESOME. Back to Max Payne 3 now.
So much atmosphere.
Damn right.
Man, that game was amazing. Shiggy pointed out some awesome foreshadowing to me that I totally missed while playing through. Excellent story. Rockstar really nailed it with that game.
Agreed. Just wow. Also it’s optimised so well for PC <3 Running it maxed out on my GTX560, where as I could never max GTA IV out.
Ragnarok Online II open beta starts tonight:
http://ro2.playpark.net/home/
Join me in cute hat hell.
zenny plz
healz plz
That’s about all I can remember from my times of RO
You monster. I just signed up.
@greenius
I failed you. I totally saw DC’s address on his old licence but forgot it two seconds later. 😛
Oh, man. I must’ve done a double take of epic proportions! Haha!
This makes it sound like I want his address O_o!
But you didn’t fail me, you played Xenoblade! (unless it was a SICK joke)
This might just be the sequel to last night’s anxiety, but I apologize if I brought down any ones mood post-meat by posting about this awkwardness stuff. Not my intention. You guys are all awesome. Problem was all me and not you guys. That is all.Doofus. 😛
*hugasaurus rex*
Strange, you’re all kinds of awesome! 😀
I like it when you call him a doofus 😀
Man I been plagued with all kinds of suck the past few days. Not expensive suck thankfully, but really bloody annoying. Since I’ve had the time, I’ve been working on a little project, I was hoping to have it done my Christmas eve. Now I’m just hoping before new years 😉
Yesterday’s issue was kinda my own dumb fault.
I’ll explain abour that another time.. when I’m a little lessembarrassed ;0 ahha
Sucks to be taking time away from it again, but at least this time I’m getting paid for it! w00t! l8rs PO-TAY-ters
Hey, you won a copy of Far Cry 3 so that means things are getting a little bit better 🙂
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/12/winners-one-of-five-copies-of-far-cry-3/#comments
Just over an hour to go.
I still haven’t even started packing. I’m not even back home yet.
Have a safe flight. You’re awesome! Good seeing you and Mrs. Freeze last night.
Gonna make a point to see The Impossible in cinemas. Looks so good. Trailer basically spoils the entire thing, but I suspect it’s more about the experience rather than who lives and who dies. Harrowing stuff!
I don’t understand why trailers need be so comprehensive these days. I feel like after seeing the trailer for Life Of Pi twice I don’t need to see the movie anymore.
And don’t even make me think about those awful trailers for terrible “comedy” movies that basically show you the whole thing. Ugh.
Yeah, I agree. Naive, maybe, but I think the people who make the movies should be in charge of marketing the movies. They’d be much more mindful about selling it authentically as well as not spoiling the damn thing! This trailer could stop at the 1:15 mark and it’d have done its job, the rest is just spoilers. :'(
If there’s one thing the initial trailer for Les Mis did really well, it was showing you just enough to get you interested. Have part of one song, some shots of some characters, and a landscape or two. BAM. TRAILER DONE, LET’S GO GET SOME DRINKS!
Shenanigans
You all need to see Bernie
Spaghett! What’s new? Stuff? New Years Eve!
Yeah, new years eve man, I cannot wait
Does anyone here play minecraft? I’ve been meaning to get back into it since my bosses kids were pestering me for mods and junk because I’m the computer guy at work … would anyone be up for some minetaku?
Once upon a time we had a Minecraft server but that closed. Gorzy DID have a server but I haven’t been able to access it in like a week. =/
Harvey Norman customer support. Wow. Just, wow. Please, just give me my money back and I’ll never ever deal with you again. It was my mistake for thinking they even deserved a second chance.
:S I’m sorry to hear that, man. Laptop related?
Yeah. I ordered one 2 nights ago off their website. It was cheap and marked as “EOFY clearance sale”, so the price and everything looked pretty legit. I paid for it, and then find out only after some hassling on their facebook page that it was an error. They won’t say anything else and they won’t reply to anyone, and other people who bought one are having to open Paypal disputes in which HN is charging $1.25 for a refund! They’re trying to charge us for their own mistake and they won’t apologize or even try and communicate with anyone! It’s an absolute joke of a business.
There’s one that I’m gonna get from Dick Smith, but I need my money back first 🙁
If you’ve already paid and gotten a receipt they kind of need to give it to you or give you a refund … unless things have changed since I was doing retail
I haven’t even actually received an acknowledgement of the order apart from the Paypal receipt. At the moment they’re basically just holding my money while making it as hard as possible for me to get it back. I’m going to take it to the ACCC and/or Fair Trading.
Probably all you can really do at this point. All the best, Ben.
Aw, damn. Hope it all works out, man!
I want to laugh because I know just how incompetent they are … but I feel sorry for anyone who has to go through them. how bout a hug while I stifle a giggle?
mayhaps TAY Technical services can help?
What’s new, folks?
…
Yes.
damn it Blagh, you stole my answer … now I have to interact with people
Blaghs! Tofu!
You rang, master?
HAHAHAHAHA!
… I can’t listen to this for 4 hours because my work pc has no speakers. This is the equivalent of showing a dog a bone encased in a clear plastic bubble that they can’t get at, I know what it is … but I need to listen to it anyway. You’re a terrible person and you should feel bad
not that much DC.
contemplating how to get my steam big picture working without bluescreening my pc, praying that my housemate gets a job soon so I can start putting $400 a fortnight towards a big daddy cosplay and wondering how my chibi batman figure keeps moving around the office.
How’s things in the wonderful land of you?
I tried Big Picture once with my laptop, most definitely not powerful enough. The thing nearly exploded. Plus I didn’t bother to work out how to get the sound to stop coming out of the laptop speakers instead of the TV. I think it’d only be really useful for me if I had a dedicated Steam Big Picture UI PC or something. 😀
Nothing’s ever new with me, man. Haha!
I got it to run for about 20 minutes playing through Shank 2 … but then it bluescreened and I’m wary to try again on my 4 and a bit year old computer
Potential is all kinds of awesome, though — if I had a gamepad that is. Right now, it’s just a cool concept demo for the fuuuuuture. 😛
It works pretty much instantly with a ps3 controller hooked up through USB. but for an xbox controller you’d need either a wired one specifically for windows or one of the use wireless kits for windows. But yeah, I think the next iterations of consoles will have an interesting time if valve brought out a stand alone gaming box/os you could run from a loungeroom pc
Man, thought I was all caught up on TAY, but then the very last posts in #202 led me here for another 140 comments. Jeez guys.
In other news, my mood is doing funny things, but I managed to be useful this afternoon so I feel okay right at the moment. How are you?
On the plus side you caught up before me because I did exactly the same thing but it ended with your comment
Greenius was playing the refresh game for hours on the old TAY. If I didn’t tell him, he’d still be there. Hey, Shane!
That’s because it’s ThursTAY.
20% off blurays and dvds at JB is shiny.
Saved $40 total!
Got my LOTR extended edition blurays, Hellboy 1&2 on bluray, I Am Legend and Constantine on bluray, and the Wire in the Blood dvd box set. Woo!
Hells yeah! You should return the LOTR boxset, though. I hear those movies are terrible! 😛
Bad D.C.
I will say though, the blurays are a little disappointing because they decided to split each movie across two disks, which means you have to get up half way through the movie to change them over.
That sounds pretty terrible. 😀
after a discussion at christmas with my cousin who is a woodworks teacher, he has agreed to help me with my lifelong dream by helping me build a MAME cabinet (for those of you confused, an arcade cabinet that plays a ton of other games). so hooray!
wont be starting till school starts up for him, but already super excited 🙂
that sounds pretty awesome. if you wanted to cheat a little, I’d recommend looking into a rasberry pi … decent little single board pc’s with 256/512mb ram and arm processors. they make awesome mame emulators and are incredibly tiny
i’ve heard of them, didn’t know they could handle MAME stuff, will have to check them out a bit more, thanks!
I’m sorry.
I’ve cheated on you all by meeting people from the internet from another site.
I am so disappointed in you right now, Bish.
But that’s okay, I’ll just show my displeasure by being surly in memory of what you used to be.
Also, surprisingly enough, New York is a really freaking bad place to get Streetpasses.
Talk about a wasted trip.
At least you were honest.
We can work through this.
I still love you.
You said we were special, Bish.
YOU LIED!!!! … and I can’t even tear up the pictures because they’re all on the internet
Do you mind us asking which site it was and how was the event?
Looking for recommendations for a cheap but not nasty PVR / HD Set Top Box for my mother. She’s had Foxtel iQ for years and is super used to it now but has decided it’s not worth the expense any more since she mainly watches free to air TV anyway. But I know the instant it’s gone she’ll be whinging about how she can’t record or pause TV.
So looking for something in HD that can do the whole pause & rewind live TV thing, and ideally be able to view one channel while recording something on another (super ideal: record two watch another). And I have a kind of limited budget so cheaper is good.
Concept arting for project bible! My sense of perspective is completely fucked! 😀
My sense of perspective is good. Faces are not so great
Oh, man. I can only imagine the freak show that’d ensue if I tried to draw people. Haha!
Hey folks. Just had an email slide across my desk. Virgin are having an airfare sale and some of the dates of travel start the day after PAX. I can get people home from Melbourne to Sydney from $65 and from Melbourne to Brisbane from $99. These are only one way and only count for after PAX. Getting down will be more. One disclaimer – these are only on sale until tomorrow. If you want them you’ll have to get in quick. Anyone interested can send me a direct email to [email protected]
You’re an awesome guy, Nova! 😀
While I’m not actually interested(as I still haven’t been paid, and thus have no money), dare I ask if they have a Merlbourne to Canberra price, and am I allowed to laugh at how expensive it is?
I was actually surprised, it was only $75 for the direct flight
Wow, that’s like, half what I’d expect.
Maybe the rest of the country is finally stopping their irrational hatred of Canberra.
Hahahaha, I kid. It’s not irrational.
Started Episode 3 of The Walking Dead. It’s an awesome game, and if you don’t have it already, go get it now. I’m not leaving until you do. *crosses arms* 😛
So damn good. Episode two spoilers:
What’d you do with Larry, man? Did you side with Kenny or Lily?Lilly, and now Kenny doesn’t really like me much :/I really like how the decisions affect the story. I wonder how long it took to write it all?I sided with Kenny, I think no matter what you choose, you feel like a terrible, terrible person. No good deed goes unpunished. 😀I’m still about half way through episode one … I’M A TERRIBLE GAMER!!!
Oh man, episode 3. I’m still crying from it.
VROOM VROOM. Start the drive to Sydney in a few hours.
Man, I’m jealous of you guys. Sounds like an amazing adventure!
I board the plane in 10 mins. Slightly nervous.
🙂
It’ll be fine, man.
:”(
What happened? I thought you were going, too.
It turns out that Greenius hates fun.
Greenius’ parents*
You could always just go anyway
Bit late for that :P. Maybe I can talk my way into coming a few days later…
I don’t think they want me going camping or roadtripping. They suggested if I were to go interstate to fly up ands tay at a hotel or something, so I guess I can swindle them into possibly flying up sometime :).
How old are you? I understand if you live with your parents you’ll still have to abide by rules but at some point they’ll need to let you experience stuff. You’re no safer flying and staying alone in a hotel than you are roadtripping and camping with a bunch of friends. Both are something good to experience though.
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But I get where they’re coming from, camping with internet friends I don’t know 😛
I flew to Malaysia by myself around the same time in 2010. Then met up with some friends in Japan so flying shouldn’t be an issue. Maybe I’ll do something early next year :).
Bit late notice too since I told them on the weekend but I knew how they’d react so…
Xenoblade update. This is the worst game ever. Everyone is so ugly and I hate them. There’s nothing interesting to do and the battle system is yawn-worthy.
I love the game. There’s so much to do and see that I just keep wandering around everywhere again and again, talking to people and doing stuff for them and collecting shiny collectible spots. The way fighting works is interesting and I look forward to learning more about how it all works. But the main characters are still ugly. 😛Dreadfully overrated.
My thoughts on Xenoblade: Jenna-Louise Coleman voiced Princess Melia in the dub. GOTY.
There were no story spoilers in my above comment but there are in this one.
What’s the deal with the Heart-To-Hearts? When you have an option on what to say is there a right and wrong answer and will it mess up the progression of the relationship with that character if you screw it up? I did the barfy cliched one with Fiora and Shulk where she was all “Eek! I think I told you I wanted to marry you one day” and because decisions cripple me I’m now wracked with curiosity about how it would have gone if I’d responded differently.If I recall it’s just for links and will unlock cutscenes between the chraracters and maybe make them better in battle(? I forgot). It’s like an on going counter so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Plenty of chances to get hearts in battle!
I see you haven’t met Jiggle McJugs yet
I do not know what a Jiggle McJugs is but I do not think I will like it. 😛
She’s cool but has big jiggly jugs and some outfits show too much skin :/
About to start Chaos on Deponia! What are you guys currently playing?
Apart from Xenoblade, of course!
P3P…Still^^;;
Booooooooo
Play Xenoblade with Strange, @doc_what (?) and soon to be @Beavwa
We’re totally on page three now!
I need to move the wii for that
Currently Max Payne 3, and downloading Spec Ops: The Line.
Page 2 on a Thursday.
This reminds me of when I first joined TAY. Ahh, those were the days.
How young and innocent we were.
… … You know what, I’m going to leave it as is.
Haha! That was inevitable, my friend! 😀
Yeah, I should have seen it coming.
It got you good?
BEARDY’S LATE PRE-MEAT, MEAT AND POST-MEAT WRITE-UP
PRE-MEAT WRITE-UP
– @Rocketman shows up early and is amazing. Have you seen his video of Who Let The Dogs Out featuring the crazy barking man? No? Prepare to lol your butts off. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94mAtiWTvA0
– We all head into the city to meet @mythamphetamine – he gives Berkid and I a bottle of Moet as a Giftsmas present.
– @dkzeitgeist texts me and tells me he’s been stabbed twice before hitting Indooroopilly, and was offered a baby in exchange for a cigarette. But it turned out to be just a shaved sugar glider.
– We meet @dkzeitgeist at EB Games and then go have a look at Mr Toys Toyworld in the mall. @mythamphetamine buys an English policeman hat, and @dkzeitgeist buys Star Wars LEGO, but it’s that terrible CGI Sarlacc Pit that George Pukas put into the DVD releases. Ew. But now Dan! has Boba Fett! Yay!
– we all go back to my place for board games and booze.
– @mythamphetamine gets drunk really quickly.
– First we play Quelf.
– @mythamphetamine draws a card which makes him and @dkzeitgeist play leap frog in my lounge room.
– @rocketman has to ask his right foot for permission to speak if his sentence contains more than three words.
– Many lols were had.
– We played Things. Many more lols were had.
– @dkzeitgeist changes my Facebook and Twitter pictures to his gorgeous face. I vow never to change them.
– We played some Playstation Allstars, some Mario Party 2 and talked shit until it was time for the meat.
MEAT WRITE-UP
– @rocketman is a good driver.
– we turn up to find @freezespreston, Mrs Freeze and @virus__ waiting for us at the bowling alley.
– slowly everyone filters in.
– we get worried @dc won’t turn up, and secretly I start crying inside because I really want to meet him
– @dc turns up, and is just as great as I thought he would be.
– Mrs Freeze is awesome and makes a reservation for us at Groove Train.
– @strange gifts me Goldeneye for the N64, and I forget to bring A Dance With Dragons with me to give to her >_<
– I’m not going to attempt to write everyone’s handles in here, because I’ll probably screw them up!
– We ate dinner, and I think it was pretty unanimous that Groove Train is the bomb diggity. Tenouttaten. Would dine again.
– after dinner, we all migrate upstairs. The moviegoers grab snacks, and the non-movie goers head home.
– The Hobbit is great, if a little bloated.
– 48 frames per second is now my preference when seeing something in 3D. I found it so much easier to keep track of things, especially in fight scenes.
– I have some criticisms of Teh Hawbbitz but I won’t go into them here, cos people still likely haven’t seen it yet.
– By 12:30am I am extremely sleepy.
– @rocketman drives us back to our place, and is still a great driver.
– I tuck @rocketman and @mythamphetamine into their beds and give them goodnight kisses on their cheeks, then I pass out.
POST MEAT WRITE-UP
– @rocketman leaves early to get back to Hervey Bay before lunch time.
– I force a man-hug on him, because he’s a rad dude.
– @rocketman reciprocates
– @mythamphetamine and I trade music recommendations to each other, then I force him to watch some Game Grumps.
– He remarks that JonTron and Egoraptor look like a bizarro world @dkzeitgeist and I.
– we play some Sonic Generations, and then head into the city.
– we catch the bus to Roma St Train Station, then wander around aimlessly for a while.
– walking next to the river is lovely.
– eventually we end up at Nando’s at Southbank, and Aleph tries it for the first time. He chooses the hot sauce on his burger, and remarks that it’s only mild compared to the stuff he usually eats.
– meanwhile, the peri peri salt on my chips causes my eyes to water and my nostrils to evacuate.
– we wander over to the city and have a look at Comics Etc. I pick up the Aquaman #1 trade paperback and Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #1. Aleph picks up Death by Neil Gaiman for his flight tonight, although we both agree that we’ll both likely be napping before the day is over.
– we walk back to Roma St train station, and we go our separate ways.
– I wistfully sit on my train platform thinking about all the good times I’ve had in the last 24 hours while trying to fight off the urge to curl up on the hard metal bench to have a little snooze before my train comes.
HERE’S A VIDEO OF DAN! AND ALEPH PLAYING LEAP FROG! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uc9F0lMG3g&feature=youtu.be
You guys are awesome! Great write-up!
whats happening TAY?
I’ve got stuff in my Steam inventory that I cant use or don’t want or need. Maybe someone here does?
STUFF!
Torchlight
Left 4 Dead 2
Payday : The Heist
Ace of Spades x2
anyone want stuff?
Edit: also, hi. hope your xmasses were good etc.
Hey man! Good to see you, hope you’re well!
Awesome i’ve missed out on about 5 notifications today. What the hell is going on? First off I missed a couple from Nob, now from Beardy.. Anyone else having this issue? Like they do not appear in my notifications part of my profile at all.
Site’s been crazily unstable most of the day. Might have something to do with that, pal!
Anyone else been having issues loading Kotaku today?
Plenty of issues =/ and no Giz articles will load for me *sigh*
Chaos on Deponia, improvement #1 — the ability to skip the tutorial!
Parkour is pretty cool right? And dogs are undeniably cool.
Let me introduce you to Parkour Dog!
Did cracked send you here? =P
Perfect for Mirror’s Edge 2!
Hey Smurfy, hope you’re well, man!
I am indeed well. How’s your good self?
I hear you’ve had further meat adventures! \o/
A dog character in some Mirror’s Edge 2 game would be awesome 😀
Perhaps as a mini-game inside the game. Actually, just Mirror’s Edge 2 would be awesome!
@scree – Laughing Squid. Same thing kinda. How’s you? Hope you’re feeling better than yesterday.
Adventures in awkwardness, most definitely! 😀
Scree loves it when I spawn squids everywhere in Minecraft!
Ugh, Trollius
Ugh Ser Trollulus the Leader of the Bridge Dwellers!
Spec Ops: The Line, interesting game. Pretty hard hitting. But so far it’s just proving to me that the US Marines are a pack of pricks and that they’re the best of the best supposedly.
Just came back from watching the Hobbit with my folks, my brother and his girlfriend I actually liked it, I would of liked it a hell of a lot more if the cinema seats weren’t so damn uncomfortable, my shoulder aches. 🙁
Minor spoiler
Was that bird/snail scene at the very end suppose to be a Ice Age reference? or am I just reading too much into it?Not an Ice Age reference as far as I’m aware. Mainly it was to make obvious that thrushes were returning to the Lonely Mountain, and to indicate that at least one of the was hanging around the secret back door, as per the instructions in the moon runes.Damn, I was going to give RO2 a go but the site is broken. I’m interested to see what they changed.
DDOSed by a ton of people wanting to play it. 🙁
I should turn my subwoofer down… I think it’s loosening my bowels… 🙁
So uh I have nothing packed for the camping trip except for a tent and I haven’t pre-booked I’m just gonna show up and I know very little about what the hell is going on-
..
ehhh I can worry about that tommorow.
Clothes.
Pack clothes please.
Also wear them.
Would be great.
-Shirts
-Jackets
PANTS. I knew something was missing.
That’s the way!
Go Commando! \o/
I think I might’ve been in one of those initial spots. I didn’t pay anything so I guess you took my spot? 😛
Everyone.
Thirty Flights of Loving is on sale. You should buy it. Buy it for @notoriousr. Buy it for me. Buy it for baby Jesus. Buy it because I’ve typed it as “but iy” every freaking time.
Morning Blagh,
F4ction needs your number on Twitter 🙂
Ummm I forgot her name but:
why was she bloodied and pointing a gun at you? I could never figure that bit outBuy it because its amazing and underrated.
Morning everyone. How are you all going?
I’m hoping to start sewing today. Our toilet is leaking badly and desperately needs replacing so I’m hoping to finish Nova’s cosplay quickly so I can make rupee cushions (sorry Nova!)
Repost
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/12/talk-amongst-yourselves-203/comment-page-2/#comment-970838
Cheap flights after PAX. Only on sale today. Email me if interested
Have fun all you camping folks!
no
😀
The boy does surly well enough at times.
Hey Saturday, How’s that whole freaking out thing working for you?
Is it bad form to go to a concert alone?
My mate that i usually go to metal shows with isn’t picking up his phone (he’s always impossible to get a hold of), but i realllly want to go see Alestorm and be on their DVD!
Morning Loops! Eh, not really bad form. Might be slightly weird if you’re not used to going to one by yourself, but you can’t say you didn’t try to contact your pal! I’m sure it’d be fun any ways! Do it! 😀
Yeah… that’s the problem – i never do ANYTHING alone. I’m a social sort of person. It’ll be weird as hell…
But… ALESTORM!
Nope. Go and have an amazing time.
It is very very tempting.
And it will be amazing…
Just go! It’s Alestorm and a live DVD 😀 That being said, if I had the money i’d be down for it and would’ve happily been your man date 😛
Why would it be bad form? It’s not like you can ever hear what anyone you’re with is saying. 😛
There’s always a sense of togetherness at a metal show anyway, so go by yourself, get right up the front and have fun. You may even make new friends.
I usually can hear what someones saying to me D= Wish it worked the same way when not at concerts..
Man, going to be insanely slow here for ages! Half the TAYbies in the woods, I sure hope it’s not the makings of a slasher film. :S
Haha, I can see a Scooby Doo adventure brewing.
*pulls off mask*
Everyone “It’s old man Jenkins!”
And he would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those meddling kids!
ROOBY ROOBY ROOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
But it could be the makings of a blue movie if enough alcohol is consumed and the mood is right.
Eh, our community has grown so much it needed a bit of a culling anyway.
…No? Bad choice of words?
NEW DARK ANGELS RUMORS! @thecracks
http://blog.spikeybits.com/2012/12/dark-angels-codex-rumors-vets.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SpikeyBits+%28Spikey+Bits%29&utm_content=FaceBook
also, for anyone that missed it – some models were also leaked and they look GREAT!
http://blog.spikeybits.com/2012/12/news-dark-angels-leaked-models-codex.html
Oh man, those Termies look sweet. And that land speeder looks ridiculously awesome.
I KNOW, RIGHT!!!
Best of all, those termies are in ADDITION to the regular ones. Which means bigger and better deathwing armies.
I want that landspeeder asap, though.
Also, apprently, the DA should be getting their own Dreadnought type – which would be nice.
HRNG
SPACE MARINE is $7.50 on the Steam sale right now. Go forth and spread the word of the Emperor.
@saturday: Before you leave on your trip, I’ve started Chaos on Deponia. Something is weird with the voice acting, making Rufus seem even more of a jerk. I don’t know… too deep or something. Doesn’t have the mischevious quality of the first game. The writing’s just as good, but maybe this is the problem you had with him? I’m liking it a whole lot, though. Just an observation!
Well, no, my personal opinion is that
In chaos, he pretty much gets as much character development in the first; as in barely any at all. There is a major part where he deals with his past, but even that seems kind of simply thrown out there. In general, while he does have a interesting backstory, his kinda-asshole personality is never thrown into question or developed really any further aside from “he’s selfish, wait, nope, he isn’t because of goal. Wait, no, he still kinda is.” *shrugs*For people who’ve seen The Hobbit:
The face that Gandalf pulls when Galadriel springs him with mind-speak in Rivendell was utterly hilarious. So cheeky!so, now that Tennis is going to be on, I may get to use the TV a whole lot more =D
that means ps3 and 360 games on the big screen!
No! Xenobladeee
Stupid Leyton Hewit… Or however the hell you spell his stupid-face name…
I think it’s hewitt. Why hasn’t he quit, yet? Has he ever won anyway?
I think he won an Australian Open. Once. Years ago. YEARS ago.
Since then he has been nothing but rubbish.
Also that Bernard Tomich is just a wanker.
What happened Australia? You used to be cool… Bring Back Evon Gooligong!!! Is that how you spell it? I don’t know. I’m not googling it. Ranting half to myself is much more interesting.
Dude, Hewitt was once the number one player in the world…
Is it Yvonne, rather then Evon? Why do all our tennis players have difficult to spell names?
What do you think of Sam stosur(sp?) though?
In before Needius “PLSSS PLAY XENOBLADE PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEE”
O_O!
Hey guys and gals!
Have you heard of that game, SPACE MARINE?!
Well it’s on sale.
Right now.
FOR JUST $7.49!!!
THAT’S UNDER $7.50!!!
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!!
IT’S THE ENTIRE COLLECTION!!
SO NOT ONLY DO YOU GET THE AWESOME SPACE MARINE GAME YOU ALSO GET:
Alpha Legion Champion armour set
Blood Angels Veteran armour set
Chaos Unleashed map pack
Death Guard Chamption armour set
Dreadnought assault DLC (greatest game mode!)
Emperors Elite pack
Golden Relic bolter
Golden Relic chainsword
Iron Hands Chapter pack
Legion of the Damned armour set
POWER SWOORRRDDD
Salamanders Veteran armour set
Traitor legions pack
ALL FOR $7.49!!!!
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!?!
GO BUY IT!!
EVEN IF YOU HAVE IT ON ANOTHER SYSTEM!!
GO BUY IT!!
HELL I WOULD BE BUYING IT RIGHT NOW IF I WASN’T AT STUPID-FACE WORK!!!
BUY IT!
FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPEROR!
BUY IT!!!
Are you still sitting there thinking “hmmm.. should i listen to loops and buy it?”
SHUT THE HELL UP AND BLOODY BUY IT!!!!
WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS WHEN YOU SHOULD BE BUYING SPACE MARINE?
GO ON THEN!
YOU HAVEN’T GOT ALL DAY!!!
THERE’S ONLY 4 AND A HALF HOURS LEFT!!!
BUY IT!
FOR THE EMPEROR!!
BUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYY IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!!
NO U BUY IT FOR ME.
😛
I got ya covered, Loops! Enjoy!
GOSH DARN IT CRACKS!!!
*shakes fist*
You weren’t meant to do that!
I don’t know whether to hug you or slap you – so i’ll just have to purge some heretics instead!
You marvelous bastard.
^_^
Also, purge those heretics! Purge them with fire!
For the Lion!
For the EMPEROR!
Don’t worry guys, disaster’s over. We found some Banang! http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=116247407
But it’s ZOMBIE BANANG!
Oh, so that explains this then… http://www.cheshirecatstudios.com/reviews/sam-and-max-devils-playhouse-episode-4-beyond-the-alley-of-the-dolls/sam-and-max-alley-of-the-dolls-sam-clones.jpg
That… is scary.
That was one of my favourite Sam and Max episodes.
Good times!
You know, other than Ace of Spades, Skyrim and the Tomb Raider Collection, I don’t think there’s been anything in the Steam sale that’s really interested me this time. Not that that’s a bad thing, of course 😛
I’m after Spec ops, but someone said Green man gaming will probably have it on special…Wait, can i activate it on steam?
Currently way cheaper on Steam (even with GMG 30% off code). Most GMG games come as Steam keys, though.
Yep, you can activate it on steam http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/au/en/pc/games/action/spec-ops-the-line-anz/
But Steam already has it on sale for $10, so you could just get it from there?
Heads up, totally on page four. Page four I tells ya!
Check your messages =P
I told you I would gift you something!!!
Thank you nob \o/
okay, so i don’t know if this was common knowledge or not..
BUT THE SEQUEL TO 999 FREAKING CAME OUT AND I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW!
i saw it at JB hi-fi and was like “hmmmmm, ‘Virtue’s last Reward’, wait… isn’t that the sequel to 999?” after a quick google search on my phone to confirm this i squealed with delight and bought it!
seriously…. how did i miss this coming out? i know a lot of people on here are 999 fans, so i thought i’d mention it here in case anyone else had missed it as well…
Edit: i got it on vita, but i’m pretty sure it’s on both vita and 3DS, which is quite weird but cool at the same time, oh yeah and it’s awesome.
Yup, available on 3DS as well. Saw it at JB in Cannington, but had no idea what it was and kept walking…
Haven’t played 999 either, unfortunately.
What the heck is 999???
*looks puzzled*
Not as high as 1000 yet not as low as 998.
EVERYTHING IS SUDDENLY CLEAR!
Puzzled is the correct answer
HAVE YOU FINISHED IT YET I HAVE YET TO TALK TO ANYONE HERE ABOUT IT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
What, 999 or VLR? I still am halfway into 999 🙁 The text scroll is so fucking slow it almost kills the game for me.
EDIT: Also some asshole on another forum spoiled the identity of Zero for me. 🙁
SHORT VERSION PAGE 3 REPOST FOR THE EMPEROR!
Hey guys and gals!
Have you heard of that game, SPACE MARINE?!
Well it’s on sale.
Right now.
FOR JUST $7.49!!!
THAT’S UNDER $7.50!!!
BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE!!!
IT’S THE ENTIRE COLLECTION!!
SO NOT ONLY DO YOU GET THE AWESOME SPACE MARINE GAME YOU ALSO GET:
Alpha Legion Champion armour set
Blood Angels Veteran armour set
Chaos Unleashed map pack
Death Guard Chamption armour set
Dreadnought assault DLC (greatest game mode!)
Emperors Elite pack
Golden Relic bolter
Golden Relic chainsword
Iron Hands Chapter pack
Legion of the Damned armour set
POWER SWOORRRDDD
Salamanders Veteran armour set
Traitor legions pack
BUY IT!
OK I BOUGHT IT.
Sleeping Dogs and Thirty Flights of Loving also on sale at the same time.
YOU SHALL BE REWARDED WITH COOKIES WHEN YOUR PHYSICAL FORM IS A WITHERED HUSK AND YOU LEAVE THIS MORTAL REALM TO JOIN THE EMPEROR’S SIDE!
you and your emperor … I pledge my allegiance to the Deus Mechanicus. I’ll buy your game, space marine.
COOKIES FOR YOU TOO, MY BROTHER!
Okay, I just saw the games section of the JB Hi Fi website…
XBOX 360 Bundle:
– 250GB Hard Drive
– Forza Motorsport 4 Essentials Edition
– Skyrim (Download Token)
– Halo 4 Game
– 1 Month Xbox Live Gold
PS3 Bundle:
– 12GB Hard Drive
– Wireless Controller
Now here’s the funny part… they’re both retailing for $299.
I know the 360 has always been cheaper than the PS3, but that’s still a bit ridiculous this far into the console generation…
Dayyyummmmm
See, there’s the problem – the PS3 includes the essential “wireless controller” feature, the 360 does not. They give you all those games, but no way to play them!
MY GOD!!
HE’S RIGHT!!!
TO THE MEDIA!
Today is double day. During the lunch break in the cricket, I’m heading down to KFC to grab a zinger double.
If I don’t return, tell my wife I love her…
Pfft, I’ve had five of them over the past month!
They’re actually quite nice. 🙂
(No, I’m not joking.)
In fact, I might have another one this afternoon…
I’ve never had a double.
Ever…
Those things are sooooo good.
@chuloopa Ohh man, don’t get me started on Tomic. Annoys me so much 😛 Hopefully I don’t see or hear of him when I’m at the tennis next month… I’m convinced people/the media only like him because he’s Australian 😛
Anyway, Hi TAY!
Hi, CaterPowalen! \o/
Convinced?
It IS the reason they like him.
It seems that if you are one of the only Australians in worldwide sport you get automatic adoration no matter how much of a dick you are.
Case and point – Anthony Mundine
Hmm, I don’t think anybody other than The Man actually likes Mundine. But there’s enough love there to sustain his entire career.
Hewitt is perhaps a better example, though his dickishness is offset by winning 2 majors, being world number 1 for a while, and the undying effort he puts in to every match. That last point is actually why I kinda like the guy.
Yes, that and he has performed well on occasion. That’s fairly standard, isn’t it? They obviously wouldn’t care about him if he was not Australian, or never got past the first round of the slams.
I don’t know… People loved Anna Kournikova 😛
So, you’re saying he should get breast implants?
No.
I’m saying he should speak with a Russian accent.
Case and point – FPSRussia
Oh there’s no doubt he’s got talent. I just don’t like how the stations prioritise Australian players over the more popular international players.
I guess they kind of have to, though – lest they be branded as ‘unpatriotic’
It’s not about how they’d be branded, it’s simply that the best rating games. They know that the very top guys and the Australians have recognition that will actually draw people to watch their “must-see” matches. The others just blend into the background.
I’m guilty of this myself. I’ll make an effort to watch games with Federed, Nadal, Djokovic, Tomic, Federer or Stosur. The others, well, I’ll watch them if they’re on.
Tomic was in the local papers a while back. He’s on his P’s so can’t drive a powerful car. So he went out and got a BMW M5 twin turbo V10. Got special permission to drive it to training only. So he takes it out every night to do burnouts at The Spit. Been busted a few times, lost his licence and still did it. Got chased by the cops back home, locked his gate and told the cops he was terrified of them because they were harassing him and were out to get him.
I lost any shred of respect I may have had for him after that.
Same. He’s a spoilt brat with an ego. Somebody needs to deflate that for him.
My copy of Darksiders 2 is just sitting there… waiting to be played…
I want to play it… but I can’t…
I have to do other stuff. 🙁
Sooo. Sydney trains. Myself, Sughly and Aleph have been wrongly directed by station staff a few times now and would have caught 5 trains to get from Homebush to Penrith.
At minimum. Assuming we don’t get lost.
Again.
Just use http://www.cityrail.info The staff are useless 😛
Screw that – @freezespreston you need to get TripView: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tripview-sydney/id294730339?mt=8
Will cost you $3 but it’s invaluable for making your way round Sydney. I’ve lived here all my life, know most of the routes, and still find it awesome.
And the android version is or https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grofsoft.tripview&hl=en (split up to avoid moderation)
Oooh. Didn’t know about that!
Probably should have trained for it.
Here, this should help.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SUzcDUERLo
Good to see we are back on track with the terrible puns.
Usually to train one would need a coach
Sounds like just the ticket.
Good. So the wheels are in motion then?
Don’t catch that train, catch that train.
*Points in random direction*
There’s actually enough info on signs and whatnot around most stations to get where you want to go. I don’t like talking to people so I never think of asking someone as being an option. 😛
This is why Strange and I get along so damn well! 😀
Also, say Hi to Aleph for me! 😀
and Sughly I suppose.
Aleph’s crazy short! Fact! He’s also a cool guy. 😀 (Sughly too I suppose. :P)
So Freeze, Sughly and Aleph walk into a bar.
No, sorry, the first two do. Aleph walks under it. With a whole foot to spare, too.
Our track maps have colours and stuff!
How do you not understand colours!
Also, this is clearly a moot point by now, but maybe ask a Sydney-sider next time in preparation? Off the top of my head, there should be a train that runs from Strathfield, gets to Homebush and runs all the way to Penrith.
And at most stops there should be a monitor that tells you which station the current/upcoming train stops at.
Hey TAY
Hey man, hope you’re well!
I am fine and dandy
You DC?
Not too shabby, man. Not too shabby!
Yay
hey buddy – how’s things?!
how was your xmas?
Things are amazing man!
How about you?
My christmas was shithouse, yours?
OMG!!!
I THINK I HAVE GOTTEN MY FIRST EVER SCRIBBLETAKU BEFORE EVERYONE ELSE!!
I’ve guessed a few others, but not before others have seen it 😀
Hells yeah! 😀 I got the very first, possibly the most easiest of Scribbletakus. (Was Jetpack Joyride. :P)
I thought I had one but an in-moderation comment was first! >:(
That’s got to be soul-crushing
Mark still typed me as a winner with the in-moderation guy but we all know he technically “won” :'(
Damn you eBay and your plush South Park toys…
I’ve just placed a bid on this one:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330849393190&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNARL:AU:1123&autorefresh=true#ht_500wt_914
It’s heavenly!
I’ve always wondered if you can get balloons of Mr Mackey’s head. It seems like a perfect fit really.
I’m drawing a blank
Nothing to see here
These comments are running on empty
@greenius @dc @lambomann007 @sernobulus I’d like to point out that you’re all horrible people for making me think people had finally made invisible ink for computers. I shall blame you and not my own stupidity.
DAMMIT INVISIBLIUS!!!
Nope, still no spoiler in a spoiler 🙁
@greenius @lambomann007 … there’s a special circle of hell reserved for you. It’s the one with no wifi.
@tofu I don’t think they have electronics in hell. Their binary system would probably be a flame on flame off affair. Hence wifi wouldn’t work there anyway. They probably have some sulphur fume based equivalent system though 😛
I want to sulk about you ruining my joke … but I can’t.
You win this round, sir.
They have, you have to brush lemon juice on your screen to read it.
GORZY!!!!
You need to update your Minecraft server. Tried logging in and there is a version problem or something.
Yeah, I realised that this morning actually. I’ll get on it this weekend.
sweet, thought I would just make you aware.
Noooo… I’ll spend the last week of my holidays digging tunnels instead of cleaning up the pile of shame.
Greenius will be disappointed if there’s no Xenoblade.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Make a 1 to 1 replica of the Xenoblade world thingie?
… but then I think I’d see too much
Aaaaand that’s the cricket over in 2.5 days.
Australia won by an innings and 201 runs.
After the first session, this seemed pretty inevitable.
Back from Yamba, Trjn?
Yup. Came back on Boxing day. Just too late to make it to the Hobbit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYuPwX_zEJ0
And broke both of Sri Lanka’s wicket keepers’ fingers in the process.
Alright, Christmas is over. Let’s resume regular TAY posting… NOW…
*waits*
*sits next to DC with a bag of maltesers*
Everyone loves D.C.!
:S
DEVELOPMENTS!!
I finally got a refund from Harvey Norman. I just want to say a great big fuck you to Harvey Norman, their online department, and every single customer service member. It doesn’t matter whether it’s now at 19 years old looking for a computer, or when I’m 50 looking to replace my broken stove, I will never, ever shop at this pathetic excuse for a store again.
They didn’t even apologize to anyone. Their response was just a load of legal junk about their Terms and Conditions, along with a reminder that it’s still available to buy for the correct price of $877!
Good to hear you got your refund, though!
Yep, that’s the main thing! Now I can take it to Dick Smith, who I’ve only ever had positive interactions with. I hope my local store doesn’t close, I like shopping there.
The Herald Sun are looking for statements from people over this, so it’ll be interesting to see where it goes.
So, I’m home after spending Christmas with the family, including my sister who came over from WA. It’s nice to have access to my own computer again.
Good to have you back, man. Good Christmas?
Yeah, it was. Not anything exciting, but enjoyed it nonetheless.
@virus__ I saw Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD is 50% right now, I know you were waiting for it to go on sale!
Thanks man!
I am the best at camping.
5 trains from Homebush to Penrith (I managed to turn it into 2 on the way back!).
So yeah. Now I’m sitting in Pez’s apartment.
SO. DAMNED. CAMP.
…waitaminute, that came out wrong.
Aleph, my friend! You’re camping at Pez’s apartment? :S
Pitching tents left and right, holla!
Actually, there were concerns on remaining space for transport. I may be little, but there really, really wasn’t much space at all 😛
Which is somewhat of a boon anyway, considering I can now catch up with my father, as he’s decided to rock up to Sydney tomorrow afternoon!
Was awesome meeting you finally man, would love to again at some stage!
Was really cool to meet you too, man. I was extra strength nervous, if you couldn’t tell. Not at my best, alas. Atleast you got the full hermit experience. Haha! Was all kinds of awesome, though! You seemed completely comfortable. 😀
Hopefully you’ll still get to meat all the Sydney folks!
I met Shiggy, Doc What?, Mashaa, Blaghman, and others that I don’t think I actually introduced myself to (it was unintentional, I promise!) this morning. Met Pez and Sughly last night.
Everyone is crazy awesome!
They signed your book dealy though, right? RIGHT? 😛
Freeze posted photos if you missed it from Boxing Day…
Hellscream too.
*facepalm*
[email protected] me i’m all “Hey they jacked the prices up!”
I look unhinged in both pictures. :S
There’s also a YouTube video of you and DAN! doing something…
RE: your edit,
I had a little bit of social lubricant prior to heading to the dinner, and a little more at the dinner. (I swear I’m not like this all the time :S)
Was great meeting the Bris TAYbies, and the Syd TAYbies are just as accommodating 😀
So, no camping?
Hopefully camping, just not today, and likely not tomorrow.
Ah well! Hopefully we have some sort of Sydney meat when you’re all back/before all you interstaters bugger off.
Hell, you free tonight? I’ve got nothing on, keen for dinner or something?
(The public transport system here is nuts, so I may need assistance on that front :P)
Sorry can’t tonight even though I’m in the city. I’ll be on my way home tomorrow as well D: (I live 2hrs out from Sydney)
After camping though definitely!
Boooo!
All good man, let me know! (I’ll DM you my number on Twitter now :D)
This. I don’t wanna miss out on meeting all these damn interstaters. >.>
AlexPants birthday bash!
Are you Melbourne folks doing any meats while Aleph’s there?
Should be!
But no one has organised it yet…
@strange and @powalen will be there too!
Xenoblade discussions <3
Apparently people are leaving just before then, so that’s a no-go. 😛
I leave Sydney 6am, Sunday 6th Jan.
I think I tried to invite myself to that by proxy through Freeze last night.
How old are you Mr. Pants?
YOOOUUUNNNGGG
I think it’s his 21st!
It’ll be my 21st, yeah. But I wanna do something before then!
I see you refreshing D.C.!
I never stopped, man. Come rain or shine, Christmas or Easter. 😛
New years?
We’ll see, scree. We’ll see. How are you? 😀
I’m ok. I ate some chocolates and now I feel crappy a bit =P
You?
Same ol’, same ol’ for better or worse! 😀
Refresh game? =P
Exactly! o/
\o
*escape from family*
Miss you guys!
*tiny hand reaches out of abyss and grabs me by the ankle*
Shane, my friend! Want me to call the cops or something? 😛
So, when is the Alpeh meat happening? I wanna come~
Which one? They’re all over the place!!!
I’m just this minute trying to organize/finalise Melbourne accommodation (DAYUM it’s ‘spensive!), are there preferable spots that I should aim for? Where’s easiest for everyone to get to? I’m there from 6th Jan through to 13th Jan 😀
Melbourne. Look for accommodation in the west as the west is cheaper then the east. That’s my tip
As long as you don’t go too far outside the city so you’re outside the range of the trains, Melbourne is pretty easy to get around with public transport and stuff. The most common place for meats so far has appeared to be the CBD, but that’s mainly because it’s central.
Just get a bed in a dorm room at a backpacker hostel in town. Hostels are great for meeting people and cheap.
And full of Scandanavian backpacker ladies 😛And you’ll be right in town which is best for transport if you want to go places, or you want to have a meat that everyone can easily got to.
;D
where can I sign up?
You want to meet people?
Aleph/Strange/Powalen Melbourne Meat! Jan 12! 😀
This has to happen!
I was thinking of asking the same thing. IIRC @Strange is down at the same time?
I get there on the 12th. Midday-ish. I’ve given Melbourne people loads of time to arrange a Meat but it hasn’t happened yet. :'(
I blame everyone but me!
I’m floating the idea of a Briswegian New Years Meat. Board games, booze and BBQ at my place. Anyone interested?
You should come to Sydney 😀
I just got Freya to fly up here :p
Yup!
Pay for me to fly up and we’ll have the grandest of times.
😛
I’ll pay you to fly up if you pay me to pay for you to fly up. Seems fair.
Think a lot of folks are out-of-town! :'( I wouldn’t subject you to just me sitting silently in your house. (Or lurking outside, afraid to knock on the door.) 😛
Freeze & Sughly are the only two that are out of town dude…
That’s atleast half the group, right? (Math was never my thing. :P)
What they lack in numbers, they make up for in personality 😛
haha noo.
There’s still; Nob, Mrs Freeze, Myself, You, Bunny, Freyr (I can count her as a Brisbane TAYbie now right?) Lambo, Strange & Mr. Strange, DAN!, Sally, Question, Amber, Welbot, Jimu err.. I think that’s all.
…I’m not sure you understand the meaning of the word ‘silent’ 😛
Haha! You didn’t stand outside for forty five minutes with your hands shaking. 😛
Yeah, but when you were there I think ‘chatterbox’ more aptly described you than ‘silent’ 😛
Do I… talk to much? *anxiety is back!* 😛
Nah, not too much at all. 🙂
You talk less than my sister does 😛
We’ll sit around, eat food, drink beverages, play board games and watch movies. What could possibly go wrong?
I am definitely interested, pending Mr. Strange approval.
Most excellent. I’ll keep people updated on Twitter but I think the presumptive plans are 7pm, my place. I’ll arrange something for food once I know the numbers.
Hey… I’m around, have a fondness for boardgames and might not have anything to do.
Would your Meat be open to non-Briswegians who happen to be in Briswegia at the time?
Yes, it would. There’s already one person that meets that description coming.
I fear my back is now broken and my t-shirt permanently stretched after spending hours carrying around two children and having them climb all over me.
Kidnapper!
Lightweight. 😛
Yo peeps!
I’ve got a Cave Story+ Steam Key to give away!
Does anyone want it?
@dc cccccc
‘sup, Greenius. Don’t look at me, man. Still working my way through Shane’s pile-o-adventure games from last week. Haven’t even touched the humble bundle stuff you gifted me!
No thank you, Giftius.
Oh, yeah — thanks for the offer any ways. 😛
Ugh,
TrolliusGiftius@Aleph
these are the places close to me that I know about
http://www.footscraymotorinn.com.au/tariffs.htm
There are two bus stops and a tram stop near it.
http://www.ploughhotel.com.au/Bookings.aspx
the plough hotel
http://www.ploughhotel.com.au/Bookings.aspx
Station hotel
http://ashley-gardens.vic.big4.com.au/
Ashley gardens. Right next door to a safe way and has a bus stop across the road
Thank you so much Scree 😀
I found a decent deal with wotif, so I’m staying on Market Street (I believe it’s in the city?).
You’re a champion!
This also applies to anyone who wants to go to PAX. I don’t know about the city, sorry
@mythamphetamine This place looks like a good hostel right in the heart of Melbourne.
http://www.urbancentral.com.au/
4 bed dorms are under $30 a night and it has good reviews. There are cheaper places but you’re only looking at a couple of dollars a night and often with 8 or even 10 beds to a dorm.
If you’re happy to pay a little more you can get a 4 bed dorm with an ensuite too.
I’m pretty sure the dorms are mixed so if you have a problem sharing a room with girls then you may want to look elswhere.
Problem sharing a room with girls? What madness is this? 😛
Iknowright? 😛
But some people do feel uncomfortable. (Though I’d bet that Aleph’s not one of them.)
I have a problem sharing a room with girls…. 😛
Aww man, I just booked a room at Oaks On Market 😛
Thanks though! Perhaps I will still get the chance to share a room with women anyway 😛
I think we all know that’s not going to happen in a million years 😛It really depends on what you want. If you want some privacy, then a dorm room at a youth hostel is not for you.
And you never know – If you have a full week in town there’s every chance 😛Edit: I just looked up Oaks on Market and you’re travelling on a whole other level to how I travel! That place looks really nice too!
We’re totally on page five!
WTF it’s right in the CBD! :O
Yep – Aleph is travelling with class! 😀
5 minutes walk from my office to there \o/
I showed my sister a Microsoft Surface at JB HiFi today. She wants one now. I think it helps that I changed the start screen to pink before she got there, and the fact she saw one of the pink keyboard covers for it. 😛
You devious little lamb!
I’m so glad my sister’s name isn’t Mary…
I thought they were online-only.
Good to know they’re available at retail outlets too.
Might go and play with one tomorrow 🙂
Harvey Norman and JB started selling them 3(?) weeks ago. They’re a pretty cool device. The magnet holding the touch cover to the body is really strong. As in, you could probably play tug of war with it strong 😛
I LOVE MY SURFACE
Hey, I have some game suggestions for you! Well, okay. It’s just shameless self-promotion of my own games, but whatever. 😛
Would be able to give this one a try sometime and give me some feedback? It has a free trial. The only touchscreen device I’ve tried it on is my phone, so I’m not sure how well it plays on a bigger touchscreen. Should work fine though.
http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/a247427f-f05c-48b6-b4f6-14e58d8d1c89
And here’s my other game, Vartun’s Pillar (it’s that point and click adventure game I was working on) http://apps.microsoft.com/webpdp/app/780af254-7eb6-4a43-8698-17c6173f376f
End shameless self promotion 😛
Thanks for the links, I’ll give them a go on mine when I get a chance.
@bish on Virtues last reward
BISHY WISHY
i have not beaten the game yet, but what is your definition of beat? as in gotten all of the endings or just one?
i will however tell you where i am up too
So, firstly i chose to go with luna at the start, then i allied with her during the first round of the ambidex game, she did as well, everyone was happy. now for the second chromatic doors i’m currently paired with Alice and i chose K as my other partner, currently doing the puzzle with the pool table (if that rings a bell). but yeah, the game is awesome, so much fun.oh and a serious answer for @chuloopa 999 was a puzzle/ visual novel game (kinda like Professor Leyton but not) on DS, had an awesome story and was just the bees knees.
Like the first one, there’s a ‘true’ ending. So I mean that. But you’ll know it when you get it.
@dc
Greenius, my pal!
ENOUGH CONVERSATION FOR YOU?
More than the past few days, atleast. 😛
Well since no one took me up on it, I now reserve the right to brag about the cheap flights I got for PAX 🙂
I’m sure we all really appreciate it though :D!
I live in Melbourne so… 😛 and as for travelling after? PAX ends as Uni begins… BOOOO
I live in Victoria and don’t even want to go.
You mad?
You don’t want to meat almost a whole country’s worth of TAYbies in one weekend? 🙁
You know, we may have to rethink this plan. Having all that awesomeness in one city could cause the universe to explode or something.
Wow you’re probably the only person I’ve seen say that! I’m not super excited for PAX but for meeting TAYbies! (and free goodie bags hopefully!)
He’s probably one of those ‘hermit’ people we keep hearing about. You wouldn’t know anything about those kind, would you Greenius? 😛
Not quite. Greenius is the hermit social link, he comes along to meats so we can develop it.
I didn’t even know a TAY meetup was happening at PAX I was just mentioning that PAX is local to me and I have no interest in going to it.
Stop judging me =(
That’s okay! We can totally hang after PAX.
I don’t know how long conventions usually go for, but if it goes past dinner, I’ll be outta there to have a proper meal.
Yay. Won’t be able to finish the last episode of The Walking Dead until sunday. And I just finished Chapter 3 so I’m sorta half way through it…
THE SUSPENSE WILL KILLE ME D:
SPAGHETT’S LAST SONG PLAYED GAME
Currently playing Ashita Muki Koufuku, Komaeminaki Myounichi by Dir En Grey 😀
Such high energy metal
Eh, nothing. Haven’t listened to music in days. Mind’s been on high alert. No time for relaxation. 😛
High alert?
Lay off the weed bro
You so crazy.
Wonderful by Everclear. For even more feels, watch this – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPUtp58APz4
Right Now – PSY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmHdefsaL6I
Something super secret.
But I opened up Winamp and the first song chosen by the randomiser is F-F-Falling by the Rasmus, so that’s what I’ll be listening to next…
Great song!
Dignity – Bullet for my Valentine
I just started playing Saints Row 3 after having it sitting there in my Steam account for a few weeks! That has to be the most epic intro to a game ever.
And I don’t know if it’s just me, but every time I go to play a game with my Xbox controller, the batteries are always dead 😛 I’m gonna wait for a pair to charge and jump back into it.
Agreed. That intro was awesome. The game is great too, but that first mission is just incredible 🙂
The kanye west mission is one of my favourite gaming moments ever.
Hey gang. Drank some homemade mai tais tonight, so am a little drunk. Apparently, I’m exactly the same, only more so. Didn’t realise when we made them up that it would make so much… and because wife is breastfeeding, I’m going to have to take this massive amount of alcohol on before it goes off. First drink I’ve had in months, and the first time I’ve been drunk in 4.5 years. Enjoy it.
You’re far too literate to be drunk-posting. Come back in a few drinks 😛
Drunk Nighthawk!
I wish I could see drunk Shane.
He really is identical to sober Shane. The guys spent almost $200 trying to get me drunk on my buck’s night. They were pretty annoyed that I was pretty much exactly the same…
So in some sense, you’ve already seen him.
Unless you’re drunk ALL the time.
Intervention meat definitely on for Canberra, Shane’s drinking problem and Blaghman’s Ketamine… trouble…
I think I’ve said too much 😛
I bet he stresses less than sober Shane. 😛
I wonder if he writes the same as sober Shane….
I’m writing now. I’ll tell you tomorrow how it went 🙂
Edit: No less stress. Wife thought it might relax me. But I never relax. I’m always alert 24/7. Hyper-vigilant (when I said this bit, I was misheard as saying “like a ninja” which would have been way cooler).
I need to upvote again, for the edit. 😛
You should try listening to opera in the bath with champagne or something. Isn’t that what people in the movies do when they can’t relax? 😛
Twin! Except for the wife. :'(
😛
As a wife myself I can honestly tell you that wives are quite often more trouble than they’re worth. 😛
How’d the writing hold up in the harsh light of day? 😀
Eh, it’s all right, I guess. But to answer what I think you’re asking, Soberunk Shane writes the same as Sober Shane.
My impressions on Silent hill downpour
good
The atmosphere. Before the first enemy I was constantly waiting for an enemy. Made for great tension.
The story appear to be going quite well.
Bad
The morality choices… so far the choices I’ve chosen have been for nothing and i must admit that it’s getting frustrating. why give me a choice when you’re not going to adhere to it?
Combat is awkward, much like most SH games.
No health indicator and no real healing indicator. I seriously can’t tell when I’m hurt or healing. It’s rather frustrating.
It’s quite easy to get stuck as well. so far I’ve been stuck a few times.
The red and black enemy/chase sequences. Everyone hated it in SH3, so what honestly made them think it would be fine now?
the overall result
incredibly frustrating, but not insanely difficult like homecoming. Would probably be a better game under a different IP. I will probably play through for the story at least.
Guys – if only only want to spend around $40 on headphone for gaming, should i but a pair of stand-alone headphones and a seperate mic later, or buy a basic gaming headset?
From what i’ve been reading gaming headsets are all about marketing and really aren’t great value for money??
You should buy a Nokia.
😛On a more serious note, I don’t really know much about what headsets are good or not, but I bought a Plantronics Gamecom something or other 2 years ago for $40, it was pretty good. But it broke so I need to replace it.
Nothing compares to the good old iPhone earphones stuck in sideways though 😛
G35s and its wireless brother are pretty cool guys! Kinda double your budget though 😛
I think Siberia II (or something like that) can be usef on PC and console. Trjn says the’re comfy and feel like pillows!
#NotReallyHelping
#ButHelpingAtLeastMoreThanLambo
http://static.productreview.com.au/pr.products/90736_nokia_bluetooth_headset_bh202.jpg
#helpmann007
I wouldn’t imagine that $40 would get you much of anything in the way of decent sound reproduction and voice recording.
I use standalone headphones, with my mic being integrated in my webcam. I can see the benefits of a headset, but there’s something about having a mic in my face that irks me. To each their own though.
As a definitive answer to the question less all my bullshit waffling, yes, buy the nicest ear/head-phones you can that fit the budget, and figure out the mic later, so long as verbal communication in gaming isn’t that high on your priority list :3
Also, don’t bother with the 7.1 bullshit. I know, it’s over the $40 limit you put in place, but seriously. Don’t even consider being tempted by it 😛
A $40 pair of headphones will sound better than a $40 headset, but obviously you get no mic. Depends on how crucial having the mic is I guess! I had the Logitech g330 for a while. I’m pretty sure you can get them for around $40. The sound was pretty good and the mic was also fairly good.
I was going to recommend the TDK ones I have buuut no one seems to sell them anymore =(
Found the ones I have for sale on ebay brand new! 28 bucks delivered. If I remembered correctly DSE wanted 70 bucks for them back when TDK still made them. (I picked them up on clearance for 5 bucks)
Here they are.
They’re pretty decent, good sound, comfortable once you stretch them a bit if you have a largeish head. They also have this gimmicky vibrate feature.. Kind of adds to the bass, not much point using it though.
@greenius! When I first started Xenoblade Chronicles I thought it was pretty cool but honestly just wanted to go back to Graces. ( Mr. Strange is on holidays so I can’t use the main TV, which the PS3 is plugged in to.) But now I’ve l played a bit more(I’ve gotten to the part where I can leave the first area) and I am definitely hooked. Still want to play Graces, but as well as Xenoblade, not instead of it. I can see there’s lot of depth to the game. Not just combat-wise, but story-wise as well. I’m really enjoying and every day I am so glad we moved the Wii out into the family room when we got our new TV. 😛
:’)
I TOLD YOU SO!
See that everybody? Give Xenoblade a go and don’t overlook it just because it’s on the Wii!
Glad to hear you’re really enjoying it too. I want to discuss things without giving too much away but if I recall it goes Colony 9 – area – THIS AREA IS AWESOME – the next 4 or so following this are just amazing and that’s where I got hooked! Where are you up to? I think you might already be at the awesome area.
I’m sorry. I did like it, but playing it on the small TV was making me quite ill.
Move the Wii? 🙁
Yeah, I’m going to have to. I’ll try to play it when Mum is using her tablet.
😀 happiness +12
Either that or I’ll have to get a cheap HD tv for my bedroom. But then can i play my NES?
OMG!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/12/this-shenmue-statue-wont-be-looking-for-sailors/
I need this.
Guess I’ll need to start to saving. I can’t imagine it will be very cheap.
Edit: All is right with the world again. 😀
I have two First for figures statues.
Samus was about $350. Midna was about $450.
I hope this helps!
HOLY CRAP – EPISODE ONE OF THE WALKING DEAD GAME WAS AWESOME!!!
Seriously can’t wait to get stuck in to episode 2.
Why the hell couldn’t i save both the girl and doug, though. So unfair. Seriously hoping that father dies a horrible a gruesome death too.Edit: Crisis averted! 😀
oh shit!
sorry – not used to having to give spoiler warnings.
Thanks for the heads up bro.
That’s okay, man. No harm meant at all! I know Shane and Strange haven’t played yet, is all. Hope you don’t take offence. Might not seem major, but folks have spoiled less and have gotten in trouble. 😛
Who’d you end up saving? I saved Duck at the farm. Sided with Kenny in the pharmacy. Didn’t give the woman the gun. Saved Carley at the end.I missed this whole kerfuffle but appreciate the spoiler tags. Thanks guys 🙂
I was away watching Arrow and looks like I dodged a spoiler-bullet here. Phew!
I would love to buy this so much, but even though I’m a massive Okami fan, I don’t think I can see $200 from play-asia in it 🙁 http://hungeree.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/okami_globe.jpg
But my god is it beautiful.
Turns out it’s around $75 from Capcom delivered in February. I might have to figure out a way to get it shipped here. I can do $75 (plus shipping)
I require details. I must own one.
I’ll speak to GT and see if they can get it in for me =P
And meeeee! Capcom are out of reserved stock 🙁 My quest shall keep going, but a lack of a basic grasp on the Japanese language is proving to be a bit of a problem.
Sadly, it looks like they won’t be getting it in. Mainly because you have to buy the special edition of the game.
Damn. I hope this isn’t just a single run item. Hopefully demand will die down a bit making it a bit easier to find.
I can ask Troy about it on monday. (He’s the owner of the GT)
Wow that’s really beautiful but it aint no topless @dkzeitgeist
I’m about to go get some shut eye, but I just wanna say @strange is awesome! Feels like a weight has lifted after that e-mail. Thank you! 🙂 Good night, catch you on the flip side and all that, home slices! Always a pleasure too, drunk @shane! Nice to see @mythamphetamine back as well!
Take it easy, folks!
Night, man.
Dayman
Doofus. 😛
@notoriousr @powalen @blaghman (who is camping) @whoeverelse
Doctor Who
The character of ‘Clara’: I like her sass. Amy started off like this, but the back and forth between Oswin and the Doctor feels much better, although that might be because Amy Pond sassed a little less towards the end of her run. I’m imagining potential for Gilmore Girls style banter here, but that’s probably just wishful thinking.The mystery of Oswin: I like it. Not necessarily the “AND THEN UNEXPLAINED STUFF, NOW CREDITS” part, but the potential for space mystery that isn’t “The universe is ending”. Plus it gives her some backstory to discover. There’s greater depth here to possibly explore; Amy and Rory were fleshed out a bit with their personal lives, but they were still limited to boring Human origins. Rose, Martha and Donna were barely touched at all. I think we got to see their families and that’s it? Again, potential here.
Opening: Terrible. Truly, truly terrible.
I am totally refreshing at 3:33 AM AEDT just to see if there are replies.
I like Clara a lot and she has a lot of potential. I personally never really cared for Amy much, but I thought Rory was cool. The mystery of oswin bit: I can see it unravelling three ways-You find out about the two oswins dealio in the first episode
You find out about it at the end of the season
You find out about it at the end of Jenna’s run as companion.
I am hoping it is the second option there, but I feel like I’ve been burned with the whole Silence/Tardis exploding/Alternate reality where Matt Smith has a terrible beard thing/River is Amy’s daughter – that I just don’t have patience to wait for an explanation because moffat likes to draaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggg things out. But maybe they can do something to crush my cynicism. WHO KNOWS
I can totally understand that.
Also opening had Gandalf so Gandalf.I liked this episode a lot more than I liked any of the previous few. I’m looking forward to the new season now, whereas before I was a bit “meh”.But Dinosaurs!
IN SPACE!
I agree though.I understand that the past few episodes were sort of padded around Amy and Rory’s runs as companions, but I think the mystery of Oswin also adds to the excitement of what would typically be seeing how and new companion performs.
@strange @powalen Regarding Melbourne meats, what days are you here & available and where are you staying? Will arrange something.
I’m pretty sure the 12th is when everyone will be here. If I recall Powalen gets here on like the 11th for the Aus Open while Aleph leaves on the 13th. No idea about Strange though but she’s here for some concert :P.
Unless I’m totally remembering wrong…
I’m staying at a place called City Limits on Little Bourke St. Our plane gets in just before midday on Saturday the 12th of January and that afternoon/evening is my only free night because I’m seeing Sabaton on the 13th, and Nightwish/Sabaton on the 14th.
Oh. Just checked the hotel’s website and apparently it’s in Chinatown. Shouldn’t be too difficult to find something to do close by, then. 🙂
There’s a cool Korean BBQ restaurant in Chinatown! Main food is okay I guess but they have free side dishes and one of them is bloody awesome. No idea what it is though but it’s good! hah 😛
So after joking with @dc about setting Pez’s apartment on fire, the building gets evacuated at 4:30am.
Perhaps I’ll reconsider next time I try to make a funny, huh!
O_O
wait, so Pez left you in-charge while he went camping? Shiiieeeeett
Nah, Pez went to be with the ladyfriend. I’m going camping tomorrow, hopefully 😀
I’d fill it with all sorts of different scented juice pot things. You know, the ones with the sticks. Let him come home to overwhelming perfumes!
And just like that, Aleph discovered his powers for setting off the fire alarm… with his miiiiiiiind…
Where is everyone?
Canada.
You can’t say…. in canada
SPAGETT!
You spooked her good!
Deponia!
Waking up place … thing … Okay that just didn’t work.
Camping most likely is the answer to your question
I wonder if they’ve foiled the Scooby Doo mystery yet and revealed the identity of the Big Foot!
Nope, it always happens the last / second last day. I’m going to say they are spending today looking for clues.
Jinkies! Zoinks!
GASP – Thelma said “jinkies”
Final touches on cleaning the house today
Then tomorrow morning I am going into Sydney to collect Sam, and come back on the train with her
I don’t mind a two hour trip if she is at my destination
Dawwwwwwwwww that’s so sweet.
I have no idea who sam is – but you warmed my heart.
Sam is the lady friend you may have seen me post on TAY about the past couple of weeks
It’s not New Years Eve tomorrow! What gives, Spaghett? What gives? 😛
She is coming up early so we can spend more time together
Logic DC, Logic!
Two day date!
Who’s to say it will end after new years?
Logic D.C., Logic!
The man’s got stamina…
uh…
Let’s pretend I didn’t say that… 😛
Greenius, I go back to work on the 2nd of January, Logic Greenius, Logic!
Sure, because we will totally only be doing things that require stamina
Haha! I’m sorry, man. Just teasing you. 😀
I know bro 😀
Awwwww mannnnn!!!
That’s sooo cute!!!! 😀
I hope everything goes super-well for you!!
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON’T SHOW HER ANY SPAGHETT CLIPS!!! 😛
Soooo… does this mean i’ll need to be giving you engagement ring advice soon?? wink wink 😉
No Spaghett clips? that shiz is my bread and butter man!
Um, no ring, no 😛
Chaos on Deponia has some really awesome, creative puzzles:
Rufus had to remember a secret knock combination as he travelled from the tavern to a dark alley, cutting through the town square. The game’s soundtrack kicks in at the town square and Rufus gets the tune stuck in his head, forgets the combination. To solve the puzzle, you’ve got to turn the game’s music off in the main menu! 😀what is deponia?
New adventure game series! Deponia itself is a garbage world, one giant junk yard that the main character and every one he knows lives in. Series follows Rufus’ attempt to escape!
I need more info. =P
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/deponia
Sounds good.
That particular part was quite amusing, but I had no damn idea how to solve it. 😛 Then again, the meta-way rufus talked about it shoulda tipped me off.
I’m kind of disturbed at some of Rufus’ actions in this game, though:
What happened to the Gondolier in particular, not to mention the cat food he just made.:S
… The Gondolier admittingly I did not spare a thought to, but the cat food part was quite morbid.
Also, when he talks with that hobo. “What some food? HAVE A BOOT.”
GUYS!!!
STUFF!!
AND THINGS!!
OH MY GOD, THE THINGS!!!
I’m watching a few Top 5 games of 2012 videos from Rev3Games and it got me thinking, what’s your top 5? (in no particular order unless you can and want to rank them). Too many people focus on a single GOTY so why not do a top 5!
I haven’t played a few of the bigger releases this year like Mass Effect 3, Max Payne 3, Sleeping Dogs and Far Cry 3 but I think Far Cry 3 could replace Journey or Trials Evolution.
Journey
Trials Evolution
Borderlands 2
Dishonored
The Walking Dead
Other good games include: Resident Evil: Revelations, Fez, Theatrhythm, XCOM, Mark of the Ninja and Thirty Flights of Loving.
As an added bonus how about some really good games that DIDN’T come out in 2012 that you only played this year?
The Binding of Isaac
Saints Row: The Third
Okami (HD came out this year but it’s practically the same game)
Persona 4: Golden (enhanced port of an old game, doesn’t really count as new!)
Rayman Origins
Civilization V
Stuff on both of these lists are just things I can remember. There’s probably some games I’m forgetting 😛 (as I make edits I’m putting new things in!)
Top 5 GOTY (in no particular order)
Mark of the Ninja
Journey
Borderlands 2
The Walking Dead
Max Payne 3
Games that I loved but weren’t released this yeah (GTILBWRTY?)
Persona 3:FES
… I’m sure there are others
I’m fairly sure that the majority of games I played this year came out a while ago.
The top 5 games that came out this year for me (in no particular order aside from Journey at the to): Journey, Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 2, FTL and Diablo 3.
Other games I played through this year: Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, Portal 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Saints Row 3, Limbo, Half Life 2 and probably a few more. So you can see, it’s a pretty good year of going back and playing slightly older games for me.
Spec Ops: The Line
The Walking Dead
Mass Effect 3
Anna’s Quest
Dishonored
1. SPACE MARINE
2. SPACE MARINE
3. SPACE MARINE
4. SPACE MARINE
5. TRIALS EVOLUTION… NAHHH… SPAAAYYSSHHHH MAAAURREEEENNNNN!!!!
Remember when we were Trials rivals?
You don’t have a chance against me now!
Hmm let’s see;
Max Payne 3
The Walking Dead
Far Cry 3
Tony Hawk Pro Skater HD (it brought back all the memories!)
Spec Ops: The Line
Games that I played for the first time but didn’t come out this year;
L.A. Noire
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Alan Wake & Alan Wake: All American Nightmare (Hi @sughly!)
Saints Row: The Third
Batman Arkham City
Journey, Mark of the Ninja, Dishonored, Thirty Flights of loving, The Walking Dead.
Borderlands 2
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Max Payne 3
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
DIDN’T come out in 2012 that you only played this year?
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Red Dead Redemption
Fallout: New Vegas
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Unsure if I played this in 2012 or 2011 tbh)
Borderlands (I tried to beat the game a week before Borderlands 2 was released and failed, it was still a lot of fun playing however.)
Top five games for me? I don’t think I really finished 5 games this year … let’s see
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
Dishonoured
Papo & Yo
… well balls, I’ve only finished 4 games.
Need for Speed Least Wanted
A Night in the Laboratory
Vartun’s Pillar
Griff Dangers in Mettle vs. Metal
Mark’s Birthday Game
Wait, that’s a list of the games I made this year. 😛
Here’s my real list
The Walking Dead
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
FTL
Trials Evolution
I’m really not sure. Do I list something like Spec Ops: The Line, which was an incredibly thought-provoking game which had a lot of interesting things to say, but had arse gameplay? Do I list something like Tales of Graces, which I enjoyed immensely but wouldn’t argue with anyone who said it’s hardly revolutionary or groundbreaking or even that amazing, effectively the KFC of JRPGs?
If you go by the amount of time spent playing, for me it’s SWTOR, Borderlands 2, Graces, Mass Effect 3, then a bunch of other stuff. Probably Lumines on the Vita in fifth place actually. But I definitely wouldn’t list SWTOR and Borderlands 2 I’m finding dreadfully dull.
Games I finished or spent a lot of time with this year:
– Disgaea 4
– SWTOR
– Mass Effect 3
– Tales of Graces f
– Corpse Party
– TERA
– Diablo III
– Darksiders
– Darksiders II
– Spec Ops: The Line
– Fall of Cybertron
– Sleeping Dogs
– Borderlands 2
– AssCreed Revelations
– AssCreed 3
– Halo 4
– Lumines: Electronic Symphony
– Professor Layton & the Curious Village
– X-COM
Of those I’d say that probably overall, in terms of every part of the game working well for me, it might actually be Sleeping Dogs. If Mass Effect 3’s ending had been better or had I been able to bring myself to do a Renegade playthrough (will never do it, requires fucking over characters I like) it might be up there, but it’s definitely top 5 for me regardless. Other than that, I really don’t know. Spec Ops stood out, but the reason it stood out was nothing to do with the playing of the game. Darksiders II was great but I liked the first one more in retrospect, and it probably is the game that sank THQ too. Halo 4 was solid but it was basically just another Halo and I hated the new enemies. AssRev was more fun than Ass3 and neither were that great. I’d rate Corpse Party pretty high for such a simple game but it’s also a few years old, and the elements of it that work are the story and writing and voice acting, not the game itself, same as Spec Ops. X-COM I like, but the randomness of it and the stressful nature of the game intimidates me too much to want to play it. Persona 4 Golden would be on my list if I had spent more time with it but I’m still only halfway through May. 🙁 TERA I nearly got into in a big way but constant lag issues forced me elsewhere. Diablo III was an incredibly average game made a hell of a lot worse by the asinine decision to make it always-online.
So I guess my top 5 are:
– Sleeping Dogs
– Mass Effect 3
– Tales of Graces
– Darksiders II
– Halo 4
But only because they’re the 2012 games I played enough to feel I can talk about them in this capacity, actually enjoyed the majority of my time with and which didn’t have massive glaring flaws all over the place for me. Mind you Spec Ops would easily knock Halo 4 out if it didn’t play so controller-chuckingly frustrating.
Oh god.. Kat Von D is engaged again.. This time to Deadmau5. I feel sorry for the bloke he doesn’t know what he is getting into. Though, this time he isn’t twice her age like the last few have been lol.
I really liked her in LA Ink before it became incredibly scripted, though. She knows how to tattoo, that’s for sure!
Yeah sam here, she’s an amazing artist. Just yeah she gets in waaaay too much drama. and all that. Also Deadmau5 looks like Rockets, is there something Rockets isn’t telling us =O
Pipe down about Deadmau5 before Lambo hears. I fear it’s already too late. :S
😛
Eh? Wanna explain.
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Well I had, but i’ve no idea what it’s in relation to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9GRu_3hfpM
So … I was just thinking everyone’s got their games of the year and stuff. What about gaming video of the year? Like trailers/tech demos and the like.
Halo Forward Unto Dawn, that live action Halo series/movie-split-into-five-parts. I need to see if the DVD is out yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39j5v8jlndM
Squenix still has it.
Also in terms of tech demo, I’d say Square has it again too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVX0OUO9ptU
Page six! We’re totally on page six!
STOP YOUR LIES DC! I will cling to my page 5 for all time
Walking Dead game!
No spoilers.
The save game between Chapters 1 & 2 didn’t transfer properly.
Then Chapter 2 crashed and I lost 2 hours of progress.
So bollocks to that. I may have nothing else to play but I’m perfectly content to let that ruin my game experience for me and never touch it again.
Hooray!
Stop being so sour, Bish!
no thanks
Apparently this is a common problem. 🙁
Yeah it’s half of the reason why it didn’t get my GOTY nomination 😛
Two possible solutions
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2780190&highlight=save
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?p=32609847
Hope one of these work for you.
I TAKE YOUR HELP AND THROW IT BACK IN YOUR FACE LIKE A RUDE FRENCHMAN AT A SNOOTY RESTAURANT WHERE YOU BASICALLY PAY THEM TO SPIT IN YOUR FOOD
Why Bish? I thought we had something special *runs of sobbing*
Mac? @powalen had some problems with it too but replayed it on Windows and worked perfectly for him.
Exact same thing happened to me. Couldn’t resolve it at all in the end and had to start over (where I backed up my save file constantly :P)
I had about less than half a block of chocolate left from Christmas, and I think it was starting to melt.
I was originally going to have a couple of pieces, but for some reason, I began to relentlessly chow down on the whole thing, piece by piece.
Now it is all eaten… I have no regrets.
..oh yeah, also, I picked up WWE 13 for PS3 and Eden of the East Complete Collection on blu-ray. \o/
Also, if anyone wants Dark Souls on PC, it’s going to be 50% off on Steam in five minutes! 😀
I think it’s been around $15 on Amazon for a while 😀
Same dealio as always with Amazon though, need a credit/debit card and a (fake) US address.
Shenanigans!
Your old buddy Spags is tired and hot
Cleaning is complete though
And now you play the waiting game. 😀
Yup 🙁
Oh, man. One of the item descriptions in Chaos on Deponia is still weirdly in Rufus’ German voice. Freaked me out more than I care to admit!
Also the ending cutscene kept crashing. Had to watch it on YouTube. Damn good game, though.
What’s the next game for D.C.!?
Dunno, possibly The Whispered World, although the main characters voice acting is horrible. Haha!
Not a good game, although an adventure veteran might find it ok. Such small click boxes and random items that aren’t clearly something to pickup.
The voice acting is actually ok once you play the game, it has a certain emo charm to it
Awesome that you’re enjoying them, dude 🙂 Thanks for the progress updates!
*refresh*
Nob! 😀
Ugh Ser Nobs
Bah! I called him Nobs for ages and then you said it was wrong, that it was just Nob. MAKE UP YOUR MIND! 😛
Ser Can’tmakeuphismindius
I didn’t say it was wrong I just asked why did you add the s!
And I always say Nob, just said Nobs to annoy you 😀
MONSTER!
YOU’RE THE MONSTER DITCH.C.
:'(
I’m tempted to buy the Wii Goldeneye just for the Gold Classic Controller (to go with my Gold Nunchuck and WiiMote). Obviously for the game too since I’ve… *gasp* never played Goldeneye and hear the Wiimake is pretty decent.
http://www.bigw.com.au/entertainment/video-games-consoles/wii/wii-games/bpnBIGW_0000000257214/nintendo-wii-golden-eye-gold-controller.jsp
$24 at Big W
IT’S NOT THE REAL GOLDENEYE.
I know :'(
I haven’t even seen the movie!
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!
I want more Gravity Falls 🙁
Quality show!
Most definitely. Early 2013, I hear!
T-T-T-TRIPLE POSTTTTT
(I’m posting to give my buddy D.C. something to read as well as my other refreshers)
D.C. should totally have a birthday meat!
Yeah?
😀
I have a whole shitton of unfinished & unplayed games and I don’t feel like playing any of them 🙁
EDIT: In before Greenius suggests Xenoblade.
Persona 4: Golden
And you can always sell, trade and/or give them away.
No, I can’t. I hoard them 🙁
But you decided to sell off some of your previously hoarded figurines! You’ve also offered to trade/give away some already.
You can do it! Believeeee
I gave Scree a copy of Odin Sphere because I had two. 😛
XENOBLADE!
XENOBLADDER
THE JOKE HAS CHANGED NOW THAT YOU’RE “HI FRIEND” BUT THE MESSAGE IS STILL THE SAME
@negativezero @melbournetaybies I arrive in Melbourne midday on the 12th of January, flight home is at
10am (I think)4:30pm on the 16th. I’ll be free for meats any time except during the day on the 14th/15th, as I will be at the tennis.I’m staying at Ibis Melbourne (supposedly it’s pretty central?) so it should be good! Can’t wait to meet everyone! 😀
It sounds like we should meet up in the city somewhere – Fed Square maybe? – on the afternoon of the 12th at say around 3:30 or so and maybe go for dinner or something?
Sounds good to me! I haven’t actually got my tickets yet so I have to chase them up on Monday…
I’ve never been to Melbourne before so you guys will have to show me what’s what! 😛
You’ll have to show me around too! I know nothing in the city :/
You sound like me when people ask for directions around Sydney 😛
And me for Brisbane! 😛
I know how to get to and from the train station. That’s about it.
3:30ish and dinner on the 12th sounds like a plan to me. Yay! I’m all excited to meet you guys now. 😀
The whole New Years thing. Anyone willing to go from a maybe to a yes? I’m thinking just rock up to my place at 7 and go from there. Wouldn’t mind knowing who is actually coming though. Would help slightly in the buying of fud and drunk.
I’m still not sure.
Maybe make people who are coming bring their own food and drink? I’m happy to do that.
That also works. I have a Weber, so something that can be grilled would probably work out pretty well.
Yeah, no need to cater for me, if I do come. I would bring some sausages, and I’m not much of a drinker.
In terms of whether I can come along, what side of the city are you on? And how late are people welcome to stay?
I’m a yes but you know my terms and conditions (and I know yours :P)
No.
As in, no I won’t tell you. I’ll just show up and be all “FEED ME”. 😛
I’ll ask my parents.
D.C. wants me to tell you he’ll be coming too. 😛
I’m taking that as a confirmed RSVP from DC!
He hasn’t declined this (or the D.C. birthday meat) so that’s a yes to both!
Thanks for paying for my tickets and sorting out my food and accommodation too D.C.!
…
:S
Still didn’t decline or object!
Thanks D.C.! Cya on the 15th!
Everyone go! I will bring some nob pie!
Gross!
Ugh, Filthymindius
@greenius Deadmau5ive http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb449/lamboman007/Deadmau5ive_zpsbde02238.png
Just started the original Darksiders. Is there any way of dropping the graphic settings at all? It’s a little bit laggy. More so in cut scenes where the video falls behind the sound, but a bit in game as well. There doesn’t seem to be anything in the options menu aside from the brightness setting
I have not played any Xenoblade or Tales today. I hope I get time to fix this later tonight.
Instead I’ve been shut away in the spare room trying to at least finish the top of my daughter’s quilt so I’ll have something vaguely resembling a quilt to gift her on her birthday tomorrow. 😛
Upvote for good mother not the lack of Xenoblading :P!
Don’t worry, I donwvoted for the lack of Xenoblading for you! 😛
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pSmhZFbCy0
This is amazing. NSFW language I guess!
Top comments are amazing too.
You too can be amazing if you watch it!
Maybe.
…. The hell did I just watch?
HOW AMAZING ARE THE CHAIN OF TOP COMMENTS!
Original video is amazing too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYa5aQb3YGE
Thanks @dc for the heads up. Pity I never learned how to raed.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/12/talk-amongst-yourselves-202/comment-page-30/#comment-976297
PEOPLE I NEED HELP (Yes this is apparent to those who know me.)
I have an iPad 3 and I’m selling it. No, not here. But I’m getting rid of it. It’s been ****ing useless for tafe and Im betting it will be just as useless for University.
So, still wanting to keep with something that can word process I don’t want to get back to a full laptop but I’m left with two options:
A MS Surface, with MS Office, RT version.
or
ASUS TF700T Transformer tablet with full keyboard etc and whatever office compatible program I can find.
Advice? Thoughts? Ideas? The iPad hasn’t worked for me because I don’t like the operating environment, I’m definitely more of an android/windows man, I don’t mind the Windows8 environment as well, its not too bad at the end of the day. Just wondering if anyones used either and the thoughts they have?
Unfortunately the thing that puts me off the SURFACE PRO is the idea that:
a.) It does not come with OFFICE.
b.) 3 hour battery life. Just not acceptable by *any* means in *any* way.
So… thoughts?
Is a normal laptop not an option? Maybe one of those small netbooks?
Sorry if this sounds mean or rude or ignorant, but have you looked into getting an android one with a blue tooth keyboard? I’m just asking because Mums Galaxy tab 2 has great battery life and she’s very happy with it. I’ve seen that you can get blue tooth keyboards, but I’m not quite sure how they work myself.
the Transformer runs Android 4.0, Scree.
Samsung Galaxy is great though