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https://www.fitocracy.com/group/14940/
What is it?: Gamification, my friend. Gamification. The site’s basically set up to track whatever physical activity you do and rewards you like a game. (Experience points, levelling up, achievements, etc.) Really, it’s just an informal way to keep each other motivated.
That all?: Nope, if you’re the competitive type there’s a five week challenge starting on Monday 27th of May. This lets you compete with other group members, whoever earns the most points doing any activity by the 28th of June wins. Completely optional and all just for fun.
Anything else I should know?: The site likes sending e-mail notifications, this is easily fixed by going into account settings, clicking on notifications and unselecting everything.
@bdkiaf, @blaghman, @alexpants, @dkzeitgeist, @wilbur, @sughly, @freezespreston, @beavwa, @grandmasterb-funk, @shane, @cakesmith, @zetrox2k, @tigerion, @negativezero, @greenius, @beardymcmuttonchops, @freya, @dc
This is the last time I’ll post this!
Also, I think because of U.S. timezones, the competition won’t start until later this afternoon, so you might want to wait to track your times for today until then.
Haha you totally waited until new TAY 🙂
Otherwise I’d have to post again. XD
Ran 2km out of my daily 4km this morning. I’ll do the second half later. (I know that doesn’t really count and you’ve got to do it all at once for the full effect, but whatever. :P)
*shakes crutch at the mobiles*
I thought you were shaking something else there, I didnt get it for a while
Noooo, I thought excercise was fine to be split up. Spending longer can sometimes just strain your body.
Okay then! WOOOOOO! I just felt particularly unfit because last time I ran I could do that in one session easy enough. Haha.
Okay, now I’ve done 4km. I can rest. 😀
Sure it counts! Anything is better than nothing 😀
If I can’t love her – Beauty and the Beast, Original Broadway Cast Recording.
I can’t remember, so let’s go with:
Sunspots – Nine Inch Nails
Havent heard that in a while, geez. Good song.
(I say as I’m wearing a NIN jumper ^_^)
My NIN shit has all fallen to bits, I went for a look online and couldn’t find any designs I liked 🙁
And yeah, My fave song from With Teeth by far, best synth ^_^
The jumper is from the With Teeth tour actually. Says 2005. Ash saw it the other day and was like “I was 1 when you went to that!”, I was like hooooly shit. Thats not right. That cant be right T_T
I have my with Teeth shirt still, the one where the lines go up and over the shoulder, from the tour.
My gut is too big though
I guess I’m going to have to join in on this action. Someone remind me when I get home.
(Ugh, Ser Lazyulus)
I will yell at you on TS!
Me too! Haha just kidding…
Talking on TS, who does that?!
Please don’t yell at me. =(
I can’t handle the yells of Beeius. /o\
Kalamazoo – Ben Folds
I can’t seem to move past The Unauthorised Biography of …whatever that guys name is :-/
Such a good album
(Reinhold MEssner?).
That’s a pretty good album. Some stellar songs on it.
You ever listen to the second disc which came with some copies?
Had a Triple J interview where he explained a lot of the meaning behind the sngs and album title.
And three of the songs were one song (Redneck past and two others that tell his story) but he split em up.
I think I have that disc lying around somewhere, but I don’t think I ever listened to it. Whoops
Reinhold Messner was the name of his fake ID when he was under 21 (so the album’s about him), turns out though there really is a Reinhold Messner, climbed Everest or something like that.
Hahaha, that’s so cool! 😀
Recover – CHVRCHES
Logged my workout from this morning, but it won’t count toward the challenge because time zones 🙁
I forgot how much I actually enjoyed the gym, it felt good. And I feel good now. Perhaps not when I wake up tomorrow, but future BDKIAF can deal with that.
Count me in for the group challenge dealy, DC … I need some motivation
Head Over Heels – Tears for Fears
Morning! Sup?
So @freezespreston did you decide on a game? Rayman seems to have won the vote ;D
Ahh! Blaghman up in the a.m.!
What are you talking about, I’m not up in the AM. Lies and slander, I tells ya.
Machinarium.
Bring in physical pain wasn’t enough, I wanted to feel stupid as well.
I tried the demo before I purchased that. I did not purchase that.
Sure is pretty looking stupid feeling inducer though. 😀
Was totally going to suggest that last night too! But my suggestion was a given.
Did you downvote me? Imma kill you!
Trollface
sonuva!!
Wait wut? I didnt downvote you…
Jerkius was a trollius!
goddamm it!!
Mass Effect!
MORNING ALL
So, Arrested Development, hey?
I haven’t [redacted] it yet 🙁Shane! Is it available to get yet from anywhere outside of Netflix… I mean, if I wanted to… but I don’t… *shifty eyes*
I don’t know.
Oh is it out? All of it or just some?
No idea.
Don’t tell anyone, but I haven’t actually watched any of Arrested Development (well, I’ve seen bits and pieces here, but that’s it).I’ve seen zero
D: I was actually wondering if anyone was like that in TAY. You’re reallllllly missing out.
Says the guy who hasn’t seen Red Dwarf O_o
Yeah, but AD is one of the best comedies EVER. A lot more recent too.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaaa
he he
HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I know, it’s on the list. The list is very long.
I’ve actually seen quite a bit. I thought it was pretty funny, but didnt really click the same way it seems to have done for 90% of the world. I kind of gave up on it myself.
(@blaghman too)
I used to hate the show whenever it popped up on TV because it was random episodes from later on in the series. Once I sat down and started from episode 1 and worked my way in order everything just clicked and it was hilarious. Such smart writing.
I did start from the beginning, and saw probably most the first season.
I figured, but just in case you didn’t! 😀
Huuuhhh.. I was sure you’d be a fan.
I feel like I don’t even know you anymore.
I am an enigma *woooo waving fingers mysteriously*
I’ve seen it… but only the one time, back when it originally aired on TV, so it’s basically like I’ve never seen it because I barely remember any of it at all >_>
I got given the complete series on DVD a couple of Christmases ago. Pretty sure it’s still sealed. Just like basically every other DVD I’ve ever been given 😛
Watchhhhhhhhhhh
But it’s so hard to watch things. I mean, I have to stop whatever I’m doing and go over to the TV, assuming nobody else is using it (which they almost always are) and then sit down and… watch.
I’m usually too busy reading the internet to do any of that.
Watch on PC! Browse internet at the same time!
Except don’t do that with Arrested Development because you’ll miss out on funnies. It requires you to think about some jokes 😀
Well yeah, that’s the thing. If I specifically want to watch something, then I’ll be wanting to pay full attention to it. Which means stopping everything else. Usually I have have skype going and then have a few things queued up in several tabs to read through and switch between them all over the place while some TV show is on in the background for me to vaguely listen to. But it’s really hard to drag myself away from that to go and do something else, and usually by the time it’s all done oh hey look at that it’s bedtime.
Pining for the days before internet 😛
…also I only just realised that I actually *can* watch DVDs on PC now. My 98 box doesn’t seem to have a working DVD drive any more, so I completely forgot that it was ever an option. It didn’t even occur to me that the new PC would be able to do it.
Though then I’d have to find some space to open up a window for it without obstructing everything else…
@mrtaco – How big’s the screen? I use VLC which can be made teeny tiny or fullscreen so I’ll either watch something in fullscreen or make it half the screen and other half is internets 😀
It’s 1920×1080. But rectangles are hard to subdivide without making things ridiculously small 😛
It’d be easier if I had a second monitor, but at the moment I’m still using my other one (1680×1050, much prefer the 16:10 monitors to 16:9) for running the old PC.
All good man. I think I’ve seen one episode. Maybe.
Booooo
I don’t think you can… :'(
Who knows?
I found a few eps for 1.6gb each :/. Will wait a bit longer for something more reasonable
http://imgur.com/HI63hPy
I think that’s unsafe for my work /o\
Really? A picture of a fully clothed woman showing less then what’s walking in the street usually is unsafe for work?
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
She is a bit sexy, someone could take that the wrong way and BAM!
Some people need to get a grip.
inb4 that’s the problem.
To be fair, those women are NSFW as well… which I guess is why they’re walking the streets 😛
Yeah, they’d get a stern talking to in my workplace.
We actually had an email go out with a powerpoint presentation attached outling exactly what is acceptable workplace attire
@freezespreston
Bahahaha. You work in one of those places. Don’t think I could take it before cracking.
I think I already cracked…
A cutlass is not workplace atire
Ever-so-slightly NSFW.
Also, missed a PERFECT opportunity to post this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdeSh3vLvYI
No idea that existed.
I’ve watched the first 6 or 7 episodes so far. Doing some sneaky Netflixing.
Opinion:
I couldn’t be happier. It’s more of the same. So good.\o/
\o/ could never be more relevant.
STEVE HOLT! \o/
I found some links to… “acquire” it… just watched the first episode.
it’s pretty dang goodI don’t wanna be at work. Home sounds much better!
^^ this,
today is not a good day, wanna be on my couch
I’m on the couch and I really don’t want to be.
Swap ya 😀
quick, @freezspreston break his leg!
*throws crutch*
you could break my leg, just wait until I’ve taken our medical insurance and also that insurance to cover you if you can’t work for a while.
In the meantime, stuck in an office where the heating’s been turned up to 11
Popsugar really wants me to watch Don Jon.
This might be hipster-like of me, but whenever they endorse a movie I feel like I should not see it. 😛
I think there’s a big chance you’ve watched one of the movies they’ve featured 🙂
http://www.popsugar.com.au/tag/The-Place-Beyond-the-Pines
I remember seeing the screencap thinking it looked so out of place for that site. 😀
Reason = Ryan Gosling. I’m sure there would be plenty of disappointed people who were there to see topless Ryan and just got really confused by it all.
Thats not a good sign
It’s not a sign at all, as if they have a clue either way
To be fair theyd promote anything that involves JGL
Or someone famous
Who wouldn’t, though!?
Good morning all :D.
Had a good weekend playing Terraria (seriously played a lot of this). How was everyone’s weekend? What did you play?
P.S. Monday Sux D:
Heart GOOOOOLD!
Whats your teeeeam?
Togetic
Firestarter
Vaporeon
Sandshrew
Skinny plant thingy with a big yellow flower head that I’ll be happy to get rid of the minute I find a better plant type
And a geodud until I find an ice type
Geodud…heh, unintentional joke
FUCK OFF ZUBAT
My Togepi with a psychic move one hit kills them EVERY TIME 😀 😀 😀
I always felt like my Togepi/Togeevolutionintowhatever never quite got strong enough. I kept him level with all my team but he was always the weakest :/
@sughly
I’ve never used one before, got lucky this time I guess.
Hi special power is lowered accuracy for higher attack. He barely misses.
Stats can make a huge difference it seems.
Toggle, Ralph, George, Harry, Cyril. Haven’t settled on #6 yet.
Currently have a major weakness to water, and that’s the starter the rival has.
Toga Pea
Gnarly
Eon
Sandwitche
(can’t remember)
Duder
I haven’t used nicknames for about 15 years now. And it’s fun to be a bit silly with it.
I always do, I needed to trade over a water stone to make my Eevee a Vaporeon so I traded my Zubat for a Zubat from Platinum holding a Water Stone.
The Zubat’s name was Pube Hat. I laughed waaaaaaaaaaaaay too much…
But that’s why I do it, so I can have a giggle later.
I name every Pokemon I catch. I think I didn’t in one game and I was dissapointed, so now I always do.
The more immature the better, that way I laugh at my own stupidity later 😀
Ahaha, ah man, making up names is half the fun of this game
I’m suprised that people don’t bother.
Every time I caught a Wurple I called it BallsOnChin (or whatever fits, remove vowels)
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/76/265Wurmple.png
Castform has some huge balls too 😛
I never name my Pokemon 😛
@greenius
Next game, try it!
Find out the fun and hilarity, dick and fart jokes are the best. 😀 😀
I did it for my Nuzlocke SS run which was fun but I’m pretty sure if I name it, it won’t show the evolution.
I used to sometimes name them when I was little but I recall it doing that where it doesn’t show the name of the Pokemon, just the nickname. For example, if I name a Bulbasaur GREEN then when it reaches level 16 it’ll say GREEN is evolving, rather than Bulbasaur evolved to an Invysaur. Now this was years ago so I’m probably wrong and it might just say GREEN is evolving to an Ivysaur but I like to have the name of the Pokemon there, especially for new ones so I know who’s who 😀
@greenius It says:
“Your Green is evolving into Ivysaur!”
Me too on that weakness. I have a plant but Totodile whoops him every time
My Togapi/Togetic has been carrying the team with a psychic attack and a sleep move.
Toggle and Harry are competing for the same spot but it’s still early days. 2 badges and haven’t cracked L20 yet.
For that matter, Ralph might not stick around long term either.
The cool thing about SS&HG is that random photographer guy that takes pics of you and your team.
If you go through the photos at the end of the game you’ll be pleasently suprised by the changes you made(if your memoy’s as bad as mine)
I went through like 3 or 4 birds in SS and a bunch of shit guys I didn’t even remember using 😀
Played a shitload of Battlefield 3, ‘cos double XP weekend, played P4G until I ragequit from the steamy bath house, and spent 2 hours getting FFXI running properly on my PC.
What made you ragequit? Is that where the insta-kill jerks pop up?
Hrm think it was a combination of me being in a poor mood, along with enemies that are irritating.
Fucking tigers keep wrecking me.
@jimu you getting insta moderated or just editing like crazy for no reason? 😀
Instamod, think I was replying too quick…if that does it.
I don’t edit unles it really makes no sense or came out more offensive than intended.
So I stayed up playing curiosity and waiting for the reveal til 2:30am. 4 hrs sleep but enjoyed it. I was playing at the end and loved the whole concept. Thoughts?
Haven’t been following. Heard about the concept whenever that was and heard about the prize this morning.
Prize sounds good, I’d be happy to win that.
I liked the ending. It was OK considering all the possible things it could have been.
The prize covers physical wealth with the winner receiving proceeds from Godus and also the metaphysical stuff Molyneux likes by making the winner be the God in the game.
I’m curious how involved he will be in the game though. Also hopefully Godus is successful enough for the prize money to be significant.
could have gone horribly wrong if some 3 year old did the final tap. clever concept, but could make their upcoming game completely fall apart depending on how much power and freedom they give this guy.
I think the ending actually fit really well. Considering Molyneux has a huge rep for overpromising this seems like one instance where he didn’t. Overall I’m fairly impressed.
DARK. SOULS. \o/
Only two weapons to go now. Just need one more Sif soul and one more Gwyn soul, and to finish NG+ and I’ll have my 1000G playthrough. Still have to get all four Lordsouls before I can do any of this, though. :\Still doing a low VIT build. Vitality is now my lowest stat, except for Resistance.IIRC, I have 50 STR, 40 END, 36 DEX, 20 FTH, 18 INT, 19 ATT, 13 VIT, 10 RES.
Feels pretty awesome going into boss battles, knowing that two hits can kill me, and coming out victorious!
Crap. I need to get on that or you’ll have it before me.
Just solved your what-game-to-play problem. You’re welcome! 😀
PS: Current aim: minimum of one boss per day, I’ll have it in a week. That’s the deadline.
Playing as we speak.
Okay I have decided instead of driving to the train station I’m going to jog there. It’s about 1.7km, although If I do a quick jog around the block it pushes it up to 3km (so about 6km a day).
Gogo Old Man Nob! You can do it! Something else supportive! Probably another Penis joke here! Yeah!
Wait wait, I can do this…
This road is long and hard, butt if I keep pushing I will succeed.
Long hard butt pushing?
I suppose its a type of exercise o_O
“Try holding with both hands”
Saves on fuel and you get some exercise. 🙂
You’ll probably be cursing TAY when it rains though but let’s not think about that. Okay? Good.
🙂
That’s what raincoats are for. \o/
Actually I will probably just drive to the train station and do the job on the treadmill.
If I get fit from doing this challenge I hold @dc entirely responsible … MONSTER!
Stinky sweaty work nob.
No radio today, Still no voice, sucks the big one.
Anywho, who is playing Farcry 3 on the PS3, I kind of need some co-op partners, only two will do, since nos can play split-screen.
Weird. Myself and @masha2932 were discussing doing this only last night.
MASHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Shh the other A’s are trying to sleep 🙂
Full 4-player Farcry co-op? Sign me up!
4 player co-op.
Let’s do this!!
I just hope my internet behaves. It works perfectly when I’m not playing games but as soon as I want to play some co-op or multiplayer mysterious errors start popping up.
Tonight? what time?
I’m available any time after 6pm. I can only play until 10:45pm though. I have to be at work at 11pm. That’s a good session I think, is that a good time for you?
Just tag me on TAY around then. I’ll do the same after I wake up. I should be sleeping now 🙂
Also I’m off tomorrow so if you’re free then too we can continue the co-op campaign or play other PS3 co-op games.
You in @freezespreston ? If you’re busy there are other ditches we can push you in to extend your home stay you know 😉
Think my Ouya is on the truck for delivery this morning. \o/
Going to the dentist this afternoon. /o\
You gonn make stuff with it? Games/apps whatever?
Nah, just getting it a little early for being a backer. Planning on seeing what people get going on the emulator front, as well as Ouya specific stuff like Minecraft. Apparently Notch is looking to make Minecraft for Ouya. The consensus seems to be if there’s good reaction to the Ouya, it’ll be close to a full blown PC port, if not so good reaction, it’ll probably just get Minecraft PE.
Sideways vote!
Hope the dentist isn’t too traumatic, my friend!
Thanks man!
HOPEFULLY it won’t be. Only going because I haven’t been in a very long time, and a part of my gum looks angry. I don’t have any pain or anything, so HOPEFULLY it’ll just be a tooth clean.
/hoping
EDIT: ‘Thankfully’ is not the same as ‘hopefully’.
EDIT EDIT: I DID IT TWICE. STUPID BRAIN WORK HNGH.
Upvote for the edits. 😛
oh man some parents are cruel, we have a contractor working for us whose name is “Stanko” his last name is even worse (not that the parents had anything to do with that) but I won’t post it cause, well it’s his proper name.
I hate that, I was precessing time sheets a while back and we had some corkers that I couldn’t share 🙁
Some names I’ve come across:
“Richard Cock”
“Mr Nothard”
“Alex”
That last one is almost as funny as naming yourself after a piece of clothing
cc @alexpantsThe Deputy principal at the High school me and @jimu went to had an amusing name, surname was Head first name started with an A so his door had a plaque on it saying “A Head” used to amuse me,
Woman I worked with, surname: Badcock.
Was her ex-husband’s name and she kept it O_o
My grandmother’s GP was Dr. De’ath…
A student at a primary school I worked at was named Strawberry.
It would only be worth it if her last name was “Fields”.
Or Shortcake. Or Mousse. Or Milkshake.
Dark Souls (rightly) gets its own post. Here’s other media that I’ve consumed recently:
1. Cliffy (movie-length thingo last night on ABC)
Anyone watch this? I thought it was quite good, and much better than I thought it would be. The nearest thing Australia will ever get to a Rocky movie, I think.2. Wheel of Time book 11 and 12
These books were actually really quite good. Glad Jordan got out one last good one before he passed. And I’m about 100 pages in #12, and it is simply excellent. I am really enjoying this series again. Books 6-10 should have just been 1, maybe 2 volumes. 😛3. Mad Men season 5 finale
Campbell haters probably gonna hate, but I really enjoyed this episode, and Campbell’s story. Highlight of the ep for me, though plenty of moments for everyone. I don’t think Don is the draw for this show anymore for me; though he is compelling, I like following Campbell. My wife thinks Sterling is the most interesting character (I assumed she meant entertaining, but apparently she thinks interesting as well!) Bit disappointing that Campbell/Sterling rivalry didn’t really reach a head this season, after such a strong start. Also, Peggy’s gone. Intriguement. So far, the show hasn’t backtracked on any big moves like this, so it’ll be interesting to see the Don/Peggy relationship when they’re effectively competing with each other in season 6 (assumed).Mad Men s5 finale:
What’d you think of the Lane stuff in the preceding eps?Yeah I was scanning for Lane stuff XD But its funny, I dont remember Campbell being such a highlight? Except for all the poor attempts to woo the train lady, which ended as all things do with Campbell – poorly. Don is still the Don! As dickish as that man gets, I’ll still always be magnetised to him on that screen. Also wasnt that rather great scene with Don and Joan at the end of s5 too? Love the relationship those two have. Oh! Oh! Wasnt all that stuff with Joan becoming a partner there too? That stuff was great.I suspect Shane just liked the Gilmore Girl connection with Pete’s story arc. Haha!
I agree with Shane about Don, though. He’s extremely compelling, but I find him all kinds of unlikable now and that’s almost by design. Which is cool.
S6 spoilahs
I think its actually more interesting to make Don even more dickish than we expected. Because everyone obviously wants him to find some kind of peace, to settle down and find appreciation in what he has, but thats also too easy. The show would be hitting a brick wall if that happened.I agree with you there, Don’s arc is almost about self-destruction. Really can’t see the character going in any other direction either, like you say…Actually, I think the Gilmore factor negatively affected that storyline. Really liked the glimpse of honesty and insight we got into Campbell in the hospital room, though, and the sheer tragedy that in his very last scene, he’s getting what he no longer wants: an apt in the city.Ahhh Campbell. Yeah… wait til s6
s6 spoilahs – sorry shane 🙁
All I can say about Campbell in s6 is its made me like Trudy a lot more XDIt seemed kind of sudden, but the reasons behind it were pretty sound… and Lane’s been on a kind of weird self-destruct all season (flirting with random wallet lady and keeping her picture, picking a fight with Campbell, etc). The last episode kind of gave some clues that the business itself is tainted (especially with circumstances of Joan’s promotion, and Lane’s suicide, Peggy and Megan (all female copywriters) leaving), at the same time as it starts to make some decent money. Really interested to see if this continues into next season!EDIT:
Also, Don is falling to pieces – literally (rotten tooth episode). Hallucinations of Adam, brought on by Lane’s suicide. Obviously, this was the main narrative point of Lane’s suicide: its effect upon Don. Want to see that play out as well.Start watching season six straight away. There’s not too many eps left of the season, so if you stagger it out you still will be able to watch regularly!
Wheel of Time: Sanderson is a better writer than Jordan was. Tighter, more focused and plot development oriented. Exactly what the series needed.
I’m really enjoying his style so far. Less with the clothes, more with the internal feelings. A real shot in the arm.
That said, Jordan really picked up his game in Book 11. It wasn’t as good as Books 1-5, but it was very good IMO.
You know those mornings where you have the best dream ever, and it seems so real and so cool, and then ShiggyNinty appears in your dream and tells you he needs to pee which suddenly makes you think you need to pee which wakes you up and suddenly that very real-seeming dream is replaced by the cold harsh reality of human life?
So, how are you guys doing?
Hey Alex!
HELLO
So you kind of dreamt about Shiggy’s man bits?
..do you not?
Beaten to it.
…too much info
I had a dream last night that I was playing DayZ with James McAvoy and he was being a dick. I told him he was being a dick and he tried to punch me. Somehow we were actually in the game. I don’t know. It made sense at the time.
TL:DR – James McAvoy must be a dick.
I hate waking up from awesome dreams, but i guess that’s why i immerse myself in Vidya Gaems, harsh reality? try virtual reality 😛
Played the Journey demo last night. Seemed really cool. (A little pretentious, but cool all the same.) Night of the Rabbit is also out this week though and I think money would be better spent on an adventure game for me. 😀
Be glad that the PS3 does not support game gifting, or I would gift the shit out of Journey at you.
I think my grammar fell apart at the end there, but whatevs.
Doesn’t matter. You said it all, man. You said it all.
To tell you the truth, I’m not too keen on buying any more PSN/Xbox Live games anyway. Especially now that the end of the console generation is in sight!
I think pretentious is a bit harsh. Its no more pretentious then, say, Heavy Rain 🙂
OOOooooOOoOoOOOooOOooOoOOOoooOOo.
Burn.
Aw but I totally didnt mean it as a burn :'(
I was actually saying I dont think either is pretentious. If we start calling anything that makes an attempt to be unique pretentious, thats treading dangerous territory.
Pretentious was the wrong word, you’re right.
That’s a pretty pretentious way of looking at things, Sughly.
Haha! I don’t mean pretentious in a bad way though, just in a ‘this-is-pretty-artistic-and-D.C.-labels-everything-artistic-under-slightly-pretentious-category-even-if-he-likes-it-for-convenience”… XD
Really thought it was beautiful and interesting and peaceful and cool, though.
Yeah but, as above
Hey, I’d prefer more games like Heavy Rain and Journey, so ain’t a bad thing my friend! XD You’re right, though. Not being articulate. Pretentious implies that it’s wanky and that’s not the case at all…
Yeah I thought you were kind of implying that. Cool cool!
I’d be playing the full game now if I had it, I think. Soundtrack was freakin’ beautiful too. D:
I wanna play Journey, I just don’t wanna own it.
It seems like it’s a decent game but I see myself playing it once and then never again :-/
I’ve played through it three times, and I kind of want to play through it again.
Yeah, I don’t replay much these days.
If it were on a handheld though…
To be honest I wasn’t the biggest fan of Flower and I would call that game a bit pretentious in the wanky sort of way. Sorry Sughly. 🙁 Went into Journey a little bit sceptical, but it won me over incredibly fast.
Bun Bun bought Flower after loving Journey, and his response was, more or less, “this game is a bit shit.”
Sure is purdy looking though.
I like Flower 🙁
I haven’t played it, so I can’t judge. I think his biggest issue with it was the controls.
I played that at @gutsoup’s for an hour with a friend tag team, seemed good.
Again, another game I’d play but don’t see a point in owning.
I think there’s a boxset with all three of the companies games if you can find it cheap!
But I don’t want to own it…
I’d borrow it from @dkzeitgeist if I thought I’d get it back to him in a reasonable time :-/
I really liked flower. Before I bought the game I used to play the demo a lot.
Those night time levels were pretty.
🙂
I think i just didn’t get Journey, I bought it, played it for about an hour and decided i never wanted to play it ever again, was just bored, didn’t get a feeling of exploration cause well, here’s some sand, there’s some sand and oh look over there….. sand. Occasional puzzle wasn’t enough to keep me going. Also never encountered another player so i guess that doen’t help, and the fact that i had a friend playing at the same time that i couldn’t invite was really annoying. Not saying it was bad, just think i approached it wrong and it’s not my thing i guess.
I miss @strange. More Strange, more of the time!
Where is she? This situation is unacceptable.
I slept in.
SLEPT IN WHAT?
The suspense is killing me.
…socks. 😛
Have people seen this video (For those playing without immediate access, it’s called “Convos With My 2 Year Old”)? It popped up this morning on my Bookface, and I had a laugh at it.
Hahahahaha, that’s fantastic! 😀
Just started feeling weirdly depressed and down all of a sudden. Having my mobility taken from me sucks.
Aw, I’m sorry to hear that man. 🙁
It’ll heal soon enough though. Hope you feel better.
Watch Gattaca if you have it. That’s my go-to movie if I need some cheering up.
Is this one of those dichotomies, like listening to thrash metal to calm down? 😛
Must be an outlet?
That’s what I get from Metal.
I like listening to Devon Townsend when i feel shit, really heavy music often with a positive message.
Like this track, Sunshine & Happiness for All
Maru the cat videos on YouTube. Works every time.
kiss for you!
Wait.. that’s worse…urrr, no kiss for you!
Well, this is a good start to this fitness thing. Going home sick \o/
I mean /o\
At least my stomach is getting a workout. Hey-oh!
@dc’s fitness challenge is killing us one by one. All part of his plan to win
Maybe I should skip basketball tonight :\
Why? It’s not like I paid someone to hit your knee cap with a crow bar…
*shifty eyes*
Did you just tell them you needed Shane kneecapped? makes me kind of glad my name isn’t shane
Damn! That sucks, my friend. Hope you feel better soon.
No you don’t. You’re hoping to be the last man standing. >:(
*flashback of sabotaging bookcase a couple of weeks ago*
😛
3DSXL for $219 at JB, is this a good deal? I can’t wait for New Leaf!
I believe at its lowest its like $200, at sales and such, so that seems pretty good to me! New Leaf buddeeeez
FANTASY LIFE! >:-(
Doesnt mean we cant get New Leaf :/
That makes sense >:-O
It is, wait for Fantasy Life!
Get Donkey Kong!!!
Awww hells J. I want that DKC:R so bad. My little brother/sister managed to break the Wii when they were younger still, and I was always a huge fan of the DKC games.
And knowing that you don’t have to waggle to roll just makes the 3DS port sound so much sweeter.
Oh man, I’ve been harping on about the button roll thing for ages and @sughly doesn’t care that much!\
@sughly look! LOOK!
(although yes, he has a further reason, shut up)
You made me look for that?
@jimu likes to tag people in older posts on previous pages 😀
You had to look?
I just follow the link, takes me straight here….sorry, guy.
Nah Im joshin, Im joshin!
Not really. It’s been $200 at JB before and I’m sure the last time was it was $200 at JB was like a week ago :P. However I don’t think it’s been cheaper than that locally but I’ve seen much better deals from Amazon and other UK sites. I think Zavvi had the Animal Crossing LE 3DS XL for $180 a few months ago which is pretty insane.
Not a bad deal, but not a good one.
Y’almost made me poop blood. But I’m guessing (almost hoping) that you meant £180, which would be a mean $284. And by mean, I mean bloody good since OGS is offering $315 for the same thing. And it’s only $5 more than what I would be paying in total.
Still, considering it’s an LE and a poptart, I think I am jealous and sad.
I might be kicking myself for missing out on $20 by a week though.
Nope. $180 AUD :P. It was about 120 pounds. Sold out now and it’s at 189 pounds.
As for JB
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/103374
It’s frequently $200 though. Try searching Amazon UK, I’m not sure how cheap it’s been there lately but it’s been around $180 for the pre-installed Mario bundles.
On one hand, that’s a lot of blood to poop.
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-3ds-xl-special-edition-includes-animal-crossing-new-leaf-for-119-99-using-1532258
But on the other hand, I don’t think I could possibly have waited until October for the poptart.
Bored/nervous as my wife and I wait to get our twenty week ultrasound. Can’t wait to find out the sex of the baby! Then we can finally settle on a name…
On a side note, recently started my three game, fem-Shep super run of Mass Effect. Loving it.
Regardless of sex the name should be Switchblade Motorcross.
And this is why my wife won’t give me any input 😉
Congrats, @slyph!
Thank you 🙂 It’s a girl, BTW *does an awesome dance*
WOOOOOOOO!
Call it Bruce, regardless of gender. That’s a good, strong name (Good luck, well wishes, those things go here).
Always meant to do a proper FemShep run through of ME, but I think I half finished the first game on 360, and I own number 3 on PC, so I just can’t be bothered…
I tried being Man Sheop once, rubbed me the wrong way. Me and army jerls dont mix :-/
I’m sure the trilogy will be dirt cheap somewhere at some point. It’s so freakin’ good. Revisiting the first makes me realise how consistent the lore has been across the series.
Oooo! I’m waiting for a Trilogy DLC edition…
Borrowed and finished 1 on Xbox, same for 2 but played them years apart so I didn’t import my save. Now I have 3 on PS3 through PS+ and just can’t be bothered… I want my super 3 game run through! >:(
Congrats!
I’m in the middle of ME2 in my 3 game run (not because I wanted to replay but because I lost all my saves befor Me3 dropped)
Yeah, I sold the first one then got a new profile. Second was wiped when my HD conked out. This… is the ultimate run 🙂
Oh, and thanks!
Fingers crossed
Perstephanie’s a great name, male or female!
Perphilipe for a boy
I’ll let you keep that one!
Oh man, speaking of Mad Men s6… ah, s6 most recent ep (last weeks) spoilahs…
How incredibly amazing was drugged up Don giving a pitch speech to the creatives! Oh man, I couldnt breathe. And Stan’s just in awe of it hahaha! Oh man, so good.That scene with Sally and Ida was all kinds of tense too. Mad Men IS the type of show that’d harm Don’s kids, so I was terrified. :SI was super proud of Sally though, she was doing awesomely!Ken’s tap dancing was also pretty amazing. XDHahaha! “Where did you learn that?”
Alright Tay, this is all going to be a bit weird, and possibly D & M or something, so I’m just gonna spoilertag this stuff so that people can skipsies it more easily.
This is going to sound a little weird, but, do you guys actually like me? I don’t mean that in a “I feel unwelcome here” way, or anything, and it’s not related to anything that anyone’s done or anything, just to clarify. But like, I dunno. I’m feeling very introspective. I’ve been part of the community since 2010, so some of you at least know me pretty well. So, what’s good about me, and what is bad? I really need to know, what do you not like about me? I’ve noticed that I’ve become increasingly odd lately (even by my standards), and I’m okay with that, so long as I’m a decent enough person for it not to be an issue. But I don’t know if I am. I’m really not looking for “you’re a great person Blaghs, and we love you” comments, so don’t consider this fishing for it, or anything, please. I just. Yeah. I need to work out if there’s anything I can fix. Sorry, this is probably a bit weird, isn’t it? H-uh.You’re alright by me. I see no need for any change.
I like you, Blaghs. I like the oddness too. You’re a cool guy. I respect you. Can’t think of a thing I don’t like about you, so no help from ol’ DC… I know this is essentially a “You’re a great person Blaghs, and we love you” comment, but that’s all you’re getting. >:|You know, moving to another country and hanging around a new batch of people (voluntarily or otherwise) made me realise this:
When you have a twisted sense of humour, it’s actually hard to find people with the same sense of humour as you. That on top of an apt amount of wit and recognition for you to be able to bounce off each other seems particularly rare, too.
Or maybe since Canadians are slow and polite, it’s hard to find jerks of my calibre.
Anyway, what I’m saying is that I would like to harvest your brain for its nutrients.
You seem fine to me. I’ve never got the impression that you were wierd in any way.
Seem pretty sharp, you like allsorts of different games and you have a good sense of humour.
I just wish you’d reply to me more.
But you know, I wish everyone would…even @greenius
Hey Jimu! You’re awesome too!
Thanks, Mr 😀
hi Jim, we should hang out again soon. You haven’t even seen my new house or dogs 🙁 , and I’ve had your bike for like 2 years
I could prolly rid ethere, rode to redcliff and back on Saturday! 😀
Saw this in the morning but couldn’t be bothered replying on my phone. BUT HELLO JIMU
I just use you as my example becaus eyou reply the most and are therefore the best 🙂
I’m the best even if I didn’t reply ;D
nope
I know the exact feeling man … As far as TS goes I would say that Teamspeak would definitely not be the same without you. I’ve noticed a decrease in the whole “self deprecating” comments which is a good thing. Uhhh, … Yeah. (sorry if this sounds odd, kind of on the spot and I’ve neve been good at the whole “expressing feelings” thing….)I always found that you most can’t the least, and would be do not a bad job, but always a good.By that I mean I have no issues. I mean, you’re no me, but you do alright.Sometimes I miss your hair.
Yes.
Wait, we needed spoilers for this, right?
Yes.Man, we gotta get all serious now?
I like you, Sean. There are people who I genuinely cannot stand, there are people who I find rather unpleasant, there are people I who I like and can talk with and there are (a few) people who I genuinely enjoy spending time with. You would be in the latter category.
I’ve never heard anyone say anything bad about you. Unless you count your singing. (Sorry. You KNEW the seriousness wouldn’t last that long, right!?)
@ynefel, @dc, @bish, @jimu, @sernobulus, @rize, @alexpants, @saturday, @doc_what
Thanks guys. I appreciate it.
Probably doesn’t help that anyone who doesn’t like me would just skip past the comment, but I should probably ignore that.
But now you know who doesn’t like you, right?
Haters gunna…skip?
Weird mental image.
I don’t know, man. I haven’t spent enough time with you to say for sure, but I think you’re a cool guy.
Your biggest issue that I can see, and this actually goes for most of TAY (including myself), is that you don’t seem to have a whole lot of self-confidence. Obviously, that’s not something you can just go down to the Personality Store and stock up on, but it’s something to keep in mind. You’re probably your own harshest critic.
Oh, and you borrow games and don’t return them. Indicative of major character flaws.
Damn it, @blaghman. I thought I’d managed to train myself out of that kind of wondering, but now I’m getting my own particular set of doubts tramping through my mind.
Last time I gave this away, it was because I realised that you’ll never get a constructive answer out of folks.
People who don’t like you are almost never going to say to your face “I don’t like you”, let alone give you a detailed breakdown of your personality flaws. People who do like you have already overlooked your flaws, so they’re no help. And people who want to be liked in return will say whatever is nicest just so they don’t end up alone and friendless.
Better just to not worry about it and take things as they come.
PS: I do like you. Make of that what you will.
Thanks, Shane.
Anytime, man.
Also, a proxy measure you can use is time taken to interact. Time is precious, and I don’t waste it on folks I don’t like. I imagine other people operate similarly. If they spend time with you (including online ala TAY), it’s a good sign overall \o/
You are a cool dude too. I look at you and I think that you’d be a cool guy to hang around. You have flaws but that’s not a bad thing. I feel like you’d be a cool guy to hang around.
I like you. I would even go as far as to say I have a great deal of affection for you. I’m with Gentleman What? in that there are people I cannot stand, who make me mad every time I encounter them, there’s people I don’t like but tolerate, people that I like but wouldn’t actively seek out their company and people who I like and relish any chance to spend time with them. You are in the latter.
You are frustrating in your lack of self-belief though and to that I would say: think of any advice you’d give to DC and then take it for yourself. 😛
Thanks, Strange.
You are awake before midday. You’ve changed, man.
Seriously, though, you are a pretty alright guy.
Thanks, Cracklelacklekins.
You, I like.I sometimes think you should take better care of yourself and have a little more self respect (I know self-deprecating humour is your kung-fu, and that’s cool, but you might start convincing yourself it’s true and that’s no good). Also, it wouldn’t hurt to get a job (unless you’re working at the moment – I’ve been out of TAY lately).
If I’m coming across as a bit of a jerk that’s not my intention. Just throwing it out there.
I think you’re a genuinely likable guy.
Edit:
I often wonder the same thing, I occasionally struggle to understand why anyone would enjoy my company, so I know where you’re coming from. I guess everyone has bouts of doubts now and then.You are one of my most favourite people. It may seem like everyone is my favourite, but there really are a few who I hold in higher regard than most and you are on that list for me.
For you, I’d say the main reason is you have a knack for striking right to the heart of things and you have no pretensions (that I’m aware of 😛 ). And also, that first Sydney Meat…you may not be aware but your presence and conversation at exactly the right time are the reason I didn’t run away.
And yes, I know you weren’t asking like Blaghs, but I felt the need to make you aware that you are someone I look up to. 🙂
Thanks Strange. I appreciate it.
Sometimes people compliment me or say nice/encouraging things about me, but then I think “I don’t seem to succeed at anything of note, I can’t seem to maintain any sort of hobby, I feel perpetually stressed and awkward, I’ve been single for years… Either what they’re saying is a load of bologna or they don’t know me well enough.”I was really happy to converse with you at the Sydney Meat. I was a bit out of my comfort zone, and chatting with you and Bish put me at ease. That, and I developed a bit of a crush on you.
Hopefully DC’s fitness challenge will ease some of the stress and help me feel a bit better about myself.
I was hoping Blaghs would be the only one to see my comment. I should have known I couldn’t escape the all-seeing eye of Strange.
*hugasaurus*P.S. Oh man…I had the hugest crush on you after meeting you. I remember thinking that back when I was single I wouldn’t even have had the courage to talk to you as I would have been way too tongue-tied.P.P.S. Err…now I’m all embarrassed!😉So do I. It’s not even that secret. I could not talk to him if I was single because I wouldn’t be able to make sense.
I agree with @strange. About all of it. Is that weird? Nope, because you and @strange are awesome.
http://i.imgur.com/FCEvaC1.png
http://youtu.be/xrxWnM6sLTw
http://images.wikia.com/playstationallstarsbattleroyale/images/5/5c/1226px-Happy-oh-stop-it-you-l.png
Choose the applicable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI4-kzirdZo
You are strange and weird but I haven’t noticed it becoming any more pronounced recently. You also like disney and musicals so you have to be alright.
So don’t worry about changing for us but a little introspection is healthy. Although a did say a little, too much and you will get melancholy.
If there is something you dislike about yourself or something you would like to change then take action and see what you can do.
For example: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/talk-amongst-yourselves-226/comment-page-1/#comment-1452416
S’all good man! You seem like a pretty cool dude so of course we like you!
PROS: Pretty cool guy
PROSCONS (pro scons): I both love and hate your long hair and self depreciation 😛
CONS: Gave up on Xenoblade
Thanks @effluvium-boy, @tigerion, @greenius
You’re only slightly helping my personal growth, but that puts you ahead of the other guys (and I do appreciate your kind words).
Just don’t tell them that. >.>
You are awesome because you put up with my graphics talk and Naughty Dog hype. Also relevant gif http://i.imgur.com/SGznp.gifMan, I don’t put up with your graphics talk, I love your graphics talk! It’s the kind of nerdy stuff that I love!
But thanks, Notty.
In all seriousness, you’re a pretty cool guy. I would like to think we’re friends, even if we’ve only met once in person. And to this day, I still remember when I was panicking about my honours presentation, and you tweeted this:https://twitter.com/Blaghman/status/263107056712699905
Which made me laugh pretty hard and made me all relaxed and not freak out and do pretty well in my presentation.
I think you’re pretty cool. You’re much better at video games and general nerdiness than me and I’m kind of jealous of that. You’re weird but that’s not a bad thing. It makes you more interesting.
You are very self deprecating and in some ways you remind me a lot of Rocketman with some of your anxieties but you’re not a bad person. I don’t think you need to change anything at the moment. If you were more of a sociopath, then I’d probably tell you.
Thanks, Freya.
I would like to say that since I’ve been away from TS you are one of the people I have missed talking to the most. Whilst you have been self depricating I find that you know what to say to people to help them. I would have to agree with a comment further up the page and say that maybe you should take advice you would give to others for yourself. (I’m guilty of this one myself)But seriously, I like you *gives you hugs*
*gives you Anti-Ginger Strength Bleach*Thanks Chris.
Today’s S.H.I.T.S.T.O.R.M. kind of sponsored by @shane:
Modern Drift by Efterklang
Still haven’t watched last weeks Game of Thrones. D:
Same (or the week before, or the week before etc)
how do i arrested development
help
Don’t they have Netflix in Canada?
Yeah, but apparently I have to sign up for a free trial, and I don’t think I’m mentally mature enough for a commitment like that.
Well, since we don’t get one this week, you can watch it now, and it’s like a whole new week of fun and games for everyone!
Except not for everyone, just you, I guess.
I sthere series finished now?
Cos that’s when I start 🙂
I think there’s two eps left, starting next Sunday.
Nope, they just decided to skip this week, because apparently viewership on the Memorial Day weekend is significantly lower, or something.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Ouya arrived! \o/
Now I want to go home and play with my new toy.
that was a pretty quick kickstarter turn around….
Blah. I have kickstarter envy.
D.C.’s @redartifice style Monday morning question:
Are there any games you forced yourself to get through out of sheer force of will, even though your mind was telling you to stop?
I’d say the LOST game. XD
Final Fantasy 10.
I hated that game with a passion, so much so I had to finish it and be done with it.
40 hours in one week.
That’s how much passionate hate I had for it.
200 HOURS!!
I could never get X. I tried to start it on three separate occasions. The third one was the longest, at about 8 hours in, but just couldn’t do it. But I love almost every single other FF. X didn’t work for me at all.
I hated Tidus with a passion, not in battle, in battle he was fine. I hated his happy character with the teenage sad bits and daddy issues. UGH!
It gets to a point though (an this’d be way too many hours for you to sit throuh) where things turn gloomy and he steps up as more of a hero and less of a whinger.
Still, Yuna is the real hero in my eyes.
By far tough, the most annoying was Wakka. I’ve not loathed someone that much in a while.
I think I was really into the turn-based combat. That was the first fully turn-based game I had played, at first I was dissapointed they’d gotten rid of ATB but by the end I’d really grown to appreciate it.
Best turn based battle system!
I’unno…P4G is preeeeeeeeeeeetty goooood.
I’m liking knock down a lot. Makes me feel spells are more useful.
True but it has it set to AI by default! Boo!
But FFX is better in the sense that it lets you use everyone without any penalties. In P4G I had like 5 people with levels all over the place who I never used…
Oh yeah?
I had a main team in FFX that were waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay above the rest. I remember having to spend time grinding to catch them all up.
Maaan, I don’t think I have ever gound(?) so much.
I see what you mean though.
Dragon Age 2 …
Not really.
My time’s too precious.
I was trying to hammer through the last bit of LA Noire because that game was …tedious.
But my Xbawks died before I did, saving me the trouble.
I’d like to add, LA Noire started off really strong, I thought it jumped from the police beat into detective work way too quick but then it just felt like the same shit over and over again. That coupled with the nosense conversation prompts and lacklustre story.
Oh yeah, shottin’ became a chore, I actually started losing on purpose just so the game would ask if I’d like to skip.
It showed such promise too :-/
That bit at the end, when your in the cnstruction site and you find the film containing a documentry showing how and why the bad guys were evil. Who made that film? And why did the bad guys let them record them saying such damning things?That made the least sense…
So many. And just in current gen, here’s a partial list:
FFXIII
DA:O
Dragon Age 2
TES IV: Oblivion
Star Wars: Force Unleashed 2
FTL
Red Dead Redemption
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Assassin’s Creed 3
Uncharted 3
and
Mafia II (though I don’t regret this one)
FFXIII-2 was the breaking point for me, though. No more games that I’m going to struggle through.
Oh man, there’s some excellent games on that list. :'( I put 80 hours into Dragon Age: Origins and missed it when I finished. Red Dead I’d just mosey about the prairie (mosey used in cowboy context. WOOOOOO!) for ages, play Liar’s Dice in Thieves Landing…
DA:O OUCH!!
BG2 is the greatest RPG I have ever played …
=(
Secret shame is I haven’t played much of BG outside of the Dark Alliance action-RPG ones.
I sthis Baldur’s Gate?
I really want to but PC…I just can’t do it. I started both Fallout and Baldurs Gate 2 and walked away.
I just can’t get into a game on a PC :-/
Yeah, Baldur’s Gate! I used to prefer PC gaming. Mouse and keyboard, etc. Now I don’t mind what I play a game on, as long as it’s a good game. I like sitting on a couch with a controller when I play action adventures too for some reason.
Yeah, I dunno what does it. I remember when I was a kid I’d go round to other kids houses and have fun on PC games.
These days, I guess it’s because I’m stuck in an office in front of a computer all day.
To tell the truth though, sometimes I find it hard to play console games. I choose the handheld cos I can go lay in bed or sit in a different chair. Which again I think is fueled from the office life.
When I was a cleaner all I wanted to do was just sit down and relax after work.
I guess sitting in one place isn’t so relaxing when you just did that all day.
Sorry, but to me, those games were fun for about 20 hours, but there was too much padding, even in just the primary campaign. 😛
I enjoyed the character arcs, random banter between party members and just exploring. I didn’t think the story overstayed its welcome either. Why’d you get DA2 if you don’t mind me asking? 😀
Because I’m a retard. Or was a Bioware fanboy and bought the games together. Reviews for DA2 said improved story, improved characters, improved combat – big issue with reused dungeons, but I couldn’t give two bollocks about that.
Thoughts on the DA2 story?
I din’t make it that far before the xbawks died and I haven’t restarted yet.
Greg Rucka seems to love it!
Meh. I quite honestly lost interest pretty early on. I really like games that marry a deeply personal story to something epic. This one kind of shoehorned optional personal bits in and focussed pretty heavily upon the politics. Might be your thing, but it wasn’t really mine. I didn’t care about any of the characters by endgame, and was just grinding the second half.
Edit: But I guess that it wasn’t that different from DA:O, so if you like that, you’ll probably find this one okay (much less epic, though).
@shane
I think I like adventure stories more than political ones, though I do like a mix.
DA2 seemed to be too political and less adventury.
If it were a book/comic/film I may have enjoyed it more, but the reaptitive dungeons really started to grind on me.
I would have finished it eventually, I took breaks so I’d forget and it seemed fresh. I was enjoying the convos enough.
Oh yeah, they made it so you had to tap the button for every attack. That tired me out quickly. I wanna just let them do their thing while I plan out battle.
And I just strayed totally of topic and started gobbing on about gameplay :-/
@jimu, the game is very much the same throughout. It doesn’t improve, so you might as well skip it.
You didn’t like DA:O or BG2? I assume you aren’t a fan of the whole Sword and Sorcery RPG stuff.
I used to be, man. And I liked the games for a while. But they were too goddamned long, and lost my interest about 2/3 in (making it a grind to endgame). Same with Red Dead for that matter. Never enjoyed Oblivion though.
Pffft, young kids these days.
A game goes over 10 hours and suddenly they have no more attention span.
I’m 90 hours into Dark Souls. That game has totally kept my interest. Hate the games, not the player.
I was more going for the joke that you’re older than me, but I’m the one telling you to get off my lawn.
So this is awkward.
Am I really older than you? Get out of town.
Oh wait… you did.
I’m the opposite, I love a game with a hell of a lot of length.
I have nothing against a long game, if it can support the length. See above re: Dark Souls.
YOU DON’T LIKE FTL!?!?!
I did, but I really wanted to quit before I finished it. Ground out to endgame in the end and put it down.
I wouldn’t classify FTL as a “finishable” game, though.
Maybe that’s just the way my brain attacked that game but I saw it as every time I started a new game that was a new story.
Oh yeah, but to drop it before defeating the ‘final boss’ at least once would have denied me the closure that my investment of time demanded. Didn’t really mean ‘finish’ in the sense of total finality, more just the closure thing.
I’m right there with you on AC:Revelations.
Sucks big time.
I liked Rev better than Brotherhood, weirdly. I thought AC2 was the best though. AC3 is the first game in a long, long time that I’ve just abandoned and never plan to play again.
AC2 is my favourite of the bunch, too.
Never picked up 3 after how much I hated Rev and the amount of heat it was getting on release.
I’ve completed every Assassins creed except ACII, strange huh?
I absolutely loved Oblivion, but once I got started on the Shivering Isles DLC my jest to play simply ended
ouch, DA:O was sweet 🙁
and Red Dead is on of my favourites of this gen, loved the character scenery, everything.
oh well, this coming from a guy that doesn’t like Journey 😛
I think the only ones I really get that with are when I’m cheevo hunting. I’ll often play a game longer than I would normally going for them.
I have a huge pile of shame so generally if I don’t like something I just quit it, always something else to go on with.
I guess the closest I have had recently is with Red Faction where I was stuck on what I think is the final sequence and couldn’t get past. Played that so much before I gave up and wasn’t enjoying it at all
Home Front.
That game blows.
LOST via Domus was raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
It was, what, 3 hours of game?
Haha, I just got home from London. Finished Mass Effect and thought, I wanna play another game as good as this. I chose poorly. Lost game could’ve been so much better and wasn’t even canon. :'(
“Could’ve been so much better” was basically the writers mantra for LOST, though…
I was one of those weird fans who stuck by it to the end, arguing with people that it was still good. (And it was, damn it. :P)
You and me both, brother.
I loved LOST but now the smoke has cleared and I’ve taken off my fan boy goggles, I can see all the wasted potential.
Toward the end it just became a show built on foreshadowing that’s pay offs were more foreshadowing, even in the final season.
Also how Walt had magic powers?! Where was the resolution to that storyline, dammit?
Some amazing episodes, though.
And I loved the time travel seasons.
I loved the general weirdness of it, I think. All the Dharma stations and odd occurrences. One day I might rewatch and take my fanboy goggles off too, but it’s not today my friend. XD
So what was the end?
Was it all a dream or sumsuch?Uh… stuff happened. Haha! I kind of forget the specifics, actually. :S
No.
They were on the Island, it was a tangible place and everything that happened there happened.
The ending everyone talks about was the solution to the new “flash-sideways” that the final season introduced. Which sucked.
The island stuff was consistently great, though. (In my opinion.)
@dkzeitgeist
None of what you said makes any sense…
Alice Madness Returns, pretty game and all just nothing appealing about the gameplay.
That was such a strange game for me. I went from complete adoration for the first couple of hours, to complete apathy. Nothing really even happened, I just stopped caring.
I took a long break from that game, and I think it was one of the best things I could have done. I got halfway through it, got bored, and stopped, then when I picked it up a year later, I smashed through it, and really enjoyed it.
The art direction was all kinds of beautiful. Was tempted to pick it up just based on that.
Same! But games need good GAMEplay too 😀
Bio Infinite is feeling a little that way for me, but I suspect that has more to do with my disliking of pew pew than anything else.
The game does tease you with a rich atmosphere in the beginning, than cruelly slips away throughout the rest of the game.
Thiiiiiis!! I feel so cheated :'(
ha, damn you @dc , i was going to ask as similar question but seems pointless now, I was going to ask if people have a Pile o’ Pride, games that you are proud to have never finished. My example was going to be Dragon Age 2, because it’s terrible compared to number 1.
I was even going to try think of a snappy name Like Gutsoup’s Pile o’ Pride but snappier. you killed my whole bit 😛
:pthe extra colon Pee is to emphasize no hard feelings, you are like a wizard or something
Bioshock Infinite.
I… really can’t think of any. Whenever I get a game that I don’t like and my mind tells me to stop, I just stop and never touch it again 😛 See: Bioshock, Binding of Isaac.
WAIT NO I REMEMBER SOME NOW!
Epic Mickey. It started out pretty cool, but before long the neverending stream of fetch quests really started to grind and I didn’t want to play any more. But the world was so cool, I wanted to keep going so I could see the rest of it. So yeah, pushed myself through to the end.
F-Zero: GP Legend. I started out with the story mode and thought holy crap, this really is terrible. But I pressed on, and once I got past story mode I discovered that there’s actually a good game hidden away behind it.
Yeah I started Epic M. Couldnt do it. Just, nope.
I’m not the only one who gets excited by the NFS Rivals logo, am I? It’s so gloriously old school.
http://s.glbimg.com/po/tt/f/original/2013/05/23/need_for_speed_rivals.jpg
Man, you are young.
http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/amadoj0nes/12889441/34001/34001_original.jpg
#oldmanjimu
😛
When I say old school, I mean like from 10-20 years ago. It kind of reminds me of ‘The Fast and the Furious’ logo or the original NFS logos.
Thems my high school years and it doesn’t seem old at all (even though it obviously is)
i refuse to accept that anything post 1994 is old school. I don’t care if that’s 20 years ago,
grumble mumble mumble I’m not old
* reaches for walking cane to wave at those damn kids on my lawn*
So was James Caan once.
Looks more like a Star Trek logo than anything else :/
(ergh, reply fail – this was for the lamb man)
Did someone say Star Trek?
Reminds me of Gone in Sixty Seconds. Which is only 13 years old.
I was going to watch that last night, but then I didn’t.
True story.
Old school?
BE A PART OF THE FRIENDSHIP VIDEO!
Next week Potaku is a year old!!!
To help celebrate, the Friendship video is a thing. Send your best/favourite Meat pics to doc[at]potaku.com pls! 😀
I don’t think we take photos at Brisbane meats. XD
@freezespreston had some of us from the KAROKE night.
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/images/Meat_g88.html
I just felt so dumb, I’m like why did he link this, it’s all pictures of ….. oh i get it. Deeeeerp
https://twitter.com/danfortheages/status/277306028012498944/photo/1
Edit: email? Pfft, who does that anymore.
Protected? Worst.
Doesn’t matter, because I found out that #BeliebersMissJustinsSmile is trending, which covers my daily self-esteem boost.
Someone somewhere has footage of drunk @sughly karaoke.
We must find that person.
I didn’t think it was that inciminating…I was plastered though.
I dont think we should
Booo
No need. It’s @strange.
But she won’t because I think I’m involved in those as well.
I did indeed have one of you, also one of Lamb singing “Barbie Girl” but the Sughly video was Mr. Hellscream.
I’m gonna join everyone else in ignoring your request for an email, and link to this!
I DON’T UNDERSTAND
Babbius. It was our shrine to Mark from the first Meat I went to. There’s a second part of the joke here, which is that I took that image from Doc’s Facebook page, so I just linked him to his own picture.
Well now I just feel silly for emailing you when everyone else just posted here.
That’s okay, you actually sent pictures taken at a meet-up, so you were already challenging the mainstream.
Will email after I’m done with Potaku for the day.
I’ve got a whole bunch from most of the Brisbane meats. Ill send them along.
Thanks man! Also, if you have any incriminating videos… I hear @Sughly sang karaoke sometime?
@strange has that one.
I do have one of him trying the Ultra Death Sauce though. I’ll let him decide if he wants that one made public or not since he is the only one in it.
Meh
You do? When do you take these pictures! D:
Also, would prefer you didn’t send any photos of me if possible. 🙂
Which means they are pretty much all out since you’re in 90% of them 🙁
I can crop/blur.
Aw, in that case, you can use them. Just don’t link me the finished video. I won’t be watching. XD
Send me a photo of you and I will make sure I use no photos of you!… That seems odd until you really think about it.
There’s a good one of me in the first Melbourne meat pics on Kotaku 🙂
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/07/the-kotaku-community-unites-at-the-melbourne-meat/
Edit: DUAL UZIs! 😀
Remind again later please
I have some good ones from the dreamworld meat but will need to do some zooming and editing
So Blue is the Warmest Colour takes Palme d’Or! Film based off a graphic novel about lesbians. Cool, cool. Controversyyyy. And Coen bros take out the Grand Prix. Cool, cool. Apparently a lot of the films were really good, aka we have a lot of really good films on the horizon. Woo films!
edit: Oh and Asghar Farhadi, director of A Separation, his new film ‘The Past’
got the Jury prize, and the lead actress picked up best actress. HMMMMM!edit2: ehhh didnt win Jury, some Japanese film did. Stupid lying websites >:(
I’m so excited for so many of the films in competition this year, so I’m glad to hear most of them were really good.
Only God Forgives can’t come soon enough though.
I hear some of the crowd booed it for some reason, though it’s been getting some excellent press. Definitely want to see it.
Don’t even care. I’d pay to go and watch Gosling stare at the camera for 2 hours.
Haha! Been really keen to see Blue Valentine lately. Was going to mosey to the video store on the weekend to rent it out. Got scared that I’d have to talk to people though. XD
I haven’t watched it yet, I started it but wasn’t in the right frame of mind. I’ll get there. @sughly says it’s fantastic. Plus, Gosling.
SO fantastic! Has one of the most powerful endings I reckon I’ve ever seen.
every time someone hesitates going to a video store, another one shuts down. 🙁
we had 4 near us, 2 left
People boo all the time at Cannes
They sound like jerks. 😀
Film snobs are the worst. Especially that @sughly guy.
😛
I would boo a lot too if I was at Cannes
Totally walked around where its held and imagined what it would be like during competition :'(
OH DOG!
Apparently Only God Forgives is insanely brutal.
Keeeeeeen.
You going to PAX? If not, it happens to open that very weekend. BRISBANE MEAT!
Sure, leave Freeze out of Gosling related shenanigans again. ಠ_ಠ
Leave D.C. out of interstate adventures again. ಠ_ಠ
😛
No one left you out. You refused to go. World of difference.
You could stay in Brisbane and go to Gosling Fest ’13! 😛
@dc
That’s fine. I’ve already missed Place Beyond the Pines with the only people who would see it with me. Another one wont make a difference.
🙁 I would’ve happily sat through it again on Friday though! 😀
You seen Blue Valentine? We could see it at next movie night!
Its caus we hat you freeze, you shouldve realised that by now
@sughly
http://imgur.com/3oTBb9c
@dc Haha, reaaaaally dont think Blue Valentine is movie meat material XD
@sughly: Oh. Haha! I literally know nothing about it outside the trailer. Just figured it’d be my only chance to see it. 😛
@dc not true! Could borrow it from me, rent it, or… seven seas it…
PAX sounds like absolute hell to me.
The amount of people that will be there is terrifying.
I’m keen to continue Gosling Fest ’13 with y’all!
DOG!
Radical.
Every time I see that trailer I realise how great it looks casting Kirsten Scott Thomas as the (at least perceptively so) intense mother.
So keen for that.
Graphic Novel, ehhh? Same name?
True story, there’s a comic at the local lending library called Two Incestuous Sisters, that I don’t have the balls to borrow.
Yeah but apparently its ‘loosely based’. I tried to find out more about it when I saw it mentioned as being in competition but couldnt find anything on it. Now there’s like a million articles XD
Oh cool. This week in my games class lecture a developer from Insomniac is coming to speak to us, mostly about the challenges in developing for the ps3 and its cell CPU.
…
Well it’s a little late for that talk now, isn’t it? 😛
I have people asking if they can come too now 😛
My friend at school’s using their PS3 devkit for his research assignment, learning how to program for it. So I’ve been hearing a lot about things about the things he’s been doing and how it all works etc. It certainly sounds different alright.
Hi TAY!
I’m back from Japan, which is a pretty cool place.
What’s happening in video games? What’s this, a whole bunch of drama-rama? TVSPORTSBOX? Call of Nintendogs? Super Card Captor Gaben? Alright, I’m out.
Just kidding – Steam has gamified games with a digital collectible card game? How could I say no?
Also, I left my 3DS on the plane when it landed back in Sydney. Absolutely gutted. Still trying to recover it.
Oh man, didn’t @batguy’s DS/plane cautionary tale teach you any thing? 😛
Welcome back, Mawt!
Trying to be like @batguy huh?
Upvoted for travel, not for lost toys.
Were getting Soul Hackers in September and there’s still no date for Bravely!
I’m playing Heart Gold as is @beavwa and @dkzeitgeist
Oh maaan, I missed that last line….suddenly my news seems innapropriate :-/
Sorry to hear that guy 🙁
I really want to replay HG now since I basically visited Johto and Kanto.
XBone
Given the history of TAYbies and 3DS’s on planes, I feel like I should never let mine leave Canberra.
Mine’s been overseas and made it back and interstate and made it back!
FRET NOT!
Mine’s also made it safely to Sydney and back and Melbourne and back. The ones that haven’t made it only did so out of a sense of community. Taking the bad luck so we’re only left with the good. 😛
Which airline? If you left it with a half-competent one you should be able to get it back. I flew with United (not by choice) and they are not half-competent.
Also, depending on your insurance status and digital games collection it may not be all bad.
Actually, losing Japanese streetpasses is probably the worst news of all :'(
Flew with Jetstar.
Digital game collection = ambassador titles.
Picked up about 200 Streetpasses over the 12 days.
– They will at least have a human to speak to (http://www.jetstar.com/au/en/contact-us/#BaggageServices). United had a crappy web form with a “we’ll get back to you if anything turns up” response. Unsurprisingly, they did not.
– Just ambassador titles is probably OK. Do you have your old serial number? If so, just contact Nintendo. If not, WHY DOES NOBODY LISTEN TO ME? EVERYBODY SHOULD RECORD THIS RIGHT FREAKING NOW!! *ahem*. Write them a nice letter explaining what happened and with your original receipt and so on and they have the ability to reactivate the ambassador games on your new console. That’s all they can reinstate without a serial number though 🙁
– Fuck. Here’s hoping it turns up then.
So with Jetstar you speak to a human who fills out a “we’ll get back to you…” etc. I already called them on Saturday as soon as I got home, they gave me “we’ll call you back after 24 hours one way or the other”. No call back yesterday, but when I called today the representative I spoke to said nothing had been found. I’m going to try again this afternoon when I get home from work.
Wow, you must’ve been there in the off season or something.
I racked up over 600 during a 14 day trip (well actually it stretched out to about 16 days in the end, but w/e) back at the start of the year.
I only cleared my street passes once or twice a day.
I now have a mental image of Gaben in a frilly pink dress. 🙁
I just remembered Card Captor Sakura was a thing…
“WINDY!”
How could you forget?
I am not ashamed to admit I own the whole series and if it were re-released on Bluray with subs (it has been remastered & re-released but it was JP-only) I wouldn’t hesitate to buy it again. It has some of the best traditional animation for a TV series out there, since it was produced with a massive budget right before animation started going to digital processes.
I only ever saw it on occasion at a mate’s on Foxtel.
Only seen random episodes.
Yeah I like it. I like Sailor Moon too. Don’t give a toss if they’re for little girls.
Sailor Moon peaked with S though. After that it all goes to shit and Chibi-usa ruins everything. 🙁
I never got that far.
Only ever saw what Channel 7 showed 🙁
It’s a significantly better experience if you watch it in Japanese instead of the localized one. So much stuff changed or cut. Though they did marginally make up for it by adding a Stan Bush tune to it.
Though on the other hand, the original version is a heck of a lot creepier, particularly since no one seems to think there’s anything remotely suspicious about a university-aged guy hanging out all the time with a bunch of middle school girls.
But yeah, S is the best season because it has something approaching an actual plot.
Isn’t that accepted in Japan? Or at least back when it was written?
You know, you don’t fuck the underage girl (or at least you don’t tell anyoene you are) but you romance her til she’s of age.
Westerners used to do that shit too back in the day.
I’m not really sure of the culture regarding this in Japan, but bits and pieces in anime etc have given me this impression.
I “liked” the relationship between Belldandy and that antagonist in the AMG movie, he was waaaaay old, it shows him as an adult telling her there gonna GET IT OOON when she gets some grass on the pitch.
Anyway, Tuxedo Mask was soooo dreamy I forgive him :p
(Tenchi and his multiple wives, the appearance of the family at the end of the series all but confirmed it! (JELLY! Ryoko!!!)
@negativezero
What the fuck. How does everyone lose their 3DSes on planes? Mine made it all over Europe and back!
Emoticon fight with my fiancee. So far the use of Zoidberg means I’m winning.
C:€
Resonance of Fate
That pre title scene is eye rollingly bad.
DARK. SOULS. >:(
Not in the mood. Made a run through Sens and got killed by an invader spamming almost a hundred divine blessings. Got cranky and turned it off.
Offline. Mode. >:(
Oh man, even I’m starting to hate this trendof people having “DARK. SOULS” as an answer to everything, which is saying something considering how much I love the game. I can’t even imagine how offputting it must be to someone who is yet to start or still in the stages before they’ve had their “moment” where they’re hooked.
I’m sorry! I mostly only do it to Freeze and DC.
But can stop.I will try to try to stop.
Kind of a thousand times this XD
I usually just skim by it though, which is just doing the exact opposite of what I imagine its trying to do, which is convince people like me its good to play.
That was exactly my worry.
I’m sorry! 🙁
You’re loved!
😀
Oh man, that really doesn’t work. I’m gonna stop that
Edit: …too. Stop that too.
Haha, its ok mang I really dont mind! Just saying I pay zero attention to it 😀
Thank you strange 🙂
But it’s okay because dress-ups.
If you get anywhere with it, share!
I wanna hear opinions!
It looks terrible. So many blurry jags.
I loved it. One of my favourite games ever.
The combat is a pretty cool guy!
The story is strange and convoluted and I didn’t understand it.
The world map unlocking was interesting an unique and I enjoyed it except for the part where you had to grind for pieces, but I guess that was just me trying to optimise battle bonuses.
New! Interesting! Confusing!
i thought the story had a lot of promise, but was paced HORRIBLY.
loved the gameplay and setting though
🙁
Drive-by Tay responses!
Hola Tayberinos and Tayberitas! I am in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Tomorrow I get on a plane back to Australia :'(
Put up a couple of entries on my blog, have a shameless plug: http://redartifice.wordpress.com/2013/05/26/westerns-and-white-places-uyuni-the-uyuni-salt-flat-and-the-mountains/
Today I went to the National History museum, where I saw some relics of Bernardo O’Higgins, one of the founding fathers of Chile. Dude was like five feet tall.
@DC play journey. Really, It’s awesome, and it’s not really pretentious.Certainly not obnoxiously so (cough molyneux cough)
@jimu I’ve seen a Shit-ton of Red Dwarf, and i’d pick Arrested Development every time.
Anyway, hope you’re all well, will pop back on probably on Wednesday.
To see the responses to my Monday Morning question! If you had to pick one cuisine to eat for the rest your life, what would it be? I’d probably pick Indian.
Upvote for calling Moly pretentious. I know its old commentary, but fuck I just cant listen to that guy any more.
edit: Oh man, INDIAN! So true. This or Thai curry, preferably Massaman.
Yeah, I’m more excited about what Lionhead will do now that he’s not with them.
Upvote for massaman curry!
Oh my gawwwd, how GOOD is this stuff!? SO GOOD! I am making it tonight for myself, its the only thing I can cook reasonably good and I’m ok with that.
It’s so good it’s one of the only things I’ve ever cooked for another person. The other being a nice big pot of bolognese, and both were on the same holiday away with friends 😛 Man, that was over four years ago now…
Though it’s not quite as good when mum forgets to put in the fish sauce. Or the sugar. Or both.
Oooo I dont know about fish sauce D:
Haha, how do you do yours? Ours comes from a jar of the curry paste and following the recipe thing on the side. Calls for coconut milk, fish sauce and sugar to be added to it (as well as the meat and veggies, of course).
Yeah same, I have my little jar with directions XD I add coconut milk too, but apart from veges thats it. Onions, taters, chicken, and peanuts. Yum yum! making right now as a matter of fact :3
I regret using the word pretentious. It’s the only word that came to mind, but it’s not really what I meant at all. I need to work on my vocabulary. 😛
Hey Red! Hope your trip is treating you well!
I freakin’ love Mexican food. Most Italian food is good too. I dunno. D:
Thesaurus!
Mexican. Without a doubt. Couldn’t live in a world without Chilli Rellenos.
ITALIAN. No question.
Oh man, I would kill for a creamy sundried tomato pasta dish right now. KILL. (But apparently, not walk down the block and buy one)
Upvote for Arrested Development. Easily my favourite comedy of all time.
I’d probably pick Australian cuisine
Practically speaking any other cuisine with a silly slang name for it.
Australian. We’ve taken a tonne of cultures and adopted them as our own. The end result is that I’d have a tonne of variation and options.
Yes it’s cheating, but I’m sticking to it 😀
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ylPxJVHXsBo/TfvSVWNlFdI/AAAAAAAAAsc/z9VLrki37hg/s1600/ShamelessPlug.jpg
I’m actually more of a Black Adder fan…
SEE JIMU!
AD IS GOOOOOOOOD!
(not to say RD is bad, but I’m sure AD is gooder)
I may enjoy it, no way I’ll think it’s better.
You ever watch Black Adder? Cos if not…
Italian. But it’s not much of a pick, since it makes up so much of what I eat as it is 😛
After today I no longer will post Last Played Song/Movie List/RedArtifices question when he’s not here. Sometimes I’m not self-aware and don’t realize that I’m probably stealing peoples thunder by doing that kind of stuff. Also people like to suggest their favourite movies themselves, just cause I have a list doesn’t mean I should post it every time. I apologize for being insensitive. It’s never intended and just a by-product of being an idiot. Your pal, D.C.
Wut?
Not to be insensitive myself, but literally nothing you’ve described here is actually happening.
Racist, stubborn, leaves friends out of Gosling viewings AND insensitive.
The worst.
You do realize those are generic topics? you might as well stop breathing because I’m breathing as well and it’s stealing my thunder.
Can’t apologise for something you’re not doing, dude.
I feel like I am. I feel like a jerk most days I post here lately.
Anyways, last #EmoDC post of the week.
No one agrees 🙂
Unless he’s apologizing for future crimes
That’s some minority report canadian-grade apologizing there, DC*
*seriously man you’re not harming anybody.
Dear DC. You are allowed to ask interesting questions. I don’t think Red has a patent on that. 😀
Also, I don’t mind posting last song played twice (or more) a day. It changes every three minutes, so it’s unlikely to be the same answer. Twice as many chances for dumb jokes \o/
Also, you are loved.
I think you’re seeing a problem where there is none. Your posts come from a good place, I’m sure everybody knows that.
Dude, you have my full, express, and unneeded permission to post questions on a monday morning, with or without attribution. It’s only by sheer happenstance I was even online to post one today. I’m sure @spaghett feels the same way.
I fucking hate it red, I miss TAY so bad!
Borderlands 2 is currently eating my afterwork hours 😀
You better keep doing it or I’ll shake my fist!
Think I should also add that your feelings are valid, and I can see where you’re coming from with regards to thinking that you’re treading on others’ toes. And it’s good to touch base and make sure that everyone is cool (protip: the answer is usually yes) with your posts, if you are worried.
Enough being understanding. I can’t hold it in any more.
Are you mad at me for posting those “Getting To Know You” questions last Friday? You gotta tell me!
For revealing my dark secret of not eating cereal? 😛
…
Yes.
I’ll … be back in a few days. Maybe.
I know @dc ‘s middle name!
Also what? You don’t eat cereal D.C.? :O
@sughly @dc
Just read the synopsis of Blue Valentine.
It sounds depressing.
Haha, I didn’t know that it wasn’t meet appropriate. Disregard!
Oh, I didn’t mean in any meat context, just the movie sounds depressing in general.
Totes is. Not going to deny it. But its not as black and white as all that, its contrasted with some extremely heartwarming stuff.
If my love of Eternal sunshine isnt proof enough, I have a big love for films with realistic portrayals of relationships in them, even more so if they nail the good as well as the bad.
GAH!
Old-tay fail re-post:
So i have $15 to spend at ozgameshop, along with a $10 off player points thing.
I was thinking of picking up MW3 just as something silly and quick to play despite being insanely horrible at FPS’s.
That is, unless anyone can suggest something much better to spend my money points on? Games and reasons, can be PC, 360 or PS3 – GO!
Oh – also: Birthday stuffs!
Had a really good weekend, despite ending up on non-talking terms with my sister again. Hooray! God she can be such a brat.
Anyway – From Bee:
Mortal Kombat Komplete!!!
Crossed Issue 2 + 3
A cube of 36 see-through orange dice!
Zombie Survival The Booard game!
bee’s folks:
Money towards a bike!
My family:
Pre-paid visa towards a 40k battlefield mat
Good times!
HI @DC!!!!
Loops, always a pleasure!
If you want a CoD I’d go Blops 1 or 2 over MW3. MW3 just didn’t feel right. That said the local horde mode in MW3 with a friend is insanely fun.
Blops 1 is JUST over what i have left over on my pre-paid visa thingie. Crushed.
I’d go Battlefield 3, but then i have to get the expansion stuff, so stuff that.
What system?
I already have BF3 on 360, but i don’t pay for live anymore (silly MS)
So yeah, if i get another FPS, i’d go for PC.
That being said, i’ve already got planetscape, which is basically BF3, but free. And bigger.
Ah. Never mind then.
Never tried that mode in MW3, but everything I did play was underwhelming. BlopsII was OK.
MW3 definitely isn’t a bad choice despite theirs a lot of COD haters the game does have a lot of high production values and a good sense of immersion..
Get a hand held game…you don’t own enough!
Yeah but there is so few i want that i can get at that price point.
Ah, I see…
Monday afternoon Potaku spam. Short story is; I borrowed games last week, I panic about whether or not I can do that next-gen. It might be a bit silly, really…
Can’t link to them because moderation but we did get the last of our Minecraft Cup thing uploaded last week as well and I hope people enjoyed that because we’d like to do it again and with more people at some point soon.
Non-Potaku talk – I’ve been reading some H.P. Lovecraft over the weekend. Still too early to say if I’m really enjoying it or not, but I suppose the fact that I’m still reading has to mean something, right?
I love Lovecraft, it was a really bizarre experience for me when in Year 12, my Writers Workshop Teacher didn’t know who he was when I cited him as an influence on one of my pieces of work. It is kind of funny though how a whole lot of the horror is simply “I don’t understand this, so I am scared.”
Would you go so far as to say you love Lovecraft’s craft?
I did read one this morning that I didn’t understand, and my thoughts were essentially what you just said.
Have you read The Colour Out Of Space, whichever the Innsmouth one is, and At The Mountains of Madness? They’re all pretty good. The Colour Out Of Space is one of my favourites.
Simple fix: Don’t buy an XBone! :p
But what if the PS4 does it too?! WHAT THEN?!
Wii U?
I thought Sony announced this already?
Am I mistaken?
I thought Sony announced that second-hand PS4 games would work after the XBone announcement?
Also, MS were quoted saying the FEE for playing your mate’s game is the full price
Clearly I need to do more research on these things…
Well then, that full price thing just makes things seem worse.
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/21/report-xbox-one-requires-a-fee-to-use-your-discs-under-a-different-account/
First quote there, can’t remember where I thought I saw the PS4 Sony rebuttal, prolly Twitters :-/
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/report-retailers-can-charge-whatever-for-used-xbox-one-games/
@jimu
Heh, missed this, just threw a few links down below 🙂
Not sure it can be all that trusted though as multiple sources within Microsoft are quoting completely different things. It really seems like Microsoft revealed too early as they don’t really seem to have anything really figured out yet.
I’ve not seen any quotes the other way, but yeah, sounds like the usual cock-up
I think they were just hoping everyone was going to be ZOMG NEW XBAWKS! *dazzled* and wouldn’t think to make any queries as to their business model.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/05/22/microsoft-answers-xbox-one-questions-used-games-always-on-and-more/
This lot seem to presume PS4 will be the same as XBone in regards to pre-owned.
@alexpants
Here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-21-sony-tells-eurogamer-playstation-4-will-not-block-used-games
@alexpants
And here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-21-sony-tells-eurogamer-playstation-4-will-not-block-used-games
So, as it stands atm, SONY will not be blocking used games at all 😀
@alexpants
Just don’t believe anything that Polygon posts. The bulk of the site’s initial funding came from Microsoft and they seem to have been a bit of a PR mouthpiece for them around the Xbone stuff…
Oh rilllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Let me know when the next one is, I’d be keen to join 😀
Make sure @rize is there too so I can BEAT HIM
DAMN IT GREENIUS GET OUT OF MY LANE.
Munchkin.
P1(LVL9) Kick in the door -> Maul Rat (LVL1)
P3(LVL9) -> Curse! Malign Mirror on P1(only level counts for player, no bonuses help)
P2(LVL9) -> Cotion of Ponfusion on Maul Rat(+3)
P2(LVL9) -> Potion of Halitosis on Maul Rat(+2)
P2(LVL9) -> Potion of Idiotic Bravery(iirc?) on Maul Rat(+2)
P3(LVL9) -> Backstab P1(-2)
P2(LVL9+11+elf) -> Help P1 for dual win
P4(LVL9) -> Plutonium Dragon(LVL20) + Wandering Monster
P1(LVL9) -> Pollymorph on Plutonium Dragon(LVL20)
P4(LVL9) -> Wand of Dowsing -> gets Plutonium Dragon(LVL20) from discards
P4(LVL9) -> Plutonium Dragon(LVL20) + Wandering Monster (they had a second WM in hand)
P2+P1 fail run away roll, die.
Well, that escalated quickly. (does this sequence seem legit to other munchkin players?)
MUNCHKIN IS THE GREAT! 😀
That sounds about right.
I guess the main thing I’m querying is whether the Plutonium Dragon immediately goes to the discard pile after being Pollymorphed, or if it only goes there once all monster encounters are resolved.
I don’t actually recall what the card says, but if it has something along the lines of “Discard monster X” then it will immediately be discarded.
Here’s the card.
Hmmmm, I would need to take a look at the rules but I would think, no, that shouldn’t work.
Doesn’t the rulebook state whenever there is a disagreement on the rules it is decided by the owner of the game?
I think the rules being vague and open to interpretation is half the design of the game.
Dear metal fans:
http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2454
You’re welcome.
Did not load – 0/10 internet explorers
@sughly
Oldish news, but Bastille’s album Bad Blood is pretty frickin rad. Just FYI.
Ah yah? I do not know this Bastille…
edit: Mmm not sure. Just listening to the title track… I was really digging it at first, but not liking the chorus. Feels a little pop rocky in parts, which I’m not a big fan of.
No? Okay!
The album showed up on Rdio, so I clicked it. Impressed.
Haha, whoa freaky grandma! Nah, there’s bits I really like in there, but generally a little too pop rocky.
I think that song might have been their big hit, so it’s probably expected that it’s a bit more radio friendly. Maybe try this?
Sounds a bit Florence and the Machineish heh. Nah, the guy is still way too pop rocky for my liking. Ironically I’m a huge FloMo fan, but I think it can take as little as someones voice turning me off a band.
First Arrested Development and now this! I don’t even know you anymore Sughly!
Edit: But really, I’m not that surprised, I still haven’t quite understood your music taste yet. Arrested Development I’m genuinely surprised by. The show is practically made for you.
Ha ha!
He’s a hard @sughly to please.
Makes me like him more 😀
@jimu Yaaay I’m liked by someone 😀
Ok, one more spam post then I’ll stop: just put this post up about the Atacama desert: http://redartifice.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/the-desert-and-the-sky-san-pedro-de-atacama/
I’ve been following along on your adventures via Instagram and it all looks so spectacular.
Unless it’s just the Instagram filters making it look spectacular. 😛
The phone pics pale next to the ones on my camera- i’m gonna get a select few canvas-printed
Haha, I was going to ask if all your photos were instagrammed. You might’ve regretted that in a few years. 😛
Nah, the Instagram was for sharing on social media purposes only
Reading Oglaf (a very NSFW comic that is AWESOME and HILARIOUS) when all of a sudden i read a subtitle at the top.
“Celebrating those happy moments when the penis is an internal organ”
*not bad Obama face*
But i wouldn’t call being THAT cold a happy moment… More like something you learn to live with in Melbourne.
Heh, being cold certainly isn’t how I take that line.
Nor is it mine impression.
I kinda thought of that as i was typing to deflect from the raw sexual awesome on the line. 😛
This is a community service announcement.
RECORD THE SERIAL NUMBER OF YOUR 3DS RIGHT NOW. IT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE MUCH EASIER IN THE INEVITABLE EVENT OF CONSOLE LOSS.
That is all.
I tried to do this, but I don’t have a 3DS.
#OutOfTheCommunity
Thanks, dawg 😀
Makes sense, put down the Serial# on the manuals & inserts before you stash the box away.
Motivation….
What is it and how do I get some?
Give me $500, then wait.
That’s a rip off.
I’ll do it for $499 and a hundred cents.
“Fake it till you make it” is the only recipe I’m aware of.
Or “Fake it until it becomes routine and motivation is removed from the equation entirely” works also.
https://www.fitocracy.com/group/14940/
I’m more after the chores/work motivation not the fitness motivation.
https://www.choresandworkocracy.com/group/14940/
Answer still might be the same. Exercise, dopamine, adrenaline, othertechnicalwordsidon’tunderstand
Go see harry behind the bookies on fourth street, he usually has some that fell off a truck for a very reasonable price.
BOARD GAMES!
(more like Rad Games, amirite?)
We’re trying to make this a fairly regular thing going on now. So there shall be more gaming with boards on Saturday at 2pm. Masha mentioned on Twitter that there’s some Doctor Who light show thingy in town that night, so we can watch Doctor Who, play board games and then the NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS can go do the Doctor Who stuff while anyone else can stay back and roll some d6s.
As always, this is an open invitation and the more the merrier. If we have too many people for one board game, it just means that we’ll split into groups and play multiple games.
That or we just spend hours playing Resistance and accuse everyone of being spies all night. Trust me, definitely not the worst option.
I’m in. 🙂
I wonder if selling your Xbone games online will constitute giving your license to MS who will sell it for $80 and give you $10 towards a new game from them?
I’m assuming yes. Maybe a touch more than $10, but I don’t think it will be a particularly equitable system.
I originally wrote $15 but honestly don’t think that sounds like it would be right.
Yep, M$ are stealing the EB market *vomits*
Also, they can take your access for $10 then erase the number to make pre-owned numbers look better and drive new sales *projectile vomits*
My suspicion is that the used game fees they’ve been sort of suggesting are something that EB Games et al have to pay to disassociate traded-in games from your account – as an individual you might find you don’t have to pay or the fee may be nominal to remove a given version of the game off your account. But we’ll see.
I don’t really understand how a game can be second hand…
It’s the same game, it doesn’t age (if anything it improves over time with bug fixes and patches) so why is it second hand? It might get cheaper over time as other things get released but that’s not really second hand.
Gaming is consumable entertainment. Like going to the movies. You can’t (unfortunately) get a refund if the movie sucked and you can’t sell your ticket to a mate afterwords for a different screening.
Even with a physical copy. The only thing that’s different is that someone has opened the box and maybe scratched the disc. Since everything will have online accounts and hard drive installation now (like steam), how is anything a second hand game.
You could maybe sell the time and effort you invested in a game, like a maxed out account or character, or an almost completed saved game (don’t know why someone would by that but still).
If you want a physical copy to sit on your shelf. Go for it. Personally I’ll buy a steam code via email from ozgameshop. Play the game, get X hours of entertainment for $X and be done with it.
There are cheaper forms of entertainment and there are more expensive ones but for the most part, it’s a digital product.
Just ate four Bounty chocolate bars. It’s all right, though. I ran this morning… 😛
Oh D.C.. *Shakes head while laughing*
Toilet habits aside, how goes the fitness?
😐
“Can I film you eating things?” Is one of the weirder things I’ve been asked lately.
Crazy art students. I think I do a good job of showing substance abuse through werthers originals though.
*Grabs Werthers Originals*
*Grabs Pestle and Mortar*
“Umm.. I’m not sure if you should be here for this.”
In first year of uni we filmed a documentary about the perception of nerds… or something. Anyway, we convinced some guy to eat coffee straight from the can to make him look creepy. He happily obliged. Crazy art students appreciate you eating things for their amusement. XD
Funny that, we were going to use nerds but neither of us had any left 😛
I’ve been swarmed by a flock of seagulls while holding chips for crazy art students as well! They haven’t let me forget my screaming of “they’re gonna shit on me!!!”
Afternoon, all.
My sound card has shipped! \o/
Repost from last page:
BOARD GAMES!
(more like Rad Games, amirite?)
We’re trying to make this a fairly regular thing going on now. So there shall be more gaming with boards on Saturday at 2pm. Masha mentioned on Twitter that there’s some Doctor Who light show thingy in town that night, so we can watch Doctor Who, play board games and then the NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERDS can go do the Doctor Who stuff while anyone else can stay back and roll some d6s.
As always, this is an open invitation and the more the merrier. If we have too many people for one board game, it just means that we’ll split into groups and play multiple games.
That or we just spend hours playing Resistance and accuse everyone of being spies all night. Trust me, definitely not the worst option.
aww man, you had me all excite for borad games and Doctor Who … then I saw it was in sydney.
WHY MUST NOTHING INTERESTING EVER HAPPEN IN MELBOURNE!!!! *goes and mopes in the corner*
@tigerion – you wanna yell at him, or should I? 😛
Host one of these things yourself.
but I’m lazy and have no board games
Tigs has plenty, and NegZero has a LOT to bring over as well. Maybe @tigerion should host another board game meat soon 🙂
Mrs Tigs is a bit sick at the moment but once she is over that for sure
Go buy some board games then.
Hosting a board game night is the lazy option, you don’t have to leave the house. Hell, you don’t have to put on pants, depending on your guests.
shhhhhhh they don’t need to know that
I invite you over to play board games but you never come because you hat me
I hat no one. I have a terrible memory and I’ve just clawed my way out of housemate induced debt this past fortnight … it wouldn’t be that bad if I hadn’t been able to afford clothes or food that didn’t come in cans or only needed two minutes and hot water to be ready.
I solemnly swear that I will turn up to the next games night and have a fun time or you can make me do something embarrassing
I feel sooooo guilty about that game.
Arrested Development thoughts:
“WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE US MAKE LOVE?!” “no.”6 episodes in and I’m already so incredibly satisfied. It’s everything I had hoped for.Only just watched the third one. I’m guessing there are continued references to charlie brown and airline magazines in the next few?Yes. There’s an insane amount of ongoing jokes. My favourite so far is the watermark on the old footage.hahaha, yes, the ‘showstealer pro’ or something along those lines. Aside from that and the charlie brown/airline references I haven’t picked up on any other ongoing jokes, though. Ok, no, there’s the loose seal one. 😛Yes! Showstealer Pro Trial Version. You will. As well as old favourites.YES! YES! YES!!!
FUCKING YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!
AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
ARE YOU AS EXCITED AS I AM ABOUT ALL THIS?!
As soon as the first episode started I had the biggest grin. I’m dying to go home and keep watching.
Just read up on this fitness thing you guys are doing. Intriguing…
Good time to get a chest infection.
Hope you feel better, the challenge itself goes five weeks so there’s plenty of time to join in.
Might join up then.
Curse you DC, I’ve decide that for your 5 week challenge I’m going to try this http://www.hundredpushups.com
When I am totally ripped and getting constantly hassled by women I’ll be blaming you
I take none of the blame if your arms snap off.
The women can’t be that strong.
Although if I flirt with any of them the missus might be 😉
Same!
Currently collecting phone books for public displays of strength.
I think Dan’s the one to beat in this challenge.
I dunno if you’ve heard, but I exercise so much I lose all bladder control.
Saaaaame. Though mine is clearing today. Time for excuses… drifiting away… 🙁
When I was running this morning I was thinking of excuses to stop. XD
I’m sure that @dc will help get you one of those if you do try and challenge him…
@dc claims another victim /o\
I think I have posted more words in the Xbone gun trigger article than I have posted on the rest of kotaku all month.
Not sure why I do this to myself
Link?
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/the-xbox-one-has-gun-triggers/
The one DC posted.
Think part of the issue is there is a decent article in the link but all the comments are on the Kotaku ‘article’
The main article is a bit chicken little but manages to sum up a lot of what I feel about the next round of technological advances in games and what they should or could be doing
Ha ha! TL:DR
That is not the place to have the discussion that you seek, apparently.
Interesting thought exercise you’re attempting to embark on about the “what if”s, but the majority of responses are “nuh-uh” or “it isn’t like that now”…
But you don’t understand, PEOPLE ARE WRONG ON THE INTERNET
I upvoted all the posts of yours I agreed with. Especially the first one.
BDKIAF Tracked a Workout for 542 pts
D.C. Tracked a Workout for 158 pts
:'(
Upload display picture. Timeout on 2KB file.
You’re further ahead than me.
Internet Explorer did that for me, started using Chrome and it worked instantly. :S
But flip that around and you get 851 points while BDKIAF gets 245
not bad, huh?
Blaghs Tracked a Workout for 106 pts
:'(‘ ‘ ‘ ‘
BDKIAF is going to feel those 542 points a whole lot worse than you’re going to feel your 158 tomorrow morning I can assure you.
I’m getting 26 points a day from walking \o/
#DoingItRight
#DCI’mNotAThreatPleaseDon’tHurtMe
This looks amazing.
It’s kinda like, c’mon Afflecks, we get it, you’re all talented.
http://www.slashfilm.com/aint-them-bodies-saints-trailer-no-regrets-no-future/
We do? Hyuk hyuk…
Oh wait shit its the good one. Casey and Rooney Mara oh god I already love this film…
Stopped when that music picked up, I’ve seen enough. I want this film quite badly.
#KlassicKrams
Well shit.
I’m going to have to start a list of new movies to watch soon. This is a fantastic year.
Week 4 of TAY…
I feel like I should ban myself from coming here. SO MUCH TIME I COULD USE TO… well, to find some other way of not doing what I’m supposed to be doing. But, you know, there’s a small chance I might end up actually doing it instead! Infinitesimally small, but there nonetheless!
Join the fitness challenge. The positive impact of that will counter balance any impact on your mental state excessive tay may induce
Also, join our community outreach program. (Where you hang out with D.C.!)
Do we get a secret decoder ring?
#Pax North #It’s a thing
Sign me up 😛
Unless it’s a negative impact and it turns out that what I do doesn’t actually do as much as I thought it did D:
I can already pretty much map out what it’ll be actually. Two sessions of walking 2km in 20min, one in the morning and one in the afternoon on Thursdays and Fridays, and four hours of bouldering on Wednesday nights.
That feeling fades. I’ve been hanging around just on 4 years now. So much time wasted. No regrets.
Yeah… I’m kind of OCD with things like this though. Like, when I’m on a forum, I’ll only log in when I know I have enough time to read through all the new posts since my last visit, then log out at the end of it so I’ll be able to catch all the new ones after that point. You know, gotta be sure not to miss anything in case it’s important and/or interesting :/
Half the reason I won’t let myself anywhere near the likes of facebook (though the other half has plenty of other good reasons in it).
Wait a minute, was that a pun?
Banning yourself from TAY would be like a junkie choosing to go cold turkey moments after he’s had his hit…
I feel slightly responsible for your continued presence but I have no guilt about it. 😛
Slightly? SLIGHTLY??
I keep thinking this is about me as I scroll by
Even I thought it was about you as I typed it.
SUGHLY!
Too bad we don’t have Netflix here. I’d get through my list so damn quick. 😀
Dude, do what we’re all doing and get it through unblock-us.com
Seriously, I am blown away with how amazing it is and plan on keeping up a subscription.
Why the hell would anyone pirate if they have this as an option?
I’m talking more movies than Arrested Development. Sounds ten times more useful than a Foxtel connection.
So am I, maaaaaaaan.
I’ve got a whole mess of doco’s and unreleased in Australia movies queued.
If its streaming though… what res are the films at? Genuinely interested if you can get 1080p quality
Arrested Development looks amazing on my 42inch.
If it’s not 1080p, I’d be shocked.
The torrents available include a 1080p webrip, so I’d be pretty comfortable betting that it is 1080p.
Does it have to kind of download so much of it before it begins then? How the heck does it stream that?
A half decent ADSL2+ connection can stream 1080p without buffering. I’ve done it plenty of times with Starcraft and Dota 2 streams.
It downloads for like, a second, maybe?
I’d say it’s 1080p but at around 7-8mbps or so, maybe h264 which can come down pretty quick.
To be honest, I’d be happy watching in standard definition if it meant I had access to all those movies.
@dc nope nope! Dont say that! Dont SAY that *grips desperately at his feet, sobbing*
@sughly: It’s what I’m currently getting on Foxtel anyways. 😛
OooOOoo! This is pretty interesting! Surely theres a way to setup yourself to bypass the US only thing without paying $5 a month to these guys no? I am pretty lazy though…
Hola Unblocker!
Thankyouuu!
I got you, bro.
Still says Netflix unavailable :'(
edit: Oh wait yaaaay there it is! Woo! I’m Americun!
edit2: How does you guys pay for netflix..? Doesnt accept our credit cards or non US paypal 🙁
:/
Did you make sure to select Netflix in the settings?
I think it just worked for me.
Edit: Woo! \o/
Edit2: Accepted my credit card just fine. I think I put 90020 as the zip.
I dont actually have a credit card, its a debit. Probably the reason why. Bouhou :'(
Mine was a debit! I dunno why yours isn’t working 🙁
D: !!
Obviously it knows that you don’t want to watch Arrested Development. You need that extra drive to make it work.
This is so poopy. I get all excited about this and it’s rejecting me, just like my high school prom date.
Do you need a U.S. residential address?
Only asks for the ZIP code.
I’m worried about lack of unmetered net connection.
I’m using Hola.
But yeah, Netflix is amazing. The way it plays through the series, and you can come back any time and just click continue and it drops you right back in. Oh man, it’s so fantastic.
I’ve got Hola for my ‘puter too.
I’m blown away by the all round quality.
This is evidence why we need the NBN.
It’s funny watching a regular person (for the purposes of this statement) come to that realisation fairly quickly, and yet there’s minimal public effort from the company perspective.
“(for the purposes of this statement)”
Thanks, dick.
Isn’t that what you said on a recent bike ride?
He just got a wee bit cold.
I’m just taking the piss.No, wait, that was @dkzeitgeistCos it’s free?
Netflix costs $7.99 a month and I can watch anything I want within seconds of deciding I want to. That seems like a better deal, honestly.
Hey! If I watched more than 1 movie a year, I’d prolly think the same way too.
@jacksonwryan http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2679999/facegasol.gif
This is how the Spurs. Get. It. Done.
I love that Ginobili’s just like meh, where’s the ball
I want a Prometheus Blu Ray!
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/sci-fi-fantasy/prometheus-blu-ray-dvd-digital-copy/669505
It’ll be on sale soon, I’d hold out a bit longer. JB will have it sub $20 in no time.
Ha ha! I’ve never payted full price for either of my 2 blu rays!
Yeah, blurays drop in price so quickly its kinda never really worth getting them on release day.
Never have.
I got Paprika for $9 & Inception for $12
I’m due for a rewatch of Paprika soon methinks. Also Paranoia Agent, God that series is amazing. Might do a whole Satoshi Kon run! What a freakin genius man, forreals. Such a loss.
Totes!
I only saw Paprika soon after it hit DVD, haven’t even watched my BD yet!
I really wanna rewatch Millenium Actress, that movie touched me the most.
I almost cried, which is as good as it gets with me and movies, they never actually get me to cry.
So yeah, wooooo, emotional.
That’s a BD I need!
Actually, I only have Perfect Blue DVD and Paprika BD :-/
Yep, definitely agreed. I think Millenium Actress is overall my favourite, if I really was pressed to pick one. Really touching stuff. I too only have it on DVD though :'( Only Kon BR I have is Paprika, otherwise its MA, Paranoia Agent, and Perfect Blue on DVD :/ (dont even own Tokyo GF, which is a crime really)
Give us a yell when it is though, please 😉
I want a man’s hat in the shape of a turtle!
http://img2.etsystatic.com/000/0/5507033/il_fullxfull.189650862.jpg
I just wanted to see if I could replace Google with Freeze. Apparently not 😛
Sitting on my home gym, hurting myself while listening to @dkzeitgeist talk about his leaky penis.
Good times.
I don’t think you should be… :-/
On the gym or listening to DAN!?
Gym, never heard Dan’s podcast.
Will get on it eventually.
You’re the new Sughly I need to win over.
Of everyone I know, I think it would appeal to your sensibilities the most. Especially the heinous shit Karl says.
You don’t need to win me over, I need to find the time.
I have an entire season of Potaku sat on my computer that I haven’t ven moved onto the iPod yet.
I have new albums I haven’t even moved on to the iPod yet!
Your beef is with old father time.
Had to read a second time – my brain somehow got “sitting on @dkzeitgeist’s leaky penis, hurting myself in my home gym”.
A wild family appears!
They cast “Distract from work”
It’s super effective!
They try KIDNAP.
It’s super effective.
Use item: FOOD
Everyone regains HP (Happy Points)
Shane tries flee.
He is back at work. Critical hit.
GAME OVER.
I got that reference.
Man, such a good game. I really do miss Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg.
I don’t know what the reference is. I learned how to talk this way from TAY 😛
Oh man, I’m such an impostor.
I don’t get the reference….but I choose the hidden invisible option:
Check inventory.
Check inventory!
It’s not a game! I don’t know what you want! 😛
CHECK INVENTORY >:-O
😛I’ve got an antiD pill, a phone and a set of keys.
WHAT DO I DO NEXT?
Call the President!
Fitocracy challenge has begun! WOOOOOOOOO!
Any activity you log from now on will be recorded. Unfortunately it doesn’t log what you did this morning. :'(
Wait, all you have to do is ‘edit’ what you did this morning and submit again without changing any thing and it’ll count. I’m currently #1… cause no one else is ranked yet. XD
Enjoying the minutes of victory. 😛
PERFORMANCE ENHANCING BUGS!
No, just fixing time zone eras. 😛
Uh… pun ^
Where’s my downvote, or stubborn refusal to reply?
I ignored it on purpose and pretended it wasn’t there.
I’m gonna log everything in the evenings, like a cunt.
(Apologies to anyone offended but dang that’s a snug fit for that word)
Interesting..
Edit: Sorted.
I might sign up for this this arvo and see if I can stick with it.
Probably not 😛Just in time as I finished 😀
Lost all the possible points from the legs. 🙁
Stupid ankle.
I blame @dkzeitgeist.
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com/2013/05/24/dan-karls-zeitgeist-s03e07-fluid/
Now I start with the pushups. How many for 100 points?
67
Only one way to find out.
70ish?
Edit: Or what Freeze said.
Nawww, Sariaaa! <3 http://lulles.deviantart.com/art/LoZ-I-waited-374107123
doo doo doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo doodoo doo doodoo dooddoo doo doo doo dooooo
I checked your doo’s, You passed.
thankyew,serr
Recently i’ve been finding i’ve got little attention span when it comes to games with a story. Bioshock and Blood Dragon to name a few. I appreciate that they are good games and will complete them in time but at the moment I cant sit down and play anything for too long without losing interest. That is unless I have music playing over the top. Can anyone name a few games that are enjoyable that wont require me to turn off my ipod when playing?
Im talking about games like tekken and battlefield 3 where its not essential to hear whats happening in game (on a casual level).
I know I said I wouldn’t post encouragement for this game anymore, but Dark Souls might well be perfect for you.
Great suggestion! I’ve borrowed it from a friend but was conquered by the grey wolf sif before i gave it back. I think i’ll grab myself a copy of my own and beat that bloody pup.
Such a good game.
PSN has Demon’s Souls for free at the moment on PS+. Downloaded it and started loving it straight away. Found it to be a bit more forgiving at the start of the game than Dark Souls, also preferred the surroundings. Threw on the ipod, cracked a beer and died…lots. Still, its getting a bashing this weekend.
Great recommendation.
Are you young?
Hear me out, I’m 25 and the idea of listening to music while I play a game is horrible. Even if it’s just something like Tekken I need to hear everything that’s happening, audio cues are as important as visual cues sometimes.
In my experience, younger people, or “Whippersnappers”, have no problem playing games way better then me while listening to music.
Basically what I’m leading up to is, if I Elizabeth Bathory’d you, would I absorb your essence and thus be able to get MVP in BLOPS 2 while enjoying some Decemberists?
Huh. Certainly wasn’t expecting an Elizabeth Bathory reference when I woke up this morning.
I swear, without fail I look that girl up every time and am like argh her, I know her. I was even staring at paintings of her in England and was like… whats her name again?
She’s absolutely fascinating, in a horribly morbid way. Is there a movie about her? I feel like there deserves to be a good movie about her.
Edit: It appears there are a few, but none look terribly good 🙁
Yeah I imagine there must be. Dont worry, Rob Zombie will probably make one. Oh wait you said a good one HEEEEEYYYYYYYY
Weird.
Never change.
I’ll be 24 shortly :/ I can see where you’re coming from because I’m much the same. Usually i NEED to hear everything that is happening, usually. I generally play tekken with a couple of buddies once or twice a week and we’re normally laughing and carrying on anyways, music just adds to the atmosphere. Same with BF3, the joys of bouncing around the back of a jeep while firing a mounted machine gun while listening to racer x.
And no, thankfully I am not a call of dutier 🙂
There is one exception to this, which is playing games like Ace Combat with the soundtrack to Top Gun or Iron Eagle on in the background. 120% more awesome guaranteed.
Minecraft
HELPIUS
…here’s some music:
Hi @zap!
Hey!
Oh… wait…
🙁
Hello mighty Sughly, creator of that Great Game with the Great Girl.
Hello!
So tonight, I’m splitting sweet potatoes in half lengthways, wrapping in foil with a generous knob of butter and a sprinkling of cinnamon, then throwing it on the BBQ while grilling some scotch fillets.
I’m somewhat excited.
Awwwww whaaaaaat! Can I come over?
(hehe, knob)
Grow up, Dane.
This is a public forum.
Should have said pubic.
Teeheehee! ^_^
Sure!
a/s/l?
84/both/outside your window
Hot. Pics?
Holy shit that sounds delicious.
I just finished lunch, but god damn do I want this right now.
I ate coco pops again :'(
Someone help me pls
I had four chocolate bars!
Srsly, if I ate like you I would be horrendously fat. Well, more so. Me and chocolate bars just do not mix. My body just goes I’ll put that right there, on your big fat chocolate belly so everyone can see how much chocolate you eat. Thank me later!
My body knows its as close to real food that it’s going to get and if it doesn’t like it, I’ll punch it in the chest until it does. >:|
Haha, this made me lol
Oh man. I think I need to wear a bib the next time I read one of your posts, just in case.
It’s seriously the easiest side-dish in the world.
You just top and tail them, split down the middle, add a slit in each half if they’re thick, and roast on the BBQ or in the oven for about 30-40 mins.
Keep the skin on so it stays in shape and you’re fine.
For extra taste, a bit of salt, then throw it flesh-side down on the grill for five minutes after it’s cooked and you get some nice marking and the sweeter taste from the caramelisation of the sugars.
Awwwww yeah! Best way to prepare sweet potato. I feel bad about my dinner now though…I’m being lazy and just having sausages. 😛
Sausages are the best food known to man. Seriously.
Easy to say when youre the one who is making roast sweet potato
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/talk-amongst-yourselves-226/comment-page-3/#comment-1455690
Do the same in an oven at around 210 for 40 mins, and you, too, can enjoy delicious low-GI carbs.
I’m thinking that I’ll go the calamari and chips tonight. Pub grub for tea
Ooh. That reminds me. I need to have another attempt at these salt roasted chillis.
I will figure you out chillis.
…is it just me or is it getting a little hungry in here?
*tummy gurgles*
Now for something completely different.
1. Cut stalk off beetroot.
2. Pierce all over with a big fork.
3. Stick in a microwave dish and half cover with water.
4. Cover with gladwrap, microwave on high for around 2 mins per beet.
Delicious fresh steamed beetroot.
Looks like gizmodo has been stalking TAY again
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/03/how-to-stream-netflix-and-hulu-in-australia-and-other-stuff-geoblockers-dont-want-known/
I think it might be a Mastercard thing. Visa people seem to be able to bypass it… or I’m an idiot and missing something bleedingly obvious.
Mine’s a Mastercard.
Well… just… ARGH!!
This comment: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/03/how-to-stream-netflix-and-hulu-in-australia-and-other-stuff-geoblockers-dont-want-known/comment-page-1/#comment-1193180
Holy crap, I should not be laughing so hard at this.
So, hey, Dragon’s Dogma PS3
How many play it, and how can I rent your pawns / have mine rented easily?
Also: this game is fantastic.
I keep thinking I have this game but it turns out I don’t. I’m not sure why I never grabbed it, past me is obviously mean. 😛
I know a while back a whole bunch of people were playing it but I don’t think anyone really is now. I though the expansion pack thingy might mean people started to play again.
Buy It! It’s only $40 for the game + expansion. It’s a heaps fun game, boss/giant monster battles are intense.
That is indeed a stupidly good price.
I’m hoping it will be even cheaper by the time I get any real gaming time again. So next year, after my son starts school…. 😛
And you are super busy running your new business!?!
Oh, I’ll schedule in “anti-stress” time every day. 😛
Being a Capcom game, I was waiting for the hyper super ultra version V9.2 turbo edition.
Picked up DD DA for about $28 via OzGS the other week. Love the cut price release. Even EB has it at that price.
Highly recommended.
I keep meaning to get back into this, I picked up the expansion and played it a little bit but stopped for some reason. Also feel free to add me to your PSN friends list “N00BHeadshot” (NOTE: The 00’s in N00B are zeros).
Finding pawns from your friends is easy, just hit “friends” in the summoning area place and it should list all your friends that have the game and their pawns. If I recall I think my pawn was a mage.
Also, summoning a friends pawn costs the summoner nothing (regardless of level) but the pawn’s owner still gets the rift crystals. So it’s a win-win!
Since I already have you as a PSN frond my pawn should be available to you.
Be warned, she’s not what you think.
Oh god, the nightmares, they are coming back
I’m feeling so out of it at the moment… just ughhhh
I skipped over a lot of TAY posts while catching up during a break so I’m going back to read the heck out of those comments I skipped.
They better be good.
Hope you feel better!
Catching up?
Hahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha!
You can’t catch up on TAY.
As in TAY can’t be caught up on. Not that you lack the ability to catch up on TAY.
i red gud
Just got back from a shoulder/neck therapy session where I was told my progress is great BUT…… my right hip is 3cm higher than my left hip….
It is not easy being Quasimodo.
I remember being at a party and some girl studying whatever it is you study for being a person that knows these things said I had that maybe. And I was like fix it, FIX IT! And she was all no not safe practice we are all drunk and I was like fix it anyway!
Long story short, she didnt help me.
You were talking about your stiffy weren’t you.
I thought treatment for that was easier when you’re drunk….?
But not as safe.
that’s frighteningly similar to how my treatment started.
but treatment for what…. DUN DUN DUHHHHHH
So this was a pretty cool thing to read:
http://littlewhitelion.com/25-creepiest-yet-fascinating-places-on-earth-27684/
Oh! Oh! I’ve been in those catacombs in Paris! Its unbelievable just how many bones are down there, they just go on and on and on…
edit: Man, those are downright fer-reakay. Love those ones that are whole abandoned mining or tourist areas that are just decaying now. So eery.
*shakes fist* Closed for maintenance when I was there.
I didn’t get to see the Paris catacombs when we were there. Hopefully I might be able to next trip
Prypiat for a bit of gamer reference
Also: eeekkkkk
I love the abandoned New York subway station!
That was one of my favourites. Just because in a place were space is so valuable and rare to just have that sitting there. Creepy
Ugh. Abandoned hospitals and asylums freak me right the fudge out.
UWS, Parramatta campus. Former mental hospital, or something along those lines. Back in 2007, despite being a student at the Kingswood campus for everything else, one of my subjects was held there instead. At night.
I didn’t like it at all.
After MW1 I always wanted to visit Chernobyl, One day maybe.
I saw a doco thing a while ago about a guy who went to see the people who have moved back into the exclusion zone because they did live there and basically have nowhere else to go.
Was rather interesting
Those British Sea Forts make me feel all Wind Wakery.
Advice: don’t go walking/jogging after eating McDonalds.
Better advice: don’t eat McDonalds.
WHAT A PAGE GET!
No, I’m fairly sure the mistake was the exercise.
Given the rate at which TAYbies are injuring themselves, you’re probably right.
I eat plenty of fast food and occasionally exercise without injury
FAST FOOD MAKES YOU STRONG.
AND FAST… maybe
I feel like you missed a Fast and the Furious joke here.
I feel like YOU missed one too!
I injured myself with out even exercising! #talented
True story, I walked past McDonalds today without going in. That has never happened before.
*totally relevant and interesting*
I walked towards McDonalds but then ate at Subway instead since it was closer 😛
I’m not sure who’s story is more interesting, mine or yours 😛
All I ever get from McDonalds is their McFlurries on a rare day and their drinks.
And to be honest, since a majority of McDonalds here give free refills I just keep one McDonald’s cup and walk into the place and get refills whenever I feel thirsty.
I ain’t gonna be part of this system, man
Phwoooaaaar http://www.indieshuffle.com/haerts-all-the-days/
indeed
Yeah, pretty cool. Not sure I’d listen to it again, but it’s pretty good.
Haha, booo! This is oh so good, but alas, they have one other song and now I am sad.
I can’t trust you anymore 😛
I cant trust your ears
I CAN’T TRUST YOUR FACE! D:
Ew, another song started to play and it was yucky.
Actually I mightve known youd like this one – big sounding synth and female vocals, seem like a winning combo for jimjim (and for me)
Depends, Im uber picky with vocals. These were good though.
I dont like that chick in Purity Device much…reminds me of GLaDOS :-/
Hahaha! Purity Ring. Yeah, I remember ebing a bit the same, but I warmed up to her in a big way. I think seeing her in live videos helped with that, she has a lot of presence. But yeah, glados haha, thats funny XD
Oh maaan, Purity Device was a mate’s band :-/
That sounds like a form of contraception.
So does purity ring, come to think of it
Wasn’t feeling that ep of Mad Men. Could tell it was good creatively, just… wasn’t feeling it. Lots of good story arc stuff going on though.
Haha ah yeah thats right, that stuff comes today. This is like a regular occurrence for me now…
edit: NO GAME OF THRONES!?! D:
No Game of Thrones. HBO are showing that Liberace film that was in competition at Cannes. Behind the Candelabra I think?
Ah the gay kissing one. Daaaaaang.
I guess technically this is accurate.
Yeah, Damon And Douglas locking lips. Sounds… cool…
p.s. I’m being a doofus, Douglas got a a lot of praise for the role, sounds good. I’m just bitter about GoT T_T
Don’t worry, I’m well aware you’re not being serious. I’d be very surprised if you wrote off something just because of a bit of man-on-man action.
Hehe. Actually speaking of which, Brokeback Mountain. Amazing movie.
Actually speaking of which, Game of Thrones. Plenty of gay action.
@sughly: Linda Cardelinni and Michelle Williams if I’m not mistaken. Haven’t seen it.
Gaym of Thrones!
@dc oooo add it, its great. Gets you right in the feels.
@sughly
I liked Brokeback mountain, but it really felt like it was trying way too hard to get that Academy Award for the first half hour.
@blaghman Nahhh, I think I give Ang Lee the benefit of the doubt on that one. I dont think hes the Oscar seeking type, I think Oscars seek him more or less. I love that as soon as he makes a sexy time film in Chinese though he gets ignored by them XD
Lust, Caution is an awesome film too, by the by
Life of Pi didn’t seem very Oscar bait-like either, yet it was still nommed like crazy. 😀
Hes very much a director that tries different things, and does them in a way that interests him, and not necessarily the interests of the award world. To go from films like Hulk, to Brokeback, to Lust Caution, to Life of Pi, very admirable.
Dear DOTA TAYBIES, or DOTAYBIES.
(Maybe because of the prospect of Steam Cards) I am making another attempt at getting into DOTA 2. I played the “quest” introduction and found Dragon Knight quite to my liking. Played a few bot games and actually managed some kills.
Do you play on regular days? Is Dragon Knight a good choice? It seems like I might be expected to actually tank team fights as him. That could be scary. How do you handle the micro management? The screen space is so small. I am forever clicking the HUD. 🙁 Is there a way to flip the HUD left to right? Why do I have so many questions? Do people still play, or am I too late for this fad?
I SHALL ANSWER ALL OF YOUR WOES.
Dragon knight is a pretty good choice for a beginner, he’s tanky so he doesn’t die easy, all you gotta do is hit people with your flame breath then stun them. being in your dragon (ultimate) form extends the range of your stun. you will usually get your level 1 dragon form and keep it until later into the game (maybe until around level 15) as level 1 dragon is better for pushing towers.
As long as you don’t play a hero that is micro intensive (meepo and lone druid require a lot of micro skill) the micro isn’t that hard, a helpful option is to go into the settings and put on a setting called something like “ctrl-click to comman all controlled units” or something, it means you can hold control and issue a command, and every other unit you control will do the same thing.
there is no way to flip the HUD, it’s a feature a lot of people want though (not me, i started on warcraft 3, so i’m used to the left side map, i flip it when i play LoL :P) so it should happen at some point.
i wouldn’t call DOTA a fad… it averages i think about 300,000 people playing a day (i am pulling that out of my ass, so it could be wrong.) so a lot of people play, including me!
Oh, I meant the fad of TAYbies playing. In the way mine craft comes and goes.
Thanks for the low down.
oh really, my bad!
For fad I think he was asking if there was still taybies playing not people in general
We play a crapton on TS. Not a bunch but always a dedicated few ready for a game.
Otherwise Grandmaster B-fiddy has answered the rest of your questions quite efficiently.
Eyyy hitting gold today! These Little Daylight peeps are raaaad https://soundcloud.com/littledaylight/overdose (also another song on their page, Name in Loghts, also rad). Got this bouncy funkiness about it. Right @bdkiaf?
Oh this is great!
I got you this:
http://youtu.be/tGiQpiU_ASU
Eyyyy, I love High Highs 😀
Youre an alright guy. We might get through this together after all…
FINALLY GOT ONE YOU LIKED!
Except you already know it :/
Will regroup and try again tomorrow
Ergh, speaking of sweet potato someone linked me this on the facebooks. WHY IS ERYONE TEASING ME WHYYYY http://www.aidamollenkamp.com/2012/11/sweet-potato-gnocchi-with-balsamic-sage-brown-butter/
i don’t like sweet potatoes due to false advertising.
Thats pretty funny, but im gonna run off your comment with something completely unrelated. My ex’s mum used to cook the most amazing dish with sweet potato and I have no idea how to make it, but it involved an oven dish and onions and obviously some oven cooking. And mustard, I think. Halp me recreate this @strange!
Oh gawwwd, I think its this but just minus the chicken OH GAWWWD I WANT IT! http://www.canadianliving.com/food/roasted_honey_mustard_chicken_with_sweet_potatoes_and_onions.php
Well now you can make it without Strange’s help
Enjoy
That looks tasty! I’m totally going to cook that next week for dinner one night.
Saaaaame! Cooking bros! (In spirit but not reality I am sure)
Scratch that, I should just have dinner with you XD
We should totally have a meat where I come over to your house and cook.
I’m gonna forget it exists and eat a chocolate bar or something. 😛
Have you ever had a long slow roasted sweet potato. No false advertising in that. Unless you mean it isn’t a potato. If that is the case I got nothing
Oh its that time of the evening TAY again. Sughly time.
DING! Steam level up 😀
@sernobulus: Saw you joined Fitocracy group, are you able to join the challenge after its started? Link should be on the left side bar.
@sernobulus he needs to know if he needs to employ that packet of thumbtacks he just picked up…
You know too much! 😛
Am I too late?
Nope! Can still sign up it seems!
Hmm…
This is one of the main reasons I love Eluveitie. This lady.
I wish I’d recorded this song in Brisbane, she was even better there. I have a complete ladycrush on Anna Murphy. <3
Atmospheric. Guy in crowd needs to stop his conversation though. Haha!
Blah yeah, those convo people are everywhere. They are the blurst.
Yeah there were people talking all through it in Brisbane as well. So rude!
Haha, love the devil horns going up for the flute. “YEAH!” Haha. Yeah, pretty rad I have to say. Lighting sucks balls though, they should give them like a soft backlight or something, not blind them.
When I went to see Epica in Sydney the lighting was atrocious as well. Stoopid Sydney. 😛
Note to self: if you want people to watch videos you post, mention a ladycrush. 😛
Question: Why isn’t the new TAY linked on the side?
Observation: Pop Sugar previews The Americans. But, the season finished weeks ago. Stupid local TV.
It starts on Australian TV this week.
I wonder if Ten will show the entire run or exile it to One after one week.
*D.C. holds grudge against local TV networks.* 😛
Oh, I forgot about that. When’s it on?
Because new TAY doesn’t have as much posts as any of the topics listed to the side.
First world problems: TAY isn’t linked on the side so it requires actual work to get to new TAY
EDIT: First world problems: My smiley gets cut off at the end of a sentence so it’s not usuble 🙁
There’s usually two TAYs there early on in the week, then they switch order… I think…
Hyep, I guess this week was quite.. discuss..able. *shrugs* It’ll be up there shortly enough, though.
Fuck I’m over this. Even just going to the toilet is a chore.
#OldManFreeze
In all seriousness, I’m sorry man. That truly sucks. 🙁
The fact you’re still second in Fitocracy challenge is impressive though! 😀
Stop bragging about your giant cock!
Man I miss shorts.
Try eating more fibre.
Ice the injury. Sit on the toilet with your laptop so you don’t have to move away from it. Get your wife to move a bar fridge in there and you’re set up permanently.
We will call it… toilet house.
Farcry 3 tiem?
@freezespreston @masha2932
Give me a bit. It’s actually running at the moment but kids are watching TV and wifey is due home in a few minutes.
Woooo.
Ok, who has the best internet and wants to host?
Also if anyone wants to join in feel free
@sughly
One of the best recipes I’ve ever followed and eaten.
http://imgur.com/8XiR6gs
Looks suspiciously like SmurfyDog’s gravatar!
It is. He deserves the credit for that.
Oooo! What is the name of this?
Slow cooked beef hot pot I guess?
@smurfydog gave it to me.
SmurfyDog’s Pre-emptive TAY Catch Up Hot Pot!
I dont have a slow cooker though. Does one need a slow cooker?
Probably get away with an oven if you brown off the meat first.
You should invest in a slow cooker. They’re really cheap and food is amazing and easy in it. Only bad thing they fill your house with the smell of the food and you just get hungry all day from it.
You have no idea how chuffed I am to see this. So glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
It tasted just as good 2 months later when I ate the last of it from the freezer.
Oh man, Life of Pi’s opening titles song is awesome. Was great seeing those critters in 3D too.
Yeah it was really good. And then seeing the little humming bird at the start in 3D as the song plays. 🙂
Movie had a great soundtrack.
Opening act was probably the best part of the movie.
Everything before the raft stuff which is supposed to be the core of the movie. XDGrr. Numbers and my innernettes won’t talk to each other so we can’t play Far Cry 3 together. Was looking forward to that.
I was too, maybe Masha can host next time, that might work.
Thanks for the game too Lucifer. It was fun.
I wish I had a headset or something. Maybe I should just buy those cheap ones.
🙂
I’d say buy the cheap-o ones, nos shelled out $80 (n.b. like 4 years ago) for the ‘official’ PS3 headset, and it’s an uncomfortable POS.
I got my headset for just over $300 :S
Sorry about that freeze. We can try again another day. Or finally play Lord of the Rings: War in the north(will this ever happen? I doubt it :-))
I don’t see why not. It’s sitting there so whenever you feel like it.
@sughly @dc @sernobulus @welbot @dkzeitgeist @strange @virus__ and whomever I forgot.
Never fear! The Freeze Meat Trios is still not cancelled for this weekend. Still on.
Foodwise I was thinking of buying a slab of pork, dressing it in tarragon and mustard and slow cooking it in cider. It turns out pretty good. This work for people?
Fuck. @beardymcmuttonchops
@jimu! @gutsoup! @lambomann007!
Whatever you wanna do is all good, man. Looking forward to it!
Double, triple and quadruple fuck.
Anyone else? I’m a monster.
What times are you thinking and what day?
Saturday night from 6pm.
cool, Mrs is off work, should be doable.
Can I have a lift @sughlY? pretty pleeeeeeasse?
Can I have one too @sughly ? It’s not too far, I promise.
I’m just down the road from Greenius. @sughly If you’re picking him up, do you have room for one more in the back? 😛
And me on the way through, mkay?
I’ll go to Shane’s house, to save you a bit of time, @sughly, when you pick him up.
No to the rest of you guys, caus srsly, you guys smell. Like, bad.
Geez.. anyone would think he was mexican!
YES! 😀
So where did @dc meet you last time? SOuthbank?
Yeppers, south bank station
Cool, I’ll be there.
Obligatory “I won’t be able to make it, sorry.”
I’m going to a conference at church this weekend with a girl (the one I mentioned I’ve been playing Ticket To Ride with). It’s the closest thing to date I’ve ever been on… which isn’t that close at all really 😛
Also, this girl is like a female version of me. Except she writes even crazier stories than I do 😮
Think of your kids, and cancel the date 😛
I kids, I kids. Good luck, man!
Good luck, bloke!
(Not that a handsome young g0getter like you needs it!) 😉
I’m down for that. This week has been off to a shit start, so ending it on a good one might be what I need.
ARE WE SHARING RECIPES?
Because this is the EASIEST and most delicious way to make Coffee Ice Cream.
http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/ONE-STEP-NO-CHURN-COFFEE-ICE-CREAM-5550
Best ice cream making tip I ever got was from (I think) Nigella.
😛
Holy shit, good job fitocracy dudes!
I’ve been at Uni most of the day but I’m tempted to try and do something tonight despite everything being torn to shreds from last time :D. I just ate though so I’m feeling like a bloated fatty 😀
I didn’t think I’d be motivated but holy hell I want dem points…
EDIT: I also can’t find “step up onto chair” sort of thing. Another flaw with the whole recording thing is that it doesn’t really care if you did them throughout the day or all in a row (which is harder), oh well! 😛
Yeah, everyone’s doing awesome! 😀
Cept me :'(
Ha ha! I signed up and that’s it.
I’ve been riding my electric bike around too (bet that isn’t on the list *grumblegrumble*)
I know, right? I look at my profile, and it’s only 28 points to the next level, and that would be easy!
It helps that I have no endurance, but I recover super quickly, so I barely have a chance to hurt myself!
Freaking hell Blaghs. So much for the laziness.
http://i.imgur.com/inncbyv.gif
Best DWI. *swoooons*
i did a double take when i got my “score”, really didn’t feel like it was worth that much…
and i swear to god this isn’t a humble brag i honestly thought it gave me too much…
Hmm this is bad… I’m looking for things that give a lot of points and just doing them 😛
Mouseover text from this is still relevant: http://xkcd.com/940/
To be fair I intended to do these things anyway. Note: intended 😛
Argh, I HATE the Fitocracy interface.
It’s not worth it – just let me get fat.
It’s quite terrible.
Oh, I’m FOURTH.
It’s not so bad 😀
Ugh, I had to click through to Page 3 to find this weeks TAY. Page three! Stupid Xbox.
Don’t they realise we don’t come here for games news? SHEESH
http://www.kotaku.com.au/tags/talk-amongst-yourselves/
Bookmark that and you’ll be able to Kotaku like a pro!
Get out of here with your handy solutions!
You didn’t think of that? 😛
PRO-ER tip. Just look for “amongst” or something incase there’s another Talm Amongst Yourselves case that won’t appear if you search for Talk 😛
My favourite was “Talk Amongst Herself”. Like we’re all just split personalities of some crazy woman.
We’re not?
We’re all figments of @lambogirl99’s imagination???
Suddenly everything makes sense…
Forgot to mention I nabbed Skyward Sword on the weekend for free. Mr. Strange had $30 of Dick Smith gift cards from surveys or something and he was complaining about probably never using them because he couldn’t find anything he wanted. So I said “Give them to me! I’ll use them!”
Went into Dick Smith’s on Sunday and saw Skyward Sword for $25. Yoink!
I liked that game!
Lots of other people didn’t. But I really liked it.
One of my favourite Zeldas!
It’s my second favourite, behind Twilight Princess. Still haven’t played enough WW to judge it…
OoT MM LA ALttP D: ?
Not to mention OoA, OoS, MC, PH and ST!
Never heard of that D: one though.
Oh and FSA too.
Only 2D one I’ve played enough to judge is Minish Cap, and I barely remember playing it (fun, bit short, not quite up to par). Of the 3D ones, OoT is third (of three), I did really like it, but its design is just so far back compared to the later ones. WW loses a lot of points for that god damned stealth section near the start.
Booo! Actually I’ll retract my downvote, the stealth bit isnt that fun I must admit. But theres no way in heck Skyward is better than WW or OoT, just… no.
As I said, I haven’t played enough of WW to really judge it.
And yeah, SS is so much better than OoT. Remove the nostalgia, remove the feeling of experiencing something like that for the first time, and OoT is a mess. It’s still a good game, but it doesn’t hold up to the more recent ones.
@blaghman Nope. Totally still disagree. It’s not a mess at all. I’ve come back to it with some long long gaps, wondering if I’ll be put off by flaws, and I think it’s completely solid. I really dont think theres any nostalgia glasses affecting that judgement. There was so much more adventure in OoT than Skyward – SS had the same three freakin places they sent you to over and over. There was zero world exploration involved.
Yay, somebody else who thinks TP is the best Zelda game! We’re apparently a rare breed.
WOH!
People are just shit 😛
Urgh. You guys on Fitocracy are making me feel terrible about myself.
Dude, you hurt your foot, I’m pretty sure you could smash us if it wasn’t the case. Chin up.
Edit: What ho. Pip pip. *Strokes British Moustache*
Second edit: And when your foot is better, you will get to make us feel terrible!
Except @bdkiaf. Guys a machine.
Yeah, us mere mortals have no chance compared to him. :/
I joined to help balance that out for you. You can thank me later.
All I did was join…
Blah, I stupidly decided to go and check up on the tumblr of a girl I used to have quite a thing for. It had mostly been pushed to the back of my mind but one of the girls on The Block kind of looks a lot like her, and my mum and sister are watching that all the time so it’s kind of hard not to think about it.
Now I am full of regret and melancholy.
Get drunk and start texting her. Guaranteed success*.
*
Guarantee not valid in reality.Actually did that already. Not tonight, but the first time I got drunk, then came home and hopped on skype to chat with friends and test out my drunken typing skills (they were pretty great). I think someone possibly suggested that I text her? Or maybe it was me that suggested it. Then I did it, like a moron.
Haha, just checked on the logs. It was the others who suggested it. And I kept telling them it was a bad idea. Then decided to do it anyway because of an inflated sense of self-confidence, acknowledging that it was a bad idea along the way. Followed by immediate regret.
Hard to believe 2011 was so long ago.
There really should be a law concerning alcohol and your phone.
There is: just one at a time when you’re driving.
“Argh”
“Ugh”
“Urgh”
“Blah”
Good to see everyone’s doing well tonight 😛
Don’t forget the “Ergh”
Gah! Can’t believe I forgot that!
Your plan failed, @dc. I came home from basketball unharmed. You should get your money back from your crowbar-wielding hired goons.
There’s still time.
So many points :O
Don’t worry. One game of basketball is the extent of my week’s exercise, except for incidental walking. Expect me to add only about another 100 points over the course of the next six days 😛
Does anyone have the link? I wanna log my stuffs
http://www.fitocracy.com
@dc knows the team/challenge link. I can’t access it at work, or I’d get it for you.
https://www.fitocracy.com/group/14940/
I found it, thanks guys.
Does not work at all on my wurk putener.
Is a total fucking mess 🙁
https://www.fitocracy.com/group/14940/?members
http://www.simtours.net/shortestflight.php
I think I have found the shortest flight ever. A total time of 2 minutes.
About a kilometre in a Cessna, right? I think I’ve seen that before.
@freezespreston @blaghman
😉
Showoff.
I’m fairly certain Freeze would be winning if he could run as well as his weights training. A decent run on top of what he did would put him ahead.
Also, jesus @blaghman, so much for being lazy. You’re killing it.
Just when you thought Parity couldn’t get any better…
Am I weird for expecting something about exchange rates?
No.
🙂
I wonder what next gen Lego games will be like? It’s not like they need much improvement graphics wise. Hopefully they can use the extra power for other sorts of things, like actual building with Lego blocks. Although they might be held back a little by having to make Wii U versions. I guess they could just have a next gen console/PC version made by one studio and a Wii U/3DS/Vita version made by another studio? Or maybe they’ll get the studio in charge of the iOS version to do the 3DS version too, and then maybe not bother about Wii U and Vita, because who owns those consoles anyway? 😛
Skylanders dealio with Minifigs
I’d actually play that.
Well for one thing, you won’t see a Lego Star Wars ever again now that EA owns the license to make all the games.
Oh
Oh. Aww. I hadn’t thought of that 🙁
It’s not like there’s anything they could really make a game of until they’ve finished the sequel trilogy anyway, I guess. Maybe by then they’ll strike up some sort of deal with each other. Is Travelers’ Tales associated with any big publishers? I know they sort of are with WB Interactive, but I think that’s just because Batman and Lotr are WB.
Besides Lego seems to have strong relationships with both Star Wars and Disney. I’m sure if they wanted another Lego Star Wars game made, they’d be able to make it happen. They’d probably just get EA to publish it.
That’s what I thought, what’s stopping EA publishing SWs games made by smaller studios?
(Like HD KotOR by Obsidian!)
They’re owned by WB.
@greenius:
http://i.imgur.com/ycuIcnh.jpg
Comes via Gamefaqs so take it with a very large grain of salt. However it should be noted that “Liber Novus” is the name of a philosophy book written by Carl Jung, and there’s things about that that line up nicely with other Xeno-related stuff (eg the way that the Xenosaga games all had subtitles that were the titles of Nietzsche books). Seems like a lot of effort for someone to go through creating a fake rumor.
Anyway I hope it’s wrong because it sounds kind of generic. I don’t want to play with some character I made myself, and I don’t want to play with random internet people. JRPGs for me are all about the characters and the description of this sounds like Borderlands or something. Generic and boring to play single player. But Xenoblade was so good that I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt in this case.
If they announce it for international release at E3 I will buy a Wii U.
Yeah, not too fond of the class thing but I do like exploration and such. This probably means the character/story aspects will suffer since we’d be creating our own genericdude#40 but we’ll see what happens :).
(if this is true of course)
Must. Earn. Points.
Sleeping counts as exercise right?
RIGHT!?!?!?
They have Video Game Dancing!
Star Wars Dancing would be worth twice as many points as any other form, wouldn’t it?
All that constant laughter giving you extra work for your core.
@bdkiaf 😉
🙂 I R WINRAR
(totally not a challenge or anything)
(especially you guys with the weights and stuff, that’s cheating…)
(also I’m kinda cheating too by mainly doing the ones that give a lot of points :P…)
EDIT: OH NOES I THINK I RECORDED THE WRONG THING. D: … they don’t have the thing I did though :/
EDIT 2: NOPE! I just confused myself… Man, exercising is confusingggg !
😉
I’m surprised how motivating this challenge is. Must win!
Noooooooooooo
What’s worth 250 points? Must level up.
Tricep dips are good. So are high knees and push ups 🙂
Man, late night working is making me tempted to start livestreaming… then I can haz company too :3
You mean distractions! >:|
(I’ll probably be there if I’m bored <3)
(I’m always bored)
I might look into getting this hooked up for tomorrow night, couldnt be bothered now ^_^
In the meantime.. http://instagram.com/p/Z0TzivxaN0/
Sweet :D. It’ll be great to see the process 🙂
Keep us updated on a time and I’ll be there if I’m not doing anything else 😀
Well I aint doing it if noones going to be there :/
Sughly thinks I’m a no one ;_;
Whoa, skills to pay the bills, my friend.
Go for it!
I’d love to see a livestream.
Tomorrooooooow!
\o/
What time?
*shrugs* iunno. Night time?
Aw man, will be tempted to watch… but won’t. I don’t wanna know any thing about it until I’m playing it. 😀 Night of the Rabbit tomorrow, though. WOOOOOOO!
Oh, man.
I honestly thought I’d lost my IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 install for good.
Turns out that I just had to install the first part, and it found the rest of the files for installation.
*phew*
OK, I’m here to call a truce, and buy your love.
I’ve got 30 copies of Dota 2 to give away, and I’m not leaving until you accept my apology, and take a game.
I’ve also got 4 copies of Trackmania2 Stadium to give away, although one is reserved for @crazyguy1990 because it’s on his wishlist, and I already owe him for previous giftings, either one!Also also there’ll be a copy of Among The Sleep that I’ll be giving away upon release, so heads up for that too :3<3
Just send DOTA2 out to all the chumps who don’t already have it on your friend’s list ;D
i’ll give you 20 more dota2 invites for a trackmania one 😛
You can have my love for free. Unless you give me a game, in which case I revoke said love.
Just try and gift me a game, I double dare you!
Good night!
Okay Far Cry 3. You are a lot more enjoyable than your predecessor. I’ll give you that.
I feel the opposite. That being said I have barely played Far Cry 3. I need to get back to it.
BLOOD DRAGON!!!! @freezespreston BLOOD DRAGON!!!!! B!L!O!O!D! D!R!A!G!O!N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I really liked it I guess….. (GOTY)
No arguments from me 😀
Enjoyable gameplay. Story gets a bit silly, but I personally think the premise is great even though it goes off the rails about halfway in.
it’s a pretty decent guy, we hung out for a week, had a lot of fun, he gave me a platinum trophy and I moved on,
p.s do you have the wingsuit? things get even better once u get that, so much fun.
p.p.s. I know this is a really late reply but i felt i needed to show my approval.
Who da foo’ sayin the last ep of Mad Men wasnt good? Was that you @dc? It was all kinds of AMAZING! Probably 12.45am is not the best time to discuss it, just wanted to share my feelings.
I have a lot of feelings to share guys.
Didn’t say it wasn’t good. Said I wasn’t feeling it. Haha. Was just me, man. I knew it was good creatively.
>:|
Edit: Eh, sorry man. Just feeling a little crap lately and was a little riled up that you only took the negative thing from what I said and ignored the positives. Same with Journey yesterday. :S You’re awesome though and I know the problem is me. Don’t want to be known as this guy who disses everything and I hope that I’m not. I just get frustrated that I’m not coming across as articulate or any thing, my points are being lost. 🙁
D.C = Dissing Crap.
Man, I’m a jerk. Sorry, Sughly. 🙁
I’m just making fun of you man. Chill. You’re allowed to not like things if you don’t.
But that’s the thing, I liked both Journey and this Mad Men ep. D:
Just not being articulate. That’s not Sughly’s fault either, so I apologize for the rant.
HaHa, aww… I have no idea what you said but thats fine. I have no idea what else you said about the ep caus it was in spoilers and I hadnt watched it yet 😛 I was more or less fishing for you to come back in and say what you thought about it. But I’m sorry if that seemed like I was having a go at you or something, caus I didnt mean that, I figured there wouldve been more to your thought on it then that.
I can’t wait till I’m old enough to feel ways about stuff.
Pressure on… people… people on… streets…
G’night.
Nert!
Goodnight
I am so very out of shape. =/
Haha, saaame! *keeps eating butter coated bread and drinking coffee while sitting at his desk*
Misshapen nob.
Why the crap am I awake now for??
Stupid body. Stop being stupid.
I TAKE IT BACK
MY BODY ISN’T STUPID AT ALL, IN FACT IT’S STUPIDLY SMART
MY RIFT JUST ARRIVED HOLY SHIT S DHFLISHDFOIY SE(Y*RFP(S*EOHF:SEFPA “!#!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/Purchase130528.jpg
The weirdest thing is that we have to make a blog and keep posting our progress for the assignment, and give feedback on each other’s blogs etc. I’ve put off doing mine because I haven’t been able to think of what to call it, but only came up with a name for it this morning.
SO MUCH WORK TO DO. Imma make the first entry an unboxing video, because those are always cool and never awkward at all.
More pics.
Also what’s the name of your blog? Oculus Occurrences? 🙂
Rift Riffs.
Cool box mang
Hey proper TAY, been awhile. I see you’ve all gone and become health nuts and I was just sitting there eating a maccas breakfast not too long ago.
MAccas breakfast is OK.
(I have done nothing on Fitocracy so you may wanna take what I say with a grain of salt)
CJ \o/
How’s it going dude?
Good, still waiting for the next biannual Shane meat to grab book 3 though =P
I’ve placed an order with my publisher. Stay tuned! Or rather, I will keep you informed! 🙂
Work again…
Any good reads anyone can link me to?
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-22-the-rise-and-fall-of-sega-enterprises
“In fact, Okawa granted the company the vital transfusion of funds that would ultimately keep it alive. In 1999, he loaned $500 million of his own money to pay off Sega’s debts – a loan he would later waiver on his deathbed two years later. When the 74 year-old Okawa succumbed to heart failure in 2001 following an arduous battle with cancer, he also gifted Sega his personal shares in both the company itself and CSK, which equated to a cool $695 million. The immense generosity of this one individual aided Sega’s painful move into software publishing, and safeguarded its long-term future.”
WOW!
shit, that’s pretty impressive. What a champ
@jimu you can thank him for Sega Racing. Probly wouldn’t have eventuated without that.
I’ll add him in my nightly prayers
Ran another 4km this morning. The points system is addictive, was only going to do it on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Going to take a rest day tomorrow, though. My legs feel like they’re about to break. 😀
Nice work, man. Mucho respect. I don’t think I could run 4km if my life depended on it.
I’m a little intimidated by the others scores. I feel like I’m completely exhausted at the end of my run and these guys post scores that are triple mine. XD Good motivation, though.
What’s a 4km run worth in terms of points?
0:30:00 || 4 km (+181 pts)
Wow, that’s not much. A basketball game is worth 405 points… and that’s no 4km run :\
I think it’s the treadmill thing that reduces points. I think you get higher points without the treadmill disclaimer, but I’m using a treadmill so… :'(
😀
I saw your basketball points last night. Way to go, man! 😀
That said, I could do 30 minutes on a treadmill a whole lot easier than I could play a game of basketball.
Agreed!
Don’t let it discourage you. Had a bit of a read around that site last night, and the point system is on par with the BMI system; it’s useful as a general idea, but don’t expect it to mean much other than that.
Do what works for you. It doesn’t matter what it is as long as you keep doing it.
Yeah, this. Racking up the points is nice and all, but the way it’s set up you’ll never be able to get those kinds of scores with just running. Unless you’re DAN!
At the same time, Fitocracy seems to be doing what I wanted… serving as good motivation. 😀
I just want to beat @greenius now 😛
NO!
(you probably will :/)
dude, that’s crazy, i know i couldn’t & I worked outdoors for about 5 years doing pretty physical stuff, but no way i could even run 1 klm.The fact I’m a smoker doesn’t help at all either,
How many points does swivelling your thumbs around for a few hours a night get you? I have some buff thumbs .
Watched the first new ep of Arrested Development last night:
Was Michael always this irritating. (In a good way, though? :D)Wife and I are watching through season 3 right now, while we wait for my brother to [redact] the new ones at his NBNabled place.
Michael’s pretty self-righteous and utterly ineffective in almost every respect. Never found him actually annoying, though.Mannnn i SERIOUSLY never got the appeal of that show.
I watched half of one episode and just started HATING it with a passion.
Maybe i got a bad episode, but i found all the characters to be super-grating and wholly unlikable…
I think i must be the only person here that can’t stand the show.
I’m a monsterI can’t think of a bad Arrested Development episode. It’s definitely an acquired taste though.
That’s the feeling i got from it. Much like Kath n Kim, little brittain or whatever show that HORRIBLE Spaghett guy is on.
(Not our spaghett – we love you!)
I can’t believe how much I used to enjoy Seinfeld, those guys are total jerks!
But then, I love Black Adder and he’s the king jerk! 😀
Man. Black Adder. So so good.
And yeah, he is King Douchebag but he never gets anything from it.
I’ve watched it waaaaaaaaaaay too many times and I still laugh.
I think the delivery is just as important as the joke itself.
Seinfeld spoilers, does anyone care at this point?
I thought that was kind of the point of Seinfeld though. Especially given that them being mega douches the whole series was what the finale was all about.Yeah, but I was 9 when it started, I was just laughing at the funny people. I stopped watching by the time I was in high school and it was only rewatching recently that I realised.
See, that’s another show i couldn’t stand – Seinfeld. They were just all so self absorbed and douchy.
That said, i LOVE Black Adder. That was a different sort of self-absorbed and douchy. lol
One thing I love is how it’s a comedy version of a serialized drama, season arcs and continuity and all that. 😀
Ha ha!
You sound like my musician mates talking about music. All about the craft and not so much the final product.
I do the same thing with comics 😀
It takes 2-3 episodes to sort of get tuned in to it’s signal, but once you’re there you can watch it through. Then when you go back and watch it a second time it makes an even deeper impression. People say this is because you notice things you missed before but I’m not sure that’s it.
I had a similar thing with Coupling, I wasn’t enjoying it at all at first. I was laughing at the jokes etc but it just wasn’t clicking.
For some reason I kept at it and now it’s one of my favourite sitcoms ever.
I’ve seen the odd bit here and there. It’s never compelled me to watch an entire episode.
Definitely watch it from the start. I used to HATE it when random episodes popped up on TV but that’s because it was mid season and I had no idea what was going on. It al made sense when I started from the start and it clicked instantly 😀
One of the best comedies!
Going to order my Zuzzy Gaming mat sometime this week. Going for the 6×4 foot which should be perfect for 40k Battles.
But i’m having serious trouble choosing which one to go for, especially after playing around with some sample sheets i received.
I decided no on the despoiled reaches (sulfur fields) because it’s too hard to build terrain up for it (especially hills) due to the very unique texture.
I was very impressed by the texture of the Ruined Land (Scourged Forrest), until i realised just how many “fallen tree” imprints there were, making it difficult to have much in the way of buildings, hills and other bits and pieces.
The wounded city was another one i was super impressed with texture wise. The only problem is the brickwork showing on some sections, meaning it would only be useful as a city board. Pro – all the buildings i want. Con – No hills or shrubby scenic elements. But it looks damn cool.
Verdant fields (moorlands) – i didn’t pick up a sample of this one as many people say it’s the weakest of all boards – but it’s also the plainest of them all, meaning there is possibly more flexibility. That being said i have no idea what it looks like painted up in an ashen wasteland theme, as no one has done it. only the bright green field way, which is definately not what i want.
So yeah.. anyone who can be bothered offering up an opinion – it would be appreciated.
http://www.zuzzy.com/
@tigerion
@tech_knight
Any thoughts, guys?
A bit hard to say as most of my warhammer stuff has been the fantasy style rather than 40k. So I was drawn more to the moorlands just because I like the hills and trees style boards
I think I like the Scourged Forest one, no reason you can’t have ruins with the tree branch in the middle of them.
Stonework looked a bit limiting and boring, might as well just have a plain board to build upon.
The wounded city could work as well, even tie that in with some of the ruined land giant tree trunks as a previously city park in a destroyed city.
@ Fitocracy peeps
Zee buttons! Zey do nothzing! I can’t click on the buttons for workouts or quests. They rotate when I mouse over them (which is rather irritating), but clicking on them does nothing. Am I doing something wrong? /o\
You can get to work outs?
Try a different browser I think.
Seems to not work all that well with Internet Explorer. :S
I’ve heard people are having issues with IE, if you’re using that.
Yeah, I am. Just downloaded firefox so I’ll give that a try.
@dc @sughly
I’ve tried listening to High Violet a whole heap of times and never dug it, but it came up on Rdio this morning and it finally clicked! This is pretty fantastic. Not sure what’s happened every other time, I couldn’t even make it through Terrible Love.
It’s odd, I liked it the first listen through but one by one songs I thought were decent became incredible and now I find everything on the album amazing. XD
The only thing I’d really got into with them prior to High Violet was Boxer, which I loved, so I grabbed HV as soon as it came out. That being said, one good album before this wasnt enough to make me mega excited, and I gave it HV a listen or to before putting it aside for some other albums at the time. Then my gf at the time was like ‘hey this HV is amazing!’, then I listened to it a few more times and realised she was right.
True story.
I’m going to eat an entire spinach pizza for breakfast and there’s not a damn thing you can do about it. >:|
😀
Honestly, this is an improvement for you.
You know that Popeye is fiction, right?
I did have the theme in my head when I was eating it. XD
Comic readers:
I am Utterly HOOKED by Crossed. It is disturbing, yet utterly harrowing. It’s one of those things you can’t put down no matter how messed up it gets.
I just found out there is a web comic storyline called ‘wish you were here’. If you would be interested in checking it out, i utterly recommend it. While I haven’t come past anything quite as disturbing as the books themselves, there is still more than enough unsettling things.
AND IT’S BASED IN SCOTLAND! @markserrels @doctorwhat
http://www.crossedcomic.com/webcomic/volume-1-chapter-1/
Bestt graphic novels i have read in a long long time.
VERY NSFW
Who wrote crossed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossed_%28comics%29
Oh yeah, Garth Ennis. He’s rad.
Read Preacher next 😀
If i remember, i’ll be sure to! 😀
This is pretty great! Very much a page turner, like you say. So much more terrifying than zombies too.
Absolutely. This is why it’s great.
It was pure luck that i started reading it. Bee usually buys me Marvel Zombies books for birthdays and the such, but the place in geelong happened to be all out. So they recommended she get me Crossed as a “zombie like” replacement.
Boy-o-boy am i ever glad, though.
I am most of the way through Crossed 2: Family Values and I am yet to be let down. You should pick up the first one if you can 🙂
Its really high quality too. I have to admit I feared the worst when you linked to an online comic. While there is lots of talented people doing them, theres even more… untalented people making them.
that’s for sure.
I actually find the quality for the webcomic to be a little lower than that of the actual physical editions. But still, this is pretty damn great.
Already read all 6 chapters – bring on the seventh!
Haha, just got up to the third 🙂 Might take a break and come back to it now. Really good though, thanks loops!
No problem, mate 🙂
http://collider.com/boardwalk-empire-season-4-trailer-newsroom-season-2-trailer/
Boardwalk Empire and Newsroom trailers! WOOOO!
It’ll be good to have Jim in the field on Newsroom this season. Thought it was a missed opportunity last season that they rarely left the set. (Even if the show’s named after that set. :D)
Maaaaaaaaaan, BE, I wanted to love it soooooo much.
Just never successfully hooks me in 🙁
I liked it, but I still haven’t seen season three and it finished months ago. D:
Beautifully shot show though with an amazing cast!
That’s it, everything about it adds up for amazing…and it wasn’t :-/
I didn’t dis-like it, but I was’nt totally engaged.
The thing about the wife that was beaten was the best*
I dunno…
*not nice, interesting
This one really grabbed me for some reason, I love all the settings, the swing music, gnagsters etc.Found it very interesting and actually found myself getting attached to a lot of the characters, even though they’re all a bunch of bastards. Favourite character has to be Chalky White, dude is awesome. My girlfriend really didn’t enjoy it though.
@dc watch season 3, it gets really intense by the end. Do you have it all? I do only live 2 train stations away 😛
I’ve got ’em all in HD. Just got distracted when it was airing and never got to watching. D:
Thanks though! 😀
So, Remember Me:
Who’s getting it? I think I randomly decided this morning that I’m gunna grab it on Steam. Honestly, the game sounds like a lot of fun but I think half the reason I’m diving at it early is because it’s on Steam at friggin’ Steam pricing. $49.95 seems reasonable to me.
I’m really, really psyched for it. I just hope it’s as good as it looks or at least really solid. The art direction looks pretty damn great and the story sounds interesting. Future Paris! WOOOOOO!
FUTURE PARIS.
The music in those early trailers too as she was walking the streets was freakin’ amazing too. So much attention to detail there.
It’s not high on my priority list but I would like to play it one day.
I’ve got too many other games I need to finish…
Waiting for either the re-release (Capcom) or the discount bin version.
I don’t trust Capcom at all anymore.
Looks great though, I will be playing it! 😀
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/27/remember-me-hands-on-with-the-custom-combo-creator/
Wow sorry, that’s a shit article. Fluff, he doesn’t really say anything :-/
It could be interesting or it could be terrible. I’m keen to see what people’s impressions of it are but I don’t think I’m going to be rushing to get my hands on a copy.
It’s something that I’m looking forward to but think I will wait to see if they have bitten off more than the can deliver or if they have the cool concept but it devolves into a mindless shooter later on.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/27/4371032/rayman-legends-coming-to-ps-vita
Called it months ago.
Wouldn’t be surprised if you can play ala the WiiU gamepad if you have a Vita & PS3 copy.
I think I’ll probably still go with the Wii U version, just to have another Wii U game to justify its existence. 😛 (Though Pikmin, Wonderful 101 and upcoming Yoshi game might do that on its own!)
Wonderful 101 looks rad!
I’m undecided because a part of me is like “Trophies, duh” and the another is all “Yo, this is why you bought a WiiU, idiot”.
Then there’s the gender confused one who’s the loudest.
WONDERFUL 101 MOTHERFUCKERS GET ON THAT SHIT. DONT PISS OFF KAMIYA.
Thank you!
(THis game’s good, yeah?) 😛
Not released yet, but sequel to Rayman Origins which was amazing!
Just made the whole Wii U connection, of course I heard about the controversy.
I think @shiggyninty may have actually cried 🙁
I haven’t stopped.
Oh well, at least you can talk about with me when it comes out now (silver lining)
@dc mobile TAY is annoying to reply on so I’ll just post a new comment 🙂
Good job on the run! I saw how little points my bike thing gave me so I was a little put off by it since it was pretty hard, same with stuff like planks and other physically demanding stuff that just isn’t worth much. Best to just keep yourself motivated and not just go for high scoring things like some green chump is doing…
But I’m also going for low scoring stuff that’s easy enough to fit into a daily routine. I didn’t check if you did anything else but it sounds like you’re just running. Maybe pop in a few push ups throughout the day :). I’m pretty good at them and they give a decent amount of points so I just do them when I can because I’m a dirty point whore.
I think I’ll join you for a treadmill run today 😀 (I don’t have Wii Fit though! 🙁 ).
Once again good job Fitocracy peeps!
Yeah, truth is all I wanted to do is run, doing other stuff just to boost my score would be like achievement whoring. Very tempting though. Haha! I notice there’s a Fitocracy App too for people who are having trouble with the website!
Do it! 😀
I downloaded the app and thought I was still first (since it shows me at the top of the screen), so I scroll up and Mr. Muscles has doubled his score 🙂
Yeah, do it man! It’s not point whoring it’s getting fit 🙂
I wanted to get into a habit of doing fitness stuff I can maintain in day-to-day life. If I go too crazy with this Fitocracy stuff then it’ll be harder to keep doing it afterwards. XD
Naahhhh. You’ll be tricked into building a routine like Greenius.
Push ups are super easy, none of this cheater BDKIAF weights stuff! A few years ago I decided to do push ups just before I had a shower. Did as many as I could (which was only like 15) and the next week I did 16. Got to a point where I could consistently do 50 or so but I stopped for some reason :/. I keep trying to get back into it but at least I can still do a decent amount. Easy to do it as a daily thing was what I was trying to say 😛
Haha, you’ll notice I’ll never log a pushup. I really can’t do many of them at all.
Muscles too big and getting in the way? 🙂
I’m good at body weight stuff since I’m pretty light. Back in those push up days I could do pushups using 4 fingers, which is completely pointless but my fingers didn’t snap because I’m as light as a feather 😛
The embarrassing thing for me is that I have to log them as knee push-ups, because I can only do about 2 real ones. The whole world gets to see my shame (not a euphemism).
I’m the same. Your arms and chest still get a workout, so it’s all good.
Real response:
If you’re worried about it fitting into day-to-day life, your best bet might be to do a quick body weight routine before you do your daily run. A few sets of squats, pushups, jumping jacks, planks, dips and lunges would be plenty.
Edit: This should only take about 15-20 minutes if you do 3 sets of 10 reps of each of those, 15 second hold on the planks. About 30 seconds rest between sets.
Edit 2: I forgot situps! Or crunches, up to what you can do really.
Think I’ll stick to running this week, but might investigate for next week. 😀
Thanks!
You’ll do it 😛
You’ll be a point fiend before the week is out.
DID YOU DO IT YET!?
I just did 10 push-ups. Got 15 points.
I think that’s enough for today. 😛
Nah, kidding. I’ll probably go for a run this afternoon. Outdoors.
*gasp* OUTDOORS?!!!
I noticed it doesn’t really matter if you do two sets of 10 reps or one set of 20 reps. Usually I just do as many as I can in a set (I’ll reach 100 one day *shakes fist). But now I’m splitting them to easily manageable sets of 30 reps, which is probably better than forcing out as many as I can 😛
It shouldn’t matter. Although it is more tiring to do 20 set as opposed to two sets of ten, your body only gets the same benefit.
This is what I was saying to DC yesterday. Don’t push yourself. Break it up and its still the same. 🙂
@negativezero @ynefel @greenius
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/05/27/square-enix-re-registers-agito-trademark.aspx
Oh gaaaaaaaaaaaawd, Enhanced Vita port, pleeeeeease!!!
Imagine if JAPAN ONLY
:'(
Again?
What’s the point of that?
Orgh! PSN? Is it not already on PSN? Arrrrrrgh!
It’s on JP PSN already.
EDIT: Also if it was just a port or a PSN release why would they trademark a name for it they already abandoned? It wasn’t released as Agito, it was released as Type-0.
Ahhhhh, I can never remember which was which.
Please be a Vita HD remake.
Please.
I’d settle for a PSN version that plays on Vita…really, I’m desperate here!
Localised, obviously 😉
but… but… i dont have a psp!
Get a Vita?
If i succumb to that (which i probly will :S ) my backlog is gonna explode beyond control.
Um… I hate to be the downer here, but this is a *Japanese* trademark.
Best case, they’re intending to set up Final Fantasy Agito as a spinoff FF series, with Type-0 being the first game. They actually trademarked Type-1, Type-2 and Type-3 a while back as well.
Most likely thing: recycling the name for a shitty social game for mobile phones.
You love being a downer, you are the downer king! 😛
PositiveZero he ain’t.
He’s also being rational because there’s no news yet. Remember when Squenix registered “All The Bravest”? Everyone was excited because BRAVELY DEFAULT!!!!! but it wasn’t…
Patience Mr. Jemu! Then we’ll be hype together when there’s official confirmation <3
urrrr colon pee…
I know! I was just saying not to get your hopes up too high yet…
No!
I live for this shit, it gets me through another boring day at work and by the time shit actually goes down I’ve forgotten anyway.
Stop tryna kill my buzz, man!
Rayman Origins
Sell me on it
(I’m a Donkey Kong fan)
The animation and production values are pretty damn stunning. Feels like you’re playing in a cartoon. The basic game play is just fun and it plays well cooperatively too. Genuinely challenging with lots of side things to do if you’re into that kind of stuff. Addictive!
Also, I loved Donkey Kong Country Returns too and I’d say this might even be better. (Huge call, but that’s how much I loved it. :D) From what I hear though, the first game is much better on a HDTV than a handheld screen though. Also, there’s a demo that should give you a good impression of it.
Maybe i should finally pick that up from OGS, rather than any silly shooter.. hmmm
At least try the demo! 😀
I played the demo. It was pretty great 🙂
When you say handheld screen, do you just mean 3DS?
Shit looks schmic on OLED.
Uh, not sure. Just remembered it reviewed higher on the console versions than handhelds.
Oh, that always happens.
Everyone seems to have the opposite problem with their eyes to me.
I’ll have a check, don’t think it had a Vita demo even though it did have a 3DS demo, baffling.
(and @jimu)
That’s not because of an issue with handheld screens or anything. It’s just because the 3DS version was an absolutely garbage port.
Avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid.
I’m looking into the Vita version.
Yeah, that one’s plenty fine from memory. Not sure if I ever actually had a go of it on my friend’s Vita, but I know he loved it.
Ah cool, thanks.
It’s the type of game I’ll play to death on a handheld.
It’s $19 at EB for a pre owned copy if you can find one.
Any DLC worth getting?
I’m a US account.
@Jimu
No DLC at all, I’m pretty sure.
It looks amazing on Vita and plays so goddam well.
Probably my favourite game of last year (or whenever the shit I played it)
Every time I see that game in shops I weep a little for how underpriced it is.
Vita version is amazing. Beat it on 360, Vita version as good. Only portable. 3DS one looked garbage in demo. Vita looks amazing.
Cool, I just grabbed it! 🙂
Possibly the prettiest platformer I’ve played in a very, very long time. It’s also one of the purest platformers I’ve played since the old days. It feels like platformers should, and used to.
TL:DR – looks amazing, plays amazing, just buy it.
It’s not shit like Donkey Kong.
😛
Vita version? You play it?
I own it on Vita and on 360 and it’s great.
Also has fantastic co-op on console.
There will be no co-op for me!
I thought DKCR was one of the funnest platformers I’d played in years. Then I played Origins, got hooked, and literally forgot what I thought about DKCR because all I could think of was how amazing this game was.
Yeah and as good as DK looks in 3D, there’s nothing like 2D 1080p animation either.
I hate 3D, I’m with Nolan!
Cool, wanna do an EB serach for the Vita version for me?
EB on Albert St has it, $23 new
Sick, bru, will wander over and have a look.
Late to the party on this comic – but i only just caught up with CAD…
http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130522
This made me laugh uproariously.
XBone:
“When a person sells the game or it is installed and played on another system, the game is deauthenticated on the original machine until the disc is brought back and used to re-authenticate the installation.”
http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/24/4362680/xbox-one-games-will-require-regular-authentication-checks-used-games
From Polygon sooooooo
Microsoft seem to change their tune daily and Sony isn’t saying shit.
I fear the worst.
Who wants to come round and build me a gaming PC that plugs into my telly and plays games with a ‘troller?
It’s really, really not hard.
The difficult part will be…uuuh…
I’ll get back to you on that.
I have absolutely no idea. Given enough time and access to Google I’d be able to suss it all out I imagine.
Hell, I have no IT experience and I hacked my PSP and then rebuilt it after dropping it.
But yeah, that time thing, that’s an issue.
Building a computer these days is far easier than it used to be, but if you don’t know what to do/don’t want to, then talk to someone in the know that lives near you and ask them to help you pick parts and build it. Most IT people I know are happy to help with this stuff if you offer them a carton or something.
Quit giving away our secrets! How else can we get away with charging hundreds of dollars for 10 minute jobs?
Ha ha! “Live near me” good one.
(Most TAYbies are in the South as with my IRL friends who know this stuff, I’m in the far North)
I’m even more north, does that put me North of the Wall?
*screams* “White Walkers are coming
Yep, I’m a Stark and @dc is on the wall and you’re a wildling! 😀
Yeh, I don’t expect good news. At the risk of sounding like a petulant child, I think I’m going to get myself okay with not upgrading to next-gen. Possibly ever.
That’s what I’m getting at.
I really liked the sound of that stanby button on PS3 and having all games streamable to my Vita so I can play while the MRS watches cooking shows.
But if I can’t afford games? The deals off I’m afraid.
I think more than half of my PS3 and 360 collections are second hand.
Only my Handheld collections are dominated by new buys, but that’s because the starting prices are so much lower.
I don’t wanna step out, but if I *have* to, there’s nothing I can do.
Wonder if non-transferrable games become cheaper like Steam games? It’s Microsoft, so the answer – at least in the short-term – will be no. Will be very interested to see how this pans out over the next couple of years, though. With the exception of (typically much cheaper) digital content, most of a game’s current value is derived from its trade-in value.
I’m fairly certain this will be the first generation I’ll be passing on, since getting my first NES back in the 80’s. Not trying to be dramatic either, it’s just kind of sad. Although that’s where consoles are going, and in all honesty, it’s logical. It’s just not what I want is all.
Pffft, you’ll come running back when Dark Souls 3 is announced.
😛
Quiet, you.
You are so right 🙁Keep in mind it could come to PC, too.
Either way, I’ll be betraying myself 🙁
Might go marathon some Arrested Development. Catch you on the flipside, home slices.
I hope to be back to a non-emo mood soon. Thanks for putting up with me. 🙂
Watch some Black Adder too 😛
I’m not a huge fan of British comedy. Once told my Scottish lecturer that at uni and his expression looked like I punched him in the face. XD
Probably what I look like right now…
me too ===3 ;_;
was supposed to look like a face being punched but sorta resembles a T-bagging :/Where’s the tip of that cock? O_o
Read The Lesser Evil too.
Read about five pages the other night. Was impressed with your dialogue. Then decided I wasn’t in the mood to read three books back-to-back. XD
Have you considered one book, front-to-back?
It’s good treadmill reading, I’ve been assured.
Because it doesn’t go anywhere#You’veBeenPageSixed!Seriously, though (bahahaha), glad you liked what you read so far, even if it didn’t manage to kidnap your interest and nail it to the page.
Seriously can’t tell the difference between emo-you and regular-you. 😛
Owned!
Am I this annoying all the time? D:
Doofus. 😛
I was just trying to say you may think you’ve been being annoying, but you’re most likely not.
Marathon?
That must be worth some serious points.
Oh, good idea. I’ll log that stuff later. 😛
Adventures of Shuggy is part of steams week long deals and at $1.24 well worth the price.
My recommendation
Great little puzzle game. Had a friend buy this for me as I had skipped over it thinking it was a fairly standard platform gem collector. Once I tried the game I found it to be a challenging puzzler with new game play mechanics each area. Well worth getting, so thanks friend
Also has cute little comic cut scenes and took me around 7 hours to complete according to steam.
…does Shuggy like becon and run a website called Pitaku?
I actually read it as Shiggy the first time I saw it. Was going to be an instabuy 😛
I keep reading it as Shiggy, can’t help it! I keep thinking that game is about a bearded man that travels lands of bacon, wanting all the bacon for himself and tries to save the bacon world from the bacon bandits, known as the Dark Baconhood 😛
I would play this game. Someone make this game.
@doc_what
Can’t wait!:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=45628
AW YEAH!
Ok, I’ve done the unboxing (baw, missing cables), watched it back and laughed at what a jackass I am, signed up for a bunch of things do I could download stuff, waited for 1.7GB of SDK and demos to download, my Rift’s carrycase is by my side and I’ve got my Hydra at the ready.
Hit it.
Hit what? I hit my screen, but now all I’ve done is hurt my hand, and I think I have a few dead pixels now.
It from the back.
That didn’t help anything, now my monitor has a hole in the back of it. Why do I listen to you people?
Cut your hair.
http://youtu.be/EaqQhdt1qqk
???
is there much you can do with it without having to do much….
I’m lazy but really want one 😛
the price is so reasonable, i wanna get one and pay someone to make it do stuff for me. How much was the hydra?
They’ve got a half price deal on at the moment. Originally it ended April 25, but then it went til the 30th, and now I think it’s on til the 31st of May. It ended up being something like $65 for the controller, but then $35 for shipping. So $100 instead of $130 or something. Kinda pricey.
As for things to do with it, there’s loads of demos around that people have whipped up. I’d probably be more inclined to wait for the consumer version though, and all the improvements it’ll have for general use. But then if you want it now then there’s no stopping you from grabbing one either. Just have to keep in mind that this is a devkit and has some shortcomings.
hmm, sounds like good advise, maybe I’ll be patient, any idea when the consumer ones are due for release?
please let it be soon, but i know it won’t since dev kits are only just going outConsumer model’s not due til around the end of 2014 😛
hmmm, probly hold off on the rift and wait for the retail model.
I wish I’d pursued a career in programming like I was going to, Why did I choose love over education………… WHY!!
Edit: Sorry for double reply, my work puter is mad,
@sughly: Aw, didn’t really edit any thing away. Was just in a slightly agitated mood and I took it out on your post. Sorry man. I was really distracted watching last nights ep of Mad Men, though. Spent most of the time using interwebs on iPad. Could tell it was a great episode, just wasn’t feeling it.
The whole Betty/Don thing was interesting. Thought Peggy’s boyfriend was a bit of a d-bag after last nights ep. Think she’s better off without him.I really really dug how revealing it was on a lot of things, not just to the audience but to the characters themselves. My favourite bit was how Don used that “I missed you” line on both Betty and Megan. Oh man, so so good. And Betty just pinned him against the wall, she said things so succinctly to him, that I think he acknowledged things about himself he really hasnt until now. Not to say he will improve on them, but hes more self aware at least. I really like the Joan and the new guy thing too. I love how dismissive she was of Campbell when he was angling for her to help him haha. Hes such a weasel. That closing shot with Peggy too, gah! Sooo so good. She looked so downtrodden and desperate when she went into whathisnames office at the end, and hes all like ah well that sucks, out you go. Shes really been knocked down a few pegs, but in the end it will be better for her – its almost like shes done so much for herself, including cutting the ties to Don, but the last few ties to these men – the boyfriend and the new boss – they were almost somewhat detrimental to her, in a roundabout kind of way. I think this is just going to make her stronger, even more independent. We’ll see…Theres something too about seeing Betty and Don together… has such a classic element about it. I really liked seeing that side of Betty. Haha, I was like such a high school girl though, when she left the door open I was like NO… then Don walks in and I was all GAAASP! Ohhhh no…Haha! What this guy says! I was going to stop with Mad Men goooooood. 😛
I agree on all fronts.
I just had a ‘bigger picture’ moment of clarity with the XBone.
Their DRM system will mean that every game produced will be tracked across its whole lifetime. When and where it’s produced. Where it’s sold, how long it was on the shelf, how long it’s played. Turnover of stock rates by retailer and location. Statistics for locations and volumes of trade-ins. Analytics on promotions and marketing vs sales on any level they want.
The data mining capabilities are enormous, and it would be an absolute fucking goldmine for marketing companies. How much money could they make just through this data?
And on the flip side, what privacy controls will be in place on your data? They can probably tell when you get paid, what sort of buying profile you belong to. What sort of games you like, how well different types of marketing work on you. The possibilities are being taken to a new level with this kind of data.
Call me paranoid, but these are things I can think of off the top of my head that I could do with this sort of data. There’s a whole marketing analytics revenue model that they’d be able to build into this sort of system.
Damn I’m terrible with words. Hopefully this doesn’t just come across as the raving of a gibbering conspiracy theorist.
I get it. 🙂
That’s the really crazy thing about the Xbone: these thoughts aren’t weird/tin foily. That in itself give me greater concern than the console.
That’s right – this is a deliberately designed system. There is no way that tracking games isn’t part of it. And it won’t be used just to learn about consumers and exploit that information. It’ll be used to give game development companies with a high trade-in rate dud deals on future contracts.
They’re going to have more in-depth retail sales data than the retailers could ever hope to have. That’s a bit of a power imbalance.
Not at all, it’s a very legitimate concern IMO. And I hadn’t even thought about it that way but you’re right.
When the dots joined in my head I was worried it would seem more foaming-at-the-mouth crazy or attempting to dig for bad things style negativity, but I don’t quite have to start fitting that tinfoil hat yet, it seems.
The future scares me. Really.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/the-xbox-one-is-a-surveillance-device-according-to-aussie-privacy-paranoids/
Luke Hopewell thinks you’re just a paranoid idiot.
That’s just to do with the camera pointed at you 24/7.
I’m more concerned with the analytics on the wealth of data available. More along the same lines of how Facebook make their money.
You don’t think data from the camera and mic wont be used for data collection and marketing?
I’m not even thinking about that. I’m troubled by the amount of data they will already have.
And MS definitely can do it – it’s not much different to crunching huge datasets for Bing search data really.
Luke Hopewells scare me. That kind of flippant “it doesn’t matter” attictude will be our downfall.
Our kids will grow up being used to this, then they’ll push it a little more and their kids will grow up with that.
Scary.
I…politely…disagree with all of that article. The fact that the majority of the commenters seem to agree with it is troubling.
Regardless, I’ve already made the decision to not buy an Xbone.
Well all that stuff (except for the trade in analytics) has been technically possible on PCs for about a decade or so…
Valve even hired an economist to study the data from Steam.
Anyone with a spare moment wanna do a serach for Rayman Origins Vita on the EB website for me?
My wurk putener drops dead during the search :-/
I read that as “My work partner”…
Hey! I would if I could 😛
EB Games sez $23 brand new. Also, in store only.
Yeah, but you can do stock locator no?
That’s what I meant…
Postcode 4000
sorry if unclear
@tigerion
EB Games Albert Street
EB Games Brisbane City
EB Games Toowong
EB Games Lutwyche-VS
But it does say Please phone your local store to confirm stock availability. so I would double check
Cheers! 😀
$23.00 in store only
Please phone your local store to confirm stock availability.
/o\
Getting really depressed about my lack of mobility.
Aw man, sorry to hear that. Feeling better atleast?
Game online with friends? It’s not a replacement for limited mobility, but it means you can get involved in group stuff with no limitations!
What I’m trying to say is, make DC multi something with you.
Just think of the good stuff. 🙂
Extra game time.
Time off work.
See the family a bit more 🙂
Fitness test for the police in 4 weeks, 1/4 of that is immobile while limited fitness declines. I’m not going to pass.
Can you tell them you’ve been injured and rescedule at all?
Imagine if you had to arrest a TAYbie after you become a cop.
You’d run at them and shout “Freeze!”, and they’d turn back and shout “Freeze!”.
Also, what you duid there was the opposite of what I suggested…
You’ll pass. Did you see that movie about the guy who only had a few weeks to train for a world-class sporting event?
Cliffy, I think it was. Also there was one in ‘murica about 35 years ago, forget its name though.http://dcperry.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wha_happened.jpg
Getting injured is the best! So much work I could get out of 😛
Hope you feel better soon though 🙁
worst injury i ever got (not the most severe just most inconvenient) was a crushed thumb, it was only about a month after i got my ps3, i kept trying to play stuff in weird ways but kept being too painfull, so i switched to waggling wiimotes for a couple weeks.
*Word of advice to Gamers, Avoid injuring your thumb, it is poop
So, I’m hiding this wall of text behind a spoiler so people don’t have to read it if they don’t want to.
Over the past week, I have been battling with depression. I don’t really know why, but we think it might be Seasonal Affective Disorder as it is generally worse during winter. I had a blood test on Thursday to see if there was any other contributing factors, but the only major problem was that my blood sugar was at 7.9, which is high, but not too bad. I had an assignment due last Tuesday which I still haven’t finished, and I probably won’t finish it. At the moment, I’m really not sure what is going to happen with Uni or anything else in the near future. So, even though you don’t know me that well, I’d just like to ask that you keep me in your thoughts. With the support I get on this site and from my irl friends, I hope I can get through this.TLDR: Thanks for reading.
Hey man, anything we can do? Are you seeking any help for this? I will definitely be thinking of you.
Yeah, I’ve been to the doctor twice in the past week. Getting a Glucose Tolerance Test done on Thursday to see if I have diabetes and we’ll proceed from there. Also have a referral to see a psychologist, so hopefully that will help. I’m hoping to deal with both depression and diabetes without meds if possible.
My advise, try to stay on target.
No but seriously look after yourself,
‘Cept for the ‘splosion bit.
Disregard that noise.
*hugasaurus* Take care of yourself, just worry about now for now. It really is a one day at a time kind of process.
Also, as someone who has fought through depression without meds…I won’t lie, it’s supertough. The main advice I could give would be to not let yourself be bogged down with the little things, that’ll turn minor bumps into major setbacks pretty fast.
Sorry to hear that. Thinking of you, man!
This Seasonal Affective Disorder…I had an idea it existed before you named it :-/
Noticed a lot of TAYbies (myself included) have been feeling down since the temperature dropped recently.
If you ever need a chat, we’re all here 😀
I don’t know if there is any test for Seasonal Affective Disorder but isn’t their a UV lamp or something that can help with that. Not that I know what I’m talking about so more a maybe look at that if you haven’t already.
Other than that try to get outside during the day if you can, generally a really helpful thing if you can swing it. Even if it is cold.
that’s a really good point actually, a lot of scandenavian countries have extreme levels of depression due to the fact that they have seasons with very little sunlight.
*hugs*
Sorry to hear that, man. There’s not much I can do over the internet but if you ever need support or someone to talk to I’m (and the rest of the TAYbes) are here for you!
I hope things improve soon. SAD is pretty common.
A one off BSL of 7.9 doesn’t necessarily mean anything. You could potentially get some assistance with uni if your mood is making you struggle.
@sughly
Nico Vega are pretty cool. Apparently they had a song in a trailer/the start screen for Bioshock Infinite.
Oh this freaking raaaaad. I love this! I’m into Deep Vally in a huge way since you queried me on them too, and this leads from them nicely. Yessss, thanks mang. Have they got much else out? Looking now…
A couple of EPs I think. Not a whole lot.
My morning was pretty great thanks to Timo Tolkki’s metal opera project: Avalon. The album A Land Of New Hope is incredibly good and the perfect album for me at a perfect time. Always good to hear Michael Kiske’s voice again, he makes me happy. But Elize Ryd’s performance on this album is incredible and made me realise that so much of her potential is wasted in Amaranthe. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5teJpUWMss8 (not heavy in the slightest,by the way)
Also contributing my great morning was the fact that for the first time in a couple of years I used the proper sound system in the loungeroom as opposed to the little iPod dock in the kitchen or just my phone’s speaker. I forgot how awesome it is to just let go and sing along to stuff at the top of your lungs. 😀
@chuloopa @sughly
It took a while to find them, the links on the site are all over the place but they’re up to Vol. 3 Ch. 2.
http://www.crossedcomic.com/category/the-webcomic/
Serial:???? Holy cow!
Thanks Buddy! 😀
NSFW?
Just wanna check before I click 🙂
EDIT: Disregard, just read the link *facepalm*
Got to page 3 before a Absolutely NSFW image.
With your work policy I would say don’t go anywhere near that
Still only up to vol.1 ch.3 myself, but good to know theres a lot of stuff ahead 😀
@shane
Fill your Zeitgeist hole with one of my favourite podcasts.
http://ifiwereyoushow.com/
Also WTF POD with Marc Maron, candid interviews with stand up comedians. I recommend listening to the Eddie Pepitone ones, first. They’re amazing.
http://www.wtfpod.com/
Thanks, man. Listening now!
Edit: If I Were You is pretty great so far.
Hahahahahaha, it’s awesome. I love it!
You should check out their web series.
http://www.jakeandamir.com/
Also amazing.
Wow, this far better than the crap I usually listen to!
HurrNah.
You’re no fun.
You get my question for Zeitgeist?
IT WAS YOU!!!
Prepare yourself.
I ran over my bare foot with a garbage bin today. Didn’t hurt anything but I can’t help but get the feeling @dc is sending vibes out to injure all his competitors in the Fitocracy challenge and this is how they tried to get me…
Aw, the wheel was supposed to trip you over, then it was the spike pits time to shine!
Spike pit?! How did you install one of those in my garden?!
With great care
Far too many TAYbies playing DotA2 right now.
GO DO SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE.
*sulks at desk*
*sighs* I may have to bite the bullet and start trying it again… why do I punish myself so?
Rayman Origins GET!
Thanks to:
@ynefel @sughly @dkzeitgeist @tigerion
$19 pre-owned 😀
Excellent game!
Woo!
Niiiiice
It’s weird, Jimu wondered a while back how any one who grew up on 8-bit video game music couldn’t like synth in modern music.
I don’t know what to tell you man, but I love this. 😀
Ha ha!
I think it had an effect on my tastes. 😉
I love a good synth!
Best thing to happen to game music was when real life orchestras were used. 😀 (I think my mind just filled in the blanks back in the day, but nothing like a real instrument!)
The Skyward Sword theme is amazing.
😀 😀 😀
I appreciate both.
Like the difference between a rock band and an electronic band.
Waht’s even better is a mix!
Remember Me uses a really cool mix of synth and orchestra!
@dc Yeah I heard a bit on Gametrailers, liked what I heard.
Keen on the game. Holding off on a purchase though.
@dc Blue Space Opera Singer in The 5th Element.
THAT. IS. AWESOME.
(The game Mischief Makers does a digital verion of that kind of thing awesome game OST!)
Oh man, most iconic moment of 5th Element!
More iconic than “Multi-pass”? 😛
You got Battle of Olympus in here?
(sorry, can’t link from work)
Never heard of it! D:
Have a look, plays like Zelda II but Greek Myth themed
Me and a mate picked it up for a tenner at Toombul Toyworld back in the day 🙂
!!!
A NES game for $10? the extra 1 must’ve fallen off the sign. 😛
This was well into the SNES days and prolly about a year before Aus got PSone/Saturn etc.
Toyworld had a big bin full of cheap NES games. I remember him grabbing Wrath of the Ninja for the same price too.
I don’t think I’ve ever played a NES!
…
:'(
Not even an emulator?
Of course, but not an actual physical one. Didn’t know anyone with one!
I did play a SNES though but didn’t know what it was back then 😀
Oh riiiiight. *phew*
I didn’t think you were that ignorant 😀
I don’t know why, but I could just not get myself out of bed until about 10 minutes ago. I’d wake up, fall asleep again, wake up again, spend an hour just laying there, fall asleep again etc
Anyway, good morning everyone.
Were you up late?
A week or two back I did a few 11 hour sleeps in a row.
I kinda blame the weather/my brain.
Also, I only just got over a months long sickness of various descriptions :-/
That’s the thing, last night was one of the few nights where I managed to fall asleep before 1 in the morning.
I guess maybe I needed to catch up on a lot of sleep or something.
Yeah, I do that, the catch up.
Usually on a Saturday morning after a week’s worth of loss
Saturday’s one of the few mornings I actually do get up early because I like having cartoons on the TV while I’m on the computer.
They still do saturday morning cartoons? 😛
I kid, all I ever see is ABC4Kids, I presume you’re on a different channel though.
(I miss Ducktales on Saturday mornings) 🙁
Go has kids WB, which shows things like Mystery Incorporated, Young Justice and Ben 10.
Oh yeah, I see that on occasion.
I liked the middle series of Ben Ten best, he seems to have de-aged recently :-/
@jimu The new season has a new art style that makes him look younger, plus they sometimes set episodes in the past with an eleven year old Ben.
I was never a big fan, just saw it on occasion.
I liked how it matured. Guess it wasn’t selling as well anymore.
You know the guys who made it started off with American Superhero comics?
Joe Kelly still writes some comics. Haven’t seen Matsuda do anything for yeeeeeeeeeears.
They also helped create the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon for Marvel, unfortuneatly that’s aimed at a younger audience.
Adventure Time! \o/
So is Far Cry 3 set in NZ?
Strange accents?
Ayup.
Everyone sounds like me?! D:
You have a NZ accent?
“Strange” accents….
*facepalm*
isn’t it set in Panoi or Banai or something, pretty sure it’s meant to be in the pacific somewhere, so like Dead Island it gets weird accents, It reminds me of the place from Just Cause 2, pretty sure that’s in Panoi/Banai or somesuch.
P.S. Farcry 3 is great, cept for that main character, what a poof,
Nah, technically South-East Asia. I don’t think they got more specific than “it’s an island in that giant fustercluck of islands”.
I was just going off the kiwi accents.
I think they approached it like Dead Island, using Australian/NZ/TS Islander accents fairly prominently.
Kinda makes Brody’s accent sound almost strange when surrounded by the much less dramatic sounds of our region.
Far Cry 3 is set on a tropical island somewhere in the vicinity of the Malay Archipelago, between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. So sayeth IBEHARD i mean UBISOFT
I was thinking maybe one of the smaller islands near PNG.
Sooo I’m makin this livestream thing happening tonight potentially, maybe around 9ish and into the night? Show of hands who might be interested/available to pop in and say hello? If noones interested obviously I wont bother 😛
edit: And @dc – you neednt worry about spoilers – I’ll be colouring a background that appears in the first few seconds of the chapter following the part you played already. Its an alleyway, thats it. There, I’ve spoilt it for you already 😀 (Or I might work on lines for the big scrolling village background, which is also one of the first things you come across in the next chapter. Might jump between the two.)
\o
Won’t be too spoilery, will it?
Edit: HAHA! Preemptive edit. You know me well, Sughly. XD
Upvote for maybe…?
Maybe is good. As long as theres SOMEONE there with me during it, I’ll be happy
I’m usually free around 9:30. That’ll get me on the computer instead of the Xbox, and I can be working too \o/
\o
Not like I’ve got anything better to do.
Isn’t that ging to be somewhat distracting for you? What with us pointing out “you missed a spot” and “THRILLHOU”.
HAHA! Noooo, no thrillhouses in these bgrounds, and I’m using this as a way to keep me focussed. If I know people are watching, I wont be able to minimize it and go off and do other stuff XD
Yeah, I hear getting “distracted” while people are watching you on the web is not ideal for anyone involved.
Could be poss, boy has a bit of a cough though and kept waking up last night so there could be some blubbering on my end.
I may be able to watch for a while. But not say hello. That would be too weird. 😛
Wat. Talking is a thing? I won’t be doing that.
All livestreams I’ve checked out have had a live chat thingy.
I honestly don’t know what a livestream is. I just assumed it was a one-way webcam thing 😛
Me too. Is it like the thing Pez used to do with his music? That was just chat window and not talking, right?
I don’t know! I didn’t make it to any of them
Unless Sughly has something special planned, I’m assuming that’s what this’d be.
He’ll be wearing his “nice” Tshirt :p
Yeah this is what Im attempting to setup. Having audio difficulties :/ I am stoopid…
Me either. D:
I’d probably pop in for a bit to see what’s up.
Don’t forget to move the air mattress.
I have a proper bed now thank you very much. Will move anything else thats incriminating though, like my giant porn collection. Thanks for the heads up.
o/
Just finished watching THE HANGOVER 3.
Now, I thoroughly enjoyed watching 1. Enjoyed part 2 for what it was, a mean spirited remake of 1, it had its amusing moments and I giggled a lot.
What the hell did I just watch? This was one of the biggest piles of shit I’ve seen in years. A truly terrible movie. None of the charm of the first 2, none of the appeal. I wouldn’t even call this a proper movie. I couldn’t tell you what the actual PLOT was honestly asides ‘Chow does stupid shit for two hours’…
Avoid this pile of crap. Avoid at all costs.
Was saying to Freeze and Sughly the other night that it’s the definition of an unnecessary sequel. They’re diluting everything that was special in the first movie with every incarnation. It’s like Rocky getting so many sequels, the first was once an Oscar winning thing…
I can see what you mean with Rocky, but Hangover was always silly. How do you dilute silly? :-/
By redoing it over and over again. 😀
Yeah, I know. But it’s hard to dilute something that’s already diluted.
Did Hangover get mad respect or something?
Seemed like a fairly average Hollywood buddy comedy to me. I watch em.
I laughed harder watching Hall Pass.
I think it was a surprise hit. No one expected it to be as solid as it was. 😀
I see nothing about that movie that elevated above it’s peers.
I find this conversation confusing :-/
I liked the first movie. It was clever. I laughed. XD
@dc Don’t disagree, but I can say that about a lot of these things.
Don’t get me wrong here, cos I enjoyed it, but it was average.
And I mean that in the best way, you know?
Hangover wasn’t terrible, Hangover 2 wasn’t terrible but that’s because it was the exact same goddamn movie as 1. I’d even say Hangover 2 was the better movie, except it couldn’t exist without 1 and all it does is follow the same formula and for the most part make the same jokes.
I don’t even know what Hangover 3 is supposed to be.
Did you laugh though?
That’s my indicator of a good comedy.
(after all, Your Highness)
Not at all until the end credits. Hangover 3 doesn’t even know what kind of movie it’s trying to be??? That’s the worst part.
I haven’t watched Hangover 3, but from what I’ve seen/read, it just seems to be directionless. Hangover 1/2 did make me laugh, so I got out of them what I expected (though I cringed more than I laughed and I hate cringe humour).
The Hangover is my “I’m in the minority but I hated every damn minute of it” movie.
Apart from the often far-fetched plot devices employed to get Rocky back in the ring, the sequels are fairly solid. You can watch all the Rocky films back-to-back and it works.
I dunno… They’re no Oscar winners and they’re pretty cheesy (reflections of their respective eras).
I’m probably just being a philistine again.
I’m just being judgemental, don’t mind me.
I respect your judgement.
I love Rocky 1 and 2. The best part of 4 is the start where Apollo Creed is killed. Rocky holding the towel and hesitating too long in throwing it in is genuinely great, and sets up the rest of the film brilliantly.
The rest of the movie is just kind of silly, but not unwatchable.
Rocky V is a bit of a let down.
Please Note:
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/talk-amongst-yourselves-225/comment-page-20/#comment-1442010
Agreed on everything. I laughed once genuinely. Everything else was just not funny. Chow was boring and crap. Ken Jeong looked like he was bored and didn’t want to be there, all the actors looked like they realised it was a mistake to make the movie. John Goodman was clearly doing this for the money.
The biggest mistake, was doing this movie so tonally different from the other two. While people were bagging the 2nd for doing the exact same thing, thats the exact reason you DO the same thing for part 3. You go big, you go for broke, it’s the grand finale. You bring Doug into it properly, Doug, by not being in ANY of them really now, is essentially a non character, you bring their WIVES, you bring back TYSON, EVERYONE who’s been into it and you turn it into a situation where you go completely for fucking broke.
Then you get one slightly redeeming moment with Alan at the end in the Pawn shop and they ruin even that O_o
This did absolutely nothing of that. This was the biggest waste of time I’ve seen on film in years since Tom Cruise and War of the Worlds…
(Edit: You’re wrong Smurf, you just went back and watched some WotW and its actually alot better than you remember, its just that son in it that pisses you off..)
The worst part? The only genuine laugh comes from the middle of the credits at the end. So save yourself some time, skip 90 minutes and head to the end credits, THAT’s the ONLY part you actually need to see, the rest is actually a non-movie.
…
No one must know that I really liked Spielberg’s War of the Worlds.
*peers at DVD sitting on shelf*
I liked certain scenes in it but overall it justs didn’t gel for me. The initial invasion I felt was fantastic but other bits just ruined it for me, like angsty teenage son running over the hill O_o then magically arriving at mums house a couple of scenes later before Tom lol
That ending was terrible and a cop out, I agree.But I liked the Spielberg ‘spectacle’ of it. Had a feel I hadn’t really felt from his movies since Jurassic Park. (Even though I liked Minority Report and AI.)
Spoiler tags dude
I dunno what the problem with that was.
Was fine.
And hey there’s plenty of films I like that others hate lol. Its just a personal preference thing.
But any who like this movie have shit taste. lol.
Stu has literally been reduced to standing there screaming “ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?” that is literally all he does…
I like it, and replying to someone else who is saying they liked it with this reply is a bit crude. Being super judgemental.
I’m talking about the Hangover 3, not WotW lol. Sorry but there’s a limit… a limit man!
Ah ok, fair nuff
I was too harsh on WotW before, I cranked it up (ok clicked the file 😉 ) and watched the initial invasion, the bridge scene and some random bits and its far better than I remember. Read my edited post above…
I loved that movie man. War of the Worlds was genuinely amazing.
Except…
the son living. that was dumb.Yeah, it was bad, but it certainly wasn’t that bad. I’ve seen movies much worse than this one. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying it’s any good, but I’d watch it 50 times before I’d watch The Love Guru again.
It was worse than bad. It was boring. At least bad movies can elicit some sort of reaction out of you.
Agreed. At least the Love Guru you can make fun of, this movie you just feel sorry for everyone involved…
I’d like to add that a tree fell over a hundred metres behind me on my run today.
That’d be the termites. *wipes hands*
Sonic boom!
Only 200 points for a near-fatal 4k run?! You crazy, Fitocracy!
Hahahaha, it’s not supposed to be a disincentive!
Turns out after 12 years between dentist visits, all I need is a proper teeth clean and a minor filling. Going back in 3 weeks to get both done. Pretty good outcome, if you ask me.
Also, the Ouya is a pretty groovy piece of hardware. For $100 worth of Tegra 3/Android based console it’s not bad. I primarily bought it for emulation purposes, and there’s already two SNES emulators, an N64 emulator, an NDS emulator and a NES emulator on the Ouya marketplace. \o/ Readily accepts ROMs off a USB flash drive as well, and the SNES emulator works great so far. I’ve noticed a distinct lag from the controller though, and not just on emulators, which is a little disturbing. Doesn’t affect most games, but for stuff like Canabalt, where timing is everything, I can’t seem to manage it. They’re bluetooth controllers, so they should be up to the task. Perhaps it’ll get fixed with firmware updates. At least I hope so. Otherwise, all apps are free to try off the store, and there’s a lot of cool stuff there. I found I was never interested in Twitch, but after downloading the app, I found myself watching people play DayZ. Works really well.
Also, my long awaited DBZ Vol.8 Vizbig arrived today after being on back order from Madman for months, so now I have all nine! \o/
If the lag is on the controller’s end (my assumption is that that’s unlikely), you could try pairing a wiimote to it and see how it goes?
Keen to hear more about your experiences with it!
Yeah I’ll have to tinker further. There was a game I downloaded last night that said I could use Wiimotes or PS3 controllers if I liked, but not sure if it’s just that game that supports the other controllers, or if Ouya does natively. If it does natively, I’d happily put my spare Dualshock 3 controller on to it.
Will play more later and report back.
What’s the access to the Google Play store like? Anything at all? There’s a free wiimote app I’m using from there, all it needed was a custom HID for it and it works in anything/everything. I really don’t know much about the Ouya’s software environment…the last stuff I read about it was 1 year+ ago.
It seems to have it’s own store with a separate account. My Ouya account is the same email as my Google account as well. Bit of a bummer, especially considering I have a fair bit of stuff purchased on my Google account. Not a big one though.
Honestly its only the emulator ability that interests me. Which isn’t ideal for all concerned.But I was waiting to see how that works before I really looked into it.
The emulator scenario works for me because I can just keep the Ouya connected directly to my TV. Just a small, simple solution really. The Ouya itself is actually really small too. Just need to nut out this controller lag and it’ll be perfect.
Welp, looks like I’m a bit prone to Rift-induced motion sickness.
Nothing particularly serious, pretty much the same thing as if I were to try and read a book in the car. It’s just a persistent unpleasantness that I could really do without. Also annoying since I don’t usually get other kinds of motion sickness, love going on rollercoasters etc. Guess I just have to take it easy and work my way up.
Also kinda glad I didn’t try and take part in the FItocracy challenge. Deathsports aren’t really my thing.
DC = Deathsports Coordinator?
Only time I’ve ever gotten motion sickness was on the Liberty Island ferry in New York. Was all kinds of unpleasant. 😛 (And Jetpack Joyride.)
Oh yeah, I went on a cruise once for schoolies. Never had a problem with boats before, and for the majority of the trip I was fine. But when it was still in the choppier waters near Australia, and doing these great big slow movements up and down… just couldn’t take it. Again I wasn’t exactly sick at all, but my head just didn’t feel right and I had to lie down and try feel as not awful as possible.
Can someone go here, tell me if the stream is working? https://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164684/events/2135200
I can see a logo of you and a “follow” button!
Aww really? No event page?
edit: what about now?
COLOURING WITH KRAMS upon refresh \o/
I don’t think what I’m typing into the chat box is going through, though 😛
Also, Livestream keeps saying it’s disconnected, reconnecting, but I haven’t lost the feed.
Thats a bit weird… Cody and DC, did you guys see what you typed come up in the chat?
Did you see what I typed?
You know it!
I’m sure it’s just this work computer and IE8 😛
I’ll be using IE10 at home. Lightyears better/.
Ah ok, cool cool. I hope :/
Yeah I did, I saw my chat along with yours and Shane’s.
“Dane Krams hasn’t created any events. To be notified of any new events, be sure to follow Dane Krams and when you return they’ll be listed below. In the mean time, you can find some events we think you’ll love below.”
It’s working now, man! Nice music. 😛
Haha yaaaaay! Is AFire on now? I think its a bit laggy
edit: And can you see the chat window?
Yeah! See you and Shane and Cody…
ARCADE FIIIIIIRE!
Funny thing is its on random. It knew you were there. It knew.
Your computer is sentient and knows a fellow adventure gamer/Arcade Fire fan when they see one!
“A livestream account is required to watch Colouring with Krams!”
Ugh.
I just logged in with facebook anyway though.
Yeah, I made an account. Was annoying too. 😛
The sacrifices you guys make. Warms my heart!
😀
I signed up for you. Said your event was starting in about 19 hours…you may want to change your timezone.
HAHA! Noo its only a notification thing anyway, if its live it appears you can see anyway. Ill post in here when I’m going to go on, but not on twitters caus I only wanted to keep it semi private
So is this still happening? (I’m sure you probably talk about it later on but I haven’t caught up on TAY yet!)
I’ll sign up later if so 🙂
Yeppers, 9pm!
I assume you’ll post it in TAY? 😀
Sweeeet
15 hours?
…yes.
Mo not really. Go to the most recent page, putting it up in an hour
Hehe, mo.
If you post a new link can you tag me, please.
Gonna try and get this fella asleepin’
Ooops.
is ok, i GET EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS IT SEEMS 🙂
capsfail
Okay, now it’s weird watching Sughly browse TAY. Closing window. 😛
Didnt I stop the live thing..? :/
Don’t make that mistake tonight 😛
Pez did that once…
Said it was closed for me, last I saw was what looked like Photoshop with messages to Shane, etc up on screen.
Yeah thats what I thought. By the way, thanks for testing mang!
Stopped, thought it was my browser. Pressed play than saw TAY. Maybe that was from when you were first setting it up though. In fact I think it was, post above was me and Mr. Taco talking. Disregard!
Yeah… I think its kind of weird though how it doesnt just jump straight to live… kind of has a rewind function that is a bit funky. Dont want people joinging and getting sent to the start :/
Im genuinely confused by this… I closed down the software that was rexording and everything. Did you just go back to an earlier point in the stream? Or was this after I talked to you guys in the chat?
Yeah, I think it was earlier in the stream, posting this initial thread. Never mind.
Cool cool. Thanks so much for the help 😀
I had a moment of silence that I noticed while I was in another window doing work, and then it was Photoshop and a yellow cursor dancing around, which I guess might have been an earlier point in the stream. It’s hard to tell… but the timer along the bottom kept going until I closed the window.
Hnnngh! This thing is problematic >:(
At least it wasn’t porn.
Haha, who is ThugLife4Eva?
I bet it’s Freeze.
You guys always assume the worst about me 🙁
@sughly
NEW CHVRCHES!!
http://pitchfork.com/news/50911-listen-new-chvrches-gun/
Oh yes gimme gimme gimme!
Edit: Hmmm…. its… kinda cool. Fits firmly in that enjoyable array of their songs, but not as standout as say Mother we share or Now is not the time, they are still my two faves by far.
I just really wanted some new Chvrches. I’d say this is the kind of sound they’ll stick with though, very similar to Recover. Which is totally fine with me.
Good song! XD
Haha, wonder why youre listening to that now hmmm
Thoughts on what I’ve seen of AD s4:
Pretty good so far (only seen the first ep) but I don’t like how “good” it looks. I want it to look shitty like that whole cheap doco style it originally had :(. Oh well… 😀
I thought it did look like that?
First episode was the weakest out of the ones I’ve seen so far, fourth is my favourite. 😀
Yep. I’m almost finished and the first is the weakest.
That said, it’s because
each episode links into all of the others, so each new episode adds a little more to the overall story.I just thought Michael was a bit out of character. Also he’s usually used to frame a story and having no story to frame at that moment made it just aimless moseying. Haha. His next episode was much, much better.I get the feeling that a second viewing after watching the whole series will make that first episode much better. Seeing everything within the context of the overall story will help it I think.It’s cool having full 30 minute episodes too. No 8 minutes for ads here. XD
Maybe the [redacted] made it look better 😛
It certainly looks different from that shitty doco feel. Still a bit shaky and stuff but the quality looks a lot better overall which is oddly a bad thing 😛
As for the eps I get they have to introduce a lot of things and tie up loose ends in the first ep so I didn’t expect it to be that impressive but we’ll see 🙂
Haha, sounds like the HD is jarring. I’m watching crappy SD versions. 😛
I am watching crappy SD versions… :/
But it still looks “good”. Ugh I hope y’all get what I mean by it looks “good”. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing but I like the shitty shaky cam doco look it had that other popular shows also used (The Office, Parks and Rec etc.)
The realisation that cooking for yourself means having days worth of leftovers is a pretty great eye opener for me.
Take that, fitocracy
Do the exercises I told @dc to do! 15 minutes! You have 15 spare minutes!
Nahhhhh *picks up his wacom pen, pretends to work*
I feel like you’d be more productive if you live streamed all the time.
Haha, probably. But then noone would come to them and the point would be null and void
For you, I’d come.
:’D
I’d have it on while I worked. That’s nine hours a day, five days a week.
Do you even work? 😛
This is something I’m aware of, but have yet to get past the fact it means I have to cook in the first place. It’s so worth it when you do though. Save money not buying food at work, etc and it’s likely better for you.
Yeah I too easily rely on takeout purely for ease, but when I realise I can now make fairly decent curry for like a quarter of the price and it lasts me about 4 meals as oppose to the 2 takeout generally grants… yeahhh… pretty good incentive
NO MORE ACCOUNTING!!!
…except for the exam 🙁
And I’ve well and truly fucked my right shift key while trying to clean my keyboard :S
NO MORE APPLIED ECONOMETRICS!!!
…except for the exam 🙁
Comment hijacking aside, accounting is lameeeee
My brother has to do that next year. He’s going to have fun by the sounds of it 😛
@bdkiaf Phwoar, I LOOOOVE these Nico Vega peoples. So good…
WOOOOO! Got one! Beast is a rad song. That’s the Bioshock Infinite one.
Yeah that is particularly rad. Currently getting my hands on as much of them as possible XD Seems theres one album at least, aside from the ep’s…
Yeah, I just saw that on Rdio. Apparently they’re planning to have an album out this year too.
Sweeeeeet
2013 is such a monstrous year for music. Srsly, ridiculously monstrous.
And movies! Best year.
Fury Oh Fury was also used in another trailer for that game. 😛
Coooooool. Apparently the singer from Nico Vega and the singer from Imagine Dragons are married also.
Oh whoa forreals? Well there you go…
They had a side project called Egyptian.
Mmm… something about that guys voice grates on me. Women generally please my ears easier, I must admit.
I’m not overly keen on that song, but I knew you’d go off and find it yourself so I thought I’d save you the trouble.
Edit: Speaking of women’s voices though, I’ve been listening to a whole lot of Florence and the Machine and god damn she can sing. Her voice is ridiculous. #oldnews
Oh man. OH MAN. Florence is a beast. I love her so damn much. (@bdkiaf)
Seen her twice now, she’s such a natural performer too. Just owns that stage. And that voice, gah!
Decided to get Resident Evil 6 and Operation Racoon at that EB Games sale since they were fairly cheap.
These bar codes on the manuals is a little annoying though.
I could have gotten operation racoon city for $10 on PC at kmart… but i put t back because i heard it was utterly terrible… Let me know how it goes so i can kick myself if it’s actually ok.
Chances are it’ll be a year before I start playing it.
Impulse buying like a pro.
Just changed my mind and used my OGS voucher to get Rayman Origins for $10.99
Totally satisfied.
Definitely a worthy purchase, best platformer I have played in a long time.
Yeah i loved the demo, and i’ve been meaning to get it. I don’t know why it wasn’t an immediate gimmie when i was trying to decide what to get..
On the VITA? It sure is pretty on the VITA!
Nah, i picked up the PS3 one. I didn’t have enough left on the pre-paid visa to get the vita version 🙁
Oh well, it still is a very pretty game.
Awesome game. Dare you to try playing it without grinning at least once. So much fun.
Couldn’t even get through the demo without grinning like a child.
Man it was soooo pretty.
And when the bug things sing? Luverly.
That moment when you realize all the vocals in the game are in pig latin.
Grin? I’m dead serious when I play. Great game so far, done two whole levels!
Rayman Origins Get High Five o/
\o
WWWOOO!!!!!
and @chuloopa
If y’all got tablets/smart phones check out Rayman Jungle Run. It’s sort of the same platforming but pretty streamlined and in quick runner type levels. Still good fun though!
AHHHH SHHHHH!!!
The arse has fallen out of the dollar again 🙁
It’s taken an item that was under $100 a little while ago to $105 now that i finally got my birthday dosh. Damnnnnnnn it.
fuck
Hooray, my Ouya came today, Here are some snaps i have got of it.
http://imgur.com/a/EQJGA
The thing looks good, it feels good in the hand and feels nice and sturdy, it feels like its anodised aluminium and the controller is nice and weighty and as a bonus the people at Ouya were nice enough to supply a HDMI with it.
Oooooooo..uya
I still don’t believe you took those pics 😉
I sorta don’t believe it myself but here we are, i now have an Ouya in my hands, well not really in my hands as such as more of it sitting on a cabinet connected to my TV.
It was more along the lines of it looked like you took it in front of TAY as “proof” that they were your own pics 😛
But on the other “I still don’t believe” a part of me felt like Ouya was pretty dodgy and wouldn’t deliver (the actual product). Good to see its legit though and makes me less worried about Kickstarter things. I’ve only ever backed one (the Double Fine Adventure) but they’ve already delivered my money’s worth AND MORE with an excellent documentary 😀
I figure it’d be like this, somehow:
Playing OUYA:
“How do I jump, oh, it’s the O button.
Playing Xbox:
“How do I jump, oh yeah it’s… hang on, where’s the O button?
This is me every time I play a PlayStation.
“Wait, how do I ?”
“Square!”
“Uhhh… *looks down to see what’s what*”/”No like the letter name for it!”
No matter how many times I play over the years, I just can’t seem to map shape names to button positions. Maybe if they actually had the words square/triangle/circle/cross written on them it’d be ok. Worked for Start and Select 😛
DreamCast was my enemy, it had similar letters to Nintendo but switeched places…soooo confusing!
Yeah, I still get tripped up by Xbox from time to time. But I can still usually get it.
I guess with Xbox it also helps that the whole button is given a colour, so you can associate the on-screen colours with that too. Whereas the PlayStation ones have only ever had the symbol as the colour, the button for the most part is just a greyish blob. Even now I couldn’t tell you what shape is what colour, but I know the Xbox colours.
Box is pink
triangle is green
circle is red
x is bloo
I been playing PSs for too long…
Yeah, I never had too much trouble adjusting to 360 buttons, I think you’re right about the colour thing.
How the fuck do I figure out distance?
@dc
I went for a 3 hr bike ride…I have no idea how far that was :-/
Do you have a smart phone capable of GPS? If so get the Nike Plus app! Also, Google Maps can give a rough estimate on distance.
Will any of them map out the bike path or something?
I really have no idea…
I know you can manually mark a path on Google Maps, but haven’t done it myself. I know @cakesmith did the other day though… Uh… no idea for sure, though, since my phone is from the USSR.
cheers 😀
You don’t have a computer dealio on your bike? I would go with google maps as the next option
yeah, no dealio.
When I find the time* I’ll look into Google SCHmaps
Feeling a bit better at the moment. Had a listening test for Indonesian and got 35/40. Conversation test tomorrow and then the exam on the 24th of June. Should pass without too many problems. 🙂
There appears to be some Skrillex in my Far Cry 3.
Haha, ewww! Get it off, get it off! *flails arms*
Seriously though, the application of that track was brilliant.
Apparently there were some construction people up at the top of the road ours attaches to messing around with the telephone lines or something today. My area should be getting NBN some time by March next year…so hopefully that’s why they were there 😀 Although they probably just doing maintenance or something…
On the same day that you joined the Fitocracy group. Not suspicious or sabotage-like at all. 😛
You really travel fast to all these places, I must say. Thats dedication man.
Good exercise!
Once upon a time, in a land further and farther away, was a friend called Ruby. And she was my friend. And she was in England. And that’s very, very far away.
Daddy: I’ve never been to England.
Well, we can’t go now… but maybe next year. Or next week! But we can’t go, because I think there’s going to be a fire soon.
Sounds like she’s planning something. D:
@dc got to her. It was never about the basketball game. Run. Run while you can.
He’d make a great crime lord, don’t you think?
Famous angels never come through England, England gets the ones you never need. Unfortunately.
*nods head approvingly*
Hey @negativezero How good’s your Japanese?
Is this saying crossplay or not?
http://ncloud.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/dragons-crown-new-system-trailer.html
What, in the screenshot they have there? Says something about ‘Treasure Art’ being Complete.
Incidentally the voice over in the trailer sounds a heck of a lot like Atsuko Tanaka (who you may remember as Major Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell). Hadn’t seen a cast list but turns out she’s voicing the Amazon so it probably is. Still want to play with the Elf though 😛
The main points of the video are (and I’m summarizing because my Japanese isn’t amazing, just know enough to get the general thrust)
– you can customize your characters by choosing different skills
– something I think about discovering hidden dungeons filled with treasures
– something about not adventuring alone because you can discover piles of bones that you can put a soul into to turn them into allies?
– Team up with other local players to take on the dragon (presumably split-screen co-op on PS3, local ad-hoc co-op on Vita)
– Team up with other players over PSN. (I don’t think they specifically say cross-play. The diagram they have could be interpreted that way, but previously Atlus said that feature was cut out)
– Transfer your saved games between Vita and PS3
– OMG IT WILL BE SO AMAZING PLAY THE VANILLAWARE 2D ACTION RPG DRAGON’S CROWN!!!!!!!11one
The last point makes the most sense!
http://ncloud.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/gungho-to-localize-mind-0.html
This is the Persona knock-off I was talking about last week.
@ynefel @negativezero @blaghman @greenius
Endless line of Monster Hunter clones? nahhh.
Now, endless persona clones, that’s an idea..
(To be honest though, from what I’ve seen of it i’m not sure there’s any social aspect to it- or it is a pure dungeon crawler? I’m not sure, and quite frankly I’m too lazy to do further research.)
Looks like Pre 3 with a visual novel kinda dealy and battles more similar to Megaten proper.
Who knows, could turn out alright. *shrugs*
Oh right, that. Bear in mind that it’s a joint between the guys who do the Way of the Samurai and Tenchu games (which are kind of bad) and the guys who did Class of Heroes (which was very bad).
I honestly haven’t paid much attention to it. Maybe it’ll be good. I initially didn’t see the persona comparison but yeah, it does look a bit that way. Main character looks like he could be the P3 protagonist’s cousin.
Character design is by someone called ‘kyo’ and it looks very familiar but I can’t place it.
Anyway this isn’t confirmation of a localization, just that they’re looking into it maybe. GungHo is still a small publisher despite having more money than god (they were pulling in $4 million US a day off Puzzle & Dragons at one point!) and they don’t have a western localization group or anything. Previously they’ve gotten XSeed or Aksys to cover it. Aksys did say they were announcing a new game at E3. I doubt XSeed will be doing it because they’ll be pretty busy with the stuff they’ve already announced (plus I suspect they’re secretly working on Trails of the Flash / Sen no Kiseki which looks awesome)
I’m not holding my breath
New soundcard is install and working! \o/
Now I need to get some rear speaker stands…. 🙁
Also, thanks a bunch @aleph-null ! 😀
Nintendo Direct? Cool cool.
Japan-only? A’ight, why not.
FOCUSSING ONLY ON PHOENIX WRIGHT 5 AND MONSTER HUNTER 4?
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When where who why how
MAY 31st. 8PM JAPAN TIME.
BE THERE.
Ok!
Feel like playing an FMV game! Project Fedora can’t be released soon enough!
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare ending spoilers:
The FMV used in this game was pretty okay!Still think the best use of FMV in a game was The X-Files Game!
Haha, melodramaaaaa
That’s part of the charm of FMV. XD
I can only imagine how awkward those actors felt 😛
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As awkward and stilted as a young D.C. was in that uni short he appeared in once. 😛
The X-Files Game basically had the production values of an episode though from what I remember, if you want decent FMV acting that’s the place to find it. 😀
Yeah I played a fair chunk of it, I remember being pretty impressed.
Some random popped up on the “Check out these Fitocrats” section on Fitocracy that looks like Blaghman.
Been a while since we’ve had a TAY doppelganger ;D
https://www.fitocracy.com/profile/utasora/?feed
😉 I see you’re already getting the ladies Muscleghman
LOLLL!! Geesus blaghs, leave some for the rest of us.
WHAT
WHY ARE THE DOPPELGANGERS ALWAYS BLAGHS
AND THIS ONE HAS A GIRL
Oh wait. The profile is the girl’s. So that just became even more weird.
Muscleghman gets in all the ladies’…. profiles.
Yeah, I thought it was weird that they joined “Girls Gone Strong” until I realised 😛
You have no idea how much this thread is making me lol.
That guy’s stubble is way too manly. Clearly an impostor.
Also, this begs the question of how bloody generic I looked when my hair was long.
Possibly very, because I swore I walked past MuscleBlaghs just the other day.
It was weird.
I think it’s cos people are used to short hair on males.
Back in my stoner days when all my mates had long hair, every short haired dude looked the same to me.
OoooOOOOOoooo… one hour til livestreaming woo! Kind of excited 😀
Though thinking this background might be a bit of a boring one to colour… might spend more time on doing the lines in the village, probably more interesting.
Actually a background to interact with or just a matte painting dealy for scenery?
Well, a lot of it just for show. Some of it is stuff you can interact with, but you wouldnt be able to tell by this. Just colouring whats there for now 🙂 I’ve done all the lines for the alley, just gotta add colour and light
I have officially solved my problem of where to put my rear speakers by taping them to the armrests of my chair….
I’m not joking, seriously.
Haha! Nice bit of MacGyver work there!
@greenius I got an email from DS tonight re headphones. They’re really sorry, but they’re getting now stock on Monday and will ship asap. \o/
Oh sweet! I’ll check my email now!
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/104112?page=1
I’ve been checking this periodically since ordering and it seems like others got it too!
EDIT: DERP! Thought I didn’t get the email but it was in the junk folder :P. They haven’t charged my PayPal yet though.
@masha2932
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y260/Gooky/RiftContents.jpg
More pics. By which I mean one more pic 😛 There should be an extra HDMI cable in there as well as a DVI cable. Gonna have to chase up support for those.
CoooOOOoooOOOool!
Nice.
Also your bed cover makes me imagine somebody making an Oculus version of Twister. You have to match the colours in the physical space but can only see through the VR headset.
🙂
…I’ve had that bed cover for a good couple of years now and somehow never made the connection to Twister. I keep missing everything.
Also that sounds like an awesome way to make people hurl.
AND A FREE TWISTER MAT! 😛
Gotta admit, I’m pretty excited for you.
I seriously don’t know if I’m doing these exercises right… I watch videos and stuffs, but I dunno ;D
My body hurtsssssss – but no pain, no gain amirite?
I hurt all over too. Places you wouldn’t think you’d hurt from running either. D:
I tried to avoid saying phrases like “it hurts all over and in odd places” thing because yaknowwhat’sgoingtohappen
Yeah, it’s inevitable. XD
I’m not really experiencing pain, while sitting down (though my upper abs are a little sore), but comparing what I can achieve today to what I did yesterday is friggin’ embarrassing. My body is dead. So dead.
Muscular pain from heavy lifting can be somewhat alleviated by having some magnesium and potassium rich-foods right after working out. Potassium helps with cramps and spasms, magnesium helps with general muscle health. You only need a bit so don’t fall for the crazies who say you should take a supplement, but it can help to have some food afterward. Especially if you did any lifting.
You can get potassium from milk and bananas. Yoghurt is good for magnesium. Also yoghurt (greek style is better as it has less milk sugars and fat) has a fair bit of protein in it which your body needs to rebuild your muscles.
Effit , its up. I got impatient XD https://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164684/events/2135200
IF YOU’RE NOT WATCHING THIS THEN YOU’RE MISSING OUT!
My ‘net is running so slowly atm that I can’t watch it.
🙁
MISSING OUT
I KNOW!
Today I did something probably stupid and linked to a Potaku article on reddit, just out of curiosity.
It might have been a bad idea for my self esteem.
Oh dear. 🙁
But remember, it’s not real people, it’s just reddit people.
Easy enough to say, more difficult to just let it go though. 😛
You’re awesome, Alex. We believe in you! WOOOOOO!
TAY will be your anti-reddit. XD
Thanks, DC. Will try my best not to panic anymore. 😛
That’s true, it can be pretty hard to let it go.
But you, together with everyone else on Potaku, are the ones out there making great stuff! 🙂
Reddit people just sit on the sidelines and comment, ‘cos it’s all they’ve got.
Yeah! I’ll get over it. Talking helps!
Speaking of Potaku, the Ico/SotC was crap, right? Let me know and I’ll post it here instead if it is. XD (Sent a second draft too if you haven’t read it. Ignore first e-mail.)
Are people saying mean stuff on reddit about you? D:
I will be horrendously honest, I haven’t had time to read it yet. Oops!
It’s not really that it was trashed – or at least not in the right way. Reddit people took the complete opposite intention of my article which made me feel like I hadn’t written it well at all. Tried to brush it off but I keep thinking about it and ARGH. Think I need a drink or seven.
Haha, I feel the same when my TAY comments are misinterpreted and I feel illiterate. Must be that much worse when they’re judging you on your writing. :'(
I choose to believe that everything that I go about phrasing is said in a way that is as most efficient and un-inelegant as is humanly possible, and so from this I believe that it is a perfectly safe assumption to make that if anyone ever doesn’t understand the point of what I am trying to say that it is their fault.
Which article, man? What happened?
Wanted to do a test of reddit’s ability to increase views on the site. Thought ‘Zelda is a pretty popular subreddit, I’ll link that thing I wrote about Ocarina of Time and expectations’.
It was only two people but their replies were pretty condescending – ‘I stopped reading at X’ – ‘what a dumb article’ – because they saw it as me saying I disliked the game because other people liked it, which is the exact opposite of what I meant! The point is I didn’t want to be that person! So I panicked about my writing skills and still kinda am panicking.
There was one person who said nice things though, that certainly helped. I know part of writing is accepting criticism but even the stupidest little things can feel really rough.
Don’t have to tell me that. I’ve had some reviews from people who obviously didn’t *get* what I was doing with The Lesser Evil. Very upsetting.
At least neither of us is alone with that experience then. Somehow that’s comforting.
Check this out: http://reviewmetwice.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/review-me-twice-lesser-evil-pt-1.html
I can’t even read that review…it’s really oddly written…like a listy or something.
Weird choices for words too. :-/
That whole black&white argument is nuts. Most GNs are in colour? What? I don’t even…
And this one: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/298261627
OUCH!
Hard to take criticism from someone who never reads comics, no?
Learning to ignore that was hard.
I won this car in a competition and although I’ve never driven a car before I have a bicycle.
I don’t understand why the car has to be so big. Why can’t it be small so I can ride it on the bikepath,
Petrol? What’s that all about.
I found it hard to steer because it had a wheel instead of handle bars, I find that a little juvenile.
😀
won a car o_0
I have to get a licence and car by July or i lose my job 🙁
@gutsoup
Wha? Why?
I thought you were doing office work??
Have you held a learner’s for a year? You need to have done that before you can take the test!
Man, you should see what people say when you make a game XD
“Can adventure games just fucking die already please” etc
Hahaha, just got mum to try the Rift Coaster. She was shrieking and squealing and swearing the whole way through.
BUT I WAS TOO BUSY SETTING IT UP AND MAKING SURE IT WAS ALL OK TO THINK TO GET THE CAMERA GOING and then she was halfway through it. Though she stayed on for a second lap and I filmed that but it wasn’t quite as good as the first go. Baw.
Also weirdly, she only seemed to feel the motion sickness about five minutes later after having left.
@dc I completed a whole workout today without injury. YOUR PLAN IS FOILED.
I already sabotaged your bookcase and broke your toes. I think you’ve had enough. 😛
Way to go, man!
I’m only 21 points behind you! Better watch out.
Or maybe I had better watch out. D:
Angry Jim Sterling
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one-will-be-region-locked-because-of-course-it-will-254626.phtml
Hope Jim Sterling feels better, my friend.
I’m sure he’ll get over it.
Would anyone like 48 hours free access to Crunchyroll? Anime / Japanese drama streaming site. I’ve got a guest pass or two kicking around.
*Waves hand frantically*
Oooohh, me, I’d love one, please!
How can I send the code to you?
email me.
crazy(underscore)guy(underscore)199096(at)hotmail(dot)com
Sent.
Anyone else want one? I have another two. I get a new one every month and they don’t expire for 3 months or so so I always have 2-3 available.
I would but my connection streams like cack and I wouldn’t be able to make much use of it anyway :-/
@jimu replying here cause it wouldn’t let me reply on the relevant thread.
Gotta get the car/ licence cause where I work is almost impossible to get to on public transport, it takes close to 2 hours 1 way. I’ve been getting a lift to work but my lift is moving to NSW, so it’s not that my employer is trying to make me get one (like my last job) I just need it to keep the job. Oh and yes i got my learners about 2 years ago.
I seeeeee
2 hours on Pub Tran or 2 hrs in a car?
I do just over 1 hour 1 way and it kills me.
like 30 min in a car, or a 25-30min walk, then catch train to Bowen hills (30ish min), wait 20 min, catch ferny grove train (15 min), then another 30ish min walk so just over 2 hours. really not keen on that twice a day, I’ll die
FIRST LAW IS FRIGGEN COOL
http://rjevans.net/firstlaw
All I want to do is play space games now.
HOLY SHIT, BRAINTHOUGHT!
Dolphin Emulator + Rogue Leader + cockpit view + Rift = goodbye world
Which reminds me I saw a thing a little while back about a guy who was playing F-Zero GX on his Wii but was making it render in side-by-side stereoscopic 3D with a Rift-like distortion shader, using some kind of homebrew addition. No idea at all if there was head tracking, but if there is then maybe I don’t even need Dolphin! 😮
If you get a chance to try this out on your Oculus headset I’d like to know your opinions.
Ben Kuchera over at Penny arcade played around with a demo for a virtual reality movie theatre. He enjoyed it and claims it could improve his movie watching at home. The only drawback at the moment is the resolution on the Oculus dev kit.
http://penny-arcade.com/report/article/virtual-reality-an-empty-movie-theater-and-peace-how-the-rift-could-change
You can find the VR Theatre demo in the link at the end of the article. It’s on the projects tab of the site.
http://www.uxground.com/
I’ve downloaded another one, VR Player. Not entirely sure but I think it does the empty cinema thing too. I think this one was a Korean demo that came out more recently. But yeah, haven’t tested yet because I don’t have any movies 😛 Especially anything in 3D. But will definitely be checking them out when I can.
I think there was possibly even talk of VR Player having multiplayer capabilities. That would be really cool, being able to sit in a virtual cinema and watch a movie together with friends from all over the place.
if you make this happen, i will buy a rift today, and live in Rogue leader games. I loved them soo much, still pining for another one, but now with lucasfarts and EA split thing who knows what’ll eventuate.
Hi Guys and Girls, long time no see. Or at least it feels like a long time. Been playing a load of Fire Emblem Awakening recently and it has definitely clicked. I love this game. I am up to Chapter 13 (I think) Spoilers follow
Just found out that “Marth” is actually Chrom and Sully’s daughter from the future. Not sure if Sully is the Mother in everyone’s stories or just mine because they had the highest support level. It seemed like the game was trying to push you towards Chrom and Sumia getting together. *Shrug* Wasn’t actively trying one way or the other.Other couples
I paired my character with Tharja (who is a freaking badass by the way). I have also just married Ricken and Nowi. They are so adorable together. Even if it is kinda weird that Nowi is actually ancient. Eh, i guess the Asari numbed me to that idea being strange. I just had Henry join my party and I feel like pairing him with Lucina. Am I doing things very differently to most people?Main party members and classes
The main people I use are Nova (my character obviously), Chrom, Frederick, Tharja, Lissa, Sully, Lon’qu, Ricken, Nowi, Sumia and now Henry and Lucina. Virion, Libra and Cordelia all used to get a good run, but they are starting to fall behind. People like Vaike, Miriel and Panne have hardly ever been used. I have just started getting people to max level and changing to the Advanced Classes. Chrom obviously became a Great Lord, but for ones where I had choices, Tharja went to a Dark Knight, Lon’qu an Assassin, Sully a Paladin and Sumia a Falcon Knight.I’m going to have to disagree, I reckon the game pushes you towards Chrom getting together with the Avatar or Cordelia I must of missed something., Marth will always be the daughter of Chrom no matter who he couples with.Yeah, I knew that Marth would always his daughter. I only used Cordelia some of the time so it was hard to build up her support level with… well anyone. Although I was surprised that Sumia was my first Level 20, when she spent so many of the first few chapters constantly dieingCordelia isn’t a romance option for Chrom. She has a mad crush on him but actively refuses to ever develop it.Also:
All the non–optional female characters (i.e. not Tiki or Anna or Say’ri) have a fixed child that they will always have regardless of who the father is. Chrom in addition has Lucina as a child, and the Avatar has Morgan. Chrom can’t be paired with Anna and the other optional female characters come along later in the game, so Lucina will always have a brother or sister, I think. Not sure what happens if you fuck up so badly you lose all the female characters. If the Avatar is male, and marries one of the non-optional girls, then Morgan will have a brother or sister, otherwise he will be an only child unless the Avatar is female and marries Chrom, in which case Lucina and Morgan are siblingsIt’s not as complicated as it sounds though.
Never realised Chrom/Cordelia didn’t even have a basic CBA or S support roles I guess having a female Avatar caused my confusion.Things:
– You can class change from the basic class at 15 or so, they don’t gain any more skills IIRC.
– Personally I used the master seal to class change Nowi back into Manakete repeatedly so her stats would compound and she became one of my strongest characters
– You should take Sumia, Cordelia and Your Unit into the Dark Flier class to level 15. You’ll gain the Galeforce skill, which allows your character to take a second move if they kill an enemy on the first one. You really, really want kids to inherit this skill so don’t do the kid recruiting missions until you’ve unlocked Galeforce on their mother or your unit if you really want to be overpowered. A couple of powerful Galeforce characters, especially fliers with high mobility, can chew up enemy lines like crazy. Also in more defensive play you can send a flier in, kill a unit, then send them back out of harm’s way again.
Corrections:
– You can go from Basic to Advance at Level 10. I think Basic classes get skills at level 1 and 10 while Advance is level 5 and 15. Basic and Advance have a cap of 20 (I think?) Special classes like Tanguel and Manakete are a bit different and learn skills at 5 and 15 (I think?) and can reach 30.
– I believe Dark Flier/Pegasus Knight(?) is female only so unless his character is female then he can’t have it
I can’t remember what level (it’s either 15 or the cap) but you can go from an Advance Class straight into another Advance Class rather than having to go Basic -> Advance. You’ll miss out on the Basic class skills though.
Pretty sure that’s all correct…
You are correct. I played with a female avatar so I forgot. Morgan can get the class though if she’s female…
You have to be level capped to go from Advanced -> Advanced except for the Avatar who always has access to all classes allowed by their race and gender.
\o/ I was all set to order the FFXIV 2.0 CE but then I found out that as a poor fucker that bought the original FFXIV CE, I get upgraded to 2.0 and get all the digital stuff for free. Yay.
Kind of want the artbook (Akihiko Yoshida is the main artist for XIV and I love his stuff, but there’s never any good artbooks from him) but I’d have to buy it through EB I think. And fuck that.
Still really tempted to get it. Extra preorder items, early access, plus that artbook is proper sized. And pretty box. If only it wasn’t exclusive to EB. $100 is too much for an MMO, even a CE. 🙁
I honestly think Legacy status should include the collector’s digital content. I didn’t buy FFXIV 1.0 CE, but don’t see why I should have to purchase FFXIV again just for the CE stuff.
Yeah, though to be fair I think the reason they’re doing it for 1.0 CEs is that there were some extra bits of gear you got with the CE, and that gear doesn’t exist any more with the reboot.
Bigger issue is that legacy / old players don’t get early access or any of the preorder items. I already have a preorder, dammit. It cost me like $80 >:(
Looks like I’m just going to have make do with my special chocobo and lifetime reduced subscription costs.
That actually sounds like I’m trying be smarmy, but I’m not by the way.
I wish I had been playing during the window you needed to get legacy status. That discount would probably keep me going in 2.0 for a lot longer. Especially if we’re still forced to pay the fee in Euros – one of the reasons I cancelled was that it was going to cost me something like $22/mo. AUD because of the AU:Euro exchange rate at the time.
Goodnight, everyone!
So many people from so many things in new Arrested Development :O
Sorry I missed your drawing stream @sughly. Not in a great headspace at the moment. Ended up burying myself in Far Cry.
Thats coo!
I think I overdid it with the jogging, my legs are killing me.
I know that feeling.
Well, actually, not really. I’m so slack that if I feel the slightest pain, I just revert back to walking.
I am fucking terrible at exercising.
My everything hurts :'(
Checked it this morning and @bdkiaf did his morning workout putting him in the lead again. I think I need a rest day!
Huge thanks to @sughly for the Livestream last night, and to all the folks who came on to watch and chat. Heaps of fun had by
allme. Best night in a while!Was all kinds of awesome. The guy has skills to pay the bills!
What did he draw on the sign?! This has been bugging me all night.
By the way,Mr. Strange’s suggestion was inspired by Jamie Oliver: he said to draw a rooster and a mug of cider….
He drew a mug.
Ooooo I might do something like that instead actually
Players might expect to find Moe’s Pet Shop inside.
Err…before you do I need to make sure you’re aware it’s from a place called the “Cock and Cider”. Say it out loud….
Oh… 🙁
#BoysClub
Also, looking forward to a ShaneWSmith livestream…. 😛
@sughly, what do you need to have to do a livestream? Any costly software/hardware?
I wouldn’t mind live streaming an adventure game or something. XD
http://help.livestream.com/customer/portal/articles/613786-how-do-i-livestream-
Thanks man. I think I was looking at the wrong support page last night when I went looking for this. All I could see were expensive hardwares that I was pretty sure I didn’t need 😛
I would watch that. Dreamfall, please. Or something else I’m unlikely to play, but should.
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164924/events/2136913
There you go, youre all over it!
Oh god. So Sonic’s new game is essentially Sonic Galaxy.
I got mixed feelings on this. Honestly, slapping galaxy gameplay unto Sonic could be the best thing for the franchise in a while. At the same time, Sega is sure warming up to Ninty’s ‘reuse em till they’re broke’ policies.
THE SONIC CYCLE BEGINS ANEW!
In all seriousness, there’s been some reasonably solid Sonic entries lately, so if this gives me another reason to turn on my Wii U, I’m all for it.
Hopefully they took notes when they made Generations. Also, lets hope they stop adding in new characters (villains are okay just … No more added friends please)
They need to kill off Amy and Big the Cat.
Slim it down to Sonic, Knuckles, tails and Blaze.
Shadow was just a re-skinned Sonic. :-/
Who the hell is blaze? Also shadow was awesome, I actually enjoyed his story. (Only in Sonic Adventure 2, Since Heroes just killed it.)
Blaze was in an OK ish (and I’m being very forgiving) DS game.
She was a cat that had fire powers.
They need a lady character, she’s the best they’ve got.
(SHe was decent, Amy is irratating)
And yeah, I enjoyed Shadow’s story in SA2 aswell, but what’s the point of a re-skinned Sonic, really?
the point was so we could do multiplayer and it not be silly by just having another character run as fast as sonic, that’s what i always thought anyway.
But Knuckles and Tails already run that fast, we accepted that since the Mega Drive days.
i loved the shadow the hedgehog game and i’m only slightly afraid to say it!
Also, I agree with killing off Amy and Big the cat, especially Amy. She is so damn annoying.
News just to hand: Blaghman serenades Wii U in bid to turn it on.
The cycle began to crumble with Colors. Colors had a gimmick gameplay-wise, Generations less so (The difference between classic/modern was mostly camera angles) but it appears Lost Worlds actually gets rid of boosting (It’s nowhere to be seen in the trailer aside from running on walls which honestly makes sense.)
Also- also-
Sega does what Nintendo.
To be fair, Sonic Colors was actually reasonably good.
Wait, aren’t SEGA a grandmaster at this? Infact isn’t it SEGA policy to “reuse em till they’re broke and even when they are broke keep reusing them”.
Really? I’ve not played much Sega games as of late so I’d like some examples.
Also, if this is true, then Sega pretty much is Nintendo, aren’t they?
They’re certainly isn’t any game series from SEGA that have been constantly released regardless of quality …
Well, if we look at Sonic, there have been -so far as I can tell- 27 Sonic titles released since 1991, and that is discarding the racing games, the arcade games, the educational games, and whatever other spin-offs there are (so basically, 27 separate 2D or 3D platformers. Why I didn’t say that initially, is a mystery). So, I’d say that at least when it comes to their flagship character, they know how to farm him out.
.. Right, in hindsight, should’a realized that earlier.
27, though. Damn, that’s way above Mario’s, what, 10 or 11 main titles?
I’m not really sure, I found a good list of “Sonic titles” on Wikipedia, but the Mario one seems to just be “Games that have had Mario in them.”
And I’m not super knowledgey of the series, but Mario games I can thing of are: NSMBU, NSMB1 & 2, Galaxy 1 & 2, Sunshine, 64 (not sure whether to count the DS version as separate or not) SMB 1&2&3, SMBW. Which, actually, is eleven.
But there are bound to be many that I don’t know / have forgotten about.
Mario must be way over fifty games by now. Not all of them platformers, but built around him.
You left out (deliberately?):
Mario Bros (original game)
Mario RPG
Paper Mario (series)
Dr Mario
Mario [insert sport name]
Donkey Kong (several games)
Super Mario World 2
Mario Paint
Mario Party (series)
Mario Kart \o/
Yeah, since I only judged Sonic based on the platformers, it didn’t seem fair to include the Mario spin-offs.
That said, missing Super Mario World 2 was an accident on my part. I think there’s also a whole group of things, like the “Lost Levels” release, and similar, which could be argued (quite reasonably) as titles. It’s all very confusing.
@blaghman, I think that where Mario is concerned, core and non-core games are kind of blurred. Paper Mario and the RPG for example are through-and-through Mario titles, even though they aren’t traditional platformers. And Mario himself has his roots in Donkey Kong games…
Not arguing here, just thinking out loud really, to distract myself from the reality that I’m at work with nothing to do 😛
I totally understand where you’re coming from here, there’s a core “Mario” element in a lot of the spin-offs that is sort of lacking in the Sonic versions (as an example, in M&L Superstar Saga, the core abilities in combat are a jump and a hammer, compared to Sonic where there’s like, a brawler thing, and an RPG where he doesn’t really run all that fast at all and so forth). Still, I figured just going with the core titles was the fairest, since there’s some “Mario” titles which really aren’t (the recent 3DS one which is essentially just that pipe game thingy, springs to mind).
That said, I included Shadow the Hedgehog (Edit: Herp derp, I am super special today) in the main Sonic titles, so I think my numbers may need work. 😛
Hey Sonic Racing is the best Sonic game since Adventure and it’s just Mario Kart.
I say GO FOR IT, SEGAAAAAAAAAAA!
You know what would fix the 2D Sonic games for me?
One simple thing.
When you’re running and you press down to roll, you don’t slow down.
That’s it.
Sorry @sughly
I fell asleep before your stream even started
Did you shoe some nip?
#OldManJimu
#DirtyOldManJimu
Did I what some what?
Oop, SHOW some nipp. 😀
Some boob
Anita Sarkeesian mentioned To the Moon in a positive light in her latest video.
As such, I rate it 10/10.
Whoa, new (“proper”) Humble Bundle’s out – and looks pretty rad! Well, for me at least 😛
Little Inferno, Awesomenauts, Capsized, Thomas Was Alone, Dear Esther. And if you beat the average (currently US$5.69) you get Proteus and Hotline Miami too!
Best looking HIB I’ve seen for a while. I was pondering getting Dear Esther since I heard good things about it in the Rift, and both Proteus and Hotline Miami have looked pretty awesome too. Also been interested in checking out Little Inferno but not wanting to particularly pay for it due to controversy 😛
There’s controversy in Little Inferno?
Also Hotline Miami makes that bundle. I already own all these games though.
Well, maybe among my circle of net friends. At least one of them was quite vocally against the whole thing.
As for me, I’m a Nintendo gamer who sticks to games that can be stacked on the shelf, so I don’t have any of these yet. And being able to get them without Steam is a plus 😛
Basically bought it for Hotline Miami. Been wanting to get it for ages.
I’m not that interested because the only ones I don’t have are Awesomenauts, Capsized and Dear Esther (which is, admittedly, half the pack, but shh). I guess I could always pay one cent for it, but then I’d feel like a jerk. So I’m too cheap to not be a jerk, and too lazy to be a jerk.
Little Inferno is pretty rad. I would buy almost anything if it was made by 2D Boy (which it essentially is). Also, I should really finish Hotline Miami, one of these days…
If you like a jerkman paying a single cent for the games, the obvious choice is to pay 2 cents for the bundle. Then you’re only half a Jerk. Or… 98% Jerk. You can pull out whatever numbers you want for this one. 45.5/42 of a Jerk? why not.
I think it’s $1 for Steam keys which is less of a jerk AND you can gift away spare keys!
Do I activate it like normal? How does one do this?
If you pay over $1 you get Steam keys, otherwise you’ll just get direct download or torrent links to the games.
You’ll be emailed a key page and that’ll have the links above and if you paid for Steam keys you can click “Click here for your Steam keys” and just generate the key for each game and go to Steam -> Game -> Activate a Product on Steam and enter the code 🙂
As for gifting, if you already have the game and redeem it, it’ll just be wasted. Just pass on the code to someone else so they can redeem it (Twitter DM, email etc.)
Can I gift games? I already have Dear Esther, you want?
I picked it up straight away. I didn’t have ANY of the games in the bundle, which was a nice change.
Looking forward to trying out Hotline Miami tonight.
I never liked that money anyway. Good riddance
I was holding out for Hotline to be in a bundle!
I came on TAY to post the same thing 😛
https://www.humblebundle.com/ (link for the lazy)
It’s also INDIVIDUAL STEAM KEYS which is fricken amazing because you can give away spares which means…
Anyone want Dear Esther?Given away!Always wanted to play Dear Esther, but Night of the Rabbit is out today. WOOOOOOOO!
DM’d
So for the past few weeks I’ve been editing videos for work. This has meant working all day at my regular job and all night on these videos. On Monday night I was up till 2am and then worked on getting things together and DVDs authored on Tuesday. As of last night, I have free time again!
WOO!
I saw you log off Steam at like 8:30. I hope that was you going to bed and catching up on them lost Z’s.
That was my PC bluescreening!
But I also decided to go to bed and watch Arrested Development 😀
That works too.
Feel lazy cause I haven’t ran today, but I think I need the rest day. :S
You could just go for a walk around the block.
Look on the bright side, you’re able to run! When I attempt to do a jog thingy, I end up moving at an overall slower speed than when I walk. It’s friggin’ impressive!
I wish I lived in Canberra just so I could run behind you with a ye olde boom-box playing this to inspire you.
You need more joules.
I like how you took a rest day and still did stuff.
I was planning on doing a rest day too lol…
Also where are you walking to every day? D:, noticed it wasn’t on a treadmill 😉
Random wandering to train station and back. Takes exactly half hour. XD
Toukiden and Atelier Meruru+ both confirmed for localized Vita releases this year \o/
Is AM+ for Vita?
Toukiden has caught my eye. Monster Hunter with simple Dynasty Warriors controls and awesome Japanese demon desin?
Yes, Same as Totori Plus.
And Toukiden looks pretty rad. Might be my jumping in point for hunter games – I played a fair bit of MH3U on the weekend (3-4 hours I think) but it hasn’t really grabbed me yet.
I’m hoping it’s a little simpler in attacks.
I can see myself getting frustrated with timing etc in MH.
I prefer the artstyle, even if it is a little simple.
The timing thing in MH is a lot of the appeal I think.
I’m sure it is.
I can just imagine myself trying to have a go after putting the boy to bed after a hectic day and rage-quitting far too quickly.
(And @negativezero) MH is so much better with buddiessss
But yeah, a lot of it requires some pretty good timing since a majority of the weapons are slowww
Yeah, as I’m sure I’ve said before, I was keen on MH3DS til they removed online.
But now that I’ve got an idea of how it all works from everyone’s posts, I’m not so sure I’m up for it. :-/
Just realized I’ve been posting in old TAY all this time…
Who’s a clever boy?
I did it twice yesterday.
TWICE!
Even after I told you!
I’m a glutton for punishment
Hi all. 10pm tonight. Be there (or don’t), because it’s just a test.
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164924/events/2136913
My bedtime? You better bet I’ll be nappin!
Won’t be anything interesting tonight, OldManJimu. Just a quick test to see if my crappy ADSL 1 internet connection can handle hosting a Livestream 🙂
Get your beauty sleep!
Heh, “beauty” good one.
Wooo!
If someone called you on the phone at night to talk but they were also watching a movie at the same time, what would you do/think? Would you consider them rude or would you understand their need to multitask?
Talk? As in, talk about the movie? I guess I could understand that. Although I would probably find it a little odd.
No, just to catch up. While they watch a movie.
That is … very odd. I wouldn’t be offended though, some people just like to multitask I guess.
My wife hates when her aunt calls her (somestimes 5 times a day) because she doesn’t have anything to talk about, she just wants someone to talk to. Sometimes she’ll walk away from the phone and forget to come back. Meanwhile, my wife has to pause whatever podcast/video/game she’s playing to pay attention and we both get bored waiting for the conversation to be over. It can be quite intrusive.
I guess I’d consider them rude unless we had a mutual understanding that we were both doing our own thing and the conversation was purely incidental.
Mannnn i wouldn’t be able to handle that :S
My then-girlfriend-now-wife watched half-watched Monkeybone together while talking on the phone once. I don’t recall whether the talk or movie came first, but neither one of us really had a problem with it.
You watched the same movie at the same time, or she watched while talking to you?
Only one of us was watching it to start with (I think her), but by the end, we were both watching it.
Edit: To be fair, I really hate talking on the phone, so watching the movie was probably the best thing that could have happened, short of hanging up 😛
If it was a woman I wouldn’t be at all suprised
(Sorry #boysclub)
My little cousin used to do that on a weekly basis, call me up and be playing Pokemon and watching TV. So I’d retaliate by doing the same. Or hanging up. 😛
But that’s with a little kid. If it were a friend I’d be kinda all ‘um what?’ about it I guess. Seems weird.
I’d get them to call me back when they weren’t busy because I’m not a teenager and I don’t like to “just talk”.
Mobile phones are a privilege and shouldn’t be wasted on unnecessary social interactions. They are a business tool and should be used as such.
Hey Dan, what’s your number?
I just want to call you. Have a little chatteroony.
<3<3 XOXO
My mate tries to strike up a conversation via text about random crap when organising to catch up somewhere/sometime.
After everything’s been arranged he continues to try and discuss inane bullshit about his life or my life or whatever.
Then, even after I’ve said “Okay, I’ll see you there/then,” he’ll call (if I don’t answer he’ll leave a voicemail “just checking to see if you’re still keen to catch up” even if I just confirmed 5 minutes ago) and he’ll just blah, blah, blah on the phone, and I think “WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU BORING THE SHIT OUT OF ME ON THE PHONE NOW WHEN WE’VE ALREADY ORGANISED FOR YOU TO BORE THE SHIT OUT OF ME TOMORROW, IN PERSON!? IF YOU USE UP ALL YOUR BORING SHIT ON THE PHONE THEN TOMORROW IT WILL JUST BE THE MOST BORING, STUPID SHIT EVER CONCEIVED BY MAN“
Easy there, Bruce Banner.
You’re my Betty Ross.
I think Flu’s rants should be immortalised in song. They don’t happen very often, but when they do, it’s entertaining. Secretly I think Flu’s just like me, only he has the ability to keep his mouth shut.
My rants are pretty lighthearted, I just amp them up for funsies. Plus, they’re almost always regarding one of my friends, so I try and maintain a consistent tone.
Beef era friend?
You know it.
And phone sex, right?
My 1 year old nephew has been taking my sisters phone and calling grandma. When she asked if mummy wants to talk he says no and hangs up
I would have been cross and yelled at them “Why the hell are you calling me when you’re already busy watching a movie?!!!”
So yes, I think it’s rude. I understand a need to multitask but this isn’t multitasking because you can’t pay enough attention to either task so you’re just wasting your time as well as the other person’s.
So did someone do that to you,or did you do it to someone else?
Someone did it to me. I have been know do do a little work while on long calls, but watch/listen to something is a big no. I see it as pretty rude so even if I’m watching something REALLY good, I’ll pause it till I can resume.
So what’d you do?
I said if they want to watch a movie, then they should watch a movie. I have stuff to do myself and having to repeat myself because there was a good bit on the TV wasn’t my idea of fun.
They got upset.
This is really just me trying to validate that I was in the right 😛
You were in the right. Also this sounds like it was girl. Girls are silly. 😛
Depends on the person. i wouldn’t do it myself, because it would feel a little rude, plus I’m a man and can only concentrate on one thing at a time. But I know some people that put on TV shows or movies they’re familiar with basically for background noise – they don’t actively watch it, because they’re so familiar with it.
*shrug*
Tough call.
Some of these Sonic Lost World changes actually look pretty interesting.
Stuff like having a “run” button instead of having sonic instantly sprint off a cliff when you are trying to navigate platforms sounds great.
http://m.au.ign.com/articles/2013/05/28/sonic-lost-world-taking-a-page-from-mario-galaxy (just a word of warning, I accessed this site through my phone so the link will more then likely take you to a “mobile version” of the actual article.)
NO! BAD NOB!
You aren’t allowed to get excited about a Sonic game till it’s out!
Not touching that feminism article with a 10 foot pole. Ohhh noooooo….
I only feel comfortable discussing these sorts of things with you guys anyway, as you’re much less likely to jump to conclusions.
I watched most of the video but ended up having to switch off. A well spoken and very intelligent lady, that much is sure – but I’ve always had a problem with ‘feminism’, or at least the label. Hence why i have trouble absorbing something that uses the tag as its title. I find the whole concept to be contradictory in many ways, but I guess that’s only because of the extremists.
But yeah.. there is definitely some insightful stuff there, and you can’t exactly refute what she is saying. Although, when she decides to temporarily mention games in which women are the powerful protagonist, she only pictures two out of the many that i can think of… So it seems a little one sided – but that, again, is my view on feminism. Still pretty daft to think that people reported it. I guess that’s part of the response the idea of ‘feminism’ can invoke in some people.
Equality shouldn’t be a debated thing, it should just be. I know that isn’t the world we live in, but i always feel that “feminism” is a label that contributes to the “us and them” rhetoric that creates a broader divide in some instances. I much preffer the term ‘gender equality’, or simply ‘equality’… but it’s hardly catchy, is it?
I’m rambling, i know, but yeah.. that’s just my thoughts.
I agree with you. Equality for all doesn’t just mean favouring/elevating women in every circumstance (though there are still plenty of circumstances where this is needed). I have no problem with, for example, the existence of these videos. They badly need to exist 🙂
Even the Equality Rights Alliance (whom my wife worked briefly for) identify themselves as a feminist organisation. Very confrontational, too.
One example: my wife attempted once to ask whether the organisation would do anything for male mental health in the same way they were for women, and one of them answered in a very snappish and dismissive way “What do men have to be depressed about?” 😐
I know that’s not endemic of the whole movement, but the people most likely to be vocal for the cause are the extremists (like the ACL pretending they speak for all Christians, I guess).
Conclusion: the whole world is doomed.
I legitimately can’t think of more games off the top of my head that have strong female protagonists (tossing up between using “main character” and “protagonist” here, since there are many examples of dudes in games who are physically strong, but are weak characters [or completely lacking in that regard], so I’m sure the inverse applies to player character females), though that probably says more about my memory, and the games I play.
I was a little worried when she went into her talk about “the mercy killing,” given the context in some of those games does make a lot of difference, but then she justified her point, which left me a little annoyed that I didn’t have anything to complain about.
Except Max Payne 3. I feel like some of the details there are lost, even if she does touch on them.
Metroid
Tomb raider (to some degree)
Sanctum
Assassins Creed 3: Liberation
Giana Sisters
Several Resident Evil games
Borderlands
Gravity Rush
Final Fantasy X-II and XIII (I think)
Ms Splosion Man
Zoey from Left 4 Dead
That’s what i can think of off the top of my head… i’m sure there’s plenty more.. but yeah…
Yeah, I don’t know if Gravity Rush should be on that list. Kat is… well, yeah. Final Fantasy XIII I’ll agree with, so long as you’re okay with 90% of her character being “she’s a bit of a bitch.” Tomb Raider I’ll question, though I guess she was the only person in that entire game who actually had a character, so she gets a pass (and things like the genuine excitement when she found an artifact or whatever was neat). I’ll also question Ms. Splosion Man, since I’m not sure if she necessarily counts as a character (My total knowledge of the series comes from being thoroughly unimpressed by the demo of the first game, so I’m happy for you to prove me wrong.
All other counts? Sure, why not (which means I either agree with you, or have a complete lack of knowledge with the game)‽
Since I’m bored (clearly, based on the amount I’ve been typing this morning), I feel like I should point out that going hand in hand with her not mentioning all positive examples of females, she hasn’t come close to mentioning all the negative examples, despite having 50 odd minutes on the subject, so it’s really quite a balanced look at things. 😛
Lightning isn’t so much a ‘bit of a bitch’ as much as just a female version of all the silent/brooding Final Fantasy protagonists. To me she felt the same as Cloud or Squall, tbh.
She felt more bitchy than they did, but I do just enjoy poking fun at her. I really liked her, she punched Snow in the face, twice, so she gets mad points for that, but she felt more openly (slightly) antagonistic to those around her than Squall or Cloud, who were really just a little too self absorbed to notice the effects of what they did. My view on it, anyways.
Edit: As a note, I can’t comment on character growth here, as I have never actually finished a Final Fantasy game.
Yeah, she was just Squall/Cloud with boobs. To be honest, even though in XIII Serah was vapid and annoying, in XIII-2 she was a far better and well-rounded female protagonist than Lightning ever was.
The more I think about this, the more I realise that this is exactly what’s lacking in games and what devs don’t seem to understand. You can be a strong female without essentially just being a re-skinned man. In real life femininity does not exclude strength and vice-versa.
And then if you think about it even more, its why IX is the bestest, partly because Zidane is like none of these brooders. Right? Right..? (@greenius)
@sughly I don’t have time to read the comments but I agree with whatever you want me to agree with!
@sughly No, he’s just an annoying little womanising brat. 😛
BOOOOO! XD
I love Zidane.
Sorry, I’m with @sughly here. Zidane is my favorite FF protagonist and always has been.
Read the comments and I agree with @sughly !
I chuckled when I went to downvote Strange and saw that 2 others already did loool, luv uuu
Kat’s a funny one. She’s clearly powerful, brave, compassionate, and strong of will, but she’s the quintessence of “Don’t ask me, I’m just a girl.”
It almost felt tacked on as an afterthought or disclaimer. ‘See? Kat’s awesome as hell! Shit…. don’t forget she’s a girl, though!’
Define ‘strong’.
I guess, what I’m really looking for is well rounded. Complete. An actual character, not a caricature. Someone with both strengths and weaknesses. That sort of thing. Not sure, hard to get my head around exactly what I mean.
But why are you looking at that in a female character do be able to say that it’s plausible? There are far more two dimensional male characters out there, yet they are still included in the argument.
I mean, you can’t really say that mario is a well-rounded character..
So see the problem with a lot of so-called ‘strong’ female protagonists in games is that, as crude as this sounds, they’re basically men where the writer trade the dick for a pair of tits. Even oft-cited examples like FemShep in Mass Effect. There is *nothing* that changes about any of her dialogue aside from the actor delivering it, and some minor differences in romance options.
And that’s the characters that actually have a character and aren’t just cardboard cutouts.
I’d take all of @chuloopa’s list above and basically throw them all out except the chick from AC3: Liberation. The bulk of them are cardboard cutouts where their gender isn’t relevant because they have no character at all. Or they’re Samus, who started out a cardboard cutout in a suit, but developed into fetishistic eyecandy and then was finally given a personality only for it to turn out that she’s a weak, pathetic sack of crap that can’t do anything without some guy telling her to do it (see: Other M).
But then, by that logic, you could do the same with most male protagonists.
The only reason this is being debated is for the simple reason that “they are female”.
I mean, no one ever stands up and says “i find this offensive to men” after playing machismo-style games such as army of two.
In the end it’s all a non-issue, whereby the focus should not be the representation of a single trait, but rather equality in all. Therefore the list i have presented is valid again in an equality sort of standard. No?
No, you can’t. If a female protagonist is only female in that she has some boobies and is otherwise written as a male character, that’s a problem. And that’s what happens for the bulk of them in games. That’s not a strong female character, it’s a strong male character with a set of tits.
In a nutshell: gender differences are not just skin deep.
RANT
Equality is baffling. I don’t get why it’s an issue. I don’t get why it needs to be debated or considered. Surely it should just be. Anything else is just nuts.This feminist superiority crap is bullshit.
Also, EVERYTHING will offend someone. They say “Happy Holidays!” in America instead of “Merry Christmas!” in case the offend any religious minorty (specifically the Jews, due to them being made out to be the guys who killed Christ. Were they mind controlling the Romans? Maybe someone should ask the Pope?) but people need to get over it.
Women in skimpy armour? Yes, it’s impractical. Stupid and impractical. So is the barbarians loin cloth. And where DID he get all that baby oil? These tropes don’t appear in historical dramas. The appear in Fantasy. That word right there? That’s the key. Fantasy. No one anywhere is saying you need to like this idea. It’s their fantasy and they are letting you in. There’s a lot more fucked up shit that that out there, but these particular ideas are wide appealing. It’s escapism. Just because one person is offended by the idea of escaping to a land of buxom women and dragon slaying doesn’t mean they have the right to say no one else can do it. If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.
The rescuing of princesses is a long standing trope. Is it sexist? To some, yes. To others, no. At it’s core? It’s a tool. Oddly enough some people aren’t born instinctively knowing right from wrong and as sad as it is a great many of the people capable of doing great harm are men. Physically stronger and desire for sexual contact means that women haven’t always had a great time of it. Very rarely can we say the opposite is true. The patriarchal society didn’t just appear out of nowhere. Men created it. Later, men allowed women to vote an to work in similar jobs to their male counterparts. This isn’t sexist. It’s history. Sad as it is, a great deal of the power women now have was given to them by men. Men who, I hope, saw women as equal. While the idea of rescuing a princess might seem sexist, it could also be seen as tool teaching that men should stand up to foes to protect a woman from a time when a woman couldn’t protect herself. I might be giving the idea far too much credit. (Wow. Sorry for sidetracking there)
If games (getting to the point!?) with female protagonists don’t sell well, can we blame people for not making them? (Hopefully they catch on eventually. If given a choice, I always play as a female character. I also make her both strong AND sexy.) Role reversals? These are pretty common ideas, to the point where they’re almost as cliche as the original. “Oh look! The princess has to rescue the knight!” I suppose a problem with fiction is that we need some of these stereotypes. Not always, and sometimes it’s just so we can subvert them. But they are popular for a reason.
Some men don’t want to be the dashing swash buckling hero or skull crushing barbarian. Some men want to use their brains and not be seen as effeminate weaklings, but tropes are tropes and both genders have their share of shit to deal with. It’s part of being equal! Women definitely get the worse end of the stick in that regard though. At the end of the day, there are things we don’t like. Things that disturb us. But if it’s not harming anyone, that what right do we have to tell them they are no longer allowed that escape? That fantasy? Who are we to tell people how they should act or what they should like? This is one of the many reasons I’m not part of ant religion.
I’m not sure that rambling made any sense so I’ll leave you all with a quote by someone far smarter than I, that somewhat refers to Anita and more so to her detractors.
“It’s now very common to hear people say, ‘I’m rather offended by that.’ As if that gives them certain rights. It’s actually nothing more… than a whine. ‘I find that offensive.’ It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. ‘I am offended by that.’ Well, so fucking what.” – Stephen Fry
TL;DR I’ll respect you’re idea to dislike something as long as you respect that you are not the center of the universe and other people may not have an issue with it. Also, people are dumb.
Upvote mostly for your first and last bits. 😀
They were the best bits. I think I started trying to say something in the middle bit and got well and truly lost. generally it got summed up at the end so it was all good.
You, I like.
Couldn’t agree more. You say things so much better than me. lol
I r rite good.
Well said sir, I really think there should be more of the “If you don’t like it don’t buy it” attitude, all we want is freedom of choice, I myself enjoy violent video games, even the really over the top gory ones, i can see why people wouldn’t like them and I accept that, and i wouldn’t push them on anyone. Personally i don’t think they affect me negatively at all, i think they balance me, If i’m agravated sometimes the best thing is to just go and kill a whole lot of things violently (virtually) and I’ve never so much as been in a fight, never had overly aggressive outbursts or anything, that being said I understand there is the minority of idiots who may actually be affected by things they see in games or try to recreate them.
Sorry, this started as a short reply kinda got out of hand.
People just need to learn a bit of tolerance, and lose some of their self-importance.
The worst examples are when people act offended by something because they feel they should be, or are just acting offended because they can. That’s something old people have been doing since the dawn of time.
I honestly don’t believe people are truly offended, a lot of the time – usually the most vocal parties. They just want to make some noise and feel important or something.
Or have little understanding of the thing that offends them. See video games and the mainstream media for examples.
I think “i’m offended” has replaced “that’s not what my personal disposition” or something along those lines.
People are just, generally, overly precious these days. And it seems to be getting worse, from what i can tell. Then again, i may just be noticing it more as i get older. The government needs to subsidise ‘chill pill’ research.
I am so sick of people pretending to be offended because they think they should be, I stopped watching good game because they kept doing that, it was irritating me so bad, they reviewed Mortal Kombat Komplete and were carrying on about how over the top and uneccessarry the violence was…….. IT’S FUCKING MORTAL KOMBAT . . have you never played a Mortal Kombat? Are you stupid? that’s the bloody point. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, They kept saying how shocking some fatalities were and they were the worst they’d seen, ummmm ok, I remember MK on the Wii where i could do custom Fatalities where i’d actually be doing the motions of pulling a heart out or ripping arms off and flailing my arms around to beat my enemy to death with his own bits, what didn’t they find that shocking then? Again sorry to rant but you know….
I love Stephen Fry.
Posted it as a reply above but the new humble bundle has INDIVIDUAL STEAM KEYS! 😀
So, anyone want a copy of Dear Esther?Given away!It’s a non-stop intense action-filled thrill ride!
Walking Simulator of the Year – 2012
Don’t forget the drowning!
Isn’t that a spoiler? (Haven’t actually played the game)
Me either. But I do own it. So that better not be a spoiler, Greenman!
No, there’s water on the beach and if you go into it you just drown 😛
(@sernobulus too)
Fair enough, also Dragon’s Dogma is the drowning simulator of the year because
Endgame Spoilers
At the end of the game you essentially become a god, however you can still drown for some reason.And deny the Humble Bundle money to give to charity?
YOU MONSTER >:(
I don’t geddit
Well, if you give the game to someone who would otherwise have bought it from Humble Bundle, you’ve cost them a sale.
Also, you know, joke.
…
I’ll be over here.
That’s true in the case for multiple games but for single games they could’ve bought it by itself so they would’ve lost the sale but it wouldn’t have went to charity anyway 😛
Because @dc and @spaghett and @redartifice aren’t doing it anymore
I give my life
Not for honour
But for YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU
I think the other night my wife played a David Guetta album while doing her nails, and the only track names I know are She-Wolf and Titanium, so… one of those.
Thanks to Steve-O, it’s Vangelis’s greatest hit, Chariots of Fire.
I wish I had someone to play that for me whilst I go around my regular daily tasks in slow motion.
Nine Inch Nailes – Something from With Teeth but I can’t remember which song.
(I’ve been on a NIN binge this week!)
The Who: A Quick One (While He’s Away)
I love that song. One of those where you listen to the whole thing just to get to the mega-awesome ending and then immediately wish you could put the ending on repeat. The “You Are Forgiven” bit is incredible.
Also I’m now singing in my head “Cello cello cello cello” 😀
One of my most favourite things ever. 😀
Also, watching that again I just realised @dc looks like a bit like young Pete Townshend!
Poor Pete Townshend.
You’re actually better looking than him so if that’s what you’re talking about, SHUT UP! 😛
And if you’re talking about the story behind the song then yes, poor Pete Townshend.
Did you watch the video? It’s only a minute or so. I was actually excited that my last song listened to wasn’t metal for once. 😛
Thanks to triple j, Flight of the Conchords – Business Time
TV on the radio – Crying
Endless Fantasy by Anamanaguchi!
Hey gaaaais! Thanks for coming to my livestream and stuff! I had a ball, was tonnes of fun. I think next time I try it I’ll do the mic thing so I can answer questions on the fly, might make it more interesting for people watching. Also I’ll try something different, either lighting or animation. Prob animation.
Was awesome, man. I’m riled up that you procrastinate so much now on TAY when you’re so talented and could be making games all the time. >:|
Actually that statue turned out better than I hoped! Been wanting to do it for a looong time, its sitting right there in the middle of the bground. But was delaying that bground caus its so huge XD But yeah, I like it! It will always be the TAY livestream statue now 😀
All you early-to-bed lightweights missed the best bits where Sughly’s sister came on and started spilling all the family secrets. Also, I feel like I overstayed my welcome by about two hours 😛
Haha! I wanted to stay and watch, but knew if I didn’t leave sometime I’d be there until the end. XD
Ended up going til about 1am 😛
Did it motivate you or were the questions annoying? I worried that my constant questions would interrupt your concentration or something.
No ways, questions were great! I loved the questions! Doesnt take much concentration to draw 😛
I worried the same thing, and really had to struggle not to dump an automatic apology into my page-get post. #AnxietyTwins
That’s totally why I left. I worried my influence would wreck the game or something. XD
Doofus-twins. 😛
Ergh, so instead you guys opted to leave me alone :'(
@sughly, not me. I stuck around feeling guilty because I knew it was probably mostly in my head \o/
Youre alright Shane
@sughly, does that mean it was in my head, or wasn’t in my head? 😛
Of course it was in your head you dolt!
Oh wait, colon pee… didnt see that XD
Did mythicalwillywonkachocolatefactoryfirstladyfeetamen ever come back?
Nope. Me and Brooke were speculating if the third viewer was him still, or a mysterious stalker.
WHO WAS THUG
freeze I think
@sughly but @freezespreston said he wasn’t able to watch the stream D:
DAN! perhaps?
*sughly sleeping*
*Sughly wakes*
*Sughly scratches balls*
Shane: “I better turn this off now…”
No way, he just got to the good bit
No way! Was awesome you stayed for so long! lightweights indeed
My husband is old which means we have to go to bed early. 🙁
I hate it when partners want you to go to bed with them and i mean to just go to sleep, i have sleeping troubles and most of the time i end up staring at the ceiling for hours thinking about all the stuff i could be doing.
We usually watch an episode of Star Trek together and he’s asleep by the end of it. If I’m super-not tired I’ll get up and do something but usually I try and go to sleep because I can’t be bothered getting out of bed again. 😛
You did good, Jane.
Really psyched at the prospect of live streaming an adventure game now. I’m thinking it’ll have to be one that’s not too long. Also, might be worth having a walk through in front of me so you don’t watch me standing around figuring stuff out for an hour. (Even if I had already played the game. XD)
See what you started @sughly!
Yeah but then people in the chat would give suggestions anyway, gives them a chance to get involved
Just get the people watching to have a walkthrough open. Then you can truthfully say you played the game without looking at a walkthrough. 😛
tri-ckyyyyyyyyyy
Sounds like a good way for me to enjoy them, do I Have No Mouth But I Must Scream next 😀
Would be interesting to see you play something you havent played too, actually
I’d feel too self-concious. Haha.
http://www.destructoid.com/ms-says-gamers-will-buy-everything-including-xbox-one-254678.phtml
“We can do whatever we want and you sheep will buy it anyway” seems to be the gist of it.
The sad thing is, he’s kind of right.
He totally is. I’m still buying an Xbox One, I don’t care what the internet says.
I don’t want to get yelled at so here is my generic response when it comes to XBone related stuff:
“I think both sides make valid points and I do not agree and/or disagree with with any opinion stated in the information/article/rumour”.
STOP FENCE-SITTING!!!!!!!
😛
Tell my wife “Hello”.
Awww… nobs I wasnt yelling at you, I was just debating my perspective at the time. Big difference.
It’s gone beyond the XBone itself at this point, it’s all about MS themselves now. It’s getting ridiculous the way they’re mishandling everything they’re doing at the moment. They need to shut down for a bit, regroup, figure out what they’re trying to achieve ands start again.
I think the 360 just taught them they can do pretty much whatever they want and 90% of their consumers will take it. In much the same fashion as pissing and moaning every time Facebook changes it’s layout or does something dodgy, everyone complains for about 10 minutes, then continues using it as per normal. XBL just slowly went down the toilet, and they were allowed to do it.
They need a reality check, which can only be taught by simply not buying their products. Voicing complaint won’t help, because they couldn’t care less as what you think as long as people are giving them money.
poop to that, never owned a Microsoft console and they certainly didn’t sell me on this one, arrogant *%#$@s
Greenius gifted me Dear Esther! SO. DAMN. KIND.
I’ve wanted to play this for ages!
He’s a monster.
He’s not kind, he just wanted to get rid of it. Don’t sully his mean reputation! 😛
That’s what I told him! But he wouldn’t accept my answer >:(
I was surprised he accept it in the first place though 😀
It’s kind of a game I’ve wanted to play since it was released, but couldn’t justify buying since I’m so poor and it’s apparently so short. Really, really appreciate this more than you know, my friend.
And Sughly gifted it to me! DO. KAMN. SIND.
Yeah sure, let DC start a whole thread and just put me in the reply section :'(
Its funny caus I like Greenius was just getting rid of an extra copy too XD
What can I say? I’m a monster.
THANKS GREENIUS. YOU TRULY ARE THE KING OF KINGS.
Like Joffrey?
Jesus
Greenius isnt that great
Lies…
I’m a monster.
But if we pretend that time I bought Dear Esther on its own was for you then the developer doesn’t lose money 😛
DC accepted a gift? Rad.
He accepted a gift from me once. It only took the murder of three children, and the threatening of mass infanticide to make him accept.
He accepted a gift from me, once. But he didn’t find out it was from me for about six weeks.
Gift guilt kicked in bad that day. I hope Strange likes Ni No Kuni. XD
Oh man, and you didn’t even like Dark Souls /o\
I appreciate the thought though. You’re awesome.
This’ll be about the third gift @Dc ‘s accepted from me and the first without excuses! 😀
Blergh, Dreamfall’s six disc install is all kinds of irritating. I’ve got the DVD collector’s edition, but that’s got Starforce attached and I don’t need that in my life… so CD version it is. XD
I miss 5 1/4 discs.
I hope thats not the game youre livestreaming
Was thinking about it, but I know you’ll wanna play that on your own first so… uh… maybe Tex Murphy: Pandora Directive? Maybe. I dunno! D:
Yeah woo! Id watch it
Or Shadow of the Templars…
Oh awesome. Last of Us has a season pass for multiplayer DLC! Because that doesn’t send completely the wrong signal about the game or anything. :\
>:(
That they’re focusing completely on Singleplayer / Coop before release and going to work on multiplayer after release (so it doesn’t interfere with the story stuff)?
http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/17/the-last-of-us-disappointing-demo-syndrome/
Superb visuals, plot and acting paired with instant deaths, escort missions, repetitive puzzles and broken stealth.
The more I hear about this game the less interested I am.
SOUNDS AWESOME. 😀 😀 😀
Last time I opened GOW:A I couldn’t even find the demo countdown button, I assume on the 31/1 their might be a update.
It would be unfortunate if this was a overhyped bomb like Dead Island.
YOU CAN’T STOP THIS HYPE TRAIN MAN
CHOO CHOO
From the point that I saw the E3 video involving you brutally mudering about eight guys and then played Uncharted 3 in the same year, where you’re constantly put into boring firefights against waves of unfun respawning enemies, I’ve been assuming that The Last of Us would be highly compromised by suits at the publisher deciding to change the game into a boring, frustrating murder simulator with forced stealth bits. Oh but there’s less ammo so shooting people is much more of a big thing! (read: you will spend most of your time bashing skulls in with a crowbar instead).
The announcement of a multiplayer mode that will get all the support post-game just makes me more convinced of the impressions I had. It’s an utter waste of money. What naughty dog promised with the game and what they are actually going to be capable of or allowed to deliver is not going to come near measuring up.
Tacked-on multiplayer costs a whole lot to develop and adds next to nothing to the game. But the publisher wants their pound of extra flesh for paid DLC and adding shitty multiplayer to a single player game so they can monetize it seems to be only way they know how. 😐
That actually doesn’t sound to bad, just buggy and it is pre-release
The fact their is insta-death or near enough if you go randomly into firefights suits what the promise of the game needs to be.
Some of the co-op kinda stuff sounds like it might be annoying but see how it works. Sounds liek Ellie is actually a proper character that you will care about so if they deliver on that without making it big firefights I’ll still be interested.
RIP Sikth.
Still burns my ass these guys broke up, such a brilliant band.
Dear Esther seems awesome! 😀 Mysterious. Reminds me of Scratches.
So here I was, happily stalking TAY and upvoting/making sporadic comments, and @doc_what went and said something that made sense and made me respond.
*runs back to well-camouflaged observation point and continues to watch creepily*
Ugh Ynecreepfel
The 90s:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Urkel#The_Urkel_Dance
Urkel’s picture is on the wall of PJ’s Steaks in West End. Off-putting.
Really?
I’d be fine.
Not ashamed to admit that I was/am an Urkel fan.
Did I do that!?
Fucking. Urkel. He was like a tornado through that house, fucking up lives and homewares with his laugh and pig snort.
Have you been possessed by the ghost of seriousness today?
No one got my hilarious joke this morning.
Now it’s set a precedent.
Was that the mobile phone thing?
Because I wasn’t sure and didn’t care enough to give it further consideration.
Marry me.
@dkzeitgeist
I will, but I’m not having any fucking kids!
I accidentally dropped some of those Wonka Nerds candies into my tea.
Unsurprisingly awful taste.
Oh god damnit page get.
I once purposely put Coca Cola in my Cola Slurpee.
Surprisingly awful taste.
You should have put vodka in.
You tainted the slurpee! A slurpee is a sacred drink. Sacred!
So did Strange but I’m not sure it is a bad thing
I think i am close to finishing Bioshock Infinite.
I’m on Comstock’s blimp-thing.I had the biggest scare last night,
in the Warden’s Office. I pressed the button that would unlock the way into the Mansion where Elizabeth was and immediately turned around and one of those alarm-enemies with the light on their head was right there. Like face-to-face right there. I jumped and screamed and panic-spammed the Vigor button.😀
Same thing happened to me, Strange. Except for the screaming, but I definitely jumped.Well, technically it was yelling but “screaming” sounds more dramatic. 😀
(In regards to your second spoiler) Yup, I also jumped at that point, it was really well done.
Best thing was that Mr. Strange usually watches me play but last night he didn’t so he missed me embarrassing myself. 😀
That’s the first time a game has actually made me yell in shock at something. Probably because I didn’t expect it from this game. 😛
Yeah, it’s been a while since I had a reaction like that outside of going to new sections in Dark Souls.
Also, if I only have an hour or so to play tonight, will I be able to finish the game?
Genuinely not sure. I think, think, you might be pushing it a bit there.
That’s what I was afraid of.
I really don’t want to play and get superclose to the end but have to stop and then next time I play it’s just the end before I’ve even had time to re-immerse myself in the game. Think I might stay up after Mr. Strange goes to bed and push through to the end.
Make sure to TAY your reactions once it’s finished. 😛
Second point:
I was surprisingly calm in that one. Usually I am the worst with jump scares, I scream a little, I fall out of my chair, I throw my mouse across the room, and so on, but that one -even though it was surprising- only made me jump a little. Still, was glad they didn’t abuse it, would have watered it down a lot.Gorrammit salami
Stoopid spoilers, should have checked the author before I rad that article. Oh well I guess I should give her credit that she is getting better at least there was a spoiler warning of sorts there. However one at the start of the article would have been nice.
Major borderlands 2 spoilers in the Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep article. Probably should have expected it but really in the middle of a sentence saying (Spoilers: Massive spoiler goes here /spoilers.) is a bit harsh
That is an absurdly stupid way for her to write spoilers.
SPOILERS
DUMBLEDORE WAS THE SLED ALL ALONG
/SPOILERS
It’s not really possible to skip that without reading at least half of what’s there. And when it’s two words like what she’s done in the middle of a paragraph, you don’t get to skip that easily.
HE WAS?!?!?!
OHHH MANNN!!!
DAMN IT, PANTS!!!
I LEARNED IT FROM WATCHING TINA.
*runs out of the room*
*fetches gun*
Dagnabbit! Git beck her ye wee wipper snapper!
NEVER.
YOUTH CULTURE FOREVEEEEEER!
The worst part is it added nothing to the article at all. Reading that sentence without the spoiler is exactly the same other than not spoilering a major plot point.
GAAH!
Got a card from Bee’s mum last night containing a $40 eb gift card. I’m am so torn on what to buy!!!
Skyrim GOTY Pre-order
Dishonored
Xcom
Or Blood Dragon with one of the following:
Gears 3
Batman Arkham City GOTY
Empire total war Gold
blackops
total war shogun 2
GTA 4 complete
Suggestions????
Xcom is great, nothing like being able to look back and have DC’s fitness plan in game (a memorial wall to lost taybies)
I would recommend you play Empire total war before you play it, I played a little of it and it didn’t click with me the way other ones have. But could just be me.
Ahhhh skyrim, breath of the ocean, depth of a puddle
I have a bunch of the other games but never played them so can’t really advise. If you really aren’t sure write a one sentence statement on why you want each one and it can help you identify which are the true contenders
Skyrim GOTY Pre-order – Becaue Skyrim! Eldar scrolls is teh cool
Dishonored – I hear he’s a pretty cool guy. Looks real nice.
Xcom – Because everyone says so
Or Blood Dragon with one of the following: (BLOOD DRAGON!!!)
Gears 3 (because i loves #1 and #2)
Batman Arkham City GOTY (Because i loves #1)
Empire total war Gold (I love the total war games, been a little unsure on this one, though)
blackops (to shoot things in the face, i guess? A shrt time-waster game?)
total war shogun 2 – (WAR! AND IT’S TOTAL! WITH SAMURAI!!!)
GTA 4 complete – (Everyone says he’s a cool guy too)
Based on this list you should definitely get Blood Dragon then. With either Gears, Arkham or Shogun.
I would drop empire and go with Shogun 2. In fact I did, even if I haven’t played Shogun 2 yet.
GTA 4 is good but would drop it as we as xcom if you are only getting them because other people think they are good. Worth getting but it sounds like there are other games on the list you want more.
Blood Dragon twice. It’s that good. My GOTY so far.
Seriously, if anyone will love it, it’s you.
I know. All the previews i was like “ZOMG!!! IT’S LIKE THEY MADE A GAME JUST FOR ME!”
It is Fantastic, only downfall is that it’s short.
Also this plays in it and made me laugh so hard i may have cracked ribs
I would suggest Dishonored but I really think Blood Dragon is kind of perfect for you. Get it With Arkham City, that was a pretty good game.
Yeah… it’s a tough choice. some really great contenders there… 2 games for the price of one is a sweet deal, though.
*deep breathe*
SSSSSSSSKKKKKKKKYYYYYYYYRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SKYRIM!
I was waiting for you to chime in, buddy 🙂 lol
SKRYM!
It’s time to Feel Inside.
The best time.
As they say on Oglaf.com “Celebrating those happy moments when the penis is an internal organ”
Yes. We all love to feel inside.
Like Leonardo did?
#ruiningchildhoods
Bored at work… Someone send help!
Feel Inside
One day you’re going to do that it’s it’s going to be a link to something like redtube, isn’t it?
Not from work. You’re pretty much safe from 7:30am to 5pm.
Besides, why would I link to Redtube?
Now to find out who trusts me.I TRUSTED YOU!!!
It was far sexier than i could have ever imagined.
You jerk.
That linked to the single most offensive place on the entire internet. 😛
You have no idea how long and hard I’ve striven for that accolade.
This is not Page 6. 😛
EVERY page is page 6 in my heart
Strive for it?
Man, they just gave it to me the day i signed up… You must be doing it wrong.
*unzips pants*
*clicks link*
…..
*takes off shirt*
HEY MA!
MA!
WHERE’S THE BUTTER?!?!
Ha, Awesome
was hoping for this:
http://www.seatechinc.com/prod_images/hi-res/Water-PEX-Tubing_Red.jpg
So you’re saying that I exceeded your hopes…?
Uhrrrr, sure, sure.
Finally saw The Hangover (the first one) last night due to it being on TV. It was decent. Got a few chuckles from me. I’d hardly call it the best comedy movie ever (which I’ve seen many people do) but it was a well made, well put together film.
Is it worth seeing the sequels? I know part 2 got meh reviews, and from what I’ve seen none of you guys really like part 3.
GOD NO, 2 AND 3 SUCK. 2 isn’t horrible, but it’s a rehash of 1, so.. But hey, Stu sings another song. Allentown. I have it memorized.
Man, I really liked the original Hangover. It was raunchy yet appealed to everybody, with shock moments but overall smooth in plot and writing as to blend into a seamless comedy experience. I have no idea what I’m saying, but I really, really like the movie.
I really enjoyed 1. 2 was more of the same. Still fun but nothing new. I don’t know what 3 was but it was horrible. No similarities to the others except for characters.
2 is the same movie just in Bangkok or wherever, otherwise I’d say it improves on the original by somewhat furthering the character arcs. It just doesn’t grow as an experience, so it’s completely unnecessary.
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164925/events/2137215
Seeing if this works properly in preparation for adventure game playthrough. This is Dear Esther. Let me know if it works and if you can hear sound. XD
I haven’t played that yet so I’m not clicking. I’m sure others will be able to help you out though.
I see pause screen, hear nothing.
Edit: scratch that. Works perfect.
Edit: well, not perfect. But I can see and hear.
Haha, thanks for the help! Turning the quality down helped tonnes!
WOOOO! Thanks for the help!
There’s some sort of double irony in watching someone play a walking simulator.
Going to try this again, this time playing the first chapter of Dreamfall. (For you, @shane. Want to test the archived playback for me and I deleted the old one before… Will only be ten minutes at the most, alas.) Just giving you the heads up Shane cause you’ve expressed interest in this game. XD
Edit: Finished. Blergh. Too laggy. 🙁 Jumped over dialogue. Not sure it’s worth doing.
Whoops, was at lunch and missed it 😛 Thanks anyway, dude
Having Apricot Pies for lunch like a grown-up. 😀
I’m going to attempt to see what happens when you put Twiggy sticks in a toasted cheese sandwich.
I’m pretty terrible at the “eat healthy” thing.
That’s amazing.
I know what happens. You get an awesome-tasting yet hard-to-bite-into sandwich.
You have this adult thing down to a fine (culinary) art
I’m still riding the leftovers train, choo choo! Its leftover Massaman curry too, which just makes it all the more sweeter. I’ll enjoy this while it lasts, afterwards its back to coco pops 🙁
Fixed for you
note to self, never look up ‘ways to deter neighbors cats’ on the internet…..
so far the best suggestion is a howitzer….
Your search seems appropriate, given your Gravatar.
Should come naturally to him.
HAHAHA! Best mental image of a dog with a suit on at a pc, looking up how to deter neighbors cats. Amazing.
-_- Now i needa change my name and my pic. TAY life’s a hard life.
What? No! Why?
It’s awesome!
Cos i get associated with a horse, or a dog. Somehow both seem to be problematic to my comments (as above) 😛
Just havin a light hearted sook, never fear!
whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
i’m sorrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
i dont know how to correct this…..
Its not a big deal im being an ass……?
is that better? DONT WORRY BE HAPPY!
I fail to see a problem there.
I suppose if i destroy everything it wont be able to go where i dont want it to….
@shane
A Taste for Chlorine
Just read it in my local lending library, excellent visual story telling.
I was really impressed.
SPACE HULK GAMEPLAY!!!
ALL HANDS ON DECK!!!
Hnnnnrgh!
It looks absolutely brutal and unforgiving.
The journalist is possibly the most annoying thing i have ever heard, though.
Sweet. I almost asked you for a link in the other article but figured I would get around to searching for it sometime. Now even that time has been saved 🙂
Whelp, I did it.
I got a 3DS.
And a Loogie’s Mansion, too. (It’s got multiplater, yknow? http://waa.ai/c3b )
What colour?
Cosmic blue, It’s shiny.
WOOOO! You did well. Add all of us from taynames thingy
can I add TAYbies? I have no TAY folk on any of my gaming devices, cept for Jimu, but he doesn’t count since I’ve known him for 15 years (oh man I’m old)
*clings to his collection of cartoons, toys and vidya gayms*
“Forever young, off to never never land”
Nope.
Course you can you doltGuttttyyyy and @andre
On 3DS, both people have to add each other before they can be friends. So remember to add your own name to TAYnames so if you add us we can add you back and we can be best friends.
WeeGee’s Mansion \o/
I’m going to be honest here…
The only reason I bought this 3DS is for…
Harvest Moon 3DS: A New Beginning & Animal Crossing: New LeafDid you get Harvest moon yet? Youll have to let me know what its like, Ive been umming and ahhing for months
Harvest Moon 3DS: A New Beginning isn’t due out for another X months.
It got held up by the EU ratings board (Since AU Nintendoo releases are almost always multi-5)
North America and Japan have had it since last year, and people are calling it one of the best HM games since Rune Factory III.
The other Harvest Moon doesn’t look that good. :I
It’s cheap though, so I might pick it up.
Ahhhh ok… shows how closely I’ve been following recent Harvest Moons 😀 You seem to be pretty on top of things though… one of the best huh. Sounds promising! I never got into the Rune Factory games though, from lack of trying at all really (the dungeon/fighting thing kinda turned me off).
Fire Emblem!
Upon finishing Fire Emblem my 3DS has basically gone back to sitting unused by my bed on top of the other 3DS.
I want more games like that 🙁
There, fixed
I felt like I got everything I wanted out of it and don’t want to replay.
EDIT: FYI I played the crap out of it because I was home lying on my back on a couch for basically three days after I broke my toes. I had a very intense playing period on it and if I do play again it’ll be when I’m well clear of that.
Yeah I can get that, when you play something to death in a short amount of time you need a breaker. But srsly, playing on a higher difficulty is like playing the game anew, so much more challenging and interesting. Have to be way more strategic. So yeah, definitely dont think you got everything out of the game just yet, but thats my op.
I don’t like frustrating games very much. I have so many things in my pile that I’d rather spend the time playing something else than re-playing the same thing repeatedly.
…..
Yeah, I can tell you haven’t played lunatic/classic. Have fun* when you do
*you won’t.
Should play Overclocked, it’s a decent game…really.
I really don’t like how Devil Survivor actually plays. The difficulty ramped up way too fast and after a few battles you end up in one where you literally can’t proceed unless you’ve played the game exactly right up to that point, including exploiting all their systems, getting just the right demons from the auction system etc.
Basically I got completely stuck in what felt like a very unfair way and I didn’t feel like I’d done anything wrong.
I’ve been watching and enjoying the Devil Survivor 2 anime though, so getting tempted to go back. If only the game didn’t have such a shockingly bad anime dub…
I only played it on DS and I don’t remember much other than enjoying myself.
They did add easy mode on 3DS though.
I love that guy’s art, I see he’s doing Digimon and I wanna buy iy even though Ive never played a Digimon
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vQwGgNj3BbE/T462rAB0rXI/AAAAAAAAAVw/Fa1cn1ZjGYs/s1600/300px-Redigitize_poster.jpg
I love Suzuhito Yasuda’s style too. Big fan of his manga (Yozakura Quartet). First exposure to his stuff was in the Robot manga anthologies compiled by Range Murata. Initially picked them up because Murata (Last Exile etc) and Yoshitoshi ABe (Lain, Haibane Renmei) were contributing but Yasuda’s stuff in the first two books is really striking. Everything in black and white but with random bits colored really brightly. If my collection wasn’t in a box in my storage unit I’d take some photos or something.
Still a bit miffed that two separate companies have started publishing Robot and both gave up after only a few volumes. I guess some of the content might have made them a bit wary.
I’ve seen Robot around in Taiwan a few times and almost grabbed it just to look at the pics but never did.
I love ABe, he is sooooo good, I managed to get this big Lain hardcover artbook he did when I was in Taiwan one year. I saw a similar book for HR but didn’t grab it and when I went back it was gone 🙁
Tried finding them online but nevr could.
Beautiful book. Big HC in a slipcase with extra paper so it dosent get rubbed on it’s way out, sooooooo nice.
@jimu: I have the Haibane Renmei artbook. It was basically a must-own thing because that’s one of my favourite shows ever.
Robot is kind of hit and miss. Some of the stuff is amazing, some less so. Par for the course when it comes to art anthologies I guess. Some of the ongoing serialized works were pretty good – ABe’s was quite interesting, for example. Hiroyuki Asada basically prototyped the striking purple & gold color scheme he subsequently used in Letter Bee in there too. Heaps of style variation in the books too. Goes from amazingly hyper-detailed cityscape stuff by Imperial Boy to stylized watercolor paintings by Miggy and everything in between. I wouldn’t say the books have pride of place in my collection – I think the best artbook I own is the Okami Complete Works – but they’re definitely something I’m very glad I own.
Where’d you get the HR artbook?
Yeah, one of my fave series.
@jimu: I’ve had that artbook so long I don’t remember where I imported it from. When i got it the anime was still pretty recent.
@jimu I didnt want to read the breakdown of Evil Within since he seems to just be doing dot points on what happens in the part he played, which I want to keep a surprise, but i like this line –
Kind of what I was hoping from it anyway. Screenshots look great! Exciiiiitement!
Kind of hyped for that game. Looks ace.
Yeah it really does
Can you move and shoot at the same time in it?
iunno, its the guy who did the original Res Evil and it looks amazing, thats all I know and all I want to know, I’m buying it XD
I’m cautiously optimistic.
I’d prefer the Resident Evil 4 we didn’t get. But y’know, I still replay RE2&3 every so often.
Haha, yeah… yeah I know what you mean. I do love RE4. Like, a LOT. But I also do want to see a return to old school form. I get that a lot of people dont like that, and they prefer new mechanics that have come about from the Gears of Wars and whatnot, but man, I just want some old school, fixed cam, pivot and shoot minimal bullets type stuff. Might be a minority, and people can talk as much as they want about how ‘broken’ they think that is, but that doesnt stop me loving that style.
I mean, srsly… the remake on Gamecube with newer graphics? Just incredible stuff. Such an amazing game.
I dunno what it was…I liked the visuals, but I wasn’t as wowed by that games as much as I thought I woulda been.
I found the controls clunky in a different way.
Just a sec, more to come…
REmake was amazing. Absolutely adored it. Wifey played until the first Crimson Head decapitated her, at which she jumped, threw the controller across the room and refused to play ever again.
I wish we got the version called Psycho Break.
That’s what it’s called in Japan, reminds me more of Bio Hazard and Dino Crisis
(Fuck I love dumb names)
That is a pretty great name
I loved RE5, but appear to be a minority. It definitely wasn’t in sync with the first 4 games (which I loved as well, except for 4 – didn’t enjoy it, didn’t hate it either) but I still loved it.
Man that sounds confusing.
I loved 5 as well. It wasn’t a RE game really but as its own thing was a damn fine game.
@greenius Pikmin is here! Let’s do this shiz! Start tonight?
Awe ye buddy. Maybe this arvo? Gonna play some Super Metty too.
Yep yep! How do you want to do this anyway? Just report back in with our progressing? What if I finish it all tonight!? IT MIGHT HAPPEN!
Yeah, or just general discussion :). If you finish it I’ll be lonely but we can still discuss it after you’re done!
PIKMIN IS WHERE???
WHY AM I NOT WHERE THE PIKMIN ARE??????
edit: oh i see old pikmin, i thought you meant 3, i was going to jump out the window and go get a Wii – U
Jumping straight out a window would be a valid response if it was 3.
oh absolutely, and I was on the second floor when I posted that (home now :D)
I haven’t played it yet ;D
So much Super Metroid!
So, I’ve been thinking about words. How they’re just words. They have no inherent ability to influence the physical world around them unless backed up by intent or deed. Where do they get their power from? Are they truly empty vessels, meaningless and void until imbued with meaning by whomever happens to intercept them?
If so, where do they get their power from? Their meaning? Their influence? Why are words so effective? And why have I chosen to find my passion here, in this bewildering conundrum?
And for the record, I’m not in existential crisis! Just the opposite. I was fine when existence had no meaning. Meaninglessness in a universe that has no meaning — that I get. But meaninglessness in a universe that has meaning… what does it mean?
Identify that quote in the last paragraph!You still haven’t read Promethea yet, have you?
I think I should tell you that I’ve bought a grand total of one new book in the last eighteen months, and that was The Wheel of Time #14. And had one bought for me (Saga TPB #1 \o/ BKV)
MONEY! >:( *shakes fist, @dc style)
I have your address 😀
NOPE! 😀
Thanks thoughHa ha!
I totally got it but didnt read it :3 YET
The book or …online?
Man, it’s sooooooooooo good. 😀
You might be interested in listening to this podcast episode about words and language http://www.radiolab.org/2010/aug/09/
Anyone here have the NBN yet? I think @shane mentioned he has relatives that have it?
I think they may have just put the line down our street. I was out at the time, but my sister says there was a truck that made a bunch of noise, then they went down and up our street and it looked like they feeding the line into the ground. Or something. But there was an NBN van there. They just haven’t come down to our house yet.
So a few questions to those that have it or know people that have it. How long did it take for the line to be put in? I always thought they’d be digging up the ground and putting it in. And how long did it take from the lines being put in till you had a connection?
(I should probably ask this in whitenoise too)
My bro has it, but I have no details beyond that. Can investigate when I next talk to him, but I think you might be able to source information more quickly than that! 🙂
Haha, yeah probably 😛 Thanks anyway though.
I should check on whirpool too, there should be other people that have had the same questions.
Good to know the back of nowhere gets NBN already while on the middle of the Gold Coast I can’t even get a stable ADSL1 connection.
Nation’s capital, same problem. o/
I’m not looking forward to moving out of home because I suspect that wherever I end up will have shit for internet access and I’ll end up having to use 4G or something equally horrid.
Yeah, we’re similarly situated with the NBN. All the suburbs around us are in the first few years of roll-outs but ours is at after six years. Which probably means never. 🙁
I hardly live in the back of nowhere 😛 I’m only 10 minutes out from the Ipswich CBD, right near Amberly Air Base. Apparently this is where all the growth and development is going to happen in Ipswich, so it makes sense to put it in here now. About half of Ipswich should be connected by March next year I think.
You’re making the assumption that Ipswich isn’t the back of nowhere to start with. 😛
I’m just butt hurt that I can barely get any Internet where I am.
All my Hat and Envy
From lines in to it being connected was about two or so months.
That being said, West End got tonnes done at the same time so they may have worked out a faster way of doing it, now.
To those who are better at this stuff than me:
What do you think the chances are that the AUD will reach parity to the USD again anytime soon?
I give it even odds. Or maybe odd evens. Or maybe even no odds.
That’s odd, I thought it might even out.
*slow clap*
I’d say reasonably low. IIRC we dropped below parity not due to weakness in our dollar, but due to strength in theirs, and since the Aussie dollar is really quite stable, the U.S. would have to go through something for ours to improve.
Yeah, basically the US economy is starting to right itself a bit. The reason for the strong exchange rate is weak US dollar, not strong AU dollar, though our dollar is stronger than it was as a reflection of the fact we managed to dodge recession when the rest of the world collapsed.
I think it’s going to keep dropping for a while :/
Aw man, my net connection is crap. Someone with a better one will have to do the adventure play through sometime. XD
It helps if you have absolutely everything else turned off. Keep your pc stripped down to bare essentials to have the game and the stream running.
Looked fine to me before.
Haven’t been able to get it to run that smooth ever since. XD Played Dreamfall before and it’d skip entire lines of dialogue. *shakes fist*
Are you trying to record at the same time as you live stream?
Nah, just live streaming. Works most of the time, but something so dialogue intensive as an adventure game wouldn’t work well here.
I reckon you’re getting stage fright and are trying to find an excuse to back out.
colonpee.
You are wise. 😛
I wouldn’t go so far as to say wise. I’d settle for ‘astute’ or ‘observant’.
Apart from the Exam, I have finished Indonesian for the semester. Feeling a lot more relaxed and a lot less depressed now. Exam isn’t until 24th of June and I am almost looking forward to it. Yay!!!!!
MORE GETTING TO KNOW YOU QUESTIONS, BIB* EDITION
*(because I’m bored)1. Fashion: Where do you keep your wallet? Do you sit on it?
I used to sit on my wallet, but ended up doing some possibly-permanent damage to my hip and right buttock. Now I keep it on a desk when I’m seated, but if I’m not wearing a jacket with an inside pocket, I still store it in my back jeans pocket. When I’m driving, it’s usually in the car door.Now, tell me yours, so I know how to pickpocket you when we meat in person.
2. Hypothetical moral question: If you were in power, and had bipartisan support to introduce an administrative policy that granted your political party $1 for every vote you received, would you take that opportunity or take a stand against it?
I don’t know. It’s a hard question. I’d like to think I’d do the right thing and take the money.3. Hypothetical work question: If you’ve done some work, and then sent it out without having received permission from your immediate manager to send it out, and then accidentally compounded the problem by nodding along when they subsequently told you to hold off on it for a while, what would you do?
Actually, I might need help with this one. :\4. Ever taken medication that wasn’t yours?
I tried some of my wife’s leftover anti-depressants this week. I know, I know, it’s a stupid thing to do. I think they helped, but now we’ve run out. 😛1. Right pocket. Go ahead and steal it if you want, there’s nothing in it. 😛
2. I don’t understand the question. XD
3. Quit, move to remote mountain regions and wait for the sweet release of death.
4. No, but I probably would if I had access to some.
1. Right butt pocket.
2. Bluh?
3. Panic, flail arms around office like a Muppet for a while, give in to guilt and speak up about it.
1: Side pocket
2:
Yes, I can’t really see any reason why I wouldn’t, unless the money was coming from a fund for orphans and lost puppies or something.Now that I understand the question better thanks to the link, my response is, I don’t know, maybe. Seems like an okay way to get funding for a political party.
3: Go tell them I screwed up. To be honest though, I’m the sort of person whos highly unlikely to get into that sort of situation in the first place.
4: No.
1. Side pocket.
2. No. Really makes the compulsory voting seem less a solution for cash politics and more exacerbating the problem.
3. Just tell them. Be worse if you keep hiding it.
4. Yep. Occasionally steal some of wife’s Oxazepam.
1. Opposite pocket to my phone. And I sit on neither of them. That’s for crazy people and graphic novel authors.
2. If I was the leader of a political party with a majority then I would clearly be an amoral bastard willing to do anything to secure and retain power, so of course I’d vote for it.
3. Depends if it causes problems once it’s gone out. And how severe the problem is. Let’s just say, in my job if I checked in something without code review and it caused catastrophic failures on customer machines – our stuff runs on a lot of machines now – then I probably wouldn’t be getting my annual bonus. 😛
4. No. I have never taken any prescription medication that wasn’t prescribed to me specifically. But my Dad is the only one in the family with any prescription medication in the first place, and I can’t see myself needing to borrow his diabetes meds.
1. Right pocket.
2. I’d stand against it. Not like they can’t drum money up from other places though.
3. I’d go “Whoops, sorta maybe flubbed this a little.”
4. Nope, the only medication I’ve ever had is antibiotics for acne, and Paracetamol / Codeine / Ibuprofen / WhateverOtherMildPainkillersWeCanPutHe-OohAspirin-re (and they hardly count).
1. Left pocket, dunno why, just do. Can’t stand stuff in the back, I rarely use it.
2. I don’t understand the question.
3. Not sure. I would have told them the first time instead of nodding along…
4. Nope. I’ve let a mate take some of my un-used anti-depressants. He had…an interesting time.
I wouldn’t let just anyone do it. He’s a crazy bastard and I’d rather have him in my home freaking out than out in the street hurting himself. He’s a trusted friend.
1. Right front pocket
2. As a once off maybe, money is always nice. Depends on the contents of the bill. If it meant that they were then unable to receive funding (or ‘donations’) from corporate lobby groups then yes
3. Why not just say that’s already sent? get back to you PC and send an update to your manager, forward the email and say, actually this has already gone, did you need me to send a follow up.
4. I don’t think so. Maybe some anti-inflammatory cream stuff once
1. Wallet always in left front pocket, phone/keys in right front. Always at hand and no gluteal damage done, great success.
2. *Searches for definition of ‘bipartisan’* *returns* Makes sense, both parties, it’s all in the word! As long as you’re not taking it from a much worthier place, then I can’t see any issue.
3. I’ve done this before, but without meaning to. I’d usually have to be pretty confident that what I am doing will be the one best way to do it. Sometimes you’re just so excited to send something through that you send it without a second thought. It’s probably best to come clean IMHO, it is usually better to be completely honest and keep your movements visible.
4. Pretty scared of taking something I shouldn’t, so no (not yet).
[Posters remorse.]
To me that sounds like you’re just a terrible hermit.
Edit: sigh, guess I should say something serious.Edit: You’re a cool guy and we all like you. If you need help or company, I’m sure you won’t be left hanging by these guys (or me if there’s anything I can do)
In terms of meaning of life stuff, it’s pretty hard to resolve someone’s existential crisis, but there’s only one alternative to living, and it’s not really one you can come back from, so you might as well ride this one out for as long as it goes.
EDIT: DAMNIT DC COLONPEE
I walked you home dude. I walked you home.
I’m assuming South Bank Station is your home?
Anyways, Saturday Night.
You really need a job. If only to keep you busy through the days and something to aim for.You wanna hang?
I have an electric bike now and can get around!
I should see you Saturday anyway. Wanna train together?
Not sure what your post said but from the responses you want to hang out more? I know I live far away but I certainly wouldn’t mind if you visited me any day. I’d even make you whatever I was having for lunch. So today you missed out on apricot pies. 😛
But yeah, if there’s ever anything I can do for you you know you just have to ask,right? I’ll do whatever I can.
Was probably a poster for the 2005 War of the worlds. No wonder it feels remorseful
Aw thanks guys, was pretty much saying that hanging with you guys has been the highlight of the last few weeks. Wasn’t guilt tripping, just the opposite in fact. You’re all awesome and I appreciate your awesomeness. 😀
Guess who scored a PSVita for under $150?
And it came with a 4GB card, too. \o/
FUck!
How?
Cash Converters. 🙂
Very nice! You’ll need a bigger card though if you want more games (especially if you’re going through PS+). I bought mine from Super UFO last year for about $80 for a 32GB.
Anyone else on Fitocracy have some random dude named ‘DaddyNacho’ giving props to everything they do?
Me, me! I do! Must only be targeting the devilishly handsome among us.
That can’t be right, because he’s doing the same for me.
He’s keen.
I think he is in a contest with BenMuir to give out the most props
NachoDaddy is way cleverer.
Someone should tell him.
Go on then.
I figured you’d want to, what with you slowly assuming my identity and all.
Nah.
Besides, it seems you’re somehow synonymous with dick jokes now.
You can keep that.
Yeah, what’s that about?
Some kind of Potaku smear campaign?
It’s probably because you’re in the welcome group or something.
Or maybe he’s hoping that his Nacho might enter the beef era?
He’s got some stiff competition.
Maybe he’ll make it hard for you to refuse
And I’m synonymous with dick jokes!?
Yes.
Can’t argue with that.
Hey guys.
Guys.
Hey.
Hey, guys.
Guys, hey there. Hey guys. Hey there guys.
Hey hey!
Hey guys.
BOARD GAMES.
HeyHey there
Hi
*Wave*
Do you approve of the following proposed order
Libertalia
Small World
Dixit
Castle Panic
Clarification: Shopping order not rating order
I don’t like Dixit and don’t know anything about Libertalia so…
Small World
Castle Panic
Libertalia
Dixit
What was your problem with Dixit?
That was a list of games I was planning on buying. Is it a bad game or just not the type of game that you like. What’s the major issue with it
It’s one of those “everyone plays something and another person judges it” style of games.
I don’t like those games.
EDIT: It’s the rhythmic gymnastics of board games.
Have you played it?
I thought the scoring system as I understood it was quite clever. It’s a guess what the person played and making your hint difficult enough that not everybody gets it but near enough that some people do. Unlike something like cards against humanity where a person decides who is the winner.
It’s definitely better than Cards Against Humanity or Apples to Apples but still just not my style of game.
Cool, thanks for the feedback
yes
BORED GAME – LIGHTNING ROUND
You’re in an colosseum-esque arena, facing down a minotaur and a giant crocodile. You have only a short rusty sword, a buckler with a broken strap, and a loincloth. The crowd is cheering for your blood.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
1. Fight minotaur
2. Taunt minotaur
3. Fight crocodile
4. Taunt crocodile
5. Run away
6. Beg for freedom
7. Surrender
8. Other
7. I put on my best terrible French accent, and attempt to surrender.
You cast your weapon down and attempt to surrender. “Silly English Kinnigggggit!”
The Emperor Meanulus looks down at your sniveling prostrate body and spits. “TAKE HIS HEAD!” he cries.
The gates open and a dozen heavily armed centurions join the huge beasts advancing towards you.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
1. Pick up your weapons and fight
2. Beg for your life
3. Other
3. I charge at them, unarmed, and attempt to windmill kick them, an inefficient move for fighting many heavily armed men, but I hope that it will scare them into submission.
They fall over laughing at your inept combat, and die of mirth. All twelve of them. Meanulus’ mouth drops open in surprise, and the crowd falls silent.
The crocodile is unamused, and the minotaur appears to be somewhat intimidated.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
1. Attempt to retrieve your sword
2. Loot bodies
3. Fight crocodile
4. Run away
5. Beg for your life
6. Other
2. LOOOOOOOOOT! LLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTT!
You retrieve a sword, but have no time for anything else before your foes are upon you. You are too close to the wall to run. There is no escape now.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
1. Fight
2. Bluff
3. Surrender
4. Other
4. LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTT!
@blaghman, You die. Obviously. The crocodile and minotaur carve you into tiny pieces and eat you. Then before they can fight each other for the last tasty morsel, they are returned to their cages until the next battle royale. As it is, was, and ever shall be.
THE END
I mean, GAME OVER .
1.
You lunge at the minotaur with your sword. It bites into its muscular torso and gets lodged. The beast is in no apparent pain. How could it be? It’s a mythical creature. It roars in anger and lifts you above the ground. You have only a moment to flail in panic before it tosses you across the arena. You fetch up against a locked gate, now unarmed. The minotaur now has your sword.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
1. Attempt to shield bash your enemies.
2. Run away
3. Beg for your life
4. Other
option 1.
The first blow makes the minotaur step back and shake his head, dazed. The impact has rung all the way up your arm to your shoulder and you are in great pain. Your spasming fingers drop your shield, and you cannot make them obey you.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
1. Run away
2. Grab shield with other hand
3. Other
2, option 2
8. Take off Loincloth.
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The crowd pelts you with fruit. By some miracle, you manage to catch a watermelon the size of a medium boulder, and a bunch of roses with sharp thorns.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
1. Fight
2. Unequip sword/shield in favour of other gear
3. Run away
4. Surrender
5. Other
5. Put rose up my butt, fashion helmet from watermelon, and run away.
You run, but you cannot see. You have a watermelon on your head after all.
But the people take pity on you. They have a moral compass that prevents them from enjoying the slaughter of the mentally handicapped. You are lifted to safety at the last moment, and placed into the custody of a maximum security asylum, where you quite rightly belong.
THE END.
I mean, GAME OVER.
Aha, they forgot about the rose.
Pick cell door with rose stem.
LOL
You need to buy the DLC to continue playing.
ENDGAME CONTENT UNLOCKED
You pick the cell door and then you pick your teeth. You wander naked out into the city. People decide not to stop you because they saw the Emperor doing the same thing in a fairy tale just last week.
Abruptly, though, you trip and fall and skin your bare knee on the ground. Your blood flows like water, and colours swirl before your eyes. You wonder if maybe you would have been better off staying in the asylum.
Quite probably.
THE ACTUAL END NOW.
This game sucks. Plot holes every where and no logical process seems to be evident.
7/10
@freezespreston
BEST GAME EVAR!
6.5/10
You’re thiiis close to hosting a DnD game, Shane.
2) Taunt minotaur, because the crocodile is obviously slow, so I can bait the minotaur into fighting the crocodile.
The minotaur gets outraged at the off-colour jokes about its female parentage, and charges at you, its massive muscles flexing in pure unadulterated fury.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
1. Attempt to evade
2. Fight
3. Other
3) Say “Bro, I didn’t mean to piss you off, man, I just got laid off work by a real douchenozzle.” I’d offer to buy him the finest booze which are actually rail shots of whiskey presented as something finer.
He doesn’t really understand you, and scratches his head quizzically. Unfortunately for him, his razor sharp claws go straight through his skull and pierce his brain. Instadeath.
You have only a crocodile to face now. The crowd is going berserk. Emperor Meanulus is not well-pleased; the minotaur was his favourite pet.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
1. Fight
2. Run away
3. Surrender
4. Other
1) With my adept improvising skills, I fashion the minotaur’s claws into.. a sharp weapon of some kind. Yes, I shall attach the claws to the front of my shield to make it into.. a battle-shield. The crocodile’s jaws are unwieldy and inefficient, and it is out of it’s element where it normally hides until unsuspecting foes go near it’s steely teeth; I shall climb upon the great beast and ram it’s head in with my mighty shield.
You don’t have enough time to implement this plan. You have just started to slice off the minotaur’s first finger when the crocodile lunges at you and takes one of yours. Fair’s fair, after all.
You drop your sword in pain and surprise. Blood throbs out from your finger and splashes on the ground. The roar of the crowd is deafening.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
1. Climb onto crocodile
2. Attempt to retrieve sword
3. Hit him with shield
4. Run away
5. Other
5) Ok. Well, that shit just happened. That’s a fair amount of blood. Isn’t the crowd happy enough with this, I mean this is a lot of blood. Obviously with the blood streaming out of my finger I must create a demonic sigil around the alligator and summon up a demon from the fiery depths of super-hell to smite my foe.
@saturday
All right, I guess someone has to win this damn battle. The demon smites your crocodile foe and then takes your soul into the fiery pits of hell, where you reign in pain as his immortal offsider.
VICTORY CONDITIONS MET…?
Sure, why not.I AM WINRAR.
8. I take off my loincloth
Dammit Freeze!
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Just kidding. Um… the minotaur recoils in horror but the crocodile can smell fresh meat. It advances upon you quickly. It will be feasting on you in seconds if you do nothing (and not in any good way).
WHAT DO YOU DO?
1. Fight it
2. Run away
3. Other
1. Throw my loincloth over its face in an attempt to obscure its vision, then charge at it with my rusty sword.
Your loincloth is only big enough to cover one of its eyes, but you have successfully affected its depth perception. You stab at it with your sword, but your blade snaps when it makes contact with its tough scaly hide.
It opens it jaws wide enough to swallow you in a gulp.
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW?
1. Dive in and try to avoid its teeth
2. Run away
3. Bash it with your shield
4. Other
4. Throw my shield down its throat in hopes it will get lodged in there and suffocate the creature.
Your plan works. It chokes and thrashes around; its long tail whips around and knocks you to the ground in a shower of dust. When the dust clears, the crocodile is dead, but the minotaur looms over you, both hands raised high above its head, ready to pound you to mulch.
WHAT DO YOU DO?
1. Attempt to fight
2. Attempt to block
3. Attempt to dodge
4. Attempt to speak
5. Other
5. Remembering the minotaur’s previous horror at the sight of my sexy naked body, I throw my self at the creature, hips thrust foward, in an attempt to frighten it away.
@dire_wolf The minotaur is appalled, but lashes out instinctively and rips you in half with one of its muscular arms. It is now able to, at its leisure, inspect your scary weird genitals. In the end, it has to wrestle the crocodile for the right to eat them.
THE END
I mean, GAME OVER
The only thing missing from these chose-your-own-adventures is @greenius drawing up our decisions. Eh? eh? eh?*
*canadian translation: “sounds like a good idea, am I right?”
In those CYOA books, did anyone ever used to make their choice, realise the next page was the end and revert back?
I might have.Always, I tried to get it to last as long as poss.
Always.
Of course not, who would do such a thing.
I wouldn’t know anything about trying to have fingers saving the place of two choices and while reading the current section
Did anyone NOT do that? :\
Book #100 was one of the best, could picture myself being right there. ‘The Worst Day of Your Life’ I think it was called.
One of my biggest regrets is getting rid of my collection of CYOA books.
I still have mine. And Goosebumps. 😀
8: Flash my boobs.
Edit: I have to get back to work now. I’ve covered up my boobs. Sorry. 😛
*stares*
#BoysClub
If the minotaur isn’t a female I will be upset 😛What if it’s a lesbian minotaur?
Waaaaahhhhhhh D:
Was more a case of being disappointed in Shane for not mixing it up and doing the unexpected
The lestaur, overcome by the sight of Strange’s bare chest, collapses in ecstasy and lays twitching on the ground, foam dribbling out of her slightly agape mouth. The crocodile moves to begin feasting on the incapacitated cow, and Strange is declared grand champion of the arena.
#boysclub
sheesh 😛
I like this ending way better than @shane’s 😛
The Emperor gasps “STRANGE IS A GIRL?!”
You are whisked out of the arena and forced into servitude as a concubine. Until you no longer please him, and then you are sold to a balding sweaty merchant who already has three wives.
THE END
I mean, GAME OVER
17 minutes is hardly a flash 😛
I had to stop mid-flash while waiting for Shane to write the next part of the story. 😛
8. Assemble sword and shield adventure game style into a targe
Your plan doesn’t work. You have just ruined both sword and shield, and your enemies defeat you easily, and then feast upon your tasty, tasty innards.
GAME OVER
THE END
Innards is the best word. \o/
Stoopid adventure games. No wonder it’s a dead genre
8: Lick sword and hope for rapid tetanus death.
It’s not rapid enough. You are torn to pieces before tetanus takes hold.
THE END
GAME OVER
8:
DANCE DANCE DANCE!!!
1. Front left pocket
2. Didn’t really read the question
3. Forgot this one
4. Nope
5. No, YOU RUN AWAY.
6. Good lord your face sliders are terrifying
7. Every word every thought every sound, every touch every smile every frown, all the pain you’ve endured until now, all the hope that I lost it was found. Surrender, yourself to me.
8. This is an acceptable response, no?
I have blue fluff up my nose and in my mouth. It’s not pleasant.
heh
You have a nose in your mouth? D:
I have no idea what you’re talking about. 😛
I get lots of blue fluff in my belly button.
Is it the same thing?
Eww no. 😛
I’m making a Cookie Monster hoodie for my daughter. 😀
Out of Navel Lint?!?!
MONSTER!
Listening to Images and Words by Dream Theater( The only reason you will see me spell theatre incorrectly). Pull Me Under is the first Dream Theater song I ever heard (thanks to Guitar Hero: World Tour) and it hooked me into them straight away. What an amazing band.
DT is good.
It sure is, reduces all damage taken. From both melee and ranged weapons. Basically essential if you are going to go with a melee weapon / unarmed build.
NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
colon pee
siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh
Never heard of them – to the spotify machine
You haven’t heard of Dream Theater?
Oh man you’re in for a treat.
Brilliant band. Awake is the first album I heard, there are classics everywhere you look. I think my favourite album has to be Train of Thought now, but it could easily be three or four others.
Metropolis: Part 1 from that album (fantastic song by the way) spawned a concept album called … Metropolis: Part 2 Scenes from a Memory which is also fantastic.
The new stuff is not necessarily as great. Black Clouds and Silver Linings is a bit weird but then A Dramatic Turn of Events seemed to be a return to form.
I saw them in concert a few years back. James LaBrie spent most of the time off stage. It was awesome.
Haha! Saturday just watched me wander aimlessly in Dear Esther for 45 minutes. I appreciate it man. Sorry I didn’t notice the chat window. XD
Have you tried
drowning yourself yet?That goes without saying! XD
Creepiness ensue?Yeah, but that sums up the whole game at the moment. So atmospheric. 😀
Hell yeah. He attempted it multiple times, which confused and scared me to no end.
If I had of known someone was watching I would’ve been more normal. 😛
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164925/events/2137465
Anyways, part one is archived. I’ll finish part two later. XD
I figured you’d like it since it’s the perfect stop and stare at things game! 😀
How long did it take you to finish it? Took 2 hours for me. Prettyness!
I think less then two hours and I thought I looked at heaps. I think the fact I was live streaming forced me to press on in case people were watching and didn’t want to see me studying every piece of grass. 😛
Another case of D.C. quickly blazing through games… it’s Dishonored all over again! 😛 😀
I know I’m supposed to hate Buck but its really hard to.
I’m going to guess this isn’t a United states of Tara reference?
What? No. Far Cry 3.
I don’t have far cry 3 but will get it at some stage so haven’t followed who the characters are.
USoT was the first Buck I could think of
BLOOD DRAGON!!
PEW PEW PEW!!!
ZZZZAAAPPPP!!!
PEW PEW!
BLOOOOOOOOOOOD DRAAAAAGON!!! GOTY.
It’s a Kill Bill reference
MY GOD I LOVE VSAUCE!!
Nothing is better to sit here and just nerd out on. Brilliant! 😀
EARWORMS FOR ALL!
VSAUCE!!!!! BEST YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
If you like vsauce then you should also check out
CGP Grey
Minutephysics and MinuteEarth
and SciShow.
Minute physics is pretty great. I’ve watched that a couple of times before. But i tend to stare blankly at that one sometimes. lol
Give CGP Grey a go, that was the first one of the group I came across.
I wish I wasn’t crap at computer graphics because I would really like one day to sit down and put together a simple demo of an old PS1 FF-style JRPG, with 3D characters over pre-rendered backgrounds and simple ATB-knockoff combat system and stuff. I’m fairly sure I know how to code most of it but it’d be a fun experiment.
Alas, I suck at one of the important parts. 🙁
That’s why i always loved RPG Maker. I preffer 2d, and it’s sooo simple it’s almost criminal 😀
Except I don’t want to make a SNES-style game, I want to make a PS1-style one which is completely different. I have absolutely zero attachment to the SNES-era JRPG style as I didn’t get to playing any of them until well into the late 90s when I ran out of good PS1 / Dreamcast games.
Can we help?
I can scribble alright and aIm sure there are 3D modeler dudes among us… unsure about the pre-renderd bgs though :-/
Well actually I guess that you could probably just *draw* the background, it doesn’t have to be rendered. The benefit of a pre-rendered shot is that it’s very easy to do the collision geometry and also you can seamlessly go from the scene into a CG cutscene (FF7-9 do that very often).
If I used hand-drawn backgrounds then it would look weird to have 3D dudes wandering around, you’d probably want 2D sprites there instead. And then it’d look like a Lucasarts adventure game basically (those are essentially coded the same way).
Incoming Wall ‘o Text:
So for what it’s worth, the way that games like say FF7 work is that they would render a 3D scene, and they would turn that into a big texture that’s overlaid onto the screen. In addition they build a very simple 3D model which is basically made up of blocks. So you’d have a big flat plane for the floor, and eg if it was a view down an alleyway then you’d have a big box on either side. Then certain areas get marked with trigger points for events and shit but that’s separate to the rendering. Basically that simplified collision model gives you depth coordinates for the scene as well, so you can render the high-quality background, then render your 3D dudes into the scene using the depth information. Because the camera is fixed in each shot, if you do it right you can even have stuff in the foreground of the scene that occludes the 3D models properly.
The battle system’s pretty simple too. The arenas are basically boxes with a main circle area in the middle where the battle happens, and some geometry on the edges to make it look like the zone it’s in. The camera looks like it’s essentially fixed in position most of the time at a specific distance and height from the centroid of the monsters and party, but it slowly rotates around as you make actions, and whenever you use a special skill like magic or summon, it does a pan in onto the character as the animation starts such that it’s zoomed right in when it ends. Actually thinking about it, the camera is also fixed such that it always is on the one side of the battle so that your characters are on the right hand side and enemies on the left, and it slowly shifts probably in a 135 degree arc because sometimes it could end up behind the party if they were facing a big monster. The actual underlying combat system in ATB is very simple. Speed of a character or monster goes from 0-255. Every game tick adds their speed to readiness (modified up or down with haste/slow effect) and when they hit a certain threshold they can take an action and it’ll put up the command input for your characters, or if it’s a monster they’ll take an action immediately in active mode. In wait mode, the readiness levels stop increasing while a command entry menu is up unless you hit the swap / delay button in which case it advances to the next available character OR if none are available, it advances one game tick. Time doesn’t advance while an action is being taken and while an action is being taken the monsters have to wait. I think later PS1 FF games changed it so that the time started advancing while some characters were finishing their animations so that the game felt faster. Also FFX is just the same system, except that it displays the list of actions that will occur (which is easy) but your actions can modify characters readiness and sometimes can have a penalty to the time it takes their next action to come up. FFXII changed it so that readiness was basically charge time – character chooses an action and it takes a certain amount of time to become ready – effectively cast time – and once they complete the action they are immediately able to take another command. That’s great for AI controls but is why it feels sticky and unresponsive if you try and do it all yourself.
That all sounds like what I presumed was happening.
I have no idea how to program though.
You could get away with drawn backgrounds if you also did cel-shaded characters.
That would work too if you had 2D animated cut-scenes as well.
Did you ever see that BG in Chrono Cross that was like a feathered painting?
Dammit, I can’t find it on Google.
If you’re serious about this I’d be keen to help any way I can. Pretty much a dream of mine to make this sort of thing.
Matte paintings like they use for Star Wars BGs would work too…
I actually suspect that a lot of the areas in PS1 FF games like building interiors, caves etc were drawn rather than rendered. So I guess it’s not that much of an issue.
When you get into cel shading that’s some pretty advanced stuff, especially if you want it to be consistent with the rest of your artwork. Doing stuff like the amazing ink & watercolor style in Valkyria Chronicles for example, or the Sumi-e brush work in Okami is pretty tricky, I don’t even know where I’d start. Though maybe that makes it a challenge. 😛
I’ve actually never played Chrono Cross. Always wanted to but it never got a local release and by the time PS1 emu was good enough to play it on a PC (didn’t have a modded PS1) I found it was very hard to go back to. Same for Xenogears and Suikoden. Always wanted to play them, but it’s so hard to get into them now.
Chrono Cross, I was fine with, but I guess I hadn’t played a PS3 at that point (just 2)
I had the same trouble with Suikoden and XenoGears too :-/
Could we use photographs and then do something to them?
Like re-colour buildings and add cracks and fantasy tech and shit?
That would be awesome if we could pull it off.
I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the BGs in FF6&7 were photos that had been shopped in some way. Some of the sand textures and mountain backdrops looked suspiciously good to me.
FF6, maybe, who could tell? But I think some of the backgrounds in 7 were definitely using photos as source material. The problem with photos is that the detail is often too high, and the amount of work involved to build a 3D collision environment around it. You have to have some pretty specific angles and stuff too – you need to be able to see the ground and stuff.
I suspect one of the reasons you don’t see that sort of pre-rendered backdrop stuff any more is that it was an expensive pain in the ass that they only did at the time because the PS1 couldn’t render the areas properly.
I was thinking of getting like a shot of a street set out for example.
Then using other shots of buildings and shopping them together, then digitally painting over that.
You’d use photos similarly to the way you use models and then just change what you like in the final process.
Plenty of artists really do go out and get real photo reference for their art.
It’s suprising how little painters use their imagination. I was shocked since I always had fun trying to learn how a 3D object works and then trying to draw it from memory.
I think the hard part, and this is where I become useless, is the final digital painting. I could leanr it sure, but I just don’t have the spare time.
Oh yeah, forgot:
Then, you would only be using a digital painting in the final screen that wouldn’t have the hgh detail of a photo and you’d put your wire frame or whatever it is under that, so the 3D chracters couldn’t wander off the path.
Also, I totally wanna do this but I don’t know how to computer…
Just got 381 points on Fitocracy for trail running 4.7 km. Took me up from level 1 to level 3. #winning
I’m level 3 after Freya made me an account and then said I went skiing for 54 minutes. #morewinning
My jog only took 25 minutes though. #moretimeefficientwinning 😛
I didn’t do anything #evenmoretimeefficientwinning :p
Was that because of the part on the dresser?
I know this has been asked before but does anyone want a free copy of Dear Esther?
It’s pretty damn good! 😀
Upvote means @dc wants a second copy?
colon peewill it work on a craptop?
What level of crap does it come with? Anything above 5 craps and you cant play it.
🙁
I played on a laptop from about 5 years back. Worked all right for the most part. 😀
Just finished it. Thanks @greenius!
NO! I’m a monster!
only one way to find out!
(Do you have Steam?)
not installed…
But I have an account, JimuHsien or Jimu or Jimu_hsien or somethiing.
I couldn’t friend anyone because I never bought anything :-/
It’s actually surprisingly demanding, even though it’s just a Source Engine title. Check the recommended specs.
If you’re playing on a laptop be sure to turn power saving mode on in video settings. My computer overheated twice. XD
http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/
http://www.madman.com.au/actions/competition.do
Can’t enter this comp cos it reckons I havent filled out the required fields.
I have…several times…
Starting to hobble around like a spaz. Still need crutch assistance but its progress.
Wooooooo! Must plan next sabotage!
@cakesmith! What’s new?
He got new runners!
I just want to say That game company are so freaking nice.
The scarf for Nova’s cosplay was getting on my nerves so I emailed them about my issues. They linked me to an image of the scarfs. =D
@novacascade They also want to see the cosplay now, sorry ^^;;
Sorry,
Sorry
That’s awesome, scree. Small companies tend to be crazy friendly. After Psychonauts was released I sent an e-mail to Double Fine and got the best damn reply from them. 😀
What did it sayyyyy :DDDD?
I forget the specifics, but was all personalized thanks and said they’d forward the e-mail around to the team. Made my day. Haha.
probably made theirs too
I didnt hear about this one before! I knew the JJ one, but this. What other secrets do you hide..?
You’re not the only enigma, Sughly. *waves hands in the air or whatever it was that you did.* XD
See the sorry? :D. I’ve seen so much sorry now 😛
That’s awfully nice of them as well :). We want to see the cosplay toooo
You know that you have to share that image now, right? There are fanboys around.
Fanboys gonna fan!
it was just a link to one on their website, but if you really want it I can link it
https://getsatisfaction.com/thatgamecompany/topics/where_can_i_find_the_design_of_the_journey_scarf
Wow, those look like he’s uploaded the actual textures they used in the game. That’s pretty awesome.
Thats so nice of them. I can’t imagine you’d get that sort of response from an Activision or a Ubisoft rep. Don’t worry Scree, I dont have any issues if they want to see it. You should be proud of your work 🙂
And you should know by now that that’s not me =P I was just having so much trouble figuring out the glyphs and the scarf etc.
I know, but I feel the need to point it out anyway 🙂
Isn’t Fatshad a Ubisoft rep or something now? 😛
Heh, that was a typo. Anyone else remember when calling him Fatshad was a thing though?
I think he’s a Trials Ambassador or something! 😀
I played Super Metroid for around 2 and a half hours before, then stopped. Then I wondered why I stopped, regretted stopping and played it some more 😀
Pretty sure I’m near the end now!
____
@Blaghman – did you enter your weight on Fitocracy? I think I entered my weight wrong or it was 30kg by default and I didn’t get too much points for Triceps Dips. But as soon as I entered my proper weight, I got 29 points per a set of 10.
Ugh, people have more points than me but I’m tireddd and soreeee >:(
Oh weight and height and stuff changes points?
I think so? We need @blaghman to confirm 😛 (put in his weight, do one more set of 10 reps for Triceps Dips and see what he gets)
Alright, I’ll do it later.
*In High Pitched Voice*
Okay, well, it looks like it makes a bit of a difference. Just a tad…
Looking through it, Triceps dips went from being worth 1 point per rep, to being worth… 11.7
Which is… Yeah. Wow. I think their equation is a bit shit. As a note, no other exercises changed when I did this, so it’s possible that stuff somehow got compounded onto the dips?
Or maybe they just really suck at calculations. I dunno. That can’t be right.
Yeah I saw that…
10 points for one? D: dangggg. I’m not sure how much you weigh though 😛
The thing with the triceps dip is that I’m doing the seated/bench ones with my legs on the floor (not on another seat/bench) and I couldn’t find that on the site. I wondered a few days ago whether it was the correct thing but I did see plenty of videos calling the one I did the same as the one I put in Fitocracy but I also saw a video calling something else that same name 😛 (where you stand up and put your weight on your arms and do the dip). However, I saw that same thing under a different name on Fitocracy… I AM CONFUS
I’m 65kgish and only get 29 points for a set of 10 :'(
Yeah, their descriptions are weird. I think my biggest issue is that I’m doing them with my legs in close, when it’s a better workout to bring them out.
As it stands, I weigh less than double what you do (woo. :/), so I don’t quite see how its scaling works.
You’re so going to abuse it for points now! (like what I’m doing just 3x more effective :P)
Weight modifies points for weights exercises and if you’re doing body weight exercises presumably you’d get more for pushing more weight. Eg the dude that weighs 300kg does a heck of a lot more work doing 5 dips than the dude that weighs 30kg (extreme example)
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/game/xbox-360/grand-theft-auto-v-collector-s-edition/684875
Noticed this if anyone missed out, unsure if its imported or not but the display picture does have our ACB CTC sticker on it.
I’ve finished the whole of season 4 of arrested development.
It was excellent.
I don’t know what else I expected.
I’m only six episodes in. I really like it, yet I find it difficult to marathon for some reason. I think my mind finds the 30 minute run time instead of 22 minutes a little jarring. XD
I don’t know why my arms hurt so much from running. D:
Oh man, right? When I do athleticy things like jumping jacks and high knees, I can feel it in my arms, which is fair enough, but also my abs. WHY? DEAR GOD WHY?
That sore muscle feeling is pretty cool.
It’s what I think Batman would feel like after a particularly rough night out fighting crime.
Heart attack?
Didn’t manage to get to that lecture from the Insomniac guy today 🙁 I can watch it online but watching online lectures is the most boring thing ever.
Sometimes I just wish one day out would go as planned :/
Btw TAY not being in the side bar is a real bitch.
Aw, sorry to hear that man. Why couldn’t you make it? :'(
I had a whole thing written out, but i deleted it. Too D&M.
Basically I organised a day out with my friends in the city while taking into account being back at uni at 1 for the lecture, and just before 1 things happened and it all turned to shit.
That’s probably a bit too vague, but i don’t wanna go into it 🙁
My Wii U is doing some strange thing where it flickers online/offline, WiFi is just unreliable unless your in the same room as the router.
I think it’s time to stop being lazy and set-up this Wii LAN adapter, maybe try and see if I can find a match on RE:R.
Oh man, my Wii U wifi is so damn temperamental. >:|
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1748556728/the-untold-history-of-japanese-game-developers
Kickstarter that seems worthy of your time & interest. Guy is basically doing a campaign to fly to Japan and do a massive series of interviews with as many 8/16/32-bit Japanese developers as possible and then publish a book with all those little tidbits of information about the games they worked on. Sounds really cool.
EDIT: Just realized this is posted on Kotaku properly. DAMN YOU JASON SCHREIER
So how are you all doing lately?
Aleph! Hope you’re well?
I’m doing things, or something. How are you mate?
Not too shabby, man. Things! WOOOO!
*Play this music while reading post.*
From the creative minds at Daedalic Entertainment comes The Night of the Rabbit, a brand new point-and-click adventure game. Marvel at the hand drawn animation. Scratch your head at the head scratching puzzles. Combine inventory items. It’s yours to own today!
***
In all seriousness, this looks pretty great. I’ll post some impressions in the coming days! 😀
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/the_night_of_the_rabbit
Alright. You convinced me. Be it on your head if I don’t like it.
Oh man, I hope it’s good. XD
Their Deponia games are pretty excellent though. (And even though I wasn’t a huge fan of The Whispered World, it was most definitely a quality production too!)
You only played like 10 minutes!
Nah, I only whined about the first ten minutes. 😛
I got over my funk pretty quickly it would seem. I wrote heeeeeaaaps of stuff tonight and now I’m feeling really good again. \o/
I also listened to The National for a while because I’ve liked what I heard of them before (read: that song in Portal 2) and it’s been enjoyable so far. And then I listened to Daft Punk because RAM is great. \o/
And tomorrow Doc and I are gonna go buy manga and slurpees again because he is the best dad ever. \o/
EVERYTHING’S COMING UP MILHOUSE.
WOOOOO! THE NATIONAL!
I need to listen to their new album!
Glad you’re feeling better, my pal!
I was listening to High Violet. Really liked Terrible Love, the others haven’t made a lasting impression yet but are still good. 8/10 will listen again.
My favourites are Afraid of Everyone and Sorrow and Runaway and Little Faith. Though I have a new favourite every week. Last week it was Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks. It’s a great album that I find new stuff to like every time I listen. 😀
Sorrows my body on the waves
Sorrows a girl inside my cake
I live in a city sorrow built…
(I think they’re the words. Sometimes it’s hard to tell with these guys. XD)
Haha! I always forget how amazing The Simpsons was back in the day. 😀
Hey, this isn’t a gif! What gives?!
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_locfxvZcTj1qdo0hw.gif
Muuuuch better.
Loving ‘Graceless’ off the new album. (Also yay it’s on spotify now! My CD order should be in any day now!)
*watches Shane’s live streaming dealy count down*
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164924/events/2136913
Thanks man.
Had an information night for work tonight. It was a great night, and not just because they gave us free food 🙂 We had 4 different suppliers come and talk to us and show us some of their new products. A couple of them had some videos to show.
I now really want to go to Canada
… and Africa
If you get a chance go to the Maasai Mara. Awesome place.
We stayed at the Mara Serena and enjoyed a whole week there. Breakfast by the Mara river watching Hippos and crocodiles, chasing after leopards(it was fun watching the guides speed off chasing them-they are hard to spot during the day) and just enjoying the rest of the wildlife. Also standing on the border of Kenya and Tanzania and jumping between both countries excited me too much for what was basically an invisible line. Young Masha was easily entertained.
Visiting the Kenyan side of the Mara though*
Damn, I want to go back home and visit 🙂
*Just kidding, they’re both awesome. Just being a bit bias. Go where the exchange rate is better for you 🙂
Also Mombasa is a nice beach town, really crowded most of the year though. You can go there and get a bus up to Watamu or go to the Malindi Marine reserve.
Anyway enough about Kenya, if I was to travel to the rest of Africa I’d love to go to:
Egypt- pyramids and all the other stuff
Botswana-ride around in the swamps of Okavango delta
Morocco- I just want to say I’ve been to Casablanca I think or buy a fez in the city of Fes
Zimbabwe-Victoria falls
and other places I might have forgotten.
You just listed off a bunch of my dream destinations. I wish I could just disappear for 6 months and do Cap Town, to Cairo to Casablanca and everywhere in between
Sign me up for that trip, I’d love to do that. 🙂
Ha ha, some of my friends wanted to do that same trip(half of it anyway) by driving from Nairobi to Cape Town for the world cup in 2010.
Don’t forget me travelbuddyasha 😀
Never 🙂
@andre – your 3DS friend code in TAYnames is wrong, bro! 😛
@negativezero – added your AU account
@gutsoup – you aren’t there yet!
I actually reformatted my 3DS since I was frustrated at the E-Shop(I later found out it was a WiFi problem not my 3DS =/)
So I’ll be using a different 3DS code now.
Update and add us in TAYnames 😀
He’s gutsoup
Yeah, but his 3DS frond code is all numbers
I’ve fixed my number, sorry!
Loogies Mansion 2 is excellent!
Hells yeahhh, we’ll multi sometime 🙂
added your friend code.
Will add you tonight if I remember 😛
So I got to play with a Vita for the first time earlier today. I’m happy in my assertion that I don’t want one. The UI is hideous, and in the game I tried (Modnation racers) I spent probably 5x as long sitting on loading screens than I did doing anything.
There’s a reason it isn’t selling. It’s a piece of shit.
so you played it once, playing a game the i’ve heard no one say anything good about on vita. and immediately its a piece of shit?
i respect that you can have an opinion about it, but maybe try one of the better games first, like Gravity Rush, Persona 4 Golden, virtues last reward, or soul sacrifice (or at least those are my favourite original games on it). The fact that some ported games play flawlessly on it as well is great (Mortal Kombat, Ultimate Marvel, Playstation All-Stars, Metal gear) and it has a selection of great indie/small games as well (Sine Mora, Guacamelee, tales from space.
I’m not claiming that it’s the best handheld system out, i’d say the 3DS at the moment has a brighter future, but currently i play my Vita more than my 3DS, i get to play a bunch of good PS1 and PSP games on it, and it’s got some great core titles as well.
i agree the UI is pretty bad though.
EDIT: just cleaned up a little bit.
I’m judging its shittiness on everything, not just that game.
It would be a better system if it didn’t have a touchscreen. Touchscreens have their place, the Vita isn’t one of them. The UI is stupid and looks and feels like it was designed for a yum cha Chinese emulator knockoff. Seriously, the system’s controls are shocking. I hope no other game makes such ridiculous use of the touchscreen as MNR does.
As for games, I don’t judge a console on its ports. There’s a few good original games (that I’m still largely not interested in) and that’s pretty much it. The thing is, all I ever see anyone talking about anywhere on the internet games-wise is ps1, psp games and the same few original games.
Edit: (I should preface this with the fact that I’m really not in a good mood, sorry :()
because those original games are really great? because it is really nice being able to play awesome classic games?
i don’t mind you saying you are not interested in the console, i get it, its not for you, i just don’t feel like calling it a piece of shit is justified, the UI is bad, but not as bad as you are making it out to be.
The touchscreen probably didn’t need to exist, but here’s the great thing, most of the great games don’t even use it! (as for the system control problems, if i’m understanding your problems right, you can activating a setting to use the buttons instead of the touchscreen, which makes it slightly more bearable).
once again, i’m not trying to sell you a PS Vita, i just don’t like seeing a console i like being slandered. anyway, it’s late and i’m probably getting more heated up about this than i should.
I know it’s probably awesome to play classic games, but I still don’t think a selling point of any console no matter who made it should be “you can play old games on it”. It’s a nice addition, not a top selling point.
Your argument seems to have changed from
“It’s a piece of shit”
to
it doesn’t have a “top selling point”
:-/
I figured you’re in a not good mood but you’re wrong :P.
The hardware itself is great, and while it’s lacking in the game department, it’s far from shit.
UI is pretty bad though but the touch screen isn’t that bad. It just depends if games want to force it on you or not (which is absolutely terrible…).
I don’t understand what the complaints are about the UI. It’s perfectly functional and does what it needs to. It’s quick and snappy and doesn’t look like arse or have annoying music everywhere.
The initial setup experience with the unskippable video sucks though.
I’m just not too fond of the whole “app” thing. Want settings? Open an app!
XMB worked well but I guess this does allow us to quickly jump between things and keep them open in the background.
Too be honest it’s fine, I just wanted to slightly agree with one point to make Benji feel less terrible 😛
EDIT: the music is super annoying though…
I liked XMB back when PSP first came out. I was slightly shocked when my PS3 was sporting the same thing so many years later.
I love the new menu system, the app thing works fine.
Really, what’s the difference beteewn opening an App to do settings or opening a folder?
It’s just as quick.
Benji should feel terrible, his whole argument was presented very dickishly, I can’t believe I’m reading that sort of comment in TAY that isn’t followed by a colon pee.
If he has a bad mood, why take it out in TAY?
Of course people are gonna get offended.
Thank fuck Blumaxima doesn’t come in here!
I forgot, I really like the new system because it’s customisable.
Kinda like the 3DS menu but looks shinier…shiny. OooOOOOooooOOoooOoOOooooh, shiny.
Actually I was pretty shocked the PS3 had it too, it was pretty bad at the start as well until they fixed some stuff through patches (like not being able to open the XMB without quitting a game).
I’m just not too keen on EVERYTHING having a little icon. Bit annoying having old games there taking up space, but at least they have folders now.
Oh really?
But you can move them to a lower page and never look at them.
I go to great lengths setting up each page.
I’ve got a PSone page and a Final Fantasy page (spaces available for X&X-2HD) and I moved all the App Apps to the bottom and hid a bunch in a folder because I never use em.
I love being able to pick my own pics for the background too.
All this talk reminds me how much I hate the 360 menu now :-/
You can turn the UI music off, btw.
I was thinking the same thing. UI’s fine. Not perfect, but fine.
You’re entitled to have the wrong opinion. >:(
Trololololololololllllllllllllllllll
And if not, why so dick?
It’s not that bad.
Modnation is, yes, not so hot. It’s reliance on touch screen controls has to do with it being a launch title. The entire launch lineup, including the good game, have superfluous touch based controls. I’d recommend trying Wipeout. Now that’s a portable racer done insanely well.
The other piece of info you’re missing is that Modnation is notorious for it’s load times both on Vita & PS3. It’s something the developers are very aware of and have actively worked to minimise in updates etc.
UI isn’t that bad, it’s just different. I prefer the sleekness of the XMB but the jewels ain’t so bad. It only get’s annoying when you’ve got tonnes of games but even then it’s such a minor annoyance.
You’re also ignoring, which speaks to Sony’s marketing, the cross play/buy/save functionality built into most PSN games now. I can’t tell you how great it is to be playing Sly Raccoon 4 in my lounge room and just transfer my save over to my Vita via PSN so I can keep playing on my Vita while my sweet lady watches tele.
You’ve gotta be careful with black and white comments. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean it’s a piece of shit. It’s under utilised, like the PSP, but it certainly ain’t garbage. The same can be said for people saying the Vita is amazing, it could be if Sony could get some real support for it.
I see where you’re coming from, just maybe try a little tact next time.
And don’t get all embarrassed and slink back into the shadows. Keep engaging with us and maybe we can change each others minds on a few things.
o_O
not one dick joke…
This so much.
Also I love the XMB. If that thing just let me create folders to put my games into so it wasn’t an enormous list, it’d be perfect.
What do you mean? You can sort games into folders on the XMB!
I have my games sorted into demos, AU games, US games and PS+ games.
All you have to do is go to the game section of the XMB, press triangle and choose the create folder option and name your folder. Repeat this process until you have the folders you need.
The next stage is to sort every individual game into its relevant folder. This will take a while depending on the number of games you have but once you do it you just have to do it on a game to game basis. OK so scroll down to a game on the XMB press triangle and go to the information section press X, you will see a bunch of game details there-size etc. Click on the title option and a text box will appear. Change the title to the folders name you want the game to appear in. Once you press start to confirm the game will be moved to the folder. Repeat for all your games. It will take a while, so listen to some music as you do it 🙂
IIRC last time I tried it was creating categories, not folders, and you had to manually switch it over to category view each time.
Also the amount of work to do it was super clumsy.
EDIT: Also also, you have to put everything into categories. I just want to tee the PS1 games and installation bubbles into separate locations.
Nope.
@jimu WHAAAAAAAAA http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/trent-reznor-reveals-new-nine-inch-nails-album-is-finished-will-be-released-this-year/
It will have always online DRM and you won’t be able to lend it to anyone.
Saw that pop up in my feed today. What was his last one? Havnt really followed him since they gave me a free album.
The Slip, was fucking awesome, best one since The Fragile imho.
(I like every album he’s done, I just really liked the Slip. And it’s not the kinda sound I woulda thought I wanted)
That article just reminded me that Trent did the soundtracks to Girl With a Dragon Tattoo and The Social Network and they were both awesome!
Oh man, oh man! So excited!!! 😀 😀 😀
I totally forgot about Welcome Oblivion too, so I’ll grab that tonight! (the last one was free, guess this one isn’t?)
Woo HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
(cc @Gutsoup)
Ooop, I forgot about The Omen too, more MP3s to grab!!!
WOOO Livestreaming is FUN
Wait, Greenius upvoted this. Was he the mystery viewer or was he on earlier?
Livestream Mysteries.
He came on for a while and piked early for reasons. He didn’t get to see the cool stuff you did 😀
:'(
If it makes you feel any better, @dc missed out too 😛
(sorry guys)
You said you were done… :\
Also, I didn’t tell you to render, I asked how long it takes because rendering sucks. 😛
I know, I’m sorry! 🙁
Sughly and Masha and Smurfydog guilted me into doing more.
I feel really bad…
It’s okay, I watched Gob’s Arrested Development episode. It was awesome. 😀
@dc – Haha me too!
I’m not sure what happened at the end though :/
With the speaker explosion thing? I don’t get it?@greenius, whoops, accidental AD spoil 😛
In Gob’s episode (ep 7 I think?)
He put some sort of pin in Ben Stiller’s thing to prevent him from coming out and performing his trick but at the end it shows Ben Stiller emerging out of a speaker and then there’s a loud bang and everyone’s running around going nutsi’m sorry, i went to go on the livestream but it said i needed to make an account to watch it, and i was too lazy…
i did see a spiffy looking dude with a gun.
ditto
You missed the part where he morphed into a turtle.
Next one will go more smoothly. Minimum of loading times. I’ll actually plan in advance 😛
And I won’t listen to @dc when he asks me to do something 😛
ALL THE RENDERS
Oh, what? You did that last night? 🙁
I was too busy making my daughter’s costume to do anything else last night. I hope you do it again!
No, I enjoyed it way too much to ever repeat it. Sorry.
Edit: It was only meant to be a quick test to see how it went, but I got peer pressured into a two hour demonstration (and my playlist decided to drop Queen’s “THE SHOW MUST GO ON” onto me…
So I kept going, and completed a page of artwork. Every time I tried to end it, people got all sadface, so I kept going and going… eventually I had to sabotage the feed to make it stop (not really, but it did mysteriously drop out around midnight, and I called it a night then) 😛
Multitask!
Multipass!
cheee-kaan
If there’s anyone who can multitask machine-sewing and watching livestreams without sewing their hand I’d like to meet them! 😛
One of my usual, infrequent drop ins to say hi – HI! 🙂
@strange – our wedding went swimmingly FYI. Just on honeymoon now in Italy. Hope you’re doing well!
Hi HotDamn! Does your new wife know you’re talking to @strange women online? 😛
Congrats on the marriage. Enjoy Italy! How’s the food?
@shane – we are down in th Amafli, so the local seafood is particularly epic. Seafood risotto for dinner last night, fish of the day rigatoni for lunch today. Just delightful. 🙂
Oh man,congratulations! A honeymoon in Italy sounds perfect. Enjoy!
@strange – why thank you, ma’am. 🙂
Congrats!
@jimu – thank you good Ser!
Hot damn! That’s awesome!
@dc – btw I probably don’t need to start with an @ symbol for you and all above since these are all replies, but hey…lol…anyway, thanks so much mate! Hot damn! Indeed. 😉
Took the bandage off.
GAH KILL IT!
WHAT IS THAT! 🙁
What the hell did you do?!
What’s the problem? Doesn’t your face always look like that?
@strange, my BONFIRE arrived! It’s so incredible. \o/
It’s at least twice as large as I’d expected it be, for some reason. So damn awesome!
Totally. That thing that nob got must be goddamned HUGE.
This is all made weirder as I initially, and briefly read that as “my BONER arrived” ://///
That is what it says. Read it again.
@shane It arrived! 😀
I’ll be posting a picture on Twitter so if you don’t want to be spoilerised you might want to stay off it for a bit.
Praise the Sun! \o/
Edit: Ninja’d! I took too long typing! 😛
Awesome. The pic on Twitter looks great! \o/
Praise the sun
Went on Twitter to see Dark Souls and saw Cookie Monster too 😀
Baby cries, wife runs into room, finds three year old standing over crying baby.
Wife “What happened?”
3YO: “I didn’t do nothing. I think… he just ran into my hand!”
At least she’s not starting fires, my friend.
That’s what she says.
sidevote…
Round it up.
novote
Good morning!
i have nothing to say sorry.
Nothing to say sorry for.
Fixed it for you!
Hi Scree!
Good morning, how goes the lay-buy, making progress?
down to $70. Hopefully I will have it paid off half way through June.
Hopefully.
Just in time for Muramasa rebirth (if you’re interested) and then Dragon’s Crown in Aug (you don’t have to be the big titty woman)
(I called her a lady at first, then I realised “ladies” don’t wander around with boobs hanging out)
I loved Muramasa on wii, so yes.
And yes I’m interested in Dragons crown because I’ve enjoyed most of Vanillaware’s games.
Also, Gorzy and I call her breasticles.
Pronounced like Heracles?
More like, rhymes with testicles
Hmmm, I might have to buy Muramasa. Have been playing through Dust which @scree says is very similar to it.
Which Dust? There’s a few Dust games ATM.
Dust: A Elysian Tale. It was just re-release on steam last week (it was released on Xbox live last year I think).
Oh yeah, I wanna grab that for 360 but I never remember to buy points.
I was told that was a Metroidvania. The demo doesn’t go long enough for me to tell, is there much backtracking?
I did see areas I couldn’t access but wasn’t sure if it expanded out like a web or just along a straight line (if that makes sense).
@Jimu yeah, haven’t really played a castlevania game but it’s a lot like the metroid game, and there is a fair amount of optional backtracking (which isn’t necessarily a bad thing). Combat is similar to Muramasa (or so I have been told).
Cool, I love back tracking, dunno what everyone’s problem is (not forced backtracking to pad out length obviously)
Is the game mostly left to right though? Or does it spread out in all directions?
See this?:
http://fcfantasy.cn/maps/ps/castlevania_symphony_of_the_night_50percent_map.jpg
SotN starts off linear but then you head north, south West, south north again.
It slowly spreads in all directions.
After you reach the library, you actually teleport back near the start of the game and head in the opposit direction.
At points there is no strict direction to follow, you can choose multiple paths.
Is it like that?
That’s what I want it to be! 😀
@Jimu basically they way exploration works in the game is there’s a world map with locations on it, when you choose a location you go to the Metroid like exploration mode. It’s also not just left to right, some places require you to go down or up or will have a crossroad. So rather then some kind of giant map it’s lot of large maps with respawning enemies.
(and @jimu)
I haven’t played Dust so I can’t comment on that but Muramasa wasn’t very Metroidvania in terms of gameplay and exploration. There was just a map with areas you could go to. It was all pretty linear and you didn’t really gain new abilities, just new swords which opened up the next linear area to progress the story.
Well ladies of a certain time period of the day may
not this much, if she wasn’t a toon, she would have fallen out of her top before she left the change room.
If she wasn’t a toon she would fall over every time she got any forward momentum
And suffer from serious back troubles *serious face*
Apparently you have “Good morning!” to say…. 😛
Good morning Scree.
I wanted to say something meaningful.
But I said everything I really had to say last night. All I’m doing is sewing really =P
Morning, Miss Scree!
How art thou?
Tired and maybe a little bit stressed
*hugs!*
Morning Scree!
How goes you this fine morning?
I watched Numbers while running this morning and the math crime solving technique looked pretty dubious. 😛
How much does a decent treadmill cost?
I think the one I have was about $800, but all the buttons are breaking one by one. Might not fit the definition of a good treadmill. XD
Jimu, you can just run around and around your living room for free.
I got a new bike!
But I could see myself watching stuff and jogging.
I don’t have a spare $800 though :-/
If you want to watch stuff you really need to get wifi headphones too, treadmill is way too loud. I just turn the volume up really loud. XD
One day I will, I need it for late night gaming, sucks with the volume on 5 most of the time, then have to quickly turn it down to 3 because pew pew and then talking I need to turn it back up to 6.
I had a good pair but they broke 🙁
Aw, I hate that inconsistent volume stuff. Like in Mass Effect 3… every time the ship jumps at a Mass Effect relay the volume is about 3x louder than the rest of the game.
Ha! That’s what Ive been playing (2 though)
Pew pew is so much louder than convo.
I wrote a big message but i had an error, so abridged version, check ebays, me and Meady picked up 2 sets of Operation Raccoon City Headphones with Virtual Surround and built in mic (and volume controls for chat / voice / game volume etc.) they were only $15 each and the sound is surprisingly good, I played Dead Island at night with the lights out and actually jumped a lot.
Don’t you live nearish to @Dc ?
Use his 🙂
I’ll drop by tomorrow.
Do us up some dinner, would you, @DC? :P.
You should watch the Dirk Gently miniseries.
I keep forgetting that existed..
Rebellion (Lies) is a great song! 😀
All A Lie – 78 Saab
(great song made greater by seeing them play it live in their last show ever)
Last played song, right? 😛
That’s not Arcade Fire appreciation! Start your own thread! >:|
😀
78 Saab appreciation thread would be a lonely place to be. And it’s so cold… 🙁
System of a Down is pretty great.
Is that on The Suburbs or Neon Bible?
Colon PeeHave they done more albums since the third?
I really loved the first and selected tracks on the second. 3rd did nothing for me and I forgot about them.
I thought they were gonna be super-awesome.
Their third was, what, “Steal This Album”? After that they had “Mezmerize” and “Hypnotize” which I quite liked, though they weren’t anywhere near Toxicity good.
Toxicity good?
Nahhh, Im a first album fan. Toxicity was hit and miss.
Really catchy too, whic some times (and in this case) makes me sick of songs I liked because I remember them too well.
I was a bit of a Melvins fan for a while because I could never remember any songs at all. So I was always playing them. They’ve done so many albums though it’s all over the place.
I’ll check out these newer albums though, I was shocked and appalled by Steal This Album.
You might not like them, they’re more the style of Steal This Album, though I do prefer them to it by a decent margin.
I think because Toxicity was my introduction to SOAD it gets some free points, or something. Their first two are definitely their best though.
I dunno that it was the style that was the problem with STA, more the fact that it had no soul, really seemed to be lacking substance.
I’ll check out the new ones and see what I think. Could be I’m just a different person to who I once was :-/
Ha! I just remembered, I own Toxicity on vinyl signed by the whole band. They did a signing when they toured for that album.
Don’t mind System but a few years ago i saw Fantomas play as the support act for Serj Tankian’s solo stuff, firstly they got it backwards, Mike Patton is not a support act and we actually walked out of Serj, it was just awefull, the dude loves himself, actually put me off System a bit cause he was an up him self twat.
They didn’t get it backwards, money goes up top 😉
Nine Inch Nails – Only – With Teeth
(Arcade what?)
You’re all monsters! *runs off crying*
I’ve never heard any AF but I wanted to join in 🙁
That’s the Arcade Fire spirit! You’re okay, Jimu. You’re okay. 😀
@virus__ I saw your Facebook post to Foxtel. Nicely handled, dude. Who would have guessed that a social media liaison could be more helpful than the official support line? :\
Thanks.
Yeah. They were very friendly and professional. Their phone support on the other hand were rude and called my father a liar in the beginning. Which I was disgusted by. Social media is usually the way to get things dealt with I have found. For instance, Telstra’s social media team are great at helping likewise their online chat support.
Also making it public like that it’s in their best interest to be courteous and try and help resolve it quickly. Also it was not Foxtel who took the money but some scammers pretending to be them. My mate who use to work in support/accounts at Foxtel was saying if it was them it should’ve shown up as “Foxtel Entertainment Limited” not just Foxtel as it did, I pointed this out to them when they rang and also informed my bank this morning and they’re going to pass it around hoping this does not happen to anyone else.
But it’s all out of my hands now, i’ve done what I can, i’m seeing a resolution from this some how. I know the amount was small (60 dollars) but to me at the moment that’s a lot to me given my financial circumstances.
Still awaiting on the Dept of Fair Trading to ring me to hear more about what went on so they can also investigate it.
If you have PS+ but not Demons’ Souls, now is your chance. Do not waste this oppurtunity.
This. Fantastic game! \o/
Confusing game.
Also Kingdoms of Amalur, Ico and Shadow of The Colossus. If you’ve ever been thinking of joining PS+ now is the time!
Ico! WOOOOOOO!
Really liked Amalur too, actually. When it was fun, it was really fun.
@greenius
DK arrived, do you just need the Club Ninty Pin# or another number?
I can DM it on Twitter if you like.
Yup, it’s just the Club Nintendo code. Twitter DM is fine.
Thanks <3
Friendemu
Nicemu
Done!
Check it out and get back to me, they don’t break the code up so I may have screwed it up.
Will do <3
GAH!
Massive Facebook arguments with people over this Eddy gaffe thing.
I’m sick and tired of people calling for other people loosing their jobs because of a simple stuff up. We’re talking about peoples livelihoods here!
Anyway – good monring TAY! 😀
mornin’
Morning!
Little worried about what that may have said before you edited it?
“GO DIE IN A HOLE!!!”
…hmmm that migh be a little harsh… *edit*
“Morning!”
It had the word Eddie in it, but I decided that this is neither the time nor place to be discussing that guy (nor is any time or place, if I have my way).
hahaha fair enough 🙂
Jimu’s 2D Platformer Appreciation Thread
I’m playing both Rayman Origins and Donkey Kong Country Returns! 😀 😀
Man, you must be in a crazy good mood lately then. 😀
Been a while since I was drowned in 2D platfomers! I just finished Guacamelee recently. 😀
I don’t know what that is…
Find out.
Or else.
I’ve mentioned it before.
It’s the Mexican themed, metroidvania brawler indie game from Canada available on PS3 & Vita.
I know Metroidvanias arent really your thing, but this is actually pretty light on that side of things. Such a well done game 😀
DID YOU FINISH IT WITH ALL THE ORBS!?
Yep, I’m in the middle of hard mode, only got 2 or 3 trophies to go. 😀
That game consumed me! 😀
I took a break after getting 100% of chests and orbs.
Gonna give Hard Mode a bash soon.
That 300 hit combo trophy and connect all special moves without hitting the ground are giving me heaps of grief.
Same, took a break too.
I’m stuck on the tiger…again. He took me over an hour on easy mode, on hard I have almost beat him several times but…UGH!
Easy cheat for 300 combo, combo still counts if you punch a skeleton in a coloured shield, just corner one, never hit it with the corresponding move and his shield will stay.
You can just uppercut them. It’s fucking boring, but I never even made it to 150 on easy (I got a lot better playing hard though, dunno if I ever reached 300 though)
All special moves I’ve tried and failed. That’s the hardest I think, you need to hit them flying and by running up a wall then do all the other 4…
I found a guide that claimed that it’s easist to do it in that combo-quest the chicken hosts in the second town. I’d already beaten the quest so he was gone, I will try again in hard when I get all the moves again.
But fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu…
How much fun/agony was that treetop orb? 😀
@Jimu
Holy shit that tree-top orb! So satisfying, though.
I’d heard the hardest was the one with the disappearing platforms, I think it’s the fourth orb? I smashed through that first try.
I figured the connect all moves would work best in that arena where you have to take down those Doom-esque floating eye things that keep appearing close to the end of the game.
I tried the arena, couldn’t pull it off :-/
I had the same thinking.
I rememebr the platforms being a challenge but nothing on treetops.
That thing you had to do where you ran up one side of a pole then jumped, changed world, swapped sides, changed worlds, double jumped back onto the other side, ran up, avoided redspikes, did it again and again.
That was fucking hard. All I had to do with the platforms was time my jumps.
Rayman Origins! DKC Returns! Yoshi’s Island! (Which is probably my favourite SNES game!)
I intensley loved Yoshi’s Island when it came out. Playe dthe shit outta it, loved every minute.
Sadly, upon recent replays I haven’t enjoyed it nearly as much. Killer soundtrack though.
Diddy Kong Country is my fave closely followed by Sonic 3 & Knuckles.
I base this on the amount of time I played them and the fact I can still pick them up and have a lot of fun! 😀
I found that with Super Mario World. Used to love that game so much, but feels really bare bones now compared to other Marios. Liked the added complexity of Yoshi’s Island and the art direction.
SMW is still my fave 2D mario, it set the standard.
Yeah, the entire art direction of Yoshi’s is amaze-balls.
I really appreciate the way they made sprites look like 3D models in DKC, that was clever.
I thought Sonic 3 really was well animated in a kind of generic anime way, I really enjoy the silent cut scenes toward the end of & Knuckles.
Was the Yoshis Island on DS just a remake or was it a whole new game?
Because I played the shit out of both it & the SNES version.
I know it had other babies apart from Mario. I hope they changed that crying sound effect. D:
I wa s gonna say, that never bothered me back in the day, but now it drives me nuts D:
Was a proper sequel 😀
couldn’t reply to the Guacamelee thread so i reply here, I forgot about it, oops, i was up to getting the treetop orb, I lost my shit trying to get it and had a break of it, then forgot.
>:-O
LOUD NOISES!
I love lamp
Monkeys with helicopter ponytails!
Frog Mario! Tanooki Mario! Statue Mario! Mario in a submarine thing! Mario with a hammer! Mario with no hammer! Luigi! Princesses throwing vegetables!
I really hope if someone ever does DKCR2 that Dixie is in it!
So just had to jump on to finally say that im now working with Redlynx as a freelance Video guy for the next 6 episodes of the University of Trials. The best part is that my videos now get released on the global ubisoft channel which has something stupid like 500k subs.
I know ive spammed this place too much so no links. Just so freaking happy to get something I made visible at that level. Stuff you just cant buy.
Just hope that I can extend the contract past 6 eps and keep this going somehow? HYPE!
Oh and I fly out to E3 in 10 days 😉
FATSHADY!!! \o/
Soooo stoked for you, mate.
Bloody awesome work! 😀
Thanks mate. Now perhaps people are starting to see why I’ve not been around that much. SOO much work goes into a 7 minutes video and with work and family this is taking up a decent chuck of my time. Approx 20-30 hours per episode and I’ll be doing one a month… the tough part is that with E3, I actually had to do 2 this month as the next one will release 2 days after I get home from E3.
And to think.. I taught myself video editing to make that WWE comp entry we did way back. Damn.. now I’m thinking of your nipples. 😉
You’re always thinking of my nipples. Admit it.
Man i still laugh about your entry to this very day.
Bloody brilliant.
Wow. That’s HUGE. Nice work, dude! 😀
Edit: You need to mention The Lesser Evil, Anna’s Quest, Potaku and Zeitgeist… drag us all up with you! \o/
Fatshady. Living the dream.
Again, man, this could not have happened to a more deserving dude.
Congrats!
Cheers dude. I try 🙂
For me it’s just about playing the cards I was dealt. I’ve had an amazing journey and who knows where it will lead… I’ve already got more than I ever could have hoped for from this stuff.. and it is SOO GOOD to talk to peole all casual like “Yeah, that career stuff and the MBA were good n all, but you know, it was VIDYA GEAMS that allowed me to travel around the world!”
Get me a George Kamitani autograph and I’ll give a favourrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 😛
Have fun, dood.
And congrats!!!
There is no way you spammed this place too much. NOT ENOUGH, more like!
Obligatory Strange reply
PS> Cookie Monster SOO looked like MiniStrange. Cute outfir and really well made. 🙂
Holy crap man, I wish I could upvote this more than once. Nice one 😀
I tried to help…
“You can’t upvote your own comment”
Thanks dude. Yeah it’s been a crazy few months while I worked out this stuff. I had made the 3rd class for the series a month ago but couldn’t release it because I was waiting for this. So it’s been a long and anxious wait until I heard back from them.
20,871 group points in Fitocracy! Everyone’s doing awesome! 😀
I haven’t updated since Monday. Guess I should 😛
Worried about posting about it too much here in case people who aren’t participating object.
Yep, because that sort of thing happens all the time around these parts. 😛
If I can put up with the random Dark Souls spamming (not the general discussion, the spamming) then I can handle the occasional updat/link to this!
I was going to say “And 18,000 of those are from BDKIAF!” But he’s not even winning at the moment!
Oh man, I remember when I was number one on the leader board for five minutes on Monday before any one else logged stuff. Was good. 😛
I was afk when that happened, so I missed my chance. Clearly I just need to run 300 km in 1 hour to get to the top.
:'(
I had missed this morning’s workout. Looks like I’ll need to do it tonight to reclaim my throne.
I was all “YES!” until I read that you’d do it at night… that’s when I catch up and get JUST enough points to put me in the lead… 😛
Good thing I didn’t actually join the group…
cause you’d show em all with your mad fitness skills,
That’s why i’m not participating
Weirdly a very Sydney-esque fog rolled in this morning and, when it cleared, I found my rear tyre had a puncture thus preventing me from getting mad points today…
Who’d have done such a thing? D:
…
*shifty eyes*
@dc has allied with the forces of Silent Hill
Start patching, Mulga Bill, I’m right on your tail.
NEW CRUSADER KINGS PREVIEW IS BRUTAL!!!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/these-guys-make-the-best-damn-trailers-in-the-business/
Seriously. They really do make the best trailers EVER.
Will watch later. I really should play that sometime
I still think the leviathan warships trailer is better
That it is. But still – great trailer.
Morning all, How is everyone!
So after a month of applying at various ISPs and being stuffed around I now know that I am on a “pair gains” setup at my home. This means I don’t have access to ADSL, ADSL2 or Cable internet. NBN has no plans to come here and I’ve been told I have to use wireless internet. The only wireless internet that actually has a large data plan is Vividwireless but they don’t cover my suburb either.
I feel like I should be able to break my rental agreement and move somewhere else for not telling me any of this.
Anyone else run into this?
Not personally, we’re on ASDL 1 and it’s so shit.
This is what I’ve been going on about when all these games and shit come out with always online crap. SOme people honestly cannot be always on line. BAH!
I think @lambomann007 has wireless?
If you have analogue pair gain then there’s no chance of getting DSL through it. I can’t guarantee, but would assume, that you can’t use this to break a rental agreement unless you were explicitly promised to have the capabilities for a DSL connection.
Yep, I’ve got wireless. It’s a bit rubbish. (Can’t compare it to DSL though because I’ve never had that before)
We’ve got two optus plans giving us a total of 30gb monthly usage, costs about $110 per month.
During the mornings it’s okay. Downloads at about 100-200 kilobytes/s. But at about 2pm it starts slowing down and only goes at around 10kb/s by 5pm. Doesn’t speed up again until midnight. We don’t live that far away from a mobile tower though.
But it’s still better than dial-up…just 😛
Things aren’t looking good then!
I just contacted a company called w3. They do wireless internet and can do 250gb for $99 and look like they have some decent speeds. http://www.w3networks.com.au/residential-services/super-fast-internet.html
I’ve asked them to come by my place to see if I have coverage, they sound pretty confident. I’m not though, I’ve gone through at least 10 ISPs in the last 2 days searching for something that I think can work and so far there’s been something wrong with all of them. ASHSDIOWDHIOWWE#$!
I used to have wireless but that was well over 5 years ago. And it’ was bloody horrible back then.
You probably won’t be able to break a rental agreement over internet but I believe you have some rights with regard to that when it comes to buying a new house in developer owned estates.
How long is your lease? At least you’re only stuck for 6 or 12 months, unlike some people who bought a house and are stuck with crap internet forever.
As far as getting something better, you can try to get a new line installed. Again this info is quite a few years old, but what I did at my parent’s place was pay for a new line to be put in (which was about $300 at the time), and specify that it has to be ADSL compatible.
What that means, is they will try to re-rout your new line as directly as possible. This is usually used for when you’re just too far away from the exchange.
I can’t remember what “pair gains” means, but unless you’re out in the sticks somewhere you could try to get a new line.
Telstra actually installed a new line already (as they figured there would be no issue). Doesn’t work with the new line either. They haven’t sent me an invoice yet, but no way am I paying for it.
This is worst nightmare stuff for me as I’m going to be moving out of home (where I currently have 100mbit cable) pretty soon and I really need internet access from home for my job.
The problem is that there’s no easy ways to know if it will affect you. I’ve googled around and Telstra don’t have a clue until it’s too late. There are websites that give you info about your exchange but these still don’t indicate everything.
We are on pair gain as well, but we can get ADSL 1 (but nothing better). Not sure what the problem is with yours. Sorry, dude.
Yours would be a digital pair gain. It allows ADSL, but that’s about it.
If he’s on an Analog Pair Gain then he’s SOL – you can’t even get 56k dialup over an Analog Pair Gain 🙁
Been playing through a heap of Front Mission (emulated) lately. Such an awesome game and I know so few people who played it, or even knew what it was 🙁
Remember that bit where
YOU USED YOU DEAD GIRLFRIEND’S BRAIN AS A WANZER PART?Good times.
Great game too!
That was so incredibly confusing :P. So much of the story was kind of like, by the way PLOT TWIIIIIexceptthismightnotmakesensebutehIIIIIIIIST.Front Mission 3 is in my top 5 PSX games of all time. Such a brilliant game. Still have an original copy of it too.
Which one? I’ve been playing the shit out of 3 on a PSX emulator. I’ve been cheating pretty badly with save states to make my skills triggering though.
Front Mission 1 on Snes. I’ve played 2, but haven’t actually played 3.
@ynefel Unless I’m thinking of the wwrong game, didn’t FM3 get a really negative response?
Seemed pretty well regarded as a PSX classic from what I recall? Not sure how much of it is just me, but I loved the shit out of it. Earlier Front Missions were side croller action games, from memory, but FM3 was a grid turn based strategy game that was really well done.
Again, can’t vouch for other people though.
Just bought some PDF sewing patterns only to realise that I have no ink for my printer. Guess I’ll have to find something else to do today, then. I’m kind of on a roll with sewing at the moment and didn’t really want to break it, though.
So anybody got any ideas to inspire me? What should I sew today? Should I livestream it? 😛
http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com/
(For inspiration)
Petite.
Men’s cape.
Lavender.
Do you need a hooded cape, or just a regular one?
Doesn’t a hood make it a cloak?
I don’t wanna look like a weirdo, Strange, so negative hood.
I have a “twenty onesie” that I have to go to at the end of next month. Make me a onesie of the Duck Hunt dog!
Pls 😛
You know, I absolutely would have if your deadline wasn’t so close. Duck Hunt Dog Onesie sounds like a fun thing to make. I would have made you pay though, having just made that Cookie Monster hoodie for my daughter I now know that furry fabric is damned expensive.
Hell I’d love to do it myself. Really wish I knew how to drive a sewing machine. I did do it once when reverse-engineering a pair of boxer shorts to do an Arthur (ghouls n ghosts) costume. Well, “costume” 😛 But that was a couple of years back and I’ve kind of forgotten now. Also a different bag of kettles to making something like that from scratch I guess. Some day…
Am I the only one getting moderated for every post atm?
It’s some kind of strange bug. Happened to me a few days ago. Let @markserrels know.
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/29/unchained-blades-makers-next-rpg-exstetra-involves-kissing-to-save-the-world/
This looks interesting, any JRPG fans with a 3DS or Vita take a look, no word on localisation yet so @greenius can sit this one out.
Yet another decent looking Vita JRPG. I’m glad I own the system because it’s finally getting all these (though not surprising since the PSP was the home of this sort of stuff) but will be even more glad when some of these start getting localized.
I think I need to get back to my Learn Japanese plan.
Sony should step up and fund some localisations themselves.
The reason PSP sold better in Japan is because they had more games.
It’s weird to think we get a localisation of a barely known franchis like Black Rock Shooter but no-one bothered with Agito/Type-0
*facepalm*
I think that’s the diff. Black Rock Shooter isn’t unknown at all, it’s very well known in the anime niche due to the fact it’s Supercell’s first piece, one of the first really huge Miku Hatsune songs, and it’s had two separate anime produced. NISA picked it up because they could do a cheap no-dub localization and make a buck off it.
Meanwhile Squenix is such a fucking bloated corpse of a company that everything they do has to be done to a really high standard. Needs immaculate translation, everything has to be dubbed etc. Especially when the game has Final Fantasy on the label. Then they’d have to spend a bundle marketing it to recoup the costs. I bet that the cost they were looking at to localize and release it was probably approaching the entire development budget for something like BRS. It did well in Japan, but below what they expected, and by then the Vita was announced and the PSP considered dead by all the western publishers for high-profile stuff so they probably assumed (and probably rightly so) that it wasn’t going to sell enough to do it.
Also don’t forget that BRS is digital-only. There’s practically zero distribution costs, and that makes the profit margin much higher.
XSEED were saying a while back that they came within a breath of getting the license to localize something ‘really surprising’ that people had been clamoring for and that no one would have expected a niche publisher to be able to get their hands on, but the deal fell through in the end. Speculation is that it was one of Valkyria Chronicles 3 or FF Type-0.
The crazy thing is that if Squenix did a lean and mean localization of their stuff, left the dialogue in Japanese and went digital-only they probably would be pretty profitable. But it would be seen as a loss of face for them or something. 🙁
Anyway, Type-0 might still come out on 3DS or Vita. Believe.
I hate dub too 🙁 (cept for P4G, so wow!)
I do, I do believe, Neg! *glassy star eyes*
What’s the bet it finally comes out and we play it and are disappointed? 😛
Pessimist? Me?
pessimist you *nods*
Neggggg I want Talessssssss of Hearts and Innocence RRRRR
Here’s hoping this applies to guys. For, you know, lulz factor. *cough*
You know what I want for the vita? More western releases of visual novels.
.. You know what I would really like?
A vita. 😛
Yes. More Visual Novels. There’s some really good ones on Vita / PSP already.
Also someone get Namco to localize the Vita Tales ports. Innocence I can skip, but Hearts looks great. 🙁
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/05/29/flower-headed-to-playstation-vita-will-be-at-e3-with-these-indie-games/
@dkzietgiest
Oh wow, Night of the Rabbit is giving me that feeling that this might be considered one of my favourites after I finish. I like this feeling. Such a beautiful game. 😀
@tigerion, I think you’d like this!
Awesome violin music and really warm, grounded feel to the game. The protagonist has an enthusiasm about solving puzzles too. Doesn’t feel like a road block or any thing in this game, just the promise for adventure. Playing it feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. XD
Wishlisted
Looks good, but all that trailer did was remind me I need to play Deponia
This might be better! 😀 (And I loved Deponia.)
ARRRGH, SO DAMN CHARMING.
If you like adventure games, play The Night of the Rabbit. It’s something special!
Guys guys guys. How am I at first position on Fitocracy when I can’t even walk?
LIes and misdirection!
Look at this guy showing off. 😛
Because even though you’re just physically lame, everyone else is truly lame. 😛
Ah my feelings ;_;
:'(
Hey, at least you guys are doing stuff! I didn’t even join…I wonder what that makes me…. 😛
sensible?
content?
Safe.
*glances at DC*
Bully :'(
Last I checked I was #6 and my toes are fractured in four places.
My conclusion is that @dc took us out because he knew we would be the most danger to him, but he was not nearly thorough enough. Imagine the points we could get if we were using our legs as well!
Stop half assing it @dc!
They won’t stop until you kill them, @dc.
Man Machine?
Interface?
http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/12/12117.jpg
i was kinda thinking more along the lines of him living attached to a workout machine. Makes every nose scratch a bicep curl.
Because police fitness test. That’s why.
Edit: maybe because walking and running are worth precisely 0.1 points for every thirty minutes effort you put in, but if you do a single arm curl, you earn yourself about 30 billion of the things.
What? No, I’m not bitter :\
Uh, probably because ladies love the gun show?
Not as much as boys think they love them. 😛
Pssshhh.. Like you’d know 😛
Is that true, though? Most of the crazy swooning I see from ladies these days are over tall and really skinny guys who aren’t me.
Edit: What? NO, I’m not bitter 😛
Probably not? I don’t know. I’d assume that there are ladies out there into anything and everything. So yes. But also no.
That’s a solid answer *nods*
@blaghman gets over 100 points for a set of 10 triceps dips :/
That should be the new description for the group. Sums us up perfectly 😛
So i’m pretty sure i’ll be using my EB card to get BLOOD DRAAAGOONNNNN and Arkham City GOTY.
I think they are pretty damn solid choices for me. Even if there are soooo many awesome games to choose from.
Thank you to everyone for your help yesterday 🙂
Based on your descriptions I think this is a wise choice
BLOOOOOD BATMAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAT DRRRRRRRRRRRAGGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOON CIIIIIIIIIITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
I’d would pay all the money to see a Bat Dragon.
Better than a superhero called Bloodman.
Close enough?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodshot_(comics)
I accept Paypal and cash.
http://pokemon.alexonsager.net/6/42
That did not work…
Anyway…Marodude is awesoem.
Everything Marowak looks siiiiiiccckkkkkkkk
I kept hitting ‘randomi[s]e’ and got this.
http://pokemon.alexonsager.net/6/41
CHULOOPA \o/
Back at the beginning?
What am I paying for exactly?
Ooh. Is that an XBone joke? Sick Burn!
Tee hee, He said XBone!
Yep, those sound like the best ones to get.
Especially Arkham City. Best game!
I WIN! \o/
Ahem! Err,I mean…great choices!
This is not some sort of sick competition, Lady Strange….
You totally wonFitocracy pro tip.
Don’t tell your physically active friends about fitocracy, ESPECIALLY if they have an older sibling that’s a personal trainer.
I made that mistake, and now she’s already got twice as many points as me. (Probably way more by the end of today)
Right in the manliness.
😛
But think about it. If you got a personal trainer, you’d double your points.
Which.. would make you tied with her.
…
Doesn’t matter, they’re not in the TAY challenge ;D
Got my Fear Factory Tickets :D.
Also Terraria update: Stop being so addictive, I need to platinum this so i can stop playing it, :/ , Incredibly fun
FEAR FACTORY \m/
TERRARIA \m/
PLATINUM!
\m/
Hooray, comments 😀
Upvotes all round
@dc and everyone
Apparently Livestream puts up video of streams. Here it is, all 1 hr, 45 minutes of the bloody thing.
https://new.livestream.com/accounts/4164924/events/2136913
Also, it saves the chat (which it laughably calls “comments”), so you can pretend you were there, but mute.
Woohoo! Just in time for lunchtime entertainment. 😀
3 minutes in…ARGHHHH…what is this…my ears! 😛
Music will go on and off – might be better for you to mute it 😛
*droooool*
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/HiTech-Miniatures-Terrorizers-BOX-Chaos-Terminators-Obliterators-x3-warhammer-/400496906157?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item5d3f79cfad
These guys would make AMAZING oblitorators, considering GW screwed up the new ones sooo royally.
Check out this guy for a nurgle lord
http://sciborminiatures.com/en_,shop.php?art=1292#i/2012/big/angel_of_death_01.jpg
@shane So when do we all get to explore your man cave?
At least buy him dinner first.
Uh… won’t be this weekend. Will let you know!
#AmTerrible
5 minutes before I asked I got reminded that it’s a long weekend next weekend 😛
Intriguing… I will let you know! 😀
Okay I’ve been out of the loop for a while, why is everybody talking about Fitocracy?
DC’s subtle way of calling us fat.
I don’t mean any offence, food bag.
DC47
hahahahaha 😀
Harder to work than pushups 😛
https://www.fitocracy.com/group/14940/?chatter
5 week challenge, get on it
Could someone head here and check if this is working please? http://www.twitch.tv/lambomann007
Trying out the livestreaming built into trackmania 2 stadium.
It’s super jerky. Goes for a couple seconds and then stops for twice as long.
Drat. That’s probably because my internet is too slow :/
Was super jerky, 2 seconds of play, 2 second pause, 3 seconds on play, 5 second pause, etc
Then went offline just as you were coming up to pass the yank
Yeah, I don’t think my internet is cut out for this. Plus playing mp at the same time probably didn’t help 😛
Certainly not but I have no idea what the bandwidth that TM uses. Upload pipes are often really small on residential plans so it makes steaming harder
Ah yiss, I can make it to Best Buy’s E3 shindig no problem.
Also Ninty’s holding a Animal Crossing ‘meet-up’ of some kind. Streetpasses ahoy, motherfuckers!
EDIT: In case @Bish gives a shit
For E3 demos
Ontario: North York, Toronto, Mississauga, Windsor, London, Ottawa, Kingston, Brampton, Oakville
For Animal Crossing
Ontario: Wellesly Community Center (June 16th, 22nd and 23rd only,) Scarborough Town Centre.
OH BOY!
Those are only the days I will be travelling to and from Australia and/or recovering from jetlag!
Also Saturday, you like free things right?
You should have this $20 Nintendo eShop code that I bought here and doesn’t work on my US 3DS.
FREE THINGS?! WHERE
FUCKKKK YEAHHHH
*ahem*
Sure mang.
I am jealous
Awhrrrrrrrr, hoo downvoted me, I bet you didn’t even check my reference link!!
“The service is unavailable.”
(I wasn’t the one who downvoted you though)
The Australia meme, “Calls mate cunt and strangers mate”
I’ll remove it then…
Ah, fair enough. Still a bit extreme but I love that meme 😛
Of course since the link didn’t work it would’ve been taken out of context…
I presume so, hence the removal…
upvoted, you broke even 😛 Cunt (i did click the link, this isn’t as offensive as it looks)
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/p480x480/485644_447935481963084_1108298630_n.jpg
This just cracked me up!
UP AND AT DEM
100 upvotes
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@greenius
Thanks, but I already know all about Muramasa 😀
I’m a Vanillaware fan as well as a Metroidvania fan! 😀 😀
(I’m also an Onimusha fan!!!)
EDIT: Moderation, no commenting!
Nooo it was more for you to correct me/back me up in case I was wrong (haven’t played the game for a few years). You and Nob were in the convo so it was relevant.
Ah, we just deviated from the initial convo topic.
He was playing Dust and someone said Dust was like Muramasa and I was like: “Dust” and he was all: “Yeah, Dust” and I was all “Is that Metroidvania or not?” and …
you get the picture.
But yeah, pretty sure Muramasa is mostly platfomer with swords and Mild (and I mean MILD) rpg elements.
(Like equipping different swords)
The big draw for me is the beautiful artwork and the fun platforming :).
Mooosikkkk!
Huh? The music’s good?
You didn’t like Muramasa’s music? :O
I haven’t played it.
Wahhhhhhhhh!? You never played Muramasa?! I thought you loved it on Wii and were hyped to replay it on Vita 😛
You are a strange person @greenius
OMG MURAMASA VITA IS LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY. EXCITEBIKE.
But then it will take another month to arrive in the post! EXCITETRUCK
I loved Excitebike back in the day and i Flogged the shit outta Excitetruck, was really fun, like motorstorm but with motion controls (which worked really really well)
*pointlessbuttincomment*
Speaking of pointless butt in comments.
I’m buying like 4 different X-Men titles this month! FOUR!
Noooice, snickety snicks all round!
I’m collecting Wolverine ATM too!
And soon I’ll be getting Savage Wolverine because Joe Mad!
(THankfully Wolvie is only a guest in 2 X-Men titles and dunno if he’ll feature that much in plain X-Men since it’s the all women book now.
He could though because:
He’s the headmaster of the school since Cyclops killed Xavier.Sisters wedding cake for a late breakfast, you betcha.
In retrospect, it was a dumb idea to come back to work so early.
You are a workaholic. That foot was throbbing in that foto.
OUCH!!
Bargainius reporting for duty:
Harvey Norman have 30% off gaems and gaem accessorrys
Which means…
– 32GB Vita Memory card for $80 (@gutsoup @negativezero @scree @crazyguy1990) – which is the import price and really cheap for local.
http://www.harveynorman.com.au/32gb-memory-card-ps-vita.html
– And Sony Headset thingy for $75 (@masha2932) – I think this one’s been cheaper before ($60) but it seems like a decent price. I’d probably just go for the little Blutooth one though.
Other stuff:
– ZombiU for $33
– Kirby’s Epic Yarn for $19
Just click on the page when searching stuff and it’ll be discounted (ie. searching “Vita 32gb” shows it for over $100 but if you click to the product page it shows the discounted price of $80)
That’s so good, if I were rich I’d buy a second card!!
You are rich.
Rich in kindness <3
Not really, I barely give shit away on TAY.
Actually, I offer comics all the time and I never get an answer…:-/
FREE STUFF!? WHEREEE
In my garage.
Piles and piles of Americano Comic books.
I didn’t really like Zombie U from the demo but for $30 I’d be tempted to give it a go, if only to have something to play on the Wii U.
Is there any postage fee or do they also have a local pick up? I’m tempted to get it as well so maybe we can work something out? 🙂
Or you can just buy your own copy and don’t worry about me 😛
Ohhhh. Is it online only? If so, fuck that. Heard too many horror stories about HN online service.
No, I think it’s in-store as well.
$80!? Nice!
Nice! My brother was after one of those 32gb cards.
oooh, is it a today only sale?
Not sure! More deets on Ozbargain
Now all they need to do is release a friggin’ 64gb card for Vita. My 32gb runneth over.
Although that would be great, I would be annoyed.
You know, when you just buy something the they drop the price or whatver? I ahte that!
But yeah, wasn’t long before I was down to my last 10 GB.
Gonna get more cartridges from now. The rest of that space is for download only stuff.
I’m exclusively digital, when combined with my existing PSP library (40+ games) and PSOne classics, the 32gb doesn’t go far at all.
WOW! 40 PSP games, there wasn’t 40 I liked! Maaaaaaaaaaybe 20.
I only have a few PSones, at least they’re mostly tiny.
They were accumulated over the years though. Plenty of games I can think of though. Combination of US and EU PSN accounts: (wall of text)
Monster Hunter Freedom 2
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Valkyria Chronicles 2
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops
Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops +
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
God Eater Burst
Armored Core 3 Portable
Armored Core Silent Line Portable
Armored Core Last Raven
Lord of Arcana
Final Fantasy I
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy IV Complete
Final Fantasy Tactics – War of the Lions
Tactics Ogre : Let Us Cling Together
Fate/Extra
Fate/Unlimited
Corpse Party
Corpse Party Book of Shadows
Killzone Liberation
Prinny
Prinny 2
Disgaea Afternoon of Darkness
Disgaea 2
Persona Portable
Persona 2 Innocent Sin
P3P
Phantasy Star Portable
Phantasy Star Portable 2
Warhammer 40,000 Squad Command
There’s a lot more, but they’re the significant ones off the top of my head.
Pangya! Which isn’t on the goddam PSN >:-O
Also, I love Outrun 2006, which again, no PSN, but that’s due to Lambo licencing issues.
I need to get Prinny 1&2, I played Prinny 1 right up til the last boss and couldn’t figure out how to damage the bastard.
And then, there’s a coupla games on the list I never got around to playing.
Did you like Dissidia??
Oh hey, there’s a big two I left off the list. Yeah i put almost 200 hours into Dissidia. I got Duodecim as well, but didn’t play it nearly as much due to burning myself out on Dissidia first.
Great games.
@ynefel
Yeah, Duodecim is more of an update really.
I only had a naughty version of Dissidia but made up for it by buying both digital and hardcopy of Duodecim.
I was having heaps of fun with Duodecim until it got back to the bit which was just Dissidia again.
I also get really worked up and angry playing that game because of those random fights where they one hit kill you.
I love it, but man it can be frustrating.
When does it end?
i might have a look tomorrow.
(and @gutsoup) I tried looking on Ozbargain but couldn’t find out when it ends. I think you can buy it and then choose to pick it up in-store so if you’re planning on going there anyway you might as well do that.
@beavwa – http://www.harveynorman.com.au/nintendo-wii-u-premium-pack-171422.html
HOLY SHIT! $340
I clicked on it before posting the original deal but the page didn’t load, Seems to be working now though, that’s an insane price!
O_O
I think i have to spend some money, that is really cheap.
O_O
What to do….
Well I wasn’t planning on buying a Wii U and I was waiting for a price drop but I found a good deal to get it for around $358 on launch (which is still cheaper than what it is now).
For $340 WITH a Pro Controller and MH3U instead of Nintendo Land that is the best deal I’ve ever seen and probably the cheapest it will be for a long time.
If you have money to spare, go for it!
@beavwa just bought one!
Back to normal today. Wrote some thoughts about the Walking Dead game after six months and now I’m feeling all the feels again. Delicious spoilers.
Also, Weegee’s Mansion 2. If you’ve got a 3DS and haven’t played it, get on that already. Great game.
Read it, liked it, agreed wholeheartedly.
YAAAAAY
Game of Thrones fans (no spoilers): http://tinyurl.com/cleqomo
Ha!
Brilliant.
I still think the funniest Hodor thing I’ve ever seen was (spoilers)
one of the last episodes, (I forget which) Osha looks to Hodor for his thoughts on something, and Hodor pauses, thinks for a few seconds, then nods and says ‘Hodor.’I lost my shit.Thates sauceamawes.
In all seriousness though, really shows the talent of that actor. One word, so many feels!
If anyone wants a good anime to watch, I recommend Azumanga Daioh highly.
It’s been described as “peanuts on lsd.”
I’d call it Seinfeld in a Japanese high school.
I had a mate who managed to convince me to give that a shot. Not really sure what happened, but I haven’t yet 😛
Believe me, it’s insanely funny.
I loved it, you should also check out Nichijo aswell. Its more of a sketch show then Daioh but very very funny.
Only nerds watch anime.
Wow, you must own heaps then.
HEY GUYS, GET A LOAD OF THIS NERD!
All the cool kids are too busy recording dick jokes for the internet.
I bet they get more listeners than Zeitgeist.
@sughly
Not trying to be too pushy*, but just thought you may like to know that DKCR3D has an extra level per world plus an extra world of levels.
That’s like 2 whole new worlds of levels!
(* I can’t help myself OK?!)
A whole new world? (Don’t you dare close your eyes!)
(Though yours posts make me want to play DKC Returns again on the Wii!)
Are you just singing Disney classic or was that a legit Q?
*strums guitar*Just a warning not to close your eyes otherwise you’ll miss the unbelievable sights and indescribable feelings.
I thought the exact same thing, you’re awesome 😀
don’t you dare close your eyes, hold your breath it gets betterI expect Blaghman to be giving upvotes too any minute now. 😀
pretty dissapointing that I was the one who said a whole new world and have yet to recieve a single upvote >:-l
Spamu.
Fitocracy! Night of the Rabbit! Arcade Fire!
Your allowed because you’re a likable chap.
Also, Fitoracy sounds like an awesome sports porn site 😀
You saw nothing. >:|
But it’s too late, I’ve seen everything!
Up vote for the extras.
Have an EXTRA upvote~!
Hey! I apologise in the spam!
Dammit I want DK 3ds now, i didn’t play it on Wii, someone drive me to Harvey norman to get a Vita card DKCR 3DS and if i get carried away a Vita,
Was saving moneyz cause i need a new fridge, my old one generates water and leaks on the floor, I’ve been looking around and yesterday a mate calls me and is like me and my girlfriend are moving in together and she needs to get rid of her fridge, so I’m getting it for $100 bucks, it’s really new and shiny, they just don’t have the room, So i think that was the universe telling me, go get yo Vita on.
Man, I’d pick you up one but this fucking rain and there actually isn’t a Harvey’s near my house.
Can you see if the city one has stock?
I could pop in there on the way home, possibly.
Delivery? Seems to be $6ish
Going to write up some thoughts about Night of the Rabbit, I think. Already got a note book page worth of rambles. XD
Did your last one go up at Potaku?
I fergited to check :-/
Nah, though I read it back yesterday and am kind of embarrassed so it might be for the best. 😀 I’ll post Night of the Rabbit stuff on Adventure Gamers User Review section though!
Ohrrr 🙁
It hasn’t gone up not because I hated it but because I haven’t read it yet! Keeps slipping my mind.
YOU KNOW WHAT I’MAH READ IT RIGHT NOW.
No, I honestly am embarrassed by it now. ARRRRGH.
*runs off to pace halls* :S
By no means am I going to put it up without your permission, but I’d like to because I did enjoy reading it.
Spoilerised because I hate writing semi-wanky things like this but it’s necessary here
What I look for in Potaku posts is the person behind the story. I like gaming because games are great but I also like what it tells us about people and I like reading the experiences people have with games and how they react to those experiences. Different perspectives are good reads. I think of Potaku as being largely about the relationship between people and games, and that’s why I really liked reading this.You can post it if you want. Thanks man. 🙂
Can’t wait! 😀
@smurfydog – Just got an email with an invoice for the headphones and they’ve taken the money from PayPal. Seems like they’ll be shipped today/tomorrow instead of Monday 😀
I’ll let you know when I receive them!
@blaghman I nommed you for Kudos last week and I can’t remember why…
😀
Yeah, I got a similar email during the day, saying order is boxed and awaiting pick-up by the courier.
Got another email tonight from Star Track to confirm it’s on it’s way.
Thunderbirds Are Go!!!
And don’t you dare say you’ve never seen Thunderbirds 😛
I haven’t but I know what it is! 😛
More on my whinge about lack of broadband at my new place:
My gf’s dad lives in the same complex and has the same pair gains system. He called up Telstra and spent 6 hours on the phone with them until they agreed to install a new dedicated copper line for him for free. He did the exact same thing for his parents who live around the corner. He said he’ll call for us on Saturday as he knows exactly what he’s talking about. Fingers crossed it works out. If it does I’d recommend my fellow TAYbies who have been hit with the same issue to do the same thing.
It’s always worth attempting to haggling with them over this sort of stuff. The worst that can happen is they say no, and you move on.
Long story short, if you want (for example) a $50/month Internet connection plus $30 for a phone line on a 24 month contract, you’re offering (again, e.g.) Telstra a minimum of $1920 as a new customer. Let’s assume a cost of $250 for the direct line, we’re now on a potential profit of $1670 if they help you, or of $0 if they don’t. Stress this point and see how you go 🙂
Thing is, if they can run a proper line, why was he on a RIM to begin with? Pair gain systems were introduced in the 60s-70s as a way to extend the line past the normal point at which the signal drops due to electrical interference, which is why they don’t work for ADSL – effectively the signal’s being squeezed down the cable at a specific frequency from a repeater, not enough bandwith for ADSL. Digital ones have enough wiggle room for ISDN or sometimes ADSL1 at the most.
The more I think about what @beavwa was saying earlier, the more I’m convinced that DRM is less about content protection and more about analytics. Comparing the profit to be made between selling a few extra copies and selling massive quantities of hugely valuable data it seems kind of a no brainer.
Tinfoil Covered Page 14.
Tinfoil hats only work when you coat the inside with honey.
Suprisly larger number of upvotes for the tinfoil ref than the actual comment :-/
Style over substance is the very essence of TAY.
I see, I was worried more people agreed with the tinfoil thing than the idea that XBone was made to make a lot of money.
I think it’s more that it was a joke. That’s why I upvoted it anyways!
Don’t worry. I don’t understand anything anyway.
Nope. People just like a good joke.
I think this is true. Facebook has already proved there’s a huge market for consumer data. And very few folks have more disposable income – and are more susceptible to well-targeted hype – than those with gaming habits to feed 😛
*adjust tinfoil*
Nah man, I’m with you on this. It’s not tin foil hat material, it’s just good for profit. Admittedly I hadn’t even thought of it in that way till @beavwa mentioned it. Zuckerberg being one of the richest people on the planet without Facebook charging a cent to use it should be an indicator as to how profitable data and things like targeted marketing are.
Some of it does seem to be a misguided attempt at offering people better (in the dev/publisher’s eyes) services.
Rockstar Social club anyone?
For those that didn’t know, early in GTAIV’s life on Steam, you had to sign in to Steam, then sign in to this AWFUL app to be able to play the game…then sign in to GFWL…then you got to the main menu.
You still have to sign into Rockstar’s fucking social club wankery to play Max Payne 3. Limited installations too. Considering the game routinely crawled up its own asshole and would forget my activation or corrupt its own data and just suddenly stop working during cutscenes and make me force quit it, that really, really wasn’t something that made me happy. 🙁
I think it’s that combined with EA being the typical pack of wankers they usually are and basically bending both console manufacturers over a barrel saying “Nice Madden and Fifa you’ve got there. Wouldn’t want anything to happen to those would you?”
Night of the Rabbit post #13202
Easter egg spoiler.
M. Calavera, travel agent reference. I love this game. 😀Dina Camini.
Edwina Giovanni
I have no idea what I’m on aboutNeither do we ;D
Tina Salami
Hiro-Oki Origami
Ooooh, now I understand. But I put a spoiler tag and warned people. 🙁
Sorry.
What?
We’re just muckin’ abart.
You’ve done NOTHING wrong 🙂
There’s nothing to understand. We’re just being random like usual 😛
All the last names end in “i”, and Tina is like Dina. Had nothing to do with the spoiler.
Your entire post was a spoiler.
So you posted a spoiler, which makes your post like a salami article
It wasn’t a bad thing
Although i can see how you think being refereed to as Salami could be sent that way
Dimension hopping bunnies \o/
I don’t understand. You mocking me?
…
:'(
Of course he is, he’s Troll S. Preston.
You don’t need to apologise for anything, dude 🙂
Troll S. Preston Esq.
Max Cavelera???!!! 😀
That’s a
Grim Fandangoreference isn’t it?It is! 😀
I see a spiritual sequel is on the table 😀
Started playing Risen 2, as I felt the desire for something piratey.
I… I have no idea how I feel about this game.
The location looks beautiful, but the combat and leveling seems rather simple.
The strange thing ( HI @strange ) is that I have made it past the first/second section/chapter??? and I am still using my starting weapon and only wearing a dirty shirt and trousers.
I find this lack of equipment getting… disconcerting.
But I am most likely playing it wrong, I have plenty of gold, but am very reluctant to spend it on anything but skills.
I miss SKYRIM!
Is your starting weapon a club?
If only.
*stares of into the distance wistfully*
Skyrim on PC > mod in pirate themed stuff > win?
Having not gone near my computer for weeks now, I tried it the other day and it had some sort of error that wouldn’t let it boot up.
I have reset the bloody thing and will now attempt to download everything again.
Haven’t even touched it, yet still it manages to stuff up.
Hugo + technology = BOOM!
I think I might just stick to Clubbing things.
*wanders off into the sunset with Clubby*
Grab the files off someone? I’m pretty sure @cakesmith is one of the off-site backup locations for Steam.
Geez, website fell over today, so I’ve spent all day slowly building it back up again without the aid of FTP (because work computer).
No one noticed. 😛
I was on there yesterday and my work computer can’t see half the shit so I gave up :-/
Random shit gets blocked here and giant rude boobs make the cut.
The system is….flawed.
So you’re trying to say it’s your fault?
Yes, I left a NetBomb or some other highly improbable conceptual fantasy.
Just when he thinks he’s finished fixing things another more powerful “bomb” will “esplode”
Or was it a fantasy concept?
Either way: BOOOM!
>—}–(D:)
My Chen DOTA joke just got upgraded
Whaa, i made what i thought was an insightfull and partially educated comment in another thread. I got upvoted and an approving comment, *taps internet* “are you ok?” Hooray for Kotaku and it’s not crap users.
LONG LIVE KOTAKU
So you want me to pick up a vita card?
You have 2 mins to reply!
thanks to my awfull work puter that takes 10 minutes to refresh that’ll be a no i guess
It was a very interesting comment.
Edit: Always unsure when posting if I’ll get trolled or if people will miss the point.
You misspelt its.
(I was intentionally being a crap user above, just saying that and nothing else, in case you didn’t realise. You know, like a joke. Though FYI you *did* use the wrong its)
It’s cool Batguy, I got your joke!
Edit: Just realised, opportunity missed. I should have said “Its cool Batguy, I got your joke!” Blast.
Watched the first ep of Arrested Development the other night (haven’t had the chance to write a big TAY post until now…). It wasn’t bad! Nothing spectacular but most first-episodes aren’t 😛 Also I was half asleep and now I can’t remember anything about the episode… Might have to watch it again. Also it’s kinda weird to see an entire tv season available at once. I thought they would stagger the episodes out to increase viewership (though I guess that doesn’t really matter on the innernets).
Also how is everyone? I’m good. I trained my Tinted Lens Butterfree to lvl100 over many train rides and tried to solo the upgraded (White 2) Elite Four with him. Everyone fell easily except for the Fighting dude who I’m still working on… Most of his Pokemon have rock moves that one-hit-KO me 😛
ANYWAY, is there a Nintendo Direct this week? Or am I imagining someone mentioning that? What time if so!? 😮
BYE
I just asked Caturday, he thinks it’s 9 tonight (Japan time), apparently it’s mostly about Monster Hunter and Phoenix Wright.
31st. Sorry, brah.
EDIT: It’s real. Fo’ realies. It got a website and everything.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/nintendo_direct/20130531/index.html
WATCH MORE PLS
THEN ARCHER!
Good news: I bought “Once Upon a Monster” today for the kiddo for $4!
Bad news: I don’t have a kinect 😛
Now I have to try and borrow one from my mate. Unless anybody here wants to sell me one for cheap? I can offer favours!*
*Not that kind of favours, pervert.**
**No, really!***
***OK, maybe.
Do you have a 360 S or a dirty old 1st-gen 360?
EDIT: To clarify, I ask because the 360 S has a special plug for it but the old ones use USB and require a separate power adapter. Anyone who has one bundled with a 360 S can’t sell you theirs because it won’t work without that adapter unless you also have an S.
(If this is a problem, I got the sensor stand-alone right when it released because I work for
the devilMicrosoft and I have a 360 S so I do have the extra USB adapter cables and stuff somewhere and you could have them but I’d have to find them first)I have a 360 S. Special collector’s edition Halo Reach version (which makes it super valuable or something? I dunno, I just got that one cos it was cheap with RDR around the time I was in the market for a bigger HDD).
Anything devilish you could rustle up would be awesome. Long live TAY!
Unfortunately I’ve just been informed that my Dance Central addict sister will murder me if I take the Kinect away. 🙁
Ah well. Death to TAY!
Aw man, now I feel totally ripped.
Paid $5 for my stupid copy during the Dick Smith rage sales 😛
Package in the mail \o/
FF: Four Heroes of Light \o/ OGS’s last copy. Cost me something like 8bux.
Do any TAYbies ever have a situation where you just place something aside, and five minutes later, you have no idea where it is?
That happens to me all the time. 🙁
Old Man Crazyguy…
Less Old Man, more ADD. 🙁
The highlight of my day today was finding a guy in our work system named Hugo Fokken.
And with that, I am out.
@andre – sick coloured Mii shirt, bro
@jimu – code worked! 😀
Halp! Facebook is repeating the ends of my messages and I don’t know why /o\ Anything after 400 characters gets repeated and it’s starting to drive me and my friends insane. Anyone have any clues why it’s doing this? I’ve tried it in both IE and Firefox and both do it. :s
Type less verbosely.
Finally signed up for ADSL.
BLESSED INTERNET BE MINE SOON
My attempts to get a Winx Club toy from McDonalds Happy Meals has been thwarted. First time I got a Crood toy, second time I got a TMNT toy, and tonight I find out they’ve wrapped up the whole thing and are now doing Skylanders toys. But did I get a Skylanders toy? No, I got a monkey watch for something called Paul Frank.
I am an adult.
If you wanted a Winx Club toy you were supposed to ask for the girls’ toy.
Eww. Took everything off my foot and the entire thing has gone all puffy and it feels like a ballon full of water to touch.
I repeat, eww.
Try and pop it.
Ew.
When the doctor says ew you know it’s bad
That… that sounds worse than a sprain. Have you seen a medical professional?
Apparently it’s normal for a sprained ankle to fill with fluid, especially when it’s not kept elevated and, say, kept down while at work all day.
So worth it, trust me.
Ok. I’m going to trust you and watch it. I’ll be back soon with my thoughts.
Edit: Yeah – kinda worth it 🙂
@shane – my Arrested Development confusion has been cleared up in later episodes 😛 (you probably forgot about it anyway)
I can’t get over how different Portia de Rossi looks :/.
Half of me is like, yeah that’s totally her! The other half is convinced that they got a new actor.
I thought this too :P. The voice was the same but the face… 🙁
Really? She looks the same to me. Just older. Then again, haven’t watched the original series in a little whiles.
It’s changed A LOT. Most of the cast have little changes but hers is probably the most notable.
https://www.google.com.au/search?site=&source=hp&q=portia+de+rossi+plastic+surgery&oq=portia+de+rossi+plastic+surgery&gs_l=hp.3…37275.37275.0.37291.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0…0.0.0..1c.1.15.hp.rFfPVkx6wbw
Just look at the images or click on one of the random articles for comparisons.
Haha, not clicking on any of those tabloidy sites. XD
I clicked through some popsugar site today while at Uni and wondered why the hell I did that and hoped no one saw 😛
Hey Greenius! When are you going to do a livestream of yourself doing drawings? That would be all kinds of awesome! 🙂
The last couple of nights I’ve really enjoyed watching @sughly and @shane create their works live, and I look forward to joining more livestreams when I can. It’s truely inspiring! 🙂
lol neverrrr
@sughly is way betterer!
Also did your Headphones ship? Mine shipped this arvo apparently!
Yep, mine too. \o/
But seriously, I’d love to see a livestream of you drawing a couple of requests. It would be all kinds of awesome!
Also, we should play iSketch again some time.
Look at all these people interested in playing iSketch!
@sughly why do you downvote my headphone excitement? 🙁
They were a good bargain!
Hotline Miami, keyboard or gamepad?
Flight stick.
Tried it, but found the DDR mat to be more responsive
It just isn’t gaming unless you’re using the DK Bongos.
I use keyboard, seems to work fine, but I usually prefer KB&M anyway.
Wireless keyboard + mouse on the couch worked OK for me. Didn’t even think about switching to the controller.
@dc, downloading Night of the Rabbit now.
And stop linking me to gog.com! I spend more money there than Steam.
Haha! Me too, I’ve got more GOG games than Steam and the sad thing is they’re mostly adventure games I still have the disc versions of… XD
Hope you like the game as much as me, best adventure I’ve played in a while!
@greenius
Boring exercise talk/ Fitocracy is a little silly talk.
Okay, so it’s definitely a complete flub on their part in regards to Tricep Dips. I’ve dropped down what I tell it my weight is by a considerable margin (since it was stupid at previous levels, whereas now it’s just unfair), but I’m gonna leave it there, using the justification that it’s making up for everything that doesn’t give me bonus fat man points.What’s that, you say? “You’re a Cheaty McCheater, Blaghs!” Yes I am Greenmang, yes I am.Also, I tried doing a proper Dip (That is, legs fully extended, you sort of use the backs of your ankles/feet as pivots), and I totally think it justifies the ludicrous points (I did 6, and then my arms sort of exploded underneath me).I heard it was better not to exercise every day and let the muscles grow or something so I’m taking a rest day 😛
Will try a proper leg extendy one tomorrow!
I figure that since I’m chugging chocolate milk, my muscles will be fine.
Careful, you don’t want your little t-shirts to burst at the seams.
Which pic of t-shirts are you referencing? 😛
Because I only ever wore one teeny tiny green shirt and posted it on Twitter once. It hasn’t been worn again 😛
Because it burst at the seams?
You know it!
I’m really tempted to buy one of these and try changing my phone’s shell. I always wanted a blue lumia http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/New-Blue-Back-Housing-Fascia-Cover-with-SIM-Card-Tray-For-Nokia-Lumia-920-/350802705823?pt=AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item51ad787d9f
Apparently Nokia will do it themselves for about $100, but this is way cheaper. More risky and warranty voiding too 😛
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/151042537891?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
………… OLO
…………{|….|}
I was browsing Ozbargain last week and saw that some site had a sale on dem clothez. I’ve never bought from them before but I decided to trust all the good comments everyone said about them on Ozbargain and took the plunge. The thing I found interesting was that a few of the comments mentioned getting chocolate in their packages which seemed a bit odd but made me curious.
So I got my packages today and they did indeed come with tasty chocolate for no reason – best site ever!
Hallensteins gets the Greenius seal of approval.
Arrested Development, it’s good to have you back. :’)
The mayor’s assistant in Deponia just made me lose it XD
ADVENTURE GAME PAGE 15!
Did you guys hear about this game called Night of the Rabbit? I hear it’s good! 😉
Deponia was excellent. If you’re liking the first game, the sequel is even better! 😀 Goodbye Deponia is being released this year too. This is all @saturday and I talked about when the TAY NYE thing was happening. Until he left to hang with you guys. 😛
For a second I was like “Wait, I was never in Australia for new year-”
…
Right, that’s.. why I’m here in the first place
I thought our Chaos on Deponia talk meant something. *runs off crying*
IT’S NOT ME IT’S YOU
Wait
NO I’M RIGHT
Tried to solve a Night of the Rabbit puzzle by trying to find an object I thought I saw earlier…
…
The object was in Dear Esther. D:
I am laughing so much that it is making it difficult to type.
I blame Greenius for gifting me Dear Esther. He is a monster. >:|
Thanks again, @greenius. KING OF KINGS!When the other kings don’t know what to do, they call on you!
Oh, also, @strange.
I ended up not having the twiggy stick thing yesterday for lunch, so I made it for today’s breakfast (HEALTHY). I ended up cutting them in half both length and widthways, laid them out surrounded by some cheese (Mersey Valley, I have a soft spot for this stuff), and toasted it up. It was exactly as delicious I imagined (though I now wish I’d kept the sticks whole, or double layered them or something), and the twiggy sticks sort of softened and spread their fat amongst the cheese.
It was horrifying. But too delicious for me to care
MUSCLEBLAGHS
Since starting this running thing I think I’ve doubled what I’ve eaten on a daily basis. D:
Two packets of chips!
My hunger has dropped. Normally I’m a serial boredom eater (occasionally cereal too), but now I feel really full after like, one and a half sandwiches. I guess this is a good thing.
I’m the same at the moment. I got sushi for dinner last night and ate about half of what I would usually eat before feeling full.
This could be a side effect of the stomach bug I had earlier this week though.
http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/30/4379000/two-silhouettes-trailer-leads-you-further-into-dangerous-world-of
This is for Rain. Might be a little spoilery too.
I’ve been excited for this game since it was announced. Looks cool.
I keep getting the feeling it will stop raining and the sun will come out and they’ll lose each other.
I call it The Tribute to the Live Stream.
@sughly @shane
Can you tell which sections Sughly showed more of in the live stream? 😛
Oh man, that was a cool stream. XD Except when I felt inadequate as a man for not being able to draw or guess @sughly’s Sam and Max trivia question. 😛
Edit: Also, you forgot the ‘H’ shaped wood work section.
I didn’t forget it but it was another section so didn’t really fit in 😛 (just like the inside of the tavern)
Haha, I looked away when that appeared on screen. Too many spoilers. XD
But he was all “D.C. it’s all in the first chapter!”
Yes, its true. You were bested by a man who cares not for the genre and has never played any kind of adventure game before.
Except you were all “I’ve played The Walking Dead”
So you have in fact played a kind of adventure game before! And most games today are adventurey (action/adventure)
Now play sommadat Grimmy Fandangy
Cant, Im racist to dead people in suits.
One day Square is going to get to the point that they start teasing things that are actually exciting and no one will be excited because they’ll assume it’s another shitty mobile game.
They already announced more mobile game sin future 🙁
Also, game smade for specific regions, if that means less JRPGs localised I am 🙁
Square Enix make me 🙁
So … Dear Esther. What the fuck did I just play. For a half life 2 mod that was so very awesome and the sound design is amazing.
Admittedly not the best game to play while tired and tipsy, it really ramps up that feeling of dread you get playing that game … I still don’t know what the deal was with the random dude I just saw walking around on some cliffs. I tried to get closer and then he just ran into a cave and disappeared.
Weird. Definitely worth the play though. Now I just need to find the stanley parable and play that
It makes me motion sick, even in big picture mode. =(
I forgot about your motion sickness, Scree. Does it affect you with specific genres more than others?
I’m also guessing you’d be staying away from the oculus rift then?
Well, it’s usually fps on PC, extreme sports games on console (including tomb raider) and to the moon.
It’s apparently the FoV but when it’s increased it’s just as bad.
If you do get a chance to try someone’s Rift, definitely give Blue Marble a try (with headphones). It’s far less intense than anything else I’ve tried, and is such a great experience. You’re basically just a space man floating around watching things go by for a couple of minutes, no movement required so far less likely to cause motion sickness than most of the other demos going around.
DARK. SOULS. \o/
Man, enemies hit hard in NG+ Duke’s Archives. Frick me. My low VIT character takes one hit of any kind and he’s a goner. Even with best armour (Black Iron +5). That first area of the Archives before the rigged Seath fight is incredibly tough to do without taking a single hit. Many deaths. Then I got parry/riposted by the Crystal guy on the top level and had to do it AGAIN 😛 Oh well, I’m safe at the pre-Crystal Cave bonfire now, so all is well. Can just run through most of that. Shouldn’t be too much of an issue from here. Fingers crossed, anyway.Completely forgot Ace Attorney HD came out today.
It’s time to…
Objection!>:(
Deponia is annoying me. Wandering around stuck knowing the answer is going to be something stupid.
Stop being stubborn and steal some of Wenzels water you git! That’s all you have to get to be done this part!The answer is obvious;
Tie a cat to a piece of string then use the cat to make a dog run on a treadmill. This will open a door which will lead to a room with a magic lamp on it. When you get the lamp make sure you wish for the power to steal stuff. Then you will be able to steal the water thingie … It’s simple adventure game logic
Never mind. Forgot I could combine stuff in inventory. *sigh*
Do you hate Wenzel as much as me? 😀 (I suspect it all came down to that horrible tutorial at the start. XD)
So… Neon Genesis Evangelion….
Do I sleep, or stay up all night watching you?
Decisions, decisions….
Please don’t watch me all night D:
He’s going to XBone you all night.
Apple, why would I be able to download every album by a single artist (Killswitch Engage) except for what is arguably their best one? The US store has it, Why not Aus? All i wanted to do was support a band i enjoy by purchasing their material legitimately…
Also, hi everyone!
Hi Nomad
Hey Masha! What’s happening?
Nothing much. Just replying to you at 2am. 🙂
Matt Damon!
Nomad spelt backwards is Damon?
Or something else?
Yeah, I only just realised that Nomad backwards was Damon 😛
@shiggyninty
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/hey-bacon-lovers-condom-article-1.1302469
O_o
STEP ONE – prepare your bacon!
O_O
STEP TWO – heat up the pan!
STEP THREE – Let the butter melt in the pan! ;D
STEP FOUR- Put the bacon condoms in the pan!
14 years later…
Father: And son that is how you were conceived.
Son: Really mom?
Mother: Yeah, your dad tried to cook the condom instead of wearing it.
MIDNIGHT MASHERRRRR
Fuckin’ awesome.
@beavwa – If I remember correctly you said you’d be keen on replaying Pikmin when we (@sughly and I) did?
It’s probably not high on your priority list now that you have a Wii U :D, but we started playing this week so feel free to join (same with anyone else reading/glancing over this, YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO!)
By the way did you get any other games? I can’t say if they’re worth getting but ZombiU for $33 and LEGO Undercover for $48 at HN seem alright! There’s no real “must-have” for the Wii U yet but Nintendo Land is surprisingly fun, I think Target had that for pretty cheap lately.
IMO ZombiU’s a must-have, freakin love that game 😛 Still gotta finish it though…
I didn’t think it looked like a must-have and reviews were all over the place but I was surprised at all the positive TAYbie opinions. I think I’ll definitely buy it now but still waiting for the price to go lower.
Cheapius
I was considering picking some other games up, but nothing in store was on sale price. Have ordered NintendoLand from OGS.
Pikmin is sounding worth a go this weekend. I can try the Wii emulation mode thingy.
I think you already had them but if you didn’t Sughly posted that they’re apparently $4 at Target
Oh man, when was the last time I did pushups of the non-sexy variety? Years, definitely. Maybe when I played junior sports…?
Thanks a lot, TAY and Fitocracy.
Day 1… Yeah, I can push out 67 pushups.
Day 2… I’m not even feeling it. Heh, this is easy.
Day 3… OH GOD I HAVE A TWO DAY DELAY. MUPPET ARMS.
Bed.
Night.
Bed. Night.
Let your blankets hold me tight
You are my knight
Protecting me when there is no light.
No matter my skin, black or white
You care not for my sight or height
Even though we sometimes fight
I know you’ll always treat me right.
Did you just make that up?
Ha ha, yeah. I had to Google some rhyming words though 🙂
Haha it’s actually great, man. You should repost it! Or at least link back to it.
I did actually Google it first before asking but nothing else came up :). Wanted to make sure it was all you before I gave you my praise!
Wow, thanks for the kind words. Grinning as I read this compliment at work.
COMPLIMENTIUS 🙂
🙂
That’s bloody awesome. o/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/double-fines-massive-chalice/description
So Double Fine have a new kick starter. Part of me understands and accepts their explanation that they have multiple teams and this kick starter is for another team, and the premise sounds quite interesting. I am also quite the 2PP fanboy.
But another part of me thinks it’s a bit … Odd? To ask for more money when their first project has yet to deliver the goods. And the deeply cynical part of me thinks they’re using this to get more money for Broken Age, then the sales from broken age go back into MASSIVE.
But my Hype train will probably run over the cynic in me because I just want to see more 2PP videos.
Double Fine are a good studio. If I could afford to I’d back this too, I don’t think you need to be cynical for these guys. I think they just want to control their own destiny and seeing if this is a means for them to do that…
I think a lot of the appeal for game devs to use Kickstarter is not the money, it’s the crowd feedback, to be honest. Sure the money saves them having to go elsewhere for funds but what they really want out of it is not money but more the back-and-forth with their audience.
DOOOOOOUUUUBLE FIIIIIIIIINE!!!
*air guitar*
Yeah, I think they said somewhere “something something success just like we did for Broken Age”. Well technically Broken Age isn’t even out yet so they don’t know how successful it is or will be. It’s fine to be sceptical and I’m probably not going to back this one (mainly because the 2PP is going to be shown to the public :D)
So yesterday, I posted this tweet:
And got this in reply:
JOB OPPORTUNITY \o/
Good morning all!
Sounds legit!
Also, morning!
Shane! Hope you’re well?
Not bad, man. Yourself?
I’ve done my last 4km run for the week and can relax playing Night of the Rabbit and then hang out with the Family Freeze tomorrow. Things are good. 😀
Are you lifting with @sughly?
Uh, dunno. Haha!
Haven’t worked out any plans yet, but don’t want to impose.
I asked real nice like and he said yes.
I can sit in the back while you two shoot the shit about Adventure Games in the front 😀
Ha ha ha! I just typed SHOOT THE SHIT.Whjat is going on?
hee hee!!
Our Quantic Dream/Ellen Page fist fight is coming soon though. Who knows when, Jim. Who knows when.
@dc, what better time than when you’re barrelling down a QLD road at 80km/h?
@shane @dc
This could be a very exciting trip 😀
Yeah y’all are welcome for lifts
@sughly: Thanks Sughly. You’re awesome! (Don’t let any one tell you otherwise! >:|)
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/kotor-is-coming-to-the-ipad/
WHOA!
Also got the demo for Phoenix Wright last night on iPad. Haven’t tried it yet.
You monster.
I got it at like 12:30am when I was half asleep. WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? 😛
TO NOT SLEEP
IT’S EASY MAN JUST DON’T CLOSE YOUR EYES
Don’t tell him that! He’s likely to take your advice!!! D:
Oh, man. I want this on a handheld and they’ll never do it cos it would cost more to port 🙁
I don’t own an iPad 🙁
I think it’d work perfectly for iPad. All turn based and the like. I wonder if it’ll drain the battery fast. 😀 Has BioWare ever released any thing on a handheld apart from that Sonic RPG?
Not that I know of.
But if they did, i’d buy it.
Didn’t really dig Sonic DC (See what I did there?).
It seemed like a solid game that played sorta like a JRPG but you had to input touchscreen moves for EVERY ATTACK IN A FIGHT.
I found this… exhausting.
And there was none of the famous Bioware dialogue choice stuff. Dissapoint 🙁
Oh! And it ended on a cliffhanger and then EA bought Bioware so no more Bioware Sega games 🙁
I bet it’d play fine on an iPad, but I don’t own one 🙁
*whispers* KOTOR isn’t true turn-based, nor D&D timed combat.
It’s still exceptionally good! XD
Can’t argue with that! 😀
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
So, having plenty of the old fun. Loving the new button roll controls, such a pleasurable experience knowing I can safely roll off an edge grab a puzzle piece/ letter and land safely on the next bit of land.
Haven’t raged quit once, which is something I did failry often in the Wii version because I would constantly die for silly reasons.
Collision detection – I’m still getting my head around. Sometime I think I can jump on an enemy’s head and they seem to hurt me. Sometimes I think I’m standing at a safe distance from an enemy and I am not.
Not so good-
Obviously made for a larger screen, sometimes the camera pulls back so far I can barely see whats going on, usually OK but last night my vision was blurry cos of sleepiness and UGH!
Can’t comment on 3D because it hurts so bad.
Overall though, a much more pleasurable experience with what was an already excellent game 😀
Are the Rocket Barrel sections still tough?
I guess?
Apparently, if you choose the new easy mode, you can buy a new item that makes them easier.
Personally I never found them that much tougher than later levels.
I play trying to grab everything thouh (I fail) and it’s much harder to grab everything in rocket barrel and minecart levels cos you can’t stop and go back.
I found the mine cart levels all kinds of fun, but the rocket barrels stressful. XD
I’m still abit off with my jump length/height.
I try to do shit that’s just not possible on the minecart levels.
Mine cart levels always used to be my favourite in the original game, so I’m happy to replay them over and over and over again. They’re so quick too, because of how fast the dealies going.
I remember in Diddy’s Kong Quest, the roller coaster levels, some of them you could control the speed. And there was that one where you could press backwards at the start, roll back, hit a barrel and it gave you this enormous speed boost. SO AWESOMe!
Ah, Diddy’s Kong Quest. I got it for my 11th birthday at Chermside. It was a good birthday. XD
@dc Back when Chermside was little 😀
Haha! Exactly. I think I got it from Target or something. There were no EBs. XD
I haven’t got up to it again, but that one where the track is a circle and you have to roll along the outside until it came round and you dropped inside. That was nuts! So much love!!
@DC Hi-Tech World at Lutwyche
Remember Software Today at Strathpine Westfield? 😀
@dc Nope. I never went to Strathpine until EB was a thing.
Was there one at Toombul across from the old Toyworld?
I remember going to Toyworld to play N64 and then popping into a computerish store to play PSone.
Those were my afternoons in High School.
That sounds vaguely familiar.
that place was sweet, they had like 6 tvs going with different consoles all the time, and they knew what they were talking about, not like most ebs i go to, just filled with clueless sales people who all think they know better than me, jerks
no actual spoiler, just hiding my spam-shame D:
Dude, don’t be ashamed, I am also playing through DKCR despit owning it on Wii. It is so great, i get to do 2-3 levels while on the train. I’m up to world .. 4? (the forest world).
The controls seem so much better for some reason…
Oh, I’m not really ashamed. Freeze just accused me of Spamming yesto so I thought I’d hide it.
I’m at the end of the ruins(?) level world 3.
Yeah, I own both too, never got around to finishing the Wii one so I bought this after button roll was confirmed. So good! 😀
You playing the new esy mode or the original mode?
Original mode. I think I got up to the ruins world on the Wii version then stopped. I actually had a realistion this morning that I have enjoyed the 3DS more then any other handheld to date.
Oh cool.
I’ve had a majority of the handhelds. The least fun was GameGear cos I didn’t have a charger at first and then you just couldn’t get games in Aus.
DS top for me, so many great JRPGs and New Super Mario Bros was so much fun!
Think I own more DS games than any other system.
Hoping 3DS gets as much love from develpoers as the DS did.
Dude, Troll S. Preston…
It’s like when Sughly said you were close to being BlueMax as a joke and you (rightfully) said we’re all allowed to post about the things we like. I honestly don’t think they mind you posting about this stuff and as you can see people also like it and have joined in. If people do mind then screw them!
It’s legitimate posting 🙂 no spam shame needed!
I’m only semi-serious.
I notics that the Dark Souls discussions are spoiler tagged and I presume that is in part to hide the wall of text.
I dunno, people “joke” and colon pee to nicely ask things, you know?
I think it’s fair to hide walls of text.
I feel no shame. 🙂
No, some of it can be pretty spoilery especially if someone likes to discover things on their own.
No shame then no worries :D. I just thought if you were being fully serious like last time (that Vita comment) I’d help clear things up 😀
Cheapius will wait until DKCR is cheap and buy it then 😛
Oh, does it still have co-op and can you control Diddy by himself or is it DK or both?
Still has co-op, local only, you both need a card :-/
No Diddy control, but I wasn’t expecting it. :-/
Haha! Last week when I set up Fitocracy group, I predicted I’d be 8th in the challenges.
Prophetic. WOOOOOO! 😛
Get competitive, man. You know you want to. Find someone to compete against, then try to SMASH THEIR FACE!
SMASH ALL THEIR FACES
Until you hear it’s better to take rest days…
Rest, THEN smash faces is my plan.
Rayman Origins is on hold while I tackle DK, I love Rayman though.
Great game 😀
Limbo
What’s the deal? Well loved or no?
Comes to Vita next week 🙂
Limbo is supposed to be excellent. I loved the demo, but haven’t gotten around to the full game yet. The art direction is all kinds of beautiful. It’s not as action intensive as DK or Rayman though.
Yeah, no, different beast.
I played the demo on 360 many years ago and couldn’t suss how to get past a claw thing and gave up.
I wasn’t super keen at the time.
That was when my 360 was new so I had all these new games to play so I prolly didn’t give it enough of a chance.
Best play the demo again.
Limbo is great. One of my favourites. Definitely recommended. Can’t say much more without spoiling it.
There’s a beautiful PC collector’s edition that I eye off every time I go to EB Games/JB Hifi. One day, I might totally think about buying it. 😛 (Also been meaning to play Braid. Looking forward to his next game The Witness.)
Limbo is on the list of games definitely worth playing.
Great game.
Reminded me of Abes Oddysey style puzzle platforming, which I love.
Definitely pick it up if it’s cheap.
It’s not cheap, but maybe I’ll wait.
I’ll wait anyway and knock over a few more games first.
Limbo is pretty good (thoroughly loved the first half of the game, the art direction throughout is nothing short of excellent, and the wordless story is really engaging), but the game itself honestly felt a little too long to me (which isn’t good for a 3 hour game :P)
This is from a guy who thought Dragon Age’s 80 hours was excessive. 😛
😀
How in god’s name did you spend EIGHTY hours in Dragon’s Age? I’d done everything that could be done (except for replaying all the origin stories) in 50 (and regretted the last 25 :P)
I loved every minute and refused to use fast travel. XD
Fast travel?
Oh, I assume there was one. Either way. I walked everywhere mutliple times. XD
So here’s my review of Luigi’s Mansion 2 after having it for two days.
It’s fun.My review of your review
Was good.Arrested Development:
Episode 4×09:
Watched Tobias’ second episode last night and think it’s my favourite of the season so far. I laughed out loud for most of it. Particularly liked the awkwardness with Ron Howard and Michael.Only six episodes left. :'(
Tobias and Gob’s episodes are my favourites. Will Arnett was just made to play Gob. Actually, Lucille was one of my favourite characters from this season too, Jessica Walter just nails every scene.I just saw Gob’s second episode (episode 11?). Brilliant.Gob easily has the best parts this season. Also the craziest plotline, and considering the crap that George Sr. goes through, that’s saying something.“I just blue myself for the first time in 5 years.” Also, I think Ron Howard got too much screentime. 😛Not sure if someone linked this but one of the artists at double fine is drawing a character on a livestream (yep another one of them) RIGHT NOW. http://www.twitch.tv/doublefine
Also fyi, Pikmin 1 and 2 are $4 at Target atm. I just bought Pikmin for $20 too. fml.
This is pretty eye opening in a lot of ways watching this livestream, so good
Oh man! Well, atleast it’s worth $20 and you’re helping that struggling young Nintendo company in the process! 😛
That’s cheap. My Target has nothing though, and I haven’t touched a Ninty in years.
Awful lot of Live Streams lately.
You trend setter, you.
Yeah even double fine’s copying me, I had no idea how much sway I had
Ugh, suppressed memories. I got them for like $10 and $15 at Kmart a while back. And I don’t even know why I did, I totally don’t need them at all since I already have them on Cube and will never ever play them.
I am stupid when it comes to “bargains”.
Haha! I actually only just realised I didnt own one… I thought I did have the gamecube version :/ I think it ended up in Port Macquarie or something *shrugs*
Port’s where I grew up and where my fam lives, for those playing at home
I totally missed the GameCube, so was amazed when I played these games on the Wii with the New Play Control release.
I can’t imagine playing the game without the C-stick…
Stay away from Jungle Beat NPC. It is sacrilege to play that game without bongos.
Yeah, was tempted until DKC Returns was announced, then I decided I didn’t need to play that. 😀
Always wanted to play Wind Waker and Luigi’s Mansion though. Super Mario Sunshine too.
Metroid Prime and Mario Kart Double Dash ! D:
Oh yeah, Double Dash! I was content with Mario Kart Wii, but from what I hear it’s because I didn’t know what I was missing.
Mario Kart Wii is my least fave MKario Kart ever.
I really hate that they got rid of the waggle power slide mechanic and it was just boring overall.
MArio Kart 7 also has no waggle, but the overall game is better.
BRING BACK THE WAGGLE!
(I would presume you would enjoy wandering around taking in the sights and sounds of Metroid Prime considering your liking of BioShock. Prime is just like Metroid but totally different at the same time. Worth a try at least)
Yeah, always liked the look of those Retro made Metroid games!
Nah man, Jungle Beat is a whole different beast altogether. Best game on Cube!
lol, jungle beat was awesome, but best game on the Cube?
I find that statement questionable and choose to hold my tongue to avoid conflict.
I am biased 😛
I have a thing for silly peripherals (just bought a Wii uDraw tablet the other day because it was only $14…) and the weird alternate control thing just makes it for me. I mean I absolutely love the shit out of F-Zero GX, but for me Jungle Beat is just a special game that probably shouldn’t have happened.
it sure is, was uber dissapointed when i heard the Wii wouln’t support my Bongos, which i have 2 pairs of. My hands used to ache from all the clapping. 😀
Plus one!
I was diappointed that they didn’t put Bongo support into DK Jet Race (ugh, shuddered typing that name out). I was so badly hanging out for Bongo Blast, and so disappointed when it got bumped to Wii. All the worse a game for it imo.
yup, that’s why i never got it, so dumb i mean it would have immesed u more looking at the screen seeing dk whacking them bongos to steer, i think it would have been sweet with Bongos, but the lack of them made me lose interest entirely and completely forget it existed until u mentioned it there.
Dudeeeee me and Sughly and possibly Beavwa are playing through them right now! Join us! 😀
And I’m kinda sad at how quickly the prices are dropping. I traded in Mario Kart Wii for both of them a few years ago (but never played them :P), but MKWii was so terrible I don’t really care if it’s gone 😀
Naaah, I’m too busy not playing games atm to play anything.
$4?
I’d buy em for $4.
I bet the CBD has none again D:
I can pick them up from mine if you want, they had both
Nahhhhh, best not. They’ll just go on the pile. 🙁
TRhanks though 🙂
@powalen BUY PIKMIN FOR $4 OMG
Aww I was going to watch it but Broken Age spoilahs :/ (@dc avoid it!)
Its a character from the first chapter so, not too spoilery. First chapter… seems to me first scene too, if not one of the first. (I think hes almost done though by the looks of it)
I was classifying it in terms of “I don’t want to see anything new” (apart from what was shown in the docos) spoilers.
Pffft I’ve got my Sughly streams anyway <3
More Annie stories go up every week.
Prepare yourselves for the antics of queens with long hair, bodily functions, terrorist threats, and a veritable cavalcade of naughty hungry monsters.
http://shanewsmith.com/anniestories/
Dear diary
it’s the 30th of May and I just made up a story and pretended it was by annie
Telltale Adventure Games Humble Weekly Bundle!
https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly
Includes The Walking Dead as the beat the average game FOR $4ish! OMGOMGMOGMMGO
@masha2932 – it has that Hector game you wanted! (you wanted Hector, right? Or was it another game)
@powalen – Oh would you look at that, Jurassic Park isn’t there! ;). Hey, I just remembered you said when you got a job you’d buy everyone copies of the game 😀
No individual Steam keys :'(
The Puzzle Agent games are pretty great too. (Totally Professor Leyton rip offs, but with a quirky setting.)
It’s Professor Layton X Fargo, yeah.
Yeah! (From what I hear, I haven’t seen Fargo. :P)
Add it to the list
It is done!
Oh man, that’s tempting. Really tempting!
Well I already have Walking Dead and since there’s no individual keys I can’t give it away, but I’ll definitely chuck in a few bucks for Back to the Future and Sam & Max.
Beat the average games are always separate so you can still give it away (usually you’ll get a key for the bundle and then a key for the BTA game(s) – so two sets of keys).
I’m mainly tempted by the idea of beating the average because if they add games later (which almost always seems to happen) they might throw the new Monkey Island games into the mix. Having a copy of walking dead to give away would be a bonus.
Oh yeah! That seems like a possibility – I’ll probably just buy it again for it.
Anyone bring this up yet? I’m guessing yes but still… new double fine kickstarter, and it sounds like Fire Emblem woo! Pretty funny pitch video http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doublefine/double-fines-massive-chalice/
Looks awesome. Notorious R mentioned it on the previous page, but I really, really like this.
Edit: Truth is, Double Fine’s never made a game I haven’t liked and they seem to be even more ambitious since they started this new Kickstarter model thing. Hope it works for them! 😀
Well theyre already halfway there, I’m pretty sure they’ll be ok 🙂
WOOOOOO!
Everyone back it now so they don’t actually sell any once its made.
How is it a sustainable model?
That’s the weird thing. (And how I justified not backing Broken Age. :P)
Maybe since they’re distributing themselves they won’t have to make much of a profit. Production is completely paid for already and any thing they make goes directly to them?
It’s more sustainable than “pay wages and development costs now, risk low sales later”. Besides, word of mouth always generates further sales. It’ll still sell some after release.
It’s also an indicator to potential investors of community interest in a project.
It’s not a perfect business model, but it’s no more flawed than the current status quo 🙂
Yeah pretty much this. Its like me with my game – I chose to go with this contract because it meant I was guaranteed to be supported while making it, and not spending a year making something I wasnt sure I was going to get enough money for at the end.
Yeah, but you haven’t already sold the vast majority of what you’re going to sell.
He hopes. (colonp)
I dunno, for my part, if I had a chance to sacrifice future royalties in exchange for a lesser, but sufficient lump sum up front, I would do it.
Because it gives me security to write. And profit isn’t the goal – continuing to create is the goal.
There’s a difference between doing something for yourself and keeping a business afloat.
Yeah but the point is that the business might not even stay afloat by risking pay later that never comes. I know in a business mind it doesnt make much sense, but in a creative industry you dont always get the same luxuries of how to best run things as a business, sadly. Especially being a smaller dev company.
I see what you’re saying, but if Kickstarter funds exceed the ‘goal’ (which is a near-given with a Double Fine Kickstarter), it’s in one sense, kind of like profit in advance.
Instead of waiting years to make a return on a game, you get the returns up front. It’s not like they’re scraping by and barely breaking even on this 🙂
@shane they kind of are just scraping by in the case of Broken Age according to the backer vids, to be fair, because they used all the extra money to make it bigger and better than they first intended. It was going to be a low res old school style game graphically with their old target.
@sughly But that was a choice they made. Investing profit into expanding company work is a legitimate use for company money.
@shane its true, but its also still very risky. I admire it though, that they arent thinking just about pocketing it all, and instead thought about how to make a better game. It doesnt make sense business wise, but I imagine it will pay off in other way, like keeping a strong reputation and fan base.
@sughly, risky maybe, but it makes the product more attractive to potential buyers upon release. So maybe it’s a decent business decision anyway, especially if they don’t have to dip into their own pockets at all for development! 🙂
I think Broken Age will do well, even if it’s a slow burn. One of those games that people will buy on impulse in Steam sales or from word of mouth.
Yeah in the scheme of things, thered be a lot of people who havent got it yet.
I consider myself a huge adventure fan and I don’t own it yet!
See here’s the thing: Broken Age pulled in waaaaaaay more than they asked for, I guarantee they’re not going to burn through all that making the game even though they can now make the game better than they originally planned on and bring it to more platforms. And there’s plenty of people who didn’t get in on it who plan to buy it (like me – I missed the Kickstarter and I didn’t have the $35 handy when it came up in the Double Fine Humble Bundle 2 weeks ago). But I’ll buy the game, when I can.
I think I want to get in on this Massive Chalice thing while I can. And I think that raising the development costs ahead of time and delivering later is a fine model to go for. Way better than spending those costs then making a game that might not be popular enough to sell.
In the backer vids they admit they are running out of money though.
@sughly I haven’t watched the vids since I’m at work, but I’d assume that anything like that would be said as a joke.
@kermitron No they were pretty serious about it, theres nearly half an ep where Tim is talking to a group of people about what their options are financially. They kind of compromise about makings cuts to the game and trying to find new ways of making money. Keep in mind the money they made isnt REALLY that much in the scope of a whole team working on something full time.
@sughly Ohh, when you said backer vids I thought you meant the promotional kickstarter video for this new game, not the documentary series.
No wonder they were throwing up a late-buy in for Broken Age in the DF bundle two weeks ago. That would have scored them a second wave of funding. Now I feel really bad that I couldn’t afford it at the time.
That wont go to me though, itll go to the publisher mostly. My 25% royalties is against the money already paid to me, so I’ll only see that once it’s paid back. Which is probably unlikely.
Many people are wary of kickstarter and will not back something, they need the instant gratification of the game straight away.
Others are just worried about losing their monies if the team can’t deliver or that the game will be a steaming turd. So there will always be a large player base that haven’t backed your product.
What kickstarter will do is remove a chunk of day one purchases, it is the people who are willing to buy sight unseen that will back it. The sort of person who waits for reviews and picks it up on sale or once they hear from their friends is still the cash pool to be plundered.
I was going to insta-back it but saw that it was $20 but I’m not as interested as I was for the adventure one (which had more perks for $15). The doco will be available for free for EVERYONE (I assume this means non-backers) so no real incentive to back it!
Still somewhat interested though so I’ll buy it if it ends up good.
Haha Jokestellar Pro 😀
I didnt think the doco was free for everyone? It has the doco as part of later reward tiers… or is that just a hd version or something?
That’s just the HD download. In the FAQs they clear it up.
Ooo ok. Yeah was too lazy to read… and my only incentive to go for a higher tier was the videos XD Yeah I’m with you then, I’ll wait. Ive spent enough on backing things/games recently. I will get it though, they had me at ‘turn based’ and ‘bloodline’, ringing all the Fire Emblem bells 😀
The $50 tier looked interesting because of the 2PP but too expensive…
I do like my strategy games but eh! will wait until reviews and stuff 😀
I thought 2pp was the doco you were talking about? Wha… im so confused, stop confusing me :'(
What are you talking about!? :P!? I don’t understand your confusion!
I am talking about the 2PP doco, what else would I be talking about D:? I didn’t mention another doco.
I was saying I would be interested in backing it because of the 2PP doco but since it’s free to everyone, there’s no real incentive for me to back it.
“and my only incentive to go for a higher tier was the videos XD” I was saying that too. If the doco WAS ONLY AVAILABLE for backers at the $50 tier, then I might’ve considered backing it at the $50 tier, but it’s quite expensive.
I do like strategy games but I’m not too keen on the whole Kickstarter idea and I generally like to wait until reviews or opinions on a game before purchasing it.
EXPLAIN WHY YOU WERE CONFUSED (AND WHERE) SO IF I WAS BEING CONFUSING I CAN FIX IT FOR NEXT TIMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Ah ok haha, long explanation is long. If you said ‘the $50 tier looked interesting because of the 2PP but too expensive and the doco is free anyway“, then I wouldnt have been. I thought you were like “yeah theres a cool free doco… but I was also interested in the 2pp thing in the 50 tier!”. Doofus. Or im the doofus. Either or. Probably both.
Well, long and elaborate explanation to try and clear up any confusion on both ends 🙂
I actually did read back on that comment after I posted and saw the confusion :P. MY BAD! 😀
We’re both doofuses. Doofusi
I love the Psychonauts music when they’re looking at the brain scan. XD
Best line in the kickstarter
Good morning.
I woke up really energised, worked on the scarf and then I felt so tired. D=
I’m sorry.
how is it your fault?
He’s been in Canada too long scree, just roll with it.
Eh?
Oh god, he’s gone native.
It just seemed strange not seeing an apology near one of your comments, so I threw one in.
Sorry.
Just wait until I make a mistake and then
Sorrys.
Sorrys everywhere.
Morning Scree!
Funny, I had a similar feeling today. I was energetic until I got to work.
Oh no, it’s contagious!
@sughly @dc
Okay, I’ve come around pretty hard on The National now. High Violet is fantastic. I adore Runaway. For some reason I already knew Bloodbuzz Ohio, It might have been in something? I should probably listen to Boxer at some point. And maybe the new album.
Did you like the stuff from Warrior? Start a War and About Today?
Still need to listen to more Boxer as well as their new stuff too.
Yeah woo! Boxer and Trouble are both really amazing albums too. they have a crap tonne of b sides ranging from Boxer to Trouble that are worth tracking down if you still need moar. There’s the second cd of HV floating around from the special edition of HV or whatever edition its called, and an EP, caaalled… Virginia something or rather. Then of course theres idle songs, like Portal, Game of Thrones, and that basketball movie… er… song is Think you can wait. Oh, Win Win, thats the movie, Yeah. Enjoy!
There’s a lot of stuff on Rdio, so I’ll be good for a while I think. Will return to it after Zeitgeist.
Edit: Also, gf was listening to Birdy last night. Her cover of Terrible Love is not quite as good..
My mum heard me playing Bon Iver once and said “I prefer that girls version”. I was like gtfo.
:/
Pretty much every song on her album isn’t as good as the original. Not that she’s bad. She’s just not as good.
I have the sudden craving to play Street Fighter.
Who’s your favourite Street Fighter and why?
For me, it’s either Akuma or El Fuerte.
Because Akuma is a badass glass cannon, so much variety but it’s a big gamble, and El Fuerte because luchadors are flippin awesome and I like annoying people in SFIV who can’t catch me 🙂
I’m a bit of a simple player, I like knowing 3 or so simple moves and chaining them as best I can, so I kind of like Cammy for that. She has good reach, and the moves I know make it easy enough to keep things different and interesting when I’m using her.
But goddamn is El Fuerte incredibly annoying to fight against XD
Damn right he is 🙂
Evil Ryu, Cody or Rolento.
heh hehe, Cody.
I played a far amount of 3rd strike back then (DAT CHARACTER SELECT MUSIC) and, well, I was a shit player, so I just chose the coolest guy in my opinion and rolled with him- Yun all the time, baby. Luckily I live near an arcade with a few SFIV cabinets so I can get my fix once in a blue moon. Also fond of Fei Long.
But seriously, I know jack shit about game mechanics, I just roll my face on the controls and hope I win.
Ken for male and Cammy for female, just because they almost always have been. No real reasons.
When I was in primary school I really liked using Dhalsim cos I was a bit shit and he had a long reach.
Honda or Chun Li, because one easily spammed supermove.
I haven’t played a SF game for about fifteen years though 😛
I ahven’t played any for many, many years
Fav: Maybe Guile because I have terrible reaction times and suck at these games and in the version the video store had growing up his backbreaker was so super cheap.
How was I to know I was friends with the Grinch this whole time!?
Also, part one of the serialized radio play “The Death of Dan & Karl”
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com/2013/05/31/dan-karls-zeitgeist-s03e08-the-death-of-dan-karl/
LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, TELL FRIENDS AND TELL US IF YOU HATE/HATE IT!
Morning everyone! Got another long day today unfortunately, especially after yesterday’s do tafe/play mine craft with the boss. But good news is I got my first paycheck since my raise happened!
I might have to try out the Potaku server sometime now that I’m back into it.
So I did some tidying up of my desk last night, including rearranging a bunch of statues/figures. Moving the AC3 CE one reminded me that I owned that game and never gave it much time, so I fired it up.
I think I was playing from 8:30pm till 1am…
I don’t know if it was AC fatigue when I first got it, but I was (according to the game) 15% through it when I quit months ago, and right now I’m absolutely loving it. To be fair, I just got into the navel missions last night which probably helped a little…seriously, they’re friggin’ amazing. It almost makes me want to buy Black Flag day one 😛
The naval missions are pretty great. Their optional objectives can get pretty tricky later on.
Yeah, I messed up one of the protection ones a bunch while I was still learning how to boat. The bright side is that loading a checkpoint means you can retry optional objectives, unlike the older AC stuff where you had to restart the whole mission. That made me quite happy 😛
Those were the ones that stopped me from getting 100% in the game. Could never managed to expose those explosive barrels on the enemy ships properly.
You have to use chain shot to cripple them and then ram them (being extra careful if your ram is upgraded)
I seem to keep accidentally exposing the barrels through broadsiding the enemy bow (no upgrades). I assume I’m getting lucky, though.
Yeah, that works. I think it gets more difficult later on. You can still do it, but because your cannons will likely be upgraded there’s a greater chance of just blasting them out of the water.
Mad Men (S06E01 to S06E03)
Linda Cardellini!That is all.Sughly and I had this very conversation. XD
I pretty much remember not much else about the episodes.
Don’s a jerk. Campbell is a jerk. Peggy is a jerk. Everyone is a jerk.Megan still seems nice. You just know Don’s going to crush her spirit and leave her a broken person. 🙁Yep. Poor Megan.Loved the theme of indiscretion in the most recent ep we saw. It’s the one where there are a bunch of parallel themes about being discreet… or not, actually. Don and Linda had dinner together alone, Pete brought one of his neighbours to his apartment, Peggy divulged in-confidence information provided by Stan, and Heinz Beans are demanding company loyalty that they might not get. There was something really cohesive about the whole thing. Still a great show.I miss subtitles, though – I can’t crunch my snacky snacks while watching it anymore. This is why DVDs are so much better.
You watch with subtitles? You monster! D:
We watch EVERYTHING with subtitles. Baby is in the bed while we watch so volume can’t be too high. And it’s become habit – it helps with absorption and retention to read and hear at the same time.
Also, you’d be amazed how many Arrested Development jokes are in the background sound (and can only really be picked up with subtitles).
Makes sense, D.C. doesn’t have to worry about volume in his cavernous hermit… cavern.
I always just played movies loud when Ash was babeh. Its good because eventually he became a deep sleeper, now I can watch movies even louder.
this 100 times
i accidentally renamed an icon from document-pencil to icon-document-penicl a week ago and now someone has noticed and I blame all of you.
So thinking I may end up backing Massive Chalice with the $100 tier. Having your own bloodline in the game sounds kinda awesome 😀
EDIT: The game itself sounds alright too, I guess 😛
You had to mention that didn’t you
It does sound tempting, but 100 is a lot to pay for a double fine game that may or may not be large
@smurfydog – someone said they received their headphones today, the tracking says it’s onboard for delivery today :D. Which means now I’m too scared to do anything in case I have to quickly answer the door :'(
Will post when I receive them!
@smurfydog – headphones just came!
hmm I think my Logitech UE200 earbuds sound better :P. I bought those for like $5
Mine are being sent to my PO Box, so I won’t have them until I can get up there to pick them up.
Hi TAY.
I think this might be my favourite cover of The Moon.
I freakin’ love this song. Takes me back to being six and throwing the controller in frustration. XD
http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/LKHw9HYCytkrTZ_KIsVWZRv-_D6VDk9V
Pretty dissapointed this isn’t the Disney version D:
Duck putter! GOTY!
pretty awesome.
I wanted to down some Gunni Juice before a match.
(are you too young for Disney’s Gummi Bears?)
Gunni, that takes me back.
According to Wikipedia it finished a month before I was born. So.. Yes? I have seen it though.
Yeah, it was even a little old for me, sorta.
DuckTales was the latest show when I was the right age. Gummi Bears were repeats.
Gummi Bears
Bouncing here and there and everywhere
High adventure that’s beyond compare
They are the Gummi Beaaaaaaars
Even though they were coming out when I was a kid I was so used to seeing stuff on TV that my mother had grown up with (old Hanna Barbera cartoons, Bugs Bunny, etc.) that I assumed all these Disney cartoons like Gummi Bears, Tale Spin and Duck Tales were pretty old and I was just seeing repeats.
It never occurred to me to think of Disney cartoons I grew up with as “new” until they got into really modern stuff like Gargoyles and Darkwing Duck, and I would have been nearly a teenager by then.
Darkwing Duck! \o/
Let’s get dangerous…!
When you’re in trouble, you
Call DW.
WHEN THERE’S TROUBLE YOU
CALL DW
I am the gum
that sticks to your hair!
I am the winged scourge
That Flaps in your nightmares
Did anyone play the darkwing duck game? It was really good, kinda had similar mechanics to the donald duck game, you got different types of ammo, like suction cups so u could climb walls. I remember it looked great at the time too, almost just like thecartoon
All these cartoons were played on constant loop for a decade after their run though.
DuckTales never got enough play. NEVER!
you should have grown up in south africa, i think our tv shows when i was a kid were behind about 5 years, so i got to see a lot of stuff i should have been too young for, watched so much ducktales, i remember we had like 10 VHSs with ducktales on em.
Woo-ooo
I had Pokemon and Dragonball Z. So I think I had it okay.
Oh man, I’m glad I wasn’t part of that era. 😛
MONSTER! >:-O
Me too. Huge relief 😀
Just cos I was in senior year of high school doesn’t mean I wasn’t watching those.
I also got Astro Boy, Sailor moon and the old Ninja Turtles.
He-Man was pretty good too!
I remember being in year 11/12 and we were still setting our VCRs to record DBZ and Pokemon in the mornings and we’d be discussing the previous day’s episodes before school, then going home to watch our recorded episodes in the afternoon.
/old
@kermitron I watched it with my breakfast before heading off to primary school.
/babeh
TMNT! All the nostalgia.
Massive obsession of mine while I was a kid. My most prized possession was a half-broken TMNT van that we found for $1.50 at Trash and Treasure.
@shane I legit had dreams about finding that van in my room and spending a whole day playing with it, then being crushed when I woke up and realised it wasn’t real.
Also, Duck Putter sounds like a euphemism.
Based on the second vid:
http://www.destructoid.com/rayman-legends-is-great-but-you-already-knew-that-254822.phtml
I may have to day one Rayman Legends.
What Platform? I still haven’t decided, damn you Ubisoft for going multiplatform!
Vita. Straight up.
I grabbed Origins on Vita and it’s magnificent.
Handhelds just suit my lifestyle better(I also have a thing for them)
WiiU. Got to justify it somehow.
Plus the touch controls with Murphy, not sure how that’d work as smoothly on 360 or PS3. (Without a Vita.)
I’m really curious about that. If they actually manage to do it in a way that’s better in those versions then I’ll probably get it for those systems instead 😛
Did Legends ever get announced for PC? That’ll probably be my first preference.
Considering it looks like next gen consoles won’t have backwards compatibility that would be the smarter option, so its either handhelds or Wii U
That… looks pretty awesome.
@shane
couldn’t reply above (about TMNT) All the nostalgia indeed, i recently went out and bought 9 volumes of it, still awesome
the jokes are so bad they’re good againAs a reward for our excellent team-wide audit results last quarter, my company is taking all the claims staff out for drinks and bowling this afternoon, so I have to try and get all my work done by 12:30.
Sigh. It’s such a hard gig, being me.
Man, private hey?
Public: “Thanks for all the hard work, now go back and look busy again.”
For me it’s more like.
Manager: “Thanks for all the work that I did we got the work done, now get back to work
I’d never want to work in the government sector. You might do nothing, but you have to do it all the time.
Sometimes we do cool stuff. Sometimes our lawyers take us out for lunch, buying our affections like the cheap whores we are.
I wish someone treated me like a cheap whore. Stoopid government job.
It turns out Sydney has a lot of really nice restaurants that I would never want to pay for myself.
I’ve worked uner a few contractors that have taken me out to lunch, but generally we have to fund our own shit.
We do raffle tickets and shit to collect money and whatever.
I’m just keen on the job security and I get paid too much.
Also, I find it hard to try hard doing things I don’t like, so unless I got ajob drawing all day (which I’m sure I would learn to hate) then I wouldn’t survive in the private sector.
Eh, public sector isn’t so bad. I don’t enjoy it myself, but I think I’m wired to hate pretty much all types of work, so I don’t hold that against it.
I didn’t realise so many people here worked in the public sector. What (generally) are you guys involved in? // cc @jimu @sernobulus
ACT gov IT! Woo! \o/
I’m a data analyst for DEEWR. Our database contains info on federal enterprise agreements.
admin
I do the shit no-one wants to do. Filing, digital filing, boring number crunching, whatever.
I am actually a permenantly employed fill-in guy, so I change jobs every few months.
Interesting that a role like that exists but I guess that makes sense – any time you’re at risk of redundancy they can float you somewhere else.
We get really good annual leave sick leave and long service leave. And people are encouraged to try out new positions, so there is quite a few jobs around that need filling.
There’s 20 of us and they still need to hire agency people to fill roles.
Tech Officer, which is a fancy title for Draftsman, which is a fancy word for “I draw lines on a computer”.
I liked Public Sector for it’s “job security” yet here I am in a position where I’m praying that they don’t make me force redundancy or move me to work as a cleaner. The job security promise is a big fat lie.
How long have you been there?
When I started, I was casual so there wqs no security. WIth luck I went full-time permenant months before they closed my building for fixing and my actual position didn’t exist anywhere else in the organisation.
They paid a couple of grand to retrain me, paid me to study, then placed me in a new permenant role which is where I am now.
Things were looking great, I was gonna go do further paid study and get a job I liked more (this was more of a foot in the door job) and then the flood hit.
No money.
No paid for, paid training.
People getting the sack all over the place.
And now I’m stuck where I am, just thankful I even have a job.
The flood fucked up Brisbane pretty badly economically.
I’ve been working full time for 5 1/2, I get my long service at 7 years so I will be pissed if I lost my job.
I think there’s some kind of irony here, the GoC I work at deals with water a management and delivery. So basically if I lose my job in the water collection / management / delivery company it is because e had too much water …
I thought if they sack you they have to pay out everything they owed minus sick leave?
@Jimu
I don’t think you actually own the long service until you reach the accessible time, so for me I don’t have any long service until I reach my 7 year mark.
@jimu, not LSL unless you’ve been there long enough. Depends on the agreement/award/arrangements in place, but usually not before 7 years, and rarely before 10 years.
Every time I think about leaving or transferring to another team, there’s an article in the paper about the Opposition’s plan to slash the public sector, and I decide to stay put. Where I am, they’d need to get rid of about thirty people before they could get me, including a team that’s been working on this database for more than two decades. Indispensability is the nearest thing to job security anywhere these days.
I have to get all my work done by 12:30 because I’m getting fillings.
Which still sounds like more fun than bowling.
It’s an afternoon of getting paid to drink beer and throw heavy objects around. I think I like my afternoon more than yours.
Yeah, I just wanted to sound cool.
Didn’t work.
I’ll stick to dick jokes.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/05/talk-amongst-yourselves-226/comment-page-15/#comment-1477267
Thanks for the lift Sughly!
See you at Southbank around 5-530?
What this guy said. More than welcome if you can get there!
Sure thing! I just need you to get me to Southbank. I’m thinking about 5pm the previous day should give us enough time. Unless it’s happening tonight? :'(
Just so you know, South Bank is VERY different from South Brisbane.
*stares into distance*
Speaking of b sides earlier, no idea how this song didnt make the album. This is kind of what I think I wanted more of, especially when I first heard where are we now. S.H.I.T.S.T.O.R.M. for the day I suppose… Bowie – So She
That Double Fine pitch video kind of makes me want to see an intentionally dodgy acted FMV adventure game from them. XD
…
Or a well acted one too. The Jack Black Brutal Legend opening is so damn iconic!
It would be amazing.
Or just a TV series set in their office.
Honestly, even if they didnt have their names attached to these kickstarters, their pitch vids are so much better than any other pitch vids. Theirs are about the only ones I’ve willingly sat through the whole thing.
In Sydney this weekend?
Got nothing better to do?
Come play board games with me and @freya tomorrow afternoon!
Board games, 2pm, tomorrow. It’s an open invitation to the Sydney TAYbies (or any enterprising non-Sydney ones that feel like travelling and can sleep somewhere other than our couch :p).
A fair few people have already said they’re coming, so we might as well see just how many people can fit into our apartment.
Aw, sort of want. But already booked.
On a scale from 1 to Pez’s Housewarming how packed are you expecting it to be?
More boxes, less room. About even really.
What’s the schedule 2ish weeks from now?
Probably the same!
*strums guitar*
*hook breaks guitar strings*
Hahaha just found out that a friend and I got a HD for an assignment we did. We did it really terribly over a short period and were expecting really low grades, I jokingly said we’d get a HD 😛
It was worth 25% and the exam for that unit is my first one and I have about 12 days to study (ie. learn everything) for it. I’m pretty happy now that I can actually do fairly well in the unit 😀
Whoopie Goldberg!
Maybe on this occasion HD is a acronym for Herp Derp not High Distinction
Good WorkMan I did that with an assignment I did once. We had to assess 5 companies shares in the ASX200 or whatever, then assess 50 other companies performance in the same sectors, then perform calculations (equations etc) to predict and then make buy/hold/sell decisions.. it was a group assignment with 2-3 people and we literally had NO IDEA. I mean nothing. We were not even sure what industries some were in, the maths didn’t really make any sense and the overall outcome was not clear at all. We submitted the assignment still with very little confidence in our work but we did our best to sounded confident.. it worked and got a similar result to you.. still no idea how that happened. Congrats btw
Maybe the marker didn’t understand your work and didn’t want to look stupid 😛
Hey, that’s sort of similar to what we did! (and what I did similar in another unit)
Had to assess 20 ASX companies and then purchase shares and try to manage a portfolio over a period and compare it against the market index. Many random (probably incorrect) calculations were done 😛
Our Kickstarter discussion earlier has rekindled an idea in me that I’ve been kicking around for a while. I’d like to crowdfund the creation of a comic anthology, with all the proceeds going to payments for the creators of the stories, and extra payments to artists for providing rewards (custom prints, etc).
I’ve spent a long, long while putting together a spreadsheet with stretch goals, projected costs, and everything. I think I could get a 10-story book out there for $1000 (with $25 payment to writers, $50 to artists), and a 40-story book out for $13,000 (with $75 payment to writers, $100 to artists). The latter is Stretch Goal #6.
(Goal thresholds are $1000, $2500, $3000, $5000, $7000, $10000 and $13000, with each one affecting either the scope of the book or amount paid to creators) I also intend to offer a commitment that all excess money above one of these tiers will also be used to compensate creators.
I’m trying to find a way to offer attractive rewards that won’t dip too heavily into the raised money. Looking for (honest, brutal if necessary) feedback on the following scale:
I’ll be operating under the following limitations:
* I’ll be submitting the work to my publisher, so cannot promise a digital copy of book as a reward (because it might not ever happen, even if a physical copy is released). And it’s my understanding that even if the main project falls through, you are still bound to provide all rewards to backers.
* Cannot offer advertising space in the book as a reward for the same reason.
There are a lot of folks out there who are fanatical about the rights of comic creators to be paid for their work – I’m hoping this campaign attracts their attention.
TL;DR: Shane’s going on about his writing career again.
Only going by anthologies Ive seen go up already, that might be a big high. I’m pretty sure physical books have been as low as $30-$40, even as an anthology.
edit: Also just wondering, would a publisher be necessary? Because isnt the point to get people to finance the printing as a part of getting the money beforehand?
edit2: Just had a quick look at the Flight books, which is an anthology series I follow, and they seem to rrp at around $27. Putting these out here to give you perspective is all 🙂
I’m wary of offering it for that, given that it might end up being a 500-600 page monster that costs me $30-40 to buy and send 😛
But you’re right, I know that looks high. But if it goes much lower than that, then there’s really no point even including it as a tier, because it won’t raise any money for the project 😛
I need to think of perks that have monetary or sentimental value, but that won’t cost anything to provide.
Edit: printing costs aren’t factored into these sums at all. Would probably need to triple each of the goals to include that, even for a modest print run… much easier to try to find a publisher. I think my publisher would be keen. Maybe I should discuss it with them.
Yeah I’m only making the point because I like anthology books, but I wouldnt personally pay more than 50 for one. If you were considering making a 500-600 page one, you could consider breaking it up into volumes. I’m not sure you’ll get people putting 100 down for that much work from people they arent completely familiar with. I like to pick up anthologies to find new artists, so I prefer to not risk too much money on that.
edit: Are you sure about that with printing too? Because the books I’ve backed have included printing costs at around $30-$40 for the book. They talk a lot about shopping around for printers in the backer feedback and finding quality at a good price, so cheaper options must be out there…
Much appreciated, man. That’s good advice. Thanks! 🙂
Re; printing, the goals may not triple, but given that I’d need to fund printing out of the crowdsourced money, they’d definitely increase by quite a lot, just to pay for the reward tiers without eating into contributor wages.
Yeah… I’m just saying from an indie comics perspective in crowdfunding, these are the people youre kind of up against, so if theyre self printing from $40 tiers, there must be avenues for you to as well. And people might even wonder why yours costs more in comparison. All still in good friendly advice Shane! ^_^
Thanks man. Can you link me to one or two anthology crowdfunding sites that you know of? I’m keen to see their reward tiers, and how much they pay contributors. Thanks! 🙂
Edit: struggling to make these sums work, I just don’t know how others are doing it! 😛
This was one of the main ones I was thinking of http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joyang/the-anthology-project-vol-2-a-collection-of-comics?play=1&ref=search
There was another one in particular I had in mind but I cant find it… because I didnt end up backing it ^_^ Some others I came across Ill link below…
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1187578829/black-torch-comic-anthology?play=1&ref=search
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/737587014/other-worlds
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/impkingcomics/game-on-the-respawn-anthology
And while this isnt an anthology, I backed this one and hes been very open in his backer feedback thing about the printing process, and how hes been doing it all himself, so I thought it might be worthwhile showing his tiers… http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryanandrews/nothing-is-forgotten-a-collection-of-short-stories
@sughly
Thanks, man. Much appreciated! 🙂
Reading through these, it seems the artwork has already been done (and paid for where mentioned)… think I’m heading back to the drawing board.
If I back the $8000 tier can I keep sending it back with demands of “More penises damnit!”
Yes, but your power will not be absolute 😛
I’ll draw @freezespreston a big veiny one
Just watched the final Doctor Who episode of this season.
MOFFAT!
MMMMMMMMMMOOOFFFFFFAAAAAAAAATTTTT!
you jammy bastard.
The more I think about this season, the more I don’t like it. There wasn’t enough lead-up for me to be invested in Clara and the whole ending felt like a complete arse-pull.
I rewatched it all (from Amy and Rory stuff onwards) and enjoyed it more without the looming mystery of Clara. She’s still a horrendously dull character, but if you watch each episode as a standalone Who story, without any of this lingering arc nonsense, they’re all generally enjoyable.
How did you feel about the ending of Journey into the Tardis after the finale?
I like Clara, that’s just your point of view. I loved Amy and Rory at first but by the start of this season I’d totally gotten over them. They should have dropped them at the end of last season and started up with clara at the start of this.
Apart from their last episode, I didn’t think there was much progression at all with Amy and Rory.
(Rory’s dad was great though.
Yeah, I was pretty sick of Amy and Rory, but I think the final part of their arc was completed nicely. Bittersweet ending of course, but it’s seldom any other way when we see off a companion. It wasn’t nearly as nasty as the sendoff Donna got.
Donna’s was my favourite because it was so sad.
Yeah, they did well in the last episode, that should have been gotten over with sooner. All the episodes at the start of the season were fairly low quality.
I couldn’t even sit through the space-cowboy one.
Of course it’s just my point of view. 😛
I will add though that as Blaghman said yesterday I think it’s a fault of the writing, not the actress, in regards to Clara. She was excellent in the Christmas special, for example. She just hasn’t been given a lot to work with.
I really like Amy and Rory but I agree they were kinda dragged along pretty pointlessly for those few episodes last year. Especially
that terrible plot point about them splitting up between series.But I did really enjoy
their story in their penultimate episode about choosing between regular life and life with the Doctor. It came way too late in their story but it was a nice thing to think about and I wish they’d done it sooner. Or, just left them at the end of The God Complex last series, because I really liked that scene.I’m a little more okay with the ending of Journey now! But still kinda annoyed by it. Glad it was called back to, in any case.
I think what they did, was have it erased so they could return to the weekly grind and then have it come up later.
This all could have been avoided of course by having that episode sit just before the finale though.
By arse-pull do you mean like it came out of nowhere with little explanation?
For me, that’s always been what Dr Who did, it is Sci Fi in the loosest sense of the word.
Dodgy psuedo scientific answers explain everything.
Yeah, that’s what I mean. The ponit is they did it with Rose, they did it with Donna, but those didn’t feel nearly as “let’s literally fix everything in five minutes”.
Because Clara wasn’t nearly as well established as the other characters it was a glaringly painful deus ex machina and I didn’t like it.
Edit: Also, I feel like the villain was equally poorly established.
Yeah, didn’t stand out to me as being any better or worse than past efforts.
Who I have always liked as a tongue in cheek adventure series. Same way I enjoyed Hercules The Lengedary Journeys.
Have fun with the adventure but laugh at the same time.
I think that’s why the Tom Baker years of Who worked so well because Douglas Adams was head writer.
I suppose you’re right, but this last couple of years it’s tried to present itself as joke sci-fi with consistently serious writing (with maybe the exception of the Neil Gaiman episodes). This ending was just like “meh, who needs a cohesive narrative anyway?”.
Just by the new starting credits alone, I’m pretty sure that Moffat is pushing this series away from the drama that oldmate was doing and back to a silly adventure series again.
That’s great for people like me who have always enjoyed that sort of thing but I don’t know how it’s going to fly with audiences who only jumped on because of the drama.
I’m torn between my love for classic Dr and my want for the series to remain a worlwide success so we just get more.
I’ll keep watching either way if it’s good but I don’t think he has a hope of reigniting the Baker-era spark.
Though I’d love to see a new treatment of the old Krikkiters script Adams did that wasn’t used and wound up being incorporated into one of his books instead.
Jammy means lucky, no?
I thought he’d set himself up quite well by saving all the good stuff for his own episodes.
Which is great when you watch his, but makes the series as a whole lesser :-/
Also,
Feels
Sam
Miss you all
Dude from work looking over my shoulder
Contact- Daft Punk
Conversation 16 – The National
I Appear Missing – QotSA
Was listening to this earlier, I really think this is a strong standout from me on the album. Love it so so much
When i think back to recent releases, I reckon this album is the one i’ve most enjoyed for a while.
Coma – Guns n Roses
Heart’s a Mess – Gotye
Pull me under – dream theater
Queen- the show must go on
Tracey Bonham – Mother Mother.
My wife was listening The Veronicas last night while colouring her hair and I commented that I didn’t know The Veronicas did that song, which I remembered hearing in high school. My wife, music expert she is, rolled her eyes at my ignorance and reminded me that of course they didn’t. The Veronicas were around in the mid-00s whereas this song was clearly from the mid-90s, so we looked up the original on youTube.
Run Right Back – The Black Keys
@greenius
Hey! I beat miralis last night and now im somethin like HR41. do i level up from fighting anything or is it only specifically from HR8 and up quests?
…this was almost a VERY disappointing page get.
You’re higher than me! I still haven’t played for months or finished off the HR7 key quests, I’m probably about HR30+ though.
I believe it’s just from G-rank quests (so HR6+) but I think the Advance Quests give you more points towards it.
We should play sometime in July (after my exams :P) @platinum-urchin @thecracks @hindenlagen
Help me do the HR7 keys 😀
sounds like a plan.
yeah i just got lucky with a few good groups. makes everything take less time 😛
I got sick of waiting ages for a good group 😛
@sughly
Check this out. A girl I went to school with has been making some really interesting stuff. I’m not really sure how to classify this. Choral pop? I don’t know, it’s worth a listen at least.
http://aphir.bandcamp.com/
And her actual band with instruments and stuff.
http://crmwll.bandcamp.com/
Oh wow, I dig this too! Really interesting sound. Love that kind of mellow jazzy feel, but its also a really unique take on it. Cooool!
Yew! I had a feeling you’d dig these. Seems like they’re made for you.
Oooo this is quite cool…. shes talented fo sure. Argh, she sounds so much like someone but I cant put my finger on it just now. Yeah this is rad.
I wanted to buy some stuff from Amazon so I contacted my hotel and asked for it to be shipped there. They were cool with it because most of the stuff I want to use in the US and it was shipping from US also. Made sense to me! But not I have dropped a few hundred bucks on it and I’m already getting told the orders from last night are starting to ship.. I’m getting nervous about it.
Has anyone had anything shipped to a hotel before, Please only tell me conforting stories of this working with no hassle :s
Also, video got 2.300+ views in 36 hours so im really happy with that (my prior vid best was 3000 views in 2+months). Also found out that not only am I going to the Ubi press conference, but I’ll also got my invite to a Ubi party so free booze in LA. Not allowed to say much because.. you know.. don’t want to upset these dudes, but man this is freaking awesome. 🙂 As long as I get some good hands on time with watchdogs I’m good. I’ll have a phone with me and I will tweet every bloody thing I can 🙂
Never had any issues, especially if the hotel knows it’s coming. They’re usually happy to hold things for you.
No idea about hotels, but my parents do this with the caravan park they go to during Christmas holidays like every year and have never had an issue.
EDIT: Was supposed to be replying to Shady…close enough!
awesome.. yeah they sounded cool about it, but I am relying on that stuff for some filming while over there so hope its all good. Cheers,
So the Alan Wake franchise is only $4 on steam at the moment. Probably one of the best deals I have seen on steam 90% off. Hopefully we start seeing other games going for the 90% off discount as well 😀
It was like $1 a few days ago 😛
EDIT: Ah, you’re talking about Steam having higher than 75/80% discounts, rather than Alan Wake itself :P. Well the thing about that is even if it’s still 90% it’s been cheaper in other places which kind of makes it moot. If Steam did have higher % of discounts that bought it to the same price as other places then I’m all for it, but the discount is all relative. It’s just like how I’d be happy if stuff was only 50% discounted but had a lower usual price so it’s effectively just as cheap.
Basically I’m saying Steam isn’t really that cheap anymore when you’ve got places like GMG and Amazon with the occasional Humble Bundle so Steam sales aren’t really exciting anymore 🙁
Complaining about $4 for a game is going beyond Cheapius, you do realise that?
Well game and expansion and soundtrack and developer video and pdf art book
I’m not complaining about $4 for a game, I’m saying (or “complaining” as you put it) that Steam sales aren’t as cheap as other places in general.
You’re complaining about a 90% discount not being good enough and complaining about things being literally cents different.
That’s not being smart. That’s being a miserable tight arse.
If complaining about a dollar difference is being :”a miserable tightarse” then …
I’m married to one! 😛For fucks sake, I said I’m not talking specifically talking about Alan Wake but Steam in general. There’s times where something may be 75% off on Steam but the usual price is $80 – making it $20. But that same game might be only 50% off on GMG or Amazon but still be $10. So a % off discount doesn’t really determine the final price.
“Hopefully we start seeing other games going for the 90% off discount as well :D”
Tigerion is saying he’s happy to see other games get a higher % off discount on Steam (or at least that’s how I read it), which is exactly on topic with what I continued talking about. I’m sure many others wouldn’t mind a higher % discount as well but I’m saying a higher % off discount isn’t going to make much of a difference because Steam has higher prices in general, which is mostly due to Australian pricing.
And where did I say I’m being smart about it? I’m doing my own thing and saving money. I know I don’t have much so I’m budgeting and I can buy a game for $60, or buy three for $20, I’m just getting the most out of what I have.
Other times where things have been cheap I didn’t say it was a bad deal, I would always say that I would continue waiting until it’s cheaper. I still post about the deals in case others are interested in it (which has happened many times) because I know everyone has their own pricing system of sorts. I know I’ve got a pile of shame and I’ve got more than enough games to play, and I’m happy playing through the ones I currently have. Why would I buy a game for $40 (which is still cheap) when I know I won’t play it, when I can buy it later for maybe $20 when I have time to play it, it just doesn’t make sense to me.
Miserable tight arse? Bit harsh don’t you think? I said it was $1 because it was literally at least 0.01 for the exact same thing a few hours ago. I like to know how cheap things have been in the past, so I was letting others know and I know it’s helped others. I never said Alan Wake for $4 was a bad deal, I said it’s been cheaper in the past, and past being literally yesterday and in an even better deal. I’m not sure if the Steam one included American Nightmare but the Humble Bundle did which immediately makes it better.
Alan Wake for $4 is an amazing deal. I never doubted this. I paid around $25 for it on Xbox and loved it so for $4 it’s an absolute steal. Would I buy it again for $4? Probably not because I already have the game but I did not put the deal down like you assume I did.
I like to think you TAY folk know me and see that I don’t post depressing, sad or emotional stuff on TAY, I don’t argue extensively or attack people and I try my best to explain my points and opinions across rationally, but really dude? C’mon…
TAY folk: correct me if I’m wrong but this is the way I see it and you’re being completely unfair in your assumptions.
I honestly want opinions on this… am I wrong in thinking this?
This is going to be on my mind all day unless others chime in.
(sorry to “hijack” the tread Tigerion)
Sorry dude. I’m in a lot of pain at the moment and little things are setting me off that have no reason to. You’ve done nothing wrong.
Dude, for my part, I appreciate the bargain hunting you do, and think of you as thrifty, not as a tightarse. I think I’m pretty much the same as you in that regard (except am hamstrung a little in bargain-hunting because not-a-PC-gamer :P), happy to wait for prices to come down, and keen to get the best deal possible.
I understood, didn’t think el Freezo was serious.
I know dem feels though (as well you know)
Personally, I prefer hearing stories about people getting barghains than I do of people telling us how they just wasted double the money because they must have x game today.
I grew up poor and I don’t understand the mentality.
Hugs and naughty kisses
Your pal,
Emperor jimu AKA jimu
You’re clearly just upset about your little green shirt.
I’m sure you’ll find another one for a good price soon.
It’s okay I bought a bigger one a few weeks ago, just for you <3
Arrested Development S4 Episode 11 was AMAZING!
So far I’ve been a bit mixed about S4 so far but that episode just redeemed everything!
I’m sure they’d really consider a S5 and I’m sure the quality will go downhill but I don’t really care, it’s better than not coming back at all. I wasn’t sure about the whole “one character per an episode” thing but it’s worked well as I do enjoy it when events are out of placed and are all intertwined. I’d probably prefer if they stuck to the normal format if there was a S5 though.
There’s probably going to be a season 5. Let’s just say.. er.. nothing wraps up at the end of S4.
And this is the gob- yep, it’s the gob episode. 😛
Mild finale spoilers, I guess?
Yeah, there’s almost definitely something coming after that ending. I’m expecting maybe a movie, but reports are that Netflix want another season.I saw that you said it was really good on a previous page so I went in with high expectations and they were exceeded 😀
Having watched the whole thing, the story only really clicks into place properly towards the end. You really have to stick out the whole season before you can make a proper judgement on any of the episodes, just because of how the series plays out. I loved it though.I was judging episodes based on the “lol” factor 😛
I was judging your face based on the “lol” factor.
10/10
BullyDKIAF
Give me your lunch money.
And your milk.
MMMM Milk… NOMNOMNOMNOM
That’s some chunky old milk you have there D:
@jimu
Malk.
@bdkiaf
My bones feel so brittle…
Movie.
If I recall S4 was supposed to set up the movie? But surely if it’s profitable or popular they can ride the hype and make a S5. Netflix have said they’re keen if the cast are.
My son is watching E.T. for the first time. He’s mesmerised.
Wow!
I couldn’t sit through that at all when I was young.
I was all about The Time Machine and Empire Strikes Back.
WARNING: Tears incoming
It’s finished.
“Was that a good movie,little man?”
“Uh-huh. We should buy that tomorrow. On DVD and Blu-Ray. And is it on at the movies? And we should buy a special toy of that spaceship.”
Haha I bought a pair of Sennheiser headphones the other day (HD 218i) which retail for like $50-100 but oddly enough my inner earbud cheapo Logitech UE200 (which I bought for like $6) sound a bit better 😛
Maybe it’s because I’m not used to headphones and the inner ear types are closer to the ear but eh 😀
But the bass sounds pretty doof doof though!
Headphones won’t immeadietly be better than earphones.
But $6, compared to $50 they should :-/
I bought a pair of $9 Sony earphones and I am shocked at how good they are!
As for price I think the UE200 earbuds retail for around $30 and I got a bunch of them for $6ish each
The Sennheiser has been around $40 at its cheapest on Amazon but it’s supposed to be in the low $100 range :P, got them for $30 though.
Based on “you get what you pay for” which is true for most things, I just thought they’d be better. Not that I’m unhappy with them or anything though 🙂
The older metro.fi branded UE200’s or the new colourful Logitech branded UE200’s? 😛
Headphones are gonna sound different to earphones, especially if that’s what you’re used to. Plus Sennheiser’s sound signature is totally different from UE’s. UE – balanced, more natural sound. Sennheiser – bass heavy.
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff262/jpathy/IMG_6340.jpg these ones!
I guess it’s different because the earbuds are closer to my ear. They were also the noise cancelling type which made it easier to hear the music.
The new ones 😛
I’m guessing like you said it’s the isolation that’s the problem. The Sennheiser’s just sit on your ears by the looks of it. You’ll get used to it btw!
Funnily enough I prefer using my $70 pair of Creative headphones over my expensive UE earphones. The earphones sound better, but eh.
edit: What’s up with the moderation? :S
See below! Wisehacker asked about it and Strange and I cleared some things up 🙂
Guh, anyone wanna come pick me up and take me to harvey norman so i can get a Wii U? Main problem with where i live: getting places. :/
Get a Vita!
tell retailers to lower their prices then maybe,
They did, I linked you, several times >:-(
In all honesty if you already have a PS3 and PS+ then you’re probably better off with a Vita. So much games just from PS+ alone!
Wii U doesn’t have much at the moment but it’s getting stuff. Probably better to wait it out anyway unless you want another dust collecting machine 😛
he does have PS+ and he’s been “buying” the free vita games etc
Then…
@gutsoup
Get a Vita!
😛
I was gonna be all lolol it has no games, then remembered he was going to buy a WiiU.
Wii U’s looking pretty great after all those PS4 & XBone announcements!
@jimu Yeah im just jesting. I think Ive brought it up with you before, but I have all the confidence in the WiiU, just needs time. DS started off the exact same way, and now its one of my favourite consoles.
Oh, I was serious.
I had little confidence in the Wii U to begin with, personally I mean, could have made plenty I dunno. I don’t like the Wii much at all thanks to motion controls and that made me worried about Wii U.
There have been no games to really excite me and my favourite Ninty franchises aren’t what they used to be (Im sure they’re fine, but not to my taste anymore).
I’ve always owned a Ninty console alongside another, Ninty has been the mainstay since the SNES for me.
I don’t like what they do these days as much as I once did. It makes me a little sad but what can I do?
But yeah, worse than all that is some of the new features on PS4 and XBone. I’m sure plenty of people here are willing to put up with it, but I’m not. So the Wii U suddenly looks more enticing simply for the fact that it’s more like a traditional console that the others sound.
Of course, early days yet, who knows what will happen. 🙂
Doubt it’s going to happen, seems like they’ve sold out really quickly.
@Beavwa told me that a friend of his tried to get one about 30 minutes after him and he couldn’t do it. I know it was removed from the site pretty quickly and the guy he talked to at Harvey Norman reckoned they would all be gone since it was way under cost,
Must be time to…
Give me the money!
OH FFS *%$# it ALL, I miss all the good deals.
*Annoyed Gutsoup steps out of TAY to spare the TAYbies his irate rantings*
Gonna go home and hermit 🙁
You comin’ to @freezespreston’s thingy?
He has a handsome thingyI’d say not, have no idea where it is how I’d get there etc.
yup, no good, should of just assumed it wouldn’t be considering it’s me trying and that seems to be my life at the moment, a series of dissapointments. Anyway I’ve been in a terrible mood this week and have been keeping it outta TAY, I think I’m seeping some of my negativity into this place so I’m gonna remove myself for a couple days.
Have a good weekendius 😀
Aw man, hope your weekend is good too my friend!
To be honest I haven’t noticed your negativity seeping into TAY at all.
Just take it as good news and it means you now have $340 to spend on other stuff (Vita perchance?)
Watch this guy, @gutsoup
He’ll convince you to get a Vita then tell you there’s no games 😛
One game* 🙂
Yeah but that’s “just a port” so it doesn’t count ;-P
Enhanced port though!
Shakespeareansomethingsomethingmumbleindistinctly
Guys guys guys. It’s @dc’s epic first post on Potaku. Show him some love!
@dc
Dood! I didn’t know you had that kind of skill with words!
That was really well done.
The only thing I can see against it was you apologise too much. It’s your opinion, guy.
😀 😀 😀
10/10 wordsmiths!
Yeah exactly my complaint. He’s too hesitant and apologetic and needs to own his opinions. I guess in life as well as in his writing. 😛
EDIT: I totally mis-read that…
@dc is awesome, I agree! 😀
Yeah for sure man. I think it sucks, because I reckon it comes partly from people getting a bit defensive and touchy in here (myself included in times gone by) about other peoples opinions when it comes to games or music or movies. Just gotta learn to live with each others opinions, and dc, you gotta just embrace it dude. Your opinions matter just as much as anyone elses.
To be honest, I often feel kind of inferior to everyone else. Like some sort of… sub-human or something. Haha. I know that sounds bad, but I’ll put more weight into the opinions of my friends than my own any day… Don’t see that changing any time soon either…
🙁 🙁
That is…not healthy. 🙁
:’) Thanks for the kind words, my friend!
Well done @dc. @shane better watch his back. There’s new talent in town.
@dc, I’m up for collaboration. Want to ride on those coat-tails, all the way up.
Otherwise, I’m prepared to fight 😛
Watch out and keep an eye on your daughter. I don’t think that fire is too far off.
Hear that, @dc? Test your fire extinguisher, just in case.
Aw thanks, Freeze.
Aw, thanks for publishing Alex. Kind of terrified that people are experiencing my illiteracy though. XD
STOP IT!!!
Doofus. 😛
Sorry.
*runs* 😛
People are enjoying it. Relax!
What’s this relax thing you speak of? 😛
Me, I ‘liked’ it out of pity.
Just saying.
Don’t even joke about that, man.
You’re writing better article than a lot of the rest of us
(Sorry everyone and me)
Wings of Prey is $3.74 on Green Man Gaming if anyone’s interested.
Is that a mash-up game? 😛
Can someone please tell me why of late some of my posts are moderated for extreme periods of time? I made some posts early this morning in other threads and they are still waiting moderation.
Last week it was really annoying because my posts would take almost 24 hours to be moderated.
EDIT: Stranger still, if I edit my ‘moderating’ posts, it gets them ‘unstuck’, for want of a better term, and posted.
What is going on?
There’s a lot of people that has happened to. Apparently it’s a bug of some kind. If you click the “contact” button on the top right of the page and then “Report Issue” you should be able to let the tech people know and they’ll fix it for you.
Don’t worry about it too much, I don’t think it’s anything wrong with you. Lately the Allure sites (at least Kotaku) have had problems with moderation with a lot of us experiencing instant moderation for no reason. But like you said, editing the comment will get it out of moderation which is weird, so you’ll just have to edit them rather than waiting out the moderation.
Usually posts will only go into moderation if someone is posting for the first time under a new account/email address, or the post contains two or more links. There’s also the rare case where comments will go into moderation or disappear if it looks like “spam”. If you mess up with the two link thing you can always edit one out which will allow your post to go through immediately.
When I had the instant moderation issue I just logged out, restarted my browser and it was gone, but it has come back briefly a few times.
@Strange and Greenius: Thanks for the heads up. One of my stuck posts was just asking if I was reading the copyright year correctly in that Dead Tide ad.
It had been stuck since 9 AM today and it is only unstuck now because I edited a mistake out.
Kickstarter
The games are almost always PC exclusive. I realise it’s harder to get games on consoles but is it not an issue blocking out potential backers?
I mean, I only don’t play PC games cos I find it uncomfortable, you know there’s a billion and one fanbois out there who are anti-master race on principle only :-/
I think the main issues lie with coding games for certain consoles, as well the intricacies of getting it released on XBL/PSN. Whereas with PC, pretty much anyone can write a game, and release it directly to people if they like.
That’s what gets me – you can easily get XNA but you need to be a member of the correct Microsoft program (I forget which as it’s been a while since I last tried) to be able to run your debug/test code on an XBox.
At one point, I thought it would be fun to try and program for the PS3 because of its Cell BE chip but the best I could get was a set of APIs from IBM and even then I did not have full access to the hardware.
The irony is when I finally got some practice down on the Cell BE simulator on my PC, JeoHotz successfully hacked the PS3 and, well, you can guess the rest. Not long after that IBM removed the download packages and shut down the Cell BE developer portal.
But back on topic (sorry for deviating so far). Even if one has the API, consoles have special buses so they can output the graphics, etc, in a timely manner. This means one really needs to know a thing or two about program timing (threading) and be a memory management guru.
Finally, there is just no easy means of sharing your code with friends to try on their own consoles. On PCs, just set the compiler to release and you are done.
This is an awesome reply. I proudly upvote! Interesting that you genuinely tinkered with PS3 development and looked into xbla. Kudos man. Or woman.
It may also be something to do with licensing fees for the consoles being a bit much extra to make a Kickstarter too feasible.
These are all rather long answers to tell me that the cost is too much
But thanks 🙂
@ynefel @wisehacker
Any chance that Ninty and Sony’s support of Unity will help at all?
Even if they did, there is still the issue of getting your prototype on the console itself.
I have not dealt with them but I would not be surprised if it closely resembles development on Apple iOS devices.
Long story short, you first have to be a member of the correct Apple Developer program, have developer keys generated, paired your test device(s) (iPhone, iPad, etc) so they have keys and are recognised by Xcode as your test devices, then you can build an install the applications for testing.
So while one can test on his or her own device, one still cannot share his or her own application. The only way is to add your friend’s device(s) to Xcode as extra development devices under your own name.
I am sure there are work arounds but I have not had the time to learn and try them.
Reading all of this, despite having a vague idea of it all already, just makes me appreciate PC that much more. I generally prefer games on consoles too, but as far as indie gaming goes PC is just miles and miles ahead.
Yes and no. While PCs have more hardware and have a shackle free distribution model building games for PCs can be a nightmare.
It lies in PCs being customisable while consoles have a fixed hardware layout. PCs have a huge magnitude of hardware configurations and that just explodes when you also factor in operating system drivers and software configurations.
While there are abstractions to ease development (and allow for inspection of the capabilities of the machine) the nightmare can still exist depending on what software applications are installed.
The biggest pain is memory management. On consoles it is just your game and possibly a minimal OS on the console. On PCs, there is the operating system, its drivers, anti-virus software and any open applications. All fighting for RAM allocation and time on the CPU.
Best way of putting it: its like trying to share 10 tickets to the world’s Justin Beiber fans. There is going to a riot somewhere.
Granted, Beiber is a spoilt brat but he still has a sizable fan base.
Yeah but at least there’s the capabilities of getting something made and distributed before even worrying about how well it runs. Granted, having it run well is pretty important, but so is actually having people be able to get it and play it 😀
granted
Thanks
edit: awww downvote! :'(
SKYRIM is $19.50
http://dicksmith.com.au/product/YG2748/xbox360-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim
Have reserved my copy. For that price, I’ll try it. How about you?
Nah. Game’s too big and daunting. Too much pressure 😛
I suspect I’ll be giving it away on TAY soon enough for reasons not unlike those 😛
I platinumed that, took a loooooooooooog time, If it grabs you it’s well worth finishing,
Probably better off waiting until next weeks legendary edition, more pricey but on disc DLC can be very convenient.
Oh yeah, that’d be why it’s cheap!
Ah well, not for me. None of the DLC I’ve read about has intrigued me.
Also, unsure about the main game because Oblivion bored me. This is a good entry price point 😛
I don’t think that’s why, more likely end of financial year clearance.
I highly doubt the business model at Dick Smith determine trend by parallel products.
I’ve been holding out on the DLC on disc version this long already. I can wait a little longer for a price drop on Ozgame 🙂
Is anyone else also having problems using Google today? I keep getting this DIVX banner and a loading screen that constantly loads and refuses to let me click the text box, frustrating.
Been fine for me so far. Using Chrome on desktop.
Armikrog – 3 backers over $3500 and one over $6000.
Toying with the idea of backing the $125 Physical Boxed Collectors edition.
I have my issues with the idea of Kickstarters but The Neverhood was just too damn big a part of my formative gaming years to ignore this.
Aw maaaan, I’m SO tempted to get the boxed version too, but I dont know… so low on funds right now, and have spent so much on games recently. It pains me to watch this go by though :'(
Why is activating wings of prey such a bloody pain in the ass?
I have it on Steam and I don’t recall it being much of a hassle, though I may not be remembering clearly.
It’s actually not a bad game…it’s on the list of games I should give more time to 😛
I got it off green man gaming for a bargain, and I was hoping it would have Steam activation, but it didn’t. 🙁
So now I’m activating it via torrent (Legally).
I decided on my Zuzzy Mat 😀
Wounded City! 😀
http://www.zuzzy.com/wc-bb-001-terra-flex-gaming-mat.html
Soooo purdy. Got the 4’x6′
Glad you listened to me
your reply, from what i interpreted, was “they’re all pretty cool” lol
But yeah, i think this one looks really great.. now the 7+ week wait begins 😐
So i’ve started playing Fallout 3: GOTY – Finally.
Anyone got any useful tips? 😛
Don’t die.
Duly noted.
Talk to every fourth person you see.
Always choose the first dialogue option in the list.
If you get a choice in direction, turn left. Always.
If you get a bigger gun, equip it immediately and use it until you run out of ammo. Then next biggest gun, and so on.
Attempt to speak with everyone you see before you open fire, even if they are shooting at you.
Save never.
Sage wisdom, indeed…
I think, using the gun the cureent enemy uses is a good tip.
I was always trying to use my preffered gun at first and it kept breaking and I kept running out of ammo.
If you use what’s popular at the time and level up your repair skill you won’t have to visit so many stores 🙂
Hey that’s actually pretty usefull. Thanks, man! 😀
don’t pick up useless shit
But what if i really need it sometime?!!
how do i know what’s useless?!?!
WON’T I NEED A PLATE TO EAT?!?!
I picked up so much crap the first time and was often overencumbered or whatever term they use.
Don’t focus on what you “should” do, go with what you/your character would do. It’s far more fun when you avoid trying to go with the “best” decision/action (speaking from personal experience).
Reading that back it sounds like I’m saying “ROLE PLAY THE ROLE PLAYING GAME”. I guess I sort of am 😛
Dress as a naughty nurse.
Gotcha
No, what your character would do, not you.
Too late.
I’m a naughty nurse.
Now settle down before i’m forced to give you a hot beef injection
Well, I dunno about nurse, but there’s a few sexy outfits in the wasteland…
French maid?
There’s actually an outfit called Sexy Sleepwear.
I may or may not have worn it through most of the game. I admit nothing.
REALLY?!?!
WHERE DO I FIND IT!?!?!
*RUNS TO GOOGLE*
DAMN IT I NEED TO BE PLAYING AS A WOMAN!!
WHY DID I WANT MUTTON CHOPS?!
You can still wear t as a man. It’s what I did. Rather fetching leopard print jimjams.
Well, that’s my last class at uni done. Couple of exams over the next few weeks, bit other than that I made it through first semester \o/
Congrats, man!
Last time I tried uni I only lasted about 5 weeks, so it’s an achievement 🙂
Yep – i’ve got exams week after next as well. Now it’s all revision. revision, revision..
Oh and catching up on the stuff i haven’t done yet :S
Whatcha studying?
I’m in the same boat as you and Loops. Ugh exams! I always stress out about them because I literally know next to nothing for my units but then I cram everything into the week before the exam and go in confident knowing that I actually know stuff 😀
Good luck to us all!
At least we have each other.
*knowing wink*
I know I’ve spoken about Night of the Rabbit a lot, but holy damn, it’s one of the best games I’ve played in a long time. A gaming anti-depressant. Feel so much happier than I was before I started the game. 😀
Can’t we all just get along little doggie?
No one can be in a bad mood after looking at that.
I’m going to go pinch bee until she’s REALLY mad then show her that picture to really test the theory.
It can only go well.
“Good Luck” – Lylat Wars
‘Do a barrel roll’ might be more appropriate.
Don’t get too cocky, Star Fox.
I am the great LEOOON!
You’re right. That was a total reply fail, and I don’t even care \o/
Challenge rankings:
1.) @freezespreston
2.) @bdkiaf
3.) @blaghman
Congrats to everyone who’s participating.
Hope it’s keeping you motivated and sorry for all the sabotage. 😛
I did push-ups, dude. Push-ups. For literally no reason other than points. I don’t know what’s happened to me. AND IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT.
That’s achievement whoring. Says more about you than it does about me. 😛
YOU bring out the worst in me. Therefore it’s your fault. *folds arms stubbornly*
Triceps Dips and High Knees! More points and easier than push-ups!
This is coming from a fellow Point Whore
Put your weight up to 300kg and do one triceps dip. Workout over for the week.
But that would be cheating!
Unless I put on the weight first… NEW STRATEGY!
@dc, diet tips please!
Edit: actually, here’s what I did today. I skipped breakfast and lunch and had a whole packet of chocolate and caramel biscuits instead. I think I’m qualified to give advice.
Do what I did. Only have two packets.
Except don’t skip breakfast and lunch. Just have more chocolate and caramel biscuits for those meals.
I’ve been eating better this last week. Cataloni, Leek and Potato Soups, etc. 😀
Clearly you know your joules.
I can see you’ll be a fitting adversary.
With High Knees, we’re counting right-leg-left-leg as one rep, right? Because if not, I should do more of them.
I’m pretty sure it’s just right leg up as one rep 😛 (at least that’s how I’m doing it)
Oh. Then I should double all my counts. Also, my step ups from the last 2 days have also been half the actual number… I could be getting a lot more points here.
Were you counting step ups as one rep for both legs instead of one for each? I couldn’t find step-ups on there so I didn’t do them. I noticed you did weighted ones at 0.1kg so I assume you’re just doing normal ones on a seat/bench?
I actually do them on the side of my bath, so it’s a little high. And yeah, counting left and right as one, since it was giving me like 55 points for 10, so I figured that it would be cheating to count it as one each.
High Knees. Is that anything having legs in the air while sprawled on the highest point of the nearest couch? I can totally do that while playing Dark Souls.
I ate a whole bowl of massaman curry chicken all on my own today, how many points do I get for that?
None for eating curry.
Lots and lots of points for pooping it out.
Oh my…
I feel kind of bad participating in this because I’m not doing it for fun or points but because I have to for the police.
I don’t understand why feel bad. If anything, it’s good that we can sort of support and track your progress in some way, because we like keeping tabs on each other. Or something less stalkery and more supportive.
My words failure today.
I feel bad for signing up and doing nothing.
Wait, no I dont. I dont at all.
same,
Nah, that’s a bit silly. The fact that you’re ahead of me is extra motivation. Which was the whole point of starting the Fitocracy group in the first place.
Everyone has their own reasons.
People will be motivated to catch up to you and you’ll be motivated to stay ahead of them. It’s exactly how it should be.
I just want to add onto my point about peoples opinions to dc above – I really do apologise to people that I know I’ve annoyed in recent times based on discussions around differing opinions. I’m only ever trying to express my opinion, so I don’t mean any offense, and none should be taken. I’m not yelling at you or whatever else its been called. Just strongly expressing what I think. I like to express myself pretty strongly at times, but I dont do it to belittle people, so I’m kind of bummed people have seemed to have taken it that way.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about then this probably isnt for you and I apologise to you for nothing!
Well, I cried for weeks after what you said to me this morning. Just so you know.
I don’t think your post applies to me, actually.It was directed solely at you, why is communicating with you so hard!?!
Translation: @sughly hats you all.
Pretty much this
I for one am looking for convo, I hate that a differing opinion can cause people to run and hide when all I want to do is learn more about why a person feels that way.
I’ve had some genuinely good convos that have either turned my opinion around, informed me of something I didn’t know of & introduced me to a new love and helped me to understand why people keep bagging my likes.
I don’t think your post applies to me eitherNo it really doesnt haha. I tend to start making it personal, but only after the other person does.
Sughly’s a cool guy!
It might just be me, but doesn’t the fact that you feel like you have to apologise for expressing your opinion seem a little ridiculous?
I don’t know. I kind of wish we’d heard a little more of it at Nuremberg.
Haha! Hmmm… no, I’m meant to be apologising for giving off the wrong idea. I’m trying to say all I was doing was giving my opinion. Just… maybe a little too passionately ^_^
I don’t think this post is intended for me.
You offend me all the time, its not even worth trying to work things through
Troubles afoot at the Circle TAY.
Seems to happen a lot these days.
Do what?
The samba, it’s simply MARVELous
Going home from work. Can’t take customers any more. My foot has ballooned up and is in agony up to the knee.
I probably went back to work too early.
For ducks sake would you stop getting these horrible page gets.
Back to the couch.
You’ve been given a reprieve with your Dark Souls platinum goals, because I’ve been stuck at the Duke’s Archives. But NOT ANYMORE.
As a completely legit doctor I recommend that @freezesperston should play games (starting with Dark Souls plat) for a week until his foot gets better. If you need a repeat on this script just let me know.
I thought you said back to the ouch, and I was all ohhhh shane and his play on words.
Then I realised you said the proper thing. You have spoiled the way I think of you and what you say.
Go back to the doc and get a few more days off.
The foot needs rest!
Is it page new yet?
Yes.
\o/
Weather wouldn’t let us go out to a movie but Movies-At-Home Day seems to working out better. We’re now watching the first Harry Potter movie and my son is loving it.
The only problem is we have no lollies or choctops or popcorn or frozen coke. 🙁
Put can of coke in freezer.
Boom.
Literally.It didn’t go”Kaboom”? hate it when that happens.I have all of those things in my van.
Tell your son.
I’m laughing even though I know I shouldn’t be. 😛
Cut up some fruit for him? Fruit, it’s nature’s lollies (though not as good as the real thing).
I’ve always made a big fuss about fruit with my kids, pretending it’s a treat. It works really well. 😀
I suppose that’s better than what my parents did, which was pretend soft drink was akin to poison so me and my sister wouldn’t want any.
That worked up until I tried to poison my brother.
What were you going to watch? So much rubbish on the cinemars at the moment :/
Star Trek: Into Darkness.
12 Hours until The Last of us demo unlocks
Not sure if staying up to 3 AM to play a demo is smart…
Beats the alternative
Staying up to 3 AM to buy drugs.That is debatable.
Not even a trip to the dentist can stop my self-promotion.
http://youtu.be/6GsZN06BxKk
Check your spelling at the door. TInyURL link goes nowhere! 😛
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiixed.
Was the drugs good? It led me to this which I thought was unreasonably funny, and ask the drug question http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=re-ZM_x9BSw
Holy shit. That’s exactly what I was like when I got my wisdom teeth out.
The dude wheelchaired me downstairs to get in Sally’s car. We get outside and it was maybe 20 metres from the chair to the car.
Drugged out of my freaking mind I proceeded to get out of the chair and dance the 20 metres to the passenger side door and then apparently smack talk my girlfriend the entire way home.
I then passed out sitting up and drooled blood and spit all down my doonah.
Good times.
Y’know what? Subscribed.
On Youtube, I mean. Because I don’t have iTunes and don’t particularly wish to invest in it.
But I *do* enjoy the podcast, and appreciate the effort that goes into making it available through other avenues.
Zeitgeist, along with Potaku and I’m sure many others, are deserving of far larger audiences than they currently possess.
Cheers, guys.
FITOCRACY!!
I’m eating cherry ripe!
-100 points!!!
…i wanted to be part of everything
/solonely
Is that a thing?
*Buys 200 Cherry Ripes*
Not sure if tilde or negative sign… fry.jpg
Jesus @dc. Could the tutorial for Night of the Rabbit be any more patronising?
You can skip it if you want. I thought it was amusingly self-aware compared to the terrible Deponia one. XD
Aw man. Just got stuck for 20 mins because I didn’t realise the screen scrolled when I walked to the edge. /o\
*hipster adventure gamer mode* Amateur mistake! 😛
Such a pretty game, though. Might even be prettier than Rayman Origins.
It comes and shops at your store?
Really, though – all the talk of this game (advencha!) is making me more and more interested.
Thanks, TAYmarketing.
So I have a 75% off Lunar flight voucher from steam. Not sure if it stacks with the current sale but its probably $2.50 with the voucher.
I already have it so if anybody is interested let me know and i’ll send it across
@crazyguy1990 @virus__ – both of you magnificent bastards gifted me the Alan Wake pack on Steam today, literally within minutes of each other. I have to decline one of you! But I can’t decide who!!!
Flip a coin!
He took Ur Jerbs!!!
haha, damn it thought I was gonna be the only one lol.
Either way if you know of anyone that might want a copy feel free to sling mine off to them. Since I don’t know anyone else that wants, otherwise i’ll just troll @sughly with it if there’s no one else that doesn’t want it =D
Oh yeah! I forgot @sughly LOVES that game! 😀
I am surprised he doesn’t own it on Steam already!
Remooooved.
mental image of cow saying this for obvious reasons
Changed upvote to down for remooooooooval.
I got told to :'(
I almost did as well but thought I would check when I got home
The joys of impressive sales and only one person having it on their wishlist
Great work both of you
Haha, no brainer really. It’s a fun game (despite what Sughly thinks :P) I enjoyed it and liked the concept a few share my thoughts lol.
I’ve only played the first/base game (w/ dlcs) and quite enjoyed it.
The DLC episodes were rubbish though.
I thought All American Nightmare was great, given how cheesy it was, and the only people you interacted with were extremely hot women lol.
After my I’m Bored With Ninty rant to @sughly this afternoon, it was nice to come home and watch this:
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/uujebd/the-final-bosman-what-about-nintendo-
😀
Awww man, that was so good. That elephant metaphor is the best. “why dont you make a console based pokemon game>” “nope” “whats going on with the virtual console?” “bupbadbumdum…”
Really puts it into perspective well though. Man I love Nintendo XD
Wasn’t quite understanding how his no buttons metaphor worked though :-/
Noooo. No, neither.
@bdkiaf Chvrches update on facebook –
Woop woop!
Expected:
@dc in regards to Night of the Rabbit
Is Churchmouse Jr dead? It’s really creepy.Dammit Tigs, that thing says spoiler for a reason
Clicked and saw some random text before my brain caught up with the fact that I shouldn’t click and read that.
So question for you, is it worth getting?
Haha, not really a spoiler, just an observation. I’m enjoying the game. The puzzles seem to be fairly logical so far and not too ridiculous and the story is quite interesting. Some really odd characters. Little bit of an Alice in Wonderland vibe to it. The only negatives I have so far is the main character is a bit too goody two shoes (think Oliver from Ni no Kuni), you just want him to steal something or punch someone sometimes and the game can be a bit overly verbose at points, can take 5 or 6 sentences to say something where one would have been enough.
Haha! I love that the character is good natured and friendly. A welcome change from the sarcastic, world weary jerks of some adventure games. XD
You mean like Rufus? I found the more of an unlikeable jerk he became the more pathetically endearing he became. It’s just so sad and amusing to see how earnestly he loves himself.
Yeah, I loved Rufus too. Even Guybrush Threepwood is a bit of an arrogant jerk. I find them both endearing, but it’s a nice change of pace after playing those games though. 😀
It’s a complicated relationship you have with Rufus in Deponia, because sometimes it’s amusing to see his schemes collapse even though you’re supposed to ‘be’ the character. XD
I don’t know, man. Very off-putting though. D:Hey would anyone happen to be interested in a multiplayer get-together (probably on PC unless I can find a hella cheap XBL dealy) this weekend?
I’ve recently been sinking some hours into Trackmania (Nations, and more recently 2 Stadium), the first of which is free, the latter being around $9 on Steam should you be interested in it?
Other than that, I’d really love to see some suggestions, perhaps an MMO (ideally F2P or super-cheap to get into, along with easy to pick up/little or no grind involved?) or similar?
Actually, what about Planetside 2? That was always a bit of fun, although I don’t believe we ever got more than 10 of us playing simultaneously.
Or this is also ok if I can remember to dl it again.
10 seems like a pretty large number?
I think I’ve got like a 6GB update required, so I’ve put it off for a long while 😛
Do it, I’ll be there
Consider it done. I’ll set it to D/L overnight, keen for some fun tomorrow/tomorrow night?
Count me in man, I should be available to have a crack at it. Having never played with you guys before, will I need any other software apart from the game? Like a voice chat program or something?
Also apologies in advance, I’ve never played an FPS with a m/kb from memory, and I play my PC from the couch, so there’s not much room for mouse movement.
@ me here or on twitter when you wanna jump on, we’ll see if I’m any good!
Hey man, that’d be awesome!
We typically use Teamspeak, I’ll run it past (I think @trjn is currently commandeering the server?) whoever is in charge of the server and see if I can pass on the details 😀
@mythamphetamine Sweet man lemme know!
@mythamphetamine We’re pretty relaxed about passing on the server details to anyone interested. It’s only private because we’ve had a few dickheads wander in in the past.
@trjn As long as this dickhead gets in I’ll be happy haha
Once the 12GB (!) is downloaded, I can get in on this. #freeloader
If you see me on steam sometime, hit me up for some GW2?
Or can moo!
What a bold anagram!It took me WAAAAAAAY too long to make sense of that anagram.
@dc Did you discover the other alternate mode of transportation in SotC other then walking and the horse. (Who controlled alright when running in a straight line)
Was that the Eagle thing? Nope.
Jump and grab then it flys you off a cliff. There are also turtles.
Thos hands free burger things are kind of disturbing. What do you do if you need to talk or breathe?
Eat more.
I am not a horse…
Had a really good day today. Not really sure why, I just felt good 😛
Finished re-reading Battle Royale on the train today. Such a great, great book. So good. I had to control my facial expressions reading it on the train haha Didn’t want people to see me cringing and smiling and going D: Might rewatch the film this weekend. I really think the two complement each other well.
Played some more Fire Emblem on the train today too. It really gets a lot easier once you’re past the first few chapters. Super difficult at the start because of how fragile most units are (and I refuse to use Frederick :P)
Also, Nintendoo Direct in an hour! 😀 Even though it’s in Japanese I can look at the pretty pictures and Iwata’s face. E3 Direct soon too! Hopefully they’re at decent times…
Also also, because it’s on sale: Alan Wake is survival-horror, right? How scary are we talking? Can a wuss like me play it? 😛
I didn’t find it at all scary, but then, I’ve only found Amnesia to be mildly scary, at best, so I’m probably not the best gauge for this.
Scary isnt the right word. I’m thinking, hmmm… lemme think…
Lame. Yeah, thats the word I’m after.
Oh Sughly, always have to be the downer when it comes to Alan Wake.
You just can’t handle that his name is Alan Wake. And he’s a writer.
Basically
Ew, I have to play as a writer?
It’s worth it though, there’s a character who calls you by different famous author names every time he sees you. Worth it entirely for that one dude.
shanewsmith.com/blog
I’m sure you’ve got your answer but it’s okay. I’m pretty wuss-y too but it wasn’t too bad.
I’ve hit a point where everything is hard again, but that’s only because I’m trying to level up some low level guys, so they’re just getting their faces smashed in by their high level opponents.
Except for Mercenary Donnel. He eats face.
I’m trying to use everybody that I didn’t use last time. Kellam is surprisingly useful when I can find him. Also Vaike is much better this time because he isn’t dead (yet).
Also it’s great pairing people up again. I’ve already got Chrom/Female Avatar locked down and close to baby-makin’. Everyone else is playing the field.
EDIT: Because of the conversation below, I should probably clarify here that by “pairing people up” I meant with relationships, not pairing for battle 😛
I have Kellam with Cordelia. It’s great because they take almost no damage.
Whereas Frederick/8 year old dragon lady actually take no damage. Which is wonderful.
And Donnel dodges everything thanks to being paired with Panne.
Do you actually pair people up (as in have the 2 characters on the same square) or just have them stand side by side?
Always paired up. I swear they’re about 6 times as strong like that.
Maybe my guys are just terrible then. It doesnt seem to matter if I have them paired up, they always seem to die just as quickly. And not having as many attacks each turn seems counter to the way I tend to play the game.
I just over-levelled the shit out of my characters through that one free DLC mission, so they smash everything forever.
@blaghman – I didnt get it in time for the DLC to still be free 🙁 Got to do things the old fashioned way. Grinding on Reeking boxes at the moment before the Valmese start invading in earnest
Depends. I usually only pair-up to train weaker characters (eg. Frederick paired with Donnel increases Donnel’s strength enough so that he can actually get some kills and EXP). For people who can hold their own I just put them side-by-side so I don’t waste any turns un-pairing them later.
I should stop putting multiple topics in a single post. I DON’T KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE UPVOTING
I was thinking a few days ago that we need some sort of elaborate system, where we can attach our upvotes to certain parts of the text, so you’ll know exactly what it is that people like about whatever you’ve said.
Then I realised that that would get really, really, complicated and messy.
Make it like Sound Cloud where we can attach our own comments in-between words of others’ comments. That will be easy to read and won’t result in severe trolling.
EVERYTHING
UNDER PRESSURE! (I think this is quickly becoming my developing theme song)
Yeah, sing it Bowie
I have a thing for this version 😛
I dun think I like this one XD
I might’ve just backed Massive Chalice….
That pitch videos was also hilarious!
YAY FOR VIDEO GAMES!
Yay for YOU! I wish I had moar moneys… Id back it if I had moar moneys…
Armikrog.
Good point
Wipeout 2048 get!
P4G? :O
Oh, I got that two days ago. 🙂
101 upvotes
Just watched Hotel Transylvania. Solid film if a little heavy handed.
Just like The Place Beyond the Pines!
Now I’m just trolling @sughly. 😛Wouldn’t know. Haven’t seen it.
I knowit. Dickman.
I love the character design of the girl. Favourite thing about that whole film is her XD
Hot damn, what a song, WHAT A SONG http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njCps4jGaks (night time half drunk Sughly likes to post songs so what sue me)
please dont sue meWhere’s that @mcgarnical guy when you need him? 😛
Yes, WHERE. Where indeed.
QUICK! Someone get me a Japanese 3ds and teach me Japanese before July 25th pls.
You’ll wait for the localised Ace Attorney 5 and you’ll like it!
I will? I WILL! Thanks popo!
Oh-Hi-Oh-guy-sigh-I-must, Sully.
What-Ashley-wa, Blaghman Desk-ooh.
And that concludes Japanese, lesson one.
*scribbles down notes* thanks hugh
WHERE ARE YOUR FRIENDS TONIIIIIIIIIGHT XD aka where is @mcgarnical
I wish there were friends here… :'(
:'(
No no I mean at my place, inside my palce, in the flesh. Being drunk with me. Dont sad face me!
Hehe, palce
😀
Better?
Yes. More of that pls.
But it makes my face hurt! 😛
But it makes my heart feel good!
@sughly Okay, fine!
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Except now it looks like a bunch of horrified faces instead of very happy ones. 😛
Frieeeeend! (Though tonight I’ve got to spend some quality time with my oldest friend… adventure games. XD NIGHT OF THE RABBIT! WOOOOOO!)
Laaaame
Yeah, I was about to remind Sughly you were cheating on TAY with Night Of The Rabbit these days….
I totes told them he was chuffed with the game, and in turn they were chuffed. I was going to tell him later but ive run out of other things to say
Oh, for real? Haha! Aw man, that’s so cool of you! 😀
Was just telling my sister that it’s on par with Curse of Monkey Island, Gabriel Knight and The Longest Journey as one of my all time favourites! :O
They said they were getting a few tough reviews there, so they were happy to hear it 😀
Inspired by @shane’s “one page per night” rule for himself I’ve now given myself a “one skein of thread per day” rule to help me finish my Mum’s reverse applique jacket. I just finished today’s and it feels pretty good. Thanks Shane!
Yeah woo, conversation! I dont know much about sewing, but thats pretty cool Strange, I think.
Im a bit drunkprob not a spoilerI’m a little in love with drunk Sughly, especially when he sings. 😛Haha woo I get all the ladies!*
*only the married ones
I was totally singing that lcd soundsystem at the top of my lungs, but noone was here to hear it. Except my neighbours
Jealous of your neighbours. Drunk singing Sughly makes it impossible to be unhappy.
Hehe yeah im pretty happy right now its true
Well Sughly, how many of your potential wives are married?
How many of them are saying they love me blaghs>? HUGH? HUH!?
hehe im gonna call you hugh now. that came out as hguh to begin with but not as funny really
I don’t know, but how many of them have you talked to while drunk?
*googles “skein”*
Ohh.
I got this, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Skein.png
i dont think thats what strange is sewing
Now I don’t know what to think.
Probably doesn’t help that I own one of these, too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skein_dubh 😛
Strange’s Sgian: “Keeps Kids Quiet”
Anytime! 😀
Ooh…email from GoG…a whole bunch of awesome things 50% off, including Sierra’s Quest stuffs and some game that @dc guy keeps raving about…. Tempting!
Quuuueeeeesssst gqames are awesome! I like kings quest 5 despite what anyone whos not me says, dont believe them believe me
But the owl, Sughly. The owl. D:
Also, King’s Quest 6! JANE JENSEN CO-WROTE IT. JANE JENSEN!
JANE KRAMS
lolol, as linked below
Haha, goddamn Cedric you pain in the ass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p30heMs8UU
D:
Damn talkies!
@strange
It’s okay @dc is playing Night of the Rabbit. I’m playing as well as we speak.
I’d be enjoying myself a lot more if I could figure out who the fudge Señor Molena was >:(
@dc only
Does getting a letter from M. Calavera mean he’s dead? Is that what I’m supposed to be inferring from that? I can’t find him. Only mole I can find is the radio announcer but he got his sexy cheesecake letter. So confused at the moment. Or I’m just over thinking stuff and need to take a step back for a second.Gah! God fudging damn duck fire engine red balls.
Stop with the page gets already.
Hint
You can’t actually visit him in person yet.Less sublte hint:
You can find his mail box somewhere in town!Puzzle solution:
Go to where the Hedgehogs workshop is and there’s a tower to the left of the screen.Yeah, I figured it out. Sadly it kept saying strange letter every time I clicked it but I didn’t remember the strange door until I mentioned Strange up there.Strange no?
I admit, that puzzle made me think of Strange. XD
Oh theree s pg19!
Well, the last four weeks have been fun. But faaaaaairly sure I have to actually ban myself from here now. I keep coming back to check every few minutes and it’s really not helping me focus on work at all. And that’s even worse now that we’re starting group work, since I already have little idea of how to drive Unity and feel like I just sit there being useless for far too long as it is 😛
Peace out, y’all.
NOOOO come back im so lpoeny
iPony?
yes
Nooooooooooo! 🙁
Also…oops, sorry. 😛
Have fun, mang!
Aw man. This makes me sad. Why can’t all workplaces be as lax as mine? 🙁
Your wit and humour will be missed. You will be too, I suppose.
Oh it’s totally lax. I just have no self-control, so this is my attempt to brute-force some.
Chances are extremely high that it’ll fail.
You say that…
Cya tomorrow!
True, the week isn’t quite over yet and new TAY has not yet started 😛 BUT ONCE IT DOES…
Look who came crawling back! 🙂
best of luck, dood!
You will be missed 😀
i dont like pg19
haha fuck churches are hard to draw guys srselui
Is there a ‘drunken clause’ in your contract? 😛
Hahaha nope! im takin full advantage of it
What does a fuck church look like? o_o
There’s a lot of… spikes.
So, actually, quite a lot like a normal church.
not telling
there’s toys inside and masks and whips and people worship the god of lust
So i just finished Dust.
I dislike that the ending was left open and it’s a really good story, except I couldn’t help but constantly compare it to Muramasa. Muramasa is the better of the games, it’s kind of like Dust x2Otherwise dust had a good ending and aside from a few things it’s a really good game. I recommend it providing you have a controller
How long was the full play through?
about 5 hours I think.
This game needs the Full Throttle control options.
*punch* *leprechaun*.
Everytime i s mell asphalt i smell maureen, or something
haha oops its think o fi i like mine better
wait i dont remeber leprchauns
Wrong game drunky.
you should stop smelling roads dc
People should stop crashing my bike then. D:
Man I loved that game. It’s weird. I haven’t really played adventure games in over a decade but as a kid they’re all I played.
Playing some now are making me wonder why I stopped.
This leprechaun is reminding me why.
Haha! It’s the only character in the entire game so far with slightly dodgy voice acting. D:
fuckc htis chrch
That lonely?
Drunk Sughly is awesome!
Night of the Rabbit is awesome!
Good end to the week.
Catch you on the flip side, home slices.
Gnight Kudosian.
4 times Kudosian*, two in a row!
I WALKED ACROOS THE AVNUEEEE, I NEVER THOUGHT IDF MET A GL LIEKM YOUYUU
this song is so maazing
Good night TAY, stay awesome
no
DANCE TIME https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi9ViDVumz0
whoa open this up in three windows at once thats cool
My older sister turns 40 tomorrow(in less than 20minutes. Eek!). Feels weird. To me she’s always young, it’s kind of a shock to be confronted with reality! 😛
Forreals!!? I didnt know about your sister! Does she look like you? I want to see 40 yr old strnage
Seeing as it’s only 3 years away I imagine 40yo Strange looks much like now Strange. 😛
But yeah, there’s some similarities. She’s prettier than me, though. 🙂
thats cray crya. i dont know if ive told you but you look way younger, so there you go. COMPLIMENT
so i walked to get an icre crem and got called a fagoot from a car. Im so thankful for random car guy, i was so lost and confused about my sexuality for years but now hes cleared my mind, THANK YOU CAR GUY!
Does this mean we can stop dancing around the issue and hook up?
Yep
all thanks to car guy!
He was probably going to a gay bar.
awesome thread 😀 😀
hey whoa juist figuted out im 16 away from 10000 posts!! oooOOOHhhh!!
I’m only on 6117…
:`(
Ugh, spammius.
(Passed 10,000 already)
No, he passed 20,000!
@dc has more 😀
22083! D:
I found a new watch I want. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/05/this-watchs-floating-second-hand-is-a-mesmerising-reason-to-go-analogue/
Something tells me I’ll never own one 🙁
Uni barrels are so boring :l One thing I’ve noticed is that nobody from the college knows anyone else outside of it, so there’s always just one big group of the same people you’re around 24/7. Plus I wish the computing school would do something more interesting than a barbeque. Every other school has barrels and pub nights and even formal events, and we have the occasional sausage and can of Sprite lunch. Obviously I’m not the target demographic here.
Edit: Oh and owing somebody $1 and making them a pass the parcel full of 5c coins is a great way to get rid of pesky change.
I bought Wipeout 2048 and Wip3out in the space of five hours….
I… don’t know how to react to this realization…
Also, it’s officially Winter…
Winter has came.
Uh-oh.
I’ll get some tissues….
I know I shouldn’t get hyped for an MMO but I think I’m getting hyped about FFXIV. Again. 🙁
Also I am sitting here with my boot off at 2am because I have cracked it and can’t sleep with that goddamn thing on any more. It’s been driving me nuts.
My toe hurts a bit though. Don’t know if it’s the swelling (big toe currently 200% size, down from about 500%) or the bone. It’s been 4 weeks so thinking probably shouldn’t be the bone any more.
Not only are you getting hyped for a MMO but a FF game to boot. What’s wrong with you?
😛
At some point the FF games are going to end up with the equivalent of the Sonic cycle. Except the difference is that the sonic games actually come out.
I am jelly of peeple who get to play FF14 D:
Why can’t you?
Time, money, computer power.
It’s pretty much impossible, even if I had a good ‘putener.
I could buy it. install it, pay the subscription. I’d hardly ever log in.
That’s why I’m keen for PSO2 Vita, at least it’s free, if I never play it won’t matter.
It’s releasing on PS3 simultaneously. Cross-play PS3/PC.
Oh yeah, still, no time to play it :-/
Pity.
@ynefel and I will enjoy it without you then.
By which I mean I’ll stay subscribed for months, never play it and eventually unsubscribe :V
Ha ha! Yeah, a fellow busy-ist!
Nintendo Direct thoughts:
THAT IS THE BEST LOOKING 3DS EVER C’MON NOA INJECT IT INTO MY VEIIINNS
Phoenix Wright 5 thoughts:
PEARLY! Also, holy shit, we get Psyche-locks, Bracelet, and the new Mood Matrix gameplay? With a inevitable faceoff against Edgeworth this game either is stuffed to the brim with content.. or perhaps a tad too rushed.Didn’t Phoenix retire?
I think he unretired or something? I forgot like 90% of what happens in the previous games… :/
Night of the Rabbit and more drunk Sughly posts. Good way to start the day. XD
I finished the Mousewood last night. So far only want to murder the Leprechaun, Humbert and that damn fussy dwarf.You at the place with the tree and the machine now?That’s the one. It was past midnight by that point so I called it a night.
I was stuck for so long trying to work out how to get rid of cat fish. Literally over an hour. I got it in my head I had to get it with the canon. Didn’t even think to drug the mofo.Haha. That one I got inside of 5 seconds.
I got hugely stuck with the medicine. Kept shouting at him to drink the goddamned coffee. Never occurred to me to use the Blue Juice keg as I was saving it for the festival.That’s the weird thing about adventure games. Puzzles can be difficult just entirely on having the wrong mindset, what’s easy for someone is tough for someone else just because you’re not thinking properly. This game seems really logical with the puzzles though, no crazy logic. (Or atleast not too crazy.)
Episode No.2 of the Mumbo Jumbo Video Game Podcast is up! Hear us talk Xbox One, E3 and Curiousity in low definition mp3. Spawning from TAY http://mumbojumbovideogamepodcast.podbean.com/
@chuloopa
I’ve just got the two exams (and a test) over the next three weeks. That’s a week of study for each, pretty much.
@greenius
Bachelor of Education (Primary). I just handed in my last few assignments. Probably should’ve started them a little earlier than I did… It’s amazing how much information is actually in the textbooks.
Sweet!
Make the students watch Survivor 🙂
Even better, make them play Survivor. School excursion to a remote tropical island off the coast of Borneo! Your children may or may not return!
Sick, im doing bacehlor of ed primary too! Currently on 2nd prac and struggling to keep up with ES1
CAUSE LOVE’S SUCH AN OLD FASHIONED WORD AND LOVE DARES YOU TO CARE FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE EDGE OF THE NIGHT AND LOVE DARES YOU TO CHANGE OUR WAY OF CAAAAARING ABOUT OURSELVES, THIS IS OUR LAST DANCE… THIS IS OURSELVES… UNDER PRESSURE…
Every move you make, every vow you break, every smile you fake, every claim you stake, I’ll be watching you.
Moooove bitch get outta da way
I wish I could upvote more than once sometimes
I was unaware that that was even a… “song” until just now. I will not thank you for this revelation.
(@powalen @scree I expect to see your covers soon)
You play an instrument too.
Not a ukulele
Alice! Who the fuck is Alice?!
@sughly: South Bank Station at around 5 to 5:30ish?
Ummmmmm… I think so yeah. When did @freezespreston want us over do you know?
Was 6pm I think. Maybe 6:30…
FREEZE?
Thanks again, my friend. You’re awesome. Hope there’s no hang over either. XD
Nah, wasnt that drunk ^_^
Now I want to see what real drunk Sughly looks like. XD
You did that! That was at karaoke.
Scariest second meat evah! 😀
I didn’t get to go and I’m still sad about it so you don’t get to say it was scary because you were lucky to be able to go. So there. Or something. 😛
I remember going home feeling so sad that maybe I didn’t fit in with this group after all. :'(
Crazy drunks. Was awesome night though, I was just socially awkward to the max.
Doofus C. 😛
I really thought it was next week. 🙁
Booooo!
Think it was supposed to be last weekend originally. D:
Yeah,and then for some reason I thought it was postponed by two weeks but apparently it was just one. I am the worst. 🙁
🙁
I thought it was called off because there was no talk of it (well none that I saw) this week.
Theres still space in the car if you can make it…
Aww thanks, but we’ve already got other plans.
Ivory hunting? You shouldn’t do that, Strange. >:|
Any one got KotOR on the iPad yet? First impressions?
I love that game so damn much, I played it when I wasn’t a Star Wars fan and it made me a Star Wars fan. Character stories and atmosphere and exploration… great game. Any one know if the turret mini-game is there still? (That sounds confusing, when I talk about the game, I mean my experiences with the PC version. XD)
jelly
Strange mentioned this last night, but GOG is currently having a sale! Adventure games and lots of ’em! http://www.gog.com/promo/activision_weekend_promo_310513
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers – $3.
One of the best games ever made for $3.
Disc version of GK3 also has some compatibility problems when using the in-game laptop for Le Serpent Rouge with Windows Vista and above. Worth $3 just to have it work properly. XD
BOARD GAMES BOARD GAMES BOARD GAMES!
In about two hours, people should be amassing at this here apartment to partake in the board gaming thingy. Hopefully, there’s enough people showing up that we have to splinter into two groups of games (and one or more big games of The Resistance!)
I bet adventure games could beat board games in a fight ten times before they hit the ground. >:|
I think that you’re forgetting BOARD GAMES.
There will probably be board games at mine tonight and it will be a better night because its not Sydney.
We’ve got a slight advantage when it comes to range though: See? AND we’ve got an angry hitman glaring over things.
Yeah but, Sydney…
#FitocraTAY
Thanks for making me run again, it’s been too long and I actually really enjoy it. \o/
Thanks for making me run again, my calves hurt like hell and that was two days ago. /o\
*pinch punch first day of the month*
Has anyone played STRIKE SUIT ZERO yet??? Been playing it all freakin’ morning. SHOULD be doing assignments but holy crap. Feels like a return to the old COLONY WARS games by way of WING COMMANDER mixed with more than a touch of MACROSS 😀
Frantic space battles, great weapon selections, frantic as hell dogfights in space… awesome game so far!!!
A customer just told me I look like Vince Vaughn. Not sure if a compliment or insult.
http://i.imgur.com/kmvlnYW.jpg
Not helping.
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Vince Vaughn banged Isla Fisher in Wedding Crashers, just go with it 🙂
Haha. I like your line of thinking.
http://www.usmagazine.com/uploads/assets/articles/37715-whats-in-a-name-vince-vaughns-daughter-locklyn-kyla/1292880845_vince-vaughn-kyla-290.jpg
Thats Vinces wife Kyla….
Yoooooou lucky sumbitch…
I’m getting ripped on for liking the Animal Crossing New Leaf Facebook page 🙁
People are mean.
lol faget animal crosing 4 kids
call oduty!
but srsly I saw a brief video on New Leaf yesterday and it looked so good! I had to stop watching because it’ll just make me want it more 😛
The last one I played was the DS one so I missed out on all the town stuff, so no idea how that works but it looks interesting! 😀
Ahaha I can’t wait for NL to come out! Gonna be so good!
I liked the Wii one, but the DS one I thought was better just because it seems so much more suited to handhelds than a console.
Ah yiss, gonna visit all the TAYbie’s towns
Ugh, and actually might play minigames with, that’s a odd thought
Played the “The Last Of Us’ Demo, it was very short it started with some exploration and resource gathering and than had as what I can only describe as ‘Thin down the numbers with stealth’ before the open engagement with the enemy and than the demo abruptly ended.
The shooting is also horrid like Uncharted, especially since the enemy likes to dart, your better of just grabbing a pipe and bashing things.
Good or bad?
The demo literally lasted 5 minutes, hard to gauge.
The game did remind me a lot of the NPC co-op parts of Uncharted, extremely linear but with entertaining banter.
I’m liking it so far.
Ah, thanks for the impressions 🙂
5 minutes seems extremely short for a demo these days.
I don’t know what anime to watch…
Someone shout out a random anime, and if I have it, I’ll watch it.
It’s your call!
Baccano!
I second that shit.
Alternatively Durarara.
Don’t have it. Sorry.
Then get it!
Poolen told me to watch it and I did and now it’s one of my favourite 😀
This.
Galaxy Express 999 or Children Who Chase Lost Voices From Deep Below or Katanagatari.
What’s that? Don’t have em? GET THEM.
*off-kilter whistling*
FLCL!
Don’t have that, either. 🙁
Evangelion? Mushi-Shi? Paranoia Agent?
Done!
Evangelion it is!
Woo! Have you seen it before? So so good.
I have a bass guitar for the weekend. Best instrument ever, but my fingers are soooo sore!
Nah m8, Double Bass is where it’s at.
Definitely not for me, but I’d love to try playing one 😛
I’ve learnt 2 of my favourite songs today though, so I’m happy with my (not my) regular bass!
But can you stand on it and play it without looking like a fool? I don’t think so!
I played Double Bass for a while. It’s pretty rad but it’s so damn big and heavy (that’s what etc. etc.).
Amazon just emailed me about a Sega Fun Pack for $10. Doesn’t look too bad.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00CPBZDY0/ref=mp_s_a_1_4?qid=1370060791&sr=8-4π=SL75
Hey @nomad, what’s your Twitter handle mate?
@Mythamphetamine here, and on Twitter personally, hit me up!
I just played Dear Esther (Thanks @sughly!).
It was interesting. Very pretty. Also, odd.
Great atmosphere. Could almost feel the cold breeze from the island. Also fun to just look around.
Yeah, its atmosphere was fantastic. Its music was super creepy.
Despite owning it for ages I actually havent played it, but I have the soundtrack and have listened to it many a time. Really great music. Can only imagine how well it must suit the gameplay.
It’ll only take you 1-2 hours!
Yeah, definitely play it. Only took me about 90 minutes.
Great atmosphere!
I played it two summers ago, but I’ve been meaning to replay it on a stormy night. Just because.
Now play Dinner Date.
@Greenius loved it.
If someone troll gifts me a copy, I will (It is important to remember here that I have played 12 hours of Secret of the Magic Crystal, so I will play almost anything)!
I randomly thought about that earlier 😐
I’m going to mosey about the city for a while, just text me Jimu when you’re around and we’ll meet at South Bank station whenever that is. 😀
Just saw Star Trek: Into Darkness finally. It was kind of…bad.
I’ve never seen the original Khan stuff but even I knew “Khaaaaaaaaaan!” which, coupled with the whole mega-telegraphing of the Khan’s blood bringing back Kirk thing just made what was obviously supposed to be an emotional scene instead become an extremely comical scene. My husband’s response when I told him this after was “it was supposed to be funny” to which I replied “if that was the case then the movie was even worse than I thought” 😛Also, Cumberbun was not very good.Also also, what the hell was up with that pointless blonde chick in her underwear scene. There was no purpose to it.*sigh*There just was no…craft to the movie. It didn’t know what it wanted be or whose story it was supposed to be telling. If we’d actually paid for the tickets instead of using our freebies I’d have been very disappointed. At least it started and ended okay, though.
When we walked out myself and Sughly looked at each other and I said that it was 2.5 hours of not much. He nodded and said that was exactly what he was going to say.
It was very pretty and entertaining but ultimately empty and forgettable.
I just watched it and really liked it so I don’t know what that says about me. 🙁
I think it says you’re lucky. I always prefer to be the person who enjoys something than the person who was disappointed.
I’ve seen a lot of people complaining that it’s not much like Star Trek TOS any more. I never expected it to be personally. It’s an alternative universe where the film continuity (I always felt the original films were very different than the series as it was) collided with current big-budget effects movies.
Also I have seen Wrath of Khan. Trufax: that film is not really that good.
I just disliked it because it was kind of hollow, I have no agenda about being like this or that.
Just finished Hotline Miami and Proteus. My thoughts on both:
Hotline Miami:
Really fun and violent as hell, I definitely recommend it! There were some annoying parts of the game which were mainly the sections that weren’t like the rest of the game – the scripted sections, boss fights and ugh… a certain level… Music was rad and the story was mysterious and interesting.
Proteus:
Ugh… UGH
WHAT IS THIS SHIT?
I don’t mind the “walking simulator genre” (I enjoyed Dear Esther) but what the shit Proteus!?
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Easily the worst ‘game’ I’ve played all year – mainly because it isn’t even a game. I don’t even know what it is. It’s not necessarily “bad” but it’s a bad ‘game’. I only recommend playing it to see how lolwut it is, but other than curiosity, don’t bother with it…
Seems to be a randomly generated island and you just waste time until the next thing happens. However, unlike Dear Esther there’s not much to see and you’ll see it all in a couple of minutes and it all looks the sameeeeeeeee. Whyyyyyyyyy
Ughhhhhh
Lol at “walking simulator genre”. I’m glad you liked Dear Esther 🙂
I seem to remember recommending it last year, (I think that was you?) but I never heard back if you played it.
So… Proteus. Not so good huh?
Lambo was raving about it when it came out and I added it to my wishlist, but never really thought any more about it.
I saw the latest Humble Bundle, but decided that I really need to stop buying games and start playing them. So I looked in my steam library for inspiration, then went and watched some crap on YouTube. Worst. Gamer. Ever.
I recall you recommending it :).
Proteus – it’s just very meh. Some parts are okay but there’s too much crap inbetween the good stuff which really outweighs the positives. I remember @lambomann007 praising it so I wouldn’t mind discussing it properly without the ughs and ehs, onesided negativity 😀
I think I also saw Hotline Miami on your wishlist? For only $5.60 or so (the “beat the average price”) you can get both so I’d definitely go for it. That price is worth it for Hotline alone.
Hotline Miami isn’t on my wishlist. And I’d probably never get around to playing it. Little Inferno and Thomas Was Alone might get a look in, as well as Proteus.
Is Dear Esther giftable?
Ah, must’ve just been Proteus I saw on your wishlist then 😛
They’re separate Steam keys this time around (whoopie!) so you can just give the key to someone else.
WooHoo!
Just finished Bioshock Infinite.
Meh.
I knew I was Comstock. There was no other answer. That, coupled with the Tears making it seem like nothing I did ever mattered made me kind of check out immersion-wise and I didn’t care about anything. The end was not the shock everyone led me to believe it was. All I could think was “I played through all that shooty stuff for this?That said, if as I suspected the game was about games and the player then there was a kind of brilliance there.And ending up in Rapture again was kind of awesome. 😀Thank-you so much for lending it me though, Freeze…if I’d bought it I’d have been even more disappointed.
The video during the credits may have been almost worth it though. 😀Yay negative thought game finishing buddy!
The more I think about it,the more I’m sure I was correct in what they were trying to say. But I think in order for them to be able to say that, they had to actually have great gameplay and they didn’t. They just kind of deposited the story around these compulsory FPS setpieces and I think the weakness of that weakened the message a little. It did kind of reinforce all that stuff about the illusion of choice but unless they deliberately made the gameplay as bland and generic as they did then I stand by my feeling of “meh”. I think it could have been so much stronger as an adventure game or something similar. There was no need for it be a shooter at all.This. I liked the ending a lot more than you did (actually didn’t see it coming) but I agree entirely with your assessment of the game itself.
Haha ahhh… I got too curious and clicked that first one and read the first line. Damn my curiosity…
Finished The Cave! Enjoyable couch co-op game, very glad it was free on PS+ otherwise I would’ve overlooked it.
The Monk:
I love that this was a real thing during this third trial to zen-ness http://monkpuzzle.com/But I didn’t use it (I swear (honestly (stop judging me)))
I highly recommend NOT playing it again immediately after (I believe you don’t like to do that anyway).
D.C. did 3 playthroughs and I did 2.5, before giving up 😛
No plans on replaying it. I heard that if you did, to experience the other characters stories, you have to replay the standard puzzles, which would be too boring for us to handle.
Yep, those mid bits are exactly the same so once you know the solutions it’s just tedious. And to get through all the characters you’ll have to replay two character sections twice since there’s only 7 characters.
Ah, missed the “couch co-op” bit. It would’ve been okay co-op but doesn’t each player have to take turns moving a character? Would’ve made more sense to have them move separately at the same time :/
I guess with PS+ you’re not really losing anything by not playing it since it’s “free”.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I started that the other day. Was kind of fun.
I’m so bored that I might start crying…
:`(
But you have WipeOuts AND Persona 4: Golden!
D:
EDIT: And your hands on thrustmaster thingy!
I’ve been trying to play steam games but they all make me sick.
Literally.
In preparation to watch (the ironically named) Lensflare #2: Into Darkness tomorrow, the wife and I watched the original Lensflare reboot tonight. My favourite bit was when
Captain Lensflare fought off the Lensflare with his Lensflare to save the Lensflare Academy from the Lensflare Lensflare.Can’t wait to see a 3D Lensflare! It’ll be just like being outside.
Oh boy! E3 in a bit over a week! Watching these sort of things live is so much fun. Reading everyones reactions on Twitter is sometimes more fun than the actual show haha Gonna be good.
Unfortunately I won’t be able to watch the Sony/MS ones live unless my bosses want to watch at work (which actually isn’t a far-fetched idea, but still :P). Might be able to catch the Ubisoft one though and I’ll definitely be there for the Nintendo one at midnight.
And then a few days after that: Animal Crossing! 😀
I’m gonna be up to watch all of them! HAHAHAHAHA! My insanity should be entertaining, if nothing else.
Oh wait, Microsoft’s is at 2AM not 2PM! Hm… I’ll have to think on that one. On one hand I really want to see where they end up taking the Xbone but on the other hand I don’t have enough hype to keep me awake that late when I have to wake up at 6AM 😛
You could try waking up early, and having a power nap!
Power naps sound too tiring. I’ll have a Nanna nap.
:D:D:D
I try watching them, but I’ve missed some of the last 2 year’s presentations because my hardest partying friend has his birthday around then and… yeah. This year i should finally get to watch all the big presentations though!
Why is everyone finishing games? You are supposed to be like me and buy things that forever remain incomplete.
To be fair, I have finished one game, and have another 26 million in various states of play.
Ugh, worst member of Club Xenoblade :'(
I thought that was me?
Tales of Symphonia (and it’s shitty Wii sequel) announced for HD remakes on PS3 \o/
ToS based off the enahanced PS2 port so it has a bunch of extra stuff not in the gamecube release, plus they’re adding extra stuff \o/
And confirmed for western release next year \o/
EXCITETRUCK
:DDDDDDDD
I was all :DDDD then DDDD: (what if it doesn’t come out here!?) but then your second last line was all :DDDDD again
Tales of Symphonia was my jaaaaaaam. Totally gonna get back on that bandwagon. But,… PS3? Next year? Not PS4?
Yes, PS3. Because it releases October in Japan. Also I imagine they wouldn’t have a big enough install base on PS4 by mid 2014 to be able to turn a profit on a niche game like that.
Gotcha. I didn’t realise what the JP release date was. Still, I’ll definitely be getting it. I loved ToS with a fiery passion. The only JRPG I enjoyed more was FFX.
Sleep deprivation fueled attempt at poetry, aka what is this I don’t even. Because #YOLO or something…
As they walk, through the forest,
Together in each other’s arms,
Flash of lightning, sound of thunder,
Rumblings come from afar,
The moss grows slowly, drinking the wet,
Bonding with the ground,
An evil presence creeps up slowly,
Wilting all around,
The shadows devour the warming sunshine,
Feasting on its flesh,
The mighty trunks of trees are humbled,
Nature’s homes made afresh,
Darkness creeps up on the strollers,
Seemingly unawares,
Always a step or thrice ahead,
Outpacing, they do not care,
Fear flies swiftly, intentions of folly,
No match for their charm,
As they walk, through the forest,
Keeping each other safe from harm.
Unrelated, but I’ve always felt YOLO is a good reason not to take risks.
I figure “you only die once” works as a good way to take risks, since you may as well make your death as metal as possible. I would much rather die through a parachute mishap, than I would because I fell down my stairs, broke my hip, and was unable to get help for six days.
I don’t know man, falling down the stairs sounds…
RADICAL!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *air guitar solo*
Though maybe it’s not so bad since one could at least consider it a stairway to heaven?
@sughly
POKEMONPIKEMINPIKMIN:Day 11 – 9 parts :D. That Naval place was too dark and lame so I just got all the parts in the Forest of Hope and Impact Site. This is probably the furthest I’ve gotten 😛
Oh man youve shot ahead, I still havent played any more since day 4 caus I thought you said you werent playing yet! :'(
Okay, I’m trying to draw this comic I’ve been brainstorming… and my drawings are terrible!
:`(
I know that feels.
Look at all you people with your having lives and not playing the weekend refresh game!
I’m playing the refresh game! \o/
Lies. And. Slander. >:|
I just started playing, wait for me to catch up!
I’m back to the weekend refresh game. Was going to play Night of the Rabbit, but suspect I’m too sleep deprived. 😀
LIES! You’re playing it right now!
@sughly: Curse of Monkey Island cut, uh, cut scene storyboard. Not as elaborate as I remember, but still cool. (Ending spoilers!) From what I remember, more was cut but this was the only thing released.
Also, here’s that Gone Home adventure I was telling you about from the former BioShock 2 devs.
I’ve been getting friend requests on Facebook all day from people I haven’t seen since like primary school :S Is there a reunion on that I don’t know about or something 😛 It’s nice that people still remember me after 8 years I guess!
Better than people you don’t know adding you! 😛
The primary school people thing happened to me a few years ago, I added some and some added me. I figured I’d like to know if there was a reunion or something but then I realised that even if there was one, I wouldn’t like to see most of them anyway 😛
Hah, same thing happened to me a while back too. Someone in my year 2 class uploaded the class picture with public settings so people tagged everyone they still knew in it. Led to a few friend requests.
No reunion thankfully 😛
I doubt many of my primary school friends even live in Tassie anymore 😛 I know at least some of them don’t. I’d rather not meet up with them anyway I think.
I have had some of my friends’ friends add me though. They all seem to think I’m amazing (their words) and one of them said “Ben, you’re my hero” after what I did on Friday night got posted and I’m just thinking “…WTF? I have no idea who these people are!”
I think I’m going up to meet them later this month. I expect to be treated like a celebrity 😛
I went to about 7 or 8 primary schools, the likelyhood of anyone remembering me is slim.
(Cept some of the year 7 guys I still know, and the one year 2 guy cos our parents became friends)
Freeze is awesome! Thanks again for the hospitality, my friend. Always great hanging out with you and the family. Mrs. Freeze’s food last night was all kinds of awesome. Home made roast… with potatoes. So. Damn. Good. Was great seeing Virus, Nob, Sughly and DAN! too. Excellent weekend.
(Thanks for driving me too, Sughly. You so awesome!)
@sughly – PIKMINNNNN
I did say that, and then I played it the day after 😛
Now I’m up to Day 16 with 19 parts :D. Got all the parts in the first three areas, haven’t been to the 4th area yet.
Such an amazing game. Is your heart warmed yet, Greenius? 😀
Nope, I hat fun.
Goddammit! You made me use up my 10,000th post whinging!
Eh well, least it was about pikmin. Youre still a dickman.
Hey DickCheese.
Day 23 with 1 part left.
I’m DaBest! WooHoo!
@sughly yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Pikmin finished 😀
It appears I missed three optional bosses. I can’t be bothered fighting them… 😛
This is the worst co-play ever
Yeah, you’re terrible.
😛
😀
>:|
http://collider.com/neal-baer-brian-k-vaughan-under-the-dome-interview/
Under the Dome EPs talk about the show/changes from the book. Spoilers!
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/06/01/cardboard-computer-releases-kentucky-route-zero-act-ii-on-steam.aspx
Act 2 of Kentucky Route Zero is released! First one looked amazing, but still haven’t played it. D:
Me neither. I love the look of the game and the sound design in the videos I’ve watched was great. I have been really close to getting the 1st episode a bunch of times but I’ll wait for all 5 episodes to release.
I put it in my wishlist as a consolation.
[Insert interesting conversation starter here.]
…
Guess I’ll play Night of the Rabbit. 😛
[Insert interesting conversation reply here except D.C. went to play Night of the Rabbit so there’s no point replying because he’s too busy]
Weather
Sports
Weekend activities
Work
Games
🙂
Weather-I like the cold, so i’m loving it.
Sports-FA premier league is over for now so nothing at the moment
Weekend activities-Board game meat at Trjn and Frejr’s was fun. The Dr. Who light show I went to see afterwards was great too.
Work-same old same old. I have a shift today afternoon actually.
Games-I’ve been attempting to finish Metal Gear Rising Revengeance but it’s getting frustrating so I’ll stop bothering with it and maybe move to Call of Duty: Black Ops 1
Weather – Cold
Sports – Did you see that thing that happened at the big game last night?
Weekend activities – Playing my friends bass guitar and being bored cos everyone seems to be going home this weekend.
(school) Work – Re-skinning my flash game because everyone got an extension so I thought I’d make it radder
Games – Making one, see above!
So much to discuss!
What’s your game about?
The one I’m talking about above is just a scrolling shooter (thrilling, I know). We basically just had to follow a tutorial, then make our own graphics. I’m trying to give mine a rad neon kinda vibe.
I’m making my own game in Game Maker though. I haven’t really had time to work on it these past few weeks (and for the next few), but that’s an action RPG kinda thing. It’s sorta starting to take shape! I’ve got a story written down somewhere but I can’t even remember it now.
Ha ha, you can’t remember your RPG story? Isn’t it obvious? Your main character has amnesia 🙂
MIDNI… AFTERNOON MASHAAAAAAA
O_o (I don’t know why I love this emoticon so much)
You never replied to my Bioshock Infinite thoughts from last night. In fact, you rarely have even though you ordered me to discuss it with you before I began playing. 😛
Talked about it with Sughly last night. Seems to be a polarizing game. I loved it, though. Also, it’s weird, I can’t articulate my thoughts with the game. I can see where the criticisms are coming from, but loved it in spite of that. 😀
Edit: I do think it’d have made an excellent adventure game though.
Talking about it with Sughly is not talking about it with me. >:|
😀
You should’ve been there, Strange. :'(
What for? You’ve obviously replaced me with Sughly and have no need to discuss things with me anymore. 😛
D:
I’m da best! Woohoo!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/06/oculus-rift-developer-killed-a-bystander-during-a-police-chase/
Do people seriously not see a problem with the way that headline is worded or do they just want to show everyone how fantastically intelligent they are because they understand commas.
People seem to be unnecessarily hostile towards you, man. 🙁
Comma Crusaders.
Yeah, what the hell? I’m surprised at how many people are disagreeing with Freeze and agreeing with those who are clearly wrong/stupid – and then getting hostile about it too.
Honestly, all it takes is a basic grasp of grammar to see that it’s clearly a misleading title, but maybe that’s the problem …it requires a basic grasp of grammar 😛
It’s mainly one person.
I had a go at them. And I will probably report them if it gets worse
Quite a few people (probably at least 10) think it’s not a misleading title and some are attacking those who do.
Yeah, but they aren’t seeing it from the perspective we are. Also, it’s that Salander guy. He keeps being abusive
downvots all round
man, i know this is a massively late reply but yes, poor choice of words, i was gonna comment in that thread but thought i’d steer clear when i saw all the aggro responses, you’re just making a mild criticism over choice of words and people are all, FUCK YOU LEARN TO ENGLISH.
I didn’t think Call of Duty players were on Kotaku 😛
Fun fact: Freeze’s daughter calls me R2-D2. XD
Always thought of you as more of a C3-PO
On the home stretch of Night of the Rabbit. I’m going to miss this game.
Easily my game of the year, so far.
It probably says something that To the Moon is still my GOTY.
Persona 4: Golden?
Nope, it’s good, I really did like it, but To the Moon tops it.
Guess I’ll play To The Moon 🙂
Be warned, since my hype is probably a bad thing, it’s barely a game.
I’ve played it before for about 30 minutes. It was interesting but it did make me sleepy 🙂 (not because it was boring or anything, I think it just had relaxing lullaby-ish music)
From what I played it’s more of a game than Proteus. Ugh, Proteus…
I didn’t really think it was all that great until the last hour or so (which is about a third of the game, but still). But man, that last bit? So good.
@blaghman I too just finished a game whose last bit was so good! Little Infernoooooo
Finished. AMAZING.
Since you’re probably there refreshing, I’ll initiate some conversation 🙂
What makes it amazing? I don’t know too much about it, but it does look pretty cool! (do you play as a rabbit?)
What I like in adventure games are a good story, a unique “style” (good design, presentation, music etc. that fits this style) and puzzles that aren’t too obscure or hard. Does it fit this criteria? If not, do you know of any other games that do that are worth checking out? Deponia? It’s been on the pile for a while!
I love me some LucasArts stuff like Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle and more recently some Telltale and Amanita games. I hardly finish stuff though but I plan to play the two Monkey Island remakes, Deponias, finish off Botanicula, Full Throttle and Day of the Tentacle, possibly dabble in some Telltale with Hector and/or Puzzle Agent and of course Anna’s Quest (when that’s finished) :D.
I’m gonna write up some thoughts about Rabbit tomorrow, but it’s more accessible than Deponia. I definitely think it fits your criteria of a good adventure though. Deponia’s a great, great game but it has a bit too much obscure adventure game thinking at times. 😀
What’s that you say? A regular adventure game column by DC?
Do Rabbit and Deponia have a “I give up I’m shit, show me the solution” button like the Monkey Island remakes?
To tell you the truth, Rabbit’s not all that tough. I think I got stuck about two times in the entire game. Mostly intuitive. No use monkey as wrench puzzles. 😛 There’s an advice button and a display all hotspots button, but no solution buttons, alas.
The advice button is useless. The rabbit just pops up and repeats what your goal was that he already told you.
Only needed the walkthrough once so far and only because I forgot a character existed.
@greenius
You may recognise today’s shirt.
http://www.teefury.com
Joe can walk?
Quick Googling tells me that the ep premiers tonight (US time)? :O
It does!
Excite.
Remember FMV games? They’re back! 😀
First screenshot of the new Tex Murphy game was released today. The 3D surrounds look a little rough, but hey, who cares! 😀
Anyone played “Save The Date” yet? Oddly addictive, and kind of an interesting concept.
I can’t decide if I’m wasting my time trying to get a good ending or not 😛No, but I’ve played Dinner Date before.
Never heard of it. End up seeing Star Trek Into Darkness?
Lensflare II?
Yeah, didn’t mind it. Pretty much exactly what I expected it to be 🙂
Really don’t understand the significance of the title, though. There wasn’t really a whole lot of darkness in the film.Edit:
Last twenty minutes of the film were pretty damn cheesy. And WORST cameo ever from L Nimoy. Totally unnecessary. Overall, though, despite being more predictable, I think it was about on par with the 2009 film.Edit: The game I mentioned is here. http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/06/a-game-where-keeping-your-date-alive-is-surprisingly-difficult/
@dc
Did you get NotR from Steam or gog?
I bought the GOG version. DRM free and that’s where I’ve got most of my other adventure games. You? (Steam would’ve been better for the achievements, I guess. :D)
Edit: Not sure if this is just the GOG version, but there’s lots of graphic bugs towards the end of the game weirdly. :S
GOG as well.
I’M NOT FOR SALE
Shh. You haven’t even heard the price yet.
Morning lads and lasses.
3 things, For some reason I couldn’t sleep last night so technically I haven’t slept since friday and I’ve kind of coasted through all the grumpy lethargic stuff that normally comes from not sleeping … so there’s number one.
I’ve been playing Fable 3 and my xbox has been on all damn weekend farming money so I could save the ungrateful buggers and still maintain my godly paragon appearance.
Thirdly, I got netflix running on my computer because witchcraft and now I can watch most tv shows mildly legalier than torrenting them
EDIT: I also saw Iron Man 3 … It was definitely an iron man movie
There’s been some weird fads at this place over the months, but getting together to watch Nigella Lawson out-ranks them all I think.
As long as it’s lovely, I guess. Mmmmm.
The food or Nigella?
Depends on the gender I’m thinking 😛
It’s all lovely though. Mmmmmm.
Just finished Little Inferno.
I’m on fireeeeeeeee! That’s 4 games finished in about 3 days.
Awesome game, and without spoiling anything, it’s really worth playing until the end :O. Wow, just wow!
I purchased the bundle last night, so I’ll hopefully get around to it this week some time.
I’ll probably have a look at Proteus first though – I’m really curious about it after reading some very different opinions here on TAY O_o
Anyone read Finnegans Wake before? I want to write a book like that one day, but hide clues in it that lead people on a National Treasure-esque treasure hunt all across the world to find a hidden treasure which turns out to be just a $10 note. The best stories always end with “and then I found $10” 😛
I started Finnegan’s Wake, but didn’t get too far. :/
And I’ve never done a treasure hunt book, but I’ve always wanted to.
Ever since someone gave me Masquerade as a kid I loved the idea of being part of some huge treasure hunt that most people didn’t know about, even though that particular treasure had been long found.
I guess that’s why I love Geocaching 😀
…and then I found $10 😉
@greenius Re: Proteus.
NO U
Sincerely, lambo.
😛
I think you just have different tastes to me. I can see how it’d be boring for some people. I just loved wandering around, soaking in the atmosphere. Sort of like wandering around in Minecraft and admiring the scenery, except Proteus is more magical and interactive. I think I spent a good 10 minutes chasing a rabbit once. Plus the seasonal changes really keep the whole thing fresh.
Also:
Did you find out what was up with that silhouette that follows you around on the mountain with the funny statues in autumn?I want to play it again when I have some free time because I think there’s quite a few things I missed. I think that’s what the ‘game’ part of it is all about. To explore and try to figure out what’s going on, or use your imagination to come up with your own story.
(@smurfydog you might be interested)
😀
I was being overly negative and it wasn’t all that bad, but the bads really outweighed the goods…
Different tastes perhaps, but I do like a lot of things you do (and things you probably hate) and I’ll like generally anything that’s “good”.
I love wandering around in games too; Minecraft, Dear Esther, Skyrim, Terraria etc. etc. but my problem with the wandering around in Proteus is that EVERYTHING IS THE SAME. Sure there’s subtle changes and little cool moments here and there but after I’ve seen them, all I’m left to do is just stand there or wander around the same place, seeing the same things once again for however many minutes it forces you to until the next event happens. Rinse and repeat for seasonal changes.
The game seems randomly generated and maybe I just got a dull little island but where’s the variety? One might argue that something like Minecraft has the same sort of trees and grass and animals but at least when I’m exploring it’s a vast landscape not some tiny little island where I’m stuck seeing the same things once again until the next event happens. Maybe they should make you do something to progress rather than having to wait a certain time before something happens. This aspect is rather terrible and you’re forced by that constraint whether you’re having fun or not, you still have to wait a certain amount of time before anything significant happens.
In regards to your spoiler I didn’t actually see that.
Maybe events are randomly generated and a different playthrough will yield different results but having to wait for that time to pass with what looked like no way to pause, quit and resume, makes me all the less likely to want to do it. As for the “game” part you refer to I just felt like there wasn’t enough there. There’s no real story it just seemed like a bunch of random events happening. At least in Dear Esther there were clues, a narrative structure to follow and you’re supposed to fill in the gaps. In Proteus it’s just all gaps.
Of course this is just my opinion and we’re both entitled to our own. Your enjoyment isn’t going to affect me and I do recognise there’s some fun, interesting things going on but I honestly feel like it’s not executed all that well and could’ve been a lot better. Thanks for replying, good discussion 😀
(upvote for yo discussion)
I think the way it’s supposed to work is that the islands are randomly generated, but they should each have a few landmarks in common. Like a giant tree, a circle of musical rocks, mountain with funny statues, etc. I’m not sure though because I’ve only just started my second play through. Maybe you did get a dud island 😛 My island was rather large I think.
Did you know about the floating lights that time travel you through the seasons? I figure you might be able to zip through the game rather quickly, like say in half an hour, if you use those. I want to try that out one time. I think I missed out on the summer events because I discovered those lights on the first night though.I didn’t find a way to pause either, but if you press F10 (I think) it saves a snapshot (png screenshot with the save data in it too). Then when you start the game again, click on the little arrow at the bottom of the screen and it’ll show you all your snapshots and you can select which one to load. To quit the game, you have to hold down escape. It’ll start to look like your eyes are closing and it’ll go to the main menu.
Regarding your spoiler I think they were hard to miss? I went for them each time because I was pretty bored of the area by the time they showed up :P. Initially there was that sense of exploration, even if there’s less little things to discover, I could still explore the island. But since there’s only minor seasonal changes I think I started to get really bored by Autumn since I had seen the seasonal changes and already explored the island.
As for the pause thing that just seems like bad design, seeing as we both don’t know how it works and I don’t recall it being explained anywhere :P. I wanted to pause it at one point but noticed the eyes closing when I held escape which I assumed would just completely quit the game.
Upboat for reasonable and well thought out rebuttal
hehehe butt
I’M AN ADULT
Goodbye last weeks TAY, you will be missed 🙁
*salutes, as a solitary tear rolls down the cheek*
Unti the chumps forget and post here anyway!