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This is where Kotaku readers go to talk about the stuff we’re not already posting about. Think of it as the official unofficial Kotaku community forum.
And while I’ve got you all here — I want to make a big apology. For some reason my Community Kudos post didn’t go live on the site on Friday. I have no idea what happened there. Really sorry about that. It’s now live and you can read it here.
Again: apologies.
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Morning all. Hope everyone had a good weekend. I went to a friend’s 21st on Saturday. He’s also my next door neighbour, so I didn’t have far to go. He had two parties, one during the afternoon that was sort of a family and close friends thing with speeches and stuff, and one during the night that was more of a party party with music and stuff. The whole thing was German themed, so they had heaps of German food there and a keg of German beer with huge steins to drink it with. At one point during the afternoon party some German performers turned up and played some songs, danced and told some jokes, which was pretty cool. I only tried a bit of the German beer and it was okay. A lot better than the beer I’ve tried in the past, which has mainly been Victorian/Australian bitter stuff.
Ended up wondering home between parties, since as I mentioned, I was only next door. When I went back down to the late night party I was surprised to find there were still heaps of old people around as well as a few kids, because apparently a bunch of my friends family had decided to stay for some reason.
I have to admit, initially I was bored out of my mind. I’m not a drinker, I’ll have a cruiser when eating a heavy meat meal, like a steak dinner, but that’s pretty much it for me. Everyone was chatting, having a good time, and I was sort of twiddling my thumbs not knowing what to do with myself. Ended up going back home again because I was so bored, then decided to head back and give the party one more shot. I decided that the only way parties are actually fun is if you’re drunk, so I decided to start drinking, starting with a shot of whiskey my friend handed me (which I almost spat out. The thing burned my throat like hell). All the German beer was gone at that point, so I ended up having whiskey and coke, then spiced rum and Pepsi, then Malibu and some sort of fruity soft drink. I also had one of those vodka lolly drinks at one point.
Point is, I ended up getting intoxicated for the first time in my life. I have to say, I can see why people get addicted to drinking. I can see why youths are going out and getting drunk every weekend. It felt great. Where I’d previously been withdrawn and socially awkward, I was now chatting it up with everyone. I was laughing at the stupidest things, and the way the world kept swaying was awesome. And all that frightens me a bit. I’ve always valued been in control of myself, of having a clear head, but now I just don’t know. I know I have the self control not to fall into alcoholism or something, but it’s tempting to just go out there and become some sort of party animal.
I felt I did do the right thing while I was drinking though. Made sure I had plenty of water, kept stuffing my face with food (that’s supposed to help, right?). Didn’t make a fool of myself, or at least I don’t think I did. I didn’t end up wondering home till about 4 in the morning. Most people had already left by that time, but since I lived next door I felt I could stay around and chat with people for a bit. Didn’t get to sleep until 6 in the morning, slept through until 5 in the evening, and now I’ve been up all night.
So that stories probably a bit boring/stupid, but it’s the first time I’ve done anything like that and I felt the need to share.
In gaming news, I finished The Walking Dead 400 Days. It was pretty good, though a bit short.
I shot the white collar guy on the prison bus.
I stayed in the car (cause I’m the rock, paper, scissors champion) as stoner dude.
I killed that woman as Shell (or however her name is spelled) despite spending all my time up until that point talking about keeping our humanity and not doing stuff like that. Normally in RPGs and these decision type games I always go for the good guy, not compromising my morals route (that’s how I played Lee during the main game), but after playing The Last of Us I feel more at ease with going down the brutal, do what you’ve gotta do route (you’ve been a bad influence on me, Joel).
Left the crazy guy behind as the black guy.
Told the truth as the ginger woman.
In the end stoner, Shell and ginger decided to go with black woman while prisoner and black guy stayed behind. It’ll be interesting to see how all this plays into season 2.
If I didn’t know any better, that was written in advanced…
That, or you’re known for your quickness. XD
Nope, you ain’t baiting me!
D:
This is why sometimes I’ve considered drinking.
But I honestly do not know if I have this kind of self control, which is one of the reasons why I don’t drink.
Also thanks for sharing!
Getting a bit personal here, but my dad’s an alcoholic, which is why I’ve always been a bit reserved with my drinking, and why I’ll never allow myself to fall into addiction and become the sort of person he is (not that he’s a bad person or anything, but when you see what it can do to someone…).
Yeah, I’ve known some alcoholics and I understand your reasonings perfectly.
No one decides to become an alcoholic though.My dad isn’t necessarily an alcoholic, but I avoid him when he is drunk. Also one of my favourite English teachers got liver cancer and didn’t live past 33, which apparently can be caused by alcohol, which was also scared me off it.Sorry to hear dude. I feel for you and understand why that would put you off completely.
My weekend involved having my Aunt & Uncle from Sydney come over for the weekend. My uncle is one of those people that think their way is the only right way. So the weekend consisted of him telling me how terrible my life is / how much of a failure I am because I do things different to him.
…
Good times
:S This will sound harsh, but I stopped associating with extended family ages ago for similar reasons.
Atleast you had Batman games. Did you end up starting Arkham City?
Nah, didn’t get too much time for games.
You really need to expand on your beers. VB is definitely not a good beer to judge by.
VB is nasty and gives me the worst hangovers of any beer in existence. Most domestic beer doesn’t agree too well with me, to be honest. If I stick to imported beer, or failing that, low carb domestic beers like Pure Blonde, it’s a lot safer.
Also Dire, mixing drinks like you did is a recipe for utter disaster. It sounds like you averted horror, but trust me – mixing is generally NOT a good idea. For future reference. =)
I don’t like a lot of domestic beers either, I do give Beez Neez and Little Creatures an exception though. Fantastic beers.
Little Creatures… that pale ale is one of the best mass produced beers available period.
As a seasoned beer drinker I would argue that VB is actually not bad. I will happily have one, since they have changed the recipe they used it is 100x better. It put me off all beers as a teenager.
Here are the reasons why I don’t drink much:
1. I don’t need to be drunk to have a good time… It’s pretty funny watching other drunk people
2. I’m Polish and have a fairly high tolerance to alcohol. If it’s not a house party it costs WAY too much to get drunk enough to enjoy it.
3. I metabolise it very quickly so unless I keep drinking, I sober up pretty quick… again a cost thing.
4. Hangovers are almost never worth it. I hate wasting the whole next day recovering.
I guess for someone who doesn’t drink it could be a novel experience but I really don’t see the appeal. I do drink occasionally during dinner or at a party but I only get drunk once or twice a year.
The last time was my bucks night… I drank most other people under the table. Stopped drinking about 12, got home about 3, and managed to hold in the spew till I got home. I was pretty proud of that…. so many shots that night….
I think, point number 1 is the most important. 99% of the time I’m happy to be the designated driver. I get to watch other people do stupid drunk things and also make sure my mates don’t hurt themselves. I dunno, maybe it’s just that I don’t like literally pissing money away down the toilet…
Pissing money away down the toilet? What about investing 1000s of hours into video games?
I get a lot more enjoyment from $100 of video games than I do from $100 of alcohol
Edit: I read hours as money… since “pissing money away” but same goes for time too. I find many things more enjoyable than alcohol. video games, sports, travel, reading, TV, other hobbies etc
is that why your username has an sz?
yes. its the first 2 letters of my surname
Oooooh I just assumed you were being hardc0re and added a z to “Inquisitors” 😀
No… in hindsight I should have made it Inquisitor_sz but I didn’t really think of it at the time and cbf chaningin it now.
It’s also my screen name for games and things since Inquisitor is always taken and Inquisitorsz never is…
Haha, that’s totally me two Novembers ago. From the had never been drunk before, to the valuing being in control, to the oh hey this is pretty good and the temptation to keep doing it again and again. Not that I deliberately did it that first time, it just kind of happened (wedding, wine glasses that kept filling themselves, water was the only other option and I hate water).
Getting that sociable buzz without getting completely plastered is great. It’s easy to overstep that line if you drink too quickly. Take it slow and you’ll have a good time (a good way to maintain your own pace is to avoid doing rounds with mates).
Drinking plenty of water was key. Nice work.
Sounds like you aced it on your first go.
I don’t drink, period.
I also like maintaining control of my actions (even the ones I regret :P)
As long as you know yourself well enough to control your drinking (which you seem to), you should be fine (again, which you seem to). Have fun!
That survey ad is beyond annoying. Renders Mobile Kotaku pretty much unusable and unreadable.
Yup, I even gave in and did the survey. Nope, still there. =/
That’s where they get you! 😛
… And never let go.
It’s pretty annoying. At least it’s not as in your face when you’re in an article though.
On the mobile site it takes up a massive chunk of the right screen. I can only read text if I scroll at the exact right position. If that’s not “in your face” then I don’t know what is. =/
Oh, well yeah, that sucks then.
See my reply to dc.
This morning at around 4am it was a large triangle in the corner. D:
http://imgur.com/ufXsWdn
Mobile version :/
Oh wow! D: It’s well into the white space on regular window, where the hidden Telstra ads usually are. XD
Even rubs in the fact your unemployed by not having an unemployed selection.
It’s Stranges birthday on Friday. We should hang on Saturday night if she wants to!
Can’t do Fridays
Saturday? (I chose Friday cause I remember last time you telling me that you can’t do Saturdays. Haha.)
I work until 6 on Fridays and need to work on Saturday. I finish at 4:30-5:00 on Saturday so it’s a lot easier for me.
Fine. Just take over my birthday Meat plans, why don’t you. 😛
Aw, I really, really worried about that. I’m sorry. Truth be told, I just want to hang out with you guys. If you have something in mind Strange, then that’s cool too. 😀
I don’t have anything specific in mind, just thought Saturday would be the best time.
Really sorry for inadvertantly hijacking the day. Changed original post. Also I feel like I’ve been unintentionally jerky with you lately, especially forgetting to mention you in the PAX North stuff. You’re one of my favourite and most respected people here. Don’t mean to do these stupid things. D:JerkiusDoofus. 😛
Hey… !
@dc has turned into @miketarno :O
Or @miketarno’s the new @dc! D:
Impossible. I’m nowhere near as cool as you are.
Haha! You so crazy!
HAPPY BORTHDAY
HI BISHY! 😀
o/
@sughly, @welbot, @jimu, @gutsoup, @strange, @beardymcmuttonchops, @dkzeitgeist, @lambomann007, @sernobulus, @virus__, @freezespreston
Don’t forget @enduwolf. And umm….what was that Sunshine Coast guy the other week? I forgot already. I am the worst.
Nate, but I think he had a weird handle.
@d370n8
D.Creeper.
I remember I added it to TAY names after you put all the tags there. His and JamieDeeCee’s were the only one’s I could add that you hadn’t already done. I like helping. 😛
I tried adding his but I got it wrong and gave up :P.
Hey hey thats me! Busy this saturday coming as its my old mans birthday also but thanks for the invite 🙂
What you guys planning on doing?
Whatever @dc plans for us. 😛
My plan is to stop being a pushy jerk and let @strange decide. 😛
That’s a terrible plan.
In all seriousness, what do you wanna do, Strange? Mexican food? (We could relive the Oblivion meat.) Korean BBQ? (We could relive the Freeze/Sughly meat) Burgers? We could relive the D.C. birthday meat. You decide, it’s your bday. I made everyone go see ParaNorman on mine! 😛 I just want to hang out with you guys. XD
Don’t rush me, I’m old! 😛
Not big on Mexican or Burgers for dinner, they’re more lunch kinda things for me. And I’m having Korean BBQ for dinner on my actual birthday with my family so that’s out too. Was actually considering Bavarian Bier Cafe or Ribs And Rumps in the Valley.
Sounds good! 😀
Edit: Also reading back that post, I didn’t mean you had to choose one of those. Was just throwing ideas out there. Haha! XD
Leave me till last. I see how it is. This hat rack is getting rather full and I only got it yesterday.
Haha! To be fair, that post yesterday was the second time I mentioned the meat and the first post was still on that same page. Also you were the only person to have responded, so I figured you didn’t need the tag. Stop being a doofus, you doofus. 😛
I’d love to say yes, but I don’t know what my plans are for this weekend yet. Have to wait til I get paid, and see how much money I have first off, then secondly need to find out what Rury wants to do. She’s going to Melb on Wednesday next week, so it might be my last chance to see her for a while. Will keep you posted though.
Got a gig Friday & Saturday of a mates bands (he’s in 3 different bands) to attend, can’t make it.
It’s my son’s 3rd on the 13th, you have no chance, sorry, @strangist
Keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen.
So sat down and looked at all my Pokemon games and the state they’re all in progression wise. Godshitballsdamn there’s a lot to do. Still need to finish B2 and W2 before X and Y drop. Might make that priority, methinks. Just transferred all my good Pokemon to B2 and I’ll go from there. Usually doesn’t take long to smash it with traded over lvl50-60+ Pokemon.
By the time you’re able to use them the game will be mostly over, I don’t see it saving you much time.
The 8 gyms themselves aren’t much of an issue, it just means I can usually steamroll the Elite Four at the very least without having to grind or anything.
EDIT : It also helps when I can trade over other Pokemon at say 20,30, 40 etc so I’m right at the limit of badge control as well. It just makes things easier.
Used to be I’d just keep on playing the latest Pokemon game until I finished it, but in the past few recent games I’ve found myself lagging a bit. I’ll play through half the game, then not pick it up again for months. I only finished White 2 about a month ago, and I’ve still got some post-game/end-game stuff to do.
Man, I prefer the challenge. I make a new team of new choices each game. Teaches me things too. Pokemans things.
*waits for @Shane’s 17 paragraph Oz Comic Con write up*
😀
Keep waiting. I’m exhausted. Also it might not be too upbeat 😛
D:
Welcome back, my friend! The Walking Dead 400 Days awaits!
Holy shit. Thanks for the reminder! 😀
Looking forward to hearing about Oz Comic Con even if it’s not all upbeat!
BREAKFAST BURRITO
I am healthy.
Everything burrito?
“I love you everything burrito”
BOKEH BURRITO?
Oh man. OH MAN
With soft shadowing.
Yesterday I went to King Of Cakes and said “Give me ALL your pretzels!”. That is really what I said. The lady was all “There’s 9, do you still want them all?”. Silly lady. 😛
So yeah, now I’m set for awesome breakfast all week. Best week.
Jealous! I want pretzels now…
Surveys gone from Mobitaku. Imma assume it was because of my influence because I’m the big man around town here.
…
Did you just call me fat?
Gone from main site too!
It just popped up in the corner over here.
I didn’t call you fat. The scales did.
HALP! IT’S BACK! SOMEONE HALP!!
Well, atleast it’s in the corner now, slightly less obnoxious.
Wait, it’s gone now … I’m scared! D=
I tried to do the survey (because hey, free computer) but the redirect link doesn’t actually show me a survey. Probably because of the ancient version of IE I’m forced to use at work.
I think I spent most of this weekend in the car. My wife is determined to get a decent amount of kilometres on the car before the 3-month inspection, which means we are constantly visiting people.
Man, I remember when I had time to play video games on the weekends.
I, too, spent hardly any time playing video games on the weekend.
I did spend a fair chunk of time (>6hours) playing board games, though.
Supporting evidence.
When I’m on leave I’m going to fill my hours with games of all kinds. I might even pick up a couple of new board games – what’s that one? Is it any good?
It’s Ticket to Ride: Europe, I grabbed it on the recommendation of @trjn and @freya (see here, with other recommendations too.) I’ve only played a few games of it, but it seems pretty good – one great thing about it is while it might look complicated, the rules are pretty simple (makes it easier to convince people who would not normally be enthused about playing board games to have a go).
There’s a 30min play through here which shows how it plays. They use the USA map instead of the European one, though. (fwiw, I find that whole tabletop series is pretty entertaining and informative to find out about new games + see how they play.)
Come over and play games with us. We’ve got a good mix and we’ll tell you details of more info you definitely don’t need about them :p
We spent the same time playing board games yesterday. And a few hours on Thursday night with @freya’s sister and her sister’s boyfriend. And a few hours on Saturday to try out the new games we bought.
@kermitron If you’re keen on grabbing some board games, you should come to one of our board game thingies some time. Test out a good range of them and see which games scratch the right itch for you. Just be warned, lots of 7 Wonders will be played because it is amazing.
I’ll make it over there at some point, probably once I have my Ps. I don’t think the wife is that interested in driving to Camperdown. // @freya
Choo Choo
So sick of being sick. Ten days so far, and every time I think it’s going, comes back with a vengeance. Now I have a constantly tickling throat, which means constant coughing. And I still have to go to work. Man cold is the blurst.
Anybody else mortally wounded by a cold this year?
Also hi. Long time lurker, lazy poster.
It’s Batguy! I met this guy once, he had a 3DS. True story!
Hope you feel better, my friend.
I was going to upvote but then I hit the survey link. So nuts to that.
Literally just did the same thing while trying to upvote this comment :/
I had it all last week. Finally starting to get over it now, just a blocked nose left to show for it. I think the trick for me was lots of strepsils, vapour drops and alcohol.
The survey strikes again 😛
I was sick last Monday and if not for that fact and the fact that after this week I have two weeks of leave, I might have done so today. For some reason I woke up with a pounding headache, blocked sinuses, and general miserableness. I can’t explain it, unless someone is sneaking into my room and breathing germs on me. My cat sleeps on my feet and I am yet to understand how that keeps her warmer than snuggling into the washing pile or the corner of the couch, especially since I tend to squirm around a bit. I think the only reasonable conclusion is that my cat is leeching my energy.
One night I will fall asleep and my wife will awaken to discover the dessicated husk of my former self, and the cat will have tripled in size.
I’m either super lucky or I have a decent immune system as I only ever seem to get one (two on rare occasions) colds a year. I always seem to miss the little ones that plague everyone else, but when I do get done, it’s usually a good one that sits me on my ass for about 2-3 days.
Yeah, I don’t get sick all that much too. I did earlier this year though and had a weird fever and the trippiest dreams ever. :S
It’s kids. I used to think I was invincible, but since my son was born two and a half years ago, I’ve spent a couple of weeks out with random colds each year.
I’m on day 3! My head feels like cotton wool and I sound like Darth Vader when breathing 🙁
I have basically got the same cold. 🙁
EDIT: Or at least, the persistent cough part. I think I’ve actually gotten over the cold and have some kind of minor nasal infection instead.
Had platinum seats at the Lions game with my Dad. Total of 14 hours worth of drinking took place that day. Mainly pints, some red wine and maybe even some vodkas. I really just don’t know anymore.
Great result for the Lions and a fantastic atmosphere.
Sunday was not so much a fun day to start with. However, a well deserved lie in and a nice trip over to Manly for dinner, followed by a viewing of ‘Movie 43’ & ‘A Few Best Men’ at home made it a perfect hangover day.
All in all, a great weekend. The only games played were SongPop, Candy Crush & Doodle Jump. Hope you guys had a pleasant weekend.
My wallet is in a state of high anxiety every morning when I open Steam.
*peers out of my pocket* ‘IS IT SAFE? HAVE THE ENDTIMES COME?’
I just hope the Steam sales can wait until Friday, which is when I get paid.
My payday is the 15th which is Monday, but usually when that happens I get paid on the Friday before the weekend since the banks are closed and we wouldn’t receive our money. I have to remember that if I start spending this month’s pay on the weekend, I am making my month 2-3 days longer and moderate my spending accordingly. That might prevent me spending money on games I don’t need.
Morning all!
So Nob, Cakesmith and I started out on Tiny Tina’s DLC for Borderlands 2 last night. All I can say is:
Holy shit. Buy it.
It’s freakin’ amazing, and the humour is just fantastic. Oh, and without any spoilers: there’s a large number of references a lot of people here will enjoy.
I have it, waiting to play it with a friend. I did start UVHM over the weekend
There’s a gun that shoots swords, which is all that is enough to make me regret not getting the season pass. Oh well.
So far I say it’s worth buying it alone.
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/au/en/pc/games/rpgs/borderlands-2-and-season-pass/
Do eet.
Considering you (Saturday) didn’t pay for the game and each DLC is around $5-15 – it’s an awesome price 😀
I’m 1/15th away from affording it! hazzah!
What happens if you already own borderlands 2? Can I just register the season pass.
Mrs Tigs has been pushing to get Tiny Tina’s racist adventure for a while and I think that it will probably only be 50% off during the steam sales
It comes with two keys I’ve been told, I’ll confirm in a sec.
Aaaaaaaand… yep. 2 keys 😀
Thanks, now to see if I can actually use GMG
Yeah I’m with Tigerion… I’ve already got BL2 for PC but that price for the season pass is hard to pass up. Is there a way to buy it then gift BL2 to a friend via Steam?
Also @tigerion: That I don’t know, dunno if it’s one code or two that they send you. I play it on PS3 anyway, so one of you may have to test it.
Also, extra 10% off: enter code GMG10-VTTCS-VYH18
Yeah, so far the DLC is amazing. Can’t wait to continue.
I vote tonight (cc @rize)
Yup.
Hola Tay
Hope you are all well
Went to a mate’s birthday on Friday night at a pool hall, where I proved once again that pool is not my game. Also caught up with the rentals yesterday, but other than that a very quiet weekend.
A monday morning question: Many celebrities release an album at the height of their fame, often regardless of whether they can sing or not. Which video game album (and what title) would you have in your collection?
Ezio Auditore: Killer Tunes would be mine
Garcia F. Hotspur – The F is for Fucking
Turrets from Portal 2!
Gordon Freeman – Covering Simon & Garfunkel
That would just be the backing music right?
I was going for a sound of silence reference
I have 5 dollars ready for the steam sale.
This is enough.
Just wait until 2 games you actually want are discounted to $2.50.
WHY DONT YOU GO TO AMERICA AND BUY SOME CHEESE WITH YOUR $5 HUH
I will.
AND I CAN BECAUSE A WHOLE BLOCK OF CHEESE IS WORTH THAT MUCH
Oh, you!
@dc – go watch the AF stuff! I asked whether you ended up playing all the prototypes or not 😀
@jimu – I think I’ve given up with Knytt Underground. Kinda annoying how the bells that I did reach were blocked with a quest of sorts and I needed to get X amount of Y. I like the normal “Metroidvania” type of gameplay where you’re blocked by your abilities and as soon as you get that double jump, or missile – you can progress further. Time to put the Vita back in its case 🙂
I played all the prototypes, but some longer than others. (Autonomous looked pretty, but didn’t really actually play it very much.) The Spacestation one just seemed half complete.
Also when you said AF I thought you meant Arcade Fire and thought they had released something new this morning. :'(
I’m sorry I played with your emotions like that – it wasn’t my intention!
LAIKA TIME!
Are you suggesting you are going to load @greenius onto a rocket and send him orbiting around the earth only to burn up on re-entry?
Always!
So this is what you mean by Laika time :'(
You know it! 😀
I prefer Metroidvanias too, but this does it’s own awesome thing.
I am actually on a break after playing it for a while.
Dissidia beckons!!!
Does anyone know the participating retailers for the free 3ds game download (when you buy a 3ds)? ive been looking for a list but all i can find is that i have to ask in-store (needless interaction!? HUMPH)
Edit: doesnt matter in the slightest now cos im getting the XL.
As far as I’m aware there is no list since Nintendo are silly… You can try searching online to see which stores have worked for people but I think it’s safe to assume EB and JB would qualify – the bigger retailers have a good chance too (Kmart, Target, Big W etc.)
Just remember it’s for the original 3DS and NOT the XL.
Oh WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW. I didnt realise.
Thanks for pointing that out!
Yeah, Nintendo are silly… :/
At least the games are pretty decent!
Not silly, evil – trying to clear the old stock!
Anderson Silva was beaten on the weekend!I thought being beaten was half the point of MMA.I didn’t understand the reaction from Ruffles and Serrels? Was he expected to win? Does he win every time? If he wins every time what’s the fun in that? 😀Not sure if this is a legitimate question, but Anderson had defended his championship for 7 years straight before yesterday.Was a legit question and I didn’t know that. That makes more sense then. I just thought they were fans. Haha!Ah, well yeah, Anderson Silva is easily the greatest MMA fighter of all time. His last loss before yesterday was January 2006. Stuff like this is what he does every fight. It’s ridiculous. And yesterday he got caught out because he got a little too carried away clowning around.Whoa, dats nuts!
Right? No one should be able to move like that. He’s an absolute freak.
Also, this.
Oh god. This sport is so painful to watch D:
…but somehow enticing… >_>
@sughly Man, Anderson is relatively controlled compared to some fighters. Jon Jones absolutely tears guys apart.
http://fightnext.com/video/D6BKMH5SKWM2/Jon-Jones-vs-Chael-Sonnen–UFC-159
The only thing I know about UFC is from Ruffles and Serrels twitter feed/the movie Warrior. 😛
New rule…. you have to say what’s in the spoiler… I can’t avoid a specific topic if I don’t know what your spoiler is about =(
Good rule!
Weekends UFC fight results.
I too, understand sportsballfist.
GUYS! I TOTALLY FORGOT! MARIO & WEEGEE DREAM TEAM IS OUT THIS WEEK! GET HYPE!
What, really? I wasn’t really following it but that seems really quick :D. I just thought it would’ve come out later. WOO KATAMARIOLUIGI
Preeorder it at EB Games and receive a really awkward incentive lol
Ooo… whys that awkward? Looks kinda cool…
Oh god this survey thing is so obnoxious, it’s taking up half my iPhone screen. Will come back to kotaku when it’s gone…
Oh geez I thought it was a triangle, turns out it’s a half invisible block taking up a big portion of my browser screen… yeah this won’t be annoying one bit
It’s both. Triangle is annoying too because it’s more of a square – so when you think you’re clicking the blank space to upvote or something it ends up clicking on the ad 🙁
That’s exactly what I bloody did! Sneaky Acer humans!
But how will you know if it’s gone if you leave?
Morning all,
My weekend was equal parts awesome and bleh. The awesome came from the shane meat and arcade trip afterwards, everything was awesome!
The bleh came from being woken up at 3 in the morning on saturday to a wicked leg cramp that had me pretty much bedridden for most of saturday which meant I missed out on ozcomiccon and meeting Rob Paulsen and then I got no sleep on saturday night so I decided to rework some designy stuff into the wee hours of sunday before crashing at about 6 sunday night
I also got to wander around @greenius town in animal crossing and by god mine looks like a crappy shanty town by comparison, we wandered around watering all his flowers and I ran into the robot that runs his coffee shop and a pretty racist lion called Mott that would only call greenius “That person” Before leaving, greenius let me run rampant and collect fruit and then he gave me an axe and we started chasing each other through the town … good times
Holy shit I think we had simultaneous leg cramps. I woke up around 3am Friday Night / Saturday Morning with a crazy bad cramp in my right calf, had to get out of bed and stretch it out and it was still sore until Sunday night 🙁
same leg … same time … spooky
So which one of us is the original and which one is the evil twin from a parallel dimension?
Well, I can’t grow an evil goatee … so that kind of narrows it down
I think we should have an evil off just to be sure though
At many points in my life I have considered getting a high-backed leather chair and a fluffy white Persian cat and sitting on the chair in an ominously darkened room with the cat while plotting.
But that’s normal right?
pretty sure it is, although I’d probably go with a short haired cat … less shedding
GET A ROOM!
cc @negativezero
@jimu you’re just jealous you don’t have an evil twin from a parallel universe.
May I introduce you to @doc_what or his MRS (born on the same day/same year), @negativezero?
Although, like you, I may be the evil one!
@jimu
… maybe we’re all the evil ones?
Radio day, didn’t do it last week because reasons, who wants a song request?
oooh me,
I am a heart by Hey Ocean
Hey Ocean, I know that band, the lead singer is a voice actress on… wait, forget I said anything.
I’ll see if I can play it, not sure if we have it.
Indeed she is a voice actress on that show … although she started as a singer and I prefer her for her singing than her voice acting
Ignoreland by R.E.M.
On the list. Sounds like a winner.
Chainsaw Gutsfuck
ಠ_ಠ
This escalated.
I Wanna Fuck You In The Ass – Outthere Bros.
Or
Better – Screaming Jets.
Your choice.
Better off with the Jets. Kinda not going to pick the one with swearing in the title.
Definitely Better by the Screaming Jets.
I like the idea of offering choice:
Invader, Invader by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
OR
The Power of Love by Heuy Lewis & The News
Their early work was a little too new wave for my tastes, but when Sports came out in ’83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He’s been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.
I think their undisputed masterpiece is ‘Hip To Be Square’, a song so catchy most people probably don’t listen to the lyrics – but they should! Because it’s not just about the pleasures of conformity, and the importance of trends, it’s also a personal statement about the band itself!
I’ll play Power of Love. I liked it in BttF.
Digging In The Dirt – Peter Gabriel
On the list. Lucky I saw it, was preparing to head out for the station.
And…. we’re good, thanks everybody for the requests, looking forward to playing them.
Sarah Blasko! YEEEAAAHHH
Too late. Gonna have to yell YEEEEAAAHH all by yourself.
Again.
:'(
Anything by Solar Fields.
Also, you should totes do a Spotify playlist.
I actually just started adding this weeks suggestions to one.
How to share spotify playlist?
Think there is a share link button there somewhere.
You can’t win the computer from the survey. At the end there is a box asking how you would improve Kotaku. Most creative answer wins the laptop/tablet/whatever these things are called these days.
Ultrabook? The hell is an ultrabook?
The most badass book evar
Thin and light laptops. PC’s answer to the Macbook Air, basically.
Oooohhh.
I’ll hold out for the Ultra Mega Mega Book then.
Everyone knows Ultra is thin and Mega is huge. You’re not making sense.
Dickhead.
Your face doesn’t make sense Dickman.
It’s obviously an ultra thin laptop with a mega sized 60″ screen. Everyone knows that.
My brain hurts.
Heh, I basically put in that I wouldn’t improve Kotaku, since it’s so great. I can’t win anyway though, cause they didn’t have a check box for unemployed, so I had to fill in that I was self employed and then put wanna-be author in the other section, which is probably against the rules or something.
I just put in a joke answer, because how do you improve a website apart from saying “more content!”?
I… did not read that properly.
DAMN I JUST PARTICIPATED IN MARKETING I FEEL SO DIRTY
My answer was “Don’t put ads that block articles / comments -.-“
Is “hire me” a creative answer?
I implied a need for less Kotaku US garbage articles. So many have little value to offer, and so many seem to have a very…. cynical or mocking tone to them. I feel dirty reading them.
I don’t understand what they are going for with that question. If you want a suggestion for an improvement to the site, then award the best suggestion. But they ask for a creative suggestion, not the best one. I don’t feel like they want a serious answer.
It’s a legal thing. They can’t randomly select a winner without have a bunch of rules and permits associated with gambling/tattslotto style games.
By making it a game of skill the regulations are much looser. They will probably just random select the winner, but this way they don’t need to prove it was totally random.
It’s a stupid survey anyway. It asks if you work in IT and when you press No it still gives you all these IT questions without the option for NA or None….
Are you responsible for the IT budget? NO
How much the IT budget you are responsible for? $10K….. $1Mill….. ummm I said NO
New shoes get! Now, to break them in. Worst job ever. I got two pairs, one pair is unremarkable black. But the others:
http://www.dcshoes.com.au/mens-court-graffik-shoe?default=94958
They’re green! (@greenius) And Also $80 cheaper than the other colors. They’re obviously not popular. People are boring.
@dc are you missing any shoes?
Haha! I resisted making that joke last week when he ordered them. XD
Green! Awesome shoes, man.
Good signs for the World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016 — Brazilian referee beheaded by spectators after he fatally stabs player
Still better than vuvuzelas.
That’s insensitive- well it might be true but-
Nathan Fillion doing that thing where he tries to speak up but he closes his mouth because there’s nothing more to say.gif
But… You could have just linked…
The Australia/Iraq game in Sydney last month — seemed like every second Iraqi supporter brought a vuvuzela along with them. Ugh.
When I first saw that article on reddit I thought they’d killed the ref for making a bad call and overestimate how seriously they take futbol. When I realised he’d stabbed a player (not just like, red-carded him), I was less surprised. But still, kind of confused as to how messed up the whoel scenario was.
It’s some small backwards town and it wasn’t really an official game.
Just spent the last 2 hours running through a shitload of imaging at work and discovered that the image is corrupt. First time I haven’t bothered censoring my opinion to my boss (excluding swears) about the piece of shit who created and didn’t test the image.
Felt a lot better after that.
LOLOLOL E-SPORTS
YOLO YOLO YOLO HASHTAG YOLO SWAG
Should I be watching The Dark Knight Returns or Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?
Lincoln had a lot of Oscar buzz. So this must be good too!
😛
Don’t listen to D.C. he talks lies…
Personally I’m not a massive Batman fan and while Vampire Hunter was very silly, it was also fairly entertaining.
DKR! DKR!
Wait, you mean the animated DKR?
I think you should watch Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and then you can report if it is any good as I have been wanting to watch it for a while.
It’s the shittest movie I’ve watched this year, if that helps 😛
Soooo pointless.
Obviously you haven’t seen The Darkest Hour. XD
Watched that last year, that’s my shittest, most pointless movie of all time 😀
I watched Warrior after The Darkest Hour and the contrast was amazing. Worst movie of the year then best movie of the year. 😀 (Should also say, these are movies I watched for the first time this year. I know they weren’t released this year. :D)
God Warrior is a good movie. 2011 was a pretty good year actually. Warrior, Moneyball, Crazy Stupid Love, Midnight in Paris, Hanna, Drive, 50/50, Shame, Drive Angry.
Good stuff.
That last movie is a joke. Drive Angry was awful.Oh yeah, Moneyball was quite good! Forgot about that. All of those were good actually. I saw Midnight in Paris in Paris, and got to go for a walk around the streets at midnight afterwards. Was pretty grand!
The Hangover III.
Both this year and a strong contender for all time.
Never seen any of the Hangover movies and I plan to keep it that way 🙂
The first one is worth a watch. It’s a pretty good movie.
It can’t be the worst film of all time because Battlefield Earth exists.
Haha. I actually really enjoyed Piranha 3D. Most excellent indeed for a pointless B grade film.
Potato Salad for lunch. No bacon! No egg! And no @shane to disrespect my potato salad! 😛
I’ll disrespect it for him.
No bacon. No egg. No soul. Your potato salad has no soul. Thus, you have no soul.
According to the label there’s a hint of shallots. Surely there’s some redemption there?
Nought but an empty pit of sorrow and regret at the wasted potential.
You’re basically eating potatoes with Mayonnaise and a hint of shallot?
Haha! Pretty much, but it’s good eatin’ all the same. XD
Substitute mayo for sour cream
and cubed potatoes for a baked spud.
Now we’re talking
Sour cream and potato wedges, a thing of beauty my friend!
Baked spud is better for you, plus you can have it with Chili Con Carne!
>:(
The Metal Gear Solid HD collection for Xbox 360 is surprisingly cheap at the moment (ozgameshop and Video Ezy) my question is: has anyone played this version of Peace Walker? I really found it difficult to get into the PSP version because of the controls – very awkward.
I would also like to know this, as I’ll grab Peace Walker on PSN if it’s good
I haven’t played PW HD, but was always worried it would lose some of it’s impact on a home console. Half the fun of PW on PSP was the portable features like wireless scanning and soldier recruitment. It was also a pretty astounding achievement for the PSP – made excellent use of it’s hardware and showed off what the PSP could do.
It somehow wouldn’t seem anywhere near as impressive on a console.
Then again, I am biased due to playing the crap out of the PSP version and not playing the console version at all.
TL:DR – I’m not helping and don’t know what I’m talking about. Go about your business.
I would love to play peace walker, but it gives me PSP claw.
PSP claw is totally a thing. I found it less pronounced on PW, due to being able to use the square, circle, triangle and square buttons as my look buttons, analog nub to move. Whereas something like MHFU literally made my hands ache if I played it for longer than an hour.
I got it from Resistance: Retribution, which is a great game.
It’s good! I love MGS3 and played MGS2 to death when they released it on the original Xbox, but of the HD collection I spent waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more time playing Peace Walker.
The 360 version of Peace Walker was incredibly easy to play. I recently bought it on my Vita, and though the second stick really helps, still find it a bit awkward. The 360 controls were brilliant.
Very very fun game – all the Metal Gear, in bite-sized chunks.
3DS XL on charge.
Electric shaver on charge.
One present implies that I’m a grown man, the other, that I’ve grown up damn awesome.
oh my god guys
look at his gravatar
its is a dog
in a suit
GOTY
Electric shavers are awesome! Until they start turning on by themselves in the middle of the night and you convince yourself the house is haunted and have to throw it away…
The shaver is a necessity and an unavoidable life accessory as a man. The 3DS XL is entirely optional as a life accessory, and is infinitely more impressive and a testament to your tastes as an individual and a consumer.
Shave whilst using your 3DS and win life.
Report your findings. I anticipate neither of these two activities will work well together, but your attempt would be sufficient.
What if I get someone else to shave me so I have spare hands for the 3ds?
Either way… I’ll try.
If you can score an attractive man or woman to shave you whilst 3DSin’, that’s a triple score.
Share house = Many options = Challenge accepted.
Pictures or video please
🙂
I shall do my utmost.
If i could grow something as glorious as that I’d agree but, at this stage, I cannot.
Ser Needulus reposting!
Anyone in Melbourne wanna do some kind of touristy things on Wednesday or Thursday next week? It’s my first time in Melbourne so I wanna see all the things! (Or atleast some of them)
I’d be happy to come along just to meet you, what kind of places do you want to see in particular?
*shrugs*
I have no idea. What is there to see in Melbourne. Actually I need to ride the trams because trams are cool. =P
Well there’s this place that’s been under construction since 2002 called Federation Square :P, I could show you that. Though it would have to be after work for me if you’re okay with that.
Also, you have to pay for a new myki to ride the trams =P
What the hell is a myki?
I believe it’s the melbourne equivalent of a smartrider
edit: i forgot you wouldn’t know what a smartrider is… it’s a electronic card that you store money on to ride public transport
A wah? Is that like the Go-Card thing we have in Queensland?
EDIT: Yup, exactly the same as the GoCard.
Except probably even worse implementation.
Go Cards are awesome! A hermits best friend, no talking to people! WOOOOO!
@sernobulus You can get a ‘Visitor pack’ Myki from Fed Square which has $8 credit, some maps and shit and a bunch of discount vouchers for various stuff around the CBD eg Aquarium and so on. I think it’s $15 or so? Good starting point.
Depending on where you’re staying you’re probably going to want to take Public Transport from the city to PAX anyway, so getting a Myki is kind of an essential step.
@grandmasterb-funk and other interstate PAX TAYbies as well.
I’m staying with @f4ction so getting to and from PAX isnt a worry. It’s more if he doesn’t want to do the touristy stuff.
So you’re in Geelong then? That will make things trickier.
How so?
@sernobulus: Geelong is a fair distance outside Melbourne.
i was already planning on getting one 🙂
a bit sad that they don’t have those week long passes you used to be able to get 🙁
Got my Myki all ready to go 🙂
People tell me there is good Pho in Melbourne.
Eat some Pho pho me, please.
Pho sure mang!
Actually, just go around eating everything in my stead. I expect pictures and write ups and ratings and a full belly of joy.
By which I mean food.
Not a baby.
Not saying you aren’t allowed to get pregnant though. Go ahead if you want to!
For a second I thought you were talking about eating a baby. They have some craaaaazy restraunts in Melbourne.
thursday the 18th?
i will also be in melbourne, so if anything gets organised i’d be up to joining in! i was thinking i needed to do something on the thursday 🙂
Ugh.
NeediusNeedulus.As it happens I’m off work all week \o/
\o/
I’d be up for a meat on Thursday depending on when my flight gets to Melbourne.
@negativezero @sernobulus – so what we doing?
Darn you and your east coast (and Melbourne) meats, I want to join in.
Imma go sadface in the corner
Well I guess so…
HEY STEAM! AFTER 300 GAMES I’M PRETTY FUCKING SURE I’VE GOT DIRECTX BRUH. BACK THE FUCK UP.
You know what shits me a lot more than games making sure you’ve got the right DirectX libs?
Games installing MS VC Runtimes. Old ones. That have fucking security vulnerabilities. And I have the updated versions installed.
I swear every time I install a game on Steam I’ll have to run WIndows update to re-patch the shitty DLL they installed. It’s very annoying.
I had something try and install DirectX 5.0 the other day. Guh.
Yes! I saw that message 3 times this weekend. Starting to wonder why it can’t just stick to the latest version.
And Remember Me wouldn’t run at all because it screwed up the PhysX files.
i decided to play borderlands 2 again for the DLC, it had to install directX 26 times…
Twenty
Six
Times
BAHAHAHAHAHA!
At the radio station having a mediocre time.
And to make it worse, I’m forced to listen to this horribly cringe-worthy Facebook promo.
@ynefel New shoes break-in? ME TOO.
I have a 20ish minute walk between the train station and my office each morning, so I went to buy the most comfortable shoes possible. Thought I found a good pair, bought them, walked to work: Oh god the pain! They’re not too bad this week though. The nerve endings in my feet are nice and dead now.
————–
ANIMALCROSSINGTALK:
Never managed to get my perfect town rating yesterday ;_; Stupid villagers not appreciating the amount of street lamps I painstakingly constructed and celebrated. On the plus side though, Shampoodle opened today and now I have a schmick new pink haircut. My cafe is opening tomorrow, too! I don’t drink coffee, but virtual me guzzles it.
Who needs haircuts?
…Shampoodle?
That’s the name of the salon, right? Or at least it used to be in one of the other games 😛
In any case, it’s a hilarious pun. Because it’s run by a poodle. Who shampoos.
I can’t handle the puns! Every time I catch a beetle! Or a fish!
Before I went to the U.S. I bought new shoes and didn’t think to break them in. A day of wandering at Disneyworld… holy damn… my feet were so bloated you couldn’t see the ankle. D:
Sooo apparently Mario & Luigi 4 comes out this week. Nintendo never really seem to talk up these games, which is sad because in my eyes they’re by far the best games made with the word Mario in the title. (Maybe with the exception of Paper Mario 64)
I think they discontinued the last one here after like 4 months?
…erm…hi?
Hey!
TAY \o/
http://shanewsmith.com
http://potaku.com/author/redartifice/
https://www.facebook.com/HarleyQuinnHC
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com
http://www.redbubble.com/people/luckydog
http://kramsdesign.com
I don’t know what’s going on any more. XD
http://potaku.com/author/dpclarke/
Wait, the C stands for Clarke????
@bdkiaf
Heh. DP.
*Creeper
Was fixing it, you sneaky ninja that made me look bad!
I don’t know what you’re talking about.
Nice beard! Uh, that’s all I got! Walking Dead 400 Days time?
DOWNLOADING NOW.
MONSTERIt will mow your blind!
Where is Tad? I haven’t seen him foreverrrrrrrrrrrrrrHe quit TAY. Rather dramatically.
That sounds ominous, but thanks!
AMBROSE!
Dramatically is a bit of an understatement…
Got to read a few chapters of the Lesser Evil on the train this morning, pretty cool!
‘Lo.
It’s embarassing how much of a fanboy thrill I got from this tweet over the weekend: https://twitter.com/ClickNothing/status/353638418674237441
Dunno if @notoriousr & @shiggyninty feel the same 🙂
Not this one?
https://twitter.com/ClickNothing/status/353638785340289025
Edit: Seriously though, it’s super rad that he seems to genuinely appreciate the fact you guys enjoyed the game.
Both!
Class act all around I think
Coworker comes back from his lunch break, stands in front of me and says:
‘I’m back.’
No shit.
Is your coworker Arnold Schwarzenegger?
TAYlist for the 8th of July 2013
TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by why can’t I meat for onceCharles & Eddie – Would I Lie To You
Powderfinger – Burn Your Name
REM – Ignoreland (@crazyguy1990)
Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
Things Of Stone And Wood – Happy Birthday Helen
Screaming Jets – Better (@FreezeSPreston)
ACDC – Rock And Roll Ain’t Noise Pollution
Peter Gabriel – Digging In The Dirt (@strange)
28 Days – What’s The Deal
Huey Lewis & The News – The Power Of Love (@mawt)
Alex Lloyd – Black the Sun
Pink – So What?
Not to steal @mawt’s thunder, but: http://t.co/41eDtJk3er
Log in? What do you take me for?
p.s. this is a good thing, i think…
“20130708 TAYlist” updated.
– Includes songs suggested by Taybies that didn’t make the cut.
– Missing AC/DC and 28 Days, since Spotify didn’t have those.
Also, for next Taylist: Miles Davis – “Willie Nelson – Take 2”
Funky as all hell
Where’s My Water? Tiny Wings and Infinity Blade II are free for iOS go download em! omgoogmomg (mainly the first two because they’re dope)
TURNIP PRICES!
I’m only 140ish…
Oh! Hahaha
Good ol’ Rize thought of it before me 🙂
Got Tiny Wings, but only cos my brother is obsessed with it so I thought I’d try it out 😛
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
It was pretty bad. Started off interesting and fun enough. Lost the interesting part at the second act but kept the fun until third act when I should have stopped watching.
It gets a meh.
it took itself seriously, which i didn’t like…
it’s a silly plot, why not embrace that?
Afternoon all!
TAY-Craft Server is NOW ONLINE
Server Address:
biodome.syndicateofgamers.com:25602
or
198.24.178.178:25602
Just have to set some really basic rules:
1. so following previous server experience, i think the best thing to do is keep the server whitelisted, to avoid random outsiders from destroying peoples buildings. THIS MEANS PEOPLE NEED A LEGITIMATE ACCOUNT TO JOIN, AS ONLINE MODE WILL BE ENABLED.
2. ALL TAY FOLK ARE WELCOME, as well as any friends of TAY. If your Minecraft name was on TAY-NAMES as at 5/07/2013 you have already been WHITELISTED, otherwise Simply send me an email with usernames at (myusername)(at)(hotmail)dotcom.
3. Server will be in SURVIVAL MODE ONLY. No one else will have access to creative mode. SORRY GUYS :/ If anyone wants to pitch in for a creative server let me know.
4. Will need a couple of admins, so let me know on email if you are interested…
5. Current server player limit is set at 23 but will be raised when needed. Server can comfortably accommodate 128 players.
6. Don’t be a dick, Don’t be a dick, Don’t be a dick.
A few have already made themselves at home on the server, including Ser Nob, Steveo, Unloyal, Connor, and myself.
A WORD OF WARNING!
Although the server is set on Easy difficulty, it appears as though these dungeons are EPIC… enormous, and packed full of mobs… highly recommend people go in groups of two!
Can I just put mine here?
I’m just going to put mine here.
BDKIAFau
Added!
Radical.
Gnarly!
Tubular!
Fantesticles!
Should I use this as an excuse to try out Minecraft for the first time?
yes, and may every playthrough feel like the first time! o/
also if it really is your first time , buddy up with someone so they can show you the basics, otherwise you will be super bored and clueless… i learnt the basics from you tube!
Truly would be the first time. Never played it.
*sarcasm alert!*
Wut
Arrgghh?
Also, if you can’t reach zetroX I also have admin powers so send me a DM on twitter if you want to be added to the whitelist or need some non-creative-mode related help.
Since we can apparently ask here and I’m too lazy to email 😛
HaganeGir
Added PantsMan!
Huh. Should’a just posted here instead of just sending the E-mail which I just sent.
‘Course, since I went to the trouble of sending it I’m not gonna post here with my username now. 😛
From the sounds of it, I might join in if only to do some dungeon crawling.
Not sure I got rule 6 😛
Also: red_artifice or redartifice, I forget which
added both!
Oh noes, forgot to put my name in taynames for minecraft! Mine’s just Sughly, please add me toooo :'(
sorry mate just saw your message! added!
Because @dc is pushy, write-up is coming. But this just in: demographic breakdown of my Facebook fan page.
51.9% female
46.9% male
Cool. Facebook is becoming progressive.
Oh man, the pushiness works? I demand you do Supanova in November! >:|
Baha, just threw your percentages out.
Just out of interest, mine:
34.9% female
64.8% male
Pretty much exactly as expected.
@markserrels can you please approve my comment? @dc wants to read it. Thanks!
*waits*
The venue looked pretty fancy in the photos Space Pyrates tweeted. Wooden floors and the like.
Royal Exhibition Building is amazing. Kind of a waste to hold a comic convention there, in some ways 😛
Hey, stop dissin’ your profession. 😛
I think if you edit it… it will bypass the moderation queue — like magic!
Or that seemed to be the case with my Dick Smith rant, at least.
Or post it on your blog!
Fine.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28754200/OCCWrite-UpForDC.docx
Thanks buddy. Good read. Sorry about the sales, but it sounds like an adventure either way. Glad you got to hang with Space Pyrates folks again. Also that hotel thing is awesome! WOOOOOO!
Nah, multiple links. Multiple, multiple links 🙂
I think he is on a plane heading to Scotland
So good luck with that
Thank you. I too wish for good luck.
…
Plan B
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28754200/OCCWrite-UpForDC.docx
Best story first. Then a pun, then randomly ordered paragraphs. Too wrecked to put together a coherent narrative right now.
Best Story
When I checked into the hotel, the girls at reception were saying that the courier who dropped off my boxes of books was asking them “Do you know Shane W Smith? He’s a big time writer, a famous graphic novelist!” and just going on like that. Was that one of you guys, making fun? If not, I really Do. Not. Understand. But it’s kind of a cool story.
Pun.
Plane over. Snack offered was crackers and cheese. Felt totally ritzy.
The rest
Melbourne is STREETPASS CENTRAL. Over the course of the weekend, and bearing in mind that I didn’t have a chance to clear the streetpasses during con hours, I still went from having 12 people in my Mii Town (or whatever it’s called) to 85. If I’d been clearing them regularly all weekend, I reckon I could have doubled that, at the very least. Mental.
So TAY people are cool. @scree brought in no less than eight games which I have to play. In addition to the six new games that awaited me in the letterbox when I got home, AND The Walking Dead 400 Days, which is downloading as I type, Imma be busy not writing for a while. Had, I think, fourteen folks in all, or something thereabouts. Putting faces to names was cool. Don’t make me list who was there, because I’m sure I’ll forget someone and make them mad with me.
I might have been late because I turned up at the wrong restaurant and had to be rescued and escorted by @greenius and @scree (who helpfully turned up wearing green and furry ears respectively). If ever there was a way to make a good first impression upon people, I’m not entirely sure this was it. But, @velnica mentioned that they were planning to cheer for the ‘famous author’ when I arrived, and I guess getting there late dampened that plan, so it’s not all bad news 😀
‘most everyone bought a book or two – those were the cool people. Everyone else…
they were pretty cool, too.At Galactic Circus, Tigs and Mrs Tigs played “Let’s Go Jungle” and “Let’s Go Island”, hilariously bad shooting games with terrible dialogue and huge hostile animals for no apparent reason. Then @greenius dominated in a Bishi-Bashi tower marathon… but I carried him a couple of times *helping!*
Highlights of Oz Comic-Con: the other creators. Had a table next to Darren Kozial, editor of Decay Comics and Paul Bedford, writer of The List, a deeply upsetting psychological horror graphic novel. My books were his only ‘must-purchase’ for the con, and I actually think he meant it; poor guy’s a bit unhinged. Real nice, though. The List has just been movie-optioned for a $45m budget, and Paul is writing the screenplay. Really awesome to see Aussie comics getting noticed in that way, and especially good to see it happen to such a nice, down-to-earth guy.
Also met some fellow Canberrans: Jin, creator of High School Romance, and Ryan K Lindsay, writer of a My Little Pony comic and other things (current Canberra comics’ golden boy, as far as I can tell). Both great guys.
Lowlights: sales. Sales were not good. There were so many exhibitors that by the time folks found Artist Alley, they’d all run out of money, and didn’t really even want to stop for a chat. Managed to sell some comics to the super nice folks at Classic Comics and All Star Comics, who had stalls at Oz Comic-Con.
In the end, I lost several hundred dollars, and brought more than a few books home with me *sadface etc* Unsure about Brisbane Supanova at this stage. My confidence, enthusiasm and back pocket all really took a beating this time around. :\
On Saturday night, caught up with some folks from the old Serenity Oz forum, some of whom I haven’t seen for about seven years. And some who I’d never met. Good times.
On Sunday night, had pulled pork burgers in Fitzroy with Jin, one of his fans, Matt and Caitlin, the creators of Space Pyrates, and Emmet O’Cuana, host of Beardy and the Geek podcast and a massive comics enthusiast. The burgers were amazing, and the company was great.
Had a massive headache that I couldn’t shake, starting Saturday night, and persisting until Monday morning.
I’m getting really sick of my job. I don’t mind being busy but its always for the wrong reasons. Somebody messed up a date, oh, there goes another 3 hours. Somebody didn’t follow instructions properly, oh there’s another hour. Somebody wasn’t careful and didn’t update details properly, there’s another 2 hours gone. I’m doing the same things over and over again, it’s remarkably unsatisfying and a giant waste of my time. How the hell is anyone meant to stay motivated with this kind of bs?
/rant
…I know we’ve probably established this many times before, but are you sure you don’t work for the same company as me?
I have no idea. If so, we need to leave right now and go to the pub.
FYI, I work in the same building that Matrix was shot in, when Neo was working that boring job.
Sounds like my employer also.
Anyone interested in Ticket to Ride should skip the Africa board.
Because it is bad.
Didn’t win that game?
That is of no consequence!
Ha!
How many train lines are there in Africa anyway? Like, one? Two maybe? Fun!
There are a number of random places that you can build trains to that don’t even have names :p
if Toto taught me anything, it’s that people take planes in Africa.
At least, they come in by the 12:30 flight
MOAR UPVOTE
TURNIP PRICES!? I forgot to check in the morning ;_;
Something around 140. Not that great.
Yeah, just saw above :-). 103 for me :'(
85 \o/
/o\
So want to buy this amazing looking Cube World, and can’t because some jackass is DDoSing the site. What the shitting fuck is wrong with people? The game can’t even launch because some fuckass(es) is sitting at home trying to ruin it for everyone. I know, I know, nothing new. But seriously.
HURR DURR THEY COPIED MINECRAFT!
Basically that’s what’s wrong with humans
For some reason despite a generous amount of sleep last night I feel absolutely exhausted today. 🙁
saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamme
Hi everyone.
Oz Comic-Con weekend write-up. In no particular order.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28754200/OCCWrite-UpForDC.docx
This better be a graphic novel, text on its own is sooooooooooooooo boring.
/:|
Y’all got some wonky eyebrow
s.Sounds like even if the sales stuff wasn’t that great you still did awesomely on the meeting people front. The Melbourne TAYbies sound awesome and I’m really glad you got to hang with Space Pyrates again. Would love to see you here for Supanova, hopefully you can find that enthusiasm again. 🙂 You’re awesome, man!
I dunno, man. I feel like I flubbed up every encounter I had with people. Social and professional. Really felt off my game.
I’m sure no one minded, everyone who’s into geek culture probably has experience with social awkwardness. When Matt from Space Pyrates met me I barely spoke to any one and he still befriended me. Nerds won’t care, Shane. 🙂
Don’t be so hard on yourself dude, I bet it was fine and you’re just putting too much pressure on yourself.
i like to imagine that @greenius wears green all the time, if i see him in melbourne not wearing green i’m gonna be feel betrayed.
He doesn’t need that kind of pressure, man. 😛
what?!
how dare he not feel compelled to do everything i say!
*checks self*
Green socks.
\o/
You have to wear green all of Pax.
WAIT: PAX?
PAX.
COLOURBRO o/
COLOURBRO \o
He does! He wore a green jacket at the first meat I went to on Friday. Which was good because it made him pretty easy to spot.
Suits him pretty well if I may say so myself.
When can we see Mike in a red suit?
Challenge accepted! I shall go buy a red jacket this week.
TRUE STORY:
I bought a lot of green clothes earlier in the year so I could be easily recognised at meats.
Ah, I guess then I need to get myself some red gear. I’ve already got some red shoes and of course a red N7 tee. I think I’m good to go after I get that jacket!
Holy shit, I know Ryan Lindsay! I won’t say how, but let’s say I’m surprised to hear he writes comics. Rad.
Haha! Sounds like there’s a story there!
Nah, nothing interesting. Just not sure how much crossover he has between his daily life and his comic life is all.
Wat. How come you can’t say how you know him? I think @dc is right: there’s a story here.
Medium height, slight build, beard, exuberant speaker?
http://pikitiapress.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/oz-comic-con-melbourne-2013.html
Friends retweeted this earlier.
Holy damn. Every single person there got a photo but me 🙁
He says his camera died though!
But he got people either side of me… 😛
Thanks for trying, though.
Maybe the beard intimidated him.
Also, I’m fairly certain I recognize the name from multiple Space Pyrates con write-ups. Probably just knows the usual suspects who go to all of them more and felt comfortable randomly taking their pictures. 🙂
Also, I hope I didn’t make you feel bad. Wasn’t my intention.
Did the Serenity people call you CB? 😀
@DC, my handle in those days (2004-2007-ish) was “Canberra_boy”, which in turn was a name bestowed upon me by a bunch of fellow ADFA-engineering-applicants way back in 2003.
The more you know…
Also, no, not feeling bad. And definitely not from anything you did! 🙂
Yeah, it’s the same guy, just checked the link you had to be sure. Nothing interesting though, like I said above.
Small world.
Edit: ACTUALLY, it’s Canberra. I don’t know why I’m still surprised by stuff like this.
https://twitter.com/JoelGreenius/status/353118069889040384/photo/1
https://twitter.com/JoelGreenius/status/353118224897953792/photo/1
NO YOU STOOGE, THE OTHER ONE!
EDIT: Good D.C., you’re quick!
I’m known for my quickness. 😛
…
Haha. I won’t take that any further. 😛
TAYmeme history:
@dc used to say that a lot but then I said “new material please” (or something along those lines). That recently resurfaced so now D.C. keeps saying it, trying to get me to say my line :D. But little does he know, if I say it I’d be reusing old material too!
Did anyone post the group shot where The Lesser Evil was photobombing?
Not that I know of! @smurfydog @tigerion @scree I think they were the main photographers
Greenius was just on Beard Watch 2013.
I was just handed cameras and told to take photos. I don’t actually have any myself.
Close enough! 😀
*brohug*
I have photos, but I will separate them.
I’m really sorry that you couldn’t sell as many books as you would’ve liked. Last year at manifest, artist alley and the commercial booths were back to back. I thought that was a pretty good idea.
I’m also sorry I couldn’t afford to buy your books ;_;
Left to right
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v247/luckydogofdeath/20130705_204850.jpg
Greenius, Neg 0, Smurfydog, Inquisitor, Velnica, Tech knight, Ally.
http://smg.photobucket.com/user/luckydogofdeath/media/20130705_205031.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
Jordi, Ally, Tofu, Tigs, Mrs. Tigs, me, Shane, Greenius.
Nevermind – didn’t realise you uploaded more pictures 😀
Don’t worry about it.
I have it on good authority that the typical rental fee for 8 DS games for an indeterminate period of time is two books 😀It’s fine. I am used to lending games out to people as I tend to have a large collection. What’s the point of having it if I can’t share it with others?
I feel the same way about the massive pile of books sitting on my shelf. So we’re agreed.
KFC regret right now, over 3 hours after eating it … 🙁
I did walk over 2 kms today though. Trying to walk that far at least twice a week, maybe even 3 times if I can manage it.
@ynefel
Green shoes \o/
Just got an ex-TREME-ly good delivery.
@dc knows what this is about.
Down in the Treme…
I finished season six of Mad Men too, Shane. You should catch up. It’s insanely good.
Oh man. I have Treme, 14 unplayed DS games, an unfinished Max Payne 3, The Wire… and I need to keep writing too!
*tears hair out*
That can all wait till you finish THE WIRE
There’s no rush to play the DS games I lent you. Even if you just play them a little while. I’m not playing them, so I wouldn’t panic too much. I lent them to you knowing that you would probably need to keep them a while
The Dark Knight Returns is freaking fantastic. Only watched part 1 so far but goddamned am I keen to watch part 2 now.
But I have to pick up the youngest from daycare. Have to wait 15 minutes. Nooooooo!
Have you read the graphic novel? If not, you’re in for some fun with Part 2.
DKR is so amazing.
Tried filling out the survey. Doesn’t quite work when most of the questions are IT related and I was answering for my old job.
@redartifice
You mean you didn’t print out and frame Clint Hocking’s tweet like I did?
If I frame it I can’t caress the paper lovingly.
Whenever I hit the reply button the page reloads but doesn’t reply to the person I want it to.
I’ve had that issue before. Refresh the page and it should be OK.
Turns out a 2560×1440 PLS monitor has done naught but spoil me. Now my server sitting right next to me with it’s 1920×1080 monitor is bugging me. It’s all pixely and shit. Colours don’t look as nice either.
You really can’t win with screen sizes. I’ve been doing that with TVs lately; I see a bigger one and suddenly I can’t understand how I can see anything on my tiny 42 inch screen…
But it’s the same size, it’s just the resolution and panel technology. Chalk and cheese, it’s insane.
This was me at work when I got my 2560×1440. I had to beg for a second screen to offset the strange feeling that I was looking at something tiny (my current main screen at work is 1920×1200)
*gasp* I’m still using a 20″ DELL that’s running at 1680×1050. Not even 1080p. But it’s an S-IPS panel, so I gets my 16.7 million colors and proper view angle without color distortion.
I have a 55″ TV in the lounge room and I feel like the 46″ in the bedroom is too tiny to bother watching movies or gaming on.
I watch quite a lot of stuff on a 13″ laptop screen because I’m not compensating for anything.
Like poor vision.When it comes to home viewing, I prefer a smaller screen, and sitting closer. More immersive that way (for me at least).
Benefit of sitting close is that headphones are viable as well. Not so much on your couch sitting appropriate distance from a 55+ inch TV.
Yeah, I’m like 10cm from my TV. 🙁
I have a 40 and feel it’s too big and wish I purchased smaller. It looked so tiny in the store though.
I don’t mind movies on it, but I find games to be a little tiring on the oldman eyes.
That was a reply to @rize.
Seems like I’m having the same problem as @sernobulus
A knighted penis?
Ok I consider 99% of you to be normal, level headed people. (Not that DC guy, he’s CRAZY =P).
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/aussie-teenager-charged-after-bomb-threat-tweet-at-pink-concert/comment-page-1/#comment-1402649
I have a fairly strong view about people being responsible for their actions. Whether they are stupid mistakes or intentional. So that was my response to Luke’s article (or rather his opinion).
Is that too harsh? Am I alone in thinking that people can’t go round doing whatever the hell they please?
I’m level headed?
…wow.
I’m speechless.
Thanks.
😛
I said 99%
=P
I’m with you. I can’t be bothered joining the discussion over there because that’s just not going to go anywhere. And the guy who replied with the 1 year old example… yeah… no.
Lol I hadn’t read that when I posted here… it’s a new one. It clearly shows the level of thinking.
I hate people who make up hypothetical examples to try to disprove something but then won’t take into account an opposing hypothetical example.
That’s why I haven’t posted anything like “what if they actually did have a bomb?” because people will just say “but they didn’t”
Exactly. You said it pretty well already but if we’re always like “nah, they’re just joking – don’t worry about it!”, it’ll be too late when something actually does happen. Better safe than sorry and they’re just doing their job. I don’t know what punishment they’ll receive but you can bet that they won’t do it again.
I’m all for people being held accountable for their words. I don’t think that kid in America should be held without trial, but he should have to answer for what he said. Same with this dumb kid.
exactly. I don’t agree with 5 months in jail without cause, but he’s no angel.
I think even 5 month’s jail is too much to be honest. It needed to be made clear that what he said was stupid, but to ruin a person’s life over a joke is equally stupid.
As for the kid above – it was within ‘some’ context. Her recent song was called Timebomb. Again, the kid was stupid for phrasing the tweet like that, but to lock him up for it is overkill.
On the other hand, these things should be taken seriously and the ‘perpetrators’ need to be told that they can’t make comments that could be taken out of context like that.
No, you’re completely right and a lot of the Gizmodo commenters are absolute tossers.
That is 100% a bomb threat even if it’s not serious. If the authorities didn’t treat it like a bomb threat then they wouldn’t be doing their jobs.
Indeed. The kid needed to be pulled aside and checked. I’d give him a severe warning and I’m sure he’ll never do something as stupid again.
Think of the massive number of similar ‘threats’ that are going on all the time though. As we speak, thousands of people are probably making similarly stupid jokes.
I’m with you. If you’re gonna do something stupid like that, you cop the punishment. I’d rather the cops take those things overly seriously than the other option…
http://stopthepolliepayrise-togetherqld.nationbuilder.com/
That is a url and a half right there :O
Did another one guyyyyyys! http://www.procrastoonation.com/ Because it happened today and I hate it when that happens, I need to share my pain
It was totally you.
That lady did not observe proper train etiquette. If there are free seats, don’t sit next to someone.
Maybe the toon only had a budget for a certain number of extras. 😛
This
do people not know that public transport smells all the time?
Dead body under the chair? Totes bin thar, dooder.
Hahahah
I feel like this ALL THE TIME
Oh man, I just came perilously close to being hit by a car. So shaken. D:
D: D: D:
D:
You all good, man?I’m okay, just got a nice reminder of mortality is all. Haha.You alright, @dc? That’s scary.
I almost walked out in front of a car once, because I was too busy talking to @hindenlagen. He totally saved my ass, though. Boy, did I feel stupid.
I nearly did too. Except I was watching, and being cautious. It’s just crazy Rome drivers.
I’m okay man. My heart is still pounding and I’m shaking a little still. Scary stuff. D:
Glad you got saved too. Haha! 😀
http://i.imgur.com/zfuhZpq.gif
Were you in the wrong? Or were they driving on the pathway..? Wut happened?
Was at crossing. Checked for traffic. Didn’t see any. Started walking and totally saw a car coming my way and close. No idea where it came from. Felt like it was speeding too. Had already committed to crossing so just bolted. Heard the engine get crazy, crazy close. I don’t think it was as close as it seemed, but holy damn. The car just continued driving, didn’t beep the horn and it turned the next corner without slowing down. If any one’s in the wrong, I think it was them… but I still can’t be sure… I know I checked, but I was thinking about stuff.
Was totally wondering if I offended Shane before with that link. 😀Think if I got hit it would’ve been a combination of fault. Just scary how stuff can escalate. D:
Oh geez :/
This happens to me a lot:
Waiting at a crossing.
The helpful “Walk” man appears (he’s green, maybe related to Greenius?).
I realise that the traffic lights are trying to tell me to cross.
I go to step off the curb.
Some car/truck/bus just flies through the intersection in front of me.
About 3 or 4 times now, if I had been paying attention and crossed as soon as the lights changed, I’d be flat. Given that there’s a 2-3 second delay between car’s red light and pedestrian’s green light, these drivers have to be running reds.
It’s actually been buses most commonly, then taxis, then cars.
Was a side street, alas. Not a main road so no little green guy. :S
Comparatively, the half dozen times I have nearly been hit by cars are all my fault, because I am unobservant as shit.
Anyways, good to hear that you’re okay.
Oh man, I’m so sorry 🙁
Haha, everything’s fine, man. Nothing to worry about.
Upvote cos you weren’t 😉
😀
Damn dude! I’m glad you’re OK.
I witnessed this not long ago in the city. Right in front of my eyes. The poor rider was in a pretty bad shape:
http://t.co/8fHPtRJKwQ
Poor guy. 🙁
Ah, shit – I remember you telling me about that.
Anyways, I’m going to go for a walk to calm down from my walk. Haha!
Haha, nothing quite like a walk to calm you down from your previous walk. 😛
That’s what you get for LEAVING THE HOUSE
I’ve angered the hermit Gods. 😛
@crazyguy1990
So they’ve announced the Danganronpa game which the anime is based off is getting a western release on PS Vita, so hooray! i’m always up for more Visual novels being released in the west (especially for handhelds).
Apparently it’s gameplay is similar to the Ace attorney games so i’m definitely interested.
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/07/07/nisa-america-announces-danganronpa-and-demon-gaze
Oh, hell yes.
This day just gets better and better.
😀
@tigerion
You are magnificent, sir.
Thank you, again.
So when I checked Kotaku on my phone this morning there was a survey…now I check at home on the craptop and its gone.
Did I miss the opportunity?
It’s been popping in and out for me all day (though I’m not on the mobile site), so who knows.
I doubt it. It’ll pop up soon enough!
I’m required by law to hate @batguy for the next 5 or so hours.
Man, i hate that guy
What did he do?
He knows…
Still another 90 minutes or so left. In hindsight, totally justified.
I want context :'(
It takes some of the fun out of it, but: http://www.foxsports.com.au/league/nrl-premiership/match-centre/match-tracker?matchid=NRL20131708
It’s okay, we’re on a previous page. No one goes here but @Dc and I 😀
They’re actually called the Manly Sea Eagles? Although I assume that’s a town/city/suburb 😛
I was feeling a little bit bored but then I remembered I was planning on watching Drive today.
WOO!
Great Soundtrack
Great movie! 😀
Yea, it’s great
The Walking Dead – 400 Days
HOLY.
FUCK.Vince
Pretty standard chapter. Was very short, not really too much to like or dislike, but it flowed well enough. I chose to say nothing most of the time, because Vince just seemed like that kind of guy. The ankle I blew off was the white-collar criminal, because he was a douchebag. The other guy was a dirtbag, but I think he’ll be more of a survivor. I’m basing that entirely upon his tougher voice and the colour of his skin. I’m pretty sure that makes me a bad person too 😛Shel
Oh man. This was really brutal. I forgot how hard the choices were in these games. I said nothing during the discussions, but ultimately voted to kill the intruder, and totally regretted it instantly. Then I drove away in the end, but that decision fully took five minutes of me back and forthing between the keys and the gun. Damn, man.Stay tuned for the other stories.
The decisions are absolutely brutal. I even questioned why I was playing the game several times
Well, I’m off to torture my conscience a bit more… and totally wondering why it feels like such a good idea 😛
It’s like a car crash. You don’t want to look but you can’t look away. It’s torture yet…you can’t stop.
The chapter I just played, it was LITERALLY like a car crash 😛Just let everyone die. It’s for the best. There’s no long term hope.
Re Shel:
I think it was well done, given how large the DLC was, but at the same time I hadn’t really built up much of a connection to the characters, so it was no where near as brutal as the choices I had to make in the main game. I spared the intruder and killed whats her face btw.
I’ll wait until you finish them all before discussing! 😀
MONSTER!RACIST* ;D
Holy shit. The Dark Knight Returns Part 2.
Holy shit.
That may well be one of my favourite movies of all time. Absolutely amazing.
Didn’t like Superman taking orders from the US president and trying to take Batman out just because he made an elected official look bad. Guess I wasn’t supposed to but I thought Superman had stronger morals than that.Dude, READ THE COMIC.
Frank Miller has made a lot of shit since, but DKR is one of the finest comics of all time.
This.
I can’t believe you were deciding between DKR and ..Vampire Hunter.
I think I’m addicted to Cube World. Who else has it? We should try doing some MP some time.
I want to buy it but can’t because jerks.
emachizzit?
I wonder who and why…
How much is it? Sorry I don’t speak whatever language it is you were you using there 😛
If you were asking how much it is, it’s $20.
Virtues Last Reward is NOT a good game to play on the train… I need a massive Note Rad to write down all the things I need for these puzzles /o\
Still good though.
at first i thought you were saying virtues last reward was a bad game…
i nearly asplode.
Note rad!
That’s the idea!
WALKING DEAD 400 DAYS — part two
Bonnie
Honestly, I felt kind of cheated by the narrative in this one. The game encouraged Bonnie to flirt with guy, but didn’t reveal to the player information that the character would have known – namely that he was married. In the end, I was honest. Didn’t really feel connected to this one.Wyatt
Stoners road trip! Lost the rock/paper/scissors both times, so I think I missed out on an achievement. Boooo! Got out of the car. Tried to help the downed cop. Didn’t really seem like that tough a decision.Russell
Told Nate to fuck himself and walked away. Bit surprised and disappointed that Russell didn’t actually try to prevent the death of the old folks. But whatevvs.Epilogue
Staying at the camp: The boys.Coming to the settlement: The girls.
Edit: THOUGHTS \o/
NO CLEMENTINE. FUCK YEAH.I am really interested to see how Mrs Shane plays this.I wonder how many different possible results there are, and how much they affect Season Two. Season One was really linear, pretty much no matter what we chose. But it seems like this has the potential to be WAY more open.Edit 2: MORE THOUGHTS \o/
Wikipedia suggests that Season 1 choices feed into this DLC. Wonder how? Does anyone know details?EDIT 3: REVIEEEEEEEEEEEEEW
Loved it. Of course, it wasn’t perfect, but I’m so happy that they’re taking creative risks, that they can tell a compelling story (and really efficiently!) without the emotional go-to of a small vulnerable child, and that instead of a trailer or series of interviews, they actually went ahead and made an entire prologue to hype their upcoming game… all of these are big pluses, and I am really confident that Season Two will be amazing.Vince: I shot Danny’s foot. His crime seemed a lot worse than the other guys and it was a judgement call about the kind of personality you’d want to be around in a tough situation.
Bonnie: I told the truth to Leland. I kind of liked the misdirection. Established Bonnie as a screw up for the ages and made what she did seem plausible.
Russell: I left Nate. Was bummed there was no way to intervene too. :'(
Wyatt: I volunteered to leave the car, but still played Rock, Paper, Scissors for it. I thought the friend was way too jittery and Wyatt had the more level head. He left though. :S
Shel: I let the intruder live and I stole the RV.
Vince, Bonnie and Shel went with Tavia. Russell and Wyatt stayed.
As much as I loved the DLC, a lot of it felt like setup to a story I want to see unravel now. Haha.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/07/talk-amongst-yourselves-231/comment-page-16/#comment-1643768
Here’s some post game discussion! 😀
Thanks, man.
@sernobulus, you and I are the same kind of monster.
SAME RESULTWOOO! MONSTER BROSAs much as I loved the DLC, a lot of it felt like setup to a story I want to see unravel now. Haha.That’s because that’s exactly what it is… 🙂 For instance, the bag Bonnie had at the end of her episode? What was in it that was so important?Season one stuff: If you hide as Russell you either stumble across the body of Doug or Carley, that’s the same stretch of road too. Those people in Shel’s chapter are the folks who steal the boat, I’m not sure if their temperaments change based on how you treated them. Pretty sure I saw Kenny, Duck and Katya at the truck stop before it cut to the post apocalypse. Not sure on exact decisions though…I didn’t hide, so missed that. DAMN. Recognised the cancer survivors, that was a pretty cool touch. They seemed pretty pissed at Vernon, and determined to do the right thing. Didn’t notice the Kenny brigade, though.It might’ve not been them. Just the car looked familiar and a kid that looked like Duck ran into it. I didn’t hide either, but I’m glad I didn’t get to see Carley again like that. Poor Carley. :'(OH SHIT! I thought it was the other one – Lily(?) the one that you either ditch or runs away in teh RV. Although I assumed she’d make a return since she’s in the comics. I can’t believe I forgot Carley :'( I really liked her too! Maybe that’s why I tried to forget 😛I would’ve liked to see a premiere date for season two at the end of the credits though. *shakes fist*
Telltale says “Fall 2013” which is our spring. It’s only a few months. My guess, it’ll wrap entirely by Valentine’s Day.
Mine was interesting. I think through not-quite paying 100% attention, I made some mistakes (or so I thought at the time) but they turned out well… kinda.
Vince
I hated the white(-collar) guy and so disagreed with him… but when they wanted to shoot the ankle bracelets off, I didn’t realise they meant “pick who you’re going to maim and leave behind” so I shot and left behind the black guy /o\ — come the end, the white guy ran off and left Vince, so he went along to the settlement. Yay?Wyatt
I thought winning scissors/paper/rock meant I would leave the car (because I kept insisting on going out), but I won and then what’s-his-face hops out the car instead. Ohnoes! Then when I was attacked (by the same guy who gives Russell a lift…? Similar cars D: ) I was clicking like crazy and instead of fighting the guy off (I think there was still an opportunity to do so?) I accidentally drove away and left the other guy behind — Wyatt went along to the settlementShel
Didn’t shoot the intruder, didn’t shoot Stephanie but scolded the girl whenever she wanted to kill people because man, she went from naive to deadly fast. Scary — in the end, both went along to the SettlementRussell
Didn’t like this chapter. Didn’t like Russell, didn’t like crazy-guy — helped him out even though I didn’t feel like it, thanked him when he saved my life but walked away when he wanted to kill the old couple — Russell also went along to the settlement.Bonnie
Was a bit reserved, not over-the-top flirty and honest but also didn’t really like this chapter. I guess Bonnie’s okay and it was interesting to see how all of the characters had some brief commonality (be it driving down the same road, cornfield, gas station, etc.) but didn’t like the guy or his wife — anyway, Bonnie’s going along to the settlement.So
No-one is staying behind. Yay! \o/ (I was thinking about replaying it to correct the mistakes from when I wasn’t paying attention, but then have read other people’s actions over the past few days and I think I’ll just leave it as-is and see what happens)Awesome. I don’t know if there’s an ideal outcome, but it seems that everyone coming along is pretty cool! 🙂Someone suggested the idea of the story branching into two separate arcs. I think I’d like to see that. 😀My guess: The character(s) we control in Season Two won’t be any of these five, but they will be NPCs that affect the story.This was my prediction, too.
I REAAAAAAAAAAALLY want to see Mrs Shane play this game! 😀
Some call her a monster. Some call her right.
TWD: 400 Days:
Shel:
I just wanted to know what happens if you kill the intruder. I’m assuming his gang gets angry and retaliates?Bonnie:
Yeah, I wasn’t too into it either mainly because I specifically DID NOT attack Dee because I had a feeling something was up and she whacked me and it gave me the “game over – you died” screen :/. That kinda lessened the impact of everything after it…Also, apparently I just flub in my own head.
http://www.facebook.com/TheListGN/posts/10151765163796449
Feeling better.
Shane, you’re one of the best people I know. Don’t need to doubt that. You’ve never once made a bad impression here and I’m sure that’s true in the real world too.
Just get married already geezus
Pipe down, you. 😛
He’s just jealous he can’t have you all to himself.
Oh man, which one is reality? I’m so confused.
Blue pill, please
Edit: appreciate the kind words, man. Really.
Whose Reality?
@notoriousr
That’s my joke
Is it? Or is that just your subjective reality?
HURRR HURR A+ VCE English sucks 😛
(it’s your joke :D)
@zetrox2k or anyone else that knows what theyre doing i.e. not me – I added the minecraft server you posted but it comes up saying server out of date. What do?
@blaghman – you know about things! And you play minecraft – halp me! Tell me things, things that will halp me connect… I want to build a towwweeeerrrrr….
New version of Minecraft you have to download the new .exe file from minecraft.net. It’s a totally new launcher so it can’t auto-update from the existing one.
Ok, I did an update, which I needed to do, but it still brings the server list up and lists this one as ‘server out of date’, its all greyed out with an X over the connection… thing. If its saying server out of date… doesnt that mean the servers out of date? Has anyone connected to it yet? HALP
edit: screw this, imma go watch kramer vs kramer and cry and shit
Nah, it’s not a normal update, you actually have to go to the website and download the new exe. Mine did the same thing.
I did that though, it still says the server thing when I go to multiplayer 🙁
I was able to connect after I updated to 1.6. I only stayed on for about an hour, but I was on.
Noooo… why does it hat me?
I hope by this point you’ve learned never to believe in me, because I cannot help you.
For those not on Twitter, or for when it gets lost to the ether
https://twitter.com/NovaCascade/status/354170778406764544
I’m going to sleep. Last of my sleeping pills has been taken. Tomorrow, I’m on my own! D:
Staying on sleeping pills isn’t a good thing. I really wish I could share my ability to sleep at any time or place with everyone
Good luck, man. I hear that limiting screen time pre-bed is a thing recommended for sleep issues.
(Reading is a good transitional activity. You could read THE LESSER EVIL. Never a more effective insomnia remedy has been invented)
Totally recommended reading! But DC threw it back in my face. He just threw it! Right in the face…
p.s. so needed to read as a come down to all the wimbledon games haha! Was going to bed buzzing. A few pages in the land of Westeros and I was all heavy eyed once more.
Haha, no I didn’t man, it was good advice. I just couldn’t concentrate on any thing when you suggested that. Was in a weird, weird mindset. Feeling better now so might try it. Thanks again!
@alexpants are you coming to Canberra anytime soon? The first copy of Peaceful Tomorrows that came out of the box in Melbourne has been signed and set aside for you, but posting these monstrosities is expensive. Also, I want my Hitman (edit: actually I’m not too fussed about this), and I suspect that will be even expensiver to post. So come to Canberra, so we can sort this shit out.
Edit: hmm, guess I could have put this in an email instead of a public forum. But whatevers.
No, no, Public forums are good!
‘Leph is in Canberra after the 25th, we could organise something then! Make all the Sydney people come!
Alternately, my house is free throughout September, so I was considering gauging interest for another Canberra Meat then.
I really want to visit my sister so if you do decide on a September Can’d Meat date can you please tag me so I can organise around that date if I end up saving enough money to get there?
Nawww, familyyy! This makes me happy
Will do!
I meant to get someone to buy me a copy of that on the weekend but now I guess I’ll just buy it directly from you. How much are you selling them for and is your bank account unchanged?
The book itself = $15.
But postage might add as much as $10 to that cost, and that’s kind of silly.
So I’ll get back to you once I figure out the whole postage thing. There must be a cheaper option, and I’ll find it! These big ones won’t fit into a C5 envelope 😛
Okay, $25 deposited into your account. You can send the book with that hoodie…. 😉
No Canberra plans at the moment, I’m afraid. (I don’t think I’ve ever had Canberra plans). Don’t worry about it though, hold onto the book for now and something might happen in future. I can’t expect you to send it because I haven’t sent Hitman because I’m scared of prices! Just take a photo so I can be all LOOK MY NAME IS IN A BOOK LOOK EVERYBODY about it. :p
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4m79rtw7jmtypq7/PeacefulTomorrowsDedication.jpg
Drive:
Why didn’t I know Hotline Miami was Drive: The Game! :OReally? I need to play Hotline Miami then. You like the movie?Shit yeah! I don’t know – just from the outset I had a Hotline Miami vibe going on (especially the music). It’s not exactly similar but once you play it you’ll see what I’m talking about (it’s also a damn good game!)It’s the beach scene with the mask and music isn’t it. I thought exactly the same thing.From wiki: “The game itself was heavily influenced by Nicolas Winding Refn’s 2011 neo-noir crime drama film Drive; the director is specifically thanked in the game’s credits.”Tomorrow:
Warrior!
Oh man, so good.
Warriorrr
It’s okay TommyWhenever any one mentions that movie About Today starts playing in my head. XDY U TEMPT ME WITH SPOILER TAGS
HA! NOW I CAN FINALLY READ YOUR SPOILER TAGS
(@DC)
Time to play Borderlands 2!!!!
That’s the spirit!
Better than “Eh” 😀I’ve stopped playing it. 🙁
Time to draw! 😀
You know what?
Screw it, I’ll draw! \o/
Thanks, GreenMan! 🙂
The Comedy is a really depressing movie. Watched it cos Tim & Eric (well it’s mostly Tim, and they didn’t make the movie), but wow, it was hard to watch 🙁 I haven’t exactly been feeling all that good myself the past few days so it was probably a bit of a stupid decision to watch it today 😛
In happier news, I now own a bass guitar! It’s only a cheap one but it sounds fine and I’ll be getting a good one in the future anyway.
Also the new season of Childrens Hospital starts in a couple of weeks 😀
You get the Deals Direct one or another?
Yeah that one
There’s a nice blue one that I found the other day in one of the music shops down here that I’m gonna start saving up for, but hey, that one was $65 delivered, cheap enough for me not to care 😀
awesome, another recent bass player here (been playing for around 6 months now).
I’ve been playing it on and off since year 9 I think (2008), but I’ve never actually owned one for some reason! It’s an awesome instrument though.
i guess you could say i’ve dabbled in guitars for a while, never could afford one till now.
but yeah. it’s an awesome instrument, recently purchased an electroharmonix big muff pedal. that pedal sounds like sex… if sex was super distorted 🙂
Is there any reason you can’t play a 40k game using the 3rd edition rules today? It doesn’t even seem to a possible thought let alone considered.
I just want to play the game I spent my teenage years playing. The new rules frighten and confuse me.
Embrace change.
It’s always for the better.
Because if you’re using old rules you’re out of Games Workshop’s reach, and they can’t have that
HOLIDAY GAME PLAN:
Early morning – Animal Crossing (and throughout the day as needed)
Morning – Pikmin 2 and Bulletstorm (to be replaced by other PS+ games upon completion)
Afternoon – Dark Souls (to be replaced by BioShock upon completion)
Night – Luigi’s Mansion 2 (to be replaced by Fire Emblem upon completion)
Late night – Phoenix Wright (1-3)
WOO VIDEO GAMES. SRS BIZNZ. (I usually end up playing only one of them for like an hour :D)
I’ll also do a movie a day thing (again). We’ll see how long that lasts 😛
WOOOO Fire Emblem. Got it today!
Ive knocked off Valkyrie Profile CotP and Star Ocean International so far. The shoulders feel a little less burdened under the pile of shame. But I am in no way as organised as you….
Easier said than done :P. I’ve had a vague plan like this for a while but I keep spending my time on games that can’t be “completed” (which are usually the type of games I don’t like playing) so I spend hours in Animal Crossing just derping around 😀
Have you added your 3DS friend code to TAYnames? Again with the Nintendo stupidness but both people have to add each other to become friends and there’s no notification sent to the other person. I suggest just adding everyone (or whoever you want :P) then tell them to add you back otherwise they’ll forever be in the grey pending void. (@jordi :P)
how do i find that number?
Edit: NVM i found it. I’ll put it on the list…. but i cant edit. ill fix it tmrw.
Oh man, Fire Emblem! I wish I had Animal Crossing as a downloadable so I could have Fire Emblem cart in and switch between on the fly, I’m missing that game.
Never too late to buy a third copy! 😀 (that’s 3 times the turnip prices!)
Dark Souls is never completed, only abandoned.
Then I’d like to abandon it again after doing the DLC and killing Mr. Awesome Theme Song Boss again 😀
Seeing some of my friends posting pictures of their pax tickets on Facebook is making me jealous.
Night. Hopefully the next 24 hours are better than the last 24 hours. I hereby declare that they never existed.
Did you miss out too? 🙁
Monsters!
I’ll leave you guys with a quick figure drawing sketch:
(NSFW, contains nudity)
http://imgur.com/CPpWezq
If anyone needs a model for figure drawing, go here:
http://artists.pixelovely.com/practice-tools/figure-drawing/
It’s a great practice tool.
Okay, one more post.
When Jesus says “Come to me” you’re supposed to obey.
When it’s some random dude on the street, you’re supposed to get the hell out of there.
What if the random dude on the street was Jesus without you realizing it?
Ooo… thats a really cool site actually!
I was having an interesting, albeit brief discussion on Twitter with Scott Patterson on what it is to be a gamer. What does the label constitute exactly? Does a person playing FIFA or FarmVille only, constitute as a gamer?
Thoughts?
I think nowadays the term gamer can be used quite loosely. From those playing a game on Facebook to those who spend many hours every day on various different games.
I’m interested to hear people’s opinions on this.
The term ‘gamer’ is as contentious as the term ‘writer’. Each person seems to define for themselves what it means. And ultimately, it’s up to the individual to decide whether or not they qualify.
The problem seems to be that folks are attempting to push their own individual definition for the term ‘gamer’ upon others, attempting to forcibly exclude (usually exclude) others from the ‘club’ of gaming.
Edit: if you actually want my opinion, it makes me sad that anyone should be excluded from being a ‘gamer’ if they play, enjoy watching, or have any kind of interest in the world of video games, arcade games, tabletop games, anything.
It’s a dumb argument perpetuated by insecure people.
If someone wants to call themselves a gamer that’s they’re call. I really don’t care. FIFA, FarmVille and racers are all games as well.
I’ll just continue to enjoy my games without worrying what other people are.
Where it is valid is market research companies who are using the term to influence the market and/or governmennt. When they ask have you even played a game before and constitute that as a gamer it can cause issues.
Then screen Australia is giving out grants and are provided with the figures that 80% of gamers play on mobiles and that 40% of them only or primarily game on mobiles that is where the investment dollars go
The discussion is kept alive by people who feel being a ‘gamer’ is an identity thing. Once upon a time ‘gamer’ usually applied to a very particular demographic – these days, not so much. ‘Gamers’ don’t seem to like that at all. So, ‘I’m a gamer, you’re not/I’m more of a gamer than you.’ is just a plight to maintain their specialness. No, specialness is not a word. Hngh.
I’ve been playing video games since I was 5 or 6 years old – so 25+ years, and I don’t think myself ‘more’ of a gamer than anyone else. It’s what I’ve always enjoyed doing, it’s definitely my favorite thing in the world, and that’s all that matters. Why should anyone care whether they’re ‘more of a gamer’ than the next person?
It’s not a label I particularly like, because it’s got too many other connotations, esp around sexism and immaturity.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/ryan-davis-1979-2013/1100-4685/
:'(
Downvote because people dying is shit. He was only 34 too.
He’d only been married for a week or so as well 🙁
Sad sad news. I’ll miss his input to the GB team. It’s a big blow for such a personality based site to lose one of its members :’-(
I’ll miss the podcast intros- “It’s Tuesday” 🙂
heeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy everybodyyyyyyyyy it’s tuesdaaaaaayyyyyyyyy
Really going to miss him. I hope it doesn’t trigger Giant bomb’s collapse or anything 🙁
Wonder if they’ll still come to PAX. Jeff and Ryan were scheduled for PAX Au but I’d imagine that Jeff wouldn’t come on his own.
That’s horrible. Not really familiar with him, but I feel for his family, friends and fans. :'(
Honestly, the way Totilo wrote his article on Kotaku and a few of the other articles I’ve seen online — I thought this was a joke, even though no-one was laughing. Seemed like too much faux-emotion and I was surprised that people at large didn’t seem to know for almost a week.
It wasn’t until I saw his wife’s posts on his twitter account that it all made a lot more sense. Very sad, always seemed like a more than decent guy.
GB aren’t having much luck lately — all their gear getting stolen at E3, Snider and Klepek… bad time for them.So I still can’t buy Cube World. Sadface.
http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/
I knew there was a reason I came to TAY this morning.
Is it just me or has CAD become a much better webcomic lately? I’m sure it didn’t hurt that he ditched his wacky author-avatar-centric storylines.
I gave up reading after the miscarriage. i think other sites just plain do gaming webcomic better.
Oh you should have seen thefucking deep end Buckley went off of after the whole miscarriage thing. I think the only reason he ended the comic was because he realised he had written himself into a corner and would have to deus ex machina his way out of it, which would have turned off even the most hardcore CAD fan.
I didn’t think he’d be able to produce anything worthwhile, but while his humour is still hit and miss, there’s been a few good comics recently.
Once he stops assuming he’s smarter than everyone and overexplaining his jokes, he’ll do alright.
That said, I usually enjoy the selection of gaming-related comics in the Sunday Comics article here on Kotaku, so maybe I should go read those instead. I’m not reading Penny-Arcade right now, so there’s kind of a void in my lineup.
I read a lot fewer webcomics than I used to, but Penny Arcade is one that I’ve retained for years.
I’ve whittled some down, some have ended, I’ve started on new ones, and so forth. I think I could hash that down to about three if I really wanted to cut out the ones that aren’t consistently entertaining to me, but it takes all of two minutes to read them all so I don’t bother.
The “post-apocalyptic sale” on PSN store includes both Strangers Wrath HD & Munch’s Oddysee HD, for roughly $22 together. Totally going to partake. 😛
Also considering Terraria, though it’s not on sale. I’ve played craploads of it on the PC, but I downloaded the ps3 trial to see how it plays. They’ve done pretty well with the controls. Main reason I want to get it is for the 2-4 player splitscreen; strikes me as the perfect ‘party game’. You know, for when your friends are over and Mortal Kombat, Motorstorm, Twisted Metal and Doom 2 start to get a bit old. 😛
Oh man, Much’s Oddysee was so great. I might have to jump on that, because I’m pretty sure my old Xbox version doesn’t work on the 360.
Munch’s Oddysee HD being out kinda caught me by surprise. Back when they released Stranger’s Wrath HD on PC (steam), I got the Oddworld pack during a sale, but they were still working on Munch’s Oddysee, and I couldn’t actually get the original version working / it was buggy.
Glad it’s on the PSN store, because I’d enjoy these games a lot more on my console. Should be awesome in HD.
@sughly and all other Minecraft peeps…
server was updated to 1.6.2 yesterday to hopefully fix some issues we were having with 1.6.1. The small lag spikes appear to be gone which is a good sign…
if anyone else is having issues with version numbers, the new minecraft launcher always automatically downloads the latest builds as far as im aware, but wont set them by default… it is possible to select which version you are going to launch by clicking on Edit Profile on the new launcher, and selecting a version using the dropdown box in the middle.
For future just add me on Twitter (Zetrox2k) and ill post updates on when server is being restarted, updated, taken down for maintenance or anything…
Refer this quick referance image for details on version control and how to select the different versions.
http://i.imgur.com/Ko8opvv.jpg
Yaaaaay it looks like I can join now! ^_^
Thanks mang! Will jump on later tonight 😀
Address? Whitelist please?
Email your username to (zetrox’s username) at the hot males dot com and he’ll add you/send the server details.
This little interview with The National is great haha! Funny stuff… except that end drawing, kill it with fire. http://pitchfork.com/tv/youtube/22-over-under/840-the-national/
Hahaha! That was awesome! Those two similar looking people brothers? (This is news to me! XD)
Isn’t it two sets of brothers? And the singer’s brother made the movie?
I knew about the brother making the movie, but not that other stuff. That’s awesome!
Oh actually they might’ve mentioned that in the movie trailer. Haha. Observation skills. D:
Indeedy doody
*Fanboy noises*
http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/charlie-kaufman-writing-slaughterhouse-five-movie-for-guillermo-del-toro.php
del Toro needs to make Crimson Peak first. I really want to see that movie. 😀
This sounds awesome too though.
del Toro need to stop everything else he’s doing and make this!
Haha! I want to see his The Strain series on FX and Monster series on HBO too though!
Ohhhhh my gawd. Ohmygawd. That is so perfect. Oh gawd! Argh, please dont let this be another addition to Guillermo’s pile of films he’ll never make, this is such an amazing collaboration, so well suited to the book. Ohhhh my gawd!
Srsly, Kaufman doing Vonnegut! This is so obvious! With Del Toro directing… OH GAWD. did you ever see the original Slaughterhouse 5 film red? I didnt… was dubious about it, but I heard it was ok?
I’ve heard it was pretty good, but I’ve not seen it- it’s a little hard to come by.
Suppose I should read Slaughterhouse-Five at some point then.
Kaufman/del Toro together is more than enough to get me on board the hype train though.
inorite!! I was starting to wonder what was happening with Kaufman – I remember somewhere along the way he was directing another of his scripts? But this, oh man… this is so amazing… Del Toro really does need to do this asap
You know what was a great movie? Adaptation. So good.
@dc, watch Adaptation. Nicolas Cage plays two characters! Two!
Added it to the list under BDKIAF. 😀
I think I’ve seen it playing on Foxtel recently. So you might be in luck. Very clever movie.
Don’t add it to the list. it IS the list.
Speaking of Kaufman is Synecdoche, New York any good? I see it playing on Foxtel all the time and I loved Eternal Sunshine…
Haven’t seen Synecdoche. I will contend that Adaptation is one of the smartest movies ever filmed.
The bit criticising voice over narration is genius
“How would you end it?”
Awww man… beautiful film. Ending gets me erytime
I see Adaptation playing on Foxtel all the time too. Noted. 😀
Thanks guys.
YES. Anything written by Kaufman, watch.
I guess I should take it off the reading pile of shame 😀
It is my number one no reservations reflexive answer favourite book of all time.
They got the wrong Kaufman.
Should have got Lloyd.
Morning
Hey man! 😀
Morning!
LOOK MY NAME IS IN A BOOK LOOK EVERYBODY
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4m79rtw7jmtypq7/PeacefulTomorrowsDedication.jpg
That’s so cool. 😀
Ha awesome! Can I have your autograph? 😛
THAT’LL BE FIFTY DOLLARS PLEASE.
Wow dude, that’s awesome. Congratulations! 😀
Tha- hey wait a minute…
First step: Find out Alex’s name.
Second step:
Steal Alex’s identity… er… Congratulate Alex. Yeah, that’s it. Congratulate.I assure you my identity is not one worth stealing!
Another good Borderlands 2 night with @cakesmith and @rize. The Tiny Tina DLC is so amazing, everyone should give it a go.
I’m still grinning about that door puzzle 😀
Yup, me too. Also the part involving Salvador.
I just bought it yesterday. So once I can get Mrs Tigs in the room to finish off the main game I’ll be able to start. Do you recommend starting Tiny Tina DLC first or any of the other stuff first?
As long as you’re level 50 (maybe not? Unsure if it scales) I haven’t come across any reason not to do it first. I’ve only played Scarlett…booty…something…the pirate one!
Cool, from what I read they all seem like self contained scenarios, so I don’t need to do hunting to understand the story of Tiny Tina’s
I don’t think it matters as it all scales off of the game owner’s level.
Hey @dc – if you liked Eternal Sunshine actually, mayhaps you havent seen Science of sleep? Gondry, director of Eternal, wrote and directed this one right after. French with Gael Garcia Bernal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Really beautiful well made film too, with a lot of Eternal parallels.
Sounds good, my friend. Added to the liiiiiiist. (Though I don’t see foreign movies very often, so it might be there for a while. Haha.)
The Sughly section of the list is almost as long as the Cakesmith section of the list now. 😀
Honestly, if I’d thought of it I wouldve been sure to mention it in my first list. I think this one is one that would click with you. Also y u no watch foreign films often!
I dunno. I don’t hate them or any thing, just rely on Foxtel usually for movies and never really check what’s on the foreign film channel. Haha! There’s plenty I want to see though. Plenty.
I do have A Seperation waiting on my DVR though.
Yesss! And The Child, thats on your list I believe! Dardenne brothers are amazing. As is Michael Hanake, who’s now won 2 palme d’ors. So many good foreign films lately, Rust and Bone, Kid with a bike, Sister (so amazing!), White Ribbon. 4 months 3 weeks 2 days, another palme d’or I cant recommend enough. Devil’s Backbone, to satisfy the Del Toro itch, amazing film that seemingly not many have seen. Argh! Seven Samurai, one of the best films evar… Vengeance trilogy…
Most of those films you did put on your list. Thanks man! 😀
So many movies. A good problem to have.
La Vita e Bella! City of God!
SCIENCE OF SLEEEEEEEEEEEEP!!!
Good movie.
Get’s lost in most Gondry conversations though as I feel not that many people actually saw it.
Just watching the trailer again after recommending I’m realising it’s been way too long since I last saw it. Was head over heels in love with it when I first saw it, which is saying a lot since it followed my favourite film evar. Bernal and Gainsbourg are so so perfect in this.
Pikmin is only 18 days away. I’m really, really psyched for this. Looking forward to actually using the Wii U again for a substantial amount of time. (Last time was Zombi U in January. D:)
4 days until Mario and WeeGee Dream Team. I have loved the Mario and Luigi games. Can’t wait for this one. GET HYPE!
I’m finishing up stuff in Pikmin 2 but those underground parts … UGH!
TURNIP PRICES!
I have a disappointing 74 this morning.
I checked my local Woolies. They don’t even have turnips.
Turnips are serious business, man.
I was going to yell at you to get off the stage, but honestly, what sort of Woolies doesn’t have turnips?
114!
EDIT: You might have a decreasing pattern before a rize (ugh). Keep checking yo!
I’ve had 85, 80 and 74 so far this week. So it looks as though I’ll be following that pattern.
What hour increments to turnip prices change? 4, 6, 12?
Only one price for the morning and one at night, changing at 12pm
There’s probably better guides out there but I’m using this.
http://www.thonky.com/animal-crossing-new-leaf/stalk-market/
Just hope there’s an increase! 😀
I haven’t played Animal Crossing in over a week.
I’m hoping to turn it back on to a riot.
Or something mildly out of the ordinary?
Maybe a spate of break and enters?
And, like, Isabelle is banging round town in all this new gear that she couldn’t normally afford. And it’s a slow burn before I realise she’s been cooking the books in my absence and using the skimmed money to fund her shopping.
I organise an intervention but the Nook’s refuse to take part because of the revenue Isabelle is bringing in for their businesses. (She’s over 50 mil bells in the hole on house renovations alone) I push on with the intervention anyway and Isabelle agrees to board the train for a 4 week stint at rehab.
That night, I’m woken by crackling and the flickering of lights outside my window. I suddenly smell smoke. Filling my pockets with as many things as I can carry, I rush out the door as a pickup peels out of my driveway and down the street.
I see the source of the flames. An effigy of me. The mayor of Rubbishe.
It was the Nooks.
This is my town.
I press left and equip my axe.
Marry me.
Another Beef Era begins a-new!
90, or thereabouts :/ Got so much rising on prices this week T_T
For anyone interested (I know there’s a few people), it looks like there’s another Just Cause 2 multi open beta event happening. And, of course, it starts on the same weekend as PAX…
damn it well im out …. 🙁
@sughly – Crazy Redd is in town and he’s got 1 real painting (The Birth of Venus) – but I already have it. You wanna buy it?
YES!
I’ll buy it for ya and we can swapsies tomorrow? You can pass over the Kimono and other junk then too 😀
Oh and one of my StreetPassed houses has the Exotic set in black and red which looks really nice so I’m doing that to mine 😀
Oooo! Sounds niiiiice…
Happy birfdae @masha2938
@masha2398
Happy birthday, my friend! Hope it’s a damn good one!
Fuck.
@masha2932
we should try more numbers, just to be sure:
Happy Birthday! @masha2329
Happy birthday @masha2396!
Ha ha ha, thanks a lot Freeze. This was fun to read 🙂
Must be TAY birthday week- Masha’s today, @Strange’s Friday? and mine Sunday!
Birthday drinks at PAX most definitely
🙂
Repost for those who missed it (ie @beavwa)
Afternoon all!
TAY-Craft Server is NOW ONLINE
Server Address:
biodome.syndicateofgamers.com:25602
or
198.24.178.178:25602
Just have to set some really basic rules:
1. so following previous server experience, i think the best thing to do is keep the server whitelisted, to avoid random outsiders from destroying peoples buildings. THIS MEANS PEOPLE NEED A LEGITIMATE ACCOUNT TO JOIN, AS ONLINE MODE WILL BE ENABLED.
2. ALL TAY FOLK ARE WELCOME, as well as any friends of TAY. If your Minecraft name was on TAY-NAMES as at 5/07/2013 you have already been WHITELISTED, otherwise
Simply send me an email with usernames at (myusername)(at)(hotmail)dotcom.post your MC Username below for whitelist!3. Server will be in SURVIVAL MODE ONLY. No one else will have access to creative mode. SORRY GUYS :/ If anyone wants to pitch in for a creative server let me know.
4. Will need a couple of admins, so let me know on email if you are interested…
5. Current server player limit is set at 23 but will be raised when needed. Server can comfortably accommodate 128 players.
6. Don’t be a dick, Don’t be a dick, Don’t be a dick.
A few have already made themselves at home on the server, including Ser Nob, Steveo, Unloyal, Connor, and myself.
A WORD OF WARNING!
Although the server is set on Easy difficulty, it appears as though these dungeons are EPIC… enormous, and packed full of mobs… highly recommend people go in groups of two!
Whitelist me whenever, please: ArucardEcks
Will maybe jump on tonight.
Whitelisted!
@beavwa whats your minecraft nick?
And your password too.
credit card deets?
Also Bank Account Number.
Just so we can whitelist you.
i think i should also start collecting scanned birth certificates, passports, and drivers licences…. i just need to validate his identity…
Beavwa
… I’ll get right on to the birth certificate, passport, driver’s licence and banking details.
And passwords of course. Can’t prove it’s really me without all the passwords for everything.
gingerchris86
added!!!!
I spawned on top of a large shiny arrow pointing south.
High off the ground. The fall seems like it could have been close to fatal if I hadn’t aimed for a nearby tree.
ill add some water below….
http://www.polygon.com/2013/7/8/4504622/zombiu-was-unprofitable
D:
Rayman Legends could’ve been that one single software the Nintendo guy was talking about.
Zombi U had lots of potential. Too bad there won’t be a refined sequel. :'(
Atleast there’s lots of great stuff coming up on the Wii U!
I doubt Rayman Legends would have been that software.
Thems fightin’ words! Although you’re most likely right. I suspect Pikmin 3 or Mario Kart!
Not knocking the game, just don’t think it has the broad reach required.
Yeah, I think you’re right in hindsight. Would need to be a game the scale of Mario Galaxy or something iconic.
Karttt. Kart is their biggest seller.
I challenge you to some Mario Kart next year! I call Diddy!
I call.. I dunno, whatever
Okay, you get Birdo. 😛
I want a new Diddy Kong Racing 🙁
@bdkiaf: I didn’t like how they made Diddy talk. It was against the natural order of things.
You know what I wanna play… Yoshi Racing, where everyone rides Yoshi critters. How awesome would that be? 😀
Mate. I would play that.
I CALL TOAD
NOOOOOooOOoooOOoooooo! >:'(
If I remember correctly before the game was launched it received a lot of bad criticism of it being largely centered around melee combat with a bat, it probably drove a lot of people away from the game.
Still to this day I still haven’t finished it, I think I’m in a never ending death loop with the zombie horde inside my safe house.
Oh man, that game could be so unfair. You can be as careful as possible and then they have a swarm of 10 zombies run at you from no where in close quarters with no where to run. :'(
Played the demo for a bit. Didn’t care for it at all.
The only game I’ve played currently on the Wii U. I liked it while it lasted, but seemed almost like a concept demo for something that could be so much better. (Just like I Am Alive.)
ZombiU is the best game I’ve played on the system. A well made game that made excellent, non-gimmicky use of the WiiU’s touchpad, Although it’s certainly not for everyone. I also never would have expected to see such a game as a Nintendo exclusive either. Gave me hope initially that Nintendo might actually be doing something different with the WiiU.
Had some great atmosphere. Also the feeling of getting more skilled at taking out the zombies was awesome too, divide and conquering and all that.
Oh by the way, you sold your Wii U didn’t you? Seems unlikely, but if you still have your copy of ZombiU I’d be interested in buying it 😀
Yeah I did sell my WiiU, but sold all the games too.
Yeah, makes sense! 😀
@dc
Revolution.
Post apocalyptic urban decay.
JJ
Lensflare Runoutofsteamhalfway FlashyflashyAbrams.Haha! I’ve got the first half the season, but didn’t watch. Also, I always get sad J.J. Abrams isn’t hands on with his TV shows any more. I miss Alias. 😀
Edit: Though some of the shows where he’s just a producer are good too. Like Lost and Fringe!
Only got the first half? Perfect! That’s when it will be good. Wouldn’t need to worry about the other half then.
I thought for sure it’d be cancelled like Flashforward. (I actually really liked Flashforward. D:)
I watched the first half of the first season and thought it was terrible. People keep saying it gets better but I haven’t been motivated enough to pick it up again.
So much talk of Animal Crossing on TAY, I’m thinking of getting a copy. But I can only afford one 3DS game this week. So.. Fire Emblem or Animal Crossing? Or Mario and Luigi, even?
Luigi’s Mansion 2? 😛
Haha, already have it.
*And it makes my top 25 list. It’s brilliant.
Haha! I upvoted that list too. D: (Then again, I upvoted lots of lists that day. :P)
You cant recommend, you havent played any!
It’d be the game I bought if I ever got one though. That’s got to count for something, right? RIGHT? 😀
Fire Emblem is great.
Animal Crossing makes me want to slot my wrists or down my entire supply of warfarin with a bottle of whiskey. But I seem to be in the minority on that one.
D:
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D: D: D:
I know how you feel, except replace “Animal Crossing” with “The Last of Us”.
This.
@benny: get Fire Emblem, it’s actually a game and not just a time-waster.
Ergh. Obviously Animal Crossing is a game. Just caus you dont like it, doesnt make it less of a game.
I accidentally a word in there. I should have had ‘good’ there.
I’m sure the Animal Crossing hype will die down eventually, I haven’t farmed bells in like 4-5 days probably better off getting Fire Emblem/Mario & Luigi.
Mebe, but I myself am playing it everyday still. To each their own, but its been one of my favourite games in a long long time. I can see its not everyones thing, but its definitely mine.
I’d think just playing it and farming would be pretty boring and I don’t do it as often now since I have most of the public works I need and the turnip market is good enough for bells :D. I’ve been playing the game every day too but just doing basic stuff like looking for fossils and watering plants while I watch TV.
FOYARR ERAMBERLUMB
Honestly, it’s hard to say. I loved Fire Emblem to begin with, and still think it’s a great game – just as a SRPG fan, I was disappointed the further I got in. The game just got easier and easier. Everyone else seemed to have a hoot with bebbeh-makin’, but I couldn’t think of anything less exciting.
TL:DR – Brilliant game, but a little too easy for my tastes.
Animal Crossing kept me entertained for almost a week, and I haven’t touched it since. Once I realised all I was doing was basically a glorified scavenger hunt to fill out an imaginary trophy cabinet, I kind of went off it. It depends on the person. I liked the whole ‘no real aim’ and just wander around and do things in peace/tranquility, yadda yadda, but I got bored. THe entire game is an OCD collect-everything-fest. If that’s your bag, then you’ll be in heaven. Even if you just want a game you can relax and do things at your own pace, you’ll love it. But if you want to actually do things, stay away.
Yeah.. I’m actually kind of over Animal Crossing now too. The initial excitement has died off and I’m finding it harder to bother even picking up the 3DS to do the same things I did the day before.
Perhaps it’s time to go back to Luigi’s Mansion 2.
Thinking the same thing. Weegee’s Manshun 2 is excellent.
EDIT : Anyone who’s played WoW will understand how AC:NL just brings back traumatic memories of doing dailies. Every single day. Over, and over, and over.
*shudder*
Actually, yeah, it’s a very similar feeling to an MMO endgame. An endless circle of competing tasks and purchasing items.
I made my guy a penis hat and decided I had reached the pinnacle of the game and stopped playing.
Biggest goal for me now with AC is the creepiest basement possible when my house goes with all those sweet, sweet streetpasses at PAX.
Fire Emblem’s a safer bet, actually. Can’t go wrong with a good RPG, although M&L is looking to the best in the mario RPG line-up yet.
Trust me, I’ve clocked in far, far, far, far too many hours with both AC and FE.
Animal Crossing is great to play a little bit a day. By design you can’t just sit down and smash through it. Effectively it’s a brilliant commute or lunchtime game, while still being great fun to play at other times. It’s casual and relaxed without being boring. Funny thing is, I thought I wouldn’t like it but bought it anyway and have been loving it the whole way through
Fire Emblem is similarly great for small play sessions here and there, but you CAN smash through as much as you like in a single sitting. It’s a hell of a lot of fun, too.
They’re both great games, and great choices if it’s the style of game you like.
Nailed it
Mario & Luigi! Then tell us how good it is 😀 (That goes for anybody getting it btw!)
Assuming they’re the only 3 choices I’d go with Fire Emblem.
Mario and Luigi isn’t out yet so I’m not sure of the overall quality (I’m sure it’ll be fine though!). Animal Crossing is a hit and miss game but Fire Emblem is just all around goodness!
But Luigi’s Mansion 2 > all of them though 😀 so just buy another copy because reasons.
Someone threw together a little checker to show when Cube World registration, shop etc. is back up. Central place to check instead of everyone battering the site individually. Checks every 30 seconds:
http://direct.cyberkitsune.net/canibuycubeworld/
For anyone like me who’s hanging to buy it.
Calling it now. Notch is the the one DDoSing the site and he’ll claim “Mr. Hat” forced him to do it.
Jesus, we’ve got white hats and black hats, but the fucking fedora hat hackers are the ones that always pisses everybody off.
So you could say he hats cube world?
Stuff like this makes me think it’s not being *actually* a DDoS, it’s just flooded by legit enquiries every second (or 30 seconds…) 😀
Check his traffic graph that he posted on Twitter – the amount of traffic it’s being bombarded with is just mental. It’s targeted, without a doubt.
But whilst taking the store and registration down likely had to be done, it sounds like he’s backed himself into a corner. The moment the store and registration is reopened, the site’s going to utterly slammed – because of popularity, and the interest from the DDoS attack news. Then, add onto that the DDoS attacks likely resuming when the site reopens proper, it’s going to be messy.
Yep. A smart move would be to try and get a third party involved ASAP that can host popular content; Valve/Steam, GMG, etc. It wouldn’t be cutting into profits short-term because right now he’s getting nothing.
Or just use something like cloudflare for $80 a month and have the site up almost right away
#NotSoEmoDC post:
Week two of taking anti-d’s and I feel a lot better. Only side effect I have is insomnia. I used to not be able to sleep for anxiety related reasons, now I just can’t sleep because I just can’t sleep. Any one have experience with this stuff? Will the side effects ease off over time? (Is it just me adjusting to them and the like.) Got another doctor’s appointment next week where I’ll bring it up, but just thought I’d ask here!Also, feel free to DM me on twitter if you don’t wanna answer here for whatever reason.
dunno man. The warfarin gives me pretty bad insomnia but I find the Tamazepam is pretty good at knocking me out while watching TV. These are really the things you should go back and see the doctor about so s/he can change things if neededTamazepam only worked about 25% of the time for me and even then not well. Ran out of my prescription too. :'(Use the Diazepam to steady your aim, Snake!I sometimes suffer insomnia when I’m not working or working less than usual, a good idea would be to keep your mind occupied would be my recommendation.I have always been lucky that I fall asleep easily (especially in my own bed) so I’m not much help. I would definitely suggest just discussing it with your doctor.Glad you’re feeling better. For the sleep thing- if you can, try to wake up at the same time each day, so you can get a pattern back. Even if it’s wake up at midday/sleep at 3am, you should try and keep regular. When you do sleep, are you getting a good sleep, or is it broken?Thanks buddy! At the moment it’s almost non-existent. Sleep for an unbroken three hour stretch then wake up and stare at the roof for the rest of the night. D: Don’t feel exhausted weirdly. Last week I felt nothing but groggy and a little out of it. That’s cleared now.Not that I’ve been on long-term drugs for anything, but it does take a little while to adjust. Other sleep things- stay away from screens when you’re trying to sleep (a rule I violate all too often)- if you’re reading on an ipad or whatever turn the brightness down and read white text on black. Also, install f.lux on your comp- dims your screen over a 24 hour cycle.When I haven’t slept in a while I have a tendency to start checking TAY on my iPad. Should probably leave it in another room. XD Also, thanks for the advice my friend!if you’re starting sleep fine and then waking up later Tamazepam might be the wrong drug. Again, you should let your doc know what’s happening.Why are we all talking in spoilers? Also, I had the opposite effect from them so no idea what to say! They knocked me out. What did you get prescribed?Uh, I haven’t bothered to learn the name yet. Haha! Some twenty syllable thing. XD Last week I was crazy groggy and all that, but that didn’t translate into sleep. Also spoilers let people avoid emo stuff.You should be looking up what it is exactly and what to expect from it first of all I reckon. Secondly… I have something else, so my stories are null and void :/
@freezespreston: I haven’t slept in days and my doctor is out of town until the 15th. Should I:
a.) Not worry about not sleeping and just wait it out.
b.) Stop taking these dealies even if they’ve been fine otherwise.
c.) See a different doctor and relive the awkwardness of two weeks back again.
d.) Ignore the problem until I start using the ‘c’ word at unsuspecting TAYbies. Sorry Cody. 🙁
Honestly I’d say just see another doctor, explain what’s going on and the Tamazepam didn’t work. I’ve got to see another doctor for my DVT management as mines gone for 6 months and yeah it’s weird. But better to get it worked out.Thanks man. Voice of reason. I might give it another day or so, but that sounds like a plan!I ordered my cosplay for Manifest a couple of days ago. I’m going as the P4 protag/Narukami, last year I went as the P3 MC. So if Persona 5 gets announced soon, I will go as the main character of that next year haha
Also whats the go with PAX? Is all the TAYbies meating up? My friends missed out on getting tickets so I’ll be forever alone D:
Yeah! Add us on Twitter or something for easy contact but I’m sure plans will soon pop up over TAY. There’s actually so much going on I don’t even know what I’d be doing at PAX 😛
Followed ya on teh twitters, I’ve got most of the TAY but I didn’t have you, don’t even know why.
Because of all the hatred ;_;
Nuuuu hatred is not in my vocabulary D:
Many but not all of TAY
haha I probably should of worded that better.
I’m doing adult things today.
Was filling out the form to get a NSW license (finally) and it says that you can’t register as an organ donor on the form. Have to go to a separate site to do it and all.
That bugs me. It should be as easy as possible for people to sign up. Now I have to change my details with Medicare so that I can sign up to register my details. I was already down as a donor in Qld but I just want to be sure.
Stupid inefficient state governments.
The point of the registry is that now it’s national so that if you ever move again, it won’t be a problem. And it’s linked to your Medicare card which is theoretically something you’ll have on you if you’re ever in the position where your organs are being considered for donation. You nit.
Also I did grown up things too. I asked for leave and also a reference. I am the most grown up in this room.
So probably not the time to mention that I think organ donations should be opt out not opt in? :p
They should absolutely be opt out, especially since I think your family already gets final say if they object for religious reasons or whatever.
That’s why it’s important to discuss it with your family.
I told my family that everything about me must go, to be stitched into whichever person needs it. They told me to do the same with them.
I agree but
a) I’m a doctor, working at a hospital that does many many donations.
b) I also realised how weird it is when you said you wanted to donate your organs and I had a vision of my colleagues taking them and was horribly uncomfortable with it, despite knowing all the good it can do. So I understand why it’s an opt in system, although I still strongly support an opt out system.
Also we should probably just have this conversation in real life.
It’s an interesting thing, people’s organ donor beliefs. I remember when I signed on as a donor, my father said if it came to it, he’d fight it tooth and nail, whereas my mother said she was fine with me being a donor. Neither of my parents are religious and nor am I, but my dad just said he didn’t want someone ‘cutting his son up’ and wouldn’t hear anything else on it.
I figure when I’m gone, my bits could save or improve someone else’s life. Why leave them to rot in the ground or be cremated, etc? I’m dead, I won’t be needing them for much.
I agree, I won’t care about my organs when I’m dead. But for some reason I would care about @trjn’s organs going to someone who might be a butthead. And the idea of his organs being taken out of him makes me really uncomfortable.
Regardless, he wants to donate his organs and the chances of being in a position to donate them is so uncommon anyway that I would go with his wishes.
The Government wouldn’t open a huge litigious door like that anyways.
I registered as an organ donor a very long time ago. I still have the card in my wallet. Wonder if it’s still current or needs to be changed?
I did too. I can’t find my card. I’m pretty sure I registered when I was less than 18 though so it was definitely a while ago. Maybe check with the organ donor registry if you need to update your details?
Yeah I might follow it up. It’s from the Australian Organ Donor Register, which I’m pretty sure is the national one, but couldn’t hurt to be sure.
Holy smokes enrolling kids in school up here is nuts. When my daughter started school in NSW I enrolled her in October of the previous year but calling up the school today to find out when I need to enrol my son I get told they’ve already organised all their Prep classes for next year. It’s only July FFS! Thankfully we’re in their ‘catchment zone’ so they have to take him regardless. So I’ll be wandering up there tomorrow to enroll him for school next year. Which is six months away. 😛
Oh man, the years going by crazy quick. I remember you moseying off to the school to enrol your daughter in high school late last year.
Yeah with how late that was I thought I was being super-organised about my son starting school but turns I couldn’t be more wrong. 😛
Schools are stoopid at time.
Says the teacher.
That should, of course, say ‘times’, not ‘time’.
That’s okay…I completely left out a word up there and couldn’t evn be bothered editing it back in. 😀
And apparently I can’t spell the word ‘even’, either. 😛
Don’t worry, I’m a mathematics teacher.
We leave spelling to those pesky english teachers.
Let me guess…you have to write each lesson plan in detail 10 months in advance? 😛
Hahahahahahaha.
Hahahaha.
Ha.
Ha.
Not quite.
That’s like some of the private primary schools around hear. They recommend you enroll before their 1st birthday or something stupid like that.
Yeah, I understand it with private schools. Exclusivity and all that. But these are public schools. And I know it was a different state and 8 years ago when my daughter started school but I’m still surprised at how different it is.
Apparently this school is in high demand because it’s one of the best primary schools in Brisbane. I just wonder how bad the others must be because after NSW schools I found this one to be quite awful.
Yeah odd for a public school but I guess if that’s the demand coming in then it makes sense people keep trying earlier and earlier to make sure they get a spot. But since this seems to be for people living a long way from the school they are people cherry picking the best schools, if you wait later you can just go to the local school.
Whaaat. Schools are suck, everything about school and enrollments and their bizarro scheduling is backwards and done in their own special way that I will never understand.
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/07/mcdonalds-launches-mammoth-5040kj-meal-deal/
*mouth waters*
‘D:
That’s been available for ages hasn’t it? I know my local one & the one near my work has it (because I get tempted to try it =P).
I’ve never seen it but someone in the comment section said it’s been there for a while. I’ll stick with a dinner box for tonight though ;D (not the whole one – I can’t handle that much regret)
Yeah, I’ve seen that around for at least the start of this year…
Maybe Sydney & Melbourne are only just catching up?
Canberra – Paving the path to the future.
How extraordinarily ordinary.
Now the taco bell big box offers, those are more filling and they put your body through more hell!
I’ve never had a taco!
Melbourne Taco Meat!
Wut? How does anyone not have a taco?
I haven’t eaten anything not on the breakfast menu from McDonalds in years. Such terribad food and really not that cheap.
I would.
I’m back in town soon.
Take me out for dinner.
I’d be honoured.
It’s true. He would anything.
Luigi’s Mansion
I picked this up last week when my new 3DS arrived as something to play when I wasn’t playing Animal Crossing. It actually took me a few days to even start it – I had been sans 3DS for over a month, so I’d become accustomed to PC or Other to fill my time. I’m at the point now where I’ve got access to a second mansion to investigate. Thoughts thus far:
Is this really the same game that everyone has praised so highly? It’s nearly as bad as Skyward Sword in terms of holding your hand and guiding you step by step. It’s painfully slow in terms of progression – every time you’re allowed to take a step forward, the game stops you (ends that mission) and puts you back at the starting point. It’s primary mechanic is clunky, dull in it’s repetition and mindless. I don’t like the fact that I’m not enjoying it; it makes me feel like a Grouch.I like it when Luigi hums/whistles along with the background music.Aww :(. At first I didn’t like the chapter/mission structure but it makes it easy to replay and I find myself playing it in short bursts because of it. But I do kind of wish they’d let my hand go and just start you out in the mansion and let you work your way from there as the blocked areas and constant interruptions kind of break the pace.
It’s a modern Nintendo game … Good luck with that. =P
The first couple of missions have a lot of hand holding.I don’t see how it is clunky at all, in fact it is the complete opposite to clunky. The feeling of getting dragged around is amazing. As Mark said in a his rant about it, everything had a wait. Sucking up curtains/cloths/rugs just feels so good. I just cannot fathom how the game mechanics are clunky. Sure there is a little backtracking but basically every game has the same amount.Also
I know how you feel with the “not liking the game everyone loves”. I just cannot stand TLOU (as everyone already knows)re: Clunky. This is mostly in reference to the way in which you’re forced to keep the same direction once you start using the Poltergust. If you’re just slightly off when you start charging the light, you’ll need to stop, re-align yourself and charge again. I’m still not entirely sold on the whole “weightiness” of curtains, cloth, etc. but maybe I just haven’t played enough. I really didn’t experience it with reeling in the ghosts – I equated moving the thumbstick with filling the charge bar, and not with pulling back against the “hooked” ghost.I had exactly opposite feelings, the fact that pushing the back button makes the ghost slow down as the frantically try to escape from being sucked into the Poltergust was great. That final pullback moment when you hit the “A” button and suck up a ghost / curtain / cloth is just beautiful. I never really had problems with the light, you don’t even really need to be close to them to stun the with the flashlight.I might just be bad at the game. I’ve had occasions where I thought I was using the flashlight at pointblank range and got nothing.all I can suggest is don’t even worry about being that close with the flashlight. The reach of the stun is crazy. Much more then you think at first.Also remember to aim up/down because you might be missing them because of that. You can tilt and aim with the gyro but since I play with 3D on this is annoying so I just use X for up and B for down.
I have done the first mission of the second chapter (i guess that’s what you call it) and it was a lot better at giving me free reign.
If you’ve only played the first mansion, give it more of a chance. It’s quite a large game, and the first mansion is particularly hand-holdy.
Yeah; I haven’t given up on it yet, and I’m still holding out hope. It just started on a kind of ‘off note’ and it’s put me in a certain frame of mind to approach the rest of the game where now I feel like it can’t live up to expectations.
I’d say if you’re not interested by the third mansion, Weegee’s Manshun 2 is not for you.
Just wait until you die on a mini-boss or something and have to start the entire level over having lost 20-30 mins or more of progress because Nintendo haven’t heard of checkpoints yet.
Hello, Captain Sunshine.
Happened to me and killed all my interest in the game. I was enjoying it until that happened.
If Nintendo don’t value my time then I won’t value their games.
Fair criticism. I died for the first time on a boss fight yesterday but I only lost around 10 minutes so it wasn’t too bad. But I’ve feared dying on a main level where I’ve done a ton of exploration and I’d hate to do it all over again…
Loss of progress is the absolute worst thing that can happen in games IMO. It can and often does completely kill your momentum. Even simple things like not having to pick up collectables every time can really alleviate it. Luigi’s Mansion jettisons everything you’ve done – all the exploration, the money, the optional ghosts you might have captured. Everything goes if you die on a normal stage.
What absolutely killed it for me was that I died on a mini-boss in the second mansion after playing for about 35 minutes, because I couldn’t figure out what I was meant to do to beat it. Tried everything but nothing worked. Never again. 🙁
That’s something that annoyed me in BioShock Infinite. I spend twenty minutes taking my time looking around the world. Leave the game and find myself back to the start when I get back in. Sure, I can run through the level and ignore the exploring but it doesn’t feel the same. :'(
Mask Hard With A Vengeance
This week includes such nonsense as
– impending disasters
– racist villagers
– grave plotting
and more!
Buh … sweet merciless babies am I bored.
Work’s slowing down, I’m tired, I left my 3ds at home and I’m getting antsy because my PAX ticket hasn’t arrived yet
Do you think anyone would notice if I just crawled into the server room and slept for a bit?
Hmm I think you should contact them about it. I think someone said that you should get them by the 25th D:
Serrels says we have Alex Kidman and Junglist as guest editors over the next three weeks.
Hi @junglist! Hi @Alexkidman!
Want some rye? Course ya do!
Have you actually played Return to Zork? Or is this another case like how @shane hasn’t finished and doesn’t even own a copy of The Dig?
I’ve played and that’s about as far as I got in that game. 😛
I have finished The Dig though! WOOOO! (And have two copies! XD)
I think you know what you must do with one of those copies.
I have finished The Dig and also Return to Zork (though technically I semi-cheated as there is a way to bypass one of the mazes if you do some other stuff out of order). If you only got as far as Boos Miller then you missed out 🙁
Bet that game plays like shit on a modern PC too.
Woo Junglist, he’s a pretty cool guy.
I enjoy having Alex as a guest editor because he’s well past being polite to rude users. It’s the best.
@alexkidman will also turn Kotaku AU into the number 1 Bubble Bobble fansite on the internet.
This news makes me feel like we’re quite lucky and privileged. Yay
Well my timetable for next semester kinda sucks… And this is only lectures!
http://i.imgur.com/ShPWmYR.png
Busiest day is Friday 🙁 I’m thinking Wednesday will be a day off…
I kind of liked having lectures and all that in the morning. Freed up the afternoon. Worst thing is when you’ve got a lecture in the morning and a tute in the late afternoon. *shakes fist*
Yeah! You wake up early and get Uni out of the way and since you’re back by the arvo it feels like you’ve still got the whole day ahead of you 😀
Yeah, that’s the biggest positive, at least I’ll be free in the afternoon! And once things start getting busy that 2 hours in between on Friday should be useful.
Not too bad! At least they’re together and you’re close to Uni 🙂
I have my first clash next Semester so I literally can’t do anything since it’s auto-allocated :/. Got a forced 8am tute too ugh! (since Uni is over an hour away gotta wake up at like 6 or something <_<)
Uni sucks 😀
Yeah, that does sound like it sucks 😛 Thankfully I can choose my tute times!
Being so close to uni is really handy 🙂
ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: The Wire Season One completed.
Great show. Really great.
If I could upvote this twice I would
WHERE THE FUCK IS WALLACE, MAN?So so far my Shameless Gaming Month has gone absolutely nowhere.
I finished one game and then gained one game. 🙁
I’ve played The Walking Dead 400 Days and that’s it. 😀
I beat Link’s Awakening, Ocarina of Time and 400 Days! \o/
…gained 15 games, though :\
You didn’t even go to Oz Comic Con, did you? You’ve just been sitting in a park playing 3DS games. XD
I think I figured out why sales were poor 😛
And getting a stack of DS stuff from @scree
Zeldarific!
I want to finish at least Ys: Oath in Felghana but I haven’t had time to even touch it. 🙁
I wasn’t planning on too much gaming because I have other stuff I should do instead, but so far I’ve finished Trials Evolution, Costume Quest, Walking Dead: 400 Days and Blood Dragon.
That said, I did get three games from the Xbox sale and maybe half a dozen between the GOG and GMG sales, and all of the games I’ve finished are downloadable (i.e. not a huge time investment) … so yeah, I’m going backwards pretty quickly. 🙁
Nice! How’d you “beat” Trials Evo? Platinum everything? Finish all the tracks? Well done 😀
Platinum everything? Haha. Nooooooooooooooooo, not a chance. 😛
I’m taking Trjn’s “you’re finished when you think you’re finished” mantra to heart — I’ll revisit Evo down the track whenever I feel like being tortured, but I’m content with the time I’ve spent on it too.
(i.e. I got the Trials trophy/135 medals pretty easily, but then hit a brickwall with the Flatliner tracks. Sapped my confidence and enthusiasm, so while I am 100% finished with the other three games… Trials is finished, but not finished 😛 )
Yeah, that’s why I asked because we all have our own definition of when something is completed – just wondering how much you did. I love Trials Evolution <3. I tried to get Gold for everything but couldn’t be bothered towards the end but at least I have Silver :P. It’s funny because Serrels has Gold in everything but I’m still higher than him on the leaderboards (most likely due to my Platinums) >:D (but then there’s other jerks who are still ahead of us :P)
It can be cruel — then you beat one of Serrels’ times by a couple of seconds and everything is good again. 😛
Also, Batguy is insane. Skill/finesse/commitment that I could only dream about.
He’s the one who’s above me :P. Sughly is above him and then there’s the golden god of Trials, FatShady!
Is anyone actually planning on getting Mario & Luigi this week?
I’m hoping to get it some time, possibly even Saturday if I can get out to Big W (should be able to).
If nobody else wants to talk about this game, I’ll happily be the only one to rabble on about it 😛
My closest BIG W isn’t at my local shopping centre, so I’ll be price matching.
In regards to talking about can’t really think of a topic.
Y’all can answer my question when you guys play it:
Is it like the others?
I noticed the art style changed and I’m not a fan but it looks to be just as fun. I’m interested but not super interested 😀 (definitely a type of TAYlend game!)
Honestly it looks heaps different to the previous ones, but I dunno if that’ll translate to feeling different to them 😛 I think they’ve gotten worse with each new release (still good though! The first one is just so much better), but this one does look better than Bowsers Inside Story which had way too much 2d side-scrolling stuff (pretty much ALL of the inside Bowser stuff).
If I do end up getting it this week I’ll report back!
I really like the inside Bowser stuff…
@sernobulus!
(That’s a reply fail, but he’s playing Mario & Luigi, I’m pretty sure.)
Hello! Yes! That is the name I go by! SerNobulus that is. I do not go by the name Yes because that would confuse people.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/the-best-free-apps-in-apples-app-store-anniversary-fire-sale/
Superbrothers: Swords and Sworcery… Infinity Blade 2… free… not too shabby, my friend.
Well This should be a very exciting week, Civ V expansion and new computer.
After a weekend where I got ill on sunday and half of yesterday I can only hope for a decent weekend this time around.
How was everyone elses weekends?
Went pretty much like this.
Man, y’all wouldn’t believe how hungry that picture of McDonalds is making me D:
I’ve stuck to my “holiday game plan” pretty well for today so far 😀
Thanks again to @batguy and @mcgarnical – I made around 4.8 million profit (-400k tip for Batty :D, McG do you want some?). How much did you get @sughly ?
I’ve just over 9 mill! Wouldve been closer to 10 but bought the pikmin hat for 400k, then gifted another 300 🙂
Jeeeeeezuz! How much did you spend? I only spent around 1.7mil
Around 2.5 I think
Every time they post something about fast food and half the article is saying “DON’T EAT IT DON’T EAT IT” I just want to yell “I DON’T CARE I’M GONNA EAT IT AND I’M GONNA ENJOY IT”
There’s something off about the box of fries though…
I don’t really get the point of those articles. Who is seriously going to McDonald’s without the knowledge that it’s maybe not that good for you?
Caus they want to hack your life, dur
Wait, Fast food isn’t healthy?
WHY THE HELL DIDN’T THE MEDIA WARN ME!? /o\
Everyone knows it’s bad, but I think it is interesting to see just how bad, especially since I used to eat similar sized meals when I was younger. Gods I used to be unhealthy.
The same people who store their bread in the microwave, duh.
I point of the articles is the journalist can go out, buy lunch and have the company pay for it as it is ‘for an article’
Genius D:
Nah man you did all the work 🙂
Nah man, team effort <3
Hey all! Apologies for the terrible start to the survey this week. We had some caching issues that caused it to be fairly… persistant…
It’s going to pop up again in a few minutes. If you’ve already done it, or you want to get rid of the tab bits forever (or until the next survey, HA! (don’t kill me, I don’t come up with this stuff!)), just click the image again, and a cookie will tell it to politely gtfo.
Our aim as devs is to never ever ever annoy you guys, but this one slipped – sorry!
You should be sorry. *glares*
Thanks Ben! More video content, more of the time! 😛
D’awww, I can’t stay mad at you.
What survey?
Spent most of this afternoon playing Android: Netrunner with @freya. We’d tried playing it before and she didn’t really enjoy it. The rules are confusing and I had a huge advantage because I had years of playing Magic: the Gathering on my side (as well as the recommended beginner decks being strongly in the corp’s favour and I was the corp).
Then we tried changing the runner deck to a different one and things went better.
She even won a game.
Just so this makes sense, Android: Netrunner is a living card game. It plays like Yugioh or Magic: the Gathering but instead of being random booster packs so you have to pay to win, the base set contains everything you need and then they release expansions that contain set cards. So it’s never random, you can always buy what you need and it barely costs a thing to just get three copies of every card compared to getting four of every card from a single MtG set.
Basically making it a more financially accessible card game.
On top of that, there are two sides – Runners and Corps – that play completely differently and you have to make decks for both sides. The core game comes with cards to make three different runner decks and four different corp decks (although only one of each at a time) and that’s before you get into proper deckbuilding as opposed to just shoving the recommended cards into a stack.
Interesting game. Definitely not for everyone but it’s something that I’ve been missing since giving up on Magic.
WIZARD!
Even though I haven’t played this game I would give it 10/10 because I can repeatedly say “I must believe in the heart of the cards!” and it will have reference to a real life thing happening!
Amazingly, we haven’t done much of that yet. Too busy trying to work out how to play to joke.
Still, we say “heart of the cards” far too often when playing Ticket to Ride. Actually, a lot of games we play let us believe in the heart of the cards. A lot of games we play go horribly wrong when we believe in the heart of the cards.
Fuck the heart of the cards.
But we’re going to keep believing in them.
Haha! I summon my DARK MAGICIAN MONSTER CARD! And I use my MONSTER REBORN to get Kuriboh from the graveyard!
The best thing is that there are trap cards and defensive cards so you can do the whole “You activated my trap card!” and “I play this in defense mode!”
Exclamation marks are necessary, as is trying to imitate Yami’s voice.
I WANNA BE A WIZARD
Netrunner is pretty cool. I’ve played it against Anton afew times. I enjoy it, he doesnt.
Guess that means we’re going to end up playing against each other then.
I would be okay with this 🙂
I’ve decided it’s time to only speak in rhyme.
I don’t know why we’d ever do that, you twit
For every post I must rewrite what I’d writ!
Are you doing it whilst wearing orange?
No but he can do it while fixing a door hinge
Or climbing Mount Blorenge
(in Wales)
We’re starting from now so no need to rewrite
I have a good feeling that the future is bright
For Kotaku comments will be so much fun
I could go on, but for now I’m done
Or if he’s a Biologist, he might examine a sporange.
Or purple.
Or silver.
https://ebgames.com.au/3ds-162236-Limited-Edition-Pikachu-Nintendo-3DS-XL-Nintendo-3DS
Sold in less than an hour D:
I’m surprised… because I think it looks more hideous than the other (quite nice) limited edition 3DS XL’s they’ve shown of late.
Or maybe I just didn’t care enough about Pikachu as a kid. 😛
I’m guessing its unsold europe stock when they sold it a year or two ago, but yeah the stencil pokemon y&x 3ds look a lot more impressive.
Pikanips!
@sughly:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1311401276/little-witch-academia-2
In case you missed it, the actual kickstarter opened.
Ah yes! Thankyouuuu!! Oh man, so excited about this 😀
Looks like they’ve almost hit funding goal already.
So awesome! Great to see it getting so much love! I was hoping there’d be a tier to get both on bluray, but there isnt… but then I remembered it would be region A :'( Are you backing? If so, what tier? I like the sound of the artbook, that’d be coooool… but… money T_T
I grabbed the $50 tier because I have a Region A BD player anyway (but I reckon they won’t region it). Really liked the first one but more than that I really want to see this successful because I think it will make a lot of Japanese anime studios and possibly game studios as well consider it as an option.
Same reason why I’m excited to buy Record of Agarest War when Ghostlight release it on Steam in a few months. Not because it’s particularly good, but because it’s the first time a niche JRPG has gotten ported from console to PC on Steam to my knowledge and because it’ll be the only true SRPG available and I really want to see more high-profile stuff come to PC, especially with the new consoles having such PC-like hardware.
Oooo you think it wont be region A then? Hate to sound naive, but I didnt really even realise there WAS region free blurays. On a scale of one to ten, how sure might you be that it could potentially be region free? 😀 In any case, I’d still get the book I suppose… and if it happened to be region A I’m sure I’ll have means to play it eventually…
You could always post a question on the kickstarter and ask. It doesn’t matter to me if it’s A or unregioned personally but if it affects how you back them, then you should ask.
Studio TRIGGER! Hells yes!
So it isn’t just Kotaku that was blocked at work it’s any site catagorised as “gaming”, UGH!
So, I went on a Wikipedia adventure and I’m on the list of games containing Ninjas and
Where the hell did the rest of my post go?
Ninjas
So I’m having issues with my latest cosplay. Cannot find the vest I need so I’ll either have to alter the jacket pattern, or else make the pattern myself
Also stupid Lincraft gave me the wrong size pattern. I hope Mum gives me the dress mannequin for christmas
Under the Dome 1×03:
Dialogue is still stilted. Not sure I like this show. D:Not to worry.
The book still exists \o/
And Brian K Vaughan still works in comics \o/
You’ve been reading Stephen King’s letter to the fans? 😀
Also, hey Shane! What’s new?
…no. Linky?
I’ve done eight pages of The Game today! \o/
This spoils a lot of the book, so only read if you’re certain you want to know:
http://www.stephenking.com/promo/utd_on_tv/letter.htmlHere’s a spoiler free excerpt in case you don’t click on the link:
He’s a smart man.
It’s a good letter in general. King’s got a lot of love for Brian K. Vaughan and his vision for the series. Must be reassuring for Vaughan to have a creator who’s open to changes and different interpretations too.
I suspect that regardless, the studio bought the rights to adapt as they see fit. Though I guess it’s reassuring that King isn’t throwing an Alan-Moore-esque fit about every appropriation. On the other hand, King would be well used to seeing utter shit being made from his books, and this is probably above average as far as that goes 😛
Read an interview with Vaughan saying King wants to write an episode in season two if it’s renewed. I think his like is genuine in this instance and he’s not just being gracious. 😀
Well, that is awesome 🙂
Way to go, man. Congrats with the writing. Your family back yet?
Tomorrow sometime, I think.
Twitter is weird. Posted that the commonwealth bank finally realised I can’t have my youthsaver account anymore and change me to the awardsaver one with a lower interest rate, so then they get in contact with me on there to get me back onto a higher interest rate.
OTOH Comm bank have such good CS that they come to you!
(might make sense now)
Sounds like Bank of America could learn a thing or two from Com. Bank
http://gizmodo.com/bank-of-americas-twitter-account-is-one-really-really-713634226
I think almost every company in Australia could learn something from them tbh. I’ve had to have things sorted out before and their customer support really is the best I’ve ever come across.
That’s great to hear. Sounds like they’ve improved a lot in the last few years. Ditching them 7 or 8 years ago made me very happy back then.
Still can’t buy Cube World.
*grumbles*
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/the-best-free-apps-in-apples-app-store-anniversary-fire-sale/
Posted this on the last page, but don’t want folks to miss out. Some great free iOS games. (Superbrothers: Sword and Sworcery, Infinity Blade II…)
Yeah. Great. iOS stuff.
Sheep.
*Goes back to sucking on rocks*
Have to share this. An old friend from film school linked it – Dustin Hoffman talking about the importance of making Tootsie and perspectives men have of women. Really incredible… http://www.upworthy.com/dustin-hoffman-breaks-down-crying-explaining-something-that-every-woman-sadly-already-experienced-3?g=4
Cool interview, my friend.
Batman Year One was great. Mostly focused on Jim Gordon (voiced by Bryan Cranston) and had a awesome darker edged film noir vibe to it. Could see where Batman Begins borrowed a lot from. These DCAU Batman movies are amazing. Better than most of the live action movies.
Read the comics they’re based on. They are great.
Batman: Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are among the very few superhero comics I have time for.
Warrior:
:’). Really enjoyed it! Anyone could’ve predicted where the story was heading from the start but it was done so well. Manly tears were close to being shed many a times and it was a good change from Drive (which I saw yesterday). Although I did expect something really bad to happen at the end but I’m glad it didn’t. Reminds me of The Wrestler.Can’t say I knew much about it originally and when I saw the poster of two muscley dudes I wasn’t expecting much – but it was damn, damn good!
Next up: Life of Pi
Note: life of pi is not as delicious or mathematical as it sounds.
Curious to hear what you think of Life of Pi. I haven’t seen it because I really didn’t care for the book. :/
I’ve never read the book and I didn’t think the trailer looked good but people say it’s good so we’ll see! I don’t know what it’s about other than boy and tiger.
So good! I had no idea what @sughly was rambling about it because it seemed like muscley men punching each other, but when I watched it, ALL THE MANLY TEARSI predicted this comment to be:
“THE NATIONAL”
THE NATIONAL
Subverting your expectations, one comment at a time!
I want to do things, but I’m too bored… 🙁
That’s how I feel almost 24/7 🙁
HNGH GFWL IS ON MY PC
KILL IT WITH FIRE
Welp.
Just watched the GTA V gameplay trailer — liked some of the character overviews, yet I wasn’t totally convinced on it before… but now I’m going to have to preorder and countdown the days ’til its September release. 🙁
Edit — Link for those interested: http://www.rockstargames.com/newswire/article/51111/grand-theft-auto-v-official-gameplay-video.html
There is one part of that video i am a bit nervous about. spoilers ahoy, don’t read until you have watched the video.
The part where Franklin walks out of a medicinal marijuana store, i hope the ACB doesn’t take as a drug reward sort of thing they get bitchy about.September, please hurry up.
It looked really good. The character switching seems fast too-I hope they weren’t speeding it up.
I also like that they are highlighting the PS3 version. 🙂
Also for the PC players don’t fret. Rockstar have done this dance before- the game will come to PC eventually. It would be nice if they released it on the same day though, especially with spoilers sure to be all over the internet.
Man, I rarely buy games on day one, since I don’t play them anyway, but it will be hard to resist GTA 5.
I’m 99% sure GTA V will come to PC, but I’m honestly baffled as to why RDR didn’t.
Looks decent, but I gotta say, non of those protagonists hold any appeal to me. They should have gone the Saints Row route and let you make your own guy.
I like that they’re sticking with their formula. I kind of like that SR and GTA are treading separate paths in the open-world-mayhem genre.
Yeah, I’m happy that they stay separate, given if GTA were to turn into Saints Row, it would turn into a bad game.
*Trollface*GTA V HYPE
Loved it, GTA stories are good, but the open world just walk around doing whatever you like is always the funnest part and that looks even better in V.
@rize, @cakesmith and I finished The Tiny Tina’s Assult DLC for borderlands 2 last night. Well, by finish I mean we beat the main story. Still so many Side Quests to do.
As usual, Gearbox know exactly how to deliver. I know I have said this every day for the last 3 days but, This DLC is so damn amazing. If you don’t have it, buy it!
Probably the only season pass I haven’t regretted getting.
So far I have only done the Tiny Tina and Scarlet Pirate one.
MR TORGUE DEMANDS YOU PLAY HIS DLC BECAUSE EXPLOOOOOOOSIONS!
SUP NERDS!?
I miss TAY! ;_; Stoopid work making me work (Also they sent us all an email to let us know the net was being monitored :/ So yeah)
How is everyone? What’s new? More importantly:
Who’s making movies for TAYfilm 2013?
I’ll try and get a post up on Potaku about it.
Rocketman and DAN! are collaborating at the moment, IIRC
I’m making comics, so don’t qualify. Still waiting for that Hollywood cheque…
Stair Wars – a timeless classic!
If by collaborating you mean I affirm his stuff is funny then yes, we’re collaborating.
But that’s as far as it goes.
This one’s all Hot Ross.
And I can’t freakin’ wait.
Hey, people have ranted to the WGA for a writing credit for less involvement. 😛
What about you? Any filmey stuff going on?
Not really, man.
Just working away on Flambes edits and looking at some other silly ideas but nothing big.
How’s the doco going? Looking forward to seeing it!
Could actually use your help with something we’re working on if you have the time to spare.
Email me and I’ll let you knoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow.
emailed ya!
@doc_what
Cool. I’ll take a look tonight!
I’m making a sequel to my trailer last year.
Given my friend moved to Melbourne, the sequel is going to pull off a rather large tonal shift.
Shoot the sequel in Sydney!
Or in Melbourne!
Like, if Sydney gets blown up and we need to make do or something?
More along the lines of his co-star is in Melbourne and he needs to reunite the team!
Yeah, but his co-star is in Melbourne.
MELBOURNE!
But you love Melbourne ;_;
It’s alright…
Actually saw SO MANY places I’d loved to have included in Julie vs The Dead. But don’t tell anyone. I’ll be thrown out of Sydney.
;D
Don’t worry no one goes to previous pages except for D.C. and I :3
I think I remember TAYfilm being discussed on Twitter last year, but I wasn’t around to hear the details. Mind filling me in?
Basically it’s a reason to get together and make movies.
http://potaku.com/2012/10/15/the-tayfilm-project-2012-the-beginning/
Here’s last years films:
http://potaku.com/2012/11/10/tay-film-01/
Awesome as, looks like fun!
Gonna join in!?
Maybe! Not sure what I could do.
Anything! Anything at all!
Haha, you see that interview on Last of Us @dc? Thought this was pretty funny:
“Honestly it’s one of those things where sometimes we say ‘post-pandemic’ to not say post-apocalyptic”
Also I was unaware of this Citizen Kane comparison meme. What a joke. I can’t imagine any game having the impact on the industry that Citizen Kane had for film. It just won’t happen.
Isn’t Citizen Kane all so famous and stuff because it did things no other movie/medium could do?
Can’t you say something like LTTP or Ocarina did that?
It basically set a standard for filmmaking that hadnt been met yet, established a lot of ways that films were made afterwards. I think games have come too far to have a ‘Citizen Kane’ now. If there ever was one, it has been done, like an original Mario or something. It’s the only thing I could think of comparing it to. Not sure LttP or Ocarina were really that groundbreaking, I mean, even Mario 64 did the 3d world thing before it.
You’re probably right, but only because people making games know how they’re “supposed” to be done. Didn’t Orson Welles say himself that the main reason for Citizen Kane being so innovative was ignorance?
Ahaha, probably. He was a bit of a little upstart, he was in his twenties when he made it. Still, there’d be an element of being humble in there – the stuff they came up with on that film was really impressive. So many things.
Oh yeah, for sure, I don’t mean to take away from the film at all. I think the main point I was trying to make was that the kinds of risks Orson Welles was willing to take in making Citizen Kane just wouldn’t happen in an industry so risk-adverse and set in the “proper” way of doing things.
Also, this is the interview I mentioned.
Ignorance, eh?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_no_Ch%C5%8Dsenj%C5%8D
Citizen Kane of video games?
More that it did things no one ever thought to do.
In which case, games have always been pushing the boundaries of what can be done in a game. Well, not all games, but it is a continual thing.
Plus most games borrow from film. The story telling and visual styles especially. They aren’t really pushing the envelope there.
You’d have to play The Last of US and think “Why did no one ever think to do THIS before?” for it to be a Citizen Kane. Sadly, as the song goes, It’s all been done before.
Its such a dumb comparison. It just reeks of the reviewers overhearing someone say Citizen Kane was a good movie, and making vague comparisons of a game’s importance.
Like saying Transformers the Movie was the Citizen Kane of animation because Orson Welles was in it.
URBAN DECAAAAAAY!
TOOTH DECAAAAAAY!
Got a doctor’s appointment today. I predict it will go something like this:
Me – “Here’s a list of all the things wrong with me.”
Her – “Meh. It’s because you’re old. Get used to it.”
😛
Hope it goes well, my friend. At least now I don’t have to buy you things. 😛
Results day. Hopefully find out I passed, servers are busy at the moment. Fingers crossed.
And I got a credit for Indonesian! Woot!!!!!
Congrats OnTargett!
Brisbane folks, nothings been set in stone yet but there’s a potential for a Saturday night Strange birthday meeeeeeeeeat. Also, PAX North next Friday (19th)…
More meats, more of the time!
Where y’all thinking for Saturday and next Friday for the continuation of Goslingfest ’13?
WINDING REFN!!!
Strange suggested:
But I don’t want to hijack her meat, so will leave the specifics to her. XD
As for Goslingfest ’13… uh…
I’m terrible at planning meats. Some cinema. With some food before or after maybe. Some where. 😛
I’ll organise that one dc, its ok *pat pat*
@dkzeitgeist – you got a preference?
Woooo! Thanks buddy! 😀
Anywhere’s good for me.
If we’re going on a Friday somewhere central like Palace or South Bank (so long as it’s not in Cinema 5) would be easy.
Otherwise if it’s a weekend night I can get anywhere.
And anyone.
I just don’t wanna.
BUTTS
But but but…
You did ask for it.
I like em big.
On a whim I started a class on shuttle tatting. Basically because I didn’t know what it was and it has a cool name. 😛
So now on top of all the other unfinished (and unstarted!)sewing and quilting projects I have it looks like I’ll have shuttle tatting ones as well. I am insane. 😛
So you’ve been to the doctor! 😀
??
Man, I like the triumphant return of Sughly illustrating amusing concepts. Don’t stop! >:|
I now refuse to think of it as anything other than that. 😀
There’s a stitch called a picot which is basically a loop. My son is calling them “peekholes”. 😀
Eyyy, Chvrches covering Haim! So cool! @bdkiaf @rocketman http://pitchfork.com/news/51445-listen-chvrches-cover-haims-falling/
They’re going to be on the FIFA soundtrack! 😀
FIFA has the best soundtracks.
They really do. Found a couple of great bands just by playing FIFA 11.
This. I even bought FIFA 13 yesterday since it was on special for $29 at JB. Can’t wait to discover some new music
Birthdaygifttohimselfasha 🙂
Tell me how it is! I’ve played 11 to death and kinda keen to move onto a new one sometime. Did you play 11 much? I really liked how it played, hope 12/13/14 are improvements and dont make it wonky like past iterations managed to do from time to time.
11 was my last one too. I usually like to skip a year or two. I’ll keep you updated though. You can also download the 13 demo on PSN/XBLA and try it out. What I liked from playing the demo was the skill games which you can play as the game loads and are really helpful with improving my crossing skills. Can’t wait to start the full game.
Also why haven’t you accepted my PSN friend request Sughly? Why? :’-(
13 is the tits! Can’t believe you’re still on 11.
14 looks fantastic, but Imma hold off until the PS4 before I get it.
Yeah, cross gen titles are usually not the best. I’ll get the next FIFA game once I buy a pS4 as well.
Good to hear FIFA 13 is ‘the tits’ though. We’ll have to play a match online once I practise a bit 🙂
I haven’t played in months, so I’m probably going to be awful.
They’re having FIFA 13 tournaments at PAX too! Better practice!
Mate, FIFA 15 is where its at! I had 09 and 11 but I think a 4 year gap is about time for me to revisit it 😀
Strange, you still keen for this birthday meat? Haha, don’t mean to rush you, I just remember that we had to book the Bavarian place a few days in advance last time. Sames true for that rib place probably. 😀
MORE MEATS, MORE OF THE TIME. XD
*moseys off*
Since I’m being pushy, @shane. Supanova. November. >:|
I’m just gonna get my son’s school enrolment and this doctor thing out of the way today and then I’ll start sorting it out. Don’t worry, DC. There will be a Meat.
You’re awesome. Sorry for being pushy. 😀 Hope the day treats you well, my friend!
@shane should absolutely go to Supanova — I want to see his peers fighting ‘n fawning all over him on Facebook again. 😀
That was too weird, man.
Urgh, pushius
Also, @shane should go the Brisbane Oz Comic Con. 6th and 7th of September…2014.
That’s way too far away to plan for! 😛
But I’ll be trying to hit up some new places next year. Think I’ve done Adelaide and Melbourne now. Sydney, Brisbane, are next priorities… and Perth, if flights are ever cheap enough 😛
Wait, oz comic con is in Brisbane..? I thought that was a Melbourne or Sydney thing or something? This is interesting news…
Ahahaha, in Melbourne you can buy tickets to the Ron Perlman experience. Sounds hot.
Sometimes I do things like rolling over my super and feel very adult. then I remember the only reason I’m bothering is because my current super fund is running a competition to give away an iPad Mini if you roll over before the end of the month.
Corporate super funds are boring, once you so SMSF you never go back.
I dont even know what rolling over a super is…
Fancy word for moving a inactive/unused/unwanted super fund balance to a current/new super fund.
Only applies to you if you hop jobs a lot and have like ten super funds.
I went from job to job when I was younger, left a trail of super funds behind me. Rolled them all over a few years back, then promptly changed jobs again.
At the moment I have 4:
1) my current super fund
2) my previous fund from when I was contracting in this role before I became permanent
3) super fund from my previous job (which most of my old funds were rolled into)
4) super fund from two jobs ago that I tried to roll into #3, but they refused to process it, claiming the copy of my ID wasn’t visible enough.
I have arranged to EFT #2 into #1 via the ATO website (which FINALLY has an online service so you can manage your details online without having to call them) but the ATO website doesn’t seem to know about any others. And I just got done with the paperwork to roll #3 into #1.
I have no idea what’s going on with #4. I periodically get letters saying that it’s being shifted to another fund and this fund is now being managed under that fund and blah blah blah. Next time I get an update and know what fund it’s with and what my membership details with that fund are, I’ll get everything rolled over and maybe I will actually have money left when I retire.
Pro tip: roll over everything to your current fund when you change jobs, or pick a fund and use it every time. Playing catchup when you’re in your late 20s/early 30s is a bureaucratic nightmare.
More than 30 hours in on Project X Zone, still another 10 chapters and a epilogue to go, this game is taking a lot longer than I expected. -.-
SIGH, I suppose I’ll have to keep playing
It doesn’t get any more complex (gameplay), does it?
Because it’s actually really starting to bore me.
It really needs more strategy or challenge.
I think its getting easier, I have 20 stacks of mochi balls (30% health to all allies) and 20 stacks of something else that gives 50% HP to all allies, I don’t think I can ever lose.
At Chapter 30 I’m finding it a little breezy
So it’s taken me two days to get a window and make an account on Picroma for Cube World, and now I have to wait for the shop to open so I can buy it. So balls. The guy takes the registration and shop up separately for 5 minutes or less at a time, at completely random intervals, sometime 12+ hours apart. So you might see the shop available, but you can’t create an account or vice versa.
Fuck the fucking fuckers.
I havent quite understood the desperate hype around this, but then again I dont know a lot about it. Is it really that different to minecraft? Screens I glanced look almost identical…
Really? As far as I can tell the only real similarity is the art style. And even then I wouldn’t say it looks the same.
Look through this.
It’s a different game, except many people have just looked at the screenshots and assumed it’s a Minecraft clone, then proceeded to express confusion or make jokes about it.
But hey, internet, right?
It reminds me more of 3D Dot Game Heroes than Minecraft.
p.s., totally wasnt even making jokes, was genuinely asking what you were excited for…
Ok, I get it. Like I said, I really didnt know what it was before, which was pretty obvious. This really does look pretty damn amazing!
Yeah, right? It looks fantastic!
I really need to get myself a PC..
I wouldn’t call it ‘desperate hype’ so much as just good old fashioned hype. It shares similarities with Minecraft, but it’s different in a lot of ways too. It’s not about building or construction at all. It’s actually more an open world RPG than anything, with large, procedurally generated worlds in a similar fashion to Minecraft.
Then again, I don’t understand the desperate hype surrounding Animal Crossing either. Each to their own, I guess.
Nooo I mean desperate as in everyone seems to want to have it yesterday. Cant be desperate hype around AC, its out!
To be fair, AC had a lot more desperate hype before it was released.
…this is true too
It got too cold for the dog last night, so he burrowed underneath my blankets (all but the bottom one).
Spoilt.
Nothing like being headbutted awake by cold dog nose.
So who’s getting GTA V on PS3?
YES!
o/
I WAS going to wait for the master race version but I don’t think I can wait 😀
\o
360.
C’mooooon
Get it on PS3 and play MP with us!
My PS3 is on life support. Could die at any minute. Consequently, not spending any more money on PS3 games. 🙁
Everyone, we need Shane to make MAD BOOK MONEY so he can get a new PS3
TO THE BOOK DEPOSITORY!
Just to make things a bit easier
360 for me too. o/
Xbox 360 here, nabbed a collector’s edition as well on JB HiFI
Throw your disdain at me.
DISDAIN
Actually, good job grabbing that, sold out by the time I ordered
Showed up on their site like a day or two after it was announced, it was rather odd, I think I posted it on TAY when I saw it.
Most likely!
You know it, friend! Have usually bought Rockstar games on the 360, but I’ll go PS3 this time! For the same reason as L.A. Noire really. One disc.
DC! Multiplayer?
Never. Haha!
Except for that one time with Greenius. *remembers*
C’moooooon
We can all just ride pushbikes around Los Santos and discuss adventure games and awesome movies
Adventure games? What kind of person still plays them! D:
Friend 😀
And we’re playing Mario Kart 8 multi 😀
Oh yeah, for sure! DIDDY!
And also online multiplayer with us, right?
Nah, not a multiplayer guy. I like coop multiplayer, but there’s only about two games with that. 😛
You’ll play.
There’ll be co-op heists
Nah, if I played multiplayer I’d probably only do it for a PC game. For reasons.
We’ll see how long your resolve lasts when Red and I are cruising in our BMX gang.
I’m going to be Nicole Kidman.
and BDKIAF wins reference of the day
@redartifice – I don’t get it :'(
GTAV on 360 has multiple discs? D:
I used to buy multiplatform games on whichever console it was better on (which early on in the generation was the 360), but now they’re pretty much the same on both so I just get them on PS3 which I prefer. Lots of PS3 games are getting random exclusive content too.
But now I just master race 🙂
No disc swapping though. One install disc, one play disc for 360. I just like the one blu ray for PS3 is all.
Indeed. I install all my games. I wish there was a way to not need the disc in there at all, but I can see why you would (in this gen anyway).
IT’S LIKE YOU DON’T EVEN READ POTAKU JEEZE GREENIUS
Has there been comparisons yet? I remember getting xbox red dead because the ps3 colours didnt look right. I’d be checking out comparisons before making a call myself…
Oh, that’s a good point. I thought the same about Red Dead.
That’s my ‘problem’ too. All my friends will get this on the 360. Might need two copies so I can play with you guys on the PS3 too. 😛
Is @greenius getting it on the PS3 too?
PS3 MASTER RACE
I’ve got no interest in GTAV… does that make me a bad person?
Also, i’m annoyed at it because when i try and look at OGS at work there is a big picture of a GTA V bikini girl which isn’t appropriate for where I am right now 🙁
To tell you the the truth, Red Dead, Bully and L.A. Noire interest me far more than GTA. I remember someone suggesting dissing GTA was the cool thing to do a while back, but that’s never been the case for me… I’m just not a fan of that sort of crime story. I’m hoping the three characters this time will give me someone sympathetic to play from time-to-time. 😀
Well the trailer looked kinda cool i guess.
I think I have some baggage with GTA. I had GTA 1 way back when. I enjoyed the top down carnage but couldn’t progress. I couldn’t solve any of the missions etc. One day i had a rage attack over it (lucky i wa shome alone). As a teen at the time it really opened my eyes to the negative effects gaming could have if taken too seriously. The funny thing is I found out years later that mission info came via a pager located at the top of your screen, but due to some resolution issue the top was cut off on my computer, hence why I couldn’t see it/ didn’t knwo what to do.
Also, i played a later GTA on a cousins PS1(?) and it was basically just setting cops on fire and bashing hookers. Considering my fav games are all cutesy japanesy things it kinda at the other end of my spectrum 😛
No interest in GTA5 bros \o/ Let’s start a club with lots of hats.
Monster!
Joking. Course it doesn’t. Not every popular game needs to appeal to everyone. 🙂
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/this-aussie-guy-is-the-best-beatboxer-you-will-ever-hear/
This was enjoyable 😀
Was amazing, seriously talented bloke.
Good stage presence too – was entertaining to watch 😀
Few people can get away with wearing sunnies inside without looking like a douche, He’s one of them. Awesome talent.
Random musings: I hope A Wolf Among Us and Walking Dead season two launch around the same with a new episode alternating from one of the series every second week. That way the wait between episodes won’t seem as long. Then again, they probably wouldn’t want to steal focus off their own game if one turns out better than the other.
That would be pretty damn cool.
A wolf Among us is Fables, right?
Yeah! Prequel series! Guess they didn’t want to step on Lionheads toes with the Fables name.
Ah. I will continue to call it Fables then. I’m looking forward to it although I wish it wasn’t a prequel.
Also I hope they do fables first because I still haven’t played The Walking Dead yet. Also Zombies. I’m so over zombies.
Art style doesn’t look too shabby!
http://www.adventuregamers.com/games/view_screenshots/17066
Is that comparable to how it looks in the comics?
Pretty close.
Here’s a pic from the first issue featuring the same characters: http://www.comicsrecommended.com/images/dc/fables_002_pig.jpg
Haha, that looks a little unseemly. They’ve captured the art style though. Telltale’s seems more colourful, which I like. 😀
It’s not that kind of comic though.
Fables is ALL about the story though. The artists/style change. I’m worried about the lack of character development a prequel offers. Given that it appears to take place shortly before issue 1 it won’t explore anything that’s cropped up since.
I LOVE Fables though so I’ll give it a go. Even though they are responsible for butchering Back to the Future…
Don’t worry, man. I hated Back to the Future and was really critical of Telltale, but they’ve redeemed themselves with The Walking Dead. I think its in good hands now.
Yeah looking at those comparisons, although I like the look of telltale’s art style it doesnt seem to fit it right… should be choosing art styles to serve the story, not for boasting of abilities. Comic doesnt seem to have that vibrant look about it that Telltale have gone for. Eh well, probably works as well in the end I dunno.
Also, as someone who grew up with Monkey Island and Sam and Max, Telltale’s Sam and Max/Monkey Island games were amazing. Chanelled the older games perfectly. Style, humour, the lot. Considering the time that had passed between the originals, as well as a different team working on the games, it was impressive.
I didn’t like BttF either, for some reason. Felt kind of boring or bland. Still have yet to try Jurassic Park, although I know it’s a slightly different sort of game.
I will respectfully disagree completely on the MI and Sam and Max front
@ynefel: Yeah, I didn’t mind Tales of Monkey Island and Sam & Max got better by the season too. Season three in particular was pretty damn great. Their Puzzle Agents games have a crazy interesting setting and tone that I want to see more of, but I doubt they will alas. :'(
Oh yeah, keep forgetting they did Puzzle Agent! That’s all largely thanks to Graham Annable though, it’s his style and humour completely. They just kind of facilitated it and made it playable.
@sughly: Would love to see a traditional adventure game with that tone and art direction. As fun as the Layton-like puzzles were, I wanted to combine inventory items and go through dialogue trees. 😛
Ah I think it was purely a setup to reign in on Layton’s success anyways. I personally didnt really care too much, I enjoyed the conversations way more than anything else anyway, I think it wouldve been the same even if the puzzle gameplay was different. There was dialogue trees wasnt there?
Maybe. It’s been a while. I think you’re right. But yeah, I just liked exploring that creepy town and just wanted more, Layton puzzles or not. XD
Tell me about Fables. I found The Walking Dead far too stressful to enjoy playing though I thought the first episode was pretty good. Tonally, will this be similar? Is it more along the humor lines? I have absolutely no idea what it is at all.
Fables is hard to describe. It’s about fairy tail characters exiled to the real world. The first arc is a police procedural about the death of Rose Red. The second is a sort of hitchcockian thriller. It jumps about but so far the series has won 14 Eisner awards (Comic Oscars) for its storytelling and art. It’s a pretty amazing book and for a long time was the only US comic I was reading. Sadly it’s started to go a bit downhill but I’m hoping the story picks up again.
The Shredder in the new Michelle Bay produced Ninja Turtles movie won’t be a slighted ninja named Oroku Saki, but some guy called Eric Sachs played by William Fichtner?
At least they aren’t aliens now… right?
On other news, how GREAT is the Nick TMNT animation?
Michelle Bay?
Yep. Michelle. Callin him a girl. Wanna make something of it?
Nah I’m good.
Oh man, I really thought that was about to blow up.
Ugh.Go stand in the corner and think about what you’ve just said.
That’s fair. I’ve been a bad boy.
Okay, I’m done now.If you’re too bad you might end up incarcerated in The Rock.
…
I’ll let myself out…
My cool bay explosions!
It’s a bit stupid. The only saving grace is William Fichtner is pretty cool.
He was awesome in Prison Break second season.
And Invasion too. That was an underrated sci-fi show. :'(
All of my TMNT knowledge is based on the old movies from the 90s so I don’t know how true they were to the comics, but for the sake of my movie memory… WHAT THE FUCK.
They were truer to the comics than the old cartoon (although April was a reporter in the films/cartoon and a lab assistant to Baxter Stockman in the comics)
See, I’ve always 100% seen April as a reporter. This is the first time I’ve heard of her being a lab assistant. For all I know, you just made that up.
Baxter Stockman… did he get turned into a fly at one point?
I only knew about a lot of the characters caus I had most of the figurines. I remember Baxter in the toons at least, but I had some random characters, like Mondo Gecko, and some duck pilot, and some see through guy with all his organs in a tank? And you could shake him and all this weird stuff floated around inside him…. and then there was a triceratops guy, think he was from turtles in time? *shrugs* He came with a cool machine gun… also an evil turtle, Slash? Aaand… dont remember the rest…
I had the four turtles, shredder and splinter. I always wanted the van but it never happened. I actually once vividly dreamed that I had the van and had mad fun playing with it. I was pretty confused when I woke up and couldn’t find it the next day.
Saaame! But then again I got the blimp, which was rather rad. Had little bombs you could attach and drop with a trigger on the back of the blimp. Often the blimp became an inside football though >_>
when i tried talking about TMNT no one was interested *sniff*
Oh relly? That’s… pretty cool actually. (the April being an assistant thing, definitely not saying anything about Bay is cool. Needed to clarify that. Phew!)
I like that there are SOME things we agree about when it comes to film.
Even if you are a Snyder hater.
lolol, yeah Snyder sucks. Except his Dawn of the Dead, I liked that, quite a bit.
Watched it again the other week. It’s a good movie but vastly inferior to Romero’s original (By far the best of his Dead movies IMHO)
*nods*
Hi everyone. Um I been sick so not posting.
Where do i start.
Oh yeah, does anyone remember how I was talking about giving my X360 away? Well I did it.
One night a couple of weeks ago (just before I got sick) I formatted that hard drive, packed it all away in to the boxes I kept (I’m pedantic like that with my consoles) and the next day took it to my nieces.
Actually I wonder if I got sick because of all the dust that came out from behind it? It was a respitory thing after all.
Anyway, the point is it was a very interesting experience. I had to say good bye to all my saves and also the chance of ever addressing a big pile of shame was gone as well as the chance of replaying some of my favs. I had to weigh it up with the goals of trying to get a better game/ life balance (or one that suits my family better). In the end I felt that I could hold on to all the fun memories but pass on the physical items. That said I kept 95% of the games b/c a) not appropriate for young girls and b) who knows I might grab a quieter X360 S in the future 😉
Anyway anyway, my efforts were rewarded. When I dropped the 360 off the next day everyone was really excited. I gave the youngest of the two nieces Rayman Origins, and she showed the exhuberance of a 10yo, the teenager got Halo that she’d been wanting and even she expressed appreciation in her own teenager way, and I even chucked in Forza 3 for their dad. Last I heard the console has been getting a real work out so I feel like I did my good deed!
Like this?
Also, nice work, man! You’re a good guy!
Genuine fist pumping is just way to hilarious.
Should of be good karma for you if you believe in that.
My oldest neice is 18 months old, might be some time before I see myself doing something similar.
It’s okay, Xenoblade is on Wii !
That was really awesome of you though! I’m sure everyone is loving it 🙂
Very kind gesture, BUT YOU COULD HAVE BACKED UP YOUR SAVES TO USB!
What a boss.
I am a real hoarder with my games (most notably 360 games) so whenever my 13 and 15 year old cousin come around I just let them grab what they want and borrow it for how ever long they want. I reckon the 13 year old has played almost half of my 100 odd games.
Also great job, not sure I could pass mine on, have too many games to finish on it.
:O That’s equal parts shocking and rad! I counted up my consoles games across three current gen systems and got 70 in total. I was somewhat disgusted with myself because I never finsih half, but always want more 😛
Talking with Jimu and Red on Twitters, here are my favourite John Williams themes! 😀
I love the end credits score for The Last Crusade.
Fawkes the Phoenix from Chamber of Secrets.
And Marion’s Theme from Raiders.
When Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine was released there was a suspicious lack of music most of the time. I remember playing the end theme from The Last Crusade on loop while I explored. I think it made the game 100x better. XD
I think that’s a lot of why Fate of Atlantis felt like the true 4th Indy film – the music had the right feel to it.
Nothing makes me think of movies more than the Superman Theme.
It’s just everything magical about movies in music form.
Ah yeah, very true! Caught the opening credits on tv the other day, gave me goosebumps.
Objectively, I agree with DAN! Superman Theme for sure.
But if we’re looking for favourite bit of music for nostalgia, my most played is probably Asteroid Field from Empire Strikes Back.
VIDEO GAMES ARE COOL. You know what else are cool? MOVIES!
This week I’ve seen Drive and Warrior. Today will be Life of Pi, tomorrow Intouchables, and No Country for Old Men the day after that. But what else? This is where you come in!
Suggestions please?
But… NO LISTS. NO. DAMN. LISTS. >:|. I’ve got my own lists and at the moment I’m just trying to nail down that next movie to watch (and the next few after that).
So I’m just looking for one or two movie suggestions from each person rather than a list of 30 ;). I’m thinking stuff along the lines of “this is a really good movie and everyone must see it” – you know, the kind of “movies you should see before you die” type of films.
I’ll see which ones interest me and go on from there. While I have seen a lot of movies, there’s also a lot of really good (and popular ones) I haven’t seen. For now I’m just looking for new movies I haven’t seen before. I’ll watch anything good and as long as the consensus is that it’s “good” I’ll check it out. Foreign films and animated films are great and one of my favourite movies of all time is an 80+ year old silent film so feel free to suggest any genres.
Thanks <3
TL;DR – please suggest one (or two) really good movies you think everyone should watch.
Gattaca, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. (I stopped posting that list a while back when I thought I was annoying people. XD)
GATTACA! OMG I LOVE THAT FILM D.C.!
Ehem, so yeah Gattaca. And maybe Road to Perdition. Or Hearts in Atlantis.
Please, no comments on my outburst just then.
Gattaca is my go to favourite movie whenever someone asks.
I’m sure there’s better movies, but this one means so much to me for all kinds of pretentious reasons. I love it. 😀
Here are some more suggestions violating your two movie rule:
Greenius, if you haven’t seen Signs and Unbreakable, see Signs and Unbreakable. Don’t let M. Night’s reputation put you off.Gattaca is awesome.
Seen both! Also Signs but will investigate Unbreakable! 😀
The Men Who Stare at Goats, Burn After Reading and The Kingdom.
There’s three.
Deal with it.
Heat
Fargo
Heat is the best heist movie of all time. Still awesome.
Is you’s guys’s version’s sound mix all over the place?
Been a while since I watched it – what was wrong with yours? I don’t recall any issues.
Just really soft in the dialogue and really loud in the action.
Weird.
Mine is fine from memory
Swap Intouchables for Untouchables 😛
Also, watch the Rocketeer if you haven’t. Awesome film.
Rocketeer!
Nah mang. Untouchables is a great film no doubt, but Intouchables is really touching and beautiful. Really recommended it.
(haha, Intouchables is touching. Heh)
Cool Hand Luke
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
No man can eat fifty eggs!
Which Ghibli films haven’t you seen? Watch those.
P.S. if any of them are ones I have the Bluray for you’re free to borrow my copy…
YARGHHH!
The Pirates: Band of Misfits is brilliant, made by Aardman Animation. Is that 80+ year old silent film Metropolis by any chance? Because that is an amazing movie.
Pirates was so good! Really seemed to be underrated, slipped under that ol radar a bit. I loved it.
I thought this looked really poo.
But with the “Krams Klassic Kinema” seal, I’ll jump on it!
City Lights by Charlie Chaplin
There Will Be Blood.
I drink your milkshakeI was thinking what was my favourite PTA film the other day… couldnt do it. Just couldnt split so many of them. Hot damn he’s an amazing talent.
Not to mention how stupidly talented Daniel Day-Lewis is. The man can act.
He’s aight
He’s no baby goose.
Ah yes! I was trying to think of this movie but forgot the name.
Two? Ahhhh… hngh… I dont know if youve seen Eternal Sunshine? Thats my go to recommendation…. so it doesnt count! XD
Ahhhhh, Babel, and Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.
Oh! Adaptation! Two Nicolas Cages!
But seriously @greenius, Adaptation.
What’s better than one character played by the one true god? two.
1. Robot and Frank. Really good. Thanks to @sughly for pushing me to watch it.
2. The Iron Giant- classic animated film
Oh, man. Still have Iron Giant unwatched on my DVR.
Watch it, so damn good
WHAT! Dude, watch it asap. It might cure what ails you 🙂
Rubber 😛
Shortbus – take it as a commentary on sex and sexuality, not as porn
Moon – is awesome
Moon is totally awesome. As is Sam Rockwell.
*drools*
Pulp Fiction. That is all.
Seems that Nintendo has backflipped on the whole EVO streaming Super Smash Bros Melee thingie. Pretty impressive backflip but not the best one I have seen this year.
Why do they call it a backflip? If you do a back flip you still end up heading I. The same direction you were just a bit further back.
Now I’m picturing the guy from the Nintendo Direct video doing backflips in that empty, sterile ballroom. XD
That guy is Iwata, Nintendo’s president :/
To be honest, I don’t know Nintendo personalities. I can recognize the Mario creator, but couldn’t tell you his name. D:
Out.
I can name obscure adventure game devs, though. That’s got to count for something? 😛
Dane Krams?
Technically, not correct @bdkiaf You’d have to be really hip to know it full and proper, like me *flicks fringe*
Was totally going to make that joke! *shakes fist*
@sughly I dun care. I’ve only played like 10 minutes of Anna’s Quest. He’s okay.
😛
Shiggy T_T
(you should really know this if you know who David Cage is!)
I think I could recognize his name if it was in something I’m reading. Just not off the top of my head. Same with a lot of Japanese devs, like the MGS guy. D:
I would be surprised if Nintendo completely ease up on their non-streaming policy. I’m fairly certain that this was a special one-off case
It’s interesting that Sony and MS are embracing streaming to the point of building it into the core of the new consoles and Ninty is being all wrongheaded and stubborn about change and the future like usual.
Muramasa Vita initial impressions: game is still awesome. Wish they had separated the action button and the jump button though – whenever you go to pick something up you also jump and it’s distracting. Also areas where you can press X to enter, I often find myself re-entering repeatedly because I’ll be trying to jump at that spot. 😐
Other than that it’s pretty awesome. Translation is way better this time, much more accurate. I’m playing Momohime’s route at the moment because I always found the sword progression in Kisuke’s route much less forgiving, and also because Miyuki Sawashiro.
Only downside to getting the game is that I’m going to play the shit out of it and so my goal of finishing Ys: Oath in Felghana seems much more distant, let alone playing more of Etrian Odyssey IV which I started really getting sucked into on the weekend (the addition of the Casual difficulty basically makes the game playable for my time-poor lifestyle) and I can’t see myself getting to my Pineapple Strecth Goal of knocking out Atelier Rorona at all now 🙁
On a different topic since you read a lot about localisation can you tell me if this is a AUS PAL copy or a EU import like what they did with Virtue’s Reward?
https://www.ebgames.com.au/3ds-163145-Shin-Megami-Tensei-Devil-Summoner-Soul-Hackers-Nintendo-3DS
Or is it impossible to tell until release?
Impossible to tell but I’d imagine it’ll be an EU import since it’s a niche game. Does it matter?
I only purchase games assembled/distributed for Australian Retail, it’s a collectors hangup I can’t particularly shake off.
Don’t worry you don’t need to understand it.
That’d effectively cut you off from a vast majority of games, some of which are very good…
Looking at my shame pile, that’s probably for the better.
My point is that if you limit yourself just to stuff specifically printed for Australia you’re going to basically get AAA games only. And even then, you may miss out on some.
Usually what they do is take the EU release and stick an AU-printed slick in the case, if that. And usually they’re printed outside Australia as well, even if they’re sold or distributed here.
If that’s the way you collect stuff I’m not about to tell you to stop, it just seems really odd to me. I go out of my way not to have AU-printed games because the fucking Classification warnings they stick on everything look terrible.
Final stage of FFXIV Beta phase 3 starts tonight and runs to the 15th. After that there will be an open beta in August, early access for preorderers and then general release at the end of that month.
Anyone else giving this a go during the beta? I know @jimu played a little and I think @gutsoup did too? I’m kind of interested in trying some dungeon stuff since I haven’t done any group play yet but I don’t like grouping with randoms much. 🙁
I’m keen, haven’t played much though, only like level 7.
I think my character on your server (assuming you’re on the same one as @jimu) was around 7 or 8 as well, though you can’t move to Limsa easily until you unlock the quests to go there and meet the Grand Company commanders (the one in Limsa has an absolutely unpronounceable name incidentally, it’s welsh or something. Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn. How the fuck do you say that?)
Actually if I was to criticize anything about the game’s lore it’s the names of some stuff is just… yuck. I don’t know how it’s supposed to be said. Too many qs (eg Miqote) and names ending in oix (eg Louisoix) and stuff with hyphens or apostrophes (eg Kan-e-sumi). I guess it’s probably a case of just getting used to it.
EDIT: Also, your characters get wiped after the end of Phase 3 anyway so this is last chance. What I did over the last couple of weeks was try out all the available classes (the Arcanist isn’t in yet though, which is why if you were playing a Marauder you would have basically only seen other Axedudes in Limsa Lominsa)
Hai
, Yah, I like to play.
I’ll be on holidays startings tomorrow and can prolly log in at night, depending.
Got some rellies in town.
I got to level 10
@gutsoup
http://www.blastr.com/2013-7-9/george-rr-martin-shows-us-what-iron-throne-really-looks
This is pretty damn cool. I wouldn’t read the comments though in case there’s book spoilers.
At the same time, the design leaves the king oddly exposed. It’s an iconic symbol but not as practical as the HBO version for getting up quickly. XD
Whooooaaa… thats so rad! Love it!
Point is the king isn’t exposed- it’s pretty much saying “these are the swords of all I’ve vanquished with my fucking dragons, are you really going to try and bring the noise?”
It’s a show of force.
All it would take is someone with a bow and arrow, a death wish and a good shot.
I know what you mean though. I imagine there’s many lines of defence before getting to that throne room too.
They’d have to get all that into the throne room first. The heavily guarded throne room.
I guess it’s also better as a symbol that no one stands beside the king, whispering in his ear too. He’s all alone up there.
Bring the noise?
Yeah, I thought you meant exposed as in… as a person. Not defensively. Dont think defences mean too much in a throne room.
That is well high.
I just remembered one of my favourite all time games. I compeltely forgot it on my Top 50 list and don’t think I’ve heard it mentioned in any threads…but I could def be wrong.
Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand on the Dreamcast…anyone remember it? I never played later versions on Playstation/Xbox, but this game was superb!
Ahhh, haha, telemarketers getting inventive now. Some guy calls me and says hes from optus, and that my number was chosen to receive some prize. Then he says the prize is a new phone, which theyll send out free of charge and is free… but I just have to pay the small fee of $55 for outgoing calls each month. I just kept laughing until he said ok and hung up on me haha.
I usually put on a dodgy Indian accent and try to sell then something.
I just immediately hang up, or tell them to stay on the line and see how long they hold for.
I had three telemarketers call in the space of ten minutes today.
The first one:
‘Oh hello, is [name] home by any chance?’
‘I’m sorry, they’re at work right now.’
‘No worries, thanks for your time, love.’
The last one:
‘[Name] please.’
‘Sorry, they’re at work right now.’
‘Sure.’ *instantly hangs up*
When do they even ask for a name? Mine are just like “You! You are a winner! Are you dubious about this?”
http://winnerhahaha.ytmnd.com/
I always get the ones that ring to tell me about some super special deal I’m eligible for. The last lady was so excited for me it was unbelievable. I just went along with it exclaiming ‘OH MY GOD THAT’S AMAZING! HOW LUCKY AM I? THANK YOU SO MUCH OMG’
I just don’t answer my phone. Often I’ll get a call the same time every day for two weeks. Nice try, people. >:|
They’re getting really deceptive. I’ve had multiple calls after I moved into the current place that would go along the lines of “we’re ringing from your power company to let you know that from next week you will get this discount rate” etc. and then when you’re like “that sounds okay” they’re like “so can I verify what current rate you are on” or “what is your current provider” and I’m like WTF?
Tried it with the home phone a few times too. First time I got really upset because they said they were calling from Telstra and going to change me to a $45/mo. plan when I’m on $15/mo. Took a minute or two to realize they were a dodgy reseller.
That sort of phrasing etc. must trick a lot of people. Surprised it’s not illegal since it’s deliberately misleading.
I know right? Despite laughing them off the phone, couldnt shake the feeling that it was surpremely dodgy.
I like the ones who claim to be from a phone company, often the one that dominates the area you live in, and then they don’t even know who provides your phone service, your name, etc. — they always get flustered when you say “I’m with ________, shouldn’t you know that if you’re calling on their behalf?”
Still doesn’t make it worthwhile, though.
@dc Easy way to remember the mario creator’s name & company?
@shiggyninty.
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=149
I knew the Shiggy part. Just not the last name. Just like I know the Kojima part, but don’t know MGS first name… starts with H, I think. XD
Think hideous.
Hideo US.
Hideo for us!
Or… you could start with “video” because he loves cutscenes.
Sounds like video.
Hideo! …for us.
Hideo. Remember when he switched the video inputs in MGS1?
@doc_what @shiggyninty what are you planning to do for the Potaku podcast next week? Going to do some kind of PAX show or record beforehand or what?
We should record our own Podcast from PAX North. It’d be mostly @sughly and @dkzeitgeist talking about Gosling while D.C. pretends to be part of their cool group. XD And @strange is there too. Because I wouldn’t forget that Strange is going to PAX North.
PAX Lame.
Cause Freeze won’t be there, it’s true.
What we lack in video games we make up for in friendship!
…
I’ll let myself out.
You guys are my best friends,
through thick and thin,
we’ve always been together.
We’re four of a kind, havin’ fun all day,
pallin’ around and laughin’ away.
Just best friends….best friends are weeee!
I love you guys.
More like a Poodcast.
Nailed it.
PAX is next week? :O Going to be the quietest TAY in a long time!
I’ll be here, so there’s 500 guaranteed posts! Shane’s here so that’s another 500 posts or 20 pages of The Game, depending on how distracting my 500 posts are!
I have purchased an handy dandy personal recorder which will be coming to PAX. We’ll record that week’s show so it’s ready to go when we fly out but the follow up ep will be recorded in Melbourne unplugged and un… somethinged.
Continuing my nostalgia kick, I booted up Super Mario 64 DS last night.
I fucking hate it.What? I’m controlling Yoshi? What gives? Why does he handle like ass? Controls… why does he walk for five seconds before running? And where the fuck is Mario?After playing such a loving adaptation of Ocarina of Time, and an exact replica of Link’s Awakening, playing this overly-diddled with re-release is a big jolt, and a very upsetting one.I read about that but apparently it doesn’t last long before Mario takes over. Then for some reason you need to switch between him, Luigi and Wario. Made me kind of wish I didn’t bother buying them but I’ll see soon I guess.I’ll give it one more chance to win me over, but then it’s going on the pile for my next giveaway.
Maybe it’s because I never played Mario 64 on an actual N64, but I remember liking it back when I played it on my Phat DS.
Yeah, I also am hesitant to play that one further. I wish I had it on N64. Actually I wish I had a N64 console but I became a PSX kinda guy instead, back then.
Is it unreasonable for me to be a little bit nervous about the harassment cosplaying females have been getting?
It’s not unreasonable to be concerned, but don’t let the thought of what may be ruin your excitement for actually doing it.
From what I’ve heard PAX is reasonably good at turfing harassers.
Thanks. I know that they’re pretty good but reading that article happened to put some fear into me. I guess I put myself in the women’s shoes.
I couldn’t have put it any better.
Nope.
Edit: What Red said.
🙁 Not unreasonable, but you shouldn’t let it stop you doing what you want. (Easy for me to say as a 20 something white guy.)
I’d be concerned too, but even if the worst happens, you could get a Potaku article out of it.
#MrBrightSide
Edit: for what it’s worth, if Oz Comic-Con last weekend is any kind of guide, most people will treat female cosplayers with respect, and comment favourably, etc.
Yeah, I’ve never really had any problems before but sometimes stuff from the internet leaks through.
Potaku article here I come?
Just remember, most articles about that are probably worst case/rare kind of things. As red said, it’s okay to be wary but don’t let that stop you from doing what you love. =)
who wants to be my bodyguard? =P
I would volunteer but I have never been in a fight and have a feeling I wouldn’t be much help. =P
You’d only really have to stand up for me, as I would probably not say anything. ^^;; /o\
…I wonder if I can throw a white knight costume together last-minute? 😀
Well played!
In no particular order:
There Will Be Blood
Moon
The Iron Giant
Adaptation
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Cool Hand Luke
Fargo
Amadeus
Road to Perdition
I’ll probably watch The Iron Giant first out of them.
Cheers dudes and dudettes
When you gonna watch? I’ve got it on my DVR so we can compare notes!
Edit: That’s for The Iron Giant.
I knew what you meant :D. Today is Life of Pi, tomorrow Intouchables but I can probably slot it in for Friday 😀 (could make it earlier/later if you want).
Sound good? 😀
Woooooo! From the first minute I’ve watched, so damn pretty lookin’…
WHERE’S HEAT???!!!
IN MY MIND
(I’ve seen it already)
GOOD MAN
…
CARRY ON.
Pretty great little roundup you have yourself there!
SEE IF I EVER HELP YOU AGAIN UGH TERRIBLIUS
CHOOSE YOUR RESPONSE:
– But I’ve seen The Ki… *looks it up* OH! actually I haven’t… thought you meant Kingdom of Heaven …oops!
– Deal with it.
– <3
Oh yeah, Amadeus. Good call. Forgot about that one. ..and so many others most likely.
Woo, I win @dc and greenius are watching The Iron Giant soon 🙂
Greetings! I spoke a few weeks ago about having a hot pot meat!
Still haven’t settled on a date yet, but will soon. I just found out yesterday however, that there’s actually a Xiao Fei Yang (Little fat sheep) restaurant in Runcorn now!!!! OMGGGGGGGG!!
Not only that, but for $30 a head, you can eat as much as you like!!!!
Soooo… want to gather thoughts on who would prefer to come to my place and eat in the comfort of my house, or if people would perhaps prefer to go to the restaurant and have as much food as you can stuff in your face for $30?!
I’d like to order one hot pot of jelly please.
🙁
awww poor greenius! I assume you’ve been to Xiao Fei Yang before?
Nope! (maybe? – but I don’t think so)
Just sounds like fun 😀
ahh yer certainly has potential! specially if you love bbq or hot pot! 🙂
I want to have the little fat sheep, but as you aren’t a SATAYbie I don;t think I can.
Misread as SATANbie, thought you were referring to sacrificing sheep to the devil in some kind of pagan ritual…
hahahahahah
Have you seen the latest Barossa ad? Remember, that’s where @Ash is from…
Omg great song and all, but what were they thinking? Come for the wine, stay for the murder?
I don’t get it either.
Like, as an ad campaign for Snowtown, maybeWhen you thinking of having this meat, welbot? Aleph will be here in August.
(Also, we should have a theme park trip in August or sometime. :D)
ooo for realz?! I had no idea! We can certainly organize it to happen while he’s here! Whether it’s at my place or not doesn’t really matter. Just if people want all you can eat, I’ll probably need to know a week before so I can book tables etc.
At this stage, the only thing I know is, it should be a Sunday. That’ll give us the best shot at maximizing attendance. (@enduwolf [if that’s the right tag] said he should be good for Sundays, and since it’s been so long since anyone saw him, I figured that might be best 🙂
Yeah, I honestly don’t mind if it’s at your place or the restaurant. So whatever the group decides is all good with me! 🙂
Ok, I’m back from site, and time for story #2.
I dedicate this story to @shaneWell, in 2007 I got cable and it was the first time I had my own computer and the internet. So the first mp game I got was the beta of Quakewars. I was pretty new to online – all my previous mp gaming had either been couch based or LAN. So I just kept my head down and tried to play as cooperativly as possible.
During those few weeks I noticed that I seemed to be seeing the same group on the server often and cooperating with said group, who were from The Older Gamers. I joined their guild around the time the Quakewars beta was wrapping up.
A lot of talk on their forum though was the soon to be released Orange Box. I was planning to buy Quakewars, but the Orange Box seemed better value. I couldn’t afford both so I bought Orange Box. This was the correct decision.
What followed was years of gaming with TOG, particularly focused around TF2 but then moving on through stages of L4D etc. But anyway it was mostly TF2 where I mostly played medic and mostly buddied with one guy in particular who is a really nice and cool guy. No its not a bro-mance, just friends! (never actually met IRL).
So now fast forward to 2010. I move out of the city to a country town that is inner country so I didn’t really expect it to not have internet… but it didn’t. My life of online gaming came to an end :'( My online friends are too busy actually playing games online, so like moving jobs and saying ‘we will keep in touch’ it just didnt happen. Except for that one buddy from TF2… who I’ve kept in touch with to this day.
So what I’m getting at is when i bought my PS3 he went through his collection and sent me 10 games for me to play. One of those games was Demon’s Souls
hence the @shane reference – close to DaS.So I started playing it to see what all the fuss is about. Wow what an interesting game. I’ve just finished reading the Rurouni Kenshin manga so i chose a wanderer and gave him an asian appearance with red hair (pity i couldn’t add a cheek scar). I set out into the unknown and just kept moving forward. i didn’t know what to do, and that’s OK b/c I knew I wasn’t meant to know 😛After the tutorial, I went to this castle area first. The first few times I died on the steps leading up to the main gate, killed by the first type of enemy you meet. Later I would get further each time, before having to carefully work my way back to my corpse (I learnt the hard way not to try and rush back). Eventually it occured to me that those early guys who were such a challenge at first were now falling to my blade in droves. Why was this such a revolation? Well i hadn’t levelled up or improved my equipment – I didn’t know how yet. I had actually just become ‘better’ at fighting them, knowing their tricks. This matched with all i heard of the game, of developing your skills through trial, and it was highly appelaing. A game I assumed would be too hard for me was now starting to open up.
After that i stopped playing it and have focused on Valkyria Chronicles, because I have to send that one back. DeS is his second copy so i can keep it, so I’m saving it for later 😛 VC is freaking rad anyway so I’m happy still 😀
tl;dr don’t worry about it, it wasn’t inmportant 😛
“No its not a bro-mance”
Yes it is.
You’re friends with someone you’ve never met in real life?
Weird.
Demon’s Souls and Valkyria Chronicles are two of the best games this generation. It’s awesome that you’re now getting a chance to check them out.
Thankyou. Demon’s Souls looks like it will be excellent, but requires dedication. I’m saving it for later and focusing on the two games he sent me that he wants back, namely Valkyria Chronicles and Metal Gear Solid 5.
I started with VC because back when I didn’t have a PS3 I watched the anime and I really really enjoyed it. It is interesting to play the game after having watched the anime first because I am emotionally invested in the characters from the start.
My 4yo son likes to watch me play, and also said that Isara is his favourite charcter.
This is obviously an issue, given how much I bawled during the anime episode where you know what happens.Ghibli DVDs and blu-rays are on sale at JB!!!!
Picked up the DVD of Poppy Hill and grabbed Spirited away. Just got to get Howl and Earthsea and I’ll have all the Madman DVDs in their white boxes and flipped covers (except for Ocean Waves and Grave of the Fireflies) and I can move my cardboard special editions somewhere safe.
GHIBLIIIII!
How much, or do I have to look it up myself? /sigh
$20 for DVD and $25 for BD. I think.
Although From Up On Poppy Hill is full price because brand new.
If I wasn’t collecting the JP BDs whenever Ghibli get around to pulling their finger out and releasing a new one, I would totally go do this and have the full collection. I had most of the Madman DVDs (including the LE Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle) but I had a couple of gaps IIRC (eg I don’t think I had Ocean Waves) and as I’ve been getting the BDs I’ve given away my DVDs.
being the hoarder that I am, I kept my DVD Collection even though I was buying the Japanese BDs. I also really like the reversed covers with the JP posters.
I’m looking forward to the Blu-ray release of Princess Mononoke because both my DVD copies have dubtitles. I fucking hate dubtitles. Even if those dubtitles are taken from a fixed up script by Neil Gaiman.
I feel the same. If I didn’t have way too much shit (eg a billion figures and an enormous games collection) I’d have hung onto my DVDs.
Also looking forward to the Mononoke re-release just because it’ll have a high quality transfer for the first time. The DVDs always looked muddy to me, in addition to the dubtitles.
Speaking of this, they announced that the next JP BD release is going to be Pom Poko in November.
Disappointing but not unexpected. I suspect they intended to release this alongside Porco next month to coincide with the planned Wind Rises / Princess Kaguya double release, but then the latter got pushed back to the end of the year so they also pushed Pom Poko.
It’s just that at the rate of one release every six months it’s going to be a decade before we get all their films on BD 🙁 Also it’s disappointing because they started releasing them in the order they’d been released originally, but Pom Poko released after Ocean Waves so they’ve skipped one again 🙁 Also personally I think Pom Poko’s not very good.
I think it is the least good 🙁
Yeah. 🙁 I prefer Earthsea over it, even.
but…. but…. morphing ball sacks
is the only saving grace 😛
I still have a few BDs to buy, but there’s nothing I REALLY want atm.
Kiki, Ponyo, Fireflies and Yamadas still in my cart.
I love Ghibli. I have a bundle pack including most of them, twenty or so. It’s funny how Castle of Cagliostro is included in the promotion though, yes I know the back story. Great film.
*And Nausicaa, too I guess. Though both are included in my twenty pack.
Technically Nausicaa isn’t a Ghibli film either.
EDIT: I’ve never understood why Cagliostro gets included in Ghibli stuff sometimes but all the other non-Ghibli stuff that Miyazaki or Takahata worked on isn’t. Stuff like Panda Go Panda or 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother or Future Boy Conan is just as tenuously related to Ghibli as Cagliostro is…
Actually Panda Go Panda is in my twenty pack as well, I believe. AND I was totally thrown off when I first read the title of an included film, ‘Gendo Seki’ but later discovered that it was just Tales of Earthsea.
Probably the ‘pack’ was made before Ged Senki (“Ged’s War Chronicles”) got its official English title.
Arrgh, I’ve started getting the UK blurays and they all match, cant stop now T_T
WHAT!?
I literally checked the Ghibli movies yesterday and they weren’t on sale D:
Hopefully they still are tomorrow…
Definitely on sale, online. I do find that online pricing and in store pricing at JBs does fluctuate significantly.
Oh, online. No wonder!
I walked into JB during my lunch break yesterday and figured I’d just wait until the next DVD sale before buying up my Ghibli’s.
On a related note: It’s a damn shame the Poppy Hill DVD cover art isn’t the same as the poster they used to promote the movie.
The sale was in store for me.
I repeat: WHAT!?
Alternatively: WHAAAATTT! *shakes fist*
(I’ll check tomorrow! :D)
Yup, in store for me today too.
Sanity also have a bunch of them for $20 on DVD.
I don’t know where ot post this, so i’ll just chuck it out there:
My fav is Laputa and my close second fav is Kiki….
also @negativezero
Laputa first, then Mononoke or Spirited Away or Nausicaa depending on how I feel.
Yeah, i couldn’t pick just 1 but I think Nausicaa is probably the movie I’ve watched most. Princess Mononoke and Totoro are up there as well but it really depends on how I feel.
Generally I prefer Hayao Miyazaki’s efforts over Takahata’s.
@ash
I don’t really like Takahata’s films at all. They don’t ‘click’ for me. Though I haven’t seen Only Yesterday yet for some reason.
Hated that movie first time I saw it. Watched it again recently and I realised that it still sucked just as hard.
I want to hate Goro’s films but Earthsea had… Something. Not much, but enough that I rank it higher than a lot of Takahata’s films. And From Up on Poppy Hill is one of my favourites now.
When you understand the story behind Earthsea’s development (originally it would have been directed by Hayao Miyazaki but he was busy with Howl’s Moving Castle as a result of Mamoru Hosoda pulling out of that project, and he had lost interest in Earthsea after being knocked back repeatedly trying to get the rights) the issues it has are explainable. And overall it’s not a bad film, it’s just that in terms of the ‘Epic’ style Ghibli stuff it doesn’t really hold up to the rest of them. It’s a very pretty film in places and it has a satisfying enough story, it’s just a few places where it’s a bit threadbare. Mainly a result of someone not ready to direct being thrown in the deep end. Poppy Hill is an excellent film so I think he’s redeemed himself now.
Meanwhile I just don’t *get* Takahata’s stuff. I found Grave of the Fireflies immensely frustrating, haven’t seen Only Yesterday, think Pom Poko is an uninteresting film that’s far too long and the Yamadas feels like what it is, an adaption of a 4-panel Comic series. He seems to really swing for Slice of Life / Mono no Aware stuff and you’ve really got to be in the mood for that.
I’m hoping that his Princess Kaguya / Bamboo Cutter film will be a bit different to the usual fare. It’ll probably be his last film so I’m hoping for an epic. The original story it’s based off has all the right material to make an absolute classic but we’ll see how he does it.
Most days my brain will have a song stuck in it, this could be something I’ve listened to, it could be something triggered by reading something, or a line someone has inadvertantly quoted.
Some days it will be just a soundbite.
since 1pm today, due to a certain article on the front page. my brain has said nothing but the following words. in an all too familiar voice.
“Hey!” and “Listen!”
Now I got the death music stuck in my head… although the version I’m thinking of is the rad one form the Skyward Sword OST, so its not the end fo the world….
I spent most of a day last week saying ‘OHHHH LONG JOHNSON’ and ‘OHHHH DON PIAAAANO’.
South Park’s fault.
“But maaaaaaa..” “Screw you guys I’m goin’ home,” are the South Park ones I get stuck in my head.
“Respect mai authoritayyyy”
authoritah is how I remember it… :\
Was just reminded that uni results were released this morning.
Accounting – pass
Games Fundamentals – pass
Business Information Systems – Distinction
Programming & Problem solving – Credit
Happy with that. The results reflect how much effort I put into the classes really.
Way to go, man! That’s awesome!
Thanks man 🙂 I probably could’ve gotten a higher mark for games fundamentals if I didn’t forget about one of the assignments after we were told to spend an extra week on them 😛
Ps make Degrees. 🙂
Good job :D!
Man, I’d love to post my results like everyone (well you and Ontargett :P) else is doing but I can’t :/. It’s stupid how I’m still not 100% sure if my Uni’s results are banned or not – it’s all unclear and stupid as hell :\
Oh man, didn’t see @ontargett post earlier, well done man 😀
UTAS managed to strike a deal or something to get our results released on time. I guess it depends on what each uni wants to do. Hopefully your uni (Monash?) sorts it out soon!
I’m sure they’ll tell us if we failed (which is what I’m worried about for one of my units :P) but there were three other potential HD units D:. I like knowing what I got!
AAAAH!
*falls out of air vent, lands on @dc *
I think today’s work has made up for the sheer amount of failures I’ve had over the last two days! WOO!
*Juggernaughts through wall, into sunset*
THERE’S A DOORWAY RIGHT THERE! WHY DOES NOONE USE IT?
*sighs*
Why do I even bother?
*Picks up wooden planks a hammer and a bucket of nails and walks over to repair the @rize shaped hole in wall*
Why are you worried about the doorway when @dc is in severe pain?
Walls can be replaced, TAYbies can’t!
Monster!
😛I still love ya. XD
He’ll be fiiiiiiine.
Where we’re going, we don’t need.. walls.
This seemed fitting. (Men Who Stare at Goats clip, if spoiler-wary. Not very spoiler-ish, but immensely funny.)
Knew what clip that’d be. Wasn’t disappointed 🙂
Anyone else hyped for Pacific Rim? Opens tomorrow.
*crickets*
PACIFIC RIM EVERYBODY! LOOK! GET HYPE!
Geez that just sounded like @alexpants reading aloud. Milk was a bad choice.
I’m excited. I was thinking of organising a TAYbie PAX meat where we go watch the movie as a group but I don’t know if there will be time or if people are interested. I might just watch it before PAX. 🙂
OH MAN FORGET PACIFIC RIM CAN THERE BE A PRE-PAX GOSLINGFEST?!
YES. ALL THE MEAT
MEAT OVERLOAD
I EXPECT TO WALK STRAIGHT OFF OF THE PLANE AND INTO GOSLINGMEAT.
I’ll go! I’m keen for pre/post PAX stuff 😀
Woo
Kojima will go with you.
Totally. I would probably hold his hand if he asked me to as well. He wouldn’t ask. 🙁
seeing it tomorrow with my mates, can’t wait!
I have applied for a drawing class though Open Uni Australia!
\o/
Also, I don’t know what to play… 🙁
Nice!
Uhhh, Rogue Legacy is a pretty cool guy. You can grab it on steam.
I would, but I’m not really interested in it.
Sorry.
Don’t need to apologise for not liking a game. =P
Play iSketch! 😀
HOW DARE YOU, CRAZYGUY >:O
I don’t like iSketch.
Simple as that.
You know, I’m beginning to see why you’re finding it difficult to know what to play.
😛
S’all good, was just a suggestion :P. Thought something drawing related would be good 🙂
OHMAHGAHD, I think i love Fire Emblem. It cost 70 Bucks… and as i acquire all the DLC that price nearly doubles…. BUT DAMNIT, I DON”T CARE!
Their is a 3DS game out their where the total costs of its DLC more than doubles the RRP.
Final Fantasy Theatrhythm.
But yes, Fire Emblem is fantastic
My god, the future DLC (not sure if that’s out yet here) and the bonds DLC are completely worth it, though.
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! happiness overload!
How great is it right!! I’ve done a normal difficulty run without permadeath to get used to it, then a hard mode/permadeath following. Going for whatever the next one up is next! Think it’s ultimate, or something? Gon be harrrrrrd. You makin babehs yet? Just when you think its as good as it gets, it gets better with babehs!
:O :O :O YOU CAN MAKE PEOPLE…. MATE!?
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Hahaha! Its when two people get an s ranking, they open a new mission which is to recruit the babeh. Pro tip! Make sure you have the best skills of each person in the last slot – those ones will be passed down to the babeh. I wasted so many good skills by not knowing that sooner. but you only have to have the skills in that slot just before you start the babeh mission.
Half-life 2 is on sale on steam, so I think it’s safe to assume it’s nearing the glorious time of savings.
Yup, the 11th.
Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit.
@sughly
http://pitchfork.com/advance/160-only-god-forgives-soundtrack/
It’s not playing at work, but I assume it actually works.
Edit: It works. And it’s goooood.
Contemplating whether to replace Star Command with Ocarina of Time 3D in my top25 list. My big gaming conundrum of the day. Hmm..
I’m totally procrastinating work.
I’m not really a fan of Kickstarter and I’m only posting because it’s nice to see Australian guys doing stuff, but — a bunch of (ex-Sega/Krome/etc.) guys up in Brisbane have a new studio that’s working on a spiritual successor to Syndicate Wars called Satellite Reign.
Interesting to see local people doing something big-ish and ambitious-ish!
kickstart is giving us more little witches, so it must be good.
Watched the first one last night. Soooo good 😀
SO good! Love it so much!
5 vials of blood later….apparently there are a lot of possibilities for what’s wrong with me. 😛
But yeah, at least I’m on the road to taking care of myself now so that’s good. Plus, superproductive day because I got my son enrolled for school next year. Phew!
I didn’t realise you were sick – I’m sorry to hear that 🙁
I’m not so much sick as just not well. I’ve been like it for at least a year but procrastinating about getting checked out.
Hope you feel better!
Five is a lot — I’m not sure that is better than being told “you’re getting old,” so I hope you’re okay!
Did they at least give you something nice (pretzels? 😛 ) after taking so much? Is it possible they’re selling your blood on some sort of blackmarket geared towards vampires? Are they trying to synthesize the cure for some sort of zombie virus/bacteria from your blood?
So many possibilities! So many question/exclamation marks!
They didn’t give me anything. So I went to Beard Papa’s and got myself a white chocolate eclair. It was awesome. 😀
Just what the doctor ordered.
omg! I haven’t been to beard papa’s since I was with LittleJJ! I totally forgot they existed!! Now I’m CRAVING!
I had 8 vials taken once, all I got was everyone saying how pale I looked 🙁
Hope you’re well @strange!
I must admit, my first thought was vampires.
5 Vials of blood? So that’s how they’re getting through the True Blood shortages 🙂
Strange is feeling strange?! Oh no!
Seriously, though, I had no idea you weren’t well (I’m observant!). Hope they can sort whatever it is out soon. *hugs*
Just dropping in to say hi. Been bed ridden most of the day with a bad migraine and I’m still feeling a bit out of it.
Aw man, hope you feel better.
So I keep feeling dizzy. I was pretty good today until about just now. Anyone got any home remedies to help?
Drink water. It will help regulate your blood pressure.
Whatever you do, stop spinning!
Have you eaten or gotten enough sleep?
I am hungry. Might be that
That’ll do it.
I am feeling better, thank you
Just chiming in to say: Even though I love me some Ghibli, my top 3 Japanese animated films are: Innocence, Akira and Ninja Scroll.
As you were…
Akira is tied with Aliens for my favorite film of all time, and that’s been the case for about 15 years.
Fave animated films: Akira, Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell.
GitS was in there til innocence.
Yeah that’s fair. I always rank GitS because I think it came first. Resonated more than the 2nd film.
Akira needs no explanation, and Patlabor is just fantastic. I love all three films.
Is Alice Madness Returns a total piece of shit?
It’s on special on US PSN
The game always looked incredibly pretty. Was tempted to play it just to take in the world and all that.
I loved it, but due to my simulation sickness couldn’t actually play it on pc at all.
siiiidevort
I played about 10 minutes. I liked it, but unfortunately I had to stop playing very quickly
I liked that game.
Looked really pretty. Had dress ups. Gameplay was decent, if nothing amazing. Needed way more polish in the storytelling aspects, but overall it wasn’t too bad on that front.
I’d give it a solid 7.
7? So basically its the worst game ever made 😛
I like it. Mostly because it’s pretty, and partly because Alice in Wonderland is cool.
To quote @blaghman from long ago, Butterflies! Swishy dresses!
Sadly, the console versions don’t have all of the PhysX effects (I think they have it for her hair, and probably the butterflies). They have the most important stuff, but still, it’s a little sad. Running around the PhysX goop was great fun.
I bought it ya’ll, comes with the original as free DLC!
Niiiccceeee
One of my best friends worked on the original 🙂 Hardly a scene in the game where you can’t see some of his stuff 🙂 Pretty awesome game. Some really interesting level design
Eughhh, have to get up at 8:30am tomorrow to catch a bus into Hobart to catch the bus to Launceston just to see my specialist on Friday :S Kinda shitting myself about that. I’ve been fairly sick for over a month now, so I dunno how it’s gonna go 🙁
I’m sorry to hear that, man. Now you’re Hobart is there any chance of finding someone local? Also hope you feel better and everything’s okay.
Thanks 🙂 I’m hoping everything’s okay, just don’t wanna go on anymore medication, because last time it turned me into an absolute wreck and i struggled to even get myself out of bed. Still not sure why I’ve been sick for so long right now though.I think there’s a kidney specialist down here, so yeah I’m gonna see about getting a referral for whoever it is down here. I couldn’t really avoid it this time though, since it’s been booked since last year.All the best, my friend!
At least it’s not a bus to Queenstown, that takes forever -__-
Egad, that road.
http://collider.com/the-strain-crimson-peak-news-guillermo-del-toro/
Great interview with del Toro! This FX series sounds great and I love the idea that the seasons written in full before being shot.
What’s everyone planning on getting during the Steam
GiftSummer Sale?Zilch
Nothing. Feel pretty satisfied with the games I’ve got and Pikmin is only 17 days away!
What about you, Crazyguy?
When the sales hit, he dons his mask and becomes…
Crazybuy.
Actually, I just rip my face off and re-attach it when the sales are over.
That’d be the crazy thing to do. Your story checks out.
Maybe Cherry Tree High Comedy Club…
Other than that, probably nothing.
That would be awesome ^^
Buy ALL of the gaems!
ALL OF THEM.
@Dc haha! I don’t know if you only upvoted the comment at 4pm or whether you saw it then but I knew you’d go back to previous pages 😀
Someone’s got to circle the wagons. Who else will… you?
…
Yes. You’re all right, Greenius!
@dc is the magical upvote fairy. EVERY comment gets an upvote.
Not the manliest of phrases.
http://ih3.redbubble.net/image.4628180.7800/flat,550×550,075,f.jpg
New material pls
Thank you! 😀
Now the madness is over. Until next time.
I used to downvote puns, but @shane crushed my spirit.
You downvote me a lot 😀
😀
😐
D:
You stole my favourite colour. >:|
You missed the “least” there, since nobody likes green.
Absolutely nobody.
That’s so mean, why would you call @strange and @dc nobodies :'(
No, no, clearly we’ve already established that it’s their least favourite colour, they just keep missing a word.
People complain about Kotaku having fluff articles but PopSugar is telling me “Kristen Stewart Chills Out With a Cold Drink”.
Certainly a story of great import if there ever was one.
Reading the article tells me that yes, the story is literally about K-Stew getting a cold drink while wearing jeans and a t shirt.
Refreshing!
I drink drinks! She’s just like us!
Sportsball Talk!
19 year old Ashton Agar is making his test debut for Australia in tonight’s 1st Ashes test!
Oh maaaan. That starts tonight hey?
Yo, @redartifice, is Payday a go?
Edit: Hit me up on twitter if it’s happening.
@shane, man but does Yoshi control horribly. That weird slow start to the running is terrible but somewhat mitigated by holding down the Y button constantly.
Also sounds pretty bad :S
Maybe try a different game?
You only have 14 to chose from
Yeah man, it’s… disappointing. I stuck with it until six stars, but am rapidly losing patience. Think I can give this game away.
Gonna try Ace Attorney next, thanks to @scree. \o/
YES! I’m currently re-playing so notes will be compared!
@dc – there’s a note comparing opportunity here!
I have a very important question:
Dark Souls on 360 or PC? Seems like it would be better fit for PC, but I spend so much of my day doing work ‘n stuff on computers that I spend more time gaming on consoles — more relaxing and comfortable. Anything fantastic with the Master Race version to justify getting it?And if TAY is anything to go by, every second person on KotAU is sick/ill/unwell at the moment… I hope you all feel better soon!
I believe the PC version requires GFWL. Interpret that based on your past experiences with it.
It does require GFWL, and also requires some small patching and tweaking to run correctly – it’s a shitty PC port. Once it’s tweaked right it looks and runs amazing though.
GFWL is an hassle but not a deal-breaker — I remember that it didn’t come to PC straight away, but hearing that it’s fiddly and a poor port… I’ll ignore it on PC.
Thanks! (and to @notoriousr)
I just started feeling not-sick this week!
So long, suckers! 😀
*doesn’t go anywhere *
360 version is great. No idea about PC, but it sounds like way too many hoops to jump through. But on the other hand, PC is waaaay cheaper.
Either way, this game must be played.
Also, I’m recovering from con-flu, the nastiest strain of the nerd viruses.
I prefer playing it on PC, but that’s a personal thing. It can get very framey in certain areas on 360, so you’d best be ready for that.
I think I still have my 360 copy here somewhere though, so I can send it to you, if you’d like. Will need to check.
Neither.
PS3 like the cool kids.
I finished it around launch on PS3 and started playing through the PC version earlier this year (revisiting it now for SGM).
I haven’t bothered with keyboard and mouse but I hear it’s not worth bothering with. It’s easy enough to just plug in a controller and the game was designed with one in mind.
PC version is a lot cheaper and comes with the DLC which is a bonus. Like the others have said, there is some tweaking needed but it honestly wasn’t that much. I just downloaded a fix, changed a couple of things and it’s been working fine ever since. The only problems I’ve ever had with the game on PC is most likely due to my own hardware as I’ve had small problems in other games.
However, some PC people have had a fair few problems when trying to get the fix to work and while it’s optional, most people play with it on. I know it changes the resolution and fixes some other things. I installed it straight away and never played the game without it so I can’t comment on how much it changes but with it on, everything is fine.
Looks a bit nicer on PC too and I didn’t have crazy slowdown at Blighttown (if you’ve never played the game before this place is notorious (HAI NOTTY) for giving people really bad framerate issues on the console version.
PC version seems less populated as well. Less messages and whatnot all over the ground. This can be a good and bad thing. Good, because the messages play a pretty big part of the game and it’s fun reading what others have said, but I assume with more people it’ll be harder to play with friends. It’s not the type of game where you’re supposed to be able to play with friends but @rize and I managed to join each other pretty easily.
If Xbox Live is an issue then obviously you don’t need it to access the online features on PC. You can play Dark Souls without online stuff but you’ll be missing out on a huge part of the experience.
Sounds like you prefer the console one anyway so might as well go with that, but PC version isn’t bad!
So… BUY BOTH. 😀
Apparently it’s not very good to play with a mouse/kb. But I guess you can use a controller on the PC.
Blighttown… oh blighttown. And then there’s Anor Londo… (Warning some bad language but great video).
OH! You’ll need a controller, even on PC. If that don’t work for you, console is your best bet.
Edit: looks like @greenius mentioned this in his wall of text. Nvm
🙂
PC with a controller, no question there.
It’s not a great PC port, which just means that it isn’t optimised for PC. Seeing as pretty much every PC on the planet is more powerful than a 360, it will run smoother and you get the DLC content this way.
I bought this on sale on xbox live (only $10) but whatever you do play it with a controller
Anyone read the ASOIAF novellas? I just read The Hedge Knight:
Spoilers for The Hedge Knight and Books 1-3:
You’d think I’d have learnt by now, but Baelor’s death made me as sad as Eddard/Robb/Renly/Oberyn’s death.That’s the one with Dunk and Egg right? If so yes I have read it and quite enjoyed it.I have Grr’s book of short stories, or whatever it is, so I probably own them. Haven’t read them though because I’m terrible.
Also, haven’t read the last 150 odd pages of Dance with Dragons, I assume because I’m just awful.
SMART
Then you don’t know the cliffhanger endings that GRRM leaves you on then bails for a few years whilst writing TWOW.
ALSO read the Dunk and Egg short stories. They’re pretty rad.
Oh, I totally know about the ending. I think I had a discussion about it with JamesMags, back when he was here. I’ve also discussed it with my sister, at quite good length.
BLAGHS WHAT IS THIS STOP CHEATING
I cheat a lot. It’s all I can do.
http://i.imgur.com/drQjo.gif
Also played The Last of Us yet? There’s a really rad but spoilery video about the footprint tech they use.
Nah, still less than halfway through it. Since my Mum crippled herself she’s been home all the time, and I don’t like playing games on the PS3 when the ‘rents are around.
@Blaghman
Boo! Boo-urns!
Hey, boo my mother. She’s the one who had to go and destroy half of her knee.
@blaghman
It’s easier to blame you!
I have, they’re great. I love the descriptions of the last dragon
I’ve read the first one – I read it years ago in a short story collection before I knew what ASOIAF even was. I didn’t make the connection until about a month ago. And yeah, that bit was a gut punch.
So, because I missed the whole list your favourite games thing, I’m doing it now. Deal with it.
*spoilers for those who can’t deal*
Shane’s Top 25* games of all time1. Dark Souls
2-10. Demon’s Souls
2-10. Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2-10. Zelda: Link’s Awakening
2-10. Donkey Kong (Game Boy)
2-10. Metal Gear Solid
2-10. Metal Gear Solid 2
2-10. Metal Gear Solid 3
2-10. The Walking Dead (Telltale)
2-10. Mirror’s Edge
11-25. Spec Ops: The Line
11-25. Arkham City
11-25. Super Mario 64
11-25. Max Payne
11-25. Catherine
11-25. TIE Fighter
11-25. X-Wing vs TIE Fighter
11-25. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
11-25. Chrono Trigger
11-25. Secret of Mana
11-25. StarCraft: Brood War
11-25. Heavy Rain
11-25. Super Mario Galaxy
11-25. Zelda: Link to the Past
11-25. Super Mario Kart (SNES)
*The criteria used are nostalgia, time invested, and level to which I recall being impressed in unknown and arbitrary ratios
I’m pretty sure that just about every console I’ve ever owned gets a mention here, except for the NES. This makes me a little sad, but I genuinely can’t remember too much about my once-beloved NES 🙁
Jumping on the wagon:
1. Oni. 2-50. I have no idea. Why is my favourite game one that’s not very good? Shut up, that’s why.Haha. I was going to do a list with Sextris 50 times. 😛
Good to see Spec Ops in there. That game was a nice surprise for me.
I was late to the game (only played it earlier this year), but ended up being incredibly impressed by its themes and ideas.
I tried to give Catherine an honest crack. But the bells ringing drove me insane. I guess I can turn the volume down and put music on in between. But that would involve getting up…ugh effort.
Life of Pi (film):
I really enjoyed it! I didn’t read the book or know what it was about but it very entertaining. I can’t believe I thought it looked terrible from whatever trailer I saw (to be fair it was probably a terrible trailer :P).
I haven’t really gone into detailed discussions with any of the movies I’ve seen this week because I’m sure it’s all been said 😛
(@smurfydog)
Stupidly beautiful movie. The effects are incredible.
Yeah, I remembered the whole CGI studio fiasco after typing that. Shame 🙁
Still can’t get over the fact that you can watch tv on your PS Vita (via Remote Play).
I can’t watch anything on my Vita!
I have managed to lose it somewhere in my room.
Flip everything over until you find it!
Ehh. I’ll do that when I have a reason to do anything on it.
http://imgur.com/SqSqqqT
Not sure what’s weirder, talking to a cat (happens fairly often), or the cat loling me.
Yeah, we’re weird :p
Finished Deadpool. I suspect I was getting frustrated and making it harder on myself by only using the basic katanas and pistols. Might try playing through with some of the other weapons, see if that makes a difference.
Snickers Ice Cream bars are the best thing ever invented…
Oh my god yes, they’re so damn tasty.
Crap. I should stop… I think I’ve had three of them in the past fifteen minutes.
And I’ve been playing GTA: Survive the Day.
It’s basically a game I created whilst playing GTA 3.
Also, Sids has taken five wickets!
And with that, goodnight!
Snickers ice cream are great, but they have nothing on corne-HOLY SHIT THE WORLD’S END IS OUT IN A FEW WEEKS! SO EXCITED!
YES! I love those things. Must have put on 5kg from eating those. The Twix ones aren’t too bad either.
HAI GAIS!!!
Firstly to @Shane and all the melbourne TAYbies – i’m so sooooo sorry i couldn’t make it last Friday. After sitting down and doing some budgeting with Bee, i worked out that I really couldn’t afford to head out on the town, PLUS go to PAX, PLUS move within the next month..
That’s right.. we’re going to be moving… AGAIN… Bact to Melbourne again, though. We love Geelong, but the place is falling apart with so many lay-offs and there is no jobs going over here, so we really need to move back to Melbourne, espeically with Bee trying to break into Real Estate, and me looking for a better job too. We’re looking around point cook/Altona at the moment, as it’s pretty affordable for what you get.
PAX STUFF!!
Is there a TAYbie meat organised?? I’ve probably mentioned this, but i’ve got a 3 day pass, and i’ll be attending on my own, so company would be greatly appreciated. I mean, you guys are pretty swell.
Again to @shane – i am so soooo sorry – i was quite looking forward to meeting you 🙁 I’m guessing you’re not PAXing after being here for comic-con???
ALSO – how did it go??!?! Did you sell out? Also, did you sell out of books?!
If you’d come out, I totally would have paid your way. Jerk. 😛
And thanks for asking – I sold out, but had way too many books left over at the end of the weekend. Kind of the opposite result to what I wanted 😀
Good luck with the move, man. If you time it well enough, nearly all of TAY will be in Melbourne to help you shift boxes and furniture… and then trash the new place in a big housewarming. I won’t be there – I’ve blown my travel budget for the… foreseeable future.
Don’t worry, @steveo won’t be there so your couch should be safe.
@steve-o?
😛
@Steve-o_the_deve-o – I think
Too complicated, he should keep it simple like mine @semobulus
Ain’t no B-Funk
What a wanker!
Hahahahaha, oh man, Phoenix Wright is awesome 😀
You’ve never played them? 😮
Ugh, what kind of monster has never played them?
I haven’tSame. I know enough to reference a little so I can fake it, though.
D:
I’ve never had a (3)DS… until about three weeks ago.
I’m rectifying the situation, okay!
Yessss! They really are… *looks fondly into the distance*
Have you played the Layton games, Shane?
Not yet, man. One thing at a time. First, I indulged my nostalgic itch with Zelda fun, and now I’m going to work my way through the wobbling stack of new games I’ve obtained from various sources.
Layton games have the bestest cutscenes
I do really love the art direction from what I’ve seen.
@Blaghman @greenius @jimu @AnyoneElseThatIsReallyFarInTheGameOrHasBeatenIt
Finally made some progress on Persona 4 Golden last night.
Late game spoilers (Dec-Jan)
I beat shadow Adachi / big eyeball guy. My Reward? Go on date with Yukiko apparently! \o/Also
Im fairly certain there is going to be another boss fight because everyone’s Personas are evolving (again).Yep. I think that’s all new stuff added to Golden
Oh really? Did the game just finish after you beat shadow Adachi in the original Persona 4?I think so! I know Golden added a new ending and dungeons/bossesI felt like the pacing kind of fell apart in those last few months, either that or I was just losing interest. I didn’t play the game for a few months around there 😛LEVELING SOCIAL LINKS IS THE BEST PART! That pesky combat keeps getting in the way. =P
The way I was able to play was that whenever I had the shits with dungeons, I’d go socialising or vice versa. By the time I was were you are, I was so fully involved with the story I couldn’t get enough.
This is why I rank P3 lower, I haven’t been able to balance my play as much and I am just less involved. Somehow, even though the characters are fantastic and they are developed well, it hasn’t been as effective. :-/
I’ve taken several long breaks during P3P and still haven’t finished.
I played nothing but P4G until I did nearly everything.
Was so tempted to start new game plus but forced myself to stop so I didn’t burn out!
Garlic bread! WOOOOOO!
Haha, something tells me Strange’s words of wisdom haven’t quite worked yet…
Strange and I bonded over our love of KFC last night. She’s enabled me for another day. XD
You guys like green AND KFC? Best friend club!
I call president of the best friend club!
That would be weird because I’m the First Lady. 😛
Haha! Best friend club disbanded!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I HAVE A GIANT CUP OF TEA AND A CHOCOLATE CHIP MUFFIN.
THAT IS ALL.
Argh so many great topics I missed yesterday! Ah lemme see if I remember…
@bdkiaf – only just listening to the soundtrack now. Loving it so far! It’s got that same pulse synth in some of the tracks like in Drive, so good. String stuff is sounding nice too. Arrrrgh, I want this movie yesterday! Literally. It was on yesterday T_T
@jimu – I still havent seen Innocenceeeeee! I have been meaning to rectify this asap, especially since new GitS is out soon. What do y’all think of the new ones art style? I’ve heard it being mentioned that it’s controversial? It looks rad to me! Love it!
Ah… crap. Short term memory fail.
Oh! @wilbur – All your Fire Emblem excitement is spurring me to try the next difficulty up sooner than later! Except truth be told I havent quite done hard yet. Have about 2/3 missions left, but have been breezing through it lately since my team was all buffy mcbuff.
Oh man… so much tension in this soundtrack @bdkiaf! Love love love… whoooaaa, 07 – Crystal checking in, so good! Sister part 1! omg… this really is an amazing soundtrack. Should probably stop editing this…
Innocence is so, so good.
I will check out the new series, art style looks great, but the old series never did anything for me so I am cautiously optimistic.
I’m a big fan of the manga too, Masamune Shirow is prolly my fave manga artist and even though he tells a …what’s the word?… He slows shit down with too many ideas and doesn’t let those ideas flow organically…I dunno…anyway, I still love the manga and the last series was pisspoor compared to both the mangas and films.
Cautiously optimistic.
Sitting here eating my breakfast and waiting for the shops in AC to open so I can buy ALL the things. I have proper stuffs I need to do but buying stuffs is way more fun.
This is my life these days basically
I have early bird ordinance since my daily tasks get done on a 6AM train.
I love that they allow that sort of change. I’m contemplating changing to the late night one cause I keep missing out on stuff when I start playing at 11pm 😛
On night owl i believe Retail is open until 1am. Haven’t checked too closely on the other stores.
I need some sort of ordinance that has the shops open all night and early morning, but shut from about 10am until 8pm.
I really liked the opening hours of the first Timmy and Tommy renovation, but the second one’s hours are abysmal.
Damn. I’m about to get the upgrade tomorrow.
Solution – 2 games, mine is on early bird, hers is on night owl. Works for us. :p
What level is Nookling Junction up to in your town? Mine upgraded again and apparently this means they’re no longer open till midnight…only 8pm.
Late night ordinaaaaance! What one are you using? The clean town one? Caus thats the only other one I’d go for myself…
Higher prices. I haven’t bothered looking up what the difference is, but I’ve contemplated changing it cause I make most of my money from turnips and peaches (which I sell in other towns).
All this talk of Animal Crossing is making me think that many people would seriously enjoy moving to the country and living the life of a farmer. I know I wouldn’t mind.
I’m pretty sure that you won’t like it 😛
However, there’s always Harvest Moon…
You’re right. I think I’d like the game though. But then I’d get hooked on it like an addict on crack cocaine. 🙁
Actually I was thinking on what exactly it was about the game that I love, and I think it’s actually caus it has pretty big similarities to the SNES harvest moon, which is a game I love so so much and have been craving something similar ever since.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/news/view/24901
Tex Murphy Project Fedora is Tex Murphy: Tesla Effect. First trailer too.
This probably means nothing to people who aren’t me, but I love this series. Pandora Directive is one of my favourite adventures of all time. Pulpy sci-fi FMV/3D adventure game!
Haha! Over the top charm is back and Tex still looks like Tex despite aging 15 years. XD
Last Tex Murphy ended on a cliffhanger… 15 years ago. D:
I’m as excited for this as I am for Broken Age.
Pandora Directive had three alternate paths plus two modes, one with more puzzles and one with hand holding. Basically all the cut scenes are in FMV and all the exploring is in real time first person 3D. Look under beds, open drawers… really explore the environments.
The acting is pretty cheesy at the best of times, but it honestly fits the charm of the world.
WOOOOOOOOOO!
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/tex_murphy_the_pandora_directive
Since I haven’t slept in four days and am feeling psyched about this here’s what the series is about:
Tex Murphy is a 1940s like P.I., except he happens to live in the post apocalyptic urban decay ruins (WOOOOOOO!) of Old San Francisco with the mutant population. Tex isn’t a mutant himself, but finds himself at home here. The futuristic New San Francisco skyline looks so purdy against the irradiated red skies. Crazy scifi cases, femme fatales, noir. So awesome!
That does sound pretty good!
Maybe I’ll live stream a playthrough sometime soon. Or not. I dunno. 😀
What’s new, Shane? Back at work?
Yeah… back at work. Sigh.
Playing Phoenix Wright – that game is a lot of fun. Made me laugh on the bus. Got weird looks. Don’t care.
You have all the sequels?
@dc, no. I just borrowed the first one from scree.
Bleh, it had to rain, didn’t it? :l
Whats the codes for spoilers by the way? My firefox is not happy atm and wont generate tags for me :'(
< s > < / s > without the spaces…
test test!I’ve noticed that too. Around the time the Acer survey was fixed, possibly a short time later, all the text editor buttons stopped working for me. Curse firefox!
(Paging @benwhite in case he’s curious/interested, but not a superrrrrrrr big deal)
Ok! Now I got that sorted… reading Clash of Kings, these chains getting built… if they are for what I think they are for…
Tyrion plans to trap the boats in the bay once theyre on fire..?… den dats messed up. But maybe I’m completely wrong >_>
Only read if you want suspicions addressed
You’re not wrong.Ahaha, I’m too curious ^_^ But yeah, dats messed up. I do have to add though, I dont understand why…
He doesnt just share more of his plans with Cersei? I mean, theyre good plans! Surely she would agree? Or at least, surely it would be better than letting her hate him and try and do stuff behind his back? Maybe it wouldnt make a difference since she kinda hates him, but like… I just dont see why he wouldnt? Unless he thinks she will just be like yeah nah and go out of her way to stop the chain being built and so forth?Because Cersei is a fucking idiot that thinks she knows better and would have spoiled the planYeah this is probable. Stupid woman. Still love her though ^^, thanks to tv version actress
Plus,
she usually works against him for the sake of working against him.In the books, the relationship between Tyrion and Cersei is a lot more strained than on the show. They’re much more open with each other in the TV show, and Cersei even comes across as sympathetic at times. In the books, she’s just a monster. 😛Yeah, starting to pick up on that vibe…
I didn’t read Clash of Kings until I’d already started watching season 3 of the show, and
I still didn’t figure out what the chains were for until the battle actually happened. I r dumb.Nah I was a bit wha for a while, since I’ve seen the show first. Had to have me a long sit down… a long sit down thinking about chains… was pretty exciting sit down I tells you.
So this will probably be of interest to no-one, but I just remembered that while I was visiting my grandmother on the weekend I took a photo of our family crests, which she had up on the wall.
http://i.imgur.com/SZB1zce.jpg
Heraldry not being quite the hot topic as it once was I’d forgotten all about this. While the Kermeen name is of English origin (and my family specifically came from the Isle of Man), the presence of the unicorn suggests the crest is probably of Scottish origin, which is something I hadn’t really thought about before. Also, the motto/battle cry (which I can’t pronounce) apparently translates to “If I were not”, which I am having trouble interpreting as anything other than a medieval #YOLO.
I haven’t a clue what the red stripes on a white field are supposed to represent, and the concent of three shells has forever been tainted by Demolition Man, so I really don’t know what to make of it at all.
Based on the evidence, I think it means that if your family is not a bunch of unicorns, then they’re 3 shells on a tablecloth.
To this day, I still ponder how a person cleans their arse with three seashells. It has never left me.
I don’t know if it’s a good or bad thing that the movie will be remembered for that. I mean, at least it will be remembered.
Maybe we are known for enjoying picnics near the beach.
It’s no Stark direwolf
YOU’RE NOT A STARK DIREWOLF.
Least you have a crest, thats cool… if I do have one it’s probably a couple of guys fighting over some baked goods or something. Or ice-cream? I dont even know.
If I had my own crest it would be a fat sunburned man on a field of paisley, with a cat curled around his feet.
Listening to Only God Forgives soundtrack, all I can think of is a shield with Gosling’s face.
The shield is in the shape of a love heart.
I think it’s possible I still don’t really know who Ryan Gosling is. I’ve only seen him refuse to eat his cereal.
Don’t worry, I got you @kermitron. Get on this list and fall in love:
The Notebook
Half Nelson
Lars and the Real Girl
Drive
Crazy, Stupid, Love
The Ides of March
The Place Beyond the Pines
I haven’t seen Blue Valentine, but @sughly informs me it’s fantastic.
And United States of Leland! Old old Gosling movie, probably the first time I saw him. I dont remember much about it except the ending which had me in tears T_T
p.s. how good is Ides of March! Srsly. Noone really talks about it, but I thought it was perfection. Had me guessing right until the end, and then I was just left in awe. Love it.
p.p.s. Blue Valentine is SO fantastic!! Easily one of the best representations of relationships ever put to film
There’s three Scottish clans in my lineage: McNaught (which has a boring crest involving a knight’s helmet and some flames), Bruce (blue lion) and Douglas (motherfucking BURNING DINOSAUR) .
It’s been a good 5 years since I last saw it, although I’m about 90% sure this is my family crest
http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/73f5a8cf-8188-4008-801a-9c65216d8d30/uploadedartwork/650X650/0e91e4f2-86a2-44be-b1f8-4e2069c5470c.jpg
and the family motto is “He who lives contentedly, has enough” … basically we as a family never strive for more than we need to live comfortably
Almost finished Rogue Legacy last night:
Got to the final boss and it was who I expected. What I didn’t expect was that I would get hit once and then slam him into a wall for about 30 seconds until he was dead. Turns out a hokage with knockback is a little unfair there 😛 . Unfortunately I stuffed up when he started the second phase and got stuck in a spell and got reamed.I think I might keep playing the game as normal and levelling etc. for now. I don’t really need to, but it’s still a lot of fun!
ARGH how good is Only God Forgives gonna beeeeeeee omg… crawling out of my skin excited right now. This soundtrack is ridiculous! ‘Wanna Fight’ track is just… no words. Scaling synths with pipe organ chords!? What is this! Amazing, thats what it is.
AAAARGH, ‘Youre my dream’, the trailer song! AAAARRRGH!
PAX North is eight days away! Really looking forward to this!
Oh man, I’m so pumped! You have no idea.
Well, you probably do actually.
You guys going to see it at PAX proper? I know there was some talk of that yesterday!
“Some talk” mainly consisted of all-caps bursts of Gosling hype from me.
So.. Maybe?
Hey, I take the slightest hint of a meat as confirmation that a meats on. STRANGE BIRTHDAY MEAT. WOOOOOOOO! 😛
well, shit……
i took the day off work yesterday as i had a headache and decoded to try some Skyrim medicine… went to launch the game, only to discover i lost about 40 hours of gameplay as my later saves were all corrupt, including the cloud backups….
so then i decide to load up chrono trigger and finish that off…. all my saves were GONE… discovered the battery in my snes cartridge is dead, even though i replaced it last year…
so then i minecrafted and found horses…
My heart was sinking for you… until the horse bit. Now I’m just jealous.
I was gonna say the same thing. I want some horses, I found name tags in Minecraft so I have get a horse and call it “Butt Stallion”
hahaha ill sho you guys later where they are!
also, the horse thing is quite buggy, it runs so fast that it creates a lot of lag…. fell down two cliffs getting them back, and lost one horse to 3 creeper explosions at the bottom…
I found a dungeon where I’ll building my house on Zetrox2k’s server and in it I found some nametags and diamond horse armour. That’ll be totally sweet when I find some horses.
hahaha well we found an entire area where they are spawning, id be happy to show you tonight! also, i havent checked yet but apparently horse saddles are craftable… the ones ive used i found in a dungeon room with a spawner just behind my place which i have now turned into an xp mahine.
apparently horse armour is also craftable…. also found 3 sets in the chest.
also i worked out only donkeys can carry packs on them, so i now have one horse and one donkey.
ill be sticking a chest in front of my place with bales of hay for anyone who wants them as i dont think they are craftable…
Dang, do you know how your saves got corrupted? Was it a DLC issue or something?
well i dont have any of the skyrim dlc… plus ive loaded up from these saves before…
as for my chrono trigger save, the battery that stores the save data went flat…
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HOW MANY HORSES!? If I supply the golden carrot / apple can I breed them and then steal one!?
YES! im going back there tonight to grab some more. can never have too many horsies…
@sughly: http://double-fine-game-club.github.io/bbq/
That link looks dubious.
Well, Ron Gilbert tweeted it.
Ron Gilbert looks dubious too. 😛
But… but I’m in Brisbane T_T
THIS SUCKS BALLS!
People have probably already seen it but I’m posting it anyway:
Warmachine Tactics!
So hyped for this – It’s a turn-based strategy akin to Xcom based on a tabletop game I’ve been playing for the past year. The story doesn’t have the depth, scale and awesomeness of 40K, but it still makes a good excuse to have giant steam-powered mind-controlled robots smashing the sh*t out of each other.
NEEDS MOAR GRIMDARK!!!
😛
That being said – that looks awesome!
ANIMAL CROSSING!
I was really excited when the T&T Mart went to upgrade again because I thought I’d get even BETTER stuff to buy but so far it’s all been crap. Today’s offerings are a tiny magazine rack, a stone pillar, and a cage full of basketballs…
I was hoping for 3 fortune cookies maself. That would be pretty amaziiiing. Also I got doubles this morning – master sword and arwing. Trades anyone?
Already gots them. I keep getting doubles of the Varia Suit stuff!
Got a spare helmet you’d trade for a Blue Falcon?
The helmet is the only part I don’t actually have multiples of…
The only part I have is the shirt so I’m happy with whatever else you have doubles of (pants, Pants?) if you wanna trade.
I happen to have THREE pairs of the pants! I’m the Pants boss.
I’ll come visit someday soon.
Oh man…I have about 6 Karts. 🙁
Mario Kart room! Broom broom!
My museum is the Nintendo stuff dump, duplicates and all. Makes it easy for visitors to request things they see.
So, the family came home to me yesterday. The kids were happy to see me! Liam has learned to run in the last week, and I got a great demonstration of that… as he tore right past me and made it halfway up the street. 😛
On a vaguely related note, have you ever seen those parents in shopping centers that walk around with their kids in a harness or on a leash?
I usually cringe, so I’m not saying you should consider it
… but you should consider it 😛I’ve always wondered how bad behaved a kid needs to be or how inattentive a parent needs to be to necessitate a leash.
I’d run away from you.
I’ll always chase you.
Forever.
Have you had boys? Or twins? Or twin boys?
You’ve never had girls have you?
I’ve never had anyone.
I’m so lonely.
I’ve one of each, and they’re equally mental :\
I’ve done it. Had to with my son. It was either that or lose him while we were out. My back wouldn’t let me carry him, which is what I’d usually do when he got out of hand at the shops or at a theme park. He’d just get all excited and want to run off and see everything. The judgy looks people would give me were horrendous. But I’d by far prefer people to think they know better than me how to parent my son than to lose him because I couldn’t keep up with him.
I’d have him with one of those cute animal backpack harnesses with the leash thing wrapped around my wrist while I held his hand.
anyone knoow if there is a slightly more in depth pax schedule other than this crap?
http://www.paxaustralia.com.au/schedule/print
Get the guidebook app for your phone, has the schedule fully searchable, streamed and colour coded
argh, and here i was printing out paper and highlighting….
Unless you use Windows Phone like me, in which your SOL and going to have to do that shit manually because the ‘guidebook’ site they direct you to doesn’t have anything remotely useful for PAX Au. 🙁
I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a physical program on the day
Which isn’t hugely useful if it’s written the way these ones are.
Also I need to plan out which sessions to attend beforehand.
Friday 19th July: Only God Forgives
That is all.
Isn’t that the date of PAX North DC?
Nah, someone would have said something by now.
I swear, somehow… I don’t know how, but somehow… I’m going to win a pass to this thing!
What, to PAX North? 😐
D.C. isn’t going to PAX Australia so he’s holding his own movie meat :D. With special guest: Ryan Gosling!
Re: The current Xbox 360 Dashboard beta/update —
Things are actually cheaper in real money than they were in MS Points. It might not be the case across the board, but there are a lot of (previously) 800 point games ($13-14) that are selling for $9.95. Some 400 point DLC has dropped (from $6-7) to $4.95.
Pleasantly surprised that there’s not only no gouging, but they’ve gone the other way.
Edit: I’m not talking about stuff from the beta. I saw this elsewhere on the internet. Yeah, elsewhere. >_>
Uh… Wow. Apparently with the brits they have gone the other way. Pleased to hear we caught a break for once (Aus pricing on last weeks sale was bad on the higher prices)
I was going to try the beta but the last time I did that we lost voice chat for two months until everyone got updated to the new dash. Kinda screwed us over in our Halo/MW2 heyday.
So nice of M$ to do this for the 360 just months from their latest console release! Bless ’em.
Honestly, where’s my refund for overpaying all these years? (I’m just a bitter old man!)
Don’t worry — things that were 1200 points (~19.80$) are now $19.95, so it’s not all cheaper.
Those bastards!
Once upon a time I was falling in love….
But now I’m only falling apart.
There’s nothing I can do…
I’m not sure if I’ll poo or just fart.
I love you so much.
A total eclipse of the heeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrtttttttttt
JUSTLISTENTOTHARHYTHMOFMAHEART
I actually really like this song. So much that I saw Bonnie Tyler in concert in 2010.
Her voice is amazing. Still. And she seemed like a nice person.
#ByeByeManCards
You atleast took your wife with you, right? RIGHT?
Uh…. :\
It’s not her kind of music.
*runs*
Fuck man cards.
Didn’t stop me from going to the show. Or enjoying it.
…or talking about it, apparently.
Wait Nintendo are acrually bringing out a new franchise?
*Check pulse* How odd.
*Looks outside* Nope, the world hasn’t ended yet.
They’re going to adjust a few dimensions on Mario and viola! Super Maria U.
Not a bad idea. It will appease all the feminists yet still give us something good to play.
Nintendo release new franchises and IPs all the time
…they’re rarely good though 😛
They do?
They have at least published quite a bit, mostly eshop stuff, like Rhythm Thief I believe? And that steel diver game, and pushmo I think they also published, and the rolling game, western something or rather… ahhh, think they did that ghost camera one too? Not sure if I’m wrong on some of them, but still, they do get these other ones made that noone remembers.
Yeah, what @sughly said. I used to think there wasn’t much either but a while ago I did some Googling and there’s actually a whole lot of new ones. Some are pretty big too but just cause they aren’t as big as Mario or Zelda, we tend to overlook and forget them.
The main stuff is a bunch of Wii/casual things – Wii Sports, Wii Fit, Wii Music, NintendoLand and like Sugs said there’s also been a bunch of recent 3DS eShop stuff like Pushmo, HarmoKnight. And of course… Xenoblade!
I predict they’ll buck all trends and go a more mature route, even venturing in FPSs, but with the usual grand ambiance that Nintendo is good at with story only being in the background; their grand hit shall be named Half-Life 3
Wait what
Nahhhh I dun reckon. If Miyamoto is working on it, I’m wagering it’s largely his idea, and will be Miyamotoish. I would be extremely surprised if it was a mature FPS.
Guys, it’s coming http://store.steampowered.com/news/8388/
READING COMPREHENSION: THAT IS A NEWS POST FROM LAST YEAR
Original comment:
GUYS DID YOU SEE CRUSADER KINGS IS ON THAT LIST
YOU SHOULD ALL BUY IT
Errrr, it’s the wrong year, just found out
looool you tricked us! D:
What a monster! 😛
Now I might actually have to go outside the house. And greet that evil thing in the sky called the sun. >:(
No problem 🙂
I think that is actually when I bought it 🙂
You and your stories…
Ugh,
TrolliusTrollmoEDIT: Oh god, I thought I caused a TAY break then.
Someone in Steam support said (a couple of days ago) that the sale would be starting on the 11th (pacific time?), so… close. 😛
I’m playing Virtue’s Last Reward. What do you think about that TAY?
I totally support your life choices and wish you well
I have not played that nor could I pick it out of a police line-upI should mention I’m playing it on 3DS 😛
I followed aksys’s advice and did the PEC room first, but I’m still not brave enough to try saving in any puzzle room just incase I get the save game bug. This actually has an interesting effect on game play: I must complete any puzzle within whatever game play time I’ve alloted myself. The time constraint can add some urgency if if I’m tkaing to long to solve a puzzle, heightening tension and making me feel like I really am in the nonary game!
You’re dead to me.
not really though, glad you are playing it, it’s a brilliant game. does the 3DS one have the english or japanese voices? also, i heard of that bug, i don’t think it affected the vita though(note: that is a comedic effect spoiler tag, no actual spoilers lay within, i swear)
3DS only has Japanese voices, as far as I can tell, which is fine by me.
Vita was not effected by the save game bug, so I think I got VLR a bit cheaper becuase of that. Certainly cheaper than buying a whole Vita (even though i would have preferred that).
Also, on the twitterz talk to Blue Maxima, he’s into it.
Also ask him if you can get it on another platform because the Vita is terrible and you’d prefer not to touch it.
Also mention the Vita has no games, and the 3DS is better because it has many games.
Oh god please let this happen.
That would be a Shakespearian tragedy
I see a flaw in your plan. The flaw being that you would have to talk to Blue Maxima.
The writing is top-notch, thoroughly good atmosphere befitting that of escape games; y’know, bit claustrophobic, mysterious, sense of urgency. It can get a bit depressing, but nothing that bad, I mean it’s not like it’s a shakespearean tragedy.
….
No, seriously, it’s a good game, just like 999.
(I’m sorry it’s just whenever the vita and bluemaxima is mentioned I feel as if it needs to be said, even if it’s been already said.)
I aquired a 3DS and bought VLR essentially off the strength of 999.
Only done clover’s ending so far. The flow chart is a very handy addition 🙂
Unnecessary.
:O
Please elaborate!
Old joke.
You’re new blood.
I can smell it.
What did Migs say to you when you came in, Agent Starling?
Fava beans.
fthfthfthfthfthfthfthfthfthfthfthfth
I’m very intimidated by your message, so I’m going to try and trap you in a room and see if you can escape >:)
oh my god that story
so good
ME TOO! 😀 On my second run now (my first failed miserably :P)
HENRY CAVILL
DUDE’S MASSIVE
HENRY BUFFILL
HENRY BIGFUCKINGJAWILL
PECS LIKE MELONS
Who’d ever want to be that fit. So much time maintaining it and eating stupid foods. Also, Supes is totally over powered. >:|
I do.
I want to be that fit.
DC HATS PECS
And buildings.
GYMNASIUMS: DC’S MORTAL ENEMY
I agree. Exercise, just make me healthy and then leave me alone so I can do other stuff.
I’d like to be fit enough to run fast, lift heavy things and be healthy but I don’t give a damn about having muscles and the like. Probably helps that I’m the scrawniest, pastiest nerd you ever did see. 😛
Me too! Pasty twins
We should travel around solving mysteries or something.
Did Bish ever solve the mystery of who ate the cookie? That might be a good place to start!
So Superman basically?
Ah, you don’t hat Supes. You’re jelly.
You are! The beep test thing isn’t for the police, you’re training to be Supes. Mild mannered Freeze, no one would suspect a thing.
Freeze is Batman. Batman doesn’t want to be Superman.
*DC universe thrown into disarray.* (Hi @dc)
I’d like to be fit. Never wanted to be buff at all – just reasonably sized and able to jog/run for a couple of kilometres without too much efort.
Man of Steel?
That’s what she said.
Don’t worry, I’ll show myself out 😐HENRY FONDA
Seen Once upon a time in the West?? So good…
Of course! Ain’t no Dollar Trilogy though
PPPFFFFFFFT! I love the dollars as much as the next guy, but West was the bestest western ever made, hands down.
I dunno mang, I didn’t feel it. I love me some The Good, the Bad and the Ugly though and that’s probably my favourite Western.
Maybe it’s because I saw Once Upon a Time in the West on my iPod that I didn’t like it as much 😛 (although I think I also saw Goodfellas on that tiny screen and loved that). Who knows!
12 Angry Men though 😀 HENRY FONDA!
On your ipod..? On your… ipod…
Mateee I was overseas 😛
^Who’s this girl?
@mythamphetamine in Canberra.
I’m not planning to be out of the state for any of those dates, man. I work FT Mon-Fri, but could probably do a lunch one of those days. I basketball Monday nights, and usually assist with the bedtime routine… but could probably extricate myself after that if that was the only option. Weekends are best, especially if can be booked in advance. Maybe even a Shane ManCave Meat would be a decent option…?
(cc @bdkiaf @blaghman @rize )
@mythamphetamine in Brisbane
Dreamworld meat?
LET’S DO IT!
But how funny would it be if we didn’t invite @mythamphetamine!?
Or, like, told him the wrong day!?
HAHAHAHA!!!
Unnecessary.Shit yeah! I think (hope) school holidays are finished by then? I’ll investigate pricing anyway 😀
Also also, I think it may be the same deal in Brisbane what with people working midweek and so on, would you been keen to hang out with (potentially, should he manage to get the time off work) @freeze and I whilst others are busy being boring?
I’ll be working and doing a lot of running around that week, but I’m sure I can manage to do other stuff, including a meat on the weekend!
(I think).
Sounds great! Looks like I may have fucked up seeing as everyone’s working midweek 😛
If I get my flights when I want them, I’ll be arriving on the evening of the 26th, perhaps a dinner the following night (Saturday) is doable?
I’d really like to go to Shogun Teppanyaki in Garema Place with you guys, if that cuisine suits everyone? As always, open to suggestions, and I’m sorry to impose like this!
(cc @bdkiaf @blaghman @rize)
…the hell are you doing back here?
I logged in for the first time in a fortnight or something, and was responding to mentions and replies.
…uh, yeah.
@miketarno (because I hate being restricted to 140 characters)
Happy to send you books, dude. I’ll investigate postage costs and let you know – most likely, it’ll be around $10 regardless of whether you decide to get one book or both books.
But, thought I would clarify my previous tweet: Classic Comics and All Star Comics in Melbourne both have SIGNED copies of my books in stock. (The signed bit is the clarification :P)
You’re Melbourne-based IIRC? That might be the most cost-effective way to land a signed copy! But, like I said, happy to send, if that’s still the favoured option! 🙂
Wasn’t Mike at the meat on Friday?
At the risk of angering him, I don’t think I met him on Friday. And now he’s hassling me for books… so I’m reasonably confident he wasn’t there. 😛
Haha, it’ll take a lot to even get close to angering me. Besides stealing my ice cream while I’m not looking. That would send me into Hulk rage mode.
Pretty sure he was at the pre meat but was intimidated by the thought of meating a famous author so left before dinner
You guys have pre-meats? >:|
Yeah guys. Jeez. >:(
Well duh?
But then again we just like hanging out with other taybies, which is why pre-meats happen
But there were no famous authors there… if I’d known that was the plan, I would have left too!
Stephen King’s the pen name of Tigerion!
This! I was afraid that I’d meet him and my jacket was inadequate to hide my blushing and raging boner. So I had to play it safe and leave early.
(Sorry @shane and the rest of you guys but I had to run off to meet some people and get a ride home).
Nope.
Dave Grohl was though!
Yep. He was at the pre-meat meat but not at the meat or the post meat or the meat afterparty. 🙁
Purple penicl edition > all.
Almighty then, I’ll check out Classic Comics and if they have copies left, I might grab them from there. Otherwise I’ll just cut the middle-man and PayPal you the mola directly. 🙂
(y)
Oh yeah, no thumbs up icon…
Okay, will have to use words.
No worries, man! \o/
This reminds me…did you get the moneys I put in your account? I was worried you may have changed it since last time I moneyed you. 😛
I was going to send you a message when I posted the stuff at lunch saying “Thanks for the $$” but I didn’t end up posting it today, which means that I didn’t end up messaging you, and therefore let you down twice as bad \o/
FINAL REPOST!!!!
.
Repost for those who missed it
TAY-Craft Server is NOW ONLINE
Server Address:
biodome.syndicateofgamers.com:25602
or
198.24.178.178:25602
Just have to set some really basic rules:
1. so following previous server experience, i think the best thing to do is keep the server whitelisted, to avoid random outsiders from destroying peoples buildings. THIS MEANS PEOPLE NEED A LEGITIMATE ACCOUNT TO JOIN, AS ONLINE MODE WILL BE ENABLED.
2. ALL TAY FOLK ARE WELCOME, as well as any friends of TAY. If your Minecraft name was on TAY-NAMES as at 5/07/2013 you have already been WHITELISTED, otherwise
Simply send me an email with usernames at (myusername)(at)(hotmail)dotcom.post your MC Username below for whitelist!3. Server will be in SURVIVAL MODE ONLY. No one else will have access to creative mode. SORRY GUYS :/ If anyone wants to pitch in for a creative server let me know.
4. Will need a couple of admins, so let me know on email if you are interested…
5. Current server player limit is set at 23 but will be raised when needed. Server can comfortably accommodate 128 players.
6. Don’t be a dick, Don’t be a dick, Don’t be a dick.
A few have already made themselves at home on the server, including Ser Nob, Steveo, Unloyal, Connor, and myself.
A WORD OF WARNING!
Although the server is set on Easy difficulty, it appears as though these dungeons are EPIC… enormous, and packed full of mobs… highly recommend people go in groups of two!
NOTE 1: We have found horses, we can show you where they are….
NOTE 2: If you are lagging when riding, it is a known issue with minecraft, nothing to do with server..
NOTE 3: I have just installed the Optifine HD Ultra Mod on my installation and did a 20 second horse riding test…. it appears to have fixed about 90% of the lag, is now 100% rideable….
NOTE 4: If you dont know how to install Optifine let us know and we’ll guide you through it…
Optifine Download Link: http://optifine.net/downloads.php
Routinely I’ll psych myself up to finally pull the trigger on a PC then I read things like this and my excitement plummets.
Why PC gameing so hrd for!?
Right? I’ve looked at PC parts every day this week, but I can’t justify the time, effort and money it takes when I can just buy a PS4 knowing I’ll be able to play games on it.
Make someone else do it and pay them in alcohol.
But don’t pay upfront 😛
thing is, with pc’s being more of an open platform, it leaves windows of opportunities for people to modify something, in this case performance, and improve upon the developers code. the difference with a console, is that once a developer releases something, if its bugged, its what you get…. and then theres a big IF they will actually patch a problem you are having.
also pc game patching isnt normally difficult at all.. its just that minecraft being Java based, it requires some additional tweaking…. also there frontends that will automatically install a mod for you…
But it sounds too haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard -slips off chair-
Ahaha, you dope, all that stuff he wrote boils down to ‘What server would you like to join?, and you add the address he gave.
Is it free slurpee day today?
…
GASP
(Back because it’s a slow TAY week.)
Sprawl II — Arcade Fire
Boneyards – Parkway Drive
Rene and Georgette Magritte with their Dog after the war – Paul Simon
According to my phone – The Beep Test 20m (Complete Test)
Damn synth.
Not even Blue Monday?
BEST SONG EVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVAAAAAAAAA
That drum machine intro!
I start to get anxious just hearing the start of those old beep test tapes 🙁
Total Eclipse of Th…Rock This Bitch – Ben Folds
Without Me – Eminem
Live – Iris.
Actually all the songs from Throwing Copper. I’ve had that album on cycle for the last week or so.
Sprawl II time!
Acoustic Sprawl? One day we’re going to listen to Sprawl I and people will be confused. (I love Sprawl I. So much atmosphere.)
Okay, but only because you linked it for convenience 😀
Hah! I totally forgot I commented on the video 2 months ago – did you ever see it? 🙁
No! Haha! Who reads YouTube comments? It’s always randomly about Jesus or American politics even if there’s no connection to the video.
Edit: That’s awesome! 😀
But you’d like the comment :'(
(I assume the edit means you read it? :D)
I did! 😀
John the Fisherman – Primus.
Primus are going to the Harvest Festival, but there are like 0 other bands i want to see and it’s $165, i saw primus at soundwave in Brisbane a few years ago, they came out late played 4 songs got no extra time and left. such a let down. I really want to see them because of that but don’t want a repeat of it for $165
This song is ace. On the weekend I had it on loop and must have listened to it 20 times. The lyrics make me a little sad though. 🙁
Adventure games! Arcade Fire! Chips! Mike Tarno is awesome. 😀
Move to Melbourne. We can be besties! 😛
D.C. was a Victorian!
Also @dc – did you know Mike Tarno asked where you were because he thought you were a Melbourne TAYbie 😀
I did! He just has this cool Melbournian vibe about him. 😛
There’s only three people in Australia, maybe even the world, who love adventure games. @sughly and I live in Brisbane, so in order to protect the adventure game way of life there has to be a designated survivor who lives out of state who can ensure adventure continuity in times of emergency and strife.
Makes sense to me. In the case of a zombie outbreak, I will ensure adventure continuity for future generations of children and
mature childrenadults like us.*proceeds to build a bunker to store the world’s biggest collection of adventure games*
Chvrches – Recover Because Lauren is so damn cute. <3!
Billy Joel – Piano Man
I like this song, it treads this nice balancing act between being upbeat and depressing but it’s a good song.
Jonathan Be Good – Jimi Hocking
Dear TAY, please keep this to yourself, but the Australian comics industry is full of a lot of small people with big egos. Watching a hell of a lot of bitter and unprofessional anger erupting around the place on Twitter and Facebook these last couple of days.
*head down, keeps making comics*
Oh really? Oz Comic Con related?
Doesn’t seem to be. At least not directly. Though getting that many of them together in one place for a weekend probably wasn’t a good idea… 😛
Edit: I did get a little taste for some of the personality clashes while chatting to people over the weekend. Politics I never knew existed (not involving any of our mutual friends AFAIK).
Edit 2: Should clarify that personality clashes happen. Of course they do. But using Facebook and Twitter to host a confrontation, or publicly backbite in front of hundreds/thousands of peers… it’s so unprofessional and destructive. Don’t like being exposed to conflict I’m not involved in – makes me deeply uncomfortable
That’s weird. You wouldn’t know from the ‘outside’, seems like you guys are one big group of pals from all the write-ups and photos across the interwebs.
See, that’s the thing. I honestly don’t know where the cracks are, because there’s such a good front of camaraderie. (Also, I’d like to add that I think most of these folks are genuinely good mates, certainly everyone I met over the weekend) I’m still new to this thing, and not really in the group yet, and definitely not close to anyone.
Gah, maybe I shouldn’t have said anything. Maybe this is no better. I think I’m just rattled by all the vitriole I’m seeing in my social networks 🙁
I’m a small person with a big ego!
I should make comics.
and a powerful voice*
Hence the ego.
Are they fighting over you again? D: when will they learn there’s enough Shane to go around?!
I’ve been getting a lot of emails because we’re on the mailing list for media at PAX. One of the senders made an error with the BCC so everybody’s emails were listed for all to see. The snarky, immature comments that some people made to the poor person sure were depressing. It’s like, are these people really professionals?
So it’s not just the comics industry!
Yeah, I actually wouldn’t be surprised to hear the gaming industry is worse :\
Let us wallow in misery, Shane.
“People”
EDIT: And now I can’t stop seeing that as “pee-oppal”
EDIT 2: God I’m bored.
I think any sort of creative industry is full of that sort of thing. Creative people tend to have massive egos, and clashes are sort of inevitable. Though you’d like to think people could keep things professional with their disagreements, and if they can’t then they could at least keep things private.
Pretty much this. I accept that personality clashes are inevitable. But the public areas some folks seem to choose as battleground baffle me 😛
Headline:
SMITH SLAMS STRIPS
Way to keep it quiet, man 😀
“Scribbler slams self-aggrandising souls, says stop slagging super strip societies”
Picked up New Laptop today, now I cant wait to finish work and play all the games!!!
First thing’s first: porn.
This guy! o/
o
\o – Sorry, hands were preoccupied earlier.
JUST IN TIME FOR STEAM SALES
AS IF YOU DIDN’T SPEND ENOUGH MONEY
Cost of a laptop: $896.95
Cost of the subsequent Steam sale: $1,482.43
Percentage of games in the library that have been played: 2.7%
And this is why I bought it Salary sacrifice \o/
Whoaaaa, I want a console that looks like that boomerang thing in the top right! http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/xbox-one-prototypes-in-every-possible-shape-heaped-into-a-pile/
And that triangle one about 5 below it! Oh man, radicallll
GAIS?!?!
GALS?!?!
Any deets of PAX Meats yet???
NOT REALLY ._.
There might be a few pre-PAX stuff going on as some people are coming to Melbourne early. Pacific Rim, Goslingfest, Semobulus C Chord Concerto, Puppylicks Robo barfest – then as for PAX stuff Karaoke dinnerfest has been booked for Sat(?) I think – @scree and @tech_knight will have more deets
Nothing has really been organised yet though with details and stuff. We should probably do that sometime… and by “we” I mean everyone but me (okay, I’ll help out maybe)
@chuloopa
Yes Saturday night we’ve got the Rainbow Kareoke bar booked for the whole evening under my name. Scree and I took care of that a few weeks ago. It’s big enough to hold about 30 people so we should be okay for numbers.
I hear there’s a Ron Gilbert BBQ across the street! Dubious!
Let’s hope he doesn’t quit it. 😛
@Scree was organizing some kind of karaoke thing.
I HOPE THERE ARE NONE *stomps off in a jealous huff*
(Hope you all have a good time! :D)
@alexpants @greenius and @powalen could’ve been together, man….
Hope this link works.
People were talking Lego yesterday; I’m going to pick up this after work today. Pretty excited.
Oh man, did someone say LEGO?!
That’s a pretty neat set as far as minifigs go. Speaking of minifigs, have you collected the series? I think I got up to S6 when I went to see a professional about my addiction.
This will be my first LEGO purchase in about 15-16 years.
I love LEGO and I had crates and crates of it when I was younger; they should all still be at my parents’ house.
Between the LEGO I already had, plus figurines, statues and video games, I just ran out of room. Moving out hasn’t exactly given me more room for stuff (certainly not enough for this thing – it’s quite big), but given that Jabba’s Palace was being discontinued forever, I had to buy it.
And so it begins…
Might as well go and remortgage your house, because I know how this will end. 😛
One of the biggest sets I probably built is the Ferrari F1 1:8 scale set: http://cdn100.iofferphoto.com/img/item/810/295/26/A7CoIHTZpoTaehB.jpg
That took up way too much space.
I wouldn’t mind the Super Star Destroyer.
EPIC TAYFILM PROMO! http://youtu.be/g7qus1Ay01w
You KNOW you want in on this!
http://potaku.com/2013/07/11/tayfilm-2013-second-helping/
That trailer had more explosions than a Michael Bay film. I approve!
Thanks! They were all part of ‘Explosion’ by @Blaghman
From IGN:
George R Martin recently said although he liked the HBO throne in Game of Thrones, it’s not what he envisaged.
He said “It’s a throne made by blacksmiths hammering together half-melted, broken, twisted swords, wrenched from the hands of dead men or yielded up by defeated foe.”
“The HBO throne has become iconic. And well it might. It’s a terrific design, and it has served the show very well…everyone knows it. I love it. I have all those replicas right here, sitting on my shelves.And yet, and yet… it’s still not right. It’s not the Iron Throne I see when I’m working on (the forthcoming sixth Game of Thrones novel) The Winds of Winter. It’s not the Iron Throne I want my readers to see. The way the throne is described in the books… HUGE, hulking, black and twisted, with the steep iron stairs in front, the high seat from which the king looks DOWN on everyone in the court… my throne is a hunched beast looming over the throne room, ugly and asymmetric…
The HBO throne is none of those things.”
For good reason, it seems. Martin goes on to explain that if the above version were to appear on the popular HBO show, it would take an interior as big as St. Paul’s Cathedral or Westminster Abbey to house it.
Check out this picture he had painted of how he specifically envisages the throne to look:
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/wordpress/stg.ign.com/2013/07/IronThroneReal-610×885.jpg
I always had a bit of trouble envisioning the throne. That picture’s certainly not how I imagined it. I always thought of something more the size of what’s in the show, only with the swords arranged less neatly and more liable to poke whoever was sitting on it.
Personally I always wondered what the big deal was about the iron throne, but seeing that picture sort of puts it in perspective for me.
Going thru the PAX schedule figuring out what I want to do. The confirmation that the Giantbomb guys aren’t coming means that there’s one less major thing I want to attend 🙁 So I think I’m going to have a lot of spare time.
Here’s what I’m looking at doing:
Friday 10:30AM -> 11:30AM Main, Ron Gilbert *****
Friday 11:30AM -> 12:30PM Wombat, Anime ***
Friday 2:30PM -> 3:30PM Wombat, Innovation **
Friday 4:30PM -> 5:30PM Dropbear, Bioware *****
Friday 6:00PM -> 7:00PM Main, Xbox One ***
Friday 10:00PM -> 11:00PM Wombat, Minecraft movie **
Saturday 1:30PM -> 2:30PM Dropbear, Borderlands ****
Saturday 2:30PM -> 3:30PM Main, Xbox One ***
Saturday 4:00PM -> 5:00PM Wombat, Games aren’t fun *
Saturday 6:30PM -> 7:30PM Skippy, Indie Board Games ***
Saturday 7:30PM -> 11:30PM Main, Concert stuff *
Saturday 10:00PM -> 11:00PM Wombat, Board Game Documentary **
Sunday 12:30PM -> 1:30PM Main, Xbox One ***
Sunday 2:00PM -> 3:00PM Skippy, Writing for Tabletop Games **
Sunday 4:30PM -> 5:30PM Dropbear, Jeff Cannata *****
Where the *s are the priorities – more *s means more priority. Have the theater name listed too. I’ll probably go to one of the Xbox One event things but only one, don’t know which. Probably not the Friday one because I want to have dinner and honestly I could probably skip some of these if there’s better things on.
What are other people aiming for?
Only God Forgives!I’m jealous of all you people who get to see Gilbert’s key note. And BioWare.
I’m only really interested in BioWare’s thing. Maybe I’ll also try and see one of the Xbone things, depending if I feel like it at the time.
Aiming for? Your ticket.
I’ll help you nab it — we can go in on alternate days.
@doc_what:
Trailer for Takahata’s Kaguya-hime no Monogatari just released. Not sure how I feel about the art style.
I have no idea what this is, but that art style is amaaaazing!
It’s Kaguya-hime no Monogatari / The Tale of Princess Kaguya, film due out at the end of the year directed by Isao Takahata (Only Yesterday, Grave of the Fireflies, Pom Poko, The Yamadas etc) and obviously animated by Studio Ghibli. 🙂
Oh wow! Ooooo! Consider me intrigued, this looks/sounds extremely promising 😀
MOVIETALK:
Totally bought 5 Ghibli movies today #moneybags My five favourites, too! Whisper of the Heart, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service! Probably won’t watch them again any time soon, but at least I finally own them 😛
EDIT: Forgot to mention: The Ghibli movies (except Poppy Hill) are on sale at the mo’ at JB. $20 each!
VLRTALK:
I’m remembering just how much I enjoyed playing 999 while playing this. So good! It’s so frustrating (in a good way) during certain segments… (spoilers for a recurring aspect of the game, no actual story spoilers)
The Ambidex game, man! (for anyone reading this who hasn’t played VLR: The Ambidex game is a prisoners dilemma style game you play against the other characters) Argh! WHY DON’T YOU JUST ALLY WITH ME EVERY TIME YOU JERKS. THEN EVERYONE WINS. My first runthrough was all happy sunshine because my opponent and I both chose to Ally, but the second time… D:Hope you’re all still alive and well! Or, at least alive.
\o/ Ghibli
I need to get around to finishing all the routes in 999. Someone spoiled the identity of Zero for me on another site, completely unmarked spoiler in an unrelated topic. Haven’t been back to the game since then. Replaying it is painful because you can’t skip anything easily and it won’t let you make save games at each decision point or anything 🙁
That’s one of my favourite things about VLR: The built-in choice tree you can skip around in! Won’t have to keep doing the opening puzzle room over and over again this time 😛
How does your 5 favourites not even include Ponyo? :'(
Because I didn’t like it 😛
Oh man, Sughly’s gonna be riled up good and proper! This should calm him down. 😛
Heartless!
Blergh. KFC regret on both physical and psychological levels. Why do I do this to myself.
So much self loathing.
KFC regret is a lie!
Every part of my body is telling me you’re wrong.
Your body is weeeeeeak!
(Says the guy who can’t sleep. :P)
I think KFC is the lie. Regret is inevitable.
When will the lies stop, Shane. :'(
Ask the Colonel.
Have now had Blue Monday playing in my head for 2 hours.
No Regrets.
EDIT: This just became Blue Monday page 11.
SYNTH FOR DAAAAAAYYYYSSS!
How does it feel?
Those who came before me/ Lived through their vocations/ From the past until completion/ They’ll turn away no more
Q: Joy Division > New Order, or vise versa? I myself wouldnt be able to split them, but I might eb inclined to lean slightly on the JD side of things. Atmosphere and Love will tear us apart, so great.
Joy Division. New Order are very good, but Joy Division had a great tone.
Then again, Ceremony, Temptation… argh, who cares right! Two amazing bands 😀
Temptation is a great track, though i mainly know it off the Trainspotting OST
Oh youve got green eyes, oh youve got blue eyes, oh youve got grey eyes… good scene ^^
Agreements on this, Joy division were better, but thats only if you can make yourself split them. I still see them as two sides of the same coin.
they were pretty good until love tore them apart.
Oh dear… speaking of which, any of y’all seen Control? Great great film. Tres sad.
I cringed, then I laughed 🙂
Acoustic! WOOOOO!
*moseys off*
WOOOO DARK SOULS!
Why can’t part 2 be out like, lets say this weekend? >:(
WOOO VICTORY ACHIEVED! \o/ … /o\
IT’S NOT THE SAMEEEEEE :'(
Dark Souls stuff:
Nearly finished it again. Maybe half way through the DLC? Weeeeeee
I see a ship in the harbor
I can and shall obey
if it wasn’t for your misfortune,
I’d be a heavenly person today
Tell me how do I feel
Tell me now, how should I feel
Acoustic Synth!
*head explodes*
Forgot to bring my ipod cord, phone cord, toothbrush and toothpaste. Whoops :S
After walking out the door thismorning I got like half way down the hill and realised I’d forgotten my bus ticket. No problem, bus wasn’t meant to arrive for another 20 minutes so I went back to get it. Got half way down the hill the second time and went to pull my phone out to check the time, dropped it on the ground so now there’s a tiny little scratch on the front of it.
Then I get down to the bottom of the hill at 9:30 exactly and the bus that was meant to leave at 9:39 was driving past :l So I had to wait for the 9:54 bus and I got into Hobart with like 5 minutes to get to the bus depot :l Managed to catch the bus on time though at least.
Shit morning. But now I’m watching Adult Swim, so that’s something.
Sorry to hear that, man. Hope home treats you a little better this time around!
As long as my dads not here things should be good!
My allergies don’t seem to be too bad right now, hopefully it stays that way.
Your fly’s undone.
But if it wasn’t for your misfortune
I’d be a heavenly person today
I think I’ve finally beaten this week’s work issues into submission with the power of linux!
Now there’s a sentence I never thought I’d use.
Tell me how does it feel?
Pretty good.
TELL ME NOW HOW DO I FEELHow do you feel.
Pretty…pretty good?
That’s also what he said
Thats what he said
HALLO ALL!
Just popping in during my break from packing and moving and OH SO MUCH PACKING AND MOVING to remind you all that we’re doing a pre-PAX drinks in Melbourne on Thursday the 18th of July. From 8pm onwards and Bar Robot in the CBD. All TAYbies, +1s and others welcome 😀
http://www.robotsushi.com/
I can and shall obey
WELCOME YOUR NEW ROBOT OVERLORDS
I feel left out. I neither live in Melbourne nor have PAX tickets.
@chuloopa
This
Bar Robot sounds rad, I wish I’d known it existed before now.
I’ll probably come but I live in a horribad place where public transport isn’t viable so I shall have to drive in and as such not drink much 🙁
If you’re driving in, is a lift a possibility? 😀
I’m keen to meet TAYbies (but I’m sure I’ll see most of them at PAX anyway), but I don’t drink and it’s in the city at night so not a biggie if you can’t.
Shouldn’t be a problem.
Ahhh…. ehhh… do I still send the game to the address you gave me on tiwtter? I’m sorryyyyyy, I didnt see if you replied last time I asked this! I swear I am good at this sending stuff back business! Just ask @strange
Haha yes I forgot about that. Yes send it to the address, I sent you. It’s my parents’ place so even if I have flown the coop they can look after it for me 🙂
I’m flying down Thursday so I will be there \o/
i shall attend.
8pm’s a bit late for me, that’s 3 hours that I have to wait in the CBD after finishing work :/… I might back out… however I could just go to Galactic Circus for spending those three hours 😛
Oooo, this looks pretty comfy actually. Anyone got $14k they can lend/give me? http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/a-comfy-throne-that-explodes-into-plush-stools-to-seat-all-your-guests/
I’d just push em all out and lay on top of them.
Free bed!
$14k is an awfully odd definition of free.
Well, technically you’re paying for the stools.
If you can make a free bed out of it, all the better, I say.
It’d be like a Myst puzzle trying to put all the dealies back in the different shaped frames. D:
Funnest couch evar! Adventure couch
I thought I was mistaken
Then it actually was $14,000
I saw Pacific Rim, i enjoyed it.
had a pretty slow first half (ergh, character development) but in it’s second half it picked up with the crazy robots fighting kaiju’s madness i hoped it to be, it’s not a movie that’ll win awards, but i know in my heart that i haven’t had that much fun at a movie for a long time.Really looking forward to this, weirdly. If you asked three weeks ago I would’ve shrugged. Haha.
Cheap prices on Steam, ETA 3:00am AEST.
Brace yourselves, people.
Resist the urge, remember what we’re here for…
Debating whether this is how I should operate or not.
http://www.explosm.net/comics/134/
TEX MURPHY: TESLA EFFECT! WOOOOO!
WOOOOOOO
You’re all right, Greenius. You’re all right. Best friend club reinstated.
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/game/ps3/final-fantasy-x-x-2-hd-remaster-limited-edition/686414
LIMITED EDITION ! WOOO
JB decreased the price back down to $55. EB also went from $100+ down to $58. Some of the usual places don’t have prices yet (Ozgameshop, Amazon UK) while Zavvi has it for 50 pounds (lol) and Amazon US have it for $40 (says delivery to select countries outside of US so I’m not sure if Australia is part of that, but it’ll still be like $50ish with shipping and the exchange rate anyway).
This time I pre-ordered it before posting 😛
@grandmasterb-funk (please be right)
EDIT: Is anyone else getting the Kingdom Hearts HD collection? I enjoyed KH but I’m not a huge fan. I would’ve been all over it if it had KH2 but it doesn’t :/ 🙁
I’ll definitely be grabbing KH1.5
About to preorder that FFX LE because pretty box.
Oooo black box is purdy…
LIMITED
EDITION
I
I
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
Edit: and yeah you got it right! you win!
So I might have some rupee cushions for sale Pax weekend. Or at least I’m hoping so. I decided that by making them now if anyone who was interested was in Melbourne there would be no shipping costs.
How many do you have? I would be interested in buying one
at the moment 3 aqua ones. Working on 3 purple ones now
WHA! I want a rupee cushion! I remember you making these way back when but I dont think I ever saw a pic.
I srsly want a rupee cushion…
I only made 6 for a friend. These are the ones I bought material for to make a batch
What’s a rupee cushion?
You want the downvote so you’re getting an upvote instead.
I seriously don’t know what it is. :S
Zelda?
Rupees are the currency in Zelda. I’m making a cushion in the shape and colour of several
Now it all makes sense! Thanks for the explanation! 😀
@dc
No problem.
I suspect you may sell out before you get there.
… I’ll buy one.
I can’t sell them at pax as it may be against the rules. This is a private sale for Taybies only.
How much do you want for them?
$25 I think? It’s what my friend paid for them
Could I possibly order 2 green ones if it’s not too much work or trouble? I have no idea what they take to do.
Sure, is the twilight princess green alright?
If that’s what is easiest for you then that is what I’m happy with.
That’s what I have the material for
Deal.
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/deus-ex-the-fall/id633443676
Any one play Deus Ex: The Fall yet?
Since there’s a few Nintendo fans here, I thought you’d appreciate this photo I’ve taken of tonight’s dinner:
http://t.co/PbAGAPbnk8
For those looking for more of this meme – http://memebase.cheezburger.com/videogames/tag/my-body-is-ready
My bowels are recoiling at the sight.
I’m normally better. And by normally I mean sometimes. And by sometimes I mean rarely. And by better I mean just slightly…
Haha. That said my wife saw that and is mad jelly now.
There’s some great stuff here with that meme: http://memebase.cheezburger.com/tag/my-body-is-ready
This has more:
http://memebase.cheezburger.com/videogames/tag/my-body-is-ready
See @strange, others eat terribly too. It’s a rite of passage! 😛
The infamous disappearing thread!
Also for some reason I thought it’ll be a Nintendo themed dinner 😛
I’ll try to make one next time. But with those ingredients and lack of actual cooking, it might be a bit hard. 😛
Ran a 7<5.
This single last level is proving a little more elusive than one suspected.
Annoying thing is that if I was running it in about 6 months time I’d be in the 30-39 age bracket and would already be at the minimum required. Instead I’m running alongside 19 and 20 year olds with vastly more youthful exuberance than I.
#OldManFreeze
Here’s hoping you get there, my friend!
This is motivating me to do stuff. After I finish my haul of course.
http://www.tv.com/news/just-when-you-thought-the-internet-was-safe-the-full-sharknado-trailer-arrives-video-137351691860/
SQUEEEEEEE!!!!!!
Lolololololololol. This is going to be terribly awesome.
I knew you’d like it. XD Was going to tag you specifically.
From the network who brought you the Peabody Award winning series Battlestar Galactica.
Also Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus and Snakes On A Train.
if you havent seen it, Shark Attack 3 : Megalodon. Watch that. its freaking horrible. and therefore awesome.
#35spamsIMDB
#HashTagsForHarli
#etc
I don’t even have a name for how epic this is. Ultrasupermegaepic!
Every brain cell I have is screaming abuse at me… but I want to see this.
By all accounts FX’s new series The Bridge is supposed to be excellent!
They’ve got some diverse original stuff recently: Sons of Anarchy, American Horror Story and The Americans.
Archer!
Just the tip!
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Louie
!!
I thought Louie was HBO for some reason? Dunno why. Haha!
That would be Curb. I <3 Curb.
Curb is pretty good! But where’s our new season Larry?! >:(
sounds similar to The Bridge
American remake! But still good! 😛
man…….. I hate remakes of stuff that only just came out…
Like Quarantined -> [REC] & Let Me In -> Let the Right One In & The Bridge -> The Bridge.
Also, have you played the game based on The Bridge? The Bridge
yeah, that last part was a lie. i dont know. shut up. Im tired & sick.Hope you feel better, my friend!
thanks man. yeah, I’ll be fine soon enough.
I kind of liked Let Me In, btw. Haven’t seen the original though which might be why!
so did I. thats coz its EXACTLY THE FREAKING SAME AS THE ORIGINAL.
like, word-for-word, shot-for-shot exactly the same.
the remake is a good movie coz the original was.
same goes for quarantined / REC. shit, that was a total copy. even down to a few mis-translations in the subs in the original finding their way to the dialogue in the US version.
Haha! I get what you mean, they sound pretty unnecessary, but sadly there’s probably a whole audience out there who wouldn’t watch it otherwise.
It all started with The Shield!
I like it when a network gets confidence to do stuff like this. Same thing happened after Mad Men on AMC, now there’s Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead. 😀
Isn’t the bridge a remake of a danish series?
You know it!
OH MY GOD!
Intouchables IS AMAZING! Unlike the other movies I’ve watched this week, I’m guessing this isn’t as well known here and most people probably don’t know what it is.
I’d put this right up there with some of my favourite movies of all time. It was that great. It’s also one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen and not in a cheap laugh sort of way either, genuinely good stuff. A really beautiful and touching story too – and best of all it was based on a true one. Made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside 😀
😀
There’s talks of an American remake coming out with Colin Firth. As good as he is, I don’t think it needs a remake and it probably won’t be as good. It’s also worth reading up on the actual events.
Please, I urge you all to check out this film. I went in without knowing anything about it but all I’ll say is that it’s a Drama/Comedy and it’s absolutely amazing and I think everyone will like it – it’s got that general appeal.
So. Damn. Good.
(it also has the Kram’s seal of approval!)
based on the title alone, it sounds like a porn parody of The Untouchables
…but not really, coz that makes no sense.
I had that downloaded on my old laptop 🙁
I’ll have to get it again.
YES! I had a feeling you’d like it but good to see you’ve already heard of it.
I’m watching The Iron Giant tomorrow, so you’ll watch Intouchables? 🙂
Its great isnt it! The relationship between them is so good. Love how frank and honest the carer is ^_^ Yeah, really well written and acted, very touching as you say.
omg so good! ^_^ 😀 !!!
Hilarious as well. I was eating dinner while watching it and tried not to choke from laughter 😀
@blaghman, I accidentally reported you as a spammer on twitter and it deleted you from my friend list. I think you’ll have to refriend me. D: (Private account and all that.) I’m sorry, man.
Proper monster.
I’m offended, so I now refuse.
Cube World available for purchase( legit) https://picroma.com/buycubeworld
@dc I have a notification of a mention from you that doesn’t lead anywhere. Did you edit me out of a comment or something?
Hey! Mike’s comment thread seems to be missing. I don’t know where it went? D:
Who had the top comment? Mike? He probably made it go into moderation (added more links etc.) so the whole thing disappeared D:
Yeah, it was the thing about his dinner. And I said in a reply that I’m not the only one who eats terribly directed at Strange. 😀
Yep it was because I added a couple of links to the “My Body Is Ready” meme.
Someone must have found his dinner or Reggie offensive.
It’s because I went back to add a couple of links to the meme and then it said it’s awaiting moderation. :O
(They were clean!)
Yeah as long as there’s more than one link it does that, so better to add extra links in replies
More than one link instamoderates a post. Just post ’em separately. You can edit them out too and it’ll post again…
Aha! Noted. I’m learding!
@freezespreston @dc @welbot @sernobulus @enduwolf @sughly @dkzeitgeist @beardymcmuttonchops @lambomann007 @holycrapi’msurei’mforgettingpeoplesorry
@jimu, @gutsoup and @virus__
How many are planning to have dinner Saturday night and are you all okay with coming over to my place?
If there’s a meat, D.C.’ll be there! Definitely okay with venturing to the Strange homestead too!
Edit: You sure you want us to impose at your place for your own birthday meat, though? 😀
Help me DeeCeeeeeeeee….did I forget peoples?
A little sleep deprived right now, so I think it’s just Virus but I can’t be held responsible if there’s more. Haha!
@jimu, @gutsoup and @virus__! D:
I knew I’d forgotten people! I’m terrible!.
I think it’s Jimu’s son’s birthday on Saturday anyways, alas.
Though Gutsoup knows enough of us now that he shouldn’t be scared to attend a meat by himself! 😀
I hope @gutsoup can make it even if @jimu can’t. I’d love to meet him!
Not sure if you saw my response the other day, but I can’t make it, I have other commitments of being at a gig tomorrow night..
Somebody made me organise it myself and I hate the phone so I can’t ring anywhere to book and I’ve done it for the past couple of years so yeah, I think I might be sure. 😛
Aw, I’m sorry Strange. I didn’t mean to make you plan your own thing. I thought you wanted to and I had stepped on the toes of a meat you were imminently going to announce. I can take over again if you like, but I also hate the phone. XD Don’t want you to have to go to any troubles on your birthday.
Not too late to find somewhere in the city if that’s easier for you, my friend. 🙂
(I’m a terrible person for deliberately preying on your guilt… 😛 )I’m fine with it DC. I wouldn’t do it if I didn’t want to. 😀
*shakes fist* >:|
😀
lawl
Ugh, MONSTER!
You’re cooking for everyone on your own birthday D:
I’ll be there though.
Nah, I won’t be cooking. Probably just going to make Mr. Strange drive up and grab some ribs and stuff from Ribbets.
Yayaya, gotta double check with Ash’s mum, but should be good. Yusss
My kids will be there so you can bring Ash if you need to.
…this is true
He’d probably love all the inevitable Streetpasses! And going into everyone’s towns and messing them up 😛
…er, not that I’d presume to know what he likes. He might even like human contact, I don’t know!
My son’s birthday, sorry. I’ll be knackered after a day at the park.
I feel like the worst right now. My computer is totally dead and browsing TAY on my tablet/phone is a nightmare so I’ve been completely ignoring it. I knew there was something birthday related going on this weekend, but I wasn’t sure what. Sorry to have missed it, but I hope you had a great day anyway 😀
Thanks and don’t feel bad!
I saw Pacific Rim today. Definitely recommended, super duper fun movie. Will say more about it when I have other people to talk to about it…
For some reason the buttons above when I comment don’t work. I was going to put “I need to go watch it this weekend” in a spoiler tag.
TAYbies might go watch it pre-PAX (Thursday?)
@masha2932
Can’t make it on Thursday. :'(
I just checked and unfortunately my flight is leaving at 8pm and arriving in Melbourne at 9pm.
I was stupidly making plans not knowing my arrival time. Silly old age 🙂
Others can still watch the movie though.
Post PAX? 🙂
I’ll see 🙂
Anyone know the best place/area to stay next weekend?
You can stay at mine if you want. It’d be a bit of a commute though.
Do you need somewhere to stay?
We haven’t organised anything yet. Just don’t know the area that well or where we should be looking at.
Spent a grand total of 2 days in Melbourne in my entire life.
There will be plenty of dedicated showgrounds trains to get there from the city. Given that I live here, unfortunately I haven’t really looked around at the options. Generally, if you’re near trains it’s fairly workable. In the city is about the premium pick, I personally have about a 45 minute train trip to get me to that point.
okay
so internet at home now thank hell, I called telstra and yelled and they magically made it work SHOCK.
Im tired cause i went out of town on tuesday and wednesday and worked 30 hours in 2 days.
My mum threw a plate at me because of something stupid
I have to go to my old work tommorrow where i will be made fun of all day.
My week is sucking dick but PAX is next week.
Aww :(. S’alright hotross, next week we get to meet.
ill lick your face.
In that case you’ll have to be careful of my raging erection.
Oi. You, me, drinks, Melbourne. Get keen.
i will take shots out of your belly button.
In that case you’ll have to be careful of my raging erection.
Upvote for internet at least
Tried the GT Academy demo with my Driving Force GT.
I’m not too impressed by it, to be honest. 🙁
That’s the Gran Turismo thing right?
Yep.
in 5 hours, it begins…
*nods knowingly*
i have no idea what you’re talking aboutEdit:
oh. nevermind. I get surreptitious references to stuff. I’m just goddamn slow tonight. and all other times as well. but thats my excuse anyway.steam sales
Ooo! Indiegamestand (yeah I dont know either, I mustve signed up to it at some point) is having a pay what you wat deal for The Cat Lady (GOG and Desura codes) – https://indiegamestand.com/
AGS adventure game that got some really positive reviews and feedback on the ags forums. I meant to check it out aaaages ago and forgot. Horror, by the way. Meant to be creepy n stuff. Anyway, can pay as little as a dollar so cant lose.
DARK SOULS!
Just killed the Bell Gargoyles. Turns out that it’s a lot easier if you use gold pine resin outside of the fog door. I r smrt.\o/
YOU DEFEATED
Did you summon Sunbro, or go it alone?VICTORY ACHIEVED!
:'(
I never got a “YOU DEFEATED” either. But that’s what the folks say around these here parts 🙁
Monsters!
New material pls
(@greenius) 😛
DARK SOULS!
I’m not enough of a masochist to play that game anymore.@sughly @dc others
Hey Pikmin friends! Did you guys ever play Little King’s Story? It had Pikmin gameplay and was pretty awesome :D. I never finished it but I should go back to it one day!
Sugs – so how’s Pikmin 2 going? >:P
@sughly my friendddd we have fossils we can swap 🙂 ! <3
Swapsieeees!
I was gonna grab it on vita. I have the wii version and it was one of the last games Cing released before going bankrupt
I was thinking of that too but apparently it isn’t as good as the Wii version so I’m not going to bother. I wish there was a sequel 🙁
I have no idea who owns the rights. But yeah, I heard they changed it a lot but I think having a portable version would let me try and finish it.
Pretty good game, have it on Wii. Didn’t get around to finishing it. Sounds like a SGM contender if I ever get decent time for games.
Nooo, I always pretty interested in it but never gave it a go. I did hear a lot o good things though. Is this a recommendation? I’m guessing it could potentially be nabbed from ebay for not too much..? Unless its one of those ones that everyone decides they want afterwards and costs like 100+ on ebays…
It is indeed a recommendation! (@dc)
I figured you both really liked Pikmin so maybe you’d like it too. Whole lotta cute charm to it too and an amazing soundtrack made up of re-arranged classical music 😀
Just had a quick look and it seems to be going for a reasonable price. I’ve seen it go for like $10 many a times, years ago but I guess it’s on the rise now 😛
So Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney… how did I not know this game existed until recently? It is so incredibly fucking fun to play. And it’s damn funny, too. What a game. Can’t sell it enough.
It’s like someone took Law & Order, mashed it up with Street Fighter, and then turned the whole thing into a tongue-in-cheek kooky anime with a really oddball sense of humour, and no interest in keeping it real.
Just got through the first day of the second case. I think I’m about to go back into court. Have met the perp and am nearly done interviewing folks, I think.Make sure to get the rest ASAP because you’ll want to get into them straight away!
And to think, the best is still to come.
mmmrrrrpphdhgfggghhhhhh
brb, changing pants.
SO TRUE! Last case in the first game is easily one of my favourites, so you will definitely have that on hand to play at least! cc @shane
I am glad you’re enjoying it ^^
The worst part is that two of the games weren’t ported to Australia. Trials and tribulations and the second miles Edgeworth game. The miles one isn’t really worth it, but Trials and tribulations is.
I have all of them but trials and tribulations if you wanted to borrow them too.
More info for S-DOG:
No one but Japan got the second Miles Edgeworth game. It was never translated and probably won’t be (fan translation perhaps?). Miles Edgeworth: Investigations plays differently from the other Ace Attorney games and it’s more of the well… investigation stuff rather than the court case stuff. I didn’t like it as much as the AA games but might be worth checking out if you’re a fan!
Trials and Tribulations is definitely worth getting and it’s probably tied first with Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney as my favourite in the series. The first three games are connected in ways so you definitely DO NOT want to miss out on the end!
Apollo Justice is good too but a bit more distanced from the others. There’s some connections but it can be played on its own but worth checking out too!
I really enjoyed the Miles Edgeworth game, i was super bummed that 2 never got translated…
The sequel had the chess type gameplay right?
it was something like that, very fitting of edgeworth 😛
I really enjoyed Apollo and wish everyone would stop saying its not as good T_T
Well, people who say that are stupid and wrong 😀
Justice for All/Miles Edgeworth are my least favourite but that doesn’t mean they’re not good, just not as good IMO 😀
Currently eBay shopping, so might not need to take you up on that. Will let you know. Thanks! 😀
Edit: I have just put a bid in on Trials and Tribulations, and Miles Edgeworth Investigates…. whoops. My poor credit card 😛
No problem.
I know the second mile edgeworth game didn’t leave Japan. I actually liked them all and have never played trial and tribulations. I need to get it but have been busy with other things
I could’ve lent you the others to make sure you want them first. I knew I should’ve brought them with me. If I remember right it’s ace attorney, justice for all and then trials and tribulations
I’ll send it your way when I return your games. \o/
Shane, did I lend you ghost trick? Please say I did.
I’ll… need to check when I get home today. Will let you know!
Ghost Trick is awesome. Better than the Phoenix Wright games by a long shot IMO.
Apollo Justice and Miles Edgeworth games appear to be the hardest to find, I had to hunt for ages to get a new copy of Edgeworth. However they seem to have reissued them recently? So might be easier to get now.
I can find them all but trials and Justice.
https://www.videogamesplus.ca/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=Ace+Attorney&x=0&y=0 have both Trials and Apollo Justice in stock. Assuming Apollo Justice is the one you mean, not Justice for All.
They’re also in stock at OzGameShop.
Edgeworth is the really elusive one.
@shane
at a convention i saw a brand new copy of Edgeworth going for a ridiculous price, something like $50 or maybe even $60…
i get that there’s no more copies being printed, but it’s a pretty old DS game 🙁
“for a ridiculous price” ? that’s really not too bad considering that’s probably around what it would’ve cost when it came out anyway 😛
@shane – remember to check Amazon! Last time I looked they were like $25 each except for Justice for All (the second game) which was like $50 for some reason.
They mustv reissued, caus theres copies of Apollo everywhere now
nothing can explain the joy i feel when i see people discovering the phoenix wright games 🙂
Oh man. First day of the second case? It gets SO much better.
The best handheld games ever and some of the best games period.
You’re right! It got better! \o/
On third case now.
Gets even better!
How good is the music!? *Objection! tune*
The music is SO GOOD. Amazing in fact.
And the table slaps! My God, the courtroom drama! I love it all!
And Phoenix stressing out XD
Ahuh, ahuh. Excited thread about Phoenix is best thread <3
Also: SUPER PRO TIP YOU SHOULD TOTALLY USE
Save often because there’s no penalty for reloading if you mess up an Objection too many times or something. I totally failed enough times in one of the longer cases and had to do it all over again from the start of one of those checkpoints (which are few and far between) – slow text and all :'(
This, a thousand times this. If you feel like a big decision is coming up by the way theyre talking, save, and then you can just go to town on guessing if its a hard one 😀
OBJECTION!
I think this testimony makes it clear that @sughly and @greenius are nothing but big, fat CHEATERS!
Yeah wait til youre on day 5 of a case and youre up to the second last cross examination with a millimeter of bar left. WAIT TIL THEN SHANE!
It looks like Namco are teasing a new Project Aces game. Background of the teaser image appears to show fragments of the asteroid from Ace Combat 4 hitting which suggests they might be putting that godawful Assault Horizon bullshit behind them and returning to Strangereal.
I am super super hyped for this if it turns out to be a proper new Ace Combat game or even an HD remake. Despite it having a simpering, stupid plot and the worst voice acting ever, Ace Combat 6 is one of my favorite 360 games and I’d buy another proper Ace Combat in a heartbeat.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Wacom-Intuos5-Pen-Only-Medium-PTK-650-K0-C-/141002165059?pt=AU_Input_Peripherals&hash=item20d4624b43&_uhb=1
I don’t know if I should keep looking at this…
🙁
Also, it seems like Shameless Gaming Month has become Shameless Drawing Month for me.
:\
90 minutes to go, people, take cover!!!!!
Thats got some strange wording – pen only? I guess that means no usb cable or box though, which is fine…
It just means that it doesn’t have multi-touch, meaning you can’t zoom and scroll like you would on a iPad or similar tablet.
You have to use the touch ring instead.
I KNOW EVERYONE IS ASLEEP RIGHT NOW BUT!!!!!
TICKETS TO MELBOURNE GET!!!!!!!!! But I wont be there till the Saturday afternoon cause work but its something.
Yay for tickets! \o/
Boo for work. /o\
Alas, I have no more Snickers Ice-Creams. ; ;
Maybe I’ll get a box of 48 Snickers bars instead! \o/
Great… here I am… talking to myself, again… 🙁
So ronery. 🙁 🙁
It’s go time! \o/
Store is down. Figures. :\
CHERRY TREE HIGH IS FUCKING 50% OFF!!!
THEY READ MY MIND!!! \o/
Why won’t you go in my cart?! Stop experiencing heavy load, Steam Store!
Please, let me buy CTHCC!
GRRR, I’ve spent the last hour trying to buy this single fucking game, and it keeps crashing!
It went through! I have it! I’m so happy!
Go home, Crazyguy, you’re drunk.
No, just sleep-deprived.
That was the marvel of Crazyguy at night.
Happy birthday, @strange! Hope you have a damn good day!
Happy Birthday indeed! Hope you have a ripper day of doing not much at all.. unless it’s something you want to do of course 😉
Happy birthday @strange! \o/
I’m sending your hoodie off today!
@dc, were you really up at 4:00am? Sleep still proving elusive, man? 🙁
I already said happy birthday, youre not getting another one
Same here, but happy birthday @strange!
Wooo happy birthday @strange!!!
Happy Birthday @strange
Have a good day, make sure Mr Strange spoils you \o/
Happy birthday Strange! 🙂
THIS!
Time for bed.
I’ve been awake for too long.
AYAYYAYYAYAYAYYAY STEAM SALES ALL PRAISE BE TO BASED GABEN-
HOUR LATER
“Nope, I own that game. Played that one. Own that one on PS3. Got that on Xbox. Nope, played that one too. Already played that one too.”
Sounds like you have money left over to buy Peaceful Tomorrows! \o/
Jeeeeeesus valve really started the sale with a bang.
Bioshock Infinite for 50% off! O.O
Eh, Australia tax = no buy. My wallet thanks me for this policy.
I was hoping it would be on sale, but it’s a bit underwhelming honestly — $40 + $30 for the season pass, ugh. Too much given that GMG has had it for $32 for the last couple of days and ozgameshop has a normal price of $40.
Though it’s 2K Games who’re to blame, really — GMG have apologised for this in the past, but 2K force retail channels (physical + online) to sell at an inflated Aus/NZ price or else no games. Annoying.
Thankfully this is my scenario having spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars in previous sales. I have most of the back catalog I wanted. There’s actually nothing I want that’s on sale yet.
Sounds like me. Nothing currently for sale that I care about.
You should gift people instead…. 😛
With my staggering $5 budget, I could gift TWO whole people games! Possibly TWO AND A HALF!
MY GENEROSITY KNOWS NO BOUNDS!
Last night I finished Persona 4 Golden and got the normal ending. I went back to a previous save and am going to try and get the “True” Ending.
Also, 1 MORE DAY OF WORK THEN 2 WEEKS OF HOLIDAAAAAAYS,
@sughly I got the Cat Lady. Also 3089 and Gentrieve2 with it. This better be good or it’s all your fault and I’ll be mildly annoyed for a brief moment *shakes fist*.
Also I have a sweet crown next to my name on a chart on the home page. Apparently I’m the second highest contributor which is kind of sad.
Yeaaaah… I only went for $5, and then saw that 10 was the highest amount put down. Felt terrible :'(
But you are good person, and karma… or something…
I put $10.05…
GUYS! MARIO AND WEEGEE DREAAAAM TEAAAAM IS OUT TOMORROW! I DONT CARE IF AM PROBABLY THE ONLY GUY HERE THAT CARES I AM EXCITE!
@benj
I care. I’m just poor :'(
Same.
YOU DONT NEED MONEY TO BOARD THE HYPE TRAIN! WOO!
Mebbe.
I got burned last Nintendo hype. This does look more my style however.
Woo!
Man, the Steam store is not doing well. Won’t even load pages half the time. I’ve been present for many sales before and never seen it doing this badly. Must be more people than ever on Steam abusing their wallets.
Yeah, it wouldn’t even take my votes for the poll.
Which is surprising, because I think Steam sales are past their prime — I look at the games and I either have most of them or the prices just really aren’t that good at the moment. I don’t yet see why so many people would be rushing on. Probably just the hype around the word “sale.” 😛
Yeah I think the legend of the Steam sale gets more powerful every year and more people are jumping on board.
Oh hey, remember how we changed our Gravatars to be Horror themed that one time?
That was something…
I change mine only for Santa!
I changed mine for both.
Such a conformist…
What’s more horrific than an exploding star?
WHY YOU ALWAYS WANT TO CHANGE ME!?!?
What’s the next holiday? I need to make an entire range of holiday-themed Dapperpie avatars.
On that note I changed my Gravatar to me dressed as a zombie like a month ago, doesn’t seem to have worked, even though Gravatar is claiming it did. 🙁
Did you rate it G? I hear there’s problems if you give it a higher rating, you sly dawg
I don’t remember rating it at all, I’ll look into it. Thanks Mang 😀
It’s a pretty gross pic of me, I do zombie dress ups good 😛 Been in the Zombie walk a bunch and me and my mates usually get singled out by photographers and such cause we always look awesome, (except once we all looked a bit shit cause we got ready in like 20 minutes)
Errrrrrrrgh… guess I better go to Ash’s athletics carnival… stupid athletics stupid grumble grumble…
The Athletics Carnival was the best day of the year in school!
That Ash guy… What an arsehole.
I was skimming ‘n saw this… immediate thought?
“What?! How can you talk about Ashton Agar like that — he’s a national hero!” and then it occurred to me that no-one on TAY would be talking about cricket. 😛
There are some cricket fans around.
I dunno who. @rocketman @batgirl @ruffleberg @crazyguy1990 maybe?
I think @batguy as well? Maybe I’m wrong…
Cricket is freaking awesome.
Ashton is a jerk for breaking my feels.
EDIT: Though not as big a jerk as Warnie for both times he got out in the 90s.
I stayed up ’til 2am watching — they were on shaking ground in the first hour, but that innings.
I regret nothing.
Croquet is where it’s at.
@sughly
!!!
SO GOOD!
Oh man I love that game 😀
😀
!!!!
OH MAN I totally want this Pacific Rim poster that’s free with tickets to the film at Regal cinemas.
Accommodation booked.
Staying at the Hilton.
My pants. They’re so fancy.
My pants aren’t fancy.
Man i must be for out the the gaming world recently, woke up this morning and;
BAM! steam summer sales.
WHY? WHY NOW? MY WALLET IS A CONTAINER FOR MOTHBALLS AND MY CREDITCARD IS SITTING IN A CARDBOARD BOX AND ARE WILLING TO PERFORM NAUGHTY FAVOURS JUST TO GET SOME FUNDS ON IT AND YOU DO THIS TO ME?
well played steam…
well
played
Think of it this way…
Umm… What’s that over there!?
I…. I have no words for this, other then HOW I’M FEELING RIGHT NOW!
Is that cauliflower coming out the bull’s butt?
That is one of the most epic pieces of art ever created.
Why don’t you play the games you already ha…
Shit. I don’t know what just came over me. I’m so sorry. Won’t happen again.
that’s just… that’s… bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah?
How many LEGO Minifigs is too many for one desk?
Any answer you give will be wrong. The answer is there never can be too manyWhen you can’t fit any more, you just get a bigger desk, so ‘too many’ can’t happen.
I think I’m going to use this Steam sale to try and finally get my fiancée more involved in PC gaming. That or Cubeworld…
Cubeworld…. is that some sort of new urban slang or innuendo?
i choose to believe this
Hey Pixel, how bout you and me go to my place and “play some Cubeworld”?
I seem to remember we have done something like this… only by Cubeworld you mean “Shot Bucket”
My god those things are gloriously classy. Tasty, too.
Soooooo when you get to Melbourne… Shot Bucket?
That can be arranged.
i’ll have my guy call your guy so we can get a hold of the guy which can arrange the thing, so he can get in touch with your guy which will then get a hold of my guy and tell me.
KTHXBYE
Michael Douglas has throat cancer.
I believe the cause to be highly suspicious.
Also Karl used to shit his pants.
Until he was 12.
Haha.
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com/2013/07/12/dan-karls-zeitgeist-s03e14-for-your-safety/
LISTEN & TELL YOUR FRANZ!!!
I don’t know what this is, BUT IT’S WORTHY OF ALL THE PAGE GETS
Click the ol’ Hero of Time (Link) and find out!
All my blinds are now mown!!!
I like your thinking
Great ep this week, guys. Getting some weird looks from the folks in my office. Either I’ve been laughing a bit too loud, or forgot to put the headphones in.
Or they’re intimidated by your beard. YOUR BEARD.
From the sound of things, I think you might be the only person in the entire world intimidated by my beard 😛
Intimidated? Me? But I’m your fiiiiiiend.
Nah, I thought it looked cool and it made me feel better about not shaving for three weeks. XD
i… love you… GRIM FANDANGO REPRESENT!
You’re awesome, my friend. 😀 (Also, want some rye? Course you do!)
FIEND FOR THE DRUGS
Cheers, man!
I guess you could infer that every week I don’t offer a compliment like this, it means your performances were a bit shit. I wouldn’t want you to infer that, though, because I’d never be mean enough to say something like that… regardless of what the truth happens to be.
Nothing to add…
I concur.
4 and 7.
You’re welcome.
That’s Numberwang.
17?
That’s Numberwang!
On to the next round but first let’s take a look at the scores and it’s neck-and-neck with both contestants on 48 except for Freeze who’s on 12.
Lol. Been a while since I saw that.
That show has pretty much been my week.
@Strange.
Enjoy your birthday.
I’m close to finding your portrait, the source of your immortality and youth.
Your days are numbered.
So, like, are we coming to yours tomorrow night or whatever?
Yes, yes you are.
Yes ma’am.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOLY SCREAMING BAGS OF CHICKEN SALTED AWESOME MAY YOUR GLORIOUS DAY BE BLESSED WITH THE FIERY POWER OF A THOUSAND COPIES OF DARK SOULS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE FUCKING GOOD.
One down, now to peruse other wishlists…
Crazyguy, the giver of gifts… you’re like the Santa of Tay… Crazyguy – Santa of Tay… has a ring to it, don’t you think?
I still like Crazybuy better. 😀
Crazybuy – The santa of Tay… i like this…
you should grow a beard
Been trying to.
It always ends up looking terrible.
My dad always tells me to shave it off.
Okay.
@freezespreston @dc @welbot @sernobulus @enduwolf @sughly @dkzeitgeist @beardymcmuttonchops @lambomann007 @jimu, @gutsoup and @virus__
My place. Tomorrow night. Dinner. Bring alcohol if required. And maybe $5 for food.
$5?!?!
What do you think I am? Made of money? Jeez. I’ll just go over to my money tree and throw it all around.
😛Happy birthday!
Thanks for the invite…
You were gonna be my plus one, but not with that attitude.
Dan! Hey, Daaan!
Thanks Strange. You’re awesome. What time? 😀
STEAM SALE
http://gaben.tv/
Add me on steam and trade cards with me.
I’ve completed my level 1 steam sale badge, so I will have doubles to trade. I am still interested in levelling it up, so if you’re not interested in the sale badge I can trade other cards and/or buy the sale cards off you.
Oh, also games I guess.
Everyone should buy Hotline Miami.
I saw Hotline Miami and closed Steam down. NOPE NOT BUYING ANYTHING. HAVE TO SAVE MUNIEZ FOR PAX.
Add me on Steam.
You have been added. I like your quote.
Oh.
But are you saying that if you weren’t saving money, you’d totally buy yourself that game, for only $2.50?
I would buy ALL the games if I wasn’t saving money and they were all $2.50
WHAT IS A STEAM SALE BADGE
WHAT ARE THESE TRADING CARDS
WHYYYY
basically Steam knows my weaknesses and exploits them horribly.
…actually don’t watch that. It’s better seeing the movie knowing nothing 😀
The Intouchables
GET ON IT.
So, @crazyguy1990 just randomly gifted me Bioshock Infinite on Steam. I’m sitting here at work minding my own business and a Steam gift popped up – I just assumed the troll gift war had begun, but no, it was Bioshock Infinite! =D Was actually lamenting a lack of funds because I was debating buying it. (I get paid tonight, so broke today)
Many public thanks to @crazyguy1990. What a gun. TAYbies = best.
Enjoy the game. 🙂
Oh no, it’s STARTED AGAIN
HIDE THE CHILDREN, BARRICADE THE DOORS…
Oh wait… it’s a good thing.
HIDE THE CHILDREN, THEY’LL TAKE ALL THE GOOD GIFTS
… CRAZYBUY STRIKES AGAIN… You’re crazy man… CRAZY… buy… cwatididthar?
Man, he really is crazy.
So damn crazy, Crazyguy!
Managed to finally beat the boss guy in Rouge Legacy.
Played for 16:59
Had 155 Children.
I died a lot.
Great game, now play New Game + and cry over how powerful all the enemies are.
I have killed a total of four enemies in four lives in New Game +.
I got a hokage with knockback for my first NG+. Smashed through nearly 10 enemies, then died in a pool of tears.
I thought I played for ages and died a heap, but I think I was something like 14:30 and 125. The amount of lives waste on really stupid mistakes makes me think it was going to be waaay higher.
Rouge Legacy huh? Is that like…. wait, wait I swear there’s a joke here… like… the legacy of a… French… family? Fuck.
It’s a Legacy of blood.
Because Blood is Red.
Ah dammit. I knew it was there. Right within my reach and I blew it…
So in the wake of @crazyguy1990’s generosity, I’ve noticed I have a couple of games sitting in my Steam inventory. If anyone wants them, let me know:
–Company of Heroes and both expansions (Tales of Valor and Opposing Fronts)
–Interstellar Marines (Early alpha of a new FPS co-op shooter by an independent studio – early days, but looks very tidy, interesting potential)
Adding to that i have a copy of BorderLands 2 that hasn’t gone anywhere… Happy to give it to anyone who wants it
And Limbo, but who hasn’t played Limbo by now?
And Renegade Ops… Where the F&^% did i get that from? and What is it?
ah well… if anyone wants it
If you haven’t played Renegade Ops, play it! It’s amazingly fun. Like matchbox cars with explosions!
That’s the best description of that game ever
Well humans keep telling me to get this game, if nobody else wants it, I’ll be fine to take it on 🙂
It’s yours kind sir
You are a champion of your people, young ferret 🙂
now to the second agenda, we should totes BL2 at some point 😛
Agreed! Too bad I can’t play Claptrap with a massive cannon or something 😛 have to be all human characters…
Yeah, playing as claptrap does make for a good representation for the robot race, guy.
And maaann I really gotta finish borderlands 2 one day
one day
Oh man, if the Tiny Tina DLC goes on sale I’m going to gift it to everyone who doesn’t have it (but has BL2).
I may be kidding. I may not.
It is on sale.
SO YOUR MOVE.
*Sits back and watches*
I’m going to be rather busy at 6pm tonight. That’ll give me an hour before the sale ends.
learn2steam@work 😛
Alias is one of the best TV shows ever. Rewatched some eps last night. So damn well written and Michael Giacchino’s score is excellent.
..eh
Got too tied into the whole prophecy thing.
I liked it. >:|
AMAZING.
I tried, but Jennifer Garner bothers me.
Aw, that’s too bad. I really like her. I guess that’s a pretty big deal breaker if you’re not a fan, since it’s all Jennifer Garner all the time.
Yeah the show itself looked really interesting. Just something put me off about it. I had a similar issue with Dark Angel.
Oh man, I loved Dark Angel too. The whole post-pulse Seattle. Guess that comes down to my love of post apocalyptic urban decay again.
I liked the first season of Dark Angel but by god did it fall apart in the second season 🙁
Haha! Yeah, all the Manticore monster of the week episodes!
Ah right, I’m with you on that. Couldn’t get into Dark Angel AT ALL, and I can’t figure out why.
Yeah it was an odd one. I’m looking at it saying I should like this, but I didn’t.
Would’ve only broke your heart any way when they cancelled it. :'( Maybe it’s for the best.
There are so many “best shows ever” that I’ve really only discovered the last few years… this one sadly slipped past.
I own seasons 1-4 already though – bought them for my wife so she could drool over Michael Vartan. I think she feels too guilty to watch them. I’m not sure who won there…
But now you’ve watched S1 of the Wire, you know what the correct answer is.
Watch the first season at least, man. it’s honestly up there with Six Feet Under, The West Wing and Battlestar Galactica for me. It’s over-the-top espionage, but it’s character stories which is great.
Bonded with my first friend at uni by nerding out over Alias the first time we met. 😀
Oh! I bought S1 of Battlestar the other day for $9.95. I already owned S2 but never watched it because it’s S2. So many shows to watch! \o/
BATTLESTAR YES
Oh man, such a good show. Another one with an excellent score. BEAR MCCREARY!
Do you have the mini-series? Series picks up from where the mini-series finished. Blu-ray version of season one had the mini-series included, but not sure about DVD.
Yeah, it’s there! \o/ Thanks for checking. Girl at the counter made sure that she put the miniseries disc first in the case. I think she was a fan 🙂
Haha! It’s truly excellent. Some of the best written characters ever like Roslin and Adama and…
Just watch. Alias too. 😀
State of Decay has been re-classified R for sale in Oz.
Did they change anything? guessing they had to change the names of the “performance enhancing drugs”
I’m not sure but there was a Kotaku article I believe that I overlooked before I made that post.
you- you mean venturing outside of TAY?
but it’s warm and cuffly in here, no body yells at me or is a jerk…
out there is scary
There’s a few here that will yell at you if you ask nicely.
Yeah but they are usually good for a cuddle after
Thank god for the Steam mobile app. Now I can spend money as fast as I earn it at work!
Thank god there’s no decent steam app for Windows Mobile, otherwise i would be spending money as fast as i earn it at work!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/07/a-sci-fi-skyrim-was-in-development-at-obsidian-it-had-time-travel/
Obsidian are experts at working on games I really, really want to play and then not making them. *shakes fist* This sounds excellent!
Reply fail.
Hey if anyone sees the Civ games go on sale over the course of the Steam sale, could you let me know? I have people who need to be bitten by that bug
Put them on your wishlist- you’ll get a notification
I almost said the same thing, but if it’s for friends, he probably already owns it and can’t wishlist it.
It won’t let me because I already own it 🙁
Bought Don’t Starve. I hope its the darker Harvest Moon i imagine it to be!
The steam sale landslide begins…
It’s really, really good. At this point one of the best survival games out there.
Thats what i like to hear.
Thats not how I remember Harvest Moon!
So that Dark Souls game that people talk about lots is 75% off – Yay or Nay?
I’d honestly say nay, but at the same time plenty of people would say it’s their favourite game of all time.
It’s my favourite game of all time.
Is it playable in short bursts or do you have to make time for hour-long sessions?
It’s actually ideal for short bursts because it saves constantly (like, every couple of seconds), and you’ll resume from the exact spot you left off at.
HELLLLLLLLLLLLL YEAH
Edit: You NEED a controller though. Keyboard/mouse does not cut it. At all.
And there’s also a mod guide you should follow.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/11/09/dark-souls-mods/
Steve-O do yourself a favour, and just get the console version 😀
Almost finished Fringe. Got 6 episodes to go. Amazing show – loved almost every moment of it so far. Although between all 5 seasons, there’s something along the lines of 100 episodes. At 40+ minutes a pop, it takes a while to get through.
Things to take out of it – Joshua Jackson is actually pretty cool. I always thought of Dawson’s Creek every time I saw him, but Fringe has removed that for me. He does a great job of Peter Bishop. Especially (Spoilers)
vengeful observer-enhanced Peter Bishop.Also, John Noble is fucking cool. I knew that already, but Walter Bishop is such a great character, and John played him perfectly.
Will be sad when it finishes.
I agree with everything you said. Such a damn good show and way more than the sum of its parts. I wasn’t the biggest fan of season five but it’s one of my all time favourite shows. I miss it. :'( I love how the entire thing is one cohesive story too and they didn’t overstay their welcome.
Almost Human from the Fringe showrunner starts on Fox next season. Here’s hoping it fills the void.
I miss it too. Falling Skies is pretty much the only show that’s filling its void for me.
Falling Skies is pretty amazeballs, only just started delving into season 3 and i’m loving the crap out of it
I need to check that show out. Hearing more and more good stories about it.
Yeah Almost Human looks interesting. Will be watching for sure.
Welp … steam frond requests sent to everyone I could find, how bout that steam sale <_
FRIEEEEEEEEEEENDS \o/
My ethics dictate i should probably work, but CBF is telling me not to….
hmm what a dilemma… i will probably spend the next 2 hours pondering this
Mmm Turkish Delight for breakfast. ALAS MY DIET BEGINS ..tomorrow. It always begins tomorrow.
I had KFC. Haha! Worth it though, chips were freshly cooked and there’s nothing better than crispy, freshly cooked KFC chips.
Oh man, right? KFC chips are the bomb. Maccas and HJs need to take note.
There’s a diet where you get to eat Turkish Delight for breakfast?!
The self-destruction diet! It’s fun while it lasts! 😛
Stupid work, making me actually do my job. Don’t they know on the last day before holidays you are supposed to do nothing. >=(
MONSTERS!
I dareYou need to tell coworkers that your name is really Ser Nobulus, if they don’t already know.@freezespreston: Picked up that thing you recommended yesterday! Thanks for the advice!
Ooh, vague references. Time for a guessing game, I think!
Just insomnia stuff. Freeze recommended something that’s worked for him in the past.
Well, that killed the game. 😛
You know how I feel about fun. And buildings. I hat it.
I thought DC. Got. Jokes.
Drugs.
Def Drugs.
EDIT: Got Ninja’d, now it’s not funny. Nothing to see here, move along.
It’s only been two weeks since I was on call and here we go again. Rehhhh. BUT MONEY!
Heh. You said ‘butt money’.
I read butt monkey.
Just got back from Ghibli Shopping. Didn’t seem like they had many of the Blu-Rays left. I got:
Howls Moving Castle
Ponyo
Totoro
Two of those are my top two. Which two?
Howls and Ponyo \o/Do the blu rays have reversible covers?
PONYOOOOOO… looks gorramn gorgeous in bluray.
Started Treme yet, Shane? I suppose The Wire’s got priority at the moment? 😀
That bit in Treme where he beats up the guy who breaks into his house, I was like “Cool Lester Smooth, No!”Not yet, man. Want to watch it with the wife, at least until she gets sick of it.
Order of priority:
* Just finished House Husbands S1
* Playing through Walking Dead 400 Days (she’s done 3/5 stories so far)
* Then, discuss our next show. Options: Battlestar Galactica, Boston Legal, Treme, Boardwalk Empire… and I’m sure one or two others I’ve forgotten for now. Edit: like Alias, I suppose.
Battlestar. You’ll love it given your writings.
Actually, I have surprisingly little tolerance for science fiction. And for comics.
I think I work in these areas because I secretly hate myself.
(Though the excellent stuff still shines through and gives me hype.)
This might be set in space and have robots, but it’s a drama first and science fiction second. The characters and writing is why you keep watching!
Edit: Also, if you like BSG you might like Caprica. It’s an acquired taste, but is basically a character drama too set against a scifi world.
I’m still keen to give it a shot, don’t get me wrong. And I won’t go in expecting to hate it. I just tend to disrespect any genre I’m capable of contributing to professionally, without disrespecting individual examples of said genre 😛
That self-loathing is how you know you’re a writer!
Oh man, I have one episode left of Season 1 of Battlestar to watch. Loving it.
That’s an amazing season finale too. Oh man, I feel like rewatching now. 😀
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/07/what-different-languages-think-different-animals-sound-like/
Haha, this is strangely awesome. 😀
hahaha that is pretty awesome! the chinese one can vary a bit depending on where in china you go though. Most of the chinese people I know say meow as ‘mao’ not ‘miao’ … mao is actually the word for cat too, which makes sense. I assume you probably guessed the Japanese one already due to nyan cat
Ahahaha, I used to give Helene so much crap over cocoricoo for chicken. So ridiculous!
AVCon is on in Adelaide this WE… I didn’t relaise.
You know, I’ve never been, becuase of various reaosns. Next year though my eledest will be 5, and I rekon he would enjoy it, so there’s my excuse to go. Mrs said she’d come to so even better… hmm family cosplay oppostunity maybe?
So the new Xbox boss is a woman? Does that mean it will stop working once a month?
Lololololololololillshowmyselfout….
i just spluttered coke out my nose thanks to you…
Well Played sir, well played
i should clarify…. Coca Cola out of my nose
How very 80’s power executive of you.
His only regret is that he had Boneitis
Hey guys! Thanks for all the info’s yesterday.
What i meant though, are TAYbies going to PAX as a group?
As i mentioned, i’ll be flying solo, as no one I know, aside from you guys, likes games like i like games 😛
So yeah, some company might make it all the more fun 🙂
What days are guys going?
I only have a Friday pass, so who’s there Friday?
I’ll be there all 3 days 😀
w00t \o/ TAYBIES REPRESENT
I GETS TA HANG WITH PIXEL!
Swoit bra!
Everyone’s a winnner 😛
If you’re not donning a complete Spayce Maurine Power armor i will be notverydisappointedatallbecauseiwouldn’texpectyoutoownonebutmydreamwillbeshattered…
‘ish…
I wanted to dress and one of the Tanith First…
… Bee crushed those aspirations, though…
*evil look* one day….
Soon…
FOR THE UNDERPANTS
I’ll be there Saturday lost and confused. I’ll DM you my phone number.
Sounds all sorts of awesome to me!
I don’t know what panels I’ll be going to most of the time so we can hang around until you get bored of me.
I’m there for 3 days too. 🙂
MASHAAAA!!
WOOO!!
We’re gettin’ a posse together, yo! 😀
hey, that’s my strategy D:
While i am coming with some friends from WA, i am not against leaving them to do their own thing and hanging out with TAYfolk
leaving friends for people you hardly know is always a good idea. 😉
hate to get soppy here guys, but i feel like i know you guys a lot now, i’m also super jealous of meats, and want to do as many as possible 🙂
also, i’m spending a week with these guys, who are my best friends, however all 3 of us know we are gonna get sick of each other and want some time not together :p
Aww, no hugging though.
OK don’t give me that look, we can hug just a tiny bit 🙂
Are you sure? there will be awkward hand placements during this hug
Oh dear O_o
Oh yeah, you haven’t met any TAYbies before, have you? :O
I haven’t met many either >> shy guy overhere
We really should organise a Perth Meat at some point…
I will be there no days.
I’m trying to win another passto give to another TAYbie..
I mean, if anyone can win a pass, it’d be me! 😛 lol
I’ll be there all three days.
Yeah, I’m going by myself too for all 3 days but I hope to be with TAYbies 😀 (otherwise foreveralone). I’m sure a meet-up point or something will be organised.
I just plan on checking out whatever I’m interested in and see who else is going there so I don’t get bored waiting in line or whatevs by myself 😛
I’m boycotting Chuloopas because they don’t come to meet me when I’m there anyway, and this way I can avoid being hurt again.
I kid. I’m not going to PAX at all.I meant to apologise as well Mr Shane, i missed out on meaty thingy as well :\… Sorry
Yeah, but I can’t be mad at a viking clone of myself. You’re all right, man.
still sorry dood, i feel terribad
It’s all good, dude. Nothing to worry about. Just sign all your possessions over to me, and buy up all my books, and we be cool.
Done… except the whole signing over the possesions and buying books part… THE LOVE IS THERE.
I’m hoping we can organise to gather as many people together as we can at one point for an interstate TAYbie photo of epicosity.
Then I can photoshop myself into it and feel like I was social!
You were attending meats in Melbourne before it was trendy.
I’m up for that
Great idea. A huge group photo would be awesome.
You’re stealing my ideas Pants!!
YOU HAVE NO PROOF
Depends how well Doc edits this weeks Potaku. I could have proof…
😛
I have a three day pass, but am unlikely to attend Friday – still working, and I get off call that day too, so I’ll be ratshit. Likely an early night on Friday night, then attend Saturday and Sunday.
I meant to talk to you about this. WE SHOULD CARPOOL TWO CARS
I was actually thinking of public transport, due to parking being a bitch. lol
Yeah, I’m wondering if we could maybe carpool to the station 😛 Since I have like… 7 people staying or something.
Serial. That’s coco bananas.
Yeah we can do that. Bee was just going to drop me at the station. so i’d easily have room for another 3 if that helps?!
That would be an immense help \o/
Consider it done then! 😀
Who have you got staying?
EVERYONE. Honestly, I can’t remember everyone
Soooo. Steam sales. Probably won’t be buying anything because I have more important stuff to pay for this week. Like Mario & Luigi!
And apparently it’s Strange’s birthday, so happy birthday @strange!
Mario and WeeGee! \o/
Dureamu Teamu!
IT IS?!?!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @STRANGE!!!
you’re one of the good ones!!
Also, yes – paying for PAX is probably more important than more games i’ll probably never play lol
Yes, HAPPY BEING BORN DAY @strange
You’re awesome!
Happy Birthday @strange .
Sorry I won’t be able to make the meat 🙁
Is it called “Happy being Bjorn day” in Sweden?
… i hate you
<3
3
… not swedish
…
BorkBorkBork
I’m saving my money for the next 3DS eShop sale. Need. Harmoknight. Yesterday.
PIKMIN 3’s the only game I care about this month! 15 Days!
Oh yeah! I keep forgetting it’s so close. It’ll take me the rest of the year to finish though only playing on weekends 😛
The Pikmin games are pretty short.
GET PIKMIN 2!!!!
3DS eShop sale, you say? D: ! I need to get me some Fallblox and possibly HarmoKnight – prices? deets?
There’s no sale. I said I’m waiting for one 😛
They have E-Shop sales?
cool, if Liberation Maiden ever goes on sale i’ll get it, because suda51
They’re no Steam Sales (like 20% off max), but yeah, sometimes.
Hope you like the worst dub of any game on the 3DS. Also awkward controls that will make you hate yourself while you put ice packs on your wrists to bring down the swelling.
This remains one of my favourite D&D things ever: http://i.imgur.com/wkZhp.png
i love that image so much.
One time i created a dwarven Bard named Grep, He acted like a normal dwarf, but when growing up he realised he never wanted to be a warrior or a miner, but instead he wanted to sing. he got extremely angry at anyone who questioned him about his career choice. it also let me sing whenever we played. it was fun.
Never got the chance, but I always wanted to play a Half-orc bard that was basically Tom Waits.
The greatest character I’ve ever played was one of two halfling rogues hiding in a large coat (one on the other’s shoulders) pretending to be one person for as long as possible. It took the party like 2 hours to figure it out, and the only did because we attempted to wrestle a mummy and fell over…
That’s amazing 🙂
I had an early on character who announcd his dungeon entry using the Mormon approach: “We’d like to discuss some pamphlets with you…”
BTW, came up in context of this CK2 Game of Thrones thing: http://www.reddit.com/r/CrusaderKings/comments/1i153c/the_noble_house_bearington_lords_of_bear_island/
GoT joke, not CK2 joke
Amazing.
My last character was a half-orc rogue. He was basically a kind of cockney gangster from a Guy Ritchie movie, called himself ‘Alfie, had his fingers in as many pies as he could sort of thing.
@dc we still Iron Gianting today?
You watch without me! Not in the right mood. 😀
Alright, man. Feel better soon! 🙂
Thanks buddy! I feel fine, just sleeeeeepy. Haha!
Were you going to watch it together? With an open phone line, presumably? What a… romantic idea!
We were going to watch, then post on TAY afterwards. Hermits don’t use the phone… idiot. 😛
Yeah, but we all know you’re a pretty terrible hermit. Like, the worst.
…though I guess @greenius is a pretty good hermit. I retract my earlier statement.
I retract the idiot comment. You’re more of a doofus, I think in hindsight. My mistake.
Yeah, he’s a full on hermit.
Not anymore :'(
Somehow ended up with Subway regret. Didn’t think it was possible but their new Southern Style Chicken Sub is not very digestively compliant.
Oh god, no, no it isn’t. I had it a few days ago and got immediate regret.
I had regret after sitting through the tv commercial for it.
I love this new sassy DC.
Really? I love it. I’ve had it a few times for lunch already the past couple of weeks. Although Subway has the advantage of being one of the only food places near my work.
Anyone big crime/mystery tv show fans here?
I grew up watching Morse and Frost, but I don’t think I ever gave them proper attention. Later I revolved around Law and Order CI/SVU. Criminal Intent was actually pretty good for a little while, but it dramatically crashed and burned one day and never recovered.
CSI and NCIS are horrible. They’re only interested in the human drama, there’s no real mystery to them and I wish they would disappear.
Then I saw Sherlock. It blew my mind. It makes American crime shows look even more ridiculous. Now that I have seen Endeavour (talked about this earlier), I feel inspired to jump into some of the older BBC series. I’ve started looking into Morse and never realised there were so many episodes and they were all 2 hours long. Currently on my radar:
Inspector Morse
Touch of Frost
Lewis
Miss Marple
Agatha Christie
Midsomer Murders
Does anyone know of any American series that are of a similar standard to these?
Cop shows you must see:
The Shield.
The Wire.
Homicide: Life on the Street
and some you might consider seeing:
Life (season 1 only) was okay…
Pushing Daisies is kind of a supernaturally mystery-of-the-week show that isn’t bad.
The original Law & Order is still pretty iconic. Early seasons especially are really good for cookie-cutter characters and social issue exploration.
That is all…
The Wire and Shield are awesome, but they’re more crime/drama rather than Crime/Mystery that I had in mind. I’ve never heard of Homicide though, will check it out.
American crime drama is a bit different. Are you after something episodic, or with an ongoing plot?
Either, to be honest. I haven’t come across a series that had an ongoing plot that was a true crime/mystery type show though.
The Bridge is supposed to be excellent. Only started last night. About two detectives on either of the U.S./Mexican border investigating a serial killer.
My pal @mcgarnical likes The Killing. I haven’t watched yet, but it sounds great.
Top of the Lake is a New Zealand production, but funded by BBC/UKTV/Sundance Channel in the US… starring Elizabeth Moss from Mad Men.
Should also say that these are arc heavy shows. The mysteries are ongoing and won’t be solved from episode-to-episode.
OOOOoooOOOOOOhhh you’ve peaked my interest
Try Homicide: Life on the Street (bit older, all the grit)
Elementary isn’t actually half bad
Hannibal is very, very good
Also, add Luther to your UK list
Also, in a move that surprises no-one:
THE WIREOh yeah, Homicide! How could I mention The Wire, and forget Homicide?
Never mind, I’ll edit my post above. No one will ever know…
Isn’t Homicide that old one with John Munch?
YES. And they did a number of interesting and awkward crossovers between Homicide and the original Law and Order.
He was in a Lone Gunmen episode of The X-Files too. The Unusual Suspects I think.
Yeah, his character is a very odd link between the three franchises. 😛
He’s also in Arrested Development, cameos in The Wire, and was on Sesame Street
Was he actually Munch on Arrested Development, though? I mean, canonically, he’s on the wrong coast 😛
He’s introduced as detective Munch- he could be seconded into the FBI
I recognise him. He was in Law and Order: SVU as well, right?
It’s where Munch actually comes from!
I’ll be honest, I wasn’t confident that Hannibal was going to last a season and so I stayed back from investing my time into it. Now that it’s been renewed I will definitely give it a go.
The American version of Sherlock called elementary is pretty good. As long as you don’t compare it to Sherlock (BBC) as they are very different shows.
In a different vein you could consider Veronica Mars, totally different but it might tickle the same urges as the above.
Also life on Mars is fantastic
What about Murder she wrote? I have no idea I haven’t seen an episode since I was a youngster
I caught an episodeof Murder she wrote during the day once, it hasn’t aged well -_-
Wire in the Blood.
It’s about a criminal psychologist who helps the local police with serial killers etc. Brilliant show.
Definitely watch The Killing (as @DC said, I love it), and also watch the British show, Luther. Can’t do better than those in current shows.
As for previous series, as others have suggested, The Shield and The Wire are a must.
welp, after 5 and a bit years, I think it’s time to update my graphics card … shame I can’t afford something awesome yet. Still, I can’t be too mad with the GTX650 for a hundredish dollars
Fair thee well, GT9600, you have served me well
I love shopping in JB, the staff are usually pretty cool. When I went Ghibli shopping, randomly over the shop loudspeaker thing, one of the staff said “Attention everyone; I have found the box cutters, you can all calm down”. It made me chuckle
We’ve got this guy at Richmond train station who’s got a good attitude and even makes a few funnies on the microphone while keeping passengers up to date on trains. “City loop train is arriving platform 3 in approximately one minute, if you just arrived on platform 9 and you’re not the Flash, you’re going to miss it but don’t worry there’s another one coming on platform 5 in approximately 5 minutes so no need to worry!”
Once upon a time, there was light in my life….
And then she was taken from me in a violent orgy of death, crack addicted junkies howling like wolves in the black emptiness of my soul.
#puposefullymissingthepoint
Is that Max Payne? If not, it’s a damned good facsimilie of it.
#GettingFurtherAfield
Was meant to be.
Tell me now, how should I feel?
and then i moved to Melbourne
*Badumtish*
i’ll sit quietly overhere the rest of the day 😛
Aw, I just went to collect Phoenix Wright (yeah, yeah hype train – all aboard) from my local EB. Website said one available, gone by the time I get there. *sadface*
Maybe I will check out the trilogy, available on iOS.
It really works quite well on iOS. I almost prefer it except for some terribly dodgy translations at the odd point which I can’t really say for sure if it was always like that.
Phoenix Wright at a jb..? Havent seen one in shops for years! Which one was it, the first? Thats cray cray…
edit: oh gawd, eb. Derp. Forget me, nothing to see here. Even that is impressive really. Hmm yes, making it look like this post has a point, mm yes… *nods*
DARK SOULS!
Just walked up to the Capra demon, poked him a few times and he fell over. What’s all the fuss about?I hat you.
This. So much. Never really had any issues with the chap.I failed hard the first time I got up to him but on this play through I just had the perfect combination of pointed stick and fire magics. Once you know how to take advantage of the terrain, it’s a much easier fight than the gargoyles (assuming you can kill the dogs quickly, which my pointed stick did rather well).Those bloody gargoyles had me screaming raging words of angryness.
Awesome.
So my code has a bug but whenever I try and load it in a debugger, the whole thing locks up 🙁
I’m supposed to be off work for 10 days in less than 3 hours and I need to get this checked in before I leave 🙁
don’t call it a bug, it’s just a random feature
Given the state of the shit we’re working with it probably is meant to do this and I’m just doing something wrong 😐
so there you go, put that in your reports/ticketing system/whatevs
“This system is working as expected, however i am not profeccient to utilise it’s full functionality, TOK.”
and eff off 😛
‘Working as intended’ or ‘design feature’.
Hey cool, you write code!
Indeed I do.
I kind of want to buy a board game with lots of miniatures and then paint them all. But I’m a hamfist with paint 🙁
Just do it, sounds fun.
I’m mainly worried about fucking up. Need someone who does it all the time to make me their padawan or something. @chuloopa @f4ction @other warhammer people, how easy is it to get into painting miniatures? I’m not talking Warhammer specifically, just painting small miniatures for board games. What’s the best/cheapest way to practice so I don’t end up really regretting my utter lack of talent and coordination when I fuck up a model from a game that set me back $80+?
Dettol will remove the paint. Then you’re good to try again!
What cracks said. You can always strip it.
I would be more than happy to teach you, though. I have TONNES of paint. It really isn’t as intimidating as it looks. The idea is just to take it one step at a time 🙂
Just buy this game and paint the pieces.
When hamfisted painting is a good thing
I want to get this and paint everything to increase its durability.
I also have Mansions of Madness (heaps of minis), the D&D Drizzt board game and Space Hulk that I’d love to paint some day too. I wouldn’t want to just wing it especially on the Mansions of Madness because a bad paint job would ruin the feel of the game, and definitely not with Space Hulk because that game’s out of print and I won’t get another go at it.
If you are worried about messing things up I still have http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/22192/heroquest-advanced-quest at home
Plus one (or maybe 2) expansions.
Would be happy if you wanted to use some of those minis to practice on, can’t make them look any worse that the single colour plastic they are now. Could be worth having a try to see if you think it is possible before you try on something you care about.
Although @chuloopa is probably the best resource for knowledge and how easy/hard it is to pickup
I actually have the non advanced version, not that it changes anything
No way, HeroQuest is badass and I wouldn’t want to touch it with my crappy painting skills.
OHOHOHOH @rize,
forgot to tell you
Zambrero’s just opened up down from my work \o/
so the only thing i missed from Canberra has now followed me to Melbourne.
My life is now complete.
It’s spreading, man. There’s one in Wagga now too.
So… I’m away from the office for five days. I come back and find that someone has nicked my cutlery. Knife, fork, spoon. Gone. But they left the fucking MP3 player I left on my desk.
People are weird. Really weird. I don’t like it here.
Send an email around asking whoever stole your back scratchers to kindly return them.
We getting Kudos today since Mark’s away?
Don’t think so. Alex and Junglist still did it last time, but they don’t start until next week. I think Luke’s just circling the wagons the last couple of days…
Damn.. well in that case, I’m gonna let it be known here that @blaghman is my nom for this week!
He gifted me Hotline Miami! He’s good people!
I NOMINATE @mawt FOR BEING A HANDSOME AND BEARDED LEGO LOVING STEAM GIFT GIVING GENTLEMAN.
Too much?
Not enough?
What? No. OK, I guess I am all those things.
Thanks. Really.
I give super uber noms to @scree for my completed PAX cosplay \o/
Heading to London tomorrow morning, spending 4 weeks in Europe (amsterdam, milan, cinque terre, umbria, rome, venice, paris, london and liverpool) Have loaded my laptop up with my backlog of TV Shows for the plane rides and train rides.
Game of Thrones – Halfway through S3
Boardwalk Empire – Halfway through S3
Breaking Bad – Halfway through S3
Hell on Wheels – 2nd Season
Black Mirror – All
Plus shamefully I have never seen the Indiana Jones movies, and Bourne movies, so they are also on there. I feel set for what is going to be a long ass plane ride.
Plus FTL and Binding of Issac on my mac, and also halfway through book 2 of GoT. Kind of stopped watching to catch up reading. Then stopped reading because I don’t know. Which I have the next 2/3 books lined up to read as well.
Some damn good shows! Hope you have a great trip!
Speaking from experience, the flight SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS… doesn’t matter how much “fun” you bring at the end you just want it to be over…
Sounds like an amazing trip though, GLHF!!!!
going alone? friends? family? pets? slaves? gerbils? victims? patients? aliens? hobos? criminals?
Going with the GF and one of her friends to visit her father who is living in Italy at the moment. Not to mention I have like 4 episodes of lost to finish off and be done with. I feel like I have spent more time planning on things to do on the flight then I have on things to see though.
NEVER SEEN INDY?!?!
GET ON THAT IMMEDIATELY.
I know its a disgrace, I am not sure why. I feel like I have been in a shoebox all my life.
I don’t know why, but I slept all day and only just got up :/
Saw Pacific Rim yesterday. It was pretty good.
Actually, I’m going to edit out that last bit. On further thought, I’m probably misinterpreting or misremembering a pieace of information.
He’s a replicant?
He was being controlled by the reapers.
The cops knew that internal affairs was setting them up?
Well played, Sughly. Well played. 😀
I was actually thinking of you when I edited that. But no, I’m pretty sure there aren’t any replicants in Pacific Rim (or are there…)
You’ve seen him before on Sons of Anarchy!
I don’t watch that, but I was kicking myself trying to remember the actors name.
Charlie Hunnam I think. I only know that cause del Toro just casted him in Crimson Peak. A movie I’m really looking forward to!
Just opened up Steam. Anyone want to explain this trading card thing to me? It looks like every game now comes with them.
I think it’s like hats, but in card form. People collect different ones for some reason… I dunno…
Do they actually do anything?
Haha! I have no idea. Sounds like it’s almost just like achievements in a different form? I could be wrong though.
You get them for playing the games, at random. And you can never get them all, I think, you must trade with other people.
Essentially this. Most games have a 4 card limit from their purchase, you need 8 to craft a badge. In F2P games, you can get more cards by paying money.
Some games have trading cards.
Card sets are a little variable in size. As few as 5 or as many as 10 cards make up a “set”.
Cards are earned by playing the game. They are in no way tied to earning/not earning achievements. I think it’s about 1.5 hours = 1 card drop.
Games will drop a number of cards equal to half the total cards in a set. So playing Half Life 2 will earn you 4 out of 8 Half Life 2 cards.
In order to complete your set, you will probably need to either trade cards with other people, or buy cards off other people via the Steam Marketplace.
Every week (resets on U.S. Thursdays) you have a chance at earning a “booster pack” for any games which you have earned all drops. A booster pack will be linked to a game and contain 3 random cards from that game’s set.
If you collect all cards in a set you can “craft” those cards into a badge, this uses up those cards. crafting a badge will earn you some xp towards your Steam community profile level, as well as a profile background and emoticon (both of which are tradeable/sellable) that you can use to pretty up your Steam Profile.
Badges can be levelled up to level 5. In order to level up a badge, you need to craft another set of cards for that game.
Fucking insidious, really.
Imagine what’ll happen if they tack a game onto them, like M:TG or similar…
Sounds kind of evil. Like they’re targeting people with addictive personalities or something. D:
I can appreciate that point of view.
I really like them. But I really like achievements and collecting stuff. Maybe I’ve got the right personality for it.
Also, I’m old enough now to 1) be responsible for the money I spend 2) to recognise when I’m being asked to pay real $$ for e-things and to decide whether or not to continue.
There is also nothing stopping you from selling the cards you get and adding a few extra dollars to your Steam wallet.
Good points all round!
Thanks for the explanation. That seems like a whole lot of work for very little reward.
Somewhat so and in a lot of cases it is the developer trying to cash in on that. The whole steam level things is dodgy, certainly since people can buy their way to a high level. But if having a larger e-peen is worth it for them other people who don’t care can profit from it. And the devs make a tiny bit more (a couple of cents from each card sold in the market gos to the devs).
Then again on the other side you get things like the crusader kings II cards that have absolutely stunning paintings as the cards. And some of the emoticons are pretty cool. Plus I’m just a steam tragic and will collect them anyway.
Also the actual sale cards artwork looks cool so I’m interested to see more of them
I bought a year-long subscription to Pandora One today and the quality is so good. I’ve been streaming it non-stop for hours and hours. Such a noticeable improvement over non-upgraded quality.
Is that streaming radio with multiple channels or more like a spotify where you select songs you want to listen to from a list?
You enter the song/artists you like and it creates a channel based on them. You like or dislike music to tweak it to your desires.
Arrrrgh… so incredibly excited. SO excited! Not sure if I’ve even been this excited about a film since going to Drive at the cinema either. I hope the overhyping doesnt affect the viewing in the end, but cant help it caus it looks so goooood… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McURCBm0Ov0
(so soon guys. so soon…)
*Ahem*
Somebody please make a Game of Thrones themed RTS complete with the different landscapes and factions.
You have 47 minutes before I finish work and wish to play this 🙂
okaaaay…..
GO!
Not exactly an RTS, but I believe Crusader Kings 2 has a good Game of Thrones mod
I just flicked through a lot of screenshots. Looks like they went into some detail getting the world map correct 🙂
I thought there was one…
Ahh, but surely he’s looking for a game that’s good, which Game of Thrones Genesis was decidedly… not.
Personally, I’d rather “A Song of Ice and Fire: Total War.” Alas, a man can only dream.
Now thats a good idea.
In my defence, he didn’t say “make a good Game of Thrones RTS”… 😀
Psshhh, what are you guys even saying. Game of Thrones point and clicker, amirite @dc? Irite.
Dialogue treeeees. Game changing decisions… search rooms for hidden messages about assassination attempts, etc etc…
CK2 AGoT mod.
Hmmm, do I buy Borderlands 2 and its DLC now, or do I wait until a GOTY edition comes out?
Por que no los dos?
I think that might be a little redundant.
Since it’s currently the community choice (just under 2 hours left as of writing), you can get BL2 + Season pass for $31.
The real question is do you think they’ll include Gaige and Krieg in the GOTY? I kinda don’t think they will, in which case $31 is probably cheaper than what they GOTY will go for.
Edit: Looks like Krieg and Gaige are ~$5 each, so for ~$41 you could get everything. I think that’s about the same as what the GOTY will be anyway, so… eh? might not matter? do you want to play BL2 now? if you don’t buy it you can’t play it.
I have heard that, new characters aside, the DLC is pretty shitty aside from the most recent one (the Tiny Tina one). The previous packs weren’t developed by the original team, they’ve been busy with other shit. 🙁
I think Borderlands 2 and the Season pass was $13.50 (for both) last week at GMG. It’s like $15 each on Steam atm isn’t it?
I believe Gaige and Krieg are separate from the Season Pass so on sale they’ll probably be $5 each.
But I think they said they’d be working on more DLC – I’m not sure how much more they’ll make but it won’t be part of the current season pass so you’ll have to buy them separately if you buy the stuff now. There’s no telling when it’ll finish but a year or so is a safe assumption.
So it just depends if you want to buy it now and play it or wait another year or so and buy a sort of “complete/GOTY edition” then.
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/110071
Seems like Amazon are price-matching (and absolutely beating) Steam’s “Summer Sale” prices WITH an additional 15% off (I think it’s a one time use code).
I haven’t looked at everything but I saw Tomb Raider which is $14.87 USD on Amazon (using the 15% off code) but $35 on Steam.
To the people who have bought from Amazon before (@shane) – did you enter your credit card deets as usual but just put in a different shipping address/name?
Is this a download code? $15 for Tomb Raider is very tempting…
Ya, Steam code. But you do need a (fake) US address to buy it though.
I’ve had things from Amazon but I’ve never bought them myself since they don’t accept PayPal. I usually get a friend to buy it for me and I hand over the $ so I’m not entirely sure how the whole fake address thing works and I don’t want to risk messing up my dad’s CC 😛
It’s been $13ish on GMG in the past so maybe it’ll go down to that again sometime soon if you don’t mind waiting. I’m just keen on the Amazon one since I have a $10 voucher making it $5 Tomb Raider 😀
Yeah, might just wait. Probably wouldn’t play it straight away anyway 😛
Yeah dude, but it’s less ‘fraudulent’ if you buy an Amazon gift voucher with your Australian credit card, and then use that to buy the game code with a US address (I recommend using your exact Australian address, but putting a US Zip code).
There’s no credit card fraud then, just the regular kind.
Edit: That might just be me being paranoid. And I forgot to do this step when getting 400 Days, and it still worked fine. So you can skip the gift card bit if you want.
Suddenly, I own Metro: Last Light.
Thanks @crazyguy1990! Absolute champion!
HE’S AT IT AGAIN
😀
@sughly
Wanna fight?ARRRRRRRGH!! XD
Also thank you so much for that ost link, been listening to it on loop ^^
Well, I now own Borderlands 2. If anyone wants to play with me at anytime. We can also have a game of Borderlands 2 together.
If I just set the game to download, that should also download all the DLC I got for it too without me having to do anything extra, right?
Yup, fairly certain the DLC is just standard but you have to pay to “unlock” it
Yeah, whatever DLC you own, it should do automagically.
Whenever new DLC came out my Steam downloaded a reasonable amount of content (600mb maybe?). But I assume since you’re buying it now (after the stuff is out), it should all be included.
So, I bought myself a wireless trackball mouse today.
Not moving your hand to move the cursor feels weird.
Also, I bought one of those wooden hands for reference drawing.
Teamspeak is the bane of my existence, apparently.
This morning,m they moved the server to another location to try and improve performance. It didn’t work so I asked for a refund.
They cancelled it immediately (sending me two replies to my support ticket, one saying they made a few tweaks to the server and the other saying that it had been cancelled and that I’ll get my money back soonish).
So I went to set up with a new place but they would only take money through paypal. Bugger that. Went for a different new place that would at least let me use a direct debit.
It being after 5pm on a Friday, that means that the money probably won’t show up until Monday and they won’t let us into the server until then. So I checked with support and they told me to send a screenshot showing the payment so that things would work.
When they get around to it, there might be a more permanent solution.
Until then, we’re just going to have a temp thing going off of a random server @F4ction has. Probably an easier solution than paying money for the things but I want to try and avoid downtime.
i should probably attend this TeamSpeak thing more often and bless everyone with my sultry tones…
TAYbar is a thing of the past i’m guessing?
Well, many of us on TeamSpeak do drink occasionally. Pester me on Steam, Twitter or by email (trjnrabbit at the google mail things) for details.
no worries, i’ll try to get out of my hermit hole and be social…
Raaaad. Beauty and the beast fanart, cc @blaghman http://lehuss.deviantart.com/art/The-Beauty-and-the-Beast-384803843
Haha! Just saw David and Margeret’s review of Only God Forgives. Half a star from David, and four from Margeret. Polarizing, woooOOOOoooo…
David’s a bit of a twat anyway.
Just got back from the doctor. Things are… not good 🙁 As I thought.
Doctor wants to put me back on steroids, which was basically my worst case scenario 🙁🙁
🙁
Due to Lack of Interest the Hotline Miami give-away is now cancelled. More to come!
Really? Noones entering this one? Or do you all already have it?
I don’t, but I don’t really have any interest, sorry
Uhh, I feel so dead. I haven’t had a nap, probably won’t be able to have one and am trying to blast through making these cushions
Ok TAY, for the next few hours I’ve got a FREE COPY of SCRIBBLENAUTS UNLIMITED to give away on STEAM. Love those Summer Sales. Every now and then over the next few weeks I’ll pick up a couple of cheap games here and there and donate them to worthy causes (i.e. your Steam Accounts).
Entries close by 10pm tonight
Please refrain from entering if you’ve already got SCRIBBLENAUTS UNLIMITED 🙂 this is being done out of my good will. I just wanna share the love of this awesome game.
I would get a bunch of internet memes to make these cushions for me =P
The time taken for that is TOO DAMN HIGH!
Pretty much =P mum is helping me, but even so, I’m trying my best to get them finished asap (that way I could also make gold ones)
There is only one correct answer. Jetpacks
WHY DOES NOBODY HAVE LITTLE INFERNO ON THEIR STEAM WISHLIST? THIS GAME IS FUN, YOU SHOULD ALL BRIEFLY CONSIDER BUYING IT, UNLESS YOU ALREADY HAVE, IN WHICH CASE CARRY ON, AND I WISH YOU A GOOD EVENING!
I don’t even know what it is?
WELL NOW YOU OWN IT.
I PLAYED THROUGH THE ENTIRE THING IN A SINGLE DAY AND DIDN’T REGRET IT.
WHY ARE WE YELLING
YOU SHOULD BE EXCITED ITS THE NEXT GAME IM GIVING AWAY TONIGHT!!!!
…
…Yes I edited for consistency with you.Whats bad? Whats happening? 🙁
I missed what you said, but have an upvote + reply out of concern.
Stop editing! Bad D.C. 😛
What’s up?
Damn Steam servers….
I won’t have Lost Planet: Extreme Condition until Sunday at this rate! 🙁
Someone let me know when the new MtG game is on the steam sale, kthxbai
You can get notifications/emails when the items on your wishlist are on sale 😀
!!!
http://ncloud.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/final-fantasy-x-x-2-hd-remaster-new.html
Based on International Versions!!! 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
Lulu looking good! I’ve seen some pretty nice screenshots of the HD version and some that look not so nice :P. I hope they touch up the FMVs as well because on most HD collections they left in-game movies untouched and they look really out of place/bad 🙁
Did you know they announced a Limited Edition!? It’s not adding that much but I think all standard editions get upgraded so pre-order now :D. JB has it for $55 delivered – I pre-ordered it yesterday!
If you preorder that PS3 LE do you get the Vita version as well? Or is cross buy not on this one?
Nope, no cross-buy as far as I know and I’m pretty sure it’s all separate. I know the PS3 version has both games but on Vita they’re sold as separate games. There’s also no LE for the Vita versions.
EDIT: It has cross-play/saves though
NORGS
Yeah, I’m buying Vita versions and no Vita LE edition announced, they can fuck off if they think I’m buying them a third time. You’d think they’d do a pack with both games and the artbook, early days yet I suppose.
I’m more keen on having them portable than anything else. HD is just a nice little extra.
And yep, they confirmed that these aren’t just standard HD conversions, the FMV movies are getting the HD treatment as well.
All the HD screenshots I’ve seen look fine, dunno where yoy saw bad ones.
Not bad, but some just looked better than others.
Oh yeah, work in progress though, I’m guessing.
The fact they’ve bothered to redo FMV places them higher than many others in my books.
I can always find bits & pieces I disagree with.
I had a quick go of MGS 2 before the HD collection came out, during that opening sequences where Snake runs through the rain, in the original, his face is all in shadow so you’re not 100% sure who it is at first. In the HD they’ve made everything brighter and cleaer so it’s really obvious it’s Snake. It’s not a big enough complaint to go around shaking fists at, but it’s there.
And while my mind’s on the topic: RE Code Veronica HD, they didn’t fix the controls. I dunno why, but they switched run and action in CV, it’s the only RE that did it, it’s duuuuumb. They shoulda switched em back or added in control mapping (like they did on Resi 2 on DreamCast 15 years ago!).
Also, boy that was a longer reply than I had intended, gonna eat my toast.
Toasty toast!
Oh God! OH GOD! All the houses I could have… ALL THE HOUSESSSS T_T http://www.vooks.net/animal-crossing-new-leaf-event-and-presentation-at-paxaus-announced/
Aw man, I decided today to “give up” on the game and I haven’t played it at all today. Guess I gotta make my house look nice now! It’s an absolute mess at the moment since I was making use of all the spare space and there’s “Sughly asked for” furniture thrown everywhere 😛
…can I haz the Sughly asked for furniture..? 😀
You already have, I just haven’t bothered to put it back neatly 😛
Ok so, the winner of Scribblenauts is Scree! Personally, if I could make memes do things for me, I damn well would too… onto the next one. Scree add me to Steam to collect your prize. The names Weresmurf on Steam as well.
Ok so next up we have to give away:
LITTLE INFERNO, the game with possibly the catchiest theme song ever. If you don’t have this game yet, you should. I don’t but my son does and we’ve played it to death. We still do from time to time.
Why do you want LITTLE INFERNO? Because you GET TO BURN THINGS. That’s why.
So, if you want this copy of LITTLE INFERNO tell me what you’d use to construct the mother of all bonfires?
This will be decided tomorrow afternoon around 6pm as I will be out all day.
Yay, friend!
I’d use thermite-laced pine logs. That shit’s never going out.
Ok I’m home early, cutting this one short as noone else has bothered entering. @redartifice WINS!!!!!!! Msg me on Steam for your price. The names Weresmurf on Steam.
Up next within the next day or so are these giveaways:
The Walking Dead
Just Cause 2
The Binding of Isaac
FTL
If you’re interested people, I’m giving them away, why? I dunno, I just feel like being a generous sod. Your steam accounts are the only things that benefit. Enjoy! Next competition goes up within the hour.
@freezespreston
You are magnificent.
Thank you!
😀
I concur based on my recent discovery! 😀
lol Vin Diesel is the voice of the Iron Giant?! ha! It has Jennifer Aniston too :O – who knew!
It was enjoyable but not as amazing as some classic Disney/Pixar films. Probably my least favourite out of the 5 movies I saw this week but that’s not because it was bad, but because the other ones were so good.
My ranking so far:
– Intouchables
– Life of Pi
– Warrior
– Drive
– The Iron Giant
Drive is too low on that list.
Drive is amazing.
“but that’s not because it was bad, but because the other ones were so good”
applies for anything low – all were enjoyed thoroughly except for Intouchables which was super enjoyed and has become one of my favouritest movies of ever and ever.
WATCH IT!
Road to Perdition time.
List is upside down, ‘cept Iron Giant, never seen it.
And wait,,,IN-touchables…WHA??
Gurl, you be tripping. I assume you don’t even know what Intouchables is, but you’ll love it! Got sommadat humour you like
Mega-Post warning.
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Part One
Dear TAY,
Today I had one of those moments where you get to see yourself through someone else’s eyes. One of the branch managers near us retired today, and is moving away for a seachange. She’s been hanging out for it for a long time, I know – I got to know her a little bit when I was seconded to her area for three months or so late last year.
I stopped by to say goodbye and congratulations, and of course, she’s happy about the move, and all that. And she said, “I went to [group manager] in January and said ‘I’m ready to retire, let’s make it happen.’ I’m taking a page out of your book, Shane, and putting life first.”
I don’t know about you, but I think that’s pretty cool. I’m not sure if anything I did or said last year actually influenced this decision of hers, but it still kind of felt like a great moment regardless.
It’s funny how you can’t really see yourself, unless it’s through someone else’s eyes. But this unlocked a kind of clarity that I haven’t had about my life in a long time. But if it’s a clear enough thing that someone else can see it in me, I guess it means I’m getting it done in the right way. That I’m playing the game of life all right.
And I feel pretty happy about that.
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Part Two
Mrs Shane vs 400 Days of The Walking Dead
Vince
She elected to say nothing for pretty much the entire chapter. Then she blew the paedo’s foot off, and escaped with the white collar crim. I did the opposite. Her Vince went to the camp with Tavia. Mine did not.Bonnie
This one played out pretty much the same for both of us. We were both honest with Leland. Both our Bonnies went to the camp.Shel
Mrs Shane did not kill the first interloper. I did. I think the story works better my way, having seen both sides of it. Both our Shels drove away rather than kill Stephanie. Both Shels went to the camp with Tavia.Russell
Both our Russells did pretty much the same thing. Walked away from Nate the jerk. Neither of our Russells went to the camp.Wyatt
Mrs Shane won paper/scissors/rock and unlocked the achievement. Damn her. Her Wyatt went to the camp with Tavia after being forced to abandon the stoner buddy. Mine was forced to wander the foggy road, and was instead abandoned. Untrusting, my Wyatt did NOT go to the camp.End result:
Mrs Shane: Only Russell stayed behind.Me: Russell, Wyatt, and Vince all stayed behind.
Should be interesting to see Season Two play out.
Potentially two very different starting points.__________
Part Three
OBJECTION!
(cc @scree, to whom I will be loaning this game)
Also got Miles Edgeworth Investigations for the same price. $8 for the both games, and posted. Feeling good.
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EDIT: Part Four
Shawn Ryan (creator of The Shield) live Tweeted Sharknado
Look for @ShawnRyanTV and spend the next few minutes laughing your ass off. Some great stuff there.
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The end.
TL;DR: Read it. There’s some feelings, but also some Walking Dead, Ace Attorney, and SHARKNADO. There’s literally something for everyone. Read it.
Or is that just her way of calling you a slacker and a poor worker? 😛
I did think about that.
But shut up, that’s what.
About your Walking Dead Spoilers:
The key to getting Russell to go with Tavia is to get her to say the group could find their families. makes sense. Vince is dependant on who you save from the bus, like you found out which makes less sense… 😛I kind of like that some of the stuff is unpredictable, that you can’t actually predict and control for what’s going to happen. Makes it feel kind of dynamic. Shel and Bonnie are straightforward -do the right thing and you get to go on a camping trip. But the others are less predictable, like, for example, Wyatt’s story seems luck-dependent as much as anything.I should probably try to buy my own copy of the game. I’ve been meaning to for years though =P
Trials and Tribulations for cheap, NICE!
\o/
I should probably get around to playing 400 days.
Might do that now.
I want to do my run out the front but the road outside my house has about 10 kids aged 5-10 milling around and swearing and carrying on.
What kind of parent lets their small children play out in the road by themselves at 9:30 at night? Seriously.
It’s 4:30pm somewhere.
Irresponsible ones?
Absent ones?
Arrest them.
Damn kids on the lawns.
What if they don’t have parents, you insensitive jerk???
HELP! My fellow kotakuers, I’m taking my girlfriend down to Melbourne for her 21st in September and neither of us have been. We’re staying on Collins Street for 5 nights, Sunday September 29 – October 4. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated 🙂
What sort of stuff are you looking at doing?
I can vouch for Melbourne TAYbies. They’re pretty cool to hang out with for a night. Book them in!
Other than that, I’m Canberra folk, and know nothing about Melbourne! Enjoy the trip 😀
I recommend meeting up with your TAY friends! 😛
EDIT: DAMNIT SHANE!
You’re just green with envy.
That sounded cleverer in my head. Oh well.You’re just Shane with… Shane!
Last time I went to Melbourne I was blindly led around by a bunch of weird strangers I’d never met before. Maybe you could do that.
I just wanted to give a shoutout to @rize FOR BEING AWESOME and gifting me the Borderlands 2 Season Pass.
You’re a champion amongst men and i salute you good sir
Goddamn, the Steam sales really bring out the generous lunatics in all of you.
#Console4LyfBitches
#I’llBeOverInTheCornerUntilYouNeedMe
Brought to you by the guy who does:
“OHHAI GUYS, HERE HAVE ALL THE GAEMZ”
at random intervals 😛
Quiet, you.
I swear, sometimes I regret ever taking you out of that test tube… 😛
:'(
But you said i was ‘special’
The same guy who created a Steam account, added a single friend, gifted them a game and disappeared forever, into the night.
*scraww*
Huh. What kind of freak would do something like THAT?
Edit: Also, how do you REMEMBER this stuff? 😛
Super boring explanation of how I remembered:
Other than my amazing memory, I was playing The Walking Dead: 400 Days and some Powalen guy’s recommendation to “BUY THIS GAME.” is all up in mai face and it had a comment by D.C. that was all “In due time, my friend!” and then I remembered how he wanted to hold out for the game for so long when some super generous guy gifted it to him and he was such a happy chappy!Here, have some another fun fact:
@jimu wanted a MGS4 slip case really, really badly
I have one. Not in the best condition.
I gave up on trying to find that…
AFTER I GOT IT!!!There’s a Naughty Dog sale on PSN this week apparently! All the Crash and Uncharted games!
This is why the ps store needs gifting.
I prefer to buy games before they’re out for people so they’re all “YEA…aww.”
😛
.. SHIT, I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY MENTIONED I DON’T HAVE THE SEASON PASS WHEN I SAID IT WAS ON SALE TO RIZE
Damn it, damn it, damn it, I’m a failure at mooching off others. I’m so ashamed.
I will just leave this here
When they stop the boats
When they stop the boats
… dammit that’s going to be stuck there for a while now
As long as you enjoyed it =D
it was pretty amazing i’ll be honest 😛
the rest of the show is pretty good too
That show is pretty good! Amanda Bishop as Julia Gillard singing I dreamed a dream is probably my favourite bit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLdsfuDrg0M
So uh, do people still watch The Mole?
@powalen @strange @sughly 😛
I do! I haven’t seen anybody post about it so I figured nobody else was watching it anymore 😛
I just finished watching episode 4 :D. Had to half cover my eyes to try and avoid any thumbnail spoilers and I managed to find the vid without seeing any (unlike last time :'( ) and then I just remembered I could YARGH! it so that’s what I’m planning to do now 😛
Ep 4:
Still not 100% sure who The Mole is but I have a pretty good idea who it isn’t :P. I’m just going to assume it’s not Alex or Hillal since they’re the racial minority and it wouldn’t be them 😀 😛Which one was ep 4 again? What were the challenges?
Boat and signs, Flags on Melbourne buildingsI didn’t really discuss the episode – just my thoughts on who’s the Mole.
Also:
I reckon the Mole is probably a girl – I’m thinking Aisha.Ah yeah. I read your spoiler, just didn’t want to accidentally spoil ep 5 for you 😛
I’m thinking…
It’s Ally, actually. I don’t know why 😛But man, how easy must it be to be The Mole. You could basically sit back and do nothing because the best strategy in this game is for everyone to pretend to be the Mole 😛 Do your work for you!
Haha! I was thinking that stuff before.
Everyone’s too busy “Moleing” that the real Mole doesn’t really have to do anything – do they get any sort of prize money or do they just have to prevent the others from winning? And I kinda thought Ally too but she’s super annoying and seems I dunno, unstable? Then I thought back to the first challenge where she wanted to keep going and she didn’t want to drop the luggage :P. I do reckon it’s a girl though because they’re pushing that whole dudebroegoarrogantfest so a girl might be unexpected. Aisha’s crying and stuff just seems fake? I dunno :P. I thought Kerri for a while but eh – it wouldn’t be her. Linda has got that whole “doesn’t really do anything” thing going on so she might be that “sit back and do nothing” person. AH! SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!The Mole isn’t really a contestant. I don’t think they ‘win’ anything. I assume the person gets paid or something to play the part on the show.
@powalen I originally though they might get the amount the team didn’t earn towards the pot, before realisinh that’s a huge amount of money since they barely win anything 😛
So when they say 250k does that mean 250k overall assuming they do all the challenges perfectly? So right now they’ve maybe earned less than half of what’s been offered?
You’re the mole master, so excuse all the questions :3
Yeah that’s exactly what happens. The winner walks away with however much is in the Pot at the end of the show.
Nope.
But our friend Powalen expressed interest in it :'(
Eh.
http://imgur.com/WQIbaQc
Wut.
Aaaand now I’m a gay barbarian with an eidetic memory.
Holy Jesus this game is kicking my ass.
Yeah, it’s a bit tricky.
It’s great, when you hit NG+, you get reminded of just how hard the game was to start with.
Probably not going to be able to get Mario & Luigi tomorrow now 🙁
Is street pass on 3ds truly as easy as turning on the wireless, putting the thing on sleep, and walking past other people with a 3ds?
Im going to Avcon tmrw and wanna figure out street pass so i can rake in the 3ds friendliness.
You need to make sure you’ve, uhhh, activated Streetpass first? So you’ll have to go into the Plaza, and derp around there for a sec. Once that’s done though, yeah, it’s that easy.
That said, the Plaza can’t store more than 10 Streetpass hits at once, so you may well need to clear them out every few *length of time*.
I like how we all said the exact same information three different ways.
I was about to say the same thing.
WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN
You need to make sure it’s all enabled in the settings. If you’ve got your Mii set up and Streetpass is switched on, then yep, it’s just that simple.
Your console can only hold 10 at a time, so if you want to get all the streetpasses, make sure you clear them out as you get them.
PROTIP: If you get ten, and then ‘greet’ them at your gate, you can leave them in limbo there, ready to swap puzzle pieces and play Streetpass Quest, and start accumulating another ten. So it’s possible, sort of, to get 20 at a time, as long as you ‘greet’ the first ten.
Look at Mr 3DS expert over here!
I don’t fuck around. If I haven’t found a way to game a system within a week, I lose interest in it pretty quick 😛
Wait, so I can just see that whole opening “Hello my name is Powalen and I like cheating at Mario Kart!” greeting and we don’t have to play any games with them but we’re still able to get more? Oh, I kinda getcha – so 20 is the Max then? 🙁
YES. I learned this at Oz Comic-Con, because I didn’t have time to do any games, etc, but wanted moar Streetpasses! It worked.
20 is still pretty low, but it’s better than 10!
I’m used to having 4 StreetPasses a day being considered “a lot” – PAX is going to break my 3DS D:
I picked up 13 Streetpass Hits yesterday. School Holidays. Who knew?
Do you mean: Get 10, save them for later, Get another 10 (at this point it should ask whether you want to go to the gate or play with the ones you’ve saved), clear out the original 10, clear out the new 10?
I’ve never encountered enough Streetpasses in one day to bother doing anything like that 😛
Step 1.
Sit around until you have ten
Step 2.
Open up Mii Plaza to let your Mii say hello to them.
Step 3.
Wait until all greetings are done, and they follow your Mii into the Plaza lobby.
Step 4.
Close lid.
Step 5.
You will start accumulating more Streetpasses. You will get the “You have company! Check back at your gate after you play some games!” message next time you open the lid.
Step 6.
Clear out all twenty Streetpasses at once (ten at a time, obviously), and return to step 1.
Make sure you’ve opened the Mii Plaza first. It sets up the street pass functionality for you. After that, yes it’s that easy!
Just remember that the 3DS only stores 10 streetpassed Miis at a time! (You have to clear them out by going into the Mii Plaza in order to get more)
Does going in and tampering with street pass in settings essentially bypass the need to go into MiiPlaza?
Pretty sure you have to open the Mii Plaza at least once. I think it was @negativezero (sorry if that’s not right, Neg :P) that wasn’t getting any Streetpasses at one point and the problem was he’d never opened Mii Plaza.
Yes, that was me.
@Wilbur: you have to open Mii Plaza for Streetpass games etc to start working. It’ll prompt you to turn it on.
It does *not* work to just enable it in the settings. Each application has to set up streetpass separately because reasons. And Mii Plaza is the Streetpass stuff people talk about when they talk about Streetpassing.
yup really is… make sure you have run the streetpass application (name eludes me at the moment, maybe Mii Plaza?) at least once to set it up to share
It’s going to rain tomorrow.
Games! \o/
It’s been raining all day here.
GAMES
Alice is actually a really solid game. Dunno what all the mediocre claims are about.
I did read one review that said it wasn’t pushing the envelope gameplaywise, but err, wasn’t the goal as far as I can tell.
Good controls, auto-aim, solid platforming system, great music and art.
Checkpoints are often (unlike in the original, I just ragequit before because I keep having to do a long platforming bit before a ride down the river on a leaf bit and URGH! Load times and replay the same shit, infuriating).
Seems good to me *shrugs*.
I think its biggest issue from a gameplay standpoint is that it barely moves forward from where it starts, so it gets a bit tiresome by the end. You get new weapons and jazz, but it’s basically just “spam attack with weapon A/B/C”
Just like I like it.
(see what I think at the end then)
Dresses!
\o/
I’ve been really bored recently.
Not a “I’ve got nothing to do” bored, but a “There’s nothing that interests me” bored.
I know that feel.
Just finished 400 Days. That shit is intense. But then, what did I expect after season one of Walking Dead?
Spoilers, derp:
Vince:
Shot off the paedo’s foot. There are some things I will never tolerate, for any reason. To quote Rorschach – ‘Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.’Wyatt:
Won the rock-paper-scissors. Stayed in the car. Freaked out during the attack and drove off.Shel:
Left the first intruder alive. Couldn’t bring myself to be so callous. Couldn’t off Steph, and thus drove out with the RV.Russell:
God, Nate was a super douchebag. Ugh. Totally bailed on him in the diner. What a dick.Bonnie:
Well, yeah. Ouch. Stayed honest with Leland. I wonder what was in the bag. Probably a Pulp Fiction style mystery.Ending:
Everyone turned up at the camp. Was a rather heartwarming sight, after all the brutality preceeding it. Didn’t want to push anyone too hard to join with Tavia, just in case I scared them off. As such, Vince, Wyatt, Shel+Becca, and Bonnie all went with Tavia. Disappointingly, Russell decided to stay behind. Shame, I kinda liked the kid.It’ll be very, very interesting to see how the story progresses in season two, and just how much the events of 400 Days influences it.
For Bonnie’s Story
The bag is full of medicine stolen from Shel’s group. They talk about it in passing and comment on how they lost a flashlight in the cornfield (where Bonnie escaped through)Ah. Thanks for that.
Third straight night of being up for the entire days play of The Ashes…
Yikes.
I might go to bed now.
Goodnight.
I was also watching until the tea break, and both times I moved away from the TV for a couple of minutes we took a wicket. So, when I decided to go to sleep I thought “oh well, at least we’ll clean up the tail!”
Aleem Dar D:
So my sister got a Surface yesterday (with pink cover obviously :P). Now I really want one of my own. That is one fine piece of hardware. Not sure about the insides yet though (Tegra 3 is positively ancient now) It’s getting a $150 price drop in the US next week, and if that also happens here I may be VERY tempted to get one of my own. However I think I’d prefer an Atom tablet instead, because then I can put steam and other things on it…not that I’d be able to play many of my games on an Atom, but from what I’ve heard, games like World of Goo and Ticket to Ride play fine on them. But none of the Atom tablets I’ve looked at have as nice a build quality as the Surface 🙁
They are quite nice, but while I don’t mind RT on phones… I’m not convinced I’d get a tablet with RT — already have android stuff, so I would kill for a Surface Pro with full Win 8.
Please let me kill!Yeah, a Surface Pro would be awesome to have. Although I think I’d prefer a Lenovo Thinkpad Helix if I was going to get a really expensive tablet. That’s another really powerful tablet, pretty good build quality too. Has a keyboard dock with extra fans in it, so it overclocks the CPU when it’s attached. Though it costs about $2000 to $3000…
I wouldn’t mind a 7″ tab with Windows RT. That’s small enough that desktop stuff would be pretty much unusable. Funnily enough, the only windows tab that size right now runs an Atom… 10″ and higher, I think I’d definitely be better off with an x86 tablet. So much more flexibility and power.
Strange meet tonight. WOOOOOO! Can you e-mail me your address? Haha! Also, what time should we be there. Also, psyched I tells ya. PSYCHED. Hope you had an excellent birthday yesterday!
I don’t know if I’m gonna make it.. but if I don’t, it’s cos I have a date, so hopefully that’s excusable!
Only found out about the Strange meat today, so I won’t be able to make it 🙁 I really can’t wait until I have my P plates. Only 6 more months 😀 (plus the 100 hours driving, which I only started on this week…)
Enjoy it though! 😀
You haven’t been to any of the 2013 meats. You monster. 😛
The last meat I went to was the one where I met you. Make of that what you will. 😛
Nah, kidding. You’re a pretty cool guy. I just haven’t been to meat this year because they’ve either been at places I can’t get to, or I’ve had other things on :/ PAX next weekend will be breaking my meat drought though. Y u no go to that? 😛
WOO! WE GET TO MEET LAMBO!
@strange 😀
Hi Strange!
http://collider.com/how-to-train-your-dragon-2-trailer/
OOOOOO!!! I dont really like the design of older Hiccup but :'( Also, y you flying wen u have toothlesssss!! D:
For the day Toothless inevitably betrays him! 😛
Booo hiiisssss I do not like! But yeah, yay Dragons!! Thanks for the link 😀 I really really hope this lives up to the first and doesnt suck. Who knows with Dreamworks, who knows…
Yeah, Dreamworks it’s always best to hope for the best but expect the worst. Haha!
I havent even checked if its got the original team on board, ie writers, director etc. If so, have good reason to have high hopes! Otherwise…
Just checked. One of the writers and directors from the first is writing and directing, but not all…
HAHA! Hmmm…. HMMMMM! Also Jon Snow is in 2! 😀
Nah it does look like its in good hands again. Exciiiiite
It’s not flying, more like skydiving.
At least that’s how I saw it.
FYI peeps. 3DS is $199 during Target sale. Comes with Mario tennis.
XL or 3DS? If it’s 3DS it might be eligible for a free game promotion Nintendo are doing as well.
Sooo saw ‘Lars and the real girl’ last night. Was pretty great, acting was amazing, buuut…
couldnt help but feel at odds with the angles the film was taking. I cared way more for the film when the focus was on Lars and his loneliness, rather than when it seemed to put the focus on the doll as a person? Or something. I get that they were associating that with Lars and how everyone cared for him, but it was kind of distracting. ie, my favourite scene was the bowling alley scene, and the teddy resuscitation scene. Loooved the brother’s character, how he kind of didnt like expressing too much emotion, but showed regret here and there, was really touching. Great movie, just a little flawed with that skewed focussing for me.The Walking Dead: Season One is $6.25 on Steam today! Jump on the bandwagon, there’s room for more! 😀
I think everyone pretty much owns it by now :/
Do they now?
BUY IT AGAIN
Muramasa Rebirth is pretty good, awesome art & soundtrack. Could see the gameplay gettin a tad repetitive, but I’ll live.
ATM enjoying the ridiculous amounts of backtracking, fun to watch a Ninja do a Ninja run!
I finally saw your mate’s tv show last night! (The guy we ate with at west end that I said looked like a thin Dom Deluise) I’ve watched bits of it before, but I’ve never actually seen him!
Ha ha! It’s pretty funny!!!
Upvote for ninja run! I remember loving it too ^^
Yeah, and she turns and looks at the camera…AWESOME!!
TAY has become : Everyone else plays and talks about latest game (and Dark Souls), jimu chimes in with some old game that he enjoys, people try to remember what they thought all those years ago 😛
Happy birthday to Jimu Jnr!
Also Freeze watches a bunch of movies no one cares about.
Seems I do that a lot too!
Watch Intouchables!
Harry Potter 4? OK! 😀
GTFO
ily2 <3
Why oh why is the Steam sale on during Shameless Gaming Month. Now I’ll never finish Max Payne 3.
Stay strong, brother. I believe in you!
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/weird/james-williams8217-the-ring-style-wake-up-prank-on-girlfriend/story-fngo0pay-1226677254199
Ohhhh, not nice
He’s a monster! D:
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/murdered_soul_suspect/b/xbox360/archive/2013/07/12/square-enix-releases-walkthrough-trailer-for-murdered-soul-suspect.aspx
This game looks so damn good.
Sleeping Dogs $US6.24? Yes, please.
Oh man, Sleeping Dogs is such a great game. Feels like you’re really exploring a foreign city and has some crazy awesome atmosphere, driving around in the rain at night with lights reflected on the roads. I got this for full retail on 360 last year and don’t regret it at all, so this price is amazing!
Driving on the correct side of the road simulator of the forever.
Resulting in many a in-game accident. 😀
State of decay passed classification rated R18 it’s on the undead labs Facebook page!
WHAT DID YOU CRAZY PEOPLE DO!?
I was wondering about that.
Yet again, I was considering posting something along those lines. GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
Eh, it’s happened to me before.
Not that big of a deal, to be honest.
“BRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAINS!!!!” “BRAAAAAAAAINS!” “BBBRRRRRRRAAAAAAAINS!”
Ok wrong zombie series. But who cares.
Now we’re giving away the cream of the crop so far.
THE ENTIRE WALKING DEAD SERIES 1 (Sorry it doesn’t contain 400 Days, it’s only 5 bucks on the Steam Store.)
This was easily my favorite game of 2012, brought many of us to tears, though we are manly manly manly men and some of us womanly womanly womanly women, but still reduced us to blubbering messes with the adventures of Lee, Clementine, Kenny, Duck and co. A truly amazing game. If you DON’T have this game yet and you haven’t played it? Do enter please? You’re doing yourself a favor.
I’m opening this one up though, if you DO have this game and know someone who should play it? By all means enter.
What do you create… WHAT DO YOU CREATE?
Entries close at 6pm.
Pillow fort from the outdoor furniture.
Don’t give me the game. I already own 3 versions of it.Ahbed and Troy approve.
DEFINITELY would stock up on all the things I need to get my garden done and then skedaddle out of there before anyone noticed I didn’t pay.
I’m actually one of the few who have not played this game yet, but love the show.
But the zombies!!! The zombies!!! What would you make to kill THE ZOMBIES! Your garden will surely look beautiful… WITH YOUR BLOOD AND BONE!
Pretty sure the plants would take care of the zombies!
Oh touch’e!!!!
Good call.
Haha okay, okay. Gas burner BBQs – all wheeled and bunched at the main doors. All turned on. Fuel trail leading away with me at the other end of the store. I’m all ready and waiting. Suddenly I hear them, they’re here. I reach into my pocket for the lighter. Wait. Shit. I don’t smoke. No lighter. SHIT. WHAT ISLE DO I FIND THE FUCKING LIGHTERS IN?!
Oh duh, they’re where the barbies were. Ugh, back-tracking. This game sucks.
…
If I brought a cannister of fuel,
Ride on lawn mower.
If not, Eh I’ll move onto a place that has food and medical supplies.
Also, do not need the game, already got it ^^
COMPETITION CLOSED EARLY DUE TO SUCK EGGS I CAN DO WHAT I WANT AND TAY WON’T OBJECT TO THIS BECAUSE ITS FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
Ok people. Just because I’m an unfair taskmaster and because clearly @Benny hasn’t played the game and we all clearly have…
@BENNY WINS!
Though Benny, seriously, learn where the lighters are or we’re all doomed. lol.
Message me on Steam for your prize 🙂 username Weresmurf 🙂
WOOOO! So damn kind, weresmurf!
It’s all good, so many games going cheap that should be shared and I’ve got so many games I still haven’t completed, I want people to get the chance as well 🙂
Thank you! Thank you! @weresmurf you’re so damn kind!
No worries, take the advice, stock up on kleenex before you play… and excuses. ‘No, DUST got in my eye!!! I swear!’
YOYOYO! Just a heads up that you can now buy Steam wallet/gift cards at retailers like JB and EB. I think they only come in $20 and $50 (possibly $100?) but you’re pretty much paying for USD. So $20 AUD for $20 USD and since the Australian exchange rate has gone down and PayPal has an even worse exchange, you’ll save some moolah (10%ish), especially if you’re spending tons of money 😀
Helpius!
^This is the exact song I’m listening to right now.
So. DAMN. AWESOME!
Also, I’m pretty sure I’ve maxed my gifting budget for the Steam Sales.
That means I won’t be gifting any more games.
Sorry, everyone.
dude, it’s awesome you even HAVE a gifting budget
Sorry @strange but I’m out for tonight. I gots a hot date!
I’ll be there in spirit though! And damn jelly if you have ribs!
Upvote for date, not because you’re not coming tonight. XD
Second time I’ve seen this. You trying to make a big deal of your date, hotshot? Huh? HUH!?
Ugh, Bragbot.
actually it’s the first in the sense that it’s actually been confirmed this time, where as last time, it was only a maybe 🙂
Every time I try to move my cursor with my trackball, my thumb twitches involuntarily…
Weird.
That must be what they call
(•_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
‘Twitch gaming’
YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
That’s awesome.
Those are your sale senses tingling
Saturdays review of Civilization V: Brave New World
“Can’t review, still playing Civ 5”
5 Bananas + out of Shigeru Miyamoto.
Shiggy is worth countless bananas, this review is worthless
that’s why I added a +
for all you know it’s like worth SIX bananas
@dc – you must need a lift right, to stranges? You want one with me again? From south bank?
D: For real? Oh man, that’d be awesome if you’re offering. Sure it’s not out of your way? I could get to any station on the Southside too. Thanks man. I had worked out how to get there by myself using buses and walking and google street view, but your ways probably easier. Don’t feel obligated or any thing though, don’t want to impose. 🙂
So. Damn. Kind.
Nah its fine! To be honest though, Altandi station might be easier since were going to Strange’s if that’s ok? If youre coming from northside and paying a daily anyway it shouldnt be extra I dont think? Its on the Beenliegh line, just for reference. Would that be ok?
That’s more than fine, my friend. Thank you! Appreciated!
What time should I meet you? (I don’t think Strange has given any times yet. Haha!)
Hmmm… yeah… @strange – what time you want us? Whatever she says, take away 10/15 mins XD
I think Dan’s looking for an address too, Strange. (I knew the street, but not the house number so couldn’t help him. I was planning to mosey down your street and then text asking where you are! XD)
Dan’s been there before though :/
@dkzeitgeist’s a complicated guy, Sughly. (Who also had a head injury recently. XD)
It makes me laugh that he is still surprised when we offer these things.
I never want to assume. I’m also always on high alert that you guys might not like me too. Haha! D:
Oh dont me wrong, I cant stand you. Just thought I’d offer anyway.
:'(
Shit dude! You lasted until Saturday afternoon before using up your weekly “:'(“! Congrats! 😀
Haha! I think I’ve been using “D:” in its place!
You are pretty terrible *nods*
:'( x2
Helphly!
@thecracks you crazy SOB…
This guy just made me a starship captain!!! with crew and everything…
By which of course i mean he gifted me FTL and is a DAMN.GOOD.PERSON!!!!
I finished that the other day *flex*
Nice work cracklekins
AND WE’RE BACK!
Now people. Have you played JUST CAUSE 2? I have. I’ve probably logged more time in its open world than any other open world game *ever*. Including GTA San Andreas. It’s just *that good*.
Have I completed the Single Player campaign? No. Honestly I haven’t. But I spend so much time dicking around in free roam it doesn’t matter. I’ll get around to it one day, but free roam is just sooooo spectacular 😀
Competition closes this time, at exactly 8pm. I won’t be closing early unless I get at least 3 people here telling me to do so for someone specific who doesn’t have it. (If TAY requests, TAY gets, I think that’s fair don’t you?)
BlueMaxima and a 3DS.
Wait, what? So we’ll fight off a alien invasion with the works of shakespeare?
I mean, that’s something, but it’d be a real tragedy for the guy who attempts to wield hamlet against laser beams or something.
Hm, this one is hard, but using a simpsons reference, I will say a plank with a nail in it.
And the winner is…. @freezespreston ! Merely because I want to see some bad Shakespearean poetry quoted to the aliens before they’re obliterated!
“To be…. or not to be….”
“I’ve got your Romeo right here…”
As per usual, msg me on Steam for your prize 🙂 names Weresmurf. 🙂 Congrats.
Oh and pity me, I’m watching SHARKNADO! It’s….. an experience. I’m not sure if I’m dumber for the experience or not.
@freezespreston whereforartthou! For thine prize doth await thee! On thine mid winter morn doth it await thine claiming and thine heart doth break in twain… claim it thy knaive! Claim it I say! CLAIM IT!
Heads up! @strange has ISP problems and can’t access the internet, so that’s why she’s been radio silent. She suggested 6:30 to 7:00 as a good starting time. She also wants to know who’s going!
@dkzeitgeist, @welbot, @sughly, @jimu, @gutsoup, @virus__, @beardymcmuttonchops, @lambomann007, @freezespreston, @sernobulus (I know some of you guys have said you can’t already, but I find it easier to list TAYbie names if I just put them all down.)
So far I know Freeze and Mrs Freeze, Sughly, Dan and me are going. I’ve also got her address now, so text me if you need it.
@Sughly, 6:15/6:20ish Altandi Station sound all right? 😀
yup yup
Thanks again, Sughly. You’re all kinds of awesome!
Yeah I know, I know
Help.C.!
I’m glad there’s an ‘l’ in there.
Good to see you’re trying out new material :D, heh!
I’m going to mosey about the city for a while, but text me if you need Strange’s address!
Your pal,
D.C.
Well it looks like we have @bish’s GOTY
With everybody going crazy with sales I figured now is a good time to post. Had a look at the spare games I have keys fro from the bundles I have bought and came up with the list below. So before you spend money on purchasing a game for the sake of it, if it’s below let me know and it’s yours
Darksiders(claimed by weresmurf)Gish
Humble Introversion Bundle (darwinia, multiwinia, uplink)
Bastion(claimed by welbot)Capsized
Cave story +
Wizorb, BIT.TRIP.RUNNER, Gratuitous Space Battles, and Jamestown
Humble Indie Bundle #3(claimed by crazybuy)Frozen Synapse
Broken Sword: Director’s Cut(claimed by freeze)Nightsky
Avadon, Cogs, Snuggle Truck, and Zen Bound 2
Swords & Soldiers
EDGE, Anomaly, and Osmos
Toki Tori(claimed by scree)World Of Goo
Windosill
I’d be down with Bastion if no one else wants it
I wouldn’t complain too much if I suddenly found Broken Sword in my list.
Ah, Paris in the fall…
Could I get Humble Indie Bundle, please?
Could I possibly grab DARKSIDERS? That’d be awesome if I could? 😀 My names Weresmurf on Steam.
No problem with the request above. I’ll message you the codes when I get online tonight
What is toki tori? I keep looking at the name
Cute little puzzle platformer http://store.steampowered.com/app/38700/
Looks fun. might consider getting it.
No problem, I’ll send you the code later tonight
Man, cuddles all round today 🙂 Glad to be back in Hobart with my friends.
Pretty much told mum I’m not coming back to Launceston again. If she wants to see me she’s gonna have to come down here. Putting up with literally no sleep and being an allergic mess isn’t happening.
Sounds like you’ve had it rough the last couple of months. I hope that you feel better soon, even with the steroids.
Also, be careful with steroid side effects. Mum ended up with osteoporosis due to steroids.
Back in 2010 I took 100mg doses every other day. It’s left me with permanent side effects already 🙁 I really, really don’t want to take them again.
Thank you 🙂 These past few months (this last month in particular) have been very rough. I have an absolutely amazing best friend though and he’s made things bearable.
Is this for your allergies? Have you asked the Doctor/specialist for any other alternatives?
Don’t forget you can always rant to us on here as well.
Nah, the steroids are for kidney disease 🙁 I took them for about 11 months when I was 16/17.I try to keep the medical ranting to a minimum, it’s all a bit depressing 🙁
I’ve actually lost a kidney to disease. Only have one now.
That sucks man 🙁 Both of mine are fucked, which doesn’t exactly bode well for the future. If I end up needing a transplant, that kidney will end up becoming diseased eventually too.
That’s horrible. =(
There’s really no other way?
@scree nope 🙁 No cure, no real defined treatment. Basically just what the doctor thinks your body can handle depending on your age.
@benj
Not even over seas?
Mum has a rare illness that had a 100% fatality rate before 2000, but the US have began using bone marrow transplants to help them.
Maybe a 3D printer kidney? St Vincents in Melbourne is researching it now.
@scree I’m honestly not really sure. I’ll look into it later when I’m not feeling so down about it. One positive is that it’s an extremely slow progressing disease, and there’s a chance I may not even need a transplant. If I do it won’t be for years anyway, so we’ll see how science progresses 😛
@benj
That’s good! If it turns out they can create kidneys from 3D printers then they won’t have to um and ah about a transplant. Try not to get too down about it. I know it’s hard but just think that science is always making innovations.
Really sorry to hear this, my friend. 🙁
*hugs*
And virtual hugs from your TAY friends!
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2lgtk6i1c1rpx5jto1_400.png
I totally did just hug my laptop 😛
(While Oliver was out of the room, wouldn’t wanna look weird or nuthin’)
MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROUP LAPTOP HUG
Black Dragon Kalameet is the bane of my existence…
He’s pretty powerful. I managed to get him eventually. Had two helpers that died after 30 seconds so had to solo him more or less.
WOOO! Well that’s Dark Souls finished for a second time (first time finishing the DLC). The first time I played it I went sword and spear (poke poke) with Pyromancy which is pretty OP. Used summons a couple of times but only killed O&S with them.
This time I played as a sword and shield melee only character. No summons. Bit harder but not too bad since I knew what I was doing 😀
Kalameet is still the bane of my existence and that stupid boss took me like 3 hours :/
I accidentally missed him in my playthrough of the DLC, and went straight to Manus. 😛
NG+ is amazing for forcing a new play strategy, because pyromancy is all but useless in most circumstances.
The trusty ol’ Thunder weapon wasn’t as good as well so I had to get me a +15 :O
Dear Naughty Dog, c. 2001.
Some of your design decisions are very questionable. When it is quicker for me to sit in the pool that occasionally electrifies itself until I die (and then have to run through two rooms before I get back to where I need to be), than it is to jump back up to where I started, you have probably failed somewhere.
Which game?
I would presume Jak and Daxter.
EDIT: Yep. It’s Jak and Daxter.
Dear Naughty Dog, Again.
What’s the point of giving me a system where I can get hit three times, or so, if everything in the game just knocks me back into the instant-kill systems you have?
Third times the charm.
Fire whoever designed those “Fly your ship through the not really rings” thing. Seriously, these are awful, but I have to finish them.
Dear @blaghman @powalen @shane @pixel_the_ferret_viking @negativezero, and anyone else i may have forgotten (sorry) that partook in the street pass convo….
so after about 8 hours of avcon i have about 115 streetpasses. It just let me keep letting them in without playing games. I think the catch is that i dont get to ‘play’ with the Miis that i bypassed when i let more people into my plaza. Even still, it recorded 115 street passes.
I hope that contributes to the 3ds knowledge pool.
Oh wow, now that’s a haul! If you were actually playing with them you’d probably have completed multiple puzzles/quests by now!
(What exactly is Avcon by the way? I’ve never heard of it before)
I played with about half of them i think. Im stuck on ghosts with shields :S
‘AVCon is Adelaide’s premier Anime and Video Games Convention.’
Haha, those damn shield ghosts.
Woo! Adelaide TAY! Did you see a woman dressed as FFXIII-3 Lightning?
@powalen: Anime/video game convention in Adelaide. I’d go, but PAX next week.
I think i did actually. she may have been the only lightning and therefore was a standout!
I must be the biggest lightweight ever…
I had one can of Canadian Club, and went straight to bed fifteen minutes after it.
Because you’d done your day wrong, and are going for a do-over tomorrow?
I don’t know what Canadian Club isWhisky.
You’d never stand up to a REAL Canadian
I’d last like SIXTEEEN minutes
then vomit and fall in said pool of vomit and cry myself to sleep
But no Canadian Club is actually quite nice. I approve.
So Mum and I are working hard on trying to get all the colours finished for people
Good luck!
HEY YOU!
Yes you!
Z08Y5-98E2Z-XZFPN
Free Steam game.
Which game is it? It’s a mystery! OOooOOooooOOOooooOOo
(post if you’ve taken it or not so others don’t waste their time redeeming it :D)
Enjoy!
But I don’t want it D:
Redeemed!
\o/
Looks interesting.
So Steam trading cards…
Some questions: (@mawt)
Do I just earn cards by playing games that have them? (and through other special events – ie. voting in the Steam Summer sale). Is there any way to easily tell which games have them from my library?
Does a game give out cards infinitely or is there a limit? It said something like “4 drops remaining”.
Based on my understanding, I need to collect the whole set of cards which can be crafted into a badge. This badge gives XP towards my Steam level, is this right? Do Steam levels do anything or is it just to show off?
Seems interesting …but so does the market and I randomly sold a card I had for a whopping 30 cents 😀
Yeah you just gain some of the cards from playing. About 1 an hour or there about. They give you half the cards from playing. If you have all your ‘drops’ then you have a random chance to gain a booster back containing another 3 cards.
So you get half the cards from playing and then you can trade or buy from the market to get the full set.
Crafting is exactly as you say and the increase to your level is pure show off factor. But crafting does also five emoticons for the chat and a background for your profile.
Thanks!
Aww emoticons are cool! 🙁
Just to clarify/confirm what has already been said:
Cards come in sets; varying in size between 5 and 9 (the Summer Sale set is 10).
You earn cards by “playing” the game. Valve didn’t want to tie cards to achievements or any other set of challenged, so it’s purely dependant on play time. Idling on the title screen also works. It’s 1.5-2 hours for a card to drop.
There’s a few different criteria for generating card drops.
1. Own a game which has trading cards. This generates a number of card drops equal to half the set size (rounded up) for that game.
2. If the game has a real money shop (like, say, DotA 2 or TF2) then every ~$9 spent at that game’s shop will earn one additional drop for that game.
3. Every ~$10 you spend on the Steam store during the summer sale will earn you and instant Summer Sale card.
4. Not really drops, but you can also earn additional cards inside “booster packs”. Booster packs are branded with a particular game and will contain 3 random cards for that game. I think the details around boosters are still a little vague, but essentially, every week (starting Friday’s for us in Australia) you have a “chance” of earning a booster pack for any games that you have currently exhausted all available drops. In the three weeks that booster packs have been available, I have only received one booster pack.
If you have at least one of each card in a set you can craft them into a badge for that game. This uses up those cards. The badges are purely cosmetic for your Steam Profile. Additionally, crafting a badge earns you “Steam XP”, a profile background based off the game, and an emoticon for use in Steam chat and community. All cosmetic.
If you earn enough XP to level up, you’ll also receive a coupon/voucher for a discount of a random game on Steam. During the Summer Sale, these coupons do not drop – instead you will receive a random summer sale card every time you craft a badge (whether you level up or not).
Badges can also be levelled up, by completing another set of cards. This will change the appearance of the badge, as well as earn you another profile background and emoticon.
There’s also a chance to get a rare “foil” card any time you would receive a card. Foil cards have a silver border but don’t really look like foil cards do in real life. Foil cards can be crafted into a Foil badge. The foil badges only have one level.
If you’re interested in earning the badge for a certain game, you are probably best to consider trading/selling cards from sets you don’t plan to complete.
If you’re no interested in badges, cards, etc. then you should still probably consider selling your cards on the Steam Market. Normal cards are selling between about $0.20 and $0.50 each, and foil cards from a minimum of $1. Even averaging $0.30 a card, you are still going to be earning a few dollars for your Steam wallet. And that could very well be the difference between buying Secret of the Magic Crystals and not buying Secret of the Magic Crystals.
Thanks man! Super informative
So, WHO NEEDS WIND WAKER HD WHEN YOU CAN PLAY THE GC VERSION ON PC HUH?????
Took some screens!
http://imgur.com/a/8hi8Y#2
scroll over and click on the larger photo to enlarge further…. 1080p with 32 x AA running at a fixed 30FPS
Might not happen for you, but I had mad issues on Dragon Roost island. The uhh, heat warp effect thingy didn’t seem to work properly.
I had the same issue with similar effects in Skyward Sword, but they were way more pronounced in WW.
HIS NAME IS LINK >:(
(looks pretty, but I still need Wind Waker HD in my life :D)
Always Link. Always.
Just noticed Scribblenauts Unlimited is $5 for the next few hours. I might buy it 😛 The DS ones were fun so it should be worth it.
And mmmm. Roast pork and cider 🙂
It’s rather fun.
Ok, just did Walking Dead: 400 Days.
Vince:
Mostly was friendly and honest with my fellow prisoners, blew off the alleged paedophile’s foot when escaping – I actually didn’t realise this would blow off his foot and allow me to escape with ponzi scheme guy, I was just shooting the cuff because that’s what he suggested. Vince went with Tavia.Wyatt:
Tried to help the cop, got abandoned on the foggy road. Wyatt went with Tavia.Shel:
Refused to kill the prisoner, drove away instead of killing her friend. Went with Tavia.Russel:
Was cold towards Nate but warmed up, then walked away when he went crazy. Russel went with Tavia.Bonnie:
Honest with Leland, she went to the camp with Tavia.All in all, I feel like I mostly made the right choices, though this time around I felt none of the choices were really about right and wrong, and more about telling a story. Excited for season 2.
Identical with four of the five
… even down to misunderstanding the cuff thing with Vince. Nicely done! 😛Dude!
All went with Tavia! Nice one (I think…?). Only two of mine went: the girls.It never even occurred to me that it would happen differently until I got the post-game summary, but I think I can see where the turning point was in each case. Really interested to see how/if this leads into season 2.
Teamspeak deets change again?
Yeah they did. Just send a DM to @f4ction or @trjn on Twitter.
I think they are looking for a new provider and F4ction is hosting it from his PC for now.
@F4ction Sorry about this. I know you don’t like being randomly tagged 🙂 So how have you been?
Ugh, now it sounds like I’m just saying hi for the sake of it.
Anyway PAX is in less than a week. Wooo \o/ See you then. 🙂
MONSTER!
Also, I’m not hosting TS server now, Bunny got it sorted \o/
PAX!!!! And not TERRIBLE TERRIBLE PAX NORTH
>:|
PAX Lame
@zetrox2k The runny-nose kid from Wind Waker is my favourite character in all of Zelda.
You’ll love me then
I just watched an interesting youtube video that suggests that Snake in Metal Gear Solid 5 could actually be..
Gray Fox.How?
It’s fairly long and in depth, but you can check it out here.
I like the theory, I’m keen, some of the “evidence” is stretched though.
Those counter videos just get petty… D:
I think the best argument would have been to ignore the other guy.
@greenius
Yeah, Potter 4 & 5 were pretty decent.
😛
Intouchables? 😀
Pacific Rim.
Thoroughly thoroughly entertaining. It was a bit overly long with a subplot that wasn’t really needed (though I could see why they did it, just wouldn’t have missed it if it wasn’t there) and kinda stuck to the structure of the Independence Day sort of film but in every other respect was fantastically done.
Saw it in 2D but it looks like one where 3D might actually work for it unlike the majority of movies. Maybe I’ll have to see it again in 3D. For scientific raisins.
@dkzeitgeist
I think one of the most wonderful aspects of it was
just how bad it was. Hahaha Troll! No, but seriously, it was wonderfully bad at times (though, obviously, on purpose), it’s just a shame that the lead couldn’t pull it off. Idris Elba was fantastic at super cheesy line delivery. My biggest issue was that I called everything before it happened, but it’s not like that ruins the film.I’m kind of sad that we didn’t get to see the Japanese mech, since I would have loved to see a Gundam.Yeah, that’s what I meant by the Independence Day structure. Formulaic and predictable but it seemed to have just the tiniest hint of self awareness to it, not enough to come across as smug though. Which all worked for it I feel. They made a movie about giant robots smashing giant monsters and they didn’t try to insult our intelligence by trying to be super cereal about it.I really want to see this movie and in 3D. We can have a meat! 😀
🙂 Today (well, yesterday) has been great.
I’m sick of this damn tablet cutting out.
It keeps losing pen pressure, and because I’m using 3 screens, rather than stay on the middle screen, it causes it to go across all three of them.
I’m thinking of getting a new one, but I’m just not sure if I should get another bamboo or not… 🙁
And it’s time for bed.
Night.
You can do screen mapping you know? In the wacom tablet properties. Choose your pen from the list of ‘tools’, should be next to the tablet there, and then select whatever application you want to apply it to, then the tab that says mapping allows you to say which monitor you want to keep it on
I already have that set up, hence why I had “stay on the middle screen”.
I think it’s more of a driver issue than anything else.
@dc Spoke too soon! http://pitchfork.com/news/51497-arcade-fire-confirm-release-date-for-new-album/
Hells yeah! This is awesome news! Thanks man! 😀 😀 😀
So psyched for this.
Also @bdkiaf and @rocketman – huge tracklist for Chvrches’ album, 14 songs! http://pitchfork.com/news/51484-chvrches-share-tracklist-for-debut-album-the-bones-of-what-you-believe/
So hype. Can’t wait for this album.
Oh man, last nights meat was awesome. Strange tricked us and ended up cooking on her birthday. D: Was the best damn meal ever, though. Also, some crazy guy followed me at the train station and then called me a bastard over and over again. Good times. 😛
@sughly Why does Only God Forgives have a 6 on imdb and was booed at debut at Cannes? :S
Don’t get me wrong, critics and myself rarely agree but I thought this film would have been better received.
Yeah, its definitely polarizing people. Biggest criticisms are that its all style and way too violent. But with that being said, there’s just as many people saying they love it – it won best film at Sydney’s film festival recently, for example. And people boo heaps of stuff at Cannes, not a particularly rare occurrence. I dunno… normally polarizing stuff like this makes me cautious, but I appreciate Refn’s defence, saying that he prefers not play it safe with his films. I’m putting my money on those that loved it!
Wow. I have to give Naughty Dog kudos here.
They managed to create a segment of game that makes the Meat Circus from Psychonauts look like a fun stroll in the park (Why their design goal was to make a section worse than a notoriously frustrating part of a game that wouldn’t be out for another 4 years or something is beyond me, but there you go). Hey, at least the Meat Circus has a checkpoint in the middle of it (even if you can fall down, thus resetting the checkpoint to the lower level), maybe you should learn something about them, Naughty Dog. Dying 46 times when I’m just attempting to get back to the stupidly hard jumping puzzle is not “fun” it’s not a “challenge” it’s just obnoxious. You were better than this in Crash Bandicoot 3, so why are you so bad now? Now -of course- being 2001.
Haha! They just released one of their most well received games ever. Stop busting chops! 😛
Oh man, the meat circus was all kinds of tough so this doesn’t sound easy.
It’s just… Erggh. I am enjoying the game, I really am. I’ve almost finished it, and I was getting 100% in areas for the first 2/3rds or so. It’s just that it has PS1 era design, on a PS2 era scope, so it falls apart at so many points.
My latest one is “Oh, we noticed you pulled off a really good jump there, like that was really skilled (lucky). As a reward, the camera is stuck behind an object, so you can’t actually see yourself. Oh, you died. I wonder how that happened?”
Maybe you should just get more skills.
(By the way, are you playing the HD versions or the PS2 ones? You are playing Jak and Daxter, right? :P)
I am indeed. I’m playing the HD version, on the Vita.
Maybe it’s because you’re Vitaing? I find the little analog nubs pretty inprecise and the little buttons and weird L and R don’t help 😛
If it’s the first game I don’t recall struggling on it when I was a kid, so I dunnae :/. I’ve been meaning to play the HD collection, so we can ‘compare notes’ 🙂
I haven’t had problems with other games, or, at least, not this many problems. I mean, it usually takes me a bit of time to get used to stuff (looking at you, Gravity Rush), but this is ridiculous.
And a lot of the issues really are just poor design (to hop up on the moving platform I have to make sure I’m double jumping on to it from a distance because if I do it close up Jak tries to do an edge grab and he can’t edge grab moving objects properly so he floats in the air for a second and then falls to his death. As an example.).
I managed to finish the first. Playing number 2 now.
Its controls are noticeably better, particularly, its double jump is way less finnicky. It looks a whole lot better, and I love the massive the tonal shift.
I just spent a good five seconds laughing at the bit where you grab the flag, they go to do their happy pose thing, and the ground collapses out from underneath them. Glorious.
Pacific Rim was beaten by a fair margin for the weekend by Grown Ups 2.
Blergh.
Oh good. Plenty of people in the comments sections around the Internet complaining about the movie being ridiculous because
People genuinely hating the movie because America didn’t save the day.
And that’s why we can’t have nice things.
Morning all, animal crossing time, I’ve got turnips for 92 bells if anyone wants to come for a wander and see my shanty town
I don’t care for turnips. Mind you all I care for at the moment is hybrid flowers
New Tomb Raider is $17 on Steam today! Incredible game!
The Witcher 2 is $4.99
*shakes fist*
I was just about to post that earlier 😀
Kudos to Steam for going 75% on it, I didn’t think they would since it only came out a few months ago. It’s also $12.50 on the US store but it’s not that much of a difference at 75%.
…come to think of it Square Enix games go cheap really quickly. Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Sleeping Dogs, Hitman Absolution, Tomb Raider – hey and the former 3 have all appeared on PS+ :O hmm…
HMMMMM!
It’s a good price and it’s tempting but my pile looks at me and doesn’t need more money to fuel its growth :P. I haven’t finished/started the former 3 ;_;
EDIT: Oh man Trading Cards are tempting D:. I ‘borrowed’ Witcher 2 from a friend’s GOG (but never installed or played it) and only recently bought my own copy from GOG. I also already have Hitman Absolution on PS3 from PS+ but both of these Steam copies are more tempting since they have trading cards 😛 (and I prefer Master Race for Hitman).
Awe man, the other Tomb Raider games are REALLY cheap too. Like 91% off, 80 cents for Tomb Raider: Underworld cheap! :O
The collection looks really good for $23 as well and I could’ve bought that since I’ve never played Tomb Raider :P. Instead I bought Anniversary, Underworld and Legends for $10 a few months ago and they haven’t been played ;_;
New Tomb Raider is the best thing the series has ever done. Not dependent on the other ones to enjoy. 😀
Guardian of Light is fantastic too if you haven’t played it! Goes on sale pretty often.
Oh yeah, great co-op game too. Puzzles are slightly different depending if you play coop or single player!
I think I picked it up last sale when you recommended it 😛
…still unplayed because I can’t find a co-op buddy :'( :P, it’s been on PS+ too
I’ve never played the co-op 😛 Single player is fun too!
Co-op buddy? 😀
I 100%’d that game on PS3. Don’t want to play it again or buy it again for PC 😛
TOMB RAIDER IS $10 AT AMAZON USING THE 15% OFF CODE “GOONCAVE” (hehe)
RPG maker is cheap.
I don’t have money for it right now. And I don’t even know if I could use it, but god damn it I want it because it’s on special.
Isn’t that just the spirit of the steam sales? =P
If I was at home I’d gift it to you but someone will do it by then.
Ah don’t worry about it. As I said, I was vaguely interested and now that it’s cheaper, omg now I really want it =P
Oh god the pressure. I am going to have to now, aren’t I?
I expect something amazing on my desk(top) by Friday.
😛
um, it won’t be on your desk and it probably won’t be amazing but the rupee cushions will be ready =D
Actually, screw that last link. Sorry @dc, just last night I saw a trailer for the Oldboy remake by Spike Lee. I had no idea a remake had been completed, last I heard was that it was still in limbo. Don’t get me wrong, Josh Brolin is a great actor, and I want this to be great. Two things though; I really hope they keep the music of the original – I did not hear anything that confirms this from the trailer. Secondly, I do hope they keep the fucked up twist of the original film.
Previously, I had anticipated an English release of Oldboy, however when I did pick up a copy of the Korean original with an English dubbed soundtrack – the film became perfect and I then figured a remake would be redundant.
Trailer for the remake you say?? Ooooo… *wanders off to googles*
EHHHHHHH… doesnt seem to be offering anything new. A lot of that was shot for shot. And anything that did look different was bad different. Watch the original @dc, definitely before this one.
Sorry @sughly, I forgot to put a link.
Oh yeah, original’s definitely on the list!
The original with English dub is a near-perfect film.
I don’t mind subtitles, I think I’d prefer them over a dub. 😀
I know what you mean, any other film and I would agree with you.
Why this one then? So sacrilegious T_T
I just think the English dub for this film is like. The. Best. Ever. Oh Dae-su’s voice is so bad ass. Each to their own though I guess.
NO BENNY NOOOOO
Haha.
Notice how they are (quite cleverly) trying to obscure the twist by
showing a different woman as his daughter on the television.Yeah I did notice that XD Sneakyyyy
Friend: “I feel like watching a movie”
Me: “I just got some new ones, actually!”
Friend: “Oh yeah? What’d you get? :D”
Me: -pull out the Ghibli movies I bought recently-
Friend: “What? None of them. These are all kids movies!”
Me: D:
I honestly don’t get why people call them “kids movies”.
There’s still enough in them for adults to get.
I just stick them all under “Animated”.
Next time, show him Princess Mononoke.
Grave of the fireflies. That is NOT for kids.
Only an idiot would say that.
Former friend.
Manchester United lost to the Thailand All-Stars, 1-0.
We ‘ate Man U and we ‘ate Man U!
Ahhhh, memories *eyes water*
*EDIT*
Sorry, I’d forgotten that I’d already posted this above.
Again, sorry.
MONSTER!!! D:
😛I’m sorry!
:`(
*shakes fist*
So my town’s perfect in AC. No damn clue why.
BUT FUCK YEAH TOWN HALL RENOVATION GO
Wanna pay off my dream suite? I’m too busy to do it =P
In return I will give you hybrid flowers when I can get the bastards to grow
Surreee I can pay it off once I spend a good 24 hours gathering funds for the 400K needed to renovate the town hall. 😛
I don’t have time to go to the island anymore as I’m always sewing.
Island between 11pm and 5am.
Many bugs that sell for ~10-14k bells each.
~30-45 minutes of bug farming, nets me in the order of ~300-400k bells.
yeah, would do so except cushions.
I wasnt too thirlled by it, the new town halls are a bit fugly… Japanese one looks cool, but doesnt look right in the village :/
Hah, this is exactly how I feel too. If its just a cosmetic renovation then I’m just going to leave it how it is.
I’m swinging for modern. To be honest, I was more excited ’bout being able to build a flower clock than the renovation itself. 😛
So… apparently because I bought Dishonored on disc, it says in my inventory that I can gift a copy of it.
With that said, who wants a copy of Dishonored?
First to say “yes, please” gets it.
Question about Dishonored. Would it make me motion sick? Is there a demo on steam?
There’s no demo, I’m afraid.
As for motion sickness, I’d probably say there’s as equal amount of it happening as there is with any other FPS.
But then again, I haven’t had a chance to properly sink my teeth into it yet.
Ah, some fps’ make me feel sick and others I am okay.
So… would you like it?
No thanks. I don’t want to take it if I can’t handle it. It might be better for me to buy it on console.
give it to F4ction. I just wanted to ask because I’d rather have an idea before looking into getting it
There is gratuitous use of teleportation. So, quite possibly.
Doesn’t look like there’s a Steam demo. Maybe Youtube might help?
It doesn’t always. The DMC trailer made me feel ill but when I played the demo on PS3 I was okay. It’s a huge pain in the arse really
If at any point it is available I would love it
EDIT: It’s Yours!
Rogue Legacy has already entered my Top 10 playtimes on Steam. As much as it is completely destroying me I keep going back for more. I knew nothing of it except for a passing mention from @sernobulus.
And because I’m waiting for a movie to transfer for the kids and I’m bored the Top 10 is
1. FTL
2. Jade Empire
3. Team Fortress 2
4. Torchlight
5. Binding of Isaac
6. Portal 2
7. Heroes Of Might and Magic VI
8. Total War: Shogun 2
9. Rogue Legacy
10. Planetside 2
Top 10 for my Steam is screwy, cause I play most games in offline mode. :'(
Highest is Fallout: New Vegas with 123 hours though.
*looks up charteuse*
Ooo fancypants!
Thanks @thecracks 🙂
Just curious, for those who have played the zelda games, which rupee designs do people like?
Me, I like the Twilight princess ones.
I like the cartoony ones from Wind Waker!
Just having a quick look – I kind of like Skyward sword’s actually. Theyre like a more refined version of Windwaker’s cartoony ones
hey guys, quick BL2 Question…. if someone is using tiny tina in BL2 can they still coop the main campaign with someone who doesnt have the dlc?
As in regular ol’ Borderlands 2 plot? yeah, you should be able to. Same fer all DLCS.
As long as they have all the latest patches, any content from the DLC (guns, skins, chars) are entirely portable.
So, I need to buy some junk to put on my work desk. I have a severe lack of collectible junk at home and my work desk is unbearably bare.
There’s lots of stuff I could take in, but the age gap between me and my bosses/coworkers is brought up enough without a desk-full of Pokemon merchandise drawing attention to it 😛
Hm… it’s a delicate decision…
yeah im in the exact situation myself…. im the only gamerdude at work and everyone else has between 10-25 years over me… it kind of even makes me feel embarassed to pull out a my Vita at work…
Get a plaque commemorating your victory over the Elite 4 in whichever game/variant you found the hardest. Nobody’s going to actually look at the details on it, so you can have a safe super nerdy thing on your desk.
I would love to get me some vinyl figures for my desk… at home, but its my office so shutup! No but I havent really found any I’m that keen on. there was a great custom Sam and Max one, but its sold out, and shipping for it was way expensive at the time anyhoo. If anyone had suggestion I’d be all ears…
tl:dr I have no suggestions 🙁
Robot Josef!
Yeah true! But… not vinyl…
ROBOT. JOSEF. >:|
Bird drinking water, and a Newton’s Cradle.
You’ll thank me later. And you’re welcome.
EDIT: Oh! And a Dead Fred pencil holder. I have one on my work desk, and it starts a lot of conversations… so I really should get rid of it. 😛
LEGO!!!!!!
Powalen made a LEGO dragon thing once.
THE END.
But it’s so expensive for not much! D:
I saw some cool Dinosaur sets online today though! Apparently they’re out of print D:
A friend of mine had a Star Wars thingy set up on eBay which was $1100 the last time I checked 😐
He paid like $400 for it a few years ago, still got to build it twice and it’s still getting that much money because it’s out of print/an older edition or something… O_O
LEGO Minifigs is where it’s at.
Cogs is essentially a number slide puzzle, but with cogs instead of numbers.
I like it. 🙂
What exactly am I supposed to do with these Steam Cards? They’re just sort of there from games I don’t even own and seem to do nothing.
I’ve been ignoring them 😛
I’ll take them off your hands…
If you really want them, sure. I’ve only got 2 though 😛 Do I just gift them as normal?
Well, your options are to sell them for a very small profit, ignore them, or give them to someone who cares.
Oh, and I guess you could also collect them to craft badges or whatever, but pshhh.
The correct answer is give them to me 😀
If you want them you can have them.
Can I have any Crusader Kings 2 ones? only set I’m interested to get atm.
If I get any they’re yours.
Aww :(. Seems like Amazon sold out of Tomb Raider keys.
Back to looking at my list of games, deciding what to play 😀
In other news I’ve made a whopping 70 cents or so by selling trading cards. That’s nearly a Secret of the Magic Crystals!
McPixel is pretty cool guy.
Happy birthday, @redartifice! Hope it’s a damn good one!
Happy birthday @redartifice!
Someone take Steam away from me. Spent almost $200 and only $7 on myself D:
No wallet can survive this…
Haha! So. Damn. Kind. Might be best to set it to offline mode until the 22nd. 😀
Age of Empires 2: HD Edition is 50% off…
😛
I’m sorry D= I should give you $20. Sorry
Why? That would defeat the purpose of a gift.
Because I feel bad?
No need. If I didn’t want to or couldn’t afford it I wouldn’t have.
Games obtained during summer sale:
-Rise of the Triad
-Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
-Borderlands 2: Creature Slaughterdome
-Cherry Tree High Comedy Club
-Dishonored (Retail)
-Mirror’s Edge
-PA: Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 4
I think I’m done.
@scree
What was the name of that place we are going to for karaoke on Saturday night?
Rainbow Karaoke. It’s on Bourke street
Those rooms look amazing!
Some are a tad pink…pink…..so much pink……
We have the party room. Don’t panic, it’s not pink.
I swear, this Dave table is my best IKEA purchase ever.
*googles*
Wow, I’ve never had of one before but that might just be what I need. Is it adjustable?
Yes.
You can adjust the height and angle.
It comes in three colours:
http://www.ikea.com/au/en/search/?query=DAVE+Laptop+table
At $50, you can’t go wrong.
I went to the US site at first and it was $20. Weird price gouging there. I’ll check it out though, whenever I’m in Sydney. The nearest one to me is about 2hrs away and I don’t drive. Hopefully the box is small enough for a train 🙂
It’s a small box.
You should be able to take it one the train easily.
Cool. None of the Sydney stores have any in stock but I’l keep checking every few weeks. Thanks.
I just bought a Steam emoticon.
So that’s a thing.
Also bought a Steam profile background – weeeee!
The achievement showcase thing is pretty cool too. Turns out only 0.45% of Borderlands 2 players has an achievement I have ;D
What about you folks!?
*crickets*
I had no particular care for the whole trading card thing, but I MUST COMPLETE THE CRUSADER KINGS 2 SET NOW
Hmmm…
What should I do
Decisions, decisions…
Please watch Intouchables? 😀
Don’t have it, sorry.
It’s okay, it’s not that well known. Please look into acquiring it so it can be watched? 🙂
I GUARANTEE you’ll like it!
I’m sorry, but these kinds of films don’t interest me.
But you love wheelchair jokes!
Weekend TAY on a slow week is slooooow. Who’d have thought?
We should…post…um…y’know….things.
That’s just crazy enough to work.
…
*moseys off*
He has PAX Lame plannin to do.
Your face is lame. *nods*
Indubitably. *strokes chin*
The PAX Twitter account is answering a lot of questions for some reason.
Apparently:
– It’s an annual thing. PAX Aus next year too! WOO
– All attendees get free swag bags
– Lanyards are given at PAX
– You need to be 18+ (bring ID) for unrated games. If you’re under 18 you can’t view it, even with a parent/guardian
– First come first served queuing for panels and concerts
– They said their larger shows take 25-30 minutes to load in but PAX Aus has Photo IDing which will make it a bit longer
– Free Wi-Fi
– Theatre capacities – 100, 200, 300, 1,800+ (Wombat is 200, Dropbear is 300, Main is 1,800+)
PAX North 2!
2 LAME 2 PAX
Your face is lame. *nods again*
Indubitably. *strokes all 4 of his chin hairs*
Good, I thought we had to bring our own lanyards haha
I hope it’s in Brisbane next year so I can go and meat DC and disappoint him with how non-threatening I look 😀
Those dinosaur shirts are frightening D:
So it would seem I truly suck at Surgeon Simulator 2013.
Never ask me to perform emergency heart surgery on you. You’ll end up with a smashed ribcage, your lungs around your head and my watch in your spleen.
Any operation, for $129.95!
See, the ONLY reason I’ve picked that up for my catalogue is because of the sales blurb which says, “Even the guys who made the game can’t play it well, and that’s part of the appeal.”
Haven’t tried it yet, but I’m going into it expecting to do some horrendous damage.
@transientmind
You’re a Brisbanite?
One of us! One of us!
Yep! Right in the heart of the Valley. Front row seats to the regular 12am-4am weekend street-theater that is men screaming at each other in the street and drunk girls without shoes, crying in the gutter while her friends screech at whoever put her in that state.
It’s a wondrous, magical place.
Still compiling that tower defence list? 😀
It still hasn’t got much longer. 🙁 I’ve sort of added Plants vs Zombies 2 to the list because it’s pretty alright, but like Ahasver, I feel I shall be doomed to wander the earth for eternity before that list reaches its due.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Tower_defense_video_games
Ssssssh. You can sleep now.
Finally! Thank you…
*crumbles to dust*
Nowait. That list is way too small. At this rate, I’d need to MAKE some to get the numbers up. Fun project! Should be easy enough to do with all my bountiful free taaaahahahahaha. Sigh. 🙂
Alternatively, I can turn to the flash sites. Newgrounds and such. But that kinda feels like going from a high-class dealer in a penthouse to asking homeless on the street where I can get a fix.
Remind me to tag you in next time we organise a meat up in the city.
Meat up? Is that like a meet up, but with… dare I hope, bacon?
(I’d probably bring bacon anyway. EVERYTHING is better with bacon. Everything. No exceptions.)
Several have involved bacon in some way yes.
@dc Alias S01E01 was pretty good. will keep watching.
Oh man, riding that roller coaster for the first time. Awesome. Keep me posted!
It’s weird seeing movie stars doing series TV, huh? When I first watched Jennifer Garner and Bradley Cooper were only known for this. Michael Giacchino was known for his TV scores. J.J. Abrams was known for Felicity. 😀
I still only know them for this, really 😛
I refuse to acknowledge the existence of The Hangover, and has JG done any really big movies?
Juno! And other stuff. She’s usually in ensemble stuff, weirdly. Bradley Cooper was excellent in Silver Linings Playbook.
Oh yeah, I’ve definitely seen her in stuff, but my first thought is still “Alias” whenever I think of her. Haven’t seen Silver Linings Playbook yet, but it’s on the list.
You’d like Silver Linings! I could relate to a lot of it and if we’re as twin like as it sometimes seems, you might be able to as well!
Silver Linings Playbook is tops. You should watch it.
Bradley Cooper is fantastic. Jennifer Lawrence is less fantastic but still very good.
Ending spoilers:
Thought it got a bit Hollywood-like towards the end with the parlay/dance off thing. Felt a bit more grounded before that, but was still pretty damn exceptional. One of my favourite movies from this year!Yeah.. The first three scores being 4.9 and 4.8 and the last lady who gave lower scores before giving exactly what they needed to average a 5.0? A little much. Great movie though.What’s new? Good weekend? 😀
Finally some discussion!
Oops, time for bed. Bye.
It’s okay pal, I’m going to get some shut eye as well. Catch you on the flipside, home slice!
YEAH MOTHERFUCKER *fistbump*
@shane: Supanova in November. That is all.
Dreamworld! Rollercoasters!
Thanks for letting me know, man 😛
Knowing’s half the battle.
I really gotta book a ticket to that thing sometime. I live practically next to the showgrounds, but the only time I’m ever really aware that Supanova is on, it’s because I’ve just watched a moogle getting caught in the Valley train station ticket gates.
Ironically, there would most definitely be a scene where this would happen if there was a modern day Final Fantasy.
“Kupohhh hell, really? Why don’t they make these things wider?”
We’re 9 down in the cricket.
Still need 80 runs to win. 🙁
Shit, that was close!
It’s times like these we need people like Michael Bevan. That guy was amazing at the crunch. The amount of times we needed 15 runs on the last over and he pulled it off…*sigh* I miss the old days of cricket before T20 when I knew everyone.
@dc @shane thanks guys!
Happy birthday my Adelaide brother! Haha, just getting in before midnight..
Thanks!
Happy birthday for yesterday, Red!
I found out The Witcher 2 has a character named Zoltan.
*ahem*
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1reA2jGeVFY/T9lAdyah-dI/AAAAAAAAE4I/TZUYTGC0DCY/s320/zoltan-motivational.jpg
Aw, I miss high school and all the shenanigans we got up to 🙂
… Wasn’t that like, one year ago for you?
Bish Bashes Baby..
then
…Greenius Gets Grief.
3 actually…
My Steam wishlist looks like:
Dark Souls
Lego Batman 2
Tomb Raider
Grid
Batman Arkham City skins pack
Final Fantasy VII
F1 2012
Rage
The second half, not super keen on, but if under $3, definitely. Curiously, I cannot work out how to add The Orange Box to my wishlist, only cart. It must be a sign.
I think you need to work on that travesty of not having Dark Souls yet. 😛
Mine’s like:
Top few spots – I hope someone gifts me these 😉
Next few – I kinda want these
Mid to Bottom – I’ll buy these when they’re really cheap
Ooo shit, in hindsight my list looks like one big ‘gift me, please’ list. NO MOAR GIFTS TAY BRETHREN, you have been far too generous already.
Haha nah, there’s that but remember it also sends you notifications/emails when there’s a price-drop :). I use it to track the games I want to buy.
Yeah, but I haven’t received any notifications yet. Does that mean no notifications if it is already on sale? I mean like it goes from 50% to 75% off, and no notification for me.
Hmm probably not? Notifcation is for the Steam app and it’s usually just a general “An item on your Wishlist is on sale”
Maasha is actually a word. Cool. It refers to an East Indian coin.
Masha makes it rain maasha’s
Masha’s maashas 🙂
Urghhh forgot that Uni starts tomorrow :S Looking at some of my lecture rooms, I don’t even know where the buildings are!
Suckaaa
Should I head to bed, or knock out one quick drawing instead?
Hmm…
They’re airing season 16 of South Park July 28 on SBS 2!
That means impending DVD release!
\o/
Time for bed.
Goodnight.
knock out one quick… TOO MUCH INFORM …drawing 😛
Gold.
Just spent an hour or so rearranging half of mai house in Animal Crossing for some odd reason. Mainly to look nice for StreetPasses and to help others out I guess 😀
It’s also raining. Pitter patter is best sound to fall asleep too 😀
Disgaea 4 coming to Vita!
Ha ha, this is one of the weirdest PAX preparations I’ve heard of so far. 🙂
Almost as weird as buying a 3DS just for PAX StreetPasses 🙂