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Welcome to Talk Amongst Yourselves, where Kotaku readers can talk about the things we are not posting about. This is the place where the Kotaku community grows. This is where the magic happens. Come on in and talk about… stuff!
And hey, while I’ve got you all in the one place, I have a quick question: what are your thoughts on Talk Amongst Yourselves?
Just quietly, I’m thinking about revamping all of Kotaku’s regulars. We haven’t had a good old fashioned clean out for a while and I’m trying to take a look at what works and what doesn’t. Talk Amongst Yourselves is clearly one of the most popular posts, so I won’t be changing it…
But.
I’m wondering if you guys and girls think we would benefit from making it a brand new post each day instead of a new post every week?
Any thoughts?
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I feel like I’m missing a day from my weekend. My (home) internet has been out for the last 25 hours so I wasn’t online at all, but when I think back… I have no idea what I got up to yesterday. I can remember Saturday vividly, but not Sunday.
Or so I thought — until I try to go through the things I thought on did on Saturday and it turns out I did them yesterday instead. Huh.
Okay, that doesn’t really make sense but now I can account for all of the week until Friday and the stuff I appear to have done on Sunday… but Saturday is blank.
I think I’m going crazy. 😐
Also, good morning TAY!
Weird. @saturday is normally pretty memorable guy
DAMN IT
SHANE
Missing time, eh.
*strokes patchy chin stubble*
Aliens.
Mine’s been out for 11 days 🙁
D: Didn’t you have to wait ages for it to be installed too? *Shakes fist at South Australia.*
Yes.
Not particularly happy. INTERNODE! INTERNOOOOOOOOOODE!
Sympathy upvote. 🙁
Sympathy upvote upvote!
Hi all!
Over the weekend, I picked up a DVD of Malcolm in the Middle Season 1 for $10. The girl at the counter was disappointed, and said that if she’d known they had a copy, she’d have bought it. So of course, I apologised to her.
The other girl at the counter said “I really like your scarf.”
I said, “Thanks. My wife made it for me.”
I went home and told my wife that her scarf got a favourable comment and she informed me that I’d totally been flirted with. When I told her my response, she almost fell over from laughing.
I win at flirting.
Nice job on what you told your wife. Leave the real events to one of those magazine letter sections hey *wink*
“Dear Purtanical Monogamy Monthly,
Today I was at a DVD store and got flirted with by two temptresses sent by the devil. I loudly denounced them as the harlots they were and reported them to the police for public indecency as their skirts were above their knees. I then said 50 Hail Marys as punishment for contact with the hussies.
Shane”
*Alphonse
The lady probably thought you were playing it cool. Not wanting to embarrass her, but casually working it into the conversation. Ladies man! 😛
All these TAYbies being flirted with lately. 😀
Sounds like a trip to EB is in store, DC.
No, if a girl ever flirted with me I’d assume she was mocking me and then the water works would start. 😛
Wear rubber pants so it doesn’t show.
Unseemly!
Whether they’re flirting OR mocking you, turn it around with something simple, like:
“Cute. If you keep up the comedy, I might let you buy me a drink.”
Haha! And this is why you’re the leader, my friend. Teach us everything you know! 😛
He just did.
Kind of: “I’ve forgotten more than you’ll ever know about this subject. …Unfortunately, that’s like… a lot. I have a really bad memory.”
Good morning everybody, hope everyone is well and not suffering from “mondayitis” I know I am I couldn’t be bothered getting out of bed this morning and even coffee isn’t helping. It’s gonna be a long day…
Also @markserrels I say leave it as it is but maybe in the future look at making a forum perhaps? That way it becomes easier to organise things and start new tropics that everyone can see.
Mmmm tropics… I feel warmer already.
@markserrels, if you can make TAY tropical, please do so immediately 😛
I demand fire sticks and fancy island drinks with fancy names
Tiki-themed EVERYTHING.
Hi-howareya hi-howareya
Mondays are literally the worst things in the world. Except for all the other non- @saturday days.
#TaggingSaturdayBecauseForHimMondayIsStillSunday
WEEKEND SUMMARY:
PAPERS PLEASE IS RAD!
I’m also a really terrible customs officer/father/husband, but it’s still an incredible game. And man, dat music. So good! (Also holy crap freyjr/frejyr/frayjr/frasier [someone else can tag her {@dc}] played a lot of that game!)
BREAKING BAD!
Been watching 1 episode a day of Season 5 Part 1 last week, and I just watched the mid season finale yesterday. MY BODY IS READY
RAYMANG ORIGINS!
Goddamn that last world is hard. But I finished it! Onto Stealth Inc! (And I want Spelnuky on Vita now, dammit!)
NEXT WEEK BLOCKBUSTER GAMES!
Saints Row! Splinter Cell!
NEXT WEEK INDIE GAMES!
Sir, you are being Hunted! Gone Home!
ALL ABOARD THE HYPE TRAIN FOR ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING!
Whoo, Frasier!
(Sorry, I was watching it yesterday and that’s all I took from your post)
@freya (frasier lol)
OMG BREAKING BAD!
Stupid Uni delaying my viewing time 🙁
Stupid work delaying my viewing time 🙁
>:D
All those “haha sucks to be you Greenius” posts and now I will most likely get home from Uni before you!
Except my internet speeds gets killed in the evenings/night so it might not finish…
:'(
Apparently Netflix UK is going to get new BB episodes “instantly”, so I’m hoping I don’t have to download and I can just go home and let it start streaming. They were bit unclear as to when exactly it comes out. If its tomorrow, still gonna download it. But I’m hoping it’s available when i get home.
Also it still sucks to be you because Assignments and Exams.
Shhh. Let me have this maybe victory D;
Papers, Please was a VERY good gamble. I got a lot of hours unexpected entertainment/tension/paranoia out of that. I didn’t have any problems with the family because I relied on the ‘easy mode crutch’. But if I hadn’t, I’d have been in some pretty serious shit. I’d probably be spending time memorizing all the ISS cities to avoid flicking through my reference book.
I made a crib sheet of all the issuing cities and districts so I could refer to them more easily.
This is genius!
Awh hellyeah, that’s an idea. You can run the game windowed! I run everything fullscreen, so that hadn’t occurred to me.
…Unless you were talking about something actually printed. On paper. Physical paper. In the real world. *shudder* Who even does that anymore?
…I took out a notepad and pen and wrote everything by hand.
Running it windowed and having stuff in the background did not even occur to me.
By our powers combined, we are… semi-competent!
I’m glad that Spelunky isn’t out on Vita yet because I have too much stuff to play and I’d never get to it. As it is I can’t see myself getting to Dragon’s Crown for ages 🙁
You have no idea just how much she’s been playing that game this weekend. Steam might tell you about it but that’s hardly the same as looking over your shoulder and seeing her stamping passports.
I didn’t play that much! I worked on Saturday and had people over so I only got to play it for like an hour on Saturday, and then on Sunday I applied for jobs so I only played it for like 3 hours then.
@markserrels
I daily “clean TAY” would be helpful. Not too sure what others think but I don’t see any big problems with that. Especially with the account system we have now, which notifies us when we have been tagged / replied too.
Incase noone knows what I’m on about, read the TAY “article” thingie at the top of the page.
I’d rather keep TAY for a MONTH.
Monday mornings are the WORST, waiting for a new TAY when I know that no one will bother with old TAY. Don’t want to do that every day 🙁
Annual TAY post, you heard it here first!
I like weekly too. As it is, if I’m not around much during the week I get lost in the old TAYs and start replying to things from 1-2 weeks earlier… if there was a daily TAY, I’d be all over the place.
I think remembering a page or a post in a weekly TAY so that you can follow things is easier than remembering a page or a post with a new TAY every single day.
/not a very compelling argument
I prefer weekly. It means TAY will just die at night every day since people are unlikely to go back to earlier ones so the posts will go unseen.
Monthly seems too long. Weekly seems fine 🙂
How are we ever going to hit a 20,000 comment target unless we go monthly? 😛
We can hit 20,000 comments a day!
It’s a bit daunting for people that can’t check it every day.
Yearly or bust!
One TAY that will last forever.
One TAY to rule them all!
I’m fine with weekly. I honestly don’t think shortening it to a day would make much of a difference at all. It’d be the same amount of comments, just split up into more posts. Could honestly get even more confusing. I already regularly derp and comment on last week’s TAY on a Monday morning.
That’s true, I forgot about older TAY confusion, and what about new people who want to join? Every now and then I see them post in older pages/TAYs, completely overlooked 🙁
I like to keeping one tab open for TAY every week, but I don’t think it’s much of a hassle if we have one every day.
Might kill off night TAY, or early morning TAY (pre-8.30). Weekly seems like a pretty good balance.
I like weekly, works well with injokes and tone and all that stuff. New posts every day might make it a soap box for disgruntled folks ranting about posts on the main site. (And we’ve already got that covered! :P)
The weekly schedule is ok but I agree with Mark that it could use some updating
Think we always need a new TAY on the 1st of the month, it’s a nice figure and it always helps to refresh ones thoughts at the beginning of the month.
The next new TAY should then be on the 13th, unless it is a Friday in which case we continue with existing TAY
Then the next new TAY should be the 23rd. This allows for a dedicated schedule even through the December christmas period without forcing somebody to work Christmas day (Or worse ruining taybie christmas by not getting new tay when expected)
There should also be a new TAY on the new moon, historically a time of rebirth and renewal
There also needs to be a new TAY on the day of @markserrels’ birthday so we can pour adulation upon our glorious leader
I’m sure all taybies will agree that March 30 needs new TAY in recognition of the importance of that day. I’m sure it goes without saying but obviously we are talking about the signing of the treaty of paris in 1856 which ended the Crimean war.
The final new tay would be star wars day, May the 4th.
I think this will greatly simplify the system and allow everybody to be aware of when and why we are getting a new TAY
There are a few bugs that need to be fixed before we could consider going daily, eg the fact that notification links for replies to the first post of every page redirects you to the previous page.
Also I kind of like having it for a week. There’s continuity.
So finally finished my Black 2 and White 2 playthroughs, moved all my ‘mon to Black 2, and promptly discovered you’re not allowed to have White Kyurem and Black Kyurem simultaneously.
So that forced replay of White was pretty much for nothing.
Fuck.
Also, somehow managed to get sucked into Torchlight 2, despite putting 20 odd hours in on release and getting distracted – I think I played 15-20 hours this weekend. Got up to Act 2 on NG+ with what’s now a lv59 Outlander as well. Started playing a new toon – the Berserker. Now I’m especially destroyed because the Outlander is poo, and the Berserker is not only awesome, but a load of fun to play. WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME.
Then, there was also more Dragon’s Crown had. Only an hour or two, but that game is starting to grow on me.
Not allowed to what? Please explain.
It seems the DNA splicers only allow one fusion at a time. So if I fuse Zekrom/Kyurem into Black Kyurem, then try to do the same with Reshiram/Kyurem, it doesn’t work. I can unfuse Black Kyurem and make White Kyurem, but can’t have both at the same time.
Seems like a strange (hi @strange !) limitation.
So you can’t trade after fusion i.e. do each fusion on each game then move it over?
You can’t trade White/Black Kyurem, you have to unfuse and transfer them individually. Bit of a silly system, really. I went through all of Black 2 and White 2, pretty much just so I could have White and Black Kyurem – while I still can, I have to fuse/unfuse each time. Stupid.
I kinda wanna get back into it with some mods, Torchlight 2 that is, mainly just a modified server that can host like 8 of us. That would be rad
It’s a pretty boss game. I’ve subscribed to Synergies, but not ready yet. Still smashing original content – I usually save mods for after I’ve got all I can out of the base game. Seriously addictive, it’s like Diablo and Diablo 2 all over again. IT’S MORE DIABLO than DIABLO 3!
I think there’s an official mod for that!
Dear Popsugar,
Please stop putting pictures of Lara Bingle at the bottom of my page. Every. Fucking. Day.
She’s not attractive, she’s funny looking. At least today it’s not a duckpout-selfie.
Sincerely,
Not a fan of Lara Bingle
Atleast it won’t confuse your co-workers when you happen to be scrolling past shirtless men. 😛
That was awkward.
But wouldn’t you prefer that to them seeing you oggle Lara bingle
It’s a tough call, honestly. People unsure as to my sexual orientation, or looking at Lara Bingle? I’m gonna need some time.
I like weekly TAY.
@notoriousr Breaking Bad is the best slow burn drama story arc on television! My friend just started watching on the weekend, he’s already addicted. (To the show, not that evil blue meth)
Anyway, my weekend flew by, was visiting my family in NSW with my girlfriend. Wish i had some more time to play games these days. Any suggestions for bite sized fun? Been playing a bit of LOL. Really wish i could get around to finishing ME3 one of these days.
Girlfriends – the best way to destroy game time.
Seconded
For me, it’s her Dark Souls time that takes out PC and all the consoles in one swoop (all on the same TV). But there’s still the 3DS.
It’s okay, you are making a sacrifice for the greater good. Anytime spent in Dark Souls is good time!
I think she learned what the true progress is in the game when she restarted and ran the tutorial including asylum demon in 9 minutes, where it previously took an hour of yelling and swearing.
totally this……… 🙁
I think the problem is that she has only moved to Brisbane and finished studying a month ago. Now she has all this free time and no hobbies to fill it with. Lol
I thought the same thing on the weekend. Felt like playing a short game I could play in one sitting.
Journey!
*Games I don’t have to buy. 😛
I played the demo for Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons and that seems excellent! Think I might wait for the Steam release in September though if I end up getting it.
Games that could be gifted to you? 😛
*adds Blaghs name to the list… again*
My weekend was something, by something i mean i got drunk and did stupid things. Last week at work i did 15 hours overtime, i hat overtime although the money is okay i guess.
My mum bought my BDO tickets cause i was out of town and she accidentally got tickets to the gold coast event. SO i told her not to bother trying to sell it and i would just go to that one. Im not really to mad, DC and sughles get to see my flailing at arcade fire so its cool i guess.
Overall i feel quite meh, i need to laugh and smile and restart myself.
Just picture @dc’s manic breakdancing at Arcade Fire.
I’d probably stand perfectly still at the very back so I don’t block the shirtless bogans view of the stage. 😛
Haha! Your hints on the weekend to what that stupid stuff entailed was intriguing. XD
Don’t think Sughly’s coming to Big Day Out any more because of unexpected real life reasons. :'(
If there’s a side show in Melbourne I’m still thinking about selling the tickets, but it should be fun either way. 😀
I’m not angry, just disappointed.
On behalf of Melbourne:
:'(
Or maybe :D, we don’t need no Hotross stealing all our women.
Woo, First Page. Still in Canada. Not much internet time. Back in Australia later this week. Terseness is a virtue?
Beyond: Two Souls hype! WOOOOOO!
(Things have been a little silent on the hype front after The Last of Us was released.)
Says the guy who has been screaming “PIKMIN!” every chance he got for a solid month.
I don’t recall that. 😛
*adds exclamation mark to Freeze’s name*
WONDERFUL 101!
RAYMAN LEGENDS. I’ve played Castle Rock about 100 times and the grin still hasn’t left my face. 😀
Weekend was pretty good. Saturday I did a whole lot of nothing, tried to play Pikmin but the batteries keep dying so i gave up on that. I’m going to buy a some new batteries today, hopefully. Also played the Wonderful 101. That game is sooooo much fun, pretty difficult too which surprised me.
Sunday was the @welbot meat which was pretty awesome! HOTPOT WAS SO GOOD! I DONT KNOW WHAT I WAS EATING MOST OF THR TIME BUT IT WAS DELICIOUS! I also got to meat @enduwolf, a knight of the old TAY. It was great meating a legend! =P
Also, @dc is a meanie! @welbot bought a pack of chip specifically for him but he didn’t show up. =(
I had reasons. REASONS. 😛
Who ended up going to that meat? Transientmind assumed the role of leader, right? RIGHT? 😀
Wonderful 101 demo confused me. Haha. So much information thrown at you straight away. Sure was purdy lookin’ though. Just hope the full game eases you into it a little slower. 😀
Umm, it was @beardymcmuttonchops, Mrs Beardy, @Freeze and the Freezette’s, @AlephOhMyGodWTFIsHisHandle, @Transientmind, @Welbot, @enduwolf, DAN! and me.
Freezettes? I thought they were the Freezelings!
“Freezette’s” means Mrs Freeze and the Freezelings
Also we talked a lot about D&D with @enduwolf who apparently DM’s a game. I’m thinking about reading up on the game see if we can get a game going.
I think Sughly would be keen. He liked the board game version!
Woo D&D! Talk to @mawt!
Defo keen.
Hit me up on steam (Enduwolf) if you want to chat about it or a dropbox of PDFs. Those podcasts I recommend are Dungeons and Randomness (D&D 4e) and Beer and Battle (D&D 4e and Paizo Pathfinder, which is very similar to D&D 3.5)
Newsroom day! WOOOO! (Breaking Bad day too, right?)
BREAKING BAD.
(and Dexter too actually, but do people still watch that? I never see it being discussed anymore and I’m losing interest in this season :P, just doesn’t compare to the awesomeness that is Breaking Bad!)
I still watch it. Watch two eps of this season and forgot about the rest. Just got them last night. It doesn’t really have the same feel as the rest. It’s like they’re stretching too much.
I’ve seen every ep of the season so far and it feels the same as you described. Nothing really happens but I’m sticking around since it’s the last season.
This season of Dexter is much better than the last 2 but I’m glad it’s ending. It seems like they had a few more ideas but they’re just chucking everything into this season because there won’t be another, so it’s getting a bit muddled. Really surprised they brought back Yvonne Strahovski’s character, I didn’t really think that was a loose end that needed to be resolved.
Yeah, I forgot she even existed 😛
Yes.
Hola Tay
Over the weekend I finished Bioshock Infinite. I….uh…..
wow.
A Monday Morning Question: BREAKING BAD?
THE NEWSROOM!
BREAKING BAD.
BREAKING WIND.
BEAR KING WIND!
WIND WAKER!
WIND WANKER!
WANKER CHIEF.
WANKERCHEF!
Isn’t that a little redundant?
THE WANKER CHEF
Unlockable Dragon’s Crown art in game – holy balls that stuff is amazing.
Oh oh i almost forgot, i started catching up on naruto i was 470 chapters in
only 300ish to go till im all caught up.
I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS SASUKE IS AWESOME
not as awesome as shikamaru and choji though. Those guys are amazeballs
The problem with Sasuke is that he will never ever be as cool as his older brother.
He nearly managed it when he broke Sakura’s heart, then stomped it into the ground, then set fire to the remnants of heart that were on the ground, but he still wasn’t quite there.
It hurts reading that, its like COLD BLOODED
and yeah itachi is pretty badass
Not nearly as badass as lady from Attack on titan
She is amazing.
I feel like she’s overpowered. She’s Superman. Her only weaknesses come from 1 character trait, and they seem to have explored all the elements of that already. So… now she just kicks arse for the rest of the show?
Okay. I’m okay with that.
You leave her alone she’s awesome and my favourite character! Possible exception of Jean.
We talking the manga or the anime?
The anime! Manga doesn’t exist to me. 🙂
Yeah I don’t know why I just don’t get the same feel reading the manga as I do watching the anime, I guess I just prefer the effects to happen and be in colour.
@coldcamv Yeah, same. Which absolutely means we miss out on a lot by not reading the manga. Many anime runs are only a distilled portion of a long-running manga, or rely heavily on events or character-building covered only in the manga.
Also, apparently Attack on Titan is better in the manga due to the drawn-out internal monologue freak-outs only really taking as long as it takes for you to read them, but in the anime they can force you to sit through it for several minutes.
(Which, to my mind, is normally an advantage that animation/film has over print – you can force a long scene to actually be long, whereas say… a desolate plateau, with a solitary figure in it is meant to be reflective and really reinforce a sense of isolation or whatever, a reader can just skip the image and consider it to be a framing shot, and nothing more. Example: scene in Ghost in the Shell movie where the Major comes up for air after diving, viewing the reflection of the giant plane in the skyscraper.)
@transientmind agreed I did that quite abit when reading The Walking Dead comics, I’d see these pictures of just a solitary figure and be like “ok where’s the talking”
That was such a good scene in ghost in the shell.
I haven’t read the manga in so long I can’t even remember where I was up to.
Something that kind of annoys me about it is that they keep powering up Naruto but he never does anything. It’s like, they push him aside to do magic super saiyan training or something then the story moves forward without him, so she shows up and everyone is like “Soz Naruto, these dudes are totes still too powerful even though we haven’t seen you in action for the past year. Go train some more, here is instructions for super mega power move supreme #1.”
One day I’m going to sit down and really get caught up.
Good Morning TAY. My weekend was full of excitement, first I did my Tax Return followed by appliance shopping and on Sunday I took part in the City 2 Surf footrace.
Parts of me hurt.
Also, I’m getting older – one year older to be exact – this coming Saturday, and birthday food + drinks are in order. If you’re in Sydney this weekend then please attend:
Saturday 17th,
6:00pm Angry Chicken for foods
~7:30pm Mojo’s for drinks
Congrats on the race dealy! And the birthday dealy!
You get a whole year older in one day? I feel like you should be checking into a hopsital rather than a restaurant…
Also, my body is getting older but I’m fairly certain my mental age hasn’t progressed too much past 16.
I think all men stop maturing at 16, at least as far as breasts and fart jokes are concerned.
Hehehe…bottom
Wow, nicely done.
Saturday sounds good to me.
I am doubling up on birthdays that day, I will try and make it for drinks, but can’t promise things, This other bday person has been known to hogtie people to go party after dinner…
So I’ve started having some pains in my right hand. I’d been trying to figure out why and I just realised that it is the mouse I am using. I’m going to have to change it.
Any suggestions?
For anyone who is interested, I’ve finished the eye patch for the Misaki Mei cosplay. I might just finish it in time!
What kind if mouse do you have now?
I’m using a small mouse, one designed for a netbook.
Using a small mouse is probably the entire problem. Switching to any full-size mouse would probably help.
Yeah I figured out it was the tiny mouse.
Logitech MX518/G400. Looks weird, but I find is super comfortable, it’s cheap, and it has a lot of useful (if basic) features.
I second this. I have the G400 and its the best mouse I’ve ever used.
Sounds good but it looks like none of the retail stores sell it. -_-
I bought some shitty Microsoft mouse and it’s fine.
I think it was, like, $15? Maybe less?
If you’re not mental about lasers and dpi (is that right? dpi?) & extra buttons, just go el cheapo.
For many, many years I was served very well by a basic, corded, microsoft ‘intellimouse’. It had a mousewheel. And LASERS FOR EYES.
If you get the chance, go for a trackball.
I’ve been using a Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball, and I’ve noticed that the wrist pain I would usually feel is no longer there.
I have like… four cheap, wireless mouses from Big W — they were $10 or $12 or something like that, and I really didn’t expect them to last long or be very good so I bought a couple to throw-and-replace if anything went wrong… but more than a year on, pleasantly surprised. None have broken and they’re not by any professional standards, but so comfortable.
Only annoying thing is that they are glossy and pick up fingerprints and dust and gunge and I have to clean the one I’m using once a week or so.
Brisbane folks still up for an Elysium meat on Saturday?
I’ll have to pass. Things are going to be hectic with familystuff next weekend. Depending on timing, I MIGHT be able to work it in, but life will be simpler if I just keep things free and stay flexible.
No problem, my friend! Always a place for you if things change! Unless we make reservations of some sort. Then you’re screwed. >:|
😛
Yeah I will be up for that!
@sughly, @strange, @freezespreston, @jimu, @gutsoup, @sernobulus, @virus__, @transientmind, @dkzeitgeist, @beardymcmuttonchops, @mythamphetamine
@welbot @lambomann007 @enduwolf
D:
The tables have turned. Haha!
@weresmurf
He’s a myth!
DAMN IT… I would have loved to 🙁 I’m gonna be in Toowoomba this weekend though. I’ll def come to the next one.
I probably won’t be able to make it. My family’s currently planning on going to see Monsters Uni and The Lone Ranger at a drive in theatre that night.
We can be your family now! 😛
…
😀
I’m in dood. Mrs Beardy likely won’t be. I’m with @dkzeitgeist – I’d prefer not Southbank Cinemas, but I’ll go along with whatever is decided.
Mehbeh.
Let me know where you guys are thinking and what time and I’ll let you know.
Will do!
I dunno if I’m gonna be able to afford it this week. Having a public holiday forced upon me, I’m gonna be minimum $150 down this week, so not likely for me. If by some miracle I can attend, I shall let you know though!
Think I’m out sorry, used a lot of Wife Points(tm) this weekend
Hey Mark. I can see why you might want want to do a new post each day. It would probably make it easier and less intimidating for people to jump in. Then again, it might make it harder to go back and catch up on stuff they missed. So, I’m 50/50, but the fact I’m 50/50 on something new and weird instead of entirely opposed is a positive sign.
I think this is the first time in a long time that I have fulfilled my gaming predictions after posting in “What are you playing this weekend?”. As predicted, I played a little Lost and Damned as well as some Papers, Please.
Man that game is… really something. I don’t even know what to say about it, I wouldn’t want to possibly spoil anything. But it’s ten bucks and totally worth it.
@cakesmith gifted it to me while simultaneously being horrible (ding! Email.) haven’t delved too deep into it but I’m liking what I see.
As for weekly or daily TAY, I’ve had years to get used to how it is now and my inner curmudgeon is ranting and shaking his fist at things at the thought of change. I can see why it would have pros though. Also cons. That said I’m entirely opposed to any notion of actual forums. I prefer the way everything is open and there Gor all to see without clicking on separate topics. I’ve found plenty of stuff from you lot I would have otherwise never looked at if it was hidden behind a topic link.
I agree with this. Also, who would click on my unceasing spam if it was hidden away in its own thread? 🙁
Suckers.
Playing Papers, Please all in a single straight run is crazy intense. The escalation really gets to you, and I’m worried about all these citations. I’m almost tempted to go and do another run through, now that I actually know how to do the job and have learned things and won’t get a damn citation every day.
I thought that, but you start to overlook stupid stuff like gender. Plus there’s the people you might let through regardless of citations. On my second playthrough I apparently still managed to score 12 citations by day 10.
Also on like day 9 I caught 4 Arstotzkans smugging weapons and contraband in a row, before I’d even gotten to the point where people have to start showing description slips. They just kept lining up and being 3kg overweight compared to their ID cards. CRAZY.
I NEVER catch the overweight thing.
The thing I miss most frequently is gender. Not only do I seem to have a blind spot for the little F or M while i’m busy checking the dates and serial numbers are in order, sometimes it says M and I’m like “yeah, that’s a dude”. Then the little printer noise goes off and I’m like GOD DAMNIT ARSTOTZKA WHY YOU GOTTA QUESTION GENDER IDENTITY LIKE THAT ANYWAY.
Forgot to say: I have a copy of Crusader Kings 2 on Steam, free to good home (got it with my EUIV preorder)
Any takers?
I have this powerful urge to go home and play Torchlight 2.
I THINK I’VE GOT THE BLACK LUNG, POP. *cough* *cough*
MERMAN! *cough* *cough* MERMAN!
ORANGE MOCHA FRAPPUCINO!
I have a coworker that keeps quoting Zoolander, so while I’ve never seen it I assume that’s where this is from because she says it all the goddamn time.
I tried to watch it recently and couldn’t get past the first 10 minutes. I felt like the absurdist humour was something you had to enjoy in the 90s and if you’re too late, it will never click with you.
It’s like how I really dislike Ben Stiller, but I can still watch stuff like Something About Mary, Mystery Men, Meet the Parents etc. As long as I saw them when they were new, they don’t piss me off.
I finished it with my Outlander recently, now I’m doing a Veteran run with my Engineer.
Also, spider mines are OP, but so satisfying to use 🙂
I found spider mines didn’t scale well. Early on they are useful but start to drop off quickly. Found that cannon based engie are great for survivability, so using one for my hardcore run.
@ynefel Onslaught to engage followed by frost breath then Eviscerate works really well when you have shatter storm leveleld up.
The other cool combo to use if you are not playing hardcore is a dex based life steal build. Blood hunger, with shadowburst and as much as possible to get your attack speed and charge up asap.
I found that once I maxed charge and went into frenzy I could toe to toe any boss in the game and regain more health than they could do damage.
It’s the only thing that gets to me a little about Torchlight 2, and Diablo 2 was the same. There needs to be a respec option. I heard there was a program you can download that will let you do it, but I hate fucking with characters using third party stuff. Feels like I’ve tainted it or something.
‘Serker is only level 15, so it’s early days yet. I’ll look into your suggestions! Although I’ll confess I’ve looked at the berserker’s passives and I want them ALL (well, not all – but about 80-90% of them). So damn good.
After playing the Outlander, who just seems squishy as fuck – the berserker is great. Will focus on this toon for now, I think. Not sure I did too well with my Outlander’s build either.
Yeah, there have been a few mods that let you respec but most of them mark that character as a ‘cheater’
The respec in game is rather expensive and only lets you roll back your last choice. Can be helpful it you try something and find it totally incompatible with your build
3 hours of assignmenting ahead of me! Only problem is my shift key is fucked and learning to use the left shift key is quite a challenge :S
Man, this weekend was great. I’ve probably said enough about it not to go into it again, but best weekend in ages!
I only use the left shift key!
What bizzaro world do you live in?! :O
That’s what I’ve been told by everyone! The only thing I can think of is that I’m left handed and everyone else is right handed 😛
I spent too much of the weekend playing Mighty Quest for Epic Loot.
And, like most free things on the internet, I only got feedback on my defences in the form of insults from people that couldn’t get past them. Until I mentioned this on Twitter and FatShady invaded and said nice things.
I also played a little bit of Pikmin 3, the wiimote controls work pretty well, might see if the off screen controller stuff is worthwhile at some point.
Also got Dark Souls set up properly on my PC, and realised it’s probably time to abandon monster hunter for a while now if I want to be able to play Dark Souls 2 when it comes out.
SATURDAY GOES TO THE POKEMON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
“AARRRGGGGHHHHHH FUCK YOU YOU 12-YEAR OLD PIECE OF SHIT”
earlier that day
SATURDAY GOES BAR-HOPPING WITH FRIENDS
Saturday: “It’s not like I’ll put myself in a crowded convention hall full of 13 to thirty-something year olds screaming eternally”*
*No, I didn’t fucking say this, otherwise I would’ve given a actual thought to my plans and I wouldn’t have put myself through that hell
BONUS ROUND
Friend: “Wow, there are a fair amount of of good-looking chicks here! Maybe we can get a number or two.”
Saturday: “AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAH”
Also some kid won with Lugia, it was pretty dope. 90 streetpasses.
Good, not a page-get.
Fuck me if that was a page-get.
And suddenly a comment comes out of moderation, pushing this to the top of the next page
I dunno, on the subject of getting a number or two… could be plenty of single mums!
(Or if you’re a doing a dark-side playthrough in this life, not-so-single mums. I’m going light-side this time around, though. Maybe I’ll go dark-side on my next playthrough.)
Page get.
No Edits?
Witchcraft
There’s a pattern to obtaining page-gets.
…I haven’t worked it out yet.
So fucking lucky.
@transientmind
He makes his own mayonnaise…
I tried making mayonnaise once. What I wound up with was a bowl of whipped fat. The bowl is still greasy to this day.
Damn. I don’t get it. :/
I assumed masturbation joke.
This is often my go-to assumption for many thing on TAY I don’t get.
Ohhhh, now I get it. It was probably meant to be a reply to the thread on the first page:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/08/talk-amongst-yourselves-237/comment-page-1/#comment-1774534
Making love gravy! Love gravy! Love gravy! Love, love, looooove…
Repost for visibility:
I have a spare copy of Crusader Kings 2 on Steam, free to good home. Any takers?
Could I please have it?
Done. Will flick it you soon 🙂
Aw man, you didn’t need to send me one in return! Thanks dude!
Enjoy it, mate! 😀
I don’t think I ever thanked you for Darksiders 2. Thanks, @crazyguy1990. You’re one crazy generous guy.
You’re welcome. 🙂
Life is like a hurricane
Here in Duckburg
Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes
It’s a duck-blur
Might solve a mystery
Or rewrite history
DuckTales (wooo-ooooh)
Every day they’re out there making
DuckTales (wooo-ooooh)
Tales of daring do bad and good
LuckTales (wooo-ooooh)
D-D-D-Danger! Watch behind you
There’s a stranger out to find you
What to do? Just grab on to some
DuckTales (wooo-ooooh)
Every day they’re out there making
DuckTales (wooo-ooooh)
Tales of daring do bad and good
LuckTales (wooo-ooooh)
Not pony tails, or cotton tails, no!
DuckTales (wooo-ooooh)
The Steam trailer for Ducktales has a sing-along thing attached to it, and to my surprise I had some decades-long errors from my memory corrected.
Me too. I never picked up any of the chorus puns when I was a kid!
Simpler times.
Holy Craps, Page 2 already?
I hope everyones weekend was good, What did you all get up to?
@sughly – Sent you an email(wass through dropbox, so check spam)
Papers Please is amazing!!!! All I can really say on that one
Played games with the saturday sydney taybies that was fun. I lost all the games…
Also Played Elder sign last night , Yog Soggoth Completely Kick my ass 🙁
All I need now is a new back and Neck and things will be excellent, I managed to pull a muscle on one side of my neck which is pinching a nerve. I then pulled a muscle on the other side of my neck trying to stretch the first one out… Send help please?
@markserrels Regarding changing new TAY from weekly to daily…I’m old and resistant to change. 😛
Seriously though, while the length of a weekly TAY may seem daunting to people who wish to catch-up at night, people on mobiles or new people who wish to jump in, I really think neither of those are huge problems seeing as we have notifications and we can tag people so they don’t miss anything important. We’ve had a fairly steady stream of new people joining the TAY fun so I don’t necessarily think the size has been a barrier for new people. If we notice them and make a point of responding, they become “one of us” soon enough. And Mobile TAY is getting easier to use all the time.
A daily TAY might bring about its own set of problems. We already have people who get confused and post in old TAYs, especially when they’re on the front page and in the most commented/viewed section so if there’s seven different TAYs in a week it might be even more chaotic. And there’ll be more old TAYs for new folk to post in where’ll they’ll get ignored because we’re already on a new TAY. Not to mention the possibility of conversation kind of stagnating because we know there’ll be a different TAY the next day. And would this mean TAY is offline overnight? Or if night TAY is still possible under the new system, would people posting at night then feel like they need to repost in the new TAY so their comments didn’t go unseen?
Going back to my first joking response though, I realise it’s not as much of a joke as I originally thought. I’m so used to the way TAY is that the thought of it changing is kind of scary. So I’m not entirely sure how much of my answer is coloured by that and how much of it is a well balanced response.
I just worry it’ll become like White Noise where people only post to rant about some bias or injustice or editor. D:
I don’t see how that will happen. White Noise is only like that because they don’t really have a community.
I can make a conspiracy theory chart to explain how it’ll happen, if you like?
We’re through the looking glass people! *adjusts foil hat*
If it resets daily then the community might not be as obvious to disgruntled folks? I dunno. I think Old Man D.C. agrees with Old Man Strange though. Change is weird. 😀
It’s not about the community being obvious to disgruntled people. It’s more if people try that shit, we’ll deal with them.
That sounds ominous.
Haven’t you heard about The Oar Of Thorns….
😛
The oar hasn’t seen use in a while, actually. We just need to belt a few nails in that sucker and use it as a spoiler-bat. I’ll happily wield it and hand down sentences, smiling all the while. Because I’m such a nice person and I just fucking love people.
@ynefel Love them… TO DEATH. Killing with kindness… and bats with nails in.
I think we need to set some ground rules here. Breaking Bad resumes this week, as we all know. If you don’t know, you’re clearly defective.
So I’ll make it simple. If anyone spoils a single fucking thing about any episode, at any point – or even hints at occurrences…… the repercussions will be dire. I will find where you live and kill you in the most painful way I can imagine. Pain. Screaming, agonising, burning, horrific, genital wrinkling pain.
I don’t do social media anymore, and Kotaku is my only place on the internet where I engage with people in any fashion, so I’m cautiously optimistic. But I have seen TAYbies spoil shit in the past many, many times.
Don’t fucking do it, or I promise I’ll make you regret it.
Same goes for The Newsroom. >:|
Oh wait, no one watches The Newsroom? Very good. 😀
Also, should probably remind people that spoiler space is broken.
Use Rot13 cipher to hide spoilers! http://www.rot13.com/
Pretty much this. I’ll be watching it as they air (or maybe a day behind), but I don’t want to be spoiled either.
ROT13 still exists. Please use it for discussion… please!
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10
Second and third panels are relevant.
This.
I’ll bring out the threat I used to tape to soundboards at uni
Spoil Breaking Bad, and I’ll pull out your eyeballs.
Through your urethra.
http://youtu.be/oSXgHP7K6aE
I’d like to add that this goes for “Oh my god,all the feels!!!!” and the like, as well. People here are not stupid and can read through your supposedly vague comments.
Although the spoilertags are still broken, I think so I’m expecting people to not realise this and attempt to post content they think is safe within the tags but it really isn’t. I’m guessing this place might not be as safe as it even usually is.
Vivid.
Don’t worry, I don’t watch Breaking Bad, so you’re guaranteed safe from 90% of all spoilers.
The show’s that good huh?
Man, you have no idea.
Maybe I’ll have some free time in the next life.
It’s pretty good. It’s not the best out there (sorry, but it’s not), but it’s really smart, reasonably deep, very tense, and – despite some pacing issues – has remained consistently high-quality throughout its run.
Blasphemy.
He’s right.
THE WIRE is the best, right @shane?
Six Feet Under right, Shane? RIGHT? >:|
😀
Also SoHo on Foxtel is advertising a mini-series called Coma and Claire from Six Feet Under is in it! Thirty year old Claire still looks like Claire!
Six Feet Under is very good, but the Wire pips it.
I’ll pip you.
I don’t even know what that means. D:
@dc pips it at the post- beats it at the last minute
It totally works then!
I’ll beat you at the last minute… right in the face. >:|
Cool. How does the mini look? Any good?
Haha! Eh, hard to say. They’re playing up the cheesy horror aspect of it… maybe to cover the fact it’s a hard hitting horror. (Though most likely cheesy. :P)
Oh man, don’t ask me to pick what I think the best show is.
Ultimately, I probably think The Sopranos is better than The Wire and Six Feet Under because its subtext is just unbelievably deep, and its legacy includes The Wire and Six Feet Under, but it’s a really damn close race between those three shows and about five others.
Mad Men on the list? The West Wing? Firefly? TREME? 😛
West Wing had a couple bum seasons, which is why I don’t include it as best ever. When it’s good, it’s very, very good (Two Cathedrals is one of the finest things ever filmed)
I know there was a massive tone shift when John Wells took over, but I still thought it was damn good if a bit more procedural than the earlier seasons. I liked the fact that it:
Cebzbgrq crbcyr sebz rfgnoyvfurq ebyrf, unq sbyxf yrnir Gur Juvgr Ubhfr naq sbyybjrq gur Fnagbf naq Ivavpx pnzcnvtaf.
The charm from the Sorkin years was lost a little, but Wells more than made up for it with interesting stories. Then again, I’m a fanboy and fanboys gonna fan. Haha!
Mad Men for sure. The Wire for sure. Six Feet Under for sure. The Sopranos and M*A*S*H for sure, because they changed TV in huge ways.
The Shield, Sons of Anarchy and Gilmore Girls all make that list for me, too, but these seem more subjective.
Treme will be hard to say until I’ve seen the whole arc, I think. It seems like one of those shows that needs to be appreciated as a whole. I’m not sure it’s in the running for best show ever (though it is extremely good), but I’m keeping an open mind.
Firefly didn’t last long enough to make the list – not even a full season.
The West Wing was amazing for the first four seasons, but Aaron Sorkin’s loss was felt keenly, and I didn’t really like the back half of the show all that much…
@dc The west wing had some rough eps even when Sorkin was at the helm. S3 is a bit of a non-starter.
Hey, Sorkin had other things to do… like cocaine!
Edit: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is really interesting on this front. He explores his personal demons through one of the lead characters. Really cool insight. What it lacked in the ‘weight’ The West Wing had, it more than made up for in personal touches like this.
This thread is insane. We’re differentiating between different kinds of excellent, and putting down all the best shows in doing so. It’s madness.
And it’s all @redartifice’s fault.
I will say that the Wire is an unbelievably high-quality production, and possibly the most ambitious show I’ve ever seen. I’m about 2/3 through season 4, and have noticed a gbany fuvsg va frnfbaf 3 naq 4 gbjneqf n sbphf ba gur fbpvny ceboyrzf bs gur pvgl va nqqvgvba gb gur punenpgref. V xvaq bs yvxrq gur rneyvre frnfbaf jura gur punenpgref jrer onfvpnyyl urycyrff ntnvafg gurve qrfgvavrf naq gur pbeehcgvba bs gur pvgl… ohg abj gung gurl’er va n cbfvgvba gb vasyhrapr guvatf, vg’f fgnegvat nyzbfg gb srry yvxr n ovg bs n qrivngvba vagb snagnfl. Gur fubj vgfrys vf fgvyy nznmvat, naq chapurf evtug va gur srryf rirel gvzr, ohg V’z lrg gb or pbaivaprq gung gur haqreylvat bcgvzvfz bs gur nepf vf n tbbq guvat.
So it remains to be seen.
Bcgvzvfz bs gur nepf?
Bu.
Bu Tbq.
Lbh cbbe zna.
What I meant was the idealism of the characters.
Boivbhfyl vg’f n qrrcyl plavpny fubj jurer gur vafgvghgvbaf jvyy hygvzngryl pehfu nal nggrzcg gb vaabingr be qrivngr.
Ohg jvguva rnpu frnfba, lbh frr punenpgref jvgu vqrnyvfz nggrzcgvat gb punatr gur angher bs gur vafgvghgvba gurl’er va. Bs pbhefr, gurl’er nyy hafhpprffshy, ohg nz V ernyyl fhccbfrq gb oryvrir gung Unzfgreqnz jnf nyybjrq gb bcrengr sbe guerr zbaguf orsber nalbar sbhaq bhg… naq gung vg jnf (nyzbfg) havsbezyl n tbbq guvat gung vg rkvfgrq? Gung’f xvaq bs gur bcgvzvfgvp snagnfl V ersre gb… gur vzcyvpvg nffhzcgvba gung nal nggrzcg gb punatr guvatf jvyy znxr gurz orggre.
Naq, V zrna, gung’f svar. Gurl’er rkcybevat fbpvbcbyvgvpny vffhrf va jnlf gung zbfg fubjf qba’g, naq pbhyqa’g qb vg jvgubhg n pregnva fhfcrafvba bs qvforyvrs. Vg whfg fbeg bs tengrf ntnvafg gur trareny pbafrafhf gung guvf fubj vf fgrrcrq va tevggl ernyvfz… orpnhfr va n snve srj jnlf, vg’f gbgnyyl abg.
Gung’f zl ceboyrz, gubhtu, V fhccbfr, abg gur fubj’f.
Vg whfg fgehpx zr nf xvaq bs n znwbe fuvsg va gur qlanzvp bs gur fubj naq, juvyr V qba’g unir n ceboyrz jvgu vg, vg znxrf zr srry yvxr gur fubj vf n yvggyr yrff pburfvir nf n erfhyg (xvaq bs yvxr gur jnl zbfg crbcyr qvivqr hc gur ZNFU naq/be Fvzcfbaf eha vagb rneyl/yngre frnfbaf).
Actually, I’m now realising that I’m overstating the case to justify my original point. Obviously, what I’ve said should be tempered down to more reasonable levels more commensurate with my immense respect for The Wire, and thorough enjoyment of it.
Also, I like that anyone reading this who is unfamiliar with rot13 will think that you had a stroke mid-sentence.
What’s ROT13?
*twitches*
HE’S SPEAKING IN TONGUES KILL IT WITH FIRE
Never seen an episode of this, I think this may have to be the next show to watch.
Duuuuude!
So good.
is it just me or is everyone writing in italics today?
Just you.
Poop
WRITING IN FURY CAPS IS A BIG THING.
NO.
I see what you did there 😛
My Log Out and Cancel Reply buttons seem to be italicized… 🙁
For me,everyone’s not writing in italics today, but it appears everyone is upvoting in italics.
Me too! And also the side bar that’s usually on the right is on the left! D:
Yeah, that just started randomly popping up on the left over the top of everything after the page has loaded up. D:
I upvote in CAPS.
Because my vote should count for more.
He is the leader!
Someone’s got a crush.
I’ll crush you… right in the face. >:|
*nods*
:'(
D:
Mental hug?
@dc Real hug or nothing.
So we should beat him up to establish dominance?
Nerf pistols at dawn.
(Edit: On reflection, that would be a really, really ugly and brutal way to kill a man.)
Might solve a mystery… or rewrite history!
BRB, gonna edit italics into all my comments.
do spoiler tags work yet? No ok 🙁
Ben’s missing! I think there’s trouble at the ‘ol Allure Media homestead. Maybe we should recruit some sort of famed detective. Maybe the pasty twins! (cc. @shane!)
I think it’s a website issue.
Case closed. Now let’s go watch TV.
Down in the Treeeeme
I blame lambo.
Oh yeah, sorry, I thought that was just assumed knowledge.
Lambo caused a website issue.
Case really closed now.
Didn’t get any gaming done on the weekend. I did on the other hand finally get around to watching The Cabin in the Woods, which I really enjoyed, as well as The Grey, which was also pretty good. I finished watching the first season of Breaking Bad as well, and picked up the second season of Game of Thrones (which I haven’t started yet), because I am years behind the rest of the world when it comes to television shows.
I was surprised by how much I liked Cabin in the Woods, would definitely watch it again. And I thought The Grey was ok too, had hoped it was better.
P.S. Just to go for 100% completion on this comment, I’ve only watched 1.5 seasons of Breaking Bad due to marital opinion differences; I only watched the first season of GoT because it was too much of a disconnect from the AWESOME AWESOME books.
Guys, James Spader is coming back to TV! The show looks like it could be a bit average, but that’s not important because James Spader.
Dr. Jackson from Stargate! D:
I wasn’t really a fan of Boston Legal.
I saw about 2/3 ep of Boston Legal, and had to turn it off. Really didn’t gel with me.
But, Denny Crane!
I like William Shatner in small doses and that was way too much of him. XD
I…. what? No. Shoo. I’m starting to suspect you just hate fun and nice things.
We established the hate fun things ages ago. Geez, keep up old man. 😛
And buildings.
@dc Hats buildings.
Denny Crane.
Donny Crane?
I loved Stargate. The one with Kurt Russell, just to clarify.
MacGuyver was an awesome replacement.
Now there’s someone who should have a cameo in one of the Expendables movies — Richard Dean Anderson.
Old Man RDA has gotten kind of fat. Not that there’s any thing wrong with that, but he doesn’t resemble Jack or MacGyver any more.
Yeah, even before they cancelled the remaining Stargate movies he was looking very out of shape.
However, I choose not to remember him like that. 😛
So have you ever had that feeling that things are gonna go from good to shit in an instant. Well it was all sunny here, next minute it’s hailing down and I’m thinking..this is not good. Get a phone call and turns out my girlfriends mum is going into hospital on Thursday for brain surgery and if they don’t do it there’s every chance she’ll have a stroke and die, but if they do do it, it’s so complicated that one wrong move and she’ll bleed out and die in surgery.
Not the info you wanna get on a Monday morning, or anytime for that matter.
I send my regards. Good shit never happens on a Monday.
Aw Cam, hope all ends up well. 🙁
Sorry to hear, man. I really hope it all goes smoothly.
shit dude, you werent kidding about it pouring down… Hope everything goes well man, you guys just need to stay strong & positive and give her all your support. Cant be easy on anyone…
I wish everyone all the best.
Yikes.
Hope the surgery goes well.
*hugasaurus*
It’s not like it’s rocket science though, is it?
Seriously though, I hope all goes well. Brain surgeons are like samurai. I’m sure you’re girlfriend’s mum will be in safe hands.
Im obviously quite late to the party, even though ive had the damn game since launch, ive only just started playing Sim City this past weekend.
Aside from some minor flaws, it is incredibly addictive. I have one issue i could use some advice with however… i Never seem to be able to alocate enough space for things, and i have no idea how to handle sewage without sticking drainage pipes everywhere causing ground pollution…
Do i just plain and simply suck at the game???
Also if anyone is planning on getting back into it,i wouldnt mind setting up a TAY-BIE region!
There is one. Glorious Kotaku! I’ll invite you to it but be warned, @blaghman’s city has pretty much replaced the air in the region with pure pollution and I had a nuclear reactor meltdown which has seemed to cause a few issues.
sweet, invite me and ill jump on tonight!
wait so another city’s air polution/meltdown can affect the rest of the region
Yes, it can. Also, take care of your water table, once you drain it, it doesn’t come back (unless they’ve changed it). Best thing for sewerage is a treatment plant. As for city size… it’s just a problem. If you run a city once you’ve filled the map, it will increase density, but it takes a while. It sounds lame, but I used to read a book and run my city to fill it (and be around in case of fires).
Oh man, I’m being an aggressive jerk today. Just trying to be funny. Don’t mind me, will try to tone it down and just know I’m not being serious. :S
Well, you did threaten to punch me in the face.
I use that face for eating, @dc.
i am deeply offended by whatever you did
You threatened to crush me in the face.
I don’t even know what that means.
Everything alright buddy? It just getting restless for some meat Shenanigans!
Everythings oooookay. Just feel a bit zombie like lately and am trying to compensate. Haha!
Well, I thought it was funny and aggressive. All the best things.
Don’t try and be funny. Just be you. 😛
:'(
(pretend spoiler tags)
😛
(/pretend spoiler tags)
Guys
GUYS
Vote on main page: SingTaku, just to make @markSerrels sing
DO IT
PROCLAIMERS
MY VOTE IS CAST!
Haiku is better
Than any Serrels singing
In my opinion.
Too many syllables in the last one 😛
Nope.
In My OP IN I ON
Unless you pronounce is OP IN YUN
In which case, bleh.
He should have just said
IMHO, K?
Argument averted. Problem solved.
The wisdom of a modern Solomon.
Lateral thought – the dying art. Every school student should be force-read Edward de Bono!
His last name will ensure a fun day for the teachers! 😛
@dc That… never occurred to me. OK, so yeah. Maybe not, then.
Haha! Knowledge is power… until there’s jokes involved… then no knowledge for you! 😛
http://www.howmanysyllables.com/words/opinion
You were saying?
That’s one… opinion.
*rimshot*
(One I agree with, BUT JOKES)
Well if you referenced the .com.au or .co.uk site then you might have a point 😉
Deaf man on mobile browser voted HaiTaku. Sorry.
Holly crap. Porterhouse steak is amazing.
I wish potato salad Monday could be porterhouse Monday every week.
Potato Salad Monday? I love potatos, but I’ll never mix it with that other thing. Eww.
What other thing? Flavour?
Tofu.
Well boo-urns to you too, Benny … I didn’t want to be in your potato salad
Haha, I was going to tag you, but then I figured that would just be mean.
Guys, guys, I am finally famous
Read it and then tell me how bad a person I am.
Why don’t you and Patricia Hernandez just get married. >:|
…
*goes to read the article*
😛
Two wives. That’d show Patricia just what I think of sexism 😀
Call the girl from the DVD shop!
Show up completely nude but for that scarf. Act casual and discuss the weather. Perhaps drop a hint that it might be a little chilly.
I need someone else to…warm me.
I got this weird feeling of Deja Vu reading that. Like I had read it before here on TAY comments or something. Haha.
V xvaqn qvfnterr, orpnhfr gur vagrerfgvat guvat nobhg Gbzo Envqre gb zr vf frrvat Ynen BIREPBZR ure fvghngvba ntnvafg gur bqqf. Gur fvghngvba vf vpxl, ohg fur rzretrf gevhzcunag
So your ok with drake getting crushed, lit on fire, shot, impaled. But when it comes to Lara it makes you uneasy? That’s sexist and I demand equal rights! *sarcasm* I didn’t read the whole thing because I haven’t played it and I have a copy at home so will read after I beat it. Looks good but man good job.
On that note as well, I understand the violence against women and the equal rights campaigns and all that, but why is it when they protest for equal rights theirs a call for the rights to favour the female side more over equality I just don’t get it.
You’re a bad person, Shane (kidding).
Well written and interesting to read, though I do disagree with it.
Based on your previous comments on this topic that I deliberately refrained from commenting on, I’m going to refrain from reading this.
That’s fair enough, but I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. Unless I made you really angry, in which case… sorry…?
My thoughts when you commented here were that you were being ridiculous….still want to hear my thoughts? 😛
I agree to an extent…
But sssssh, we want him to come to Supanova! 😛
That’s probably true, but I thought it was an interesting reaction, and I learned something about my subconscious in the process.
Feel free to elaborate or not 🙂
Nicely written, my friend. My experience with the game is different, but you’ve articulated your thoughts well and I get where you’re coming from. (Have the distinct impression you’re a lot smarter than me too. XD)
If I was smart, I would have said nothing.
@shane Just because a show is good, doensn’t mean it’s criticism immune.
The unspoken rejoinder to that entire discussion is “despite these flaws this show is still the most fucking brilliant thing ever”
Okay, cool. I’m never sure, and I feel like I’m nitpicking stupid things just to have something to say.
Nothing is immune from criticism.
NOTHING
Why can’t you be more like your brother. 😛
Nothing is immune from jokes either.
A perfectly valid conversation starter. 😛
I once saw someone make a comment, and it was in relation to ranking the attractiveness of women, but ignoring that part of it, it actually made a lot of sense and could apply to rating anything. The basics of it was: nothing’s perfect, and something you consider 10/10 is actually an 8 or 9 that has things that specifically appeal to you.
True, things are subjective. There are people out there who hat Breaking Bad, and they are entitled to
I’ve read stuff like that too! There are no tens – only 9s at best, who have the thing that pushes your buttons (red-heads, Asian, whatever). I feel there is a lot of merit to this system.
Except anything that is Tower Defense gets an extra 2-3 points from me, so I start yelling at people that Prime World: Defenders or Kingdom Rush are ELEVEN!!!ONEONEELEVEN!! out-of-ten rated games, but they’re objectively probably more like 7-8.
If they’re 11/10 then my beloved point and click adventures must be 20/10. *folds arms*
Boo! Hiss!
I love point-and-clickers too, but a whole ten points? Nowai.
Either Kotaku is being weird or Chrome is being weird, but whenever I scroll up and down on the site now, my cursor turns into the frustranus. 🙁
Kotaku has been screwy for me all day
Whenever I scroll down the most viewed/commented and Recently of Giz boxes switch over to the left of the page. I’m on Firefox, so if you’re also having a problem it might be Kotaku stuffing up.
i think it was because my session had expired but the site hadn’t logged me out yet. Don’t know why that would cause the frustranus to appear though, usually that means it’s loading something. Maybe some kind of rendering thing.
EDIT: Maybe not, it’s back again 🙁
I’m getting that on mobile IE as well.
Frustranus! HA!
… I realized just now that this is probably not a common term for it. I am referring to the circular spinning ‘loading’ cursor which replaced the hourglass in recent versions of windows.
Around here it was referred to as the ‘frustranus’ (portmanteau of frustrating and anus) because of its hole-like appearance and the fact it would suddenly pop up at random times during online meetings when eg. the call dropped out.
Mine’s been screwy since last week. Multiple PC’s, different browsers. 50% of the time when I refresh it goes to a Kotaku that’s pretty much plain text without formatting.
Oh man…I really shouldn’t try and catch up on the Great Australian Bake-Off when the only thing I have here for lunch is sammiches.
I have not watched that show.
I’m not a big fan of cake.
EDIT: cake the food, not @cakesmith.
You’re a monster! D: And you judge me for hating buildings! Atleast we have some common ground… the gingerbread house from Hansel and Gretel.
I don’t HATE cake, it’s just if given a dessert menu I don’t immediately pick the cake option.
I will gladly eat cheesecake though.
Baked cheesecake.
I kind of hate cake. Most of it’s dry and the crumbs catch in the back of your throat when you try and eat it. But they’re making tarts this episode. I looooove pastry. I have pastry in the freezer but I have no fruit in the house right now. Not even canned fruit. (Worst mother, ever. 😛 )So my sudden craving for an apple turnover for lunch has been denied.
^ This about cake. So much this.
That said, some of the cakes they make on Masterchef actually look pretty good
The icing is always the best part of the cake. Unless you can get your hands on one of those deliciously light, spongy, moistish cakes that serve only as a delivery mechanism for icing on top, and flavoured creams inside.
So I briefly tried out Dragon’s Crown on my Vita (needed something to do while dropping a deuce).
It’s pretty good except for one really bizzare thing where they seem to have gone completely half-assed on it: you cant’ unlock the Japanese narration & NPC dialogue.
JP version has both JP and English dialogue options for everything, but it’s mysteriously absent from the US release. You can unlock using the character voice for narration via a DLC patch but it’s English dub only and the standard Stephen Fry-style narrator is pretty good, much better than the character ones.
It just seems really odd that you can set your character’s voice to Japanese but you can’t set anything else. It’s quite jarring and seems completely redundant. Like they put it in there because someone at Atlus forgot to cut it completely out like they normally do.
Is it the same on PS3? I haven’t tried the PS3 version yet as I’m playing Xillia on it. Anyone playing PS3 version know?
Cool, cool…
But how was the deuce?
Nutty.
Melbourne Taybies:
Wolf Creek the Musical (The Adelaide Fringe Award-winning red’s-brother-starring spectacular) is coming to Melbourne starting mid-september! Go see it!
Aside from the fact it has my brother in it so I’m siblingly obligated to plug it, it is actually really good. Imagine Wolf Creek adapted as a year 6 school musical with swears and adult stuff intact
http://www.melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-festival/show/wolf-creek-the-musical/
That actually sounds fantastic & terrifying.
They actually had the director of Wolf Creek come to one of their early shows.
His response was essentially “That was great, but I have no idea why you’d ever do this as a musical”
Morning TAYbies,
How’s things? I’m pretty awesome. Just organised all the things to get a motorbike learners so I don’t have to worry about public transport anymore and I should be all roadworthy in a fortnight.
Got to spend a bit of time playing through resident evil 5 with the housemate and more of the last of us … I’ve found I hate forced combat sections and I’m terrible at aiming under pressure. Still annoyed at the infected and how they can all bloody converge on me when I accidentally crouch walk to fast but Ellie can walk up to a clicker and start gnawing on the mushrooms and nothing happens.
I also freaked out a bit that I just got up to the capitol building and it’s saying I’m 25% done with the game. Kind of hoping the ps4 uses L2 and R2 fr aiming and shooting because that little muscle memory has murdered me about 50 times so far … I get a good view of all the things beating me to death though … so there’s that
Ignore those percentages in games! I hate it when games have that. Atleast hide it away in a menu instead of the save screen. *shakes fist*
Congrats on the learners, my friend! I always have to readjust to the triggers when alternating from the 360 to PS3. (And now the Wii U has me pressing the wrong button instead of A just because of muscle memory. XD)
I know there’s been a few QTE’s that pop up where it’s saying Mash X and I instinctively move to the left face button because of the xbox … and then I die a horrible scripted death and feel kind of stupid for not knowing which console I was playing
Some games count all their little collectibles towards percentages.
From memory, you could pass Red Dead at 60% or so.
Not The Last of Us, though. That’s just story progression.
I’lll take your word on that- haven’t played it yet.
Hahaha the clicker comment!
It kind of breaks the atmosphere when I’m sneaking around and the AI characters are just running all over the place unseen :/
I now own a shirt that says “POW!”
And that’s my username nickname.
Let’s start calling him Alen!
godammit
@tigerion
Reading about respeccing in Torchlight 2. I’m loathe to consider it, because I don’t want to get flagged as a cheater, and nor do I want to feel like I’ve sullied my character in any way. I was reading a post:
http://torchlight2armory.com/how-to-respec-skill-points
And the first option seems sound – just substituting a shared stash temporarily for a respec pot, then returning it to normal. I’m only debating this for my Outlander, because I’ve either borked the build, or what I have done just isn’t suited for the way I’m playing.
Thoughts on the first option? And have you had to do anything similar? Again, I’m most concerned about not getting flagged, as well as avoiding manipulating my character in anyway – like altering stats/skills directly, etc.
EDIT: I also ask you this directly, because you seem to have sunk an unholy amount of time into this game. =D
the respec potion method is fine, & wont flag you as a cheater, but it only works on skills.
theres a tool you can d/l that resets skill points & stat points that is also cheat-flag-free. cant remember what its called though……….
theres a mod you can get through the steam workshop that makes a certain vendor sell respec potions too…
Stats don’t bother me at all. I’m fine with where they are. Just wanted to refund skill points to reallocate is all. Games like these having no respec option is a bit crazy, tbh. Literally my only gripe.
In that case, try this mod.
Umm…. actually, if your character was created mod-free, then I dunno if you can load them into a modded game…?
if you cant, you can create a new mule character, spawn some respec potions, stick em in the shared stash & just go from there.
I tried, but doesn’t seem to work with vanilla characters. Which is OK, because I just decided to make a new Berserker and start on Elite. I’ve finished the game on Veteran, and short of Hardcore, seems the most logical way to go.
How far through the game are you?
Might be easier just to man up, pick elite difficulty and start again. But I think #35 is right in that if you are playing an unmodded character you won’t be able to switch them across to use any mods. They use different save locations, different stashes so think you are stuck with them.
Edit: I’ve played a lot of torchlight 2 (Completed elite multiple times) but the vast majority of the hours put into it is actually Mrs Tigs.
Well, my Outlander is into Act 2 NG+ on Veteran difficulty, and the Berserker I only just started – Veteran also. I tried the shared stash trick first, but didn’t go. Now I’m worried I’m flagged or something. Unfortunately you can’t check by yourself, can you?
Debating just starting a new ‘serker on Elite difficulty, vanilla. I feel weird about using mods like Synergy etc.
It was Normal difficulty when we played in my game 😀
Yeah, but they were all levelled up in Veteran single player, which was 80% of the game anyway.
the first game I installed on my new PC (which I’ve nicknamed The Beast because it’s huge, blue, and a little bit hairy) is Torchlight 2. I played a bit of it on Mrs Beardy’s laptop, but it didn’t run very smoothly. But on The Beast it runs as smooth as silk.
I levelled up a Berserker to level 20 on Mrs Beardy’s laptop, but over the course of last night/this morning I’ve levelled up an Engineer to level 11. I’m really liking the Engineer. Probably even better than the Berserker. I’m speccing out of the first two skill trees. I’ve taken the Flame Hammer/Seismic Stomp (name?), the Heal bot and the skills that passively increase fire/electric damage. So much fun. I really enjoyed Diablo 3, but Torchlight 2 seems to be leagues above it.
Engineer is my go-to guy. best tank in the whole game. max out heal bot & forcefield asap & the bulwark passive & you will never die.
also, if you take a few levels in shield bash (causes stun), and coup-de-grace (extra damage against stunned enemies), you’ll be putting out a bucketload of hurt too!
I’m rocking the 1 handed weapon and shield at the moment and it seems to be working quite well. haven’t put any points into the third tree yet, but I’ll definitely look into that next sesh.
Torchlight 2 is everything Diablo 3 should have been.
Haha, that’s funny. I levelled an engi to like 15 then tried out a Beserker and love it. Playing through it on Veteren and having so much fun.
I’ve taken 2 skills and one passive from the first talent page. Uppercut (Massive single target damage), Spell that makes me stronger depend how many enemies are around and a passive that heals me whenever I crit.
1 skill from the second page; makes my attacks have chain lightning effect.
1 skill from the last one that is a charge that deals lightning damage and heals me depending on how many enemies hit.
Going a dual weild / lightning damage spec. All about critting, nothing like critting an enemy and have like 5 enemies around me explode ever few seconds due to chain lightning.
That’s pretty much the exact same build I have on my Berserker. So much fun!
Me too!
Went Berserker and Engi (pretty much same builds as you but 2h Engi). Just finished the game on Saturday 🙂
Only 3 hours or so until I’m home and get to find out whether Dynasty Warriors arrived…
*rocks back and forth*
Bored in a lecture page-get!
Crosses fingers for you, i hate waiting for games
I thought I could wait… I thought wrong 😛
yeah I’m the worst when waiting for games, i race home like a little kid every day and go AWWWWW 🙁 when it’s not there, gonna be waiting for SR4, since importing seems to be the way to go.
So much aww last week :(. I even checked twice on some days!
Worst thing is when you can track the post too and refresh every five minutes at 10:30pm on a Sunday. 😛
No way! No tracking is worse. Got me all scared it didn’t even get sent or something went wrong, or maybe they sent me a 360 copy instead D:. I screenshotted the order for proof …just in case :/
Ha, that is bad, weekend mail tracking would just bring me anxiety
*remembers the wait for Ico/SotC*
:'(
I feel your pain! I never import games I really want. I figured since I didn’t even know DW8 existed until like 2 days before ordering, I could wait. I wasn’t even going to buy it so close to launch but the hype overcame me!
It did let me finish 5 games though!
No games can fill that void, though. :'(
Not even The Last of Us? ;D
Or Pikmin 3!?
Great games every last one, but I know that feeling… when there’s only one game you want to play and these are just diversions for the main event. (Even if they’re my personal favourite games of the year.)
Any way… am I making you feel better in any way? No. :'(
Nope, but you’re helping me pass the time 😀
Oh man, my life has purpose. :’)
The worst was Pokemon White, everyone was in here gabbin’ abart it and I was cryin’
What made it worse as well, was that Big W was actually selling it cheaper, will never make that mistake again!
2ish hours!
the students here are incredible.
student : “hey, could I borrow some scissors? it’s for umm… drama”
me: (knowing full well that he’s gonna be chopping up weed with em) “yeah, ok. but clean em before you bring em back”
student : *feigns ignorance* “uhh…. ok.”
I think they forget sometimes that adults were idiot kids once, too. And can remember.
…That said, they could also be assuming that we’re all sheltered. I remember working with a couple older women who were talking about drugs, and laughing to each other saying that they don’t even know how that works, they wouldn’t know how to GET some in the first place. It’s not like there’s a yellow pages or anything so how DO You find some to buy?
So, y’know. Maybe they had untainted and pure parents. One who won’t walk into their kids’ room, sniff, and go, “Ugh. Skunk weed. Your supplier is shit and I hope you’re not spending all your allowance on that garbage.” Or, “Ugh. Seriously? I’m going to give you a day to clean out your room where I won’t be here, and I won’t check the garbage bin afterwards. But from now on, you get to keep a box of tissues and a little bin in your room, and for the love of god, clean it out before it gets this rank in here again.”
(Later: “OH GOD HOW DO MY PARENTS KNOW I SPANK IT/SMOKE?!”)
Only tangentially-related: Some of my favourite things on the internet are wise-ass parents pwning their kids on facebook.
Holy shit, the last game of the International was simply put, the best game I’ve ever seen ever played in Dota, and I’ve a feeling it’ll stay that way for a long time.
I’m so glad they chose to hold it today, at this time. /o\
I didn’t watch it due to work so ill wait for a replay
I was being sarcastic. =P
I will probably also watch a replay of it, although it does ruin most of the magic it has when watching it live.
Best game.
Seriously.
It was amazing.
Please link replay!
So damn exciting…
darn spoiler tags not working, i’d love to gush about it…
Going to make a cheese and roast beef jaffle/toastie/’toasted sandwich’/dealy!
That sounds like one hell of dealy
@markserrels is like the only one doing Kotaku articles today.
Then it’s a gooooooooooood day.
More Serrels, more of the time.
Hey Shane, do you have any upcoming plans to be in Adelaide? I missed you at the last Oz Comic-Con with William Shatner. I will drop by your stall and say hello next time.
I dunno, man, nothing concrete. We’ll have to see, possibly next year when Oz Comic-Con or Supanova roll around.
Would like to… but whether I can or not remains to be seen.
Brisbane. Supanova.
Don’t listen to Benny! *shakes fist*
It all depends on whether I can find cheap flights between now and end August.
Hitchhike! What could possibly go wrong?
selfish, @dc.
Wants all the @shane to himself….
I thought I established I wanted to punch him in the face!
His beard will punch your fist!
You want to punch everyone in the face.
@shane’s pretty awesome!
@shane’s a sexist monster.
Fixed it for you.
Sexy? Handsome, maybe, but that’s a bit much-
Oh, sexist.
I don’t think you’re sexist, just a bit too sensitive and if you are sexist you’re on the right side of sexist jerk. 😀 (The look after and care for women kind…) Then again, one of my main objections (:D) to Phoenix Wright was the depiction of women. 😛 I might be the sensitive one. D:
Waahh? This is the first time I’ve ever heard this criticism!
It was controversial when I mentioned it to Sughly and Strange at the lunch meat. Strange accused me of not liking boobs. Then I said I liked boobs plenty. True story!
Oh, are you just talking about April May? I could understand if you had problems with her I suppose 😛
I thought she was hilarious though. Was very disappointed they cut her from the movie version of the case haha
Monster, yeah. Sexist, I dunno.
Defs monster material though.
I can only read it as “sexiest monster”.
I’m pretty sure it’s right.
I hear he stopped a group of poachers from hunting down a band of Colobus Monkeys single handed!
You got it backwards… someone stopped me from hunting the monkeys down.
But you were doing it for a noble cause though, right? For @coldcamv’s cosplay?
I was doing it for sub-Saharan nobility who wanted to wear the monkey skins as cloaks. That’s noble purpose, right?
Sure is! Those monkeys are lameeee
Same thing!
Also, colobus monkeys are jerks.
Stop being nice to me, or I’ll insult David Cage and praise buildings >:(
I always liked you so much because you remind me of David Cage and buildings, so you can insult them but won’t change my stance on this Shane guy. The self-loathing will just be endearing. 😛
Edit: This sentence makes no sense. Let’s all pretend it does. XD
…that’s not a threat
“I’ll gift you more adventure games!”
Post Apocalyptic Cage Monkey
DAVID CAGE’S PLOTS MAKE LITTLE SENSE
ALSO, BUILDINGS ARE AN ESSENTIAL AND USEFUL PART OF THE LANDSCAPE
Quantic Dream. Dream logic. Don’t have to make sense! 😛
Oh man, I feel like I’m being the biggest jerk today but I can’t stop. D:
FacepuncherMcgee!
Jerk C.
Just today?
;D
It’s actually pretty funny.
I’d rather confident joke-jerk DC than timid makes-us-worry DC, to a point.
Yeah, this. I mean, don’t go punching my grandma or nothing, but jerk DC has a confidence I enjoy.
If he only had a powerful voice he’d be the full package.
I like this fiery @dc.
I should probably add that I like @dc in all his forms. Now I’m making him sound like Frieza.
Even the doubtful one and doesn’t accept gifts one?
@dc’s a great guy.
Beardy’s a great guy! 😀
Doubtful D.C. would disagree with that statement! He’d be wrong 😀
This isn’t even his final form.
His final form is the manly upvote fairy
Not the manliest of forms.
But it has “manly” in it!
We can’t all be hilarious.
Sassy DC.
You gots to work it.
Quit Jivin’ me, Tur-Key!
Ya gotta sass it!
Thanks for the reassuring words folks. You so kind.
This isn’t jerky at all. What the fuck, dickman?
DiCkman. there in the title.
@dc is a cool guy, jerk @dc is a cool guy, @dc in general…cool guy
We know.
AARON SORKIN IS A HACK WHO FAILED AT VIDEOGAMES AND MOVIES SO WENT TO TV WHERE HIS LACK OF TALENT WOULDN’T BE SO NOTICEABLE.
Cocaine addled Sorkin’s ten times the man I’ll ever be! 😛
Did he write The Social Network before or after he got off the coke?
He’s been off drugs for 11 years I think!
The Social Network is such a great film
I know you disagree but The Newsroom is pretty damn great too.
I find The Newsroom problematic, esp the women.
That said, apparently the latest one is really good.
Sorkin women have always been slightly weird: Ainsley Hayes, Amy Gardner, Donna Moss, CJ…
Maggie, MacKenzie and Sloane are no different. I likes them though. 😀
@dc There’s “weird” and then there’s “how the fuck does she even function in this job because this is beyond ‘quirky.’”
I think esp in S1 MacKenzie and Maggie crossed this line.
I think Studio 60 on Sunset Strip was his first sober effort.
Cannot focus at uni, can’t wait for sleep.
Same, except replace sleep with more important things like Dynasty Warriors and Breaking Bad!
Oh right, I’ll need to [REDACTED] the new Breaking Bad when I get home
If my ISP and my online login is correct, I *should* be back online.
BREAKING BAD YEAH
YEAH, BITCH.
It airs on Foxtel at 6:30. I’m so fucking hype you have no idea.
Edit: BITCH.
I don’t have Foxtel, but it’ll be falling off the back of the internet ASAP
Also: Upvote for edit
WHAT FUCKING CHANNEL, MATE!?
QUICK OR I SWEAR I’LL KNOCK YOUR BLOCK OFF!!!
Showcase!
Schedual says 6:30, is that the time for eastern states?
Should I expect 6:00 for SA/NT?
Isn’t BB on Showcase?
There was actually a surprising amount of World of Warcraft talk at Sunday’s Hot Pot Meat. I know @enduwolf said he’s done with it, but I for one will be playing again for the new patch where we overthrow Garrosh. @sernobulus and @transientmind seemed on the fence about whether they’d play again any time soon. I know a while ago @cakesmith and @virus__ (I think it was those two!) were looking at putting a Kotaku WoW guild together. Did that ever happen? Is it active? If not, would there be enough interest to try and get one together?
Everyone is suddenly talking about WoW again and it makes me tempted despite that WotLK basically broke me and I tried to play Cataclysm and just couldn’t get onto the gear treadmill again 🙁
Meanwhile I’m getting excited to play FFXIV. I’m my own worst enemy.
http://youtu.be/sc5iTNVEOAg
MoP probably wouldn’t be the best xpac for you to play then. There are so many BS dailies that you have to grind rep for just to be able to unlock the quests to grind rep for more factions before actually gearing… The new Timeless Isle they’re adding should fix some of that. But Pandaria is so much more grindy that previous xpacs.
WotLK was my perfect expansion. I loved it. I miss 10 and 25 mans having different gear and different lockouts
EDIT: Also Wintergrasp. So awesome.
Burning Crusade was where it was at.
Going through attunements for raids was half the fun of raiding. When they removed them I stopped raiding (Vanilla OT progression guild raid team/BC hunter CC/DPS) and switched to PvP.
But even that these days isn’t what it used to be. There used to be skill involved and tactics. I remember AVs that went for entire days.
Now it’s just who has the most time to farm gear. Sadly, that is not me.
What killed WotLK (and by extension, WoW) for me:
– Doing the exact same raid every week and dying in the exact same spot for about 12 weeks. I never got to fight the Lich King or Sindragosa because pubbies were too dumb to understand how to do the Professor 🙁
– Lack of decent raids at all. Ulduar was fantastic but literally the week after my guild finally finished it in 25s, new patch and new top-end raid. 🙁
– The goddamn Colosseum thing was terrible and we ended up sitting on it forever
– Grinding the tournament dailies to get enough tokens for that Hippogryph
– Jousting
Actually, after talking to you guys I want to play SW:TOR again. Too bad no one plays it. =(
I’m so invested in my WoW account that the thought of playing another MMO makes me feel uneasy. I’ve been playing the same set of characters since 2007. Playing another MMO would feel too much like starting over from scratch. :/
I logged in the other month. That game is so many levels of dead now.
I enjoyed it. I rushed my main to 50 and got an alt to 40ish. There was just no end game though so it died off quickly.
I was keen to get back into it when it went F2P, but they’ve literally removed almost everything.
You could revive my interest in it, I was last playing it back in March
Nah it never happened. I’m not sure if Cakesmith is still playing & I stopped playing about 9 months ago. Only played for a week when Blizzard gave me a free time when 5.2 came out. I found the end content way too boring, all I wanted to do was PVP but even that was boring. I guess I preferred arenas over battlegrounds.
I’m at a point now where I can say I will probably never play it again.
If there’s an MMO to play these days it’s Guild Wars 2.
Yeah, but there isn’t much end game on GW2
It’s not a game built around end game like WoW and SWTOR though.
I’d say even SWTOR wasn’t really built around end-game. It was basically KOTOR3, made co-op with drop-in multiplayer. I mean yeah, they added some raids for end-game and you could grind PVP if you really hated yourself, but the story is where it’s at for TOR.
I’m not especially keen to fire it up again. Garrosh has been deserving of a kick up the rear, though, and I kinda enjoyed the ‘Landfall’ patch which added some fun story escalation. Just every time I think about logging in, I think about dailies, and raids, and gear treadmills, and my enthusiasm plummets.
I’ve turned into the ultra-Casual.
(Which is appropriate enough for my post number 2000.)
I LIKE BOOBIES!
(.)(.) = \o/
Unnecessary
If I don’t confirm and assert my masculinity who will? Tell me that smart guy.
Also, I’d like to point out this relevant infographic.
Lamentations of the women!
…
9pm!
Hi Tay,
I got nothing to add to any conversations…
so just saying hi…
so…
hi…
How is everyone? good? good!
…
goooood…
Jakey D! Hope you’re well, my friend? How’s life as an uncle treating you? Want some rye? Course ya do!
Sad, cause there’s so many cute photos of little niece, but I can’t physically be there 🙁 sucks big time…. on the plus side ZOMG SHE’S SO FREAKING GORGEOUS!
How about you DC mah man? how’s yourself?
Hope you feel better, my friend!
I’m okay, Pixel. *nods*
@dc’s seething with hilarious rage!
Does that mean he potentially will turn into a hilariously coloured rainbow HULK type thing?
“DC SMASH!”
*Hooooooooonk* *streamers flying everywhere*
Yes.
As above, the manly upvote Hulk fairy.
Oh my God, at my high school Return to Zork was the only game they had in the library, so every day – EVERY DAMN DAY – was an exercise in listening to that line, over and over and over.
In the end, the school librarian banned it from being played whenever she was in the building.
Same story except primary school for me. Only game the school had. o/
We used to have Red Alert in our school.
Right until some teacher saw a student blow up a church to get one of the bonus crates… then it was banned… because apparently blowing up churches is not “acceptable behaviour”
Haha! My brother installed The Last Crusade adventure game. The school didn’t approve, but they also didn’t know how to uninstall it. XD
Wait what was the objection to the Last Crusade? Best documentary ever!
Go to venice… we have sewers, rats and Nazi women \o/
And that’s where it ended. (No one had access to the grail diary with the library window codes. :P)
Haha, this is me today.
nothing-to-add-five o/
Nothing like remembering the fun times of the weekend are over and falling back into reality by going to the shop to get honey mustard sauce cos you have none left cos you go through it like wildfire only to find out they don’t even stock it anymore 🙁
I still have a bottle of ranch dressing, I guess. That’s… something.
Why do they always kill off the best product lines? Or at the very least, choose not to stock them any more?
I freakin love BIckford’s cordials. Particularly the lemon iced tea. But can you buy it? NOPE. They only stock the peach one, which is ok but it’s no lemon.
Ages ago Heinz had these kind of “black label” range of sauces, and they were awesome. There was a tomato and chilli one I think, as well as tomato, olive and herbs… and they actually seemed like they were made with real tomato! Then they had a honey barbecue that was really good, can’t remember if that one had the peppercorn or that was a separate barbecue sauce but whatever the case was the sauce was rad. And now they’re gone.
I guess not enough people appreciate the refined flavours of good condiments!
They have a heap of new Praise stuff in tiny little bottles that cost just as much with fancier names, but still no honey mustard 🙁 I guess Praise doesn’t deserve my good food anymore.
(Btw I’m purposely being wayy overdramatic over a bottle of sauce :P)
…just put honey into the regular mustard one? 😛
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcdcUv3kx-8
I’ve been wanting an excuse to post Tim’s kitchen chips for soooo long 😛
When I was in high school Thins had the most incredible-tasting flavour of chips ever: Cheese and Cracked Pepper. Then they disappeared and I’ve been searching in vain for a replacement ever since.
And around the same time, those packs of microwave popcorn used to come with sachets of flavour powder to add and they were all supertasty. Now there’s just butter flavour. 🙁
Plain popcorn with a dash of soy sauce or balsamic vinegar is pretty top.
It’s good but it’s no mystery powder called “Savoury Flavour”.
Thins still make the best flavour ever: Light and Tangy.
It is rivalled only by Smith’s chips’ Thai Sweet Chilli, and Samboys’ Atomic Tomato.
I always forget how good light and tangy is until I have some again. So damn tasty.
Thins chips are too thin 🙁
Cheese and Cracked Pepper was years before Light and Tangy. You kids don’t know what you missed. You’re lucky.
When I was in kindergarten Samboy chips had little packets of extra really strong flavouring and the barbeque one was amazing. I don’t think they’ve had them since 🙁 And now I’m wondering why out of everything that I could’ve remembered about being 4, my most clear memory is a bag of chips…
I remember some kind of cracked pepper chips from Smiths I think that were great, nup, haven’t seen them since primary school either!
Samboy chips made a resurgence in supermarket shelves! And their BBQ flavour is still intense. They pack a lotta flavour in their chips and if you want salt & vinegar that shrivels up the roof of your mouth, they can’t be beat. It’s why I love their tomato version so much.
Yeah but the extra sachets were even more intense! They had massive warnings on them they were that intense 😀
Sachets… such a great idea.
Reminds me of a good memory. Back when ‘tex mex’ was a flavour, on a school trip with one of my brothers (Rock Eisteddfod, woo!) one of the kids in our group offered us a bag to share. What we didn’t know was that he’d gutted a few chilli peppers and sprinkled the seeds into the packet. We didn’t detect them until we’d got to the bottom of the packet and were down to the best parts – the crunchy chip crumbs. So, we’d each ended up grabbing handfuls of chilli seed-chip-crumb mix and chomping away on them.
We were raised on cooking that was basically meat+3-veg, english style. Pepper was considered a bit spicy and exotic. Eating chilli pepper seeds… It was like FIRE. When we were done screaming and finding things to wash away the burn, our lips and fingers were already all swollen pink, and we chased down our laughing ‘friend’, and I held him down while my little brother laid into him with righteous spice-induced fury. Then we swapped, so I could enjoy beating him up too.
…He laughed the entire time, in between complaints of ‘ow’.
Haha that’s awesome 😛 Back in year 11 and 12 there was a Mexican takeaway store over the road from it and I swear they could’ve made a living from people buying milk and their hot chilli’s that you had to specifically ask for. Not. Fun.
I miss Atomic Tomato chips. :'(
Foodworks has the big 175g bags for $2 this week. 🙂
This is why you’re leader!
Ahhhh, flavour bombs! They were the best. Except for Dog’s Breath Garlic, which came with the chicken ones. I remember one of the guys had that for recess, then all through the class afterwards it was just impossible to breathe anywhere near him. Such an awful stench.
Can’t for the life of me remember what Atomic Tomato had with it. Also on a side note, while I was happy to see Atomic Tomato return to the shelves, once I tasted them they were nothing like I remembered and I didn’t like them at all. Total disappointment 🙁
Totally reminded me of that cracked pepper flavour of Thins that they had for a while years ago. Came in a black packet. It was so good.
That Texas Barbecue flavour they had was pretty good too.
Breaking Bad is really getting everyone here agro.
Edit: the cursing was unnecessary. Removed.
I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS
Let me watch the five seasons and I will get back to you on this reference.
I am the gum
that sticks to your hair!
I am Darkwing Duck!
Not sure how sensitive people are, but PopSugar has new season production still at the bottom of the page and they did spoil Offspring last week, so I’d be careful.
True. But with anything I do not want spoiled, I tend to avoid the internet. It’s just too risky.
Yes, yes. Avoid the internet. Can’t be done. I hear you. IT CAN BE DONE!
Ugh. Fucking Popsugar. The episode hasn’t even aired here yet. Could they not have waited? It’s only a few hours away.
Minecraft Server Question!
hey guys just curious, are people still using the Minecraft server? Just curious whether or not to renew it. I’m more than happy to keep paying for it and keep it running if theres even 1 or 2 people still interested, just let me know. Zero contribution is necessary!
…you have a minecraft server? WHY DIDN’T I KNOW ABOUT THIS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
i’ve been playing a lot of minecraft lately… with myself
I’ve been playing a lot… with myself…
I’ve been playing with myself
lol i was posting about it for TWO WEEKS!!!!!
biodome.syndicateofgamers.com:25602
or
198.24.178.178:25602
im not sure if i whitelisted you yet?
heh…
i get it now…
white-listed… playing with myself…
hehehe…
imma go sit down over here in the stupid corner now
pixel_the_ferret <———– thats you im guessing? you were even whitelisted!!! (names taken from TAYNAMES
\o/ i will check this out… I’M CLEARLY VERY INVOLVED
*runs in circles*
Trekkies engage! OGS has these for preorder! Perfect for Things on Desks!
I am truly in AWE of how good BREAKING BAD was today.
Zero spoilers here.
It’s *tense*, like *REALLY* tense in a way no other show ever is.
This is top tier television that outdoes most movies. This was easily one of BB’s best episodes so far. Absolutely amazing. The wait has been worth it people!!!
200 out of 10 for that episode 😀
Under the Strange Spoiler Rules set out by @strange talking about how awesome it is may be a spoiler.
Strange spoiler rules is possibly the best description I’ve heard of them lol
Good time to remind everyone that rot13 is how we’re covering spoilers until the spoiler tag is fixed!
Just go to:
http://www.rot13.com/
Type spoiler into box and convert it with the cipher dealy! Copy rot13 text back into TAY!
Good thing there’s no spoilers there then!
I know, man. Wasn’t directed at you.
Just first post in what I assume is going to be a lot of Breaking Bad talk.
Wouldn’t dare spoil it.
But oh man that one part where Jesse sells meth to Hermione and she sells to McGonigal and everyone at Hogwarts does a ‘Methecto Letssmokeus’…wow.
Yer a Wizard, Jesse
There is no good and evil, there is only power, and those too weak to seek it. There’s also Blue Meth, 98% pure. That shit’s awesome. On sale just outside near the whomping willow. Wait til it’s smoked some. Less whomping, more whimpering…
— Professor Quirrel
Ta…. DAAAAAAA!!!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/weresmurf/breakinghogwarts_zps2daa550b.jpg
I was going to wait until the next ep was aired in the US and launch a more subtle troll, like: “HOLY SHIT I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING. MAN. Walter getting killed like that, instead of dying to cancer? What the fuck at they going to do with the rest of the season?! Ramifications? What kind of series DOES THAT?”
What kind of series kills the main character one episode into the next season?
HELLO VALERIES FAMILY!
Which then became THE HOGANS lol.
You should ROT13 it twice, I hear that makes it twice as encrypted.
Soooo… does anyone know a way to give me a new back and Neck? Really needed right now… Nurofen has stopped helping 🙁
If Mythbusters is anything to go by, pig spine and neck is a good replacement… DYI, pick up at your local butchery… sure there’s some youtube videos to assist
#helping \o/
on the serious side, hope you feel better soon mang
Convert and embrace the mechanical evolution! >:D
…A more serious response, have you gone a chiropractor about this?
It’s only just started yesterday so no But am going to get someone to check it out in the next day or so,
A lot of chiropractors are quacks that literally believe that all sicknesses and diseases are caused by misalignment of the spine. Seriously.
Physiotherapist and if necessary remedial massage. *Maybe* Osteopath but they can be very hit & miss and a lot of them have similar issues.
So I bought the new mouse.
My hand is still hurting but I imagine it’ll take a day to fix up.
Teach the little blighter not to bite!
Stay classy, Tony Abbott.
It’s like a shot of wisdom straight into the anus.
That’s exactly where his brain is…
Apparently @bdkiaf is off tay for the arvo. We should leave him a high number in the bar on the top right.
@bdkiaf.
Whos this guy? >> @bdkiaf
@bdkiaf, I miss you.
Oh god, where is @BDKIAF!? Oh well, may aswell start looting / rioting!
*throws brick at window*
*Jumps through window, picks up brick, climbs back out window, hands it to SerNobs*
I think you dropped this.
…
@bdkiaf
*takes window frame* just because…
@bdkiaf doesn’t need it now.
I was hoping for *Picks up Brick that had bounced off the window*
@bdkiaf is a nice guy. he doesn’t need your mockery
Crusader Kings peeps (now including @crazyguy1990)
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/08/11/mod-of-the-week-elder-kings-for-crusader-kings-ii/
Mod that turns the map and, well, everything into the Elder Scrolls world
Breaking Bad is a pretty good TV show. I like the part where people did things.
YOU HAVE SPOILED IT FOR ME FOREVER YOU EVIL EVIL BUNNY
I’M A MONSTER!
What’s a “Breaking Bad”?
Breaking Bad spoilers:
V unir abg frra nal bs guvf fubj lrg.
LBH’ER N ZBAFGRE!
Knew what that said without rot13ing it.
My local IGA had a sale on Shapes. But they never have Chicken Crimpy so I have to always settle for lesser flavours. After the astoundingly average Chicken Drumstick recently I decided I’d be better trying another flavour.
So I selected Texan BBQ.
I should have gotten Drumstick 🙁 It’s like normal Barbecue flavour except more mediocre.
Honey Soy Chicken
They don’t stock it.
They stock every bad flavour.
In a similar vein, occasionally on special, and far superior: the ‘-in-a-biscuit’ range. Their chicken-in-a-biscuit is superior.
In A Biskit have some pretty kickass flavours.
Cheese and Bacon FTW.
Chicken Crimpy FTW
Dunno what these barbecue people (let alone the pizza people) are on about. Crimpy is the best flavour.
Aldi are selling Chicken Crimpy this week for like $1.50,
#helping
Helpsoup!
http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/love-project-cake-for-a-date/story-fnet0gly-1226695390132
If someone walked up to me offering cake I’d think it was poisoned. D:
Being pretty probably didn’t hurt the initial cake-barring chick in her success rate.
I would take free cake! Although maybe not in a bar.
Why’s a pretty girl offering me cake and not the good looking people.
…
Yup, poison. *wipes hands*
*throws cake on ground*
THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS!!!
*runs off crying*
It’s my duty to warn people of potential poison!
That’s what I do whenever I pass a cafe!
What this article tells me is that I need to learn how to make a good Pecan Pie, pronto.
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/ducktales_remastered/b/xbox360/archive/2013/08/12/ducktales-remastered-game-informer-review.aspx
Ducktales reviewing better than I expected. 😀
Woo-oo!
Polygon gave it a 5/10 and basically say it should have stayed in the 80s and that it simply fails to work as a modern game regardless of the fresh coat of paint.
I always thought the original was kind of meh though I’d only ever played it at a friend’s house.
Hmmm, Polygon seems to be more in line with my suspicions about the game. Don’t want to ruin that nostalgia. :'(
Are we talking the same Polygon that called The Last of Us “dead inside”, ” couldn’t find any deeper meaning” and ” the game isn’t really a fun thing to play”?
Also they gave Thomas Was Alone a 8.5 when it didn’t deserve much more than a 6. I find their thinking on games to be very different to mine.
I’m waiting on a Eurogamer review. I find they’re usually spot on for me, unless it’s a niche JRPG because they hate those.
I alternate between GameInformer and Polygon and just go by my instincts. Sometimes I know when a review is not in line with my tastes (like The Last of Us and Polygon), but other times I feel like they’re on the same page as me…
http://noahveltman.com/suggest/ was linked to from lifehacker. It’s a bunch of google suggested searches from various countries. It’s cracking me the hell up. The article focused on what the nations think of each other (and us specifically), but there are some genuine corkers in there.
Like every nation wants to know how to tie a tie. And while each nation is thinking, “Do British people… like my nation?” New Zealanders are typing, “Do British people cry”. When it comes to asking if things are illegal, most nations want to know if it’s legal to marry your cousin or grow weed. Except for Canada, who wants to know if you can marry yourself, and America who wants to know if it’s illegal to own a wolf and record police. Everyone wants to know if Americans like their country… except New Zealanders, who are worried that Americans can get an Australian visa.
It’s some hilarious stuff if you’re not especially sensitive. 🙂
I liked how the second one for “Why does everyone” is “Why does everyone hate Xbox One” for the other countries, and “Why does everyone hate Tom Waterhouse?” in Australia.
Heh. Even though it was third on the list, we still had the xbox one question, though. 😉
EVERY nation wants to know why! (We know why. We’re clued in gamer people.)
Great stuff. Apparently net users all over the world have self confidence issues – why does everyone hate me?
I’ve never understood that question. Surely it should be obvious why everyone hates you, right? At least, I know why everyone hates me (I keep the reasons on a list).
I found some of his other sandbox stuff much more interesting.
Then again I love random data manipulation so take what you will from that
Is it just me, or did the weather decide to skip August this year and go straight to September?
Was like 28 today. Weird. I’ll miss hoodie weather.
It was like 12 today. I’m wearing the thickest hoodie I have and I’m still pretty cold 😛
(non-hoodie weather is almost non-existent here!)
Aw man, I’d cover my scrawny arms all year long. *looks longingly into distance*
*cough*cometomelbourne*cough*
…
😀
No. Melbourne. Evah. >:|
😛
Awh, I loved the weather in Melbourne! It actually got cold enough out that I wore a BEANIE.
I looked like the king of hobos (my beard was a lot fuller and shaggier – you saw it after I’d had it buzzed the same length as my hair), but it was fantastic weather.
Not even for arcade fire?
Been there, done that. Never again. Except for PAX next year. 😛
It was like 15 here. I’m wearing a hoodie now!
Alright TAY! I need food suggestions. You all look well-fed so who better to ask! ;D
I’m living by my lonesome this week and need ideas on what to cook for my dins. Anything easy to make for one (so ronery ;_;)
And yes, I’ve already got “bag of kettle chips” on my shopping list.
One bag of Smith’s Thai Sweet Chilli Chips.
Samboys/Thins are on special at foodworks – $2 a bag. Coke bottles 1.25L for $2 too, but I think Coles might have a better special there.
“You all look well-fed”
are… are you calling me fat? *lip-quiver*
I’ll be on my ronesome this week too, and spent an entire $17 on food!
Omlettes, pancakes, $5 woolworths pizza, tuna sandwiches, pasta, toasted cheese sandwiches!
I’ve heard that if you apply heat to bread it eventually transforms into toast.
Probably requires some experimentation regarding temperature and distribution of heat, but it’s worth a shot.
An Iron is good to achieve this… i recommend turning steam off though, tends to get a bit soggy otherwise
For lack of a better link to the recipe, make the Green Sauce and then add it to everything you eat. So good.
D:
Look, Greenmang, this is the only time you’ll hear me saying that Green is amazing. Just roll with it.
>:(
Me, I like to do big dinner’ish breakfasts and have light, breakfast food for dinner. Keeps you nice and full during the day, and doesn’t give you heaps to digest while you’re really just trying to get to sleep.
But that depends on when you’re planning on getting up, and how much time you want to prepare with!
So, y’know. Dinners are easy: Cereal, eggs. Bacon. Sausage. Tomato. If you time it right, you can do fried eggs so damn fast. Butter the ever-loving hell out of your pan so that you actually have a small pool of the stuff, toss in one egg at a time and very quickly shape it with your spatula so that it makes the same shape as your toast. Then, place a saucepan lid over the top of the egg so that the top gets cooked as well. Chuck your toast in the toaster, butter it while still hot, and by that time your egg should be pretty much done without ever needing to have been flipped or moved about to prevent from sticking (that’s why the butter-pool, see). Meanwhile, if you want a bigger dinner/breakfast, you can toss on some sausages or bacon on the grill – get those started about ten minutes earlier though. Tomato at the last minute, sliced all along the length, into quarters. If you wanted to do mushrooms or onion, I’d toss them in with the eggs. Let ’em fry in the same butter. Good flavours.
Scrambled eggs are easy to screw up and turn into an omelet (eww). Gotta add lots more milk than you were probably taught, and stir the everloving hell out of it. Loads of salt. No matter what anyone tells you, don’t be tempted to add cheese, bacon, onions, or anything else to the eggs while they’re cooking. That sort of stuff should be garnishings, not additions. If you absolutely HAVE to add something, make it garlic, or possibly herbs – but even herbs can be added after. Anything in WITH the eggs while getting them fluffy is going to screw your texture. The flavours go just as well if you add after, and on cheese if it’s sprinkled on, grated, it can even melt onto the eggs. And don’t you dare let any of that egg start to brown – cook on a medium heat to avoid that happening too fast. That way lies omelet town.
As for cheap’n’easy more regular meals… you’d be surprised how good you can get a bog-standard potato mash to taste if you whip it with cream instead of milk, and add plenty of garlic, maybe a sprinkling of allspice or chives. I’ve even done that by merely chopping and washing the potatos, putting them into a couple freezer bags, microwaving for a couple minutes instead of boiling, THEN doing the mashing/whipping. The microwave softens everything right? Even potatos. Best thing about that is it frees up a pot for you to boil beans and carrots in. And if you’re feeling like experimenting, try caramelizing your carrots. It’s easier than it sounds! If you have a steam tray you can put over the top of a pot of boiling water, that’s cool – do that. But not for very long, you don’t want ’em mushy. But take the carrots out early, and melt some margarine on very low heat, then stir in the carrots til they’re good and glistening, then stir in some brown sugar. It tends to thicken and harden, and make sure it’s still low heat, or it’ll burn fast. That’s one you gotta watch.
Anyway, those sides will go with just about any cut of meat you care to name. And if the meat’s budget and not really great, think about pouring some booze on it (not too much or you won’t be able to tell when it’s cooked when you poke it), covering it with raw sugar, then oven-roasting it instead of grilling. Pretty much any decent over at 200’ish for 30min will be a good starting point, depending how heavy your meat is. Anything over that you need to start eyeballing it. (Of course, if it’s too small, you might start to smell it before then – RULE: if you can smell meat cooking in an oven, it’s probably close to done) You’ll wanna poke it and pull it open a bit to see how pink the inside is, but when it’s reasonably pinkish – to taste, if you like medium rare’ish instead of well done – and finish it off in your trusty pan of butter to give it some darker edges.
If you don’t wanna get bored, swap out potato for sweet potato, change up your meats (pork, beef, chops, fish-steaks), with exactly the same techniques to get some longevity. Two days per style!
A third menu option to change things up even more would be stir-fry. That’s about the easiest thing to do ever. Dice or (preferably) slice strips of ANY meat, grab a tub of whatever ‘asian’ sauce you want out of the supermarket, a bag of hokkien noodles (big, thick, yellow), and a wok. If not a wok, then a very large frypan or even pot, with a little oil in the bottom. Leave the blood/frozen water of the meat on it, stir it til it’s evenly-browned (or matte white just STARTING to brown, in the case of chicken), then toss in some chopped vegies. You can get those out of damn near any bag of frozen mixed veg from the freezer aisle. Don’t leave those in more than a couple minutes til you’ve seen the frost coming off them and you’ve mixed them in enough to get oily – then mix in your sauce. That’ll cool things down, give you another few minutes, then you add the noodles. Timing’s gotta be right – you don’t wanna leave anything in there longer than you have to or it turns into flavourless mush. You want your vegies to stay very slightly crunchy, and don’t worry much about the noodles, they’ll be fine. You could even mix them in with the sauce.
That stirfry is a crowd-pleaser for when I have to do any cooking at parties. Usually get bowls coming back looking for seconds and thirds, and it’s VERY easy to do for loads of people – you just gotta have enough ingredients and you can keep the whole mix rolling.
Once again, the man proves why he’s Brisbane TAYbie leader. I recommend him for TAY president in general!
No-one’s coming for your title, relax. ^.^
(Lieutenant if you must.)
But yeah, single-man cooking is something that took me a while to find satisfying AND easy recipes for, so I like the meat+veg or stir-fry solutions the best. Worst comes to absolute worst though, @powalen, you’d be surprised just how much you can do with basic coles thin sausages if you put your mind to it. You can get like… a week’s supply for around eight bucks, a bottle of sauce for two, a loaf of bread for one. Who doesn’t love a good home version of a sausage sizzle?
You can even do ghetto stirfry by going to a cheaper asian grocery store and buying their thin rice noodles. Another cheap bag of home-brand diced vegies, and some sausages? Chop your sausages up before tossing them into some sizzling butter in a pan. Get a separate pot boiling the rice noodles til they soften, then strain them out and let ’em stand in cold water (they’ll keep cooking otherwise). Create another brown/raw sugar and softened butter blend in a little saucepan, stirring it til it’s a single consistency, then pour it over your diced sausages in their pan. Let ’em get good and covered, then mix in your vegies, and when those are starting to soften and be glistening-covered, mix in the softened noodles. Ghetto stir-fry! No expensive sauces required.
For EXTREME budgetary tightness, also try buttering both sides of a piece of toast, then putting it in a thick layer of frying butter/margarine. Turn it to make sure it soaks in good and proper, then pull it out and let it drip-dry after you can see that it’s browning in places where it wasn’t before. When it’s dry, it hardens up and crunchifies like sizzler cheese-toast. (Don’t try doing that with actual cheese though, it doesn’t work. I’m pretty sure sizzler uses a special cheese powder in their mix, either in with whatever they’re frying with, or soaked into the bread, french-toast style.) Three of four pieces of that will fill you up like you wouldn’t believe (and probably kill you from cholesterol poisoning).
Fried things left to dry get crispy! Try this with sliced pepperoni sometime when you’re a bit more flush with cash. Chuck it on a grill, and when the white fat bubbles in the pepperoni start to pop and melt, and the edges of the pepperoni start to curl/brown, pull them out and put them on a drip tray (or paper towel if you don’t have one). Give ’em ten minutes and they’ll harden into meat chips. Like potato chips, only meatier.
If homeless people had fridges, they’d never need to go hungry. 🙁 But y’know. They don’t have fridges. Because they don’t have homes. So.
My quick and dirty stir fry is garlic/soy/honey chicken.
Brown chicken in pan with about two cloves of diced garlic per 500g of meat (ish) use a good splash of peanut oil. Add a tablespoon of honey per 500g of meat and as much soy sauce as you think is necessary (really is a personal preference one here, I’ve never measured it but it’s enough to coat the meat).
Mix in snow peas, bok choy, onions, carrots and possibly other slightly bitter broccoli style veggies.
Once the bok choy starts to wilt, serve on rice.
Peanut oil? Actual garlic? bok choy and snow peas? What kind of ritzy fancy ghetto are you comin’ from? 🙂
(Edit: But oh man, still-crisp, cooked snow peas are tricky to get JUST right but SO delicious. I love tossing in some baby corn for my yellow colour. I figure every stir fry should have yellow, orange, two green, white, in the veg.)
The bok choy thing works really well to get the timing of snow peas right.
Bok choy is pretty amazing. Works as a great side dish if you fry some in peanut oil with garlic and a few drops of sesame oil.
High-five for bok choy appreciation. It’s like the superior-tasting bastard offspring of spinach and shallots with the best of both worlds. Other worthy entries to a good stir-fry are celery for cheap, artificial crunch (especially if you know you’re inclined to screw up your heat/timing) and I’m a big fan of broccoli. I try to avoid cauliflower, even though I know a lot of folks swear by it, and string beans are OK for a poor man’s snow pea. Bean sprouts can be a very welcome surprise guest, especially if added immediately after removing the mix from heat.
(FOOD IS SO AWESOME.)
@transientmind
I find the biggest danger with broccoli is undercooking it, and it is terrible undercooked. So I usually cut it up super small, which does rather solve that issue, but still.
@blaghman Raw broccoli is delicious!
3 tablespoons soy, 3 tablespoons oyster, 1 teaspoon crushed ginger, 1 teaspoon crushed garlic, 1-2 teaspoons of sesame oil. Instant stir fry sauce. If you’re feeling fancy add a sweet alcohol like sherry or rice wine, and a vinegar to offset. Thicken with starch if you want. Very hard to muck it up.
You are so wrong about scrambled eggs.
This is how you make scrambled eggs. Trust me.
Mm. He’s right about cooking them til they’re fluffing up and going away from the heat to let the residual cook it. And you’ll notice he hasn’t added anything until they’re pretty much done! And he didn’t even let them brown. That’s totally right. I WAS RIGHT! Dunno why he added pepper, though. Bah. He must have jaded taste buds or something. Egg is its own reward! Unless you’re using cage eggs, I guess… they can be pretty hit and miss.
(Everyone I know who does scrambled eggs basically does a smashed-up omelet. So wrong.)
You said lots of milk and he added the butter at the start :p
I use a dollop of sour cream at the end. Just because it’s what we tend to have lying around.
Well it’s true, I get the butter on the pan first to turn to liquid, then add the milk and eggs together and stir the hell out of them before adding to the heat+butter. And I do get watery run-off! But I always figured that was mostly from adding more milk than is necessary. But it doesn’t matter! You drain the water off.
Try it this way and you’ll never go back.
Shit @transientmind just wrote the TAY cookbook.
Have tentative plans for a Transientmind and Strange teaches D.C. how to cook meat. 😛
Apparently I do it the nasty, cheap, unhealthy (but delicious) way. @trjn will probably teach you to cook healthier and more wholesome. 🙂 (And probably still delicious.)
Butter > raw sugar.
Not in coffee!
Also, brown sugar. Oh, and I’ve had some success with honey or golden syrup. The ladies? The ladies love the caramelized carrots. They be gettin’ their gums all over mah carrots while you butter your own.
(That is a euphemism. This is incredibly lame smacktalk. Although it is true that ladies like the caramelized carrots.)
…That was longer than I intended. Pity we don’t have spoiler tags. Oh, and I meant sour cream, not sweet cream. Although sweet cream couldn’t really hurt, I haven’t tried that… I should.
Got a decent mix of herbs/spices?
Coat lamb or chicken in equal parts cumin, paprika (and half that in chilli powder) with a bit of diced garlic and lemon juice. Grill that and you’re good to go.
Can serve with grilled capsicum and chilli/mint cous cous if you like.
To do the cous cous, just get a bit of cous cous in a bowl and pour enough boiling water over it to cover it. Cover the bowl with a lid/plate/whatever. Then grab some fresh mint and dice it fairly finely. By some I mean a fair amount. Do the same with some birdseye chilli (half of one unseeded if you don’t like chilli, at least one whole one with seeds if you do). By the time you’re done chopping, the cous cous is ready, so stir through the mint and chilli with a squirt of lemon juice, a splash of olive oil and a little salt and pepper.
For bonus points, serve the capscium and chicken in thin slices over the cous cous.
That’s one of my favourite easy meals that have a lot of flavour.
Thanks mateys! Some good ideas!
I have absolutely nothing in the cupboards so my plan was to go to the supermarket every night on the way home instead of one massive shop. Was there for ages because there was too much choice to decide 😛
Cheers!
Oh yes, three important cooking tips:
1) Don’t over crowd the pan. If you’re frying meat and there’s too much in there, you’re going to end up boiling it in its own juices. Don’t do that. Cook in multiple batches or use a bigger pan.
2) You’re probably cooking on too high of a temperature. High heat is for steak, eggs and bacon. Things like chicken and lamb are better cooked on a medium heat and sauces tend to want a low heat. Also, cook meat from room temperature. Leave it out for 20 minutes before cooking. Makes a huge difference.
3) Butter. Use it. It’s tasty and makes everything tastier. That caramelised carrot thing transientmind mentioned? Don’t do that. Just melt some butter on a low heat and toss veggies through it to make them more interesting. Add a bit of butter to steak when you’re resting the meat.
Oh yes and always have a good supply of herbs and spices around. A kitchen without garlic isn’t a kitchen, it’s a place where food gets heated.
Cool, thanks. It was more what to cook rather than how to cook that I was struggling with. Everything I know how to make is hard to cook for one! haha Though I have noticed that city supermarkets have a lot more single-serving fresh food which is good.
I would totally buy herbs and such if I was staying here for more than a week 😛 I’m not stocking the pantry for them! haha
I tend to find that knowing how to cook solves the what to cook problem.
Anyhow, it’s a good time to drop that knowledge and give you an easy way to make really simple meals – like meat and two veg – more interesting. without going nuts on buying different ingredients.
Buy fresh herbs instead of dried then. You’ll use them up during the week and anything that’s left will be getting unusable by the time you’re no longer alone.
And fresh herbs are delicious.
You should listen to BunBun, I like his fud. Then again, I’d probably be happy eating chicken nuggets every night, but that’s more about my taste and not about his cooking.
Anything that involves a waffle iron, and you can’t go wrong.
Pouring waffle mix into the waffle iron? Perfect.
Eggs? Too easy.
Cereal? Mmm, toasty.
The possibilities are endless!
Pasta.
Cook till it’ 4 min from done.
Throw in Broccoli
Drain.
Ad 1/4 cup olive oil, tablespoon chilli flakes
top with fetta
be embarassed at how easy that was while still tasting great
Why did I watch that cosplay video?
*grumble, grumble, grumble*
Cosplay envy?
More like “Wow I wish I could make cosplays like that.”
Wish granted.
The end.
I don’t get it.
._.
Uhm. The power was within you all along? 🙂
#helping
*Whispers* He’s saying that you already can. Or that he’s a wizard. But since I’m the wizard here, it must be the former. */Whispers*
But mine aren’t that good.
*Ghostly Voice*Take the compliment, Scree.*/Ghostly Voice*
@blaghman
But…I am terrible at it
@scree
*Piratical Voice* The Secret is to smile and nod. */Piratical Voice*
Greenius
So Dynasty Warriors 8 still isn’t here and it’s getting me worried that maybe Ozgameshop messed up or something :P. It appeared as “Sold Out” before my copy shipped so maybe they made an error!? I DUNNO D:
It’s been 10 working days so it’s still within the “12 working days” thing but Impatientius. I’m actually not TOO fussed today since I have Breaking Bad (Breaking Bad <3) and luckily I'm into Sleeping Dogs at the mo' 😀
…but it better come by Wednesday otherwise my 4 day weekend will be very sad :'(
Paranoidius.
I NEED MY GAME
I don’t have it. Or do I?
*rocks back and forth*
hnnngggrrrhrhhhhhhhh
upvote for Sleeping Dogs :D. I loved that, had it platinumed in 4 days. Really enjoyed the banter from randoms in the streets
…wtf? My room is weirdly electrically charged. I’m still getting electric shocks off everything :S I thought the electricity would… go away or something since Friday!
Covering yourself in rubber should work…
Reminds me of Naked Gun
(I miss Leslie Nielsen)
I did it guys, I did it! I talked amongst ourselves for one day out of seven!
Whether you do it again within seven days remains to be seen..
Probably not 🙁
I really love The Newsroom. So compelling and well written. Great characters. Beautifully shot.
*waits for @shane to watch it one day* 😀
Sat down to watch it last night after BrBa
Realised I’d d’loaded the wrong ep.
So I get to watch two tonight.
Zzzzzzzzzzzz…
4 pages?! It must be Monday.
Alex! How’s the job treating you? Hang out with Doc at lunch? Meet every day? 😀
Lots to learn. The job itself is pretty simple once you know everything. It’s just a case of learning everything. I keep a notebook on me with all the codes and stuff I keep forgetting. One day I won’t need it…
Doc’s totally my lunch buddy. We sit like two or three desks away from each other in the office at the moment, too. It’s just nice having someone you know in a big scary new environment, that;s for sure.
I’m starting to see why people really liked those TAY recaps earlier in the year or whenever they happened. This is a lot to read through!
So. Damn. Proud. :’)
Your turn now!
Tybel gb Nefgbgmxn.
http://i.minus.com/iNYhHmSVYfgxv.gif
So.. Anyone watched Breaking Bad yet?
Edit: http://rot13.com
I haven’t.
I think I’m still only up to the previous season.
I think I’ve only seen the first 2 seasons…
I’ve seen none of it!
Blaghs.
Feel my hat.
Vg’f npghnyyl n fbzoereb.
Starting it NOW
One day this will be The Newsroom. One day.
It’s on the list, man! It’s on the list.
So are you. >:|
Good to hear though. 😀
Wait.
And now the moment of clarity has come.
Most people have a list of things they want to do.
D.C. is a person.
…
You know. It’s probably for the best that we keep you away from buildings. I mean, really most definitely for the best.
Just finished it.
Hngh.
Uhhhhhhhhh nobody’s uploaded Aqua TV Show Show yet 🙁 I swear it got another last minute name change…
Biggest TV day of the year, and it has nothing to do with Breaking Bad!
Tossing up whether or not to preorder Etrian Odyssey Untold given that I still have barely scratched the surface of IV. It’s basically the only 3DS game in the second half of this year that I’m interested in (unless Bravely Default arrives before 2014). It’s also one week before Disgaea D2 and one week after Ys: Memories of Celceta.
On the other hand, those three are basically the only things for the rest of the year that I’m hugely interested. There’s some AAA shit I’ll probably buy eventually as well, but I ranted about this a while back and I’m just no longer hugely interested in that sort of stuff. Will just get it on the cheap 6 months later on PC.
Man, I was all excite for it too until I realised the same thing.
RF4 is on the way, haven’t finished SMT 4 or EO4…
But if it comes with pre-order ATlus goodies, I am so sold.
It comes with a mini artbook and a 7-track soundtrack CD 🙁
BREAKING BAD!
Non spoilery things:
YAY! It’s on Netflix UK! Instant, mostly legitimate streaming, no waiting around for downloading! For anyone interested, install Hola Unblocker on Chrome (Chrome only to use Netflix UK). Go to netflix.com, set the Hola Unblocker region to england, then sign up. There’s a 1 month free trial (but you do need to put in a valid cc). Totally worth it imo, even if you have to put up with MS Silverlight.
Spoilery things! http://www.rot13.com/index.php
(Spoilers for Breaking Bad S05E09)
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Bu zna, gung ynfg fprar va gur tnentr jnf vaperqvoyr. Obgu gubfr thlf cynlrq gung fprar cresrpgyl. “Gernq yvtugyl” pbhyq or gur arj “V nz gur bar jub xabpxf.” Fhpu vaperqvoyr jrvtug oruvaq fb srj jbeqf.
V nyfb ernyyl yvxrq fbzr bs gur zveebevat gung unccrarq orgjrra jnyg naq sevat. Ylqvn pbzrf va jnygf pne jnfu orttvat uvz gb jbex, dhvgr fvzvyne gb ubj jnyg pnzrf vagb ybf cbyybf orttvat uvz gb tvir uvz n wbo. Gura gurer jnf gur gbjry sbyq orsber ur chxrq va gur gbgny, whfg yvxr sevat qvq onpx va frnfba 4. Naq pneby jnf yhym.
Pneby vf ivapr tvyyvtna’f zhz. Fur jnf nyfb gur arvtuobhe gung jnyg hfrq gb purpx gur ubhfr sbe onq qhqrf va bar rcvfbqr ol gryyvat ure gung ur jnf jbeevrq nobhg yrnivat gur tnf ba juvyr bhg bs gbja.
V fgvyy fnl guvf Wrffr guvat vf tbvat gb oybj hc va Jnyg’f snpr irel, irel fbba. Wrffr xabjf zber guna ur’f yrggvat ba, naq vg’f fgvyy abg rira 3/4 bs jung Jnyg’f qbar gb uvz. Ur’f yvrq gb naq znavchyngrq Wrffr sebz qnl bar.
Nyfb, Jnyg fgnevat Unax qbja naq gryyvat uvz gb gernq yvtugyl. Ubblrnu. Unax qbrfa’g fpner rnfl gubhtu. Jnyg’f tbvat gb unir uvf unaqf shyy ba gung sebag gbb. Ur’f tbg ab sevraqf nalzber.
@dc, I’m downloading season 1 of The Newsroom. There will be so much responsibility, guilt and shaken fists thrown at you if this doesn’t work out. Seriously, I’ll drown a cute little puppy if it doesn’t and it will be all your fault.
Aw, but I don’t think you’ll like it. Haha! An acquired taste show, that’s why I’m pimping it to targeted demographic of just @shane. 😛
So you’ve carelessly doomed a puppy?
Jerk.
Nah, I hope you’ll like it and we’ll know soon enough!
*paces nervously*
Doujin indie bundle if anyone is interested
http://groupees.com/doujin
Hi Scree, besides CTHCC is there anything else you would recommend?
Yatagarasu, Ether vapor remaster, croixlier and war of human tanks.
Breaking Bad S05E09:
Fbyvq rc. Abg gur terngrfg gurl’ir qbar, naq zvffvat n ybg bs gur haqreylvat fhogrkghny oevyyvnapr bs fbzr bs gur fgnaqnybar rcf, ohg ba vgf snpr, vg jnf tbbq. Naq vg chfurq gur fgbel sbejneq n ybg shegure guna V gubhtug vg jbhyq.
Uvtuyvtugf: Unax’f cnavp nggnpx jnf irel jryy qverpgrq. V rawblrq gung.
Gur svany fprar vf boivbhfyl gur bar sbyxf jvyy erzrzore. V svaq vg uneq gb oryvrir gurer pna or frira zber rcvfbqrf nsgre guvf, gubhtu. Guvf sryg yvxr n crahygvzngr rc – ubcr vg qbrfa’g qent sebz urer!
Jnyg’f pnapre erghea jnf unaqyrq dhvgr jryy, naq jnf n tbbq fhogyr fhecevfr.
Ybjyvtug: Jurer n Jnyg/Wrffr fprar jnf bapr hcba n gvzr thnenagrrq gb or gur uvtuyvtug bs na rcvfbqr, abj gurl whfg frrz gverq bs qrnyvat jvgu rnpu bgure, naq gur jubyr fprar jurer Jnyg vf ylvat nobhg Zvxr whfg sryg sbeprq. Naq gur qvnybthr jnfa’g terng.
Edit: Fbeel vs guvf fbhaqf n yvggyr artngvir, ohg V unq n evtug fuvg bs n qnl naq zvtug abg unir orra va gur zbfg punevgnoyr senzr bs zvaq gbavtug. Zvtug unir gb jngpu vg ntnva yngre.
> abj gurl whfg frrz gverq bs qrnyvat jvgu rnpu bgure
Gung’f gur cbvag gubhtu evtug? Wrffr vf dhvgr fvpx bs znavchyngvir jnyg vf naq V gubhtug vg jnf ernyyl jryy npgrq bhg, orpnhfr bs gur angher bs gurve eryngvbafuvc unf ghearq gb fhpu fuvg.
Oh yeah, totally.
Whfg erzrzore gung wrffr vfa’g gung qhzo naq – yvxr unax – unf jbexrq bhg gung jnyg unf orra cynlvat uvz sbe fbzr gvzr. Guvf rcvfbqr jnf onfvpnyyl fubjvat gur gjb bs gurz ernpgvat gb ernyvfvat gung naq frggvat hc ubj gurl’er tbvat gb qrny jvgu vg. Unax vf tbvat ba n jnecngu. Wrffr ybbxf yvxr ur’f tbvat bss gur qrrc raq. Ntnva. Ur’f yvxr n chccl gung unf orra xvpxrq gbb znal gvzrf. Fbzrobql whfg uht gur qnzarq thl nyernql.
Oh yeah, absolutely. Got all that! 🙂
I wonder how hard it is to train yourself to read rot13.
I’ll teach it to my 3 y.o instead of regular English and let you know.
In line with ROT13.COM and masking our spoilers, he’s the synposis for Episodes 5.10, 5.11 and 5.12! They’re pretty spoiler intensive, but give an awesome, basic outline of where the plots going plus some rather juicy tidbits…
Did someone say Walt Jr?
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So that’s what it looks like when someone copies and pastes a few too many times.
Also, clearly fake because you mentioned Walt Jr and didn’t mention breakfast.
Hehehehehehehe. In the final episode. I dearly hope there’s some sort of shootout and I hope Walt Jr is oblivious to it because as per usual, he’s too preoccupied eating breakfast. (Also, spoilertags don’t seem to be working?)
This weather is ridiculous. It’s the start of August and I can’t sleep because it’s too hot. It’s winter, dammit!
6 degrees and then some nasty wind chill on top of that at 7 when i walked back from the shops. Come to Melbourne, we have plenty of winter left to spare.
NO DON’T SHARE IT
IT’S ALL MINE
WINTER IS ALL MINE
ALL OF IT
STINKY NORTHENERS CAM KEEP THEIR HOT
Yeah, I had to ditch the doona last night.
We were robbed of Winter. ROBBED. …I really need to move somewhere cold and grey where it rains all the time. That would be my paradise. Anyone know some Tasmanians? Does it get like that down there?
I grew up in Tasmania. It snowed in Winter. I miss that.
Worst thing about Winter being so warm this year is I rarely get a chance to enjoy hot tea.
A few years back, I thought my ideal retirement place would be somewhere like Oregon or Washington – anywhere on the coast of the Pacific NorthWest, USA. Someplace with really high rainfall, lots of cloud cover, short days, and maybe someplace I could build a house that has ocean views, but is also nestled in amongst mountains and forests.
But the US has turned into batshitcrazytown and only seems to be getting worse. Pretty confident The Collapse will start there. So instead, an alternative seemed to be Scotland. The homeland of my paternal family. But again, Europe’s not doing so hot right now, and Scotland may even be a bit extreme.
In desperation I turn back home, to Australia, truly the most blessed of all nations (so far), where people are a bit more sane than elsewhere, and don’t talk funny.
…Then it turned out the only place with weather ranges I was looking for was Tasmania. So much for the sanity/funnytalk. *rimshot*
I kid. It looks beautiful and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Tasmania is right up my alley.
Bit pricey to live there, though. Best keep saving.
One of my neighbours female friends: “aww, you guys live next to each other and have this cute little bromance!”
Noooo, I can’t have 2 bromances, 1 is enough work! I can’t say I ever looked at this friendship like that though…
AND OMG HOW DO I GET THE STATIC OUT OF EVERYTHING?! I seriously can’t move around in bed without hearing and feeling static!
You have a gift…with great power comes great responibility, use it wisely.
I probably could go round zapping people actually 😛 If I could use it on the people I don’t like whilst still being able to open metal door handles things would be great!
Goodnight all.
Morning all.
I so desperately wish your Gravatar was more jet-like and had multiple of them if only for the fact that you would then be represented as Benny and the Jets.
I thought you should know.
Genius.
With my shiny new star spangled tennis shoes on, I’m afraid of everyone… I’m afraid of everyone…
If their white then be wry afraid!
So we can we play tennis when I visit at some point in the future? ;D
I’m afraid of Americans. I’m afraid of the world, I’m afraid I can’t help it
haha, exactly what i thought (Bowie and Reznor version)
Only version is Bowie version 🙂
Oh man, still a whole season behind Boardwalk Empire and just saw a preview for season four. Must catch up. D:
I own the first season of that show. It’s on the to-watch list!
It’s pretty damn good and one of those shows you could watch and mute and still take enjoyment from how visually spectacular it is. Shot beautifully…
I really enjoy Boardwalk, my partner finds it boring but I’m totally invested in the plot.
Chalky White FTW!!!
Well I’m feeling mighty proud of myself this morning.
Replaced a flat tyre this morning! without any physical help! I did all the work:)
I’d just have to abandon the car and move on with my life. :'(
…Or call RACQ. They’re pretty rad. They’ll do that stuff and hardly judge you at all!
Cool profile on Morrigan in the Dragon Age games. Spoilers and plot details for all the games. I’m not going to read (media blackout), but if any one loves this character as much as me I thought you’d like the heads up. 😀
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/08/12/dragon-age-inquisition-s-morrigan-past-and-present.aspx
I used to like Morrigan, hagvy fur nonaqbaf gur Jneqra jura gurl arrqrq ure zbfg. V’z ubcvat jr’er abg sbeprq gb or ure sevraq va QN:V.
Dragon Age: Origins:
V ybirq gung, gubhtu. V yvxrq ubj fur fubjrq jub fur jnf gur ragver tnzr naq gur Jneqra gevrq gb ‘fnir ure’ naq fur fgnlrq gehr gb urefrys sbe orggre be jbefr. Ernyyl guvax fur jnf gur orfg OvbJner ybir vagrerfg punenpgre gbb.
From the little I’ve heard about Dragon Age: Inquisition:
Zbeevtna unf n znwbe ebyr, ohg jba’g or n cnegl zrzore!
I read the article and that’s exactly how Bioware wanted the players to view her.
Rira gubhtu fur ybirq gur Jneqra fur unq fbzrguvat gung unq gb or qbar. Vg qvqa’g znggre ubj ure be bguref sryg.
She is one of the best video game characters ever, in my opinion.
Claudia Black’s always awesome too.
DA:O spoilers:
V yvxrq ubj fur oebxr zl Jneqra’f urneg. Vg sryg erny naq evtug naq nyfb erarjrq uvf erfbyir tbvat vagb gur raq bs gur tnzr. :Q
Yeah, it was really well done.
DA:O would have to be my second favourite game (after Dark Souls obviously). Such an amazing world filled with interesting characters.
The more I see of Inquisition the more psyched I am too. Especially the world. Looks like lots of cool places to explore. One thing I loved about the first game was the party member banter as you were exploring.
Zl jneqra xrcg naq nyjnlf jber gur evat fur tnir uvz nf cneg bs gur ebznapr, orpnhfr shpx fgng obahfrf. Nf n erfhyg, ur tbg na rkgen yvggyr ovg va gur raqvat fgbel jevgr-hc juvpu qrfpevorq ubj fbzrgvzrf gur Jneqra jbhyq srry ure, frafr ure guebhtu gur evat, naq frafr gung fur jnf frafvat uvz nf jryy.
Nf fbzrbar jub’f orra va n frevbhf ybat-qvfgnapr eryngvbafuvc jvgu… fvtavsvpnag punyyratrf, juvpu raqrq xvaqn gentvpnyyl, gung cbfg-fpevcg tbg zr cerggl uneq.
Zl Jneqra qvrq. Q:
V’z abg fher jung’f zber gentvp. Gur aboyr qrngu, be yvivat ba, rfgenatrq naq urnegoebxra, xabjvat lbhe ybir vf bhg gurer naq raqhevat fgenatr onggyrf jvguva.
V guvax vg jnf Zbeevtna’f ‘svany avtug’ fbyhgvba, gb xrrc zl Jneqra nyvir. Fgrnyvat gur fbhy bs gur Nepuqrzba gb or pneevrq va ure jbzo vafgrnq bs boyvgrengvat zl qhqr. Vg frrzrq n ovg qbqtl, ohg ur tbg rir-bs-onggyr abbxvr bhg bs vg. V pna’g ghea qbja gur abbxvr. Naq zl Jneqra yvirq ba gb tb er-sbhaq gur beqre va Sreryqra, naq Nyvfgnve gbbx gur guebar.
Nf vg fubhyq or.
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the fuck is this shit?
Ah, spewing I missed it.
Behold shameless advertising in all its glory. Feel free to leave a downvote.
It was me that reported it, I was curious whether it’d stay.
Do. Not. Advertise. Here.
If you want to advertise, pay the site for it like the other companies do.
I don’t know. If they’d ROT13d it, people would probably be okay with it :p
Is anyone still watching Under The Dome? It started out average, but I think the last few episodes have been pretty okay. Stuff’s finally happening.
I don’t particularly like it but I’m still watching for some reason. Maybe for Linda’s raspy voice. Who can say. XD
I’m still watching it. It’s OK
I thought everyone was like ‘ERMAGHERD UNDER THE DOME’, but that seemed to die off after like the first or second episode.
Incredibly high ratings in the U.S. which is kind of sad because the show is so terrible. XD
Brian K Vaughan should stick to comics. That’s an artform he knows, and he’s the best in the biz.
He was good as staff writer on Lost though!
(Though lots of the dialogue in Under the Dome I think would work better in a panel rather than filmed. Has that kind of tone to it.)
Chronicle spoilers! I really, really liked the first movie and the sequel Max Landis pitched sounded awesome…
http://www.blastr.com/2013-8-12/chronicle-writer-reveals-dark-sequel-well-never-get-see
I enjoyed Chronicle. I think it gave a realistic portrayal of what would happen if teenagers gained super powers. A sequel would be awesome.
Dane DeHaan is a really damn good actor too.
I’m looking forward to seeing how he plays Harry Osborn in Amazing Spider-Man 2.
Oh yeah, that’s some cool casting. Departure after seeing James Franco playing the guy!
I watched that with a mate and we kept making fun of the main character cause it looked like someone we made fun of in real life ;D
Haha! Oh man, I can’t help but think you guys missed some of the point of this movie. 😛
Nah it was still alright but unexpected :). Trailers made it look bad so I didn’t expect it to be good!
I think the natural response for these found footage movies is to assume they’re bad. XD
Copied from Facebook. I’m running short on validation, and so…
I’m very happy to announce the second leg of the Shane W Smith giveaway extravaganza. Here’s how it’s going to work.
THE PRIZE
Up for grabs is one of (up to) three copies of the Peaceful Tomorrows ebook when it is released (hopefully) next month.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
To be eligible, all you need to do is post a review of The Lesser Evil somewhere on the internet. In the interest of fairness, it doesn’t even have to be a favourable review (though I’d hope that you enjoyed it if you were entering a comp to win its sequel).
Then post the link here, or email me with a link to the review! shane at shanewsmith dot com
WHO WILL WIN
My favourite* review will win a copy of the Peaceful Tomorrows ebook, and two randomly selected reviews will also win.
*favourite is a subjective term, and might be decided based on humour, insight, grammar, or the position of the sun.
WHERE TO REVIEW
Almost wherever you like. Amazon, Goodreads, your own blog. Feel free to be creative. Youtube that shit if you want.
OTHER MISC
I haven’t decided yet whether the same review being posted in multiple places will earn multiple entries in the competition. You have nothing to lose – but regardless, no person will win more than one prize.
Competition closes when the Peaceful Tomorrows ebook is released (currently penciled in for September).
Does this fall under the cash for comment umbrella?
*insert link to review from last year here*
That review already won you $100 and a (soon-to-be-posted) book.
Write another one.
Edit: please.
Oh man, I still haven’t read it. D: It’s sitting in my pile. You’re in good company, though. So many books I haven’t read. 😛
This is your big chance to win prizes, man. Prizes. And I don’t need your address either, because it’s a digital prize!
There’s literally no downside… except you have to read the book and write something about it and might not win the prize or you might win the prize and hate it.
Hmm…I COULD write another one…
I support this plan.
Holy shitballs Torchlight 2 is hectic on Elite. I played Veteran previously, and that was pretty straightforward for the most part. But Elite mobs have more health and hit harder, but not only that, you periodically run into massive groups of them. That never really happened on veteran. Loving the challenge though – my Berserker is awesome, and I thoroughly regret playing an Outlander to level 59.
Really? I’m playing on Vet now and I constantly run into a massive group of enemies with multiple “heroes” and “elite” enemies. Although I am running the Synergies Mod which may have tweaked with the game.
Yeah it might be. I mean I’d hit groups of enemies on Veteran, but they weren’t too bad 1-2 hero/elites max, with maybe 5 or 10 mobs accompanying them. On Elite sometimes you run into a corridor and suddenly OH SHIT RUN as about 20-30 enemies come running at you, multiple heroes/elites and all.
Synergies have really increased the mob group sizes I found, and more champions I think.
I’m going through Veteran on my Engineer now. Using my spider mines to kite and damage (And stun chance) and whenever I stun I use my melee weapon with coup-de-grace for 1k+ damage per hit, using my gun turret for extra DPS with my healing turret helping sustain me a bit. If I got charge I use the flaming hammer :). It’s been working fine for me so far, though I get my arse kicked if I get too close and I can use my cannon as a backup if need be.
Also, just out if curiosity, what spec are you on your Beserker?
This is roughly what I’m aiming for:
http://torchlight2armory.com/skill-calc?i=1#bGq3zsIsjnlizZvq8QZMPuTd
Only specced it to 97, but this is pretty much it. It’s going to be a dual claw ‘serker.
Hunter:
-Eviscerate is beast, it loves shattering shields, plus the bleed effect and multiple enemy hits is amazing.
-Battle Rage only using 1 point, if I get swamped it’ll boost my damage pretty well – any more points would be a waste, I think.
-Blood Hunger only using 1 point again, because it only boosts 0.5% health per point after that, and apparently it’s procs have a hidden cooldown.
-Executioner and Rampage, simply awesome for a fast hitting dual claw toon. Moar attack speed, faster charge rates, turbo death.
Tundra:
Nothing I want here.
Shadow:
-Shadow Burst is amazeballs for getting health back – just charge through a group of enemies and watch your health come back.
-Wolf Shade for extra damage and health return, probably only for bosses and really hectic times.
-Battle standard, only 5 points – just for the extra effectiveness and T1 mana recharge.
-Shred Armor – So awesome – reduces enemy armor and boosts your own.
All this is basically so I can go toe to toe with large groups of enemies, basically. Damage arcs with eviscerate, some passives to boost it all, along with some health regen and a summonable pet to help.
Nice! My build is built around more of a lightning / crit build. Also, that Shadow Burst move is awesome. It was the first skill I maxed. The health regen on it is just crazy!
Yeah I did a little bit of reading before making this ‘serker and never really noticed Shadow Burst before. My toon’s only level 13 or so atm, but even now – if things get hairy, I just charge through everyone back and forth a couple of times, get most of my health back, then resume punching.
I cannot wait for Homeland season 3 this September.
I’m looking forward to the home stretch of Treme, but that’s not until December! :'(
How many eps will it be – is that known information? It’s not a full season, is it?
Only five. :'(
They’ll be damn good, though! 😀
Agreed. Some conclusion is better than no conclusion!
I think you mean Sons of Anarchy season 6.
I understand that in your excitement, you may have gotten a bit confused.
That the final season or still another after that?
Still (at least) one more. Apparently, there’s a seven season arc planned, but Kurt Sutter has never let himself get absolutely locked into that number.
Listening to The Last of Us OST. Such an incredible score, makes me want to replay the game. (Don’t listen if you haven’t played the game. Track titles are a little spoilery and it’s always best to hear this stuff ingame for the first time!)
Like how acoustic and, uh, earthy it is. Haha!
Someone else understands music spoilers!
I got spoiled for The Phantom Menace when I got the soundtrack a month before the movie was released. I didn’t mind.
Ha.
Just keeping you on your toes, man. 😛
(That or I’m illiterate. Probably safe to assume illiterate. :D)
I am completely hooked on FTL. It is probably one of the most frustrating games ever, but absolutely brilliant. I’ve gotten up to the last sector a few times, but never beaten the final boss. Just as you think your ship’s pretty good, you come across a better enemy ship and bam! Game over, man. It’s as close as any of us will ever get to being a starship captain.
My strategy (I forget which ship I ran with, though.)
Ion Cannon X3
Some sort of weapon that actually deals damage
Pray
(Also having crew teleporter maxed out helps)
Also, do you know there’s mods for FTL?
There are.
You can mod in the Millennium Falcon.
That would make me all kinds of sad, seeing the Falcon perish again and again 😛
Or if Han gets killed by Mantid and Chewy has to pilot it through the vast emptiness of space… alone.
I am yet to play that one, but was definitely hooked on Star Command for a while. I believe they are similar.
Can’t wait for the PC port.
I’m really looking forward to someone actually making that game they promised to make which they were saying was basically FTL but open-world – so, more like a traditional rogue-like without the very definite ending and more to explore.
You could argue that the time pressure is a quintessential part of the FTL experience and I’d agree, but I’d ALSO argue that the mechanics and graphics and music and theme are so solid that they would also carry over very well into a different non-FTL experience with a similar name, which would also be an incredibly worthy use of your time.
Normal or Easy?
Can’t actually remember if I managed to nail Normal at all.
Easy. It really isn’t easy though.
Haha, yeah. It should really be called Less Hard.
Weird to think it’s almost almost a year since Borderlands and Anna’s Quest Vol 1 were released! D:
Nearly 2 years since Xenoblade and @novacascade and a million other chumps still haven’t finished it! 😛
Xenublade hype is where it’s at now. 😛
Even you’re somewhat interested, right? 😀
Somewhat? I’m very interested. When I saw the character moseying about futuristic streets it caught my attention. I’m going to look around so damn much. XD
Japan has won!
I think the real winner is spiffy, detailed wooooorlds. 😀
You left out the minor point that you’ll be walking down those streets in a giant robot.
Xenowhatnow?
Never heard of it.
You probably own it without realising 😛
Unless he’s a gentleman of refinement, class, and sophistication, who doesn’t own a wii.
…Unlike the gentlemen of refinement, class and sophistication who do own wiis.
ONLY DISTINCTION, I SWEAR.
HNNNGGRHHHHH
Ladies and gentlemen: proof that it is possible to browse TAY on your mobile while taking a(n apparently difficult) dump.
^.^
@sughly, where’s Anna’s Quest. GEEEEEZ.
Sssssh, he’s working on the game riiiiiiiight now… or playing Animal Crossing.
@sughly, I demand an hourly update of at least 3000 words. Every hour. And progress. I expect that, too. Just because I haven’t yet paid for the game doesn’t mean I can’t feel entitled to boss you around unreasonably.
I think i can help here…
Let me see if i get this right..
*clears throat*
TURNIP PRICES!!!
*walks off the stage*
2998 more words please.
Some of the comments in the No Kinect article are making my brain pack its bags getting ready to give up and leave.
I’m sure you’re talking about me, because I’ve posted three comments in there. I’m sorry, man.
did your brain do a…
One-Eighty!?!?!?!/
….
….
…
i’ll just leave now.
ಠ_ಠ
Well, now I have to read them.
Welp, I’m done.
Shall we ride into the sunset Freeze? Or got out Thelma and Louise style?
Thelma and Louise style into the sun.
It’s the only way to be sure.
This sort of crazy always happens before console launches. Just stay with your pals here in TAY and all will pass and the usual hysterics of the other game related subjects will return soon. 😀
They should call it the Xbox 180!
Classic. That’s never getting old. Ever.
http://kotaku.com/petition-claims-league-of-legends-doesnt-respect-satan-1114578918
Patricia
Patricia stahp
Oh nice juicy controver-… oh
So much rot13 in here. What show or game are we all on about this week?
Snow Bros
“Snow business like ho business” is a line I wrote for a cocaine dealer who moves into pimping.
That’s as far as I got with that idea.
You can have it, if you want it.
You know what? I’m gonna put it right here. Right on the refrigerator. That way we’ll get to see it everyday.
If you wanted a serious answer, it’s Breaking Bad.
I have no idea. I’m too lazy to bother translating ROT13 anymore. Spoiler tags have spoiled me!
Ahaha same 😀
https://www.kigu.me/shop/royal-dragon-onesie
Is it just me, or does that dragon look familiar?
http://www.twitter.com/Mythamphetamine/status/366525561402707968
?
Yes.
But more importantly, what the fuck is the deal with onesies? Why are they cool all of a sudden?
I saw someone walking down the street dressed as a cat. (I was later told by Sughly and Jimu that it was a Pikachu.) It disgusted me. XD
People actually go out in public with them? I did see a girl at PAX wearing one, but I assumed it was some sort of cosplay type thing; getting dressed up for the event and all that.
Nope. I see high school/college kids in them all the time. I’m not sure when it became a thing.
My 19 year old sister got a Koala one recently, and I have to admit she looks pretty adorkable in it. I don’t think she’d ever wear it outside the house though. I think she got it as more of a pajama/dressing gown type thing. I’ll ask her why it’s a thing though. Maybe she knows what’s going on.
Yeah, she has no idea. Also, I got yelled at for waking her. It’s 11:20, you should already be awake.
There was someone with one in Woolworths the other day.
Mind you, even I’ve given up with the local woolies and wear trackpants and ugg boots there.
Ugh… boots.
Ugh… onesies.
No, wait… that one doesn’t work.
Let’s just keep the first one and pretend I’m clever.
They are only cool at 3am when I am freezing cold in bed
How does something cool help when your freezeing!?
GEEZ LOUISE!!!
No idea man… no idea.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Spyro?
I should sue Elon Musk.
A friend and I’ve had an in-joke for years (since we were at school) that we’d build a high-speed transit system based around “Pods” — which were basically nondescript, do anything ‘n everything type devices.
Whereas Giorgio Tsoukalos answered all questions with “aliens,” we answered and solved all of life’s problems with “pods,” which is pretty much the extent of the joke (and some ridiculously detailed concepts we came up with during car trips, for our own amusement).
So, I scroll down to the bottom of Kotaku and see a Giz link — http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/08/hyperloop-alpha-this-could-change-transit-forever/
… that bastard. Clearly he stole the idea and couldn’t even change the name. 😐
if there was one thing to make me want a 3dsxl, it was going to be this….sega is releasing the original streets of rage in 3d this month….
So apparently, Arc System Works are releasing a 25th Anniversary Fight Stick.
http://www.play-asia.com/arc-system-works-25th-anniversary-arcade-stick-paOS-13-49-en-70-6w21.html
Possibly to coincide with the new Blazblue release…
D:
i think that just means they are receiving stock on that ate, so shipping will commence shortly after. thats how i read it anyway :/
I spent all morning in bed with my Vita.
Meanwhile my son was moving chairs around in order to reach things he knows he’s not allowed to touch and managed to cut himself with my rotary cutter while trying to cut fabric. Think I’ll have to ban chairs from the house, now. 😛
Ban chairs, use beanbags instead.
You’re an ideas man, Mr. Wolf.
Better watch out, or @dc will be proclaiming you our leader. 😀
Reminds me of a time where a friend was so drunk he couldnt walk to the bathroom to brush his teeth. I brought him a mug half full with water and his toothbrush, I was then proclaimed clever for the next 5 minutes before he passed out…
Which game?
Still completely addicted to Chaos Rings. I’ve barely used my PSV for anything else since I bought it.
derp, i forgot about that, must get……. I have way too many games going at the moment, i really should finish some before starting more. But MUST GET ALL THE GAMES!!!!
Animal Crossing People…
i just got yelled at by Mr. Resetti…
i didn’t like it…
that’s all
burn his house down to smite him..
I had my joke and don’t want any outside source stumbling across it and not realising the joke.
If this ends up being the only entry, I’m going to give you your prize, and then crawl into a hole and die.
That cooking talk yesterday got me thinking.
Cooking shows are pretty rad. Jamie Oliver’s 30 minute meals is a damned useful resource – I’m downloading all of it right now – but what other cooking shows are good?
I do like cooking and learning a few new tricks is always a good thing.
I’ve spent the last 5 years experimenting with cooking due to my housemate slowly becoming vegan, But I’ve learnt mostly from mistakes.
I don’t think I could do vegan cooking. Butter and sour cream are too important. Vegetarian stuff could work though. Basically because that means replacing meat with mushrooms and beans. I like mushrooms and beans.
I really like Nigella Lawson and the shows she does
Takes a lot of the pretentiousness out of food and actually delivers what I would consider a proper meal rather than a fancy restaurant style meal.
Also like the way she approaches food, things like saying cooking doesn’t have to be fun for kids, just get them helping out with cooking. They can peel veggies and the like and it is a chore, but that’s ok.
Are you after shows to help you cook or just interesting cooking shows about food for the sake of food. Shows like Luke Nguyen’s Greater Mekong are interesting but don’t really help if you want to make anything that he has. u I suppose could provide some inspiration.
As long as they talk about food in a context that I can use in the kitchen, I want to see it. Those pseudo travel shows are actually pretty neat because they show off some interesting ways to combine various things.
The Cook and the Chef
Poh’s Kitchen
There was cooking talk???
Dislike Jamie Oliver’s 30 minute meals.
The food can be good, but sometimes it seems to rely too much on, “Oh by the way I quickly prepared these earlier” or some other time-cheat that he doesn’t take into account.
Also serving stuff on chopping boards.
There’s rustic, then there’s hobo lazy.
Alton Brown’s Good Eats is a pretty good show, I think. Started in ’98, ended in ’12, so 14 years of episodes. It’s got a great informative style that not only gives you a straight recipe, but get you to understand the ingredient or theme that’ll help you figure what works with what, or when what is appropriate.
My family was obsessed with 30 minute meals when it came out.
As a general rule, everything on that show takes an hour to do first try and you can eventually work out how to nail it down in half an hour if you make it enough.
I don’t care about how long the meals take, I just like that they’re fairly simple combinations that you can tweak to your liking.
Well my day has improved, boardgames have arrived
https://twitter.com/Tigerion/status/367088861257535488/photo/1
Although slightly concerning that one of them is missing, hopefully it hasn’t disappeared on route to me. Hopefully I will be seeing the delivery driver again shortly
7 Wonders is a pretty cool guy
Do you have the 7 Wonders base game or is that the missing one?
Such an amazing game. I need to play more of it. So much more.
You played my copy of 7 wonders base game 🙂
That is the first expansion I have bought so I’ll see how it goes. 7 wonders is great and so well balanced. If I like the expansion idea would you recommend anything to go along with leaders?
The missing game is a card game called chrononauts
I wasn’t sure if that was your copy or one that someone bought along.
Get all the expansions. They add different things to the game.
Leaders is probably the least balanced of them because the pool of leaders to draft from is random. Some are just clearly stronger than others. It does add to the game but you can also feel railroaded if you end up with a bunch of – for example – war based leaders. I don’t need to tell you about the good points because you already have it :p
Cities is my favourite expansion so far. The city cards are stronger than anything else in that age but they are offset with a reasonably heavy cost. The pacifist mechanic makes combat more interesting by making people consider more than just those next to them and debt interacts with the whole table.
The Wonder pack is not the most amazing thing ever. The wonders are not that strong but Mannekin Pis has a neat hat.
Reposting from last page because having the last comment on a dead page is craptacular.
That cooking talk yesterday got me thinking.
Cooking shows are pretty rad. Jamie Oliver’s 30 minute meals is a damned useful resource – I’m downloading all of it right now – but what other cooking shows are good?
I do like cooking and learning a few new tricks is always a good thing.
I don’t know why they had to edit that together. Surely just showing a normal episode of her shows would do the trick :p
I was addicted to the Masterchef Professionals show. Regular series, not so much.
Most of Oliver’s work is very approachable.
I like Jamie Oliver. Genuine passion is entertaining on its own and the way he teaches cooking just seems to click for me.
Oddly enough, I don’t get that with other celebrity chefs like Nigella Lawson. Don’t know why.
There is something about Jamie Oliver. I’ve cooked a few things from his 30 Minute Meals book. Some are better than others. Others became regulars in the house.
Jamie Oliver inspired me to want to become a chef. Then I became pregnant. 😛
There’s a “bun in the oven” joke in there somewhere, but I can’t quite put my finger on it…
Anyone remember Surprise Chef? I used to love that show when I was a kid.
Was it that show with that Aristos (however it’s spelt) guy. I loved it as well!
how would that work?
guys just sitting at home & then BAM! a guy in chef whites kicks the door in & shouts SURPRISE BITCHES HERES SOME ROAST QUAIL!!!
Edit: on reflection, that comment makes no sense, but I would watch the hell outta that show.
It makes all the sense.
I need this show to be real!
I remember that. I used to be petrified that I’d be doing the shopping one day and he’d turn up and ask me what was in my trolley.
Just yesterday I was thinking about Surprise Chef and wondering whatever happened to Aristos.
IRON CHEF
Japan!
oh my god how corny and awesome is the american version
oh my god does anyone remember how iron chef australia lasted one or two episodes
I don’t know what you’re talking about. There is only one Iron Chef, and it’s made in Japan.
haha, I almost posted this, was going to say only the original O_O .
Although could be a little challenging sourcing Angler fish or some of the other more exotic ingredients.
Me and my housemates made it a regular thing on Saturday nights to watch it and drink every time the dude said “fukui san” which made for some awesome drunk nights, once we didn’t realise it was a 2 hour special and there was a lady doing the “fukui san” thing as well, we got very very wasted and fun was had by all. Huzzah!
best thing about Iron Chef is the intro where he takes a giant bite outta the capsicum & just sorta… twitches a bit… trying to hold it together.
that is the best bit, he’s trying to smile and almost reaches or something, that dude is awesome.
Jamie Oliver’s 15 minute meals? 😛
How about Heston Blumenthal’s ‘How To Cook Like Heston’ and ‘In Search Of Perfection’. I quite liked “The Best” (the UK, not Australian version), too.
Then there’s Kylie Kwong’s shows, and there’s always Nigella.
I know there’s more but it’s been a while since I watched any and I can’t remember the names of most of the good ones.
You’d be amazed at how few cooking shows are available for download from TPB. This is limiting my options quite a bit.
You need Foxtel and the Food Network and Lifestyle channels. 😛
Nope.
You could always try TPB’s seedier, black-sheep little brother: kat.ph.
He’s a filthy little mongrel, but he gets results TPB doesn’t sometimes… one assumes because TPB is simply above such things. KAT’s not.
KAT is always my first stop for anything 😛 So much better than TPB.
Also, best bread/pizza-making tips I’ve ever seen: http://www.craftsy.com/class/perfect-pizza-at-home/186
It’s a free video class, but you’ll have to register to view it.
http://i.imgur.com/6CgPq.jpg
I can’t stop laughing. Halp!
Also, can’t believe I forgot Ainsley. His Big Cook-Out show was pretty awesome.
The later episodes in a season of MKR has some jaw dropping food in it. Once they remove the drek from the show some of the contestants have some serious talent and creativity in their cooking.
I also maintain Huey’s Cooking Adventures was one of Australia’s best cooking shows.
It was my daughter’s favourite show when she was little. She couldn’t say “Huey” though so she’d call him “Weewee”.
Sounds like a long lost Mario brother – or maybe Wario Brother.
my dad and I used to love watching him when we got his start to stardom, on healthy wealthy and wise! Then he disappeared for years. I enjoy his show. His jokes are pretty terrible most of the time (dad joke kind of terrible) but he really does make it entertaining. More so than some other tv chefs anyway
I mentioned The Cook and the Chef and Poh’s Kitchen on the previous page.
Another cool one is Take Away My Takeaway, although it’s not a cooking show in the traditional sense.
I remember watching Poh’s Kitchen a while back. It was okay but I can’t remember ever seeing her make a single thing where I thought “I should give that a try”.
Oh man, The Cook And The Chef. I have so much love for those guys.
I used to watch that show every day! My boss and I were both obsessed! Maggie reminds me so much of my G’ma!
So, I am… the ONLY person who commented on the Quick Q&A to Kotaku about bank-robbing, and now I feel like a criminal.
I have a mental image of everyone else thinking about posting reading it and going, “Woah, I am… not going anywhere near this because ASIO and the AFP are going to be arresting this guy and anyone or anything in even the vaguest proximity.”
Stupid echelon, ruining all our illusions of anonymity.
NOT ANYMORE YOU AINT.
Hooray for a further silly reply!
Thanks to Beavwa and @35, I feel like less of a criminal. 🙂
Normalcy is relative. Unless you’re talking about your relatives. They might not be normal.
I think I came up with a new game idea.
Apparently there’s a bit of a drug war happening in Launceston right now. Lots of drive by’s and shootings and deaths and that :S That’s not something I ever really expected to happen in lil’ ol’ Launnie!
Should move to the Gold Coast. Pretty sure the council have a welcome package of a gun and a bag of ecstasy when you get here.
Reminds me of touring around doing the harvest trail. Didn’t matter which little corner of fuck-of-nowhere Australia I went to, the routine was basically the same in all the picking towns. Rock up at the caravan park. The manager gives you the tour, points out from a corner of a dirt road all the sights of the town (because yes, you can see them all from there). There’s the post-office which doubles as a bank. The grocer – it’s open LATE, it stays open til 5pm! Take-away shop, three pubs, seven churches, oh and Carlos, the drug-dealer. Everyone likes Carlos, he’s got dogs.
If it’s in Ravenswood, it wouldn’t surprise me.
Waverly, close enough 😛 And Mowbray, which yeah… not a surprise either!
And not only the page before was I talking about wanting to move to Tasmania. 😛
Oh you really don’t 😛
Payday 2’s out tonight. Hopefully they’ve fixed the resolution issues for release. 2560 resolutions look utterly craptacular right now.
The lighthouse, trellis, windstorm, beach, and broomstick all got together for lunch. Together, they made a beacon, lattice and tornado sand witch.
#DadJokePage6
Not a dad joke as such, but yesterday, I was reminded of this joke my gran told me (language warning) :
Couple in their late 80’s are sitting in the lounge on a cold & rainy sunday afternoon.
The woman looks over to her husband & says ‘fuck you.’
husband looks over at his wife & replies ‘fuck you too.’
they contemplate this exchange for a moment, until the wife sighs… ‘well. so much for oral sex.’
yes, my gran was a filthy monster.
Heard this one today:
The urge to sing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” is only ever a whim away.
How does the moon cut his hair?
Eclipse it.
YES.
That was almost a stellar father and sun joke.
Did you hear about the scarecrow who got a promotion?
He was outstanding in his field.
Holy crap, I gots Arcade Fire tickets. 😀 😀 😀 After a week the excitement just kicked in.
I’m in that weird mood where I want to start a new game but there’s nothing I want to play.
What’s everyone else playing? Stuff?
I’m playing Sit At The Computer And Wonder Why Nothing Is Happening.
Me too! D: Twins!
Also thinking of starting L.A. Noire for the third time. Will have The Consul’s Car DLC case this time too, so new stuff!
Just to be different I’m going to suggest you play Demon’s Souls. 😛
Haha! Totally did think about attempting Dark Souls again on my new PC then I remembered the stress and pain and sadness and despair… and cool locations.
And that’s what Shane would want me to do and that’s no way to live. 😛
Actually, what Shane wants you to do is read his books so you can write a review and win something from him. 😛
Maybe the new DC would be partial to all that. You never know until you try. Were you up to the Taurus Demon? Just climb up the ladder and jump down on his head while pressing attack. When you land roll back to the ladder to minimise damage to yourself. Rinse, repeat. Taking him down is a lot of people’s moment where they get addicted.
I’d think I’d love the game if there was a mod that got rid of all the enemies and I could just explore this place. 😀
There is a mod…it’s called your sword….
Violence isn’t always the answer, Strange. 😛
*remembers threatening to punch half the TAYbies yesterday* :S
Violence isn’t the answer. Violence is the question.
…The answer is YES.
You’d still probably hate some of the areas 😛
I am happy to report the defeat of the Tower Shield Big Mace Knight Guy in the Undead Parish. Not long until it’s time to swear at the gargoyle. I await the declaration of it ‘not being fair’ when it brings a friend.
Bring a friend, too! Or two.
Admittedly that’s how the taurus demon was dispatched on first attempt.
Yep. After finishing Bioshock Infinite last week I’ve been in a mood of “what next?”.
So far the answer seems to be nothing.
I suspect the next game I’ll play is Rayman Legends and that’s still two weeks away. :'(
I get intimidated looking at my Steam library, so I imagine yours must be nightmarish. 😛
Play Ace Attorney!
I do like boobs plenty! 😛
But seriously, you should 😛 I’m surprised you didn’t instantly love it to be honest! Would’ve thought it was exactly your type of game.
Oh well!
Wasn’t really a fan at all to be honest. :'(
You know me, though. I hate fun!
I’ve been playing Borderlands 2 DLC. ‘spretty sweet.
But I wanna go pick up a new game after work today. Dunno what. Impulse buy. It’s a mystery!
You on the Pikmin bandwagon yet?
Nah, I don’t think it’s really my thing. Or not the kind of thing I’d want to pay full price for at the moment, at least.
Demon’s Souls.
NFS:MW.
But Europa Universalis IV should come down tonight so that for the rest of the week 🙂
I’ve been playing Darksiders 2, in between games of LoL and Warthunder.
It’s a pretty okay guy. It doesn’t seem to have the cool cuts in cutscenes that the first game sometimes had. Those were cool.
Slowly getting bored of GTA Chinatown Wars. Have stalled on Max Payne 3 (because I suck at hard games) and Tomb Raider (because sexist monster). Have a big backlog of screegames to play, so I guess I’ll pick one of them up next.
Unsure what you should play.
Maybe The Dig.
The Dig IS pretty great.
Max Payne is super easy. Don’t use cover, just make sure that you approach everything carefully. Bullets fire from the center of your screen (unless you have a laser sight), so if you move into positions where your enemies can’t see you, but you can kill them, then you’ve beaten the game by being a cheap prick.
I remember having a few problems when Max Payne 3 first came out, but I honestly can’t remember what they were or how I solved them, without resorting to gritting my teeth and swearing to be a better person. If a ‘better person’ is a faster, more violent, more ruthless creature who kills on instinct, all hopped up on coca-cola and frustration.
You should play Zork: Grand Inquisitor. Or one of those old text-based adventures where you need to draw your own map to be able to remember everything.
Holy smokes…I should do that. And then make a quilt from the map I drew!
Holy smokes? 😀
You’re awesome, Strange.
Zork weirdly has never appealed to me. (Despite how often I quote the rye thing. XD)
…I think you’re laughing at me. D:
Also, you should probably stop quoting Zork, then. 😛
I’m not laughing at you. I just like your expressions. 😀
Want some rye? Course ya do!
That last part is everything that is awesome about gamers being adults.
On PS3 I’m playing Tales of Xillia, which is really fun.
On 3DS, I’ve got games of Project X Zone, Animal Crossing, Ocarina of Time and Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros on the go.
On PC, I’m playing Torchlight 2 and World of Warcraft.
On PS3 I’m playing NFS:MW
On 3DS I’m playing Fire Emblem Awakening.
On Vita I’m playing LEGO LotR
On PC I’m playing Deus Ex Human Revolution
Playing the game called work. 🙁
But when I am not doing that I am playing Tales of Xillia and a bit of Dragon’s Crown and Etrian Odyssey IV on the side.
Canberra People! (@rize, @shane, @bdkiaf, whoeverelseI’veforgottenbecauseshutup)
Sydney People! (I’m not going to tag you all, because I am lazy. I expect D.C. to find Bish’s group tag. :P)
Any other people who are interested! (@strange, possibly @f4ction, god knows who else)
Canberra Meat! I know I always organise these things well in advance, but I was thinking of hosting one on the 21st of September. Same stuff as always applies! My heater’s actually working this time, so if there was a sudden cold snap you wouldn’t all freeze! Booze! Potentially games or something! Food!
Thoughts? Yay, nay, other? Whatever else goes here?
That’s way too far in the future. I’ll let you know that week! \o/
I’ll bring a big box of stuff I don’t want anymore, and let folks pick through it… and then forget to take it home with me. It’s the perfect plan.
Hmmm…I’ll have to keep an eye out for Qantas sales.
This would be a genius way for me to get rid of two of those Hitman CE’s in one go… I’m still so scared of shipping costs for these.
That definitely isn’t part of my evil plan.
Why does the plan have to be evil? Can’t it be ambiguous and unclear?
Because it’s my plan, and it’s been well established that I’m a horrible monster. A monstrosity.
Ooh! Ooooooh! Me!
Turnip prices in real life!
GOD DAMMIT BLAGHS!
That’s the weekend I’m looking at going back to visit my family.
Well, I’m about to make an awkward phone call to my family.
“Hi, mum? Yeah, I’m not coming home because I have to go to Canberra to visit people from the Internet.”
If you want me to move it, I can shift it to the weekend earlier, but it all depends on what everyone’s up to, who it works for, and so forth.
Colour me curious.
Usual details are that people from Sydney carpool down (sometimes on the Friday night, sometimes Saturday, it’s up to them) we sit around, drink and eat food, play a lot of Singstar and Little Big Planet, and people crash on my floor. If that interests you, then, well, coolies.
I am not very good at concluding sentences.
Ew, SingStar? I dunno…
Don’t worry, without Bish in Aus we have a deficit of “people to stand in the corner and be surly” so you can always do that!
Dynasty Warriors arrived.
I am happy.
Life is good.
Whoooooooo, Whoooop,
Now quick “Pursue Lu Bu” immediately
I actually did! Nearly killed him too but then my friend died 😛
awww, that sux, when I tried the first time I saw him he killed me in 3 hits, the last one was the funniest cause I was running away like a chicken wuss 😛
It’s not going to happen.
It’s been a thing for so long. Don’t deny it.
Anyone on Kogan Mobile, or Aldi Mobile? your services could be getting disconnected quite abruptly today….
Makes me glad I discovered Vaya. Think I ended up pretty close to switching to Aldi.
Why, what’s going on? We got one (Aldi SIM) for testing an SMS module at work literally last week.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/08/the-ispone-case-might-mean-the-end-of-kogan-mobile/
Potentially inconvenient. It’s only a $35 prepaid SIM, so not a huge deal. Thanks for the info, good to know.
After a bit of a run finally knocking some single player games off (I usually focus on multi stuff like BF3, Arma 3, EVE, etc) I decided to try Dishonored again. Last time I got 4 or so hours into the PS3 version, put it down and had no urge to pick it back up again. So I picked it up for cheap in the last Steam wallet thrashing, and have started again on PC.
Lo and behold, I’m 2 odd hours in, and I have zero urge to pick it back up again. For me, this usually means a no-go – especially after two tries. Sometimes I’ll put a game down, get distracted, come back for round two and it hits me. Sometimes it’s not an issue with the game, it’s just I get distracted and lose my mojo. Except with Dishonored, that’s twice now that I’m just sitting back and going ‘Meh.’
The game concepts are OK, but nothing remarkable, I don’t think. It’s basically Thief with ‘magic’ skills added, like Blink, etc. The setting does nothing for me – but that’s just me. The stealth mechanic is a bit hit-and-miss too, I found. Also – gameplay wise, I get some serious Bioshock vibes off it – which means it honestly feels kind of bland. Now I’m not suggesting the issue is it copied Bioshock, just that both games seem to give me a very similar feeling. I’m not talking about the gunplay, or the skills, or swordplay either – just the way the game feels moving around and doing things. It does’t feel smooth or natural. At least Bioshock was visually more impressive to me. Graphically, I honestly don’t think it’s particularly great either. The PC version clearly being a console port probably isn’t helping that though.
I want to play it, I really do. I just don’t. Frustrating. Similar syndrome I’ve had with stuff like Oblivion and Skyrim. Everyone goes spotty for them, and I’ve tried on several occasions and failed. I know it probably just means the game isn’t for me – I can see why other people would love it, but just can’t seem to love it myself.
TL:DR – Frustrated with not liking games everyone else does. Particularly when I can see the appeal.
Also, not trying to troll or incite violence from those who loved it, just expressing my confusions and frustrations, is all.
I know what you mean, man. I couldn’t get into Bioshock (only tried it once, though), and have very little patience for the Elder Scrolls and Fallout series. And, most recently, Tomb Raider. It’s frustrating when everyone else seems to love the games.
Bioshock is a funny one. I honestly think it’s massively overrated (ducks incoming rocks) but not implying it’s a bad game. The first two had a fantastic setting and story. (Infinite, not so much) They looked brilliant and had a certain special ‘vibe’ that I really dug. it’s just the games themselves were – gameplay-wise – the most bland FPSes I think I’ve ever sat through.
The Fallout series I understand utterly, and have played and finished all of them, since I downloaded an ISO of Fallout for my PC over dialup from an FTP site back in the late 90’s. But I can more than see why someone wouldn’t dig it.
What’s interesting to me is Fallout 3 and NV are remarkably similar to Oblivion and Skyrim. The control configurations are even almost identical. Obviously combat in Fallout is turn based (optional in FO3 and FO:NV) but there’s not a lot separating them.
Tomb Raider’s on my to-do list, after @blaghman gifted me a copy a while back. The old Tomb Raiders never did much for me, but the new one interests me – if only to see what all the hoo-ha is about.
Same with Bioshock. Always thought it sounded awesome, so once I ended up with a 360 I nabbed it cheap. I think I got maybe an hour and a half into it, tops, before putting it down again. Didn’t find it at all enjoyable.
You and I had the exact same feels towards Dishonored.
I had this problem with Assassin’s Creed. I could see the appeal and tried 1 & 2 just did not enjoy it. Each to his own as they say
Oh man, so much this. I’ve tried to play AC1 twice, and AC2 three times, but I just don’t like them. I don’t like the gameplay, I don’t like the story, I don’t like the protagonists. But everyone else I know seems to love them.
yup, it’s one of those games i try not to ever bring up around gaming friends cause they all lose their minds when i say it’s not for me.
I know the feel. Looking down my Steam game library I can see a list of things I could tell were obviously awesome and I should be totally getting into, but just couldn’t:
Anomaly Warzone Earth, Batman: Arkham Asylum, BF3 multiplayer, Binding of Isaac, Crusader Kings II, Dota 2, any Total was game that isn’t Shogun or Medieval (Rome/Empire did not speak to me), EVE online, Fallout: New Vegas (compared to the FO3, which I loved), FEZ, Frozen Synapse, GTA4, HL2:E2, HoMM6, King Arthur – The Role-Playing Game, Limbo, L4D2 (although that’s mostly the fault of oz censorship), Lumines, LA Noire, Penny Arcade games 3&4, any Prince of Persia game (if anything my favourite was the reboot), Retro City Rampage, Serious Sam, SimCity 4 (I still prefer 2000), Star Wars Battlefront 2, Thomas Was Alone, Triple Town, the Witcher, X3…
Yes, I can see how they’re great games. Yes, I can see how they are unique, innovative, groundbreaking, funny, refined, intelligent, or whatever, respectively. And no… I have no desire to load them up and play them anymore. And I really did try.
I’m supposed to be taking care of myself, relaxing and trying to reduce my stress levels but I’m not being very successful.
Want to play games but the ones I’m in the middle of aren’t suitable for playing with the little guy around. So I play handheld games but then start feeling guilty that I’m not doing housework or paying much attention to my son.
Want to sew but when I sew just for fun I just start feeling guilty that I’m not working on the projects I’m doing for other people which then stresses me out again. So I work on those but end up not doing my best work because my heart isn’t in it at the time.
So I just bum around doing nothing all day. And then feel terrible at the end of the day because I’ve accomplished nothing.
If I knew how to ignore or switch off that guilt I’d be fine. But I also wouldn’t have much stress that needed reducing in the first place. 😛
Sounds to me like the core solution would be to not do so many of the projects your heart isn’t in. Especially if it’s coming at the expense of your own general enjoyment/wellbeing or ‘me time’.
Then again, I might just be selfish.
I can relate to this far too well. Particularly the guilt over playing games, it’s something that’s been well-instilled by my parents over the years 😛 Then because I’m doing nothing I try and force myself to do something, like go sit at the piano for a while, but it never feels right and isn’t particularly enjoyable.
I gots no advice.
You’re a good mum, though. And your kid is happy. That gives you a pass not to feel guilty because you’re already doing plenty and any thing extra is amazing!
…
Or something.
Totally stealing your bit here, but *Hugasaurus Rex*
I know that spiral all too well. I’ve been feeling similar lately, but I guess in a different kind of way. I’ve been so focussed on work and finishing my book that I haven’t been taking care of myself as well as I should have been. I got to the point where I woke up one day and thought, “I can’t remember that last time I work up and didn’t feel like shit” which put me into super panic-about-my-health-mode where I’m constantly on the verge of a panic attack.
Resulted in me going out and having a sleep test done, I’ve got bloodwork to get done on Thursday/Friday, and I just feel so run down that I want to get out there and exercise, but when 4pm rolls around I knock off work and literally have no energy to do anything except sit in front of the TV/PC. I then feel guilty for not going out and excercising, but don’t have the energy to do it even if I wanted to, then I freak out about my health, I don’t sleep, I have no energy, etc etc. Rinse and repeat.
🙁 Hope you feel better, my friend.
Thanks man.
I don’t look after myself very well when I write, either, but I don’t really care too much about my health. Never thought that I’d see that apathy as a good thing, but I definitely wouldn’t enjoy the extra stress you’re under 🙁
Hope it comes good, dude. Take care of yourself.
Cheers Shane. My 5 day weekend starts in an hour, so I’m going to take it easy, but going to make sure I get out of the house and blow the cobwebs out.
Oh man…now what am I supposed to say to you?! Wait…I got it…*supermegasquashyhug*
…asaurusceratops!
At the end of the day I think there’s a point where you have to put your own enjoyment above other things, if only for a little while. Difficult to get rid of that guilt though, but it’s definitely necessary to take time for yourself and try to ignore that guilt or else you just won’t enjoy anything.
To put that in perspective I’ve done nothing on Potaku since starting work because I’m just tired when I get home – I want some time to just relax and do my own thing. Feel pretty guilty about it but also recognise that it’s kinda necessary at times.
It’s okay. I know you’re busy making notes on The Game.
…
Get back to work.
Just tried to fire up the old laptop, but I’m regretting it already. First it complained about the CMOS batter being dead or something, then once it got started again it went back to its old chugging self, a billion things tripping over each other to alert me that they need updates (or even better, downloading them in the background to be super helpful and stuff) and now I’ve spent the last ten minutes at least waiting for Firefox to open. It complained about a dozen odd unresponsive scripts (which I’m pretty sure were all internal ones) and I’ve only just got the actual window to appear on-screen, but it’s still blank and waiting for some other thing to stop.
Actually scrap that last count. It’s been over 15 minutes now.
CMOS battery is easy. It’s just replacing a cell battery.
Not even. Just punch in the right time then deal with it the next time I have to turn it on again 😛
I seriously hate this machine though. Would love nothing more than to just thermite the fuck out of it.
Troubleshoot your laptop by;
Clicking Start, then Run.
Type in msconfig and hit enter.
Change your selection from ‘Normal Startup’ to ‘Diagnostic Startup’.
Click Okay and then restart.
If your laptop starts up a bit quicker, you’re in luck! We can talk more. If there’s no change, that’s all folks.
Nah, it’s ok. I’m done with the thing, just had to hop on and retrieve some files. The backlight for the screen doesn’t work any more and if I flick the switch for the wireless, it instantly bluescreens. There’s no saving it.
Unfortunately – laptop CMOS batteries are different to desktop ones.
Sample : http://tinyurl.com/lzuerag
Not difficult to find one for your lappy, but there’s different kinds and they’re not the same as using the old CR-2032 batteries, or whatever they are.
Guys, this is the 4th Xbox One 180. You know what this means, right?
THEY SHOULD CALL IT THE XBOX 180!!!
#Dantastic
XBOX : DOUBLE REVOLUTION
You forgot
#DadJokePage6
This is horrible!
What are people going to complain about now!?
I can’t actually tell if I’m laughing sarcastically or genuinely.
Love it. And we thought they’d turned their back on 720.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSRtesvKWlo
I love this song. So good.
Ughhhh spreadsheets. This Excel assignment is the worst. Well okay not really, it’s fairly easy, just really boring.
Aaaaand now the machine seems to have been completely frozen by attempting to open a PDF.
WAKE UP YOU STUPID JERK
ha, a co worker just asked me if i play Piano, I don’t and thought it was a bit out of the blue, i asked why and he said it’s the way i type, he says my hands glide around the keyboard like I’m playing music and i seem to have a rhythym to it. Dafug? is that a compliment?
He likes your hands. A little creepy, I’ll admit.
lol, that’s what i was thinking, “is …. is that guy hitting on me?”
Maybe he’s just starting a band! 😛
Speaking of creeping hands…
Totally an insult. Being graceful, rhythmic and efficient is, like, the worst thing ever in every context.
2 things i am bad at, receiving compliments & displaying gratitude, i either don’t show enough gratitude and feel like a jerk or show too much and feel like a dick. The wording of that sentence is a little suggestive : /
Is he hot?
It’s still winter, so I’d say warm at best.
…. i got nothing, just wanted to validate your comments 😛 u guys crack me up 😀
Page 6 is my favourite page of TAY. These fools give me implicit permission to let the crazy puns fly.
Wait, we’re supposed to have permission for those? Shit.
No, it’s just me. Because once or twice (or every week for ages) I went waaaay too far 😛
We thank you for your service, providing cover for the rest of us.
I wish I kept a link to that time where I made a pun out of “cinnamon”. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to top that, plus it’s so hard to refer to it verbally.
you can go too far…………… I think i have to reasess my whole life up until now
Shane puns are one of the most amusing parts of TAY — there’s no such thing as too far!
Wait, we’re supposed to wait til page six for those?
Maybe you should try playing the piano then 😛
Sounds like a bit of a weird thing to say, but still a compliment!
my girlfriend actually owns 2 pianos they are both in my house right now, I can play the ending to “Closer” by Nine Inch Nails, that is all, I totally wish i could play it but am pretty lazy, maybe if there was some augmented reality piano game I’d become a pro in no time.
Interesting. It seems that win7 likes to truncate folder names when they have more than one full stop in them. I’ve got some that are named “113.10.1506”, “113.10.1507” and “113.10.1508”, but they all appear as just “113.10”. And yes, the Hide File Extensions thing is already unchecked. Computers are stupid.
[Edit: emo crap replaced with some real Page 6 content]
The fire at the circus was in tents.
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How many Freudian analysts does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two. One to change it, and the other to hold the penis. LADDER! I meant ladder.
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Jokes about menstruation aren’t funny. Period.
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Without bees, bears would just be ears.
…
Here you go old bean:
Everyone is making edits.
I stand by my video.
#SadBlokePage6
EDIT: Dammit Shane. Your edit ruined my punny joke! Why can’t you just stay emo geez. (Seriously: I’m only kidding, hope you feel better soon!)
Aw man…I missed the interesting stuff and now I’m just stuck with puns. Stoopid page six.
Would’ve been a perfect opportunity for a doofus comment too. Now all you can do is say dammit Shane 😛
Dammit Shane!
Now I can’t even say that! Nagdabbit Shane!
A polar bear walks into a bar. The barman asks, “What can I get you?”
The polar bear looks the barman up and down and says, “I’ll have a scotch…………………….. ………………………………. ……………………………………… and coke.”
The barman raises an eyebrow and says, “Righto mate, but what’s with the big pause?”
The polar bear shakes his head, shrugs, and says, “Dunno mate. I was born with ’em”
I heard another polar bear joke the other day
A father polar bear and his son are walking across the snow
The little looks at his Dad and say ” What sort of bears are we dad?”
The dad says “We’re polar bears son”
“Are you sure we aren’t brown bears?”
“No, son we are polar bears”
“Maybe we are sun bears”
The Father polar bear is getting exasperated now and so “No we are polar bears son. Polar bears”
“What about koala bears” ask the son
“For the last time we are polar bears. Why are you asking about all those other bears”
The son looks as his dad and say “Cos I’m bloody cold”
I prefer the depression story you had. Kidding! I like the period and penis jokes.
2 baby seals walked into a club
#BadTastePage6DadJokes
#HashtagsForHarli
That’s not a dad joke, that’s an amazing joke 😛
When I get really down I always forget about the healing power of music.
Nothing like yelling at the top of your lungs to lyrics like “I was chosen by Heaven, say my name when you pray!” to make you forget all the silly things that were worrying you. Thank-you Sabaton. 😀
SORROW FOUND ME WHEN I WAS YOUNG, SORROW WAITED, SORROW WON…
Thank you The National
…
Uh, I don’t think my music has the same effect as yours. 😛
I hate having to drive other people in my car because it means I can’t yell along to my music like I normally would. Nor can I have it up loud enough to properly hear it all.
Especially missing out on doing the super high stuff where I have to go full scream just to hit the right pitch 😛
Oh man, them high notes. I’m a girl and even I can’t get where most male vocalists can go without screeching.
Haha, I have trouble keeping up with most normal singing as it is. Even though I don’t think my normal voice is especially deep at all, singing-wise it seems to be much more suited to doing lower stuff. Yet all the singers seem to be comfortable in a place that makes my throat really start to strain before long if I try and match them rather than take it down. Still give it a try here and there though, even if some ungodly sounds get created along the way >.>
I stand before you, to sit behind you;
to tell you something I know nothing about.
Next Thursday, which is Good Friday,
there will be a mothers meeting for fathers only.
Admission is free, pay at the door.
bring your chairs, we’ll sit on the floor.
Stupid reply fail. This belongs in the cheesy dad-jokes section!
All of page 6 is the dad joke section
whoop, home time, thanks all for the entertainment.
Thank you, piano man 😉
Sing us a song, you’re the piano man
Sing us a song tonight
Well, we’re all in the mood for a melody
And you’ve got us feelin’ alright
GREAT… now that’s gonna be stuck for the next 48 hours 😛
What you sang – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmVmt_v32qU
What we heard – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY_Yf4zz-yo
YOU WAIT TILL NEXT KARAOKE 😛
Public holiday tomorrow 🙂
Huh. Turns out I’d actually copied all my Super Hexagon stuff over to this computer after all. Now I forget who it was that asked about it. @greenius maybe?
Scores:
Hexagon –
60.5471.47Hexagoner –
61.4068.48Hexagonest – 43.24
Hyper Hexagon – 49.01
Hyper Hexagoner – 27.27
Hyper Hexagonest – Locked
Edit: Super Getagon! Or Hexaget?
Mine is like:
Hexagon – 11.2
I am not very good at Super Hexagon.
Also known as Concluding Sentences: The Game
Unfortunately, the list of things that I am not very good at is very, very long.
I watched the dood who created it finish the final level a while back. That was enough torture for me!
Hexagon: 76:28
Hexagoner: 62:41
Hexagonest: 55:57 🙁
Hyper Hexagon: 42:51
Hyper Hexagoner: 25:56 (32:15 on PC)
Hexagon – 133.40
Hexagoner – 95.58
Hexagonest – 63.44
Hyper Hexagon – 61.10
Hyper Hexagoner – 65.21
Hyper Hexagonest – 53.28
*flex*
I pretty much went for 60 seconds in each one then moved on. I only went back to the earlier two for better times since they had different music and it was a nice break from trying to beat Hyper Hexagonest, which is the bane of my existence. Got 53 seconds on the weekend, SO CLOSE!
Also Super Hexagetagon*
Braggius
*flex*
Calculations predicted the game would have made me throw up 78 times, so I didn’t play it. *nods*
Hi TAY.
Saw The World’s End.
Very Enjoyable.
Good to hear, I wanna go see it soon, but I always say I’m going to go to the movies but never do, I’m a good hermit, I’ve even had free tickets since Christmas.
Pssst, possible Elysium meat on Saturday!
Oh man, having yogurt and cereal for snack. What have I become? :'(
That sounds great though 😛 I might try mixing yoghurt and cereal one day when I have yoghurt!
It’s pretty good. Strawberry yogurt mixed with Sultana Bran. Good eatin’… It’s what I have for breakfast every morning with vegetable juice. XD
You’ve inspired me to start buying yoghurt 😀
Just be thankful I didn’t peer pressure you into drugs. 😛
Haha they take a bit more convincing than “It’s pretty good” 😛
Pretty damn good?
Our friggen brownies have completely put me off drugs tbh, so even more peer pressuring than that!
(well that changed subject quickly)
*writes down details of Ben J’s ‘brownies’ in note pad*
Don’t mind me. I ain’t no narc. 😛
*shifty eyes*
I didn’t make them! 😛
Seriously they’re the most rank tasting things I’ve ever forced myself to keep down!
Who are you and what have you done with @dc?
A balanced diet is important for health AND well being.
…
Uh, colobus monkeys. Adventure games. Circle the wagons.
The last song game I played would have been Guitar Hero III, a couple of weeks ago. But it was a custom version, featuring all the songs from GHII.
Wait no I lied, I jumped on GH Arcade at Galactic Circus the night before PAX.
Bandoliers – Them Crooked Vultures on my phone but technically it’s crazy electric guitar track #12 from Dynasty Warriors 8
She’s Telling Lies – The Apples in Stereo
Nightcall-Kavinsky and LoveFoxx
It’s pouring and that means if I want to cook something good I have to go outside to get to the kitchen 🙁 *breaks out the noodles*
Your kitchen is outside? I picture dorm life to be like that show Felicity. Remember that show? Of course you don’t… #OldManDC
Neverrr heard of it 😛
There’s 4 buildings and the one with the kitchen is next to the one I’m in. It’s only like a 20m walk undercover but still… it’s wet 😛
That’s possibly the cheesiest intro I’ve ever seen 😛
And dorm life is nothing like that! Dorm life is sitting in your room on the computer, making small talk with people you don’t really like when you go to the floor’s kitchenette to wash up your plate or boil the kettle, and occasionally venturing out to the jacca (junior common room) if something’s on, and then once every few months venturing down to the new butt (okay that one’s probably unique to here) for a shit party that you get bored of and leave, and spending the rest of your time complaining that you’d rather be somewhere else and making plans with people to move out at the end of the year 😛
Sounds like the show! 😛
One day I’ll watch a couple of episodes and get back to you 😛
That the cheesiest intro you’ve seen?
You have much to learn.
Wait, no, I take it back. That intro isn’t cheesy. It’s just bad.
*#OldWomanDC
Hey man, J.J. “Alias, Super 8, Star Trek, Mission: Impossible 3” Abrams created that show with Matt “Cloverfield, Let Me In” Reeves. Also an incredibly well written show. I don’t care who knows I watched. (And own the DVDs.)
😀
…
Also, uh, Shane watches Gilmore Girls! *runs* 😛
All I know about the show is that my mum used to watch it 😛
And of the rest, I’ve only seen Alias and Star Trek (…can’t actually remember MI3?). Also @shane has a sense of humour good enough to let him do pretty much whatever he wants free of judgement.
You don’t want to open that door.
I have watched Gilmore Girls. ALL SEASONS OF IT.
My roommate who supplied them told me this now made me an honorary woman, and she inducted me into the Sisterhood.
Who am I to judge, I might’ve watched Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman… last year. 😀
bwahahah I was looking for a pic this evening, and I stumbled across this!
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/OG_Kru.jpg
\m/ I even have a short vid!
Hey, I know some of those people!
I was watching outside the window. >:|
😛
🙂 Enduwolf is next to Jimu. The other one you wouldn’t recognize, is LittleJJ. Luckily for you, you’ll never get to meet her! 😉
What year was that? You guys all look younger. 😀
If memory serves, that would have been 2011. My money’s on mid-to-late, but I can’t exactly remember how long it took Brisbane to start Meating after the Sydney folk did it.
actually that was May in 11 🙂 Dan and Lambo hadn’t arrived when I took those. I’m sure I have a couple more somewhere. I’ll stumble on it one day!
May falls under the category of mid!
*Calls it a victory even though I was clearly wrong*
mine was the first home meat tho and we all sat around and actually played games!!! great times! 🙂
Is this your house?! It’s all green and stuff!
You, I like!
hahaha it WAS my house.
Am I the only one who hates the Australian Made guilt ads? I can’t be the only one to think that if you have to fully guilt somebody in to buying something then you’re doing something completely wrong :S They’re the worst ads I’ve ever seen and would push me more to not buy Australian than buy Australian.
Ethics is the worst subject ever.
Add: It is worst than Specialist Mathematics. I’m not kidding.
*notes that Benny might be a sociopath*
Haha. It’s not like that. I’m not like that. *twitch*
I just finished an assignment on ethics and social responsibility, and I can back this up.
I’m doing a core Ethics unit for my Banking and Finance degree this semester and it’s fucking horrid.
Film related stuff doesn’t have ethics…
…
Now it all makes sense.
Well the content itself is okay I guess but the tutor is so annoyinggg D:
It’s one of those ones that asks us a lot of questions and expects instant answers but everyone knows students just want to sit there without saying anything and then go home, so it’s all silent for a couple of seconds 😛
My management teacher is worse. He’s just like *name*! *question* gogogo!
Luckily all he’s ever asked me is “how do you hand in the assignment?” and I just answered “umm… electronically and physically.” *phew*
My ethics lecturer believed in ‘The Secret’ and tried to lecture us about that.
…of the Magic Crystals?
‘The Secret’ is that bullshit philosophy that was all the rage about 10 years ago, that basically was the belief that everything that happens in the universe is manifested from how you’re feeling at the time. Ultimate self-centered system of belief.
http://www.news.com.au/national-news/federal-election/the-daily-show-takes-aim-at-one-nation-and-8217plonkgate8217/story-fnho52qo-1226696546312
😀
Haha I’ve got todays ep downloaded, will watch it a bit later!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx9eH3qOJXw
Here’s video that’s actually working… until it’s taken down. 😀
That was pretty good. 🙂
Payday 2… one day you will be mine… oh yes… one day….
Can anyone tell me how it is!?
Payday? Best day of the week. XD
lmao hopefully Payday 3 will be subtitled “HumpDay”
Abso-fucking-lutely horrible with randoms. So-so-but-lacking with bots.
Unadulterated brilliance with well-coordinated friends on voice.
Somewhere in between, with unco friends who aren’t on voice, but still enjoyable.
I must get this…
THE SAVING OF MONEH BEGINS!!!!!
Thanks @transientmind, you just described the exact experiences I had with 1, so it sounds like its gonna be my cup of tea again. Ta 🙂
I’ma just go and leave this here leaked trailer for XMEN : DAYS OF FUTURE PAST here…
Oh and I’ll just leave this…
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY FOOTAGE…
Right here…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aqeBNNumm-0
See it before they take it down.
I can’t wait for this.
@gutsoup
Hehe Battle of Shiting 😛
So who was your main character? I was a bit disappointed to find out they changed my favourite (Gan Ning) to use a flail instead of a badass sword but he plays the same so it’s not too bad! Still looks weird though :/
Just watched the first ep of Aqua TV Show Show. Soooo good. Such an awesome, retarded show 😛 The intro and credits songs are great, especially with Meatwad on the bass!
I love July/August, so many amazing Adult Swim shows start.
Watamote ep 6 spoilers:
http://cdn.makeagif.com/media/8-13-2013/QzcGM8.gif
So I finally got round to watching the wonderful 101 nintendo direct, and good god I want to buy a Wii U now. This game looks awesome. It has a massive Bayonetta/Clover studios vibe to it! That makes 2 Wii U games I want (other one being Pikmin 3). One more and I’ll buy the thing.
You want ZombiU.
Buy it.
I most definitely do not want ZombiU 😛
But it’s so goooooooooooooood!
If there’s one thing I can’t stand in any entertainment medium it’s zombies 🙂
Haha, I roll my eyes at the mere mention of zombies as much as the next guy. But still I don’t find it detracts from this at all, it really is a top little piece of survival horror.
I hate survival/horror games as well 😛
Sorry, I’m really picky when it comes to games I like. I like colour, cannot stand shooters (with a couple of exceptions), think story is the most important part of a game, like lengthy games, hate choice of dialogue, like RPG’s but not crazy old style ones or “indie” ones, and most of all I absolutely love Nintendo but would be perfectly happy if they never made another Mario game again 🙂 In fact I’d probably prefer it if they never made another Mario game!
My top 5 games ever are (from 1-5) Okami, Nier, Twilight Princess, Okamiden, and Metroid Prime. Honourable mentions to Paper Mario 64 and Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga. Should give a good indication of what I like!
You seem to like things I like, and dislike things I don’t like. I reckon you’d still like it ;D (partly because I think it has a fair bit in common with Metroid Prime)
Once you end up with a Wii U (*shakes fist*) you should check it out and see what you make of it. Could always end up pleasantly surprised!
You guys both like Xenoblade! Bond over that <3
lol same. I enjoyed The Last of Us, but yeah, I never bought into the whole zombie craze.
XenUblade…
Yeah, but I was going for “available in the near future” 😛
…but it will be available!
But in the mean time! I want 3 games I can actually get soon 😛 If XenUblade really is the 3rd game I want for it then I won’t have a Wii U for aggggesss 😛
You never said that!
Pretend it was implied!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY @DOC_WHAT
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTTISH ART MASTER
Man that year went quickly! Happy bday @Doc_What!
Happy birthday, Doc! WOOOOOO!
Ugh. I think I’m coming down with a cold. For the last few hours I’ve felt my throat slowly get worse and worse. This sucks.
Also it’s nearly been 10 hours since I started work on upgrading my phone firmware. Arduous task that it is. And now after all the prep, I’ve got to the point of actually performing the upgrade but the software doesn’t want to detect the damn thing being connected via USB. And it’s been so long since I last did it I can’t remember how I eventually got it working. Rage.
Woah. I really should go to bed. 🙁
You and me both.
But not together. Unless…?
Big spoon or little spoon?
Fork.
I’m okay with this. 😉
Christ, still going with this thing.
Yeah @shane has tried destroying TAY with his dad jokes but people are resilient 🙂
I’m guessing you’re talking about your cold. I hope you feel better soon.
I’m guessing it’s about the firmware update 😛
First one, then the other!
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-08-13-telltale-debuts-its-trailer-for-fables-the-wolf-among-us
I think @dc, you were hype for this?
@freezespreston too! Looks pretty great!
Production values and voice acting seem good. 😀
Elysium Meat! Saturday, 17th August! Brisbane! Somewhere in the CBD. Food before hand?
Let me know if you’re keen. *moseys off*
Elysium Meat! Sunday, 18th August! Sydney! Somewhere in the CBD. Food before hand?
Let me know if you’re keen. *moseys off*
Hey @dc, you should totally do your tagging thing.
I don’t want to be a pushy jerk. No tagging. Haha.
It’s not being pushy, it’s keeping people informed about upcoming events!
Not when I do it seventeen times a week. 😛
Only for Brisbane people 😛
You didn’t tag me so I’m assuming I’m not invited.
I did on Monday!
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2013/08/talk-amongst-yourselves-237/comment-page-1/#comment-1774446
So what’s changed between us since then?
I swear he meant nothing. It was just a casual hang out. Nothing more. You know you’re the only real friend I can have in my life. Those other guys are just speed bumps in our life.
What? What?
*throws dinner plate for some reason*
@sughly, @freezespreston, @strange, @lambomann007, @beardymcmuttonchops, @dkzeitgeist, @transientmind, @jimu, @gutsoup, @enduwolf, @welbot, @sernobulus, @virus__
And as for Cakesmith:
Uh, I don’t know the Sydney people. *runs*
And @mythamphetamine too… I suppose. 😛
Sounds good man. I’m there. Food also sounds good. Also, tagging me in stuff like this is sometimes the only way I find out about it. I never, ever think that it’s annoying or you’re pressuring me to attend. It’s just a heads up. HEY GUYS! THIS IS HAPPENING! etc.
Awesome! Thanks man. Sometimes I worry too much about stuff. XD
Props for mad tagging skills.
never a problem being tagged, the more you do the more likely it is I’ll actually make it to another one 😛
I’m with Beardy, tag me as you see fit – I’m not here enough to keep up otherwise
I need help to install Better DS3 (It’s a less trojan version of DS3 Tool). Shit’s weird and not working well.
http://betterds3.ciebiera.net/
Chainsaw Gutsfuck.
Wait.. That’s not today.
Decided on a motherboard yet? I can’t buy you stuff until you do
http://collider.com/mob-city-trailer-frank-darabont/
Christopher Nolan just started production of Interstellar today. Really can’t wait to see this. I likes me some smart scifi. 😀
I likes me some Christopher Nolan.
Seriously though, I’m keen for this movie. Ignoring the Matthew McConaughey part because I trust Nolan.
Yeah, but McConaughey.
I know.
I didn’t mind him in The Lincoln Lawyer though, so maybe he’ll be alright. Christopher Nolan makes some odd casting choices sometimes which usually turn out really well.
Ellen Page in Inception was a mistake.
Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises was a mistake.
And just so I don’t get labelled sexist, Jamie Foxx in Django Unchained was a mistake. I know that one’s not a Christopher Nolan film however, but yeah.
Tarantino in that movie was the bigger mistake. 😛
Booo, Anne Hathaway was great in Dark Knight Rises!
I also enjoyed Michael Bay’s Transformers, so my argument is invalid. 😛
+1 only for acknowledging your own invalidity, NOT for endorsement of Anne Hathaway in Dark Knight.
I mean, I like her, just not really in that role. Although to be fair, she was also kinda horribly written in it.
edited whoops
Christopher Nolan is doing a live action version of Interstella 5555?!
MQFT:
Yes?
No?
Maybe?
I don’t know.
Can you repeat the question?
You’re not the boss of me now!
Both.
Yes!
Okay! I’ll buy this
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/au/en/pc/games/action/complete-gta-bundle/
Only $10 with this code GMG20-4B9NY-L4FEN
Except it’s like the 3rd time I’ve bought The Lost and the Damned and I didn’t even like GTAIV that much :P! Still, I’ve never really played GTAIII, VC and SA and I haven’t got around to The Ballad of Gay Tony but Xbawks is lame so I’ll never play my 360 copy 😀
San Andreas is the best. It was also the first one I really played, so that probably has something to do with it.
It has bikes though. Bikes. I can’t wait for bikes to be back in GTAV.
No!
If you were 2 minutes earlier you would’ve saved me $10!
Sick is not fun, but its still more fun than tirelessly climbing on massive dirt moving machines all day without a break for food or water. So various things have been happening. I have done a bunch of things and it seems like life is being pretty okay.
Sup with you guys and dolls???
Also torchlight 2 mods?
which ones are you guys using and should i start a new character???
Hope you feel better, Rockets!
Ill manage, i had a shower and some medicine and now i feel okay just a little tired .
Synergies, basically tweaks everything in the game. It’s pretty good.
Let my powerful voice heal you.
40 seconds in
How does your voice not hurt? Is there a thing you do to stop it hurting??
Practice.
http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/86.html
Ahahahahaha. Nope.
” lets keep it going, this one is called, triangle is a real instrument”
you sire are brilliant
Set list:
Intro
Sunday Brunch
Triangle Is A Real Instrument
Nicolas Rage
Get Amongst It
Stay Classy
Mr Miyagi Knows What’s Going Down
But he is in pain, can’t you hear the screaming?
Nice. I’ve got no live stuff on YouTubes, but here’s some studio work I did for a mate (I play teh drums)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P990rvOWH80 (make sure to put it in HD)
Oh wow, I actually really like that. Reminds me a lot of Killswitch Engage and All That Remains. Really cool stuff.
Fun fact: one of his songs was actually on that APB game. Sadly it wasn’t a track I recorded for.
If you don’t have mods installed yet you will need a new character. The use different save locations.
http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/8/13/4568900/the-fullbright-company-gone-home
Cool profile on The Fullbright Company who’s making one of my most anticipated indie games of the year, Gone Home. 😀
Good deal repost!
GTA collection (Steam) at GMG for $10 USD using GMG20-4B9NY-L4FEN
http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/au/en/pc/games/action/complete-gta-bundle/
Not bad!
Bikes
WE ARE SO BMX BANDITING IN GTA V
WITH @dc
@dc BE IN OUR BMX GANG! WOO!
I’ll be too busy looking at things in the wilderness.
In our BMX gang. We can do sick jumps in the wilderness.
Hmmm, that does sound pretty alright.
You can be Diddy!
Wait, wrong game…
😀 Oh man, I can’t wait for Mario Kart.
You’re god damn right it does.
TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!
Tunnel Snakes is a placeholder name.
@doc_what
Celebrate your birthday today retro style.
Screaming, covered with blood, mucus and poop while sliding out of a meat sack.
So I’m back from the hospital, you know what I don’t like about hospitals..they have that crazy 3G blocking stuff that as soon as you enter the building your phone goes into SOS only or no signal.
Also I don’t like CT scans, that nasty yellow liquid and the thing they put in to make it feel like you wet yourself…not cool man not cool.
Atleast it’s over and done with now, Cam. I’m sorry you’ve got to go through this stuff, but you’ve got us whenever you want to talk or vent or whatever. Hope you’re feeling better in general too!
Yeah I’m feeling alright, I just can’t stand the yellow drink, just thinking bout it makes me feel sick. I’m home now anyway, gotta smash some bottles of water for my livers sake (the dye they put in your body can rest in your liver causing liver damage) and then go to work after that haha. Thanks DC why you so classy haha
They’re making you go to work? Monsters! D:
Did you get weird hot flushes after the iodine? Metallic taste in your mouth? It’s not real pleasant, but at least it doesn’t last too long. Hope you’re feeling better
Yes, first time im like ahh who put this in me you monsters! then you get warm all over and your like, eh its not so bad now
This is the first day of a 5 day weekend and I’m going to have a very difficult time not going and seeing Elysium before Saturday.
The Way, Way Back looks excellent. You could see that too? 😀
Hope you enjoy your break, my friend. You hanging with Aleph at all?
He’s on his way over now! Wanna come round?
Haha! Really tempting but don’t think I can. You guys have fun though!
But we could watch movies and play board games! 😀
Board games. *shudder*
😛
@mythamphetamine says “BUT I DROVE AN HOUR!!!” ; _ ;
It is excellent! You should all go and see it. I loved it so, so much.
Watch Double The Fist. You’ll forget all your troubles!
Morning all. I had a Breaking Bad marathon last night and watched all of season one. I rate it 5/10. Nothing really spesh, will get into season two shortly but hoping it picks up, at least.
O_O
Maybe it’s not for you then. I loved it from the start and while I think it gets better I don’t think it will do enough to make you change your mind if you weren’t hooked from the start.
Benny hated The Place Beyond the Pines and Ellen Page in Inception too. He’s a monster. 😛
Though he likes Gattaca. He can’t be all bad.
Benny doesn’t know what he’s talking about.
People like Ellen Page? Ew.
She’s a part time lover AND a full time friend!
Ugh. Fuck that movie.
But you’re psyched for Beyond: Two Souls, right?
…
RIGHT? 😛
Beyond psyched.
I loved Heavy Rain. I haven’t seen much of Beyond though, does it play the same way?
Haha! I’ve media blacklisted everything about the game since e3 2012 so you probably know more than me about it. All their games seem to have similar aesthetics though. Heavy Rain played like an improved Fahrenheit and Fahrenheit played like an improved Omikron: The Nomad Soul…. so to answer you question…
*shrugs*
Also, you’re okay @bdkiaf. You’re okay.
Easy there, Tiger.
DMY.
Perhaps. Season one was only 7 episodes though, so I will finish season two then decide.
Season one is mostly “wow, the dad from Malcolm in the Middle is pretty rad”.
The show really picks up in the second season. The writers’ strike kind of stopped the first season from being as great as it could have been.
Then once you get to later seasons… well, it’s a pretty good show and I like the bits where people do things.
Thanks for that info. Picks up in season two is exactly what I wanted to hear.
Two fan favourite characters get introduced in season two and my personal favourite character gets fleshed out a lot more.
Which characters?
The lawyer and the uncle.
Apparently if it wasnt for the writers strike Jesse’s character was going to be bumped off, so yay for writers strike :]
@greenius @redartifice @masha2932 @freezespreston @gutsoup @dkzeitgeist @anyoneelsewhohasit
NFS: MW multiplayer is a go for tonight? Otherwise, I’m sure we can pull together a group of 4 for some Payday multi.
I could give you some easy wins.
The cool thing about the multiplayer is that it isn’t all races. There’s competition events like longest jump or drift. So you don’t need to be able to race that well. Not that it matters because Dan wins all the races anyway.
Drive to this point! Now drive to the other side of the map! Now drive off this cliff!
:/
Best.
I need to update MW on my PC and figure out how to add everyone. Won’t be able to take part in MP (obviously), but I should be able to compare times and stuff. (I’m going to beat you all >:D)
Should just be able to add our Origin tags.
Mine’s redartifice. Surprisingly.
Im down!
Maybe! Like if you need a fourth for Payday I’ll be there but otherwise I’ll be playing Dynasty Warriors :D. If there’s a decent amount of people on MW I’ll probably hop on too. Just Tweet or whatevs
Pretty sure @masha2932 and @redartifice are in based on Twitter. And looks like Freeze and Vonsack are in too. Is that enough for you? 😛
I’ll add you guys when I get home from work. I’ve got a dinner thing tonight but I should be good to go afterwards.
Hey man, easier said than done! When you’re all online in MW then I’ll believe it :). But 6 of us sounds good!
I’m in. What are we playing?
Has anyone played the Last of Us multiplayer? I’m still pretty early on in the campaign but an amigo at work has told me its pretty fun.
It’s pretty cool.
Can get pretty tense when you’re the last of your team and being hunted by a full opposing team.
ADD ME AND WE’LL TOTES TEAM UP/FIGHT!!!
Sounds like a plan! Expect an add from RileyJones-
:]
If I’m on, it’s on.
Ya dig?
Yeah, dawg.
Yeah.
So Payday 2 came out last night, and I’m a little disappointed. It plays very well, but looks like dirty arse on PC at high resolutions – it’s very clearly a console port. Has all the hallmarks of shitty resolution/scaling, and dodgy looking menus/fonts. The enemy AI appears to have also developed down syndrome since Payday 1. Hoping they patch to improve the graphics issues, but I’m a bit let down, to be honest.
Can’t wait to play it on my console then. 😀
Who cares what the game plays like because I’m a dirty graphics whore?
It’s not really graphics whoring when a brand new 2013 game looks worse on PC than it’s 2011 counterpart does. Not to mention the retarded AI – which again, was fine in Payday. It’s piss poor production, and that annoys me greatly.
This morning, AI Wolf was casually walking around in front of the jewellery store windows while an entire stadium’s worth of heavily-armed police turned the innards of the store into terrible-tasting honeycomb.
Needless to say, we were very disappointed with his performance and will be booking him in for a ‘coaching opportunity’ within the next month, and entering a new item on his Personal Development and Achievement Plan.
Xenoblade Chronicles anyone? That GameStop article is an interesting one.
Kind of makes me want to play the game, just because it’s so damn rare. (Though it was rare when I tracked down a copy too, so will just wait for Xenublade. :P)
You have a copy but haven’t played it?
I bought it for someone else! (That was the day I talked to EB girl! :P)
Ooo. Do you have a previous TAY comment link to this conversation/story? I missed out.
That’s basically the story. D.C. talked to a girl. D: D: D:
😛
Xenoblade is great for walking around exploring environments, too! Missed out!
@dc I’m sure you can easily borrow a copy from Freeze, @strange or @jimu! Make @sughy get it too!
Nah, don’t really want to play it. Just the thrill of the chase and all that. XD
But I stop and stared so much! So pretty
@sughly
Ugh TAY phone lagg
I kind of really really want the game now I cant have it
Haha! I feel exactly the same way. 😀
This is why you’re cool @sughly !
Well this, Survivor and FFIX love! 😀
Amazing game that most people think is the best JRPG this generation!
I’m on my phone so can’t fanboi as much but if you have any questions I can help out!
I’m still on the fence about it being the best JRPG simply because it has a lot of elements that are not typical of a JRPG. Real-time combat. AI controlled party. Clearly MMO-derived hotbar-with-cooldowns style combat system. heavy emphasis on exploration with large, open worlds. No transition from exploration to combat. I’d argue it’s sort of halfway between a Western-style open world RPG, a traditional Japanese RPG, and an MMORPG.
I still think the best traditional-style JRPG of the generation was Tales of Vesperia, and the best turn-based one I’m not even sure about but it’s probably Trails in the Sky.
EDIT: But Xenoblade is awesome and is easily one of the best games of the generation.
Most people? Huh. Did they ever port it to a (real) console?
Get out!
That’s the reaction I was looking for! ^.^
Nawww I can’t stay mad at you, leader!
You should get a copy and play it. Got a decent PC w/ at least a 3ghz CPU? You can run it emulated and it looks and plays much better than on Wii.
Even on Wii, it’s an astoundingly pretty game. The environments are spectacular – absolutely enormous and packed with detail. Fantastic art direction. Very solid story (by the creative team behind Xenosaga and Xenogears), great soundtrack. If it had been on PS3 or 360 it would probably have gone down as one of the top games of the generation, but being on the Wii made it a niche game on a niche console 🙁
Last night I was about to go to bed when I spied an update from GoG saying they’d just released Lords Of Midnight. This is Mr. Strange’s most favourite game ever so I bought it for him. It was awesome that I caught that announcement because he had no idea it even existed so it was a complete surprise when the email turned up in his inbox. 😀
GOG is amazing. 😀 My GOG backup folder is 133gb. XD
Edit: Strange is awesome too.
*looks at Steam folder. Hides.*
Steam folder? You mean… primary hard drive?
Ima hazard a guess and say Sharples’s is “Hard Drives“
Transientmind has 671 games too. D:
I remember playing the hell out of LoM when I was younger! Such a great game for its time!
I do not know Lords of Midnight.
I went to Wikipedia.
“At the time of its release, the game creator Mike Singleton thought there was no way to defeat Doomdark before Xajorkith fell.[citation needed]”
o_0
Guy makes a game, unwinnable by the goals he set. Releases it anyway.
Morning all.
I am pretty tired. i didn’t feel like sleeping last night and so played persona 4 Golden until 1:30 am.
Cosplay update: Almost finished the skirt. Just got the ribbon and wig to do, then clean up!
You got to stay up playing P4G? Sounds like a successful night! \o/
I am tired for cosplaying though
Photos like this are making me want to go to the Ekka. Its stupid name on principal makes me want to stay away, but all those pretzel options they don’t ordinarily do in their shop combined with the quilt portion of the show is wearing my resistance down.
So if it’s not raining tomorrow, I’ll go. Anyone else going?
Those strawberry ice creams they sell are so damn good too. D:
Edit: My mum works at the hospital across the street and they can make strawberry ice cream orders from the Ekka. D:
Does that mean you’re going, too? 😛
Haha! Nah, Ekka’s too damn expensive for my liking. #OldManDC
Also got to preserve cash for Elysium meat. 😀
Based on that picture, lunch would be fairly non-expensive. I’d offer to buy you a ticket and a ride-pass but I know you’d turn it down, so I won’t. But I’d do it if you wanted me to. 🙂
You’re really kind and awesome, Strange. Thanks for the offer. So. Damn. Kind.
…
But can’t. Haha! You so awesome though.
Also, the way everyone keeps talking about how expensive it is, I was expecting tickets to be fifty bucks or more. They’re not. They’re especially not that expensive when I consider that twice now I’ve paid $15 to see the Quilts exhibition at the Art Gallery and I’m planning on paying a third time before it closes. So yeah, $28 for new quilts to ogle is really not too much in the scheme of things.
Ekka is only as expensive as you want it to be
Entry price alone could pay for three movies back-to-back at the South Bank Cineplex, though! 😀
You can see three movies for $28? Isn’t $28 close to the price for just one at most places?
That’s the beauty of South Bank Cineplex. 😀
http://www.cineplex.com.au/pricing.php
! Next year when my son is at school, you and I are going to see so many movies. 😀
😀 😀 😀
@strange Nah, I expect that’s a nice plan, but you won’t be able to because DC’ll be at work all day.
Fate is cruel this way. That’s why.
Deluded optimism! A good quality in a leader! 😀
hahah I got down to Strange’s comment and thought exactly what transientmind wrote! weeeeeeeeird!
Also, it might end up like @sughly’s story of paying hundreds of dollars to win a Pokemon! XD
Haha what!
The name “Ekka” comes from a shortening of the word “exhibition”?
Classy.
No.. Does it? Incredible.
This statement appears to be dripping with sarcasm.
It does, doesn’t it? Wasn’t the intention though, I’m genuinely surprised. Though I really shouldn’t be because Queensland.
Just be thankful there’s two k’s. 😛 We’re a lazy people!
Just because you can’t shorten Royal Easter Show into something true-blue doesn’t mean you have to come the raw prawn with me, mate!
We’re fair dinkum in Brisbane, Cobber!
And don’t you forget it!
-This post paid for by the Liberal Party, Canberra-
The genius of that footnote is not lost on me.
Man I’m super tempted to go now.
But I’m in Sydney.
I don’t wanna be this guy but holy shit did I smash King of Cakes stall and the German Sausage Hut last night.
You should come to Oktoberfest, Strange.
You, me, ales & meats.
Now that’s a weekend right there.
A Zeitgeist Weiner Fest?!
I went on Saturday. Same old Ekka (literally – same stalls in same places selling same things). Crowds. Also, I think I contracted some sort of bronchial disease because I’ve lost my voice.
Then again, I’m a spoilsport and hate crowds.
There was a suggestion earlier about making TAY a daily thing. How about the other way round? Make it a massive one page of text spanning months which would make it easier to find older conversations and comments? Just how bandwidth-intensive could one page of text be? Scrub all the images and ads from TAY and hey-presto. One downside however, is goodbye page-gets.
I think without the ads Allure wouldn’t have much interest in TAY. 😛
Okay, but unsure about the affects of keeping ads and gravatars. Haven’t thought this through too well. I just wanted to come up with an idea to make searching previous comments easier.
SEARCH FUNCTION! It can’t be that difficult. The current notification system links you directly to older posts, so how about a search? Strip search.
Mobile users, brah.
My mobile just starts melting towards the end of a page. Doubt it could last a whole month.
Really? Mines doing fine with it.
The camera doesn’t work and the signal keeps resetting but it browses TAY fine.
Sometimes giant black rectangles will appear on pages that are too long, blocks out like 1/2 the page.
My iPad crashes every single time I browse TAY. 😀
Yeah, that doesn’t work too well at the moment either.
Pfft, they can grow stronger thumbs. 😛
Thumbs up to this.
The mobile version of the site just has the categories bar thingie permanently dropping down over the screen so that I can’t see what’s going on. No matter where I scroll, it goes to there and jumps in the way. Luckily it’s not long enough to cover the entire thing in portrait mode, so I can at least hit Switch To Desktop and escape it. But then I’m stuck in the lagland of javascript hell.
First thing:
Are spoiler tags working again?
http://www.rot13.com/
Wayyy ahead of you. Just surprised that they don’t work. Has anybody heard from @benwhite on this issue?
I hear @benwhite is out looking for sandwiches.
Dammit!
Anyway, Breaking Bad new episode spoilers:
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Unax unq gb fgnl va cynl gur ragver gvzr naq V’z tynq sbe vg orpnhfr ur’f gur orfg punenpgre va gur fubj. Wrffr jnf zrnag gb qvr va gur svefg frnfba ohg gurl yvxr nneba cnhy gbb zhpu – naq yrg’f snpr vg, ur’f n terng punenpgre.
nope
Downloading PAYDAY 2.
Anyone getting the PC version that might be up for some co-op later? I’ve got a bit of a thing for games that give you options other than shooting your way out of everything. Unfortunately, reviews seem to hint that the early stuff is more shooty shooty. Doesn’t matter, I want to see for myself.
I’ve got it. And I know @alexpants has it. Don’t know if he’s downloaded it but I would be keen for some games tonight.
It’s doable for most mission, but it’s also so damn hard to pull of a truly clean heist that doesn’t devolve into a blood-drenched clusterfuck. Good coordination (that means voice coms or really quick typing), some pre-planning, knowledge of the surrounds, extreme care, plus occasional elements of luck are required.
That sounds like exactly what I’m after.
The luck element is more annoying than you’d think. Sometimes guards don’t patrol and decide to just sit in a really crucial choke-point, never moving, even after like… ten minutes. And your only option is to don masks (turning into super-high-visbility-mode) and knock him out/shoot him. That’s usually when the clusterfuck starts. 😛
In these days of everyone-has-a-cellphone, 911 is only a few panicked seconds away.
Nothing worse than getting into a job, crowd control is utterly perfect, everyone’s on the ground, cameras taken out – score! Then some fucking janitor who you’d swear has never been there before in the 20 times you’ve done it previously, is down a hallway and trips the alarm.
FFFUUUUUUUU
I have a strong suspicion that people backing this Project Phoenix thing are going to be massively, massively disappointed when it releases.
I hadn’t heard of it until now, but it looks really interesting, and they’ve got some incredible talent working on it. What makes you think it’s going to be disappointing?
Because he’s NEGATIVEZero, ya putz!!!
Geeeeeeeeez!
#Dantastic
– They have nothing about what sort of game it actually is, just concept art
– They’re only asking for $100,000 which means they’re aiming very low scale
– They seem to have a massive amount of people involved for such a small budget. Especially for a game they obviously have not yet started developing and are expecting to release 2 years from now.
– They don’t say anything about what you’re actually funding (is it a full game, a prototype or what?)
– They’re saying it’s a JRPG but also a Squad-based RTS, which has been tried before and has never worked.
– The guy heading up the project did indeed work on a bunch of games… as a musician. He’s the head of Eminence.
– @ruffleberg is in it: “troubled paladin Marcus Stern encounters Ruffles, an angel stricken with amnesia.”
There’s a lot of hot air, some big names and a bit of pretty art and bullshit. It’s a team of people that all work at other developers or on other things so this is a side project for most of them. They’re asking for such a low amount that it’s clearly already funded and they’re effectively just selling preorders, and there is nothing in here that makes me feel they are capable of actually delivering something. We’ve seen actual experienced development studios struggle to make kickstarter stuff work already.
I’m fully prepared (and hopeful) that I turn out to be wrong about it but it sounds like a doomed project to me and I’d never back it.
EDIT: They’re being a bit misleading with the way they’re crediting some of the guys too – eg yes, the lead designer did work on LA Noire. In QA. Yes, the director did work on Diablo III. He played the violin. It just seems a bit fishy to me.
I’m always wary of kickstarters and the more ambitious they are, the more wary I become.
A low goal for something like this seems incredibly fishy. Screams of a team that has no idea about what their costs will be.
Yeah, that’s a lot of what I’m feeling. The idea that a team of people could make a game in their spare time, collaborating across multiple time zones (there’s people in Japan, USA, Australia all listed) and languages and produce something worthwhile on a tiny budget on 7 platforms (they’re saying PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PS4 & Vita now!) seems way too ambitious. Especially when they don’t seem to have a good handle on what they’re making (It’s a JRPG! But the combat is like Starcraft! WTF?).
Having Nobuo Uematsu on board isn’t really saying much now either. The guy does a ton of freelance work and he hasn’t really produced much since he stopped working on FF. Pay him enough and he’ll probably be happy to work on stuff. Helps a lot that Yura is the head of Eminence and they have worked together before on various projects.
0/10
That concept art is amazing.
I’ll be interested if they reach that Eminence + Uematsu collaboration stretch goal.
If they make it to an amount that actually seems like a reasonable budget to get something decent happening I might consider backing it. But it seems super risky even then.
It shouldn’t need that much start up capital as they are basically saying we are making a phone game and might have a little bit more to the computer / console version.
Not sure on what people think they are getting but some will be happy with it but other will not be.
IT IS THE SAVIOR OF THE JRPG etc. is what I’m seeing online.
It’s the one that will topple puzzles and dragons
You are right, pretty sure those people will end up disappointed. When you are including iOS and android as essential development platforms you can’t be aiming for anything too ambitious. Then again I guess it comes down to what your expectations are. Thinking anything from a design doc (or nebulous concept) is going to be brilliant is dangerous
Because I can’t change my Steam account name, and it’s a really weird email address from the early 00’s that doesn’t exist anymore, I have changed my previous (very generic) persona to ‘Transientmind’. To my surprise, I’m the only one.
I know what you mean.
I’m the only Dan that matters.
It’s true, when someone calls me Dan I look around for DAN! now.
Then I wonder how my mum knows Dan… then I like to stop thinking about this…
But who would call you Dan? It’s not like that’s your name! DeeCee
JAKEY D! What brings you here this time of the day?
Supervisor is not looking over my should XD
also i like to feel involved in things… i like things…
How’s things in your neck of the woods?
Today I saw a bird. It was a good day.
“Saw a “bird””
was she hot?
Sent friend dealy invite thing…
I’m hardly ever on Steam though and if I ever appear online it’s always an accident. 😛
You should steam more… not that i play many multiplayer games… BUT STEAM… STEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAM ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ
I’m not good with talking to people in real time. 😀
Also I don’t know when to naturally let a conversation stop and feel like a jerk when I stop talking. XD
Lol i know how you feel 😛
i feel weird contacting people on steam, especially if i don’t regularly talk to them… Think the only one i talk to on a regular basis is @rize
Spontaneous conversation. *shudder*
To this day I prepare ‘talking points’ when I go to a meat. XD
that’s…. not a bad idea actually… i just stand around weirdly until 1 of 2 things happen:
1. Alcohol kicks in
2. Someone engages in a conversation with me
😛
I don’t drink, alas. I need this. XD
Don’t worry Pixel, if we ever meet I’ve already got talking points ready. Mostly about your weird accent. So weird. 😛
heeeey…. fair call 😛
Actually is it that weird? well i don’t think you’d know but people keep bringing it up so now i need to know 😛
@cakesmith and @rize can have an input… i suppose 😛
Haha! I’m just kidding, man. Accents are cool. Pixel is cool! I think it’s just the popular thing to make fun of you because you’re foreign. Which, uh, might be, uh, racist. D:
We love you Pixel! 😀
Something, something, something, Poland, something, something.
I now it’s all fun and games and trust me i don’t really take it to heart…
I’ll put it like this,
People i like can joke about it all they want (you, @rize and rest of taybie-ville) but when someone i barely know/trust starts making jokes is when i start taking it seriously…
long story short, joke away my friend, joke away 😛
@cakesmith you’re a terrible person and i hate you*
*that’s not true, i love you
I wouldn’t even mention it in person. I just wanted to be apart of this TAY in-joke. XD
But seriously, you’re one of my favourite people here. I mentioned it once before and I’ll say it again. Hope you never think I’m mocking you or any thing. You’re a good guy Pixel!
So, uh, want some rye? Course ya do!
be part of the joke man, be part of it…
I can apparently even do a very faithful re-creation of the Swedish Chef song… so if all else fails, that’s my party trick
everyone has their own thing, but that just sounds odd to me.
I love talking shit. even if its not very good (and it frequently isn’t). I have no internal censor, so I get into trouble sometimes, but its fun.
Sounds like someone’s got social skills. 😛
sometimes i would love to have that skill, but i worry too much about what other people think,
so i think of something to say and then reach a conclusions of:
“no one cares about that”
or
“that’s boring”
or
“you’re being ridiculous”
and then don’t end up saying pretty much nothing 😛
Oh man, sounds like we’d get along awesomely in the anti-social sitting corner, Pixel! 😀
the D.C and Pixel Meat – a transcript:
*door opens*
*crickets*
*Pixel’s mouth opens and promptly closes again*
*crickets*
– 3 hours later
Pixel: Well good seeing you buddy
*walks out*
Hey man, if all else fails I’ll start endlessly quoting Grim Fandango! 😀
And then we can talk about how good Little Big Adventure is!
@dc … YOU’RE A BLOODY GENIUS!
also that Little Big Adventure is a pretty cool guy!
Totally want to play LBA2 again… and again… and again…
and-
*run off to GOG.com*
Do you have them written down or do you memorise them?
Tattooed onto my chest!
Is the text reversed so you can read it in the mirror or up-side-down?
Pictographs linked to a subliminally planted mental trigger!
Gnarly.
SO MUCH HATE :'(
Remember that time when we chatted for a while? You told me what the “P” stood for and where you were born and your birthday! And we talked Borderlands one time too and then ACTUALLY PLAYED (zomg!) but I probably ruined everything for you!
T_T
Hey TAY, long time no speak.
Here’s a bit of hermes info, straight from the newsdesk of Hermes H. Hermington.
1. Remember that xbox E3 comp y’all helped me out with? Well, those guys contacted me very recently suggesting that they may require my services for the upcoming EB expo as the Insider. So, that’s kind of neat.
2. I got an article published about science! Cool! KNOWLEDGE COMA.
3. I need some help – do any of you guys know where the best place to get a copy of xenoblade chronicles would be? I’ve tried most of the usual outlets – am I going to have to resort to online? It seems that way.
4. I hope you are all well, happy and healthy.
Love and peace,
H&T
Hermes, my friend! I hope science is treating you well! Awesome news about the EB Expo and getting your work published!
I was reading up in TAY and just wanted to know what talking points you have ready for me if we ever meet D.C.
I assume SCIENCE
Science. Basketball. e3. How I plan to use Day One DLC as my Halloween themed user name like you suggested last year after dreaming it… Malaria!
Hahah Day One DLC. Beautiful. We can talk about that for 8 hours.
I’ve gotten mileage from lesser conversation starters. 😛
1. Groovy
2. Groovy
3. No
4. *Shrug*
Xenoblade’s getting rare now. i think most people that get it tend to hang onto it so it’s scarce in the second-hand market. Ebay would be my bet.
I will have a look at eBay when I get home. Thanks dude!
OMG HERMESSSSS
XENOBLADE <3
You gotta get a copy! They occasionally pop up on Ozgameshop but sell out shortly after so your best bet is with eBay (like Neg said). You COULD YARGH it up and play it on emulator but better to support them and whatnot. It's unfortunate that it's rare now since it's an amazing game 🙁
EDIT: And all the other stuff is cool too, I guess 😛
It sounds like the head of Atlus is teasing a new Persona for next year.
Persona 5 in 2014 would be the 10th Anniversary of the ‘new’ direction Persona games . It’s also Atlus’ 25th Anniversary. They’re teasing lots of stuff:
TGS is September 19-22. Atlus don’t usually attend TGS though. But last year they had a corner in Sega’s booth for their stuff (Sega is Atlus’ distributor in Japan)…
New Lufia for 2014! As well as Persona 5 and other games, maybe Rondo Of Swords 2 for 3DS
Lufia was developed by Neverland and published by Taito and Squenix. Atlus just did the US localization. Neverland now does the Rune Factory games so I doubt that’s happening 🙁
Rondo is a maybe. Side note: I’d love to see that game’s developer (Success) go back to doing visual novels. Aoishiro is one of the best I’ve played. I think they might have closed down or folded into another company though, don’t think they’ve done anything since ~2009 🙁
Dammit this is why we can’t have nice things!
Requesting permission to squee over Lufia.
ooooh, that’s sweet.
Yesterday i did chores till 10 am, sat down with P4G and then it was 8 pm, I think i have a problem, it was only 2 weeks ago i played it for 14 hours straight.
P.S. the problem is not enough time to play Persona, not that I’m playing too much 😛
I clocked up about 12 hours in one session of Xillia on Saturday so I understand completely.
Haha, I’m such a jerk. Up all night getting sick, so then message my friend to tell her I won’t be in today because of sick/lack of sleep making me useless. Then I end up only sleeping for maybe five hours and waking up earlier than the last few days, and go off to David Jones to grab some things I’ve had my eye on while their $5 games clearance is going on.
Now back home and chugging some honey lemon ginger before going back to bed. Though chances are I’ll just end up cracking out New Super Luigi U instead of sleeping.
WHAT BARGAIN GAMES DID YOU PICK UP?!
*bargain senses tingling*
Man, last week in my data management class people were freaking out over the Excel assignment due today. I started it last night and just finished it. Realllyyy not that hard, and I’ve never even been to a lecture for that class :S
data management?
pfft, real pro’s learn to CONTROL CHAOS
CHAOS CONTROL?
@dc @sughly
http://pitchfork.com/news/51879-watch-the-national-perform-this-is-the-last-time-and-graceless-on-kimmel/
Still haven’t listened to the new album. D:
Edit: Though I love both these songs.
Really? Why? It’s so good! I still listen to it a couple of times a week.
Album was released at a particularly bad time for me personally, didn’t want to associate it with that time and then I forgot it existed and now am waiting for perfect moment to listen. 😀 Listen to High Violet a whole damn lot though.
WHY.. WHYYY DID I SELL MY TURNIPS EARLY?
I COULD HAVE GOTTEN 554 FOR THEM THIS MORNING
*runs out weeping*
That is why i don’t buy turnips
In Animal Crossing as in life?
It’s the only way.
So I may have just compiled a spreadsheet of all the Skylanders figures that will be released for Swap Force.
But then I remembered how Australia was the dumping ground for stock once the rest of the world had its fill, and those several month delays.
Then I scratched out an estimate of what it would take to get all 56 new figures and 10 known variants, and came up around the $1000 mark.
I think I’ll just save my money for the Oculus Rift…
56 new figures? :O
Look out, Pokemon!
Only 32 new characters though. Takes the roster up to 80.
Happy to be getting back into Pokemon, much lighter on the wallet at least.
I dunno… Pokemon Rumble U comes out soon…
(Though I’m not sure if it’s even been confirmed that we’re getting the NFC figures yet or not :P)
No figures here, e-shop download only is what I’ve heard.
Darn.
Probably not going to bother with it, now 😛
Deponia is 75% off on Steam right now, just in time for Elysium! $4.99!
Looks interesting… any good?
Traditional adventure for better or worse, you’ll be having a damn good time and be frustrated from time-to-time too. Good story though and exceptional production values. I’ve seen it cheaper though. 😀
WIsh-listed for now, i have my priority list XD
WHY YOU!
@cakesmith *shakes fist*
Thanks mang… now i feel bad 😛
This gentleman here just gifted me said Deponia…
So. Damn. Kind.
Now you’ve got to play it and talk to your ol’ pal DC…
AAAnd Chaos on Deponia as well…
…
@cakesmith are you expecting me to put out next time we meet or something? 😛
@rize said it would work!
Haha! You’ll be prepared for Goodbye Deponia later this year! 😀
… maaaybe
And that is how you get action..you spend a Lil you get a Lil, savvy?
@cakesmith Gersh gurndy morn-dee burn-dee, burn-dee, flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip-flip.
…
hehehehehehehe… i love swedish chef
That is why I sent them separately.
Oh, so you don’t want to compare notes with me…
That’s okay :'(
Sorry, but my Steam gaming is gonna be all about Europa Universalis for the forseeable 😛
Tried two different Payday 2 missions with AI.
It went a little something like this: run around, run into cop, start shooting, fail objective, quit out.
Let’s see if I can improve on that.
I believe in you!
I don’t.
something something mexican army something…
CAKEY IS GOOD AT CO-OP *shakes fist*
Isn’t it the Bolivian army or is this a different reference?
We get out of here alive, we go to Australia. Goodbye, Bolivia. Hello to Australia.
I think we’re talking about different things 😛
Long story short, Red Dead Redemption Multiplayer, we died a lot, Cake kept blowing us up with canons… and when it wasn’t him it was the Mexican Army… so we started blaming him each time we died, and calling him Mex
I miss @rize.
Hi @rize!
…
@rize.
@rize is getting murried soon… so obviously he thinks that’s more important then us
Do you say his name three times into a mirror to summon @rize?
@rize?
@rize?
Never met him, who’s @rize?
I think @rize is that game for the Xbone isn’t it?
with @rize, there’s no losing… only winning slightly less
@rize!
@rize
Rise!
This thread needs more @rize.
Want some rye….-ze?
Course we do!
You spelt it wrong. It’s @rize
Nah. I think there’s enough @rize in the thread.
Oh no. I tagged @rize again. I’m a hypocritical accessory.
Damn it. I need to stop mentioning @rize.
STOP MENTIONING @RIZE!
There is no need to mention @rize so much guys!
I saw someone who looked a lot like @rize drinking a can of beer on the side of the road at 9am yesterday morning.
Maybe that was actually him.
… That’s our @rize
*canned laughter*
The classy people I work with
Shit…did I mass text that?
Fuck :l I spent $60 on food over the course of Friday-Monday. I always dread checking my bank account 😛
I did just buy the GTA pack from GMG though, after wrestling with the payment page to get it to take my debit card! I’ve never really invested myself in a GTA game before, but I watched my friend play Vice City on his iphone over the weekend and it looked kinda fun, so now I own all the GTA games!
Did you buy yogurt? >:|
No 🙁 I haven’t been able to get to the shop since Monday afternoon, might be able to get there tomorrow or Friday though!
My friend and I made a pact that whenever we eat out we’re not going to fast food places anymore and we’ll go somewhere nice, so that’s kinda where that $60 went 😛 It’s a lot nicer than buying food, stuffing our faces for 5 minutes and leaving straight after though!
Bikes.
SEPTEMBER 17!
I CAN’T CONTAIN MY EXCITEMENT IN LOWERCASE LETTERS!
I’m actually so hype now. I wasn’t so much before, but since seeing the new website today I’m super hype.
GONNA DO SO MANY SICK JUMPS.
Edit: OH MAN DO YOU THINK YOU’LL BE ABLE TO DO HEISTS IN MULTIPLAYER? MULTIPLAYER BMX BANK ROBBERIES? SO HYPE.
DRIVEBYS ON TREADLEYS!
SO HYPE.
RIDEBYS! \o/
You haven’t really played them either? :O. Also it’s not ALL the GTA games, a lot are missing 😛
I’ve played bits of III, VC and SA at friend’s houses when I was younger but I didn’t really play GTA until Liberty City Stories on PSP. I only played it for a bit though and the PSP wasn’t really ideal for it but I was pretty hype for GTAIV since it was getting 10s and “best thing ever” opinions everywhere.
It was FAR from the best thing ever and it was good but 100% definitely overhyped to the maximum extreme. I felt like they took away a lot of the stupid fun mucking around stuff that the other ones had and replaced it with a more serious tone. Which was kind of okay since story and characters were amazing but I didn’t feel compelled to play through it again and there just wasn’t anything to do :/. Controls are also clunky as fuck.
I’m glad there’s Saints Row which is like the other end of the spectrum but SRIV looks a bit TOO crazy :P. GTAV does look more stupid fun again while also remaining serious, so I’m pretty hype for that!
If there was one game series my parents would never let me buy when I was younger it was GTA, and then I just never thought of playing them 😛 I’m the same as you, played bits of them at friends places and that was pretty much it.
As for 4, well all I’ve heard is that the PC port is shit, so I’ll see how far I get (if I ever get round to playing it at all)
Young people represent! 😛
I heard the PC port was good because of mods. Always thought about re-buying it for PC then realised I probably shouldn’t since I already have GTAIV and Episodes from Liberty City on Xbox :P.
I actually bought The Lost and the Damned as DLC originally, then as Episodes from Liberty City and now as part of this collection. I didn’t even like it that much :P! I do want play The Ballad of Gay Tony though and might as well play through GTAIV again.
I don’t think III and stuff will hold up as well but at least they have cool music!
@doc_what @alexpants @shiggyninty which of you guys should I contact re: potential potaku article (possibly articles)
@alexpants!
The first one to respond is the one to contact, unless they tell you to contact someone else..in which case you contact whoever they said and enter the infinite loop of comment moderation.
I was thinking of writing something for potaku the other day but then when I couldn’t come up with an opening line I abandoned the idea.
True story!
“Once upon a time…”
You’re welcome.
Got to catch them all, as true then as it is now.
I sometimes find it easier to start with the middle paras, back fill it later.
I’ve done that, but after I’ve written the whole thing, and I can’t think up a title.
“Words” By Blaghman
http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/25055
Adventure Gamers review of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is awesome!
http://www.adventuregamers.com/news/view/25062
Also there’s a spiritual successor to Sanitarium. Remember that game? It was pretty great! Loved the isometric view too. http://www.gog.com/game/sanitarium
http://www.adventuregamers.com/games/view_screenshots/24093
Pavilion looks like it’ll be much more loyal to that kind of perspective though. Man, this game looks purdy.
Sanitarium was creepy and weiurd.
I totally grabbed it on GoG as soon as I saw it there.
Is that a frog as a bridge? Rad.
I think it’s a troll, maybe. There was a troll in the demo. 😀
http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/13/4617880/rayman-legends-demo-ps3-xbox-360-release-date-aug-14
Rayman demo for the other consoles later this month in case you wanna compare how Murfy controls and the like.
Hopefully it is there when the EU store updates early tomorrow morning. I was looking for it in the US store but I see polygon have updated the story saying it is out on the 20th there.
I’ll get the EU/AU demo anyway.
Thinking I should get the Dark Souls platinum before 2 comes out. Only need one more boss soul weapon and about 2 or so miracles.
But it’s NG+++ with a squishy Mage currently in Sen’s Fortress. And a squishy doesn’t fare well against fourth level Four Kings.
Wat do?
Play Pikmin 3!
Use the disc as a frisbee?
Don’t own it and no plans to do so.
Reply fail to @dc.
*throws another dinner plate*
Play Dynasty Warriors 8!
Co-op with D.C.!
How much you pay for dynasty warrior?
$58 from Ozgameshop. It was $59 the last time I checked *gasp*
It only came out in mid-late July so it’s still going to be a bit expensive retail, but there’s so much content that it’s totally worth it!
Is there shipping fee?
Yeah!
Might take a while though, you’re near Knox aren’t you (South-Eastern suburbs?). I am, and although Pikmin 3 took 8 days from them, Dynasty took just over 2 weeks :(. The wait was killer!
I didn’t really shop around but I think it’s around $90 locally and $64ish at Zavvi/eBay.
Oops! Sorry mate, read that wrong. I read that as “is the shipping free?” 😛
Ozgameshop don’t charge for shipping so whatever price they have is whatever price it is.
@coldcamv
Yeah I switch houses between Rowville and Doncaster but I go to knox alot. Alright ill check out ozgameshop because 2 weeks wait is better than an extra $30
Four kings share a life bar.
Go all out with things like red tearstone ring and dark bead. Keep hitting while in the dying animation and you can potentially only fight a single king.
I’ve been watching a lot of speedruns.
At this point in the game though its a rather large health bar. I can do it but getting motivated seems to be a problem.
so… the afternoon refresh game has started again eh?
…
*refresh*
…
“Intimidating? Me? But I’m your friend!”
*shuffles feet*
“but i don’t want a new travel agent, i wanna go home”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL4L4Uv5rf0
@dc <3 @pixel_the_ferret_viking
@transientmind is going to be devastated.
So will @shane
Eh, Shane and Pixel may as well be the same person. Shane can just tag in if he wants some D.
..C.
“It’s like they reached into my chest and pulled out my heart and threw it into the woods to-”
…
I love Grim Fandango
Where’d everyone go?
I feel so lonely… 🙁
Lurking… in the dark… watching… waiting
Picked up a wired Xbox PC controller today. Playing games on The Beast feels infinitely better now.
Console heathen! Bringing that filth into the House of the Master Race…
Embrace the PURITY of KB&M!
😛
*refresh*
*refresh*
…*refresh*
*hserfer*…
…”F5″
*circle-y arrow thing*
So I kinda just went at my shift key with the scissors and now it’s fixed…? Good news regardless! I was on the order page for a new one and thought I’d have one last go at trying to fix it, glad I did 😛
I still maintain that the mx5500 rev keyboard is the best keyboard ever.
I bet it has a calculator in it. You love dem keyboard calculators.
Well yeah, it’s like the only keyboard with a calculator in it 😛 That’s why I was so devastated that I broke it!
My keyboard has collapsed pads under the E, T and Space keys. Oh, looks like O is gone too.
At one point the T or E was at a point where it had absolutely no movement to it at all, but I pulled the thing apart and repositioned things and now it’s fine. Everyone else who tries to use the keyboard complains about it being broken though, it’s kind of funny watching them stumble as they type. I have no idea what their problem is.
Would really love to have a mechanical keyboard. Although last night a some moaning and groaning ended up with an idea my friend reckons would be pretty kickstartable. Shame I’m too lazy to do anything about it 😛
I’d love to buy a mechanical keyboard, but they’re too loud 😛 A couple of years ago my friends and I would play Heroes of Newerth while on Skype, and all you could here was one of their mechanical keyboards!
If you don’t bottom out the keys, they’re not that loud.
Not to mention that different switches have different levels of clackiness. Blues are the loudest of them and once you learn to type properly on them, it’s not that bad.
The different between a mechanical keyboard and what you’re using is massive. The other style keyboards are so damned mushy.
Clack.
I don’t understand the whole “bottoming out” thing or why it’s so bad. They say stuff about fatigue or whatever, but I can’t say I’ve ever found myself to be tired by typing in all my years of hammering away at the keys.
It’s not really bad so much as pointless and noisy. Bottoming out is a habit most people fall into because non-mechanical keyboards have to bottom out to register the keypress.
With a mechanical keyboard, it registers the keypress about halfway down. Going further serves no purpose and causes most of the noise people associate withe mechanical keyboards. Yes, they’re louder even if you don’t bottom out but a lot less louder if you learn to type softly on them.
I also find that when I use lighter keypresses, I tend to type faster and more fluidly. It’s just a different style to get used to really.
Fatigue is a nonsense thing. I don’t fatigue on any style of keyboard unless I’m doing something like 10k+ words of writing with very few breaks.
EDIT: I should point out that I prefer keyboards that just do normal things. No macro keys, no lights, no display. Most mechanical keyboards offer pretty much just that. A row of keys for your fingers to dance across with a nice feel to them. I do like the Apple keyboards as well, with their scissor switches.
Hm. I would’ve thought that it’d be “harder” to stop yourself partway through the motion, rather than bounce off the base of the key. Kind of like running straight at a wall and pushing yourself off to change direction rather than stopping and turning on the spot. Guess I’d have to use one for a while to get it.
I’m the same at the end there. The only macro key I’ve ever found use for is one that launches the calculator, and there’s no point to having any kind of lights unless they’re illuminating the characters on the keys so you can find them in poor lighting. Though I can’t say I’ve ever liked any kind of laptop-style keyboard. Especially Apple ones. Though that’s probably helped by frustrating experiences using them, where all my favourite shortcuts don’t work 😛
Like I said, it’s just a different way of typing. You aren’t stopping partway through the motion, it’s a shorter – and slightly different – motion.
My keyboard has black lettering on black keys. I also removed the caps lock key. It’s not like I look at it anyhow.
You could type like you would on a non-mechanical keyboard. It just sounds like the god of thunder is having a drunken brawl in a kitchen.
Why is there nothing to do on the internet?
Why am I sitting here doing nothing instead of literally *anything* else?
You could look at pictures of fruit. They’re on the internet.
Do we need to state the obvious?
Yes. I am dim.
PORN! 😛
Porn is even more boring!
Clearly you’re not looking at the right porn. The internally forbidden porn.
(Not the legally forbidden, that stuff’s gross.)
Okay so I’m a little behind on the cosplay…
I shouldn’t have had that nap
Could always cosplay as Alma. Pretty sure that wouldn’t take too long to make.
Would you rather keep pressing forward through your cosplay and risk stuffing something up from fatigue or take a nap then keep going feeling refreshed and alert?
true. very very true
Got a backlog of list movies piling up. Adaption on the weekend and Your Sister’s Sister recording tonight. (@sughly recommended that one and I liked Jeff Who Lives at Home and Safety Not Guaranteed and I think it’s the same people… maybe… actually it might just be that Duplass guy.) Then there’s A Seperation, Robot and Frank and Midnight in Paris!
Also thinking of starting the TV series The Killing soon after Sughly and McGarnical raved about it.
Speaking of Safety Not Guaranteed, I still love this scene. So good. (Spoilers!)
Aw man, I never got to see that. Never got to see a whole lot of stuff, actually. My friends are stupid.
Still gotta catch Pacific Rim.
Worth seeing for sure. Amazing movie. There’s been a drought of good movies in cinema up until this week and now there’s The Way, Way Back and Elysium one-two punch! I saw Pacific Rim by myself, all hermit like.
Going to the movies solo is actually pretty nice. Though still hard to make myself get up and do it in the first place.
What state you in, Gooky? If you’re up for movies there’s usually always a meat or the potential for one if you suggest it. Good way to hang out with folks and see movies more regularly!
A state of disarray.
I know lots of people who live there! Makings of a plan! 😛
Mostly solid. Though there’s a fair bit of liquid in there.
(I am Sydfolk)
Don’t you remember his tale of seeing if anyone here wanted a ticket to whatever it was he won a double pass to (GI Joe?), and mentioning that he was in Sydney?
Your Hermit files fail you, friend.
I remember the story but not the TAYbie. D:
Tut tut tut.
Unless I’m wrong about it being him.
In which case this will now look super awkward.
Aw, I was all set to say something about @dc not remembering… but I myself forgot all about that >.>
http://www.theonion.com/articles/fucking-loser-at-movie-all-by-himself,33302/
Haha! Was totally going to post that after seeing it on your twitter feed, but thought it’d steal your thunder. XD
Hahaha, that’s great.
Great, now I have Push It To The Limit stuck in my head. Now I need to dig out that old YTMND.
Edit: Here we go http://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/
Had the perfect group of friends that I should have seen it with too, that thing was a huge running joke with them back in the day. Blah.
Does that sort of awesome 80s music have a name? I kind of (and this might be weird?) think of it as workout music. I don’t know why.
Totally not weird.
If Cheesy 80s Music isn’t its own genre, it should be.
Big Day Out still hasn’t sold out. I got out of bed early last Wednesday for nothing. *shakes fist*
They’re holding one last ticket for Sughly, obviously.
Haha, I think he said that if he ended up going he’d probably get a Sydney ticket as a last resort, alas.
..Melbourne.
Melbourne represent! What what!
Don’t your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won’t snow and the sun won’t shine,
It’s hard to tell the night time from the day,
You’re losing all your highs and lows,
Ain’t it funny how the feeling goes away…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCdjvTTnzDU
Oh man, this song cuts deep. :'( Been listening to this on loop for a good twenty minutes. XD
Tried to learn this on the piano last year. I can play the opening still! 😀
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDYybJFOPUE
Every time I watch this I want to learn how to play the piano again.
Then there’s this that @greenius links whenever we talk music. 😀
This piece, while a little overplayed makes me a little sad that I stopped playing Piano.
I still want to learn the violin. I love the violin. Easily the best instrument ever created. 😀
I’m generally happy that I stopped playing Violin. It was way too much stress for my super lazy life. >.>
Much better to hear other people play it.
Maybe I’ll just keep on what I’m doing now… watching Lucia Micarelli on Treme!
That crowd is unrealistic, they’re getting way too into it, and I think they weren’t off-beat enough.
You’re unrealistic! 😛
I am. I live in my own little fairy world where the rules bend whenever I want them to.
It’s fantastic.
Oh man, one of my friends tried to get me to teach them to play that song.
I’d never heard the song before and I ain’t no teacher.
A friend of mine learned to play it under the tutelage of my sister.
But she’d played the song before, and was a piano teacher, so I think that may have worked in his favour.
Haha. How do you even learn to be a music teacher anyway? Do you have to go see a music teacher teacher? People keep telling me I should do it but I just shrug at them.
My sister was in the middle of doing a Music Teaching Degree (So, teaching High School kids Music), and so she just sort of… rocked up and got a job? I don’t know. I don’t know how the non teachery people do it.
Voodoo. Definitely voodoo.
I don’t always link it, guy who always links Arcade Fire at Coachella !
Listening to the opening makes me want to learn it, but I am such a crappy musician.
I figure songs like these mean nothing if you can’t sing the lyrics and I can’t sing the lyrics. XD
I was never any good at singing while I played. I could do it with Piano Man, many many moons ago, but that was about it. And given most of what I learned was that sort of “pop” music, the lack of singing was rather disheartening.
That’s why people learn the classics, I guess. The pain of not being able to sing what they want. 😛
I don’t understand how people can sing while they play. I can barely even answer a simple yes/no question with a nod or shake of the head while I’m playing, let alone speak or, god forbid, sing. Anyone who does has my envy.
In my case, for one song, it was simply a shit-tonne of practise. For people who can do it naturally? They are witches.
Why yes, my feet do get cold in the winter time. I hate it.
Socks are no answer either, because then they get too warm and start to sweat and then the sweat evaporates and makes things even colder than they were to start with. Lifesux,
WHY’D YOU STOP.
YOU QUITTER.
DIRTY QUITTER.
Hope you’re well, @smurfydog! It’s been a while!
Totally made his hotpot stew yesterday.
Hey there, @dc! I’m pretty good thanks. It has been a while. Change of routine means I don’t get much computer time lately. As much as I miss you all, I think it’s been good for me to take a break from the internet in general.
How’s yourself?
Good to hear you’re well! I’m okay! Haha!
Good to know he takes it in his stride.
That would be a horribly depressing role to live with. I hope someone tosses him a bone at some point in terms of roles, but that’s going to be a hard one to top.
Pretty sure that’s why he’s said once his role as Joffrey is done, he’s quitting acting.
I’m reading TAY from September 2012. It’s fun time travelling. Doesn’t feel like that long ago! D:
Freeze just mentioned the possibility of a theme park meat in four weeks. I said people scared me…
If only D.C. knew what awaited. 😀
I get that, but reading TAYs from 2010, before I was even commenting in them.
It’s super weird.
Hi @notoriousr, Hi @strange, how are your nights going? What’s the Hippity Hoppity Happenings in your respective worlds?
I AM TIRED BLAGHS
Just watched the first episode of Banshee. Looks promising. Violent and sweary, but some interesting characters. Looking forward to see where it goes.
Produced by Alan Ball too, who wrote American Beauty and Six Feet Under. (Also, adapted True Blood for what it’s worth! :P)
Haven’t watched American Beauty, Six Feet Under or True Blood. The ads for Banshee intrigued me, so I figured I’d give it a go. I will definitely watch the next couple of episodes.
I think I am going to have to start a complete media ban for The Witcher 3. Fucking excited for that game and the drip feed of teasers and trailers and info is going to have me in a frenzy 🙁
Uncommonly healthy!
oh man…
i watched the 7 minute wonderful 101 trailer…
i think once i finish moving… i’m getting a wii u for that game…
Jet Set Radio + The Beastie Boys.
Where ABC’s Vote Compass has determined I sit.
http://www.abc.net.au/votecompass/
Interesting. Not quite where I would have thought.
Looks extremely similar to me.
Me too, though I’m a little closer to the Greens than ALP!
Aleph ended up more Green than the Greens.
So was I.
I choose to blame Canberra.
I’m literally smack bang where the lines meet, whatever that actually means.
You’d be voting for this guy:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090321022342/aliens/images/9/9c/Neutral_President.jpg
That’s pretty much how I feel about all of it, 100% couldn’t give 2 shits neutral 😛
Good to know I stand for something 😛
Let us true neutrals nod to one another in a gesture of acknowledgement and possible, mild approval.
I never understand these things. Whenever people start talking about left and right wing, I start thinking chicken.
Screw the wings, breasts for me thanks.
What about the thighs?
They can’t get a leg in.
Puns aside, this is very serious information that everyone needs to know: Thighs are the best part of the chicken.
Memorize it. Internalize it. Live it.
Well, thighs are the tastiest part.
I’ve found they’re not so good in a risotto because they have too much of their own flavour and don’t blend with the rest of the mix.
Just when you think you’ve been called everything in Starcraft 2…. ‘wow, you’re a camper’.
🙁 … or maybe ….. :S ….. so confusing.
I was so happy the night I was accused of hacking in SC2. My proudest moment.
I got accused of map hacking becasue a guy didn’t know about Dark Templars.
He went full retard with that comment.
Ok fuck photobucket. Just found out that somewhere along the line, they changed it so that sub-albums in a private library are no longer private only, and to go along with that the default setting for new albums is public. So combined with their latest habit of redirecting people to a web page rather than the direct image, there’s been people clicking through and digging into other stuff I’ve unknowingly had there. Arseholes.
Question
Is there any kind of decent alternative for an image hosting site out there? The reason I like photobucket is that I only have to remember the filename of an image I want to show someone, and I can instantly create a link to that image. So with photobucket all the URLs are http://ServerNumber.photobucket.com/albums/AlbumCodeThing/Username/Filename.Ext, whereas all the other ones I’ve seen out there seem to have random characters and stuff thrown into the mix, which makes that kind of instant recall kinda hard.
Anyone know of anything like that?
I clicked that link, before realising that it was going to lead me to nothing. I am are smart.
(And I’m afraid I cannot help you)
Hahaha, I didn’t even think that it would linkify itself. On the one hand I could go back and change it… or I could just leave it and see how many others it catches 😛
I just use Dropbox for my picture hosting. Other people can only access it with a direct link to each file.
I’ve had only extremely brief experience with dropbox (just a week or two ago :P), but from what I’ve seen you have to log in and find the file you want to then create a sharable link to give to people. Doesn’t really match with my needs. Or are there other simpler ways of doing it?
Nope, that’s what you have to do!
No, wait! There is an easier way: you can install the application on your computer, which lets you upload files or entire folders automatically, and simply right-click on the file on your HDD for a link you can share with folks. That’s pretty simple.
Only as long as I’m at my computer though…
Night, all.
Mornin’ all!
Morning!
HUMBLE ORIGIN BUNDLE
Includes Dead Space, Burnout Paradise The Complete Box, Crysis 2 Complete Edition, Mirror’s Edge, Dead Space 3, and Medal of Honour (All but DS3 come with steam keys.)
Pay over the average and you get Battlefield 3 and The Sims 3 + Starter Pack. No steam keys for these two.
All said and done about origin, this is actually pretty good if you haven’t played any of the above.
I’ve already got all of those, except for the Dead Space games (which I have no interest in) and The Sims 3. Still pretty good value though, The Sims 3 for $5.
Dead Space is terrible on the PC anyway. Shockingly bad port, the controls feel like they didn’t realize that a mouse isn’t the same as an analogue stick.
Maybe use a controller?
UNCLEAN HEATHEN! How dare you speak such blasphemy in the house of the Master Race?
*shudder* Ugh. I actually pictured it… now I have to wash my brain out with some RTS.
Play the RTS using a controller.
*flashbacks to Halo Wars, Stormrise* *roll on ground in apoplectic fit*
You monster.
Remember the N64 RTS releases?
Red Alert and Diablo on PS1.
I am appalled by the lack of respect and dignity afforded to the purity and power of the obviously superior PC platform. ONE DAY the filthy console-devotees will be grovelling at our boots, clutching at the hems of our glorious robes.
Er… or something. c.c *cough* Yeah. Any more than that could be seen as getting ‘carried away’. (Bah.)
That is great value… but am I imagining things — no Dead Space 2?
Breaking up the series, forcing people to pay full price to get the second game, totally planned and evil, Origin is bad, EA is bad, etc. etc. etc.
😛
If you have a look no money from the bundle sales goes to EA. It’s all charity and Humble tip.
(Shhh, I was being facetious 😛 )
Yeahbut… but EA and Origin are bad!
(Edit: I am genuinely surprised by this move. It makes me suspect that the cold lizard-brains of the publishing monstrosity are awakening and trying to figure out what will appeal to the natures of the fickle gamers to wash away the stain EA’s current reputation.
“Charity… people like charity, right? What’s a popular gamer charity that we can ‘give’ to without actually spending any money?”
“Well, there’s the Humble bundle… gamers technically give to charity themselves, and we reward them with shit that wasn’t selling anyway, so they think it was us.”
And somewhere in the long-dead hearts of the abomination, there was a brief beat for… something. That’s a little harsh, but I am a long way from forgiving EA for the last few years direction, to lift my boycott.)
I bet it’ll be a surprise addition along with another Crysis or Battlefield DLC in a few days.
Those whacky bundles!
Upgrade to Premium Edition Battlefield 3 and ill think about buying it.
I’M ON IT!!!
-thinks real hard, strains-
Great deal. All for Charity. Well done EA!
I can’t remember if I’ve asked this before, but I’ll just ask anyway.
I’m going to be pre-ordering an Xbox One from EB Games. You have to put down a $50 deposit when you pre-order though. If I decide to cancel my pre-order, does that deposit get refunded?
With all this news of the Xbox One being delayed in some countries and the Sony starting to stop taking pre-orders for the PS4 (with MS to follow suite soon apparently), I should probably get in and pre-order it very soon…
I don’t know about now, but as little as two years ago they were refunding the deposits on cancelled preorders. Can’t imagine things will have changed since then. They didn’t even insist on store credit, though they certainly don’t mind if you go that way.
Only way to find out for sure is to ask EB.
But not EB girl! >:|
They do.
Yes, it should be refunded — it’s not a lay-by where they have additional service fees or anything, it’s just a down payment to have the product reserved for you.
If you change your mind and don’t get it (without actually receiving/paying in full) then they’ll refund everything you’ve paid so far, and that unit will just go on sale.
Interesting to notice that a Hernandez article was removed last night. One about a fanfic about Anita Sarkeesian, Spiderman and Duke Nukem. And now it’s gone.
From Kotaku US or just AU?
Just AU it would seem.
http://kotaku.com/so-theres-a-fanfic-about-spider-man-recruiting-anita-1128483515
Curious.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
So I’ll probably skip this one.
Brilliant.
Saga #13.
Want to read, but single issues are so… incomplete, and I think I’m going to wait for volume three. 🙁
Any one pre-ordered either one of the new consoles yet?
I was tempted to preorder PS4 simply for the midnight launch picking it up and stuff, however I probably wouldn’t get it if I preordered now anyway.
Nope. I bought a new phone instead of putting a deposit on the X1 — I won’t get a launch PS4, but will almost certainly get one next year. I might get a launch X1, but if not I’ll probably leave it a couple of years. (No logic in that, just gut feeling 😛 )
So yeah, I’ll wait ’til next month to see if they’ve stopped preorders — if they’re still going, I’ll take it as a sign to get (an Xbox) one. If not… yay, money!
My launch day console buying ended with the WiiU, I think.
It’s a young mans game.
(Because girls cant be real early adopters.)
Upvote because I likes me watchin’ a good hangin’!
Thank goodness I’m a Lady, not a girl or you might be in trouble….
No, I’ll be waiting a bit. I kind of want to finish my PS3 backlog first and I also want to wait for all the day one kinks to be ironed out with system updates.
Also none of the launch games are really appealing to me right now.
Since I’m going with the PS4 (Playstation guy most of my gaming life) another benefit of waiting is the Playstation Plus catalogue will be robust enough by the time I get the console-hopefully they allow for website downloads so I can still ‘buy’ the PS+ games without owning the console.
I’m not sure what my time frame for getting the console is though. Do I wait for the first price drop or just a set number of years? I guess time will tell. That being said I might be tempted around Christmas and just buy one anyway, 🙂
I have my PS4 on pre-order for several months now. Only have Killzone pre-ordered with it but when I have a bit more funds I’ll add Watchdogs to that and maybe Destiny if it’s a launch game. I can’t remember if it is or not and am so lazy I cba looking it up. Hopefully I can get it on launch day
Damn straight I have my PS4 preordered. Have since E3 price announcement.
I debated preordering the PS4, but will wait and see what deals might happen closer to release. I’m aware I may not get one at launch, but I’m honestly not that fussed. I’ll definitely get one at or immediately after release, depending on availability.
I still think the rumours of lack of stock for launch are most likely bunk though – they always say that, then lo and behold on launch day, there’s more than enough. Although, I’m willing to accept I could be wrong.
My sister pre-ordered her PS4 from Big W!
New PC first.
I’m going to wait. Got more than enough games on my plate at the moment.
Still haven’t even played most of the big PS3 games from this year! Tomb Raider, Bioshock Infinite, Last of Us… Not to mention my to-buy backlog on PS3. Plus the WiiU games coming out this year and heaps for the 3DS.
No time for new stuff dammit! Next year maybe.
my friend paid for mine already 😀
Elysium meat! Uh, I think only Nobs
and Beardyhave said they are keen. Any more takers? 😀Again. It seems I’m not invited as I said I was coming but you’ve left me out.
All the hat I’m getting 🙁
When did you say you were coming? Haha!
My Saturday is now looking to be pretty busy. Not sure if I can commit to it anymore. I literally have nothing to do today and tomorrow, so I’m thinking about seeing it all by my lonesome.
Aw, that’s okay man. Enjoy the movie!
It depends on what time you’re making it. If it’s evening I’m possibly in. Did you Twitter or email @sughly? He never checks his notifications on here anymore.
Would definitely be night if it happens. I’ll text Sughly if plans eventuate! 😀
Also, I miss Sughly. :'(
Nooo I checked, but I was out of the house when I saw that one and forgot to reply. Is there any more details, ie time of day? I saw food involved, but lunch or dinner… @dc?
It’ll be dinner! No more details! Best meat planner ever! 😛
Though I was waiting on numbers to decide specifics of what we do. Can be cheap Cineplex or can be Event Cinema, can be fast food or an actual food place. I don’t mind. Just want to see you guys!
Oh dearie. Just name a time and place, I’ll be there if I don’t have Ash ^^
Haha! Okay will get you details by tomorrow!
Cheap Cineplex and real food!*
*Disclaimer: may not actually be able to attend. 😛
Hanging out for this to go live. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1790899723/681612454?token=225b918b
Hey Look at that I can actually walk today! Woo!
Hugs all the people
Rayman Legends Challenges App is still pretty damn fun. Particularly the Murfy’s Dungeon ones!
Downloading the demo on PS3 now. I might play it tonight or tomorrow.
I don’t know if this demo has the Murphy segments but @greenius was curious about how it works on other consoles. Check it out if you can Greenius(the PS blog only mentions the PS3 version so I don’t know if there is a VITA demo)
I think they’re the exact same levels from the Wii U demo, so there should be a Murfy section!
Playing it on other platforms would just make me want it on things other than Wii U 😛
I think the only thing the other consoles will have over the Wii U is achievements. Still think Murfy will work better with touch screen, even if it does take your eyes off the HDTV.
Gamepad is so fugs though :(.
At least it’ll be on the same screen for other stuff, which is why I think it’ll work really well for Vita.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/games/view_screenshots/25049
New Kickstarter adventure game. Something looks familiar. I can’t put my finger on it. 😛
Simian Island 🙂
Huh… what the… is this a real thing? That’s pretty blatant 😛
lolwut?
No you’ll never make a monkey out of me…
Origin users,
Who wants some free games?
I just bought the latest Humble Bundle and I already redeemed the steam versions and now I have the Origin codes left over. If you want Origin keys for Dead Space, Burnout Paradise, Medal of honor, Mirror’s Edge or Crysis 2: Maximum Edition let me know.
Wait, you redeemed the associated Steam codes already? That’s like eating all the skin off KFC, then asking who wants chicken! 😉
(I kid, you are a good guy, free games are a good thing.)
http://www.gameinformer.com/games/splinter_cell_blacklist/b/xbox360/archive/2013/08/14/ubisoft-splinter-cell-blacklist-review.aspx
Not too shabby!
Crap balls this is A GREAT DEAL
Pay $1 or more and get all of the below Origin Keys:
Dead Space
Dead Space 3
Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box
Crysis 2 Maximum Edition
Mirrors Edge
Medal of honour (The New One)
Pay More than the average (Currently $4.67) and you also get:
The Sims 3 & 2 Expansion Packs
Battlefield 3.
If any of the games are available on Steam, you can also activate on steam!
Edit: Forgot Link!
https://www.humblebundle.com/
Not too shabby! I loved Dead Space. Like an action version of System Shock 2.
I just picked this bundle up. Crazy good value, and my cash goes to charity. So awesome! It’s easy to be cynical and say, “This is just EA trying to make themselves look good”, but dag-nabbit, this is just a cool thing to do.
Very keen to get into Burnout Paradise. Never played it before!
EA are not actually the devil.
You heard it here first.
I think people over-react with the whole EAis the devil thing… Even though they have made some dick moves, they have done many things right to make up for it;
removed online passes.
free games to apologize for a crappy launch (SimCity), with decent and relatively new titles offered.
balls to give us a sequel to a cult classic with a relatively small but loud user base (Mirrors Edge 2) even knowing it will probably be a commercial failure.
Added SHITLOADS more servers to keep up with demand. Theres even a simcity server in antarctica!
Still running official dedicated game servers worldwide
They have done several other things but i just cant remember now!
Edit: Remembered some more key points!
This 100x over. The only reason people hate EA with the fire of a thousand suns is because of the whole ME3 debacle, which was the most disgustingly overblown thing I’ve ever seen on the internet.
Then, the internet snowballed it as it does, and Origin was also the devil – despite it being a solid service, with some great functionality, regular sales and a decent catalog. Origin also trying to compete with internet-jesus Gaben’s Steam caused induced much venomous rancor from the gaming community at large. Like, God forbid someone try and compete with Steam. How dare they!
Both platforms co-exist happily on my system, and both EA and Origin still receive my money quite happily, based (shock horror) on what products they’re actually making.
Yeah, except that Origin wasn’t a solid service.
For me and numerous others it was buggy in the most frustrating ways (disappearing friend lists, crashes, temporarily missing games, patch errors requiring complete reinstalls), memory-intensive/leaking, early instances of the TOS had some truly innovative privacy violation, and the system had to be used exclusively for big name titles in beloved franchises that insisted on its use instead of as an option in a choice. An insistence that required either running your existing similar (better) system at the same time, or quitting out to run one or the other to avoid redundancies and conflicts/free up memory. Basically, holding gamer favourites to ransom, in order to get eyes on their other items (and obtain usage data), which despite being on their own platform thus paying direct to publisher and avoiding the significant retailer/distributor cuts, were still horribly overpriced. Naked greed is not attractive.
Origin may have been unfairly maligned by extremists, but so is Steam for its ‘DRM’. But Origin sure did its best to earn most of the criticism it has received. It’s lightyears ahead of the earlier EA efforts to create a unified distribution platform, but if it was trying for social/marketplace similar to replace Steam, then it needed to give good reasons to switch, and it couldn’t come up with any on its own, just from Dice and Bioware. It’s not good enough to say, “Well this is our first time doing this, we’ve got a lot to learn,” when those lessons are already very clearly and plainly there to see in the competition’s product.
It’s not good enough to create the same, you have to offer better, and good enough to compel a change. See Facebook vs Google+. Origin failed. Origin was not a service, it was an exploitation. Recent improvements in stability, resource-use, sales, and partnerships with other publishers to broaden the catalogue have turned it from an exercise in wondering whether to pity or disdain, into a merely inferior ‘also ran’ which provides nothing of benefit over its competitor, and imposes the (albeit mild) annoyance of having to load up a poor clone of something you’re already using, in order to access a small selection of exclusive titles.
Steam is the darling of the internet, and people’s issues with it’s DRM are pretty well non existent, compared to Origin. The stigma that Valve/Gaben brings with it also ensures Steam would have to fuck up pretty bad to incur even a tenth of the hatred leveled at Origin.
I’m not suggesting Origin is on par with Steam either. However Steam has had a, what, 8-10 year head start? (guessing here) I’ve had no issues with Origin since I started using it, and it’s improving all the time. Competition improves the breed, in any scenario.
It’s like the number one bullshit complaint against Origin – ‘I don’t want to have to fire up another client.’ Or something to that effect. So, what – there should never be a competitor to Steam, simply because you’re already using Steam? That makes no sense.
I love Steam, and honestly prefer it to Origin (how could you not?) but firmly believe Origin has potential, a place in the market, and is not even remotely worthy of the sentiments leveled at it. It’s not there yet, but people hating it unfairly won’t help it’s plight.
Anyway, that’s my 2 cents, and I’ve said this a dozen times already, so I won’t say any more.
I hate to be a last-word-b*tch given that you won’t say more, but I would note that competition isn’t the best example for what Origin’s doing. A competitor to Steam would be fine if it were a competitor. But this is more like FINA (world swimming body) deciding to hold the world championships at the same time as the Olympics.
I partially agree with you on some points, but there are many other things to consider.
For example, you mention the fact that they force you to use Origin for their beloved franchises… In all honesty though how does that differ from from all the Steam exclusives? How about all the Valve favourites, the Half Lifes, the Portals, the Left4Deads, the indie games, and everything else exclusive to Steam?
It all works both ways; Valve keeps its franchises on the Steam platform to entice users to use the platform. EA keeps its franchises on the Origin platform for the same reasons. At least many EA games are available on Steam.
Origin as a platform? Its been nothing but stable for me… I started using it back in the early days of the Battlefield 3 Beta, it had a few kinks in it, but nothing major. If I were to draw comparisons with Steams early days? Origin got off to a silky smooth start. Steam went through many issues within its first two years. From games disappearing off my list, taking nearly 12 months of constant contact over email to get them back, to permanently losing an entire account with 8 games (which was a lot back then) because my account got hacked and was corrupted on retrieval. Valve offered nothing to make up for it either, even after i still had original discs with my game keys. I remember one particular update which caused machines running Windows XP irreversible registry corruption requiring formatting.
Although my current platform of choice is primarily steam, i love using the Origin service… And when i download games, i actually manage to max out my internet connections download speed capabilities… something that VERY rarely happens on steam… especially on a launch title.
Valve franchises being a pull to Steam is sort of a 2003 thing, though. Not 2013. The number of valve games on the Steam platform compared to the rest is such a small figure as to safely be discounted as a statistical anomaly.
The point is that Origin seemed to be trying to compete with buggy, feature-lacking, unreliable 2004 Steam, not 2012 Steam. And gamers don’t give a shit about how reasonable or understandable it is that the service isn’t working (just because it did work for many doesn’t mean it’s not an issue – see justified flak copped by MS due to Red Ring of Death; by the same token, I’ve never actually experienced any issues with Steam that couldn’t be solved by restarting it, and certainly none of the ones you described), only that it isn’t working and they have something better that does work.
Nothing exists in a vacuum. Steam is the Facebook of digital storefronts in terms of current number of subscribers. And we saw how Google went in tackling Facebook: poorly. Why switch, when everyone isn’t there? And Google had an arguable better service.
Origin doesn’t even have that crumb to clutch to.
In every measurable respect I can think of, Origin is a worse service. The game range isn’t as broad, the social features less comprehensive, the prices are more/equally expensive (and REALLY don’t need to be, see earlier note about not having a distributor – EA could make exactly the same money they do on a product sold by a retailer/competitor by offering at a price less the distribution costs, but have chosen not to), the ‘sales’ less impressive, the community/support forums less well-integrated, the storefront offers less information. It should not have been difficult (conceptually, if not technically) to duplicate Steam, feature-for-feature, and – ideally – try to improve some of those features to offer consumers a reason to switch. Instead, in typical EA fashion, instead of the carrot they wielded the stick of exclusivity.
Don’t get me wrong, I love that little dopamine hit of seeing specials and sales on Steam, and I’d love to fire up Origin as well and get it again, when I’m only seeing the same old stuff on Steam, but at the moment opening up Origin yields only disappointment at best.
I can’t remember any other good things either, but I sure as hell remember the slights.
To be honest, a release of Mirrors Edge 2 without cannibalizing its heart in a ‘Hollywoodizing’ appeal to commercial popularity? That would probably be the first big move to make me think about dropping my personal boycott and reducing the amount of vitriol I pour on them whenever the name comes up. (I’ve already stopped spitting on the ground whenever I hear the name… but admittedly that was more out of a regard for sanitation than my opinion of EA.)
Also, I think a big part of ‘EA is the devil’ springs not just from the impact of their dickmoves, but as a symbol for all the dick moves pulled by the other players in the industry everywhere. Someone somewhere put always-online DLC where it doesn’t belong, creates Day One (on-disc!) DLC, platform restrictions, online passes, dummed down a franchise to sell more copies, it’s just been easier to point to EA and say, “You enabled this, you encouraged this!”
…I may be able to run that on my laptop… Interesting…
Wow Disney Infinity is out next week. Kind of feeling tempted. I just want to collect the full ‘The Incredibles’ set. A Wall-E toy would be great too.
Anybody else interested in the game? Also which stores have the best pre-orders? I think either Target or Big W were offering a free toy and carry bag with pre-orders.
Was it @sughly I think who was interested too?
Looking at JB’s website and they already have other accessories for pre-order. I like this display case, protects the figurines from dust -I’ve wanted something like this, but larger in size, for my LEGO sets.
http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/game/disney-infinity/disney-infinity-figure-display-case-3-pack/688514
Maybe I’ll wait for reviews to learn more about the game part, the toybox looks cool.
Oh really? That soon? I thought it was still ages away. It looks really fun, but I’ll wait a bit I think, all I’ve seen is promotional stuff.
Nah I’m passing on this one, Ash says he’s putting his attention and pocket money into Skylanders (thank God – I’ve spent enough money on one game with figurines)
Is the whole Dead Space 3 campaign co-op or is co-op a separate thing?
Dead Space 3 co-op sometime, peoples? 😀
Uh oh… all the other bundles processed immediately but this one… isn’t :(. Is it super slow for anyone else or is mine all glitched up?
(EDIT: it took over 20 minutes :P)
Whenever it’s done I’ll have spare keys (like everyone else :P). It looks like I’ll have these spares:
Dead Space Origin
Burnout Origin
Crysis 2 Steam and Origin
Mirror’s Edge Steam and Origin
Medal of Honor Origin
MIne was really slow too. It kept loading saying ‘waiting for paypal’ so I just clicked on the my account section of the website and the Origin Bundle was listed with previous bundles.
Mine doesn’t appear there. I got a receipt from Paypal though :/
Yeah I got the same, usually they send an email with where the codes are but nothing :\
I’d love to play DS3 in co-op!
With THE BEAST? 😀
My old and dying beast might struggle though 🙂
PLAY MOAR TORCHLIGHT SHITLIPS
I DON’T WANNA PLAY TORCHLIGHT.
Torchlight II maybe.
(probably not)
(no)
You don’t just finish a game like Torchlight 2 on normal, then just run away!
NG+! Higher difficulty! Moar lewtz!
:3
My key hasn’t come through yet. I figure they’re being hammered.
Played a bit of DS3 co-op with @rize.
It was awful. Just awful.
Seems like no one else mentioned it but ALL the keys for Origin and Steam are separate!
Yeah, you can redeem some games on both Origin and Steam. Except for BF3, Sims 3 and DS3 which are Origin-only.
I mean like some previous bundles have a single Steam key which when redeemed will give you all the games. But a small amount of bundles have a separate key for each game which means you’re not wasting spares and can give them away.
Just a lil’ while ago
“HEY SATURDAY, IT’S YOUR SISTER”
“Oh for fuck’s sake are you going to talk about your lego job-”
“I’M HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY LEGO JOB”
“LOOK AT ALL THESE DISCOUNTS” (30% off all products, 50% some days)
“MAN, PAID TRAINING WITH FREE FOOOODD”
“I SAW A LOT OF YOUR FORMER CLASSMATES AT TRAINING. A LOT. SERIOUSLY, IT’S WEIRD. A LOT. JUST POINTING IT OUT.”
Let’s be real, if you had the LEGO job you’d be doing the exact same thing.
Because it’s a fucking rad job. In case you weren’t aware.
LEGO.
I imagine you’d have to interact with lots of kids though which sounds kind of horrible. You’re the lucky one, Saturday!
Kids are easy. Parents on the other hand….
(worked at Toyworld for four years)
I imagine you’d have to interact with lots of people though which sounds kind horrible. You’re the lucky one, Saturday.
Only superficially.
You are doing transactions/customer service stuff, it’s not like you need to get their life stories. You can be chatty, but it’s got a finite end.
I agree. People are the worst. The best job in the world is one where human contact is minimal.
Hermit, for example, or writer – which is like being a paid hermit.
I worked in Bush regeneration for 5 years, best Hermit job, We’d get sent into remote reserves and the like, i saw more wallabies, goannas, snakes etc. than people. It was awesome as i don’t enjoy the company of many people but has left me even more socially awkaward (i discovered this when taking on a new job and really struggled just to interact with people, I am bad at small talk)
Hehe paid. That’s a good one
When it comes to retail, it’s either dealing with kids or dealing with adults with the mental acuity of kids (as red pointed out)
I once overheard a worker stacking shelves in the toy section of Kmart repeatedly muttering to herself under her breath telling the kids to shut up. I don’t want to be there when that one snaps… 😛
Oh, I know.
I’m proud for her, really. She’s been having job troubles for such some time. And blood is thicker than
legowater, after all. There’s other prospects for me in the near future (I’m gunning for the Apple Store next)Didn’t stop me from eloquently telling her to “choke on a dick.”
Ah, siblings.
Is it worth mentioning that Humble Bundle also have the weekly sale of Introversion bundle (Darwinia, Multiwinia, DEFCON, Uplink and Prison Architect with early access if $25 is paid.)
Prison Architect looks like one of those games I really want to like but will be heartbroken by. (Even though I own and love all the other Introversion games.)
Given that you like games like that, I have to ask, do you like (or have you ever played) Industry Giant 2?
No! I look it up.
*later*
Huh. I think I may have played a demo of it once. But in 2002 I was very preoccupied with my xbox.
If this story from my three year old doesn’t lift your mood at least a little bit,
you’re a monster or a robotthen I’m sorry to hear that.It’s all sweet and chock full of innocent happiness (unlike some of her other stories, which are downright disturbing), and I’m glad she seems to have turned a corner mood-wise.
http://shanewsmith.com/anniestories/
Robot DC!
It’s possible I was just relieved this wasn’t another story about a monster chewing its way out of a crocodile’s stomach. O_o
Oh, I dunno… that seems like a powerful story of rebirth, teaching important lessons about the virtue of determination and persistence in the face of adversity! 🙂 From the monster’s perspective anyway. From the crocodile’s perspective it’s a cautionary tale about taking care in food preparation.
Yeah, I’m a monster. 😛
Suddenly, happily ever after was ended by man’s desire for sweet, sweet bacon. Turns out Shirley’s bacon was the tastiest in all the land.
Better than what I got from my eldest this morning. Asked her to put her school shoes and socks on while I was getting the little one dressed and she tells me “You can’t force me to do anything.”
She wasn’t game to repeat it though.
I so remember trying that with my dad on occasion. I’d find the gumption to drop such a line, then the look I received immediately after saying it ensured I wouldn’t repeat myself in a hurry.
I live up to my reputation then…
A tiny breast-feeding baby?
You had me at Pink Piggy! ♥
I got this from Rize last night
http://i.imgur.com/kUcof4A.jpg
You mean @rize?
Who’s @rize?
I think we should post call-outs on all the old TAYs in case he’s hiding there.
😐
Is that you, @rize?
http://io9.com/microsoft-is-remaking-blakes-7-for-the-xbox-1141509974
Blake’s 7 reboot TV show… on XBone. interesting.
Science fiction TV is a good way to my heart, Microsoft. 😀
Worst thing about space based scifi series these days is they look worse then their counterparts from the ’90s. No standing sets. Just people moseying in front of badly integrated green screens and set extensions. :'(
#oldmandc
I started playing Ace Attorney 2: Justice For All today \o/
Laughing out loud on the bus got me some funny looks, but it’s so funny. Love this series. I am so mega-hype for Dual Destinies, and really thrilled that I’ve got so much AA ahead of me before I’m even up to that point!
Sexist pig! >:|
😀
I think female characters should be allowed to dress however they want. *nods in a totally non-sexist way*
Oh, man. You met Pearly?
She’s adorable.
Adorable as all hell.
…no… not yet.
Spoilerday. D:
This is why I don’t watch TV shows, because I would just spoil everything for everybody here about everything.
You’re welcome.
SHIIT, I forgot about the first case. Thought it started off with the second case.
… I’m not sure if I spoiled anything for you. Since it’s just a name, I technically didn’t , but yeah.
I’m sorry.
It’s cool, man. Spoilers don’t faze me too much. Certainly not character names 😛
Justice For All is probably the weakest of the proper AA games.
Not doing the Ekka thing today. Woke up with a killer headache and a son demanding everyone be his slaves so pretzels and quilts are going to have to wait.
Might give myself a day off and just play games.
Aw, hope you feel better Strange.
I’d feel better if I could defeat this Chaos Rings boss! Up to the same boss with both sets of characters and he keeps kicking everyone’s butt. Need a break from it. Stoopid boss, now what am I gonna play?! Oh yeah, one of the hundreds of other games I haven’t started/finished yet. 😛
The Walking Dead? 😀
I’m sure it’s totally appropriate for playing with my son around. Right? 😛
…
Your son totally shot a sleeping imaginary bad guy at the dinner meat. Can’t be worse than that! 😛 That might be a war crime! D:
😀
I am reminded of the kid who was riding a bike along coro, who used a bow and arrow to shoot a sleeping homeless guy.
It’s probably a good idea to nip this sort of behaviour in the bud. c.c
XENOBLADEEEEE
YOUR SON LIKES WATCHING! (or was that your daughter?)
…DOESN’T MATTER.
😛
Tomorrow morning!
http://www.rockstargames.com/V/GTAOnline
Bikes
SO HYPE.
Also, I played around with the SR4 Inauguration Station last night. This game is going to be good.
Mild character creation spoilers:
Gurer’f gur hfhny znyr naq srznyr ibvpr bcgvbaf, gura bar whfg pnyyrq Abyna Abegu. Nyfb, gurer ner Una Fbyb naq Obon Srgg bhgsvgf.
http://www.rot13.com/index.php
Unfortunately I can’t really afford SR4 right off the bat (trying to pay down the cc)- will pick it up in the new year. Does look good though
OGS has the Presidential Edition Dealie for $60, that’s pretty reasonable.
#notHelpingRedartificesWallet
I’m content to wait- I have Europa Universalis to keep me busy for a while
Plus, I am getting GTAV on release which will sate my open world desires. With bikes
Tomorrow morning!
http://www.dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com
FTFY
Look. Last week you revealed that you ate a fart. I think you guys have hit your peak, it’s all downhill from here.
Ye of little faith.
TAYlist requests? TAYlist requests.
Also, If you want a name shout-out, put it in the comment with your song.
On Melancholy Hill – Gorillaz
And a shout out there for all those who’ve ever chased a dream, man.
Liking that sound. I’ll play it.
Chainsaw Gutsfuck.
Or Jumpin’ Jack Flash – The Rolling Stones
First I was ಠ_ಠ
But then I was ಠ⌣ಠ
The Horses – Daryl Braithwaite
THAT’S THE WAY IT’S GONNA BE LITTLE DARLING.
AND IF YOU FALL I’LL PICK YOU UP, PICK YOU UP.
Wish You Were Here – Incubus
I’ll play that, sounds cool.
We don”t have any Incubus, sorry, Cam
Aww 🙁 do you have any Chris Cornel?
Life on Mars – Bowie!
Woo, Bowie!
Alice in Chains – Would?
FOR CODY!
Kinda toeing the line on playable on radio.
I’ll still play it though.
We only have the version by Grind. Is that ok?
Give a little – Hanson.
You know what searching all this Hanson for the Spotify playlist is doing for my recommendations right?
Improving them greatly, I suppose.
Played Hanson twice in the past 2 weeks, it’s not happening again.
You used to be cool. What happened?
…He started playing Hanson. Obviously trying to get cool back by not doing so. 🙂
I think you’ve got that backwards.
I don’t recall this, I was always the ass end of the joke AFAIK.
But then you played Hanson and things improved.
Two Steps Behind – Def Leppard
Okay, sounds good.
Oliver’s army – Elvis Costello
Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
Shoutout to @rize
Hi @Rize!
Don’t have Sharp Dressed Man, got a second choice for ZZ Top?
Pearl Jam – Rearviewmirror
Jammin’
I’ll show myself out…
We don’t have RearViewMirror, got a backup request?
Casandra Gemini – The Mars Volta
(thats a joke, by the way. that song goes for 35 minutes)
Serious suggestion :
Shark Fin Blues – The Drones.
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence – Dream Theater. In it’s entirety. 42mins.
Delerium Cordia – Fantomas – 74 minutes.
Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory – Dream Theater – 77mins
Technically an entire album, but it’s meant to be listened as one big song.
how does that even fit on a disc?
umm…. ok. technically cheating here maybe…
Dead man has no 2nd chance – Holy Soul & Damo Suzuki – ~120 mins. (thats live. the disc version was recorded live & cut down to about 70 mins.)
or any live show by Omar Rodriguez : one song, 120+ mins.
Haha, I’m not sure.
It was voted the number one all-time progressive album by Rolling Stone.
Here you go – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_6KkRgQyos
And here is the entire thing played live – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbPQnaLk68
well. there goes my evening.
@35 highly recommend listening/watching the live version
Sounds good, though even 5 minutes can be a bit too much when it’s on a radio.
The Outsider (Apocalypse Remix) – A Perfect Circle
Shoutout to @blaghman
I’ll see, I’m not sure about that one…
We’ve only got the original, Is that okay?
It will suffice.
Loved the Pearl Jam one you did last week. Just because I’m currently on a bit of a Pearl Jam high, do you happen to have Immortality? I love that one.
We do not, sorry, got a second choice?
Haha, no problem. How about The Fixer or Do the Evolution for next week?
I need to know how to access past TAYs so I can wage a petty vendetta against @shane which I may or may have not started because of my own fault.
….
You guys’ll help, spite brings people together, right?
@shane?
Also: http://www.kotaku.com.au/tags/talk-amongst-yourselves/
*insert maniacal laughter*
So that’s how @dc remembers everything..and here I thought it was some kind of black magic.
Oh, for @dc it is magic, the rest of us use other ways.
@dc maintains a carefully cross-referenced set of meticulous dossiers on us all. His place looks like this.
No, that’s just my list.
New from TAY films, a TAY film production..DC’s List!
I shouldn’t laugh at this, but I did
So I ordered Hatsune Miku Project Diva F for my Vita today. I’m not entirely sure what this means for me both as a human being and an adult.
You are now authorized usage of the phrase “Kawaii, my nigga.”
Although god knows when the time’ll come to actually use it.
I’m not entirely sure what this means.
It means you have confidence and self-esteem and don’t care what anyone else thinks about you! Good job you! Enduring the harsh, unrelenting, snickering judgement of your peers like that shows great strength of character!
I wish I had the same fortitude in handling my own crippling insecurity about having bought, played, and enjoyed sissy unmanly games. Or about everyone who I told about my Steam ID now being able to see exactly that.
You mean all that time you spent in the sims? it’s only triple figures after all. Or are you more concerned about the entire day you have spent in Faerie Solitaire? I’m sure nobody would hold your bookworm adventures time against you.
Just let me know which one you are insecure about and I’ll be sure not to mention it
*cowers in fear* I DID IT FOR THE TRADING CARDS! I left some very bad games running while I went to PAX for a week!
Except for the ones which don’t have cards. c.c
Oh, and Bookworm Adventures is nothing to be ashamed of, because that game kicks ass. Finally something that rewards my sesquipedalian tendencies!
The real challenge is going to be explaining it to my workmates since I just get all my games delivered there. They’ll all be like ‘Cool! What’d you get?’ *holds Hatsune Miku aloft, as everyone backs away slowly*
“Back! Back you norms!”
It means you are awesome.*
* I may be biased as I own the Vita version
I haven’t played Animal Crossing for 2 days. I’m scared my carefully placed flowers will all be dead and all the animals will hate me. And what if one of those 8 fossils I missed was the very last one I needed for my museum? D:
It gets easier every day you don’t play.
(Also helps if you switch to tidy town ordinance, less will change then)
But…but…Bells!
I can’t stop playing yet, my house isn’t fully upgraded and my Museum isn’t full! I’ve been taking it slowly playing because I didn’t want to burn out like it seems almost everyone else did.
Funny thing was I had about a week straight of no new fossils before I stopped. Opened it a few weeks later, got 2 new ones.
Yeah, I burned out on it, but it was also a holiday game, then I had to go back to work.
I AM 1337 POW3R GAM3R
I still play every day I just don’t talk about it much anymore 😛
BUT: I managed to convince Gloria (ugh) to buy a massive floating moon that takes up half of her house. Mwhahahaha. (I haven’t taken a picture of it yet because Gloria is never home to let me barge in :P)
I haven’t played in two months!!!
Imagine how scared I am!?
The answer is not at all.
I hope Isabelle dies of scurvy from the trash piles.
Tell me what I can and can’t do.
IT’S MY FREAKIN’ TOWN!!!
Weeds! Roaches!
…Wait…that all sounds druglike. Maybe it won’t be so bad, then? 😛
@shane: Supanova! November! Meat! Brisbane!
I’ll hang out with you and visit your booth and talk to you. (Consults talking notes… so how ’bout working on your birthday last year? Damn Canberra elections!)
Or if it’ll seal the deal… I WON’T talk to you!
Also Strange will be there! STRANGE!
There’s a chance you can meat our leader too, @transientmind! Didn’t he give you an iPad? You owe him, man. 😛
I’ll take one of the exclamation points off your name on the list!
What. But exclamations points are good, aren’t they? 🙁
So this isn’t weird at all.
😛
Weirdness will help him ease into the D.C. meet experience. It’ll be weird and awkward and off-putting. Best he gets used to that now!
oh man @dc . Phrasing “will help him ease into the D.C. meet experience”
Found that sentence a little too amusing. (I’m an adult)
I made sure to spell meet correctly. XD
I didn’t give an ipad, I sold one.
I’m not that generous. 😉
Stoopid birthday. Downer 🙁
Also, remember that time your family put the Christmas tree up while you were at work? If you go to the Brisbane meat we totally won’t put the Christmas tree up while you’re at work! 😛
Flights have got two weeks to get cheaper, or it may not happen.
>:|
Whatever happened to No. Meating. @shane?
Ssssssh, if he doesn’t attend a Brisbane meat I can’t punch him right in the face!
Angry jerk @dc is hilarious
Fascinating article about The Wire, behind the scenes. Bit of a downer, though. Also, quite a few spoilers.
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/culturebox/2013/07/david_simon_s_the_wire_a_behind_the_scenes_look_at_mcnulty_kima_bunk_and.single.html
Aw, man, that’s super sad:
http://www.avclub.com/articles/sundays-breaking-bad-was-dedicated-to-a-teen-who-d,101603/?utm_source=AV+Club+ALL+%28Validated%29&utm_campaign=e55cdabc9b-Opt_Out_Email_7_23_137_23_2013&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e18dce41c5-e55cdabc9b-16420649
Hey Persona 4 Golden players, particularly those among you that finished it ( @greenius , @blagman @negativezero ? maybe).
How long did it take you guys to finish it? I think i’m taking a looong time, I’m avoiding using guides for my first playthrough. I’m already up to 41 hours and I’m only in August D:
I keep losing entire days to it cause it’s awesome. A couple saturdays ago i realised I’d played 14 hours worth that day. Yesterday I sat down to play at 10am and stopped myself at 8pm (another 10 hour stint). Also watched the live shows of the songs on the TV stations and HOLYFUCKBALLLS they are amazingly spot on and I’m in love with their singer.
Send help I think i have a problem
(the problem is that there isn’t enough time to play P4G not that i play too much)
@gutsoup, I suspect you and @jimu would get on well.
…
Wait a minute! D:
@dc: TAY Matchmaker.
DC, I enjoy long walks on the beach and candlelit dinners, who can you set me up with?
lol, i owe @jimu a lot of credit for some games i would have completely overlooked, I would have missed Beyond Good and Evil, Final Fantasy, heck he even got me into Zelda properly. Also a butt load of anime woulda slipped past me. I remember befriending jimu. We spoke about games at school a couple times then one day he was like, wanna come over and play Diddy Kong Racing…. the rest is history 😀
Then he went and got married to a woman dammit. What am i supposed to do with this engagement ring now.
Yur a gheye
I keep hearing talk like this. Which is why I haven’t started it yet. Actually thinking of keeping it and starting it on the plane to the US in January. It might make the planetrip seem to go faster.
ha, I’m the same with Chaos Rings, you and Jimu keep saying how great it is, I wanna finish P4G before i start another JRPG or I’ll end up half arsing both. I’m really enjoying it, finding that I”m really intrigued by the plot and keep playing just to see what happens next also it’s hilarious at times.
cc @scree
I’d say 60ish hours without a guide? But that’s for the first “Normal” ending, if you want to try and go for the best/True/”Golden” Ending then it’ll take an extra 10 hours or so (I think I finished it around 75 hours). I used a guide to find out how to unlock it because it’s pretty well hidden and I didn’t even know it existed until I looked up a guide.
sweet, I’m sure by the time i finish it I”ll feel different about it but at the moment i wanna do a second playthrough and try some things out with improved stats (mostly dialogue stuff that required high Courage).
How’s DW8 treating u?
So good!
But so many characters and weapons :O. I’m not sure who and what to use!
I’ve finished Wu and Shu so far, currently playing Wei :D. Then I think I’ll try out Ambition Mode. Is that where you can upgrade and buy better weapons?
yup, Ambition mode is where u make weapons, but you can use them in any mode, sorta good doing some campaign first as you recruit officers to your town and they retain any levels they’ve earned in other modes, i started ambition after doing 1 campaign and had a lot of low level dudes on my team. Only problem is, once you recruit all 790 officers ambition mode becomes really boring and repetative cause you face generic enemies with no officers and they don’t even have weapon affinities, made me lose a bit of enthusiasm for the hole mode.
Wait… recuit officers to your town? Craft and upgrade weapons? Why have I never heard of thees? Suddenly interested in DW8. That sort of town/army/arsenal building crap is like crack to me, and if built around a solid, enjoyable combat mechanic…
*browses ozgameshop*
DO IT.
@powalen – it’s a thing!
From the looks of online reviews/complaints it seems like the PS3 is the better version to get due to lack of bugs, potential for early/exclusive DLC, and better graphics. Thoughts, opinions?
I know it’s a thing. It’s just not going to happen.
@transientmind
I only have the PS3 version and the last DW I played was 5 (on PS2) but I hear all the next-gen ones have had some slow down/framerate issues. As for DW8, PS3 is my preferred console anyway so I didn’t investigate too much but I did hear the 360 one has a lot more slow down and they should be patching it. I also heard that installing the game on both platforms will make it run better.
I installed my PS3 copy before playing so the load times and whatnot are fine. I’ve only had slowdown in a couple of areas when there’s hundreds of dudes on screen and lots of fire (fire seems to be behind a lot of the slow down :P), I was also playing split-screen co-op with a friend so it had double the fire.
Hee hee. Silly Greenius, it’s ‘current gen’ now, not next-gen. That’s the xbone and ps4, the ‘next-gen’. Time is flowing inexorably forth, leaving you tossed about in its eddies like a leaf in a stream.
Yeah. I own both the current-gen consoles, so deciding is always tricky. I go for the 360 by default because that’s where most of my cheevos and contacts are, but the PS3’s been getting a lot more play lately for being nicer to use. (Seriously, that xbox dashboard…)
…When I am stooping to be a console-playing heathen, that is. Everyone likes slumming it once in a while. For things like Ni No Kuni and whatnot.
@transientmind
I was supposed to say “next-gen” 😛
Sheesh! I’m sorry leader! *bows down*
Oh, you! Flattering and subservience will get you everywhere. Except to the top. It’ll get you the leavings of the top. (Dammit @dc, what did I say?)
I got bored and stopped playing it. Already saw the anime so I already know everything that’s going to happen and that kind of killed it for me. Also I was distracted by other games and stuff and had a whole lot of shit going on at home and didn’t want to get stuck into a 60+ hour game.
Also also, I find it stressful to play because of the time management and constantly making decisions because the OCD min-maxer in me wants to always make the best decisions. 🙁
yeah I’m having similar issues with choices but I’m trying to supress my OCD ways. I tend to ruin games for myself by aiming to 100% them or achievement hunt. Haven’t seen the anime so the story is keeping me interested. I think I’ll do a second run and then i can go all OCD, actually finding it refreshing not hunting everything but i have have a few moments where I’ve realised that i made a bad choice or didn’t do a quest in time and have had to fight the urge to reload/ restart.
I started out playing it pretty relaxed on Vita, just doing whatever, then people like @greenius started talking about shit I was missing out on and stuff and I went all OCD and stopped enjoying it. 🙁
it’s a funny things battling your own mind, for similar reasons i haven’t beaten Dead Island Riptide cause one of the trophies is play every story mission in co op and i kept having trouble getting my buddy online. I just couldn’t make myself keep playing cause i was like “but then I’ll miss the trophy and have to do it again”. Sometimes i think trophies/achievements/ completion statistics are a curse cause my brain irrationally says “WANT!!!!”
Waaah? Like what?
I forget.
While looking for @shane’s book on amazon I found these: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_grocery?_encoding=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=LesserEvil&node=16310101 Tasty!
So now I’m hungry. Shane is a monster. 😛
Now there’s something I’d be willing to review! 😛
😀
You have to actually try things before you can review them, DeeCee. 😛
That’s not the metacritic user review way!
If you believe that, you should review The Lesser Evil! You could win another book you never need to read! \o/
On further investigation of this I have discovered that you can buy 12 packs at a time and “subscribe” to these packets of chips, getting a regular order. Awesomely dangerous idea. Thankfully this sort of thing is only available to US addresses, though.
Look! http://www.amazon.com/LesserEvil-White-Cheddar-4-5-Ounce-Bags/dp/B004UETD9Q/ref=sr_1_18?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1376528013&sr=1-18
It’s like “healthy” versions of Twisties. Dammit Shane!
Oh noes! The secret origin of the book’s name comes to light!
HYPETRAIN
New trailer for contrast is out. They have picked up a publisher post some success on steam greenlight and things look to be coming along well. This is the indie game I am most looking forward to and it is looking better and better
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2AOO89UjSM
Now they have a publisher they even managed to get Adam Jensen as a voice actor 😀
Best.
@sughly @dkzeitgeist
Yes.
I got chrome just to try it out. Totally worth it.
This morning was the earliest I’ve gotten myself out of bed in ages :S (10:30, woot!) Having somebody else to wake me up is sooo useful.
Also, must. not. buy. origin. bundle. Not because I give a shit about the whole hating on EA thing, but because I’ve bought so many friggen bundles already lately and don’t play (m)any of the games 😛
10:30 is early…? Christ, I’ve been at work more than three hours by then.
It’s early for me!
As a point in rebuttal: it’s $5.
Or $1 minimum for Steam Keys.
@masha2932 and I always discuss our game purchases but seriously dude, for like $1 who cares! Buy all the gaems! 😀
It’s practically the cheapest the games will ever go legally. Even if you don’t play them, it’s going to charity so WIN WIN!
So there’s a mod that replaces the “YOU DIED” text in Dark Souls.
http://i.imgur.com/F9aYBNr.jpg
I don’t understand this reference and this new fangled internet thing confuses and frightens me.
Also, there are children on your lawn.
I used to be “with it” then they changed what “it” was. Now, what I’m with isn’t it, and what’s “it” seems weird and scary to me.
yeah, when i see what the cool kids are into these days I’m happy to remain uncool. 95% of the music i hear from bands that started after 2000 make me angry with how terrible it is and even angrier over the fact that it’s popular. Also reality tv …..(incoherant rant)…. and another thing….. something something skinny jeans………emo haircuts………..(gibberish)…….
*picks up dentures that fell out during rant and hobbles off with a walking frame*
It’s past your nap time Bish.
Haha…look at the Estus Flask. 😀
Ha! I got my free digital copy of Animal Crossing thanks to the awesome donation of a Club Nintendo code by @beavwa. Now it seems that this “purchase” has qualified me for the “Welcome a friend promotion”!!
So if anybody is looking to buy a 3DS between now and October 15, let me know and I may be able to give you a free copy of Animal Crossing (unless my brother finally buys one, then he gets priority).
Ha! I got my free digital copy of Animal Crossing thanks to the awesome donation of a Club Nintendo codes by @beavwa and @jimu. Now it seems that this “purchase” has qualified me for the “Welcome a friend promotion”!!
So if anybody is looking to buy a UK 3DS XL between now and October 15, let me know and I will give you a free copy of Animal Crossing.
It has to be a UK 3DS XL because you need to register it on the UK Club Nintendo site (codes are region locked)
You’d think that, but this notification and registration happened through my normal AU account. So there’s a definite possibility that they’ve got their wires crossed and will hand out an AU code. But yes, you may be right. Only one way to find out!
I wish I were richer…
Wish granted!
Dragon’s Crown October 11 in PAL. And it appears that the US/JP artbook is being included as a preorder bonus.
Also Etrian Odyssey IV demo for Europe today apparently. Not that I care as I am an awesome person who already owns the US release \o/
Nerd.
Whoo, So many games, at least we finally have a date. Totally getting Dragon’s ̶B̶e̶w̶b̶z̶ Crown
October is packed. Etrian Odyssey Untold (US), Pokemon X&Y, Batman: Arkham Origins & Blackgate, Disgaea D2 are all on my list as potentials. Probably not Pokemon in the end and haven’t pulled the trigger on preordering anything but Disgaea but so tempted.
siiiidevote
(POkemonster!)
I have never played a Pokemon game. They don’t look very interesting to me.
try 😀
Too many games I know I’ll actually enjoy.
boooooooo
Next drought pick it up!
Wow, i may have to actually pick up this latest Humble Bundle… i mean come on… THE SIMS 3 \o/…
Only one in the bundle I can’t see myself having a play of at some point 🙂
lol same… though it’ll keep the missus happy for a while 😛
never got on the BF3 hypetrain either so it might be time for me to give it a go
It’s… oh, y’know. *attempts to look casual* Pretty OK.
All the DLC will set you back like… a few thousand dollars though.
TRIPLE FIGURES \o/
Damn it EA. How dare you offer me some great games for really, really cheap when I already have a backlog to work through? You are the worst company ever.
Here’s the best part… send all money to charity, really cheap games and give in for a good course \o/ ALL THE WARM AND FUSSIES
I have an urge to play Payday 2 with TAYbies, because I feel like I haven’t been doing enough to earn the ire of others.
Who else was sexy, intelligent, sophisticated, and well-endowed enough to buy that fine game?
Europa Universalis IV is where it’s at, dummy.
Dummy needs to come back into circulation.
Dr. Steve Brule knows what’s up
I’m at least one of those things.
I don’t have the game, but intend to procure it.
PS3?
*twitch-twitch* Noooo. PC.
Oh… How dull.
I’ve used up my quota of master race rants for the week.
Instead I shall order a gypsy curse.
…Little low on cash til Tuesday though, so it’ll have to be one of the minor ones, like the one which makes those annoying strips of skin pop up on your fingers, just below the fingernail toward the knuckle, which will peel off into long, blood-seeping strips when you try to get rid of them.
I have the original but haven’t got the sequel yet
Faction, Bish, Nobfrond and I were just playing. If you want to hop on TS, there should be people up for it.
Just pester me on Steam for the details.
Noice. I don’t get home from work for a few hours, but it’ll be good to have a list of potentials for when bank-robbing is a thing wot needs to be done. Thanks. 🙂
Hey @enduwolf, one of your Lavender Candle Jewels candles just arrived 😀 It smells awesome and looks very impressive. IT’S HUGE!
Did you get the one which smells like cinnamon/Canada?
We got lavender! Definitely going to get the Autumn one too, though!
120 hours baby! If any other TAYbies want to impress your ladyfriends (or are a ladyfriend and want to impress yourself) you can check out my candles at http://www.candlejewels.com.au
P.S. How come you’re at home at 1pm on a Thursday? You suck!
P.P.S. @transientmind That was Autumn Harvest and I was surprised not to see that ordered… but I did throw in a free sample!
*fee-sample-five*
FIVE DAY WEEKEND BABY! WHOOOOOOOOOOO!
Not entirely sure if the game will be up my alley,but I am definitely looking forward to the soundtrack for this: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/karmaflow-the-rock-opera-videogame
Coooooool.
Also, I find Dani Filth being in there with those singers hilarious.
Oh good, it wasn’t just me who thought that.
Dammit Strange
Thank you Strange
In regards to this humble bundle, which ones can I activate on Steam? If any?
I believe it’s all but Battlefield 3, Dead Space 3 and Sims 3. 3 3s!
Just head over to the site and they’ll say which ones 😀
Dead Space, Burnout, Crysis 2, Mirror’s Edge, Medal of Honor.
Can’t activate Battelfield 3, Dead SPace 3, or The Sims
Dead space, burnout paradise, crysis 2, mirror’s edge, medal of honor
The Lesser Evil review competition now has two entries. One from @coldcamv (hope I tagged that right!) and one from someone who writes a lot like @strange but who may or may not be @strange.
I know Strange’s real name ever since Freeze posted it the other day!
(pretend spoiler tag)
It’s Clint! >:)
(pretend spoiler tag)
Dammit, I thought I was reviewing those chips!
Smith’s chips.
*badumtish*
Woo for being tagged properly \o/
Cant help but think that MS has reduced its launch territories for the xbone from 21 to 13 in an attempt to take advantage of PS4 console shortages in the primary territories and establish a larger userbase within them…
i mean once Russia get hold of them, they’ll just eventually mod them and sell them in retail channels with 2tb hard drives filled with games… no software sales for MS…
am i just being cynical?
It’s a sound strategy.
There’s been consistent rumors for a while now that they were very late starting production and even close to E3 the hardware wasn’t finalized. They’ve apparently been having really bad chip yields for a bit too.
Not launching competitively in their key markets (US, UK, Australia, NZ, parts of Europe) would effectively have been ceding control to Sony completely so it makes sense to cut out some areas to focus on the key battlegrounds. Same reason neither are launching in Japan. Japan’s console market is half dead and Microsoft is just not going to be competitive there, no point wasting time and money on it.
Just throwing this out here for anyone interested – Club Nintendo (Australia) code for Animal Crossing: KHVR7178YFJ9U7DM
I have two copies of the game sooo, wont let me put the same game in twice ^^
what is club nintendo?
Edit: Legitimate question, i promise im not trolling…
Daily Double!
\o/
? im confused…..
Jeopardy…
i feel as though my brain is on a high speed wash cycle…. i need to crawl back under my rock….
(╥_╥) I’m sorry! (╥_╥)
AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It’s a thing where you enter codes from Nintendo games and they give you stupid shit once you get enough points. Club Nintendo AU’s rewards are generally not worth the time it takes you to enter the codes.
Presumably at some point, Club Nintendo shit will become their online account system that you’ll use on the Wii U and 3DS, but Nintendo have to catch up to this century first.
Havent spent any of mine yet. One day… one day…
@greenius asked for mine once and I said maybe and then never spoke to him again! >:|
I thought we were friends :'(
Back when it first came out there wasn’t much so I got a Mario pencil case I’ll never use 😛
Then there was a Limited SNES shaped Wii Classic Controller but I didn’t have enough points 🙁
The second thing I got was a set of really nice Zelda posters. I don’t use posters but ZELDA! MUST HAVE! For some reason people complained that one of the posters had an error, so they reprinted it and sent another one.
But the best thing I ever got was a Limited Edition Gold Nunchuck Controller which goes really nice with the Gold WiiMote Skyward Sword came with :D! I have a Golden set now!
ahh…. thanks for clarifying 🙂
Ooh, if this is still around when I get home, I might redeem it. *Fingers crossed*
Thanks man. And/or thanks on behalf of whoever claims it.
Did you end up claiming this code?
Yeah, and it gave me a free copy of ACNL to redeem *headdesk*
I’ve sent the code to kermitron to see if he can redeem it, and if not, I’ll give it to you so you can share it with someone.
Nono! I don’t need it.
I initially thought about registering the game just for Club Nintendo AU points (since I have a UK copy of Animal Crossing) but for some reason the game counted for both my UK and AU accounts :P. So I got the points anyway and was allowed to get a code for you!
Reviewer on Joystiq claims Splinter Cell Blacklist is better than Chaos Theory.
Wow
Kotaku review isn’t quite as generous.
Odd to post it here, but I don’t particularly like many of Kotaku’s reviews. I prefer Joystiq’s or Game Informers
i miss the old school reviews where each category ie. sound, graphics, gameplay, replayability, etc had a score out of 100, and then an average was calculated to give a final percentage score…
I realize tastes in games is a personal thing, as well as the concept of personal opinion but i enjoy getting a thorough opinion on a game…
Those normally just felt like they were plugging numbers in because they had to.
I much prefer things like Giant Bomb’s Quick Looks to get an idea of what a game is like. You get a feel for the game and the opinion of someone who has played enough to give a review in a format that can easily highlight the flaws and good points.
A thorough opinion of a game – for me – is hearing what the game does and how well it executes on that. Things like graphics and sound design you can get a good grasp of from a 30 second clip of someone playing it.
…im just old 🙁
It’s interesting, actually. Something I’ve realised recently is that when people write up their opinions, the things that get the most attention in the text aren’t necessarily the most important things, or even the things that stood out the most.
Case in point: I spent about four hundred words criticising something in The Wire that didn’t even really phase me, and pretty much neglected to acknowledge its spot as one of the best shows ever.
More detail doesn’t necessarily translate to a thorough appraisal. In some sense, the numbers can (even though they often don’t, they can) serve to ground a disorganised ramble.
I personally prefer filtering through old reviews of games by different reviewers until I can finally find someone who thinks the way I do. Someone who loves Dark Souls, and thinks racing games or CoD multiplayer are the bees knees, or hates any given game because of gender issues, probably isn’t going to be able to provide a review I can rely upon to make a sound purchasing decision for me.
I can’t help but feel this statement was directed at me, at least a little 😛 (edit: even though I know it wasn’t really)
Just to set the record straight, I don’t play racing games or COD. The rest is all me, though.
Edit: Still, while I’m here… DARK SOULS \o/
It was not directed at you, but rather a list of things which are probably quite OK/important/whatever, but which I find very difficult to get excited about no matter how subjectively or objectively brilliant/important they may be.
FREEEEDOM from training. For a few hours.
Being cooped up in seminars and training sessions for three days straight is crazyballs. It’s like bieng in year 12 all over again, only we’re old and it sucks. Good informative work-related training but STILL. SO TIRING.
Thankfully I have the afternoon off to attend to my actual job, before we go into another training session tomorrow. At least we get a catered lunch.
Training always makes me sleepy. I have no idea why. I don’t know how kids do it.
LESS THAN 24 HOURS TILL SPACE HULK, PEOPLE!!!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/242570/
Not that i was able to buy it yet.. but so help me, it better watch itself during the christmas sales! MUAHAHAHHAAAAA
Enjoy 😉
Wow, dude… You’re really something else… I don’t know what to say..
I’m going to nom you SO hard.
Thanks, mate… really… wow…
PS.
SSSSSSSSQQQQQQQUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I preordered. Twice. And gave a copy to my brother.
I think this news/preview article from Rock Paper Shotgun is probably the best version ever: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12/10/space-hulk-space-hulk-space-hulk-space-hulk/
Pulitzer-winning stuff.
I have laughed heartily at that NUUUUMEROUS times.
I also conquer whole-heartedly
SPACE HULK SPACE HULK SPACE HULK!
I want this game 🙂
Also, multiplayer playdate someday for this? 😀
YES!!! OMG YES!!!
I just joined the Kotaku AU steam group. Add for Paydayage. 🙂
@zetrox2k
What is AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’ll take E3 Blunders for $1000.
my frustrated, confused thought process expressed in printable format ¶:Þ
Aaron Sorkin’s pretty great.
He’s alright. Moneyball was pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_5L7SRwGXs
Just watched this ep of The West Wing. So good. 😀
west wing is pretty rad.
the actors delivery was spot-on.
favorite line of the series is “you slammed the door so hard it broke. you broke the white house.” said in a brilliant deadpan way by Toby.
I hate what they did with Toby in the later seasons. He was such a brilliant character alongside Sam.
Then that astronaut thing happened…
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You a fan of The Newsroom, 35?
hell yeah. havent started watching s2 yet though…
Really, really liking season two! Addressed all my criticisms from the first season!
Jesus christ, that dialog just flies along at a lightning pace, doesn’t it?
The West Wing’s special ingredient is cocaine! 😀
That’s how Aaron Sorkin writes smart people. Saying and processing many things at a rapid pace.
This is why I liked Gilmore Girls. Because I’m a smart person. Yeah. That’s it.
Writing genuinely smart or dumb characters is something most shows really fail on.
Compare the kid in Two and a Half Men to Reese from Malcolm in the Middle (which, I maintain is up there with The Wire in terms of creating a good mix of believably intelligent and idiotic characters).
Gilmore Girls was a lot smarter than people give it credit for. I should really rewatch it sometime.
All the stupid people in television at the moment all reside in a little town called Chester’s Mill Under a Dome of some variety!
Malcolm in the Middle is responsible for one of the greatest actor+character combos ever: Hal.
@DC You sure that they’re not wandering around Georgia fighting off hordes of zombies?
@transientmind Hal has to be one of the best TV idiots. Not overstated but constantly outwitted by people around him.
Plus Brian Cranston is amazing at physical humour, even if he seems to spend a little too much time on camera in his underwear.
HOLY SHIT.
I was just about to say that one of the biggest crimes in music licensing is preventing Malcolm seasons 2-7 from being released on DVD. >:(
Then I found this and my day just got better by a magnitude of ten thousand.
YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH
now i want to watch x-files again ¶:(
http://www.blastr.com/2013-8-14/new-sci-fi-series-x-files-creator-chris-carter-back-track
http://tinyurl.com/ny76ats
DAMN YOU DC, YOU GOT ME SO PUMPED UP OVER IT AND IT MAY NOT EVEN HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know, I find feminist frequency a bit heavy handed a times.
It’s ok though
@vonsack I will add you on my PS3 tonight. I just checked TAYnames and saw the request is ur psn I.D.
I’m weary of accepting random friend requests cause i used to get spammed dozens after a couple of Battlefield games (also got spammed a lot of abuse, cause they couldn’t handle the Soup)
Upvoted for “they couldn’t handle the Soup”
lol, that is my most upvoted comment, Whoo
All good amigo :]
I mostly play BF on the computes but have it on Ps3 thanks to PS+ if you’re down for a game sometime.
Guillermo Del Soup
Freeze reads the newspaper.
Front page- Authorities begging parents to stop advertising for babysitters online. Really? I would have thought I random stranger answering an ad for young children would be a perfect candidate.
Commonwealth bank made $14,000 a minute last financial year. Have said they still are not making enough to pass on full RBA interest rate cuts.
Mark Latham has said Tony Abbot would have to have been exceptionally drunk to think Fiona Scott has any sex appeal.
My horoscope tells me I should avoid computers to help fix a difficult relationship.
David Warner has blamed Australia’s poor Ashes performance on the crowd being mean.
Not much in the paper today it seems.
Reading the paper is pretty dangerous.
That’s why I don’t take the risk and instead leave today’s headlines to a magic 8 ball like American news groups.
Horoscope might be onto something. *throws another dinner plate*
Damnit Daniel. We don’t have a lot of them left and how are we supposed to entertain guests without dinner plates?
You just make me so damn mad, Mikey. So. Damn. Mad.
Mikey… I now expect Freeze to be twirling nunchucks while munching on pizza when I meet him.
first time I met Freeze there was pizza involved & he kept swinging around something that he referred to as ‘his weapon.’ therefore, I believe I can safely assume that Freeze is a turtle.
*orders dc more plates* you can never throw too many
They still have papers? Weird. I thought they died out a while ago, replaced by free brightly-coloured anti-eye-contact vision-blockers for use on public transport.
Papers, Please!
“Katy tells Tony: I can’t vote for you”
Not being an Australian citizen may have some small part in that…
Holly crap holly crap holly crap
And I thought my DVD collection could never be truly complete.
D:
I never could get into that show.
I understand. It’s only completely brilliant.
I don’t know…
Can you repeat the question?
This… will be the most amazing ‘n exciting release this year.
Not sarcastic. It really is amazing, after so many years of no-one releasing it to avoid the music licensing fees, I’d pretty much given up hope of seeing a complete collection.
I’ve been working on dual monitors for the past two days.
Oh my god.
Wait until you reach three.
It’s what trackball mice were made for.
I dream of one day owning three monitors…
Everything is so… oblong…
You’ll never go back! So awesome and fills a void you never even knew existed!
We used to have dual monitors at work, and then green-initiative cutbacks. It hurt and still hurts. 🙁
Am getting a second monitor at home soon! So much happiness can be bought for $10 if you spend it right.
For your making comic live streaming alone I suspect it’ll be useful! 😀
That’s the main reason I’m getting one! 😛
…now that I have no comics project on the go. Perfect timing.
I have four! It’s a slippery slope.
So? I have seven.
BragDKIAF
I dun even have a PC at home, so there’s that.
I’ll have to go back. I’ve basically stolen someone’s computer while they’re on vacation. D:
pretty soon two isnt enough to get you through the day.
you just need more. one more. then it’ll all be ok……
http://bit.ly/13ljx0f
…and then it gets a bit out of hand….
http://bit.ly/10fljD
http://hollywoodscreens.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/mr-universe.jpg
why would you have so many screens all pointing in different directions?
Mr Universe sucks at practicality.
The future still has OHS concerns.
The arrangement is carefully calibrated to encourage him to move around to get optimum viewing angle.
I’ve been working on two monitors for the last few years. I’ve been tempted to get a second monitor for home but I feel like it’s just not worthwhile for home use purposes. Plus, I already have my TV hooked up as a secondary monitor so I can easily watch youtube from my couch without using the clunky youtube interface built into my TV, because I am some kind of first-world problem nexus.
So worthwhile. TAY on one screen, game on the other, you win all the internet. I didn’t believe in multiple monitors until I was on a laptop at work and needed something I could actually see if it was put on a desk.
Then I had to get one at home because not being able to have 2 web pages and an email open at the same time felt super restrictive.
2 monitors is very handy at work.
Got the proper dual monitor setup at home (*adjusts hipster beard*) back in 2007 for Supreme Commander, and have had seven fifths of fuck all reason to use them after that. On a regular basis, I’d have to disable 1 when playing a game, otherwise the mouse would end up on the wrong screen, causing the game to minimise (and most likely crash).
Now that I think about it, I first played around with multiple monitors by sticking several PCI VGA cards in the old pentium 1 scavenged setup back in about 1999 or 2000. Had 3 monitors going, my fancy massively heavy 17″ viewsonic, another 15″ I had used before that, and some dodgy 14″ monitor that made my eyes go red and watery after about 30 mins of use. Ah, back in the days of *grumble grumble*… *snore*
Now you’re twice as likely to be caught bumming around on TAY.
So. Saints Row 4. Who’s importing and who couldn’t be stuffed and just getting a local copy?
Since multi won’t work between them seems the thing to do is see what most others would be doing.
Local copy. I don’t care about my right to anally penetrate. I just want to play Saints Row.
This is what I was thinking. Plus I’m still one of those weirdos that likes going to a store to buy a game. Don’t even care that its pricier. It’s the experience I like.
Freak.
Me too. Same with TV shows and movies.
Amen, brother.
I understand
*fake spoiler tag*
EB girl
*fake spoiler tag*
Wait… you had me up until store. Store? Just buy on Steam… What is wrong with all these people going to stores to pick up their copies of Saints Row 4? You’d almost think those weirdos were getting them on something archaic like… a console. *shudder* I really hope not. That would be a terrible waste.
Good question. I’m leaning towards local because I don’t want to wait a week or two for it – especially given GTA V is out next month.
I was going to import but my wife knows her friends that she’ll play co-op with won’t import, so we’ll be getting the local version. I don’t plan to play online co-op so I don’t really give a toss (and shouldn’t affect your decision), but I am a bit annoyed that I have to miss out on content. Not the alien rape device or narcotics, but the mission that the narcotics relate to.
Since I’m probably going to New Zealand for a week next month, I was thinking I’d just pick up a copy while over there.
I want to buy local to play with people, but at the same time I don’t want to pay the Australia tax on Steam…
Importing from OGS cause it’s $60. Decision was made for price cause i didn’t care that much about content, @kermitron . do you think local copies won’t be able to co op with anyone else? I know the DLC was a real pain in the arse for SR2, it wouldn’t let you join eachother if you didn’t have exactly the same dlc. I was hoping they’d just put in a compatability patch Dead Rising 2 style
They’ve already confirmed the Australian version won’t be compatible with the rest of the world.
lame, oh well i played pretty much all of Saints row 2 co op but struggled to find anyone to play 3 with, i don’t think i ever did play 3 multi. Was so much fun too, me and my mate would meet up in the most ridiculous cars we had modded then stand around drinking beer and smoking scoobs deciding what to do. Was pretty funny cause my mate managed to make his character look exactly like him, my guy was a huge Black guy with Dredds who kinda looked like a vulcan (so nothing like me at all), i recreated him for sr3 as well. I demand that everybody import it so we can play together 😛
Another question is what system you getting it on..PC or Console
That’s like one of those trick questions that inquisitors use to tell if you are a heretic or spy. The answer is always PC. If not… BURN THE HERETIC.
TAYlist for the 8th of August 2013 TAYlist – the TAY Playlist, sponsored by– wow, that’s a lot of requests
Avalanche City – Love Love Love
Art Of Noise & Tom Jones – Kiss
INXS – What You Need
David Bowie – Life On Mars (Requested by the lovely @DC)
Calvin Harris ft. Kelis – Bounce
Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses (Requested by @FreezeSPreston)
Smash Mouth – I’m A Believer
Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash (Requested by @BDKIAF)
Def Leppard – Two Steps Behind (Requested by @strange)
Gorillaz – On Melancholy Hill (Requested by @redartifice, This was relevant to the show I was watching this morning)
Elvis Costello – Oliver’s Army (Requested by our own @tigerion)
Hoodoo Gurus – Miss Freelove ’69
Bruce Springsteen – Dancing In The Dark (Requested by a local listener)
Grind – Alice In Chains (Requested by @ynefel, sorry we didn’t have the Would? version)
A Perfect Circle – The Outsider (Requested by @cakesmith)
Dragon – Young Years
The Drones – Shark Fin Blues (Requested by @35)
Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
Because I respect @redartifice too much (he does the Spotify TAYlist, after all) I vetoed putting Nickelback in the TAYlist, enjoy.
Ups to @freezepreston for picking the song that Mrs Wolf walked down the aisle to 🙂
The disappointment when you’ve headed to the toilet for what for all intents and purposes feels like a titanic dump, and it turns out to be just a gigantic fart.
Better that way than vice-versa.
Also, Kotaku has become nigh on unusable on my PC’s, both at home and work. Pages only half loading, replies not working, loading up a text only version of Kotaku – only started the last week or so. Seems to happen to me on several different PC’s and browsers. Frustrating. Currently can’t reply to anyone.
I used to have some issues with Kotaku at work where I am forced to use IE, but those issues vanished once we got upgraded to Windows 7. I sometimes have issues with the mobile site on my phone.
Never had an issue with Mozilla at home unless the site was down completely.
I was getting the same issues until I got upgraded to Windows 8 2 weeks ago.
Yesterday was pretty damn slow, but I thought it was just me.
Oh man why do i love J-Pop that featured in anime or vidya gaems. I really can’t stand like 90% of western pop but J-Pop (from anime or games) puts me in a ridiculously good mood.
Been listening to Persona Live for the last 4 hours and i can’t wipe the stupid smirk of my face.
*New life goal: See Persona Live (After i See the Black Mages)
Oh shit, the newest Persona Live? I NEED A LINK
nah, I’m just behind, only a recent discovery for me.
but linky anyway it’s a 2012 show only uploaded in May so maybe you haven’t seen it.
arghaghah I’ve watched that and I know the newest Persona Live had occurred so I hoped it would be that one.
But yeah, J-Pop is pretty fucking rad. And yet I cannot bring myself to like K-pop. Not sure why.
For me it’s a familiarity thing. I know enough Japanese and have heard it so much that it’s normal to me, but I can’t make sense of Korean at all as I don’t even have a reference point. I don’t mind it but I wouldn’t go out of my way for any of it.
I’d argue that most Persona stuff isn’t really typical J-pop style. But in general I feel the same.
EDIT: I think it’s because they have an amazing ability to make literally anything into an upbeat, saccharine pop song. Anything. It may be related to their uncanny ability with Rule 34 or their penchant for turning any inanimate object into a cute girl.
http://t.co/ZtsuEJJU7s
Taylist for 15th August 2013!
Missing only Hoodoo Gurus, they’re not on Spotify.
cc @lucifer9783
I’ve got your back. Don’t worry.
Ahem.
MISS FREELOVEEEE *miss freelooooooove* come back sometime.
There was actually a karaoke ver in Spotify, but accept no substitutes.
The problem is, I’m just listening to The Outsider on repeat now….
http://www.blastr.com/2013-8-14/3-new-snowpiercer-clips-show-smart-stuff-we-wont-see-us
Aw man, really looking forward to Snowpiercer but apparently they’re cutting twenty minutes from the original cut to make it more actiony even though the first cut was well received. D:
headed off for a road trip tomorrow…
driving 525km because SOMEONE is getting murried *cough*@rize*cough*
THINGS I DO FOR YOU MAN… THINGS I DO FOR YOU
Oh…
I mean…
He probably just thought I was busy or something. Which is fair enough, I suppose.
He’s probably busy too… so, you know, he didn’t have time to find out if I was busy, or whatever.
Right?
I don’t mind.
…
Fuck that guy.
I lied… i wasn’t meant to tell you… it’s actually a surprise party… for you…
a surprise wedding party…
a surprise wedding…
a surprise wedding for you…
You’re getting married to @rize
I’m getting married to @rize?
I guess I’d better wear flats.
Don’t forget the step-ladder
that pop sugar thing down there… “See ben affleck get hotter as he gets older”….
& given that he’s “a star…”
I think ben affleck is currently undergoing a complex process of nuclear fusion.
lol. astronomy.
Edit: ….what the fuck is wrong with me today? I am so sorry.
It was a good effort.
You get a smiley face stamp.
Made me lol xD
I thought that one was pretty good actually.
The foundation was there, but the execution was missing something.
Today my wit is broken.
So you’re saying it didn’t quite achieve critical mass?
Oh, nicely played sir. Well done.
*golf clap*
I cannot decide what to have for dinner, furthermore I had to cancel my plans for tomorrow night as originally I had planned to go to a MtG Friday Night Magic tournament and sit a few hands to learn how to play, however, thanks to my brothers girlfriend we are now having a dinner for my dads birthday tomorrow night instead of tonight thus why I can’t decide what to have for dinner.
bacon
That’s a start but I need something to compliment it.
MORE BACON \o/
Double bacon suprise*!
* the suprise is more bacon.
There’s never enough bacon…
MORE BACON IS NECESSARY!
Grease
I doubt a musical about summer loving is gonna help my winter cravings
It might. You could get so caught up in song and dance that you forget you even want dinner tonight!
Well played…well played
Cheese.
Cheese and bacon on a sourdough bun
ANY food wrapped in bacon is winning. 🙂
Where were you thinking of going to MtG?
It’s not a hard game to learn if you’ve ever played any other card games. Actually the basics aren’t hard to learn regardless.
Good Games in Blackburn seem to run a few tournament games Thursdays and Fridays and regular games you can sit and play any other time during the week.
I’ve played about 5 games in total now and trust me, the basics are easy as…
It’s more when you get complicated cards that it gets tricky, but get a good playgroup together and it’s heaps of fun
That’s what I need to find so hopefully going to a card shop will introduce me to new people so I have people to play with.
New People
*shudder*
It’s scary for everyone, just remember their more scared of you then you are of them.
@pixel_the_ferret_viking …And if they’re not, bring along a balaclava or an axe or something to make sure of it.
Do you also like board games? Because there are irregular TAY board game events happening around Australia sometimes.
I’ve always wanted to get into board games but theirs that kind of underlying tone of I have no friends to play with, tempted to move to NSW just to play board games at @trjn’s house as that seems to be the most active board game Mecca.
Every weekend except this weekend because @mawt is aging.
If you want to learn the basics, the Duels of the Planeswalkers app/game is pretty good
I’ve got last years one, played it for ages so I know most of the rules but I’ve never really built a deck and stuff so want to get the basics down and what not and play a few games.
What it doesn’t teach you though – and what you really need another player to give you help with – is building a good deck.
Walked outside my room into the corridor, every single light is off except for the one at the end that has a habit of reflecting red all over the wall opposite the big red fire alarm system box thing, and there’s police sirens getting louder and louder (but not coming here) outside. This place can feel creepy at times :S
Walk back inside, lock the door and put your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye
Have you checked the children?
Turn all the lights off. It’s much better in the dark.
I don’t want to set the world on fire
I just want to start
A flame in your heart
DAMN YOU Fallout and your catchy 1940’s-1950’s songs
So catchy
Civilizationnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn……I’ll stay right here
Guess what I’m listening to on spotify now. I’ll give you a hint. It starts with “fallout 3 and new vegas” and ends in “OST”
I wholeheartedly agree with this!
i may or may not be doing the same thing…
Also is it @lucifer9783 that does the radio thingy?
He should totally do an entire show like Three-dog!
including Herbert “Daring” Dashwood!
I wholeheartedly agree with this!
Next week we’ll just all put in 50s requests.
Library doesn’t really start until 1960, so sorry.
I remember one week getting some requests for songs in Fallout 3, Didn’t have ’em
Heard some of that style of muzak while out and about t’other day.
Just doesn’t have the same effect it used’da
ner fcbvyre gntf onpx lrg?
Edit : nope
I had a good day today. Ordered the Deluxe Edition of Before Watchmen: Minutemen/Silk Spectre from my local comic shop and had a good chat with the owner, who is a friend of mine. Two other friends came in so I went to lunch with them and then had a wander around town. Then one of my friends offered me a lift home which saved me a bus trip. I have also bought Papers, Please, which is a brilliant game.
Alan Moore hats you! 😛
Something something COMIC BOOKS something something JRPGs something OLD GAMES something something BLACK MIRROR something
Black mirror as in the TV show? Is it any good?
So amazing, can’t recommend it enough!
Hey Jimu! What’s new?
Black Mirror (sorta)
Computering Enthusiasts of TAY:
I have decided that I shall dip into my savings a bit to upgrade my aging PC. Need a new CPU and Motherboard. CPU is easy – get an i5 4670. However I am undecided on whether to get a K or not as I never tend to bother overclocking, and I’m not sure about motherboard at all.
What am I losing by opting for a cheaper H87 chipset board instead of a Z87? Should I bother with the overclocking-capable K-series CPU or save some bucks? Motherboard recommendations? My budget for the mobo is around $150.
Well if you don’t tend to overclock there’s probably not that much point spending the extra $20-$25 on the unlocked one really. As for the motherboard, whatever’s cheapest that seems reasonable. Even if you were to overclock there’s nothing wrong with getting the cheaper H87 chipset. The only real point of the Z** chipsets is to provide something for enthusiasts who want to suck as much out of their computer as they can, and isn’t even worth looking at if you’re not getting the 4670k cpu.
I thought that the Zxx chipsets were required for fiddling with voltages etc. for overclocking?
EIther way it looks like the H87 boards are a bit shit so maybe it’s worth spending some extra just to make sure I’ve got something that lasts as long as my current machine (i5 750, has lasted me about 4 years now)
Having a look, Intel have restricted o/cing a bit with the H87 chipset :S I guess if you do want to overclock then yeah get the more expensive one (along with the unlocked cpu).
@sughly, the Animal Crossing code didn’t work 🙁
Did someone claim it?
Maybe it’s some sort of psychological mind game. Maybe you didn’t want it enough. D:
The true Animal Crossing code was in @shane’s heart all along.
Maybe we have to be friends @sughly
My code is 422716331661
Wait, huh? No its just for Club Nintendo points, its not the game or anything. It did just occur to me too that if anyone happened to buy a new 3ds xl they can claim the code on Club Nintendo and get Animal Crossing for free as part of a promo theyre doing… but youre 3ds aint new Shane, so no dice 🙁
It’s also not from the UK (similar promotion to the Monster Hunter one earlier in the year and that didn’t work for Shanebane)Seems like the promotion is for Australia too now! (first I’ve heard of it coming here!). Shane said it worked perfectly for him 😀
I registered it today for the first time and joined Club Ninty just half an hour ago. Does that make it new?
I don’t know anything about Nintendo. This whole thing is so weird. 🙁
Edit: Club Nintendo is saying this:
Wahhh…? There’s nothing weird about it! 😛
What did you register today?
Club Nintendo is just a sort of rewards program Nintendo has for its games. You register Club Nintendo codes (that come in most games) for “stars” and you can redeem stars for awesome prizes like shoe laces and towels… yay! Sughly posted a Club Nintendo code so just go to the Club Nintendo site and enter the code there after logging in/signing up.
Sometimes Nintendo will have other promotions with Club Nintendo. Registering the game isn’t just for points and might also qualify for other promotions such as a free Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Soundtrack from registering the game within like 2 weeks of release and free game things like the recent one where registering 3 games gave you one for free.
They assume people who register the codes own the game but there’s nothing stopping you from getting codes elsewhere. I was missing two codes for the recent free game promotion but my TAY bros helped me out <3
So "new" is just whenever you register the code. I bought my 3DS XL at the start of the year but haven't registered it yet because I'm waiting for a promotion.
Regarding edit:
Sughly gave you a Club Nintendo code. Register it at Club Nintendo for stars.
The thing you posted is another promotion Nintendo are running at the moment and you need a recommendation code to get a free copy of the game.
Batguy has a spare code. I should have one too, lemme check…
EDIT: I got a code SHANEBANE! Free Animal Crossing for you!
(Twitter DM?)
Thank you @greenius, you’re awesome. Game downloading now!
Turnip prices?
TURNIP PRICES!?
Well thats cool. I only meant to come in here and share club nintendo points, and you got a free game. Huh.
(p.s. surely this makes me somewhat awesome too I imagine?)
Oh wait I geddit nevermind. Who took my code then? WASTED GAME
I kinda wanted it before seeing @Shane did, but if he registered your code, now that he’s got himself a free copy that’s a CODE WASTED!
Wait… I just realised my copy got me Club Nintendo points too 😛 :D. It was my first time getting a digital copy of a retail game but there was an option to “claim points” and do the survey for it on the site.
Those codes only work with the 3DS – the promo doesn’t with the XL, does it?
The console code? I believe this promotion is only for registering an XL to Club Nintendo, so you should be good to go! I know past promotions in the UK and US were only for the XL.
I think only the previous Australian promotion was for 3DS (original).
@batguy should have a spare code!
Ah, when I bought my XL there was a deal to get a free download with the 3DS that would not work with the XL, and EB was sold out of 3DS’ anyway, so I just bought the XL.
@kermitron
Yeah, that was the “previous Australian promotion” I was talking about. Usually we (Australia) miss out on the promotions and I didn’t even know we got this promotion until Shane posted about being eligible for it.
Shane said the code I gave him worked and he’s downloading it now (so I’m out of a code), but anyone who registered Animal Crossing to Club Nintendo Australia should have a spare recommendation code which you could use. Good luck!
Free Animal Crossing is best Animal Crossing 😀
I was actually in the process of registering my 3DS and it showed me the promo, and just as I was about to tear my hair out because you need a recommendation code from a friend to redeem the free game, Shane DM’d me his via twitter. Like the literally instant realisation dawned, my phone lit up. Goddamn serendipity.
That @shane guy is pretty cool, isn’t he!
If it’s claimed it will say that it’s already been redeemed. Otherwise it’ll say invalid code (or something similar).
They’re pretty easy to misread/type so maybe it’s a typo!
Lamingtons are pretty rad.
I second this statement
I third this statement. Also the Jaffa Lamingtons from Coles are even radder.
I hate not having my own car :l My best friends car died up on the mountains and all I can say while he’s complaining about being cold and stuck is “hope you can get some help quickly man” (and somehow proceeding to make plans for the weekend) 🙁
Since I don’t need it, Mirror’s Edge Steam Key: [claimed by Lucifer!]
Edit: I guess technically I have Origin keys for Medal of Honor, Dead Space, Burnout Paradise and Crysis 2, but I have redeemed them on Steam so I can’t guarantee they will work or that it’s technically ok for me to share them – but if you’re interested let me know.
I also have Mirror’s Edge and Crysis 2 Steam Keys if anyone’s keen! (holler and it’s yours)
(I guess there’s no point in me posting my spare Origin keys because no one cares :P)
I’ll gladly take the crysis 2 key 🙂 That and dead space 3 are the only 2 games in the bundle I don’t have!
I’ll be using Dead Space 3 for myself but Crysis is yours. I’ll Twitter DM it.
Yeah, what’s the deal here? Do we get multiple keys for both Steam AND Origin copies of the same game?
You get a Steam key (if the game has it) and an Origin key for each game.
So a Steam key for Medal of Honor for myself and an Origin one that I can gift? That doesn’t seem right?
Yep.
Technically the keys are for your own use so you’re not supposed to gift them but there will be two Medal of Honor keys (one Steam, one Origin)
Mirror’s Edge Get!
No room on my hard drive to install though. Gonna have to wait to build a new PC then play all the games.
Currently on a Breaking Bad marathon, 3 episodes into the second season and it has definitely jumped up a notch. My favourite character so far is Hank. Does anyone remember Bryan Cranston from the X-Files episode ‘Drive’? Great episode of a great show.
Yeah, I think the first season was a little rocky (I feel like it might have flowed better as 10-11 episodes at 22 minutes a pop, it hardly justified the longer run time). I agree that it picks up in Season 2, I hit Season 2 really hard. I’m on 3 now. Hard to say much without potential spoilers.
Bryan Cranston is rad throughout though.
That episode of X-Files is why he is Walt :p
Vince Gilligan was staff writer/producer on The X-Files!
Shaneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
FREE GAMES! WHO WANTS ‘EM?
This humble bundle was an amazing deal, however I now have more games than I can chew. Steam codes available for Mirror’s Edge and Crysis 2 Max, as I already have both. Reply me here and I will PM you the codes via Steam.
I WANT FREE GAMES!
Not the ones your offering though 😛
Well in that case I have a bunch of Origin keys to gift also. Burnout Paradise, Crysis 2, Medal of Honor, Mirror’s Edge. If they don’t work, blame @greenius. I think they do work though, I just tested Dead Space.
I have been a bit slack with my weight loss updates recently, and I’ve actually done pretty well the past couple of weeks. I lost 1.9 kilos this week, and 1.8 last week.
Nicely done.
I got slack while I worked, so I’ve bounced up a few kgs. I suck at motivating myself so I feel like the next few weeks are gonna suck a little.
Way to go, my friend!
Noooo, I’m trying to wish my mum a happy birthday but she won’t answer the phone 🙁
And good god today has been a funny day. I dunno what to think or what to say right now. I have a lot of late-night pondering to do 😛
What’s on your mind, Ben J?
Umm there’s no spoiler tags at the moment so I’ll keep it vague. I was confronted by a couple of friends who want me to organise a time to get a certain friend up here to get him to put some serious thought into his relationship and what he’s doing with his life :S
I don’t feel comfortable being the one dragging him into that.
D: Heavy stuff. Hope it all goes well, man.
Yeah, quite heavy stuff, will probably be weighing on my mind for quite a while 🙁 The other guys have known him for a lot longer than I have so I just have no idea what I can really say.
If they know him more why are they making you do it? :S
They’ve known him for longer but I’m a lot closer to him right now, I guess. I still don’t think that makes it fair on me though. If they’re the ones that want to do it, then they should be the ones to bring it up to him.
Byvire?
(rot13)
@greenius
Yeah
I thought you and his girlfriend get on really well too. Friends are putting you in a stupid situation. Tell them no unless you agree with them.
@dc Yeah, I get along great with her. And thanks 🙂 I don’t think it’s something that I could bring up in good conscience. I’ll tell them to do it if they want to.
Mind if I throw in a bit of personal experience here?
When shit goes down between 2 groups of friends (especially friends that have known each other longer), never try to be helpful by being in the middle. You just get the blame when they need a scapegoat to offload issues with mending the rift. Stay clear, if they have something to say, let them say it. (For the record, I ended up in this situation merely by suggesting a question be asked to someone else. It still got my name, and therefore blame, attached to it)
I hope you don’t mind if I add my two cents of personal experience too. Respect the friend in question’s choice, and support whichever decision they make – themselves. If the relationship is truly toxic, then they’ll leave by themselves and your support during the bad times is worth much more than a torrent of unsolicited advice.
@beavwa
Thanks guys 🙂 I told one of them yesterday it’s not my place to bring it up to him and I’m not going to do it. Funny story, they did come up and see the people who brought it up with me and my god did things look awkward.
Then I went home with him and am sitting next to him right now happy that I don’t need to bring anything up!
So I just spent about $85 on vidja gaems today :\
Brought the humble bundle for $10 so woo for 8 games then I cracked and brought Payday 2, Papers Please and ArmA 3..So im set for awhile in terms of gaems 😀
The West Wing is crazy addictive. I never intend to rewatch the entire thing, just watch one episode and then 22 other episodes pass in the blink of the eye. D:
Aw damn…
Dontcha hate it when you have a song/tune stuck in your head but you have no idea where it came from?!
I have a riff stuck in my head but I’m not sure whether it’s from Queens of the Stone Age or Them Crooked Vultures but there’s a lot of songs I’ll have to listen to if I ever want to find it >_>. And I can’t remember the lyrics so I can’t Google anything 😛
EDIT: As I thought, listening to possible songs trying to find it, only made me forget it ;P
Is it the Carrot Highway song?
Are you going my way
Down the carrot highway ♫
I can’t forget that song…
>:(
I FOUND IT!
The “I don’t need a reason baby” riff from Caligulove!
😀
…that was a waste of time 😛
But now you’ve banished it from your head. That’s how it works.
…
QOTSA is awesome.
Caligulove is Them Crooked Vultures!
Same-ish thing though, I guess 😛
QOTSA is awesome was a unilateral statement of universal truth.
I thought Caligulove was the band and ‘I don’t need a reason baby’ was the song. But hey, I’ve still got some icecream left, so I’ll go listen to it on youtube 🙂
I’m sure you’ve seen it by now (YOU LIKE?) but the “I don’t need a reason baby” was just the lyrics for the part I had stuck in my head.
Yes, I may be completely musically untalented, however I know what a riff is 😛
It was ok. I like the supergroup, but I’ll have to listen to a few more songs before I pass judgement.
Yay spontaneous meet-up. Boo stupid cinemas not having any movies starting anywhere between ~5 and quarter to 6. Friends wanted to meet around 7, so had to just mindlessly wander for the better part of an hour and a half. Then met up with them to stand in line for Lord of the Fries for ages. It was alright, but kind of overpriced. Oh well, done it now, don’t have to ever again.
On the train home, I was mindlessly tapping away to the music running through my head, but I think I was getting stared at by a pair of girls sitting at the station. Then one of them was definitely watching me as the train pulled out. And waved to me, smiling when I waved back. Yay for a slight pick-me-up 😛
Were you wearing your snazzy Manny suit?
Buenos dias!
Manny, why aren’t you at the poisoning?
More or less bumming it – jeans and a t-shirt (nearly the same colour actually) with Archie on it, while also sporting my backpack and beanie.
Enough depressing! I’m gonna watch The Jeselnik Offensive and laugh too hard at things I shouldn’t laugh at 😛
Like that time he was in a ball pit with some guy (I can’t remember what it was about :P)
Latino voices is probably my favourite bit 😛 Joan Rivers last week was pretty great
I don’t know anything about that show except for a segment of that clip since he came on Conan 😀
Still watching Tosh or did you do the right thing and give up like I did? 😛
Haha yeah, he’s just been on break until September 3rd 😛
Pssst! Between you and me, I might be a little bit burnt out on Dynasty Warriors 8 for the moment ;D
Played like 7 hours a day since getting it but the gameplay is essentially the same. Can’t wait to get some sick weapons though and go for the other hidden unlockables! But for now I want to finish the story mode first and at least try out all 77 (D:) playable characters to see which ones I like and which ones I don’t.
So many things to do!
YOU ARE TRULY A WARRIOR OF THE THREE KINGDOMS.
And as soon as I start watching, “hey want to hit the town tonight?”
yes. yes i do.
I’m bored (as you can tell by all the TAY posts :P) so I think I’ll go shave my head over the bathtub @mrtaco style.
I hear there’s something oddly satisfying about it 😀
It is really satisfying. I’ve no idea why, either.
I just like that when it’s short it takes like 2 seconds to dry after a shower 😀
Ha 😛
I think imma go again after the weekend.
I prefer the sink with the mirror – Max Payne style. Don’t have to clean shit out of the bathtub drain quite as regularly – hair’s not great for it, even if it’s short.
(Edit: It’s not actually true. That’s what I did until my clippers broke. Since then I’ve been getting my hair buzzed short at an awesome barber who does it for like… six bucks. Evens up everything, shaves the neck, trims the beard. Most excellent.)
I usually cut it just standing there in the bathroom with newspaper on the floor 😛
I figured sink would be too messy but I’ve also tried it in the shower (with newspaper!) and I thought about doing it over the bathtub but figured I could just chillax so I just sat down in it 😛 (also had newspaper!). Always thought about trying it outside but I don’t want people to stare :/
Newspaper makes cleaning up easy! 😛
Listen to this man! He is generous and his beard is PERFECT
Animal Crossing is WEIRD game. I’m confused.
*Spoilers possibly, if this game can be spoiled. I don’t think people seem to care, but warning anyway: SPOILERS*
I got off the train and suddenly all these delusional creatures think I’m their mayor… I even came in on the right train… but WHERE IS THE REAL MAYOR? DID I KILL HIM AND STEAL HIS SKIN?
Also, I think I just agreed to a home loan with no idea how much it’s going to be. Now I’m sleeping in a tent, and all these strange animals are telling me to build my house closer to theirs so they can see me every day.
I’m glad I chose the town design that has all the houses on a small island segregated from the mainland by a bridge. Think I might see if I can burn that bridge down and live in my town in peace.
MORE ANIMAL CROSSINGS \o/
should friend code me if you haven’t already… WE CAN BE TWIN-TWINS \o/
2793-1925-9092
ADD ME
FRIEND!
\o/
Also i would have though you’d love Animal Crossing… each time you catch something, the character makes a TERRIBLY pun about it
I’ve only played for fifteen minutes. Have my tent, and they’ve told me to go to bed :\
I do like puns, though! \o/
Looking forward to those.
At first i didn’t get what all the fuss was about… but a few days in, OMG I NEED TO GET THIS, AND THIS… AND I NEED TO DO THIS, OH SHIT THE STORE IS CLOSING GOTTA HURRY UP etc.etc.etc 😛
Oh yeah, one thing that’s kinda hit and miss is that Animal Crossing is in REAL TIME. Want to do stuff at 3am? Well there’s not much you can do… Kind of sucks for those who can’t play during the day but there are ways around it like changing the time of your 3DS clock, or in-game methods I won’t mention (in case you want to figure it out yourself)
Insects and fish depend on the time of day and month! 😀 It’s fun collecting them!
I’ve added you. It’ll show up as mstickle since my wife is the main user of the 3DS, but hopefully when I visit your town it’ll show me as Mayor Kermi. 🙂
My code is 2552-1343-7565
Yes but…
TURNIP PRICES!?
More giveaway dealie-o’s… i have a spare Dead Space steam key…
and spare keys for Origin of Crysis 2, Burnout Paradise, Dead Space, Medal of Honor and Mirrors Edge… any takers?
Nope, I’m usually all about scabbing free games off of Taybies, but i’m not feeling too many of the humble bundle games this round.
So I managed to break one thousand comments on Kotaku.
Yay for me.
EDIT: I’m sorry, that was meant to be it’s own thing.
A friend just talked me into buying Grabbed By The Ghoulies. It was only $9.75 including postage, plus I got to knock off someone who had a pending offer. Harharharhar 😛
Oh yeah, @greenius – stuff I nabbed from David Jones yesterday:
-Ping Pals (because lol, also what it’s by WayForward??)
-Picross DS x2 (had my eye on these and the above since a while back, but didn’t want to pay $20 apiece)
-Project Rub (because silly trivia prize for later)
-Parappa the Rapper PSP (for a friend who loves the game, and it turns out he’d actually lost his copy)
-Steel Diver (more prize fodder, because more people need to like this game)
-Boom Street (not entirely sure why… just because cheap I guess)
-Wii Fit Plus with balance board (because… because!)
$4.95 apiece.
Whoa nice on the Wii Fit Plus!
This is a weird night. New plans, drinks with said people mentioned above. The difficult, random life I lead 😛
HUMBLE BUNDLE STUFF:
Apparently these games might be added later?
Dead Space 2
Bulletstorm
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Red Alert 3 – Uprising
Saw a comment somewhere that linked this pic http://i.imgur.com/dHgtwGC.png I assume it’s some sort of registry thingy. People have been able to predict sales and stuff before using similar things, so I’d say it’s legit!
I guess we’ll find out in a week :P. Like any other bundle if you buy it now, you’ll get them free but later on they’ll be “beat the average” ones.
Yeah I thought the inclusion of Dead Space 2 was kind of a given with 1 and 3 already being in there
HOMFG BULLLLLLETTSTOOOOOOOOOORM!!!!
Best FPS of this generation.
Slow motion arse blasting. It’s a game changer
“But…”
“No. It changed the game.”
*penny-arcade-five*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ykcBOJrE_w
:O
Amazing.
bikes.
@trjn @cody @transientmind @whoeverelsehaspayday2
When your playing Pay Day 2 after a few games does your game just randomly crash? Mine did it a few times earlier and wasnt sure if it was a bug or just my computer.
Nope. :/ No crashy.
Damn I was hoping it wasn’t my computer, I can get maybe 5-6 full games in then the game crashes and I have to reload it
I get occasional firewall issues but otherwise no.
I need a new computer /o\
20 something hours played. It crashed once.
Oh hooray, NA Kotaku has had it’s layout changed.
Again.
Hooray for AU stability! The previous NA layout was pretty rubbish, though. Difficult to see how a change could be for the worse.
Space Hulk! It’s out. It’s decent. The graphics are a little low rent for the current age, but it’s a tiny dev studio, what do you want? This won’t knock the socks off anyone who wasn’t already a Space Hulk fan.
This isn’t a PC game set in the Space Hulk world, this is an adaptation of the board game. The mechanics are solid, this feels about as true to the board game as it’s possible to get. Nothing more, nothing less. Multiplayer just like from the board game will be fun. 🙂
So Looking forward to this. Now to find time to play it 🙂
Purchasing tonight then! 🙂
So Pay Day 2 since I’m on that topic..it’s fun, the AI can get buggy and having the host bail late game is annoying but otherwise it’s enjoyable. I did quite a few small day heists, did a 3 day heist with three people who said I helped even though I’m level 5 (now level 7) I’ve decided to go the enforcer route, however I might change depending I guess.
What does everyone else think about the game? (Why does this sound oddly like a community review)
I’m having a blast when I have my two friends on who play it, but when they’re not around it’s kind of torturous because there are only a handful of missions I can solo easily. If you get taken into custody you fail the entire mission when you’re on your own, and the AI occasionally take it upon themselves to go Rambo out somewhere really stupid, like an open courtyard with no cover.
On the plus side, it doesn’t seem to suffer terribly from lag when I have only one American, which speaks well for the netcode, and in future when I’m friendless and alone and miserable, I might take my chances with broadening the search for randoms. As host, of course. I’m SO sick of getting progress fucked by a host dropping out.
It is literally the worst thing, I’ve been playing on Aussie servers (I think? The search is set to close so I dunno.) and it handles well but there are just so many hosts who quit the minute they get gunned down, I feel if the host quits mid game they should quickly look through who’s playing and host from the remaining players with the best latency.
Many other locally-hosted multiplayer games do this, and after having lived with that for so long, I’m surprised when it doesn’t happen.
Now I wanna just go home and play Pay Day haha
Meee tooo. Only level 11, but desperate to try and run some smooth heists. Proper crowd control and stealth. I’d gone full ghost, but I’m starting to think mastermind will be more useful for all the cable ties and the ability to make guards cuff themselves – instead of having to answer their pager after knocking them out and eventually have the control room raise the alarm.
http://www.adventuregamers.com/news/view/25071
The Fullbright Company’s Gone Home is released… right now. That was kind of random, but good news. Looks incredible and I can’t wait to play it!
http://www.adventuregamers.com/news/view/25073
@sughly: New Bill Tiller adventure game too that looks much better than A Vampyre Tale!
Ewww… you had my hopes up dc, but that looks… not so great. Bill’s wasting himself on this 3d nonsense, main character looks terrible. As do all those effects. Blergh. I thought he was doing VT2 though?
Animal Crossing
Part One: Training Day
I wake up on a train. I don’t know how I got here. I can’t move, and there’s a strange dog-like creature talking to me. He won’t leave me alone until I tell him my name (SWSmith) and destination (the town of Messar).
I hope he shuts up soon.
He asks me to point to Messar on a map. I pick a design that looks so desperately impractical that no one could possibly believe it’s a town. He just smiles and nods knowingly. I get an eerie feeling that something has changed.
Thankfully, the train arrives at Messar moments later, and I dash away from my weird harasser. As the train pulls out of the station, I realise that I am surrounded by weird animal-esque humanoids. “Welcome, Mr Mayor!” they cry in unison.
I try to tell them that I am not their mayor, that they have the wrong guy, but they are retardedly fixated on their assumption, and will not back down. I briefly wonder where the real mayor is. I wonder if I killed him, and stole his skin…? The trauma of having committed murder might explain the complete blank I draw whenever I try to remember anything before the train.
I decide not to share this notion with the animals. Some of them have sharp teeth.
ON AUGUST 15, SWSMITH BECAME MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF MESSAR.
A raccoon guy offers me a home loan, because there are no houses set aside here for the mayor. I figure my mayoral job will cover the costs, but I learn – too late – that it’s an unpaid political position. The raccoon, Tom Nook, tells me he’ll send me a bill later. In the meantime, there’s a tent I can sleep in.
In frustration, I shake some trees. Apples rain to the ground, but I don’t pick any of them up.
What is this weird place?
Part Two: Hell’s Bells
I crawl out of my tent, and there’s a postal worker waiting for me. “I left a letter in your letterbox,” he tells me. I wonder how long he’s been standing there.
The letter is from someone who claims to be the real mayor of Messar. He says he couldn’t make it, and wishes me all the best. Personally, I don’t believe it for an instant. I figure that I probably wrote this letter and sent it on, just to cover my butt should the real mayor ever be missed.
I recall something from earlier: I heard rumours that Messar was a drug town. I think that might be why the shops are so prosperous and overflowing with money. It would also explain the demeanour of the weird inhabitants of this place…
Tom Nook tells me that construction on my new house has been forestalled because I owe him bells. Lots of them.
I get some friendly advice from a very oddly-dressed fox called Chief. He tells me that I can earn money (they call it bells) by collecting fruit and seashells and selling them at the store. The owl at the museum begs me to donate everything I find to him. The weird little red dude with a fixation on fitness tells me that digging holes is good exercise.
I follow all their advice. I also catch some fish, find some fossils, buy some paper and a bed, get given a bunch of really odd stuff, and find myself wandering around Messar at all hours of the night with a stupid goofy grin on my face.
Must be something in the water here.
Have to stay vigilant.
Troubling stuff. D:
I wish I were in a position to steal Shane’s DS and leave him messages from himself, like, “Don’t look for your past, make a fresh start.” Or, “Beware the man with hooded eyes.”
Instant uninstall if that happens… but the game would probably just restore itself anyway O_o
Don’t trust the skull!
Heh.
I know most of y’all don’t give a stuff about World of Warcraft, but the patch 5.4 trailer was just released, and it is flippin amazing! Cannot wait for the Siege of Ogrimmar.
I would LOVE to see a full animated feature done by the team behind these patch trailers.
I feel so disconnected from what’s going on in WoW now. I last played before the first major Cataclysm patch. So Hellscream went full retard and now he’s a raid boss?
You missed a *lot* man. The Horde’s metamorphosis over Cata/MoP has been really interesting. Garrosh killed Cairne Bloohoof, ejected Vol’jin and the Darkspear trolls… The Undead revolted and the Blood Elves supported them.
The undead were always revolting. 😛
So, uh, this Elysium meat… I’ve got no details and I feel bad about this, so maybe it’s best just not to do it. I’m terrible at this whole meat thing. It’s not that I’m indecisive, I just have troubles telling people what to do. Don’t think that I don’t want to see you guys or any thing, because that’s the opposite of what I want. Blergh. Sorry for all the ramblings and procrastinating on this. :S
Try not to be too annoyed at me, cause you can’t be any more annoyed than I am at myself.
Any ways, will probably end up seeing the movie tomorrow.
Find a session around 2pm.
Tell people that’s the one you’re going to.
Sorted.
FU CAKESMITH TAKE ME WITH YOUUUUU
Blergh. I feel like crap now. Haha. Going to watch The West Wing. *moseys off*
Yo Brisbane people
GO SEE MOVIE WITH DC AT 2
I’m keen, I’m just not sure if I’ll be bale to afford a movie.
I’ll defs come hang though!
Anyway @mythamphetamine and I were gonna have a beer or two before if anyone else was keen?
Fuck being annoyed at yourself and fuck trying to have details. Just say what time and place the movie is and the rest will work itself out as usual. You’re not telling people what to do, you’re just telling people what you’re doing and offering for them to do it with you.
This is best. Strange is wise.
If you’re doing Elysium tomorrow @dc, I might be able to swing by and join you depending on the time and place. I could do Event cinemas online ordering. I have to check with some peeps first, but tell me what you’re planning and I’ll see what’s what. 🙂
GTA ONLINE
*zomgdroooooooool*
Better start investigating cheap 12 month Gold plans…. :\
Jeeeesus. It looks so much better than I ever thought it would. I can’t wait now.
I think I just figured out why Payday 2 rushed to market 😛
C’mon shane! Get it on PS3! You can be in me and @dc and @bdkiaf’s bike gang!
My PS3 is dead. 🙁
And I’ve already pre-ordered the 360 version! 😛
dead dead or last legs?
It’s not dead dead, but I’m not spending any more money on games for it.
Oh, it’s okay.
I’ll just make my own bike gang.
:'(
Bike gang war!
Back at work, My throat feels horrible but other than that i am fighting fit. I am happy to be well again, Rocketman sick is the least attractive thing in the known universe. On top of that people around me are having all these personal dramas that i seem to accidentally get myself involved in. The most recent was a friend of my sisters who nearly managed to get herself sexually assaulted if i hadn’t stepped in. I then had to go pick her up from the top of a mountain.
okay that sounded a little dramatic, she drove up to the top of a hill and was crying and wasnt sure she could drive down.
You’re a good man Rocketman
Like that time I hung off the adventure playground in year one and started crying because I couldn’t get down and I made my friend go and get a teacher and he took, like, 10 minutes and I was so sure that this was the end and then he got back with the teacher and they helped me down and once I was safely back on terra firma I realised I was only about 5 centimetres, 6 tops, from the ground and it would’ve been about the same drop as walking down a step and I think that’s why I’m the way that I am.
I heard this i zeitgeist or in person before?
Dunno, both maybe?
I like to pull it out when I’m courting.
That reminds me of a story! I remember falling off play equipment once… In grade 2, I had a habit of climbing to the top of some climbing equipment – you know those sort of multi-tiered cages of bars? I was chilling at the top of the thing, enjoying the view, feeling all ‘king of the world’ when this prissy, stuck-up kid comes up to make life difficult.
This kid was super snooty. Didn’t get the best marks in class (that was me), but this kid still thought he was better than everyone else because he’d been taught diction and elocution with a private tutor, and his dad was a lawyer or something, so he always had the nicest things. He always had perfectly-combed and parted hair, shirt tucked in (not cool!), and a jumper (even when it was hot out). So this kid wanders up and authoritively demands that I get down, because I was in ‘his spot’. He was flanked by a couple kids whose names I hadn’t learned.
This was like… grade two. Grade two and this little twit had his own little playground mafia. c.c
I told him he could get stuffed, I was going to enjoy the view a little while longer, so he took out his big foldable plastic hair-brush comb combo (yeah, he was that precious about his hair that he carried a hairbrush on his person) and threw it at me. To his credit, it was a really good shot. And disturbingly heavy hard plastic. It got me RIGHT in the eye, almost the temple (now that I think about it, that could’ve been really bad). Getting smacked in the eye was kind of like seeing a bright flash and then fuzzyvision, and I lost all my balance, falling out of the jungle gym and bouncing hard on the steel bars on the way down.
So I’m lying in the dirt (they didn’t have the rubber stuff at that part of the playground), dazed and disoriented, hurting all over from the dings I copped on the way down, though the fall itself wasn’t too bad, and this little child mafia don comes and stands over me with his two goons and tells me, “That’s what you get,” picks up his hairbrush then walks away.
If I hadn’t been so sore and worried about my not-returning-vision, I’d have laughed at how saturday-morning-cartoon corny it all was.
A teacher eventually comes and takes me to the nurse’s office to tend to the injury, Mum has to take me to an eye doctor, and books an appointment to complain to the principal the next day. Eye doc says I’ll be fine in a couple days, it’s just bruising, I copped most of it on the skull.
Next day, I’m back at school and before Mum can do her after-work principal meeting, I go looking for little mister mafia don. No preamble or introduction, I just start beating the everloving shit out of him, with a kick to the balls as the coup de gras. Turns out he’s not so hard when not throwing things at range. After mussing up his precious hair, I grab him by the throat and give him back his words, “That’s what you get.” Again, to his credit, he didn’t cry or anything – took it like a man.
And his ever-present flanking goons didn’t do a damn thing. Which pretty much taught me almost everything I needed to know about bullies for the rest of my school days.
Principal later suggested that the incident seemed to have ‘resolved itself’ and no-one got any punishment. Ah, schools in the 80s…
Which, on reflection sounds kinda like bragging, so there’s that I guess.
Still. Scary to think about if I’d copped that to the temple and died.
Death by hairbrush. Not even a roguelike could come up with a more embarrassing death.
Your story reminds me of my story! Once in grade 4, a kid 2 years older than me punched me in the face on the bus. I was upset. He teased me about being upset. When he got up to get off the bus, I jumped on his back, took him to the ground and started choking him. It took 3 sixth graders to pull me off him.
Later… his parents called my parents and the conversation went a little like this: ‘Your kid almost killed our kid’ ‘Your kid punched my kid in the face’ ‘Oh, he didn’t tell us that. Fair enough then’.
The moral of the story is always play the rogue. Fair fights are for idealists and martyrs.
That story brought back a lot if memories. Primary school in the 80s. Much closer to lord if the flies than the current schools
Heh. I know, right? Had its own sort of creepy order, though.
At the end of the playground closer to the oval, there were these swinging chair contraptions. They were basically a flat, wooden floor, and two benches either side of it, suspended by a large bar, and able to swing side to side. My guess is that they were for casually sitting in, and using your feet or holding onto the bars to gently swing while having a pleasant chat, but the bigger boys always commandeered them and it was the duty of every passenger on board to make the things swing as high and fast as you could possibly push them.
Mini carnival rides. In order for someone to get on, the contraption had to slow down – which they did infrequently – or a kid could risk life and limb to try leaping on and grappling and climbing their way to a position of relative stability and safety. More than a few boys got knocked over trying that.
Chivalry was not dead, of course. The boys always made sure that one of the chair-car-things was designated for the girls to do their gentle swinging/chatting stuff.
The modern school version of that story involves you being expelled and sent to some kind of counselling after you assaulted some ‘innocent’ kid with a rich dad. 😐
You are a good person rockets 🙂
‘Parking’ up at Castle Hill?
nah mt stuart
This sucks. I was feeling better yesterday, but today it’s gotten worse.
Batman’s a dick head. You all know it.
http://dankarlszeitgeist.podbean.com/2013/08/15//
LISTEN, SUBSCRIBE, TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!
Also, check out this weeks wonderful artwork that could’ve ended so badly!
http://i.imgur.com/Fr2NZm4.gif
Friday morning just got better.
Have I ever told you how much I like Zeitgeist?
It’s pretty alright.
fuck you daniel
I predicted this exact response.
Yay for Batman hate!
Maybe.
Though I’ve never really thought about it before, I am convinced by your arguments. Gotham is just a plaything for an emotionally-stunted narcissist, who values the sanctity of a moral code derived from his ‘tortured soul’ above the lives of the innocent folks gunned down weekly by his archnemeses.
Oh, absolutely. Batman is fucking nuts. It’s certainly been explored in the comics before. Bruce Wayne is a thoroughly broken man.
…deep
It’s a subject that cracked.com likes to repeatedly revisit. Both in their articles and their videos. 🙂
Repost from last night:
I have a bunch of Origin keys to gift if anyone is interested. Burnout Paradise, Crysis 2, Medal of Honor,
Mirror’s Edge.Shout out if interested.I’ve been considering Mirrors Edge for a month now, I could give it a good home :]
BA9R-HH5C-JANK-FUGX-YFXX
It’s yours.
Thank you very much! :]
Foaming at the mouth over GTAV. I’ve tried to read into it as little as possible to avoid said foam but I caved this morning and read up a bunch.
The excitement I get feels the same as when I was doing “show and tell” in primary school. Telling my friendos the fun of braking while running over police officers to produce a skid mark of blood in GTA1. My teacher, Mrs Smith, was appauled.
In short. Im quite hyped :]
FRIDAY!
GTA Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh*foams*
Thats more or less how it went down ^^
I forgot about the GTA online announcement and didn’t see it till I got to work. I’M SO GOD DAMNED HYPE!
we get crews … and preferred weaponry … and a crap tonne of character customisation … and apparently the characters lip sync when we talk and asdfkljshadlkfjh!!! today is a good day
My friend sent me a text after watching it.
” MATE! We invite a heap of people over to an apartment, get drunk, then kill everyone!”
So basically like any normal party I host….hehehehehe.
Whoo, new Aqua TV Show Show
@benj !!!!!!!
SOMEBODY CARES!!
I care about a lot of great stuff, I just don’t talk about things other than games much. 😛
Was an awesome episode too, I dig the new intro as well, but i do miss Schooly D
Yeah the new intro is great. Better than last years.
If you play your cards right he might even attend a Singapore car meat with you!
Elysium
Myer Center – 7pm for VMax, 9pm for normal.
Southbank – 6:45pm or 9:30pm, both in the dreaded cinema 5.
My vote goes for 7pm VMax at Myer center with dinner at 6. Because it seems a movie that would benefit from giant screen.
@dc and everyone else.
For anyone who’s keen
Beers at The End, 73 Vulture St, West End from 3:30pm.
Freeze, can you pass that on to my man @mythamphetamine?
Ooh, I may be able to do this one! Wait, is all this happening today, or tomorrow?
Tomorrow!!!
BEERS WITH STRANGE!!!
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!
Okay, I have to go to Stone’s Corner early afternoon tomorrow, so I might just get Mr. Strange to drop me at The End afterwards. \o/
YEAH BOOOOOOI!
Or in this case, Girl.
This is tomorrow, Freeze? I can probably do a 7pm Elysium at Myer centre VMax. Probably not the dinner, though.
Indeedily.
Aha, yeah, fate conspires against me. I’m unquestionably booked out, won’t be happening for me. Damn. Have fun you and whoever turns up though.
So manifest starts today.
From what I can tell, I’ve seen most of the animes that are being screened. I don’t plan to stay too long today (casual day anyway!) but I want to at least go through traders hall and pick up some stuff. I will take photos for you lovely people on here.
Have fun! 🙂
Lovely people?
Yes, lovely people.
Oh.
So Dan can’t look at them?
Eat a dick.
You wanted to throw liquid fart on someone.
Just think about that for a minute.
Yeah, AS A GOOF!
Plus it didn’t work anyway, so no harm no foul!
GEEZ!!!
Where is it being held?
Melbourne Showgrounds
Why have I heard nothing of this! I would of gone if I didn’t have work 🙁
it’s a 3 day convention
Hmmm I’m in south yarra tomorrow so might go there after that 🙂
You can buy passes at the door.
There wasn’t much there today but there were stalls that were empty and will probably be set up tomorrow.
Also maid cafe.
Maid cafe? What is this
@coldcamv
Maid cafe.
I would feel weird going in there, like I’ve walked into some creepy guys sex dream and I’m an onlooker seeing it happen and yet feeling too awkward to do anything about it haha
Actually, both Genders go in. It costs a bit but it’s well done.
I finished playing PAYDAY2 at 5:30 this morning. I have a headache.
I envy you..I finished playing at 1 this morning
This was the last mission before I called it a night… http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/921271305879602752/6BA2664B87029F47E093FD71C90A2E93A04C14F5/
CASH MONEY! I need to do me a mission like that, last mission I did was the Mendoza theft one that comes to a close burning money
The Humble weekly sale is also pretty cool: I loved Thomas was alone, and am looking forward to Botanicula.
https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Introducing+the+Humble+Weekly+Sale+featuring+five+games+handpicked+by+PewDiePie!&utm_campaign=20130814_m116916901_Introducing+the+Humble+Weekly+Sale+Hosted+by+PewDiePie!&utm_term=newsletter_banner_jpg
Have them all but a pretty nice group
I paid $2.50 pretty much for the Thomas Was Alone soundtrack and Botanicula 🙂
McPixel is pretty fun too. Really stupid though 😛
It has that sort of “WarioWare” type gameplay where there’s a scenario and you’ve got a couple of seconds to figure out what to do.
Controls a bit like a point and click so you make your choices by clicking on objects but there’s no real puzzle solving element as it’s all pretty random. It’s more about trial and error and seeing all the stupid outcomes 😀
MC-PIX-EL
So Payday 2. Is anyone getting it on PS3 or are you all going th master race option?
I am considering it.
I’m expecting it’ll be a PS+ game in a few months. Will wait. Otherwise, I probably won’t pick it up.
yeah i downloaded the full game trial so I’ll get an hour to check it out tonight and make up my mind,
looks fun, but haven’t had the best luck organising multiplayer lately
Saw like… six people on the Kotaku AU Steam group with the game loaded up last night. 🙂
Ahh, master race. Why would you ever NOT, if you had a choice?
(That’s rhetorical. There is no valid answer.)
That’s what made me pick it up last night, 9 friends own the game and 5 are playing right now I’m like shit I gotta get on this
my arguement used to be that i like to play games not spend hours installing required software / patches, but in this age of stupid consoles it’s not as simple as just sticking the game in and playing anymore. I intend on getting a gaming puter this year i hope but i have to get a car and licence first (something i really wish i didn’t have to do)
Orrr.. And stick with me here, I’m about to get a bit crazy. Perhaps I prefer playing games on my PS3? Perhaps I find the DS3 more comfortable than using a KB&M or 360 controller?
I know, like I said, crazy.
Oh sure, people… laugh it up, write him off as crazy and harming none but himself… but these impure thoughts can be infectious. It can lead fellow deviants to begin to suspect that maybe – just maybe – there are others out there like them, and that there’s not something truly and horribly wrong with them. …That they could bear the shame and censure of people knowing about them and what they are.
The Thought Police have been alerted. Re-education is your only hope.
Heh. You crazy PC cultists. Always angry about something.
If you need me I’ll be chilling on my couch with a beer.
VIDEO GAMES ARE SRS BSNS.
Oh, and anyone who doesn’t all like the same thing is the Enemy. Uhm. Gaben is God, EA are the devil, My Little Pony is totally rad and pitched to mid-twenties dudes, Xbone sucks, PS4 wins the Internet (except when it comes to PC – obviously), and uh… Am I missing anything? My fanboy handbook is in the wash – I got froth and spittle all over it. Ohwait. Damn.
All DLC is already on the disc, iOS games aren’t real games, Diablo III was Hitler, and some stupid and misogynist comment about Anita Sarkeesian.
Oh god, yes! I forgot about Always Online, NSA kinect surveillance, MMO cash shops being greedy for putting ANYTHING of value in there to players who should be able to game completely free without even the slightest twinge of envy for people who drop a coin on it.
Oh! And casuals are ruining games by making it too easy to SEEM accomplished, when that should be reserved for players of my skill level who are obviously better but need to be seen as better without having to resort to the extreme levels of no-lifery that teh hardcoerz do.
@transientmind
Well you would have included that in your first comment but your team is full of noobs and you are the only one doing the right thing and they are holding you back
@tigerion Pretty confident these all need to be on some sort of gamer safety card.
Warning! Are you about to explode into a rant for the following reasons:
…X, Y, Z.
If so: please stop, take a breath, call your mother and have her tell you that you’re special, and don’t post. The community thanks you and thinks that you’re special too. Even if no-one says so.
Hey, you know what else? I don’t even own a Windows PC.
I use a Mac.
How’s that taste?
GARK! *falls over, choking*
Wait… you don’t try to play games on it, right? You just use it for creative artsy stuff?
I’ve played maybe 3 games on it? I own about 20 on steam that work on it, but no, I don’t use it for gaming.
Well that’s OK then. 🙂
…Apart from not owning a PC and being forced to stoop to console levels of gamer experience-poverty.
TESTIFY!
Yet noone else is playing Europa Universalis.
I think my brother’s partner is… but they’re giant history channel nerds. They’ll happily watch an entire documentary about the life and times of a WW2-era battleship that didn’t get into any fights. 😛
Sounds more like engineering porn.
Pretty much. They also love those megaconstruct documentaries about industrial/mining dump trucks and crap. Oooooh, can lift so much stuuuuuff! Next time they decide to watch some literally watching-paint-dry documentary about the design challenges of making some absurd skyscraper, I’ll be sure to tease them about their fixation with ‘engineering porn’.
…Because people aren’t allowed to like things that I don’t like. Or something. c.c
Engineering/Architecture porn is awesome
That’s why I watch Grand Designs.
He’s on the hardcore shit right there
Changed my Arkham Origins preorder to this one. http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/08/14/batman-arkham-origins-collectors-edition-revealed
Sexy.
Woooooowwwww. Where?
EB.
Hmmmm. The website isn’t working :/
Nice. I do like the one I’ve already ordered though
MEANWHILE, ON PC….
…awwww
Where’s @dc? Where’s his list? How do I add people to it?
I sort of felt that way but my wallet didn’t. I’m really not sure what to think
That is such a ridiculous amount of wares.
Remember when it was about the games?
http://images1.fanpop.com/images/photos/2500000/Almost-Famous-almost-famous-2535977-1600-900.jpg
Today’s terrible idea: so there’s good algorithms out there right now for generating random terrain to create game worlds, random dungeons etc.
I wonder if you could make a random plot? Like, say a traditional-style JRPG. Randomly generate a cast of characters, sequence of plot beats & twists, random walk through the towns in your world for progression etc. Completely procedural RPG.
I thought that was how they made FFXIII
That involved artists all going away separately for four years and making shit that they thought was cool then some people taking the mess of assets and making a game out of it in 6 months.
OHHHHHH!
there was a game on display at PAX that I thought looked pretty cool.
pick a card from a set of cards, each card is a step in the story.
eg: 1 card – you find a set of stairs & go down
2nd card – you’re now in a dungeon
3rd – you get ambushed by a thing
…then it switches to a real-time combat thing where you fight the thing
4th – you find a weird-looking door mechanism
…then it switches back to real time exploration where you have to solve the puzzle to unlock the door etc…
cant remember what it was called though….
A bored game? There’s a few that set things up like that. Mansions of Madness is one – the GM builds up a sequence of stuff that’s going to happen by putting various cards and stuff in various places. It’s pretty complicated and real easy to fuck up the setup though. What you’re describing sounds much more simple.
IIRC the Dungeons & Dragons board games have a similar sort of thing as well. Player moves to the edge of a tile, places a new tile, draws a card and the card will have an event that might happen (usually monsters spawn)
nah, this was a game of of the video kind.
Hand of Fate,
It’s made by a studio in Brisbane called Defiant.
I’m sure it’s possible, but I’m also sure the plot and characters would end up being incredibly generic and boring.
Would they, though? Sometimes it doesn’t take very much to get invested in characters you’re playing with in RPGs, even if they never really do anything much at all. Same sort of thing as how people get invested into their squad members in X-COM and stuff.
You have a point. I guess I could see it working in an open world game, like Elder Scrolls or Fallout, where your interaction with the characters is never that indepth to begin with, and it would almost certainly work with a Zelda game (not that they’re really RPGs). I just wouldn’t expect any plots outside of the typical save the princess from the evil dragon or kill the evil orcs that are attacking the farms type of thing.
Sounds like a challenge!
I think StoryBricks has what you’re looking for? Or something pretty close.
You mean the EverQuest Next guys? Their stuff seems cool but that’s not really what I’m thinking of. That’s emergent narrative rather than generated.
Yeah, they got bought out by Sony for EQN, but before that they were peddling their wares and open to more possibilities that looked interesting.
Also, AHA! This is what I was looking for earlier: http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2012/05/28
That plot sounds pretty awesome to me.
Dat acronym
I’m sure @trentosaurus is going through threads and downvoting pretty much most things. (In particular the GTA V Online vid thread.)
Also, @quiz_b you’re getting on my nerves.
Animal Crossing
Part Three: The Hard Sell
So times are tough. Time passes quickly in Messar, and the economy shifts with it. The apples and flowers and shells I drag to the shop aren’t worth what they used to be. The drugs must be drying up. Listen, folks, prohibition can work. Don’t shoot the messenger by shortchanging him. But I perservere, and after many minutes of thumb-twiddling labour, I have enough money to buy a house. I accidentally sell a frog and fish to the shop, and only realise afterwards I could have museumed them.
Poor froggy, I hope he went to a better place.
I give a big bag of bells to Tom Nook, who immediately tries to upsell me on upgrades. Nope, sorry, Tom, you’ve had your thumb up my ass long enough. I can live in a small place, no problems. Tomorrow, it will be ready and that’ll be the end of it.
Made a deposit to the bank: 450 bells. Sane planning, sensible tomorrow.
What’s left to do? Twiddle twiddle. I suck at fishing, and I’ve gathered everything else up. My village is empty and my villagers don’t seem to have much of an interest in me. Except for the flamboyent fox, Chief, who follows me around like a puppy dog.
Quit out. Come back when the house is ready.
What have you done to me, @greenius?! D:
TELL ME YOUR DAMN TURNIP PRICES!
(not really :P, but soon you shall see the beauty that is the stalk market!)
I don’t know if I want this D:
I’m kind of terrified by how addictive ACNL is, when compared to the level of actual interest I have in progressing through it.
It’s like gaming crack.
Just take it slow you’re not burned out. There’s no rush to do anything, just take your time. It’s meant to be played for at least a year, and possibly forever.
This this this
So… what you’re saying is that there’s no escape? There’s no endgame scenario when the real truth of the situation becomes clear, and I have to fight my way free from the hellish paradise I’ve created? 😛
You’re being lulled into a false sense of security. Next thing you know, you’ll meet someone nice, settle down, and strangers from out of town will coincidentally appear in town and the memories will come tumbling out of the black pit you’d crammed them into, and the horror will begin anew.
You were given a fresh start so they’d have something to take away from you.
Also, I loved that movie A History of Violence way too much. (Edit: Which I’m totally re-watching when I get home, now. Also, I need to add Max Payne 3 to my WAYPTW entry, because someone linked me to the theme music, and the airport scene music – Tears.)
Great film.
In case you weren’t just taking artistic license with your experiences here’s a couple of pointers.
With fishing you just have to listen for the noise when the fish is hooked and then bring your line up.
Also, you should probably keep speaking to Isabelle at the Town Hall who will give you hints on what to do.
Also also…Chief is in my town too. He’s a grumpy old fellow but I’m kind of fond of him.
Thanks for the fishing tips. I’ll try playing with sound.
Isabelle wants me to have a house. So I have to wait 😛
Chief is all right. He changed his clothes right in front of me and asked what I thought. He looked ridiculous, so I gave him a 10/10 score. I wonder if his personality is the same as your Chief, because at this point, he actually reminds me incredibly strongly of @alexpants’ Annalise.
Hahaha…trust me, you’ll know it when you get an Annalise type!
I think I’m just going to stop talking to them. Easiest solution 😛
Nope. You need to talk to them and write them letters so they give you free stuffs. Because FREE STUFFS!
Actually my good mate Chief asked me to write him a letter… I thought he was just being needy, but now I realise that it’s his way of saying that he wants to give me something special, but is waiting for me to make the first move…
The first letter I sent to my villagers was just “Give me fruit” and they all kept it and occasionally show it back to me because they love reading it so much. It’s odd 😛
You really, really do 😛
Yeah, you REALLY need the sound for fishing. Too hard by visual cues D:
Sometimes I’d close my eyes and just listen, I find it easier that way :D. It’s also pretty relaxing! (except when I fail >:( )
So it’s 1:40 in the afternoon and I’m sitting at work thinking “I haven’t eaten lunch what the hell!?” So I’m thinking, it’s Friday, it’s a nice day, AWW YEAH SUBWAY WRAP!”
What the fuck. Are you my subconscious or something? I literally had exactly the same thought process at the same time.
It’s such a good thought process..now feed me!
I too am considering my lunch options.
http://www.dafaqts.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Henry-Zeigland-bullet.png
You’re killing me, man.
My lunch is going to consist of pistachios.
Maybe some Tim Tams.
😀
Mine was muffin mix. Followed by muffins. Triple chocolate. The healthiest food around. :/
Half a bag of smiths Sweet Thai Chilli chips. And a few plastic cups full of vanilla coke. So healthful.
Pistachio Tim Tams… now there’s an idea…
Promote that man!
Pistachio Tim tams?
Was in the city so found a cafe thingy up the top end near spring st called The commune.
All their food looked good but couldn’t go past the lamb shank. Always going to be a good meal when the meat is fallign off the bone. And they serve your meal with the bone.
(Although this does lead to ugg-tect issues that get me in trouble with the wife)
Served with a side of greens and mash was the best lunch I’ve had for a while
9/10 bishes, losing 1 bish due to the fact I couldn’t try the Moroccan chicken as well
There is no such thing as can’t, just pile it on top
The spirit was willing, the body was already considering a food coma
I wish Luigi’s Mansion 2 was more like Luigi’s Mansion 1 😛
It’s a pretty great game. Technically better than the original, but it just doesn’t feel the same. It’s the same way I felt playing Mario Galaxy 2. I think it might be a little bit of nostalgia talking (I haven’t played the original Luigi’s Mansion in a long long time), and I’m only half way through the game, but eh.
I liked the original for its creepy atmosphere and almost metroidvania-like backtracking and level design (one big area but most areas locked off until you are able to unlock it). LM2 largely does away with the atmosphere which is unfortunate. It’s still “creepy” but Luigi doesn’t really seem all that scared most of the time 😛
Same with Mario Galaxy 2 which did away with the hub world and side-story of Galaxy 1, LM2 is split up into smaller levels with missions in each which I don’t really like. I would’ve preffered all five mansions to be part of the same map with no missions (and let you save anywhere/anytime). Maybe saving Prof. Egad or something this time. I dunno. Something that feels less level/mission-based.
Anyway, I’m still having fun so I’ll definitely finish the game, just the tiniest bit disappointed.
/boring semi-rant
I found it frustrating to be pulled out of the game constantly so it could ‘score’ me as well. Would have preferred it to just let me explore the mansions and do the puzzles and stuff in a more organic fashion. But that wouldn’t fit with modern Nintendo design – they have to hold your hand at all times.
Also a more open design might have meant they’d let you save your fucking game or put a checkpoint system in like every game made since about 2001 that wasn’t by Nintendo.
Yeah, wasn’t too fond of the mission structure either, I love that whole getting new abilities then backtracking to previous areas type of gameplay!
But with missions it’s like you can’t really backtrack much for new areas since your limited to what that mission allows. That gameplay is only really in the first mansion or so before you get all the abilities, and even then all it does is give you extra collectables :/ 🙁
I really liked Galaxy 2 because the gameplay and level design was superior IMO. I didn’t care that there wasn’t a HUB because it was so much more fun! I want a REAL HUB anyway like in 64 or Sunshine!
…
Let’s pretend I didn’t post that.
Just finished the Sorkin seasons of The West Wing and am so damn tempted to continue on with the Wells years. Going to force myself to stop though. (Though it’s tough on that season four cliffhanger. XD) Next up, The Killing!
I saw it.
@strange, hug this man.
Let’s not. Let’s actually be real people and admit when we’re feeling shitty. Let’s seek out a friend to talk to when we need it.
You have so many friends here, D.C. If you need to talk to someone, talk to someone.
PREACH!
http://youtu.be/nzQWmAwNNCw
I got my first kiss to this song and then wrote about it in my free writing homework diary entry so my teacher would know.
Friends always got me randy too.
Oh man…what did I miss this time?! Post these things when I’m around, DC!
Or, you know…don’t edit. 😉
P.S. *supermegahugasaurus rex*
See, the edit makes me worry more.
Post what?
I saw nothing.
DamnitDCetc
Hope things are okay, man.
Also also, skip the Wells years.
I actually really like the Wells years. Just on a Sorkin kick at the moment. Got my Wells fix with ER marathoning last year. 😀
A Few Good Men planned?
Still the best Sorkin I’m aware of! 🙂
Nah, I’ve never actually seen that movie! I like TV Sorkin especially though both The American President and The Social Network were pretty great!
Moneyball.
Put it on the list.
Charlie Wilson’s War!
Holy Christ, are you kidding? You have to see it. It’s an amazing film.
I rate it above The West Wing, and that’s even with my predisposition to favour TV over movies.
One of my favourite things about his TV shows is there’s room to breath and slow burn and all that. That’s my only criticism about Newsroom this season, it’s only 9 eps long and the pace is deliberately quick and I miss the side stories that would accompany a 22 ep season.
A Few Good Men is pretty relaxed in its pacing. It’s not West Wing slow, but it’s certainly not a rushed film. Honestly, it’s my favourite Sorkin, and you’re doing him a disservice by not watching it.
I never made the decision not to watch it. Just… didn’t. Haha!
Also: I second A Few Good Men. Great film, also Kevin Bacon
Awwww, @blaghman. I can’t accept that. Thank you though. So damn generous.
You could accept it. You choose not to.
Semantics!
Answer your damn phone.
No. 😛
Be on Steam sometime, we should game, bro. 🙂
(Yes, I DID just use ‘bro’ in non-ironic context! DON’T JUDGE ME.)
I’m judging you, brah.
@dc? Multiplayer?
he played Borderlands once…
More than once. Just by myself. I only used… uh… recruited Greenius to do quests I couldn’t do on my own. 😛
Co-op is da bomb. I love me some good back-to-back brothers-in-arms blasting of nasties. Firefall, Warframe, Payday, Borderlands, whatevers. Orcs Must Die 2 and Portal 2 in particular are awesome examples.
Portal 2 coop is pretty great. Especially if you’re both playing through for the first time! Bouncing ideas around and solving pieces of the puzzles together. Good times.
dont tell me what to pretend dammit.
for instance, last night, while I was laying on the lounge room floor, trying to get my spine in a straight line, I was pretending I was a chiropractor. like the worlds worst chiro. & i was pretending that I was laying there, doing bad chiropracty (totally a word), wondering how I’d afford all the legal costs i’d incur.
anyway. the point is… shut up, you’re awesome. I havent even met you yet, but the second I do, you should expect a goddamn bearhug &/or a high five & me telling you that you’re awesome. EXPECT IT DAMMIT. coz seriously man… you’re part of this goddamn community. & people give a shit about you. they dont judge you. so yeah…. if you wanna talk about something, if you wanna vent about anything… fucking do it & dont even think about what anyone else thinks, coz i can guarantee that everyone here has your back.
-[END COMMUNICATION]-
also, proof reading is for squares.
You’re awesome, man. Hope your back feels better.
my back wasnt the point. i dont give a shit about my back.
the point was: you. trust yourself to trust the people who give a damn about you. or whatever i said up there. they’re both good points.
If you need transport/help with your bad back, just ask, I’ve gone through that myself this week and will gladly help 🙂
thanks man, but its all good. just got a horrible sitting posture when I’m at work.
its sorta like:
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i’ll be fine 🙂
I agree with everything 35 says
thats a really good philosophy. You shall go far in life, young Padawan.
DISCLAIMER: seriously. that was a lie. I am a mess.
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Nyfb gur snpg gung zl zbgure jbhyq unir xvyyrq zr. Fbzrubj.
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V qhaab jung V’z fnlvat. Znlor V fubhyq whfg rqvg guvf enzoyr njnl.
GY;QE
V jnf tbvat gb ercyl jvgu “wbvx” yvxr, vg’f wrex, ohg jvgu na npprag, ohg gung ernyyl qvqa’g jbex va grkg, fb vafgrnq lbh trg guvf rkcynangvba.
Me being a jerk aside, this is a good post, and I appreciate that you put it up here.
Blaghs, you’re awesome. 🙂 *hugs*
After such a good post this feels like I’m not saying enough, but you’re a good guy who I respect. (Except for that time you upvoted everything I posted. :P) I’m glad you post here and I’m glad to have you as a pal!
Though I was just talking about The West Wing. What an odd reply. 😛
You’re a good egg, Blaghs.
But my head hasn’t looked like this for months!
I hope to one day meet the fabled “Long Hair Blaghman”
I missed what you posted but looking through the comments I hope everything’s alright man. You were the first one to welcome me into TAY, you honestly and genuinely cared and asked how I was going with the cancer and everything. You do so much for everyone your like the heart and soul of TAY and we are the blood that flows around you. TAY goes into a meltdown without you and you can post whatever you want about whatever you want 🙂 you wanna vent you vent! You want support I gaurentee someone’s gonna be there for you to lean on my friend.
I hope your alright and know I’m here if you ever wanna talk.
You’re awesome, man. And like Weresmurf said the other week, the attitude and perspective you bring to your own particular troubles are all kinds of inspiring. You deserve good things, my friend!
Well being sad about what’s happened is normal however getting sad over it isn’t gonna get rid of it you gotta stay positive get up and keep going, being positive is the best medicine for anything, except headaches neurofen is the best medicine for headaches
How’d things go yesterday?
I apologise for my ignorance if it’s been discussed already.
Yeah they went alright they tried 3 times on the 3rd time they finally got it but they couldn’t open the vein as much as the doctor would of liked so we all have to go see the doctor and discuss the options.
No need to apologize, we were in hospital for most of yesterday so I never brought it up haha.
Groovy.
Ehhh, sorry about all the personal dramas yesterday guys :S I was just put in a really tough position and wanted to talk for a bit.
You end up talking to your friends?
What ended up happening was me and one of those friends were gonna go out, we had a few drinks, I told him it’s not my place to bring any of this up, you know him better than I do, you talk to him, then I felt a bit shitty and bailed on going out, then my friend and his girlfriend showed up at my door and I went to their place for the night and bit my lip the entire time.
I think you did the right thing! Nicely played, player!
Thanks, I think I did 🙂 Hope everything’s alright with you too! *didn’t see before the edit above :P*
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There’s no place in here for personal problems. @dc knows that, but the rest of us are yet to cotton on.
PS: Hope it worked out okay. Pretty lousy position to be put into. But ultimately, you should never go to bat for a cause you don’t believe in. Good life lesson, there! And that’s what uni is all about! *cue inspirational music, fade to black as characters embrace*
I seem to recall someone else edited an emo post this week. 😛
Teach me, o master. I am but a pale and skinny bug twitching beneath your pasty excellence.
Edit: also I replaced my post with dad jokes. Deflection with legitimately funny humour is an acceptable technique.
I don’t remember ‘legitimately funny humour’… :S
😀
Did this really not make you laugh? I’m STILL laughing.
How many Freudian analysts does it take to change a lightbulb?
Two. One to change it, and the other to hold the penis. LADDER! I meant ladder.
Oh man, your jokes and puns are a cry for help if ever I saw one.
Well… so’s your face!
*dusts hands and walks away*
Edit: more seriously (hahaha, yeah right), I worry about the people who seem to also enjoy these jokes. Their heads ain’t quite right.
@Shane
Lies
I went to see a psychiatrist to prove you wrong. To get past the secretary I told her I believed I was invisible.
Unfortunately the doctor said he couldn’t see me
I thought uni was about learning how to game your professors to do the bare minimum of work possible while drinking a stupidly unhealthy amount ever day and abusing the hell out of the residential college network while LAN gaming with fellow IT and engineering students. Oh, and girls. Ones whose names you never even learn.
Edit: Oh, and learning these inviolable rules: http://www.quickmeme.com/Programmer/
My uni experience was mostly about how to navigate around lighting equipment without knocking into them. XD
“It’s working… but I have no idea why” is the most terrifying thing. You write a bunch of code, hit compile and it compiles clean. Then you run it and it works. That never happens.
I know! That’s my favourite one. It’s so much worse than running something that should work, but doesn’t. At least you can figure that out. Code that works when it shouldn’t is a nasty, lurking in the corners, waiting for you to release it into the wild where it can do the most damage.
Hey man, not sure why you’re apologising, you’ve done nothing wrong. Hope everything went well!
DONT APOLOGISE DAMMIT. THIS APPLIES TO YOU TOO
probably not the pretending bit, but the rest, sure.
@Strange
Did you see that Mariangela Demurtas of Tristania has been confirmed for karmaflow
Feeling quite excited for this game now
Heres hoping to a better weekend than the week I have had…
Except It feels like I have an ingrown toenail and very angry big toe.
A night of relaxing is in order I think 🙂
Ingrown toenails are the worst. I ended up with both my big toes getting them due to injuries that had kind of mashed my toes. (Oddly, unrelated injuries. How unlucky can poor toes be?)
So I went to a podiatrist and got day surgery to clip them right down. Ended up slicing large sections off either side of the nail and tearing them off. So now my toenails aren’t as wide as they were, but I barely get the ingrown thing anymore. (They are still trying to grow, in their artificially-stunted way. Bless ’em… little bastards.) I do have to trim them pretty regularly to keep them in check, though.
When I first moved out of home at 17, my Dad gave me a grooming kit – a leather wallet type thing which had nail clippers and tweezers and similar in it. A wise gift for any young man. Maybe not for a boy… but definitely for a man.
So I’m back from Manifest. I only went to look at Traders hall and fix up a ticketing issue that my Friend and I had.
Pictures!
http://imgur.com/a/6aex9
First is Gender bent Homura from Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Warhammer guy! He didn’t have his helmet on, perhaps tomorrow.
Ivysaur!
Majora’s mask! (I haven’t played Majora’s mask, despite owning it due to not having the extra ram for my 64.)
Stuff I bought.
Okami art book $80
Okamiden plush $35
Red contact lens’ $30
Ace attorney Trials and Tribulations $50
Another Blue ray $60
And I have $50 to serve me for 2 days ^^;;
SCREEEEEEEEE 🙁
[edit: this makes me think of a car skidding to a halt]
I was going to send you Trials and Tribulations. 🙁
I’m imagining a pteranodon.
Just send her Justice for All, she’s missing that I believe.
Yeah I need to buy justice for all.
I’d like to have the whole collection as well =P
If that’s true, I can do that! \o/
… after I finish playing it.
Nice haul. 🙂 The plushie is adawwwwwable.
Isn’t it just? I’ve been after one for 3 years. Finally bought the bugger =P
That spayce marine is cool cc @chuloopa
You probably shouldn’t buy anything tomorrow, just consider what you want and then decide overnight what you really want.
Or just buy all the things
I want to buy shirts. DAMN YOU SHIRTS Y U SO EXPENSIVE?
(More like, damn me, Y am I so cheap =P)
I’m out of here. Too much healthy dealing with emotions here. I’m off to indulge in a little denial and wanton violence, uncontrollable screaming and unexplainable mood swings.
Have a great weekend, y’all.
Have a good weekend, my friend!
Your gonna play Far Cry 3?
Have a good weekend Shane
http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3v7589/ – Feels.
Ugh.
Dying.
Help.
Have you tried turning it on and off again
/helpius
Serious help, like ‘someone who has Gooky’s number/address call 000 to get an ambulance, because… uh, he doesn’t have a phone, just internet’?
Or the kind of ‘Oh gob, I’b dyyyyyigb,” sort of man-flu thing?
He just can’t stop laughing at the Freudian analyst joke.
All of us are laughing at the Freudian anal-ist joke. Deep inside. Wait.
Man-flu, I guess. A bit. But pretty sure it’s mostly proper death.
Thought I’d take a nice walk down to the supermarket (man it was hard walking past Maccas) to buy yoghurt 😛 (@dc) Also bought more Wonka chocolate and raisin bread! It’s like all my food dreams at once!
Edit: Oh and I just got results for my data assignment back, got an HD 😀
man, I’d run past every maccas ever to get some gippsland yoghurt. thats stuff is the goddamn bomb.
the above may be an exaggeration. about running, not the yoghurt.
It’s friggin horrible outside here in Adelaide. Bucketing horizontal
see, there’s your problem. you’re in Adelaide.
Edit: thats a joke. adelaide is ok in my book.
Yeah, at that point the rain is really just the cherry on top of the disappointing sundae of life.
Edit: Not a joke. Fuck Adelaide.
Edit 2: Okay, it’s a joke. Adelaide, that is. This post is legit.
Edit 3: I’ve never been to Adelaide.
I’ve never been there, so I aint gonna judge.
Downvote.
I’ll put that on the fridge, right next to my @dc downvote.
Your comment reminded me of this
It’s windy here, with intermittent rain.
Make up your mind weather!
@freezespreston: You’re awesome! Awesome I tells ya!
Day = made
There was a work get together thing organised for later in the month which i wasn’t included on the message about.
One of the guys said I should be invited since I would be the one purchasing the beer and wine for the do. I decided that “nope since I obviously wasn’t wanted I wouldn’t be coming”
So a couple of the staff just came over with a personalised invite just for me, inviting me to the said event.
So awesome
Look out for sprinklers.
@dc
Oi sire, whats up? I dump all my problems onto people here and everyone seems to eat it up. Wait maybe they are growing stronger through my bad times. MY GOD YOU PEOPLE ARE HORRIBLE. why would you feed of my sadness. Everyone sucks
Seriously though, I am a anxiety ridden mess, my confident exterior (hahahaha) is masked by the most neurotic head ever to be screwed on someones shoulders. I can empathize usually, but most importatly, I and everyone else can be a sounding board. You know what i like so much about sounding boards. Problems seem so much smaller and unimportant and even silly if you share them.
You have my deets man. Also i love you. Not in the romantic, i wanna buy you sexy lingerie way but in the “i am deeply and emotionally attached to you”
Please don’t shut everyone out because you dont want people to worry. That just leads you down the road which i am sure you and I are far too familiar with.
Thanks Rockets. You’re awesome, my friend.
Wait, what? Was there some of bonding moment that I missed? Well FINE, SEE IF I EVER HAVE A MENTAL BREAKDOWN AND POST IT ON TAY SO THAT WE CAN ALL SHARE A GOOD-NATURED MOMENT OVER WARM ADVICE AND CONSOLATION.
I bet there’s also a bit of the former being felt, though.
…
Tact? Saturday doesn’t do tact. I SHOUT WHAT I WANT, FUCK YOUR SUBTLETY AND INNUENDO, I’LL TALK ABOUT PENISES WITHOUT SKIPPING AROUND THE DAISIES LIKE A LITTLE GIRL
PENIS
*Iamsosorryifthiswasn’ttactatalltobehonestIwashalfwaythroughthispostwhenIthoughtIshouldn’tpostatallbutforthesakeofcompletionihadtodoiteventhoughIdon’tknowyouthatwellDCIalsoshareanygoodwillIcanspare
I need to buy you a birthday present.
Yes, I am slow.
Man, I’m hoping this is a new page so I can get rid of the awkwardness I forced upon myself with my last one.
Shiet.
Cheer up. SOMEONE will!
I was going to say something… but now I can’t remember what…
🙁
Colobus Monkey?
Ok, maybe this one. I’m being optimistic, and the same time I’m kinda making myself dig deeper into this hole of awkward nervousness, which I’m afraid might not stop until the next page is hit. And I’m posting multiple times, which makes this seem all spammy. Luckily, if this does make for a new page, or ends up on the next one, I’ll just blithely edit this post as to sweep everything under the rug.
Man, makes me remember High School. All the awkwardness, but imagine a teenager blundering his way through the situations like a bull through a china shop instead of shirking away.
AH, FUCK.
Not even close.
I think I will leave this here
http://9gag.com/gag/av0n5qM
http://9gag.com/gag/ajrDgXg
SCREW IT ALL IN
I DON’T CARE IF THIS IS OVERREACTING, I COMMITTED MYSELF TO THIS DAMN IT.
*by the way if anybody is wondering, I actually do feel quite conflicted over intruding into such a heartfelt comment made by rocket.
SHIT FUCK DAMNIT
I spent the day at a business writing course.
Now I write good.
Don’t go spendin’ all dem dere ten dollah words at once, y’hear?
…I went to a business writing course as well. It was run by some professor of English who was desperately, desperately trying to teach us from the front lines upward to phase out and fight back against the bureaucratese that infests Government and strangles all literary common sense and decency.
We had to explain to him that his endeavour was ultimately a doomed one, because the folks lower on the totem pole are judged by the folks higher up the totem pole on just how well they can speak bureaucratese.
I felt for him, and wish him the best, but it is truly a futile goal.
Mine was much the same except he loved the idea of keeping sentences to as few syllables as possible. Or at least, he basically said to favour shorter options.
– Michael Scott
I GIVE UP. CHANCES ARE THE POST AFTER THIS IS GONNA START THE NEXT PAGE.
You’ve got three or four comments to go before that happens.
Nope. Still like, four to go.
@saturday
New page yet?
@crazyguy1990
We’ll get there.
#helping? 😛
Edit: haha win
What’s the opposite of a Pageget?
What YOU just got!
ha, yeah I meant like a name. EndPageget doesn’t have a good ring to it. Pagelose? I ‘unno I got nothing
Nothing but a thumbs up of awkward solidarity.
*thumbs up of awkward solidarity*
So, I’ve started playing Skullgirls- picked up a beta code from Destructoid. I like it, although as with every other fighting game it reminds me of how completely useless my hands are. If I wanted to know that on a daily basis, I’d just call my ex.
Also, I forgot to mention, but I’ve also landed a second-stage interview with the Disney Store! Which is right across from the Lego Store that my sister currently works at.
Hmm.
nice, hey do they stock Star Wars stuff now that they bought Pukeassfarts?
Nope. For boys, it’s mostly.. Cars stuff, now that I think about it.
aww, maybe once they release one of the new movies they’ll start. Good luck with the interview too.
********Gutsoup’s 1000th Kotaku Comment*************
shit has it really been 1000 , I’m sorry everyone for intruding on your happy place with ever growing frequency. D:
Apology not accepted! Intrude away!
Wait…it’s not even an intrusion. Don’t intrude, just hang around like you belong here. Because you do. So there!
It took me a moment to get that reference, Soup.
I thought that might actually be a genuine toy line.
After all, if something like http://www.poopsenders.com/ can exist…
(Seriously, my girl has actually used them. All my childish negging occurs under a stinky sword of damocles.)
lol WHAT. O_O *bookmarks site for future shenanigans*
You can foment the beginnings of an inter-store prank rivalry, using your future coworkers as cat’s paws in your vendetta against your sister and the legophiles who spurned you.
Didn’t she get in some trouble with the police just after she started there?
As far as pagegets go, this one is good. Pity about the edit, robbing it of its authenticity!
Come on. You know that’s how people think!
EDIT? I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
I AM TYPING LIKE THIS BECAUSE MY CAPS LOCK JUST BROKE
Keyboard Smash!
Play Persona 4 Arena, there’s a win button D:
Wow, my computer just blue screened. That’s the first time I’ve ever had that happen. It’s especially weird given that my computer has given no sign of having anything wrong with it.
I need to name my Etsy store.
I have no idea what to call it.
Scretsy?
Whatever it ends up being it needs to include the word Emporium.
Sorry, called it thatetsystore because easy.
Aw. Should have gone with thatetsyemporiumofmarvellousscreecreationsofmuchgreatbeautyandskill.
🙁
Um…I’m not that egotistical?
Also, how are the cushions surviving?
Still alive even with the kids and animals. A testament to the workmanship.
Scretsy’s Cleverly-Revealed Enlightening Emporium of Wonderment, Ingenuity, Nobility and Style.
(S.C.R.E.E.W.I.N.S.) There are too many words there, and mundane words such as ‘Style’ have no place in the true Emporium’s title – I’d have gone for ‘Authenticity’, which all true savants seek, but the acronym… it calls me.
Scree’s Cache of Recommended Exquisite Elements.
I think I’ll leave Shane to do these things in the future.
Scree Creates Really Excellent Effects.
So Cheap, Retailers Expel Excrement
Sublime, Characterful, Really Excellent Exhibits?
“I sell shit.
Come buy it.
Idiot.”
Perfect.
Dammit, the wig is wrong. Now I may have to buy and style one as soon as manifest opens tomorrow
It was pretty quiet at Manifest today. Should pick up tomorrow though 😀 Who are you cosplaying?
Misaki Mei from Another. I just hope Moemall doesn’t mind helping me with the wig
Awesome as! I’m going as Protag/Yu Narukami from Persona 4. They’re good people I’m sure they would.
Hope so. First thing I’m buying tomorrow.
Protag? I know Yu Narukami. Which on what days?
Same guy, before the Anime he didn’t have a name, so everyone just referred to him as Protag (Protagonist). Only cosplaying tomorrow, I bought all the merch I need today so I don’t have carry everything around tomorrow haha. I’ll be hanging around with an Asuka and a Squigly (Skullgirls) if you feel like saying hi, unless I see you first.
I’ll try to keep an eye out.
My neck is killing me!
Someone call the cops!
Whoa! John de Lancie just popped up in my Breaking Bad marathon, season two! Great actor, was pretty much the reason I tuned into Star Trek TNG back in the day.
His bit part is pretty damn rad.
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/gv463r/pokemon-x—pokemon-y-world-championships–to-be-the-very-best
Wow! This is way more heart-warming than I ever would have guessed 😀
Wow, that was really awesome :’)
I has a gaming PC. Can I be master race naow?
Initiation ritual first.
Accept my free Origin keys. I can’t even give them away.
Also, yes – if @freezespreston has a Steam account, it may be time to dump all my spare copies of games on him to christen that glorious machine.
Break out the paddle! http://www.rowthree.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Dazed-and-Confused-Ben-Affleck-560×287.jpg
Would you like a welcoming game on Steam?
i.e. D.C.’s unwanted gift? 😛
Nope, I played that myself.
What was it? Troll or proper? :O
Proper. A game I wanted to buy myself, but I knew that D.C. wanted more.
Let’s be honest, I knew he’d reject it, and then I could justify the purchase for myself, but I’d never admit to that. 😛
WELCOME, BROTHER! The Master Race welcomes you with open arms! Suckle at the teat of luscious graphics, and bask in the joy of precision control systems. By the power invested in me by the Keyboard and Mouse, I declare you… superior.
Very well said.
DYNASTY WARRIORS:
So out of curiosity, who’s everyone’s favourites/main characters? I haven’t played since 5 but there’s been a lot of changes and the characters I used to like are really different. I just finished all 4 main story modes today and I found myself having a lot of fun in Jin.
I started Ambition mode with Gan Ning (a previous favourite) but he’s just too different and I’m not really liking it :P. I think I might go Sima Shi because his EX attack is sweet! I also got his 5th weapon earlier today (my first 5th!) since I read it was really easy to unlock. It was, but finishing the rest of the stage on HARD was… hard :P.
@jordi @gutsoup @hindenlagen @thecracks @bish @bluemaxima (others)
__
To every one else…
Hi.
😛
Hello.
green man, i have not played a dynasty warriors game since 5, which i enjoyed, is 8 worth it?!
Yes!
Numerous people have said that it’s been the best DW since 3 and I have to agree. I can’t remember much of 4 and 5, but they seemed like more of the same and I hear 6 and 7 aren’t as good because they try too many new things. Seems like 8 learns from past games (why also trying new things), so there’s enough new stuff in here that it kind of feels like it’s all new again.
There’s something like 77 playable characters. Each one has their OWN specific weapon type that gives them special EX moves and each character also has 3 specific Musou attacks… so no more clones!
You can now also equip two weapons so you can swap mid-combo and mix and match the weapon types. So if you like character X but hate their main weapon, you can just equip that badass spear you like and move sets are based on the weapon, so anyone equipping a spear will control the same. It’s just the special EX move that makes it different because if you equip a spear on the character who specialises in them, they’ll get bonus combos and whatnot. It’s fun to experiment but it feels like there’s just way too many characters and combinations to try out before I find something I like D:
There’s also a special 5th/Ultimate weapon for EACH character that are unlocked under specific battle conditions (like the previous games!)
Story mode is also awesome too because you get to see stuff from different perspectives and there’s branching stuff which will open up new maps/scenarios, based on what you did in battle 😀
cool, now i want it…
sadly i don’t have access to my ps3 right now 🙁
I’ll have to get back to you cause I’m terrible with the names in Dynasty Warriors, My main has been Taisi Si (spelling derp?) got him up to level 90 something in ambition mode, I like his dual tonfa dealies and his mousu moves are great, then switched to Big sword eye patch guy he’s been a favourite from previous games, I always did like Guan Yu cause of his massive range and he’s bad ass. There’s a couple more I really like but can’t remember their names :P. Also used Lu Bu a bit in Ambition mode and found I didn’t like his special moves much, he stands around laughing about how awesome he is for too long (which I’d totally do if I was Lu Bu). I got way too wrapped upmaking crazy lvl 4 weapons I haven’t even tracked down 1 lvl 5 yet, even though I was tearing through the hardest difficulty in ambition mode so in theory should be fine getting them in story/free mode. Man I have a tendancy to write freakin essays instead of small replies, 😛
Can’t say I ever finished all the story modes so never really picked a fave …
I did like the short haired chick with the chakras for a while.
Oh, the flute woman, I remember the flute special being really effective, she wore blue!
The gay dood was always good for a laff, his Wolverine claws were Wolveriney 😀
“I defeated an officerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”
Zhang He!
Haha I played him a bit because claws were cool but then the voice and stuff just got too annoying 😛
Some of the dubbing is pretty bad in 8 D:
Sun Shang Xiang and Zhen Ji?
Jimu going for the ladies :P!
There’s a lot of boobage in this one D:. Hinden and I briefly discussed how it always zoomed in on one of the character’s boobies during her Musou attacks 😛 (which made it hard to aim the attack 🙁 )
“made it hard”
I like the terribad dub, it’s up there with Resi Evil 1.
Yeah, I always choose ladies or create ladies. I’m a lady-man (as opposed to a ladies man) 😛
Also, yeah, those names sound about right.
Funny thing, when you do a Musou attack on Die Nasty Warriors Next, you use the back touch to aim it. Best use of the back touch on Vita, imho. (I’ve only played the demo)
There’s this guy on Red who mains a Rake and he is the best guy ever.
Because rake.
The Boat Lord.
Aka, Huang Gai.
He is hilarious.
Other than that, no particular favourites. Zhou Yun is pretty cool.
I don’t like Kayak man :/. It’s too hard to aim and speedy all over the place 😛
Oh, I agree there. But he is hilarious. The hilarity outweighs everything else.
Gah, Animal Crossing is too addictive. I haven’t gamed this much in a single day in… I don’t know how long. A long time.
I’m just fanging around the town, talking to people, trading with them, writing them threatening letters, changing their catchphrases to “LesserEvil.” I also designed a new shirt for myself that’s a reasonable facsimile of the Peaceful Tomorrows book cover, and written a town theme that sounds close enough to Darth Vader’s theme that I’m happy! Have also amassed about 30,000 bells, ready for tomorrow, and donated a whole huge swag of stuff to my museum. Progress? I don’t know. I don’t really think it matters. 😀
Oh man, it’s got Shane too now! D:
*unravels Animal Crossing Intervention sign*
Jooiiiinnnnnnnn …. usssssssssssssssssss……
I had AC: Wild World and I played it for a while but never for huge lengths of time, I used to pop in daily though to do the rounds.
Slowly it seemed to become less and less interesting.
That’s why I’m keen to wait for Fantasy life (if it ever gets localised) same sorta thing but with quests etc.
Oh well.
#ForeverAlone
Mere pocket change!
🙁
You wait until you’re dealing hundreds of thousands of bells in a single transaction. It’s a dark road.
3DS activity log! Probably ain’t no Sughly 100+ hours in a weekish tho ;D
But tell us yo gaem time 😀
It was never going to be that, because full time job. But 7 hours since I got the game Thurs night.
Wait, do you even shamelessly promote to yourself?
That’s hardcore.
Of course, man. Do unto others, etc.
Also I am aware that others may visit my village someday. I want to be ready.
Man-flu or not, this sucks. Everything huuuuuuuuurts. Even my… clothes?
Hope you feel better!
It’s too late for that. Bring me death!
http://cdn.comicartfans.com/Images/Category_13543/subcat_122175/Bachalo-1.jpg
When it comes for me, I hope it’s not entirely unlike Gaiman’s vision.
Pretty sure the two Death series are my favourite of his comic work.
So uplifting. Also, Bachalo, usually a messy artists, tones it down a bit and is at his most readable.
American Gods is my fave book of his.
I totally have no idea what I’m looking at >.>
Read Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics IMMEDIATELY. Your life is incomplete… and might be nearly over. You can’t die without having read them – it’s like a law or something.
….Read?
Think of it as perving on words.
I STILL haven’t read the last couple of books (2 0r 3 of them)
It’s been so long, pretty sure I’ll need to start again.
I’d be buying them if there was a non-Absolute hard cover editions being released *shakes fist at DC*
(not you @dc )
I don’t know if it’s possible but reading this post has made me catch man flu! I feel like death warmed up
I am so so sorry.
It’s ok we can be flu buddies
Ha. Reminds me of primary school, being home with chicken pox, then having all the other pox kids over to play. That was fun.
Finally finished the overall figure of my latest project!
http://www.welbot-it.com/stuff/gds.jpg
Now comes the fun part! Detailing! :0 Here’s hoping I have the stamina to make it meet the vision!
What’s this for?
Just for fun. Didn’t have any particular plans for it when I started. Just wanted to kill some time. Not sure what will become of it yet.
I should probably eat something today that isn’t chocolate :S
I watched The Dictator a bit earlier, was a pretty funny movie 😛 And now I have Childrens Hospital and NTSF:SD:SUV:: to watch!
You’d be surprised what you can survive on and remain healthy if you’re taking a regular multi-vitamin. ^.^
There are people who claim that vitamins from a pill aren’t as ‘wholesome’ as those extracted from foods directly (because anything else would offend their sense of justice and they feel condones dietary laziness), but the opposite is true!
…You should still eat something other than chocolate though. Get some starches into you. Potato chips!
That’s good, I have a massive plate of hot chips sitting in front of me right now 😛 And I’m fine with taking supplements , but I like the taste of food too!
Transientmind has been upvoting some things faster than D.C. today. I don’t know what to believe in any more.
In other news, Gone Home is rad, and is sitting happily in my top five of the year.
To be fair, I watched The West Wing in a dark room for most of the day. XD
Gone Home was pretty damn great, I agree. Want to talk about aspects of it, but will wait until more people have played!
That’s what rot13 is for.
Nf zhpu nf V nccerpvngr gur tnzr’f rkcybengvba bs yrfovna, V ybir gung gur znwbevgl vf pbzcyrgryl traqre/bevragngvba arhgeny. Guvf fgbel jbhyq or nyzbfg gur fnzr ertneqyrff bs jub’f va vg, naq V srry yvxr vg’f fgebatre orpnhfr bs vg. Nqqvgvbanyyl, V gbgrf sryg n yvggyr fnq ng gvzrf. Tbbq jbex ba gung cneg. Znxrf zr jvfu rirel tnzr pnhfrq na rzbgvbany erfcbafr.
Don’t read unless you’ve finished Gone Home, even if you think right now you’re not going to play it… it’s better to not know just in case. Just one of those games.
Vg’f fb pbby ubj vg cynlrq ba rkcrpgngvbaf gbb. V gubhtug gur sngure unq qbar fbzrguvat gb gur zbgure, gura V gubhtug gur zbgure zvtug’ir unq na nssnve naq yrsg gur sngure… whfg gur snpg gurl jrer abezny crbcyr fgehttyvat jvgu erthyne znevgny ceboyrzf jnf ernyyl qvssrerag. Jura lbh fnj guvatf trg orggre ol gur raq bs gur tnzr jvgu gur sngure orvat choyvfurq ntnva naq gur gjb tbvat bss gb jbex ba gurve zneevntr V sryg unccl sbe gurz. Vaperqvoyl pbby.
Lrnu, V nterr nobhg gur yrfovna fghss gbb. Fb zhpu grra natfg fghss va trareny.
Bar guvat gung jnf nyy xvaqf bs wneevat jnf frrvat gur ’90f ntnva. Sryg fb gehr gb gur ren. V ernq gur GI Thvqr va tnzr naq vg gevttrerq zrzbevrf, zna. :Q
V yvxrq ubj gur fgbel vf cvrprq gbtrgure va sentzragf gbb.
Perrcl ngzbfcurer. Ybirq rkcybevat gur ubhfr.
V srry yvxr, nf n 22 lrne byq, V zvff fb zhpu bs jung znxrf guvf tnzr, V ernyyl qba’g erzrzore gur 90f nyy gung jryy, naq guvf tnzr xvaq bs znqr zr fnq nobhg gung.
Believe in DC. He’s a classy guy.
Well, I wouldn’t go that far. 😛
Believe in transientmind. He’s our leader.
I hope you know how heartbreaking that is for the rest of us, those who have been here for years, to see everything we’ve worked towards taken away by the words of a relative newbie, with power given to a complete newbie. 😛
And let’s not forget the words of Lieutenant Dan: “Ho! Get your hands down. Do not salute me. There are goddamned snipers all around this area who would love to grease an officer.”
I’m going to sleep. Potential meats tomorrow! Maybe! I don’t even know any more! XD
Catch you on the flip side, home slices!
Join Freeze and Strange for 7pm movie or 6pm dinner! Or even earlier for Dan and others I don’t know! 🙂
3:30ish. The End, West End. http://www.73vulture.com/ Be there or I’ll send you a gift….
Then apparently 6pm for dinner somewhere close to the Myer Centre because I think Freeze suggested the 7pm movie there.
@transientmind Steam id pl0x
My handle is ‘transientmind’. I’m on the Kotaku AU Steam group. You should totally join that. 🙂
Way ahead of you.
By almost 2 years. 😛
You were already a part of the master race all along, and simply got… unwell for a bit? That makes sense.
I started with an Apple IIe. I was also the first of people I knew to get a Pentium computer (75Mhz. Suck it 486 losers.)
I’ve seen things man.
so… The Thick Of It. just watched the last episode.
its a great show. but… it doesnt really… end it just sorta… stops.
theres gotta be more story to be told, but the creator said the 4th series was probably the last… 🙁
but holy shit. Peter Capaldi as Malcolm Tucker is amazing. such a horrible character, but you cant help but like the guy. & you can tell Capaldi had fun with the role.
Guys!
The most wonderful thing has happened!
My copy of Crysis 2 is finally fucking working! \o/
I’m so damn happy right now.
You have no idea how many months I’ve had this game collecting dust from not even being able to get past activation….
:`D
Activation is the worst thing in the universe.
Amen, Gooky.
…and when I scroll past, I keep thinking I said Activision.
Same thing, really. 😛
I seem to have become the subject of the game “find people that look like you and send them photos” Creepy, lots of people look like me apparently! I now see a point in my neighbour saying everybody looks like me when he went to Launceston the other week.
I get that a bit, too.
Which makes it weird when someone you barely recognize (and god only knows from where) comes up to you in like… a supermarket or something and tries to have a conversation with you. Especially if your appearance has changed fairly dramatically from when you met them. (Like… say I used to have long, blonde hair and a really young face that barely needed shaving and was around fifteen kilos lighter when we last met…)
It’s pretty embarrassing because you don’t want the subtext of your conversation to be, “You are totally an unmemorable person!” Especially if you’re not sure that they’re someone who recognizes you, or someone who is mistaking you for someone who looks like you.
I don’t even bother with trying to fumble around it anymore, I just cop to not remembering where we met. Much easier. Life should not be not an episode of Seinfeld or Frasier.
I’ve found that everyone I seem to have ever walked past remembers me, and people I’ve never even met before recognize me and know my name, even if in some cases the only chance we had to meet each other was over 5 years back. It’s weird. I don’t get me sometimes. And I don’t really think there’s anything remarkable about me to remember 😛
The EA Humble Bundle is at $5.2 million raised for charity currently.
Whatever your views on EA that’s a whole lotta cash to be forgoing and a whole lotta cash for those charity organisations.
That is impressive.
Worst company in America, two years in a row.
Man… it’s late.
I should get some shut eye…
But I don’t want to… :\
Eh, guess I’ll have to.
Night, folks.
Morning everyone, so I woke up unable to breath through my nose and starting having a sneezing fit..fuck you flu
Yay! @Shane gets to enter his very first Animal Crossing Bug Off!
And I get to win my third gold trophy! (It’s basically guaranteed, everybody in my town is terrible)
109 points, I think I’m good for a win! 😀
The hubris of this one!
So, was there some kind of meat happening in Brisbane today?
3:30ish. The End, West End. http://www.73vulture.com/ Drinks with DAN! and Aleph.
Then apparently 6pm for dinner somewhere close to the Myer Centre because I think Freeze suggested the 7pm movie there.
I believe the humble bundle updated overnight to include some extra Sims 3 expansion keys.
1.1 million bundles sold..suggest that everyone paid an average of $10 (some pay higher some pay lower) that’s a good 10 million to charities.
Average is just below $5.
Ok 5 million, once you include exchange rates for other countries buying it that’s still alot of money for some good charities
My mistake, they just expanded the starter pack into individual titles.
I’m kinda keen on this new Shadow Warrior:
http://www.gametrailers.com/videos/5wunrv/shadow-warrior-preview
@beardymcmuttonchops needs to watch the last few seconds of this vid!
i so hope they don’t mess it up. though, having seen what they did with Rise of the Triad, I think i’ll be disappointed with anything less.. the whole spacial feel of the game is just amazing.. feels just like playing the original, but with better everything! Shadow Warrior had that same feel to it… Even Doom! And oooooo boy.. what I wouldn’t give for a remake of that in the same light!
Still dead and in no state to do anything. So finally got around to downloading season 2 of Wilfred US and now just sitting on the lounge going through all that.
I can’t remember the last time I sat down on the lounge and watched a TV show.
Picked up the sticks to play Assassins Creed 3 again (I think I’m about half way). I wanna finish it before Black Flag comes out.
The more i play it the more i wonder why i was so quick to pre order Balck Flag.
I like the world and I’m really interested in that historical period (for what its worth in that game) but holey moley, there’s some painful stuff stuff to put up with in regards to gameplay.
Yeah, I’ve got every one so far and I’m pretty sure I’m done. Haven’t enjoyed it since Brotherhood.
Six hours into ACIII and I still wasn’t enjoying it, so I stopped.
I errr…didn’t get far into 1 before giving up.
I finished 1 and figured id leave it there. AC3 and the historical concept made me go back. And, being a completionist, i had to look at the other ones too.
damn OCD.
I have had the honour of TAYing this week and I am very happy to see the community is just as helpful, friendly and all-around awesome as when I was a regular… only bigger. Which just means more awesome in the pot.
Mildly odourous hugs for all!
TAY is totally made of WIN!
ugh, sappy.
What’s the movie deets 2niiiiiiiiight?
@dc @strange @sughly etc…
Movie is at 7pm, VMAX. Myer Centre. Freeze should have row/seat details for people who want to get a seat nearby or something. There’s drinks at 3:30pm else where and dinner at around 6ish I think. Text one of the group and we’ll be sure to let you know the details… if we have any. XD
*refresh*
You know, I’m sure we had a word to use to try and start some conversation, something that pre-dated this “*Refresh*” business. Now if only I could remember what it was. It’s on the tip of my tongue…
Oh, right.
Penismonkey.
Penismonkey!
Colobus Monkey.
Where Is Everybody?
http://www.siliconera.com/2013/08/16/new-pokmon-anime-will-feature-a-new-protagonist-set-in-the-first-generation/
COOL!
I just saw that too! Could be good. Don’t particularly like Red’s face design in that picture but eh, what can you do 😛
New Red!
I guess that just wanted to differentiate it as much as poss.
The hair colour got to me the most.
I hope Green (and possibly Yellow) from the manga are in it too!
HOLY SHIT, WE’RE GONNA GET A PROTAGONIST THAT DOES SHIT
LIKE ACTUAL SHIT DONE, HE’S GONNA WIN BATTLES
Aww still looks a bit cutesy. I prefer a style like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-X03D3tSVU
(I didn’t watch it but just skimmed through)
But still kind of cool :D. I haven’t watched the Poke-Anime since like 2nd Gen but it’s good to see they’re doing other stuff that isn’t just Ash in new generations.
I don’t see a huge difference at all.
Pokemon’s meant to look like vanilla anime anyway. I’m fine with that.
Trailer!
After that I’m way more interested! 😀
Red looks almost exactly like what he looked like in FR & LG!!! 😀 😀 😀
Man with 2 stroke versus nature.
Man wins.
Man with 2 stroke vs my sleep
Man with 2 stroke wins
Man vs 2 stroke.
2 stroke wins.
I really wanna buy Mario & Luigi but I’ve spent so much money these past 8 days already I dunno if I can afford to :S That and I feel really bad about bailing on my friend on Thursday night that I really should make it up to him by coming out with him tonight, which will no doubt cost more than the game does anyway, and we haven’t gone out in ages 🙁
Ughhhhh. *crawls back into bed*
Well that works out well, he doesn’t wanna go out anymore!
Just bulk-added folks in the Kotaku Steam group, if I didn’t get you, my apologies, look up Nomad, previously known as davoman91.
End transmission.
Or check your steam activity page and look for the person who has become friends with a dozen other people on your friends list
Breaking Bad season two: 7/10. Better than the first season, new guy Saul is great and the season ended on a high. Anticipating season three greatly.
Apologies for the lack of gaming news, I can’t afford Animal Crossing this week. Besides, @shane is keeping us all up to date anyway.
Not enough praise. I give this review 4/10.
You can’t review reviews. XD
This comment isn’t a review of the review review. As such I give it 2/10.
@benny Didn’t even use score. I give this review of a review of a review 2/10 as well.
Negatives: Disagreed with my opinions, didn’t cover the thrust of the subject.
Positives: Brevity can be a good thing and this is very word-light, and use of anime smiley suggests a playful tone, as if disbelieving. This could’ve been helped with an exclamation point. Bonus point for being Benny.
I can. I did. I will continue to.
Man flu hour 20..My head feels like its on fire and yet my body doesnt stop shaking..FUCK YOU MAN FLU!!
This was me last night.
Today it’s mostly just aches and pains everywhere and this weird feeling like I’m hungry except more like I’m sick or maybe it’s both or even neither.
Aaaaaaaaaaaall day trying to distract myself with TV.
I love watching arrogant streamers get their arse handed to them and listen to them try to blame balance, or their connection, or that they’re just not feeling it tonight.
Who you watching?
jaminROCK playing CoH2
Well, Civ 5 just made my day evaporate.
Glory to the great monarchy of America!
Merica’ FUCK YEAH! doing what it wants because its the mothing gfuckin greatest MERICA’
The one true religion of MURKANISM was founded several centuries ago in Washington.
After fending off the Persians in the great war of 1800, Americans also embraced Freedom.
One-more-turn-itis strikes again! Divinity: Dragon Commander’s been doing that to me a lot.
Disregard this post..why is their no way to delete a comment haha
Try this:
No way! That makes it seem scary D:
Well, I just-
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Noooooooooo! :O
Don’t look at it Greenius it’s too evil!
Ate a whole frozen pizza and fell asleep.
:\
I hope you at least let it thaw out first.
Nah, that wouldn’t be crazy enough.
Manifest, Saturday
http://imgur.com/a/HGa3F
Totally did a 5 second TAY meet haha
I forgot to tell you that you had an awesome cosplay, we were just too busy trying to get places but everyone wants photos!
I don’t know if you heard me but I said have fun. You would have been so fed up after a while. I was when I cosplayed Madoka.
Also i meant to get a photo, but I could see you were busy.
Thanks. Someone on Facebook pretty much said I was fat and I felt terrible.
Stupid peoples… D:
Yeah couldn’t take two steps without someone stopping my friend for photos haha. Only two people rejected a photo when they found out he was a guy.
That’s really sad. I heard someone in the coles say “Is that a guy in a dress? What is this world coming too?”
Women are allowed to wear pants so why can’t men wear dresses?
Because there’s a higher chance of something unwanted popping out D:
Two of the women I saw today had the same issue with their breasts.
Low cut tops I’m guessing? Also just looked at your photos, your outfit looked amazing scree, really well done 🙂
Corset too small for boobs on one and the other was taped right where her nipples would begin
Where are the pictures? I..arrr.. I mean Pyrean demands pictures!
Ignore the facebook people you look awesome. Love the photo with the banner behind you
the blazer looks big because I wanted to be able to move ^^;;
I’m sorry, I have terrible confidence.
I just told you you looked awesome. You don’t need to say I’m sorry, a better response is “damn straight I do”
Have fun tomorrow and remember that if you enjoy it then nothing else matters. Oh and also remember that you look awesome, that’s important too
Sorry. I’m not a professional seamstress and I haven’t really been taught, I’ve been teaching myself, so I often lack the confidence.
Hang on, so the first pic is you? If so, that’s pretty damn impressive.
@transientmind yeah. The first one is me. I struck a bit of a weird pose.
We want photos!
If you two see each other tomorrow I want a photo of the two of you.
Random internet person demands it.
Two random internet persons demand it!
I’m not sure if I’m going tomorrow. I’m so stuffed!
Yeah I’m pretty tired but still going. probably won’t stay till 6pm
But… but our photo /o\
2 random internet people requested it, doesn’t that make it a law or something that you have to do it 😛
It’ll happen, maybe next year 😛
Sorry. If only I’d taken a photo today. =(
Oh wells, it’s alright, there’ll be other chances ^^
Something’s wrong with me. It’s Saturday night and I feel perfectly content to stay in my room watching movies and playing games.
Pretty sure something’s wrong with you if you want the opposite! 😛
I like to get out 😛 I feel like having a night to myself for once though. Spending them with other people gets exhausting after a while! This week has been pretty dysfunctional.
So I had this TAY page open from when I was checking this morning but ran out of time to post before doing things, and I found a long-winded 10x word-count way of saying what @greenius did.
Interesting…
😛
Anyone want to go for Animal Crossing Multiplay?
My friend code is 422716331661
Bring donations.
I already added your friend code. You haven’t added me ;_; (code is in TAYNAMES)
EDIT: You can come to my town too if you like! As long as you promise not to run on my grass!
(Seriously no running 😛 My grass is so deteriorated it ain’t funny!)
Okay, no running, I promise.
… grass deteriorates? 😛
Feel free to visit me if you like. The town of Messar cares not for its grass!
Yeah, Running ruins your grass over time. Its the worlds greatest tragedy.
Oh man. I’ve been running EVERYWHERE.
It doesn’t deteriorate until the next month though, I think.
Also, town is open if you’re interested.
Incoming! 😀
I think I already have you, do you have me?
Thanks @scree and @powalen. I feel like I’ve cheated the game a little bit, but your generosity and company was much appreciated!
You haven’t cheated. You’ve utilized the social networking that they gave you.
Yeah, probably shouldn’t have led you to my shopping strip. It’s going to make upgrading your own shops and tools less exciting D: But, at least you had fun. I was just excited to show someone my museum 😛
The fruits and items you took are perfectly fine though, you’re meant to trade for that sort of stuff.
3668-7797-0858
Added!
Childrens Hospital is pretty friggen great
In the course of 10 minutes 4 couples end up broken up, Weird Al is played by a fat guy with a beard, a young version of the groom is played by the actual Weird Al, one guy is on the phone for hours discussing the terms of their affair and won’t hang up to call 911 when one of the women is stabbed, and then the groom leaves 2 of the hospital staff to marry the old house keeper.
As for NTSF:SD:SUV:: well, gadget girl! All that needs to be said 😛
ERMAHGERD
I think I broke Dynasty Warriors. I can practically one shot Officers on Hard (so I assume Chaos as well). All it takes is a simple Square, Square, Triagle combo and youdead. Weapon tempering is so OP! :O
If y’all haven’t got up to that yet (I know Gutty has!), it’s in Ambition mode. You just need to upgrade your Blacksmith to Level 30.
I hear with certain skills and weapons, you can one shot Chaos Lu Bu D: and I’m pretty sure I can do that too!
There’s also a levelling up glitch. I saw a video but haven’t tried it myself but you can go from level 19-99 in like 7 minutes :O
@jordi @gutsoup @hindenlagen @thecracks @bish @bluemaxima (others)
___
To everyone else:
Hey!
😛
Hey. Jerk.
You’ve got me hooked on Animal Crossing.
Hey man, don’t blame me! Blame the folks that made the game 😀
And here you were saying “NAH MAN DAT NOT MY TYPA GAME”. Who knows, maybe @dc will love it! 😀
Hey! 😛
I seem to be the only participant of the refresh game tonight. Erghhhh I’m so bored. Going back to spending the day with other people tomorrow 😀
WOO PEOPLE!
I’m glad I’ve got Dynasty Warriors because I would’ve been refreshing for the past couple of hours 😛
I’ve been… cleaning and washing shit, listening to music, and playing bit trip runner 2 😛 fun!
Might go back to bit trip now.
I also cleaned!
NOWAI! I TOO LISTENED TO MUSIC!
And some “Benno” guy just started up Runner 2 as I was typing this comment 😛
I still think it’s a shit game compared to the first one, but it’s grown on me and it’s still addictive 😛
And yay for cleaning! Such a fun pastime!
I am also playing
DYNASTY WARRIORS:
So far I’ve:
– Completed Wei, Shu, Wu and Jin story modes
– Made an awesome OP weapon
What I plan to do:
– Complete the “Other” story
– Unlock and finish Hypotheticals
– Unlock every character and play them all at least once
– Unlock their 5th weapons
– Finish Ambition Mode
#notreallyinteresting
#boreddddddddddd
I’ll probably give up in a couple of days though :P. Was kind of getting sick of it yesterday but that’s because I played so much ;D. Xillia should be coming soon and then Rayman and then GTA and then KH HD and then WOOO GAMES
I like to not play it several days at once and then try to sit down and play it for hours. Its so satisfying.
Keep it aside for your “braindead” game. That’s my method.
As for what you say about hard mode; It’s often the case that chaos can be too easy. In fact, I think it’s really difficult to balance the difficulty in a hack ‘n’ slash like DW. The only time chaos has been legitimately hard but doable was DW6 – probably the only thing it did well.
Does this mean you are coming back to Monster Hunter?!
In saying that, I will be very busy for the next few months. I got a job in Ireland, so I’m beginning the process of moving over there.
Whoa, congrats! That decreases the chances of Perth meats happening 😀
No one invited me to come back to Monster Hunter :'(. I still kind of wait to reach HR8+ but at the same time I kind of can’t be bothered 😀
I should get Xillia soon (JRPG) so I’ll keep DW for my easy braindead buttonmashy goodness!
weapon tempering is ridiculous, also leveling up is really cheap/ easy at the academy, you pay for xp, I keep reaching the money cap so I’m just using excess cash to level up randoms. I made a couple ridiculous weapons now but Taishi Ci’s one is the best, I made sure I got all the abilities I wanted on it, doing the same and just stomping through hard/ chaos modes
What abilities did you get? I kind of got 2 less optimal ones on my Throwing Knives but it was the best I could find at the time (it came with those 2 skills).
Cyclone, Slash, Velocity, Induction and Thunder and Recovery as my “dud” ones. They’re still fine but it seems like Jubilation would be better than Recovery and there’s other damage ones that seem to be better than Thunder. Thorns might’ve been good too as some sort of defence in Chaos because it’s so easy to die D:
But the Level 4 knives have “Thunder” in the name so it seems wrong not to make it shoot out lightning and thunder! 😀
On Taishi Ci’s mega whackin sticks, Jubilation, Cyclone, Awe (probably should have gone velocity since Taishi Ci is slow but it works well anyway), Thunder, Slash, Explosive. Everything goes splat. I kept soft resetting a billion times till I got the right base abilities before tempering them up to max, (I haven’t been able to find a flute with the right abilities to do the OP mounted strafing win/cheat thing)
Today had me feeling crappy in the morning, then better by the afternoon, but now I’m worse than I started. Back to whining about death again.
Also Wilfred is rad.
🙁 hope you’re feeling better by tomorrow, and then betterer after that!
(same for anyone else feeling like death)
The incapacitation of my nose and subsequent mouth-breathing makes me sound like a walking obscene phonecall 😀
flu sucks 🙁 Hate that stuffy head feeling and the throbbing throughout your body 😐 Get well soon!
Welbot, wishing you well!
I’ve been expecting calls and texts all day, and every single time I’ve gotten them I’ve been away from my phone for literally a minute or two. Really annoying.
#interesting
#boredddddddd
#krudd?
@masha2932
Intouchables?
>:(
Overslept dude, sorry. My sleep schedule is all messed up. I’m typing this at 2am for example /o\
It’s the next movie I watch-I promise. I could watch 100 TV shows in that time though, ha ha.
Just kidding, I need to take a break from TV and watch some of these movies I have anyway.
Good night refresh crew, keep dem wagons circled
nighters!
Refresh crew. I like it.
I suppose I should go to bed.
Night.
Got home last night and started playing Bioshock Infinite. Felt like I was pretty close to finishing it, so thought I’d power through.
So… yeah. I finished it. *twiddles thumbs*
The final part probably only takes like… twenty minutes to go through, but it seemed to take maybe triple that or more for me. Probably because I was hunched over my keyboard with long-face, mumbling, “I dunwanna,” at the game’s insistence that I… progress.
Haha! I was the same. Loved the ending though. And liked any instance in that game where I could explore on my own terms.
Seemed to continue their philosophy toward letting players view impressive things on their own terms. Much like… well, basically ALL of the impressive moments in the game, you were actually allowed to take your time and wander around to capture your preferred angle (to an extent).
I think that was a really nice departure from the whole, ‘grab the camera and point it where we need to – HEY THIS IS PRETTY YOU SHOULD SEE THIS’. Guess they realized if it’s pretty from all angles, people will wander around the tableau to investigate and appreciate it.
The difference between movie and diorama.
Rot13.com
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Snibhevgr zbzrag va gur ragver tnzr jnf guvf bar.
Going to play the DLC?
Maybe. I care not so much for the combat – it didn’t enamor me enough to want to do the arena-based thing that came out. But I hear there’s a couple other bits what has storystuff attached, so that might be worthwhile.
The second piece of DLC apparently has very little combat for what it’s worth!
WAKEY WAKEY SLEEPY SNAKEY. It’s what my ex used to greet me with in the mornings.
The morning surge of testosterone and/or blood/adrenaline(?) is a very odd phenomenon.
Totally.
I fell asleep at 10pm last night (that codral stuff is some strong stuff) however I woke up at 3am on the floor and then again at 7 and so I decided no more sleep and now here I am, sitting on the couch, writing this comment that some people might read and others will over look because to me it seems pretty long but either way atleast it will be there.
tl;dr Morning Taybies
That’s tl;dr? Haha! D:
Hope you feel better my friend. What’s new?
It looked longer on my phone haha 😛
Not much not much, tryna survive the tornado of wind down here by locking myself in the bedroom, what’s new with you?
Post meat worrying mostly. 😛
Quit worrying so much man, what happened has happened and you can’t change it but from what I’m hearing is it was amazing so you have nothing to worry about 🙂
Oh man, how fricken windy has it been the past few days? Jesusss
Ive seen 4 trees now blocking lanes on the road, one of those being next door to my house, ses crews everywhere it’s insane
Still nothing compared to those tennis ball sized hail we had in 2009 or so D:
So many broken windows…
Yeah when it started hailing 3 days ago I started thinking “here we go its 09 all over again and the city is gonna get flooded” lucky it didn’t but still after 09 so many cheap cars! All hail damaged!
I liked Elysium more than District 9. *folds arms stubbornly*
The fact that people are saying this makes me happy, since District 9 is probably my favourite Sci-Fi movie of the 21st Century. I heard Elysium gets a tad too heavy handed at times, but hey, I haven’t actually seen it, so I can’t judge.
The story itself was decent, but the thing that made it for me was how well realized every subtle detail in the movie felt. Attention to detail on every thing was amazingly good. Could just look in the background in any scene and see something cool. Great movie.
Maybe I should have seen it last night then :/
I saw Pain & Gain. It’s okay. Entertaining enough. Sloppy as hell, though. Michael Bay is just an awful director.
You saw a Michael Bay movie? What were you thinking? Were you even thinking at all? D:
😛
No, you misunderstand. I saw a Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson movie which happened to be directed by Michael Bay. It was better than expected, but not particularly good.
I felt awful that the trailer made me want to see it.
But then I thought screw it. I’ve mostly enjoyed Bay’s movies in that turn your brain off and watch the train wreck sort of way and I don’t care that I do.
I’m not too sure, as I said after the movie I will need to watch both movies back to back when Elysium is released on Blu-Ray. Right now I think I liked it more but it may just be that “new movie hype” feeling. Still, it is an amazingly superb sci-fi movie, absolutely brilliant!
I think Elysium was the better movie but I liked District 9 more.
The beauty is they’re both pretty damn good and I think it’ll mostly come down to preferences and the like. The guy knows how to do smart scifi!
Oh, hey! How was the dinner/movie meats?
Good times a-plenty! (For me, at least.) I felt a bit awkward at first though. Haha! Group eventually split in two. Half the folks met up with Jimu and Nobs and saw the movie and the other half went drinking. Judging by the tweets of the other group members, I think they had a good time as well. 😀
Last night I had a Tintin dream. The entire dream was animated in the ’90s Tintin animation style. It was pretty awesome.
Any one else still playing Rayman Legends Challenges Apps? I’ve become addicted with the damn thing again lately. So fun.
Nope 😛
It’s been weird lately! I’ve had no desire to play games on anything other than handhelds. Maybe because I’m playing my 3DS more often now that I’m not home as much. I was planning on playing Pikmin 3 mission mode this weekend but then I see the WiiU over on the other side of the room and feel like it’s too much effort to bother haha Just turn on Animal Crossing for a while instead 😛
I’ll never get through my PS3 backlog at this rate! D:
EDIT: If this keeps up (and once the 3DS games start to dry up) I might have to get a Vita *gasp*
Man, this Animal Crossing Intervention really needs to happen. 😛
Speaking of Pikmin 3, you should play it @freezespreston! Especially now it’s in your house! 😀
Meh. That would mean charging up the Gamepad and turning on the Wii U which sounds like far too much effort.
But it’s fun. FUN. Commence fun NOW. >:|
Or when you get back from work… I guess… 😛
Wii Moteeeeeeee and Nunchuckkkkkk
Although the Gamepad makes a pretty good map screen!
Oh yeah, this! Definitely play with Wiimote and Nunchuck if you still have any!
That’s worse! Means I have to find some AA batteries.
Wiimote and Nunchuk and Gamepad is the best way to play!
Finally the stupid little gamepad stand that came with the Premium WiiU was actually useful 😛
If you ever get a Vita, PS+ is all you’ll need for games (other than Persona 4: Golden!)
2 or so games a month should be more than enough :D!
But then I won’t have time to play anything else!
They need to make Nintendo+. Then I would never have to buy another game ever again 😛
ps. I just downloaded Super Hexagon.
… D:
WOOO!
TIMES?
THOUGHTS?
It’s pretty hexagony.
WOW. So Breaking Bad season 3 is where things actually turned interesting. It could just be a culmination of watching episodes back-to-back in my little non-social marathon/experiment but the third season started strong, finished strong and did not let up. Episode ten ‘Fly’, is my favourite episode thus far, best season thus far.
9/10.
Have watched the first 9 episodes of season 3 and can safely say I understand why people love the series. However, I cannot believe some shows get axed so quickly yet Breaking Bad was incredibly slow throughout the first season and first half of the second season. I am glad it wasn’t. I just don’t understand the industry sometimes.
Breaking bad was a) on AMC, which was really trying to break into scripted series so needed it, and b) a critical darling from pretty much the get-go.
Man, it was so good seeing the Brisbane folks last night. You’re the best people evah!
(Also, sorry for leaving the microbrew place so abruptly and also I swapped seats with Strange at that first place not to move away from any one, but because I felt Strange was left out at the end of the table. XD Hope no one thought I was rude or any thing. D:)
It’s okay. I thought @sughly smelled pretty bad too. 😛
It’s what happens when you play Animal Crossing for 6 days straight without food, sleep or showers.
… or toilet breaks.
@shane bought a port-a-loo from my Nookling store last night. He’s set for toilet breaks!
Leaving the microbrew place was Jimu’s fault, not yours. Also…I’ll never forgive you for making me sit next to Sughly. 😛
Haha! Wasn’t Jimu’s fault… I sort of… maybe… kind of… wanted to get closer to the cinema anyways. XD *remembers Star Trek meat freak out* 😀 How long did you stay for? I got your text, but not straight away. Have no idea when you actually sent it!
I left just before 7. And you should really start doing movie first, followed by dinner so you don’t have to worry.
Strange should be our new leader!
Also, it means you have plenty of conversation fodder by way of talking about the movie after.
This is why you’re the leader!
/DC
Strange. Is. Leader. >:|
Yeah, Transientmind is a bit strange but nothing out of the ordinary! Triple digits in Sims 3 though… whoa!
@greenius
DON’T JUDGE ME! It… it was my girlfriend! Or something! Yeah!
(…I have a deep, terrible, weighty confession to make of a shameful, shameful secret: it was not the girlfriend.)
:'(
After I split up from you guys I had a little bit of an adventure!
First, I spent ages looking for the correct elevator, apparently the elevator’s you come up in can’t be used to go back down into the carpark … for some reason … because … logic?
Next I put the parking ticket thingie in the pay machine only to have the machine say “Invalid Card”. So I walked around the parking lot and tried something like 6 different machines until one would finally accept the ticket.
And finally once I paid my ticket I forgot where I parked because I got completely turned around when trying all the pay booth things. So I spent like 5 mins walking around the carpark freaking out that I was acting suspicious.
Haha! And you’re still in the parking garage now? 😀
Yeah, I set up a camp. This garage is my home now!
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/sharknado-fears-soothed-council-reveals-2173640
I…uh…Wut.
Stay classy, Scotland.
Oreimo Season 2 OVA’s start in a little over 2 hours on Crunchyroll!
Worst. Night. Ever.
Well, not the Meat. That was awesome. And then my dinner was awesome. But after that was not. My daughter was out with a friend’s family and didn’t get home until almost 11. At this point I was so tired I thought I’d sleep straight away but my body had other ideas. After having to get up for the bathroom 3 times in an hour I then moved out to the lounge until 4am to avoid waking Mr. Strange every time I needed an excursion. At 4 it had been an hour since I stopped having to get up every 20 minutes or so, so I finally went to my bed where I slept until 11:30 and now I feel fine. Weird.
D:
Glad you’re feeling better now though.
Old.
Fire alarms (I think that one was actually legit though), drunk people, and getting dragged out of my room at 2am. Eughhhh. Got to bed at 4, just woke up!
http://www.otherplaces.co.uk/
This guys stuff is so damn cool.
@transientmind
What’s a real purdy looking graphically intense game to make me feel all master racey?
I’d recommend BioShock Infinite and Tomb Raider, but I know you’ve got them on consoles.
Far Cry 3? Plus you’ll experience the joys of uPlay… D:
Have FC3 on console. Catch up. You’re falling behind.
Skyrim with mods. Crysis 2 (with high def pack). Bioshock Infinite like… all the damn time. Battlefield 3. GTA4 with ENB mods. The Witcher 2. Sleeping Dogs (with high def pack). I heard RAGE holds up pretty well now that it’s patched and with a couple community mods, but I haven’t tested so can’t verify.
Those ones are all on console as well, so you may get a bonus and discover something you’ve already played before looks LIGHT YEARS better.
Edit: Oh, and a few of the new F2P MMOs are worth your time as well. FFXIV is heading into Open Beta and is very shiny. GW2 and The Secret World are often very pretty in the B2P category.
What you’ll probably notice more than graphics is how much better you are at shooting in FPSes with a mouse and keyboard.
The twittersphere is telling me BF3 and I have the bonus of already owning it.
Witcher 2!
So. Much. Payday. The music is now pretty much looping indefinitely in my head and re-watching Heat’s shoot-out scene for inspiration makes the scene seem tame and lame with a team of noobs.
I really love the concept – and occasional execution – of stealth jobs, and put a LOT of points into Mastermind and Ghost to try and make that happen easier, but when we’re done counting our money after the inevitable clusterfuck, the crew stats tab continues call my name to gently chide me for avoiding my true calling – unrepentant, merciless filler of body-bags. It… it may be time to go Enforcer. :/
Why must I be in a house with terrible Internet I WANNA PLAY!! Heats shoutout scene? I haven’t seen it 🙁
Oreimo OVA’s are go!
OVA 1:
Xhebarxb/Ehev oebxr hc jvgu Xlbfhxr!
Jung gur fuvg?!
Ur nfxrq uvf fvfgre gb zneel uvz naq fur fnvq lrf?!
B_B
OVA 2:
o_O
Fb… gurl’er ernyyl tbvat jvgu guvf…
V’z bxnl jvgu vg.
8:27: Oh god, I can’t breathe. Laughing too hard…
OVA 3:
9:11 Pretty much normal and- OH FUCK!
Znanzv hfrf Thg Chapu!
Xvevab vf jvaqrq!
Pngsvtug!
PNNNGGGSSSVVVVTTUUUGGGGG!
It’s over…
After all this time… it’s finished.
I honestly don’t know how to feel right now…
Everyone uses ROT13.com at the moment to post spoilers. 🙂
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Late addition after finishing all the OVAs:
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Apart from the fact that’s she’s yandere as hell, I agree.
http://www.superrobotmayhem.com/comic-book-movies/robocop/on-set-robocop-costume-picture/
Blergh. Really? That’s the most uninspired and generic look they could have possibly picked. It just looks like Guy In Bland Future Armour #2643 instead of an iconic stand out look.
Maybe they’re going for a tone like Dredd, all prototype-like and makeshift. Maybe.
Yeah but Dredd was still unmistakably Dredd. If it didn’t say Robocop in the link would you have any idea at all what it was?
Background extra in Elysium? 😛
Oh wow, that’s worse than I thought. That’s really ugly. What’s the bet he doesn’t even walk all stiff and robotic?
Apparently they’re going for the lithe ninja approach for his movement because future robots.
http://screenrant.com/joel-kinnaman-robocop-reboot-costume-sandy-161517/
It’s like… they didn’t understand anything about what made Robocop so cool.
Also, fucking actors wanting to put their signatures on things. This is why they keep taking godamn masks and helmets off, and this is why we can’t have nice things.
Trawling through the comments around the place about the EA Humble Bundle.
Can’t please everybody I guess.
Well, EA is EAvil.
/semi-sarcasm
EA is holding some of my favourite IPs to ransom! I’m kinda desperate for them to keep making the good moves to redeem themselves so I can lift my boycott.
Jackie Big Tits.
Man, I feel sick. Teaches me for getting 3 McDoubles instead of the normal 2 McDoubles.
Sorry about that. Over-eating never feels good.
Thanks for posting though. It has been a long hour just seeing Greenius’ Jackie big tits’ every time I refreshed TAY 🙂
Haha when I asked my friend to get me 3 he’s like “somebody’s feeling adventurous today!”
I don’t eat a lot, but all I’d eaten in the previous 24 hours was some raisin bread and yoghurt so I thought I was hungry 😛
Pffft that’s nothing.
One day, toward the end of your 20s, you will no longer be able to digest McDonalds the way you used to, and on that day you will realize that you are aging.
#OldManTransientmind
🙁 I have 4 and a bit months left of the eat-all-the-shit-you-want teenage years! I’m gonna make the most of it dammit!
Relax, my friend. You had yogurt. You’re healthy now. 😛
Any ways, Jimu, Freeze and I all had burgers last night for dinner and we’re all late 20s…
So that’s why you gave up crisps old man DC? Teeth not what they used to be after all that gnashing while you think of puzzle solutions in adventure games 🙂
Woo, natural probiotics or whatever it said on the tub! 😛
Well, they do last pretty well into the 20s. Like halfway through or so! And you can even combine that with ‘drink all you want’ as well. But y’know, around 26 or so your body will definitely punish you for that. 🙂
D:
But until then… WOOO!
Greenius gone wild!
I finished manifest.
I am tired.
I painted cels and I maid cafe’d.
So I just beat Deus Ex: Human Revolution..FINALLY! Been playing it on and off for the past few months so I’m glad its finally done. Now here comes some rot13 spoilers \o/
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Great game, though. Flaws and all.
Grats on finishing, at least. 🙂 I quite enjoyed my run through and have been meaning to give it another go sometime, with the DLC included.
One of the few games I have actually finished. Many great games I let go unfinished in order to preserve my precious memories of the enjoyment in metaphorical amber. Because game endings usually suck. Truly satisfying ones are quite thin on the ground.
I’m the same I usually get right near the end of heaps of games and then stop as I hate to see them end so I don’t finish them. That way later down the track ill see the game and be like hey that game was really good and I never finished it either so ill play that. However lately I have been finishing games just so that I can tick them off my ever growing list.
Yeah, same. I’m actually going and finishing up old games from a while back which I haven’t yet. And new ones I just bought! This is nothing short of a 180 for me. Recently bought maybe thirty games and recently finished three! UNHEARD OF!
Oh man, I can only play one game at a time and I have to finish one before starting a new one. Have been mentally conditioned since I was a kid, I guess. My mum would only buy us new NES/SNES games if we finished the ones she had already bought. *shakes fist*
My parents used to be the same because we got a PSX for Xmas and so me and my brother would play on it non stop but only having one controller it would be kind of my brother would want one game and I’d want a different one..then dad would bring home a game from the work to play and we would play that so our Saturdays nights involved sitting around as a family and playing Tomb Raider while eating from one of those candy cups you used to get at kmart
Uh… duplicate comment in the wrong spot? Weird.
Anyway… When I was a kid, we didn’t really get bought NES games. We had to earn money for them with errands, like mowing lawns for neighbours and stuff, so it took quite a while to get anything.
The affordable compromise the parents came up with was renting games from the video store when we did our weekly video rental batch. I think that’s why I’m such a video-game tourist. Always a new game every week, always resigned to not really having the time to finish one. (We had daily time limits on how much Nintendo could be played.)
Naww, the cats are asleep on the couch next to me with their front legs around each other. They love each other!
Oh god am I disliking Windows 8 with the intensity of 1000 suns. My PC is not a smart phone. Fuck off with the touch screen crap. Fuck off with the “streamlined” hiding shit where I can’t easily access it. Fuck off with the Xbox video and stupid other “features” I don’t want.
In fact just fuck off my PC entirely.
How hard is it to go back to 7?
I hated it at first but I’ve grown to like most of it. Seems to run slightly faster too.
I like the new windows video player It adjusts to different brightness levels nicely and it launches in a different screen so I can stop being distracted by the internet as I watch stuff. It still doesn’t play everything though, so I have VLC for that.
The stuff I still hate is when your mouse cursor moves towards the edges of your screen and the search bar comes up. Or mistakenly dragging the mouse and it changes programs-ugh.
If you want Windows 8 with a windows 7 feel download Classic Shell. It bypasses the tile screen and launches you straight to the desktop. It also restores some windows 7 features which are missing in 8. I’m using it and it’s good.
No idea how to switch to windows 7 though, sorry.
Would require you to purchase a copy of Windows 7 and a fresh install.
Just click the “Desktop” button, *boom* back in Windows 7.
It boots, I press desktop, it’s now Windows 7. Works for me.
If you accidentally launch something in Windows 8 land, just go mouse to top left corner, click to go straight back to desktop.
Mouse bottom right, settings, power, shutdown works faster than the old start menu. The stupid interface is now the new start menu (mouse to the right to get it up), so if you really want a customisable list of shortcuts, it’s there. But for 99% of use, this thing is just Windows 7 as far as anyone is concerned (and a bit faster under the bonnet too).
Chuck in a SSD and it boots / powers down faster than the TV that it’s plugged in to.
Plus, it’s cheaper than Windows 7.
You could Install the 8.1 preview. That’ll fix a lot of stuff, give you a proper button for start again, and also let you boot into desktop instead of Metro. Or just wait for the actual release as it’s not very far away (and will be free).
8 has a lot of good things too. Much faster to boot, runs faster in general (lots of performance work involved). Better dialogs in a lot of places (task manager and file copy are the most noticeable – actually copying in general works faster in Win8). Also built-in AV out of the box.
The biggest thing is learning to use the keyboard shortcuts. Especially the Winkey + typing to find stuff quickly, much better than hunting through menus. Win + L for lock screen, Winkey + arrows to align left/right, minimize and maximize and stuff. The more of them you use the easier Win7 *and* Win8 are.
I’ve been using it since well before it released and I’ve largely gotten used to it.
Deus Ex: Human Revolution:
(discussion is lost in the previous page void so I’m asking here :P)
I’ve only put a couple of hours into HR before stopping for some reason but I enjoyed it. I’ve been wanting to get back to it for a while but then I hear the stuff about the Director’s Cut thingy and how Boss Battles were pretty lame.
Are they actually that bad?
I think D.C. was saying something like if they fixed the boss battles it would be almost perfect! (implying that they were the biggest flaw).
Sounds like it’s not going to be DLC but a different release on PC? I guess I’ll hold out if the boss battles are THAT bad 😛
They are pretty bad, but definitely worth struggling through for an otherwise amazing game. Director’s Cut sounds like it might be awesome though if you’re willing to buy again. Also has the DLC included with it too. (The Missing Link.)
Well HR was gifted to me *shakes fists at the person who probably doesn’t remember buying it for me but I remember… THANKS* and I did buy Missing Link, but that was like $2 on sale so not a huge loss.
The person who gifted it to me has posted on this very page!
oOoOoo solve the mysteryyyyy !
I honestly didn’t think they were that bad. I mean, don’t get me wrong, they were nowhere near the excellence of the rest of the game, and the fact that they forced you to fight was pretty lame, but with preparation they weren’t too bad.
Well, I say that, but the second one when you’re playing a nerdy book reading character, and you don’t have the electric defense thing? Yeah, that was balls on a plate.
I stopped after about that long, too. No idea why, really. Just did. I was enjoying it, even if I was making a complete pig’s breakfast out of everything! 😛
They’re annoying if you’ve been putting all your points into stealth and hacking (honestly, the ONLY good way to play!) and all of a sudden you’re locked in a room with a heavily-armed cyborg-meathead tank who says that you’re going to decide who’s better by way of shotgun/machinegun fight.
But only annoying. They’re like having a really delicious, fancy meal in an upmarket restaurant, and having to momentarily endure the rank smell of parmesan (seriously, it smells like vomit) when you’re not the one eating it. Annoying and a bit of a foul stain on the experience, but tolerable and transitory.
It really is the only play though, until shit gets real then it’s combat rifle and revolver to the rescue!
The boss fights can be a pain, you know when their coming, and you know it’s gonna be a bitch when they do. I died several times to each boss but once you get past those bash your head with a brick boss battles it’s a really enjoyable and deep game.
So this proposed Pt Lincoln Great White Shark Discovery Centre. Deep Blue Sea anyone?
If Samuel L Jackson turns up get the hell out of there.
Looper’s on Foxtel tonight. A damn good movie!
Great film. I keep asking myself Vf Xvq Oyhr gur lbhat Nor? I can’t work it out.
Really want to watch Battle of Gods but hearing anyone but Sean Schemmel voice Goku creeps me the hell out. It was bad enough they changed Vegeta for Kai but I don’t think I could handle it.
Going to have to wait. 🙁
I never get sick of the fireworks nights in Animal Crossing. The music is perfect!
#AnimalCrossingIntervention
Fireworks night! \o/
Got Peaceful Tomorrows logo blazed across the sky.
Evidence saved on SD card alongside my exclamation last night “I bought a toilet!”
My AC life is a good life.
You can tweet your screenshots straight from the 3DS, y’know.
… I forget how.
Ooh cool. I’ll investigate. Thanks!
i.nintendo.net from your 3ds browser!
STARBOUND.
http://playstarbound.com/
Contrary to the URL, you can not, in fact, play Starbound. Yet.
I was going to pre-order the 4-pack, but then we considered the literally thousand plus hours of entertainment that Terraria has provided, so we’ve both bought in a bit higher to be on the random NPC list on Starbound.
A pre-order delivers the soundtrack now, makes for some good ambient music. I’m liking it.
Also of interest, I paid for the two orders with two different payment methods – PayPal and Amazon Payments.
Cost me over a dollar more on the PayPal exchange rate than the Amazon one. I know which one I’ll be choosing by default in future.
Had Ravioli for tea, made a sauce with bacon, onion, garlic and whatnot.
Not bad, but I’ve had better.
ROCOCO!
Think I’m enjoying Burnout Paradise more than NFS:Most Wanted. Like the feel of it and no cops to keep annoying the bejesus out of me.
Have you never played it before?
I loved Paradise and was sort of excited for Most Wanted since I heard it was like “Paradise 2” but all it did was make me sad that there’s no more Burnouts :'(. Just didn’t feel the same and wasn’t as good 🙁
I had not. Glad I have now. Just need to find some better cars at this point.
It’s great multi so try to find some buds! I’m guessing it won’t be too hard since it’s in the bundle and most people would have it now.
I’m just glad because after playing Most Wanted I thought about getting Paradise’s DLC and then BOOM! the bundle pops up 😀
The only DLC missing is the big surf island which didn’t come to PC 🙁
:'(
(I probably won’t ever play it :P)
Shame, I found it to be one of the more enjoyable parts of Paradise.
Awesome game. One of my top games this gen. Crash mode is fun. The multiplayer is awesome as well.
Are you playing it on PC or PS3?
PC. Playing around with my new one. Just loading up all the higher spec games I own and cranking up all the settings and being amazed at it running without a hitch.
Except SR3. That crashes as soon as I click new game.
Feature, not bug.
Undocumented feature.
*FIXED*
And with this comment, so long last weeks TAY
So there was a new Yakuza game announced. It’s Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin. Main character image appears to have him wearing a sword so the assumption is that it’s a sequel to or game like Kenzan, which was a Feudal-era Yakuza game that was fucking awesome and way more likely to sell well outside Japan so of course Sega never localized it. 🙁
Presumably from the title it’s based on the Meiji Restoration (‘Ishin’ is Restoration) which would be pretty badass.
We’re never going to get it in English because Sega are assholes 🙁
Maybe you mentioned it and I forgot, but do you read/speak Japanese?
I think with all the games you’re excited about having a low chance of being localised learning the language could be a fun side project 🙂
I understand simple spoken dialogue but don’t have a wide enough vocabulary and my grammar and ability to read Kanji isn’t there yet. Have tried to learn on my own and I’ve picked up a fair bit but I think if I really wanted to jump in like that I’d probably need to take formal lessons again (haven’t taken lessons in about 15 years)
Been messing around with Future Pinball.
Trying to code for a pinball table reminds me why I don’t like coding in the first place.
There’s a really big difference between staying up till/past 3am, and getting up at 3am.
This honeymoon thing better be worth it.
Have a great time, congratulations again. 🙂
Hooray! Other people up at weird hours!
Have a great time and congrats!
It would be if you were taking me instead 🙁
Hey, uh if you want SRIV uncensored, you might want to check this link, on steam, not on browser, cause the browser is US.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/238302/
the Australian election games of thrones version